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Knit or Dye Trying by Allie Pleiter – Book Tour and Giveaway

01 Sunday May 2022

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Knit or Dye Trying (A Riverbank Knitting Mystery)
by Allie Pleiter

About Knit or Dye Trying


Knit or Dye Trying (A Riverbank Knitting Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Maryland
Berkley (April 5, 2022)
Mass Market Paperback: ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10: ‎ 0593201809
ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0593201800
Kindle ASIN: ‎ B093YRVK42

Business is booming for Libby Beckett and her fabulous Maryland shop, aptly named Y.A.R.N., but when a town festival brings a fatality with it, Libby gets all tangled up in murder.

As spring comes to Collinstown, the village launches a food festival to draw a new group of tourists. Libby, the proud owner of Y.A.R.N., has planned a yarn event to provide an alternative option to a foodie weekend. Artisan fiber dyer Julie Wilson—known for her work with animal-friendly, plant-based knitting fibers such as bamboo and hemp as well as her brilliant use of color—will hopefully draw a crowd with a special dyeing workshop.

The festival begins, but it draws more than crowds. First, a flock of sheep parades down the street, herded by farmers protesting Julie’s antiwool stance. Then Julie’s celebrity chef sister appears, and the siblings resume a long-standing rivalry. Despite all this, Julie’s workshop has sold out. Libby is thrilled, and they’re preparing for a full house. But the night before the event, Julie is found alone in the warehouse event space—dead. The witty “Watch Julie Wilson Dye” workshop title now has a terrible new meaning—and it’s up to Libby to catch a crafty killer.

About Allie Pleiter

An avid knitter, coffee junkie and firm believer that “pie makes everything better,” Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and non-fiction working on as many as four novels at a time. The bestselling author of over fifty books, Allie has enjoyed a twenty-year career with over 1.5 million books sold. In addition to writing, Allie maintains an active writing productivity coaching practice and speaks regularly on the creative process, publishing, and her very favorite topic—The Chunky Method of time management for writers.

Author Links

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alliepleiterauthor/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/alliepleiter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allie-pleiter-6a021b139

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alliepleiter

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/alliepleiter/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/453346.Allie_Pleiter

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/allie-pleiter

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Allie-Pleiter/e/B001H6IEUO/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

To subscribe to Allie’s newsletter: http://www.alliepleiter.com/subscribe/

Purchase Links

Link on my webpage – Amazon (including Kindle and Audible) – Barnes & Noble (including Nook) – Apple Books – Google Play – Kobo – IndieBound

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

April 25 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

April 25 – Maureen Musings – SPOTLIGHT

April 25 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog – SPOTLIGHT

April 26 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT

April 26 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

April 26 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

April 27 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – GUEST POST

April 27 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT

April 27 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT

April 28 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

April 28 – Diane Reviews Books – GUEST POST

April 28 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT

April 29 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT

April 29 – I Read What You Write – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

April 29 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

April 30 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW

April 30 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT

April 30 – Christa Reads and Writes – REVIEW

May 1 – Melina’s Book Blog – REVIEW

May 1 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW

May 1 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

May 1 – Girl with Pen – SPOTLIGHT

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Murder Next Door by Michele Pariza Wacek – Book Tour and Giveaway

27 Wednesday Apr 2022

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Murder Next Door (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries)
by Michele Pariza Wacek

About Murder Next Door

Murder Next Door (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Wisconsin
Love-Based Publishing (April 19, 2022)
~200 Pages
Digital ASIN: B09QZ476FW

Everyone knows vampires don’t exist.

So when Mildred Schmidt, one of Charlie’s customers, is convinced that her next-door neighbor’s house sitter is actually a vampire, Charlie of course has to step in to see what is really going on.

What she finds is … disturbing. The house sitter DOES have some peculiar habits—like digging holes in the backyard in the middle of the night.

Surely, they aren’t … graves.

But then Polly, a local teenager, goes missing.

Of course, teenagers DO run away from time to time.

Less explainable is the dead body that then appears in the “vampire’s” yard.

Luckily, Charlie is hot on the case, and not a moment too soon as she races to not only find Polly, but to discover the killer before the bodies start to pile up.

Meet Charlie. Better known as “Aunt Charlie” from the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series. She’s back, making teas and solving cases in this funny, twisty, cozy mystery series set in the 1990s in Redemption, Wisconsin.

About Michele Pariza Wacek

When Michele was 3 years old, she taught herself to read because she wanted to write stories so badly. It took some time (and some detours) but she does spend much of her time writing stories now. Mystery stories to be exact, ranging from psychological thrillers to cozies, with a dash of romance and supernatural thrown into the mix. If that wasn’t enough, she also hosts a virtual book club you can check out and join (for free!) at MPWNovels.com.

