Month: February 2023

New Beginnings #7

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RUBY BLAYLOCK

www. Rubyblaylock.com

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Ruby Blaylock is from a small southern town and a country girl at heart. She loves to sit on the porch, sipping sweet tea with her hound dogs. Like any true southern, she love a bit of gossip and great food. She loves reading and reads to her kids when not writing. Ruby also writes the Carly Keen Cozy Mystery series, Hedgewood Sisters Paranormal Mysteries, Rosewood Place Mystery series and the Suburban Witch Mysteries.

A Brit of Trouble is the first book in a new series that will have the second book out sometime later this year!

A Brit of Trouble is all about new beginnings! Addie wants a completely new life, so she decides to build one in her father’s birthplace, the United Kingdom. She’s completely lost at first because she’s never even visited the UK before, but she’s willing to learn and ready to become a brand new woman.

Who is your protagonist?
Addison (Addie) Porter was born and raised in Georgia, but she’s British by descent (her father was born and raised in the fictional village of Little Wittling in England).

Tell us what time frame your stories are in and what setting or world?
They are modern day UK.

Is your book part of a series, if so, tell us about the series.
It’s the first book in a brand new series! I’m hoping to have the second book out soon, sometime later this year!

What has happened to propel your character into a “new beginning”?
Oh, Addie has had a terrible break up! She was cheated on by a man who never wanted to settle down. When he finally chooses to settle down with someone else, Addie decides she’s had enough. She packed her bags and head to Jolly old England, hoping for a new life and a newfound sense of independence and strength.

Is your protagonist happy about this new beginning or resistant to it? 
She’s cautiously optimistic. Initially, Addie is afraid of everything, and feels lost in a sea of differences. She never even visited the country before she decided to move there! Eventually, she grows to love the small village and its residence. She especially loves her kooky Great Aunts!

I love Rub’s Carly Keen series, and can’t wait to start this new series!

Victoria LK Williams

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New Beginnings #6

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EMILY SELBY

Website: https://www.emilyselbyauthor.com/

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Emily Selby loves to read, and can’t decide who her favorite mystery character is; Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot! She also likes knitting and crocheting. She LOVES paper crafts (can you tell from her series title?).

She writes the Paper Crafts Club Mystery series, Seaside Bookshop Mystery series and the Career Crisis Cafe Mystery series.

Book 1 in the Career Crisis Cafe Mystery series

Heather Hampton, a burnt-out journalist from New York, moves to a small town in New Zealand to start a new life as a café owner, not to find her chef poisoned and herself–accused of murder. With the help of a semi-retired police officer and a rescue kitten, Heather must discover what really happened before it’s too late.

Who is your protagonist?
Heather Hampton, a 40-something, freshly divorced, burnt-out fashion journalist from Long Island, New York, but with New Zealand roots,

Tell us what time frame your stories are in and what setting or world?
These stories take place sometime in 2018-2019, in a (fictitious) small town Dolphin Cove, in Northland – a region in the north of North Island, New Zealand. Dolphin Cove is a costal/beach town, with plenty of local charm, and quite popular with tourists.

Is your book part of a series, if so, tell us about the series.
Yes, the book is 1st in the series: Career Crisis Café.
Career Crisis Café is a series featuring Heather – a former fashion journalist from Long Island, New York, starting her life afresh in Dolphin Cove, a small town in the north of New Zealand as an owner of a beach café and a mixologist. Heather is supported by Josephine, a chef-cum-baker and one of the original owners of the café. The two women clash a lot initially, but their friendship develops and goes from strength to strength as they tackle the challenges of getting their café back on its feet again, and solve various crimes at the same time.
Of course, their successes would have never been so effective and swift without James, a semi-retired police officer, and a group of local friends, including a rescue kitten–Kea.
The series is a perfect read for those who love a good mystery, set in a small town, full of quirky characters and a bit of exotic, local flavour. It is a clean, cozy read without foul language, gore or violence on the page, but with a sprinkling of sweet romance, and a recipe in every book.

What has happened to propel your character into a “new beginning”?
A combination of factors, so typical of so-called middle-life crisis: stagnating career, burn-out, divorce and a burning need to change her life around.

Is your protagonist happy about this new beginning or resistant to it? 
Heather is initially very happy and excited about her new beginning, but the reality quickly catches up with her. The café she bought turns out to be in a bad financial condition, her chef-cum-baker seems to be difficult to like, the local town is full of quirky characters, and she keeps being distracted by finding dead bodies and skeletons in cupboards. but with the help of her sunny personality and ever-expanding group of friends, everything is possible.

Give the readers a hint of what’s to come for your character in future books.
In the newest book, The Girl in the Spider’s Web Pumpkin Cake, heather discovers that there is much more to her family history that she knew. She will set out to explore her own heritage and family history more. Heather and Josephine will continue working together and developing their business–the café. And Heather’s relationship with James, the semi-retired police officer, will also develop.

I just know you are going to enjoy Emily’s books!

Victoria LK Williams

New Beginnings #5

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P.D. WORKMAN

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https://pdworkman.com

Pamela Workman is a USA Today Bestselling author, winner of several awards and has over 80 mystery/suspense/thriller and young adult books, including stand alones and these series: Auntie Clem’s Bakery cozy mysteries, Reg Rawlins Psychic Investigator paranormal mysteries, Zachary Goldman Mysteries (PI), Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thrillers, Parks Pat Mysteries (police procedural), and YA series: Tamara’s Teardrops, Between the Cracks, and Breaking the Pattern. This author loves to read, teach, art and cooking. She was born and raised in Alberta Canada.

The Series: Armed with gluten-free cupcakes and her thirst for justice, Erin and her new sidekick Vic strive to sift through the clues and separate the buckwheat from the chaff. Can she smoke out the culprit before her timer runs out?

It all starts with a body.

Erin thought she’d seen and heard it all. In Bald Eagle Falls, everyone seemed not only to know everyone else’s business, but to discuss it at length. Yet she had always assumed that her neighbor Mrs. Peach, who had no man in her life, was widowed.

Mr. Peach’s unexpected reappearance, a prison break, and a body in the woods combine to form the toughest case yet for the gluten-free baker to solve!

Who is your protagonist?
Erin Price has inherited a shop from her Aunt Clementine and decides to fulfil her dream of opening a gluten-free bakery.

Tell us what time frame your stories are in and what setting or world?
Contemporary small-town Tennessee

Is your book part of a series, if so, tell us about the series.
Auntie Clem’s Bakery is a Culinary and Pet Cozy Mystery Series
Erin Price is a baker, not a sleuth. It’s really not her fault that mysteries keep landing in her lap while she’s trying to run Auntie Clem’s Bakery and make a living from baking gluten-free and specialty goods.
Sink your teeth into these sweet mysteries!

What has happened to propel your character into a “new beginning”?
Erin’s Aunt Clementine dies, leaving her a home and a shop in Bald Eagle Falls, Tennessee, giving her the opportunity to pursue her dream of opening a gluten-free bakery.

Is your protagonist happy about this new beginning or resistant to it? 
Happy and nervous

Give the readers a hint of what’s to come for your character in future books.
With 18 books and 2 short stories already dished out, and 3 more books simmering for 2023 release, you can look forward to a lot more delicious adventures with Erin and Vic. They will be served up a heaping helping of family secrets, cold cases, the criminal underworld, a cruise gone awry, and sinister villains. These savory stories will provide you with many hours of scrumptious entertainment.

With so many books to select, 21 just in this series, P.D. Workman will keep you reading for a long time! And what an enjoyable way to spend your time!

Victoria LK Williams