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Spotlight/ #Giveaway – Gone By Midnight by Joyce and Jim Lavene – Great Escapes Book Tour

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Feb 062016

I am so happy to be a part of this tour!

Gone by Midnight
by Joyce and Jim Lavene

Gone by Midnight
Genre – Cozy Mystery
Print Length: 149 pages
Publisher: J. Lavene (February 2, 2016)
ASIN: B019AJC1XU

Fans of Joyce and Jim Lavene will thrill at this collection of thirteen short stories—many are set in the worlds of their national bestselling mystery series, including the Missing Pieces Mysteries, the Renaissance Faire Mysteries, the Retired Witches Mysteries, and an upcoming mystery novel!

These stories contain the elements of mystery and fantasy the Lavenes are famous for, as well as some new things their readers have never seen. Several stories feature characters interacting with ghosts, magic, and the supernatural—the healing woman in “Courtship;” the Civil War widow in “One with the Darkness;” the city girl who summons a wizard from the past in “The Magician and the Sorceress/Accountant;” and the young introvert in “Aunt Edna” who finds her calling with help from a ghostly visitor.

Poignant, charming, and captivating, Joyce and Jim Lavene bring their characteristic wit and heart to these stories and introduce each one with a passage about its origin or how it ties into the universe they’ve created. Gone by Midnight is a treasury of tales that will delight the mind and touch the heart from one of the most prolific writing duos of our time.

About The Authors

Joyce and Jim Lavene write award-winning, bestselling mystery fiction as themselves, J.J. Cook, and Ellie Grant. They have written and published more than 70 novels for Harlequin, Berkley, Amazon, and Gallery Books along with hundreds of non-fiction articles for national and regional publications. They live in rural North Carolina with their family.

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Tour Participants

February 5 – 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, &, Sissy, Too! – SPOTLIGHT
February 6 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
February 7 – Shelley’s Book Case – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW
February 8 – deal sharing aunt – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
February 9 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
February 10 – A Chick Who Reads – REVIEW
February 11 – fuonlyknew – REVIEW
February 12 – Lisa Ks book Reviews – REVIEW
February 13 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW
February 14 – Author Annette Drake’s blog – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
February 15 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW, GIVEAWAY
February 16 – Booklady’s Booknotes – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
February 17 – Brooke Blogs – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
February 18 – Tea and A Book – REVIEW
February 19 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

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Review/Giveaway – My Bloody Valentine – Short Story Collection

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Feb 142014

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

My Bloody Valentine – Short Story Collection
Romantic Suspense
Publisher: The Story Vault (February 9, 2014)
E-Book File Size: 529 KB
ASIN: B00ICNBDP8

MY BLOODY VALENTINE
Curl up with this delightfully dangerous collection of short stories, aimed at making the heart grow colder.

Love sometimes requires restraints…. In Tiffinie Helmer’s “Heartless,” Roxie Scott moonlights as a dominatrix, trying to survive the financial cost of her divorce, until her clients start turning up dead.

A mystery turns personal in Alex Bledsoe’s “Tantrabobus,” when Professor Tanna Tully of “the Firefly Witch” series, leads a team of graduate students in paranormal studies to investigate the ghost of a woman who burned to death on her wedding day.

A jilted mistress is after revenge In V.R. Barkowski’s “Just a Lie,” and a Homicide Inspector must choose between revealing a truth that will destroy lives or ignoring the savage fury of a woman scorned.

Can an immortal blood drinker find redemption? In Erica Hayes’ “Unforgiven,” Lisette, who long ago learned the price of pleasure, meets an ancient enemy, a dark prince and lover who rekindles her forbidden thirst for power — and blood.

CIA operative and bioterrorism expert Mackenzie Conley comes face to face with a madman obsessed with possessing her in Lizbeth Lipperman’s SWEEPERS: A Kiss To Die For, but soon discovers escaping from her mountain prison is the least of her worries.

A broken heart leads to rebellion in Charlie Holmberg’s “Salt and Water,” in which a beautiful slave is tortured to make her cry tears that possess healing powers. Her keeper’s generosity may be the key to her escape, but even the soft-hearted slaver has secrets to hide.

When two worlds collide, chaos is inevitable, in Coreene Callahan’s “Fury of Fate,” in which Sasha Cooper embarks on a night of passion with a complete stranger who turns out to be a Dragonkind warrior. Her dream-come-true may turn out to be her worst nightmare.

