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Soft Serve Sleighing by Lena Gregory – Book Tour and Giveaway

01 Saturday Feb 2025

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Soft Serve Sleighing (Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries)
by Lena Gregory

About Soft Serve Sleighing


Soft Serve Sleighing (Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Setting – Long Island, NY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gemma Halliday Publishing (January 28, 2025)
Number of Pages – 226
Kindle ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DLHPWDNT
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From author Lena Gregory comes a delightfully delicious cozy mystery…

With most of Eastern Long Island closed down for a blizzard, Danika Delaney and her friends are holed up in her old fashioned malt shop, the Coffee & Cream Café, with ice cream and hot chocolate. However, their plans to wait out the storm in cozy company are interrupted when a popular YouTuber and her two companions show up at the door—they’ve been trapped by the storm, and Dani generously offers to serve them breakfast. But her generosity isn’t rewarded in kind, as the reviewer then tries to extort money from Dani in exchange for a good review! When the storm finally clears, Dani is happy to have seen the last of them.

Or so she thought.

Dani and her friends decide to go sleigh riding the morning after the storm clears, but instead of a winter wonderland, they find the extorting YouTuber…dead! To make matters worse, Dani suddenly finds herself accused of the woman’s murder. Intent on restoring her reputation, Dani sets out to prove she didn’t do it. This is one storm she’s not sure she can weather…

About Lena Gregory

Lena Gregory is the author of the Bay Island Psychic Mysteries, which take place on a small island between the north and south forks of Long Island, New York, the All-Day Breakfast Café Mysteries, which are set on the outskirts of Florida’s Ocala National Forest, the Mini-Meadows Mysteries, set in a community of tiny homes in Central Florida, and the Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries, which take place in a small town on the south shore of eastern Long Island, New York.

Lena grew up in a small town on the south shore of eastern Long Island, but she recently traded in cold, damp, gray winters for the warmth and sunshine of central Florida, where she now lives with her husband, three kids, son-in-law, and four dogs. Her hobbies include spending time with family, reading, and walking. Her love for writing developed when her youngest son was born and didn’t sleep through the night. She works full-time as a writer and a freelance editor and is a member of Sisters in Crime.

Author Links

  • Newsletter: http://lenagregory.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9765d0711ed4fab4fa31b16ac&id=49d42335d1.
  • Website: http://www.lenagregory.com/
  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lena.gregory.986
  • Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Lena.Gregory.Author/?fref=ts
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/LenaGregory03
  • Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14956514.Lena_Gregory?from_search=true
  • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lenagregoryauth/

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS

January 28 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT

January 28 – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – AUTHOR GUEST POST, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY

January 28 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT

January 29 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 29 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW

January 30 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY

January 31 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – REVIEW

January 31 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

February 1 – Frugal Freelancer – CHARACTER INTERVIEW, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY

February 1 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

February 2 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW

February 2 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

February 3 – Angel’s Book Nook – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

February 3 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – CHARACTER GUEST POST

February 4 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR GUEST POST

February 4 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – SPOTLIGHT

February 5 – Novels Alive – REVIEW

February 5 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW

February 6 – Rebecca M. Douglass, Author – REVIEW

February 6 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

February 7 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW

February 7 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

February 8 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

February 9 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – REVIEW

February 10 – Deal Sharing Aunt – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

February 10 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW

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Tartan, Treasures and Trouble by Victoria Tait – Book Tour and Giveaway

26 Sunday Jan 2025

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Tartan, Treasures and Trouble: A British Cozy Murder Mystery with a Female Amateur Sleuth
(A Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery)
by Victoria Tait

About Tartan, Treasures and Trouble


Tartan, Treasures and Trouble: A British Cozy Murder Mystery with a Female Amateur Sleuth (A Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
12th in Series
Setting – Cotswolds – England
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kanga Press (January 17, 2025)
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DDFZDH79
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When murder is served at a Scottish Burns supper, it’s not the haggis that hides the deadliest secret. Can an amateur sleuth catch the killer before they toast another victim?

