Recently widowed Ellen Kirkpatrick, the heart and soul of "Hot Cross Buns," has chucked her job as a high school counselor to follow her deepest passion - pastries - opening a spectacularly successful coffee shop and bakery in Spokane's tony South Hill neighborhood. Attracting a noteworthy group of customers, the unique characters in "Hot Cross Buns" are deeply rich and delicious - Molly, Ellen's resolute, Jesuit-inspired-to save-the world daughter; Liam, a captivating Notre Dame and Harvard-educated lawyer; Jack, an emotionally-iced physician who, despite his best efforts, defrosts at the...