New Cozy Holiday Preorder and More
Weekend Reads
I have a confession to make, and it’s also a fun surprise to share. I’m taking a little time out from writing Spells and Secrets to write a holiday cozy mystery which is already up for preorder!
Holly Jolly Homicide is well underway and will publish on December 3rd, just in time for cozy season.
You can pre-order the e-book now, and then it’ll be in your Kindle waiting for you on the morning of December 3. Here’s the blurb:
Azure Lockwood has sworn off magic, love, and all things Christmas, which isn't an easy thing to do in the cozy town of Yulebrook, where the snow is falling and the holiday spirit is in the air,
With her heart as cold as a snowman’s nose, she’s stuck playing an elf at Tadgerson's Department Store, serving hot cocoa to excitable children who are all wrapped up in the holiday cheer. But when the store’s cranky Santa, Bob Mufflin, turns up dead in his dressing room—clutching a note that’s more threatening than Grandma's fruitcake—Azure’s already un-merry world takes a dive toward downright grinchy.
As sleigh bells ring and jingle bells chime, Azure finds herself in a frosty predicament, not just under the watchful eyes of the local police but also those of an inquisitive inspector from the magical Board of Sorcery. With her best friend Mia also in the crosshairs, it’s up to Azure to uncover who turned the yearly cheerful season into a homicide holiday.
From her grumpy boss, Curt Tadgerson, who might just have a few skeletons in his closet, to the slippery Clobbern brothers who seem to be up to their necks in Christmas chaos, Azure has a whole sleigh-full of suspects to investigate. Add in the charming security guard, Declan, who’s as sweet as a candy cane, and the stakes rise higher than the tippity top of Yulebrook's courtyard Christmas tree!
With the countdown to Christmas in full swing, can Azure unwrap the truth behind Bob's untimely demise before she ends up on Santa’s naughty list—or worse, becomes the next victim? Can she sleuth her way through the holiday madness and rediscover the magic of the season?
Join Azure in this festive paranormal cozy mystery filled with quirky characters, merry mischief, and a sprinkle of holiday magic—because in Yulebrook, even the jolliest of times can have a few sinister surprises hiding beneath the tinsel!
If you’re not ready to think about the holidays yet, that’s understandable. You can pre-order Holly Jolly Homicide and then forget about it until December, and until then, if you haven’t read my free Halloween novel, Witch Comes First, which I sent out chapter by chapter over the past few weeks, you can settle in and read it all now right here.
Lastly, for today, I wanted to mention that, if you read genres other than cozy mystery, I have written a post-apoc series with Mike Kraus. It’s a series of 6 books, and Book 5 published today! You can check them out right here. They are clean books, like my cozies, with the great character development you expect from me, but in a different kind of world with an entirely different plot structure.
Hope you all have a great weekend and get to squeeze in some time reading. I know I will! Here’s the book I’ve been enjoying this week: Mother Daughter Murder Night.