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Twisted Tea Christmas ~ A Tea Shop Mystery by Laura Childs

Posted: October 7, 2021 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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Twisted Tea Christmas

A Tea Shop Mystery

by Laura Childs

Twisted Tea Christmas (A Tea Shop Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
22nd in Series
Setting – South Carolina
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (October 5, 2021)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593200861
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593200865
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08S7DLKWL

An attack on the host of a fancy tea party sends Theodosia Browning looking for answers in the latest entry in the New York Times bestselling series.

 

Tea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, are catering a Victorian Christmas party at a swanky mansion in downtown Charleston. Drucilla Heyward, the hostess, is one of the wealthiest women in town.

 

As the champagne flows and the tea steeps, Drucilla is so pleased with the reception by her partygoers that she reveals her secret plan to Theodosia. The Grande Dame has brought the cream of Charleston society together to reveal that she is planning to give her wealth away to various charitable organizations. However, before she can make the announcement, Theodosia finds her crumpled unconscious in the hallway. It looks like the excitement has gotten to the elderly woman–except that there is a syringe sticking out of her neck.

 

INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!

 

About Laura Childs

Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of Chinese art history, loves to travel, rides horses, enjoys fundraising for various non-profits, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.

Laura specializes in cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three series are:

The Tea Shop Mysteries – set in the historic district of Charleston and featuring Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop. Theodosia is a savvy entrepreneur, and pet mom to service dog Earl Grey. She’s also an intelligent, focused amateur sleuth who doesn’t rely on coincidences or inept police work to solve crimes. This charming series is highly atmospheric and rife with the history and mystery that is Charleston.

The Scrapbooking Mysteries – a slightly edgier series that take place in New Orleans. The main character, Carmela, owns Memory Mine scrapbooking shop in the French Quarter and is forever getting into trouble with her friend, Ava, who owns the Juju Voodoo shop. New Orleans’ spooky above-ground cemeteries, jazz clubs, bayous, and Mardi Gras madness make their presence known here!

The Cackleberry Club Mysteries – set in Kindred, a fictional town in the Midwest. In a rehabbed Spur station, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, three semi-desperate, forty-plus women have launched the Cackleberry Club. Eggs are the morning specialty here and this cozy cafe even offers a book nook and yarn shop. Business is good but murder could lead to the cafe’s undoing! This series offers recipes, knitting, cake decorating, and a dash of spirituality.

Laura’s Links:   Website –  Facebook 

Purchase Links
Amazon – B&N – Kobo – IndieBound

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October 6 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW

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October 7 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW

October 7 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

October 7 – Novels Alive – SPOTLIGHT

October 8 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT

October 8 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

October 8 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW

October 9 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW, GUEST POST

October 9 – Author Elena Taylor’s Blog – SPOTLIGHT

October 10 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

October 11 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW

October 11 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

October 12 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

October 12 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT

October 13 – Ascroft, eh? – GUEST POST

October 13 – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – SPOTLIGHT

October 14 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT

October 14 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

October 15 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW

October 16 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW  

October 16 – Dear Reader – REVIEW

October 17 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

October 17 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

October 18 – Here’s How It Happened – SPOTLIGHT

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Deep Green Envy ~ A Deep Lakes Cozy Mystery by Joy Ann Ribar

Posted: October 6, 2021 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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Deep Green Envy

A Deep Lakes Cozy Mystery

by Joy Ann Ribar

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Deep Green Envy (Deep Lakes Cozy Mystery Series)
Cozy Mystery
Setting – Wisconsin
3rd in Series
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten16 Press (September 21, 2021)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1645382931
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1645382935
Digital Print length ‏ : ‎ 226 pages
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09CMX8S6W

Summer in Deep Lakes sprouts a homegrown murder on the O’Connor farm. Frankie Champagne’s hunt for clues lands her deep in sheep doo-doo, especially after rare stones surface in unexpected places. Crime-solving is no picnic for the baker/vintner as she hops from farm to field to bakery, trying to keep up with the tourist season and track a killer, too.

