After the Fourth of July

 I was originally going to post something different about the Fourth, a description of how mine went while watching and listening to fireworks from my home at the edge of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. There was a lot fun about it, as usual, but also some not-so-fun things, like some illegal fireworks set off close to my home in a homeless encampment, although apparently it wasn’t the homeless who set them off but some people in expensive cars. Dangerously close to people, homes, and areas of dryness! But the rest of the usual display around the perimeter of the Valley was fun, as always, and so was our view of the Universal Studios fireworks.

 Okay, I guess I did just talk a lot about the Fourth!  But now I’ll just mention how glad I am that August is approaching, and so is the availability of my first published novel since February 2020. The new one is HER UNDERCOVER REFUGE, the first in my new Shelter of Secrets series for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. And it’s the first of three upcoming books in the next few months, another HRS and also a new mystery for a new publisher for me. More to come about them both in the future. 

So now? I’m writing.  Big surprise. But as always, it’s fun. 

And I’m obeying my dogs, who both have hearing issues so the booms of the Fourth’s fireworks didn’t bother them much. 

Anyway, I hope you all had an enjoyable Fourth and that your summer is going well.