Exposure - Cover Reveal

I'm really excited to reveal the cover for my next book, the first one in my new Coyote Canyon Mystery Series, Exposure. It's a contemporary murder mystery set in a Colorado mountain town. If you loved Longmire, you also love this series.

 

Sheriff Sam Winslow, the youngest sheriff ever elected in Colorado, settles in his office for what he hopes will be a quiet Sunday night. Then, the 911 line starts ringing: Lost boy on Black Bear Mountain. With the temperature dropping, Sam works fast to deploy his deputies, the fire department and the search and rescue teams to the mountain.

 

Fortunately, the boy is found, but a member of the search team finds a dead body at the bottom of a nearby cliff.

 

Hoping it's just a hiker that took a misstep, Sam immediately starts the investigation, but it quickly gets complicated. The boy and his two friends eventually tell Sam they found thousands of dollars in an old silver mine on the mountain near where the body was found. With this news, the sheriff fears the boys’ lives are now in danger.

 

To Sam's surprise, an FBI agent shows up to claim jurisdiction and wants to take over the case.

That's not going to happen without Sam putting up a fight.

 

Exposure will be published by Seventh Star Press and will be released soon. Check back here or my social media for the specific release date.

 

Carol

Books, Hooks, and Crooks

Look for me this Saturday, May 17 at the Books, Hooks, and Crooks book signing event at The Optimist's Club in Georgetown, Indiana. Sponsored by the Kentuckiana Romance Writers, the Sisters-in-Crime Derby Rotten Scoundrels chapter will also be there. For more information, https://tinyurl.com/mryhwvtm

I hope to see you there.

Carol

Book Fair and Coffee

 

There's nothing better than a book and a cup of coffee. On May 10, 2025, I'll be participating at the "Spring into Books" event at the Charlestown Coffee and Cream Shop at 830 Main Street, Charlestown, Indiana from 10 am to 1 pm. I, along with several other wonderful authors, will be there with our books to sell. In conjunction with this event, the coffee shop will offer a ‘special brew’ related to books. I hope you'll attend.

Carol

 

Library Book Signing - Clarksville Indiana

 On April 26, 2025, I'll be participating in the Local Author Fair at the Clarksville Branch of the Jeffersonville Township Public Library at 1312 Eastern Blvd, Clarksville, Indiana. See graphic for times. 

I'll have all of my mystery novels there for sale and hope to see you there.

Carol

Mountain of Deception audio book

Things moved very fast since yesterday when the publisher of my backlist spicy romance, Mountain of Deception renewed my contract for that book. In doing so, she told me she also wanted to release it as an audio book. I thought it would take several days, if not weeks, before it would be available. Then, this morning she emailed me and said it was live. I'm very excited to now have my first audio book. You can download the book at https://apple.co/41Whgv6 

If you've forgotten the plot of the book: 

Tessa Cooper has taken a year long sabbatical from teaching English at an Illinois university to move to the mountains of Tennessee to write a mystery novel. She didn't intend on falling in love with the man building the garage behind her cabin, or find herself caught in the middle of something illegal with him.

From all outward appearances, sexy Silas Newberry is a man with many secrets and Tessa is determined to find out what they are. When things start going in the wrong direction, can Silas keep her safe without revealing his biggest secret of all?

 Enjoy,

Carol

2025 - And, We're Off...

 2024 ended on a good note with, as noted in the previous post, my short screenplay, Summer Darkness winning the Gothamite Monthly Award for Best Short Script. 

Enter February 2025 and more new awards.

On February 16, 2025, my newest feature length screenplay, The Witch's Descendant received a Quarterfinal placement in the Wiki Screenplay contest.

 

Then, on February 27, I was notified that The Witch's Descendant was a Finalist in January's TMFF: The Monthly Film Festival.

 

 Finally, also on February 27, the screenwriters web site Coverfly notified me that The Witch's Descendant was was now ranked in the top 39% of discoverable screenplays on their site. I've been working very hard to get a ranking on there and am very honored and happy to have made it.

 

 

If you're interested in my fiction books, I've been booking my appearances for 2025. You can see the updated list on the right side of this page.

 

Carol 

 

Gothamite Monthly Film Award, December 2024

 

 

I'm excited and honored to announce that my screenplay, Summer Darkness won the award for Best Original Short Film Script from the Gothamite Monthly Film Awards for December 2024. This is the second award that Summer Darkness has won.

Carol