JUST THE FACTS, MA’AM: TIPS FOR RESEARCHING HISTORICAL NOVELS By Ellen Mansoor Collier, Author of the Jazz Age Mystery Trilogy Researching historical novels can be both exciting and exhausting: exciting because you never know when you might uncover fascinating facts and tidbits that you can use in your novel, but also exhausting because there’s the […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: Gold-Diggers, Gamblers and Guns by Ellen Mansoor Collier
Blog Tour & Review: A Biscuit, A Casket by Liz Mugavero
I’m excited to have Liz Mugavero here today to talk about her new book, A Biscuit, A Casket. This series is a lot of fun and I hope everyone gets a chance to read this great series. 1. Tell me about your new release. A Biscuit, A Casket is the second in the Pawsitively Organic […]
Blog Tour & Review: Silence of the Lamb’s Wool by Betty Hechtman
Plan B by Betty Hechtman Even though SILENCE OF THE LAMB’S WOOL is the eleventh book I’ve written, I still hit the same wall. There I was sitting down at my computer, synopsis in hand, expecting to start banging away at the keys and have the book pour out. Not exactly. I’d type a few […]
Blog Tour & Review: Maple Mayhem by Jessie Crockett
Guest Post by Jessie Crockett When I go to author talks and book signings some of the questions I am often asked are why I write mysteries (because I love to read them) or where I get my ideas (the grocer). People want to know about my work habits (erratic) or the process of getting […]
Blog Tour & Review: Some Enchanted Eclair by Bailey Cates
Guest Blog by Bailey Cates Some Enchanted Eclair is the fourth Katie Lightfoot adventure in Savannah, Georgia. She’s still a relatively new witch, but in her first year since moving to the South from Akron, Ohio, she’s learned a lot. Like her aunt Lucy, Katie is a hedgewitch, sometimes called a natural or green witch, […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: Be Careful What You Witch For by Dawn Eastman
I’m delighted to have Dawn Eastman here to discuss her new book, Be Careful What You Witch For. This is the second book in her Family Fortune Mystery series and it is just as delightful as the first. Please welcome Dawn to Books-n-Kisses. 1. Tell me about your new release. Be Careful What You Witch […]
Blog Tour & Review: Ill-Gotten Panes by Jennifer McAndrews
Guest Blog Post by Jennifer McAndrews Making notes is not my best skill. Even when I jot down quick, daily messages to myself like “pick up milk, return library books, mail packages, PUT GAS IN CAR” I often leave the list behind as I head out on my errands — which, as you can imagine, […]
Blog Tour & Review: Tailing a Tabby by Laurie Cass
How I’m Spending My Summer Vacation by Laurie Cass Not so very long ago, I sent my editor the manuscript for the third bookmobile cat book, Borrowed Crime, a full three hours before the deadline. Hooray! I celebrated in style by checking some books out of the library and settling in with a healthy quantity […]
Blog Tour & Review: Crime Rib by Leslie Budewitz
Another Weekend, Another Festival – and Another Body by Leslie Budewitz “Gourmet food market owner Erin Murphy is determined to get Jewel Bay, Montana’s scrumptious local fare some national attention. But her scheme for culinary celebrity goes up in flames when the town’s big break is interrupted by murder…” Thanks to the Books-n-Kisses crew for […]
Blog Tour & Review: Muffin But Murder by Victoria Hamilton
Muffins: the Cupcake’s Underappreciated Sister by Victoria Hamilton If muffins and cupcakes were characters in a book, they would be the Misses Elinor and Marianne Dashwood in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. For those who are not Janeites, a brief explanation is in order. Elinor Dashwood is the ‘Sense’ of the title, while Marianne Dashwood, […]
Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Scene of the Climb by Kate Dyer-Seeley
I’m excited to have Kate Dyer-Seeley here today to talk about her new book, Scene of the Climb. The book takes place in the Pacific Northwest and I loved reading all the places that Meg visited because I’m quite familiar with them myself. 🙂 1. Tell me about your new release. SCENE OF THE CLIMB […]
Blog Tour & Giveaway: A Sense of Entitlement by Anna Loan-Wilsey
Romance Newport Style When I saw that one of the stops on my blog tour for A Sense of Entitlement, book three in my Hattie Davish Mystery series from Kensington Publishing was Books-n-Kisses (Thank you for hosting!), the first idea for my guest post that popped into my head was of course romance! I could […]
