In addition to writing mysteries and nonfiction, I also have been known to pen a short story or two or three, or more. Some time ago, I compiled three of those stories into a short book, The Wisdom of Ages. While I do focus on celebrating strong women in my fiction, I’ve always had a
HOME TO COMFORTBy Kimberly Fish Women’s Fiction / Contemporary / Cozy MysteryPublisher: Fish Tales PublishingPages: 382Publication Date: October 10, 2024 *** SYNOPSIS *** Gloria Bachman has pivoted so many times this year she has whiplash. Now, in the middle of winter and drenched in Mexican sunshine at a five-star resort, she has a role to
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THE BORDER BETWEEN USBy Rudy Ruiz Literary FictionPublisher: Blackstone PublishingPages: 256Publication Date: August 27, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** The Border Between Us is a poignant coming-of-age novel from one of the most exciting voices in fiction. Ramón López was born along the US–Mexico border but is determined to get out and embrace the American dream—and he’s not
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WOODS AND WINGSBy M.W. Devers YA / Fantasy / Action & AdventurePublisher: Midnight6 PublishingPages: 430Publication Date: November 19, 2024 ***SYNOPSIS*** She never sought the path of a hero. Destiny had other plans. In the peaceful village of Rhigov, where traditions hold sway, fifteen-year-old Astraya Myna dreams of little more than escaping the confines of her
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This is what greeted me yesterday morning when I walked into my kitchen to start breakfast. Guess who got breakfast first. 🙂 Actually all the cats routinely eat before I do. BC is the feral backyard cat that I’ve been slowly getting acclimated to human touch, and he does get food after I’ve fed my
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THE DOLL FROM DUNEDINBy ML Condike Historical Mystery / Genealogy MysteryPublisher: Harbor Lane BooksPages: 428Publication Date: October 22, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SYNOPSIS The Doll from Dunedin is the sequel to the 2024 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal winner in Fiction – Mystery – General, The Desk from Hoboken. Still reeling from the dangers of a recent case,
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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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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
I’m back from a wonderful vacation in North Carolina to visit with a daughter and her kids and grandkids – my great-grands. What fun it is to spend time with little kids who delight in so much – from coloring to swinging at the park to reading books. We had a terrific Thanksgiving gathering at
Sallowsfield: A NovelBy Cliff Hudder Literary Fiction / Humor / Saga / Texas / YorkshirePublisher: Texas Review PressPages: 390Publication Date: October 21, 2024 Wyatt W. Sallow, MBA—poet, business ethics professor, and coach of the 8th ranked collegiate chess team in East Texas—travels to the heart of northern England to trace his family origins in mundane
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