The Baroness’ Choices of New Books Publishing This Week
2023, Week 33’s New Books
My choices for this week include Cozy Historical Mystery, Cozy Paranormal Mysteries, Romance, Culinary Mystery, MG Fantasy, Cozy Crafts and Hobbies Mystery, and Sweet Romance.
Another wonderful week with pretty books! I have read at least one of these books. Putting these posts together is so fun, I love seeing all the different books with their beautiful covers, and if I could, I would read all of them.
Here are my choices for New Books Publishing Week 33 of 2023!
Deadly Manor by Kate Parker
Deadly #10
Publication Date: August 15, 2023
Genre: Cozy Historical Mystery
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Surrounded by war, stalked by murder, can she stay alive?
October 1940. Livvy Redmond is thrilled to receive an invitation to a country house party away from the Blitz. There she hopes to help her husband overcome his injuries from fighting in France. But excitement turns to horror when she stumbles across two members of the house party – murdered.
Indebted to her hostess, Livvy attempts to catch the killer. No one is who they seem, and the party goers leave her with more questions than answers.
Somewhere close, the killer waits in the shadows to stop her.
Deadly Manor is the exciting tenth book in the World War II mystery Deadly Series. If you like intrepid heroines, research-based history and clean reads, then you’ll love USA Today Bestselling Author Kate Parker’s page-turning mystery.
Uncover a murderer in Blitz-era England with Deadly Manor.
Double Double Royal Trouble by Trixie Silvertale
Magical Renaissance Faire Mystery #9
Publication Date: August 15, 2023
Genre: Cozy Paranormal Mystery
When a treat-peddling witch is found dead, will this cursed faire crumble?
Coriander the Conjurer is queen of the fairy realm, and it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to her… even if she’s technically trapped within the kingdom’s walls. Now this fairy fortune teller hopes to tackle the confining curse that’s suspended Elbion in time for centuries. Unfortunately, her magical mission derails when someone burns a gingerbread house to the ground…
Finding herself in a cauldron of trouble, Coriander must summon the help of a wily vampire, a brilliant blacksmith, and her meddling toad familiar to uncover the hidden killer. But she’s running into more alibis than allies, as suspicions threaten to bubble over.
Can Coriander crack the curse and corner the killer, or will the faire become her final resting place?
Double Double Royal Trouble is the ninth book in the humorous paranormal cozy series, Magical Renaissance Faire Mysteries. If you like snarky heroines, supernatural misfits, and a splash of romance, then you’ll love Trixie Silvertale’s sinister saga.
Buy Double Double Royal Trouble to release the magic today!
Keeping It Casual by Barbara Barrett
Matchmaking Motor Coach #3
Publication Date: August 15, 2023
Genre: Romance
Talent manager Alex Appleby needs Geoff McKenna’s help. Her vicious client is threatening the reputation of Alex’s television-star father if Alex can’t convince her stepsister to go along with the client’s demand. Alex turns to Geoff to make the case to her sister.
Geoff has his own proposition for Alex. Thus far, his case of multiple sclerosis has been mild, but he’s unsure of his future. When his girlfriend pushes for a stronger commitment, he enlists Alex as his new pretend love interest so his girlfriend will break things off.
Discovering they actually are attracted to each other, they agree to keep things casual, since Alex is only in town briefly and Geoff isn’t interested in anything serious. But fate intervenes as their feelings deepen. Alex must decide whether to relocate to Iowa from LA, and Geoff must place faith in his future.
Secrets and Scallywags by Elizabeth Pantley
Magical Mystery Book Club #5
Publication Date: August 15, 2023
Genre: Cozy Paranormal Mystery
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When this club selects a book, magic happens. They become the main characters in the story when the mystery comes to life.
This month’s book selection takes them to a charming island community that’s abuzz over a mysterious boat that washed ashore. Rumor has it that it’s the same pirate boat that sunk a year ago in the bay. The one that supposedly sank with treasure aboard.
When the club meets the ghosts of the men from the boat, they learn the astonishing secrets of the treasure. These ghosts can’t move on until it is found.
Can the motley group find the treasure and free the ghosts? They better, since it’s the only way they can exit the book and get back home.
Shocked by Champagne by Lucy Lakestone
Bohemia Bartenders Mysteries #6
Publication Date: August 15, 2023
Genre: Culinary Mystery
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Fatally fizzy …
The holidays in Bohemia sparkle with fun under the palm trees, even if mixologist Pepper Revelle and her Bohemia Bartenders friends are working their glasses off. With all the cocktailians in town, the season promises to be festive—at least until a murky death in the swamp puts one of their friends under suspicion.
