Today's series spotlight is on

BLESS YOUR WITCH MYSTERIES

by 

Amy Boyles

The season of the witch?

It certainly seems that way in 

the cozy mystery world.

Check out the fun series by 

author Amy Boyles

BOOK ONE

A witch. A murder. A wedding dress?

Dylan Apel is having one heck of a summer. She knows her hand-made clothing is special, but magical? Discovering that she's a witch is bad enough, but when Dylan realizes there are folks who’ll kill to possess her witchy powers— that’s enough to make a girl want to hide out in the back of her boutique. Only problem is, Queen Witch is in town, itchin’ to make sure Dylan learns to cast spells, and this witch won’t take no for an answer.

Dylan must learn fast—someone just killed her best client with a poisoned gown meant for Dylan. Was it the tall, mysterious hottie in black, who's suddenly everywhere she goes? After all, the first thing Roman Bane says is he doesn't like witches. Is he here to save her, or kill her?

Dylan is barely getting a handle on her new powers when she finds herself surrounded by witches bossing her this way and that, local police nosing about, and wary clients—death by clothing is not good for business. And the solstice is coming … a time when witch powers are at their peak. Can Dylan survive the chaos long enough to figure out her new life?

Start with this first in the series. 

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BOOK TWO

Dylan must face an entire convention of witches? It's enough to make a girl run for cover … except there's no place to go that they can't find her.

Every time Dylan Apel casts a spell, disaster strikes—from conjuring a giant swarm of bloodsucking mosquitoes, to exploding the electrical grid. When witches flood her peaceful hometown for a convention, Dylan is in no shape to protect herself. She's not sure which will happen first--another witch killing her for her powers, or the ruling council punishing her for misuse of magic.

Murder strikes quickly. When a witchy gossip columnist dies, the peaceful convention turns riotous. Was the witch murdered for spreading lies, or for stealing magic? And was it coincidence that she ate Dylan's dessert? There is a mansion full of suspects, but only one man who can learn the truth—the hot, aggravating Roman Bane.

When the witches are ordered to stay until the murderer is found, Dylan decides Roman needs help, and she's the perfect witch for the job. Not because she's falling for him, nope. She's just being helpful. But to find the killer, Roman and Dylan must navigate a maze of lies, dark magic and old rivalries. With the killer one magical step ahead, will they discover her identity in time to prevent more death—such as Dylan's?

BOOK THREE

Dylan Apel just wants to run her dress-design shop, spend time with sexy witch detective Roman Bane, and do her best to keep her crazy family out of trouble. But when the new witch queen is murdered, Dylan is chosen to take her place as interim queen of the South! 

Shouldn’t be a problem for a strong witch, right? But stricken with guilt after an unfortunate accident, Dylan's been neglecting her studies. Now she must help find a fiendishly clever murderer before someone else dies. Even worse, if she and Roman cannot deduce the culprit, Dylan may be forced to give up her powers in the worst possible way—by dying herself. 

Trapped in Castle Witch with a wide array of magical suspects and an incredibly annoying wooden parrot, can Dylan and Roman discover in time who is lying, who’s telling the truth, and who’s the killer? 

Don't miss another tale of funny, Southern-fried witchery—get your copy of Queen Witch today!

BOOK FOUR

There's a murderer on the loose again… but is witchcraft involved?

Southern witch Dylan Apel just can't stay away from murder. When a stranger's body turns up in the school gymnasium, everyone's on high alert. The search is on to discover the person's identity—is it a random hobo or someone connected to the witching world?

With Dylan's super-hot boyfriend Roman Bane on the case, this should be an easy one to solve, right? But when a new witch arrives with the intention of stealing Roman right out from under Dylan's nose, her world is sent topsy-turvy. Things only get worse when Dylan's family is attacked—whoever is committing murder intends Dylan to be next!

Dylan must solve a murder, protect her family and keep the new witch's claws from sinking into Roman—all while running a successful dress shop and staying sane. Will Dylan figure out the killer before she becomes the next victim?