Sherry Papers knows that love hurts, in S.G. Redling’s “The True Love of Sherry Papers,” and she isn’t afraid to prove it. But when the love of her life forgets that important fact, she’ll stop at nothing to remind him.

For more information about the individual authors, please see the links below.
Tiffinie Helmer: http://www.tiffiniehelmer.com/
Alex Bledsoe: http://alexbledsoe.com/
V.R. Barkowski: http://www.vrbarkowski.com/VR_Barkowski/Author_VR_Barkowski.html
Erica Hayes: http://www.ericahayes.net/
Lizbeth Lipperman: http://lizlipperman.com/
Charlie Holmberg: http://myselfaswritten.blogspot.com/
Coreene Callahan: http://www.coreenecallahan.com/
S.G. Redling: http://www.amazon.com/S.G.-Redling/e/B007F37JR2

Dollycas’s Thoughts

I was excited to get this because Lizbeth Lipperman is one of my favorite authors and her short story, Sweepers, was excellent but I want more. I want to know how MacKenzie deals with the trauma she has endured. I hope there is continuing story in the works.

I also really enjoyed Heartless by Tiffany Helmer. Roxie was quite a character and meeting up again with her crush from high school made for a very interesting story.

Some of the other stories were just not “my cup of tea”. Vampires and Dragonkind warriors are not my thing. But I found six of the eight stories enjoyable.

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with your Sweetheart today.
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of this book. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Mumbo Gumbo Murder (A Scrapbooking Mystery) by Laura Childs and Terrie Farley Moran

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
October 1 – Cinnamon, Sugar, and a Little Bit of Murder – REVIEW
October 1 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT – unable to post
October 2 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT – Sapphyria’s Books
October 2 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
October 2 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
October 3 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
October 3 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 4 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
October 4 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
October 5 – MJB Reviewers – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 5 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW
October 6 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 6 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
October 7 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW *
October 7 – Reading Is My SuperPower – GUEST POST
October 8 – The Book Decoder – REVIEW
October 8 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
October 9 – eBook Addicts – SPOTLIGHT
October 9 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW *
October 10 – Mysteries with Character – REVIEW
October 10 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
October 11 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW *
October 11 – A Holland Reads – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST *
October 12 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 12 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT
October 13 – Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers – SPOTLIGHT
October 13 – T’s Stuff – SPOTLIGHT
October 14 – Diary of a Book Fiend – REVIEW
October 14 – A Chick Who Reads – REVIEW *
October 15 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW
October 15 – Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 15 – Sapphyria’s Books – REVIEW

Read and Buried: A Lighthouse Library Mystery by Eva Gates

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
October 7 – Carla Loves To Read – REVIEW
October 7 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT – Sapphyria’s Books
October 8 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
October 8 – The Power of Words – REVIEW
October 8 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
October 9 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW, GUEST POST
October 9 – eBook Addicts – RECIPE POST
October 9 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
October 10 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
October 10 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 10 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 11 – The Bookwyrm’s Hoard – REVIEW
October 11 – Sapphyria’s Books – REVIEW
October 11 – The Book Diva’s Reads – SPOTLIGHT
October 11 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW
October 12 – T’s Stuff – SPOTLIGHT
October 12 – I Read What You Write – SPOTLIGHT
October 12 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
October 13 – Brianne’s Book Reviews – REVIEW
October 13 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST
October 14 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
October 14 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW
October 15 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
October 15 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 15 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW
October 16 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
October 16 – Diane Reviews Books – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 17 – Curling up by the Fire – REVIEW
October 17 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 17 – Ascroft, eh? – GUEST POST
October 18 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
October 18 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIW
October 18 – Reading Authors – REVIEW

Close Encounters of the Curd Kind: A Doyle Cozy Mystery (A Wits’ End Cozy Mystery) by Kirsten Weiss

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
October 9 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW
October 10 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
October 11 – Reading Authors – SPOTLIGHT
October 11 – Nadaness In Motion – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 12 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
October 12 – MJB Reviewers – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 13 – The Book Decoder – REVIEW
October 14 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 15 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
October 16 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
October 16 – I Read What You Write – GUEST POST
October 17 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 18 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
October 19 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – SPOTLIGHT
October 20 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT, RECIPE
October 21 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW, GUEST POST
October 22 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

