I spent last weekend at the Sheet Cake Reader Retreat in the countryside of Central Texas! Sweet rom com author Emma St Clair lives in Texas like I do and she's the one who organized the retreat and invited me to attend. The only author I'd met in person beforehand was Pepper Basham, though Christian romance authors Mandi Blake and Liz Isaacson were also in attendance. The rest of the authors … [Read more...]

Hi friends,It’s so good to be back with you. Many of you may not know but  Becky kindly covered my last blog post for me. My family and I moved from Maryland to Florida. We were there a couple of weeks, and Hurricane Helene hit and flooded our house with four feet of water. Given we’d just moved, most of our belongings were still in boxes on the floor. Everything was in boxes, and … [Read more...]

Thank you to Julie Klassen for kindly inviting me to share about my newest release here and a little of the research that went into it. A Thieving at Carlton House is the first book in the Of Cloaks & Daggers series. Here’s a bit about the book: The Home Office has asked Sir Bertrand Thorndike to head an investigation into stolen royal jewels. It's the perfect chance for Bertie to step … [Read more...]

The recent rains and flooding have really destroyed our largest chicken coop. Hubby and I were trying to support the sagging structure a couple of weeks ago when two hens escaped. (I won't say who left the door open). One of the girls is friendly, so I caught her in no time. But the other one is skittish, and the more we tried to catch her, the more she ran--in fact, she ran into this tall stand … [Read more...]