Read Your Way Through May
I often look through national observances to see what topics people will be talking about that I have addressed in my books. Some observances are silly, like National No Pants Day (May 7), National Limerick Day (May 12), or Put a Pillow on your Fridge Day (May 29). Others are quite serious.
There were so many causes that I would like to highlight for May, that I decided to do one massive post about the different days and see which resonate with you. Thus… Read Your Way Through May.
I have been experimenting with reading lists on a number of different platforms, so you can find this book list on each of the following:
GoodreadsBookfunnelBooks2ReadBingebooksPinterestMay 1 Celiac Disease Awareness MonthJoin baker-sleuth Erin Price as she bakes up speciality goodies and solves mysteries in the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-9266625 .ugb-img{width:669px;height:auto !important}}Gluten-Free MurderErin Price moves to Bald Eagle Falls, a place where everyone knows everyone as well as everyone else’s business, taking over the store left to her by her aunt to start up a gluten-free bakery. The grand opening is marred by just one thing, the death of her business rival, Angela Plaint. It appears that Angela was poisoned by one of Erin’s cupcakes, making her a prime suspect.
Equipped with cupcakes, her desire for the truth, and new bakery assistant Vicky’s help, Erin goes head-to-head against Detective Terry Piper to solve the murder. Rumors of treasure hunting, drug dealing, and a missing boy swirl around Bald Eagle Falls as Erin tries to sort the clues from the red herrings and find the killer before the killer can take care of her.
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Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator, and Starlight, her familiar, investigate strange goings-on in the paranormal community of Black Sands.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-2a1ec0e .ugb-img{width:640px;height:auto !important}}What the Cat KnewReg Rawlins, professional con, has really gotten herself into a bind this time.
The fortune teller gig started as a scam, but she suddenly finds herself tangled up in the case of Warren Blake, a man who she thought was dead. It turns out he may still be alive, but in mortal peril.
Reg has always taken the quick exit, the easy way out, but running out on this racket might mean someone else’s death.
Staying in it might mean hers.
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Follow June Simpson’s story in the award-winning family epic Between the Cracks series.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-209cace .ugb-img{width:640px;height:auto !important}}June & JustinJustin had made a mistake. A big, life-changing mistake.
He already failed June once. He wasn’t there when she needed him, and because of him, their lives will never be the same. June is everything to Justin, and he must be everything to her. He must protect June at all costs. Justin is prepared spend the rest of his life keeping her from getting hurt again.
But it seems they are always falling behind, barely keeping one step ahead of the nightmares.
There is always one more hazard, just around the corner.
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June Simpson has lost everything. Her family, the love of her life, and now her freedom.
And it’s her own fault.
Drugs have taken her health and what little happiness remained in her life, and now, incarcerated after a failed attempt at armed robbery, June is forced to detox and to face the reality of the misery and abuse she has perpetrated on those closest to her, especially her children.
Getting clean is just the first of her challenges, and as difficult as it is, may be the easiest part.
The path ahead is filled with so many obstacles she can’t see her way through to the other side. Facing her children and convincing them that she has really changed and is capable of a healthy relationship with them seems like an insurmountable task.
Readers begged for another book in the Between the Cracks series from award-winning and USA Today bestselling author P.D. Workman. They especially wanted June’s story to be told.
You asked for it, so here it is. Click ‘buy now’!
June, Into the Light is book #6 in the Between the Cracks series but can be read as a stand-alone novel.
The Between the Cracks series has won multiple literary awards from the In the Margins Committee of Library Services for Youth in Custody.
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Hopefully, you have been enjoying the antics of the pets in the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series and Reg Rawlins series. Another kitten crawls into your heart in Virtually Harmless
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-329ed9d .ugb-img{width:681px;height:auto !important}}Virtually HarmlessMicah lived a quiet, comfortable life, her involvement in law enforcement limited to the composite pictures that she produced with her computer and colored pencils.