Serf and Turf: A Silicon Valley Mystery by Marc Jedel

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
October 14 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
October 14 – Carla Loves To Read – REVIEW
October 15 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 15 – A Chick Who Reads – REVIEW
October 16 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT – Reading Is My SuperPower
October 16 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 17 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 18 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 19 – MJB Reviewers – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 20 – Literary Gold – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 21 – StoreyBook Reviews – REVIEW
October 21 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – GUEST POST
October 22 – The Book Decoder – REVIEW
October 22 – I Read What You Write – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 23 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
October 24 – Here’s How It Happened – REVIEW
October 24 – Mysteries with Character – REVIEW
October 25 – Brooke Blogs – GUEST POST
October 26 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 27 – Diane Reviews Books – REVIEW, GUEST POST

Better Watch Out (A Merry & Bright Handcrafted Mystery) by Christina Freeburn

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
October 15 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW
October 15 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW, GIVEAWAY
October 16 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 16 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 16 – My Devotional Thoughts – REVIEW
October 17 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY
October 17 – Diane Reviews Books – GUEST POST
October 18 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
October 18 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW*, GIVEAWAY
October 19 – Reading Is My SuperPower – SPOTLIGHT
October 19 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT
October 20 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
October 21 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
October 22 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 22 – eBook Addicts – SPOTLIGHT
October 23 – Island Confidential – SPOtLIGHT
October 23 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
October 24 – Brooke Blogs – GUEST POST
October 24 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW*
October 25 – Melina’s Book Blog – REVIEW*
October 25 – Laura’s Interests – SPOTLIGHT
October 25 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW, GIVEAWAY

Molded 4 Murder (Sophie Kimball Mystery) by J.C. Eaton

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
October 15 – I Read What You Write – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 15 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – SPOTLIGHT
October 16 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
October 16 – Reading Is My SuperPower – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT
October 16 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
October 16 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
October 17 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
October 17 – Books, Movies, Reviews. Oh my! – GUEST POST
October 18 – Rosepoint Publishing – REVIEW
October 18 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
October 18 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW, GUEST POST
October 19 – Diane Reviews Books – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 19 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
October 19 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
October 20 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 20 – Laura’s Interests – SPOTLIGHT
October 20 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT
October 21 – Diary of a Book Fiend – REVIEW
October 21 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT
October 22 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
October 22 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 22 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

Handmade Ho-Ho Homicide (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery) by Lois Winston

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
October 15 – A Chick Who Reads – REVIEW
October 15 – Babs Book Bistro – CRAFT POST – Reading Is My SuperPower
October 16 – Brooke Blogs – CRAFT POST
October 16 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
October 17 – The Book Decoder – REVIEW
October 18 – Hearts & Scribbles – GUEST POST
October 18 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW
October 19 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
October 20 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 21 – Here’s How It Happened – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 22 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 22 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST
October 23 – Laura’s Interests – SPOTLIGHT
October 23 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
October 23 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 24 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 24 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
October 25 – I Read What You Write – SPOTLIGHT
October 26 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
October 26 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 27 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
October 28 – My Journey Back – CHARACTER GUEST POST

Galliano Gold (Franki Amato Mysteries) by Traci Andrighetti

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
October 1 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
October 1 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW
October 2 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
October 2 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW
October 3 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book
October 4 – T’s Stuff – RECIPE POST
October 4 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 5 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT
October 5 – Christa Reads and Writes – REVIEW
October 6 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 7 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
October 8 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 9 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
October 10 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – GUEST POST
October 11 – Ascroft, eh? – GUEST POST
October 11 – A Blue Million Books – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
October 12 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – REVIEW
October 12 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 13 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 14 – Laura’s Interests – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 14 – eBook Addicts – REVIEW

Haunted House Ghost: Death At The Fall Festival (Braxton Campus Mysteries) by James J. Cudney

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
October 1 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
October 1 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 2 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW
October 2 – The Book’s the Thing – SPOTLIGHT
October 2 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW
October 3 – Reading Authors – SPOTLIGHT
October 4 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT – Sapphyria’s Books
October 4 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 5 – Diary of a Book Fiend – REVIEW
October 6 – Rosepoint Publishing – REVIEW
October 7 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
October 8 – I’m Into Books – SPOTLIGHT
October 8 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT*
October 9 – Carla Loves To Read – REVIEW
October 10 – Valerie’s Musings – REVIEW
October 10 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
October 11 – Diane Reviews Books – REVIEW
October 11 – Ebook addicts – REVIEW
October 12 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 12 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
October 13 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 14 – Cozy Up With Kathy – GUEST POST

Allison Brook

Can resident spirit Evelyn help Carrie catch the culprit who made her a ghost?

