Category: SundayVibes

We’ve had a few dustings of snow over the last month or so, including on Christmas Eve. But now we’re waiting for our first real snowfall. I doubt we’ll get much of it along the Jersey Shore but inland may be a different story. I’m planning on an easy Sunday with brunch with a friend and the kids over for dinner to do an early celebration of Los Reyes, the Epiphany. The Three Wise Men have brought some gifts for them and the new grandbaby! Plus, some writing this morning. I’m currently working on #3 in the Crooked Pass Security series. It’s a story about stopping a serial killer and a woman finally bringing to justice the man who killed her younger sister. What are your plans for Sunday? Lazy or busy? Anything fun going on?

2025 is just around the corner and while I normally don’t make New Year’s resolutions, something made me want to do it this year. After thinking about it for a little bit, I came up with these five things I’d like to accomplish in 2025. Here goes and in no particular order!

Learn something new each day
Get more sleep!
Spend more time with family and friends
Write something different
Get healthier in every way

All good things, right? You may be wondering about that writing something different. I have the new Crooked Pass Series coming mid-2025 and the books are action-packed and romantic. But the one I’m working on right now, #3 in the series, is different. It’s more of a psychological thriller than my usual Harlequin Intrigue stories. I hope you’ll like it! What about you? Do you make resolutions? If you do, what’s tops on your list?

I want to wish my fellow Harlequin Intrigue authors a very Happy Book Birthday! We all have releases on Christmas Eve and I hope you’ll take a moment from your holiday prep and celebrations to check out these awesome books from my friends and fellow authors. Congratulations! Wishing you many sales and positive reviews. You can pre-order all these books, including DANGER IN DADE at https://amzn.to/3ZGVn1B. Grab your copy of KILLER IN THE KENNEL too if you don’t already have it at https://amzn.to/4dt8sk3.

OMG, there are only 18 days until Thanksgiving! My daughter and I are busy working up our dinner menu and deciding who will make what dish for the meal. We’re staying home for the grandbaby’s first Thanksgiving and having some family over to share the day with us. We’re grateful for so many things this year and want to share the optimism and happiness with our family and hopefully, with you. Are you already planning your Thanksgiving menu? Will you be making anything interesting this year? P.S. There are only 16 days until the release of KILLER IN THE KENNEL and just a little over a month until DANGER IN DADE (and Christmas Eve)! Grab your copies today at https://amzn.to/4dt8sk3. Yikes, time is flying by fast.

It’s the first Sunday in a long time that I’ve got nothing I absolutely have to do – besides work on #3 in the Crooked Pass Security series. I have a standing brunch date with a friend and then I may just take a stroll on the boardwalk or putter in the garden a bit. Maybe I’ll make gnocchi for dinner tonight. Wish me luck! What about you? Any plans for today? P.S. Counting down to the release of DANGER IN DADE on Christmas Eve. Just 53 days! OMG, I should start making my naughty and nice list! Grab your copy of DANGER IN DADE at https://amzn.to/3VXZXs2.

Happy National Black Cat Day! Years ago we made a bargain with our daughter: Get good grades and you can get a cat. She honored her part of the bargain so we did as well. The local shelter didn’t have any kittens we could adopt so we called another shelter who said, “Yes, we have a kitten, but she’s a black cat.” That didn’t bother us and we headed to get her. When we arrived, the shelter worker showed us into a large room where the cats could roam free as they didn’t believe in keeping them in cages. My daughter walked into the center of the room and this little black kitten came right up and starting winding around her legs. It was love at first sight and I hoped that this was the little kitten. It was! As we were filling out the adoption papers, the shelter worker mentioned that black cats are hard to adopt because of fears about black cats. We loved our little black cat that we named Osiris. She was with us for 17 years before she passed. What about you? Do you have a black cat? Share your photos if you do! P.S. I have not written a book with a cat. I really must remedy that in the future! But if you love books with dogs, please check out the South Beach Security K-9 Division series at https://amzn.to/3Kt2G5Q.