Janice Peacock's Aloe and Goodbye Blog Tour with a Spotlight and Giveaway

 

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Aloe and Goodbye: A Southwestern Small Town Cozy Mystery (Ruby Shaw Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Publisher: Vetrai Press (December 7, 2020)
Paperback: 228 pages
ISBN-10 : 099848198X
ISBN-13: 978-0998481982
Digital ASIN: B08MTP6WYY

New Yorker Ruby Shaw arrives in a hillside town in Arizona with a brand-new name, a duffel bag on her shoulder, and her daughter, Allie, at her side. Before arriving, Ruby witnesses a murder that lands her in the witness protection program. That decision means she’s gone from being a successful artist to being a nobody in a postage-stamp-sized town called Paradise — a name that doesn’t fit the former ghost town. Even though their new digs are a little shabby, and there may be ghosts haunting the town, they are optimistic about their new lives, that is, until a neighbor turns up dead.

Having just arrived in town, living next door to the victim, and without an alibi, the community members are suspicious of Ruby. A local deputy befriends her, but the deputy still points to her as the culprit each time they find a new clue. If matters weren’t bad enough, Allie is having trouble fitting in at her new school, and Ruby can’t seem to hold down a job.

As they settle in, they meet the quirky inhabitants of Paradise: Bette — the chatterbox café owner, Flora—Allie’s eccentric babysitter, and Derek — who runs local history tours, which he jazzes up with ghost stories of questionable veracity.

Ruby’s life improves when she meets a handsome cook at the local café who is passionate about succulents and cacti, and may feel equally passionate about her. Even though Ruby and Allie want to stay in Paradise, a US marshal has other ideas, as he threatens to move them to a new town after Ruby gets mixed up in the murder investigation. Ruby must find the killer before she and Allie lose their new home or even worse — their lives. 

 

 

 

About Janice Peacock

Janice Peacock is a cozy mystery author who specializes in craft and hobby mysteries. She loves to write about artists who find new ways to live their lives and perhaps catch a criminal or two in the process. While working in a glass studio with several colorful and quirky artists, she was inspired to write the Glass Bead Mystery Series. The Ruby Shaw Mysteries, which are set in a small hillside mining town, were inspired by her trips to Jerome, Arizona, and Jacksonville, Oregon.

When Janice isn’t writing about amateur detectives, she wields a 2,500-degree torch to melt glass and create one-of-kind beads and jewelry. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and an undisclosed number of cats. Visit Janice online at janicepeacock.com.

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V. M. Burns's A Tourist's Guide to Murder Blog Tour with a Spotlight, Excerpt and Giveaway

 

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Excerpt

No one in the moderately sized rural southern town of Cypress would ever suspect their stalwart assistant librarian of breaking into the library where she worked. Why would they? A bronze plaque hangs on my kitchen wall. It was personally presented to me by Mayor Goodvale. He declared me an asset to the town. I’d received the award because I always performed my job with the highest level of pride and professionalism. For the past thirteen years I put the town and library first, often to the detriment of my personal life.

An even bigger honor occurred a few years ago when Mrs. Lida Farnsworth, the town’s head librarian, whispered (she always whispered) while we busily returned books to their shelves: “Trudell Becket, I couldn’t be more pleased to be wrong about my first impression of you. I would have hired any other candidate for the position. But, alas, the only other person who’d applied was that drunkard Cooper Berry. I honestly didn’t think you had it in you, honey. But, bless your heart, you’ve become the model of a perfect librarian.”

And she was right. I was perfect. Until . . .

Well, let’s just say someone needed to do this.

As a general rule, librarians don’t speak in loud voices. Librarians don’t exceed the speed limit when driving to work. And librarians certainly don’t dress head-to-toe in black ninja-wear while attempting to pick the library’s backdoor lock.

Yet, librarians can always be counted on to get things done.

“Don’t look at me like that,” I muttered to a lanky brown cat with black tiger stripes. It had emerged from the darkened back alleyway to stand next to library’s cool pearly-pink granite wall and watch me. “Someone needs to protect those books before they all end up destroyed. They’re sending them to the landfill.” The small metal flashlight clenched between my teeth caused the words to come out garbled. Both of my hands were busy working the lock.

