Arri has her eye on the main goal-- making damn sure she has
enough cash to raise her nephew and get out of Brooklyn
someday. Her junkie sister has followed their mother's path
of drugs and sex-for-dollars to swallow the pain, but Arri
intends to change her Read more...
Pete is walking the dark alone, now that Jack the Crow Mage
is serving his time in hell.
When a tortured body covered in sigils and oozing black
magic is found at the feet of Ramses II in the British
Museum, her old partner Ollie Heath calls her in on Read more...
When Meg Corey's mother Elizabeth shows up at the Orchard
unannounced Meg is nonplussed. It is not like her mother to
drop by, especially without calling first. The timing
couldn't have been worse. Meg is struggling with the hard
daily labor of the first harvest she's worked Read more...
Beth Kennedy has a life familiar to many; she is a single
mother going though the first year after a divorce,
struggling to keep her family happy and safe while
fulfilling the responsibilities of her job. But Laura Alden
has made the familiar fascinating in MURDER AT THE PTA, the Read more...
Maggie and the Black Sheep Yarn Shop regulars hie themselves
away for a new agey spa and retreat weekend in this third
installment to the series. As Maggie struggles to fill in
for an instructor who backs
out at the last minute, the rest of the crew experience the
dubious Read more...
Bailey Ruth Raeburn is called to the Department of Good
Intentions, but this time her adven-mission strikes close to
home and her life in Adelaide. The person she is to help is
a former acquaintance, Kay Clark, and they were not chums.
Worse yet, Kay is even more stubborn Read more...
Bailey Ruth Raeburn is on another adven-mission for Heaven's
Department of Good Intentions, this time to watch over
4-year-old Keith Flynn, unexpected son of Susan Flynn's
long-missing son Mitch (killed in Iraq).
Susan has gathered a group of needy people around her,
loosely-connected Read more...
She wouldn't be the obvious choice to manage a bar on the
Demon side of the barricades, but Emma Quinn was not your
typical idealistic 20-year-old. Her life was ruled by the
need to kill in order to live. Her parent's use of her as a Read more...
When Ginny Jones finds herself in Sedona, she has the
lingering memory of a hot kiss and a sudden compulsion to
visit distant relatives. The fog soon clears and she
realizes she has somehow been sent here by her BFF's
gorgeous college buddy, Alton. Gorgeous, yes, but the words Read more...
Aiken plunges us back into the fantastic world she created
with another great installment in the Dragon Kin series.
Princess Keita of the House of Gwalchmai fab Gwyar plays the
role of spoiled royal well; spending her life drifting from
one sexual entanglement to the next, kicking the enthralled
males Read more...
Lieutenant Commander Kris Longknife, Princess and kick ass
military leader, is scouting the poorly-mapped rim of human-
populated space. Her task, to eradicate any pirate's nest or
drug-growing enterprise she encounters, without stepping on
sensitive Peterwald family toes or giving the appearance of
gaining influence over any Read more...
Abby Knight loves her hometown. The quiet streets and slow
pace make every day of work in Bloomers, her downtown flower
shop, a gift. Then one morning the town square is covered
with media vans and squealing teens. The winner of America's
Next Hit Single is New Chapel's Read more...
Kitty Kat has been leader of the Alpha Centauri Airborne
Division for 6 months now. Her job has ratcheted back some,
now that the 'fugly' incursions have died down a bit. Just
when she thinks maybe the AC's have a handle on things,
orders from the US Government begin Read more...
A series of seemingly unrelated events is heating up
the town of Eureka. Zoe is home on a brief visit and is
helping Henry, Fargo, and Julia test theories in remote
viewing. The details from the government's Stargate program
have been recently declassified and Henry thinks it will be Read more...
Garrett's newly minted life with main squeeze Tinnie
isn't all bliss and crackers. Sure, the benefits of having a
gorgeous woman as a regular part of the day is not to be
sneezed at, but his job as security expert for the
Amalgamated Manufacturing Combine is beginning to Read more...
The first two Knitting Mysteries by bestselling author
Maggie Sefton have been cozied up together in one volume,
making a great gift for knitters and fans of cozy mysteries.
Knit One, Kill Two
When Kelly Flynn arrives in Colorado on the heels of her
Aunt Helen's murder the last Read more...
Arriving home from an emergency yarn trip for Shedd and
Royal Books and More's new crochet and knitting section,
Molly Pink finds her home surrounded by flashing lights and
crime scene tape. It's coming up on the busiest time of year
for the bookstore, the last thing Pink Read more...
Keira is back in Texas, freshly trained and ready (she
hopes) to take up the mantle of Kelly Heir.
