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June 2, 2020
Excerpt from The Burning Maze
Did you get a chance to read my blog on National Creativity Day last week? I’d love to hear more about what you do to exercise your creativity!
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I am reading The Burning Maze, book #3 of the Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan. It’s been a few years since I read the Percy Jackson series with my son. I’m not sure which is the last book we read, but I am recognizing a number of the characters and incidents from the original series as I read this one. Rick Riordan is a great storyteller with lots of magic, excitement, and sympathetic characters. I always enjoy his books.
Grover wrung his hands. “The strix says he’s been sent to drink our blood, eat our flesh, and disembowel us, not necessarily in that order. He says he’s sorry, but it’s a direct command from the emperor.”
Rick Riordan, The Burning Maze
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The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos.
In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. But he has to achieve this impossible task without having any godly powers and while being duty-bound to a confounding young daughter of Demeter named Meg.
Thanks a lot, Dad.
With the help of some demigod friends, Lester managed to survive his first two trials, one at Camp Half-Blood, and one in Indianapolis, where Meg received the Dark Prophecy. The words she uttered while seated on the Throne of Memory revealed that an evil triumvirate of Roman emperors plans to attack Camp Jupiter.
While Leo flies ahead on Festus to warn the Roman camp, Lester and Meg must go through the Labyrinth to find the third emperor—and an Oracle who speaks in word puzzles—somewhere in the American Southwest.
There is one glimmer of hope in the gloom-filled prophecy: The cloven guide alone the way does know. They will have a satyr companion, and Meg knows just who to call upon…
May 28, 2020
Sharing Kindle Quotes
I have recently begun to share Kindle Quotes through social media. They’re quick and easy, a great way to share what you are reading. They get quite a bit more engagement than I expected them to. How do you share them? Here’s how to do it on the iPhone:
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1. Note that this only works for books that you bought/downloaded through the Kindle store. If you have loaded books you got on Bookfunnel, directly from the author, or through another method, you won’t see the option to share quotes.
2. As you are reading a Kindle book and see a passage you would like to share, touch and hold, and then drag your finger to select an area of text. Or if you have already highlighted a passage, just tap it. You will see the pop-up menu shown just above the selected passage here. Tap the share sheet icon I have circled in red.
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3. Swipe through the choices at the bottom of the screen to select the formatting of the image you want to use for your quote. Then tap the Share link at the top right of the screen.
Alternatively, you can share a text quote rather than an image quote.
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4. Swipe through the share sheet choices at the bottom of the screen to find the social media channel you want to share the quote on. You will be taken into that social media app to add tags, comments, and/or whatever information is required for that platform.
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5. If you don’t see the social media app you want, swipe all the way to the end of the row and tap on the More ellipses … You can add and reorganize the various apps that interface with the share sheet.
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6. However, you will find that there are some social apps that don’t add an option to the share sheet. Linkedin, Google Business, Facebook Pages, Instagram Stories, etc. How can you share Kindle Quotes to these apps?
Swipe up from the bottom of this screen (where you can just see “Copy” peeking up in my screenshot to the left.)
Look for the Save Image icon to download the Kindle Quote to your Camera Roll. Now you can open any of those apps that didn’t show up in the share sheet, create a post, and select the Kindle Quote from your camera roll.
National Creativity Day
May 30 is National Creativity day, a day to embrace your creativity and to foster it in those around you. What’s your thing?
If you follow my blog, you already know the creative outlet that I exercise the most: writing! I have been writing since I was a child. My mom kept little stapled construction-paper books that I scribbled in before I could even read or write. I have many stories that I wrote when I was young, a bunny book that I wrote when I was nine, and I wrote my first full-length novel when I was twelve.
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I also love art. I started taking art lessons when I was twelve and took art as an option throughout junior high and high school. I don’t do much sketching or drawing anymore, but I do take pictures and design my book covers and my social media graphics.
I also enjoy creative cooking. I don’t do fancy cakes like my sister in law, but I read recipe books like novels, and when I want to cook something new, I often read several different recipes for that dish, and then come up with my own. Since I am vegan, grain-free, and have multiple allergies and intolerances, I rarely find a recipe that I can make without adapting in some way.
Creative Friends
I asked my friends on Facebook about how they like to create, and here are some of the answers. Maybe you’ll see something that inspires you to find up a new creative outlet.
