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💥📚 Fourth of July Forgery Now Available! Let’s Celebrate Good Crimes! 🎆🔍

June 29, 2023June 24, 2023 · Leave a comment

Hey there, Cozy Mystery Lovers! 🕵️‍♀️💖

Guess what? I’ve got news that’s going to make your day brighter than a fireworks show! 🎇 The much-awaited sixth installment of our Holiday Cozy Mystery series, Fourth of July Forgery, is here! 📚🔖

This Fourth of July, something is sizzling in Holiday Junction, and it’s not just the barbecues! 🍔🌭 When a grim discovery turns our festive celebrations upside down, it’s up to our fearless heroine, Violet Rhinehammer, to uncover the truth. Will she be able to do it before the last sparkler goes out? 🎇🎆

Navigating through a maze of deception and accusations, Violet finds herself knee-deep in a world of art dealings and forgery, where secrets explode like M80s. It’s a race against time, with the mystery’s fuse burning faster than you can say “Independence Day”! 🕰️💣

I promise you, Fourth of July Forgery is a firecracker of a read. With the perfect blend of small-town charm, holiday high-jinks, and a puzzling mystery, it’s sure to delight cozy mystery fans and holiday enthusiasts alike! 🎉🎊

If you love cozy towns, every holiday under the sun (and stars), and dogs 🐕, you’re going to fall head over heels for Fourth of July Forgery. It’s time for us to CELEBRATE GOOD CRIMES in Holiday Junction! Just because it’s a holiday, doesn’t mean we’re free from a little bit of mystery and murder! But don’t worry, every book is clean—no foul language or gore, I promise! 🚫🤬🚫💉

So, are you ready to join Violet on her latest adventure? Grab your cozy blanket, brew a cup of your favorite tea or coffee, and let’s sleuth along with Violet and celebrate good crimes! 🕵️‍♀️☕🎉

Let’s get cracking on this new mystery! I can’t wait for you to join me in Holiday Junction! 🚂🎉

Sending you all cozy vibes and happy reading, Tonya Kappes 🖋️💖

Happy Release Day! EARLY!

April 23, 2021April 17, 2021 · Leave a comment

What?? Happy EARLY release day for INSECTS, IVY, & INVESTIGATIONS!!!

WHOOOO HOOO!!

Why on earth did I release this AWESOME book so early??? With these amazing reviews, I knew it would be fun to release early so y’all can spend your weekend camping in Happy Trails Campground with all the gals!!!

“Oh my goodness, there were so many surprises dumped on Mae where Alicia was concerned, and Alicia’s sudden appearance at the Milkery was questionable leaving me wondering after Dawn Gentry’s reveal. Not just Mae being surprised, but Hank Sharp, is blindsided too. The ending, left me uttering–Oh no!! I can’t wait for the next book with that ending, did not expect that!!” – Allyson

“One of my favorite dialogues was when Dottie told Mae ” We will catch up with in the morning for coffee at the Laundry Club ” and Hank replied” Is that code for all y’all are going to be sticking your nose into this?” That just cracked me up!”- Meryl

” I will say this for Tonya Kappes, I NEVER saw the story ending like this! Bring on the next installment!”- BEV
“I love this series! I’m feeling sad and worried about where things are heading for some of my favorite people! I need that next book stat! I can’t get this one out of my head!”- Theresa

Order your copy!👇👇
https://amzn.to/39Pc2Gv

Celebrating Paddlers, Promises, & Poison today!

March 25, 2021 · One comment so far

Hey Y’all! Some fun news today! We got to go camping last weekend! YAY! All the campgrounds in Kentucky opened up and it felt so good to get the SHAMPER (my she writing camper) all packed up and on the road.

But even better news…

it’s release day for PADDLERS, PROMISES, & POISON, book 16 in A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mystery Series.

I swear, I’m a little jealous of Mae when I’m camping. I love that she has the Laundry Club Ladies to hang out with over the campfire and get in trouble with her. Teehee.

But not jealous when she and the ladies find a dead body in a model home where Dottie just had to be nosey and sneak in to see all the fancy marble counters and hardwood floors.

