Hi Everyone! I’m Stella O’Neil and I can’t believe you’d be interested in an interview from a nerd like me. I recently move to the hometown my dad grew up in because I wanted to get to know my grandfather, Oscar. Oscar is an ex FBI agent and tries to hide behind his grumpy nature. He scared me a bit when I first met him, but now I adore him to pieces. I started working with my uncle who owns Flamingo Realty, and each of our signs sports a huge pink flamingo. You’d think they’d get stolen more, but apparently it’s a toss-up between cute and bananas.

I love my job, I really do, especially since my best friend, Kari, works there also. We didn’t start out as friends, but that’s a story for another day. My favorite thing about moving back here is facilitating a reunion between my dad and Oscar. It was a long time coming, and those men were stubborn. But guess who’s a bit more headstrong. This girl right here.

I don’t have any pets as of yet, unless you count the little bird I rescued who flew into my window. He made a full recovery and hangs out at my feeder every morning. I do have to figure out what to do about the squirrels though. In my spare time I’m fixing up this amazing old house that my landlord live in her entire life, only moving out when she married. One amazing thing I found was a poem she’d written on the wall when she was a little girl. Rather than paint over it, I found a picture framed and tacked it around it.

My favorite meal is spaghetti. I can’t help it. It’s so cozy, and with meatballs and a sprinkle of cheese, hits all the right spots. I love it. Even better, it’s not hard to make. Spaghetti is a friend that never betrays you.

I haven’t traveled a lot, but some places I’d like to go are Italy and Ireland. They seem so romantic and lovely, filled with old world charm and greenery. If you’ve been, I’d love to hear about it! Where do you recommend I go?

Significant other. . . that’s a tricky topic. Kari always tries to set me up with “someone she knows I’ll love.” I’ve yet to love any of them. I’ve run the gamut with blind dates with her, from constant dad jokes, to the worst pick-up lines in history. Or men who never put their phone down long enough to even order food. Sometimes I wonder if she even knows me.

My favorite color is easy. It’s the color of the grass when the sun is shining through it on a clear summer day. Green is amazing when it’s alive. My favorite spot in the house is on the porch swing where I can read and sway and lift my face to the sun. I love my life.

I live in Brookfield, a small town just bursting with charm. One of my favorite places to go is the local diner owned and operated by Mrs. Marla for the last fifty years. They know me by sight, and I don’t know if I should be embarrassed or flattered that they know my order by memory. One bacon cheeseburger please with a pile of French fries. Mmmmmm

I would never say I’m a sleuth, but I will say that I’m my grandfather’s blood, and that FBI gene seems to run deep. I always have questions and like to figure things out. Not that I run head-on into trouble. I’m too smart to get mixed up in danger.

But sometimes danger has a way of finding me.

Thanks for letting me share! Don’t forget to give me some travel ideas. Have a great day!
Stella O’Neil

Giveaway: Leave a comment below for your chance to win a kindle copy of either Mind Your Manors or Cherry Pie or Die, the first book in her Flamingo Realty or Baker Street series. Giveaway ends March 27, 2020. Good luck everyone!

Terror on Top is the seventh book in the “Baker Street” cozy mystery series, released March 24, 2020.

A Flamingo Cozy and Baker Street Mystery partnership. Stella O’Neil and Georgie Tanner are on the case.

When Georgie agrees to help her friend Stella O’Neil clean up a house she’s listing, neither of them are prepared for the dead body that tumbles out of a closet. Stella suspects it’s the house’s previous owner but is shocked to see it’s the man who hired her, the bank representative.

As Georgie and Stella dig for answers, they find that everyone involved in the prior sale of the house is now dead. . . and they could be next.

But Georgie can’t walk away from this mystery. The secrets that unfold shake her to her core as they involve her fiancé who died years ago. How does this derelict house connect to her life? What else will she find out. . . and does she even want to know?

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About the author
CeeCee James is a two-time USA Today bestselling author who first began making up stories at bedtime for her children through the years. Some of her mystery series include- the Baker Street Mysteries, Angel Lake Cozy Mysteries, Flamingo Realty, and the Oceanside Hotel mysteries. She’s known for writing flawed sleuths with a good sense of humor and an added dash of romance.

Her favorite place to write is curled up in an oversized chair with a cup of coffee, often with a sleeping dachshund trying to hog up half of the space. In honor of her dog-babies, there are usually dogs in her books, with the exception of the Angel Lake series, which has a cat in the honor of the one in her author picture.

Writing has been a life long passion. Her first published work was nonfiction Ghost No More. She loves writing about love and the celebration of life.

To learn more about CeeCee, visit her website at ceeceejames-author.com.

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