On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander | Blog Tour with Review, Guest Post, and Giveaway

The Blurb

Welcome to Torte ― a small-town family bakeshop where the treats are killer good.

It's the dead of winter in the sleepy town of Ashland, which means no tourists ― and fewer customers ― for Jules Capshaw and her bakery. But when she's asked to cater an off-season retreat for the directors of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, business starts heating up... until Jules finds a dead body in the freezer.

"An intriguing new series." ― Reader to Reader

Someone at the retreat has apparently iced the bartender, a well-known flirt with a legendary temper ― that is, before a killer beat him to the punch. Then, from out of nowhere, Jules's own ex-husband shows up at the shop ― and soon becomes a suspect. With accusations piling up higher than the snow ― and thicker than a chocolate mousse cake ― Jules has to think outside the (recipe) box to find the real culprit... and make sure he gets his just desserts.

"A delectable tale of murder and intrigue." ― Portland Book Review on Meet Your Baker

On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander
Series: A Bakeshop Mystery, #3

Genre: Cozy Mystery, Culinary Mystery
Publisher: Minotaur Books  

Publication Date: December 29, 2015
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 1250054257
ISBN-13: 978-1250054258
e-Book File Size: 1162 KB
ASIN: B00Z637EIM
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Click here for a sneak peek! You can read Chapter 1 of On Thin Icing 
on Macmillan Publishers' website.

The Review

Bread of the Dead by Ann Myers | Blog Tour with Review and Giveaway

Welcome to my tour stop for Bread of the Dead, the first book in the Santa Fe Café series of cozy mysteries by Ann Myers. The tour runs September 28 - October 23 with reviews, interviews, guest posts and excerpts. Check out the tour page for the full schedule.

The Blurb

Trick or treat — and murder — are on the menu in this first in a new culinary mystery series.

Life couldn't be sweeter for Tres Amigas Café chef Rita Lafitte, decorating sugar skulls and taste-testing rich, buttery pan de muerto in anticipation of Santa Fe's Day of the Dead bread-baking contest. That is, until her friendly landlord, Victor, is found dead next door.

Although the police deem Victor's death a suicide, Rita knows something is amiss. To uncover the truth, she teams up with her octogenarian boss, Flori, the town's most celebrated snoop.

The duo begins to sift through long-buried secrets and to take full measure of duplicitous neighbors, but the clock is ticking and their list of suspects is growing ever longer. Just as the clues get hotter than a New Mexican chile, one of their main suspects winds up dead. Rita fears that the killer is dishing out seconds — and her order might be up.

Bread of the Dead by Ann Myers
Series: A Santa Fe Café Mystery, #1
Genre: Cozy Mystery, Culinary Mystery
Publisher: William Morrow / HarperCollins Avon
Publication Date: September 29, 2015
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
ISBN-10: 0062382276
ISBN-13: 978-0062382276
e-Book File Size: 2968 KB
ASIN: B00RTMCOWO

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The Review

A Batter of Life and Death By Ellie Alexander | Blog Tour with Review and Giveaway

The Blurb

Welcome to Torte — a small-town family bakeshop where the coffee is hot, the muffins are fresh, and the cakes are definitely to die for…

It’s autumn in Ashland, Oregon — ’tis the season for a spiced hot apple cider with a serving (or two) of Torte’s famous peach cobbler. It’s also the perfect time for Jules Capshaw to promote her family’s beloved bake shop by competing in The Pastry Channel’s reality show, Take the Cake. The prize is $25,000. But as Jules quickly learns, some people would kill for that kind of dough. Literally.

Then, just as Jules dusts off her Bavarian Chocolate Cake recipe and cinches up her apron, the corpse of a fellow contestant is discovered — death by buttercream. What began as a fun, tasteful televised adventure has morphed into something of a true-crime detective show for Jules and everybody else on set. Who could have killed Chef Marco, and why? Can Jules sift out the killer before someone else gets burned?

Praise ~

"Delicious!" — Edith Maxwell                          

"An intriguing new series." — Reader to Reader

A Batter of Life and Death by Ellie Alexander
Series: A Bakeshop Mystery, #2

Genre: Cozy Mystery, Culinary Mystery
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Publication Date: June 30, 2015
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 1250054249
ISBN-13: 978-1250054241
e-Book File Size: 1094 KB
ASIN: B00QQ1GKRE
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The Review

Slayed on the Slopes by Kate Dyer-Seeley | Blog Tour with Review, Excerpt, and Giveaway

The author of Scene of the Climb is back with another Pacific Northwest Mystery!

The Blurb

After talking her way into a job writing for Portland’s Northwest Extreme magazine, Meg Reed may now really be in over her head. Actually, about 8,000 feet over her head. . .

She’s at Mount Hood’s remote Silcox Hut, covering the seriously hardcore Ridge Rangers —Oregon’s elite high-altitude rescue team — during their four-day winter training. Sure, Meg beefed up her outdoor skills over the summer . . . but she’s still hoping to cover the event with some hot chocolate by the cheery fireplace. Then, during a sudden blizzard, she swears she hears gunshots. No one stranded in the hut believes her . . . until self-absorbed Ridge Ranger Ben Rogers is found outside in a pool of frozen blood. Meg’s now got to find this killer quickly . . . before cabin fever does them all in!

Slayed on the Slopes by Kate Dyer-Seeley
Series: A Pacific Northwest Mystery, #2

Genre: Cozy Mystery  

Publication Date: March 31, 2015
Publisher: Kensington Publishing
Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 1617730009
ISBN-13: 978-1617730009
eBook File Size: 1352 KB
ASIN: B00OEW7562
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Praise For Scene Of The Climb

Library Journal —

A splendid overview of the greater Portland and Columbia River Gorge region, perfect for travel buffs. Her protagonist shows promise with her determined attitude and moxie.

 Includes Adventure Guides!

The Excerpt

Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander | Blog Tour with Review, Guest Post, and Giveaway

The Blurb

Welcome to Torte — a friendly, small-town family bake shop where the treats are so good that, sometimes, it’s criminal…

After graduating from culinary school, Juliet Capshaw returns to her quaint hometown of Ashland, Oregon, to heal a broken heart and help her mom at the family bakery. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is bringing in lots of tourists looking for some crumpets to go with their heroic couplets. But when one of Torte’s customers turns up dead, there’s much ado about murder…

The victim is Nancy Hudson, the festival’s newest board member. A modern-day Lady Macbeth, Nancy has given more than a few actors and artists enough reasons to kill her…but still. The silver lining? Jules’s high school sweetheart, Thomas, is the investigator on the case. His flirtations are as delicious as ever, and Jules can’t help but want to have her cake and eat it too. But will she have her just desserts? Murder might be bad for business, but love is the sweetest treat of all…

"Sure to satisfy both dedicated foodies and ardent mystery lovers alike."

― Jessie Crockett, author of Drizzled with Death

"Alexander weaves a tasty tale of deceit, family ties, delicious pastries, and murder.” 

― Edith Maxwell, author of A Tine to Live, A Tine to Die

Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander
Series: A Bakeshop Mystery, #1

Genre: Cozy Mystery  

Publication Date: December 30, 2014
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The Review