Voice recognition mistake of the day: "older woman held in butter..." 🤔 Any guess as to what this slippery character was supposed to be? (answer below)

Fun Fact: “Catnip has been used to trap mountain lions because many big cats are particularly susceptible.” – Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Cat Lover's Companion

Would catnip wake up Bear Bear the ferret? Oh, let him nap!

🙋‍♀️ Voice recognition mistake answer: It was supposed to be "an older woman and her granddaughter."

Seen on FB: How many mystery writers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Two. One to screw it in most of the way, and the other to give it a surprise twist at the end.

My husband and I celebrated our twelfth anniversary recently. We stayed in a little cottage in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, which is near Elephant Butte. Can you see the elephant in that distant hill? It was easier when the lake level was higher years ago.

"T or C" has an interesting history – it was renamed from Hot Springs after the popular radio game show, “Truth or Consequences.” Learn more here.

Find New Books and Authors!

Are you in the mood for some sweet holiday romance, or do you need to cut the sugar with some mysteries and thrillers? Either way, I have options for you!

Holiday Romance!: Get in the mood for the holidays! All these novels and story collections have a Christmas/holiday/winter setting. They range from sweet to spicy and include contemporary, historical, fantasy and paranormal titles.

Fall Into Murder: How do you feel about murder? In books, that is! Get your cozy mysteries, medical thrillers, police procedurals, and romantic mysteries.

November All Romance Sale: If you love romance, check out these titles and find sweet to steamy romance of your favorite type –contemporary, historical, holiday, and more.

Books on My Radar:

The Christmas Retreat (Cape May Xmas Book 1), by Grace Meyers: "Perfect for fans of cozy Christmas-themed mysteries with a heartwarming dash of wholesome romance and a gorgeous beachside setting." It has a fifty-year-old heroine! 99 cents or free in KU.

A Wail for Mercy: Chris Newman thriller series book 1, by Eric Godfrey: Will someone put a stop to the serial killer’s wrongdoings? "A medical thriller that will make you shrink in fear and eagarly read as the plot thickens..." 99 cents or free in KU.

Innocence Lost, by D.K. Greene: "Mackenzie Jones returns to her son's summer camp to deliver something he left behind. But the mountain retreat is a ghost town. Cabins locked. Lights off. Not a soul to be found." This short story is free when you sign up for the author's newsletter.

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PS: If you don't have all the cat café books yet, visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.) If you haven't yet gotten your copy of the free 35-page novella, Lions and Love at the Cat Café, you can download it free here. For “22 of the recipes mentioned in Kris Bock's Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series,” go here.

Happy November - and thanks for reading!