Instant Family = Busy Life! #giveaway

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No Grater Danger - Available Now!

By: Jaymie Leighton
Title: No Grater Danger
Series: Vintage Kitchen Mysteries #7
Author: Victoria Hamilton
Website: Victoria Hamilton Mysteries

This is an ode to all the men and women who go from no children to an instant family!

'Cause I'm one of 'em! When I met Jakob and his adorable daughter, Jocie, one scary late night a year ago, I would never have imagined that a year later I would have this life, this fast paced, new-things-every-day life with a husband and also... a child.

I love Jocie with all my heart. I've lucked out, in that she and I are kindred spirits, in a sense, with a deep love for books and reading and learning. She loves school, and so did I at her age. But... there have been challenges along the way. Her mother returned to her native Poland, leaving Jocie with her father, and then, shortly after, the poor woman died. Jocie doesn't truly remember her, not in any sense other than as a distant foggy mother figure, kind of a sense memory. Jakob had to be both father and mother to her, and did a stellar job.

So when I came on the scene it was an adjustment for her. We've had a few challenges along the way. She has achondroplasia dwarfism, a genetic disorder that makes her, as she says, a little little person. She has health issues, and will have more along the way. She has experienced bullying in her life. But she's stubborn at times, and way too smart, but I'm stubborn too, and patient, and I love her. We're going to be okay.

Jakob has been wonderful through it all, and unfailingly supportive. I lucked out, my girlfriends say, but I say, I chose well. And so did he! LOL.

Have you or anyone you know become insta-parents? What advice would you give to those of us who are newly minted step-parents?

~::~

Read the blurb, and answer a question about it to enter my giveaway! 

No Grater Danger

In the brand-new Vintage Kitchen Mystery from the author of Leave It to Cleaver, someone out to spice up their life means to crush a helpless victim . . .

“Delightfully entertaining, well-written, and an interesting and exciting plot. Literally keeps you guessing right to the end.” —Goodreads on Leave It to Cleaver

Vintage cookware enthusiast Jaymie Leighton is thrilled at the prospect of meeting an elderly descendant of her town’s founding father, not least because she’s known to possess an enviably large collection of antique spice graters. But the curmudgeonly woman also has substantial real estate holdings, and at the moment she’s engaged in a fierce battle with a property developer who wants her to sell off her old buildings in the name of progress. When Jaymie goes to visit the woman and discovers that there’s been an attempt on her life, she polishes up her sleuthing skills to find out who was behind the foul deed.

Her first instinct is to suspect the developer, but as she digs deeper into the case she learns that her older new friend has purportedly been the victim of numerous criminal acts—all of which point to different suspects. Unsure if the stories are true or simply the confused ramblings of a senior citizen, Jaymie sifts through the clues hoping to expose the culprit, but she knows that if she keeps stirring up trouble, she’ll be next on the would-be killer’s list.

Includes a vintage recipe!

***Giveaway!***

Hello, all! I am giving away, to one commenter below, a $20 Amazon - OR - Barnes & Noble gift card, winner's choice, good for all online shopping!

Just answer the following question in the comments AND leave your email (yourname (at) yourserver (dot) com) and a first name, please!!

Question: In the blurb above, what does the elderly descendant of Queensville's founding father have a large collection of?

ONLY comments with an answer will be eligible!

Contest is open to all... the gift card will be emailed to the winner!

This contest closes June 22nd at Midnight. Any comments posted after Midnight of the 21st will go into moderation, and I'll approve them first thing the next morning. 

Thank you to all who enter, and if you enjoy the book, please consider leaving a review on Goodreads and/or Amazon!