Hi friends and Happy Wednesday!  I just returned from a fabulous conference. The C3 CON—Creatures, Crime and Creativity. It’s such a fun mix of authors from any and every genre. However, I noticed the majority were predominately crime fiction authors spread across various sub-genres including romantic suspense. I was part of the media relations team this year, which gave me a chance to get to … [Read more...]

Looking for a new book to read? I recently read and endorsed these three novels, and today I simply want to recommend them to you! Children of the Shadows by Erica Vetsch A multilayered Regency-era mystery with unexpected twists, appealing characters, sweetly satisfying romance, and an ending worth waiting for!" Erica's new book releases soon (October 10, 2023) but it's available for … [Read more...]

Even since before our marriage, the game of Scrabble® has always been a favorite of Ken and mine. Years ago a friend gave us a new deluxe edition of the board game, and we gladly put our tattered then-twenty-year-old game “out to pasture.” It was easy to throw away the crushed box and the faded game board, but I just couldn’t part with the square wooden tiles of the game we’d begun our marriage … [Read more...]

In this post, I'm sharing my recipe for Rocky Road! Before you get a bowl and spoon ready for ice cream, I'll point out that Rocky Road is the title of my next book. :) I began with a hero named Jude Camden . . . . Then I stirred in a heroine named Gemma Clare . . . . To that mixture, I added a fun plot line . . . . Finally, I sprinkled in a family mystery from the … [Read more...]