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Books, Puppies, and Fun oh my!

July 23, 2020 By Cara Putman

One of the things I've done bit by bit through our time at home these last months is organizing different corners of the house. I had to laugh when each bookshelf I was working through had a copy of the same Lisa Scottoline book. The top one Lisa autographed for me at International Thriller Writers conference a couple summers ago. Now to make the time to read the book all the way through. I've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: books, cara putman, puppy, reader

Books in My Beach Bag

July 22, 2020 By Dani Pettrey

Books In My Beach Bag

Hi friends, Happy Wednesday. My brain thinks it’s still May and I have the rest of the summer left to enjoy so it’s hard to believe we are nearing the end of July! This is what happens when we change up our summer routine. We usually kick our summer off at the beach with a long weekend at Ocean City before the madness of Memorial Day. (Yikes!) Then later we have our family beach trip in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: beach, becky wade, Dani Pettrey, reading, Robin Lee Hatcher, vacation reading

Book Release and a Giveaway!

July 3, 2020 By Jody Hedlund

A BRIDE OF CONVENIENCE, the third book in my bride-ship series, is now available! The title says it all! This is a bride of convenience story. In the romance genre, that means the lead couple gets married for a reason other than love, usually because of some mutually beneficial arrangement. Writing a marriage of convenience story is fun but challenging. First, the writer has to figure out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Reading, Writing Tagged With: A Bride of Convenience, Jody Hedlund

Dressing for the 4th of July (Plus a Giveaway!)

July 2, 2020 By Karen Witemeyer

Nothing puts me in a patriotic frame of mind more than seeing bunting proudly displayed on homes and businesses. In fact, last year when I traveled to Honey Grove, TX for the book launch of More Than Words Can Say, I saw this house. Not only was this a gorgeous Victorian-era home restored to its former glory, but it was a patriotic home as well. It was only the middle of June, but they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Reading Tagged With: giveaway, More Than Words Can Say, Patriotic Bunting, Patriotic dressing

Traveling Through Fiction

June 17, 2020 By D'Ann Mateer

Over the past four years I’ve complained a good bit about our travel schedule. I accompanied my husband on many of his business trips, mostly because I wouldn’t have seen him otherwise! But I quickly wearied of being constantly on the go. Enter 2020. The first 11 weeks of the year had me on the road to somewhere (personal or business) some part of 6 of those weeks. Then came the Stay At Home … [Read more...]

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