Review: Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand

Genre:
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Publisher:
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About the Book

Genre: Women's Fiction
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: May 7, 2019

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Review: Time of My Life by Laura Heffernan

Genre:
Romance

Format:
E-Book

Publisher:
Wild Rose Creative Content

Release Date:
June 3, 2019

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Review: Murder's No Votive Confidence (Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery) by Christin Brecher (Blog Tour/Tour-Wide Giveaway)

Murder's No Votive Confidence
(Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery)
by Christin Brecher

About the Book 

Murder's No Votive Confidence (Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Kensington (June 25, 2019)
ISBN-10: 149672139X
ISBN-13: 978-1496721396
Digital ASIN: B07HVYJNRD

Nantucket candle store owner Stella Wright specializes in creating unique candles for every occasion. But someone sets the stage for murder when a Memorial Day celebration becomes a wedding to die for . . .

Jessica Sterling’s candlelight-themed nuptials promises to be the perfect kick-off to the summer’s first official holiday weekend. Stella’s thrilled to have been chosen to provide the decorative centerpiece for the wedding ceremony: a two-foot-tall scented unity candle—a symbol of the happy couple’s love. But it looks like the bride-to-be’s uncle won’t be walking his niece down the aisle after he’s found dead. The murder weapon is Stella’s seemingly indestructible candle, now split in two.

When a beloved local bartender is arrested, Stella’s sure a visiting police captain running the case made a rush to justice. With superstitious brides-to-be canceling orders and sales waxing and waning at her store, the Wick & Flame owner decides to do some sleuthing of her own. Abetted by a charming reporter and challenged by the town’s sexiest cop, Stella’s determined to shine a light on the truth and uncover a killer who’s snuffing out her own flame.

My Review

It’s Memorial Day in Nantucket and candle store owner Stella Wright is hired to create candles for a huge wedding. It’s a dream come true for Stella, but things take a nasty turn when the bride’s uncle is murdered before he can walk her down the aisle. Oddly enough, the murder weapon is one of Stella’s candles.

Stella is stunned when a local bartender is arrested for the murder. She’s sure he would never kill anyone and she intends to prove it. She’s even more motivated when her customers start canceling their candle orders when they learn it was used as a murder weapon.

The local police detective is not happy to have Stella sticking her nose into his business, to say the least. However, she has no intention of backing down.

This is a great start to a new cozy mystery series. I liked Stella right from the start. She’s strong, although a bit nosy but aren’t all amateur sleuths? The cast of characters are interesting and quirky.

It’s a fast-paced story and I was surprised at how it all ended up. The author did a good job of giving several different possibilities of whodunit. She kept me thinking until very near the end. I’m looking forward to the next book in this series.

For reading challenges:
Cruisin’ thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2019
Literary Escapes Reading Challenge 2019 (Massachusetts)
Cloak & Dagger Reading Challenge 2019

FTC Disclosure: I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own.

About the Author

Christin Brecher was born and raised in NYC, where her family and many childhood friends still reside. As such, she feels she is as much of a small-town girl as any. The idea to write the Nantucket Candle Maker series sprang from her life-long connection to the small island off the coast of Massachusetts. Spending summers there as a child, Christin read from her family’s library of mystery novels, after which she began to imagine stories inspired by the island’s whaling heyday, its notoriously foggy nights, and during long bike rides to the beach. After many years in marketing for the publishing industry, followed by years raising her children, Murder’s No Votive Confidence is Christin’s debut novel. Visit her at www.christinbrecher.com.

Author Links 

Website - http://christinbrecher.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/christinbrecherbooks/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/christinbrecherbooks/

GoodReads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18483379.Christin_Brecher

BookBub - https://www.bookbub.com/profile/christin-brecher

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Review: Dying To Be Cool by Nancy McGovern

Genre:
Cozy Mystery

Format:
E-Book

Publisher:
McGovern Books

Release Date:
May 2016

Review: Peach Clobbered by Anna Gerard

Genre:
Cozy Mystery

Format:
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Publisher:
Crooked Lane Books

Release Date:
July 9, 2019

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Genre:
Romance

Format:
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Publisher:
Three Birds Press

Release Date:
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