Friday, June 9, 2017

Some Like It Haute by Diane Vallere | #Samanthapalooza! Tour w/ Review & Giveaway

The Blurb


If you can't stand the heat, get off the runway.

Fashion expert turned amateur sleuth Samantha Kidd is in the hot seat. After agreeing to help her ex-boyfriend’s former girlfriend with a runway show, her post-break-up life turns explosive. She recruits Dante, a smokin’ hot photographer, to turn up the heat on the investigation (and help her get over Nick), but even the third degree won’t expose an angry arsonist. With a crash course in sizzle, Samantha’s curiosity leads her into another inferno, and this time she either faces the fire or gets burned.


Some Like It Haute by Diane Vallere
Series: A Samantha Kidd Mystery, #4
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Polyester Press
Publication Date: January 6, 2015
Paperback: 248 pages
ISBN-10: 1939197104
ISBN-13: 978-1939197108
eBook File Size: 587 KB
ASIN: B00RME4N6O


  

The Review


Thursday, June 8, 2017

The Brim Reaper by Diane Vallere | #Samanthapalooza! Tour w/ Review & Giveaway

The Blurb


Former fashion buyer Samantha Kidd is in over her head

With no job prospects on the horizon, former fashion buyer Samantha Kidd convinces boyfriend and shoe designer Nick Taylor to give her a job in his showroom. When an over-the-top collection of vintage Hollywood costumes comes to Samantha Kidd’s hometown, it brings a hat box full of hype. Close friend Eddie is in charge of the exhibit but when hype turns to homicide, he turns to Samantha for help. Brimming with good intentions, she loops in the cops, but after one too many cloche calls, she’s soon in over her head. If she can tear the lid off the investigation, it might mean a feather in her fedora. And if she can't? She might get capped.

#3 in the funny and fashionable Samantha Kidd Cozy Mystery Series is a hat trick!


The Brim Reaper by Diane Vallere
Series: A Samantha Kidd Mystery, #3
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Polyester Press
Publication Date: December 3, 2013
Paperback: 266 pages
ISBN-10: 0984965343
ISBN-13: 978-0984965342
eBook File Size: 640 KB
ASIN: B00H03A1MW


  

The Review


Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Buyer, Beware by Diane Vallere | #Samanthapalooza! Tour w/ Review & Giveaway

#Samanthapalooza!

The Blurb


Samantha Kidd: Bag Lady?
Out-of-work fashion expert Samantha Kidd is strapped. But when the buyer of handbags for a hot new retailer turns up dead and Samantha is recruited for the job, the opportunity comes with a caveat: she's expected to find some answers. With shoe designer Nick Taylor off in Italy her romantic life is on hold--until she turns to a sexy stranger for help (with humorous results!). But as the walls close around her like a snug satin lining, Samantha must get a handle on the mystery or risk being caught in the killer's clutches.


Buyer, Beware by Diane Vallere
Series: A Samantha Kidd Mystery, #2
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Polyester Press
Publication Date: March 6, 2013
Paperback: 258 pages
ISBN-10: 1939197015
ISBN-13: 978-1939197016
eBook File Size: 623 KB
ASIN: B00BPD587G


  

The Review


Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Designer Dirty Laundry by Diane Vallere | #Samanthapalooza! Tour w/ Review & Giveaway

 #Samanthapalooza!
To Celebrate the 5 Year Anniversary of the Samantha Kidd Humorous Mystery Series
by Diane Vallere, Great Escapes Book Tours is hosting #Samanthapalooza!


The Blurb


Meet Samantha Kidd.
Ex-buyer turned Trend Specialist turns amateur sleuth! She designed her future with couture precision, but finding the Fashion Director's corpse on Day One leaves her hanging by a thread. And when the killer fabricates evidence that puts the cops on her hemline, even a chance run-in with hot shoe designer Nick Taylor can't keep her life from unraveling. She trades high fashion for dirty laundry and reveals a cast of designers out for blood. Now her job, her love life, and her future are put on hold as she tries to expose a diabolical designer before getting marked down for murder.


Designer Dirty Laundry by Diane Vallere
Series: A Samantha Kidd Mystery, #1
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Polyester Press
Publication Date: June 5, 2012
Paperback: 274 pages
ISBN-10: 0984965300
ISBN-13: 978-0984965304
eBook File Size: 614 KB
ASIN: B0088IEQPQ


  

The Review


Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Bloodline by Vicki Vass | Blog Tour with Review and Giveaway


The Blurb



Fleeing from the witch trials in Salem, Terra Rowan finds herself in modern day Asheville, North Carolina. A dark spirit from the past hunts this last witch of Salem. With the help of the ladies of the Biltmore Society, Terra must discover the secret within the forest to preserve the bloodline.


Bloodline by Vicki Vass
Series: A Witch Cat Mystery, #1
Genre: Cozy Mystery, Paranormal Mystery
Publisher: Tedeschi Publishing
Publication Date: May 11, 2017
Paperback: 216 pages
ISBN-10: 0692873317
ISBN-13: 978-0692873311
e-Book File Size: 3173 KB
ASIN: B072575HNR
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The Review

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Murder Between the Lines by Radha Vatsal | A Solve-the-Mystery Blog Tour, Clue #2

The White House Wedding

A Solve-the-Mystery Blog Tour by Radha Vatsal


At 8:30 PM on Saturday, December 1915, President Woodrow Wilson married Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt. The new Mrs. Wilson would go on to become one of the 20th Century’s most powerful first ladies and shepherd the United States through turbulent times. 

 In the course of this week-long blog tour, I describe four different aspects of their wedding plan: The Location, Guest List and Attendants, Ceremony and Officiants, Dress and Flowers. The wedding went off as arranged, except for one significant last-minute change — which provides an insight into the future First Lady’s personality. 

Your mission is to guess what changed and why. The answer will be revealed in the final blog post. 

For more on the president and Edith Bolling/Wilson’s relationship, see the Introduction on Katherine’s Chronicle. 

Monday, May 1, 2017

Murder Between the Lines by Radha Vatsal | A Solve-the-Mystery Blog Tour


The White House Wedding

A Solve-the-Mystery Blog Tour by Radha Vatsal


At 8:30 PM on Saturday, December 1915, President Woodrow Wilson married Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt. The new Mrs. Wilson would go on to become one of the 20th Century’s most powerful first ladies and shepherd the United States through turbulent times. 

 In the course of this week-long blog tour, I describe four different aspects of their wedding plan: The Location, Guest List and Attendants, Ceremony and Officiants, Dress and Flowers. The wedding went off as arranged, except for one significant last-minute change — which provides an insight into the future First Lady’s personality. 

Your mission is to guess what changed and why. The answer will be revealed in the final blog post. 

For more on the president and Edith Bolling/Wilson’s relationship, see the Introduction on Katherine’s Chronicle. 


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My clue, #2, will be posted tomorrow, May 2.

Please come back, and play along.

Can you solve the mystery?