A HUSH AT MIDNIGHTBy Marlene M. Bell Cozy Mystery / Small Town MysteryPublisher: EwephoricPages: 368Publication Date: September 5, 2024 A manipulator. A fatal plan for revenge. Award-winning author of the Annalisse series, Marlene M. Bell, brings distant friends together in the rural South only to have one of them become the victim of a brutal crime […]
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In case you’re like me and rather numb with cold, as well as what’s happening in the political arena, maybe a dose of nonsense from Windy Wilson – resident word-scrambler at the Mule Barn Truck Stop – will bring a smile. Windy wouldn’t call it nonsense. He’s convinced that his words make sense. You be
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Messages of Love and Inspiration This is a selection of homilies preached by my husband over a span of 30+ years. He was an ordained Permanent Deacon in the Catholic Church, and it was often said that he preached from his heart, as anyone who ever sat in a pew and listened can affirm. It
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SMALL STORIES WITH BIG HEARTS Life, love, loss, and grief, with its array of emotions, are all tied together like a ball of twine with many end pieces that unravel one piece at a time, falling indiscriminately into our lives. That one piece will take center stage, until the ball rolls again to let another
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A mentally-ill, unarmed, black man is shot by a white, rookie Dallas police officer, triggering violent late-night protests. Detectives Sarah Kingsly and Angel Johnson are thrust into the investigation of two subsequent murders, while desperately clinging to the threads of their partnership. The two shootings raise questions about whether the alt-right white supremacists that invaded
The ghosts of Jenny’s past slam into her present, bringing with them all the danger she thought they had successfully avoided five years ago. Back then, she’d worked as a C.I. on a drug task force that ultimately brought down a major drug distributor in her small Texas town. As the man had been hauled
This. This is why I keep writing about Jenny Jasik. Fell in love with this character when she first came into my mind and my writing many years ago, and she still stirs my mother-soul. Based on a true story of a mother who helped bring down the main drug distributor in her small Texas
The first three books in the One Small Victory series now available in one volume! One Small Victory: When Jenny Jasik loses her son in a tragic car accident, her world shatters. As a Confidential Informant for a drug task force, Jenny reports only to Detective Steve Morrity, keeping her dangerous role a secret from
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Letting my friend, Slim Randles take center stage today. His point about the cold doesn’t make sense here in Texas, as we’re currently experiencing a warm spell. It’s going to be 75 degrees on Monday, and folks who want a fire that evening will have to run their AC to compensate. 🙂 I hope everyone
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As Christmas approaches, I often get nostalgic – granted it isn’t hard for me to get that way at any time of the year – but the Holiday Season has always been special. There’s a magic in that time that touches my heart and my soul, and one of the best parts is the spirit