Amazon icon Audible icon Autographed icon Bluesky icon Book Bub icon Buffer icon Booksprout icon Buy Me a Coffee icon URL Copied! Copy URL Email icon Facebook icon Goodreads icon Headphones icon Home icon Instagram icon LinkedIn icon Linktree icon Mastodon icon Patreon icon Periscope icon Pinterest icon Reddit icon RSS icon Search icon Share icon Snapchat icon Threads icon TikTok icon Tumblr icon Twitter icon Vine icon Youtube icon
Tonya Kappes Tonya Kappes

TonyaKappes.com News

A Day in the Life of Bunny Bowowski

· View all 3 comments

 

CHARACTER: Bunny Bowowski

SERIES: A Killer Coffee Cozy Mystery: Book 1, Scene of the Grind

 

 

Hi-do! Welcome to The Bean Hive. I’m Bunny Bowowski. You can grab a regular coffee from the coffee bar or a tea. But you look like you want one of them fancy drinks like a latte, or one of them caramel macchiato. You know, they are filled with sugar. Don’t take my word for it. I’m just a customer. The real owner is Roxanne Bloom, Roxy if you know her. I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but she’s asked me to look after the coffee house while she headed down to the police station.

Mmmhmmm. Now Roxy finding Alexis Roarke murdered is just hearsay because I haven’t really talked to her, but I heard it from  Crissy down at the Honey Comb Salon. She’d know because she and Roxy were friends twelve years ago.

It seems so long ago, but it ain’t. Roxy hasn’t been back to Honey Springs in twelve years, but the two of them, Crissy and Roxy, they picked up like no time had passed. You know, we do that in small towns.

Oh, yeah. The police station. Here, have a honey doughnut with that coffee. Lips smackin’ good I’m telling you. You’ll be back for more.

Anyways, Roxy’s Aunt Maxi and Alexis Roarke really don’t get along too well. Didn’t get along, that is. In fact, they’d just had a public spat yesterday. Roxy went down to The Crooked Cat Book Store, Alexis’s store, to offer what I’d call a peace offering in the form of a cup of coffee and doughnut. This is where is gets good.

Alexis. Dead. Murdered. Not only that, but BANNED was stamped on her forehead. You know, Alexis used that stamp on the banned books in The Crooked Cats’ banned book section. Mmmhhhhmmm.

Now that’s just hearsay. Though I do know that Roxy is down at the police station trying to get her Aunt Maxi out of some kind of hot water. After all, just a few months ago before Roxy moved back to Honey Springs, she was one of them fancy lawyers.

Mmmhmmmm. Nothin’ like this has happened in Honey Springs. . .ever.
Now, you come on back. Remember that around these parts, the gossip is just as hot as the coffee. Toodles!

Readers: Do you like recipes in your cozies? Do you ever make the recipes? Leave a comment for a chance to win one of the IT’S A SOUTHERN MYSTERY, Y’ALL measuring spoon and Kappes mini-tote. Winner will be announced on February 18th.

 

 

•☆.•*´¨`*••♡ PRE-ORDER ALERT! ♡••*´¨`*•.☆•
AMAZON: https://amzn.to/3n6kFBb
GOODREADS: http://bit.ly/3pVv8RM
BOOKBUB: http://bit.ly/2XflnBk
SERIES: https://amzn.to/3nkB5Ww
★‿¸.•*´´*•.¸(*•.¸ ¸.•*)¸.•*´´*•.¸‿★

Stop Your Heart Valentine’s Day Cake Recipe

· Leave a comment

Character: Roxanne Bloom
Series: A Killer Coffee Mystery

The boardwalk is busy this time of the year. There are so many tourists who love to rent cabins, put their boats at the marina where they rent a boat slip from Big Bib, the owner.

I am so happy to be busy not only with creating more coffee creations, but I’m busy away making the building next door the roastery. I thought it’d be open now, but it looks more like the fall.

I was just locking up for the night. I have to be here by 4:30 a.m. to get those treats in the oven. But why don’t you sit on down while I refill the coffee and tea stations so it’s one last thing I have to do.
I’ll also give you a piece of the delicious Stop Your Heart Chocolate Cake I had as the special of the day.

Don’t you just the twinkling lights along the boardwalk? Those are provided by the Beautification Committee. Have you met Loretta Bebe yet?
Not sure?

Oh, you’d be sure if you did. I’m sure you’ll see her downtown tomorrow. Didn’t I hear you were going into downtown Honey Springs?