About Joy Ann Ribar

Joy Ann Ribar lives in central Wisconsin with her business partner-husband, John. She writes the Deep Lakes Mystery Series, starring baker/vinter and all-around spitfire, Frankie Champagne. Joy’s writing is inspired by Wisconsin’s four distinct seasons and local flavors, which she hopes to promote for all to enjoy.

Joy is a member of Sisters in Crime, Midwest Independent Booksellers, and Wisconsin Writers Association.  She enjoys researching viticulture at area wineries, birding, hiking, and chatting with readers.  Joy and her husband, John, someday plan to sell their house, buy an RV and travel around the U.S. spreading good cheer and hygge! Joy is a little proud to have two bestsellers with Orange Hat Publishing: Deep Dark Secrets(2019) andDeep Bitter Roots(2020), under the Ten16 Press imprint of Orange Hat.

Author Links : Website / Facebook / Instagram

Purchase Links – Amazon – B&N

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October 4 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT

October 4 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

October 5 – Novels Alive – GUEST POST

October 5 – Baroness’ Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT

October 6 – Reading Authors Network – RECIPE

October 6 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW

October 6 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

October 7 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST

October 7 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

October 8 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

October 8 – I Read What You Write – GUEST POST

October 9 – Literary Gold – CHARACTER GUEST POST

October 9 – Here’s How It Happened – SPOTLIGHT

October 10 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

October 10 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

October 11 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

October 11 – Novels Alive – REVIEW

October 12 – My Journey Back – CHARACTER GUEST POST

October 12 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

October 12 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW

October 13 – BookishKelly2020 – SPOTLIGHT  

October 13 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW

 

 

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Funny And Ironic ~ Amazing, Happy And Feel Good Stories by Marco Di Moia

Posted: October 6, 2021 in giveaways, Humor, Short stories and collections
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Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for Funny And Ironic organized by Goddess Fish Promotions.

Author Marco Di Noiawill award a $25 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn commenter at the end of the tour. Don’t forget to enter!

And you can click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour and more chances to win.

Funny and Ironic: Amazing, Happy and Feel Good Stories

by Marco Di Noia

Genre: Short Stories / Humor

Synopsis

Funny short stories, ironic stories, amazing stories, animal stories, incredible stories, unusual stories, comical stories, humorous stories. Happy and feel good stories to create funny conversation, humorous conversation, a great conversation starter.

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Exclusive Excerpt

The Stupid Monkey

Marco was skipping down the street with a song in his ears.

A fat monkey, who had black hair and a double chin (cheeky looking), came swinging from a nearby tree and threw a banana onto the footpath in Marco’s direction.

Someone yelled, “Marco get out the way!” but it was too late, Marco slipped over and broke his ankle.

The monkey laughed stupidly, Marco was fuming and wanted revenge.

The next day Marco shot the monkey with a slug gun.

The monkey packed his bags and moved back to the African jungle.

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Author Marco Di Noia

Hi, my name’s Marco! I live in Sydney, Australia. I began writing stories to relieve boredom. After I wrote a few stories, I realized that they made me laugh. I kept writing and my depression went away. I am happy with the way the stories make me laugh and I hope you enjoy them too.

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PURCHASE LINKS : Amazon / Bookshop /  B&N / Book Depository

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Her own Goldilocks story….. The Girl In The ’67 Beetle by Linda Lenhoff

Posted: October 5, 2021 in Contemporary Romance, giveaways
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Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for The Girl In The ’67 Beetle organized by Goddess Fish Promotions.

Author Linda Lenhoff will be awarding a $25 Amazon or B/N Gift Card and a print copy of the book to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Don’t forget to enter!

