Hello Fellow Readers!

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So... let's talk fun books for grown ups.

I recently discovered the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich on a used book store trip (hang on uptight authors). I went there with the grandchildren in search of books for them to read--you know how kids are...

Watch for my newest Texas Festivals Series book, Sally Travels by Balloon! Preorder today in hardcover or preorder the eBook here.

Sara... that girl on the book cover? Yeah, her. She lives in my head, in my imagination more specifically.

Lately, she has been begging me to continue her story. After a tragic past, she's finally found her new family, and I thought she was happy. I thought they were all happy and I could go on with my normal life spitting out some children's books here and there, and I could be happy, too.

Well, Sara has recently and very clearly made me aware that she is not happy at all--that in fact, her...

I'm so dedicated to entertaining people with my words of fiction that I often forget about other books I've released in hopes of bringing people to their happy places in life.

I've been pleasantly surprised this week to learn that one of my top selling books is actually a double gratitude journal!

I designed these journals to allow people to share their gratitude, year round, with someone in their life that is important to them, or someone who needs to know that there is another person in this...

That trouble making Bobby Jay is back!

April 15, Bobby Jay returns in his 4th book about his very first field trip! Why, you might ask, has he never been on a field trip? Well, I guess you would have to ask his police officer Mom... or his teacher... or, uhm, no, you better not ask Peggy May.

This field trip is the adventure Bobby Jay--and other frog catching little boys like him--has been waiting for all his eight years of life. Does he find a way to get in trouble? Always. How?

*A little...