Rumor has it the victim was on the verge of a fantastic discovery, but Pepper and her would-be boyfriend Neil find nothing but questions surrounding it. What was she looking for among the alligators? And was it a motive for murder?
While Pepper and Neil search for answers and try to date among the disasters, Pepper’s dog Astra snubs distiller Mark’s impudent pup, and her ex Mr. Mixy gets into more trouble than he’s worth. When Pepper gets too close to the truth, will she be blasted like a cork from a bottle of bubbly?
Shocked by Champagne is the sixth book in the Bohemia Bartenders Mysteries, funny whodunits with a dash of romance set in a convivial collective of cocktail lovers, eccentrics and mixologists. These quasi-cozy culinary comedies contain a hint of heat, a splash of cursing and shots of laughter, served over hand-carved ice.
Totally Psychic by Brigid Martin
Totally Psychic #1
Publication Date: August 15, 2023
Genre: MG Fantasy
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This debut middle grade series stars a Cuban-American tween medium navigating friends, family and ghosts!
Paloma Ferrer is psychic. In fact, everyone in her family line has “the gift.” Now that Paloma has come into her powers, she dreams of becoming a famous medium to celebrities, just like her beloved grandma.When Paloma’s parents move them from Miami to Los Angeles, she hatches a plan to get her career as a medium up and running:
- Host seances at her new school and stream on social media
- Build her profile and make a name for herself
- Avoid detection from her tattletale of a little sister
But when a reading gone awry leaves Paloma in a sticky situation with a new friend, she’ll need more than a crystal ball to find her way out of this mess.
Lights…Camera…Murder! by Loretta C. Rogers
Doc Holliday Mystery #3
Publication Date: August 17, 2023
Genre: Police Procedural Mystery
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When a stuntman is shot while rehearsing a scene for the newest movie starring cowboy hero Cody West, everyone considers his death an unfortunate accident. Veterinarian and amateur sleuth Tullah Holliday doesn’t hesitate to get involved. Her empathic senses tell her he was murdered. She suspects Cody West is the killer.
As Tullah begins to put together the pieces of the case, West is stomped to death by a young stallion being trained as a stunt horse. Tullah soon discovers the entire movie crew seems to have had motives to kill West. Then two women each confess to being the murderer, and they also point a finger at a third accomplice.
So who killed Cody West—the horse or…?
Stitching Concerns by Kathryn Mykel
Quilting Cozy Mystery #5
Publication Date: August 17, 2023
Genre: Cozy Crafts and Hobbies Mystery
Stitching concerns and a thread of truth. Can Alex take back control of her life, and put her embroidered past behind her before she’s bound?
Alex Bailey’s mind is layered with ambivalence. A trip to Madras Island is just what the quilter has ordered. A kidnapping thwarts her travel and romantic rendezvous with Hawk. Just when she thinks she’s solved the mystery, a murder threatens to derail her once again. Can she arrange the details of the tangled threads before she’s stitching in a ditch?
As Alex uncovers a patchwork of secrets, will her quest for the truth also unravel everything she’s ever known?
Stitching Concerns is the dramatic fifth book in a series of Quilting Cozy Mysteries. This book will keep you hooked until the very last stitch. If you like gripping whodunits, then you’ll love Kathryn Mykel’s whipstitched tale.
Buy Stitching Concerns to unknot a methodical crime today!
Summer Refresh by Jennifer Faye
Turner Family of Bluestar Island #2
Publication Date: August 18, 2023
Genre: Sweet Romance
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With a housing shortage on the island, making a deal with the man who broke her sister’s heart becomes the only way to reunite her family.
Sara Chen enjoys working at the Brass Anchor Inn and hopes to be promoted to manager. And so when the inn’s new owner goes on vacation, it’s Sara’s chance to step up and impress her boss while doing whatever is necessary to help her sister move back to the island—even if it includes dealing with a man from her past.
Kent Turner works in his family’s furniture business, but he feels stifled. Every new idea he has to expand the business is shot down. Needing to do more than the finances, he decides to put one of his ideas into action. He begins a refresh project at the inn.
But with a big wedding coming up, the project has to be done quickly. It will mean hiring help…unless he makes a deal with the beautiful yet stubborn inn employee. If she’ll help him complete the refresh project, he’ll rent the apartment above the furniture store to her sister. But as they work together, secrets are revealed, relationships are given a second chance and love is found.
Includes a recipe for Sara’s blondie bars!
Well, that’s it for the New Books Releasing Week 33 of 2023
Drop a comment if you like one of the books above or if you have one to recommend.
Thank you for stopping by,
Happy Reading!
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