Guest Post & #Giveaway – A Murder Yule Regret by Winnie Archer #cozy #mystery @MBourbonWArcher

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A Murder Yule Regret (A Bread Shop Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
7th in Series
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Cozies (November 30, 2021)
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages

 

 

Synopsis

 

Freelance photographer and Yeast of Eden bakery assistant Ivy Culpepper has just scored the job of a lifetime shooting the Dickensian dress-up X-mas party thrown by It Girl film actress Eliza Fox . . . until an unwanted guest appears.

 

A holiday costume party in the sleepy coastal town of Santa Sofia could be just the boost Ivy needs for her fledgling photography business. At the party, Ivy enters a Victorian fantasy come to life, all courtesy of the fabulous Ms. Fox. Ivy gets to play shutterbug while hanging with Scrooge, Marley, the Cratchits, and more classic Dickens characters. But what begins as the best of times turns out to be the very worst for one of the party guests—a tabloid journalist with more enemies than Ebenezer himself.

When the man’s body is found sprawled across the jagged rocks below the house, the fingers begin pointing at Eliza. Meanwhile, Ivy gets roped into helping prove the starlet’s innocence. Her festive photos are now official evidence—and the Ghosts of Christmas Present could mean the party for Eliza is over, once and for all.ance photographer and Yeast of Eden bakery assistant Ivy Culpepper has just scored the job of a lifetime shooting the Dickensian dress-up X-mas party thrown by It Girl film actress Eliza Fox . . . until an unwanted guest appears.

A holiday costume party in the sleepy coastal town of Santa Sofia could be just the boost Ivy needs for her fledgling photography business. At the party, Ivy enters a Victorian fantasy come to life, all courtesy of the fabulous Ms. Fox. Ivy gets to play shutterbug while hanging with Scrooge, Marley, the Cratchits, and more classic Dickens characters. But what begins as the best of times turns out to be the very worst for one of the party guests—a tabloid journalist with more enemies than Ebenezer himself.

When the man’s body is found sprawled across the jagged rocks below the house, the fingers begin pointing at Eliza. Meanwhile, Ivy gets roped into helping prove the starlet’s innocence. Her festive photos are now official evidence—and the Ghosts of Christmas Present could mean the party for Eliza is over, once and for all.

 

 

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Guest Post

 

Christmas Cozies are the best! You get all the feels of the holiday season, right alongside a dose of murder. What could be better?

I’ll tell you…A Christmas cozy, a dose of murder, and a Hollywood starlet!

The Bread Shop mystery series takes place in a fictional coastal California town called Santa Sofia (named for my daughter, Sophia). As a native, born and raised, Californian, I know that coastal Christmases don’t have the same feeling as, say, a New England Christmas. There’s zero chance of snow, and while it might get cool, the odds are pretty good that it’s not going to be freezing.

I brought as much nostalgic Christmas to the town of Santa Sofia as I could. There are decorations in town, a wassailing event with hot apple cider and holiday spirit, and there’s a holiday party. Two, actually.

When I thought about who I wanted to have these parties, and who would be the victim of a murder, Hollywood came to mind. If you think of Santa Sofia being sort of like Santa Barbara, then it’s pretty near Los Angeles. It’s a getaway for the stars, though a little more lowbrow than Santa Barbara. It’s a hidden gem.

So when a Hollywood starlet buys a home there, and then throws a huge Dickens-themed Christmas party, you know it’s gonna be good!

December is the perfect time to curl up with a Christmas cozy. A Murder Yule Regret won’t disappoint!

 

Enjoy, and happy holidays!

XO Melissa/Winnie

 

 

About the Author

 

Winnie Archer is the nationally bestselling author of the Bread Shop Mystery series, and the Magical Dressmaking Mystery series written as Melissa Bourbon. A former middle school English teacher, lives in North Carolina with her educator husband, Carlos, and the youngest of their five children.

 

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