Cyber Monday Book Sale at Nook and Smashwords!

 
To celebrate Cyber Monday, TODAY and tomorrow, I'm offering seven of my books at 50% off from Nook and Smashwords. Why these books? Why not? Don't have a Nook? Get the free app. Click this link to get it!  Just use the Coupon Code for either site. (Just copy paste it from this newsletter!)

Sabina Reigns: Nook Coupon Code:  BNPSABINA   |   Smashwords  Coupon Code: TX93T
A Murderous Misconception: Nook Code:  BNPMISCON   |  Smashwords  Code: PD94N
Life On Victoria Square Vol. I: Nook Code:   BNPVSSET    |  Smashwords  Code: HQ69T
Mystical Blythe Code Manor:  Nook Code:  BNPBLYTHE   |  Smashwords  Code: GM96X
Recipes To Die For: Nook Code:    BNPRECIPES   |   Smashwords  Code:  VJ39G
The Best From Swans Nest: Nook Code:  BNPSWANSNEST   |   Smashwords Code: VF33W
Happy Holidays?: Nook Code:   BNPHOLIDAYS     |   Smashwords  Code: KL47K

Happy reading!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Coming February 5th - DEAD MAN'S HAND

 

Katie’s been dealt the Dead Man’s Hand …

 It’s all fun and games when Katie Bonner and her friends play poker for chocolate-covered peanuts, but the very next day Jamie Seifert collapses and dies after visiting Katie’s tearoom on Victoria Square.
 
Katie’s business in on the line and she needs to prove Jamie wasn’t poisoned at Tealicious. Her first order of business is to locate the mysterious woman he was dining with, and her next step is to go undercover at a nearby poker club where Jamie won big just a week before. It seems everyone there might have had a motive to rub Jamie out...and if they learn Katie has been lying to them, she might be next! 

PRE-ORDER NOW!

Kindle US | Kindle Worldwide | Nook | Apple Books | Kobo | Smashwords

The print edition will be available on or before Feb. 5th.

A lovely lunch

 

Happy Sunday! When you're skipping a meal (every day for months on end. It's called intermittent fasting), you start to become obsessed with food. (Starting?) I start planning lunch the minute I open my eyes in the morning (and sometimes that's at 3:30. I'm really BAD at sleeping). Since my brother gave us some croissants, I've been salivating more than Pavlov's dog. 

Ideally, I'd love it with chicken salad, but...egg salad is almost as good. (With minced celery and chopped olives--and LOTS of mayo. I've found the best olive oil mayo is actually Walmart's Great Value brand. Costs less than the big brands and tastes better. Has almost half the calories of regular mayo, too. Commercial over.) I have just enough lettuce to put on the croissant, too. (Boy, have I been nursing this head of lettuce.)

 We're having fried rice (with ham click the link for the recipe) for supper tonight. (I love it because you can make it ahead.)

What's on your menu today?

It's the little things ...

 

Thanks to Covid-19, we're getting in the holiday mood a little early this year. 

 My brother and his wife bought a pop-up trailer three years ago. Since then, they've upgraded twice to other "towables," (see how I've got the lingo down?). They have become real fans of camping (mostly at parks and campgrounds). They love the camaraderie and they have several other families they hang out with.

I saw the little camper in a catalog that came wayyyyy back in August. I bought it in early October, and it's been sitting in my entryway ever since. (Let me assure you, I was totally able to sweep around it.) I didn't want to wait until Christmas to give it to them, but this morning my brother went to the Public Market and dropped off some cider donuts and croissants for Mr. L, and wonderful cinnamon scones for me. As we put up our Christmas lights yesterday and are getting in the holiday mood, and I didn't know when I'd next see my brother, I gave him the box (with batteries) this morning. (We both had our masks on!)

I'm pretty sure he rolled his eyes when they opened the box, but the sister-in-law was thrilled! (After all, she was the one who wanted to start camping.)

Knowing she loves it, made my day.  I think it's been sold out, but you can buy something similar from the same company here.

What's going to make your day?