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Deadly Burden: Winner of a Word Award

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Deadly Burden won a Word Award!

Winner in the 2024 Word Awards: Deadly Burden. Image includes book cover, winner's sticker, and text: a female amateur sleuth, a dead busybody, small town secrets, unexpected reunions, her sidekick's a geeky writer, Christmas events & treats, too late for romance?, books2read.com/deadly-burden, Mystery-suspense meets Christian women's fiction.
Gold and black seal: The Word Awards Winner

These annual awards, sponsored by Canada’s The Word Guild, recognize “unpublished work as well as work published in 2023 for both Christian and general market audiences. Entrants from across Canada received awards in over 40 genres and categories.” [From the official press release, found here: https://thewordguild.com/media/]

Each of my other novels have been shortlisted for the awards, which I count as validation in its own right. But this win is sweet, and it encourages me to keep going with the next Green Dory Inn mystery.

If you haven’t read Deadly Burden, you can find it online in paperback and digital versions. All buy links are here: https://books2read.com/deadly-burden.

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Short-listed for The Word Awards

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Short-listed for The Word Awards: Deadly Burden. With book cover image (cabin in snowy woods) and descriptive text.

Deadly Burden has been short-listed for The Word Awards! Winners will be announced September 14, 2023. To learn about The Word Awards and view the short-list, visit thewordguild.com/the-word-awards-winners-finalists.

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TWO Christmas Fiction Pre-orders!

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Pre-order Deadly Burden in time for Christmas. Text details include $2.99 USD pricing ends Dec. 6
For curated buy links, click the image or visit https://books2read.com/deadly-burden.

Pre-order pricing ends on release date, December 6, at which time the paperback version will also be available.

What’s Deadly Burden about? Here’s a teaser:

When a shocking death strikes her close-knit circle, can Landon discover who wanted the town busybody dead? Was the dead woman silenced to protect a secret? Or because of one she wouldn’t tell? And how can a dyslexic trauma survivor find clues the professionals miss? With a storm closing in and no leads in sight, Landon’s first Christmas at the Green Dory Inn is shaping up to be anything but merry and bright.

[Find the full back cover synopsis on my Deadly Burden page.]

And another Christmas mystery, releasing on the same day:

Cover art: Murder by Eggnog, a Kelsie Butler Mystery

Murder by Eggnog, A Kelsie Butler Mystery, Book 2 by Karin Kaufman.

Join Kelsie Butler and her friends as they investigate a sinister murder in an independent living home. With evidence in short supply, can they solve the case before it’s too late?

You can pre-order Murder by Eggnog on Amazon. Find my review of book 1, Outline for Murder, here.

So… two engaging Christmas reads. Release date for both books will be December 6. Treat yourself to some early Christmas reads–order now!

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