A textbook for locksmiths that I’d borrowed from the library’s reference section sat open to the page featuring a diagram of a lock. Since I didn’t own a lockpick kit—why would I?—I’d improvised with a few sturdy paperclips bent to resemble the tools depicted on the book’s previous page. Every little sound, every scrape and rumble in Cypress’s quaint downtown, boomed in my ears. I jumped at the soft cough of a car engine. And with that cat watching me, I felt an itchy need to scurry into the nearest mousehole to hide.

But I couldn’t run. I had to finish what I’d set my mind to finishing.

After what felt like a million thundering heartbeats while I fumbled with the paperclips, the lock clicked. The door opened. I rose on shaky legs, gathering up the reference book and the stack of flattened moving boxes I’d brought with me. My gaze darted to the darkest corners of the alleyway before I slipped inside.

Just as the door started to close, the cat that had been watching with such a judgmental glare shimmied between my legs and into the library before the heavy metal back door clanked closed.

“Hey!” I called in a harsh whisper because shouting in a library simply wasn’t done. Whispering seemed even more important in the middle of the night as I sneaked inside on my clandestine mission.

The brown cat ignored me. With a yeow loud enough to have me instinctively hissing, “Shhhh!” the little beast darted upstairs and disappeared into the shadows of the stacks.

“Tru, you’re in for it now,” I muttered before dropping the stack of boxes. I sprinted after that darn cat.

Mrs. Farnsworth would have a heart attack if she discovered a flea-bitten kitty wandering among her books in the morning. I needed to get him out. The head librarian was already on edge with having to deal with the changes coming to the library. If I didn’t know the tough older woman better, I would have suspected she was busy plotting a murder.

 

 

A Tourist’s Guide to Murder (Mystery Bookshop)
Cozy Mystery
6th in Series
Publisher: Kensington (January 26, 2021)
Paperback: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 1496728955
ISBN-13: 978-1496728951]
Digital ASIN: B087YRY1S4

While visiting the land of Miss Marple and Sherlock Holmes, bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Samantha Washington finds herself on a tragical mystery tour.

Sam joins Nana Jo and her Shady Acres Retirement Village friends Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae on a weeklong trip to London, England, to experience the Peabody Mystery Lovers Tour. The chance to see the sights and walk the streets that inspired Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle is a dream come true for Sam — and a perfect way to celebrate her new publishing contract as a mystery author.

But between visits to Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel district and 221B Baker Street, Major Horace Peabody is found dead, supposedly of natural causes. Despite his employer’s unfortunate demise, the tour guide insists on keeping calm and carrying on — until another tourist on their trip also dies under mysterious circumstances. Now it’s up to Sam and the Shady Acres ladies to mix and mingle among their fellow mystery lovers, find a motive, and turn up a murderer. 

 

 

About V.M. Burns

V.M. (Valerie) Burns was born and raised in the Midwestern United States. She currently resides in the warmer region of the country in East Tennessee with her two poodles. Valerie is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Dog Writers of America, Crime Writers of Color, International Thriller Writers, and Sisters in Crime. Valerie is the author of the RJ Franklin Mysteries, the Dog Club Mysteries, and the Agatha Award-nominated Mystery Bookshop Mystery series.

Author Links

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/v-m-burns

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vmburnsbooks/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/burnsvm

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vmburnsbooks/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmburns

Website: vmburns.com

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Gregory Landsman's Face Value Blog Tour with a Spotlight, Guest Post and Giveaway

 

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Guest Post

FACE VALUE by Gregory Landsman

Q1. WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU DO?

I feel inspired to find as many ways as I can to share a message about how to counteract premature skin agingand feel good in our skin at the same time,because there are so many misconceptions about beauty, aging and skin care that continue tocreateunnecessary stress and confusion.

The greatest of these myths is the belief that looking younger cost a lot of money, when in fact it is the exact opposite;the ability to look our best at every age is accessible to everyone. With the right knowledge and knowhow we can all counteract premature skin aging and look healthier and youngerwith ingredients from the kitchen that cost next to nothing!

Q2. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION TO PREMATURE SKIN AGING?

