Guest Post and Blog Tour for Murder ala Mode, the first Coffee & Cream Mystery by Lena Gregory

Murder A La Mode (Coffee & Cream Cafe Mysteries)
by Lena Gregory

About Murder A La Mode

Murder A La Mode (Coffee & Cream Cafe Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – New York
Gemma Halliday Publishing (August 8, 2023)
Digital – Number of Pages 230
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C2LH144G

From author Lena Gregory comes a delicious new series that will warm your heart and leave you guessing until the very end…

When twenty-five-year-old Danika Delaney, black sheep of the Delaney clan, returns home to Long Island to take over Jimmie’s, her eccentric uncle’s old fashioned malt shop on eastern Long Island, she’s not exactly thrilled. But things start to look up when her uncle tells her she can do whatever she’d like with the shop, and it seems she might realize her dream of a small trendy café. That is, until she discovers the body of her ex-boyfriend’s estranged wife in a melted puddle of rocky road in the malt shop basement. With her two sidekicks, her sister and a good childhood friend, in tow, Dani searches for–or stumbles upon—one clue after another. But as she narrows down the suspect list, she realizes if she’s not careful she may end up in a puddle of her own…

About Lena Gregory

Lena grew up in a small town on the south shore of eastern Long Island, but she recently traded in cold, damp, gray winters for the warmth and sunshine of Central Florida, where she now lives with her husband, three kids, son-in-law, and four dogs. Her hobbies include spending time with family, reading, and walking. Her love for writing developed when her youngest son was born and didn’t sleep through the night. She works full time as a writer and a freelance editor and is a member of Sisters in Crime.

GUEST POST

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Lena Gregory

I love getting to know my readers, so please feel free to leave a comment letting me know a little something about you. Do you share any of my quirks?

1. My faith and my family are the most important things in my life.
2. I grew up on the south shore of eastern Long Island and spent most of my time attending dance classes or reading.
3. My husband and I recently relocated from Long Island to Central Florida. We have three amazing kids, ages thirty-two, twenty-four and twelve. Yes, my little guy came as quite a very happy surprise! And I am extremely family oriented. I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my husband and kids.
4. I absolutely love big dogs. At the moment, we have an Akita, a Weimaraner, and two Australian Shepherds.
5. I am a master at procrastination. I don’t have a lot of writing time, but sometimes, when I do sit down to write, I just can’t seem to get going. So I tell myself there are important things I have to do before I can start writing. The first of those is usually facebook, because there might be something interesting I “need” to know. I love to chat with readers, my agent, and other authors, so I often hang out there for a bit. Then I check all of my emails, because, you know, something really important that wasn’t there five minutes ago, might be there now. And then I head for twitter. By the time I finish all of that, I’m usually hungry so, I grab a snack, then finally sit down to get started.
6. One of my favorite things to do is take a long walk with my kids and take lots of pictures of nature.
7. I have worked many jobs, some I loved, others not as much. I was a dance teacher and choreographer for more than twenty years. When my daughter was in high school I choreographed and co-directed several high school musicals. I also worked in a deli, which will feature in a mystery I’m currently outlining. And I cleaned houses in the Hamptons, which gave me more material than you could imagine for a future cozy mystery series.
8. I am painfully shy. As much as I love socializing and even meeting new people, I do much better one on one than I do in a group.
9. I started writing my first novel when I was forty-five years old—in a notebook because I’d never heard of Microsoft Word and didn’t even know how to use email.
10. I am very high strung and rarely relax. I go from the time I get up until the time I go to bed. I talk fast, I move fast, and I always have a list a mile long of things I have to get finished in a day. Of course, I usually forget or misplace the list, so it doesn’t always help much.

Don’t forget to leave a comment and let me know if you share any of those same traits.

Author Links

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MURDER A LA MODE TOUR PARTICIPANTS

August 8 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

August 8 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – REVIEW

August 9 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

August 9 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee – SPOTLIGHT

August 10 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT

August 10 – Baroness Book Trove – REVIEW

August 10 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY

August 11 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR GUEST POST

August 11 – Christa Reads and Writes – SPOTLIGHT

August 12 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

August 12 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW

August 13 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

August 13 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

August 14 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 15 – The Mystery Section – SPOTLIGHT

August 15 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW

August 16 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW

August 16 – Jane Reads – CHARACTER GUEST POST

August 17 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR GUEST POST

August 17 – Mochas, Mysteries and Meows – CHARACTER GUEST POST

August 18 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – REVIEW

August 18 – Brooke Blogs – REVIEW, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY

August 19 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW

August 20 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

August 21 – StoreyBook Reviews – REVIEW

August 21 – My Reading Journeys – SPOTLIGHT

 

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