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The Girl In The ’67 Beetle

by Linda Lenhoff

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Genre: Contemporary Romance

Synopsis

The art director of Kids Press, Amy Shepherd has been assigned to reinvent the story of Goldilocks, and she finds her own life reflecting a similar tale. Will she fall for a man who’s a little too old (but exciting), a man who’s a little too young (but awfully exciting looking), or a man who’s just right, at least as far as her friends are concerned? Or will she bring Goldilocks’ story—and her own—up to date with a little help from high-technology and the Goldilocks Planet theory? Amy will have to decide how her own tale will end, all the while driving her beloved powder blue convertible through the streets of Santa Monica, where she has become known as the Girl in the ’67 Beetle, the only thing in her life that, so far at least, feels just right.

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Enjoy this peek inside:

Working at Kids Press in Santa Monica, California,

does not mean that I have to wear primary colors

or polka dot jumpers, but it does have its perks,

one of them being that if I did show up in primary colors or

a polka dot jumper, no one would much care. I am the Co-

Director of Artistic Endeavors, according to my boss, a cheerful

entrepreneur named Nelson. My title is even printed on my

business cards, which I always forget to carry, maybe because

they’re shaped like little artist’s palettes. There is of course

another Co-Director of Artistic Endeavors named Chris (short

for Christopher, which he doesn’t much like being called),

who’s about my age. I have heard him use his full title when

he answers his phone, saying “This is Chris, Co-Director of

Artistic Endeavors.” Sometimes, he even adds, “What would

you like to fingerpaint today?” He gets quite a few hang-ups,

but maybe that’s his intent. I usually tell people I’m the co-art

director and leave it at that. I leave most of the phone answering

 to Chris, anyway. It’s a thing with him.

 

“Ugh,” I hear from the front of the office, meaning our

administrative assistant and all-around super helpful person,

Kelly, has arrived. She’s about twenty-two and has blonde

surfer girl looks she cannot stand about herself, which those of

us whose blonde hair isn’t quite so light and shiny anymore just

can’t understand. Kelly lives out in the Valley, and although

it isn’t that far if you’re a bird flying directly—a big strong

bird, say—it can take an age to get here on the cracked, hot

freeway, given that every single other person in L.A. drives a

car, too.

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Author Linda Lenhoff

Linda Lenhoff has worked in publishing as a writer and editor for several years,  having edited nearly everything from makeup techniques (apply blush up and over  the “apples” of your cheeks) at Seventeen Magazine to migraine studies (cut back  on that chocolate) at research institutes. She has earned an MFA in Creative Writing, and her next novel, *Your Actual Life May Vary, will be published in 2022. Linda lives in California’s Bay Area with her husband and daughter. Contact Linda at (925) 784-9393, lenhoff@informativity.com,

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Author photo by Haley Nelson.

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Sin City Wolf: Hunt by January Bain

Posted: October 4, 2021 in giveaways, Paranormal or fantasy, Romance
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Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for Hunt organized by Goddess Fish Promotions.

January Bain will be awarding a $50 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Don’t forget to enter.

And be sure to click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.

Sin City Wolf: Hunt

by January Bain

Hunt (Sin City Wolf Book 2) by [January Bain]

Synopsis

To be chosen is everything.
Billionaires. Scholars. Relic hunters.
Alessandro and Maximus Luceres are a united force and dangerous wolves to cross. Members of the powerful House of Luceres, they have spent their lifetimes searching the world over for the Lupus Sanguis Chalice, the fabled wolf blood chalice reputed to save the life of a human bitten by a werewolf during the first full moon.

But never in all their travels did the twins expect to find their possible Forever Mate, much less discover the beautiful Trinity Wells to be in league with their sworn enemies, the nefarious House of Ribelle, who are seeking the precious chalice by any means necessary and want Trinity to mate with one of their own.

Shockingly, Trinity is bitten by a Nomad wolf, starting the clock ticking down to her possibly fatal transformation and making the discovery of the chalice all that more vital.

Will Trinity survive the change…and unite the pair of brothers rivaling to be her Forever Mates?

