I am in the middle of a light-hearted suspense novel by Julie Anne Lindsey: Death By Chocolate. I had the opportunity to chime in as an advance reader on her debut novella, Bloom, which was a lot of fun. I’m proud of what this gal has accomplished, and she inspires me to stick with creative writing … in my spare time, ha!

Death By Chocolate takes the reader on a raucous adventure through Ruby Russell’s comedy of errors. Unfortunately, her poor choices keep leading to the untimely demise of innocent by-standers with a sweet tooth. Ruby is not a character to whom I have warmed up easily, because she is rather conniving and self-centered. I’m looking forward to finishing the tale, though, and I feel pretty confident that things will work out, in the end. At the very least, she could take over supervision of the mess hall in prison! :p