Jennifer Spooner England Love this!
Knitting and crocheting are how I love to express my creativity. Grateful my maternal grandmother (Nanny) taught me how when I was little.
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Jennifer Spooner England I, also, love to cook and bake. I’ve been baking since my childhood. Inspired by my Mom and Nanny. Some of my first cookbooks were given to me in the 80’s.
Nanita Witherspoon I love cooking and baking. I find I’m the most creative when trying new recipes. I love being risky by veering away from the actual recipe and making it my own.
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Bev Perks I too love to write and I love to paint I use other mediums oil pastels soft pastels sometime I will share with you more in depth my hands are about crippled now but I can still work with calligraphy pens and love to work with ink
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Grace Cox I have a pretty broad range of interests..I love plants.. mostly house plants. I love learning about them and I’m looking to add some that I’ve never grown before. I have some really good ideas for flower pots and a myriad of other ideas I’m wanting to try when I have the space to do it..but for now I crochet..it fills that need to create.
Joanne Macgregor I write, of course, but I also cook and do flower arranging as expressions for my creativity. 
May 26, 2020
Excerpt from An Anonymous Girl
Virtually Yummy, the recipe book companion to the High-Tech Crime Solver’s series is currently free on Kindle. Be sure to pop over and get a copy for yourself.
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I am currently reviewing the audiobook files for Virtually Harmless. Melissa Kay Benson has done a great job narrating them. The characters feel just like they do in my head, and the humorous moments make me laugh even though I was the one who wrote them. If you like to listen to books (I sure do!) watch here for the release!
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
The other book I am reading right now is Greer Hendricks’s and Sarah Pekkanen’s An Anonymous Girl. A psychological thriller, Jessica Ferris signs up to participate in a study on ethics and morality, which grows more and more involved and bizarre. Jess is encouraged to share all of her secrets, and she doesn’t want to answer all of Dr. Shields’ questions, but she needs the money for participating in the study.
Five hundred dollars would help a lot with my rent this month.
I already know my schedule for tomorrow. My first job doesn’t begin until noon.
Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks, An Anonymous Girl
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Looking to earn some easy cash, Jessica Farris agrees to be a test subject in a psychological study about ethics and morality. But as the study moves from the exam room to the real world, the line between what is real and what is one of Dr. Shields’s experiments blurs.
Dr. Shields seems to know what Jess is thinking… and what she’s hiding.
Jessica’s behavior will not only be monitored, but manipulated.
Caught in a web of attraction, deceit and jealousy, Jess quickly learns that some obsessions can be deadly.
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May 21, 2020
Why doesn’t she leave?
I’ve had some comments from readers of the Reg Rawlins Psychic Investigator series who express disgust or frustration with Reg for having anything to do with Corvin Hunter after becoming aware that he is a predator, and one who has repeatedly made promises that he hasn’t kept.
I thought maybe this would be a good opportunity to open up a discussion about why those who are abused stay with their abusers for so long. Why don’t they just leave?
Note: a lot of the resources that I will refer to here refer to women as being victims and men as abusers, I would note that abuse of men/boys is far more prevalent than most people realize. I have seen it personally. Understand as you read through these articles that they could just as easily refer to men stuck in abusive situations. Most of the statistics I will quote are specifically about women. Studies and surveys are gender biased. Men who are victims of abuse face the same disbelief from authorities and victim-blaming that women have historically faced. Most will remain silent about the abuse they face.
Still others struggle with relationships where both partners are abusive and are victims at different times.
While I have written about the abuse of men in other books/series, in this one, Corvin is the abuser and Reg is the victim.
Less than half of domestic abuse survivors make reports to the police or health care workers.
Abusive relationships — why it’s so hard for [victims] to just leave
The Reg Rawlins series is a paranormal series, so you need to look past the symbology to understand some of the issues being addressed in the books. Corvin’s magical charm and ability to woo Reg back represent her attraction to him, their physical chemistry, and an abuser’s ability to convince a victim that “this was the last time” and that he really loves her.
Corvin’s predatory nature and ability to steal her powers from her represent rape and physical abuse.
My readers’ frustration with Reg’s inability to stay away from Corvin mirror the frustrations of many who have watched their loved ones struggle with an abusive relationship and who wonder why the victim will not leave.
