Craig and Daisy, a couple whose marriage has been in trouble for some time, go on a couple’s retreat to examine their lives together. But Craig has a mistress he’s secretly planning on leaving Daisy for, and Daisy has secrets, too.
After a devastating and humiliating breakup with her boyfriend, Delphine "Del" Lockwood retreats to Bar Harbor, Maine, and her family's historic cliffside manor. As her beloved grandmother is ensconced in a nearby assisted living facility, slowly succumbing to the ravages of dementia, Del believes she can help her Read more...
Tucked away in an unremarkable Tokyo alley and down a flight of stairs is the little basement café called Funiculi Funicula. Inside, the space is small and dimly lit, with only three tables for two and a couple of seats at a counter. The owner is Read more...
Jess Hadley runs to Paris and her only living relative, her half-brother, Ben Daniels, when she gets into a bit of trouble at her job at a bar in Brighton. She hadn’t seen Ben since he relocated to Paris, and she knew he wasn’t Read more...
Lana Lewis wanted to be a journalist for as long as she could remember, so after high school graduation, she left her hometown behind and went to college, eventually landing as a reporter for a prominent Miami paper. She met her husband, Miles, an older man pursuing a career Read more...
Rachel Morehouse had adopted her beloved dog, a chow named Lion, from the Tara Foundation, and a happier pairing would have been hard to find. So, When Tara Foundation founder, attorney Andy Carpenter, receives a call from her asking if he would take the dog back, Andy is puzzled Read more...
That Friday, when Yale Yee learned she was losing her much-loved job at the local bookstore, she was worried that she would have no choice but to return to work in her father’s restaurant. Wing Fat, the thriving dim sum eatery, held overwhelmingly sad memories for Read more...
The last thing busy ER nurse Mariana Capuleta wanted to do was spend New Year's Eve playing wingman to her more outgoing sister, Cat, at a hopping San Antonio rooftop bar, but there she was. However, a magical kiss with a handsome stranger as the new year arrived Read more...
To escape her life as an impoverished relation, living on the sufferance of her mother’s extended family, Beatriz marries a handsome supporter of the Mexican revolution, Rodolfo Solorzano. After the wedding, they travel to his rural estate, San Isidro, where he leaves her in charge while returning Read more...
After six years of writing for the Pittsburgh Dispatch and six months reporting from the wilds of Mexico, Nellie Bly was ready for the larger New York newspaper stage. But breaking into the “men only” world of Newspaper Row there proved more than challenging and Read more...
Frannie Doyle is having a really bad day. It starts with getting laid off from the design job at Spayce she’s had for the past four years. Things get worse when on her way home, a box full of office mementos in her arms, her Read more...
Lee Stone, Stoner to her friends, is on a personal mission to protect the environment, address climate change, and do it starting right there in her home state of Texas. With a master’s degree in environmental policy, she’s the communications director for the woman-led Read more...
When Robert Kallman was diagnosed with ALS, the progression of the disease eventually placed him in full-time care at Pondside Manor. But rather than give up on life, he continued to hope for a cure and got to know his fellow residents, making new friends, especially with the Read more...
Shane Adler, injured in Afghanistan when the building he was in collapsed from a car bomb, retired from the Army rather than take a desk job. Now he and his dog, Decoy, who had located him in that building’s rubble and remained by his side until he Read more...
The plain white envelope postmarked New York City, with no return address, only contained a single folded sheet of paper with a list of nine names on it. Nine recipients, and none recognized any of the names listed other than their own. But all too soon, the names would Read more...
Responding to a car fire outside the Rocky Mountain National Park, Officer Nelson Rivers and his canine partner, a yellow Lab named Diesel, find evidence of an accelerant and no accident. It had been deliberately set. And with the driver of the vehicle at the hospital in a coma Read more...
It's January in Florida, but just one look at her weather app showing the minus 1-degree temperatures back in Chicago, confirms to Chloe Jackson that staying in Emerald Cove was the right decision. With her work at the Sea Glass Saloon, volunteering at the local community library Read more...
Seven years ago, Dr. Nell Young’s father had quashed her dreams and career in cartography when she was an intern under him at the New York Public Library’s famed Map Division. Dr. Daniel Young had been the senior cartographer. A very Read more...
Hornclaw, at 65 years of age, should be looking forward to retirement and a quiet life of leisure with her aging rescue dog, Deadweight, but she is not your average senior citizen. Hornclaw chafes under the expectation that it is time for her to be put out to pasture Read more...
At 27, Kamila Hussain has a pretty good life. She’s an experienced accountant at her father’s growing firm, where she focuses on helping small business owners with their financial health and business plans. She’s assisted in making many a dream come true, and Read more...
Before retiring in 2019, I worked for
over 40 years in the public sector as
an educator, speaker, and researcher
in criminal justice, environmental
education, fire protection,
groundwater, and water conservation. I
live in North-Central Texas (Grand
Prairie) with my husband, Jim;
Princess, Ginger, and Smoky (the
cats); and two basset hounds - Peaches
and Stoli.
I enjoy reading various genres,
including mysteries, SciFi,
contemporary and paranormal romance,
and thrillers, but I have a real
weakness for cozies, westerns,
dystopian tales, and post-apocalyptic
fiction. I just like to read, and I
like to connect other readers with
books that they might enjoy.
I write a couple of blogs about books
I’ve read and participate annually in
the Ultimate PopSugar Reading
Challenge, Goodreads Personal Reading
Challenge, Book Riot’s Read Harder
Challenge, and The Celebrity Readers’
Finishing the Series Challenge. All
those reading prompts keep me
motivated to read some of the many
books I’ve bought over the years.