Behind the Book: Naming a World

In my new double header Saviors I decided to start from scratch. As in, really scratch. Let’s build a city from nothing, a location that can be anything I want it to be, shaped to fit the stories rather than the other way around. Go back to day one, when the city was...

INTERVIEW WITH MAISEY YATES

Cowboy to the Core and Lone Wolf Cowboy by Maisey Yates are the latest in the “Gold Valley series.”  What these novels have in common, a Yates specialty, is showing how individuals make their own choices and can choose love over being broken. Both books delve into the...

INTERVIEW WITH JOSHILYN JACKSON

Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson is an entertaining tale of betrayal, deception, temptation, and love. Although the story starts out a bit slowly, after the third chapter it takes off and soars, never descending.  With secrets, lies, betrayals, and the sins...

GOLDIN'S GOLDENS

Sometimes, when I terrify myself writing murder scenes in my dark, creaking house in the middle of the night, I have to give the lab puppy by my side a little pat. I’ve adored labs and their golden retriever cousins since I puppy-raised Jiny, a Golden...

BOOK REVIEW OF SMOKE SCREEN BY IRIS JOHANSEN

Smoke Screen (Eve Duncan Book 26) Iris Johansen Grand Central Publishing 7/30/19 Smoke Screen by Iris Johansen brings to life a realistic page-turner. Readers will be reminded of the genocide in Rwanda through some of the descriptions in this plot. Women empowerment...

BEHIND THE BOOK WITH MARY ANNA EVANS

The How, Where and Why of CATACOMBS: A Faye Longchamp Mystery by Mary Anna Evans Since the publication of Artifacts, the first novel in your series about Faye Longchamp, an archeologist who is also a sleuth, your work has drawn the attention of mystery fans who enjoy...

INTERVIEW WITH LEILA MEACHAM

Dragonfly by Leila Meacham is a spellbinding novel.  The story from the very first line pulls readers into the mystery: which of the five American spies embedded in Nazi occupied Paris has survived? The dramatic scenes are riveting as each character plays a cat...

Pet Spotlight: Jeremy Finley and Thor

Thor So I’m convinced there is a class system with dogs. Our new puppy proved it to me. Just as we in the lower and middle class look with scorn and envy at the rich, the Rescues cast distain upon the Pure Breeds. Look at you, the Dog Pounders glare from the back...