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Farewell and A Fun Friday Tale

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Thank you so much for sticking with me throughout the day today and reading all of my posts! I hope you’ve had as much fun getting to know me as I’ve had sharing my stories and random thoughts with you. To learn more about my crazy thoughts, latest projects, contests, and news, make sure to drop in on my website once in a while 🙂

Of course, I also recommend you pick up either a paperback or ebook copy of A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT to *really* get to know me as a writer. As my debut tale, I thinks it’s the perfect introduction to my humorous take on the romance genre. After all, if we can’t laugh at ourselves, what’s the point? Romance and love can be fun (and funny), so I hope Tessa and Christian’s tale will tickle your funny bone and warm your heart all at once.

In October, you’ll also be able to get your hands on LOVE UNLISTED, the exciting follow-up novel about love and other neuroses. It will also be available in paperback and ebook formats as of October 20, 2011! And I can’t wait!

To say goodbye properly, I thought I’d leave you all with a fun Friday tale about one of my favorite characters… Mona Mason, an octogenarian with a flair for the dramatic, does make an appearance in one of my many “works in progress.” She got her start, however, in a series of short stories called “Fridays with Mona Mason.” I hope you’ll enjoy this story about Mona and let the laughter carry over in your weekend:

Crime & Retirement : A Fridays with Mona Mason story

Mona had never killed anyone before, but it was Friday and every Friday she liked to try new things. The past few Fridays had been lackluster, with knitting and yoga among the highlights, so she’d decided to step it up a notch and had scheduled an ambitious bowling lesson at the alley near her home. But given recent events, Mona believed that homicide would suffice for this week; ten-pin bowling could wait for next Friday.

In fairness to Mona, her victim had clearly deserved it. How could someone try to mug an octogenarian woman in broad daylight? The nerve of kids these days. Feeling righteous and completely blameless, Mona lowered her creaking joints onto a nearby park bench. She let the summer breeze ruffle her hair, while waiting patiently for the inevitable police detail. Mona had seen a young girl call them on her cellular telephone in the moments following the incident. Nifty things, those mobile phones. One of these Fridays, Mona should learn how to use one of the blasted things. And then maybe that inter-web-what’s-it-called.

Her assailant””a truly exhilarating term to use””lay lifelessly on the sidewalk, face down in the gravel, with his arms contorted at an uncomfortable angle. Mona thought she must not know her own strength if she was able to fell a six-foot tall youngster with naught but her handbag. Perhaps those Friday karate classes were paying off after all.

Although she couldn’t see his face, Mona guessed he was about nineteen or twenty, possibly a high school drop-out, and most definitely taking the drugs. There weren’t many wayward youths in this town, excepting those ones with the spiked hair and skateboards that haunted the local WalMart. Honestly, if Mona didn’t receive such a thrill from shopping rolled-back prices, she’d never go there.

Within a few moments, a police cruiser arrived on scene in a flurry of flashing lights, wailing sirens and screeching tires. Two handsome policemen, who Mona believed were now meant to be called police officers, stepped out of the car and into the bright sunlight, squinting at her across the cobblestone sidewalk.

“Ma’am,” one of the men addressed her politely with a nod. “I’m Officer O’Leary. What seems to be the problem here?” He glanced down at the twitching form on the sidewalk and back to Mona, sitting regally on the park bench with her petite legs crossed at the ankle.

Fluffing the back of her hair with one hand, Mona preened proudly before handsome Officer O’Leary. “He’s a criminal, Officer,” she began sweetly. “He tried to steal my handbag.”

The two officers exchanged a glance that spoke volumes, but Mona had to squint through her thick glasses to see it, and failed. “Are you alright?” asked the second policeman, or officer.

“Quite alright,” Mona puffed up her chest, squared her shoulders and peered down her slender nose at her assailant, starting to regain consciousness at her feet. “My handbag will need replacement, though. You see? The strap’s broken.”

“Well, the important thing is that you’re alright,” smiled Officer O’Leary. He asked Mona a few questions about what happened, nothing overly involved, and jotted down some quickly scrawled notes. While she talked, he nodded, noted and listened. It was the most attention Mona had gotten since Shirley Wilkinson asked about her hip replacement. Swept away, Mona hoped passionately that she might get to experience her first trip “downtown,” her first real police interrogation, and perhaps her first incarceration. What a Friday this could be!

