LET'S GET COZY! DYEING WISHES: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

 

 

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DYEING WISHES

A Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery

BY MOLLY MACRAE

ABOUT THE BOOK: 
Kath Rutledge’s grandmother left her a charming fiber and fabric shop, a close-knit group of needlework lovers, and a television-addicted ghost in the attic. She may also have inherited the special skills required to untangle a murder.

Always up for trying something new, Kath and her friends from the fiber and needlework group TGIF—Thank Goodness it’s Fiber—are visiting Cloud Hollow Farm for the day to learn the fine art of dyeing. With spring in the air, the friends head out to greet the sheep. But the sheep are more interested in something else—two bodies spread under a tall tree. And one of those bodies is someone they know.

Kath’s friends nudge her to investigate, and no one is more adamant than Geneva, the ghost who loves to play assistant sleuth. But when Kath discovers another murder cut from the same cloth, she’s more determined than ever to hang a roving killer out to dry...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Molly MacRae spent twenty years in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Upper East Tennessee, where she managed The Book Place, an independent bookstore; may it rest in peace. Before the lure of books hooked her, she was curator of the history museum in Jonesborough, Tennessee’s oldest town. MacRae lives with her family in Champaign, Illinois, where she connects children with books at the public library.

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BRUNCH WITH BINGO: PASTA...MADE SIMPLE! A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

WELCOME TO
BOOKIN' WITH BINGO'S
"BRUNCH WITH BINGO DAY"
I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THIS SUNDAY'S
"BRUNCH WITH BINGO DAY"
FOOD BOOK CHOICE IS.....

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PASTA

...made simple

from PARRAGON BOOKS

ABOUT THE COOKBOOK:

This fully illustrated recipe collection in a handy chunky format is sure to become your go-to guide for cooking delicious pasta meals. Ideal for those just getting started in the kitchen, this easy recipe set with step-by-step instructions will help you turn out perfect appetizers, light meals, and filling main dishes. From our Cooking Made Simple collection.

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER:

Parragon Books focus on illustrated, non-author driven, non-fiction books. Their books are of the highest quality while still maintaining mainstream accessibility. They don’t publish books just because a trendy author pens them; they publish books that offer unbelievable value both in terms of content and quality.

Their main publishing areas are cookbooks, adult non-fiction, children's books and licensed character books. Within these publishing areas we publish under our own Parragon brand; under in-house brands such as Love Food™ or Goldstars™; or under retailers’ own proprietary brands. We create books for beloved characters such as Disney, Dora the Explorer, Ben 10, Discovery Kids, Power Rangers, Barbie, Sesame Street and Marvel. To find out more about Parragon Books, visit their website HERE. 

A SAMPLE RECIPES FROM PASTA...MADE SIMPLE:

 

PASTA ARRABBIATA

Serves 4

Ingredients:
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil,
8 plum tomatoes, diced,
2/3 cup dry white wine,
1 tablespoon sun-dried tomato paste,
2 fresh chiles,
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped,
¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley,
14 ounces dried penne,
salt and pepper,
fresh percorino cheese shavings, to garnish.

Directions:
1) Heat the oil in a skillet over high heat until almost smoking. Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring frequently, for 2-3 minutes.

2) Reduce the heat to low and cook for about 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Using a wooden spoon, press through a nonmetallic strainer into a saucepan.

3) Add the wine, tomato paste, whole chiles, and garlic to the pan and bring to boil. Reduce the heat and simmer gently. Then remove the chiles. Check and adjust the seasoning, adding chiles back in for a hotter sauce, then stir in half the parsley.

4) Meanwhile, bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the pasta, bring back to the boil, and cook according to the package directions, or until tender but still firm to the bite. Add the sauce to the pasta and toss to coat.

5) Sprinkle with the remaining parsley, garnish with cheese shavings, and serve immediately. 

 

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LET'S GET COZY! LOOMING MURDER: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

 

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LOOMING MURDER

A Weaving Mystery

BY CAROL ANN MARTIN

 

ABOUT THE BOOK: 
Della Wright has come to peaceful and picturesque Briar Hollow, at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, to realize her lifelong dream of owning a weaving studio. To promote her new business, Dream Weavers, Della is offering weaving workshops for all levels of ability. In her first class, she meets half a dozen of the town’s colorful characters, who seem as eager to gossip as to learn how to work a loom.