About Amy

Amy Boyles grew up reading Judy Blume and Christopher Pike. Somehow, the combination of coming of age books and teenage murder mysteries made her want to be a writer. After graduating college from DePauw University, she spent some time living in Chicago, Louisville, and New York before settling back in the South. Now, she spends her time chasing two toddlers while trying to stir up trouble in Silver Springs, Alabama, the fictional town where Dylan Apel and her sisters are trying to master witchcraft, tame their crazy relatives, and juggle their love lives. You can find Amy on Facebook at www.facebook.com/amyboylesauthor or email her at amy@amyboylesauthor.com. She loves to hear from readers. 

Twitter: @amyboylesauthor

If you're ready to have a fun time finding your inner magic, the

Bless Your Witch Mysteries is

the series for you!

Remember to check out book one,

SCARED WITCHLESS

for .99 on Kindle!

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It's

Cozy Food Friday

and a

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That means it's time to share a recipe from 

another great cozy mystery!

Today I'm featuring a recipe from

Book 24 in the Country Store Mysteries

EASTER ESCAPADE

by

Kathi Daley

In the first ever crossover episode, Zak and Zoe join forces with Hawaiian visitors Luke and Lani, to find out who killed a historian visiting Ashton Falls in order to find a treasure map left by his grandfather a hundred years earlier. Meanwhile, Ellie and Levi move in with Zak and Zoe while the boathouse is being renovated and Alex helps Ellie prepare the nursery for baby Eli who is due to be born any day. Throw in some humor and Easter fun and you have a Zak and Zoe crossover mystery.

About Kathi

Author of the Zoe Donovan cozy Mystery Series, Tj Jensen Paradise Lake Mystery series, Whales and Tails Island Mysteries, Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mysteries, Writers Retreat Southern Seashore Mysteries, and Seacliff High Teen Cozy Mystery Series. 

Come for the murder, stay for the romance.

Kathi lives in the beautiful alpine community of Lake Tahoe with her husband Ken and dog Echo. When she's not writing she enjoys hanging out on the beach with her children and grandchildren. During the summer she enjoys hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, wakeboarding, and sunset cruises on the lake. During the winter she enjoys cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and curling up by a fire with a good book.

Kathi uses her mountain home as inspiration for her books, all which include appearances by the wildlife she shares her life with. 

Visit Kathi Daley:

Blog - kathidaleyblog.com 

Facebook at Kathi Daley Books, www.facebook.com/kathidaleybooks 

Kathi Daley Books Group Page - www.facebook.com/groups/569578823146850/

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On to the recipe!

FUDGE SUNDAE PIE

Food photos courtesy of and borrowed from 

Google Images with thanks

Your finished pie will vary in appearance

Crust:

¼ cup light corn syrup

2 tbs. brown sugar

3 tbs. butter

2½ cups Rice Krispies cereal

   Combine corn syrup, brown sugar, and butter in saucepan. 

   Cook over medium heat until it boils. Pour over Rice Krispies. 

   Stir together and then press into buttered pie plate.

Topping:

½ cup peanut butter

½ cup chocolate fudge sauce

3 tbs. corn syrup

(Note: I often make extra topping and pile it on thick. It’s up to you.)

   Mix together and spread half on piecrust. 

   Layer in softened ice cream. 

   I use vanilla, but coffee or chocolate works as well. 

   Spread other half of topping over top.

Freeze for 2–3 hours.

Oh my goodness. Yum! 

Now I want some ice cream!

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Please keep reading and check out my 

installments of 

Book Beginnings on Fridays

and

The Friday 56

Both are from 

EASTER ESCAPADE

Book Beginnings on Fridays is a meme hosted by Rose City Reader

Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading

My Book Beginnings

The sun shining through the bedroom window gave evidence to the fact that it was going to be a sunny spring day. I glanced at my husband, Zak Zimmerman, who was snoring softly beside me before slipping quietly out of bed.

The Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda's Voice

Rules: *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you have to improvise, that's okay.) *Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you. *Post it.

My Friday 56 

Okay, that was surprising. What was the man doing out on the lake at six o’clock in the morning?

“Given the timeline,” Ethan continued, “do you think ____ ___ ______ is actually the one who killed him?”

“____? No. Why would you say that?”

