I really like Mayville Heights. It’s very different from Chicago. I haven’t been here long, but it’s already starting to feel like home. I think it’s going to be a good place to raise my daughter, Emmy.
I do some of the baking for Fern’s Diner and I have my own little cupcake business, Sweet Thing, as well. I’ve been dreaming of doing this for years. Most days I spend the morning at Fern’s and the afternoon baking and decorating cupcakes—and coming up with new recipes.
My first major catering job in town was providing cupcakes for the reception after the final concert at the Wild Rose Summer Music Festival. People seemed to really like my Maple Crème cupcakes. It’s such a simple recipe, my grandmother’s actually, but it’s one of my bestsellers along with Chocolate Mint Madness and Devilishly Decadent Chocolate.
Now I’m making enough money that I can share kitchen space with two other Mayville Heights businesses. Decadence specializes in handmade truffles and caramels. The Earl of Sandwich runs two lunch trucks that service pretty much all the construction sites in the area. (Yes, the owner’s name really is Earl.)
Olivia Ramsey, who runs Decadence, suggested I take part in the festival, A Taste of Mayville Heights. It was planned as part of a pitch to Legacy Tours, to convince them to base an executive getaway around the town. I had no idea that Mike Glazer from Legacy would be so…challenging to work with.
Mike said there were too many chocolate cupcakes on the market. He said chocolate was overdone. He actually suggested I make peanut butter jalapeno cupcakes. They’re supposed to be the latest celebrity favorite. Peanut butter and hot peppers in a cupcake instead of rich devil’s food cake with dark chocolate frosting and bittersweet shavings? I don’t think so. After all, there’s no such thing as too much chocolate, is there?
Sofie is giving away one (1) copy of CAT TRICK and COPYCAT KILLING. Contest open to US and Canadian residents only and ends February 6. Leave a comment to be included in the giveaway. Books will be shipped directly from the author.
You can read more about Georgia in Cat Trick, the fourth book in the “Magical Cats” mystery series. The first book in the series is Curiosity Thrilled The Cat.
Meet the author
Sofie Kelly is the pseudonym of award-winning young adult writer, Darlene Ryan. As Sofie, she writes the New York Times bestselling “Magical Cats” mysteries. The next book in the series, CAT TRICK, will be available February 5th. Visit Sofie at www.sofiekelly.com
Books are available at retail and online booksellers.
the 1st book in this series was so good!! i need to catch up on the rest of the series!!!!!
thank you for the giveaway!!!!
Thank you for the chance to win this book. It looks like a fun one.
Thanks so much for the opportunity to win!!
I loved this series from the first time I saw the cover of the first book. I would love to win CAT TRICK and COPYCAT KILLING. thanks so much for having this contest.
This is a wonderful series! I am really looking forward to the new one coming out. Thank you for a chance to win it!
I love this series!!!!! These are the two I don’t have yet, too!! Oh pick me, pick me!! 🙂
There can never be too much chocolate – or cupcakes!
I must look for the first book in this series too. Dee
I would love to win and pick up a new series!
What a great sounding book!
I love these magical cats and am looking forward to their next adventure.
Another book I can’t wait to get! This series is a lot of fun. 😀 Thanks, Dru Ann!
ladychrisa(at)hotmail(dot)com
I love the series… I already own the first three books but wouldn’t mind winning a duplicate along with the latest one. I can donate it to a library. So add me into the ring of contestants.
NoraAdrienne(at)gmail(dot)com
This is a new (to me) series…. It looks like fun!
thank you!
afarage(at)earthlink(dot)net
Any book with cats is a book for me. I can sit in my easy chair with my cats on my lap and read these two if I win. Thanks for the contest.
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com
I love this series. Herc is my favorite. Enjoyed this posting and ones like it, where I learn more about secondary characters. But now I also want a cupcake! 🙂
Joanie
Good series. I read the first two books in the Magical Cats Mysteries and i have the third book which is on my list to read soon. I would love to win the fourth book.
Hello, Everyone,
Thank you for all your kind words about the series.
My teenage daughter is the cupcake baker in this house. She’s good at coming up with delicious combinations like chocolate and mint. I made up the peanut butter/jalapeno cupcake idea for the book and was really surprised to learn it’s a real cupcake. There are even dill pickle cupcakes! As much as I like dill pickles a dill pickle cupcake just sounds wrong. Has anyone tasted any of these “unique” combinations?
This book sounds delightful. I love baking (I’d like to have that maple creme recipe) and cats on the cover gets my attention every time.
Ohhh, my daughter and her cats will love this book.
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I forgot to mention that one of her cats likes to play fetch and another one knows how to take the lid off of the water tank on our Keurig Coffee Maker!
I need to add this series to my TBR list! This looks like one that would be right up my alley!
OK, I think I’m ready for both books now, and a chocolate cupcake too! Thanks for the giveaway. We’d love to win.
This series is awesome…Sign me up for the book.
I only have one Sofie Kelly book, but I’ve room on my bookshelf for more.
Please include me in the draw. judydee22002@yahoo dot com
I totally love this series!
kfranklin11 (at) att (dot) net
I love this series!!
This series is on my list to read. It looks like a lot of fun. You’re right… you can never have enough chocolate. Thanks for the give away! 🙂
scouts579 (at)aol(dot)com
I love reading your books. I wish they came out faster. Of course, I am a chocoholic.. Thank You
A new-to-me author (under both names). Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks Sofie and Georgia for stopping by. I don’t think I’ll try the pickle cupcakes.
I am thoroughly enjoying the Sofie Kelly Magical Cats series and hope, like cats who have shared their home with me, that the series is long-lived!
Sounds like a grea
Sounds like a great series. I wouldlove to read it.
contest is closed.