Great News & Great Reads!

I'm happy to report that "Match Made in Mayhem" will be releasing soon. May, perhaps, according to Elk Lake Publishing. "Match Made in Mayhem is a series of crime fiction + a slow romantic burn throughout the series.

Here is the cover!

Murder …  mayhem, and two detectives without a clue how to navigate romance. 

Detective Luke Barritt has a grin for every occasion—and a knack for driving his new partner, Dakota Littlebear, nuts. She’s a five-foot-two force of nature with no patience for nonsense, especially not from a cocky six-foot-four smart-mouth who treats danger like it’s part of his skincare routine.

The case? Three young women, all executed with cold, professional precision. It’s grim, it’s urgent, and it gets downright explosive—literally.

But with bodies dropping, attempted murder, and professional boundaries disintegrating, this mismatched duo must rely on each other more than ever. The danger’s real, the stakes are rising—but will they be partners? In Shallows Creek, nothing's predictable ... except mayhem.

  Murder is bad. Killing your partner? Debatable.

Also - read several books this last month.

First, Doris Topliff, a great writer across genres. Don't believe me? You have to see her website. I read a short story, "The McLoughlin's Honeymoon." Free on her website, it's one adventure after another. https://delorestopliff.com/

I started reading Delores' Guide to traveling throughout Israel. Oh my. I read the recipes first (haha, no comment) and then the "Not to Do" and came across a hysterical (but potentially not) story I will not tell!

I also had the opportunity to read Lynn Halliday's YA -"Disaster! Not My Plan! A terrific YA, and here is the cover and the blurb:

"Disaster! That's Not My Plan!"

A couple of years have passed since Jantastic’s epic journey down the Sauble River. Jan has grown into a more confident girl of fourteen, ready to face new challenges in life. Gone is her fear of the unknown but not her enthusiastic view of life, which is often displayed with twirls of delight.

This year Jan is invited to go to camp ABK as a junior leader to lend her expertise to the junior girl’s Outpost camp. The French River is the planned canoe trip—a whitewater river of some renown, where the novice paddlers will practice their whitewater skills.

Daisy, the senior leader feels slighted and needs to show that she is perfectly able to lead Outpost camp, but things go wrong. Will they paddle the French River as planned or will disaster strike once again?

Let's not forget Katelyn Pffier's "City of Truth."

A Christian YA Dystopian novel follows the novel, City of End, which has been destroyed, sending the few survivors underground, only to find more evil. Couldn't put it down!

Another wild ride: Signal Zero:

Signal Zero is a global conspiracy tracking from Yale to Rome. Evelyn Harper discovers a 1400-year old manuscript. Now she's thrust into the centuries old war which has been designed from battles to pandemics. Her life? In danger. He writes like I think: conspiracy theorist with thrills and danger around every corner.

I read an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) from Jane Daly. Another Christian romantic suspense - issues addressed that few authors do, and sparks that fly between two law enforcement officers, and a mom with a type of dementia, the kind you need to chase around from time to time, and who loves diamonds, resulting in a grandma-oriented debacle. Cover not yet revealed, but soon. This novel is coming in May.

Next on my list is a wild ride by Doris Tiploff (after I finish "A Traveling Grandma's Guide to Israel," comes Stars and Stripes for Freedom novella, "Remember the Alamo." No cover (yet!).

Look for more news in April!