Secrets from Myself by Christine Hart - Book Tour - Review - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hi lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Christine Hart and her new book, “Secrets from Myself”!  For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

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Secrets from Myself

by Christine Hart

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GENRE: Middle Grade

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BLURB:

Twelve-year-old Katelyn has always heard voices and had visions. She's long suspected she was hearing from past lives. But when she runs away from home and hides out with an old friend in Vancouver, things become more real. She even finds herself writing the words of someone else in a diary - the words of someone whose fate was deeply impacted by the Komagata Maru incident.

As Katelyn learns more about the Komagata Maru and the person communicating with her, she realizes that she has a task to fulfill that will correct a wrong from the past.

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EXCERPT TWO:

As Radhika opens the front door, the warm brightness of their home is breathtaking. The ceilings are high and I feel instantly out of my league. The faint smell of cinnamon and cardamom wafts towards us. We remove our shoes, and head directly to the kitchen, a magazine ready showcase of granite counters and stainless-steel appliances.

Once we’re sitting on barstools at the kitchen island and Radhika has poured us some tea and set out two fruit plates, I decide it’s time to move things along.

“So, Mrs. Mann, Bryce tells me you found some pictures or papers I can look at for my history project.”

Radhika’s face lights up. “I hadn’t forgotten.” She leaves the kitchen and I hear footfalls on the front stairwell.

“Don’t worry; the whole point of bringing you over was so you could look at this stuff. Mom loves her old pictures. But I don’t think she’s got a lot to go on. My grandfather changed his name at some point after he married my grandmother,” says Bryce.

Radhika reappears with two pieces of fragile old paper to show me. The first is a grainy photograph. The second looks like a postcard. She holds out the photograph first.

“This is my grandfather and his father not long after they came to Canada. My grandfather and his wife owned that shop in the picture. I think it was a wedding present to get them started here. Very generous back then,” says Radhika as she looked thoughtfully at the men.

“I’d say that’s generous for any time. I’d love it if someone bought me a shop.” I accept the photo from Radhika and cradle it in my hand as I look more closely.

The two men are smiling. One is middle-aged, the other barely out of his teens. It’s hard to make out detail in the faces. They’re wearing turbans and long tunic shirts. The black-and-white image makes colors impossible, but they’re light gray in the image. A shop sign is partially obscured by the pair; only the word GOODS shows through. I flip the photo over. The writing on the back is Hindi.

I return the precious photo, which Radhika accepts and exchanges for the postcard. It’s not a postcard, though. It’s a ticket. Under a graphic seal and a couple of serial numbers it reads:

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.

To the Commander S.S.———————

Please provide the bearer with Steerage

Accommodation with food from HONGKONG to

VANCOUVER. Fare ($50 Gold) has been paid to us.

Under the text is a PAID stamp with a date I can’t read. The ticket has been authorized by a name, which is also illegible. And then:

Agents, Canadian Pacific Railway.

Calcutta 23rd December 1907

B. Hasan

And at the bottom, a name! B. Hasan. Sanjay’s last name! Could this be any relation? Akasha has never actually named Sanjay’s father. If he changed his name, was this the new name or the old one?

“This is amazing! This is a real piece of history!” Normally when someone is showing me old family photos, I have to feign polite interest. Pins and needles are shooting up my spine and along my arms. I remember myself and hand the card back to Radhika.

“Did you get what you need for your project?” Radhika seems eager to return her keepsakes to a safe place.

“Would it be all right if I take a photo of each with my phone? Just to keep a copy without putting your originals in danger.” Radhika smiles and places both items on the counter long enough for me to click twice with my camera.

“Do you mind if I borrow some paper to make some notes?” I think better of it. What if I really was just looking at Sanjay and his father, and touching one of their actual tickets? Will I have another episode right here if I start writing?

“Actually, never mind. I’ll just tap some notes into my phone and email myself.” I smile nervously. Bryce looks understandably confused.

After another cup of tea, Radhika and Bryce take me back to Arbutus House.