Ethan didn’t answer, but I thought he must be sorting things out in his own mind. “I don’t know,” he finally said. “I guess I’m just tired and looking for answers. The alteration in the timeline has me imagining all sorts of strange scenarios.” 

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Today's series spotlight is on

Cookies & Chance Mysteries

by 

Catherine Bruns

With mystery, action, fun, and cookies, 

how can you go wrong?

Check out this yummy series!

BOOK ONE

Sally Muccio’s had her crosses to bear: a cheating ex-boyfriend, crazy Italian parents, and an unfaithful husband, just to name a few. After her divorce, she returns to her hometown to start a novelty cookie shop whose specialties include original fortune cookies, served with a sprinkle of foreshadowing. But there’s no warning when her ex-husband’s mistress drops dead on Sal's porch, and police confirm it’s a homicide. Determined to stop her life from becoming a recipe for disaster, Sal takes matters into her own hands. With two very different men vying for her affection, dead bodies piling up, and a reputation hanging by an apron string, Sal finds herself in a race against time to save both her business and life—before the last cookie crumbles. 

BOOK TWO

Baker turned reluctant amateur sleuth, Sally Muccio’s, finally found the happiness that’s eluded her for years. She’s in love with a great guy, her bakery is thriving, and now she and her best friend Josie Sullivan are gearing up to appear on the popular reality baking show, Cookie Crusades. But a visit from Sal’s greedy ex-husband Colin, who's looking to cash in on the bakery’s dough, changes everything. Within a few hours Sal’s world—like the shop’s original fortune cookies—is broken apart when Colin turns up dead, and her boyfriend’s arrested for the crime. Now Sal’s mixing it up with vengeful ex-inlaws, a suspicious new employee, slippery baking competitors, and a greasy mobster who’ll stop at nothing to collect on Colin’s unpaid debt. Can Sal prove her man is innocent in time? Or is she about to get baked herself? 

**Recipes Included!**

BOOK THREE

Just when things appear to be going well for baker and sometime sleuth, Sally Muccio, life turns up the heat again. It’s summertime, and the living is easy for the Muccio clan. Sal’s wedding to her beloved fiancé is rapidly approaching, Mom’s won a beauty contest, and sister Gianna is now a licensed public defender. But when the bakery Sal’s worked so hard for goes up in smoke—along with her dreams!—she’s not sure how much more she can stand. Even worse, the man found dead in the bakery’s back room is none other than Gianna’s latest client, Bernardo Napoli. The dough really hits the fan for Sal and Josie when they’re forced to temporarily relocate their bakery to the crazy Muccio home. Trouble is quickly stirred up as the best friend team must now contend with Sal’s father and his new mortuary business “undertakings,” a middle aged mother parading around customers in bikinis, and an Italian family hell bent on revenge. For Sal, several questions demand answers. Where has Gianna disappeared to? What role did she play in Bernardo’s death? What secret is Sal’s fiancé hiding from her? Sal is determined to find answers...before she gets burned once again! 

**Recipes Included!** 

BOOK FOUR

Now available in print on Aamazon.

Releases on eBook April 25!

Sally Muccio’s walk down the aisle might be her last.
The some-time amateur sleuth and full-time bakery owner is finally marrying the man of her dreams. But during a last minute taste testing of their wedding cake, Sally and her fiancé are witnesses—and almost victims!—of a random shooting. At least they think it’s random, until an original fortune cookie message proves otherwise. Is someone after Sally? And why does the mysterious shooter want to ice the baker? Sal tries to proceed with caution, but when someone close to her is attacked, all bets are off. She'll do whatever it takes to bring this monster to justice, even if it means sacrificing herself in the process. 
Can Sal make it to the church on time…and alive?

The Cookies & Chance Mystery series

is one you have got to read!

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Lisa Ks Book Reviews blog is proud to bring to you

THE COZY TIMES

This is a weekly online publication focused on connecting cozy mystery readers to favorite cozy characters by way of their town's newspapers. 

Today The Cozy Times is featuring the 

COBBLE COVE COURIER

Murder at the library! 

Check it out!

