Happy Fourth! I hope you’re all enjoying your summers. My 3-volume Buttercup Bend cozy mystery series is on sale for 99 cents for Kobo’s Independence Day Sale that ends on July 8. Grab your copy at https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/buttercup-bend-mysteries-books-1-3
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve won two Certificates of Excellence from the Cat Writers’ Association for articles, and my poem, “Leaving” was accepted for publication in the South Carolina Bards Anthology 2024.
I’ll be speaking at the Lancaster County Library on Monday, July 15 from 2 to 4 pm. If any of you’re in the area, I hope you’ll drop by. There’ll be raffles and refreshments. I’ll also be autographing books and reading excerpts from my latest titles.
Meet the cats from my new release, A Mixed Bag of Cat Tails:
Bojangles from my time-travel tale, “The Missing Mistletoe.”
Stripey from my fantasy, “Cat Genie.”
Snow White from my romance, “Saving Snow White.”
Bluebell from my horror story, “Knowledge is Power.”
Gato the ghost cat from “Haunted Honeymoon.”
Lucky from the mystery, “Murder Gone A-Stray.”
Merry and Jingles from, “Catnapped for Christmas.”
Ebony from “The Pyramid Murder.”
Thank you all for your support. Have a wonderful Fourth of July!
I'm a retired librarian and the award-winning author of the Cobble Cove, Buttercup Bend, and SOUP THE SUPERNATURAL KITTEN cozy mystery series and other novels, short stories, poems, articles, and a novella. My books include CLOUDY RAINBOW, REASON TO DIE, SEA SCOPE, MEMORY MAKERS, TIME'S RELATIVE, MEOWS AND PURRS, MEMORIES AND MEOWS, A MIXED BAG OF CAT TAILS, and A MYSTERY BOX OF CAT TAILS.
My Cobble Cove cozy mystery series published by Solstice Publishing consist of 6 books: A STONE'S THROW, BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, WRITTEN IN STONE, LOVE ON THE ROCKS, NO GRAVESTONE UNTURNED, and ROCK A BYE BYE BABY. My standalone short story collection featuring the Cobble Cove characters is SNEAKY'S SUPERNATURAL MYSTERY AND OTHER COBBLE COVE STORIES. My Buttercup Bend series published by Next Chapter Publishing includes THE CASE OF THE CAT CRAZY LADY, THE CASE OF THE PARROT LOVING PROFESSOR, THE CASE OF THE LLAMA RAISING LIBRARIAN, THE CASE OF THE WHALE WATCHING WEDDING PLANNER, THE CASE OF THE REPTILE RESCUING RESCEPTIONIST, and the forthcoming CASE OF THE BULLFIGHTING BUILDER.
I've also written a paranormal romance, CLOUDY RAINBOW, and short stories of various genres published as eBooks and in anthologies published by the Red Penguin Collection. My poetry appears in the Nassau County Voices in Verse and the Bard's Annual. My latest book is SUITCASE STORIES, a collection of mostly mystery short stories. My forthcoming standalone gothic mystery is LOOKING FOR LUCY.
I'm a member of Sisters-in-Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Cat Writers' Association. I live in South Carolina with my husband, daughter, and 3 cats.
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