The police officers cleaned up the apparently undead criminal, placing him gingerly in handcuffs and guiding him into the back seat of the cruiser. “She’s crazy,” he protested, trying to shake free of Officer O’Leary’s firm grip. “I was just trying to”””

“That’s enough out of you,” Officer O’Leary shoved him inside and slammed the door. Then he shook Mona’s hand. “Great job today, Mrs”””

“Mason. Mona Mason,” she beamed, feeling a bit like her favorite MI6 agent. “Tell me, Officer. Will you be escorting me downtown?” Mona blinked her eyes several times like they do in movies, hoping that handsome Officer O’Leary was admiring her long eyelashes through her thickened lenses. He smiled kindly at her. Mona felt her skin flush.

“We don’t want to trouble you, ma’am.” Officer O’Leary tipped his hat politely and then signaled to his partner. “You have a nice day now, Mrs. Mason.” Then he walked away.

Panicked, and a bit disheartened, Mona followed on the heels of her handsome new friend as quickly as she could, scaring several curious pigeons from the sidewalk. When they reached the door of the cruiser, Officer O’Leary turned to her with a slight frown.

“Won’t you need a formal statement?” she demanded impatiently. “I’m an eye witness! I could identify him in a line-up or give a testimony in court!”

“I think we have all we need, Mrs. Mason. We have your contact information though, just in case.” And with that, he swung open the door and settled into his seat in the police car.

Mona frowned. The town church bells chimed one o’clock. Only one o’clock and Mona’s adventures were already over””how disappointing a Friday this had become! Mona needed to do something, and quickly. Just as Officer O’Leary turned the key in the ignition, she banged loudly on the window.

Officer O’Leary sighed impatiently then obliged her by rolling down his window. “Yes, Mrs. Mason?” His voice had taken on an unsettling edginess, but he smiled despite it.

“Exactly why would you take someone downtown?”

“I’m sorry?” he asked.

“Say if I’d accidentally done more damage to the young fellow”¦ Perhaps killed him?” Mona said innocently. Officer O’Leary’s frown spurred her onward. “Accidentally, of course. In self-defense. Would you take someone downtown under those”¦ unlikely circumstances?”

“That would be a different matter entirely, ma’am. Even with self-defense killings, there would need to be an investigation, perhaps a trial,” Officer O’Leary said. “Now you have a nice day, Mrs. Mason. And don’t worry a thing about your assailant. We’ll take care of him.”

They smiled at each other one last time before the police cruiser pulled away from the curb and down the street. Mona hesitated only a few moments, watching the red taillights as she formulated her plan. She nodded smugly to herself, crossed the street into the hardware store, and purchased as many bricks as would fit into her handbag.

She also bought some duct tape and asked the clerk to help mend the broken strap.

And then Mona Mason set out to spend the rest of the day trolling the WalMart parking lot, just waiting to have a more exciting Friday.

It was great meeting you! Until next time…

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Cathy Maxwell - Historical Romance Author
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Love and peril collide when the aristocratic Gwendolyn Lanscarr takes on the dangerously alluring Beckett Steele!
From the moment the enigmatic Mr. Steele “almost” kissed her on a Dublin street, her world was forever altered. He commands the respect of rogues and nobles alike . . . and Gwendolyn owes him a favor. She believes he owes her a kiss.
Beckett is a lone wolf. However, he needs Gwendolyn to discover the secrets of his past. He has no choice but to seek her help—even though she threatens the walls he has carefully erected around his heart.
He doesn’t need a woman in his life; she knows he can’t live without her.
Together, they must navigate a world of deception, where love defies the odds and secrets threaten to unravel everything they hold dear. Will they find a future together, or will the past tear them apart?
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Cathy Maxwell - Historical Romance Author
https://bit.ly/4ipifuw
Love and peril collide when the aristocratic Gwendolyn Lanscarr takes on the dangerously alluring Beckett Steele!
From the moment the enigmatic Mr. Steele “almost” kissed her on a Dublin street, her world was forever altered. He commands the respect of rogues and nobles alike . . . and Gwendolyn owes him a favor. She believes he owes her a kiss.
Beckett is a lone wolf. However, he needs Gwendolyn to discover the secrets of his past. He has no choice but to seek her help—even though she threatens the walls he has carefully erected around his heart.
He doesn’t need a woman in his life; she knows he can’t live without her.
Together, they must navigate a world of deception, where love defies the odds and secrets threaten to unravel everything they hold dear. Will they find a future together, or will the past tear them apart?
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O Little Town of Bethlehem by Elizabeth Boyle
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A heartwarming, magical story of a woman lost in time, who must assist two others in untangling the lies surrounding their lives if she wants to return to her own.

