BSP (Blatant Self-Promotion)

February 23, 2010 / Uncategorized / 44 COMMENTS

Delicious and Suspicious

My upcoming Delicious and Suspicious will be released July 6, 2010, under my pen name Riley Adams. Just in time for the backyard grilling season! Here’s the back cover copy:

Welcome to Aunt Pat’s barbeque restaurant–family run and located in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee. Named in honor of Lulu Taylor’s great aunt, the restaurant is known for its ribs and spicy corn bread, but now the Taylor family will be known for murder–unless Lulu can clear their name…

Rebecca Adrian came to Memphis to suss out the best local BBQ for a prominent Cooking Channel show. Trouble is, Rebecca doesn’t live long enough to mention a bad review. A mystery ingredient has killed her–and now all fingers are pointing to Aunt Pat’s restaurant. Horrified that her family is being accused of murder, Lulu fires up her investigative skills to solve the crime before someone else gets skewered…

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I was thrilled yesterday when FedX dropped off my cover copies from Penguin. There’s just something about having a cover connected to your book to make it feel more real! I had a lot of fun writing this book and exploring characters that are different from my Myrtle Clover series. I can’t wait to share it with y’all in July! Oh…last bit of BSP. It is available for preordering from Amazon or your favorite independent bookseller. :)

  1. Woohoo, congratulations on a wonderful cover. This looks great, very eye catching. And the copy sounds intriguing. Can’t wait to read it. Congratulations again on your upcoming release.

  2. Oh my gosh!!!!! I am so excited for you. Isn’t the cover beautiful? Congratulations on your new book. I am already standing in line. Can you see me?

    Now I am too excited to go to sleep.

    Teresa

  4. I really like the cover. And I really like Bar-b-que. This isn’t going to scare me away from bar-b-que is it?
    Oh well, not much can scare me away from bbq.

  6. Oh, congratulations, Elizabeth!! The cover really is wonderful, and I cannot wait to read the book. This is just terrific! I am really looking forward to meeting LuLu Taylor.

  7. TERRIFIC cover, Elizabeth! And some enticing, mouth-watering cover copy on the back, too. I can tell you have a winner on your hands already! Congratulations!

  9. Congratulations! I love the cover. I’m sure it will attract lots of attention on the book store shelves.

    By the way, I have an Aunt Pat. I don’t think she’s very good at BBQ, though :)

  13. What a totally fun cover! It must make it all so real…
    I’m getting out my visa and going shopping right now.
    Yay!

  14. Congratulations, Elizabeth ~ the cover looks spectacular. How exciting! What a great title.

  15. What a GREAT cover! Congratulations on your new book becoming real to you!

    This is something I’ve always wondered: why do authors – why did you – use a pen name for this book/series?

  16. Mason–Thanks! I’m hoping it’ll pull some readers in.

    Arlee–Oh, it’s not too scary. You’ll still keep your happy feelings about BBQ through the book. Lots of eating and yummy food going on in that book!

    Teresa–Thanks so much! I was too excited to sleep last night, too!

    Paul–Thank you! :) You never know what you’re going to get, cover-wise, and this was a happy surprise.

    Ingrid–I think that may have been what they were going for in the art department…sort of a warm, summery feel. Thanks!

    Margot–I hope you’ll like her. She’s very different from Myrtle. :)

    Jan–You’re sweet! Thank you.

    Alan–I hope so. Thanks so much!

    Kathleen–Thanks! :) I was excited about it.

    Rose–Thanks!

    Crystal–Thanks so much! :)

    Penguin asked me to use a pen name; most of their authors have pseudonyms. It’s mainly due to the fact that I write for a competing publisher, I believe. But I’m free to promote under both names.

  17. Janel–Thanks! Well, if your Aunt Pat would like to learn, there are some recipes in the back of the book for ribs. :)

  21. How exciting! I love your titles :) If you need anyone to do a book review on it you know who to come to!

    Can’t wait to read it!

  24. And just what is your blog for, if not blatant self-promotion? Congrats, good lady! Or should I say “ladies,” since apparently you’re schizophrenic… :)

  26. What a fabulous cover! (and I love the quote on the front–very nice) Congrats to you, Elizabeth!

  28. Oh, this sounds so good! I’m putting it on my to-read list! The cover’s great, and your back cover blurb is brilliant!

  30. Congratulations! I can certainly understand your excitement. I think the cover is great and the book sounds terrific. I can’t wait to read it.

  32. Again, I love the cover. Let us know when it comes out so that I can purchase it and do a review.

    ann

  33. Helen–You know, I’ve never been able to turn cartwheels! I would have, though, if I could. :)

    Karen–Thanks! :)

    Julie–Thanks so much!

    Karen–I was kind of wondering what the package from them was–I wasn’t expecting anything. Nice surprise!

    Marybeth–I’ll do that! No gnomes this time, though.

    Thanks, Alex!

    Simon–Thanks! At least I have only 2 personalities now. I know a couple of people who have 3 and I don’t see how they do it. Just 2 is confusing!

    Thanks Diane!

    Hart–Thanks! Laura Childs was really generous with her blurb.

    Elspeth–Thanks! I do, too. Makes me want to hang out on the porch…

    Karen–Thanks so much!

    Jane–It makes finishing the 2nd one easier now!

    Thanks, Steph!

    Ann–Thanks! :) I’ll do it.

  35. Carol–Thanks! :)

    Stacy–Thanks! I was really excited about the cover and the blurb. It’s so great when everything seems to fall into place!

  37. Patricia–And Riley is excited about her big debut! :)

    Tamika–Thank you! As for the pseudonym, Penguin requested it. :) It’s seems pretty standard if you write series for other publishers. But I get to promote it under both names…and I picked the name, which was a family name. :)

    Martin–Thanks so much! I like it, too.

  38. What a fabulous cover. Did they match the restaurant to your description in the book? I hope so, because it looks great. I’m often amazed at how inaccurate the cover can be, especially on mysteries where they seem to think the victim has to be young and beautiful even if she isn’t…

  39. Congratulations! That is a lovely, enticing cover. Plus, the title of your book is perfect!
    I’m looking forward to reading it.
    (Which proves that having a wonderful blog works, because otherwise I’d not have learned of you and your books…in re yesterday’s post.)

  40. Kit–Well…I’ll admit it’s inaccurate in a sense. You’re a careful reader to notice that it happens that much! The restaurant is on Beale Street, so that part is different. The porch is the same as described and so is the restaurant…but place it on Beale instead of its current setting.

    Kathy–Thanks…and good point. And you definitely wouldn’t have heard about it over 4 months before its release!
    Jemi–Thanks! :) Hope you’ll enjoy Lulu as much as Myrtle.

  44. Me, again. Last night I went to a book group at a local independent book store. I asked about your books, under both names. When the book store employee saw your new one, Delicious & Suspicious, he said, “Great cover. That’s a cover I can sell, and believe me, covers do sell books.”
    Thought you’d want to hear this preview of good things to come! Congratulations.

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