Don’t miss out on going over to the Bee Farm across the lake while you’re in town. You can catch the ferry down at the Marina. Tell Big Bib Roxy sent you.

Before you go, tell me where you’re from.

Would you like to get learn more about Roxy and the gang in the KILLER COFFEE MYSTERY SERIES?
Click here >>>>>https://amzn.to/2ya7Yyv

 

 

Download the recipe by clicking here! 

SNEAK PEEK: Frothy Foul Play

· One comment so far

Sheriff Spencer Shepard pushed himself upright again.

“That’s when I’m smart enough to say to myself, Spencer, Roxanne Bloom just isn’t disciplined enough to keep her nose out of it, so why go through the hassle of telling her to stop snooping when you can use her kinda like a hound dog.”

“Spencer Shepard, is that your gentlemanly way of asking me to help you? I know you’re having a hard time believing that I just might be right and Birdie Bebe is innocent.” I could feel the edges of my lips starting to curl. “Or is that she is young and if you do get it wrong, your job will be on the line?”

Even though Spencer was the law, it was an elected position.

“You and I both know that if you make one wrong move in this job, that you won’t have a job.” I did like to remind him of how it was the citizens that he was wrongfully accusing that did give him the shiny five star badge on his collar.

 

I’m so excited Frothy Foul Play is available for preorder and will be released on February 25th!  YAY!!

Who is ready to go get a coffee from The Bean Hive?

Grab your coffee, tea or drink of choice and sit a spell! Roxanne Bloom, Aunt Maxi, Low-retta and the gossip queens of Honey Springs are chatting…well gossiping over the latest adventure of Crissy Lane’s homeopathic spa retreat, Bee Happy Spa.

 

PREORDER the book here:

AMAZON: https://amzn.to/3n6kFBb

 

New to A KILLER COFFEE COZY MYSTERY series?

 

Every book is FREE with Kindle Unlimited! And every book can be read independently, so dive on in! —>

https://amzn.to/3nkB5Ww

 

Welcome to The Bean Hive where the gossip is as hot as a cup of coffee!

 

☆All books in the series are FREE with #KindleUnlimited

Happy Sleuthing!

XOXO

A Killer Coffee Recipe: Dog Treats!

· Leave a comment

Peanut Butter Dog Treats

(I made these for Charlie since he couldn’t have salt. I use low sodium peanut butter and he loved these.)


• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/3 cup smooth peanut butter
• 1 cup skim milk, or 1 cup hot water (NOT BOILING WATER)

• 1 egg, this is optional you do not have to include it. The egg makes a dog’s coat shiny (I did not include the egg in the treats I gave to my puppy)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Line a cookie sheet with tin foil or parchment paper and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl combine the whole wheat flour and the baking powder.
Then, in the same mixing bowl add the milk, or hot water, and peanut butter.
Carefully mix the wet ingredients and the dry ingredients. If the dough is too dry add a little more milk or water, or if it is too wet add an additional tablespoon of flour until it is not too wet.

Place dough on counter and roll it out with a rolling pin, or flatten the dough out with your hands.
Use dog bone cookie cutters and cut the dough into various size dog biscuits. Place cut out dog bones on cookie sheet. Leave space between the bones on the cookie sheet because they will spread slightly and rise.
If the dough gets too sticky while you are cutting out the bones sprinkle it with flour and it will decrease the stickiness.

Once all the dough is cut up bake the bones for twenty minutes at 375 degrees. The bones should be light brown when done. Allow the bones to cool before giving one to your puppy!

 

Thanks so much to reader Janet for sending me these adorable photos of her grandchildren making the treats for her three pups!

Frothy Foul Play is available for preorder and will be released on February 25th! YAY!!
Who is ready to go get a coffee from The Bean Hive?
Grab your coffee, tea or drink of choice and sit a spell! Roxanne Bloom, Aunt Maxi, Low-retta and the gossip queens of Honey Springs are chatting…well gossiping over the latest adventure of Crissy Lane’s homeopathic spa retreat, Bee Happy Spa.

PREORDER the book here:

AMAZON: https://amzn.to/3n6kFBb

New to A KILLER COFFEE COZY MYSTERY series?

Every book is FREE with Kindle Unlimited! And every book can be read independently, so dive on in! —>
https://amzn.to/3nkB5Ww

Welcome to The Bean Hive where the gossip is as hot as a cup of coffee!


☆All books in the series are FREE with #KindleUnlimited #Cozymystery

Happy Sleuthing!
XOXO