Buried in the Stacks:
A Haunted Library Mystery
by Allison Brook
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series

Librarian Carrie Singleton is building a haven, but one of her neighbors is misbehavin'. Can resident spirit Evelyn help Carrie catch the culprit who made her a ghost?

In winter, the Haunted Library is a refuge for homeless townspeople. When a group purchases a vacant house to establish a daytime haven for the homeless, Carrie offers the library as a meeting place for the Haven House committee, but quickly learns that it may be used for illegal activities.

As the new Sunshine Delegate, Carrie heads to the hospital to visit her cantankerous colleague, Dorothy, who had fallen outside the local supermarket. She tells Carrie that her husband tried to kill her--and that he murdered her Aunt Evelyn, the library's resident ghost, six years earlier.

And then Dorothy is murdered--run off the road as soon as she returns to work. Evelyn implores Carrie to find her niece's killer, but that's no easy task: Dorothy had made a hobby of blackmailing her neighbors and colleagues. Carrie, Evelyn, and Smoky Joe the cat are on the case, but are the library cards stacked against them?

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11/30/2019

Elizabeth McKenna

Mystery with a splash of romance…

The Great Jewel Robbery
(A Front Page Mystery)
by Elizabeth McKenna
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series

Chicago Tribune reporters Emma and Grace have been best friends since college despite coming from different worlds. When Grace is assigned to cover an annual charity ball and auction being held at a lakeside mansion and her boyfriend bails on her, she brings Emma as her plus one. The night is going smoothly until Emma finds the host’s brother unconscious in the study. Though at first it is thought he was tipsy and stumbled, it soon becomes clear more is afoot, as the wall safe is empty and a three-million-dollar diamond necklace is missing. With visions of becoming ace investigative journalists, Emma and Grace set out to solve the mystery, much to the chagrin of the handsome local detective.

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10/31/2019

Nancy Cole Silverman

New from Nancy Cole Silverman

The House on Hallowed Ground
(A Misty Dawn Mystery)
by Nancy Cole Silverman
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
1st in Series

When Misty Dawn, a former Hollywood Psychic to the Stars, moves into an old craftsman house, she encounters the former owner, the recently deceased Hollywood set designer, Wilson Thorne.

Wilson is unaware of his circumstances, and when Misty explains the particulars of his limbo state, and how he might help himself if he helps her, he’s not at all happy. That is until young actress Zoey Chamberlain comes to Misty’s door for help.

Zoey has recently purchased The Pink Mansion, a historic Hollywood Hills home, and believes it’s haunted. But when Misty arrives to search the house, it’s not a ghost she finds, but a dead body.

The police are quick to suspect Zoey of murdering her best friend. Zoey maintains her innocence and fears her friend’s death may have been a result of the ghost...and a long-time family curse.

Together Misty and Wilson must untangle the secrets of The Pink Mansion or submit to the powers of the family curse.

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10/31/2019

V.M. Burns

A page-turning mystery full of wonderful characters, humor, Southern charm, and just a little bit of romance.

Bark If It’s Murder
(A Dog Club Mystery)
by V.M. Burns
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series

Lilly Echosby just witnessed a murder on a pet cam. Or did she?

When a last-minute opportunity arises to accompany her boss to an art auction in Atlanta, Lilly throws some money at the problem of where to board her toy poodle Aggie (short for Agatha Christie). Posh Pet Haven offers the most luxurious canine accommodations in all of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The place even provides pet cams so anxious owners can check in on their pampered pooches.