There are more problems in Normal, Kentucky than just a dead body. Hank’s job is on the line and solving the murder as fast as he can only proves how valuable his job is, or at least that’s what Mae thinks.

Mae and the Laundry Club Ladies stick their sleuthing caps back on and start to uncover town issues that could destroy a lot of jobs, not just Hank’s.

What does this mean for Normal? What does this mean for Hank? What does this mean for Hank and Mae’s relationship?

Oh, y’all! You’re going to LOVE this one and I’m so excited!

Also don’t forget I’ve got a HUGE sale on books 1-5 for only ,99 each. . .that’s cheaper than ONE of the books at its original price, so be sure to grab those during this week’s limited time.

If you have a friend who hasn’t discovered just how much fun camping with Mae is plus a fun mystery, please send the link to this Chit Chat.

I’m thrilled to say that Mae and the Laundry Club Ladies are thrilled to be back in their snooping mood!

Here’s a snippet of one of my favorite scenes:

The door slowly cracked open.

Ava smiled, eyes grew and she shrugged before she pushed it fully open.

“Chelsea? It’s Ava Cox from across the street.” She stepped inside the two story foyer and we followed her nearly running her over as we all looked around without noticing where we were going. “My friends and I wanted to pop over and take a quick tour in case we have some friends who might be looking.”

There was silence.

“Chelsea?” Ava called again. The five of us standing there quietly.

“Maybe she’s out back smoking.” Dottie snickered.

“Funny,” Abby said, flatly. “Let’s go see.”

“Did she leave with the couple in the camper?” Ava turned to Dottie

“How on earth should I know. I was minding my own business, enjoying my cigarette.” Dottie just told us a bold face lie. “Fine. No. She stood right here at this door and waved them off.”

“It wasn’t no more than a few minutes ago, she has to be in here somewhere.” Ava lead us down the foyer. “What on earth?”

I looked at what Ava was looking at and noticed the stream of blood.

“Is that?” Ava’s voice lingered while the rest of us walked past her to follow the red trail.

“Blood,” Betts gasped.

“Blood?” Ava questioned and hurried over near the window in the kitchen next to the table when we noticed Chelsea on the ground.

“Stop.” I put my hand out when I noticed the trail of blood had come from her head.

I bent down and careful not to disturb anything to feel for a pulse.

Nothing.

I glanced up and noticed there was some of her hair on the corner of the table like she’d fallen, hit her head and now . . .

“Dead,” I whispered. “Ava,” I sucked in a deep breath because I had to muster up all the strength in my body, “call 9-1-1. She’s dead.”

CHARACTER GUEST POST: BUNNY BOWOWSKI

January 3, 2021December 26, 2021 · Leave a comment

I love this throwback character post of Bunny Bowowski!!! I hope you do too!

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Hi-do! Good morning! 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 an employee that’s making those Killer Lattes, ummm, Star Studded Lattes since Lemon Productions is here filming a movie.

But I bet you’re here to check out all the noise about the #killerlatte. I mean, really. Just because that Hollywood actress, Daisy Lemon, came in here to get a Star Studded Latte but was kidnapped in the process, doesn’t make it a #killerlatte.

But you’d have to ask Roxanne Bloom, Roxy if you know her, about any sort of particulars. She was the one who seen Daisy last. 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 I did hear the ransom note was accompanied by a photo of Daisy. She was dripping in diamonds. And not just any diamonds. All the diamond jewels used in the movie. I bet that’s got to be heavy around her neck.

I heard Low-retta Bebe. . .huh? Oh! You don’t know Loretta. We call her Low-retta because when she says her name, her southern accent, well, you know what I mean.

Anyways, Low-retta owns Diamond’s downtown and she offered all her jewels for the production company to use while they were filming. Daisy Lemon had all them on. Ain’t that strange?

Oh no…the police didn’t leak the photo. Maxine Bloom did. She’s got her sneaky ways to getting things. She write Sticky Situation, the gossip column in the Honey Springs Newspaper. But claims she’d doing a piece for People and she got her hands on the kidnapper photo.

Now that’s just hearsay because I ain’t seen the photo.

I’ve rattled on enough. You enjoy your Killer Latte, I mean. . .you know what I mean. Y’all 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?

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