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Time for a Mystery Vacation
Cozy Corner / May 30, 2017

By Kym Roberts You don’t need to plan a vacation or a staycation this week. Take the week off and relax from all the hubbub that has had you running around like a crazed mom of quintuplet five year olds in a toy store. Pick up a book or two, or three—the ones that have been stacking up in your to-be-read pile and just breathe. Escape into another world where ghosts are real, magic is everywhere, sewing is easy and a Book Barn is on Main Street. Trust me, the May releases are to die for—including one of my own 😉 GHOSTAL LIVING by Kathleen Bridge Hamptons Home & Garden In the latest mystery from the author of Better Homes and Corpses and Hearse and Gardens, Hamptons interior designer and antiques picker Meg Barrett uncovers a veil of spooky goings-on… The first Sag Harbor Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair is right around the corner, and interior designer Meg Barrett has her hands full decorating rooms at the Bibliophile Bed & Breakfast for wealthy rare book collector Franklin Hollingsworth. Rumor has it Hollingsworth is in possession of an unpublished manuscript written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. When the Fitzgerald manuscript’s authenticator is…

Kat Martin | Summer Adventure
Author Guest / May 30, 2017

Every summer my husband and I try to have some kind of adventure.  Not the hearty kind we used to undertake–like riding horseback into the high Sierras or tent camping for a week in Montana.  But whatever we choose, summer is great time for a getaway. This year, we’re driving from our home in Montana to the Western Writers of America conference in Kansas City, Missouri.  We’ll take the back roads, meander two-lane highways that wind through six different states. Along the way we hope to visit old writer friends, Kathleen and Michael Gear–authors of the PEOPLE series that takes place 10,000 years ago.  They live on a buffalo ranch in Wyoming. From there, we’ll head for the Dakotas, spend a little time in Rapid City, a great old West town.  Lots of historic buildings and fun art galleries. Staying off the beaten path, you can find all sorts of intriguing bits of history.  Sioux City sits right on the Missouri, plenty of steamboat lore, and you can learn about Louis and Clark in Omaha.  If you’ve never done a cross country road trip, it’s really a worthwhile adventure. Speaking of highway adventures, BEYOND REASON travels the roadways of Texas. …

Character Perspective Guest Post with Terri Osburn
Author Guest / May 30, 2017

Hi there! I’m Terri Osburn and today I’m excited to celebrate the release of THE LAST IN LOVE, the fifth and final installment in my Ardent Springs Series. This entire series has been about second chances, and Abigail “Abby” Williams deserves one more than most. After losing her husband to a roadside bomb, this Army widow has watched family and friends all find their happily ever afters. All while she’s still mourning the husband, and future, that she lost. Anyone who’s had the experience will tell you that being a military wife is not for the weak, and Abby definitely learned that during her marriage. The constant worry. The long months alone, hoping he’s safe and feeling guilty for wishing he didn’t have to be so far away. The fear you can’t ignore. Will this be the last time I see him alive? Will that dreaded knock on the door come today? Unfortunately for Abby, that knock did come, and she’s spent two years trying to get past it. Let’s see how she’s doing now. Do you regret marrying a military man? Of course not. I loved Kyle and I don’t regret a moment that I had with him. He…

Cover Reveal of RESCUED by Cara Downey
Author Guest / May 30, 2017

Rescued The beginning of Sean Harris’s life wasn’t easy. Even after he was engulfed in the arms of a loving family who filled an empty void left by a rough start in life, his closet still harbored skeletons he worked hard to forget. With the love and support of his family, and his inner drive and ambition, he built a company from the ground up. His success is a testament to that and his determination to succeed. In spite of his achievement, his personal life lay dormant. He had his share of encounters with the opposite sex, but never anything that might have been considered a relationship. His love life is non-existent, and he’s not really living; he only exists. All that changes the day his future walks into his office. He can’t help it—Shervon Jones bewitches him the moment they make eye contact. He’s instantly drawn to her. His need to dominate and control her rushes to the surface, overpowering him. Sean knows in that moment she belongs to him. The obvious realization and acknowledgement knocks him off balance because he’s never had such a reaction to a woman like this before. Yet, he can’t wait to show her…