Vanilla Beaned is the eight book in the A Cupcake Bakery Mystery series. Angie, Mel and Tate are on their way o Las Vegas to sign papers with Holly Hartzmark, lead dancer at a casino, for the first franchise of Fairy Tale Cupcakes. As they are meeting with Holly, Mel still has her doubts about letting her purchase the francise. As they are looking at the outside of the possible location, the relator opens the door and there is a loud explosion. It 's soon learned that the gas to an oven had been on. Then a day or two later as they are visiting a second location, a car jumps a curb and hits the building. Mel, Angie, Tate and Holly all escape any injuries and driver flees the scene. At first Mel thinks that these attempts are directed at