Tag: Christina Freeburn

October 23, 2019October 9, 2019

#MidweekMystery: Better Watch Out by Christina Freeburn

Making a list. Merry’s life is Christmas chaos. Her divorce is still in question. She’s behind on crafting orders. And with one day left, she hasn’t completed the line-up for the annual Christmas parade, thanks to a certain Grinch.

Checking it twice. Santa’s naughty list, courtesy of Jenna Wilcox, will roll down Main Street with names of residents who deserve a lump of coal in their stocking. Saving the parade won’t be easy, but Merry is up to task. Or so she thinks until she discovers Jenna’s body stashed in Santa’s sack.

Going to find out. As threats are aimed at her and those she loves, Merry dashes for the truth before the murderer puts her on the naughty list and crosses her off for good.

Christina Freeburn

Merry & Bright Handcrafted Mysteries

Christina Freeburn has always loved books. There was nothing better than picking up a story and being transported to another place. The love of reading evolved into the love of writing and she’s been writing since her teenage years. Her first novel was a 2003 Library of Virginia Literary Award nominee. Her mysteries series, Faith Hunter Scrap This Mystery and Merry & Bright Handcrafted Mysteries, are a mix of crafty and crime and feature heroines whose crafting time is interrupted by crime solving.
Christina served in the US Army and has also worked as a paralegal, librarian, church secretary, and golf shop pro. She lives in West Virginia with her husband, dog, and a rarely seen cat except by those who are afraid and allergic to felines.
Webpage: www.christinafreeburn.com
Blog: www.theselfrescueprincess.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristinaFreeburnCraftyandCrimeAuthor/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristinaFreeb1
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/ChristinaFreeburn
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January 25, 2019

Not a Creature Was Stirring: A new Merry & Bright Handcrafted Mystery by Christina Freeburn

Empty nester Merry Winters loves three things: Christmas, crafting and her family. To regain purpose and joy, Merry hits the road to a Christmas vendor event with her furry sidekick Ebenezer in her new mobile crafting sleigh, aka an RV.

But it soon turns into the nightmare before Christmas when Merry unwraps her Scrooge of an ex-husband’s body in one of the RV’s compartments.

Add to that his missing winning lottery ticket believed to be stashed somewhere in the RV, leading the homicide detective and Merry’s stepdaughter to believe Merry is the one whodunit.

With visions of prison dancing in her head, will Merry be able to solve this Christmas calamity before she’s locked away?

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About the Author

Christina Freeburn has always loved books. There was nothing better than picking up a story and being transported to another place. The love of reading evolved into the love of writing and she’s been writing since her teenage years. Her first novel was a 2003 Library of Virginia Literary Award nominee. Her mysteries series, Faith Hunter Scrap This Mystery and Merry & Bright Handcrafted Mysteries, are a mix of crafty and crime and feature heroines whose crafting time is interrupted by crime solving.

Christina served in the US Army and has also worked as a paralegal, librarian, church secretary, and golf shop pro. She lives in West Virginia with her husband, dog, and a rarely seen cat except by those who are afraid and allergic to felines.

April 30, 2016

#Giveaway and Interview: Christina Freeburn, Framed to Death

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Eden has turned into a hotspot of crime, and Faith finds herself smack dab in the middle of the flare-up. When a favor for a friend links Faith to the synthetic marijuana problem invading her town, no good deed goes unpunished becomes the theme of her life. The town accuses the police of favoritism toward her, putting a strain between Faith and Ted, and a new officer is determined to prove Faith’s guilt.

Framed to Death
by Christina Freeburn

When the criminal is outed, Faith’s relief is short-lived. A fire takes out the store—along with the suspected dealer—and she’s now number one on an officer’s suspect list. Faith sets out to prove her own innocence, and her digging sparks the truth to life. Instead of the truth setting the town free, Faith finds out it might destroy Eden and the friends she holds dear.

Q: Christina, thanks for joining us today at Island Confidential. Tell our readers a little bit about your protagonist, Faith Hunter.
A: Faith Hunter moved back to her home town of Eden, West Virginia to work in her grandmothers’ scrapbooking store when her life of adventure abroad left her bruised, broken, and almost spending the rest of her life in prison. One person stood by Faith and made she wasn’t wrongly convicted of a crime, and Faith finds herself wanting to show her gratitude by helping those who find themselves in a similar circumstance.
Q: How much of you is in the Faith? How would you feel about her if you met her in real life?
A: I think there is a little bit of me in Faith, though I know a friend of mine would say there’s much more of me in her than I realized. Faith’s guilty conscience is definitely a characteristic she shares with me. I’m sure Faith and I would get along pretty well and we’d have an awesome time scrapbooking together.
Q: Do your characters change and evolve throughout consecutive books in the series?
A: Yes. At the start of the Scrap This Mystery Series, Faith is so terrified of people learning her secret that she keeps everyone at arm’s length. Her fear controls her life and decisions. Faith has grown over the last three books and in Framed to Death, I see her becoming more of her own person and living her life based on what she truly wants. In a way, she’s now defining herself on what she’s done rather than on what was done to her.
Q: Have you ever thought of killing someone that you know in real life–on the pages of a murder mystery, I mean?
A: No, that’s my story and I must stick with it.
Q: How realistic is your setting? Do you take liberties, or are you true to life?
A: I base parts of the fictional Eden, West Virginia using some of the details about the town that I live in, borrowing some of the unique and quirky buildings and situations…like one of the fire station buildings being built near the bowling area.
Q: Do you see your books as a movie, a TV series, a video game, or..?
A: I can see the Scrap This Series as a TV series rather than a movie. I’m having some trouble narrowing down choices on who’d play the major parts.
Q: What’s the worst and best advice you’ve heard or received as an author?
A: The worst piece of advice was the often heard and quoted, “Write what you know.” When I decided to work toward having a book published, I was a mother of two young children and at home. At the time, I truly felt like I didn’t “know” anything of interest to other people. How would a book based on what I knew be interesting? And some of the issues I conquered in my life weren’t topics I wanted to write about…or at least not as my full story. I wasn’t quite ready to open myself up that much.
The best piece of advice I received from an author was when I was starting to query agents about my book. He said I needed to stop thinking the agents were turning down my book. They hadn’t read my book, they were saying no to the query so stop going back to edit the story and instead fix the query. Once I acted on his advice and rewrote my query, I started getting positive responses from agents.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Christina has loved books since she can remember. There was nothing better than picking up a story and finding herself in another place and meeting new people. The love of reading evolved into the love of writing and she’s been writing since her teenage years. Her first novel, Parental Source, was a 2003 Library of Virginia Literary award nominee. Whether it’s a detective story or an inspirational romantic suspense, her stories usually involve some sort of crime where the characters are determined to see those wrongs righted.

Author Links
Webpage: www.christinafreeburn.com
Blog: www.theselfrescueprincess.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Christina-Freeburn-Author/245592138834150
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristinaFreeb1
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/ChristinaFreeburn

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