In three weeks, the first Fairy Garden Mystery comes out. A SPRINKLING OF MURDER. It's earning great reviews. I hope you will preorder your copy or tell a friend or library.
“Enchanting series launch from Agatha Award winner Gerber . . .
Cozy fans will wish upon a star for more.” –Publishers Weekly
Librarian Jennifer Winberry at Hunterdon County Library in Flemington, New Jersey loves to review cozy mysteries and sent me this darling photo. After reading it, she was inspired to make her first fairy garden. See the cute kitten sleeping in the right-hand pot?
If you'd like to read more about the world of the Fairy Garden Mysteries, you can check it out HERE on my website. You will also find a PDF for resources where I buy many of my fairy garden items. I'm all over the place -- Etsy, Fairy Garden Store online, etc. -- and having so much fun!
This is Sparky's favorite. He always goes to check it out. Aren't the trolls on the left adorable? |
I think I've mentioned that I've created a little village in the nook outside my office. |
Fairy garden store
owner Courtney Kelly believes in inviting magic into one’s life. But when
uninvited trouble enters her shop, she’ll need more than a sprinkling of her imagination
to solve a murder . . .
Since childhood, Courtney has loved
fairies. After her mother died when she was ten, she lost touch with that
feeling of magic. A year ago, at age twenty-nine, she rediscovered it when she
left her father's landscaping business to spread her wings and start a fairy
garden business and teashop in beautiful Carmel, California. At Open Your
Imagination, she teaches garden design and sells everything from fairy
figurines to tinkling wind chimes and trickling fountains. Now she's starting a
book club tea.
But the light of the magical world she's
created inside her shop is darkened one night when she discovers neighboring
dog-grooming business owner Mick Watkins dead beside a fountain. To make
matters worse, the police suspect Courtney of the crime. To clear her name and
find the real killer, Courtney will have to wing it. But she’s about to get a
little help from an unexpected new friend . . .
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On weekends at Open Your Imagination, Courtney serves tea on the outdoor patio. This little coffee cake might be something she would serve. I will be sharing recipes from the book come July, so stay tuned.Banana Brown Sugar Coffee Cake
(Gluten-free Version)
Cake:
2/3 cup butter,
melted
1 cup white
sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs, large
1 cup cottage
cheese
1 teaspoon
cider vinegar
2 cups gluten-free
flour
1 teaspoon
baking powder
1 teaspoon
baking soda
1/2 teaspoon
salt
1/2 teaspoon
xanthan gum
1 tablespoon
whey powder
Filling:
1/2 cup brown
sugar
2 bananas,
peeled and sliced
1 teaspoon
cinnamon
Topping:
1/4 cup brown
sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Preheat oven to
350 degrees.
Grease a 9 x 9
pan or line with parchment paper.
For the
cake batter: In a large bowl, mix melted
butter and sugar and vanilla. Add eggs and beat on low. Still beating on low, add cottage cheese and
vinegar.
Then add the gluten-free flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, xanthan gum, and whey powder, and blend until thoroughly mixed.
Then add the gluten-free flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, xanthan gum, and whey powder, and blend until thoroughly mixed.
For the
filling: In a small bowl, mix the bananas, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
Spoon half of
the batter into prepared pan. Pat down with your fingers. This is the fun part
– like working with play dough. Layer all of the filling on top of that. Spread the rest of the batter over the
filling. Again, pat down with your fingers.
Mix the topping
ingredients and sprinkle topping over the coffee cake.
Bake for 30-35 minutes,
until nicely browned.
Let cool for 20
minutes and remove from the pan. Serve warm or room temperature.
*If you want to make this using regular flour, simply substitute the flour, and omit the xanthan gum and whey powder.
*If you want to make this using regular flour, simply substitute the flour, and omit the xanthan gum and whey powder.
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This is the new
Fairy Garden Mystery series,
A SPRINKLING OF MURDER,
coming June 30 in trade paperback and e-book.
coming June 30 in trade paperback and e-book.
You can read all about it and order it on various sites
on my website HERE.
Don't forget to order the 9th book in the
Cookbook Nook Mystery series,
in trade paperback and e-book.
You can read all about it and order it on various sites on
my website, HERE
And here is my latest Aspen Adams novel of suspense...
Order FAN MAIL, the second in series, trade paperback and e-book: HERE
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Mmmm, crumbly coffee cake. Always a good choice!
ReplyDeleteThat's how I feel, Libby. :) ~ Daryl
DeleteThere's a local garden and produce store that has fairy gardens up and a few items to make your own. I like looking at them and have wondered about making one. I'll definitely check out your lists, thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhere do you live, Alicia? I'll give them a shoutout. :) ~ Daryl
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