Saturday, November 5, 2011

LET'S GET COZY: DEATH BY THE DOZEN PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY



DEATH BY THE DOZEN
A CUPCAKE BAKERY MYSTERY
BY JENN MCKINLAY

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Melanie and Angie are determined to win the Challenge to the Chef to promote their Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. Mel’s mentor from culinary school, Vic Mazzotta, may be one of the judges, but Mel and Angie will have to win fair and square. But, when Vic’s dead body is found inside a freezer truck, Mel and Angie will need to use their best judgment to find the cold-blooded killer or they may lose more than the contest—they may lose their lives.

AN EXCERPT FROM DEATH BY THE DOZEN:
Chapter One

“Fifteen minutes!” Angie DeLaura yelled. “We have to turn the registration form in by ten o’clock or we’re locked out of the competition.”
 
Melanie Cooper scrambled into her tiny office with Angie hot on her heels. Paperwork was scattered all over the top of her desk. There was a reason she was a cupcake baker and not a bookkeeper. She did much better with her pantry organization than her file cabinet.
 
She ran a hand through her short blonde hair in exasperation.
 
“I know I put it here,” she said. “Why didn’t I turn it in last week like I planned?”
“Because you had a hot date with my brother,” Angie said. “And you forgot.”
 
“Oh, yeah,” Mel said. She couldn’t stop the silly grin that spread across her face as she remembered her romantic evening with Joe DeLaura. A heavy sigh escaped her and Angie snapped her fingers in front of Mel’s face and said, “Snap out of it!”
 
Mel shook her head, trying to regain her focus.
 
“You start on that side of the desk and I’ll start on this side,” Angie ordered as she dug into a stack of cookware catalogs.
 
Mel shuffled through a pile of flyers advertising Fairy Tale Cupcakes’ unique flavors and special occasion cupcake tiers. Sure enough, stuck by a smear of royal frosting to the back of the flyers was their registration form for the Scottsdale Food Festival. “I found it!”
 
Angie glanced at her watch. “We have twelve minutes.” 

To finish reading this excerpt from DEATH BY THE DOZEN, go to Author Jenn McKinlay's website HERE.

PRAISE FOR AUTHOR JENN MCKINLAY'S SERIES
"A great mystery, an entertaining all-or-nothing competition, and some real danger make this one the best installment so far." 
--Deborah Hern, CA Reviews, reviewing Death by the Dozen


"Readers will look forward to more of McKinlay’s tasty concoctions."
--Publisher's Weekly, starred review of Sprinkle with Murder

Buttercream Bump Off is another tasty entry, complete with cupcake recipes, into what is sure to grow into a perennial favorite series.
--Jennifer Monahan Winberry, The Mystery Reader Reviews  
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
(Pseudonym for Lucy Lawrence)

Jenn McKinlay is what is known as a dessert-freakosaurus. She has been known to eat leftover birthday cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner and the frozen top tier of her wedding cake didn’t stand a chance of seeing its first anniversary. Luckily, her husband is more of a salt guy. Since the arrival of the hooligans (her sons), she has honed her culinary skills to include cupcakes and has baked and frosted cupcakes into the shape of cats, mice and outer space aliens to name just a few. Writing a mystery series based upon one of her favorite food groups (cupcakes) is as enjoyable as licking the beater and she can’t wait to whip up the next one. She is the author of another mystery series under the name Lucy Lawrence and lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with her musician husband Chris, their two sons, two cats, one dog and one fish.
 
GIVEAWAY

THANKS TO ALEXANDRA AND THE GOOD 
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 GOOD LUCK!

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Another food cozy mystery--this one means I have to eat a cupcake while reading because just reading about them will make me hunbry---what fun!
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A cozy with a cupcake theme, what could be better.
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