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REVIEW:

I have to be honest, I got confused and lost several times throughout reading this book.  Between the different tenses changing throughout the same paragraph, the back and forth between Katelyn’s writing and Akasha’s story, and there just being so much going on, it got a bit hectic at times.

Although this book is listed as Middle Grade, it seems like it would be better suited in Young Adult as I feel some of the topics and scenes may be on the more mature side.

This book is about twelve-year-old, Katelyn who possesses psychic abilities that allow her to connect via diary with another girl, Akasha.  Through this diary Katelyn is writing Akasha’s story in Hindi – a language Katelyn does not know but can suddenly write and speak.  Katelyn is fascinated and curious to find out how and why this is all happening.  Unfortunately, Katelyn’s mom is extremely concerned that Katelyn is suffering from a mental or physical disease and has her admitted to the children’s psychiatric hospital for testing.

I really liked that the author was able to pull real historic facts into this book and make it interesting.  I researched the Komagata Maru since I had never heard of it and was surprised to see so much info on it.  It’s always great when Middle Grade or Young Adult Books that are genre based on paranormal or mystery or such can also have a true historical background tie-in so not only is the reader enjoying their book, they’re also learning something too!

I really wanted to like this book, but I just feel like something was missing or off.  It just felt a bit disconnected or disjointed in the writing or the story.

Unfortunately, I found this book at times to be a bit slow paced and easy to put down.  It actually took me a few weeks to finally finish reading.

All in all, this book has a great storyline, interesting characters, and real historical facts!  I would recommend this book to YA and older readers.  I know this book is marketed as Middle Grade, and perhaps it would be okay for older mature middle graders, but I think some of the scenes, themes, topics, writings, and such are not necessarily appropriate for the younger reader.

**Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book and have voluntarily provided an honest, and unbiased review in accordance with FTC regulations.**

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AUTHOR BIO:

Located on BC’s beautiful West Coast, I write from my suburban Langley home on the border between peaceful forests and urban streets.  I love writing about places and spaces with rich history and visually fascinating elements as a backdrop for the surreal and spectacular.

In addition to my undergraduate degree in writing and literature, my background also includes corporate communications and design. I am a current member of the Federation of BC Writers and SF Canada.

When not writing, I have a habit of breaking stuff and making stuff – in that order – under the guise of my Etsy alter-ego Sleepless Storyteller.  I share my eclectic home and lifestyle with my husband and our two energetic children.

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Dreams Goals and Adventure by Michael D. Ditton - Book Tour - Book Sale - FREE Book!!

Author Michael D. Ditton makes a stop here today as part of his Dreams, Goals, and Adventure Blog Tour through MC Book Tours.

Dreams, Goals and Adventure is a series of personal stories, the ups and downs of someone who inspires to reach all of the dreams set forth and how sometime a life event creates a situation requiring a major adjustment. It is stories others will be able to relate to with the life adventures each and every one of them have experienced, both good and challenging

◊ DREAMS, GOALS AND ADVENTURE by Michael D. Ditton

◊ Paperback: 148 pages

◊ Genre: Self-Help, Motivational

◊ Publisher: BalboaPress (October 19, 2015)

◊ Language: English

◊ ISBN-10: 1504335880

◊ ISBN-13: 978-1504335881

From broke to retired in ten years . . .

Returning home from Desert Storm, I found myself mentally and financially bankrupt. Newly divorced, I had no job, no help, and no hope. My reasons to live were gone. At the lowest point in my life, I fell back on simple truths from my childhood: hard work gets results, and it's okay to dream. And dream I did, setting goals that launched me from poverty to a life I could not have imagined. And you can do it, too.

          Dreams, Goals, and Adventure will inspire you to dream big, work toward your goals, and live your life as an adventure every day.

* Don't be afraid to dream.

* Don't accept “no” as an answer.

* Remove “can't” from your vocabulary.

* Small goals are stepping stones to much larger goals.

* Learn how to spring forward from failure.

* Know you will have to adjust.

* Live life as an adventure.

