My good friend Lora Lee, author of sweet romances and cozy mysteries, is Serious Whimsy’s special guest today. Lora Lee’s latest release, Bringing in the Thieves, Book One of her Joyful Noise Mysteries, is laced throughout with her signature knee-slapping Texas humor.
[I love the book title’s play on words, and Miss Nettie’s unintentionally humorous church newsletter column alone is worth the price of the book. See the excerpt below. :)]
Bringing in the Thieves introduces us to irreverent Frankie Lou Birmingham McMasters, a preacher’s prodigal daughter, whose former bad girl reputation still clings to her like hair on soap.
“Oh, it’s good to be bad.” So say the villains in recent Jaguar commercials on TV. Not so for Frankie Lou. When she returns to her hometown of Ruby Springs, Texas, she soon finds out that it’s not all that good to be bad, that people have long memories, and that Thomas Wolfe was probably right. You Can’t Go Home Again.
Here’s the author herself to tell you more. Welcome, Lora Lee! Continue reading »