This weekend I spent time with friends and family at a family reunion. We ate and visited as we looked at old photos of those who had gone on. Then because we had some who had not seen some of the old home places, we did a “tour” of Pocahontas, Tennessee, where most of the older folks had lived at …
Reader Friday ~ The Bad Boy of Butterfly Harbor
This week I picked up a book I’d been meaning to read for a while. It’s a Heartwarming title – The Bad Boy of Butterfly Harbor by Anna J. Stewart, and I knew it’d be a good read. More about my take on the story later. I used to write for Heartwarming. I’ve always loved the message of hope I always get …
Crime Most Unusual
Saturday I helped a neighbor and as I walked back to my house, I dropped my phone. Flat. Facedown. Now, I’ve dropped my phone hundreds of time, but for some reason this time the screen shattered. And I know why. No good deed goes unpunished! So now I have a new, larger phone. Maybe my fingers won’t hit the wrong …
Reader Friday ~ The Mending
It’s Friday so that means I need to have a review up! 🙂 The Mending by Susan Lantz Simpson is the second book in this series. The first book is The Promise here. and I reviewed it back in January. We met Malinda Stauffer in The Promise. Here’s the back cover copy: With autumn’s golden glow, marriage season comes to Southern Maryland’s Amish country. …
Funny Blotter Reports
Can you believe it’s October??? This photo is from late last October of a pond not far from my house. Where did 2018 go? The countdown has begun for finishing my first Natchez park ranger romantic suspense that I’m calling Natchez Standoff! So, after two weeks of being out of town and working on edits, I am now hard at …
Reader Friday ~ Bread of Angels
Oh, wow, between getting back from ACFW in Nashville and getting my edits finished, I didn’t have time to read ANYTHING this week, so I’m falling back on a book I read a week ago. Bread of Angels by Tessa Afshar was an ACFW book club pick, and one I probably would not have read otherwise. I am so glad …
Who Did It?
I’ve thought many things about the Opryland Hotel, but I never thought about the beautiful gardens here. Before the 2010 floods in Nashville, the hotel had gorgeous orchids everywhere. The bad news is the flood destroyed them, but the good news is, they are coming back. I was at Opryland for the American Christian Fiction Writers conference where I was a …
Reader Friday ~ Over the Edge
Today I am at the American Christian Fiction Writers conference in Nashville so I may be a little slow getting back to your comments. I recently read Brandilyn Collins’ book Over the Edge, and I’m here to tell you, I could not put it down! Here’s the back cover copy and then I’ll be back to tell you why I liked …
The Excuses People Come Up With
As I write this post, I’m at the beautiful Innsbrook Resort in Tampa, Florida, courtesy of my publisher. I’m here pitching Justice Betrayed to the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA), and I have met some of the nicest people! And everyone I’ve met is excited about my book, which is really nice. 🙂 Now onto last week’s Mystery Question: A man was a …
Reader Friday ~ Cold Case Cover-Up
Today’s book comes from Love Inspired Suspense from one of my favorite authors – fellow Mississippian Virginia Vaughn. Here’s the back cover copy: She’ll risk everything to uncover her past The first thrilling Covert Operatives tale An infant is believed to have been murdered thirty years ago—but investigative journalist Dana Lang is convinced she’s that baby. Now someone’s willing to kill to stop …