"Your experiences are so extra-ordinary and you're fascinating
to listen to. Your speaking style is humble and respectful of both your role as a speaker and of your audience, as one would expect after hearing of what you were trained to do. If others would open their lives to adventure as you have they would love their life even more." ~Jim Cathcart, author of the bestsellers: The Acorn Principle and Relationship Selling. CEO of Cathcart.com

Chapter Two

Don’t Take No For An Answer

Shortly after landing in Florida and settling into my new school, making new friends and reestablishing some old routines, I began to itch for another red wagon. This time, it translated into my first actual job.

On my bike ride to school I’d pedal past a hamburger stand in the middle of a strip mall’s parking lot. The first time I saw it my mind was awash with possibilities. Not only would I be earning my own money again, I might get a good deal on their tasty burgers and home-cut fries. Every time I smelled the patties on the grill I knew I had to work there.

Tossing and turning one night, filled with excitement, I finally decided to stop and introduce myself. It was a small place, run by two brothers and the wife of one of the brothers. When I asked for a part-time job they politely declined my request. I don’t recall if they actually said “no” or if I just interpreted it that way, but I believe being only thirteen years old and riding past them to and from school each day may have influenced their decision. But what they didn’t know was that even at that young age, once I’d set my mind to something, I didn’t take no for an answer.

Rain or shine I stopped by every single day and asked for a job, only to get the same answer every time: no. Perhaps a month later, maybe two, I stopped by as I always did and once again asked for a job. This time, to my surprise, they didn’t say no. They looked at me and then at each other, smiles all around. Then one turned to me and said, “You’re not going to stop until we give you a job, are you?”

Michael Ditton is an entrepreneur, personal development coach, and student of life. In addition to helping others realize their dreams, he can be found sailing or traveling in search of new adventures.

“When met by unexpected challenges, embrace them wholeheartedly as opportunities for adventure and education.”

I developed Goal-Setting Basics to help others interested in learning how to set goals. In my twenties, I had to gather these valuable bits of information a piece at a time. This site offers you an array of information, tools, and resources to help you in identifying, setting, and accomplishing your goals, whatever they might be. In these tools are free worksheets and examples to help you succeed. You will find Goal-Setting Basics is your single source for all of your goal-setting needs.

“Financial Independence means having control over your time without worrying about the ability to pay your bills” … So many think they have to be as wealthy as Bill Gates to live a rich life, that is so far from the truth … Let me show you how.

I was a dreamer from an early age. To this day I believe anyone can do whatever they choose to put their mind to.

I didn’t go from eight years old to semi-retired in the length of one sentence. Nor was it easy. But I did follow a simple, time-honored process.

I was in my twenties before I fully understood the true importance of goal setting. After that, I was able to be more focused, see where I wanted to be, how I was going to get there, notice when I needed to make adjustments, and had the satisfaction of reaching goals. I enjoyed the benefits of reaching a goal and putting a big, fat check mark on my list.

Here’s how those goals paid off:

At 8, sold vegetables door to door from my little red wagon

Age 13, supervisor, World’s Fare Hamburgers

Age 15, assistant manager trainee, Pizza Hut

Age 16, assistant manager, Round Table Pizza

Age 18, began a 20-year commitment with the U.S. Army and Army Reserve, retiring in 2005 as a staff sergeant and Desert Storm veteran. Over my service career I became a leader and was recognized and awarded for my achievements and outstanding service.

Age 20, found my true calling as a sales professional

Age 31, began a successful career in real estate and real estate investments

Age 36, semi-retired

Age 37, owned and operated several companies

Age 41, semi-retired, sold everything and sailed south on his 45’ sailboat

Although I found success at a very early age, I became painfully aware of how quickly it can all be taken away. In 1991, after I returned from Desert Storm, I found myself bankrupt, mentally, physically and financially and divorced.

It was the lowest point in my life. Four years later, I had clawed my way back to even, and started to build from there. Two years after that, following my roadmap of goals, I reached my first level of financial independence. The rest is history.