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8 Reasons [Victims] Stay in Abusive Relationships
Willoughby described the first stage [victims] typically go through when she said she thought something must be wrong with her. Her response? “And so I worked on myself and stayed.”
She then described other reasons: “If he was a monster all the time, perhaps it would have been easier to leave. But he could be kind and sensitive. And so I stayed.
“He cried and apologized. And so I stayed.
“He offered to get help and even went to a few counseling sessions and therapy groups. And so I stayed.
“He belittled my intelligence and destroyed my confidence. And so I stayed. I felt ashamed and trapped.”
Abusive relationships — why it’s so hard for [victims] to just leave
This article is a pretty good summary of many of the reasons victims stay in abusive relationships. As you read through the Reg Rawlins series, you will see Reg being attracted to Corvin, believing his promises, feeling sorry for him, thinking that now that she knows his tactics, she will be able to deal with his abuse, thinking she can change him, etc.
She is luckily not in a situation where she relies upon him financially, is stuck in the same house as him, or has children to protect. She has friends who tell her to stay away from him, rather than those who won’t believe what he’s really like.
Reg is, however, frequently blamed/shamed for not being able to protect herself from Corvin. For putting herself into situations where she becomes a victim.
Victims are not responsible for what their abusers choose to do. Whatever a victim has done, he or she does not deserve to be abused. Being in the same room as someone, saying the wrong thing, making a mistake, etc. should not result in being physically, mentally, or financially abused.
We don’t do it with any other crime. Say a bank has been robbed in your community. Maybe the bank has been robbed four or five times already. And the 911 call goes out. Law enforcement comes out. They interview the witnesses. They dust for prints. They do an investigation. When they are done with the investigation, they don’t go to the bank president and say:
“Why did you keep all that money here? We’ve already been out here four or five times. Do you like getting robbed? I can’t believe you are still doing business here. Why haven’t you moved your bank?”
We have to start asking better questions. Rather than “why doesn’t she just leave”, it’s “why does he abuse her” and “why does society drive the getaway car”.
…it’s almost like they have a toolbox and in that toolbox they have a variety of tactics – everything from a dozen red roses and “Oh, baby” and a night out on the town to threats to a gun. He will use any one of the tactics that he feels he needs to use to make sure that his position of power and dominance is maintained in the relationship.
Private Violence
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How can I help a friend in an abusive relationship?
This article has a number of tips to help a friend, whether they are the victim or the abuser.
How to Get Out of an Abusive Relationship
This article has some great advise on how to prepare to leave an abusive situation, things that you should do while you are still in the home, avoiding electronic surveillance, etc.
Anywhere between 50% and 75% of domestic violence homicides happen at the point of separation or after [the victim] has already left…
Private Violence
People do get help and it is possible to stop being abusive, though these patterns are not easy to break. If your abuser promises to change, says he or she is trying, or is in a support group or therapy, then should you ‘ride it out’?
Here are signs that your abuser is NOT changing:
He minimizes the abuse or denies how serious it really was.He continues to blame others for his behavior.He claims that you’re the one who is abusive.He pressures you to go to couple’s counseling.He tells you that you owe him another chance.You have to push him to stay in treatment.He says that he can’t change unless you stay with him and support him.He tries to get sympathy from you, your children, or your family and friends.He expects something from you in exchange for getting help.He pressures you to make decisions about the relationship.
Getting out of an abusive relationship
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Making a Safety Plan
On average, a woman will leave an abusive relationship seven times before she leaves for good.
Whether you are ready to leave or not, you can make a safety plan. Click to start to take control and make a plan today.
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May 20, 2020
Get started on the Zachary Goldman series
If you haven’t started the Zachary Goldman series, or have only read one or two, now is a great time to start! The first four books are currently on sale for $0.99 for a limited time.
This book was like 4 books in one, and each case was thrilling and almost impossible to put down. It’s the first work I’ve read by this author, and I will definitely be reading more. I’ve already recommended it to a friend who is going to read it!
GG66, Amazon Reader
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About Zachary Goldman 1-4
Zachary Goldman, Private Investigator, is flawed with a capital F.
Shattered by the tragedies of his own life, he will somehow still manage to pick himself up and dig just a little bit deeper than anyone else to find the vital clues.
