Southernism of the Week: “Thin as a rake and twice as sexy.”
ReadingForRelaxation gave Felony Melanie in Pageant Pandemonium 5 stars and said, “Some of the best parts are sneaking off after the football game, the ‘Melanie sandwich’ from Clinton and Eldon, going to the pageant hung over, and how Melanie’s friends have her back.” Find the Felony Melanie: Sweet Home Alabama romantic comedy novels at various retailers.
If you haven’t collected your free copy of Felony Melanie Destroys the Moonshiner’s Cabin get it here. Get the preview chapters of Totally Rad Wormhole here.
Southern Treat of the Week: This "Southern Spring Menu" includes Southern-Style Deviled Egg Crostini, Herb-buttered Saltines, Pimiento Cheese Baked Grits, Asparagus Tart, and Carrot Cake Cupcakes. Put together a southern themed spring party, or simply try one of these on its own!
Doug has been hiking in the Los Angeles area, and Southern California is in bloom!
Doug says: "I decided to try out some of the art AIs (artificial intelligence programs). I tested them with a prompt that would be very easy for a human artist (or even a ten-year-old kid) to draw, but which wouldn't likely have any direct online references. I gave them: 'A viking riding a rhinoceros by a lake, comic book style.'" Here's one of the results, for your amusement.
Get Doug’s comedic novel Totally Rad Wormhole on Amazon or in a variety of e-book formats on Smashwords: Two nerds from the eighties accidentally open a wormhole to today, go to their high school reunion, and meet their future selves. Horrified at what they’ve become, they set out to change their fate.
Kris’s voice recognition mistake of the day: “Zoya poop off and boutonniere Valentine entered the car. Buddha mirror scowled as he scanned the cafe car.”
Kris says, "Zoya Popov and Budimir Balakin are characters in my work in progress, the sixth Accidental Detective book. I was dictating into my phone while I went for a walk and it came up with these alternates for their names."
In Kris’s humorous Accidental Detective mystery series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of starting over in midlife.
Kris says: “A book comes to life – at least the five abandoned kittens part!” A cat gave birth in a friend's carport and then abandoned the five kittens, so they are being cared for by the cat-loving homeowners. It's startlingly like the premise of Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café: “He’s loved her forever. She still sees him as the neighbor kid. Can five desperate kittens bring them together?” Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series on Amazon US or Amazon UK.
Books on our radar
Played in Seattle, by PJ Peterson: "An unidentified man clutching a scrap of paper… A nuclear engineering professor flirting with danger in more ways than one… Email messages that appear to be coming from a program that was junked in the 60s… Julia Fairchild and her sister Carly stumble onto a near-dead John Doe while enjoying a week in Seattle. After Julia runs into an old friend from her college days, she becomes an unsuspecting pivotal player in an undercover investigation. Fueled by her innate curiosity and sense of integrity, she searches for the answers to her questions. And learns more than she bargained for." The Julia Fairchild Mystery series has six books on Kindle.
A Shattered Us (A Historical Series of Love and Perseverance Book 1), by Faith Isabel Bloom: "Claire and Philippe Fontaine move to Paris to heal from loss. As they try to rebuild their lives, they find themselves in the midst of World War II, with France becoming a battlefield for Nazi aggression. As the war rages on, Claire and Philippe must hold onto hope and trust in each other, as they face their greatest challenges yet. Will they emerge from the war unbroken, or will the scars of battle be too much to bear?" 99 cents or free in Kindle Unlimited for the first in this historical series.
Hot Set (Behind the Scenes, #1), by Leslie O'Sullivan: "Gilly Bettencourt is fed up with writing witty descriptors for a sportswear catalog. After catching her secret boyfriend with another woman, Gilly leaps at the opportunity to head to Ireland as a writer’s assistant on a much-anticipated TV show. The Chieftain’s Son is an Irish historical drama based on an insanely best-selling series of romance novels. When Gilly meets Jack O’Leary, star of the series, passion blazes between them. Unfortunately, the show insists on branding Jack as an available heartthrob. Can their love affair survive the demands of the show’s PR machine?" The setting sounds fun in this one!
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