I hope all of you, my readers, have a wonderful 2025! For your writing prompts this month, you will get to write about New Year’s Day and New Year’s resolutions. Then imagine melted chocolate spilling all over the highway, and a baby (still alive) being found in the trash.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, but now there are bodies. And now one, specifically a skeleton, has turned up in the basement of the library Luci inherited from her grandmother.
𝑴𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 is the first Sparrow Haven Cozy Mysteries book. In the coastal town of Sparrow Haven, Olivia Harper is the town librarian and an amateur detective. Her curiosity is aroused when a long-lost oil painting surrounded by mystery is found, and she feels compelled to find the answers to the questions surrounding the lighthouse and this painting.
𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝐴𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑒’𝑠 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛, a thrilling fantasy book for young readers, takes place during medieval times. The kingdom of Valdoria has been under threat from a fearsome dragon for the past six years. Princess Adele is understandably upset when her brother, King Robert, sees no other way to appease the dragon than to sacrifice a child. Risking death and not wanting an innocent child to needlessly lose his life, she sets out to save her kingdom from this terrifying creature.
𝐷𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘 opens with a woman being kidnapped during the night. “Thunder sounded, but there wasn’t a storm, and no rain fell on the tin roof. The old woman squinted into the dark room and heard shuffling—like mice—across the pine floor.”
In this thriller full of action and romance, Josh Kavanagh retires from the military after twenty-four years of being in the Special Forces. He still wants to keep fighting for his country, so he starts The Oath Group to fight terrorists.
Bea Walker’s life was turned upside down once she discovered she was a Blood-Light (part human, part Ferroean). Her mom called it a gift. The government considers her a weapon. But Bea never had a choice. Her life hasn’t been the same since.
Something strange is going on in the small town of St. Mary’s. Their children are disappearing, and the FBI are called in to investigate. The investigating agent discovers something way more sinister than kidnapped children. Human trafficking? The slave trade? Yes, children being kidnapped is bad, but that is only the tip of the iceberg of what is happening in St. Mary’s.
Andrua, the main character in 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎, and Robin Hood are both heroic although they are heroes of radically different kinds. Probably the most significant difference between the two is their status. Andrua, princess of D’Land, hides her true identity in the beginning of the novel but is still a legal authority of her people.
Bea Walker’s life is about to be turned upside down.