Maybe being broken makes it easier for others who have faced tragedy to trust him. Walk with Zachary as he solves four cases that will stretch his abilities to the limit.
Even with his own life in shambles, Zachary Goldman is still the one you want on the case.
A case is only unsolvable as long as it remains unsolved.
This set includes:
1 She Wore Mourning – Private Investigator Zachary Goldman’s life isn’t all roses, but he tries to put his own shattered life behind him to investigate the death of five-year-old Declan Bond.
2 His Hands were Quiet – Hired to investigate the death of an autistic boy in a treatment facility, PI Zachary Goldman is concerned about the therapies he sees there.
3 She was Dying Anyway – Zachary’s ex, Bridget, is determined to discover what happened to her friend… and what was thought to be death by natural causes becomes an active police investigation.
4 He was Walking Alone – Richard Harding was walking alone when he was struck by a vehicle and died. A tragic accident that was no one’s fault. But if that was so, then why was his girlfriend so sure that it was intentional homicide?
Goodreads reviews for She Wore Mourning
Praise for the Series
—I want to give more than five stars!! It’s like she pulled this out of a newspaper and personalized it!! Another nail biter to the end!!
—I read it almost straight through, but did have to sleep in there somewhere. I’ve been reading it this morning also for 3 hours straight. It is really an amazing book … As a clinical psychologist, this book was more interesting to me than many things that I read. I certainly will be looking for more books by this outstanding author.
—I purchased this book for vacation, but it didn’t get that far. I started reading and I seriously couldn’t put it down and finished it before we left.
—Wow, this story is stunning in more ways than one. The research alone had to take such a long time to make this story so real and compelling. My heart was breaking some of the time and then I was crying because of good things. I loved the story and really think this lady is one of the best authors I’ve ever had the privilege of reading!
—Zachary is not your normal, everyday detective, but because of his mental health issues he seems to have an extra sense in sorting out the reasons behind the crimes he is investigating … Ms Workman has again created characters with depth, feeling and realism… I am really looking forward to the next installment as Ms Workman has yet to disappoint me.
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May 19, 2020
Excerpt from Carve the Mark
Have you picked up a copy of my latest release, Muffins Masks Murder yet? It was just released on Friday. It is #10 in the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series, but can be read as a standalone.
And Zachary Goldman Mysteries 1-4 are on sale for $0.99 right now. If you don’t already have them, it’s a great time to pick them up.
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
It’s been a long time since I read anything by Veronica Roth (author of the Divergent series). Carve the Mark is an engaging sci fi set in a galaxy with magical gifts, various kinds of planets, warring nations, and families fated to conflict with each other. Nice deep characterization, vibrant worlds, and plenty of conflict will keep you turning the pages.
Everyone had a future, but not everyone had a fate—at least, that was what their mom liked to say. Only parts of certain “favored” families got fates, witnessed at the moment of their births by every oracle on every planet. In unison.”
Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark
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Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth have grown up in enemy countries locked in a long-standing fight for dominance over their shared planet. When Akos and his brother are kidnapped by the ruling Noavek family, Akos is forced to serve Cyra, the sister of a dictator who governs with violence and fear. Cyra is known for her deadly power of transferring extraordinary pain unto others with simple touch, and her tyrant brother uses her as a weapon against those who challenge him. But as Akos fights for his own survival, he recognizes that Cyra is also fighting for hers, and that her true gift—resilience—might be what saves them both.
When Akos and Cyra are caught in the middle of a raging rebellion, everything they’ve been led to believe about their world and themselves must be called into question. But fighting for what’s right might mean betraying their countries, their families, and each other.
May 14, 2020
New Releases – Muffins Masks Murder and More
It’s new release day! Today you can get book #10 of the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series, Muffins Masks Murder. I’ve rounded up a few more releases that you may be interested in as well.
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Back in Bald Eagle Falls, Erin needs a vacation from her vacation. But she doesn’t get much of a chance to relax and get back to normal before the unthinkable happens.
This time, she is not the suspect in a murder investigation, her sweetheart Officer Terry Piper is. Could he have been pushed too far by drug runner Bo Biggles? Did he cross the line? Or is it someone else in the community, someone who might be close to Erin?
Jail is not a safe place for a cop, and Erin is desperate to figure out the guilty party before Terry is taken into custody.
