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Marla Cooper

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October 25

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Cleo Coyle, Jerrilyn Farmer, Laura Levine, Victoria Laurie

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MARLA COOPER is the author of the Kelsey McKenna Destination Wedding Mysteries, a humorous cozy mystery series with a destination wedding planner turned amateur sleuth. Originally published by Minotaur Books, the series is set to relaunch soon, with an all-new book three coming in 2026!

For book announcements, follow Marla on Goodreads. For book announcements and general tomfoolery, sign up for her newsletter at her author website (URL above).

Instagram: @marla.cooper.author
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ABOUT MARLA: As a freelance writer, Marla has written all sorts of things, from advertising copy to travel guidebooks to the occasional haiku. It was while ghostwriting a guide to destination weddings that she found inspiration for her ser
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For the Love of Books

The other day I was trolling some neighborhood thrift stores in the hopes of finding a taffeta bridesmaid dress, because, well, when you write a book with a name like Terror in Taffeta, you start to get some funny ideas in your head.

Anyway, St. Vincent De Paul’s had created an—I don’t know what you’d call it. Art installation? Wall collage? Fire hazard?—using a bunch of old books attached to a wal Read more of this blog post »
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Welcome to Cozy Town by Marla Cooper
"Welcome to Cozy Town
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Genre: Mystery (cozy)
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This short novella follows Violet Flannery, big city gal who recently inherited a spooky Victorian inn from a great aunt she never knew" Read more of this review »
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What a fun read! This fresh take on the cozy mystery has such a great voice; it's quirky in the best possible way and had me smiling from page one. The Enneagram angle is really interesting, and you don't have to know anything about it going in. (I d ...more
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Michael Murphy Thanks for connecting on Goodreads, Marla. Best of success with your writing!


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Simon Thanks for looking me up, Marla.


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