Audiobooks You Won't Want to Miss

And Grab Some Free Books Too!

Jun 15, 2025

Last month, I advised readers that if they left a 3-, 4-, or 5-star written and/or video review for any of my books between May 11th and May 30th on Goodreads, BookBub, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Instagram, Facebook, and/or TikTok, I’d enter them into a random drawing for a $25 Amazon Gift Card.

I’m happy to announce that the winner of the May raffle was Vanessa Keck! Congratulations, Vanessa! I hope you buy some great books with that gift card.

Two New Audiobooks are Out!

I’m delighted to announce that two new audiobook versions of my novels are out. Saving Grace: A Psychological Thriller, was expertly narrated by Cathy Williams, and Susan Marlow delivered a knockout narration of Simple Tryst of Fate. These renditions made me fall in love with these books all over again. I hope you’ll give them a listen. I’m planning to release the audiobook version of my sweet romance, The Queen of Second Chances, later in June.

FREE BOOKS!

My gift to you: some links to free books offered by some other mystery, suspense, and romance/romantic suspense authors for you to download.

Here are the links:

Suspense Thrillers: https://books.bookfunnel.com/suspense-thrillers/3v2h2qgwuc

The Heat Between Us: Free Steamy Romance: https://books.bookfunnel.com/theheatbetweenus/kuh9kfhiqq

Sweet/Low Heat Contemporary Romance: https://books.bookfunnel.com/bfhostswtconnljune/wq8kn11jlo

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What have I been up to?

Podcasts: I’ve been on a number of podcasts and radio shows for Vacations Can Be Murder, including The Last Trip with Jaimie Beebe. Catch it here:

Anthologies: Still working on second-round edits for Ya Got Trouble: Crime Fiction Inspired by Broadway Show Tunes, to be published in May 2026 by Down & Out Books, and I’m waiting on the ARCs for Volume 1 of Better Off Dead: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Elton John and Bernie Taupin (two volumes due out August and December, 2025). I’ve also put out a call for a new anthology that will be published at the end of 2026.

Upcoming Appearances:

Here I am, speaking about dialogue at Sleuthfest in St. Petersburg, FL.

And here I am, posing with thriller/horror author Michael Koryta.

June 17-21: Thrillerfest in New York City. I’m finally going to (hopefully) meet James Patterson and John Grisham! And I’ll be on a panel about various forms of publishing. More info here.

September 3-7: Bouchercon in New Orleans. Hope to be on a panel. More info here.

My latest post from Miss Demeanors (www.missdemeanors.com), titled Speaking about Dialogue, will run on June 19th. If you’re a writer and want some great tips on how to bulletproof your dialogue, be sure to check it out here. Miss Demeanors is a great blog that was voted #25 in the Top 400 Mystery/Suspense Blogs list for 2025, so be sure to subscribe!