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I have pulled together a baker’s dozen of other new releases (okay, I lied, there are actually 14.) Have a look and see what looks good!
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It’s Mardi Gras time and Fortune is looking forward to seeing the spectacle firsthand, but when a visitor to Sinful is murdered during the celebration there, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can’t help but wonder what happened. As they start looking into the woman and the family in Sinful she came to visit, their investigation sends them to New Orleans, right at the height of the Mardi Gras celebration. But instead of relaxing a little and enjoying the festivities, Fortune can’t shake the feeling that she’s being watched.
When she catches sight of her father in the Mardi Gras crowd, she knows why.
Unfortunately, her father’s presence in Louisiana has brought with it a host of terrorists, all with only one thing in mind—locate and terminate Dwight Redding.
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Mary Brown is in lockdown. She’s worn nothing but pyjamas for weeks, and is living on a diet of cake and wine. She’s rarely up before midday and spends her time watching every box set that she can get her hands on.
Then: she has an idea… instead of just eating the cake, why doesn’t she judge it?
She should organise a World Cup of Cakes. With Juan, her trusty sidekick, she sets up the competition with meticulous detail, and the whole thing goes viral.
Featuring: home dyed hair, talking to potatoes, Piers Morgan, internet shopping, an amorous neighbour, an angry ex-boyfriend and birdwatching. Oh, and loads of cake.
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With all the changes in her life, Cait is left with a feeling of dread she can’t quite define. On one hand she has reason to be feeling a level of stress. The effort to reopen the bookstore has been stalled, she is still trying to adjust to her move from her cabin into Mr. Parsons home, and Finn is having little luck investigating a series of disappearances that appear to be ongoing.
Still, even with all of that, Cait feels certain that none of these situations is actually at the root of the tension building in the pit of her stomach. Her feelings of dread, she feels certain, are more of a warning, that something bad is about to happen, and no matter how hard she tries, she’s not going to be able to prevent this terrible thing from happening.
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It’s 1925.
Scarlet Haslewood is a con artist.
Besides perfectly baked pastries and strong coffee, she has a fondness for stealing things. But she knows that stealing the most famous painting in the world would be pointless.
After all, what can you do with it once the world finds out it’s missing? Hide it in your closet? She’d rather use that space for her hat collection.
So instead of stealing the Mona Lisa, Scarlet’s going to sell it.
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Dog walker and pet sitter Nikki Green loves her job. She enjoys spending time with her best friend, Sonia Whitter, and her boyfriend, Detective Quinn Grant. But with Quinn busy testifying in a court case in another town and Sonia going on a last-minute trip to Rover Meadows, a small, picturesque town, to try and save her late husband’s property from being sold to developers, Nikki realizes she has a lot of spare time on her hands.
But not for long…. Soon after Sonia leaves, Nikki gets a frantic call from her to come and take care of her precious Chihuahua, Princess, because Sonia has been accused of murder! Nikki drops everything and with Coco, the loyal German Shepherd, and Spots, the boisterous Dalmatian, in tow, she goes rushing to Rover Meadows to help out with Princess and clear Sonia’s name before she lands up convicted of murder. But with a grouchy detective on the case, most of Sonia’s family believing she is guilty and evidence piling up against her, Nikki realizes that she might have bitten off more than she can chew.
It is a race against the clock to find the murderer before Sonia lands up behind bars permanently!
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It was his first time…
…being grilled by Internal Affairs.
Could Luca clear his name in time?
As a new gang, pushing a deadly and addictive drug cocktail, threatens the city, Luca is on the sidelines. Yes, mistakes were made. He should have vetted the informant better and his partner shouldn’t have gone in alone. The shooter was dead, but there were two problems.
The guilt about his partner was killing him…
…and the man who ordered the hit was still out there.
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Detective Kate Rosetti is not a big fan of February 14th. Even worse than gigantic bouquets of roses and buckets of chocolate, however, are the love notes she’s been receiving from the murderer who very nearly stole her life.
Unfortunately, a peaceful Valentine’s Day isn’t in the cards for Kate Rosetti. When she gets the news that the infamous serial killer Ramone Wilkes has escaped from prison, she knows the chances are good that he’s making his way north to the streets of St. Paul to finish the job he started two years ago.
