~ BLOG TOUR STOP ~
-- 'A CUPPA TROUBLE' --
AUTHOR ANGELA RUTH STRONG
~Post Includes: Book Spotlight, Author
Bio, Excerpt & Giveaway~
Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour & Giveaway for A Cuppa Trouble by Angela Ruth Strong, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: A Cuppa Trouble
Series: The CafFUNated Mysteries #2
Author: Angela Ruth Strong
Publisher: Mountain Brook Ink
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Genre: Inspirational Cozy Mystery
Plans for a Valentine's Day grand opening of a small town coffee shop go awry when the first customer is killed. Evidence points toward the victim being mixed up in a car theft ring, but shop owners Tandy and Marissa have reason to believe he was framed.
An assortment of suspects--from a pink-haired heir to Tandy's charming ex--all seem to know a little too much about grand theft auto.
Without approval from either their boyfriends or the gum-chewing FBI agent in charge, the shop owners go on stakeouts, plan stings, and pursue justice in a high-speed car chase. If they don't find the killer soon, it might be more than their love lives in trouble.
EXCERPT -- THE AUTHOR'S FAVORITE SCENE:
“You kidnapped my business partner.”
Vic crossed his arms. “You do business with car
thieves?”
“What? No. She sells tea. As bad as that may be,
it’s hardly criminal.”
Metal smashed, glass cracked, and a taillight burst
from the corner of Vic's vehicle. An ugly brown boot took its place.
“Tandy?” The muffled voice sounded like Marissa’s,
but that couldn’t be her foot in the ugly brown boot.
“Oh fantastic.” Vic pointed the direction of the
mess. “I caught her trying to steal a Jeep, and I made a citizen’s arrest to
help the police. I didn’t realize she’d damage my car.”
What had Vic expected? He certainly couldn’t expect
Tandy to believe his excuse.
“She owns a Jeep. Maybe she got locked out and had
to break in.” Tandy raised her voice so Marissa could hear.
“Marissa, did you
lock your keys in the Jeep again?”
The boot disappeared, and part of Marissa’s face
filled the hole. “No!” Her response came with enough force that Tandy was a
little scared of releasing her from the trunk.
Tandy shook her head at Vic. “There has to be a
logical explanation for why she was breaking into a Jeep. You should have at
least asked her what was going on rather than resort to kidnapping. That’s not
how you make a citizen’s arrest.”
“Police lock criminals in the back of their cars. I
was doing the same.” Vic lifted a shoulder, as if no responsibility rested
there. “As soon as I let her out, you’ll see that she wasn’t using a coat
hanger to get into her own vehicle. She has what’s known as a Relay Attack Unit
designed to unlock cars without a key. Only a car thief would own such a
thing.”
Now he was overtly lying. And Tandy would be able to
prove it. Good thing he’d broken up with her last year. Otherwise she’d be
dating a liar.
Sheriff Griffin sauntered from the police
department. “What’s going on here, Tandy?”
Marissa banged against the inside of the trunk in
response. “Griffin, get me out of here!”
Griffin’s hand rose to his holster.
Vic sidestepped farther behind his car as if he
might need to duck from bullets.
Griffin pointed with his free hand at Marissa’s face
in the hole. “Is someone in your trunk, sir?
”
“It’s me. Marissa.”
Griffin’s eyes narrowed in suspicion. “Let her out
right now.”
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Angela Ruth Strong sold her first Christian romance novel in 2009 then quit writing romance when her husband left her. Ten years later, God has shown her the true meaning of love, and there's nothing else she'd rather write about. Her books have since earned TOP PICK in Romantic Times, been optioned for film, won the Cascade Award, and been Amazon best-sellers. She also writes non-fiction for SpiritLed Woman. To help aspiring authors, she started IDAhope Writers where she lives in Idaho, and she teaches as an expert online at WRITE THAT BOOK.
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TOUR GIVEAWAY
(1) winner will receive a "Coffee is like Sherlock Holmes" mug, "Drink Coffee & Do Good" sign (painted with coffee by author's cover designer), $25 Starbucks Gift Card & "Drink Coffee, and Read Books & Be Happy" tote.
Full tour schedule shown below. Giveaway will begin at midnight June 24, 2019, and last through 11:59 PM EST on July 1, 2019. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only.
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OH! I just read the excerpt - the authors favorite scene. I'm hooked! Now I really want to read the book! Thanks, June, for hosting this blog tour and giving me an inside peak into the book.
ReplyDeleteI love the name of the series! :) Excerpt sounds intriguing!
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