A massive thank you to all of my readers!

Because of YOU, Last to Fall came in at #5 on the April ECPA Fiction Bestsellers List!

Landing on lists like this is humbling and still shocks and amazes me.

So thank you again!

Thank you for loving Mo and Bronwyn. For wishing Gossamer Falls was a real place. And for continuing to follow along as I write stories.

Y’all are the BEST!

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Last to Fall is in my house!

I had a fun surprise this Saturday afternoon! I knew the warehouse had them, but I didn’t expect them to arrive so soon! Such a fun treat!

There’s never, ever, ever a bad day to find boxes of books on your doorstep!

Mo and Bronwyn were hard. This time last year, I was pulling my hair out over these two.

And now, here they are. All pretty and put together like they didn’t run me ragged.

Here’s the unboxing video!

Don’t forget! You can snag Last to Fall from Baker Book House and you’ll receive a signed book plate, a sticker, a bookmark, and 40% off plus free shipping.
Fine print: US residents/addresses. While supplies last.

Grace and peace,

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March Social Media Roundup

Welcome to this month’s collection of highlights from my social media! For those of you who prefer to stay connected through the blog, this roundup ensures you don’t miss anything!

Highlights

Granny Quinn’s prayer journal has been a popular feature this year! Just wait until she shares her prayers for Mo and Bronwyn…:)

I love my #WackyWednesday posts so much. They’re silly and goofy and yet, sometimes, eerily accurate! I mean, really, potatoes are a superfood!

I created a reel that has had more views than just about anything I’ve ever posted! As a mom to teenagers, I get a real kick out of using their slang – they hate it and tell me to “stop” and “never say that again” on a regular basis. LOL! So I asked an AI to generate book reviews of Break My Fall using Gen Z slang, and y’all…it did not disappoint!

I also shared multiple quotes from Break My Fall! If you haven’t snagged your copy, now’s a great time!! 

Did you enjoy this social media roundup? Let me know in the comments what you’d like to see more of! 

Grace and peace,

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Happy day before the release of Break My Fall!

Today is the last day you can purchase Break My Fall for 40% off from Baker Book House! You’ll also enjoy free shipping!

Tomorrow, the discount goes down to 30% and I think the free shipping has a $50 minimum.

So, go forth! Preorder today! Y’all are awesome!

Here are a few places to read up on what others think about Break My Fall:

By the Book

Reading is My Superpower

Thoughts of a Sojourner

And a few podcast interviews you might be interested in!

A Writer’s Day

The Romantic Side of Suspense

I can’t believe Break My Fall is almost here! I hope you all love Meredith and Gray as much as I do!

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So, I did a thing…

I sent in an application for the 2025 Southern Author Fest at our library and was selected to be part of the event.

I’ll be meeting readers

and signing books:

10 am – 12 pm

Saturday, March 8th

at the Hughes Main Library in Greenville, South Carolina! 

I’d LOVE to meet you!! I’ll have copies of the books shown below for sale – and some book swag available to give to everyone who stops by!

And, if you’re wondering, yes, March 8th is, in fact, ten days before the March 18th release for Break My Fall. And, yes, you will be able to buy it at the 2025 Southern Author Fest!

I hope to see you there! 

Grace and peace,

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This is a big one, y’all!

From now until February 4, 2025, you can snag the audiobook for Never Fall Again for $10!

$10!! What?!

Now is the perfect time to catch up with our friends in Gossamer Falls because Break My Fall (Book 2) releases March 18, 2025!

Follow this link … audiobook.com sale.

Grace and peace,

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If you follow me on social media at all, you already know that Under Fire, Book 3 in the Defend and Protect series, releases March 7! Just 3 weeks, y’all!! I love this story so much, and I’m busy doing lots of launchy (I just made that word up) things for that.

But I’m also on a deadline.

I’m working on the first book in a new romantic suspense series. The book is due March 1^st and will release March 2024. It has a title, and I love it, but I can’t share it yet.

Someone asked me about my writing the other day. When I stopped hyperventilating (kidding, but not completely) I decided to take a hard look at where I am.

In case you’re wondering, writing it all out did *not* help. I thought it might. I was wrong.

State of the Deadline:

Date Due: March 1

Completion Status: Trying to land the plane. Circling the runway. Not down yet. Close. Very close. Stress level –

Word Count: I will probably finish writing this bad boy somewhere between 95K-100K and then I’ll have to cut 10% of it. (My word count is 85-90K). Stress level –

Plot: Yeah, we have a few holes. Some dangling threads. A few things that I started but still haven’t finished. Stress level –

Characterization: Hate to say it, but today as I was driving I realized that my hero is too perfect. He’s had some hard stuff happen, and life has roughed him up. But he need some more flaws. The heroine has a few flaws that I think I’ve done a decent job of showing, but one of her big arcs is also one of those dangling threads I mentioned earlier. And the villain needs more time on the page. Stress level –

Romance: Y’all. I wrote a line the other day that made me all kinds of swoony. But there are some issues here as well. Stress Level –

Suspense: Not gonna lie, we’re leaning hard into the romance in this book, but the suspense is pretty creepy. At least, I think it is? Maybe? I should stop overthinking it, but I won’t. Stress Level –

Focus: None. Absolutely none. You know what I keep thinking about? The first line of…wait for it…BOOK 3 in this series. That’s right friends. A book that isn’t due for 2 MORE YEARS. Stress level –

Sleep: I either don’t sleep, or I have incredibly random dreams. Last night I dreamed that I returned to my job (a job I left unexpectedly 20 years ago when I went on bedrest when pregnant with Emma and never returned to). They offered me my old job back on the spot. And I was all kinds of awkward about it because I don’t have any plans to ever return to engineering, and it was a little bit like the scene in the Matrix where he tries to sneak out of the office. None of it made any sense at all. I woke up confused and discombobulated. This happens a lot when I’m on a deadline. My subconscious goes haywire. Stress level –

Life: This is what’s on my schedule over the next 2 weeks…teach 2 Latin classes; homeschool 2 children; help youngest finish a big presentation/paper due March 3; visit an adult day facility that is a possible place for Emma when she ages out of the school system; celebrate Emma’s 20^th birthday; celebrate Drew’s 12^th birthday; get the dog groomed; go to the chiropractor; get a massage – these are not fun massages – these are “you spend to much time sitting in a chair” massages; take the boys to five baseball practices and one baseball game; cook the meals, wash the clothes, and do all the normal things that just have to get done in the background no matter what else is happening; all the launchy things for Under Fire. Stress Level –

Needs: Prayer. ALL.THE.PRAYER. (Also, chocolate, coffee, and books….no….not the books….they’re too tempting).

I’m going to go eat some takeout now. And maybe take a nap.

More soon…

Grace & peace,

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