Capturing Ramone “The Dentist” Wilkes during his first killing spree was no breeze, and this time, luck might not be on Kate’s side…
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The good, the flab, and the fake …
Kallie Grande-White literally can’t take this anymore — even though she has to. As Fatgirl, her city’s famous superhero, she’s pretty sure she’d die of embarrassment if anyone else knew the truth.
So when local news anchorwoman Gynnifer Stills makes it her ultimate career goal to discover Fatgirl’s real identity — recruiting the unwitting help of some former Alterants, including Blake Turner — Kallie is faced with overwhelming pressure, especially as AB doesn’t offer much help, and even Zeus seems distracted …
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Julia’s memories of her great-aunt Minnie Harlow are vague at best. Despite annual birthday and Christmas cards throughout her childhood, Julia has never actually met the glamorous former model and actress, so she was more than a little surprised to find out her great-aunt was alive and well and living in the south of Spain.
Her surprise only grew when her gran, Dot, informed her that Minnie’s boutique hotel, La Casa, which she ran with her daughter, Lisa, would be the stunning location of their much anticipated joint honeymoon along with Barker and Percy. Halfway through her pregnancy, Julia was looking forward to the sun, sea, alcohol-free sangria, and hopefully no sleuthing, and she also couldn’t wait to get to know her distant relatives.
But their reunion and honeymoon quickly take a turn for the worse when they arrive in the gorgeous town of Savega nestled in the tree-covered mountains. Savega has secrets, and Julia can smell them. Why is Minnie terrified of leaving her hotel? Why is Lisa pressuring her mother to sell? A ransom note, a stabbing, and suspected gang activity set Julia, and her private investigator husband, Barker, on their hardest and most personal case yet. Will they ever get to have the honeymoon they deserve?
.ugb-72d2731 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}.ugb-72d2731 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-72d2731 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-72d2731 .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-72d2731 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Overkill
The last thing Ash expects when she lands in Clearwater, Florida is to be stalked by a troubled teenager. If that’s not bad enough, she is caught in a shooting spree next to the nearby elementary school.
The cops think it’s an attempt at mass killing, but Ash wonders if the only victim was specifically targeted by the killer. Will she manage to identify him and have him arrested before he comes after her?
.ugb-aa898cb .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}.ugb-aa898cb .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-aa898cb .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-aa898cb .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-aa898cb .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Cornflowers and Corpses
Pink’s Flowers is in the middle of a busy bridal season, and Lacey is struggling to find a replacement for her irreplaceable assistant Ryder Kirkland. In the midst of dealing with quirky, incompetent and occasionally just unpleasant new floral assistants, Lacey finds her focus and time once again taken up by murder.
The West Coast Bird Watching Society has come to town for some birding frivolity and excursions. When one of the members winds up dead, Lacey and her super nose jump into action. The victim had plenty of enemies and not many friends so theories and accusations take flight. Detective Briggs and Lacey must untangle the clues to find the killer.
.ugb-3bfbc52 .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}.ugb-3bfbc52 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-3bfbc52 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-3bfbc52 .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-3bfbc52 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Gone to Ground
Maisie Frobisher and Inspector Hamilton are planning a triumphant return to England; but when the Viceroy of India says no, that’s that.
Inspector Hamilton is chained to his desk trying to uncover the network of operatives who are sowing discord through leaked information. Maisie, resenting the Viceroy’s intervention, refuses to help. However, a mysterious stranger turns out to be a face from Maisie’s recent past who holds a key to the mystery. And she will only speak through Maisie…
Leopard is still at large, in the hope that he will lead to bigger cats still, but Inspector Hamilton envies Maisie her position at the centre of the drama. And amongst the small talk, an ally is murdered…
Now, with the network seeming to grow stronger by the minute, Maisie and the Inspector must put aside their feelings and even their loyalties to get at the truth behind the smokescreen of lies.
.ugb-fea3af3 .ugb-img{width:328px;height:auto !important}.ugb-fea3af3 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-fea3af3 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-fea3af3 .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-fea3af3 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Fashion, Rose & Foul Play
Emmy Oak has always been a fan of her best friend Ava’s handmade silver jewelry. So when Ava gets a chance to showcase her pieces at a charity fashion show for Wine Country’s elite, both women are thrilled. That is, until the model wearing Ava’s custom emerald necklace is murdered after her runway walk and the gem is stolen! The theft of the expensive jewel means Ava could lose everything, including her shop, Silver Girl… unless Emmy can help her track down a killer and find the missing emerald!
