A Day In My Life ~ Nola Cottonwood by Duffy Brown

“The house is called High Cotton.” I said to the cabbie while I helped him unload suitcases from the trunk. “My two aunts now own this Savannah beauty. It was built in eighteen-hundred something, but got its name during Prohibition. There’s still a hatch door leading...

A Day In My Life ~ Mess Hopkins by Alan Orloff

My parents named me Benjamin at birth, but now the only person who calls me that is my prickly Uncle Phil. Everyone else calls me Mess, a nickname coined by my older sister when we were kids. I glance around the motel room where I live. Clothes—mostly clean—are strewn...

A Day In My Life ~ Cece Barton by Maddie Day

I’m Cecelia Barton, known to most as Cece. I’ve lived in Colinas for, wow, nearly eight months now. It’s a lovely little historic town in the scenic wine-producing Alexander Valley about ninety minutes north of San Francisco. Most days I walk or bike over to Vino y...

My Musing ~ Murder Uncorked by Maddie Day

Murder Uncorked by Maddie Day Series Name: Cece Barton Mystery Book #1Genre: CozyRelease: October 24, 2023Format: Print, Digital Raise a glass to Cece Barton, a widowed single mom and recent L.A.-to-California-wine-country transplant who suddenly finds herself at the...

A Day In My Life ~ Scarlett Gardner by Samara Yew

Hello, and welcome to Palm Trees and Page Turners Bookshop! My name is Scarlett, and I would love to help find the perfect beach read for your vacation in sunny Southern California. I opened my bookshop on the beach a few months ago, but my original plan was derailed...