Buy a Friend a Book Day - Cinnamon and Sugar

I’m celebrating BUY A FRIEND A BOOK DAY
with a giveaway!

Winner’s choice of one of my 4 books
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Contest ends Sunday, September 5, 2021 and is limited to U.S. residents only.

SPRINKLES OF SUSPICION

One glass of cheap California chardonnay cost Emory Gosser Martinez her husband, her job, and her best friend. Unfortunately, that was only the beginning of her troubles.

Distraught after discovering the betrayal by her husband and best friend, Tori, cupcake caterer Emory Martinez allows her temper to flare. Several people witness her very public altercation with her ex-friend. To make matters worse, Tori exacts her revenge by posting a fake photo of Emory in a compromising situation, which goes viral on social media. When Tori is found murdered, all signs point to Emory being the prime suspect.

With the police investigation focused on gathering evidence to convict her, Emory must prove her innocence while whipping up batches of cupcakes and buttercream. Delving into the past of her murdered ex-friend, she finds other people had reasons to want Tori dead, including Emory’s own husband. Can she find the killer, or will the clues sprinkled around the investigation point the police back to her?

CAKE POPPED OFF

Cupcake caterer Emory Martinez is hosting a Halloween bash alongside her octogenarian employer, Tillie. With guests dressed in elaborate costumes, the band is rocking, the cocktails are flowing, and tempers are flaring when the hired Bavarian Barmaid tries to hook a rich, hapless husband. Except one of her targets happens to be Emory’s brother-in-law, which bodes ill for his pregnant wife. When Emory tracks down the distraught barmaid, instead of finding the young woman in tears, she finds her dead. Can she explain to the new detective on the scene why the Bavarian Barmaid was murdered in Emory’s bathtub with Emory’s Poison Apple Cake Pops stuffed into her mouth?

With an angry pregnant sister to contend with, she promises to clear her brother-in-law’s name. As Emory starts asking questions and tracking down the identity of the costumed guests, she finds reasons to suspect her brother-in-law has been hiding a guilty secret. Her search leads her to a web of blackmail and betrayal amongst the posh setting of the local country club crowd. Can Emory sift through the lies she’s being told and find the killer? She’ll need to step up her investigation before another victim is sent to the great pumpkin patch in the sky.

FRAMED AND FROSTED

The third book in the Cupcake Catering Mystery series finds cupcake caterer, Emory Martinez, working at a Laguna Beach society Fourth of July soiree, with her sister and their new employee, Sal. With a host that seems intent on accosting both catering employees and guests alike, things go from bad to worse when he accuses Sal of murdering his long-dead son.

As the crescendo of exploding fireworks overhead becomes the backdrop for cupcakes and champagne, a deadly murder occurs. Can Sal and Emory explain why the cupcake the host ate, after shoving a trayful of buttercream frosted cupcakes onto Sal, resulted in his death? Or will the guests and detective alike believe that Sal is a murderer? Emory and her octogenarian employer, Tillie, whip into action to find out who framed Sal after being frosted by the victim.

A GAME OF DECEIT – A suspense novel

A father’s disappearance never solved, a mother’s secret taken to the grave, a daughter deceived…

Kathryn Landry thinks her life is just about perfect. She is the owner of a successful interior designer business in Newport Beach, California, and she has an attentive, supportive husband. But her world comes crashing down when her husband, Neil Landry, vanishes without a trace… in a situation almost identical to the disappearance of her father twenty years before.

With her father’s disappearance still a mystery, Kathryn is skeptical that the detective assigned to her case will be able to find her husband. Determined to uncover the truth, Kathryn is plunged into a world of politics, high-priced call girls and wealth. As she begins to search for her husband, a decades-old secret her mother took to the grave threatens to destroy all she holds dear. Caught up in a web of betrayals and deceit, and not knowing who to trust, Kathryn must find a way to survive as she discovers the past has a way of repeating itself.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The first book in my Aromatherapy Apothecary Cozy Mystery series
E S S E N T I A L S OF M U R D E R
releases September 8, 2021

About the Book

Following a scandal that chased her from San Francisco, Carissa Carmichael struggles to find acceptance in her small Southern California hometown as she opens her aromatherapy and reflexology shop.