Michele holds a double major in English and Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently, she lives in the mountains of Prescott, Arizona with her husband Paul and southern squirrel hunter Cassie.

Author Links
Website – https://mpwnovels.com/
Facebook – facebook.com/michelepwauthor
Linked In linkedin.com/in/michelepw
Twitter – twitter.com/michelepw
Instagram – instagram.com/themichelepw

Purchase Link – Amazon 

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

April 19 – Novels Alive – SPOTLIGHT

April 20 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

April 20 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

April 21 – The Mystery Section – SPOTLIGHT

April 21 – Baroness’ Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT

April 22 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

April 22 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT

April 23 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

April 23 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

April 24 – Drink Coffee and Read Books – REVIEW

April 24 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog – SPOTLIGHT

April 25 – Diane Reviews Books – REVIEW

April 25 – Nellie’s Book Nook – REVIEW

April 26 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW

April 26 – My Journey Back – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

April 27 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

April 27 – I Read What You Write – GUEST POST

April 28 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT

April 28 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW

April 29 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

April 29 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

April 30 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW

April 30 – Books Blog – SPOTLIGHT

May 1 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

May 2 – BookishKelly2020 – SPOTLIGHT

May 2 – Girl with Pen – SPOTLIGHT

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The Bones of Amoret by Arthur Herbert – Book Tour and Giveaway

20 Wednesday Apr 2022

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Join Us for This Tour:  April 4 to April 22

Book Details:

Book Title: The Bones of Amoret – A Novel by Arthur Herbert
Category:  Adult Fiction 18+, 320 pages
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Publisher:  Stitched Smile Publications
Release Date: April 2022
Content Rating:  PG-13 – no sex, explicit or otherwise; almost all violence is off-screen; mild profanity

Book Description:

In this enigmatic follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut novel The Cuts that Cure, Arthur Herbert returns to the Texas-Mexico border with this saga of a small town’s bloody loss of innocence.

Amoret, Texas, 1982. Life along the border is harsh, but in a world where cultures work together to carve a living from the desert landscape, Blaine Beckett lives a life of isolation. A transplanted Boston intellectual, for twenty years locals have viewed him as a snob, a misanthrope, an outsider. He seems content to stand apart until one night when he vanishes into thin air amid signs of foul play.

Noah Grady, the town doctor, is a charming and popular good ol’ boy. He’s also a keeper of secrets, both the town’s and his own. He watches from afar as the mystery of Blaine’s disappearance unravels and rumors fly. Were the incipient cartels responsible? Was it a local with a grudge? Or did Blaine himself orchestrate his own disappearance? Then the unthinkable happens, and Noah begins to realize he’s considered a suspect.

Paced like a lit fuse and full of dizzying plot twists, The Bones of Amoret is a riveting whodunit that will keep you guessing all the way to its shocking conclusion.

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Meet the Author:

Arthur Herbert was born and raised in small-town Texas. He worked on offshore oil rigs, as a bartender, as a landscaper at a trailer park, and as a social worker before going to medical school. He chose to do a residency in general surgery, followed by a fellowship in critical care and trauma surgery. For the last eighteen years, he’s worked as a trauma and burn surgeon, operating on all ages of injured patients. He continues to run a thriving practice.

He’s won multiple awards for his scientific writing, and his first novel, The Cuts that Cure, spent ten days as an Amazon #1 Best Seller. His second novel, The Bones of Amoret, will be released on April 1, 2022, through Stitched Smile Publishers. Arthur currently lives in New Orleans, with his wife Amy and their dogs.

Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Goodreads

 
Tour Schedule:

April 4 – Mystery Review Crew – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
April 4 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway
April 5 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway
April 5 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway
April 6 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of THE CUTS THAT CURE / giveaway
April 6 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview 
April 7 – Sefina Hawke’s Books – book spotlight
April 8 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of THE BONES OF AMORET / giveaway
April 11 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book review / giveaway
April 11 – Splashes of Joy  – book review / giveaway
April 12 – Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway
April 14 – Literary Flits – book review / giveaway
April 15 – The Page Ladies – book review
April 19 – Amy’s Bookshelf Reviews – book review
April 19 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / guest post / spotlight
April 19 – I’m Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway
April 20 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – book spotlight / giveaway
April 20 – Celticlady’s Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway
April 21 – Ravenz Reviewz – book review / guest post / giveaway
April 22 – Books Blog – book spotlight
April 22 – Mostly Mystery Reviews – book review / author interview

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