A Fudge Shop Mystery
BY CHRISTINE DeSMET
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Candy shop owner Ava Oosterling mixes it up with a fudge judge with a grudge—who loses his life before he can pick a winner....
Ava is gearing up for the First Annual Arts Festival—a huge celebration that could draw national attention to her old-fashioned fudge shop in Door County, Wisconsin. She’s invited two celebrity chefs to go head-to-head with her in a fudge contest. Everyone is having a tasty time...until a judge for the festival is found dead.
To her shock, he’d been complaining around town that her Fairy Tale fudge flavors were...well, fudged. Now the sheriff is wondering if Ava fits the mold for a murder suspect. As Ava tries to square her reputation and find the real killer, she’s in for a whole batch of trouble....
Includes Delicious Recipes and Fudge-Making Tips!
Ava is gearing up for the First Annual Arts Festival—a huge celebration that could draw national attention to her old-fashioned fudge shop in Door County, Wisconsin. She’s invited two celebrity chefs to go head-to-head with her in a fudge contest. Everyone is having a tasty time...until a judge for the festival is found dead.
To her shock, he’d been complaining around town that her Fairy Tale fudge flavors were...well, fudged. Now the sheriff is wondering if Ava fits the mold for a murder suspect. As Ava tries to square her reputation and find the real killer, she’s in for a whole batch of trouble....
Includes Delicious Recipes and Fudge-Making Tips!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Christine is a novelist, screenwriter, short story writer, and playwright.
She teaches writing in the Continuing Studies division of University of Wisconsin-Madison. She’s the director of the annual June “Write-by-the-Lake Writer’s Workshop & Retreat” and the fall “Weekend with Your Novel.”
She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Romance Writers of America, and Jewels of the Quill. She is a past Golden Heart winner and finalist (three times) in the contests sponsored by RWA. Her romantic suspense novel, Spirit Lake, won RWA’s Golden Pen Contest before the book was published by Hard Shell Word Factory/Mundania Press.
Christine also belongs to the Writers Guild of America. A screenplay written with Peggy Williams and Bob Shill, “Chinaware-Fragile,” earned first place in a Slamdance Film Festival writing contest and was optioned by New Line Cinema once upon a time. She has optioned other projects as well and continues to write scripts and stage plays.
Christine was raised on a dairy and hog farm in Wisconsin where she learned the value and joy of hard work in the out-of-doors, then graduated valedictorian in a high school class of 29 students. She went on to get her academic degrees in journalism from UW-Madison
She teaches writing in the Continuing Studies division of University of Wisconsin-Madison. She’s the director of the annual June “Write-by-the-Lake Writer’s Workshop & Retreat” and the fall “Weekend with Your Novel.”
She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Romance Writers of America, and Jewels of the Quill. She is a past Golden Heart winner and finalist (three times) in the contests sponsored by RWA. Her romantic suspense novel, Spirit Lake, won RWA’s Golden Pen Contest before the book was published by Hard Shell Word Factory/Mundania Press.
Christine also belongs to the Writers Guild of America. A screenplay written with Peggy Williams and Bob Shill, “Chinaware-Fragile,” earned first place in a Slamdance Film Festival writing contest and was optioned by New Line Cinema once upon a time. She has optioned other projects as well and continues to write scripts and stage plays.
Christine was raised on a dairy and hog farm in Wisconsin where she learned the value and joy of hard work in the out-of-doors, then graduated valedictorian in a high school class of 29 students. She went on to get her academic degrees in journalism from UW-Madison
SOME OTHER BOOKS BY CHRISTINE DeSMET:
GIVEAWAY
THANKS TO KAYLEIGH AND THE GOOD FOLKS
AT OBSIDIAN BOOKS AND PENGUIN BOOKS,
I HAVE ONE COPY OF HOT FUDGE FRAME-UP,
TO GIVE AWAY TO A LUCKY READER
--U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY
--NO P. O. BOXES
---INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
IN CASE YOU WIN!
--ALL COMMENTS MUST BE SEPARATE TO
COUNT AS MORE THAN ONE!
HOW TO ENTER:
+1 ENTRY: COMMENT ON WHAT YOU READ ABOVE ABOUT HOT FUDGE FRAME-UP THAT MADE YOU WANT TO WIN THIS BOOK, AND DON'T FORGET YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
+1 MORE ENTRY: BLOG AND/OR TWEET ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY AND COME BACK HERE AND LEAVE ME YOUR LINK
+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON SOMETHING YOU FIND INTERESTING AT CHRISTINE DeSMET'S WEBSITE HERE
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GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
6 PM, EST, JUNE 30
GOOD LUCK!
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A mystery in a candy shop--how fun! Thanks for the giveaway.
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I have never seen a cozy series built around fudge! It makes me hungry for my mother's divinity!
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I read about the first mystery in this series: "First Degree Fudge".
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Yum...Hot Fudge, I'll read any book with fudge included :)
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Ah, fudge. Really, you don't need much else! And Door County is a beautiful setting!
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I read (and didn't know) about the Belgian influence in Wisconsin. I have actually been to the indie bookstore, Mystery To Me, where she held her launch party for this new book! It's in Madison, and is a great bookstore on a very unique and charming street near UW Madison. My son walked down there almost every week or so to hit the nearby comic book store!
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Sounds delishish!
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you got me at 'fudge'!!!!
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Besides the book sounding good with a judge getting murdered while judging a fudge contest and the sleuth is a suspect, I live in Wisconsin. I love Door County where this story takes place. I would say Door County is my favorite place to vacation in WI.
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I did not realize until I went to her website that she actually lives in Door County. I discovered that Door County has the largest population of Belgians.
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Those candy recipes pique my interest along with the story. Ava has her work cut out for her trying to find the real killer and clear her name.
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I would love to try the fudge recipes in the book.
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