Southernism of the Week: “He’s slicker than a boiled onion.” Hm, is that the slickest vegetable? 🧅🥒🍠🍄‍🟫

The Teenage Adventures of Felony Melanie is a comedy series featuring the characters from the movie Sweet Home Alabama, by the scriptwriter and his sister

Doug says: Made it to Comic-Con. Preview night was crazy so I had to stop at the Prancing Pony (from The Lord of the Rings). He was featured on a panel on pitching stories to Film and TV.

Doug is also the author of Totally Rad Wormhole: 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 week: “You don’t need to smoke at me. I know I just said I didn’t want to talk about it.”🚬 Smirk, not smoke! 😏🚭

That was from Pride and Prejudice at The Cat Café: a Furrever Friends Sweet Romance book 7. A reader said: “Really enjoyable story. I love these stories from The Cat Cafe. Great characters and engaging storyline.”

The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at a small-town cat café, and the adorable cats and kittens looking for their forever homes. Book 2, Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café, is 99 cents for the ebook right now!

Kris attended the Romance Writers of America conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Here she is with two other authors from Tule Publishing, author of magical romance Susan Sands and Melissa Westemeier, whose debut mystery is Old Habits Die Hard in the Nun the Wiser series.

In between giving and attending conference sessions, she got to check out the sights. This was the view roughly across from the hotel. Not too shabby.

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Framed By Fire by Bertie Stein: “After investigative journalist Meghan Collins returns to the quiet coastal town of Seashore Cove, a beloved historic pier is reduced to ash—and fire chief Cody Mitchell is named the prime suspect. Cody once broke her heart, but Meghan is determined to clear his name. Then her own father becomes a suspect and two townspeople go missing. The story is personal—and deadly. Can Meghan and Cody stop an arsonist before the flames consume everything—including their second chance at love?” A blend of small-town mystery and a sweet slow-burn romance.

The Mothers of Middleton School by Vivian Sterling: “They called themselves the ‘Mad Mothers’ of Middleton, partly because the PTA drove them crazy, partly because heartbreak had pushed them to the edge. Sarah's husband cheated. Mia's ex came out. Lila's workaholic husband ghosted her. Emily, Rachel, and Tessa? Different disasters, same result. So they made a pact, wine nights over date nights, chaos over codependence, and absolutely zero romantic entanglements. Then a hot teacher smiles at Sarah… Packed with laugh-out-loud moments, heart squeezing twists and friendships that feel like family!” Free with newsletter signup.

Ferrets: Rigby and Mercury wait for parole.

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