But when a shady local businessman is found murdered, Briar Hollow suddenly appears a lot less idyllic. And when one of her weaving students is suspected of the crime, Della can’t help getting entangled in the investigation—with some help from her criminologist friend, Matthew. But can she weave together clues as well as she weaves together yarn—and stop a killer from striking again?

FEATURES WEAVING TIPS!

  

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Monique (aka Carol Ann Martin) was born in the small town of Hearst Ontario. She is the oldest of ten children. When she was twenty years old she moved to Montreal, where she became a successful model, winning the prestigious Modeling Association of American Contest and continuing on to an international career. When she retired from modeling she founded Beauties Modeling Agency in Montreal.

At the age of forty two, Monique, by then a financial advisor with one of Canada’s largest investment firms, was picked to host her own television show, Her Money, a weekly financial-advice show aimed to a female audience. During all these other careers, Monique’s real passion was always writing.

Monique currently lives with her physician husband and their three dogs. They divide their time between their homes in Canada and La Jolla. Monique also writes under the pen name of Carol Ann Martin. She says she came up with that name by combining her daughter’s—Carole Ann—and her son’s—Martin. LOOMING MURDER is her first book with her new pen name. 

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BIG GIRL PANTIES: A STEPHANIE EVANOVICH PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

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BIG GIRL PANTIES

BY STEPHANIE EVANOVICH

ABOUT THE BOOK:

A rollicking, sensuous, feel-good romantic comedy about a grieving young widow who decides to get in shape . . . and winds up getting her groove back—and a whole lot more!

Holly didn't expect to be a widow at thirty-two. She also didn't expect to be so big. After her husband's death, food was the one thing she could always count on. Now, those extra pounds make flying coach feel like medieval torture—especially when she's squished next to Logan Montgomery. A personal trainer to famous pro athletes, her seatmate is so hot that he makes Holly sweat in all the right (and so embarrassingly wrong!) places.

Though Holly doesn't make the grade on Logan's first-impression meter, he finds himself intrigued by her sharp wit and keen insights—a welcome change from the high-maintenance models he dates—so he impulsively offers to get her back in shape. A little skeptical but ready to make at least one positive change in her life, Holly agrees.

To Logan's (and her own) surprise, Holly turns out to be a natural in the gym, slimming down into a bona fide looker with killer curves—and a new kind of hunger. Before either of them can stop it, the easy intimacy of their training sessions leads to even more steamy workouts away from the gym.

Logan's best friends, professional baseball player Chase Walker and his wife, Amanda, see that this is more than a fling, even if Logan and Holly don't. But can a man whose whole life depends on looks commit himself to a woman who doesn't fit his ideal? Now that Holly's turning other men's heads, does she even need Logan anymore? Are they a couple built to last . . . or destined to fizzle?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Stephanie Evanovich is a full-fledged Jersey girl from Asbury Park who began writing fiction while waiting for her cues during countless community theater projects. She attended New York Conservatory for the Dramatic Arts, performed with several improvisational troupes, and acted in a few small-budget movies, all in preparation for the greatest job she ever had: raising her two sons. Now a full-time writer, she's an avid sports fan who holds a black belt in tae kwon do. For those of you wondering, Stephanie is the niece of bestselling author Janet Evanovich of the "Stephanie Plum" series.

PRAISE FOR BIG GIRL PANTIES:

“Evanovich’s incredibly entertaining debut mesmerizes with wit, heart, and intelligence . . . Quality writing, memorable characters, hot sex scenes, and an emotionally satisfying story add up to a marvelous gem.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Savvy, smart and sexy!”— Susan Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of That Thing Called Love

“A page turner with real heart! This sexy tale will have you racing to your local gym-after you’ve finished racing through this charming, funny novel.”— Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of Curvy Girls

“Evanovich’s debut effort is a funny, clever, and well-paced read.”— Booklist  

   

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LET'S GET COZY! YARN TO GO: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

 
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YARN TO GO
 A Yarn Retreat Mystery
BY BETTY HECHTMAN

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Dessert chef Casey Feldstein doesn’t know a knitting needle from a crochet hook. But after her aunt dies unexpectedly, leaving Casey to run her yarn retreat business, the sweets baker finds herself rising to the occasion—and trying to unravel a murder mystery...

