Audiobooks You Won't Want to Miss

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.

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.

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

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!

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Until next month…