RAMBLING THOUGHTS ON BEING AN AUTHOR OF A “COMFORT FOOD “ SERIES by CHRISTINE WENGER First, let me explain that wild title above. My series for Penguin/Obsidian Books are all cozy mysteries and each one has a comfort food theme. You might ask, “Hey, Chris, what is COMFORT FOOD? “ Well, dear reader, it is […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway:Diners, Drive-ins, and Death by Christine Wenger
Blog Tour & Giveaway: No Ghouls Allowed by Victoria Laurie
Guest Post for NO GHOULS ALLOWED by Victoria Laurie The Sandman I spent a whole lot of my childhood and perhaps more than a bit of my adulthood being afraid of things that go bump in the night. Like,…terrified to the point of keeping a light on at all times and sleeping on a platform […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: How To Plan A Wedding For a Royal Spy by Vanessa Kelly
Whether as spies or lovers, the Renegade Royals—illegitimate sons of England’s Royal Princes—are bold, skillful, and a force to be reckoned with… A war hero returned from Waterloo should be able to indulge in a bit of bad behavior. Instead, Captain William Endicott is summoned by his father, the Duke of York, to investigate an […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: A Seamless Murder by Melissa Bourbon
With a needle and thread, Harlow Jane Cassidy is capable of magic. Her neighbors in Bliss, Texas, on the other hand, are capable of murder…. Any garment Harlow stitches together has the power to grant the deepest desire of whomever wears it. So when she’s asked to sew aprons for a local women’s group, Harlow […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: For Whom The Bluebell Tolls by Beverly Allen
Questions readers asked Beverly Allen about the Bridal Bouquet Shop Series How did you come up with the characters? Are they based loosely on some folks you know? Perhaps I had a little inspiration. Audrey Bloom’s Grandma Mae is patterned loosely after my own wonderful grandmother. But that’s probably the closest parallel. Much of the […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: The Loving Daylights by Lynsay Sands
Shy Jane Spyrus loves gadgets. She can build anything B.L.I.S.S. needs in the international organization’s fight against crime-although its agents aren’t exactly lining up at her door. Some of them think her inventions are a little too . . . well, innovative. Like her shrink-wrap prophylactic constraints, or her spray-on truth serum. Of course, you […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: Ghost in the Guacamole by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Sisters Lucinda and Ricarda Ricardo—better known as Lucy and Rikki—are at each other’s throats over the family business, Roble Foods. Lucy wants to sell and Rikki is against it. Rikki asks medium Emma Whitcastle to contact their deceased father, Felix, to help her convince Lucy not to sell, but the ghost of Felix Ricardo has […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander
Welcome to my blog tour stop for Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander. This is a cozy mystery that released December 30th. Be sure to check out the schedule for the list of reviews, interviews and guest posts by the author! The tour starts January 5th and runs through the 16th. About MEET YOUR BAKER: […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian
Unpacking her belongings in her new hometown of Portland, Oregon, herbalist and reformed alchemist Zoe Faust can’t help but notice she’s picked up a stowaway. Dorian Robert-Houdin is a living, breathing three-and-a-half-foot gargoyle—not to mention a master of French cuisine—and he needs Zoe’s expertise to decipher a centuries-old text. Zoe, who’s trying to put […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: In Hot Water by J.J. Cook
The Ghosts of Sweet Pepper From a story in the Sweet Pepper Gazette By Pat Smith Sweet Pepper isn’t exactly the ghost capitol of the world or even on the most haunted places tour. The people exploit their peppers, but not their ghosts. Ghost are too personal – even family – and no one would […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: Snoop to Nuts by Elizabeth Lee
Guest Post by Elizabeth Lee You know how you’ve been around a guy forever and then one day you get mad at him and your whole world seems to blow up? That’s what happens to Lindy Blanchard when even Deputy Hunter Austin, her sometimes lover and sometimes adversary, and sometimes plain pain-in-the-neck, comes to suspect […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: Murder in the Arboretum by Christa Nardi
Another murder in small town Cold Creek has tensions rising. Clive Johnson, the groundskeeper at Cold Creek College, is a convenient scapegoat for a police chief who seeks an easy solution. Convinced Chief Pfeiffe has it all wrong, professor and psychologist Sheridan Hendley sets out to help prove Clive’s innocence. But not everyone is pleased […]