GENRE: Cozy Mystery
Witches, cats, pumpkin
pies and murder!
I’m Evelyn Grayson and
if you’d told me by the time I was 23, I’d have lost both my parents in a
mysterious accident, moved in with the coolest Aunt ever, lived in a magical
town, and I was a witch, I would have said you were crazy. Funny thing is,
you’d be right.
Camille Stenson, the
grumpiest woman in Saltwater Cove is set on making this year’s Halloween
celebrations difficult for everyone, but when she turns up dead and my best
friend is on the suspect list, I have no choice but to find out whodunit and
clear her name.
Amongst the pumpkin
carving, abandoned houses, and apple bobbing, it soon becomes apparent dark
magic is at play and I must use all my newfound witches’ abilities to find the
killer before another spell is cast.
Step into Evelyn
Grayson’s magical world in the first book of the Melting Pot Café series, a fun
and flirty romantic paranormal cozy mystery where the spells are flowing, and
the adventure is just beginning.
If you like witty
witches, cheeky talking cats, and magical murder mysteries, then you’ll love
Polly Holmes’ light-hearted Melting Pot Café series.
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NOTE:
Excerpt One:
Oh, my goodness, breakfast smells divine,” I said, bounding
down the stairs two at a time toward the lip-smacking scent streaming from the
kitchen. Rubbing my grumbling stomach, I peeked over Aunt Edie’s shoulder at
the green gooey concoction boiling on the stove. I’ve been living with my aunt
for the past eleven years since my parents died, and not once have I questioned
her cooking abilities. Until now. I folded my arms and leant against the
kitchen bench. “I know it smells amazing but are you sure it’s edible because
it sure as heck doesn’t look like it.”
Aunt Edie frowned and her eyebrows pulled together. Her
classic pondering expression. She snapped her fingers and looked straight at me
with her golden honey-brown eyes glowing like she’d just solved the world’s
climate crisis.
“Popcorn. I forgot the popcorn. Evelyn, honey be a dear and
grab me the popcorn from the second shelf in the pantry. The caramel packet,
not the plain.”
Caramel
popcorn for breakfast? That’s a new one.
I shrugged. “Sure.” Walking into Aunt Edie’s pantry was like
walking into the potions classroom at Hogwarts. Every witch’s dream pantry.
Normal food on the left-hand side and on the right, every potion ingredient a
witch could possibly need, clearly labelled in its allocated spot. Aunt Edie
would always say: a place for everything and everything in its place.
“I can’t believe Halloween is only three days away,” I
called, swiping the caramel popcorn bag off the shelf. Heading back out, the
hunger monster growing in my stomach grumbled, clearly protesting the fact I
still hadn’t satisfied its demand for food.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Polly Holmes is
the cheeky alter ego of Amazon best-selling author, P.L. Harris. When she's not
writing her next romantic suspense novel as P.L. Harris, she’s planning the
next murder in one of Polly's mysteries.
Polly’s
award-winning Cupcake Capers Series is rich in storyline and location with
characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. She publishes
her cozy mystery books with Gumnut Press. Pumpkin Pies and Potions is the first
in her new paranormal cozy series.
Cupcakes and
Corpses was a finalist in the Oklahoma RWA’s 2019 IDA International Digital
Awards, short suspense category. Cupcakes and Curses claimed second place and
Cupcakes and Cyanide gained third place making it a clean sweep in the
category.
You can visit
P.L. Harris/Polly Holmes at the following locations:
https://www.pollyholmesmysteries.com/
https://www.instagram.com/plharris_author
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/p-l-harris
https://www.facebook.com/plharrisauthor/
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and Romance with a hint of Cozy Sweetness: Reader Group
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7 comments:
I appreciate your review and getting to hear about another book I didn't know about until now. Thank you for sharing and for this giveaway also.
Thanks for hosting!
The book sounds great.
Thank you for hosting me. I'm having a ball on this blog tour. :)
Great excerpt and very nice cover! Thanks for sharing it with me and have a great Halloween weekend!
This sounds like a very good book.
Thanks Everyone, I'm thrilled to be receiving 5 star reviews on Amazon.
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