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Pucker Up: Writing the Kiss That Makes Readers Melt by Anise Rae

Pucker Up: Writing the Kiss That Makes Readers Melt by Anise Rae: The science of kissing for...

"What a wonderful surprise to come home from Japan and see DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE in Fayette Woman..."

“What a wonderful surprise to come home from Japan and see DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE in Fayette...

This is brilliant. When you go to a restaurant, this indicates...

This is brilliant. When you go to a restaurant, this indicates you have a designated driver and that person gets to drink free iced tea all night. We need this is in the US to promote designated drivers. #safedriving #japan #publicsafety (at カフェレスト ドン・キホーテ中川篠原店)

Dog kimonos. #cute #dogs #japan (at Nagoya Dome)

Dog kimonos. #cute #dogs #japan (at Nagoya Dome)

And this sleepy puppy is a bargain at $2800. Why is he cheaper...

And this sleepy puppy is a bargain at $2800. Why is he cheaper than grumpy kitten? #marketing #japan #dogs #cats (at Nagoya Dome)

DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE Goodreads giveaway

Thru May 14th, enter to win an signed advanced copy of DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE, A Cherry Tucker Mystery #4, at Goodreads. Click the "Enter to Win" button below to enter!

The curtain rises on Cherry Tucker’s debut as a high school set designer at the posh Peerless Day Academy. Cherry’s been hired for an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, but the drama director is hoping Cherry can also turn the spotlight on a malicious social media bully who’s sending poisonous texts to the faculty. The director’s got his own drama to hide, and the phantom texter seems eager to spill school secrets. When the principal’s secretary commits suicide, Cherry suspects foul play.

With Deputy Luke Harper ready to return as Cherry’s leading man, he’s eager to assist in finding the phantom culprit, but Cherry fears family secrets offstage may doom them to the role as star-crossed lovers. With the bully waiting for a murderous encore and her own family skeletons to hide, Cherry scrambles to find her brother and the mysterious texter before the phantom decides its curtains for Cherry and forces her to take a final bow.

The fourth book in the bestselling Cherry Tucker Mystery series. "Delightfully Southern, surprisingly edgy, and deliciously unpredictable." --Hank Phillipi Ryan


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Goodreads Book Giveaway Death in Perspective by Larissa Reinhart Giveaway ends May 14, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

Georgia Author of the Year Nominee

I'm so honored to have HIJACK IN ABSTRACT (Cherry Tucker #3) included in the year's nominees for Georgia Author of the Year. This is the 50th Annual GAYA award, so the nomination makes it all the more special.
To see the press release flyer go here: http://bit.ly/QHSvxa

My fingers are crossed, but I'm not holding my breath. The list for fiction includes a few mystery writer friends who I'll also root for GAYA winner. To be a nominee is thrilling in itself. Unfortunately, I'll be in Japan during the banquet and will miss the official announcement. My congratulations to everyone nominated for author of the year. Georgia has a such a rich history of writing and I'm so honored to be included. I love living and writing in Georgia and particularly love setting my stories here.

In the list for Fiction Novel

Goodreads Giveaway: Death in Perspective, A Cherry Tucker Mystery #4

Enter to win 1 of 5 signed advanced copies of Cherry Tucker's fourth mystery, Death in Perspective , on Goodreads! Click the Enter to Win link below to enter. 

“Reinhart manages to braid a complicated plot into a tight and funny tale. The reader grows to love Cherry and her quirky worldview, her sometimes misguided judgment, and the eccentric characters that populate the country of Halo, Georgia. Cozy fans will love this latest Cherry Tucker mystery.” – Mary Marks, New York Journal of Books on Hijack in Abstract


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Goodreads Book Giveaway Death in Perspective by Larissa Reinhart Giveaway ends May 14, 2014.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

The curtain rises on Cherry’s debut as a high school set designer at the posh, private Peerless Day Academy. Cherry’s been hired to design scenery for an avant garde adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, but the theater teacher's hoping Cherry can also turn the spotlight on a malicious bully who’s sending poisonous texts to the faculty. The director’s got his own drama to hide, and the phantom texter seems eager to spill school secrets. When a school secretary's death is ruled a suicide, Cherry suspects foul play. The phantom bully may be using blackmail to rid the school of unwanted staff, urging a Montague-Capulet styled showdown.

With Deputy Luke Harper wanting to return as Cherry’s leading man, he’s eager to assist her efforts in fingering the phantom culprit, but Cherry fears family secrets may doom them to the role of star-crossed lovers. Offstage, Cherry’s searching for her missing brother who’s fixed on a vendetta against Luke’s stepfamily, so she instead turns to the local, foreign racketeer, Max Avtaikin, for assistance. With the bully waiting for a murderous encore and her own family skeletons to hide, Cherry scrambles to find her brother and the mysterious texter before the phantom decides its curtains for Cherry and forces her to take a final bow. 
***Good luck to all who enter the giveaway!****

New Title for Cherry Tucker! THE BODY IN THE LANDSCAPE

Death in Perspective , Cherry Tucker #4, doesn't release until June, yet here we are announcing the title for #5! Welcome to the revolving door of publishing! 

My editor at Henery Press and I are so excited to announce the title for #5, The Body in the Landscape , which will be out in 2015. The setting for this Cherry Tucker mystery is at a hunting lodge, allowing Cherry to paint en plein air among plenty of weapons, suspects, and motives for murder. This weekend my family and I are headed to Flat Creek Lodge for a research trip. The mystery won't be set at Flat Creek (which is about an hour from Savannah), but they have graciously agreed to let me pester them for inside information on running the lodge (and hopefully don't mind a few questions about the best places to hide a body). 


Have any of you vacationed at a hunting lodge? Any good stories you want to share or some insider tips that might be helpful for my research?

What Readers Want: Humor, Hijackings and a Handful of Hunks

What a great way to end the tour! Ending with A+ review from What Readers Want. "Hijack in Abstract is truly one of the funniest books I've read in a long while... Definitely a Keeper Shelf Book.... the excerpt gives a prime example of Larissa Reinhart's exceptional writing." Thank you! 



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What Readers Want - Books, Books and Books:

Humor, Hijackings and a Handful of Hunks . . .
...: Humor, Hijackings and a Handful of Hunks . . . With a classical series sold and a portrait commissioned, Cherry Tucker’s art career is in ...