My Musing ~ Final Fondue by Maya Corrigan

Final Fondue by Maya Corrigan is the third book in the “Five-Ingredient” mystery series. Publisher: Kensington, July 2016 Val Deniston certainly has her plate full running a café, dabbling with recipes, and helping her grandfather prepare for the town’s upcoming...

Giulia Driscoll's Deprivation by Alice Loweecey

One side benefit from being a nun is you get used to name changes. I was born Giulia Falcone, then I became Sister Mary Regina Coelis for ten years. When I jumped the wall (yes, there really was a wall, but I walked out the front door) I was Giulia Falcone again. Now...

Just Another Day with Shay O’Hanlon by Jessie Chandler

A bead of sweat rolled around my brow and into my eye as I slathered Kelly green paint on the wood trim around the front window of the Leprechaun, my father’s Northeast Minneapolis bar. Winter in Minnesota wasn’t the best time to paint any exterior surface, but thanks...

A Day in the Life of Livvy Avery by Sara Rosett

Daily Journal for Mrs. Clempton’s class, 4th grade: My name is Livvy Avery. I’m nine years old and my teacher assigned us to write in our daily journal what we did during Spring Break. I just got back from a trip to a Georgia barrier island for my aunt’s wedding. Aunt...