Premature skin aging is commonly brought on by skin stress. If you are stressed, so is your skin!

But skin stress is caused by a number of factorson a daily basis including environmental toxins and lifestyle elements – all of which age the skin prematurely.

Environmental elements that damage the skin include exposure to sun, pollution, heating and cooling.

Lifestyle elements that damage the skin include the chemicals in food, toxins in household products, some of the chemicals in personal care products such as shampoo and soap, smoking, alcohol and sugar consumption.

And then there is the stress that we feel which causes the body to release the stress hormone cortisol. I call cortisol the wrinkle-causing hormonebecauseit is so damaging to our collagen. When we live in a constant state of stress, cortisol levels in the body don't get the opportunity to recede and this causes premature skin aging.That is why I firmly believe that we cannot separate how we look from how we feel.

So to keep ourselves looking our best over time we need to de-stress the skin so it ages less! This can be done by feeding the skin nutrients to counteract skin stress and rebuild and protect thecollagen and elastin that keeps skin looking young and vital. We also need to do everything we can to feel good on a daily basis, as good feelings support great looking skin.

Q3. CAN NUTRIENTS BE ABSORBED EFFECTIVELY THROUGH THE SKIN IN A WAY THAT SUPPORTS YOUNGER, HEALTHIER LOOKING SKIN?

Research has shown that nutrients can be absorbed effectively through the skin.This means that your beauty routine will not only give you great skin, but can assist in absorbing some of the necessary nutrients for overall health.

Some of the benefits of using natural products topically on the skin include:

• Tightening and toning the skin;

• Rehydrating skin;

• Restoringthe natural pH levels of the skin;

• Reducing skin inflammation;

• Soothing and healing sore or sun burnt skin;

• Cleansingthe skin with ingredients that carry natural antibacterial properties; and

• Feeding the skin the some of the most powerful anti-aging products on record including Alpha Hydroxy Acid, Retin A, powerful antioxidants, collagen producing Vitamin C and skin healing Vitamin E - the key regenerative ingredients found in the most expensive skin creams.

The even better news is that you can achieve comparable doses of these skin revitalising ingredients naturally through regular use of the recipes in Face Value.

So when I say DIY - this isn’t just do it yourself, it’s do it yourself for great results!

The act of putting what the earth has grown on our skin is one of the most powerful ways to heal, nourish and transform it.

Gregory Landsman

Q4. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT NATURAL CAN DELIVER THE RESULTS THAT CHEMICALS CAN?

Ironically a number of thechemicals found in skincare are considered toxins that stress the skin and contribute to skin aging.

The beauty of natural products and formulas is that they are pure and so the skin is not struggling to overcome the impact of chemicals. This is why many skin crèmes feel good when you put them on, but they ultimately don't do much that makes a difference to your skin.

So if you would like to stop skin aging prematurely and give it back its healthy youthful glow, then the right natural ingredients can make the difference.

But we need to keep in mind that looking younger over a lifetime requires us to make small changes to what we put on our skin, what we feed it with the foods we eat and how we support ourselves to feel good in our skin.

Q4. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NOT ONLY WRITE BOOKS BUT YOU FIND OTHER WAYS TO SHARE YOUR MESSAGE ABOUT HOW TO COUNTERACT PREMATURE SKIN AGING AND LOOK YOUNGER NATURALLY?

My greatest wish is for everyone to know their true value as human beings and to have equal access to the knowledge and know how that let’s them live their best lives.

I write books; I host a TV show called Face Lifting Food that is shown globally and in universities; I developed Face Lifting Food Apps for everyday use; and recently I released DIY Face Lifting Food Skin Treatments online to address specific skin challenges using ingredients from the kitchen.

So that regardless of whether you are online, a TV watcher or someone who loves books, you can affordably access the best science-based information to keep your skin looking healthier and younger at any age;counteract premature skin aging; and support you to feel good in your skin.

Q.5 HOW DID YOUR EARLY EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA HELP FORM YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT BEAUTY?

From a very early age I knew what it felt like to be judged for the colour of my skin and physical characteristics that I could not change.