One wish could change everything. At least it did for Madeline Drake.

When a snowy accident topples her through a slip in time, she wakes to find herself in tiny, turn of the century, Bethlehem, Wyoming, far from her hectic modern existence. And as much as it is a shock to her, her arrival upends the tenaciously rooted lives of the town’s odd collection of lost souls.

But the rules are clear—she has to stay until Christmas before the door home will open. Having never been much for rules, Madeline begins an out-of-control campaign to return sooner rather than later, but finds her arrivals as unwittingly upended the lives of the town’s proper postmistress, Ninny Minch, and that of a grieving widow, Savannah Clarke, who has been hiding behind a wall of grief and guilt for decades.

Now Madeline’s got to fix those broken threads. While helping anyone other than herself doesn’t come easily to her—and despite her best efforts to avoid entanglements—fragile bonds of friendship form with Ninny and Savannah. Madeline discovers—much to her surprise—that trust and acceptance once given, may be strong enough to untangle even the most closely woven secrets.

Including a few of her own.

As Christmas draws near and time runs out, Madeline finds herself even more entwined in Bethlehem’s currency of wishes and hope, until she starts to question if this small town might actually hold the keys to a life of purpose and empowerment she’d never imagined.

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O Little Town of Bethlehem by Elizabeth Boyle
https://bit.ly/3QFkDkW

A heartwarming, magical story of a woman lost in time, who must assist two others in untangling the lies surrounding their lives if she wants to return to her own.

One wish could change everything. At least it did for Madeline Drake.

When a snowy accident topples her through a slip in time, she wakes to find herself in tiny, turn of the century, Bethlehem, Wyoming, far from her hectic modern existence. And as much as it is a shock to her, her arrival upends the tenaciously rooted lives of the town’s odd collection of lost souls.

But the rules are clear—she has to stay until Christmas before the door home will open. Having never been much for rules, Madeline begins an out-of-control campaign to return sooner rather than later, but finds her arrivals as unwittingly upended the lives of the town’s proper postmistress, Ninny Minch, and that of a grieving widow, Savannah Clarke, who has been hiding behind a wall of grief and guilt for decades.

Now Madeline’s got to fix those broken threads. While helping anyone other than herself doesn’t come easily to her—and despite her best efforts to avoid entanglements—fragile bonds of friendship form with Ninny and Savannah. Madeline discovers—much to her surprise—that trust and acceptance once given, may be strong enough to untangle even the most closely woven secrets.

Including a few of her own.

As Christmas draws near and time runs out, Madeline finds herself even more entwined in Bethlehem’s currency of wishes and hope, until she starts to question if this small town might actually hold the keys to a life of purpose and empowerment she’d never imagined.

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The Brides are coming to the Highlands
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Hi Readers! I have a new book series coming out in 2025! Highland Vows & Vengeance. The first book released in January and if you missed it, here`s your chance to get it for 99 cents. Don`t miss this highly rated Highland historical steamy romance.
Will these Highland vows and vengeance hold the promise of love and redemption for Declan and Isabella?
Laird Declan MacKendrick, falsely imprisoned in King Alexander’s dungeon, is offered his freedom with one stipulation―that he marry a border baron’s daughter. Accused of murdering his neighbor, a Campbell, Declan means to prove his innocence and find his enemy. If he must marry to do so, then so be it. But Declan doesn’t expect his new bride to be as beautiful or beguiling as Lady Isabella.
Isabella Forrester isn’t pleased by the king’s edict that she marry a man of his choosing. She doesn’t believe in marriage for love and always knew she’d marry a man for political alliance. Marriage to a Highlander means that not only must she adjust to a husband, but a whole new way of life amongst people who won’t trust her for her Sassenach ways. Then she meets Declan MacKendrick who introduces her to a life she never could have imagined as a wife to a laird.
Her days are spent in loneliness and isolation, but the nights in his sultry embraces might win her heart’s surrender. She cannot help but be won over by the noble, seductive Scot. Isabella meets her new husband’s son, a lad of tender years who cannot hear. The poor lad is ignored by all in the clan, even his father. Isabella makes it her responsibility to see to his caring and hopes the clan eventually accepts them both.
Declan wants nothing more than to find his accuser to enact his vengeance. He suspects the Campbells are behind the claims that induced his imprisonment. Someone wants to destroy and weaken his clan. But could his enemy be closer than he thinks? When Isabella’s life is threatened, Declan must confront a trusted ally to carry out his vengeance.

