Great cozy mysteries

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Do you love cozy mysteries? Then I have to tell you about this contest some friends are running for 24 cozies from Heartsong Presents Mysteries. Click over here. Mainly Mysteries runs lots of great interviews with authors, but this contest alone is worth popping over for. And they’re selecting the winner on October 1st, so be sure to head over. …

Review: Bon Appetit

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I loved this book! In fact, I’m going back to buy book one… this book stands completely on its own, though it’s the second in the series. Bon Appetit is a delightful story about a young woman chasing her dreams — all the way across the ocean. Lexi Stuart lands in France to attend chef school so that she can …

A Battery and New Life

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Last week I bit the bullet. Eric can tell you how incredibly conservative I am when it comes to spending money. I hate to spend money over a certain threshold. But last week I had to. My laptop battery has consistently tanked over the last six months. When I got the computer a couple years ago, it had this awesome …

Review: Back to Life

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Lindsey realized when she married Ron, a man 17 years her senior, that the odds were he’d see heaven before her, but she never expected to be a widow at 35. There’s too much of life left for her to just sit around in mourning. But she can’t seem to kick start the rest of her life. That is until …

I’m Done! and First Chapter

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Late last night or early this morning depending on your perspective, I typed the last word in the Complete Idiots Guide to Business Law. Yahoo!!!!! This morning I’m reading the last five and editign before emailing them to my editors — 15 days before deadline! YAHOOOOOOOO! Nothing like two more deadlines staring me in the face to keep me moving …

Too Many Books?

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Is there such a thing as too many books? Oh, I hope not. But as I stare at the piles of books that literally surround me on my desk, I have to wonder. I collect books like some people collect movies, dates, or experiences. And at the rate I collect them, I’ll never catch up. Especially if I keep doing …

Review: A Passion Redeemed

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Y’all know how much I loved A Passion Most Pure…that made me more than a little leery as I picked up A Passion Redeemed. Could Julie do it again? Pull me into a plot brimming with romance? And could she redeem Charity, the character most of us loved to hate in A Passion Most Pure? The answer to each question …

Captive Dreams Cover

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Isn’t it gorgeous! I’ve had the best covers so far….Can’t wait to hold this book sometime next month. Now back to writing the Complete Idiots Guide to Business Law. Three more chapters to write this week, and I can turn it in two weeks early! And turn all my attention on my next novel. Yeah!

Review: The Faith of Barack Obama

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As I’ve mentioned, this year it has been really hard for this political junkie to get excited about the presidential election. I think the fact that one candidate has clearly expressed his faith, while the other is such a maverick left me wondering what to believe. Plus, if I never received another one of those forwarded emails about Obama’s faith, …

Presidential Forum

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If you missed the Saddleback Forum last weekend like we did, here’s your chance to catch up on it. I found this website that allows you to watch the forum and decide for yourself. I’ve been reading the Faith of Barack Obama Buy Read You can read the introduction by clicking on the read button. Something I’ve really struggled with …