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July 11, 2024
Thankful Thursday
I knew about Kara Lacey, but this spring I got to know Kara when we both attended Malice Domestic. She’s become a friend, and she’s here today to share what she’s thankful for. Here’s Kara. Last month, I sat down to write the acknowledgements for my debut cozy, which will come out in September. As… Continue reading Thankful Thursday
July 7, 2024
Paperback release Texas Style
A few weeks ago, I shared the fun of having Advanced Readers Copies of Clover Covered Corpse. We traipsed around Asheville, NC with the ARC. When I heard the paperback was released, I ordered a copy for myself and had it shipped to Texas. We just spent a week in Waco, and once again, we… Continue reading Paperback release Texas Style
July 4, 2024
4th of July and Thankfulness
Whether you say Independence Day or the Fourth of July, it’s the day Americans celebrate the Declaration of Independence and our freedom. Happy Independence Day wherever you are. I get to enjoy golf cart parades, flyovers by military jets, time on the beach, a cookout, and all this will be followed by fireworks. I hope… Continue reading 4th of July and Thankfulness
July 1, 2024
Red, White, and Blue? Wait, it’s Dead, White and Blue
Congratulations to my friend Annie McEwen on the second book in the Northwoods Mystery series. It’s the 4th of July in the Wisconsin Northwoods, and no one is more excited than Emmy Cooper. She’s happy to be back in her hometown, settling once again into small-town living and helping her family run Cooper’s Cove, their… Continue reading Red, White, and Blue? Wait, it’s Dead, White and Blue
June 27, 2024
Thankful Thursday
Korina Moss and I became friends a few years ago, and I’m thankful she took time to share with us today. Here’s what she shared with me. I’m thankful for the connection I get to have with my readers. They invite me to know them on a personal level, even beyond our shared love of… Continue reading Thankful Thursday
June 24, 2024
Spotlight on the Queen
That’s right. My friend Connie Queen is the author of heart throbbing suspense, and her new book will release tomorrow, June 25. Pursued in the wilderness… Can they survive criminals and nature? A camping trip turns into a search and rescue mission when investigator Josie Hunt’s adopted daughter goes missing. And as the only witness… Continue reading Spotlight on the Queen
June 20, 2024
Summer Kick Off
It’s time for a giveaway. There are so many good books in this giveaway, and Clutter Free is included. https://promosimple.com/ps/2ad83/2024... Clutter Free is the first book in An Organized Crime Cozy Mystery Series. Returning to Fox Island where she grew up, Kate Sloan begins her career as a professional organizer. When a woman accuses Kate’s… Continue reading Summer Kick Off
June 17, 2024
The Story is Spreading
Yes, my friends. Clover Covered Corpse is now available in paperback and other eBook platforms. If you want to know more about the second book in A Texas Flower Farmer Cozy Mystery series, join me on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour. https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/gr... Today there are two tour stops with spotlights on Clover Covered Corpse.… Continue read...
June 13, 2024
Jamie’s Thankful
My friend, Jamie Adams, is here today to share what she’s thankful for. I’m thankful for miracles. In my late thirties, I developed health problems and was advised that the worst thing I could do was become pregnant. But there was no cause for concern; after all, it had taken two years of fertility treatments… Continue reading Jamie’s Thankful
June 10, 2024
It’s a Book Tour
Today is the first day of my Great Escapes Book Tour, and I hope you can join me. Here’s a list of places where you can find me. CLOVER COVERED CORPSE TOUR PARTICIPANTS June 10 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – SPOTLIGHT June 10 – eBook addicts – SPOTLIGHT June 11 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading – REVIEW June 11 – Sapphyria’s… Continue reading It’s a Book Tour