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The Brides are coming to the Highlands
https://bit.ly/41p0ftl
Hi Readers! I have a new book series coming out in 2025! Highland Vows & Vengeance. The first book released in January and if you missed it, here's your chance to get it for 99 cents. Don't miss this highly rated Highland historical steamy romance.
Will these Highland vows and vengeance hold the promise of love and redemption for Declan and Isabella?
Laird Declan MacKendrick, falsely imprisoned in King Alexander’s dungeon, is offered his freedom with one stipulation―that he marry a border baron’s daughter. Accused of murdering his neighbor, a Campbell, Declan means to prove his innocence and find his enemy. If he must marry to do so, then so be it. But Declan doesn’t expect his new bride to be as beautiful or beguiling as Lady Isabella.
Isabella Forrester isn’t pleased by the king’s edict that she marry a man of his choosing. She doesn’t believe in marriage for love and always knew she’d marry a man for political alliance. Marriage to a Highlander means that not only must she adjust to a husband, but a whole new way of life amongst people who won’t trust her for her Sassenach ways. Then she meets Declan MacKendrick who introduces her to a life she never could have imagined as a wife to a laird.
Her days are spent in loneliness and isolation, but the nights in his sultry embraces might win her heart’s surrender. She cannot help but be won over by the noble, seductive Scot. Isabella meets her new husband’s son, a lad of tender years who cannot hear. The poor lad is ignored by all in the clan, even his father. Isabella makes it her responsibility to see to his caring and hopes the clan eventually accepts them both.
Declan wants nothing more than to find his accuser to enact his vengeance. He suspects the Campbells are behind the claims that induced his imprisonment. Someone wants to destroy and weaken his clan. But could his enemy be closer than he thinks? When Isabella’s life is threatened, Declan must confront a trusted ally to carry out his vengeance.

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To Tempt A Troubled Earl by Fearne Hill
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A devil’s bargain, an uneasy alliance.

A chancer and a rogue, Kit Angel is down on his luck. Presenting himself at Rossingley Hall in the dead of night, he begs an audience with the eleventh earl, the most enigmatic nobleman in Regency England.

The visit has purpose. Kit, hungry to ruin the lord who ruined his sister, believes Rossingley is the only man who can help him.

Lando Duchamps-Avery, eleventh earl of Rossingley, doesn’t trust the sinfully handsome stranger one bit. He does not care for the tales he spins, his hot temper, or his thick, ebony curls. And, most definitely, he is not in thrall to the delicious golden hoop dangling from Kit Angel’s left ear. Lando has his own motivations to ruin the same lord, and the two men form an uneasy alliance.

As the dangerous plot they hatch unfurls, the suspicious earl and the shady scoundrel are increasingly thrown together. Whilst the wily earl gradually surrenders to his growing attraction, Kit can’t make up his mind if he wants to swive him, declare undying love for him, or throttle him.

Bit by bit, as mutual desire swells between them, Kit wins over the earl’s body, his passion, and his trust.

But in order to win the earl’s elusive heart? The scoundrel must risk losing everything.

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To Tempt A Troubled Earl by Fearne Hill
https://bit.ly/41nN1wM

A devil’s bargain, an uneasy alliance.

A chancer and a rogue, Kit Angel is down on his luck. Presenting himself at Rossingley Hall in the dead of night, he begs an audience with the eleventh earl, the most enigmatic nobleman in Regency England.

The visit has purpose. Kit, hungry to ruin the lord who ruined his sister, believes Rossingley is the only man who can help him.

Lando Duchamps-Avery, eleventh earl of Rossingley, doesn’t trust the sinfully handsome stranger one bit. He does not care for the tales he spins, his hot temper, or his thick, ebony curls. And, most definitely, he is not in thrall to the delicious golden hoop dangling from Kit Angel’s left ear. Lando has his own motivations to ruin the same lord, and the two men form an uneasy alliance.

As the dangerous plot they hatch unfurls, the suspicious earl and the shady scoundrel are increasingly thrown together. Whilst the wily earl gradually surrenders to his growing attraction, Kit can’t make up his mind if he wants to swive him, declare undying love for him, or throttle him.

Bit by bit, as mutual desire swells between them, Kit wins over the earl’s body, his passion, and his trust.

But in order to win the earl’s elusive heart? The scoundrel must risk losing everything.

https://books2read.com/troubled-earl (Non-Amazon)

https://mybook.to/TTATE. (Amazon)

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