Dorie Slaughter and a day in her life by Mona Marple

I remember when I was their age, you know. When my only worry in life was what dinner to make for him at home. Before my Jim arrived. Back when my body and my mind were still my own. I’d turn the radio up while I dusted and plumped up cushions. Women were starting to...

My Musing ~ A Grave Issue by Lillian Bell

A Grave Issue by Lillian Bell is the first book in the NEW “Funeral Parlor” mystery series. Publisher: Crooked Lane Books, coming February 13, 2018 After an on-air gaffe goes viral and jeopardizes her career, journalist Desiree Turner retreats home to Verbena,...

Poppy McAllister and a day in her life by Libby Klein

The only thing worse than going to your twenty-fifth high school reunion is going a pathetic failure. I’m a stay at home cat mom, who’s sixty pounds overweight, and I just ate a can of Duncan Hines chocolate frosting for breakfast. I haven’t been out of the house...

Allie Larkin and a day in her life by Shari Randall

Hi! My name is Allie Larkin. Welcome to the Lazy Mermaid Lobster Shack! A day in my life? If you’d asked me a couple of months ago, I’d tell you all about my hours in the studio rehearsing with New England Ballet Theater. But everything changed when I broke my ankle...

Emily Westhill and a day in her life by Ginger Bolton

I’m Emily Westhill. I set my alarm to go off at five fifteen every morning. I have a cat. I seldom need that alarm. . . Deputy Donut is a tortoiseshell tabby with tri-colored tabby stripes and cute circles on her sides that resemble donuts. I usually shorten her name...