Friday, March 24, 2023

BOOK: A Dilemma for Daisy, The Monday Mystery Society by Carol Ann Kauffman

 




Daisy Mazlo faces a dilemma. She’s met the man of her dreams in Cooper MacNeill, a gentleman in every sense of the word: tall, dark, handsome, wealthy, kind, witty, lovable, and very interested in her. 


But Daisy can’t accept his love, so she runs away, moving back to Oakville where she grew up to sort out her feelings. Will the small loving community of her past help her find herself? Will Cooper come after her? Will a letter be pivotal in resolving Daisy’s dilemma? 

Will love win out?

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XZCK820



A Dilemma for Daisy is part of the Monday Mystery Society series, published by Books To Go Now.


The Monday Mystery Society attracts ten diverse individuals, all attractive in their unique ways—and all of them single. Five stories of love in a small town.

A Mystery for Marissa - Alison Jean Ash

When young bookstore owner Rob starts a new reading group, The Monday Mystery Society attracts ten diverse individuals, all attractive in their unique ways—and all of them single. How many of them will still be single by the group’s closing party? Rob has found the woman of his dreams, but Marissa stiffens up at the hint that he might ask her out. Thinking fast, the young bookstore owner invents a mystery reading group, just for the chance to spend some time with the gorgeous nurse. The big mystery on his mind is how far he’ll have to go to get her attention: does he need to show up wounded in her ER? Welcome to Oakville, where people still know their neighbors, friendships last a lifetime—and gossip is a force of nature.


The Right Kiss - Giuletta M. Spudich
Janie is a confident, professional editor in her thirties … when she’s not around men. The opposite sex sends her into frazzled and tongue-tied states of being. She prefers the company of her best friend Sharon Hall, or no company at all, and is largely alone. 
When she joins the Monday Mystery Society book club, she hopes to make connections with other Oakville residents through literature, especially Victorian mysteries. Little does she know that at the book club, there is a tendency to find love in unexpected places … 
Will she let go of her cool personality and let love in? Or will she run from the sudden affection of two different men and disappear into her favorite stories, alone and lonely? 


A Singular Romance - JW Stacks
A neo-Victorian romance of fine mysteries, upset stomachs, and torrential downpours. 
Julia can't handle people. Lara can't handle Julia. Neither of the two know how to deal with the 
feelings they bring out in each other. When a shared love of Victorian mysteries bring these two mismatched girls together, can the matchmaking track record of the Monday Mystery Society 
remain unbroken in the face of overwhelming odds? 


A Dilemma for Daisy - Carol Ann Kauffman
Daisy Mazlo faces a dilemma. She’s met the man of her dreams in Cooper MacNeill, a gentleman in every sense of the word, tall, handsome, wealthy, witty, and very interested in her. But Daisy can’t accept his love, so she runs away, moving back to Oakville where she grew up to sort out her feelings. Will the small loving community of her past help her find herself? Will Cooper come after her? Will a letter be pivotal in resolving Daisy’s dilemma? 
Will love win out?


Protest of Love - Samna Ghani
Mary Gardner is a successful career-oriented woman with a passion for work and books. She is part of The Monday Mystery Society at Acorns, the local bookstore in Oakville. Her life is perfect, in her opinion, till she meets Stefan. Things start going downhill as he infiltrates her work, her life and her heart. 

Stefan Larsson, a dashing European attorney fighting for the rights of the weak and downtrodden. He threatens everything Mary has worked so hard to achieve. He is smart but aggressive; passionate but dominating. He’s out to get Mary but the question is: will he remain unscathed?


This Books To Go Now project was so much fun to write! Head writer on this project was the wonderful Alison Jean Ash. The concept was simple. People join a book club. Relationships begin.

This anthology followed a timetable. Each mystery book club selection  was given a date. We were all writing our stories at about the same time. We followed each other's storylines in a specific sequence. 

Alison went first with A Mystery for Marisa. The characters in all five books are the same. However, each book dwells on a specific relationship forming between two specific characters featured in that particular book. 

Most of the characters are introduced in the first book and play a small role throughout the series, so we had to work together to keep each character's personality and actions consistent throughout the five-book series.

We hope you enjoy The Monday Mystery Society books.


