Cornered, Three Romantic Suspense Novellas, by Lynette Eason (In the Dark), Lynn H. Blackburn (Downfall), and Natalie Walters (Perilous Obsession) is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the opening of In the Dark: The September sun had barely risen over the mountain town of Lake City, North Carolina, casting a warm, golden glow that filtered through Stephanie Cross’s kitchen window. She sipped …
More Crazy State Laws #57 is this week’s Mystery Question. It is truly amazing how many legislatures have enacted or left crazy laws on the books! But it makes my job easier…and I’m excited to report that my word count stands at 75,000 words. I’m in the home stretch! First the photo and verse. I don’t know if you saw …
Fatal Chapters by Ruth Douthitt is this week’s Reader Friday! Here’s the first line: New Year’s Eve, 2022 Desert Hills, outside of Butte, AZ Sheriff’s Detective Liam Harper bundled up in his thick winter coat, anticipating the icy chill of the dead body before him would match the icy cold desert hill on that early December evening. But first the …
Crazy State Laws #56 is this week’s Mystery Question. I’ve found a new website with more crazy laws if you can believe it! And time for a word count update! As of Monday night, I have 69,000 words… 🙂 Now for the photo and verse. The photo was taken back in 2015 when I went to Minnesota and the North …
Veterans Thank You For Serving In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the …
Rescued by Jerusha Agen is this week’s Reader Friday blog. Oh, my goodness. This fast-paced book will keep you reading way into the night! It’s one of five in the anthology, Cold Escape, that you won’t want to miss! Here are the first few lines: The screaming blare sought her in the darkness. A smoke detector? The children. The thought …
Thank you to More Crazy Laws #55 is this week’s Mystery Question. Double Nickles. How many of you remember when that was the national speed limit? This week’s post is a reminder not to only vote, but to pray for whoever is elected — something we should be doing for every elected official, judge, even dog catcher! Probably close to …
Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Mullerian Manor. The countryside near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1921–1 year into Prohibition. Death had always been fashionable. But first the photo and verse. I took the photo during an afternoon walk in my neighborhood and the verse in Lamentations was one I read …
More Crazy Laws #54 is this week’s Mystery Question…and I’m wondering if I’ll ever run out of crazy laws. lol My word count suffered a little this week because I took off Friday to celebrate a friend’s 92 birthday… but I have 61,000 words now. I plan to try and wrap up the suspense line this week and start over …
The Warrior’s B & B by Jennie Atkins is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: He promised me he’d stay out of harm’s way. But first the photo and verse. Dottie, one of my blog readers, emailed me this photo earlier this week and gave me permission to use it. I meant to get up at midnight and …