But everything is turned upside down when she involves herself in the case of an infant found abandoned in the Sweetgrass Hills.
With the help of her knowledge of DNA and law enforcement contacts across the country, Micah is closing in on a killer. But her investigation draws the killer’s attention, and she finds herself in the middle of an operation that could mean the end of her career—or worse, her life.
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I already introduced the Simpson family in the Between the Cracks series above, so how about meeting Parker’s family in this award-winning book?
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-dc8dfc8 .ugb-img{width:671px;height:auto !important}}Endless ChangeShe was a broken bird
He was a mender of wings
Parker’s mother always said he jumped into things without thinking first, and that’s exactly what he did when he saw Dakota, cold and hungry, fending for herself on the city streets. How could he ignore the pain and fear in her dark eyes? Dakota was eager to go to school and she made friends quickly, eager to make up for a dismal childhood full of deprivation and abuse by enjoying every moment she could.
But there was something wrong with Dakota. It wasn’t just the hollowness in her eyes or her traumatic past. Others sensed it too and warned Parker not to get too close to Dakota. But despite his questions, he just can’t help falling for her.
Dakota holds her secrets close, and Parker is worried that if he pushes too hard for answers, she’ll just run away.
Placed on the In the Margins Committee Recommended Reads, 2018 by Library Services for Youth in Custody.
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Take a peek at the Medical Kidnap Files. More on this series below.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-d2fa3ea .ugb-img{width:678px;height:auto !important}}EDSWith a long string of unbelievable stories to explain her frequent injuries, Social Services sees Katt is the stereotypical abused child. When she is admitted to hospital with yet another broken bone, they do the only logical thing to protect her, removing Katt from her mother’s custody.
But Katt and her mother know that something is wrong, and it has nothing to do with abuse, and the longer Katt stays in foster care, the worse her health gets. Can they get the answers they need before it is too late? Can they get the answers and get Katt back home?
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If anyone can tell you about mental illness, it’s Zachary Goldman. Maybe being broken makes it easier for others who have faced tragedy to trust him. Walk with Zachary as he solves cases that will stretch his abilities to the limit.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-5110e11 .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}}She Wore MourningA dead child.
A mother deep in 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.
Declan’s death has been ruled an accident, but his grandmother thinks there is more to it. She fears Declan’s mother will not be able to find peace until Zachary can give them an answer once and for all.
But as Zachary digs into the circumstances surrounding Declan’s death, he finds that all is not as it seems, and somebody doesn’t want him to find the truth.
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What are you going to get caught reading this month? Do you read on the train? In the park? What special book would you like to share with others?
May 18 Lyme Disease Awareness MonthAs an infections disease expert, Matt Malloy knows all about Lyme disease. This one will have you itching to go for a walk in the woods. (Not!)
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-5452462 .ugb-img{width:658px;height:auto !important}}In the Tick of TimeThings creep and crawl in the woods. Things that can wreak havoc with your life.
Things that can be deadly.
As an infectious disease expert for the DOH’s vector-borne disease division, Matt Malloy knows this. What he doesn’t know is who, or why, someone would want to deliberately infect innocent people. Adding insult to injury, his co-workers think he’s either paranoid or losing his mind because of erratic behavior and disordered sleep habits.
Behavior he can’t help. A traumatic head wound can have that effect on a man. He was clocked hard while interviewing a patient with Lyme disease weeks ago, and he’s still suffering from it.
But he’s definitely not crazy.
Or paranoid.
Someone is deliberately infecting people. Maybe even someone he knows. Very soon, that someone will know Matt’s on to him.
Can he prove his suspicions before he’s targeted, too?
A nail-biting, creepy-crawly, medical-thriller that fans of Robin Cook will devour because it could happen to you. Maybe it already has.