The hurt I felt growing up in South Africa has always served as a reminder that being treated with kindness and respect, regardless of what we look like, is not a privilege, but a human right.

From all my life experiences I have come to know that there is divine beauty in all of us, not some of us and that when we choose to feel the beauty we all possess as human beings, we can embrace our differences and make peace with ourselves.For real beauty has less to do with our bone structure and much more to do with the structure of our thoughts and who we are on the inside.

This is a message I include in all of my writing regardless of whether it is a book about skincare or a book about celebrating our differences.

Q6. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU AREN’T WORKING OR WRITING?

When I am not working I like to spend the day gardening and cooking. Putting my hands in to the earth reminds me of Mother Nature’s goodnessand all that it gives us. When I fertilise the fruit trees and the garden beds I feel that I am giving back to nature and in some small way repaying it for all the goodness that nurtures me on a daily basis.

Then after a full day in the garden I pick some fresh herbs, put on some Ella Fitzgerald and head into the kitchen to soothe my senses by sautéing onions and garlic, as I prepare a meal to share with my wife.

To receive a free copy of Gregory’s e-book, STOP SKIN AGING PREMATURELY, which includes a list of the most powerful cortisol lowering foods go to: https://gregorylandsman.com/

 

 

Book Details:
Book Title: Face Value - DIY Secrets to Beauty and a Younger Face by Gregory Landsman
Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18 yrs +), 67 pages
Genre: Beauty & Grooming; Health & Wellness; Self Help
Publisher: Hill of Content Publishing
Release date: 2020
Tour dates: Jan 11 to Jan 29, 2021
Content Rating: G.

Book Description

FIND SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL ANTI-AGING PRODUCTS USED IN EXPENSIVE BEAUTY CREAMS IN YOUR OWN KITCHEN!

Following the success of the best selling first edition, the new revised version of Gregory Landsman’s Face Value is jam packed with simple DIY secrets to beauty and younger looking skin that can achieve powerful results in a very short time. Featuring an entirely new chapter on rejuvenating night serums, Face Value will change the way you think and approach beauty as you discover that utilizing natural ingredients can provide real and lasting solutions to give you a natural glow and a younger looking face.

Find recipes to…

• Reduce fine lines and wrinkles
• Stimulate collagen production
• Improve skin firmness and elasticity
• Protect skin from damaging free radicals
• Rehydrate, tighten and tone the face
• Restore the skin’s radiance and natural pH levels
• Reduce age spots, pigmentation and blemishes

With Face Value, you can achieve younger looking skin without having to leave your own kitchen!

 

 

 

 

Meet the Author

Gregory Landsman is one of the most noted global beauty and wellness experts in the world, a best selling author of nine books, and a TV host who specializes in using food to take years off the face naturally.

Having worked in the beauty industry for 30+ years Gregory believes that looking youthful goes well beyond waging war on wrinkles, and that how we age is 100% controllable. His natural methods are used globally by models, shown in universities and recommended by doctors.

Often referred to as ‘The Beauty Advisor’, Gregory’s books and global TV program Face Lifting Food show viewers how to create quick skin-boosting meals and powerful skin treatments using everyday foods to achieve younger, healthier looking skin at any age.

Gregory is a strong voice for inclusion. His book, Faith Lifting Prayers is a celebration of humanity and captures his journey of extremes; from Apartheid South Africa to working at the height of the fashion industry, and his fundamental discovery that regardless of what we do, how we look cannot be separated from how we feel. This is why all of his books, even those about looking younger, all feature his own quotes and philosophy about the importance of feeling good in our skin. His book A Lifetime of BEAUTY also shares messages for early teens and middle years about embracing our differences and our individuality; finding happiness; and standing strong in a world that often judges us for the way we look. This book is endorsed for inclusion in the education system.

connect with the author: website ~ podcast ~ goodreads

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Angela M. Sanders's Bait and Witch Blog Tour with a Spotlight, Excerpt and Giveaway

 

I am so excited to have Angela M. Sanders here at Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews with a Spotlight, Excerpt and Giveaway.

