Jan 16, 2024 | Cover Reveal
It is my pleasure to share with you the cover for the next book in the “Spice Shop” mystery series from Seventh Street Books, coming July 2024 and now up for preorder. Publication Date: July 16, 2024 Publisher: Seventh Street Books Format: Print, Digital,...
Jul 18, 2023 | A Day In My Life
A lot has changed in my life since I bought the Spice Shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Two years ago? No, close to three. Doesn’t matter—it was clearly the best decision I ever made, though I’m not sure anyone else thought so. Happily, they kept their mouths shut,...
May 24, 2023 | A Day In My Life
Rolando had been a bartender for fourteen years, with gigs at beach resorts, mountain lodges, and more, but now he’d finally landed his dream job aboard the luxury cruise liner, Sea-renity Now. Life was generally quieter on the sea. After his last two positions, he...
Jul 20, 2022 | A Day In My Life
I’m not big on change. I’m big on a full-bodied Oregon Cabernet Franc, and on the rich syrahs and grenaches grown in the Horse Heaven Hills in southeast Washington. I’m big on a spicy French Viognier, with notes of apricot, peach and a hint of honeysuckle that will...
Feb 1, 2022 | A Day In My Life
Rolando had been a bartender for thirteen years, but this gig at Bearly There Ski Resort in Big Bear, California, was a new one for him. He liked it in in the mountains. It was quiet. Sane guests, which was more than he could say for his last job in the Caribbean. He...