But when Lilly tries to take a peek at her poodle, she gets a terrible shock—she witnesses what she’s sure is a murder. She thinks the victim may be the wealthy co-owner of Pet Haven. The police follow her lead but find no body, no evidence of a crime, and no video record. Starting to feel like the dog owner who cried wolf, Lilly decides to go undercover to catch a killer who may be hiding in plain sight …

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The Rest of the Series

Also by V.M. Burns

Coming November 19, 2019

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11/15/2019

Mary Ellen Hughes

Callie finds treble in Keepsake Cove when her ex-boyfriend is framed for murder . . .

A Curio Killing (A Keepsake Cove Mystery) by Mary Ellen Hughes
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series

Callie Reed is looking forward to her first Keepsake Cove spring festival. But her excitement dims considerably when she learns that her ex-boyfriend, Hank, will be performing with one of the hired country-western bands. Callie vows to keep her distance, but that changes when the band's manager, Bobby Linville, is found dead, killed with the music box Hank bought at Callie's shop.

Hank is soon singing a sad tune in a detention center with Callie his only lifeline. Though thoroughly aware of his many faults, she knows violence and murder aren't in his blood. But that means one of her fellow Keepsake Cove residents must be hiding a dark secret—something Callie desperately needs to uncover.

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10/31/2019

Elizabeth J. Duncan

This is award-winning author Elizabeth J. Duncan's tenth Penny Brannigan mystery!

Remembering the Dead:
A Penny Brannigan Mystery
by Elizabeth J. Duncan

Set in North Wales, Canadian amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan attends a dinner party at a posh country house--where a historic chair disappears and a waiter is murdered.

Artist and spa owner Penny Brannigan has been asked to organize a formal dinner to mark the centenary of the armistice that ended World War One. After dinner, the guests adjourn to the library for a private exhibition of the Black Chair, a precious piece of Welsh literary history awarded in 1917 to poet Hedd Wyn. But to the guests' shock, the newly restored bardic chair is missing. And then Penny discovers the rain-soaked body of a waiter.

When Penny learns that the victim was the nephew of one of her employees, she is determined to find the killer. Meanwhile, the local police search for the Black Chair. The Prince of Wales is due to open an exhibit featuring the chair in three weeks, so time is not on their side. A visit to a nursing home to consult an ex-thief convinces Penny that the theft of the Black Chair and the waiter's murder are connected. She rushes to Dublin to consult a disagreeable antiquarian, who might know more than he lets on, and during the course of her investigation confronts a gaggle of suspicious travelers and an eccentric herbalist who seems to have something to hide. Can Penny find the chair and the culprit before she is laid to rest in the green grass of Wales?

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12/15/2019

Lida Sideris

Murder Double or Nothing
is a clever, twisty, and entertaining
read that keeps your attention
till the end.
~Diary of a Book Fiend

Murder: Double or Nothing:
A Southern California Mystery
by Lida Sideris
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series

Corrie Locke, newbie lawyer, and daughter of a late, great PI, is learning the ropes at the Hollywood movie studio where she works—and where things are never what they seem. Life imitates art when a fictional murder attempt turns real—right before her very eyes. With more than a little help from friends and a crazy movie legend, Corrie trips down a trail littered with wisecracks, mysterious messages, and marginally legal maneuvers to track down the killer. Meanwhile, clues keep disappearing and Corrie makes an enemy whose deadly tactics keep escalating. Will her impromptu sleuthing skills be enough to catch the mysterious assailant before he takes her down?

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11/30/2019

Meg Macy

This holiday season, teddy bear shop manager Sasha Silverman must solve the slaying of Santa Bear . . .

Have Yourself a Beary Little Murder
(A Teddy Bear Mystery)
by Meg Macy
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series

Sasha and her sister Maddie are thrilled that the Silver Bear Shop and Factory has won the Teddy Bear Keepsake Contest, which means they get to produce a holiday specialty toy, a wizard bear named “Beary Potter.” Promising to be just as magical is Silver Hollow’s annual tree-lighting ceremony and village parade. Only one hitch: the parade’s mascot, Santa Bear—played by Mayor Cal Bloom—is missing.

After a frantic search among the floats, Bloom is found dead. When the outfit is removed, it’s clear the mayor’s been electrocuted. Who zapped hizzoner and then stuffed him into his Santa Bear suit? While the police investigate the grisly crime, Sasha attempts to track down the murderer herself, with some help from the Guilty Pleasures Gossip Club. Can they wrap up this case in time for Christmas—or will Sasha meet her own shocking end?

