Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Get ready to sink your teeth into another delicious mystery as we prepare to dissect “Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery” in our upcoming episode. This tasty addition to the Hannah Swensen series serves up a modern twist by mixing murder with the world of reality TV cooking shows.
When Hannah’s bakery becomes the setting for a popular cooking competition, she finds herself dealing with more than just measured ingredients and timed challenges. As filming begins, tensions rise faster than a perfectly proofed loaf of bread, and soon our favorite small-town baker-turned-sleuth is investigating another mysterious death.
Join us as we break down this latest installment, share our thoughts on how it measures up to previous Hannah Swensen mysteries, and discuss how the series handles its dive into the cutthroat world of reality television.

Don’t miss the Girls Gone Hallmark review of Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery available on Wednesday, February 12th.
Who is in Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery?
- Ali Sweeney stars as Hannah Swensen. This marks Ali’s 54th acting credit and her 11th appearance as Hannah. We will get another Hannah Swensen movie out later this year: Cooked to Death. Ali also served as writer and EP on this project.
- Gabriel Hogan is back as Norman. Gabriel has racked up 108 acting credits and outside of the bakery he’s recently been seen on Tacoma FD and Heartland.
- Victor Webster makes his third appearance as Chad. Victor had a small cameo in Sugarplummed this past holiday season bringing his total acting credits to 96. I think I speak for all of us when I ask when we’re going to see more Victor Webster on the Hallmark menu.
- The incomparable Barbara Niven is back as Delores. Our gal Babs has 115 acting credits, last playing Barbara in Leah’s Perfect Gift.
- Tess Atkins plays sister Michelle Swensen. Tess has 22 acting projects under her belt, her last six projects all being Hannah Swensen movies.
- Daylin Willis plays Detective Lonny Murphy. Daylin has 25 acting roles including two supporting roles during the 2024 holiday season in Holiday Crashers and Christmas with the Singhs.
- Reality Bites is based on the novel Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanna Fluke.
- The screenplay was written by Alison Sweeney.
- Kevin Leslie directed Reality Bites.

Watch the trailer for: Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
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