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  Ever want to sit down and chat with a favorite fictional character? Assaph Mehr, an Australian author, developed an award-winning blog that does exactly that. The Protagonist Speaks publishes “celebrity couch interviews” with authors and their fictional characters. Recently Assaph hosted my interview with Tillman Rosenbaum, the aggressive, cynical attorney who’s the male lead in my Tawny Lindholm Thriller series. Warning: Tawny hasn’t had much luck tempering Tillman’s foul mouth, although she’s opened his soft underbelly. Hope you enjoy…

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Please Zoom in today, Wednesday February 24, 2021 at 3 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, to meet partners in crime, authors Debbie Burke, Leslie Budewitz, and Christine Carbo. We’ll share fun facts about our books and reveal secrets of the mysterious process of writing. Here is the Zoom link:  https://zoom.us/j/95042927384   Not sure how to join a Zoom meeting? Click on this link: https://youtu.be/OD2aDKzfZWk

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Please join me at 7 p.m. (mountain standard time) Thursday evening, January 14, for a zoom talk on BLOGGING–the pros, the cons, and the unexpected benefits. Here’s the link to join the meeting: https://www.authorsoftheflathead.org/schedule       With fond memories of the late, great Aretha Franklin, click here to listen to “Who’s Zoomin’ Who?” 

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    What’s legal isn’t always right; what’s illegal isn’t always wrong. Nobody tells Lou Belmonte he can’t hug his wife of 50 years. Restricted by COVID from visiting his beloved Cameo in a memory care lockdown, he busts her out, assaulting two employees who try to stop him. The couple flee to a remote fire lookout in Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness. Their daughter Virgie begs for help from her best friend, investigator Tawny Lindholm and her high-powered attorney husband,…

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Now Available! Crowded Hearts – A Novella will soon be published as an ebook. Loyal readers requested a story about Tawny and Tillman’s wedding…IF it happens. Big IF.  As Tawny and Tillman prepare to tie the knot, complications throw fresh curves at them: the blending of families, echoes from their past, and an unexpected death. But those problems pale in the face of the lovers’ own secret doubts. Will there be a wedding?     Here’s a sneak peek:  CROWDED…

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Loyal readers are solid gold. I’m grateful to many of you who have followed the four books of my series, Tawny Lindholm Thrillers with a Heart. You welcomed Tawny (and Tillman Rosenbaum) into your homes and consider them friends…or, sometimes in Tillman’s case, the guy you love to hate!       Spoiler alert: Tawny and Tillman are getting married…maybe. I didn’t plan to write a wedding story but a number of readers asked for it. And I always listen…

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    If you love dogs or just want to read a feel-good story, please visit my latest post at The Kill Zone.

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On Sunday, September 6, 2020, at 4 p.m. please join bestselling thriller author Debbie Burke, acclaimed memorist Susan Purvis, and award-winning suspense author Christine Carbo for an outdoor reading beside the beautiful Swan River in Bigfork, Montana. The River View Bar, 191 Mill Street, Bigfork, MT 59911, is hosting our event on their spacious lawn with widely spaced seating. Beverages and hors d’oeuvres available.  Starting at 4 p.m., Sue, Christine, and I will read excerpts from our books, followed by Q&A and…

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