A Day in My Life ~ Arial Kingston Mayes by Sandra Balzo

Oct 7, 2025 | A Day In My Life

My name is Arial—like the font, not the mermaid. I was born Arial Kingston, but tacked on Mayes when I moved to the Monterey Peninsula a couple of months ago. You see, my maternal great-grandmother, Gretchen Mayes, leap-frogged over both my mother and grandmother to...

My Musing ~ THE WRITE WAY TO DIE by Beth Prentice

Sep 30, 2025 | My Musing

Dru’s Short Musing: At a writer’s retreat a murder should occur on the page, not at the retreat and when her friend appeared to be one of the suspects, Aubrey just had to investigate. Beth Prentice has done it again by delivering another solid whodunit that I could...

A Day in My Life ~ Summer Jenkins by Christine Wellert

Sep 30, 2025 | A Day In My Life

“If you don’t get down here ASAP, I’m throwing your breakfast in the trash!” Ugh. I considered myself a morning person, but Elliot, my roommate and best friend took it to a whole new level. “I’m coming!” I hollered back, jumping out of bed and frantically sorting...

My Musing ~ POISON AND POOCHES by Sandra Balzo

Sep 29, 2025 | My Musing

Dru’s Short Musing: What do you do when the house you inherited has a dead body under the floorboard? If you are Arial Kingston, you look for clues under the guise of meeting your new neighbors. This was a well-written whodunit with crisp writing and a comfortable...

A Day in My Life ~ Carissa Blackwood by Penny Warner

Sep 24, 2025 | A Day In My Life

I’m So Not Nancy Drew Although I wish I were sometimes. Especially now that I’ve moved into what could only be described as a “haunted” house with my two “eccentric” aunts. After I got divorced and lost my job as a mystery novel ghostwriter, I’d been looking for a new...