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Southernism of the Week: His brain rattles around like a BB in a boxcar.

Kris was recently at the Left Coast Crime convention on a panel for humorous mysteries. While there, she found out that Something Shady at Sunshine Haven made Barnes and Noble's list of "Handpicked favorites you'll love"!

Voice recognition software apparently does not think we should swear. But I was trying to quote the electrician who said the electric company might continue to deny that the problem is on their end. He's out there right now making sure they don't try any of that bull ship.

If you’re in the Los Angeles area, Doug will be signing copies of "Totally Rad Wormhole" and the Sweet Home Alabama prequel novels at Yallwest on April 30th! Find him at the Santa Monica Library table. The book festival is at Santa Monica High School. It's free and open to the public. Come on down!

Southern Treat of the Week: "Frogmore stew isn’t made with frogs—and it’s not even a stew! It’s a Lowcountry boil, a heaping pot of crabby water boiling with corn, sausage, potatoes, and shrimp." Learn more at “A Tasty Trip Through the South.”

Bonus voice recognition mistake: “Deadpool is the only kind of fool I play.” While possibly true, Kris meant “Bad pool is the only kind of pool I play.”

It’s not clear what the ferrets are playing at here:

Find New Authors and Books

Empowered Leading Women: Explore dozens of romance novels with empowered women! All these books are in Kindle Unlimited and also for sale on Amazon. This group includes contemporary and historical novels, with fantasy, paranormal, romantic comedy, romantic suspense, mysteries and thrillers.

April Thrills: Are you ready to get out and have some adventures? Wait, maybe it’s easier to stay in and have adventures in books. You’ll find dozens of options here, with mystery, suspense, thrillers, and romantic suspense.

Spring into Reading: Books for kids, with many picture books plus some early readers and middle grade novels. Find animals, from nonfiction about primates to sweet cats and dogs to anthropomorphic foxes and bears to dragons and unicorns. Check out my novels for ages nine and up (written as Chris Eboch): The Genie’s Gift (a fantasy drawing on The Arabian Nights mythology) and The Eyes of Pharaoh (a mystery in ancient Egypt) and introduce young people to historical worlds – or enjoy them yourself!

Book Fairs with Prizes

Spring into Freebies Giveaway: N. N. Light’s Book Heaven is sponsoring a bountiful Spring into Freebies Giveaway where you can win ebooks plus some $5 Amazon gift cards!

All Genres Book Fair. Explore a wide range of books, vote for your favorite (may we suggest Felony Melanie in Pageant Pandemonium?) and enter the weekly giveaway for a $50 Amazon gift card plus some great free books! 

More Books on Our Radar

Love on Paper, by Sarah Madelin: “Author Marin returns to the setting of her parents' famous love story—a tiny blue cottage on the English coast. Surrounded by sea winds, bittersweet memories, and a surprise romance with an intriguing British actor, Marin must decide: Does she trust love to survive outside of books?” Readers call it a "Charming, Feel-good read!"

Hide & Seek, by Tudor Robins: "Anna would run, but she has no idea which way to go ... A story of growing up, facing fears, and realizing everybody needs a hero sometimes." Free with newsletter signup (unsubscribe any time). The author has many well-rated young adult books featuring horse jumping and showing.

Kris’s romantic suspense novel Counterfeits is on sale for only 99c until April 25! “Counterfeits is the kind of romantic suspense novel I have enjoyed since I first read Mary Stewart’s Moonspinners, and Kris Bock used all the things I love about this genre. 5 Stars.” – Roberta at Sensuous Reviews blog. Visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page.

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