Spring is about to burst out in my corner of the world! Daffodils are dotting the fields with bright yellow blossoms, and one iris bloomed in my yard already. Some irises are so hardy they survive cold and drought and being pushed around by small dozers clearing land for a new home. These guys ended up along […]
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Over at the Lone Star Literary website, there’s a feature for the official cover reveal for Brutal Season, the fourth book in the Season’s Mystery Series. As part of the celebration, I’m sponsoring a giveaway, and the first place winner receives a $50 Amazon Gift card and signed copies of the first three books. Details
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COPPER WATERSAnnalisse Series, Book 4byMARLENE M. BELL Genre: International Mystery / Crime / Romantic SuspensePublisher: Ewephoric Publishing ** 340 pagesDate of Publication: October 7, 2022 Scroll down for the giveaway! A rural New Zealand vacation turns poisonous. Antiquities expert Annalisse Drury and tycoon Alec Zavos are at an impasse in their relationship when Alec refuses
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Brutal Season, the fourth book in the Seasons Mystery Series is getting closer and closer to being ready for the release date of April 10. The cover is finished, thanks to the awesome graphic designer Dany. I’d say she was awesome even if she wasn’t my daughter. 🙂 This coming Friday there’ll be a book
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SURVIVAL Fallout Series, Book 1ByLisa Harris Dystopian / Science Fiction / Mystery / ChristianPublisher: Adrenaline-Fueled FictionPublication Date: October 19, 2021 * 236 pages ***** SCROLL DOWN FOR GIVEAWAY! ***** In today’s world, law enforcement agencies across the country rely on forensic tools, DNA testing, and crime labs. But what if that technology was suddenly no longer available? No one
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SANDS OF TIME TRILOGYbyC.J. PETERSON Young Adult / Christian Fiction / Science FictionPublisher: Texas Sisters Press ***** SCROLL DOWN FOR GIVEAWAY! ***** In the game of chess, there are moves and countermoves. This sci-fi series follows a group of teens with abilities as they go through the U.S. to rescue their siblings. The challenger
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First off, is anyone missing a duck? Last Friday, after the week-long deep freeze in Texas, I ventured out for my morning walk and saw this bird hunched for warmth on my neighbor’s sidewalk. I thought for sure the bird was dying, but it has survived and is even thriving. My neighbors are feeding it,
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Murder’s LegacyA Tori Winters Mystery, Book 2By Anita Dickason NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Mystery / Women SleuthsPublisher: Mystic Circle BooksComing February 16, 2023 *** Scroll down for a Giveaway! *** Secrets that defy time! An inconceivable disaster brings Tori Winters’ plans for the historic house she inherited to a traumatic standstill. A section of the escape
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Sadly, too much of the news last week was about the police brutality that lead to the death of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year old black man who was beaten by five black police officers in Memphis on January 7 and died three days later. In his article in The New York Times, Charles blow called
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Recently I received a request for a review or spotlight feature for this book. I read the sample pages on Amazon and decided that the academic style of the writing was too much for me to enjoy reading. Still, it is a good book, especially for people of a more scientific bent, and certainly for
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