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Book Details:
Book Title: Grace in Hollywood - A Grace Michelle Mystery by Kari
Bovee
Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 336 pages
Genre: Historical
Mystery
Publisher: Bosque
Publishing
Release date: May
25, 2021
Content Rating: PG +
M. Book has mature themes;
adultery, murder, bigamy, but there is no bad language.
Book Description:
All that glitters… is sometimes blood. With her golden ticket buried in the
ground, can she save a wrongly accused teen from the gallows?
Hollywood,
1924. Promoted to lead costume designer of a star-studded film, Grace
Michelle should be on top of the world. But between her husband’s debt, her
sister’s recent death, and the troubled teenaged girl she’s fostering, she’s
struggling to please everyone and still keep a smile on her face. And when a
Tinseltown shindig turns deadly, Grace is horrified to discover her young
charge unconscious alongside the director’s grisly corpse.
Determined to prove the girl’s innocence, Grace’s own haunted past fills her
sleep with prophetic nightmares. And no sooner has she sought clarity from a
medium than a second body lands the scared teenager in the slammer.
Can Grace turn the camera on the real culprit before another victim ends up
on the cutting room floor?
Grace in Hollywood is the second book in the riveting A Grace Michelle
Mystery historical series. If you like fiercely loyal heroines, thrilling
whodunits, and the magic of old cinema, then you’ll love Kari Bovee’s
enthralling tale.
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Book Details:
Book Title: Grace in the Wings - A Grace Michelle Mystery by Kari
Bovee
Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 340
Genre: Historical Mystery
Publisher: Bosque
Publishing
Release date:
September 19, 2019
Format available for review:
e-book (mobi file (for Kindle),
ePub, )
Will send print books out: USA
Content Rating: PG +
M. Book has mature themes;
adultery, murder, bigamy, but there is no bad language.
Book Description:
A ghost from her past. Her sister murdered. Can Grace slay her demons
and find the killer before she ends up dead?
New York City, 1920. Grace Michelle has everything she wants: a home, a
family, and a future career as a costume designer for famed showman Florenz
Ziegfeld, Jr.’s Ziegfeld Follies. Pretty good for a girl who once lived on
the streets of New York City. But when her sister, Sophia, the star of the
show, is murdered, Grace’s safe and protected life is shattered.
Battle-scarred by the war and emotionally scarred by his past, Chet Riker
has made it a practice to keep his distance from others; love, after all,
leads only to pain. But Chet has a problem—a big one: he’s become indebted
to mob-boss Joe Marciano in an attempt to save his estranged mother’s life,
and Marciano wants him to pay up or else. Desperate to get the money, he
contacts former client Florenz Ziegfeld for work.
Soon, Chet finds himself playing bodyguard for introverted Grace, who has
reluctantly agreed to be Ziegfeld’s new leading lady—on the condition that
Ziegfeld promises to find Sophia’s killer. Upon meeting Grace, Chet quickly
finds his hardened theory that love equals pain tested. Grace, meanwhile, is
swept up in a life she never wanted as the Follies’ star, and as the pawn in
a series of publicity stunts during a transcontinental train trip to
California that puts her life at risk. Who would want her and Sophia dead?
Together, she and Chet must confront publicity-hungry Florenz Ziegfeld,
power-driven Joe Marciano, and their own pasts to find Sophia’s killer—and
let themselves love once again.
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Author Interview
1.
How
did you research for your book?
For this book, I watched a lot of
silent films on YouTube. I wanted to experience them first hand. I didn’t think
I’d be able to sit through even one of them because the viewing experience is
so different, but I found I really enjoyed them. I particularly liked Mary
Pickford’s movies. She makes a cameo appearance in both of the Grace Michelle
books, and it was fun to watch her in action. I also did some research on
famous costume designers of the era like Edith Head. I bought a beautiful book
that featured her designs and told the story of her career. It was fascinating.
I also did quite a bit of research on Hollywood and Los Angeles in the 1920s
via the internet and also through purchasing some books. I was able to buy a Los
Angeles city map from 1924 which was incredibly helpful. I’ve been to L.A. a
million times, but not in 1924! I also spoke with someone from the Burbank
Historical Society.
2.
What advice would you give budding
writers?
Write from the heart. Write what
interests you—what you like to read. Writing can be so much fun and so
fulfilling, but the writer’s life isn’t easy. If you aren’t passionate about
what you are doing it’s going to be that much harder. Make room for your
writing. Make it a priority. There are a lot of distractions out there and if
writing is something you really want to do, give yourself permission to do it.
3.
Do you write every day?
When I’m working on a project, once I’ve
got the plot and characters figured out, I write 5-6 days a week. I think it’s
really important to take a break and refresh. Sometimes I want to just plow
through, but it’s better if I pull back a little. The writing is usually better
if I allow myself to recharge.
4.
Give
behind the scenes insight into what your typical day is like.
I usually wake up at 6:00 am—I’d like to wake
up earlier, but . . . you know! I often do a meditation before I get out of
bed. Then I get up at around 6:30 and get the coffee started, then I usually do
some reading. I have breakfast with my husband and then get ready for the day,
usually by 8:30 am. In the warmer months I usually exercise (ride my horses,
walk, or Pilates) first, so I don’t have to do it when it’s so darn hot. I live
in New Mexico and June through September can be pretty warm. I flip my day in
the winter. After lunch I try to buckle down and get some marketing, plotting,
editing, or writing done, depending what I am working on at the time. Mind you,
this is when the demands of life are ideal. Sometimes it all goes to h*!#, but
I really try to remain consistent. I find it’s the only way I can achieve my
goals. I usually quit working at 4:30 or 5:00. I’ll then visit with my husband
and sometimes kids (when they are around.) Then dinner and a little TV and off
to bed to read. I try to keep weekends open for a little art work, reading, or
whatever tickles my artist’s fancy. I’ve grown to realize how important it is
to fill the well!
5. Many
writers and artists are introvert and spend much of their time alone? Are you
an extrovert or an introvert?
I think I’m a healthy mixture of
both. I love connecting with people and learning from them. I enjoy social
events and meeting new people, but having time
to myself is essential to my mental, emotional and creative
well-being. I love being alone, or with my horses where the communication is
often silent. I feel it gives me room to breathe.
6.
What
are you working on now?
Right now, I am working on the next
(third) Grace Michelle mystery. I am currently in the plotting phase, but hope
to start writing no later than July 1. For those interested, you can sign up
for my newsletter to get updates on my books, new releases, giveaways and other
information on https://Karibovee.com Thanks so much for this interview!
Meet the Author:
When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden
acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white sand beaches under the
Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovee is escaping into the past—scheming
murder and mayhem for her characters both real and imagined, and helping
them to find order in the chaos of her action-packed novels.
An award-winning author, Bovée was honored with the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards
Hillerman Award for Southwestern Fiction for her novel Girl with a Gun. The
novel also received First Place in the 2019 NM/AZ Book Awards in the
Mystery/Crime category, and won First in Category in the International
Chanticleer Murder & Mayhem Awards. It was also a finalist in the 2019
Next Generation Indie Awards. Her novel Grace in the Wings won First in
Category for the 2019 International Chanticleer Chatelaine Awards.
Peccadillo at the Palace won Grand Prize in the 2019 Goethe Awards, and was
a finalist in the 2019 Best Book Awards Historical Fiction category.
Bovée has worked as a technical writer for a Fortune 500 Company, has
written non-fiction for magazines and newsletters, and has worked in the
education field as a teacher and educational consultant.
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This book really intrigues me! I'm looking forward to reading it.
ReplyDeleteI hope I love the story as much as the cover! Thanks for sharing!
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