For more on Michael, you can connect with him at the following sites:

www.dreamsgoalsandadventure.com

www.goalsettingbasics.com

www.michaelditton.com

For those following his tour, Michael is offering a special price on the Kindle eBook format of DREAMS, GOALS, AND ADVENTURE at a reduced cost of just 99 cents! Readers can also get a FREE copy of Michael’s GOAL SETTING BASICS in the eBook format. For one or both of these special offers just CLICK HERE!

Thanks for visiting during Michael’s tour stop. Are you following your dreams?

Loud by Noell Mosco - Release Blitz

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Title: LOUD

Series: A Sunday Series Standalone

Author: Noell Mosco

Cover Designer: Susan Garwood with Wicked Women Designs

Release Date: May 1, 2017

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Caroline Bordalon has a career, volunteers, has good friends...essentially has it all. She's an independent woman in her thirties, and, much to her mother's dismay, is single. Love isn't on her radar until she meets him.

For Avis Torres, music has been his longest relationship. He, with Cole Clarke and Gunner Kinney, makes up the band Sunday Told A Secret. They've taken the music world by storm, and stormy has their path been. Avis has notoriously been dubbed the band's playboy, a title he wears proudly. Why should he limit himself to one person when there's so many people in the world willing to give themselves to him?

Since relocating from L.A. to Pittsburgh, Avis has tamed his wild ways, for the most part. The band has taken on a mellower vibe and now that Avis sees Cole and Gunner settling into their lives, he can't help but feel as though he wants more than just a string of one-night lovers and to put a stop to his desires of drinking his desperation into oblivion. Caroline and Avis meet in an unconventional way. She's everything he never knew he wanted, from her southern Louisiana drawl to her honey-sweet innocence.

There's an instant fascination with Ms. Bordalon that Avis can't shake. That, combined with his ambitious plans to fall in love, drives Avis to be consistent, charming, and monogamous. But Caroline has secrets. Secrets that might be too much for Avis to accept.

LOUD is now part of a growing series! This sexy standalone can be read on its own, or readers can choose to broaden their Sunday Told A Secret horizons by reading about Cole Clarke in THE OTHER WOMAN.

