Mar 31, 2026 | A Day In My Life
I should have listened to Marcy. I’m Junetta Beale, owner of the Shipshape Bookshop in my small Southeast Alaska town. My best friend, Marcy George, runs the adjoining Last Chance Café. She tried to talk sense into me when I agreed to host my former fiancé and his...
Mar 27, 2026 | A Day In My Life
When I needed to hide from my ex, The Balefire Bay Book and Tea Shop’s bookclub became my new family and kept me alive. Xander, a world-famous author, gave me a job in his personal library, which looks like it belongs in Downton Abbey, and a cabin to stay in on his...
Mar 25, 2026 | A Day In My Life
Resident of Bowmore House, the keeper of the fires I have always been drawn to fires. I lose myself watching flames dance around crackling, spitting wood, while wisps of smoke curl and disappear into the sky. Even when we had servants, I took pleasure in stirring the...
Mar 24, 2026 | A Day In My Life
If you’d told me a year ago that I’d be living in my mother’s childhood home on the Chesapeake Bay, sharing walls with ancestral magic and my two sisters in full witch mode, I would have called you crazy. Unlike my sisters, my magic has never really manifested. I...
Mar 23, 2026 | A Day In My Life
I’m dressed and ready for work by seven—navy blue suit, stockings, and heels. A handbag and gloves, of course. A dark red fedora on the vanity catches my eye and I take that, too. It’s Rose’s hat, but what my sister doesn’t know can’t hurt her, right? The scent of...
Mar 18, 2026 | A Day In My Life
It’s another bright, beautiful spring morning in New Jersey. I’m always grateful for a sunny morning since my day begins with multiple dog walks. First, I walk my pups, Boone and Crockett. Then I’m off to the Forever Friends Animal Shelter. There are five to...
