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I am so happy to welcome Laura Bradford back to Escape With Dollycas today!
Dessert: The Best Therapist of All
By Laura Bradford
Author of The Silence of the Flans
(Guest Post provided by publicist.)
I love treats.
In fact, with the lone exception of a really odd period during my early childhood when I didn’t like (*gasp*) candy, I can say edible treats have been my go-to during all sorts of moments in my life. It’s become such a given that I actually equate certain treats with specific needs/issues/moods, ala Pavlov’s Dog.
On days when snow cancels school in our district, I like warm, fresh-from-the-oven chocolate chip cookies. With a big glass of milk…
When I’m in the final throes of a deadline, I reach for a bowl of candy corn and a box of Milk Duds. Not the healthiest thing, I know, but it gets me through…
When I’m low energy (whether physically or mentally), I have a hankering for brownies…
If I’m under the weather, I like hot chocolate and a piece of chocolate…
The moment the Christmas tree comes out, I’m envisioning white chocolate mousse pastry puffs and fudge…
Yeah, yeah, I know dessert isn’t the healthiest part of the day, but smiling is pretty important, right?
So, when I’m asked how I came up with the idea for the Emergency Dessert Squad Mysteries, it was really just right there in front of me the whole time. Because, when you think about it, sometimes when you’re blue or tired or stressed or heartbroken or low on motivation or angrier than you’ve ever been in your life, the quickest way to turn things around is with a treat. Does the treat fix those things on its own? Probably not. But, at least for me, it puts that all important smile on my face that does, invariably, lead to things turning around. And that’s the ultimate goal, isn’t it?
I have no doubt that if Winnie Johnson (my main character) and her Emergency Dessert Squad were here in my town, I’d be a loyal (read: reward card carrying) customer and she’d be on my speed dial.
I might even be willing to help her solve a murder or two.
~Laura
Thank you Laura for visiting today!
The Silence of the Flans
(An Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Ohio
A Berkley Prime Crime Mystery
An Imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Release Date – March 7, 2017
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0425280904
E-Book ASIN: B01H17UCGG
Baker Winnie Johnson does her best work when the heat is on. As owner of the Emergency Dessert Squad, she has a deft touch in the kitchen and a soft spot for lost causes. So when her business professor beau, Jay Morgan, expresses misgivings over having to fail one of his fourth-year students, Winnie cooks up a sweet solution.
She’ll offer an extra credit opportunity in exchange for a little help with her growing business. But when her protégé’s first dessert delivery poisons a student journalist, the publicity threatens to burn Winnie’s business to a crisp. Now the entrepreneur-turned-detective must uncover the ingredients behind a recipe for murder before she crumbles under pressure…
RECIPES INCLUDED
About The Author
Laura is the national bestselling author of several mystery series, including the Emergency Dessert Squad Mysteries, the Amish Mysteries, the Jenkins & Burns Mysteries, and the brand new Tobi Tobias Mysteries. She is a former Agatha Award nominee, and the recipient of an RT Reviewer’s Choice Award in romance. When she’s not writing, Laura enjoys making memories with her family, baking, and being an advocate for those living with Multiple Sclerosis.
To learn more, visit her website: www.laurabradford.com, or hang out with her on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/laurabradfordauthor/?fref=ts. She can also be found occasionally tweeting at: @Bradfordauthor.
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I like the concept of an Emergency Dessert Squad.
Looks like a fun book! Thank you for the contest!
Sounds great! It’s on my list!
Love Laura’s books. Hadn’t started this series
but would like to start it. thanks for the chance
to win the book.
Sounds like a good read.
Sounds like a book that I would enjoy. Thanks for a chance to win a copy.
sounds delicious! I’ll have to check this one out.
Sounds like a great cozy.
Love this author’s books….all of them!! Would love to win a copy of this one!
I love, love, love the idea of an Emergency Dessert Squad and would know I would really enjoy this book! Thanks for the giveaway!
I haven’t started this series yet, but I’m looking forward to reading the series. I have read other books by Laura Bradford and really enjoyed her Amish series.
I have just started reading all your books. Thanks for the giveaway!
So looking forward to this book! I can’t wait to hear what delicious desserts she dreams up this time! Thanks!
If there are cookies around here, my son and DIL will finish them off. So, I never have any for those cravings. Instead, when I have a craving, I end up reaching for a few dates or prunes because that is what is here. At least they are sweet.
I completely agree about treats. Sometimes that’s just what is needed!
An emergency dessert squad – you can stop here any(every) day!
Congratulations on the release and thank you for this opportunity!
What a delicious mystery! Thanks for sharing.