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TRAILER

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“Now, babe, you know I don’t do the whole relationship or girlfriend thing…” I uttered through clenched teeth and deeply hooded eyes. My hands tangled all through her hair and my fingers gripped her stands as she sucked on me just a little harder.   She hummed a response that had me nearly plowing my load directly down her throat without so much as a warning. This girl—fuck—she was talented with her mouth. It was a shame I didn’t do repeats. That was a luxury of being me. I was Avis Torres, bass guitarist for Sunday Told A Secret. I didn’t need repeats. I could have a fresh fuck every-goddamned-night of the week if I wanted. Oh, and I wanted. Who wouldn’t?   There was no stopping it now. My hips started to move with her bobbing head and my regard for the well-being of her gag reflex was obsolete. The release that basically issued me no pleasure came and went in a few seconds. For getting so much ass, I was ashamed that I didn’t last longer.   She gave me a smile when she looked up at me, like I should be proud of her because she swallowed. I felt nothing. My insides were empty, my brain was empty, my heart was empty. Long gone were the days when I actually felt something, anything toward these random chicks. My chest was like a barren desert, with dried up cracks in the surface and hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were tumbleweeds that blew around from time to time.   Faking it was my specialty though, so I plastered an insincere grin on my face and affectionately caressed the side of her cheek. “That was great, babe. Great. Really great.” My monotonous tone should have given away my true feelings, but she was either an idiot or vapid. Or both.   “Can you rally?” she asked as she stood up, getting at my eye level. I noticed the name tag on her shirt—Bronlynne—as I appreciated the stretch of the fabric as it pulled tightly across her chest. “I have ten minutes left of my break.”   Yes, I was in a restaurant. Yes, I was in a storage closet in the back room of said restaurant. Yes, my waitress had just managed to suck me off in under five minutes. Could I rally? Probably not. I wasn’t twenty-five anymore. Maybe ten years ago I could’ve had the world’s best blow job and then immediately turned around to fuck the blow-job-giver. But it wasn’t ten years ago. Maybe because I was a famous musician, people thought I had a miracle turn-around rate. Christ, I needed a drink.   “If you would’ve stopped a minute sooner, I’d make these ten minutes a break you’d never forget, but I just can’t reload that fast, babe.”   She shrugged her shoulders with indifference, then she gave me another smile as she unbuttoned her pants. That smile of hers was naughty. She reached for my hand and I let her do whatever she wanted with it because my curiosity piqued. She took my middle finger into her mouth. That tongue of hers swirled all around. Hot Christ. She was a dirty thing. She had no idea where my hand, let alone my finger, had been, and yet she sucked on it anyway. Maybe I’d be able to rally after all.   “Let’s see how talented these fingers are, Mr. Torres,” she purred, her voice oozing with desire. With that, she guided my hand into her pants, right to where she needed it.   We both gasped at my contact. She was bare under her panties and she must have been one of those chicks that got super turned on by giving a BJ. My middle finger slid inside of her with relative ease and she urged me to fuck her with it. It was then I knew this wasn’t her first romp in the storage closet.   She held onto my wrist, pressing me to dig into her deeper. She was hot and silky. It was a teenage guy’s wet dream and her voice in my ear had my mouth salivating. I resisted the odd desire to kiss her because I didn’t kiss women. My wasteland of a soul perked up for a second, but then my so-called talented fingers worked their magic. She broke apart and I felt her clench around me. I could tell she throated a loud scream, not wanting to bring attention to our closet.   After her breathing started to return to normal, she pulled my hand out of her pants and sucked her juice from my fingers. I might have moaned. Fuck. I couldn’t remember.   “For the record,” she said once she buttoned her pants and straightened her hair, “I’m not looking to be anyone’s girlfriend. I was just horny and you’re hot.”   Holy cock tease. Rally indeed. My pants felt unnaturally tight as she flashed me a quick smile and twisted the doorknob to the closet.   Moving faster than I thought I could, I snatched her wrist in my hand and pulled her to me, my face mere inches from hers. “What time are you off?” I asked, my brain offering a reprieve from the numbness it usually felt.   “I close tonight. I’ll be done at midnight,” she said, fighting a smirk.   Boldly, I reached toward her chest and pinched at one of her breasts, expertly finding her nipple. She gasped with a sexy inhale and her eyes immediately lingered on my mouth. “You’re taking me home with you. I’m not done with you yet. That dirty mouth and hot tongue of yours will worship my cock again and then I’ll fuck you so hard you’ll scream until your throat bleeds. You down for that?”   She gulped as she absorbed my words. Fuck. She couldn’t be older than twenty-two. Sure, she sucked some good cock and knew she liked getting finger-fucked, but could she handle all of me? Her eyes widened a bit. If she didn’t want me, she shouldn’t have been such a goddamned little tease.   “Can I bring a friend?” she asked.   Hot fucking Christ. This woman might kill me tonight…and I couldn’t fucking wait to die.

Noell Mosco is a thirty-something-year-old who lives in southwestern Pennsylvania, born and raised. A country girl at heart, she currently resides in a suburb outside of Pittsburgh with her husband and three furbabies. Writing has been one of Noell’s passions since she was young, completing her first “book” at age eleven. Her full-time day job as a physical therapist means she is compassionate, which allows her to follow-up with her second biggest passion--traveling the world. Noell reluctantly admits to having a strong love of wine, though her poison of choice is generally expensive tequila.

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Dirty Dancing by Brandy Lynn - Book Blitz

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Title: Dirty Dancing

Details: Standalone, Novella

Series: The Happy Endings Resort Series

Author: Author Brandy Lynn

Genre: New Adult Romance

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Callie Thomas knows pain because she's lived with it for years. After witnessing her mother’s brutal murder, her life since then has been in constant turmoil. A recent breakup with her abusive boyfriend brings the nineteen-year old's life full circle. Until he shows up and gives her something to fight for. After being framed by his father for a crime he didn’t commit, Chance Walker just wants a shot at living a normal life. With little money and nowhere to go, he stumbles upon a job opportunity at the Happy Endings Resort. As the new dance instructor, he can finally begin to put the pieces of his troubled life behind him. Until she shows up and brings out a side of him he never knew existed.