Check out this peek Inside:

Trinity Wells laid the four of spades atop the ace and six of clubs, adopting an innocent and surprised expression. The male dealer frowned, unhappy that she’d beaten him yet again. All a card counter required was an eidetic memory and a family screaming at her to bring home the goods and they, too, would win as many hands of blackjack as humanly possible.

Maybe they can also earn a nickname. Not that The Chameleon was negative, more like appropriate considering the many appearances of Trinity, all devised from a one single suitcase stuffed with useful disguises. But then wasn’t everyone something of a chameleon, as John Locke suggested in Some Thoughts Concerning Education? We take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.

There was nothing Trinity enjoyed more than a wise quote. She sprinkled her life and her research notes with them, trying to make sense of the world and the people in inhabiting it, especially her family. Her stomach tightened with thoughts of that complicated relationship. A childhood that had guilted her to the point she pretty much let them run amok over her needs. But what else was there to do?

Her parents had been there for her when no one else had been, had kept her from being driven crazy by her growing abilities when her brain couldn’t seem to shut itself off, taunting her day and night with thoughts and ideas. Making peace with her abilities had not come easily and as a small child she’d been certain that men in white coats would come for her, haul her away and lock her up tight in some dismal prison. Her parents had saved her from that. Kept her safe. And now I owe them big time.

She gathered up her chips and, tossing the dealer one, turned to make her escape. Never get greedy and take too many hands in any one place. Though her luck was better than average at the Glitter Palace—always a plus no matter how brilliant one was at counting cards—there was no point in pushing it.

“Miss, you need to come with us,” a security guard said, his face inscrutable, laying his hand with authority on her shoulder. He was a sturdy guy with wide shoulders and a well practiced ready-for-any-kind-of-action look.

About Author January Bain:

January Bain has wished on every falling star, every blown-out birthday candle, and every coin thrown in a fountain to be a storyteller. To share the tales of high adventure, mysteries, and fast-paced thrillers she has dreamed of all her life. The story you now have in your hands is the compilation of a lot of things manifesting itself for this special series. Hundreds of hours spent researching the unusual and the mundane have come together to create a series that features strong women who don’t take life too seriously, wild adventures full of twists and unforeseen turns, and hot complicated men who aren’t afraid to take risks.

If you are looking for January Bain, you can find her hard at work every morning without fail in her office with two furry babies trying to prove who does a better job of guarding the doorway. And, of course, she’s married to the most romantic man! Who once famously remarked to her inquiry about buying fresh flowers for their home every week, “Give me one good reason why not?” Leaving her speechless and knocking her head against the proverbial wall for being so darn foolish. She loves flowers.

If you wish to connect in the virtual world she is easily found on Facebook, twitter and writes a weekly blog about her journey on Blogger. Oh, and she loves to talk books…

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Murder At The Christmas Cookie Bake-Off by Darci Hannah

Posted: October 3, 2021 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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Murder At The Christmas Cookie Bake-Off

A Beacon Bakeshop Mystery

by Darci Hannah

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Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off (A Beacon Bakeshop Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington (Octoberber 05, 2021)
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1496731735
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496731739
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08RX1V293

Tucked away inside an old lighthouse in Beacon Harbor, Michigan, bakeshop café owner Lindsey Bakewellis ready to make her first Christmas in town shine bright. But her merry plans crumble fast when murder appears under the mistletoe . . .

 

With the spirit of the holidays wafting through the Beacon Bakeshop, Lindsey thinks she has the recipe for the sweetest Christmas ever—winning the town-wide cookie bake-off. Unfortunately, striving for a picture-perfect December in Beacon Harbor is a lot like biting into stale shortbread. Low on staff and bombarded by visits from family, Lindsey can barely meet demands at work, let alone summon the confidence to face fierce competition . . .

 

Self-appointed Christmas know-it-all Felicity Stewart is determined to take the top spot in the bake‑off, and she’s not afraid to dump a little coal in everyone’s stocking to do it. Just as the competition heats up, everything falls apart when the judge is found dead—and covered in crumbs from Lindsey’s signature cookie!