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Follow Tamara French as she struggles to overcome the challenges of her past and reintegrate into the normal world in the award-winning Tamara’s Teardrops series
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-cd7551b .ugb-img{width:678px;height:auto !important}}Tattooed TeardropsWinner of Top Fiction Award, In the Margins Committee, 2016.
I don’t plan on getting in any trouble.
Tamara had thought that when she got out of juvie, things would be easier. But before long, it seems like her life is spiraling into chaos.
If she can’t prove to her probation officer that she is innocent of the allegations against her, she’s going back to prison, and Tamara just can’t let that happen.
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Can Nadie find happiness and a place of her own in a foreign world where she is abused and discriminated against? Completely alone for the first time in her life, it is a challenge such as Nadie has never before faced.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-a3d1b9d .ugb-img{width:675px;height:auto !important}}Questing for a DreamNadie is a bright, caring teen growing up Manitoba Cree growing up in abject poverty. She tries to balance school attendance, caring for her younger cousin Luyu, and spending time with handsome, impish Mouse, her best friend and confidante. Together, they strive to find the path to happiness on the reservation.
But tragedy strikes and Nadie’s is devastated by Luyu’s accidental death. Unable to find comfort in Mouse’s arms or Grandfather’s traditional mourning rites, Nadie leaves the band and strikes off on her own, searching for meaning and a new life in the outside world.
Can Nadie find happiness and a place of her own in a foreign world where she is abused and discriminated against? Completely alone for the first time in her life, it is a challenge such as Nadie has never before faced.
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Things were going well for Abe. Despite all of his past struggles with mental illness, he was happily married, had three wonderful children, a nice home, and a fantastic consulting business that satisfied his creativity and brought in a good income. But you can never get too comfortable.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-a05b918 .ugb-img{width:663px;height:auto !important}}Looking Over Your ShoulderThings were going well for Abe. Despite all of his past struggles with mental illness, he was happily married, had three wonderful children, a nice home, and a fantastic consulting business that satisfied his creativity and brought in a good income.
But you can never get too comfortable. When Abe becomes a prime suspect in a jewel heist – one of the largest successful jewel heists in history – his schizophrenia becomes unmanageable and everything begins to spiral out of control. Abe’s own investigation into the heist has the jewel thieves hot on his tail… but are they really, or is he just losing the battle against his inner demons?
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From the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series mentioned above, Zachary takes a deep dive into the mystery surrounding his ex-wife in this episode.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-4f28868 .ugb-img{width:640px;height:auto !important}}She Was At RiskZachary has done his very best to let go of ex-wife Bridget and relegate their relationship to the past. So when her current partner comes to him for help, he is understandably hesitant to help.
But Gordon has always been a stand-up guy and done right by Zachary, so he reluctantly lets himself be talked once more into helping Bridget and Gordon. Zachary struggles with obsessions and self-doubt at the best of times, and this is a case that could break him.
His investigations lead him from one dark revelation to another until Zachary has no idea how he’s going to find his way back into the light.
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Erin Price (Auntie Clem’s Bakery), Reg Rawlins, and Zachary Goldman are all former foster-kids solving mysteries. The Between the Cracks series and Tamara’s Teardrops series also address foster care.
Jump into the Medical Kidnap Files, where teens put into foster care are at the center of their own adventures.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-1b21e6e .ugb-img{width:332px;height:auto !important}}MitoGabriel has dealt with mysterious medical issues his whole life. Just when he finally thought that they had all of the answers and he was on the road to good health, he is apprehended by DFS on the grounds of medical neglect.
At first, he thought that he would be back home in a few days, once the misunderstanding was cleared up. But when Renata tells Gabriel her crazy conspiracy theories, Gabriel feels the first pangs of doubt. Is there really a conspiracy?
Will he ever be able to get well and go back to his mother, or is he doomed to be another guinea pig for Doctor De Klerk?
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How many of these did you manage to read this month? Did you read something (on this list or not!) that you would like to share with others? Send a friend or family member a recommendation, review on your favourite book site, or gift a book to someone!