Antiques expert, Dotty Sayers, is thrilled to return to the Cotswolds to reconnect with old friends and run the auction house where her career began. She and her friend, Sergeant Keya Varma, organise a traditional Burns Night celebration, but things go awry when one of their guests meets his end before the first whisky is poured.

When the new police inspector is pushed aside by headquarters before she can crack the case, Dotty can’t resist following her own leads. As she digs deeper, she uncovers the victim’s tangled relationships, jealous spouses, and shady business dealings. But when a sensational newspaper article exposes the case, it threatens not only the investigation but also the auction house which Dotty has just been trusted to manage.

Can Dotty solve the case, or will the truth be drowned out by the skirl of the bagpipes?

About Victoria Tait

Victoria Tait was born and raised in Yorkshire, England, and never expected to travel the world. She’s drawn on her life’s experiences and a love of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Murder She Wrote, to write British-based cozy mysteries.

Her determined and hard-working female sleuths are joined by colourful but realistic teams of helpers, and her settings are vivid and evocative. As you’re compelled to keep turning the pages, you’ll be irresistibly drawn into a world of intrigue, surprises, and humour, as well as a delectable helping of mystery, because tea and intrigue are a perfect blend.

Author Links
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Purchase Links
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TOUR PARTICIPANTS

January 18 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT

January 18 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

January 19 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

January 19 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW

January 20 – Angel’s Book Nook – RECIPE

January 20 – Frugal Freelancer – CHARACTER GUEST POST

January 21 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW

January 21 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 22 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW

January 22 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

January 23 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 23 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 24 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW

January 24 – Deal Sharing Aunt – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

January 25 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 26 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

January 27 – Reading Is My SuperPower – AUTHOR GUEST POST

January 27 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

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Deadly Performance by Kate Parker – Book Tour and Giveaway

09 Thursday Jan 2025

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Deadly Performance: A World War II Mystery
(Deadly Series)
by Kate Parker

About Deadly Performance


Deadly Performance: A World War II Mystery (Deadly Series)
Historical Cozy Mystery
12th in Series
Setting -West End of London, Summer, 1941
Publisher ‏ : ‎ JDP Press (December 9, 2024)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 301 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8992015218
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DNNQ23F4
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Behind the spotlights and glamour lurk secrets and murder.

Amid the grim realities of wartime Britain, inside during the blackout hidden from the tatters left by the Blitz, glitz and glamour live onstage in the West End. But at one theater, The Regent, a malevolent force is causing escalating problems. Sabotage, damage and injury feed mistrust among the cast and crew.

Then during opening night, the hated director drops dead from poison, and Olivia Redmond’s colorful, kindly editor is arrested for murder. Determined to investigate, Olivia finds secrets piling up among the bodies. But which secret leads to a crafty killer who won’t hesitate to remove anyone in their way, including Olivia.

About Kate Parker

Kate Parker has long wanted to build a time travel machine. However, after several false starts, she gave up and created time travel by going back in time inside her books. Since she’s fond of murder mysteries, it is probably best that all of her travel is inside books or police from various ages would be hunting her. When not recreating old-time buildings and fashions, she can be found with a modern computer and modern air conditioning in North Carolina, along with her daughter and a 115-lb. puppy who could just crash through any time barrier.

Author Links
Website – http://www.kateparkerbooks.com

Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/Author.Kate.Parker

Purchase Links – Amazon – B&N – Apple – Kobo

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

January 6 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

January 6 – Frugal Freelancer – AUTHOR GUEST POST

January 7 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT

January 7 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 8 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

January 9 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

January 9 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – SPOTLIGHT

January 10 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW

January 10 – StoreyBook Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST

January 11 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

January 11 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 12 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

January 13 – Novels Alive – REVIEW

January 14 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 15 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER GUEST POST

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