 

Solving a murder was never on Lindsey’s wish list. But with her reputation on the line during the happiest time of the year, she’ll need to bring her best talents to the table in order to sift out the true Christmas Cookie culprit.

 

Includes Delicious Recipes!

About Darci Hannah

Cozy mystery author, Darci Hannah, is a native of the Midwest and currently lives in a small town in Michigan. Darci is a lifelong lover of the Great Lakes, a natural wonder that inspires many of her stories. When Darci isn’t baking for family and friends, hiking with her furry pals, Ripley and Finn, or concocting her next cozy mystery, she can be found wandering around picturesque lakeside villages with her hubby, sampling baked goods and breaking for coffee more often than she should.

Author Links: Website / Blog / Recipes / Facebook / Instagram / Goodreads

Purchase Links:

Amazon    B & N     BAM    2 Dandelions Bookstore

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Giveaway will be a book with a cookie cutter and bookmark, or some other Christmas cookie themed giveaway.

To enter, tell me what’s your favorite cookie!

Giveaway ends October 13th.

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS

October 1 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT

October 1 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

October 1 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

October 2 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

October 2 – Diane Reviews Books – GUEST POST

October 2 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog – SPOTLIGHT

October 3 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

October 3 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

October 4 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW, RECIPE

October 4 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW

October 5 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

October 5 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

October 6 –Read Your Writes Book Reviews – CHARACTER GUEST POST

October 6 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, GUEST POST

October 6 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

October 7 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT

October 7 – Baroness’ Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT

October 7 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW

October 8 – Literary Gold – CHARACTER GUEST POST

October 8 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

October 9 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW

October 9 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

October 10 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

October 10 – Nellie’s Book Nook – REVIEW

October 11 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW

October 11 – Angel’s Guilty Pleasures – SPOTLIGHT

October 12 – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – GUEST POST

October 12 – Melina’s Book Blog – REVIEW

October 12 – BookishKelly2020 – SPOTLIGHT

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A Perfect Bind ~ A Beloved Bookroom Mystery by Dorothy St. James

Posted: October 2, 2021 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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A Perfect Bind

A Beloved Bookroom Mystery

by Dorothy St. James

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A Perfect Bind (A Beloved Bookroom Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (September 28, 2021)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593098609
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593098608
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08SJLRBJN

Librarian Tru Beckett, ardent defender of the printed word, is about to find out that keeping murder checked out of her beloved library is much harder than she thought…

 

Tru Beckett succeeded in building a secret book room in her now bookless library, where book lovers from lovely Cypress, South Carolina, can rejoice in the printed word. Now she’s working hard to maintain the little library downstairs while keeping her “real job” upstairs in the bookless technology center. The last thing she needs is a mysterious vandal who seems intent on breaking into her secret book-filled sanctuary and creating chaos. The nasty interloper doesn’t steal anything, but brutalizes the books, damaging them and knocking them off shelves.

 

A patron of the secret book room tells Tru that there have been creepy goings-on at the library for years, especially in the basement where the secret book room is located. He’s heard rumors of a poltergeist that haunts the library, determined to scare off readers. Tru is certain it’s hogwash, but she’s at a loss to think of who might be vandalizing the beautiful books she fought so hard to protect. And when a dead body shows up right behind the library, Tru is certain that it’s not a ghost but a cold-blooded killer that she and her trusty tabby Dewey Decimal will need to uncover.

 

About Dorothy St. James

Dorothy St. James is the author of the White House Gardener Mysteries and the Southern Chocolate Shop Mysteries. She lives in the Lowcountry of South Carolina with her sculptor husband. Dorothy is a member of Mystery Writers of America (MWA) and the International Thriller Writers (ITW) and Sister’s in Crime (SInC). This is her second Beloved Bookroom Mystery.

