She's a warm hearted person who'll stand by me till the end.
People let me tell you bout my best friend,
She's my oldest, my dearest pal, my sister of the heart
People let me tell you 'bout her, she's so much fun
Whether we're talkin' serious stuff or just chatting on the run....
Cause she's my best friend.
Yes she's my best friend."
(adapted from Harry Nilsson's song)
We've been bestest friends for nearly 48 years.
She's a wife (married 40 years this fall),
Mom of two great kids (who I'm blessed to say call me Aunt Robyn).
Mom of two fur-babies as well; the small fluffy dog Muffin and the entitled cat Mouse.
She works a full-time job in addition to her writing.
She loves a drink called Salty Dog; as well as wine. And let me not forget her Diet Dew!
She longs to live in the mountains as they bring her peace and tranquility.
She has these amazing 'plot bunnies' running around in her head that lead her to create great characters and stories.
Of course she loves chocolate.
And....I'm blessed beyond measure to call her my very bestest best forever friend.
We've been through good, bad and down-right horrible times; know pretty much everything about each other and I don't know what I'd do without her.
As a young woman she dreamed of being a journalist but when she couldn't afford to go to college she put that dream away and concentrated on being a wife and mom. Years later she was introduced to FanFiction and began reading stories based on her beloved Twilight series. She came across a story that featured 2 of the male characters and had an epiphany, "Why", she says, "shouldn't people have books to read that feature characters similar to themselves? Everyone deserves that. They deserve to have a HEA." And so her plot bunnies took hold and she began to write.
And today her second book is being published! Its been a journey with this one with delays, disappointments, frustrations and despair. Throughout it she kept moving forward writing novellas for several anthologies, publishing on her blog and working on what will be the second book in this new series as well as outlining story lines for other books to come.
So, let me introduce you to her book: Drifting Sands-The Warfield Hotel Mysteries-Book 1
As he approaches his fortieth birthday, Justin Warfield feels
alone, drifting like the sand that blows along the beach near his family’s
hotel. He has done exactly as his father wanted. Married the right girl and
carried on the family tradition of running the Warfield Hotel. On paper things
seem perfect, but happiness hasn’t been a part of his life for a very long
time.
Marcus
Drummond once spent a summer with his best friend Peter at the Warfield Hotel
and fell hard for Peter’s much older brother. Five years later he’s back, and
this time hopes that Justin will see him as more than his kid brother’s
friend.
Sparks fly when the two meet again, but there are a few
things standing in their way. The closet that Justin has himself buried in and
someone on a killing spree, dumping bodies on the Warfield beach . . . victims
that indicate Justin may be involved in some way.
Drifting Sands is available on E-Retailer sites:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_14?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=drifting+sands+baty&sprefix=drifting+sands%2Caps%2C193
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drifting-sands-c-j-baty/1121983368?ean=2940151927734
AllRomance: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-driftingsands-1805601-149.html
BookStrand: http://bookstrand.com/drifting-sands
Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/drifting-sands
Bottom Drawer Publications: http://www.bottomdrawerpublications.net/#!drifting-sands/c1i4v
I hope you'll join me in wishing her well on release day.
HAPPY RELEASE DAY CJ.!
Until we chat again, I wish you quiet times with a really great book, your beverage of choice and of course some chocolate!
Robyn
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