Posts Categorized: Guest Post

Oct 29 2020
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Slightly Murderous Intent by Lida Sideris – Giving Happiness a Boost + Giveaway

Slightly Murderous Intent by Lida Sideris – Giving Happiness a Boost + Giveaway

Slightly Murderous Intent by Lida Sideris
A Southern California Mystery Book 4

There’s a shooter on the loose who keeps missing his target. But that doesn’t stop him from trying again…and again. It’s up to Corrie Locke, rookie lawyer and spunky sleuth, to find the gunman before he hits his mark, Assistant Deputy D.A. James Zachary, Corrie’s hunky and complicated frenemy.

When Corrie is stuck with more questions than answers, she enlists a team with various strengths, from weapons to cooking skills, to help her find the shooter. Her computer whiz boyfriend Michael is onboard. So is former security guard Veera. Toss in an over-the-hill informant and a couple of feuding celebrity chefs and Corrie’s got her very own A-Team. Okay, maybe …

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Oct 25 2020
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Paws for Concern by Amy Hueston – Meet Samantha Armstrong + Giveaway

Paws for Concern by Amy Hueston – Meet Samantha Armstrong + Giveaway

Paws for Concern by Amy Hueston
A Canine Confections Mystery Book 1
Donelson Press • August 22, 2020

Life is good for Samantha Armstrong. She left her cheating boyfriend, settled into her cozy cottage on her Aunt Mary’s Palm Beach estate and is finally opening Canine Confections, her dream dog bakery on the ritzy Worth Avenue.

But Samantha’s happy new life goes doggone crazy when Palm Beach resident and pastry shop owner Whitney Goodwin is found dead on Canine Confections’ floor, whisking Samantha into the middle of a murder investigation. The only bright spot is that she finds herself adopting Whitney’s loveable dog Sweet Pea.

As the killer strikes again, it’s obvious that the shopkeepers on Worth Avenue are the target. Samantha’s impatience won’t …

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Sep 29 2020
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The Funeral Murder by Nancy Lynn Jarvis – Guest Post and Giveaway

The Funeral Murder by Nancy Lynn Jarvis – Guest Post and Giveaway

The Funeral Murder by Nancy Lynn Jarvis
A PIP Inc Mystery Book 2

In The Glass House, the first book in the PIP Inc. Mysteries series Pat Pirard, recently downsized Santa Cruz Law Librarian, needed to find a new job in a hurry. She printed business cards announcing she was Private Investigator Pat and crossed her fingers, hoping she could earn enough money working for attorneys as a PI to survive.

Pat’s first investigation went well, so she’s excited when she gets a call from an estate attorney who offers her a second job. The attorney tells Pat his client died at a funeral and he needs help sorting out who is entitled to inherit her estate.

Pat quickly discovers the dead woman’s …

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Sep 25 2020
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Pharaoh’s Forgery by Ellen Butler – Mojitos Recipe + Giveaway

Pharaoh’s Forgery by Ellen Butler – Mojitos Recipe + Giveaway

Pharaoh’s Forgery by Ellen Butler
Karina Cardinal Mystery Book 4

Margaritas, mayhem, and murder. Too bad her only defense is a cocktail umbrella.

After some of Karina Cardinal’s recent adventures—her lover Mike Finnegan would call them scrapes, jams, or pickles—she’s more than ready to blow this D.C. pop stand for a short girls’ trip to Mexico. Until Jillian’s roller skate wreck blows their plan out of the water. With Jilly injured and Mike working, her fellow lobbyist Rodrigo volunteers to share some sun, sand, and margaritas in Cancun. It’s tough to relax, though, knowing what’s in her suitcase. A package she promised to hand off to Mrs. Thundermuffin in Mexico.

Mrs. T’s evasive maneuvers around Karina’s questions wave more red flags than a …

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Sep 12 2020
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Mystery Follows Her – A Multi-Author Cozy Mystery Collection – Guest Post by Aubrey Elle & Giveaway

Mystery Follows Her – A Multi-Author Cozy Mystery Collection – Guest Post by Aubrey Elle & Giveaway

Mystery Follows Her – A Multi-Author Cozy Mystery Collection by Dianne Ascroft, Ellen Jacobson, Sarah Biglow, Aubrey Elle, Beate Boeker, Adriana Licio, Vikki Walton, Angela K. Ryan, and Tamara Woods
MISCHIEF, MAYHEM, OR MURDER?

MYSTERY FOLLOWS HER through dangerous city streets, quaint villages, and locales across the globe. Uncover the clues with feisty female sleuths of various ages in this multi-author cozy mystery collection of short stories.

