Jenna Hart is about to get married! But so, too, are the flocks of women who’ve descended on her small town of Crystal Cove, California, for the Bride’s Dream Expo. As proprietor of the Cookbook Nook, this is the perfect opportunity for her to feature plenty of wedding-themed wares in hopes of cashing in on…
Fairy garden store owner Courtney Kelly has a secret: she can actually see fairies and is in the process of helping her own, Fiona, earn wings by doing just and righteous things. So when Fiona urges Courtney to hose down a pair of arguing ladies in the courtyard outside of her store, Courtney knows it’s…
Courtney Kelly believes in fairies, so much so that she’s struck out from under the wing of her disapproving father’s landscaping business in order to open a fairy-garden tea room in their seaside town of Carmel, California. In addition to serving teas, Open Your Imagination sells everything you need to build your own fairy garden…
The second French Bistro Mystery finds our heroine, Mimi Rousseau, bracing herself for Crush Week in California’s Napa Valley as tourists pour in from all over to tour the many vineyards in one of wine making’s most exciting seasons. Tourism means extra dollars for both Maison and Bistro Rousseau, the inn and restaurant that Mimi…
Jenna Hart—owner of the darling Cookbook Nook, a cookbook and notions store in gorgeous Crystal Cove, California—is ready and revved up for the Wild West Extravaganza that’s set to take over town. She’s stocked up on western-themed books and tools, and she’s looking forward to enjoying the festivities with boyfriend Rhett as well as with…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, it was nothing but fireworks with July's releases; this month, beat the heat with August's cool reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read next!…
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Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! We kept rolling off last month with July's releases, and now we're setting our sights on August! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read next! Criminal Element's…
For several years, Wolfmont Press produced an annual holiday crime fiction anthology that benefited Toys for Tots. 2009 marked the last of these, with the 2010 charity anthology—called Murder to Mil-Spec—benefiting Homes for Our Troops, instead. These were fabulous anthologies, and if you can find a copy you should grab one; they were limited in…
Sure, we told you about the ITW International Thriller award nominees, but what if you prefer mysteries? Well, check out this list! The Macavity Awards are for mystery readers, voted on by members and supporters of Mystery Readers International and subscribers to Mystery Readers Journal. Winners will be announced at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention,…
