Welcome guest author Elizabeth Lynn Casey + giveaway

Elizabeth Lynn Casey is the pen name for national bestselling author, Laura Bradford. As Casey, she writes the Southern Sewing Circle Mysteries. As Laura Bradford, she pens several mystery series, including the Emergency Dessert Squad Mysteries, the Amish Mysteries, the Jenkins & Burns Mysteries, and the brand new Tobi Tobias Mysteries. 

Summer 2018 will see the release of Laura’s first Amish-based women’s fiction novel, Portrait of a Sister. 

Laura is a former Agatha Award nominee, and the recipient of an RT Reviewer’s Choice Award in romance. When she’s not writing, Laura enjoys making memories with her family, baking, and being an advocate for those living with Multiple Sclerosis. 

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WECLOME ELIZABETH...aka LAURA!!

The Sweet South

By Elizabeth Lynn Casey (pen name for Laura Bradford)

For me, writing the Southern Sewing Circle Mysteries has been a true labor of love. I’ve grown very fond of Tori, Margaret Louise, Rose, Leona, and the rest of the ladies in the sewing circle. They’re all such unique characters that have wormed their way into my heart.

Sometimes, I imagine them having meetings outside the confines of my books. I imagine Margaret Louise watching one of her grandbabies perform in a school show, her smile a mile wide. I imagine Leona walking down the street in the center of Sweet Briar, flirting with every male that walks by…and every one of them turning to stare at her.

Maybe that sounds weird, but these characters have been part of my life for eight years. I’ve been there when good things have happened and I’ve been there when not-so-good things have happened. And I’ve been there when they’ve assembled at one of their homes for a sewing circle meeting with desserts in tow, my mouth watering at all the delicious choices.

So in honor of last month’s release of Patterned After Death (book # 12 in the series), I thought I’d share a southern named dessert that surely made it to meeting or two over the years—Mississippi Mud Bar.

Mississippi Mud Bar:

Bar Ingredients:

4 Tablespoons butter (unsalted)

9 Tablespoons granulated sugar

6 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

¼ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 egg, large

¼ cup flour

¼ cup chocolate chips

1 cup mini marshmallows

Frosting Ingredients:

6 Tablespoons butter (unsalted)

4 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1 Cup powdered sugar

2 Tablespoons milk

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

To Make the Bar:

1)     Preheat oven to 325.

2)    Line loaf style pan with parchment paper.

3)    In a microwave safe bowl, combine butter, sugar, and cocoa powder.

4)    Microwave on high for 30 seconds. Stir well. Microwave for 30 more seconds. Remove from microwave.

5)    Add salt and vanilla to bowl and stir well.

6)    Add egg. Stir well.

7)    Sprinkle in flour. Stir well.

8)    Add in chocolate chips and stir.

9)    Spread in prepared pan.

10) Bake for 22 minutes.

11) Sprinkle mini marshmallows evenly across top and return pan to oven for an additional 3-5 minutes.

12) Remove from oven and set aside.

To Make the Frosting:

1)    Beat all ingredients together until spreadable.

2)    Pour evenly over warm, marshmallow topped-bar.

3)     Refrigerate until set.

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Murder hits close to home for the Southern Sewing Circle in the latest mystery from national bestselling author Elizabeth Lynn Casey.

Everyone in Sweet Briar, South Carolina, knows former high school football stars Jake Davis and Noah Madden. The two were fierce rivals once and now, twenty years later, the dueling quarterbacks haven’t lost their luster. So townsfolk are surprised when Jake and Noah team up for a business venture. And there’s only one suspect when Noah turns up murdered.

Margaret Louise, Jake’s mother and one of the founding members of the sewing circle, isn’t about to take the attack on her son’s reputation lying down. In fact, she’s in full mama-bear mode. And Tori and the rest of the Sweet Briar gang are more than willing to help her sharpen her claws to catch a killer.

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GIVEAWAY

Today, I'm giving away to one commenter 

ONE copy of Patterned After Death plus ONE Copy of Éclair and Present Danger.  

Tell me do enjoy reading books where you know the characters well? 

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To learn more about Laura, visit her website: www.laurabradford.com, or hang out with her on Facebook at:  https://www.facebook.com/laurabradfordauthor/?fref=ts. 

She can also be found occasionally tweeting at: @Bradfordauthor.