From USA TODAY Bestselling author KAREN ROSE SMITH... Blood red is the season's hottest color . With her wedding day mere weeks away, home stager Caprice De Luca is busy arranging every last detail for the reception at Rambling Vines Winery--a stylish venue she redecorated two years earlier. But the closer the bride-to-be gets to saying, "I do," the more a celebration at Rambling Vines seems like a terrible mistake. As financial mishaps and unhappy customers put the winery in the red, an unidentified criminal plots to sour the business's already ailing reputation. Worst of all, a romance from co-owner Michelle Dodd's past could leave a permanent stain on Caprice's best friend's current love life. When Michelle's aloof husband is found stabbed to death on a chaise lounge in the tasting room, Caprice vows to name the calculating culprit and set things right before her dream nuptials dissolve into a deadly nightmare . . . "Ms. Smith cleverly interweaves a whodunit with personal issues to create a story that continuously entertains." alwaysreviewing.com "Ms. Smith writes novels filled with well-drawn characters and relationships, human, canine and feline." Jane Bowers, RRT My Caprice De Luca home staging mystery series is so much fun for me because I created a heroine that has a lot of me in her. I'm a child of the 60's, a lover of the Beatles and now I appreciate antiques and retro fashion. (After all, haven't the 60's fashions just come back?) You will see all of this mirrored in my amateur sleuth. It's no secret that I fell in love in college. My husband and I celebrated our 47th anniversary. I believe in the power of commitment and the hope that goes along with the promise of everlasting love. I'll be concentrating on planting clues and solving murders in my home staging mystery series. But a touch of romance will, I hope, add sparkle to all the books. Readers often ask me about my pastimes. I have herb, flower and vegetable gardens that help me relax. And year round I spend most of my time with my husband as well as five rescued cats--Zoie Joy, Halo and Miss Paddington, Zander and Freya who are my constant companions. I believe rescued animals have a special bond with their adoptive parents because they are grateful! They are all sweeties who brings us smiles, belly laughs and lots of kitty antics. I post pictures of all of them in my newsletter and on my blog, and on Facebook (KarenRoseSmithBooks) Readers can also follow me on Twitter. On all social media platforms, I like to chat about what I'm doing, how writing is going, books I've read...and cats. I post my latest kitty pics, gardening photos or cooking ventures. Interacting with readers is a past-time I enjoy. I'm looking forward to the release of book 8., CUT TO THE CHAISE--Caprice's wedding mystery. I hope you are pulled into Caprice's adventures with me.Watch fo my nw new cozy mystery series in 2018-- DAISY TEA GARDEN MYSTERIES. KAREN ROSE SMITH's new DAISY'S TEA GARDEN mysteries! MURDER WITH LEMON TEA CAKES (January 2018) MURDER WITH CINNAMON SCONES (June 2018) MURDER WITH CUCUMBER SANDWICHES (June 2019) MURDER WITH CHERRY TARTS Also watch for Karen Rose Smith's contemporary novels, each with a different twist, in her Search For Love series in ebook, print and audiobook. NATHAN'S VOW, Book 1 Search For Love series romance/paranormal JAKE'S BRIDE, Book 2 Search For Love series romance/marriage of convenience, secret baby ALWAYS DEVOTED, Book 3 Search For Love series romance/mystery ALWAYS HER COWBOY, Book 4 Search For Love series contemporary ranch romance HEARTFIRE, Book 5 Search For Love series, contemporary reunion/family romance CASSIDY'S COWBOY, Book 6 Search For Love series, women's fiction/romance novella HER SISTER, Book 7 Search For Love series, women's fiction THE WEDDING PROMISE, Book 8 Search For Love series, women's fictionFOREVER IN HER EYES, Book 9 Search For Love series, paranormal contemporary romance Karen's FINDING MR. RIGHT series is available, too, in ebook and audiobook. After writing romances for twenty years, USA Today Bestselling author Karen Rose Smith is excited to see her Caprice De Luca home-stager mystery series published. Her sleuth reflects many of her interests: interior decorating, cooking, retro fashion, gardening, and, most of all, taking in stray animals. Married to her college sweetheart, Karen has convinced her husband that felines can make purr-fect housemates. They share their home in the Susquehanna Valley of Pennsylvania with their three rescued cats. For more about Karen and her new Daisy's Tea Garden mystery series, please visit her website karenrosesmithmysteries.com.