While the enticing Detective Grant might be looking at the death as a burglary-gone-wrong, Emmy isn’t so sure that’s the case. The model’s name was Gia Monroe, and Emmy quickly learns that she made her fair share of enemies in life. From the flamboyant designer overheard threatening her just before the fashion show, to her agent with a shady secret and a precarious hold on his talent, to an eccentric rival designer with a grudge, no one seems to be grieving Gia’s death.
And when Emmy discovers Gia may have had a mysterious stalker, she realizes any one of them could have murdered the model. Between running her small winery and navigating the catty world of high fashion, Emmy tries to stay one step ahead of the danger…before the killer strikes again!
.ugb-9837e15 .ugb-img{width:327px;height:auto !important}.ugb-9837e15 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-9837e15 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-9837e15 .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-9837e15 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Steeped in Suspicion
When Rosemary Woodmere inherits her estranged grandmother’s Victorian teahouse, she doesn’t expect to also inherit a ghost named Asher from the 1920s.
Things get weirder for Rosemary.
Her grandma was supposedly murdered.
A body washes up on the beach, and the police suspect her of the man’s murder.
She’s trying to navigate her newfound ability to talk to ghosts.
And she doesn’t even know the first thing about tea.
Rosemary’s experience as a librarian hasn’t prepared her to solve a murder, but everyone around her is steeped in suspicion, and she has to find the truth before someone else ends up dead.
Flash Sale on Auntie Clem’s Bakery 7-9
In anticipation of the release of Muffins Masks Murder this Friday, books 7-9 of the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series are on sale for $0.99 today.
Auntie Clem’s Bakery 7-9
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Made me want to read all the books. An easy fast paced read!
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+ About Auntie Clem’s Bakery 7-9
Erin Price is a baker, not a sleuth. It’s really not her fault that mysteries keep landing in her lap while she’s trying to run Auntie Clem’s Bakery and make a living from baking gluten-free and specialty goods.
In these volumes, Erin is meeting new family and friends and looking forward to being settled in Bald Eagle Falls… but things don’t work out quite the way she expects.
Sink your teeth into these sweet mysteries!
This set includes:
7 Sour Cherry Turnover
A brutal murder reminds Erin that there are worse things than business competition. Especially when she is discovered with the murder weapon in her hand.
8 Apple-achian Treasure
Reading about a secret treasure in Clementine’s papers, Erin decides to distract herself by putting back on her detective hat and she and her friends try their hands at solving the clues.
9 Vegan Baked Alaska
“At least you won’t be stumbling over any bodies on an Alaskan cruise.” Mary Lou couldn’t have been more wrong. Of course Erin Price, gluten-free baker extraordinaire, would stumble over a body on the cruise!
May 13, 2020
Flash sale on Auntie Clem’s Bakery 4-6
In anticipation of the release of Muffins Masks Murder this Friday, books 4-6 of the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series are on sale for $0.99 today.
Auntie Clem’s Bakery 4-6
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Made me want to read all the books. An easy fast paced read!
Crafty Lady, Amazon reader
+ About Auntie Clem’s Bakery 4-6
Erin Price is a baker, not a sleuth. It’s really not her fault that mysteries keep landing in her lap while she’s trying to run Auntie Clem’s Bakery and make a living from baking gluten-free and specialty goods.
In these volumes, Erin is meeting new family and friends and looking forward to being settled in Bald Eagle Falls… but things don’t work out quite the way she expects.
Sink your teeth into these sweet mysteries!
This set includes:
4 Stirring Up Murder
Will Erin stand by her sister and try to uncover the truth or will she go back to her cookbooks and pans and let the chips fall where they may?
5 Brewing Death
Erin is done with secrets and murder. But fate and a killer have other things in mind, and before she knows it, she is faced with an unexplained death, with Erin and her friends in the middle of it.
6 Coup de Glace
When Bella brings a new—or rather a cold—case to Erin, she protests that she is not a detective. But Bella really needs her; how could an old woman just have gone missing without anyone following up on it?