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11/30/2019

Laura Childs – Terrie Farley Moran – Scrapbook Mysteries

A shocking murder strikes a sour note during Jazz Fest in the latest New Orleans Scrapbooking Mystery.

Mumbo Gumbo Murder
(A Scrapbooking Mystery)
by Laura Childs and
Terrie Farley Moran
Cozy Mystery
16th in Series

It's Jazz Fest in New Orleans, and the giant puppets from the Beastmaster Puppet Theatre are parading through the French Quarter. Some are very spooky and veiled, others are tall and gangly, like strange aliens.

As the parade proceeds, Carmela Bertrand and her best friend, Ava, follow behind, down Royal Street and past the food booths. Suddenly, they hear a terrible crash from Devon Dowling's antiques shop. They rush inside to find Devon collapsed with blood streaming down the side of his face. Has he been shot? Stabbed? 911 is hastily called, and the police and EMTs show up. After the police examine Devon's body, they tell Carmela and Ava that their friend was murdered with an icepick. They're shocked beyond belief—and now Mimi, Devon's little pug, is left homeless.

Carmela and Ava are determined to catch the murderer, but the list of suspects is long. How long do they have before they find themselves on the killer's list?

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11/30/2019

Laura Childs – Tea Shop Mysteries

Broken Bone China (A Tea Shop Mystery)
by Laura Childs
(March 5, 2019)

Theodosia Browning serves tea and solves crimes in Charleston, a city steeped in tradition and treachery in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs.

It is Sunday afternoon, and Theodosia and Drayton are catering a formal tea at a hot-air balloon rally. The view aloft is not only stunning, they are also surrounded by a dozen other colorful hot-air balloons. But as the sky turns gray and the clouds start to boil up, a strange object zooms out of nowhere. It is a drone, and it appears to be buzzing around the balloons, checking them out.

As Theodosia and Drayton watch, the drone, hovering like some angry, mechanized insect, deliberately crashes into the balloon next to them. An enormous, fiery explosion erupts, and everyone watches in horror as the balloon plummets to the earth, killing all three of its passengers.

Sirens scream, first responders arrive, and Theodosia is interviewed by the police. During the interview, she learns that one of the downed occupants was Don Kingsley, the CEO of a local software company, SyncSoft. Not only do the police suspect Kingsley as the primary target, they learn that he possessed a rare Revolutionary War Union Jack flag that several people were rabidly bidding on.

Intrigued, Theodosia begins her own investigation. Was it the CEO's soon-to-be ex-wife, who is restoring an enormous mansion at no expense? The CEO's personal assistant, who also functioned as curator of his prized collection of Americana? Two rival antiques' dealers known for dirty dealing? Or was the killer the fiancée of one of Theodosia's dear friends, who turns out to be an employee—and whistle-blower—at SyncSoft?

INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!

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DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY

No More Time
(A Dodie O'Dell Mystery)
by Suzanne Trauth

Restaurant manager Dodie O’Dell has found her niche in the cozy New Jersey town of Etonville, creating menus that make a delicious double-act with the community theater’s productions. Now she’s ready for a vacation at the Jersey Shore town she called home before a hurricane hit. Sun, salty air, and seagulls make for a nostalgic escape from regular life—until a contingent from Etonville arrives to compete in a Jersey Shore theater festival.

Roped into helping her former boss cater the event, Dodie also gets a visit from her old flame, Jackson, who’s hoping to revive his charter boat business and is looking for a place to crash. Before Dodie can tell him that ship has sailed, Jackson’s partner is found murdered on his boat. Dodie knows her ex is a mooch, but she’s sure he’s no killer. But as she follows a trail of evidence that leads into her own past, Dodie stumbles on a dangerous conspiracy theory that could bring the festival to a shocking finale…

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10/31/2019

Shelley Noble

**Coming November 5th from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble.**

Tell Me No Lies:
A Lady Dunbridge Novel
by Shelley Noble
Historical Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series

Rise and shine, Countess,
you’re about to have a visitor.

Lady Dunbridge was not about to let a little thing like the death of her husband ruin her social life. She’s come to New York City, ready to take the dazzling world of Gilded Age Manhattan by storm. The social events of the summer have been amusing but Lady Phil is searching for more excitement---and she finds it, when an early morning visitor arrives, begging for her help. After all, Lady Phil has been known to be useful in a crisis. Especially when the crisis involves the untimely death of a handsome young business tycoon.

