Welcome again to Book Blurb Friday. If you're a newbie, here's the scoop so you understand what follows. Please click HERE or click the tab under the blog header for details of the Book Blurb Friday meme. This is the shortened, abridged version:
Write a book jacket blurb (150 words or less) so enticing that potential readers would feel compelled to buy the book.Below is this week's "book cover," offered for our creative blurbs by the talented and generous Kathy Matthews at Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy. My book blurb follows.
Pekoe-Boo Baby
(147 words)
Earline Greyson inherited Pekoe-Boo Baby from her Aunt Isadora. The shop is a must-visit on Savannah’s famous River Walk, but not for its teas and spices. Legend claims a ghost is in residence, but Earline believes in the here and now, not the hereafter.
Her disbelief is tested with a teacup that disappears and reappears, a shelf of spices that refuse to stay alphabetized, and a pot of tea that brews itself.
Forced to acknowledge something bizarre is afoot, she grudgingly contacts well-known ghost hunter Milo Fogg, who arrives with his cynical grandson, Gavin.
While Milo hunts the ghost, Earline and Gavin pair up to uncover a logical explanation for the eerie happenings. But the answer isn’t simple and the deeper they dig, the worse things become, until it seems likely that Aunt Isadora was brewing something much hotter to handle than a simple cup of tea.
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Here is our "book cover" for next week's Book Blurb Friday #54, provided by the multi-talented Sandra Davies at Lines of Communication.
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See you next for Monday's microfiction. Have a great weekend!
Lisa
9 comments:
Ooh, a scary ghosty mystery, Lisa. I'd have to buy the book to find out what Auntie was brewing. And doing.
I used an elderly female relative today, too. Kathy's photo is just perfect for aunts and grannies, isn't it?
Hi Lisa ... whoa, that is a great story. I love the tea names and the paranormal slant. Like you and Kay, I used elderly peeps in my story too.
Thanks for using my pic,
Kathy M.
Great blurb Lisa - your names are killer. I can't believe a week has gone by already. Good grief.
Love the name "Pekoe-Boo Baby"! Lisa, you've set the stage for another intriguing book.
BTW, love the picture. It's so inviting I wish I could sit down and have a cup of tea!
Pat
Critter Alley
Didn't get time to enter this week but as per usual am impressed with your take on this picture - ghosts and ghost-hunters indeed.
Wow! I have not entered this week, but great blurb! (actually, I am a bit disappointed because I want to read the book and it does not exist!). I like next week's pic also...
Great book idea! Logic vs. the supernatural...which side will find the solution?
Loved the picture from the get-go and knew it needed a tea room tale! You did well right off with a tea room mystery! I only wish I had more words for my tea room story...or maybe just more time to shapen it. Nice job on your blurb as always...have a nice weekend ahead!
Brilliant job yet again. I truly do wish you would write this one! I love the names and the setting. Used to live near Savannah, and it is the perfect setting for Earline and her ghosts. Sounds like this is scary with just the right amount of fun!
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