Guest Post- Karen Rose Smith

Guest Post with Karen Rose Smith.Karen is the author of the Caprice DeLuca Mystery Series.She is talking about her newest book Drape Expectations.

My sleuth, Caprice De Luca, is a professional decorator and home stager. The unique aspect of her business is the unique themes she devises for each home she stages. Her sister, Nikki, a caterer, helps her pull off open houses that draw clients from D.C., Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia to Kismet, Pennsylvania. In DRAPE EXPECTATIONS, Caprice's client is Alanna Goodwin who is Ace Richland's soon to be fiancee. She is a widow, a Southern beauty who wants to sell her mansion that resembles an old South plantation estate.


Doing research for staging Alanna's house was so much fun. The antebellum period is from after the birth of the American Revolution to the start of the Civil War. The architecture usually described as antebellum is grandly symmetrical and somewhat boxy with substantial pillars or columns and balconies. Heavy draperies with fancy tiebacks were prevalent. Those tiebacks are integral to the murder!


I hope you enjoy reading DRAPE EXPECTATIONS as much as I enjoyed solving the murder-mystery puzzle with Caprice.

BIO:

USA Today best-selling author Karen Rose Smith will see her 87th novel published in 2015. An only child, Karen delved into books at an early age. She learned about kindred spirits from Anne of Green Gables, solved mysteries with Nancy Drew, and wished she could have been the rider on The Black Stallion. Yet even though she escaped often into story worlds, she had many aunts, uncles and cousins around her on weekends. Her sense of family and relationships began there. Maybe that’s why families are a strong theme in her novels, whether mysteries or romances.

Readers often ask her about her pastimes. She has herb, flower and vegetable gardens that help her relax. In the winter, she cooks rather than gardens. And year round she spends most of her time with her husband, as well as her four rescued cats who are her constant companions. They chase rainbows from sun catchers, reminding her life isn’t all about work, awards and Bestseller lists. Everyone needs that rainbow to chase.

Website: www.karenrosesmithmysteries.com
Facebook: KarenRoseSmithBooks
Twitter: @karenrosesmith
Blog: karenrosesmith.blogspot.com

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