Virtual Book Tour & Giveaway: Deadly Performance (Deadly, #12) by Kate Parker

Deadly Performance

A World War II Mystery

by

Kate Parker

Historical Cozy Mystery
12th in Series
Setting - West End of London, Summer, 1941
Publisher: JDP Press (December 9, 2024)
Paperback: 301 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8992015218 / Digital ASIN: B0DNNQ23F4

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About Deadly Performance

 

Behind the spotlights and glamour lurk secrets and murder.

Amid the grim realities of wartime Britain, inside during the blackout hidden from the tatters left by the Blitz, glitz and glamour live onstage in the West End. But at one theater, The Regent, a malevolent force is causing escalating problems. Sabotage, damage and injury feed mistrust among the cast and crew.

Then during opening night, the hated director drops dead from poison, and Olivia Redmond's colorful, kindly editor is arrested for murder. Determined to investigate, Olivia finds secrets piling up among the bodies. But which secret leads to a crafty killer who won't hesitate to remove anyone in their way, including Olivia.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kate Parker has long wanted to build a time travel machine. However, after several false starts, she gave up and created time travel by going back in time inside her books. Since she's fond of murder mysteries, it is probably best that all of her travel is inside books or police from various ages would be hunting her. When not recreating old time buildings and fashions, she can be found with a modern computer and modern air conditioning in North Carolina with her daughter and a 115 lb. puppy who could just crash through any time barrier.

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS

January 6 – Maureen's Musings – SPOTLIGHT

January 6 – Frugal Freelancer – AUTHOR GUEST POST

January 7 - Jody's Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT

January 7 - Sapphyria's Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 8 – Christy's Cozy Corners – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

January 9 – Elizabeth McKenna - Author – SPOTLIGHT

January 9 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – SPOTLIGHT

January 10 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy – REVIEW

January 10 – StoreyBook Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST

January 11 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

January 11 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 12 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

January 13 – Novels Alive – REVIEW

January 14 – Socrates Book Reviews - SPOTLIGHT

January 15 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER GUEST POST

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Review Tour & Giveaway: Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle (Christmas in the Castle) by Jennifer Ivy Walker

Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle

A Christmas in the Castle novel

by

Jennifer Ivy Walker

Medieval Historical Romance

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc.

Publication Date: November 15, 2023

Page count: 198 pages

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SYNOPSIS:

Gabrielle is a flame haired, fire hearted French princess who dreams of becoming a Valkyrie warrior queen like her Viking ancestors from Normandy. Sent to Paris to learn the proper etiquette for a future French queen, she is called home to le Château de Beaufort for a forced marriage to a man she loathes when her father the king’s precarious health takes a sudden turn for the worse.

Chivalrous, solitary knight Sir Bastien de Landuc suffers an impossible love for Gabrielle, the unattainable princess he can never have. Without a title of nobility, he is ineligible to compete in the tournament for her hand in marriage, despite his unparalleled equestrian skills and inimitable swordsmanship.

Yet, Yuletide wishes for a wondrous winter solstice in the glorious Crystal Castle might make impossible dreams come true.

Can the valiant knight win the coveted hand of his Viking Valkyrie?

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Straightening her windblown hair and smoothing her dark green velvet gown, Gabrielle inhaled deeply to compose herself. As she raised her royal regard to majestically greet her father’s esteemed guests, her heart dropped at the sight of Sir Bastien de Landuc. 

The exceptionally skilled horseman whom she’d watched every day during her equestrian lessons as a young princess. The magnificent Master of Horse for her father’s royal stables. The most handsome man Gabrielle had ever seen. 

Her legs weakened and her mouth went dry. 

Glossy brown waves tumbled to his expansive shoulders, the square jawline of his rugged face covered in dark stubble, a fine, jagged scar along one cheek enhancing his simmering brute strength. Smoldering eyes of deepest green blazed into hers like fiery emeralds, the intensity of his gaze robbing her of breath and coherent thought. 

Her heart pounding, her legs trembling under her velvet robe, Gabrielle realized she was staring and forced her attention back to her father, who was making formal introductions. 

“Gentlemen, may I present my daughter, the Princess Gabrielle of Finistère.”

REVIEW:

5 stars!

The exciting tale of political intrigue and treachery and knights in shining armor.

 

Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle is author Jennifer Ivy Walker’s contribution to the new Christmas in the Castle holiday-themed romance series, and is it delectable! With its fierce and feisty princess, honorable lovelorn hero, devious and dastardly villains, and a looming deadline for the princess to wed, this thrilling tale is sure to please fans of the historical romance genre.

 

The main characters, Princess Gabrielle and Master of Horse, Sir Bastien de Landuc, are strong individuals. She’s a more modern version of her Viking warrior queen ancestor, learning to ride and use a sword, dagger, bow and arrows. She discusses and rails against the uneven treatment and lack of rights afforded women during her time. Bastien trained at the knee of Lancelot du Lac, the greatest competitor at the joust ever.

 

The two had been constant companions, student and teacher, as children, but with her being a princess and he an unlanded middle son, a romantic relationship would have been hopeless. However, the futility of their situation didn’t stop either one from secretly falling in love with the other. Despite all the good reasons for them to keep their feelings to themselves, I was rooting for them to open up and come clean.

 

The main villain of the piece is truly vile. He has a despicable past and intends to use every dirty trick in the book to guarantee he wins the Yuletide Joust and Gabrielle’s hand in marriage. He’s a villain who’s easy to absolutely despise.

 

With a storyline that oozes honor and true love on every page, I recommend WINTER SOLSTICE IN THE CRYSTAL CASTLE to readers of historical romance, especially those who enjoy a holiday theme in their stories.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Enthralled with legends of medieval knights and ladies, dark fairy tales and fantasies about Druids, wizards and magic, Jennifer Ivy Walker always dreamed of becoming a writer. She fell in love with French in junior high school, continuing her study of the language throughout college, eventually becoming a high school teacher and college professor of French.

Her upcoming release, “Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle," is a steamy medieval romance between a flame-haired, fire-hearted French princess descended from Viking Valkyrie and the solitary, sullen knight who suffers an impossible love for her. For readers who enjoyed The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven trilogy—a fated mates paranormal fantasy adaptation of the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde, interwoven with Arthurian myth, Avalon, Elves, Druids, forest fairies, Vikings, and dark magic—will recognize several of the main characters in this new novel as well.

Explore her realm of Medieval French Fantasy. She hopes her novels will enchant you.

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