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Excerpt

That night I dreamt for the first time in decades — vivid images of my grandmother’s garden with lavender-scented laundry on the line and bundles of herbs drying on a sunny windowsill. One dream in particular stayed with me. I was a little girl, outside in my nightgown. Stars spangled the night. My mother was encouraging me to drink something from a crystal tumbler, but I didn’t want to. In another, darker vision, a woman in a black jacket circled the house, trying doors and windows.

But that was last night. This morning, sun seeped through the cracks in the curtains. I swung my feet to the braided rag rug and pushed the drapes open to blue skies.

It was the first day of my new life.

I’d never managed a library before. Sure, in library school I’d supervised a few interns and staffed the information desk, but at the Library of Congress I’d specialized in cataloguing the folklife collection. It had been just me, a computer, and stacks of old documents.

To tell the truth, I was surprised the Wilfred library had hired me, given my lack of experience. I felt a twinge of guilt that I wouldn’t be staying long. Still, while I was here I’d be the best librarian I knew how to be. All I had to do was act normal — unremarkable, even. Do my job and draw no attention to myself.

When I’d interviewed, I’d glossed over my work at the Library of Congress and focused on the job I’d held before at the University of Maryland. My former boss had been happy to give me a recommendation and play down my dates of employment. Darla hadn’t seemed to mind my relative lack of experience. If I hadn’t known better, I’d have thought she’d planned to hire me no matter where I’d come from.

For my first day of work, I chose a professional cotton skirt, cardigan, and the librarian’s regulation clogs, perfect for hours on my feet. My hair, a long nest of red curls threaded with frizz, would spoil the efficient look I wanted to project. With the help of the dresser mirror, its face spotted black here and there, I managed to wrangle it into a low bun studded with bobby pins.

As I popped in the last bobby pin, I noticed a book on the nightstand. Funny, I could have sworn it hadn’t been there last night. Folk Witch, it was called. I bit off a laugh.

Must have been left by the last librarian, probably some hippie girl who made love potions and did astrological charts. I tossed the book on the bed with the intention of reshelving it later.

As I made my way down the staircase, voices drifted up. And, thank goodness, the aroma of coffee.

The staircase led into a bright, blue-and-white-tiled kitchen with a long wooden table in the center. Around the table, three heads turned toward me. All at once, I felt apprehensive. Had I made a huge mistake?

 

 

Bait and Witch – A Witch Way Librarian Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Publisher: Kensington (December 29, 2020)
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 1496728742
ISBN-13: 978-1496728746
Digital ASIN: B086R8VF2T

Librarian Josie Way moved to small-town Oregon to lay low. Instead, thanks to newfound magic abilities — and a killer on the loose — she’s leapt out of the frying pan and into a cauldron of trouble.

Josie Way loved working among the Library of Congress’s leather-scented stacks — until she uncovered corruption and made herself a target. As Wilfred, Oregon’s new librarian, Josie can stay undercover until the case goes to court. But life in this little town isn’t as subdued as she expected. The library, housed in a a Victorian mansion, is slated to be bulldozed. Still digesting the news that her safe haven is about to become scrap lumber, Josie discovers a body in the woods

Almost as shocking, Josie learns that she’s descended from a long line of witches — and her powers have suddenly sprung to life. With help from a spoiled alley cat who just may be her familiar, Josie’s thumbing through a catalog of suspects, hoping she can conjure a way to save her library — and her life. 

 

About Angela M. Sanders

Angela M. Sanders writes the Amazon bestselling Joanna Hayworth Vintage Clothing Mysteries and The Booster Club Capers. Under the pen name Clover Tate, she’s the author of the Kite Shop Mysteries (Berkley), which Romantic Times praised for their “well written wit and intrigue.” Angela’s articles on food, personalities, and perfume have appeared in a variety of magazines, and her monthly newsletters have nearly 2,000 subscribers. She interacts with readers on Facebook and Instagram and is a prominent blogger for Now Smell This, which garners 1.5 million monthly page views. Angela has two cats — one of whom is black of course — a witch’s freckle in her left eye and learned to read tarot cards from a pagan priestess.

Author Links

Website – https://angelamsanders.com/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAngelaMSanders

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/angela.m.sanders/

Twitter – https://twitter.com/AngelaMSanders

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