The Baroness’ Choices of New Books Publishing This Week
2023, Week 52’s New Books
My choices for this week include Romantic Suspense, Cozy Culinary Mysteries, Sweet Romances, and Cozy Holiday Mystery Anthology.
Hi, Happy Christmas Eve! Tomorrow is Christmas Day. We are getting our books at some point today. I am unsure if we are getting them tonight or this afternoon, but I can’t wait to see what book I’m getting for our Jolabokaflod celebration.
It’s the last week of 2023! Next week we will be officially in 2024. Do you guys have any New Year plans? How about any resolutions for next year? I’m unsure what we have planned for the New Year, like New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day, and I might have some resolutions for next year. I haven’t thought that far. But I do have my reading challenges for 2024 picked.
We have a lot of books this week. Most of them come out the next day instead of throughout the week.
Here are my choices for New Books Publishing Week 52 of 2023!
A Detective’s Deadly Secrets by Anna J. Stewart
Honor Bound #8
Publication Date: December 26, 2023
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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To solve her husband’s death…
She needed the man who still adored her.Detective Lana Tate’s convinced there’s only one man who can help untangle her husband’s mysterious death: Agent Eamon Quinn. The FBI superstar is an old friend who will stop at nothing to find the truth. He joins forces with Lana—the once-favorite colleague he’d secretly pined for. But as their long-buried attraction bursts into flame, so does the danger threatening them at every turn…
Coconut Drop Dead by Olivia Matthews
Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries #3
Publication Date: December 26, 2023
Genre: Cozy Culinary Mystery
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The case in Olivia Matthews’s Coconut Drop Dead is going to be a tough nut to crack.
Brooklyn’s annual Caribbean American Heritage Festival is finally here, and Spice Isle Bakery is thrilled to be one of the event’s food vendors. After all, the Murrays have been attending the festival for years. Co-owner Lyndsay Murray hopes their West Indian pastries and finger foods draw people back to the bakery in Little Caribbean. She’s looking forward to having fun, connecting with customers, and celebrating with her family.
The day’s festivities are cut short when Camille, lead singer of an up-and-coming reggae band, dies. The police think it may be a tragic accident. But Lyndsay’s cousin Manny was close to Camille, and he believes someone cut her life short. Now Manny needs Lyndsay’s help to make sure a killer faces the music.
Deep Fried Death by Maddie Day
Country Store Mysteries #12
Publication Date: December 26, 2023
Genre: Cozy Culinary Mystery
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In the latest Country Store Mystery by Agatha and Macavity Award-winning author Maddie Day, a killer strikes – with a cast iron skillet – during South Lick, Indiana’s annual Outhouse Race festivities, landing Pans ‘N Pancakes-owner Robbie Jordan on the suspect list…
Many residents of South Lick, Indiana, claim the Outhouse Race, in which competitors push old-timey outhouse replicas on wheels at the annual Abe Martin Festival on Memorial Day, is the best thing since indoor plumbing. Just because country store and restaurant owner Robbie Jordan has too much to do managing her new deep fryer as well as an old lover reappearing, she’s not going to miss out on the fun. Plus, it’s good for business.
But when a dead body and a cast-iron skillet tumble out of the Pans ’N Pancakes outhouse entry on the race route, it seems someone is trying to frame Robbie—in a most unconventional way. Now she’ll need to be privy to the townsfolks’ secrets as she races to flush out a killer . . .
Grace and the Cowboy by Mary Anne Wilson
Flaming Sky Ranch #3
Publication Date: December 26, 2023
Genre: Sweet Cowboy Romance
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Is a cowboy’s love…
Enough to keep her?Grace Bennet fought hard to create a life she loves in Tucson. So when she unexpectedly inherits a lodge in Wyoming, she travels north, intending to sell. But with Max Donovan showing her all Eclipse can offer—from horseback riding to stargazing—Grace is falling for the town and the charming sheriff. Is she really ready to give up city life for her Wyoming cowboy?
Happily Ever Alaska by Patience Griffin
Sweet Home, Alaska #3
Publication Date: December 26, 2023
Genre: Sweet Romance
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Lolly Crocker bakes up warm desserts in her chilly Alaskan town, but can she handle the reigniting of an old flame?
Whenever things get too serious, baker Lolly Crocker knows it’s time to break it off with a guy. Without fail, her gut would tell her that the man she was dating was not Mr. Right.
The one exception is Shaun Montana, her high school sweetheart. With Shaun, life felt complete; but her mother convinced her she was too young to be tied down, and Lolly broke up with him the night before she left for college.
While Lolly keeps every relationship light, Shaun is never less than fully committed—and still somehow his romances have all ended badly. When he comes back to Sweet Home, his attraction to Lolly is as fiery as ever, but he’s determined to keep things casual for once…just when Lolly is finally ready to risk her heart on a second chance with the man she loved so long ago.
Hill Country Home by Kit Hawthorne
Truly Texas #7
Publication Date: December 26, 2023
Genre: Sweet Romance
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Will her deepest secret…
Destroy her chance at happiness?It’s hard to keep a secret in Limestone Springs, Texas, especially when you work for a trustworthy, unshakable man like Tito Mendoza. But Jenna Hamlin is determined to hide her child’s past no matter the temptation. So when an unwelcome visitor reveals the truth and Jenna needs help to keep her daughter safe, can she finally let down her guard to trust—and love—again?