When Casey finds out that her late aunt’s business, Yarn2Go, has one more yarn retreat scheduled, she decides to go ahead and host the event, despite her complete lack of experience as a knitter. At least the retreat is on the beautiful Monterey Peninsula.

But the idyllic setting is soured when a retreat regular is found murdered in her hotel room. Feeling a sense of responsibility, Casey begins to weave the clues together and detects a pattern which may shed light on her aunt’s suspicious death. Despite the danger, the last thing Casey plans to do is retreat. She’ll catch this killer...or dye trying.

Includes a knitting pattern and a recipe! 

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

I grew up on the south side of Chicago and in a very busy weekend, got married, graduated college and moved to Los Angeles.

Although my degree is in Fine Arts, all I ever wanted to be was a writer and I've been doing it in one form or another for as long as I can remember. My shining moments in elementary and high school always involved stories or poetry I'd written. I wrote news stories and a weekly column in my college newspaper. My first job out of college was working on the newsletter of a finance company. I worked for a public relations firm and wrote press releases and biographies. Later I wrote proposals for video projects and television shows that went through various stages of development.

I tried writing screenplays and wrote three. I sold one and another was a winner in a Writers' Digest contest.

I was lucky enough to be a stay-at-home mom and did all kinds of volunteering at my son's schools including editing and writing several newsletters.

I wrote essays and small pieces that ran in the Los Angeles Times, the Daily News and Woman's Day among others. My short romantic and mystery fiction appeared in Woman's World, and Futures magazine.

My affair with crochet began in Las Vegas. I had always had a fascination with crochet, particularly granny squares, but thought there was some magic involved with making them that was beyond me. And then everything changed that day in Vegas when I saw the kids' kit in FAO Schwartz. If the instructions were easy enough for kids, I thought they might work for me.

My first granny square was missing a corner, but when I tried again, all four corners were there. I was in awe of my own accomplishment. I had found the magic. I went granny square crazy until pretty soon I didn't need directions anymore. Then I learned there were more squares than just basic grannies and I made squares with sunflowers in the middle and other patterns. I moved beyond squares and made flowers, hearts, bookmarks and more.

I was in love with crochet and began to make scarves, purses, afghans, and shawls. I started carrying my hooks everywhere. A plane trip became a pile of granny square wash cloths, or part of a shawl. A vacation in Hawaii turned into a tote bag.

And now I get to write about it. 

AN EXCERPT FROM YARN TO GO:

I was in the middle of laying out the ingredients for my carrot muffins when the call came. It's lucky I hadn't started mixing them, because you can't just run off and abandon muffin batter for an hour and expect it to be okay. I didn't even understand who it was at first. All I heard was something about no refund on a credit card bill, the word retreat and that I "better do something about it."

"Who is this?" I said when the caller finally took a breath.

"Casey, this is Tag Thornkill," an exasperated voice responded. He could have left off the last name. I mean, it's not like I know a bunch of Tags. Immediately my demeanor changed from irritated at the interruption to concerned. Tag is my current employer, or half of the pair, anyway. He and his wife Lucinda own the Blue Door restaurant, which is where I presently work. I'm the dessert chef. Tag doesn't know it, but I also bake muffins for some coffee spots in town using the Blue Door's kitchen. Lucinda had given her okay and saw no problem with the arrangement as long as I brought in my own ingredients.

So every night when the restaurant closes and everyone has left, I come in and bake the restaurant's desserts for the next day, along with batches of muffins for the next day's coffee drinkers.

Let me be clear from the start: I'm not one of those fancy cooking school graduates who does French pastry. TO FINISH READING THIS EXCERPT, VISIT BETTY HECHTMAN'S WEBSITE HERE.

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