Life has a way of uprooting us when we least expect it.

Will she risk everything to save Mitch - and a love more precious than life?

I was an undersized dying lamb and I had just made my way into the lion’s den.

Can she trust him to protect her and capture the killer…but then to leave?

When Samantha Davies finds a murdered man—crushed beneath a 2,000 pound pumpkin!—her upstate New York fall suddenly turns very chilly.

What if looking at the face of the man you loved meant death?

It was supposed to be just a vacation fling…

Will the search for Audra’s brother bring him the independence he desires or will she imprison his heart with her love?

The last thing she wants is to dig up the past…

But his last battle, with his new wife, may cost him the one thing he isn’t prepared to lose: his heart.

Last Sip at the Lost Corner contains a cast of characters I didn’t want to leave.

Lost puppies, endangered birds…the sisters are birddogs on a murder most fowl.

Welcome to my First Kiss Friday blog. Any day I can have my friend Jude Knight showcase another one of her new releases is a great day. Today, Jude has an excerpt that is close to a first kiss scene from her novel The Secret Word that releases tomorrow, September 6th. Wishing Jude success on her latest book baby! Happy reading, my lovelies, and take it away Jude!

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