Sunday, December 29, 2024

 


A Sweet (but Deadly) Valentine

By Heather Weidner

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. I’m enjoying some downtime before 2025 gears up. It’s going to be a busy book year for me. I have three books launching next year, A Tisket a Tasket Not Another Casket (The Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries in January), Murder Strikes a Chord (The Pearly Girls Mysteries in March), and Teddy Bears and Ghostly Lairs (The Jules Keene Mysteries in October).

Since Christmas is behind us, I’m going to be like the big box stores and hurry us right into the next holiday season with my Valentine-themed mystery.

Deadlines and Valentines is the fourth book in the Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries. Jules and her team refurbish and upscale vintage campers for the glamorous camping experience in Fern Valley, Virginia. This season, her resort, nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is ground zero for all things romance. The town has pulled out all the stops for the first Valentine’s Day “Love is in the Air” Book Festival with events like Death by Chocolate, author speed-dating, a character masquerade, and a male cover model fashion show.

Everything is candy and roses until the sparks start to fly with a few of the temperamental and diva-like authors. Jules Keene and her team spend their time trying to tamp down the fiery tempers because opposites may not always attract, and sabotage and slander seem to be the name of the game with this bunch.

When a popular author with a heart of gold is found murdered in the barn at the resort, Jules uncovers some secrets someone wants to keep buried, and she quickly realizes that there is a fine line between love and hate.   

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Through the years, Heather Weidner has been a cop’s kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager. She writes the Pearly Girls Mysteries, the Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries, The Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries, and The Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries.

Originally from Virginia Beach, Heather has been a mystery fan since Scooby-Doo and Nancy Drew. She lives in Central Virginia with her husband and a pair of Jack Russell terriers. 


10 comments:

  1. Wow! Three series - and each one sounds better than the last, but I especially like the idea, with Christmas behind us, of looking forward to your Valentine's mystery.

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  2. I can hardly keep up with one series and you have three! I did see some store was already promoting its Valentine's Day candy, so you are right with the market!

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  3. This looks like another amazing book, Heather! Can't wait to read it!

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  4. Congrats on the upcoming books!

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  5. I get dizzy thinking about what your writing schedules must be. And how you manage to keep so many characters and stories straight.
    Does Virginia still use the slogan, "Virginia is for lovers" (or am I dating myself?) This book surely plays into that theme. Best of luck (although we all know it's really hard work, not luck) with all your projects.

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  6. Wow, what a writing schedule! Deadlines and Valentines sounds delicious!

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  7. You set a deadly pace, Heather. I can't imagine having three series.

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