• Catch a mugger in THANKSGIVING AND THEFT by Dianne Ascroft
• Dig up hidden treasure in BURIED BY THE BEACH by Ellen Jacobson
• Open up a case in CLOSED OUT by Tamara Woods
• Pray for justice in TREASURES IN HEAVEN by Sarah Biglow
• Escape the blame in RING GONE ‘ROUND THE ROSES by Aubrey Elle
• …

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Sep 11 2020
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Little Bookshop of Murder by Maggie Blackburn – Meet Summer Merriweather + Giveaway

Little Bookshop of Murder by Maggie Blackburn – Meet Summer Merriweather + Giveaway

Little Bookshop of Murder by Maggie Blackburn
A Beach Reads Mystery Book 1
Crooked Lane Books • September 8, 2020

A Shakespearean scholar inherits a beachside bookshop–and a murder mystery–in this delightful new cozy series for fans of Kate Carlisle and Ellery Adams.

Summer Merriweather’s career as a Shakespeare professor hangs by a bookbinder’s thread. Academic life at her Virginia university is a viper’s pit, so Summer spends her summer in England, researching a scholarly paper that, with any luck, will finally get her published, impress the Dean, and save her job. But her English idyll ends when her mother, Hildy, shuffles off her mortal coil from an apparent heart attack.

Returning to Brigid’s Island, NC, for the funeral, Summer is impatient to settle …

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Sep 11 2020
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Dog-Gone Dead by Jackie Layton – Guest Post and Giveaway

Dog-Gone Dead by Jackie Layton – Guest Post and Giveaway

Dog-Gone Dead by Jackie Layton
A Low Country Dog Walker Mystery Book 2

Who’d have thought mulch could cause such a stink?

Low Country dog walker Andi Grace Scott is happy to score some free mulch from one of her brother’s landscaping jobs—until she discovers the dead body buried beneath the bark.

Worse, her brother’s landscaping tools were used to commit the murder. Once the police arrest her brother and seem happy to have “caught their man,” Andi Grace has no choice but to track down the real killer. She’ll risk everything to prove her brother’s innocence. Even if it means turning over every rock in town.

If you love small-town coastal life, dogs, and strong heroines, you’ll love Dog-Gone Dead.

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Sep 10 2020
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Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors by Annette Marie & Rob Jacobsen – Playlist + Giveaway

Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors by Annette Marie & Rob Jacobsen – Playlist + Giveaway

Warping Minds & Other MisdemeanorsAnnette Marie, Rob Jacobsen(The Guild Codex: Warped, #1)Published by: Dark Owl Fantasy Inc.Publication date: August 7th 2020Genres: New Adult, Urban Fantasy

My name is Kit Morris, and welcome to my warped life.

Picture the scene: Me, an average guy with psychic powers—not that my abilities are in any way average—just trying to scrape by in a harsh world. So maybe I’ve conned a few people, but did I really deserve to be thrown in MPD jail alongside magic-wielding serial killers?

According to Agent Lienna Shen, one-hundred-percent yes.

But her hardass attitude and “Arcana prodigy” status aren’t enough to bring down my former best friend, who slipped through the MPD’s fingers and is days away from unleashing …

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Aug 27 2020
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Booked for Murder by R.J. Blain – Excerpt & Giveaway

Booked for Murder by R.J. Blain – Excerpt & Giveaway

Booked for MurderR.J. Blain(Vigilante Magical Librarians #1)Publication date: August 18th 2020Genres: Adult, Urban Fantasy

Life as a bodyguard and driver for the rich, famous, and powerful is dangerous on a good day, and after sustaining a crippling injury while on duty, Janette’s left with few options. Having signed a ‘for life’ contract but unable to work, she uses her skills to disappear.

Her new life as a librarian suits her. Nobody cares she limps and sometimes requires a cane to walk. She’s wanted for her knowledge, not her lethal magic. She’s surrounded by books, a woman’s best friend.

But when her former employer’s best friend is murdered on the steps of her library, old loyalties and secrets might destroy …

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Aug 17 2020
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Behind the Frame by Tracy Gardner – Meet Sydney Shepherd + Giveaway

Behind the Frame by Tracy Gardner – Meet Sydney Shepherd + Giveaway

Behind the Frame
A Shepherd Sisters Mystery Book 2
Hallmark Publishing • August 11, 2020

When art in the park
leads to murder in the dark,
the Shepherd sisters
have another crime to solve.

Savanna Shepherd, an art expert turned elementary art teacher, is planning the Art in the Park festival for her hometown of Carson. But apparently, someone isn’t happy that Carson got to host the event: the beloved statue in the park is destroyed. Not long after, Savanna finds the dead body of one of the people on the planning committee.

Savanna and her sisters are convinced that the arrested murder suspect didn’t do it, despite strong evidence to the contrary. With the help of Dr. Aidan Gallager, Savanna’s new romantic interest, they uncover hidden …

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