Follow Dorothy Online: Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Website

Purchase Links – Amazon – Penguin Random House – B&N – Kobo – Google Play – IndieBound

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September 28 – Novels Alive – GUEST POST

September 28 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

September 29 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW

September 30 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT

September 30 – Author Elena Taylor’s Blog – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

October 1 – Mochas, Mysteries and Meows – CHARACTER GUEST POST

October 1 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW

October 2 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

October 2 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW

October 3 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW

October 3 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – REVIEW

October 4 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

October 4 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

October 5 – Book Club Librarian – REVIEW  

October 5 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – SPOTLIGHT

October 6 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT

October 6 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW

October 7 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW

October 7 – Mysteries with Character – GUEST POST

October 8 – Angel’s Guilty Pleasures – SPOTLIGHT

October 8 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW

October 9 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW

October 9 – I Read What You Write – SPOTLIGHT

October 10 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

October 10 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

October 11 – Melina’s Book Blog – REVIEW

October 11 – BookishKelly2020 – SPOTLIGHT  

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Amanda911 by Mark Schreiber ~ Excerpt and Giveaway

Posted: October 1, 2021 in giveaways, YA
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Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for Amanda911 organized by Goddess Fish Promotions.

Author Mark Schreiber will be awarding a $50 Amazon or B&N Gift Card to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Don’t forget to enter!

And you can click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour and more chances to win.

Amanda911

by Mark Schreiber

Genre: YA (crossover)

Synopsis

“Sixteen-year-old Iowa schoolgirl Amanda Dizon may be the nation’s most unremarkable teenager, until she falls down a well and finds herself instantaneously transformed from irrelevant to influencer.  Mark Schreiber’s sly, rollicking masterpiece, Amanda911, follows Amanda’s escapades and sends up the craven, fame-obsessed virtual culture of today’s adolescents.   As insightful as Dickens and as innovative as Heller, Schreiber is the definitive satirist of the social media generation.”—Jacob M. Appel, author of Einstein’s Beach House

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Excerpt

I can’t believe you guys! exclaimed Nicole. You never heard of MakeItRain? It’s crowdfunding for personal tragedy.

But I only fractured one ankle, said Amanda. The doctor said I can probably go home tomorrow.

But nobody knew that when the story broke, did they?

What is this figure? asked Amanda’s mom. $305,050? Is that the goal?

The goal is ten thousand dollars! Nicole shouted above the music.

$305,050 is the amount pledged. So you can easily afford to buy me a Jaguar. I just want a basic one. And you’ll have money left over to buy a car painted rainbow colors for yourself, and probably a house with a life-size stuffed unicorn.

A life-size stuffed unicorn?

This can’t be legitimate, whispered Amanda’s mother.

Amanda’s mom grabbed her daughter’s arm. Can you please give us a minute, Nicole?

She helped her daughter into a wheelchair and wheeled her into the corridor, where it was quiet enough to talk in normal voices, and bright enough to see each other clearly.

She knelt down so that their gaze was level. Are you OK, darling?

Are you kidding? This is the best day of my life!

You suffered a traumatic experience.

The well? I should have fallen down that thing a long time ago!

Listen, this is all nice and fun, and I’m glad all your classmates have finally taken an interest in you, even if they have ulterior motives…

Mom, cut to the chase.

But none of this is real. It’s just entertainment. The RainMan account, the six million friends…

It’s seven million now!

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Author Mark Schreiber

Mark Schreiber was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1960, graduated high school at age fifteen and began writing novels full-time. Princes in Exile, which explores a prodigy’s struggle to accept his own mortality at a summer camp for kids with cancer, was published in 1984 and made into a feature film in 1991. It has been published in ten countries, received two awards in Europe and was shortlisted for the Austria Prize. Carnelian, a fantasy, was published by Facet in Belgium. Starcrossed, a rebuttal to Romeo and Juliet, was published by Flux and translated into French and Turkish. His illustrated science book, How to Build an Elephant, was published as an Apple app by Swag Soft. He has written over forty books and received two State of Ohio Individual Writer Fellowships. For the last seven years he has been a digital nomad, living on four continents. He currently resides in Costa Rica.

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