Friday, August 22, 2014

LET'S GET COZY! THE WEDDING SOUP MURDER: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

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THE WEDDING SOUP MURDER
An Italian Kitchen Mystery
BY ROSIE GENOVA

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Victoria Rienzi came home to the Jersey Shore to write a new book, learn the family restaurant business, and practice the fine art of Italian cooking. But when delicious dishes are paired with murder, Vic has a little too much on her plate…

When Vic asked her nonna for more responsibility in the kitchen, she didn’t mean forming a thousand tiny meatballs by hand for the family’s famous wedding soup. The dish is to be served at the reception for a close family friend at the exclusive Belmont Country Club. And once there Vic has to deal with a demanding bridezilla and clashes in the kitchen—between the staff and servers, between two egocentric head chefs, and between the country club president and…well…everyone.

The wedding comes off without a hitch—until the body of the club’s president is found on the beach below a high seawall. Now Vic will need to use her noodle to find out who pushed whom too far…before she’s the one who lands in the soup!

INCLUDES RECIPES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
A Jersey girl born and bred, Rosie Genova left her heart at the shore, which serves as the setting for much of her work. The atmosphere of the Jersey shore is present in the details, whether it’s the smell of the sea, the sound of a Springsteen song, or the taste of Kohr’s custard from the boardwalk. And no summer is complete unless she has sand in her shoes.

A bookworm from the time she could sound out words, Rosie spent many happy hours in her home town library where she hid behind the stacks reading the titles she was too young to check out. She earned two degrees in English from Rutgers University, where she discovered to her delight that reading Jane Austen was actually considered homework. Though she’s always considered herself a writer, she didn’t pen her first novel until ten years ago, and she hasn’t stopped since.

Her new series, the Italian Kitchen Mysteries, is informed by her deep appreciation for good food, her pride in her heritage, and her love of classic mysteries, from Nancy Drew to Miss Marple. An English teacher by day and novelist by night, Rosie also writes women’s fiction as Rosemary DiBattista. She lives in central New Jersey, fifty miles from the nearest ocean, with her husband, two of her three sons, and an ill-behaved fox terrier.

A LITTLE EXCERPT FROM THE WEDDING SOUP MURDER:

“What are you doing in here, Vic?” The deep, familiar tones of my ex’s voice still had the power to set my heart pounding. But I didn’t look up.

 “What does it look like I’m doing, Tim?” I released the scoop, gently dropping the thirteenth meatball onto the sheet pan. That left a mere 987 to go. At the rate I was going, I’d be spending my thirty-fourth birthday in the Casa Lido kitchen, still scooping ground meat from this bottomless aluminum bowl.

 He stood with his hands on his hips, frowning. “Who said you could make the meatballs?”

“I’m not making them.” I tried to keep the impatience out of my tone. “I’m forming them.” I held up the scoop, covered in flecks of raw meat. “Nando mixed them up.”
WANT TO READ MORE OF THIS EXCERPT? VISIT AUTHOR ROSIE GENOVA'S FABULOUS WEBSITE HERE. BETTER THAN THAT, BUY THE BOOK!

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Margie said...

The Jersey Shore and Italian cooking. Sounds like an interesting combination. I like that there are recipes included. Thanks for the giveaway, Karen.
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I like the vision of making a thousand tiny meatballs. That sounds like something my granny would make me do!
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Oh my! I don't think I would like to form thousands of tiny meatballs either. I feel for Vic!

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I spent my "formative years" in New Jersey and loved it. I only had the pleasure of going to a few places on the shore but it was great.

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I'm reading and enjoying the first book in this series. 1000 tiny meatballs - yikes!
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