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New Release--MURDER WITH CINNAMON SCONES by Karen Rose Smith
You are invited to a Facebook launch party for MURDER WITH CINNAMON SCONES!  When I have a mystery book release I enjoy celebrating with my readers. For the release of MURDER WITH CINNAMON SCONES on...
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Cinnamon #Scone #Recipe created by Karen Rose Smith
When I developed the cinnamon scone recipe for my latest cozy release, MURDER WITH CINNAMON SCONES, it became a favorite. I've made it multiple times. I hope you like it too!Daisy's Cinnamon...
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Can You See The #Cozy #Clues? by Karen Rose Smith
I have a wonderful cover artist for my Caprice De Luca Home Stager cozy mystery series. Since Caprice not only stages houses but finds homes for stray animals who come her way, the artist usually...
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Harlequin Special Edition Book and E-reader Giveaway
You could win 250 print Harlequin Special Edition romances and an E-Reader! Just follow this link and FOLLOW ME on Bookbub to Enter.ENTER Special Edition Contest
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Cozy Chicks Oldies But Goodies Event--Giveaways and Fun
The four Cozy Chicks--Karen Rose Smith, Duffy Brown, Mary Kennedy and Lorraine Bartlett--are having an Oldies But Goodies evening on Facebook. Mark your calendar for October 25 from 7-9 pm ET. Come...
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Karen Rose Smith Hosts Barbara Silkstone and her COLD CREAM MURDERS series
Today, I'd like  to introduce you to Barbara Silkstone, the author of over 40 light-hearted novels and novellas.  I hope you enjoy her new release GLOSSY LIPS, Book 1 in her Cold Cream Murders...
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#Holiday #Cookie #Recipe
I include three recipes in each cozy in my Caprice De Luca Home Staging series. For me, the dessert recipe is always the most fun for me to create. These chocolate peppermint blossoms will add color...
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#Cat Safe #Gardens by Karen Rose Smith
Every year when I plan my herb and flower gardens, I consult the list I've made over the years for cat-safe plants. We have two stray outside/inside felines who make their home in our yard and...
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The #Kittens Turn Two by Karen Rose Smith
Two summers ago on a hot summer afternoon, my husband received a call on his cell phone from a friend who had just found six kittens under her parents' front porch. She was calling for advice on how...
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Extending Indoor Space to the Outdoors
I've wanted a canopied porch swing for quite a while. Arthritis and fibromyalgia sometimes limit where I can go and what I can do. The past few years my husband kept insisting our patio wasn't big...
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Closet Treasures by #Mystery author Karen Rose Smith
I'm in a cleaning mood! This week when the sliding door jumped off the track on one of our upstairs' closets, I "suggested" that my husband and I clean out the closet while the doors were off. What...
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Celebrating #Tea and Books!
I was honored to be asked to participate in this year's Pennsylvania Tea Festival sponsored by The Rosemary House and Gardens and The Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop. The event was held in the gardens...
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Shelters for Feral and Outside Cats
by Karen Rose Smith Several years ago, we cared for a yellow tabby stray who came into our yard and seemed to want to stay. We named him Lancelot because the first time we spotted him, he was...
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WOOD You Shop Here? by Karen Rose Smith
Recently my husband and I went for a drive through Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Since my Daisy's Tea Garden cozy mystery series is set in PA Amish country, I like to take an occasional drive though...
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Thankful For A New Release--MURDER WITH CHERRY TARTS
I have so many things to be thankful for and I could write about the traditional thanksgiving list of family, friends, health and on and on--all the things that surround me on a daily basis....
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A Perfect Cup of Tea by Karen Rose Smith
by Karen Rose Smith With the release of MURDER WITH CHERRY TARTS, the fourth book in my Daisy's Tea Garden cozy mystery series, my mind has been on all things tea-related. I can remember as a child...
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Cats Reign In My House
In my Daisy's Tea Garden cozy mysteries, Daisy has two felines that are a part of almost every scene which is set in her barn home. Pepper and Marjoram always greet Daisy when she arrives home from a...
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I Found A Gem of a Tea Room in Manchester, Maryland by Karen Rose Smith
After all these years, it is difficult for my husband to find different venues to celebrate my birthday. This year he happened across a newly opened tea room only about twenty minutes from our home....
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"Dotting" The House With Technology by Karen Rose Smith
Christmas brought new technology to the Smith house! After seeing the online promotions and discussing with friends how the Amazon Echo and Dot have conveniently worked in their homes, I decided to...
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Cat Gifts by Karen Rose Smith
I was excited by all the new electronic devices my husband and I received for Christmas to help make our daily routines (like preparing a shopping list) a little easier. However, my favorite gifts...
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Peaches N' Cream Oolong #Tea by Karen Rose Smith
 There are reasons why many of us enjoy brewing tea. In my Daisy’s Tea Garden cozy mystery series, readers can see why customers patronize a tea garden. Sharing a pot of tea, can encourage calm,...
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Toasted Nut Brulee Oolong #Tea by Karen Rose Smith
 I write a cozy mystery series for Kensington Books. My Daisy's Tea Garden series is set in Lancaster, PA Amish country in a fictional town named Willow Creek. Many of the scenes are set in Daisy's...
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Hot #Cinnamon Tea for #Fall by Karen Rose Smith
 Are you looking for a fall tea? Or just one that’s a little different in taste?At Daisy's Tea Garden that my sleuth Daisy Swanson and her aunt Iris run in an old Victorian house, they are constantly...
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Currant Conversation Oolong Tea by Karen Rose Smith
 Drinking tea was a past time long before I began writing cozy mysteries that take place at my sleuth’s business establishment, Daisy’s Tea Garden. When I was a child we lived with my grandfather and...
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MURDER WITH ORANGE PEKOE TEA release @karenrosesmith
 My 106th published novel will be released on Tuesday, August 24, 2021!!! It hardly seems possible that my first novel was published in 1992. I wrote romance for 20 years and then turned to writing...
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