When these two lost souls find each other, will they have the strength and courage to move forward together? Or will the ghosts of their pasts ruin their chance?

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Brandy Lynn resides in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, teenage son, and eight-year old Miniature Pinscher. She has a strong love for the written word, which started several years ago. Eventually, that love turned into passion and Brandy Lynn found herself blogging to the world of book lovers about her thoughts on what she was currently reading. After two years of running a very successful blog, Brandy Lynn decided to try her hand at writing; ultimately finding happiness writing stories that you'll remember long after the book is closed. Her debut novel, Make Me Forget, is now available.

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A Necessary Lie by Lucy Farago - Cover Reveal

A NECESSARY LIE 

by Lucy Farago

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Pub Date: 7/27/2017

The Investigative Collection Unit is one of the world’s most renowned agencies, solving cases with—or without—the law on its side. And the Unit’s men are special agents in more ways than one, with secrets that can make or break them—and the hearts of those who fall for them...

He’s known only as Cowboy. A successful rodeo star with a string of women behind him, the ICU has given him a chance to stay put instead of constantly running away—from the past, from love, from the blood on his hands. And he’s not going to screw that up, even if it means going back home to Texas to investigate the disappearance of the woman who made him start running in the first place...

The political exposé of a popular senator should have been Grace Irvine’s story, but she thought it would be good for her best friend Jessie’s career. Now, Jessie is missing and Grace will do anything to find her. But her path keeps crossing with a mysterious and charismatic cowboy who has his own reasons for finding Jessie. And as intrigue draws Grace and Cowboy deeper into danger, passion starts to play by its own rules—making promises it might not be able to keep...

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Lucy Farago knows there is nothing like a happy sigh at the end of a good book. With the encouragement of her loving husband, she wrote her first manuscript. An unpublished historical, it sits in a file on her computer, there to remind her how much fun she had learning the craft and becoming part of an industry whose books make you believe anything is possible. A big fan of Agatha Christie, she set out to write her first romantic suspense novel. Thrilled to be a published author, Lucy also teaches yoga, enjoys cooking, and saying what other people are thinking. In her fantasy world, her beautiful Siberian husky, Loki, doesn’t shed and her three kids clean up after themselves . Alas, that fantasy will never see fruition.

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DEAD STORAGE 

by Mary Feliz
Genre: Cozy Mystery 

Pub Date: 7/18/2017

As a professional organizer, Maggie McDonald brings order to messy situations. But when a good friend becomes a murder suspect, surviving the chaos is one tall task...

Despite a looming deadline, Maggie thinks she has what it takes to help friends Jason and Stephen unclutter their large Victorian in time for its scheduled renovation. But before she can fill a single bin with unused junk, Jason leaves for Texas on an emergency business trip, Stephen’s injured mastiff limps home—and Stephen himself lands in jail for murder. Someone killed the owner of a local Chinese restaurant and stuffed him in the freezer. Stephen, caught at the crime scene covered in blood, is the number one suspect. Now Maggie must devise a strategy to sort through secrets and set him free—before she’s tossed into permanent storage next...

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Mary Feliz, author of the Maggie McDonald Mystery series, has lived in five states and two countries. Traveling to other locations, she’s discovered that what seems normal in the high-tech heartland can seem decidedly odd to the rest of the country. A big fan of irony, serendipity, diversity, and quirky intelligence tempered with gentle humor, Mary strives to bring these elements into her writing, although her characters tend to take these elements to a whole new level. She’s a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and National Association of Professional Organizers. Mary is a Smith College graduate with a degree in Sociology. She lives in Northern California with her husband, near the homes of their two adult offspring.

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