Iron Canuck Reviews & More: Excerpt Tour: The Pumpkin Butter Murder (A Luscious Delights Mystery #2) by Meg Benjamin with an excerpt and a giveaway

The Pumpkin Butter Murder

by Meg Benjamin

GENRE: Cozy Mystery

BLURB:

Their gourmet dinner turned deadly. And now the murderer is after her. Roxy Constantine is looking for a way to spend her winter down time. Her true love Nate Robicheaux has a suggestion: she can serve as his sous chef when he prepares a dinner party for possible investors. But when several guests become ill and the hostess herself dies after eating their food, Roxy and Nate could be in deep trouble. Now they need to find out what really happened, and who wanted their hostess dead, before their culinary reputations go down in flames and the murderer turns his attention to Roxy herself.

EXCERPT:

Once I got away from the gymnasium, the halls were surprisingly deserted. School was out, and the students hadn’t lingered. The janitorial staff must have already cleaned the halls around the gym because the lights had been turned out. The only illumination came from the winter sunlight leaking through the windows above the lockers lining the hall.

I quickened my pace slightly and turned in at the restroom. Fortunately, the lights were motion activated so I didn’t have to pee in the darkness. I washed my hands and opened the door into the darkened hall again. Going from lights into dimness, it took my eyes a moment to adjust. The shadows had deepened during the time I was in the ladies room—it was a lot darker.

I was walking swiftly toward the booth area when I heard footsteps echoing in the empty halls behind me. At first they seemed distant, but then they were a lot closer. I increased my speed, not bothering to look back. It was probably a janitor or one of the other exhibitors, but I didn’t want to take the time to check. Just then I felt like I needed to hurry toward the light.

I had almost reached the point where the hall turned toward the gym when a hand fastened onto my shoulder from behind. And the next thing I knew, I was slammed up against the lockers.

For a moment, I was so shocked I didn’t respond. The person who’d pushed me seemed to be wearing a hoodie pulled up over his head and something across his face. I didn’t recognize him.

As soon as I got over my shock, I blurted, “What the hell are you doing?” as I tried to pull away. I pushed hard against his chest, but I was off balance.

And then his hands moved quickly from my shoulders to my throat.

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Meg Benjamin is an award-winning author of romance. Meg’s Konigsburg series is set in the Texas Hill Country and her Salt Box and Brewing Love trilogies are set in the Colorado Rockies (all are available from Entangled Publishing and from Meg’s indie line). Her new cozy mystery series, Luscious Delights from Wild Rose Press, concerns a jam-making sleuth based in the mythical small town of Shavano, Colorado. Along with contemporary romance, Meg is also the author of the paranormal Ramos Family trilogy from Berkley InterMix and the Folk trilogy from Soul Mate. Meg’s books have won numerous awards, including an EPIC Award, a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, the Holt Medallion from Virginia Romance Writers, the Beanpot Award from the New England Romance Writers, and the Award of Excellence from Colorado Romance Writers.

Meg’s Web site is http://www.MegBenjamin.com.

You can follow her on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/meg.benjamin1), Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/megbenjamin/),Instagram (meg_benjamin) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/megbenj1).

Meg loves to hear from readers—contact her at meg@megbenjamin.com.

The buy links for The Pumpkin Butter Murder are:

https://shorturl.at/LTVZ0

And https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143832530?ean=9781509250592

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GIVEAWAY

Meg Benjamin will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/28e4345f4733/