Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for A Chocolate is Announced (Bean to Bar Mysteries) by Amber Royer! Today we are featuring a review of the seventh book in this series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! It’s a great way to add books to your TBR! There is also a Rafflecopter Giveaway for a print copy of A Chocolate is Announced! 

A Chocolate is Announced (Bean to Bar Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
7th in Series
Setting – Texas
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Golden Tip Press (June 25, 2024)
Print length ‏ : ‎ 277 pages
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CZMXM3BN

About the Book:

Felicity Koerber is finally getting her life together. She has a fiancé, her bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston’s historic Strand has become a gathering spot for the community, and she is ready to embrace whatever the future holds. She’s ready for another launch party – despite the disaster at her grand opening, when she’d first gotten involved with solving a murder. And this time she’s embracing her status as a sleuth. She’s hosting a murder mystery weekend to celebrate the new Mystery Flavor line of craft chocolate bars. She’s held a contest to choose the attendees, who will all stay at her aunt’s flip hotel and enjoy the island. It’s all supposed to be perfectly random – only, Felicity starts to uncover connections between her guests. When one of them winds up murdered, Felicity has to keep her aunt from becoming the main suspect.

The killer is very clearly calling Felicity out, leaving clues that mean little to anyone other than her. But that doesn’t narrow down the suspect pool. Her guests are there because they love the true crime podcast she’s been featured on. And she can’t decide whether the killer wants her to catch them – or just wants to taunt her.

Meanwhile, Felicity is also playing host to her future in-laws and discovers that her fiancé’s sister, who is also a cop, is very competitive. Can Felicity hold her own and make a good impression, while keeping her business together and her aunt out of jail? And can Felicity solve it in time to protect the people she cares about from becoming additional victims?

Satchmo the retired police dog turned therapy dog returns to help her sniff out a few clues, and one of the guests brings along a ferret named Cheeseburger, who keeps showing up in the most unexpected places.

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My Review:

Even though I haven’t read books one to six in Amber Royer’s Bean to Bar Mystery series, when I saw that this was a cozy mystery about chocolate, included a pet bunny and was set on the Texas coast, I knew I was in! The mystery featured in this series entry was excellent, and I had no issues jumping into the series. I do wish I had read the others because I believe that would have provided a bit more set-up of the characters and the shop–don’t worry, they have all been added to my TBR! These are characters worth getting to know. 

This is a closed room mystery, which is one of my most favorite kinds and definitely had that Clue-like vibe. There were twists and turns I didn’t see coming and lots of red-herrings that kept me guessing. The guests had so many secrets that unraveled with great surprise. The hotel guests with a ferret were entertaining, as well as Felicity’s recent engagement.  I enjoyed seeing how everything connected at the end, and it also felt like there were little details sprinkled in that hinted at what may come in future entries. Lots of fun to read and I’m happy to have a new to me series to read! 

About the Author:

Amber Royer writes the CHOCOVERSE comic telenovela-style foodie-inspired space opera series, and the BEAN TO BAR MYSTERIES. She is also the author of STORY LIKE A JOURNALIST: A WORKBOOK FOR NOVELISTS, which boils down her writing knowledge into an actionable plan involving over 100 worksheets to build a comprehensive story plan for your novel. She blogs about creative writing techniques and all things chocolate at www.amberroyer.com. She also teaches creative writing and is an author coach. If you are very nice to her, she might make you cupcakes.  Chocolate cupcakes, of course.  

Author Links:

Website: http://www.amberroyer.com  

Blog: http://amberroyer.com/blog/  

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoA_29HV2nPmRnox9LPVanw  

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/amber_royer  

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Amber-Royer/e/B00PFV4CGM  

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8144619.Amber_Royer  

Purchase Links: Amazon

TOUR PARTICIPANTS:

• June 24 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – SPOTLIGHT
• June 25 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• June 26 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• June 27 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
• June 28 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR GUEST POST
• June 29 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
• June 29 – fundinmental – CHARACTER GUEST POST
• June 30 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST
• July 1 – Maureen’s Musing – SPOTLIGHT
• July 1 – Boys’ Mom Reads – REVIEW
• July 2 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
• July 3 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
• July 4 – OFF DAY
• July 5 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
• July 6 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading – REVIEW
• July 6 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR GUEST POST
• July 7 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

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