Before she's able to settle in to her new role, she receives
an invitation from a relatively new wolf pack and it's Alpha
to a football game in White Read more...
Eleanor 'Nell' Pratt is responsible for keeping the money
flowing through the veins of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian
Society. Her job duties include media releases, setting up
lavish fundraising soirees and even taking care of a drunk
board member or two. Until this week, however, it hadn't
stretched to dealing Read more...
Dallis Caruth is dowered richly with the land and holdings
of her family. Payton Dunn-Fadden was his father's heir but
as the family holdings were poor in land he didn't cut much
of a swath in the Scottish countryside.
When Payton and his fellows took it into Read more...
I am working toward adding exercise to my daily schedule. I have a number of disabilities that make that a pretty big challenge, but even if all I do is wiggle around in my chair to get my blood moving several times a day it is better than sitting still :-} I have an ergometer (like an 'arm bicycle')that I can use on good days, and I am shooting for using it three days per week, twice each day. If I can do MORE days a week, I am thrilled :-}
Doubtful that there is a cure. Once you start down that path, imaginary friends and using any intriguing moment of real life as book fodder is pretty much S.O.P. Whether or not you actually write that novel, writer's brain is here to stay, in my experience. :-}
As a resident of Canton (about 20 minutes form downtown Detroit) this fascinates me! What a great setting and character for gritty noirish detective stories!
Absolutely! Brain trumps brawn for me. Unlike the Julie Brown song (I Like 'em Big and Stupid) I like them smart enough to converse with, and more importantly, emotionally able to grow.
I have to say I hope I win! Yes, after college, I traveled to Japan and eventually became an ESL teacher and stayed for almost 3 years. Changed my life dramatically.
I think the biggest tip you already covered: Awareness. Being aware of your surroundings gives you a bit of a head start when trouble intersects your life. There are circumstances where nothing you could do would have made a difference, but in those instances, it is important to have at least a mental list of who to call first and what to do next.
I love that you have brought the descendants of the Ives into today :-} I have been a huge fan of yours for years, and I'm delighted you are continuing with your terrific books! Paranormal abilities exist. Paranormal events happen. Events in my life have proven that to me despite my best efforts to explain them away with current logic and science. Magic is defined differently depending on personal belief. I don't discount anything, keeping an open mind (but not so open that my brains fall out.
I love that Half-price Books is reaching out! My husband is a victim of the economy in a different field, and we know first-hand how much having a chance at a job means!
Oh yeah, I can pinpoint many crucial points of decision, but the one that really changed most of my life was swapping dormitory roommates in college. That one decision connected me to a single person who introduced me to a group of people, who literally decades later introduced me to the perfect man for me, my current husband.
Good to meet you Bonnie! I bow to those authors who write great books full of grim, deep and tortuous plot, but what I LOVE is when there is also a thread (or, 'heck' a full skein) of humor to contrast with the life-changing elements. After all, life is chock full of irreverence, just the way I like it.
The probably sounds strange, but when I finish publishing a new knitting or crochet pattern, I allow myself to knit something with little or no pattern at all. Yeah, I reward myself for knitting, by knitting. For BIG rewards though, a meal at our local Japanese restaurant works great too.
I would love to attend readers (and writers) conferences. Is there a way to find out which are most (handicap)accessible? When we win the lottery I plan to travel a LOT. I am lucky in that we live in an area that has many fascinating conventions (a Steam Punk Con is only one town away from home) but no local readers/writers cons I have been able to discover.
I have loved the myths and lore of the British Islands since I can remember. I even pursued a degree in Anthropology, mostly to explore the myths that persist to this day in many parts of the world. I believe the myths DO have a reality of a sort. And I adore books that weave those ancient legends and their permutations into a sexy paranormal romance. I look forward to discovering your series!
Life long here. Of course, I've been reading everything I can get my paws on since I can remember,but I devoured the multitude of Harlequin, Gothic, Regency and Candlelight romances which were what was most available at the rummage sales in my small town. I remember he tingle I got when the couple actually *gasp* kissed on the final page... until I became a teen and wanted more. It was hard to find steamy romance back in the 70's in rural Michigan, but I managed. Romance has never let me down, seeing me through a horrible first marriage and health issues with riveting stories and always a happy ending to help balance the negatives in my life at that time. Now I am ecstatically and cozily married, and still, I turn to romance. (Although I continue to read almost anything I can get my paws on.)
Thank you so much Tara. I write reviews for Fresh Fiction. I am isolated in my 'real' life and being part of the family Sarah and the rest have created makes me less so. Thank you for so beautifully expressing what is in my heart.
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