It's that time of year again. The arrival of my birthday, Canada Day, and Independence Day. Amazing that three such important birthdays fall so close together. Even if you don't live in Canada or the USA, consider this your birthday celebration too. I have rounded up some free and $0.99 ...

June 27 is PTSD Awareness Day. For millions of people around the world, the most traumatic events of their lives have never ended. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a lingering reminder that turns every day into a potential minefield, with flashbacks and triggers potentially hidden around every corner. ...

FBI profiler Casey McKinley survived a brutal attack by the notorious serial killer known as “Leonardo” for his penchant for dissecting his victims as DaVinci once did human cadavers; now he’s back and she must catch this clever killer before he can unveil his ultimate masterpiece—her ...

I am currently reading The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. This is not like most of the other books that I have read. The book that I have read that it is most similar to is Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Or maybe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy set in WWII Europe. It is the ridiculous adventure of an audacious Swede who runs into trouble and makes new friends at every turn. Both jinxed and charmed, you never know what's going to happen to Allan Karlsson next. ...

The day you have been waiting for has come! Vegan Baked Alaska, book 9 of the Auntie Clem's Bakery mystery series is out! Erin needs a little break from everything that has been happening in Bald Eagle Falls (you can only be subjected to so many murders, thefts, fires, and threats before it gets to be a bit much.) She ends up on a cruise to Alaska, far from civilization and criminal conspiracies, where the biggest problem should be that she wasn’t expecting it to be a vegan cruise. ...

Outcome, a Novel by multi-award winning and Amazon best-selling author Barbara Ebel: A woman and her dog flee for their lives during a major hurricane, but what happens next is far worse ...

I hope you had a good Father's Day and picked up a book or two from my Father's Day post. Be sure to check back here this weekend for the new release of Vegan Baked Alaska. I am reading Sherry Thomas's A Study in Scarlet Women, which is a retelling/twist ...

There are a lot of things going on this month, but I decided this week to focus on Father's Day and bring you a few books to check out. If you're quick, there is still time to order on Amazon Prime or run over to your nearest brick and mortar book store! And there are always ebooks, which are an instant buy, if your dad enjoys ebooks or you want a little something for yourself. ...

Maya Hope by Timothy Browne Dr. Nicklaus Hart, a gifted trauma surgeon, searches for meaning in his life. His self-reliant spirit is broken with the death of his missionary best friend, found sacrificed at the base of a Maya Temple. Going to Guatemala to fill the shoes of his friend at the mission hospital, he discovers God’s redemption and peace in the smiles of the children he cares for. But his own life is in danger as he and his team stumble onto a deadly North Korean plot. ...

This week I am just finishing up Golden Prey, by John Sandford. This is an engaging thriller with more twists and turns than a bag of Twizzlers. The criminals are smart, and so are the federal marshal and agents on their tails. It is a great game of cat and mouse, and while the feds are bound to win in the end, I'm not quite sure how ...

Those of you who have read my YA books know that I write about a lot of gritty social problems like addiction, abuse, and homelessness. Ann Hunter is another writer who has taken it upon herself to tackle some of these very real issues. So let's hear what she has to say about her writing life and her latest release! ...

Are you excited? It's time for another round-up of freebies. Fill up your Kindle with Apple-achian Treasure and some of these mysterious titles! Apple-achian Treasure is the eighth book in the Auntie Clem's Bakery mystery series. ...

Transport yourself to new worlds where dark magic clashes with witty witches, diabolic demons, feisty fae, and sexy shifters. Or travel through time and space with cosmic spies, space thieves, and telepathic pirates. Add in a dash of Victorian heroes and inhuman soldiers, and you have a one-of-a-kind science fiction and fantasy collection of intoxicating proportions ...

Face haunting new worlds filled with paranormal creatures and breathtaking romance. Journey with beautiful beasts, sexy-as-sin vampires, soul-searing demigods, shadowy necromancers, and unlikely heroes as they fall in love and battle for good in this collection of fantasy adventures ...

Death Hub by Amazon best-selling author, Edwin Dasso. Jack Bass, MD, discovers that new medical technology can work wonders...if it doesn't kill you first. Jack is working feverishly with two of his favorite past students to figure out what is behind the chaos of medical technology gone crazy. Then stop it. But, is it a bigger issue than anything they could have imagined? ...

Last week I read Beautiful Boy by David Sheff. This is a tough book, a memoire of his son's addiction too meth. If you have a family member with an addiction, you'll find a friend in Sheff. He puts it all out there, the guilt, the worry and anxiety, imagining what might have happened to him every time he disappeared. He goes through the stages of not knowing, telling himself it wasn't so bad, and then Nic's rapid downward spiral and cycles of recovery and relapse. ...

Zachary Goldman, Private Investigator, is flawed with a capital F. Shattered by the tragedies of his own life, he will somehow still manage to pick himself up and dig just a little bit deeper than anyone else to find the vital clues ...

If you've been paying attention, you probably know that my next release is Vegan Baked Alaska, the next installment in the Auntie Clem's Bakery series. ...

Only Wrong Once by Jenifer Ruff After two bizarre deaths on opposite sides of the country, FBI operative Quinn and CDC agent Madeline unearth a deadly bioterrorism plot. Can the pair work together to put a stop to imminent catastrophe? ...