The Mysterious Garden Muse

Happy Independence Day (a little early)! July will be another fun month at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum! Friday, July 1 – Guest blog by  Thomas Kaufman Week of July 4:  Adrienne Giordano  –  It's an Independence Day/Week new release party!  Adrienne, author of the new  Carina Press  romantic suspense release MAN LAW,  is bringing along her friends   Tracey Devlyn ,  Nancy Naigle   and  Tracy March   to join the fun! July 5 – Guest blog by  Gregory Murphy   Week of July 11:  Rebecca Cantrell Week of July 18:  Donna Andrews Week of July 25::  Karen Harper

THE GODDESS OF MICHIGAN AVENUE In fiction, shapeshifters kick ass. In 21st Century Chicago, not so much. Willa DiAngelo—divorcee, demi-goddess and sometime wolf—plots out theories for her unexplained powers in her popular paranormal novels. When two attempts are made on her life in quick succession, Willa must find the source of her freakish nature to figure out why someone wants her dead. Dante, her über-protective best friend and the subject of many erotic fantasies, actively discourages Willa from rooting around to find her family tree. The discovery of a grandmother she never knew existed turns Willa’s world upside down, with consequences that force her to choose between the man she loves and the family she’s always longed for. Greco-Roman mythology meets the Brothers Grimm in THE GODDESS OF MICHIGAN AVENUE, approximately 85,000 words, a wolfish paranormal romance. You can read an excerpt at  Romance University . 

It's a party all month at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum, as we celebrate a Month of Cozy(ish) Crime! This week is a free-for-all, with an open invitation to cozy authors to stop in and introduce themselves. I'll be at Lori Foster's Reader Author Get Together so I won't be online much for the next several days. If you write cozies, puzzlers or cozy(ish) crime, stop in and introduce yourself here . The week of June 5, our featured guest  is debut author JANET BOLIN: The week of June 13, our featured guest  is author SOFIE KELLY: From June 20 through July 1, we're having a Penguin Party,  featuring cozy(ish) authors from Penguin imprints including  NAL, SIGNET and BERKLEY PRIME CRIME.  Lots of authors will be stopping in - come on over and join the fun! We'll have several guest bloggers  in June and through July 1  (unrelated to our theme), including: If you're going to Lori Foster's event, I hope to see you there!