Monday, August 17, 2020

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intros/Teaser Tuesdays - August 18th



It's Tuesday!  It's time to share your excerpts and teasers from books we are currently reading, have read or are planning to read.  So, feel free to join us by sharing the first paragraph or (a few) of a book you are reading or thinking about reading soon.  This meme is guaranteed to increase your TBR :)



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I, also, participate and link up to Teaser Tuesdays.  Here's info about that meme:

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, now being hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:


* Grab your current read

* Open to a random page

* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!



I just started reading this one. The excerpts are from the E-ARC...







First Chapter... 

While I looked forward to making rum cocktails at an unpronounceable tiki convention in Fort Lauderdale, I wasn't fully prepared for a three- hour road trip with the man I couldn't get out of my head, his lovesick employee and a flatulent dog.


Teaser...

Together, we were the Bohemia Bartenders, a group of elite (if I do say so myself) mixologists who went to events and made drinks. As the newest member, I was just happy to be here, even if we did have a ton of work ahead of us at the tiki convention.

Synopsis from Goodreads:

When rum collectors collide ...

When mixologist Pepper Revelle joins the Bohemia Bartenders for what promises to be an entertaining, rum-soaked tiki convention in sultry South Florida, she expects divine ukuleles, sublime swizzles and a chance to know chief bartender Neil a little better. What she gets is chaos — the death of a high-profile rum collector, a cast of sneaky suspects and ten thousand limes to squeeze.

With one of their own under suspicion, Pepper and Neil set out to find the real killer. But behind the aloha shirts and cocktail parasols is a blender full of secrets. The centerpiece of the convention is a high-dollar tasting of rums that survived a shipwreck and other disasters, and when a precious bottle vanishes from the crime scene, everyone with a ticket is a suspect.

As Pepper tries to keep the insatiable crowd inebriated and her gregarious dog Astra sober, she finds peril under every palm tree. It seems like everybody’s guilty of something. But who’s guilty of murder? And can she and Neil find the culprit before they’re smacked like the mint in a Mai Tai?

WRECKED BY RUM is the second book in the Bohemia Bartenders Mysteries, funny whodunits with a dash of romance set in a convivial collective of cocktail lovers, eccentrics and mixologists. These cozy culinary comedies contain a hint of heat, a splash of cursing and shots of laughter, served over hand-carved ice.


What do you think? Would you keep reading?








6 comments:

  1. What a road trip! The book sounds like fun, and I want to know more.

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  2. Sounds like a really fun read. I'll have to put it on my wishlist.

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  3. I love that cozy mysteries have so many different settings and characters with such varied professions! This sounds cute.

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  4. LOL You had me at the opening!

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  5. Oh this sounds good and I've been loving the cozy mysteries lately!

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