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Can you imagine if your
mother borrowed something like this and wore it all over town?
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Why is makeup and fashion so
seemingly easy for some people and so darned difficult for others? I have a
daughter who was born with fashion sense. Literally born with it. She’s been my
style consultant since she was about thirteen years old. Those who’ve known me
a long time say I’ve been looking a lot better since Emma grew old enough to
say, “No, Mom,” roll her eyes and actually fix me. Bless her. She is the only
person I’ve ever known who dreams about putting outfits together.
As a writer, one of the
really fun things I get to do is to put myself in the skins of characters who
are entirely different from me. My amateur sleuth Toni Diamond is such a woman.
She’s all about style and makeup. She’s a big-haired Texan with a big
personality to match and she sells makeup to women through home parties and by
giving free makeovers. Lady Bianca cosmetics not only keeps her in the bling
and flashy outfits that would have my daughter locking me in the house if I
attempted to wear them, but her job also puts Toni in the paths of a lot of
different kinds of people, some of whom end up dead! There are three novels in
the Toni Diamond mystery series so far.
I was very excited to be
asked to join some other really fun cozy mystery authors for Happy Homicides, a collection of
novellas out in time for the holidays. In my story, Toni’s mother, Linda
Plotnik, who also sells cosmetics for Lady Bianca, gets a bit caught up in the
law of attraction and decides the best way to bring really expensive jewelry
into her life is to borrow some from her local jeweler and wear it to the
Christmas party she hosts in her trailer park home.
Since Linda’s not exactly
keeping quiet about her fabulous bling and insists on wearing it everywhere,
Toni’s worried that something will happen to the fabulous necklace, her mother,
or both. Naturally, something does!
I love these characters so
much. I hope you will, too. A Diamond
Choker for Christmas is just one of thirteen fun and fabulous holiday
cozies. The collection is only 99 cents.
A Diamond Choker for Christmas
One of the novellas featured in Happy
Homicides
In order to borrow an extremely expensive diamond
and sapphire necklace to wear at Christmas party, Toni Diamond's mother Linda
offers her home as collateral. But the necklace is stolen right off her neck,
and Toni has to solve the crime or her mother will be homeless for the
holidays!
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