BODY FOUND IN LIBRARY CRIME SECTION AFTER 

LOCAL AUTHORS’ BOOK RELEASE EVENT

The dead body of Mary Beth Simmons, a New York City editor visiting Cobble Cove for the book release program featuring authors Alicia and John McKinney was found yesterday morning in the crime section of the Cobble Cove Library. According to Sheriff Ronald Ramsay, the victim was shot in the head at close range.

Library clerk Gilly Nostran who discovered the body said, “I was about to go on my coffee break and was just browsing the true crime section for some books for my boyfriend when I saw a woman on the floor. From the back, she looked a bit like my friend and co-worker, Alicia, and she was wearing the same blouse. I was shocked and screamed for help.”

A male librarian, who refused to give his name, said, “I was on duty the night of the book release party, and Ms. Simmons was quite rude to me. She insulted a lot of people that evening, so I wasn’t terribly surprised that someone murdered her two days later, although I’m sorry it happened, of course.” 

Alicia McKinney, co-author of the Groucho Marks mystery series and a librarian at the Cobble Cove Library, said, “My husband John received a strange email the day after our release party. It was sent right after our book signing by someone calling themselves Mark Marks, the name of our fictional detective. The message seemed to threaten me, so I now wonder if I was the intended victim. Another odd thing that occurred around the same time was that our library cat, Sneaky, disappeared. We are still searching for him. Angelina, a young girl who is very attached to him, put up posters around town and in the library. Her father is offering a reward to anyone who finds him.”

John, Alicia’s husband who also publishes the Cobble Cove Courier, said, “I didn’t take the email I received seriously at first. I figured it was from a crazy fan. Now, looking back, I’m sorry I didn’t. I sure hope it wasn’t meant for Ali, and I also hope Sneaky returns.”

This story was reported to 

Andrew Phillips, 

Assistant Publisher 

of the Cobble Cove Courier.

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For the full story, check out Debbie De Louise’s new mystery, Written in Stone, the 3rd book of the Cobble Cove mystery series. For those who haven’t yet read any books in this series, you might want to start with A Stone’s Throw and Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

Such a great article from the

Cobble Cove Courier!

A big thank you to Debbie De Louise 

for her submission. 

Is there a cozy town you'd like to see featured in 

The Cozy Times? 

Please let me know in the comments section.

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A Stone’s Throw (Cobble Cove Mystery #1):

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About Debbie

My name is Debbie De Louise. I am a reference librarian at a public library on Long Island and the award-winning author of the Cobble Cove mystery series. 

 the first book of the Cobble Cove Mystery series, "A Stone's Throw," (November 2015) was published by Limitless Publishing, LLC. It is the story of a widowed librarian who visits her husband's hometown and finds a new love with the town's newspaper publisher but also discovers some alarming truths about her husband's death and its connection to the publisher and his family. Along with a variety of characters, there is also a cat and dog who play minor but interesting roles in the novel. The second Cobble Cove Mystery, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" was released in October 2016 by Solstice Publishing and a reprint of "A Stone's Throw" with an additional chapter was published in March, 2017. The third book of the series, "Written in Stone," was released in April, 2017. I've also published a romantic comedy novella, "When Jack Trumps Ace," and have completed a psychological thriller, Sea Scope, that I am querying to agents. I am currently working on a new mystery that is not part of the Cobble Cove series.

I have a B.A. in English and an MLS in Library Science. I received the Lawrence C. Lobaugh Memorial Award in Journalism from Long Island University/C.W. Post for my work as features editor on the student newspaper. I also edited and published the Palmer School graduate library school newsletter. 

I'm a member of the Cat Writer's Association and Sisters-in-Crime Association

I live on Long Island with my husband, daughter, and two cats.

Debbie’s Social Media Links:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/debbie.delouise.author/

Twitter: twitter.com/Deblibrarian

Google+: plus.google.com/u/0/+DebbieDeLouise

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/debbiedelouise

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/2750133.Debbie_De_Louise

Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/Debbie-De-Louise/e/B0144ZGXPW/

Website/Blog/Newsletter Sign-Up: debbiedelouise.com

Sneaky the Library Cat’s blog: sneakylibrarycat.wordpress.com

Cobble Cove Character Chat FB Group: www.facebook.com/groups/748912598599469/

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