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Thursday, March 23, 2023

TV TIME: Russian Doll (Netflix)


Okay, this is a time-loopy and really loopy series on Netflix that was recommended to me. I started to watch it a number of times. I lost interest. 

So one night I got bored. Nothing new to watch. I gave this nightmare of a cross between Groundhog Day and Looper another try. I found myself laughing. No, not like laughing at Saturday Night Live when it was still funny, but I found some humor in it. It was wildly inappropriate humor. I found myself laughing at her new and novel ways to die. Get it? 

Nadia’s life is caught up in the fact that her mother was mentally ill. It’s the night of Nadia’s thirty-sixth birthday and her friend throws her a bang-up birthday party. They have chicken and cake and some illicit party enhancers.There is an odd assortment of guests there.  She leaves her own birthday party to go looking for her missing cat, Oatmeal. She gets hit by a taxi in the street and dies.

And poof! She ends up back at her birthday party in the bathroom — alive. And it all starts again. 

If you have an open mind and some time on your hands, you might also enjoy Russian Doll.




 







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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

INTERVIEW: Multi-Genre Author Faye Wilson Walton



Faye Wilson Walton


Knoxville, TN


USA




Good morning, Faye, and welcome to Vision and Verse. Can you tell
us a little about what you’ve written?


Contemporary Christian fiction, contemporary romance & personal memoirs



What is your favorite genre to write? 


Whatever genre my current novel in progress is.



Tea or coffee?      


Tea



Pizza or ice cream? 


Pizza



Wine or beer or soda? 


Soda



Where would you like to visit? 


As many places as possible I haven't 

been to since I was a child



Favorite musical artist:


Mozart 

H


y.   Do you listen to music when you write?

     Yes




     What? 

     Classic rock



      What makes you laugh? 

A good, clean joke



Favorite work of art or sculpture. 

Lunchtime Atop a Skyscraper



How old were you when you started writing? 

36



Do you plan out your book with outlines and notecards? Or just write? 


I let the characters do the talking. When I've written a lot of a book, I 

outline it.



Describe your perfect evening. 


Going to a local diner then a play.



Where do you get your inspiration?


'80s movies and songs & casual conversations



What do you do when you get a writer's block?


Just keep writing, I'll think of something eventually.  

  




Who is your favorite author? 


Betty Smith





Best book you ever read. 


The Bible





Last book you read. 


Walking With God by John Eldredge







What would you do for a living if you weren’t a writer?

 

Neurologist





Who is the one person who has influenced your personal life the most? 


There are a few people: my husband and my closest friends. As I 


stated before, I get inspired when I'm in conversations.




If you could sit down and have a conversation with ONE person


living or dead, real or fictional, who would it be and why? 


John Bunyan. I'm sure he could offer encouragement in my writings.

                                                  

                                                                                   





What advice would you give someone 


who aspired to be a writer?


 Just sit down and write something. 


Your words may not make sense 


initially, but they will in time.

 














Do you have some links for us to follow you? 


My Facebook group page 


https://www.facebook.com/groups/1101868160227828

 

Blog https://fayesrawkinpen.blogspot.com/

 

Instagram @fayewilsonwalton

 

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/author/fayewilsonwalton

 

Articles:

 

https://mailchi.mp/d22638e832b2/word-weaver-loom-honing-our-craft-1038963?e=92d3f3d706

 

https://inkspirationsonline.com/2021/06/clear-steps/













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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

BOOK REVIEW: Thistlewood Manor: Murder at the Hedgerow by Fiona Grace



Thistlewood Manor: Murder at the Hedgerow by Fiona Grace is a great cozy British mystery with Eliza Montagu, modern suffragette with an old-fashioned high-class London family. 

Eliza is called home on a family emergency to help her father. Things go from bad to worse before Eliza untangles the mystery of class, secrets and dead bodies to a satisfactory conclusion. Great start to the series. 










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Sunday, March 19, 2023

SCHEDULE: March 20 - 24, 2023




Tues., March 21 - BOOK REVIEW:
Thistlewood Manor: Murder at the Hedgerow
by Fiona Grace
Wed., March 22 - INTERVIEW:
Multi-Genre Author
Faye Wilson Walton
Thurs., March 23 - TV TIME:
Russian Doll
(Netflix)
Fri., March 24 - BOOK:
A Dilemma for Daisy
The Monday Mystery Society
by Carol Ann Kauffman






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