Please put your hands together for the following KOD-members, who have good news to share:

Tamra Lassiter is excited to report that DECIDING FATE won the HOLT Medallion for Romantic Suspense. Tamra is lucky enough to be a VRW member and she was able to be there at the fantastic tea party awards ceremony to hear her name called.

Vicki Batman‘s romantic comedy short story from the Season of Surprises holiday anthology, “Holiday Handbag Extravaganza,” is a finalist in the Still Moments Magazine 2016 Maple Leaf contest, category novella. First place will be announced on June 20.

She also has  a release date of September 9, 2016 for ​her  romantic comedy mystery, the second in the series, TEMPORARILY INSANE:

No man. Bad job. And Murder. Hattie Cooks is still searching for her dream job and one might be available…in the Big Apple, far from friends, family, and Allan Wellborn, the man who still makes her heart race. In the meantime, she finds temporary employment at an accounting firm where two auditor friends turn up dead.

Detective Allan Wellborn dropped Hattie for Blonde Bimbo who, coincidentally, is employed at NLB where fishy things are taking place. When Allan interviews Hattie, he must determine why all signs point to her as a suspect.

Can Hattie discover why Allan dumped her and who is murdering auditors before death strikes again?

And Cathy Perkins just released a novella, MALBEC MAYHEM, spun off from her Holly Price series. She really appreciates all the KOD support! More information at  http://cperkinswrites.com

Successful restaurateur Alex Montoya’s charmed life has hit a snag. His trusted business partner turned out to be not exactly trustworthy, and Alex could be facing jail time over some of his partner’s shady financial deals. As if that weren’t bad enough, creditors are calling in loans he didn’t know he had and he’s desperate to prove his innocence before all his businesses are repossessed.

After a career-building stint in Napa Valley, Sofia Pincelli has returned home to eastern Washington to take over the family’s winery. Running the family business, however, means dealing with her ailing father’s continued micro-management—and his disapproval of Alex. Her father’s condemnation of Alex’s rumored involvement in his business partner’s schemes runs so deep, it threatens Alex and Sofia’s blossoming romance…along with the Pincelli family’s signature red wine. Sofia needs Alex’s crop of Malbec grapes to show her father she has what it takes to make award-winning wine—and save the reputation and finances of the Pincelli winery.

When the Malbec grapes go missing, Alex and Sofia must join forces to find the fruit before it spoils—or risk destroying both of their businesses and their hearts.

​And that’s what we have for this week. Have a great weekend!