Irish Milkshake Murder by Carlene O’Connor, Peggy Ehrhart, and Liz Ireland
Home to Ireland #2.5; Knit and Nibble Mystery #9.5; Mrs. Claus #4.5
Publication Date: December 26, 2023
Genre: Cozy Holiday Mystery Anthology
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Raise a glass for St. Paddy’s Day but keep a shamrock handy because some of these minty milkshakes are made with murder!
IRISH MILKSHAKE MURDER by CARLENE O’CONNOR
In advance of their St. Patrick’s Day wedding, Tara Meehan and Danny O’Donnell are off to the Aran Islands with their bridesmaids and groomsmen for a joint hen and stag party. The weekend kicks off with the ferry trip to Inis Mór, as the passengers enjoy boozy milkshakes on board and entertainment from a pair of famous Irish-dancing twin brothers. But faster than Tara can say “Oh, Danny Boy,” a murder shamrocks the boat as someone’s spiked shake turns out to be their final round. Stuck in a rural island cottage, while a storm rages outside, Tara must find the Celtic killer before her luck runs out . . .MURDER MOST IRISH by PEGGY EHRHART
St. Patrick’s Day is drawing near in Arborville, New Jersey and the folks at Hyler’s Luncheonette are getting into the holiday spirit with a new, limited-time, Irish-themed menu item–a festive green milkshake appropriately named, “The Leprechaun.” It’s a hit, until a patron is felled by one of the frothy concoctions during a sheep parade through the town. Now, it’s up to Pamela Paterson and her Knit & Nibble knitting club pal, Bettina Fraser, to catch a murderer and put a stop to the sheer madness . . .MRS. CLAUS AND THE LUCKLESS LEPRECHAUN by LIZ IRELAND
Spring in Santaland means two things: the elves have more leisure time and iceball season is in full swing! To celebrate, April Claus’s friend, Claire, whips up some minty milkshakes for her bustling ice cream shop, Santaland Scoop. But when the St. Paddy’s promotion makes one elf the target of a decidedly unlucky strike, Mrs. Claus and her friends must figure out if the attack was a failed hit job, a crime of passion, or an extremely unfortunate accident . . .
Public Anchovy #1 by Mindy Quigley
Deep Dish Mysteries #3
Publication Date: December 26, 2023
Genre: Cozy Culinary Mystery
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Public Anchovy #1 is the third book in Mindy Quigley’s delectable Deep Dish Mystery series, set in a Wisconsin pizzeria.
While Geneva Bay’s upper crust gets ready to party down at a Prohibition-themed fundraiser, pizza chef Delilah O’Leary is focused on seeing her struggling restaurant through the winter slow season. The temperature outside is plummeting, but Delilah’s love life might finally be heating up, as hunky police detective Calvin Capone seems poised to (finally) make a move.
But Delilah’s hopes of perfecting a new “free-from” pizza recipe for a charity bash are dashed when a dead body crashes the party. Soon, Capone, Delilah, and her entire staff are trapped in an isolated mansion and embroiled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.
To catch an increasingly-desperate killer, Delilah will have to top all of her previous crime-solving accomplishments, and a few pizzas, too.
Second Chance Deputy by Alexis Morgan
Heroes of Dunbar Mountain #3
Publication Date: December 26, 2023
Genre: Sweet Romance
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She loved him once…
But can she trust him now?When Officer Moira Fraser returns to her hometown, she’s shocked to run into the man who broke her heart ten years ago! The last she saw of Titus Kondrat, he was being shoved into the back of a police car. Now he’s a respectable café owner, and old feelings are threatening to resurface. But how can she trust him when everything she knew about him was a lie?
The Teacher’s Unexpected Gift by Syndi Powell
Publication Date: December 26, 2023
Genre: Sweet Romance
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A surprise adventure…
A forever love foundWith the exception of her divorce, teacher Cecily Karsten plans everything. So exactly how did annoyingly good-looking paramedic Gus Sheridan convince her to take her beloved Pops on one last road trip? Now they’re all off to Lighthouse Bay, Michigan, to find Pops’s first love. But their journey down memory lane has a few surprises in store…especially when love takes the wheel.
Candy Canes and Croissants by Wendy Meadows
Snow Falls Alaska Cozy #6
Publication Date: December 29, 2023
Genre: Cozy Culinary Mystery
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Imagine a Christmas where snowflakes and sleigh bells mix with murder and mayhem.
Welcome to Snow Falls, Alaska, where the holiday season is anything but typical. Bethany Lights’ festive plans take a chilling detour when a young boy bursts onto a deserted, icy road in front of her SUV. This is no ordinary child, and what follows is a murder mystery filled with spine-tingling twists and turns.
Teaming up with Sarah Spencer, Bethany scrambles to unravel the secrets surrounding the boy she narrowly avoided hitting. But the plot thickens when a savage snowstorm traps her in the local hospital and the boy goes missing. As a cold-blooded killer emerges with a chilling ultimatum, Bethany realizes her life is hanging by a thread.
But wait, there’s another player in this twisted tale. An unknown force steps in, complicating matters and putting Bethany squarely in the crosshairs. Will she survive this dangerous game, or will her Christmas turn deadly?
Well, that’s it for the New Books Releasing Week 52 of 2023
Drop a comment if you like one of the books above or if you have one to recommend.
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Happy Reading!
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