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COVER REVEAL: Parfaits and Paramours – Book 7 Pelican Cove

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Parfaits and Paramours! That’s the 7th book in the Pelican Cove Cozy Mystery Series. The one you have all been eagerly waiting for.

Many of you have posted on Facebook and written to me asking about the latest update around the next book. It’s coming soon. Today, I have a cover reveal for you. You can drool on it for a few days until the book is released.

I hope you enjoy this cover. Parfaits and Paramours is coming your way soon. Promise!

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Without further delay, here is the cover!! Ta da!

Blurb and Sneak Peek are coming soon. Can you guess what this book is about? 🙂

Have a great week ahead!

COVER REVEAL – Announcing the Pelican Cove Cozy Mystery Series

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Hello there! I have exciting news. I am finally ready to announce my brand new cozy mystery series. Read on to get the scoop and drool over the yummy cover reveal of the first book.

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The Pelican Cove Cozy Mystery series is set in a small seaside town. Pelican Cove is a remote island off the coast of Virginia. Don’t worry, it’s connected to the mainland by a bridge. Folks in Pelican Cove are a peculiar lot. You will meet them one by one in the upcoming books.

Our protagonist, Jenny King, is a 40 something woman who just got dumped by her husband. Her twenty year marriage has dissolved, her only son is off to college and her husband has turned her out of her home. Jenny seeks shelter and solace in Pelican Cove and is trying to pick up the pieces of her broken life.

There’s more (on the lines of murder and mayhem), but first, let’s have a look at the book cover! I have prepared a brief blurb to go with it.

Strawberries and Strangers

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Exclusive beach party takes a murderous turn.

Dumped by her cheating husband, Jenny King is trying to build a new life in the small seaside town of Pelican Cove. Locals are lining up at the Boardwalk Café for her tasty cakes and muffins. But when her aunt is accused of killing a stranger, Jenny is forced to set her apron aside and put on her sleuthing cap.

Jenny battles with the cranky local sheriff and quirky local characters to get to the truth. Aided by her new friends, she will move heaven and earth to find out who the dead stranger was and what he was doing in Pelican Cove.

If you like cozy murder mysteries with friendly small towns, scenic settings, yummy food and a touch of romance, you will like Strawberries And Strangers.

Now tell me, are you eager to know more about Pelican Cove? Snippets are coming your way soon.

P.S. I am sending out advanced review copies of the book right now. Please do write to me if you are interested. You should preferably have read and reviewed at least one of my books before.

Does Meera Patel watch Bollywood movies?

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I recently got an interesting review on one of my books. The reviewer suggested I talk about the Bollywood movies Meera Patel is watching. Do you think so too?

First of all, I would like to thank this reviewer from the bottom of my heart. I am sure ya’ll wonder about a lot of things while reading my books. But very few of you actually voice your thoughts. Unless you write a review and pose a question, I rarely discover what you are thinking about. I wish more of you took the plunge and let me know what you were thinking.

You are probably wondering what a ‘Bollywood movie’ is anyway.

bollywood movies leena clover Meera PatelBollywood (derived from Hollywood of course) refers to the thriving movie industry in India. Bollywood movies are mostly created in Mumbai (formerly Bombay, hence the ‘B’ollywood) in the Hindi language. But Hindi is not everyone’s native language.

Bollywood movies are known for their song and dance and larger than life productions. Bollywood dancing has become quite popular in the US in recent years. Most Indian American kids probably grow up watching Bollywood movies, mostly because their parents watch them. But not every Indian American understands the language these movies are filmed in.

The Patel family depicted in my books are one of a kind. They are from the western Indian state of Gujarat so their native language is Gujarati, not Hindi. The older Patels lived in British East Africa for decades so they are highly cosmopolitan in their outlook. The older generation knows a bit of Hindi but it’s sketchy at best.

Motee Ba and Pappa (Meera’s grandparents) speak Gujarati at home. Meera’s Dad talks to his kids in English. Meera and Jeet understand the Gujarati language because they grew up hearing their grandparents speak in it. But they are not very good at speaking Gujarati.

They don’t speak or understand Hindi. When they watch Bollywood movies, they read the English subtitles.

Meera Patel has grown up in America and lived in America almost all her life. She is #MadeInAmerica. She eats theplas and curry but she loves her cheeseburgers too.

So yes, Meera Patel does watch an occasional Bollywood movie as a treat. But she gets the Titanic more than DDLJ.

This is just my take on the whole thing. This is what I thought about when I created the Meera Patel character. But you may expect something else as a reader.

So tell me, dear reader, do you think Meera Patel watches Bollywood movies all the time?

If you have any questions or comments related to my books or the characters who live in them, just drop me a line. I love to hear from my readers. You can also use the contact form given on my website to send me a message.