About the Book
Book Title: Premeditated Peppermint
Author: Amanda Flower
Release date: September 2018
Christmas is Bailey King’s favorite time of year. For her first Yuletide in Harvest, Ohio, the former big-city chocolatier is recreating a cherished holiday treat: peppermint combined with molten white chocolate. But her sugar high plummets when her former boyfriend walks into the candy shop she now runs with her Amish grandmother. New York celebrity chef Eric Sharp and his TV crew have arrived to film an authentic Amish Christmas. Bailey’s not about to let her beloved town—and Swissmen Sweets—be turned into a sound bite. Unfortunately, she gets more publicity than she bargained for when Eric’s executive producer is found strangled to death—and Eric’s the prime suspect.
With Bailey’s sheriff deputy boyfriend out to prove Eric’s guilt, her bad-boy ex tries to sweet-talk her into helping him clear his name . . . and rekindle their romance to boost ratings for his show. Now, between a surplus of suspects and a victim who wasn’t who she seemed, Bailey’s edging dangerously close to a killer who isn’t looking to bring joy to the world—or to Bailey—this deadly Noel . . .
My Thoughts
Premeditated Peppermint is the third book in An Amish Candy
Shop Mystery series by Amanda Flower. The reader finds themselves back in
Harvest, Ohio with candy shop owner Bailey King. Along with her grandmother and
cousin, Charlotte, they are getting ready for the big Christmas Market on the
town square. Swissmen Sweets has been assigned the Peppermint theme and the ladies
are busy making every kind of peppermint treat imaginable.
Eric Sharp, Bailey’s old boyfriend and now TV Chef, shows up
to win her back with the rouse of showcasing Bailey’s shop on his new TV series.
But before she can decide what to do another murder victim is soon discovered
by Bailey and all signs quickly point toward Eric. With Bailey’s new love
interest, Aiden, on the case, she attempts to clear Eric’s name and help solve the
mystery of who killed Rocky.
With twists and turns and unexpected ties, Amanda takes the
reader on a delightful journey. Once again Jethro is front and center in the
book and eager to be a big TV star, which this reader thinks would most
certainly be possible.
Flower does a great job bringing Harvest and the characters
to life. She has given this reader a new reading genre of interest, cozy mysteries.
About the Author
Amanda Flower, an Agatha Award-winning mystery author, started her writing career in elementary school when she read a story she wrote to her sixth grade class and had the class in stitches with her description of being stuck on the top of a Ferris wheel. She knew at that moment she’d found her calling of making people laugh with her words. Her debut mystery, Maid of Murder, was an Agatha Award Nominee for Best First Novel. Amanda is an adult services librarian for a public library near Cleveland. She also writes mysteries as USA Today bestselling author Isabella Alan.
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