Blog Tour & Giveaway: A First Date With Death by Diana Orgain

A FIRST DATE DEATH: A Love or Money Mystery

by Diana Orgain

I am so happy to introduce A First Date with Death to you. I wrote the book because like many of you, I’m a huge fan of some reality TV programs. I especially love those shows that deal with dating or a love story. I’m riveted by the human dynamics of watching one girl/boy go after the person that is unavailable while completing shunning the contestant that proclaims ever-lasting love. And yes, I’ve been known to yell at the TV.

But, of course, I’m a mystery author at heart. So, I began to wonder what would happen if I played with that setting and placed a mystery around it?

A First Date with Death was born! What could be more fun than to mix up the venue of reality TV and a murder mystery? (Although I promise you no one was harmed during the writing of this book). But if you watch any of the commercials for the TV Shows of which I speak, you know that usually there’s a fair amount of tears.

I hope you won’t cry when you read A First Date with Death except maybe from laughter. Oh – and there is a bit of suspense, not only will you have to keep guessing “who done it” but also you’ll have to guess who wins the show!

I’d love to hear from you. You can find my website at: www.dianaorgain.com Or email me at: diana@dianaorgain.com.

About the Author:

Diana Orgain is the author of the Maternal Instincts Mysteries and coauthor of Gilt Trip with Laura Childs in the New York Times bestselling Scrapbooking Mysteries. She holds a B.A and M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University with a minor in acting. Diana has acted professionally both on stage and in national commercials. She’s written several plays, which were produced at San Francisco State University, GreenHouse Productions, and PlayGround. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and three children. Visit her at www.dianaorgain.com.

Reality TV meets murder in the first in a new mystery series from the author of the Maternal Instincts Mysteries and co-author the New York Times bestselling Scrapbooking Mysteries.

When brokenhearted Georgia Thornton goes looking for romance on reality TV, she has nothing to lose—apart from a good man, a cash prize, and maybe her life…

What was Georgia thinking? Sure, some cad ditched her at the altar, but can she really find love on TV? Her best friend—and producer of the reality show Love or Money—thinks so. Ten men. Ten adventure-filled dates. What can go wrong? For starters, a faulty bungee cord that hurls Georgia’s first date into a tragic spiral of the Golden Gate Bridge.

He’s replaced by Paul Sanders, Georgia’s former fiancé. But the cop isn’t looking for a TV gig. Suspecting that the lover’s leap was no accident, Paul’s going undercover. When another bachelor gets a fatal kiss-off, the reality is that someone has killer new plans for the show—and for Georgia herself. Now, under the threat of permanent cancellation, Georgia fears that the only man on the set she can trust is the one man she just can’t count on…

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Jennifer’s Review of A First Date With Death

Review (5 Stars): One of my favorite guilty pleasures has been watching Reality TV dating shows and this mystery incorporates it all.  Mystery, romance, and reality television.  Georgia has just lost her job and her fiancé so she decides to be the bachelorette on a show where contestants try to win her hand for love or money.  Georgia must figure out who is in it for love or the cold hard cash but someone is slowly knocking off her potential suitors one by one.  To make matters worse, her ex-fiancé ends up on the show posing undercover as a contestant to find the killer before they take out all the competition for good.

I loved, loved, loved A First Date With Death.  I instantly adored Georgia and understood everything that she was going through that made her agree to do a reality show.  She was sweet, funny and such a firecracker and now one of my favorite cozy heroines.  I enjoyed learning all about making a “reality TV” show and everything that we see on television isn’t real but staged for the camera.  The mystery was very interesting and engaging and I couldn’t figure out the killer at all, which is always a bonus for me.  This is a great start to a new series and I will definitely tune in for the next installment of this fun new cozy series.

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