Book Blog Tour and Giveaway: A Study in Chocolate (Bean to Bar Mysteries #5) by Amber Royer

Welcome to my stop on the book blog tour for A Study in Chocolate by Amber Royer. This blog tour was organized by Lone Star Book Blog Tours. On my stop, I have a playlist from the author to accompany the book. There's also the tour wide giveaway for a chance to win a signed copy of the book and a chocolate bar. Be sure to visit the other stops on the tour for more content. Enjoy!

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Title: A Study in Chocolate

Series: Bean to Bar Mysteries #5

Author: Amber Royer

Publisher: Golden Tip Press

Publication Date: January 27th 2023

Print Length: 260 pages

Genre: Culinary Cozy Mystery

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Felicity Koerber's bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston's historic Strand is expanding, as it has become a gathering spot for the community, despite having been the scene of multiple murders. Artists she met while doing a chocolate sculpture are now working out of the shop. So when Felicity is invited to tea by an eccentric art collector, she's intrigued, especially when she gets asked to pose for a portrait done with chocolate on chocolate. Only, where there is a murder the next day at the same historic house where the tea was held, one of Felicity's artist friends becomes the main suspect.

When the killer threatens that unless Felicity unravels the murder, one of her two love interests will be the next victim, she finds herself unwittingly at the center of a puzzle with a Sherlock Holmes-obsessed murderer who wants to be the next Moriarty - and wants to cast Felicity as Sherlock.

Felicity starts finding unexpected connections between her friends and acquaintances and must deal with the idea that someone who knows her is a murderer. At the same time, she has to keep her business running, despite construction dust and unruly customers - and an unexpected order for thousands of truffles.

Satchmo the retired police-dog-turned-therapy dog returns to help her sniff out a few clues, and the kidnapping of Ruffles, the quirky artist's cat, helps lead Felicity into the puzzle. Can Felicity solve it in time to protect the people she cares about from becoming additional victims?

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GUEST POST AND PLAYLIST:

In the Bean to Bar Mysteries, Felicity wants her craft chocolate shop to be a gathering place. That includes having a welcoming soundtrack in the background. When it comes to technical stuff – like compiling a playlist – she tends to look to Miles, one of her part-time employees. He’s a college student with eclectic taste in music, but a solid understanding of the vibe Felicity is going for in Greetings and Felicitations. Felicity initially gave him a list of some of the easy listening and jazz artists she likes, and he went from there.

I’ve always loved the “café vibe,” which why I gave Felicity’s chocolate shop a full coffee bar and tables where people could read, talk or play games. Partly, this is inspired by some of the bean-to-baked-good chocolate shops I’ve visited, which have the shabby chic meets world traveler feel I’m going for in the books. And partly, it’s because writing at a coffee shop, boba tea spot or bookstore café is one way to make sitting with a laptop less solitary. Usually, I’m playing music through my headphones – or one headphone, if there are other writers or friends nearby for conversation.

This is the kind of mix I would personally find conducive to creativity – smooth enough to keep from being distracted by the music, but highlighting great voices and familiar songs.

I hope this playlist makes you feel creative too, whether at home or at your favorite spot!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Amber Royer writes the Chocoverse comic telenovela-style foodie-inspired space opera series and the Bean to Bar Mysteries. She is also the author of Story Like a Journalist: a Workbook for Novelists, which boils down her writing knowledge into an actionable plan involving over 100 worksheets to build a comprehensive story plan for your novel. She also teaches creative writing and is an author coach.

Amber and her husband live in the DFW Area, where you can often find them hiking or taking landscape/architecture/wildlife photographs. If you are very nice to Amber, she might make you cupcakes. Chocolate cupcakes, of course! Amber blogs about creative writing technique and all things chocolate.

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GIVEAWAY:

Win a signed copy of A Study in Chocolate by Amber Royer and a chocolate bar from French Broad Chocolate - US only!

(All the Ups and Downs is not responsible for this giveaway, its entries, or the prizes. The author, Amber Royer, assumes all responsibility over this giveaway.)

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