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Newsletter - April 15, 2025

Published 24 days ago • 1 min read

Belated Happy Birthday to me!

I'm 55 now, so 'bout time for a mid-life crisis, no? One-hundred and ten!

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We have a lot of dark clouds hovering around us right now, so it was nice spending time with friends and relaxing a bit this weekend. Friday night, we played pool and listened to an 80s band with good friends. Saturday, my oldest had prom while my wife and I went to a fundraiser for a group that does surgeries for children born with congenital heart conditions. Sunday was relaxing--we took grandma out for my birthday dinner (a nice heart-healthy chicken-fried steak for me, followed up with cake...)

I put Secrets of Deara on pre-release at Amazon. To be transparent, I might have to move the date. I haven't finished my edits, nor checked with Marla, my traditional copy editor, to see if she's available. But, I'll start collecting email addresses for the ARC. I think, this time, I will wait until after the copy editor has done her magic to send out the ARCs. Feel free to send the link on to others or post it or whatnot.

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She should’ve known better.

What starts as a one-night stand spirals into a situationship with legal baggage. A body turns up, drawing an old friend to town. And one of her neighbors is missing. A three-layer problem Molly finds hard to resist.

Something is lurking beneath Smallbany’s sleepy surface. Neither the city nor its newest resident are what they seem. Moving into a new home requires a little cleanup, and Molly doesn’t mind getting her hands dirty—or bloody.

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