When she finds a man murdered in her distilling room, Carissa becomes the main suspect, especially when her fingerprints are found on the murder weapon. Despite her father’s position as Oak Creek Valley’s chief of police, most townspeople assume she’s guilty—including the new leading detective.

Refusing to run again, Carissa knows she must prove her innocence to save her shop and her family’s reputation. With suspects acting as slippery as the essential oils she distills, it’s up to Carissa to apply pressure and sniff out the truth before it’s too late.

If you like your cozies with quirky hometown characters, small-town California charm, recipes, and essential oil and reflexology tips, Book 1 in the Aromatherapy Apothecary cozy mystery series is for you.

ESSENTIALS OF MURDER BOOK LINKS

Publisher website – https://kindredinkpress.com/titles/essentials-of-murder/

Amazon US – https://www.amazon.com/dp/ASIN/B09BBLP2C2

Amazon UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/ASIN/B09BBLP2C2

Amazon CA – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/ASIN/B09BBLP2C2

Amazon AU – https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/ASIN/B09BBLP2C2

Barnes & Noble – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/essentials-of-murder-kim-davis/1139912711

Apple Books – https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1578537176

Kobo – https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/essentials-of-murder

Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58756107-essentials-of-murder

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58 thoughts on “Buy a Friend a Book Day”

I would choose Framed and Frosted! Thanks!

I would love a copy of Sprinkles of Suspicion. Thank you for the chance.

Thank you for this opportunity to enter your Buy a Friend a Book Day. This also falls on my birthday and I
always enjoy a new book as a gift. My choice would be “A Game of Deceit”. My fingers are crossed.

I would pick Framed and Frosted. Haven’t read that one yet and I love the series.

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Jo Anne V says:

September 1, 2021 at 6:11 pm

I would love to win a copy of SPRINKLES OF SUSPICION – thanks for the chance

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My choice would be A game Of Deceit. Thanks for the chance.

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A game of Deceit. Thanks

SPRINKLES OF SUSPICION

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Gosh, they all look good! But Sprinkles of Suspicion looks intriguing!

I would like “Framed and Frosted”. Thanks for the chance.

Thank you for the chance to enter. I would choose
A Game Of Deceit.

Framed and Frosted is the one I’d pick. Thank you for the giveaway!!!

Cake Popped Off! Thank you for the opportunity to win.

I’d like Sprinkles of Suspicion.

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A Game of Deceit!

I would love a chance to win Framed and Frosted. I have read all the others, and loved them all! Thank you for this opportunity.

If i was so lucky to win, I would like games of deceit.

thanks.

also, i never knew there was a “give a friend a book” day – i love the idea!

Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. I am intrigued by game of deceit. I would choose that one please.
Blessings,
Robin

I would choose A Game of Deceit.

Thank you so much for such a marvelous giveaway. God bless you.

Framed and Frosted looks like a marvelous book. Thank you.

I would like Framed and Frosted. Thanks

Game of Deceit for me – love your other books and I know this one will be just as great. Thanks for the chance.

I would choose Cake Popped Off

Framed and Frosted sounds like a great read! Thanks for this opportunity, what a great idea on Buy A Friend A Book day!

Framed and Frosted

I just want to thank you and author Lucy Buffett’s.I got my copy of”A Scone of Contention ” in the mail.Many thanks!I look forward to reading it and making some scones!❤

Kim says:

September 1, 2021 at 10:24 am

Enjoy the scones and happy reading!

Cake popped off or anyone! Thank you for the chance. Your new series looks amazing too!

Cake popped off thank you for the chance I didn’t put my email on before.
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