Blog Tour & Giveaway: PUMPKIN PIES AND POTIONS

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Pumpkin Pies & Potions

by Polly Holmes

 

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GENRE: Cozy Mystery

 

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BLURB:

 

Witches, cats, pumpkin pies and murder!

 

I’m Evelyn Grayson and if you’d told me by the time I was 23, I’d have lost both my parents in a mysterious accident, moved in with the coolest Aunt ever, lived in a magical town, and I was a witch, I would have said you were crazy. Funny thing is, you’d be right.

 

Camille Stenson, the grumpiest woman in Saltwater Cove is set on making this year’s Halloween celebrations difficult for everyone, but when she turns up dead and my best friend is on the suspect list, I have no choice but to find out whodunit and clear her name.

 

Amongst the pumpkin carving, abandoned houses, and apple bobbing, it soon becomes apparent dark magic is at play and I must use all my newfound witches’ abilities to find the killer before another spell is cast.

 

Step into Evelyn Grayson’s magical world in the first book of the Melting Pot Café series, a fun and flirty romantic paranormal cozy mystery where the spells are flowing, and the adventure is just beginning.

 

If you like witty witches, cheeky talking cats, and magical murder mysteries, then you’ll love Polly Holmes’ light-hearted Melting Pot Café series.

 

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NOTE: The Book is on sale for $0.99.

 

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Excerpt One:

 

Oh, my goodness, breakfast smells divine,” I said, bounding down the stairs two at a time toward the lip-smacking scent streaming from the kitchen. Rubbing my grumbling stomach, I peeked over Aunt Edie’s shoulder at the green gooey concoction boiling on the stove. I’ve been living with my aunt for the past eleven years since my parents died, and not once have I questioned her cooking abilities. Until now. I folded my arms and leant against the kitchen bench. “I know it smells amazing but are you sure it’s edible because it sure as heck doesn’t look like it.”

 

Aunt Edie frowned and her eyebrows pulled together. Her classic pondering expression. She snapped her fingers and looked straight at me with her golden honey-brown eyes glowing like she’d just solved the world’s climate crisis.

 

“Popcorn. I forgot the popcorn. Evelyn, honey be a dear and grab me the popcorn from the second shelf in the pantry. The caramel packet, not the plain.”

 

Caramel popcorn for breakfast? That’s a new one.

 

I shrugged. “Sure.” Walking into Aunt Edie’s pantry was like walking into the potions classroom at Hogwarts. Every witch’s dream pantry. Normal food on the left-hand side and on the right, every potion ingredient a witch could possibly need, clearly labelled in its allocated spot. Aunt Edie would always say: a place for everything and everything in its place.

 

“I can’t believe Halloween is only three days away,” I called, swiping the caramel popcorn bag off the shelf. Heading back out, the hunger monster growing in my stomach grumbled, clearly protesting the fact I still hadn’t satisfied its demand for food.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Polly Holmes is the cheeky alter ego of Amazon best-selling author, P.L. Harris. When she’s not writing her next romantic suspense novel as P.L. Harris, she’s planning the next murder in one of Polly’s mysteries.

 

Polly’s award-winning Cupcake Capers Series is rich in storyline and location with characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. She publishes her cozy mystery books with Gumnut Press. Pumpkin Pies and Potions is the first in her new paranormal cozy series.

 

Cupcakes and Corpses was a finalist in the Oklahoma RWA’s 2019 IDA International Digital Awards, short suspense category. Cupcakes and Curses claimed second place and Cupcakes and Cyanide gained third place making it a clean sweep in the category.

 

You can visit P.L. Harris/Polly Holmes at the following locations:

 

https://www.pollyholmesmysteries.com/

https://www.instagram.com/plharris_author

https://www.bookbub.com/authors/p-l-harris

https://www.facebook.com/plharrisauthor/

https://www.instagram.com/plharris_author/

Danger, Mystery and Romance with a hint of Cozy Sweetness: Reader Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/217817788798223

 

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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE

 Polly Holmes will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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Thanks for hosting!

James Robert

Good morning and thank you for the book description and giveaway.   I appreciate both of them.

Rita Wray

I enjoyed the excerpt. Thank you for sharing it.

Kim

I like the book cover. Did you have a hard time figuring out what you wanted to cover to look like?

Polly Holmes

Hi Kim,
No not really, I had a clear idea of what I wanted. I just had to find the right witch, and when I found her I handed it over to my cover artist and she worked her magic.

Edgar Gerik

Look a great book

Eva Millien

Wonderful excerpt, can’t wait to read it! Thanks for sharing with me!

Polly Holmes

Thanks Eva, hope you enjoy Evelyn’s story.

Sherry

I love the cover and the excerpt.

Polly Holmes

Thanks for having me along today.

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