I’m so excited to introduce Detective Mila Harlow to you in this brand new detective series set in a small Florida coastal town. If you follow me on Facebook, you know I attended the Writer’s Police Academy in Wisconsin this summer. I wanted to make sure I got the details of the investigation right to give you an authentic experience. I had so much fun both at the academy and getting to know Detective Harlow. You can preorder the book HERE NOW for just 2.99 and it will also be available in Kindle Unlimited. Release date is January 2! And if you don’t follow me on Facebook, please do! Mila’s h ..read more

To celebrate the arrival of Spring, I’ve joined some other fabulous authors for a Spring Bling Blog Hop! And since it’s strawberry season here in Florida, what better way to celebrate the end to dark, cold winter days then with an easy, healthy, strawberry frozen dessert?! If you’re not familiar with “nice-cream” it’s basically ice cream made with a frozen banana base instead of dairy. So the first and most important step here is to cut up three ripe bananas into small chunks and freeze them. Be sure to lay the bag flat in the freezer so you don’t get one big lump of bananas.Then wash and fr ..read more

There’s a poem called Where I’m From by Kentucky writer George Ella Lyon which is used as a popular writing prompt. You should try it (even if you don’t consider yourself a writer). It’s fascinating which moments and memories pop up. Here’s mine… http://www.ForestWander.com Where I Come From My roots are thick with coal dust from a small mining town. Thorn-pricked fingers stained purple from dew-covered-dawn blackberry hunts. I come from Pierogis, Goulash, garden delights plucked by grandfather’s hands. Snow-bound winters in unforgiving Pennsylvania country where my best friend’s s ..read more

Oops! You guys, I just realized I forgot to do a release post for Missing in the Dark! It’s the sequel to Frankie’s story in Buried in the Dark. It is also an introduction to Detective Mila Harlow, the smart but haunted Edgewater detective who will be the star of my new police procedural series set in a small Florida beach town. So be sure to check it out and meet Detective Harlow because hopefully her first story will be out at the end of the year ..read more

Writing has always been there for me, it’s my outlet, my therapy, the tool I use to understand the world around me. Unfortunately I must take an extended break from it. If you’ve been following my story, you know I battled CFS/Fibro for four years and was about 80% recovered before I got hit by a major trauma in October that almost took my life. From that, I developed PTSD and my health took a turn for the worse. A few weeks ago I spent five days in the hospital undergoing tests on my heart because my heartrate would shoot up to 180 bpm when I tried to stand up. I’ve been officially diagnosed ..read more

Those of you who’ve been with me a while know that I’ve spent most of the last decade dealing with some serious health issues. I can finally share some good news! I am back to writing full time and feel like I have my health back. So, while this feels very vulnerable and personal, I’d like to share a recovery interview I did with Dan Neuffer, the creator of the program I followed (ANS Rewire) to help me heal. Mostly because other people’s recovery videos were my lifeline to hope and because I know so many people are dealing with these same illnesses… especially those now experiencing the same ..read more

On her 21st birthday, Cate Flores finds the courage to flee her life with nothing but a trash bag of belongings and a black eye. A help-wanted ad brings her to the Coastal Wildlife Rescue Center on Gull Island, where her dream of training to be a veterinarian seems possible. She’s finally found a safe place that feels like home, and the people there become family. Life couldn’t be better… and then on a warm September night, she disappears, never to be seen or heard from again. Four years later, journalist Frankie O’Farrell—who’s hiding from her own demons—arrives on Gull Island to do a story ..read more

I’ve decided to write all my books under Shannon Esposito, instead of trying to use different pen names for different genres. This required a cover change and I have to admit I am loving this cover! It captures the feel of the story perfectly. Have you read Alice’s story yet? THE BURNING is a psychological suspense for women but not for the faint of heart! Alice Leininger seems to have the perfect life. She’s happily married, has two beautiful children, a close-knit group of friends, and a cause she cares deeply about. But beneath the surface, her world of safety and comfort is unraveling. Th ..read more

The dog days of summer are back, and Darwin Winters, pet psychic, is excited to attend the St. Pete Seafood Festival with her sister. Unfortunately, the festival gets shut down early when a despised, local food critic dies from ingesting pufferfish toxin while judging the Chef’s Golden Lobster Contest. When Hana Ishida, the chef who served pufferfish to the victim, is taken in for questioning, Darwin agrees to dog-sit the woman’s dachshund, Daisy. Darwin receives a vision from Daisy showing Hana in a heated argument, but for Daisy’s sake, Darwin desperately wants to dig up the truth and help ..read more

Hope you all have been enjoying the holidays! I can’t believe 2019 is right around the corner. I have to say, I’m not sad to see 2018 go, it was a rough one. But in the spirit of new beginnings, I’ve started a separate blog to chronicle my adventures in healing. (I’ll still blog here about book stuff.) You can check it out here: My Adventures In Healing The one thing that kept me hopeful over the past four years was other people’s recovery stories, so that’s my main goal with this new blog. To pay that forward. Please share the link with anyone you know struggling with chronic illness. May ..read more