A Day In My Life ~ Valerie Corbin by Leslie Karst

It’s about eight am, and my wife Kristen and her surfing buddy Isaac have headed out to catch some waves at Honoli‘i Beach. Which is fine with me. I could use some alone time. We’ve been on the Big Island of Hawai‘i for almost a week now, and I have to say it’s not...

My Musing ~ Molten Death by Leslie Karst

A glimpse of a quickly melting corpse at the foot of a volcano has amateur sleuth and food enthusiast Valerie Corbin shocked. But how can she investigate a murder, when there’s no evidence the victim ever existed? The first Orchid Isle cozy mystery, set in...

A Day In My Life ~ Ariel Shepard by Susan C. Shea

Bonjour, and welcome to my adopted home in France. My name is Ariel Shepard. I’ve been rebuilding my life for more than a year now since my dear husband died back home in New York and left me a rather dilapidated but romantic château here in rural Burgundy, about 90...

A Day In My Life ~ Tiffany Austin by T.C. LoTempio

Hi! My name is Tiffany Austin and I think I have the best job in the world! I get to eat for a living! I started out as a gourmet chef at a fancy New York hotel, but a complicated love affair forced me to reassess my life and return to my hometown of Branson, Georgia,...