Monday, May 14, 2012

LET'S GET COZY: BROWNIES & BROOMSTICKS - A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

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BROWNIES & BROOMSTICKS
A Magical Bakery Mystery
BY BAILEY CATES

ABOUT THE BOOK: 
EASY BAKE COVEN

Katie Lightfoot's tired of loafing around as the assistant manager of an Ohio bakery. So when her aunt Lucy and uncle Ben open a bakery in Savannah's quaint downtown district and ask Katie to join them, she enthusiastically agrees.

While working at the Honeybee Bakery—named after Lucy's cat—Katie notices that her aunt is adding mysterious herbs to her recipes. Turns out these herbal enhancements aren't just tasty—Aunt Lucy is a witch and her recipes are actually spells!


When a curmudgeonly customer is murdered outside the Honeybee Bakery, Uncle Ben becomes the prime suspect. With the help of handsome journalist Steve Dawes, charming firefighter Declan McCarthy, and a few spells, Katie and Aunt Lucy stir up some toil and trouble to clear Ben's name and find the real killer...


PRAISE FOR BROWNIES & BROOMSTICKS:
"Savory and suspenseful, Brownies and Broomsticks introduces Katie Lightfoot, a sassy new heroine, to the world of cozy mysteries. Katie is a charming amateur sleuth, baking her way through murder and magic set against the enchanting backdrop of Savannah, Georgia. With an intriguing plot and an amusing cast of characters, Brownies and Broomsticks is an attention grabbing read that I couldn't put down."  
- Jenn McKinlay, National Bestselling Author of the Cupcake Bakery Mysteries

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Bailey Cates believes magic is all around us if we only look for it. She studied philosophy, English and history and has held a variety of positions ranging from driver's license examiner to soap maker. She traveled the world as a localization program manager for Microsoft, but now sticks close to home where she writes two mystery series, tends to a dozen garden beds, bakes up a storm and plays the occasional round of golf.

Having apprenticed with a master herbalist for a year, she's prone to concocting teas and tinctures for family and friends from the stash of herbs stored in the corner cabinet in her office. She owns a working spinning wheel and is on a first name basis with several alpacas and two sheep with questionable dispositions. Bailey Cates is also known as Author Cricket McRae who writes the fabulous Homecrafting Series. Visit Cricket's website HERE

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This sounds like a fun series. I would like to see who the murderer is, and what spells are in the pastries.
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Murder and magic and brownies with herbs - let me at 'em!!
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I checked the author's blog and found a interesting article on parsley. I had no idea of how many uses there are for it.

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i like cozy mysteries and baking. And the witch I have to check her out she what shes up to

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Parsley is used for dye for food and fiber.
Also called rock celery and used as a breath freshener . All in her lightfoot chronicles.

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I read Bailey Cates blog from her website and learned that the translation of the latin word for parsley is rock celery. Yet another piece of info that I'll think of every time I harvest some of my parsley.

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