His death could send another financial panic through Wall Street and beyond.

With the elegant Plaza Hotel, Metropolitan Museum of Art and the opulent mansions of Long Island’s Gold Coast as the backdrop, romance, murder, and scandals abound. Someone simply must do something. And Lady Dunbridge is happy to oblige.

Book 1 in this Series

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11/30/2019

Heather Haven

A mystery with as many layers as the title dessert implies!
~Books a Plenty Book Reviews

Christmas Trifle
(Snow Lake Romantic Suspense Novel)
by Heather Haven
Romantic Cozy Mystery
1st in Series

When chefs Charly and Cliff Harding divorce, she gets custody of their upscale restaurant and its namesake, Felix, the cat. He gets custody of their dog, Oscar. But what they both still have custody of is each other’s heart. and they seem to be the only two in the small ski resort town of Snow Lake, Nevada, who don’t know it. Cliff opens his own restaurant in direct competition with Charly’s and bad things start to happen. Death threats, accidents, and murder are now on the menu.

Their ‘if-you-can’t-take-the-heat-then-get-out-of-the-kitchen’ battles are backfiring on them. But can they find their way back to each other? Or will they spend the rest of their lives in prison unjustly accused of murder?

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11/15/2019

Debra Goldstein

Available Now!

Two Bites Too Many
(A Sarah Blair Mystery)
by Debra H. Goldstein

Far from a domestic goddess, Sarah Blair would rather catch bad guys than slave over a hot stove. But when a dangerous murder boils over in Wheaton, Alabama, catching the killer means leaving her comfort zone . . .

Things are finally looking up for Sarah Blair following her unsavory divorce. Settled into a cozy carriage house with her sassy Siamese cat, RahRah, she has somehow managed to hang on to her modest law firm receptionist job and—if befriending flea-bitten strays at the local animal shelter counts—lead a thriving social life. For once, Sarah almost has it together more than her enterprising twin, Emily, a professional chef whose efforts to open a gourmet restaurant have hit a real dead end . . .

When the president of the town bank and city council is murdered after icing Emily’s business plans, all eyes are on the one person who left the scene with blood on her hands—the Blair girls’ sharp-tongued mother, Maybelle. Determined to get her mom off the hook ASAP, Sarah must collect the ingredients of a deadly crime to bring the true culprit to justice. But as neighbors turn against her family, can she pare down the suspects before another victim lands on the chopping block?

Includes quick and easy recipes!

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10/31/2019

Anna Celeste Burke

Now Available!

A Tangle in the Vines
(A Calla Lily Mystery)
by Anna Celeste Burke

The curtain may fall on the Calla Lily Players’ first season unless Lily and Austin can find a killer on the loose in California’s wine country. Torrential rains threaten to put a damper on The Calla Lily Players’ first outdoor theater production. When the ground suddenly shifts, buried secrets revealed amid the tangled vines put the spotlight on murder. As Lily and Austin dig deeper into the mystery, the drama unfolds onstage and off. The race is on to find a killer before opening night.

Grab your copy of the second book in the Calla Lily Mystery series by USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Anna Celeste Burke and join the race! Recipes Included.

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Recurring

Laura Childs – Cackleberry Club Mysteries

Eggs on Ice (A Cackleberry Club Mystery)
by Laura Childs

The Christmas season at the Cackleberry Club café is marred by murder in the latest book in the New York Times bestselling series.

Some say that casting crusty attorney Allen Sharpe as Scrooge in the Kindred Players production of "A Christmas Carol" is just playing to type. He's not the most beloved man in town. In fact, you'd have a dickens of a time finding someone who liked him. Still, it's a shock when the Ghost of Christmas Past stabs him during the first rehearsal. Suzanne, co-owner of the Cackleberry Club café, Kindred's favorite combination diner, craft store and bookshop, chases the murderer out of the building but loses him in the alley.

As the days pass the list of suspects grows longer. Is it the disgruntled partner? The former secretary whom Sharpe sexually harrassed? Or is it fellow owner of the Cackleberry Club, Toni's almost ex-husband, Junior? The women of the Cackleberry Club are determined to find the killer before he can add another victim to his Christmas list.

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