Author Showcase ~ All Aboard for Research! by Ellen Byron

Jul 28, 2026 | Author Showcase

Maybe it’s because I grew up navigating the subways and commuter rail lines of New York, but I never met a train trip I didn’t love. I wisely married a man who feels exactly the same way. Even more fortuitous, we live in California—a state with a rich and pivotal...

My Musing ~ TAKE HART by Jamie Parker Stickle

Jul 27, 2026 | My Musing

Dru’s Short Musing: A missing mother propels Corey to look further than what the police are doing and, in the process, finds herself in the crosshairs of something nefarious. This was a nice drama that I could not put down until all was said and done. The author did a...

A Day in My Life ~ Hannah Portman by Valerie Burns

Jul 27, 2026 | A Day In My Life

My name is Hannah Portman, but everyone calls me Miss Hannah. I’ve worked at Baby Cakes Bakery in New Bison, Michigan almost as long as the current owner, Madison Montgomery, has been alive, and long before she inherited it from my best friend, her great aunt Octavia....

New Releases ~ Week of July 26, 2026

Jul 25, 2026 | New Releases

Searching for something to read? Check out some of the new titles releasing the week of July 26 – August 1, 2026 with one debut series. I hope a few of these books take you on a reading adventure! JULY 28 Twelve Weeks of Love & Loss by Rebecca Gould Baeurle...

A Word With M.E. Proctor

Jul 25, 2026 | A Word With The Author

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? I grew up surrounded by stacks of crime novels. My parents both read a lot and crime was by far their favorite genre. Of course, I raided their bookshelves (I was...