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Peach Tea Smash by Laura Childs – Book Tour and Giveaway

17 Saturday Aug 2024

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Peach Tea Smash (A Tea Shop Mystery)
by Laura Childs

About Peach Tea Smash


Peach Tea Smash (A Tea Shop Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
28th in Series
Setting – South Carolina
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (August 6, 2024)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593201019
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593201015
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CLKSY4GV
Audiobook ASIN B0CVLG7ZGL

Murder at an Alice in Wonderland–themed event threatens to send Theodosia Browning through the looking glass in the latest entry in this New York Times bestselling series.

During the Mad Hatter Masquerade, a fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the Opera on the grounds of the old Pendleton Grist Mill, Harlan Sadler, husband of Cricket Sadler, the chairwoman, is killed. He’s been hit in the head with a croquet mallet, and his body hung on the chains and paddles of the grist mill. Nobody can figure out why since Harlan was much beloved by everyone. It’s only after Cricket and Delaine beg Theodosia to investigate that she realizes the killer might have mistaken Harlan for his crazy son, Duke. After all, Duke is a slum landlord and recently injured a woman in a boating accident.

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 takes 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 – Bookshop.org – PenquinRandomHouse

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

August 6 – The Plain-Spoken Pen – REVIEW

August 6 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

August 6 – story.book.lady – REVIEW

August 7 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – SPOTLIGHT

August 7 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT

August 8 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 8 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT

August 9 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW

August 9 – The Mystery of Writing – SPOTLIGHT

August 10 – Reading Is My SuperPower – AUTHOR GUST POST

August 10 – Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 11 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

August 12 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT

August 12 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 13 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW

August 13 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 14 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW

August 14 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR GUEST POST

August 15 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

August 15 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 16 – Baroness Book Trove – REVIEW

August 16 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

August 17 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

August 17 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 18 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW

August 19 – Angel’s Book Nook – SPOTLIGHT

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Cooking to Death by Marcy Blesy – Book Tour and Giveaway

11 Sunday Aug 2024

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Cooking to Death: Stirring the Pot
(The Ghost Texter Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series)
by Marcy Blesy

About Cooking to Death


Cooking to Death: Stirring the Pot (The Ghost Texter Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series)
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Michigan
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently Published (June 14, 2024)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 302 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8323615087
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D21LBL3M

A Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series:

Twenty-four-year old Vivien Belcher–Ms. B, for obvious reasons–teaches a full class of kindergarten students in Southwest Michigan in a Lake Michigan beach town. Trying to maintain control of her overly enthusiastic students while managing life as a fully-fledged adult, Vivien’s life is balancing as perfectly as a gymnast sticking her landing until the scale tips when she receives an unlikely and unwelcome text message from her ex-boyfriend…her dead ex-boyfriend.

Trapped in the Transitional World and having to atone for his many sins in life, Kasper must “make good” by helping to solve the murder of his beloved high school lunch lady. The problem? It’s hard to solve a murder as a ghost. But Kasper doesn’t count on Vivien’s reluctance to help him, not to mention her doubt. And he really doesn’t count on his reaction to Vivien moving on with relationships in her life that don’t include him.

What ensues is hilarity and frustration as Kasper’s time is running out to convince Vivien to help him. Being a ghost is hard. But so is being a new teacher.

Marcy Blesy is the author of The Tucson Valley Retirement Community Cozy Mystery Series which has sold thousands of books in the hilarious whodunit series.

About Marcy Blesy

Marcy Blesy is the author of over thirty books including the popular cozy mystery series: The Tucson Valley Retirement Community Cozy Mystery Series. Her adult romance mystery series includes The Secret of Blue Lake and The Secret of Silver Beach, set in Michigan. Her children’s books include the best-selling Be the Vet series along with the following early chapter book series: Evie and the Volunteers, Niles and Bradford, Third Grade Outsider, and Hazel, the Clinic Cat.

Marcy enjoys searching for treasures along the shores of Lake Michigan. She’s still waiting for the day when she finds a piece of red beach glass. By day, she teaches creative writing virtually to amazing students around the world.

Marcy is a believer in love and enjoys nothing more than making her readers feel a book more than simply reading it.

Author Links

Website www.marcyblesy.com

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550966870826&mibextid=kFxxJD

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marcy_blesy?igsh=MXhlYXpibnhoeWkyNw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211756265-cooking-to-death?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=9iB56fL6mx&rank=1

Purchase Links – Amazon

Book 2: Dribbling to Death (Taking His Shot) August 2024, Preorder Now!

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

July 30 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – SPOTLIGHT

July 30 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

July 31 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR GUEST POST

August 1 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW

August 1 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

August 2 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

August 2 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 3 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT

August 3 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT

August 4 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

August 5 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT

August 6 – Ruff Drafts – CHARACTER GUEST POST

August 6 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 7 – Baroness Book Trove – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

August 7 – StoreyBook Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST

August 8 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER GUEST POST

August 8 – Novels Alive – REVIEW

August 9 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 10 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

August 11 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

August 12 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW

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Murder at Mistlethwaite Manor by AJ Skelly – Book Tour and Giveaway

02 Friday Aug 2024

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Murder at Mistlethwaite Manor
by AJ Skelly

About Murder at Mistlethwaite Manor

Murder at Mistlethwaite Manor
Historical Cozy Mystery
Setting – Mistlethwaite Manor, Christmastime, in 1895 England
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quill & Flame Publishing House (June 26, 2024)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1957899786
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1957899787
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D2VJKH2B

Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None meets The Gilded Age in this delicious, suspenseful murder mystery.

When Lady Emma Grace Hastings receives a much-coveted invitation to the most auspicious Christmas party of the season—one that comes with a 10,000 pound prize for the winner of a mysterious game—she cannot believe her good fortune.

But as the guests are assembled at Mistlethwaite Manor, the chilling intent of the game is revealed. Each guest has cause for alarm, because all of them have secrets, and to win the prize money, those secrets must be exposed.

Things take a sinister turn when Emma Grace finds herself caught between her old love and her soon-to-be betrothed. Suspicions abound, and old wounds are opened. The dead body in the study does not help. Nor does the raging winter storm that prevents escape from the manor. Emma Grace must battle her heart, use her wits, and put her sleuthing skills to the test to survive the weekend alive.

Because there is a murderer among them.

And no one with secrets is safe.

About AJ Skelly

AJ Skelly is an author, reader, and lover of all things fantasy, mystery, and fairy-tale romance. And werewolves. She has a serious soft spot for them. As an avid life-long reader and a former high school English teacher, she’s always been fascinated with the written word. She lives with her husband, children, and many imaginary friends who often find their way into her stories. They all drink copious amounts of tea together and stay up reading far later than they should.

You can read more of her short stories at www.ajskelly.com.

Author Links

Website www.ajskelly.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/a.j.skelly/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aj.skelly.71/

Purchase Links – Amazon – B&N – Bookshop.org –

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July 29 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – SPOTLIGHT

July 29 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

July 30 – Ruff Drafts – CHARACTER GUEST POST

July 30 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT

July 31 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW

July 31 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 1 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, AUTHOR GUEST POST

August 1 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

August 2 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

August 2 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

August 3 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

August 4 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT

August 5 – Novels Alive – REVIEW

August 5 – The Editing Pen – AUTHOR GUEST POST

August 5 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 6 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

August 7 – Novels Alive – REVIEW

August 8 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW

August 9 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER GUEST POST

August 10 – Bigreadersite – REVIEW

August 10 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR GUEST POST

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