Sunrise at the Bennett Ranch: Cowboy Skillet Breakfast

April 30, 2026 · Posted by Tule Publishing

Delicious recipes straight from the kitchens of your favorite Tule authors.

This hearty breakfast fits right in at the Bennett Ranch kitchen or even as a special at the
Sagebrush Café. It’s simple, comforting, and perfect for feeding hungry cowboys—or anyone who needs to fuel up for the day ahead. I recommend you serve this to your ranch hands with strong coffee because every cowboy needs caffeine to be alert and ready for anything ranch and rodeo life throws their way.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

– 3 cups diced potatoes
– 6 slices bacon
– ½ onion, diced
– 4 eggs
– 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
– Salt and pepper
– Optional: green onions or chopped parsley

Directions:
1. Cook bacon in skillet until crispy. Let cool, then crumble.
2. Save 1-2 tbsp grease in the pan.
3. Add diced potatoes and cook until golden and tender (about 15 minutes).
4. Stir in onion and cook until softened.
5. Sprinkle crumbled bacon over potatoes & onion.
6. Make 4 small wells in the skillet. Crack one egg into each well. Season with salt &
pepper.
7. Cover and cook until eggs are done.
8. Sprinkle cheese on top and cook until melted.
Alternative: Scramble eggs in the pan.

In Bentwood Creek, a broken vow leads to an unexpected promise.

Hayden Bennett is done with love. After being left at the altar, the Montana rancher returned home determined to protect his heart and honor his grandfather’s final wishes. But dividing the family ranch five ways, managing a wandering grandmother, and holding everything together alone is more than even a stubborn cowboy can handle.

This heartfelt small-town cowboy romance delivers second chances, found family, and a love that proves sometimes the safest risk is trusting the one who knows you best.

About the Author

Melinda Curtis is the USA Today bestselling author of light‐hearted contemporary romance, romantic comedies, and women’s fiction. Her book Dandelion Wishes was made into a TV movie – Love in Harmony Valley, starring Amber Marshall. She lives in Oregon’s wine country with her husband – her basketball-playing college sweetheart. While raising three kids, the couple did the soccer thing, the karate thing, the dance thing, the Little League thing and, of course, the basketball thing. Now when Melinda isn’t writing and Mr. Curtis isn’t watching college basketball, they do the DIY thing.

Notes from a Future Eccentric: Celebrating Guilty by Association

April 22, 2026 · Posted by Tule Publishing

I have always aspired to be an eccentric old woman. This, like so many other things in life, needs to be planned. One doesn’t wake up one day and voilà, you’re eccentric. No. If that happens, it’s dementia.

I started planning my eccentric ways shortly after I began writing. In fact, writing is one of my cornerstones along with letting my hair naturally go white, perennially being an amateur solo guitar player, and maintaining my twelve earrings when certainly I should have let a few close by now.

Eccentric people make the best characters. They don’t fit easily into a mold, don’t react the way you’d expect, and tend to go sideways instead of forward, figuratively speaking. While eccentrics may not be the easiest people to get along with, they are never dull.

In Guilty by Association, book 2 of the Rizk Brothers Legal Mysteries, the mystery is set in a fictional, upscale physical rehab facility set in South Bend, Indiana. I wanted a “fish out of water” experience for Seth Rizk, the boots on the ground investigative twin. It starts out simple enough. A phone call to the woman who found the body, Morrighan (pronounced Morgan) O’Connell. She begins referring to Seth as her nephew to keep nosy neighbors at a distance. The two perpetuate the fraud even though Morrighan is a creamy white Irish-American and Seth gets his deep olive complexion from his father’s Lebanese heritage.

Enter Janus, the conspiracy theorist. She’s never met a fact she couldn’t break. Serious and iron willed, nothing can bend Janus … unless it’s the salsa-style morning exercise class Seth runs. Then she’s fist pumping and shouting “Crank it to eleven!” (A “This is Spinal Tap” reference and homage to the late great Rob Reiner).

Next is Sylvia with her thick (unspecified) European accent. She’s not very eccentric on her own but in her shadow is Ivan, the guy crushing on her hard enough to be the only man in the salsa class. I don’t think he has two lines in the entire book, he’s just always there, waiting to be the Louisiana to her Mississippi.

There are the brother and sister who run an Ebay operation, the occupational therapist who helps residents with their banking after hours, the social worker practicing her massage techniques, and the executive director who won’t let a sweaty Seth sit on her chairs.

Twins Seth and Jakob Rizk may be the stars of Guilty of Association, but they have an
ensemble cast eager to entertain. Oh, and one of them is a murderer.

Where am I in all this? I’m the eccentric middle-aged lady sitting in the corner and watching everyone, thinking “this is going in a book.”

Happy reading!

About the Author

TG Wolff writes mysteries meant to be solved. She specializes in puzzles and giving you everything you need to beat the detective to the solution. Diverse characters mirror the complexities of real life and real people, balanced with a healthy dose of entertainment. TG Wolff holds a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering, which gives her no background in writing but was an excellent training ground for mystery solving.

World Building a Small Town with Aimee O’Brian

April 16, 2026 · Posted by Tule Publishing

I love books where I can escape into the world created. The phrase world-building often elicits thoughts of science fiction or spy thrillers, medieval epics and sweeping family sagas. But a sweet, small town romance deserves a carefully crafted setting as well, one where a reader can step away into the lives of quirky neighbors; where family feuds and forgiveness are the reality; and where a hero can fall in love with a shop girl, a B&B hostess, a docent; or perhaps an anti-hero might just find himself captivated by the gray eyes of the youngest mayor the town of Hazard has ever seen.

I’ve had great fun writing my Charmed Love series and creating the magic of Hazard. It’s town square takes center stage in every book where on the green the statue of the town’s founder Edwin Hazard reigns in stately glory. But I didn’t stop there, oh no, with each story in the series, I delved deeper beneath the town where a warren of tunnels has a history going back to 1775; while above the town, the winds of Hazard become a character in their own right.

The Magical Library brings the Charmed Love series full circle. The town’s antagonist Derrick Cross wants vengeance for a centuries old wrong. He wants to take away everything that makes Hazard unique and transform it into Everywhere, America. He longs to reveal the truth about the town’s founder, who he views as a thief and reprobate. And the best part? He’s not wrong.

Whitney Hopewell the newly elected mayor wants what’s best for her town, a town she moved to as a teen, a town that took her in and made her feel special. This truth-loving former librarian, now presiding as mayor, knows she must usher a new era into Hazard. The housing mandate demands it, but Derrick sees this has his chance to enact his family’s revenge.

Fortunately, Hazard as a wind of its own with a charmed quilt that makes you dream of your one true love. And while Whitney and Derrick might think they are meeting for the first time, the magic of Hazard knows better in this romance meant to be.

For those of you who love Hazard, Rhode Island and its quirky historical society, its Ivy Way Tea Shop, the Worthy Bed & Breakfast Inn, and that darling Camellia Cottage overrun with black cats, don’t worry, I do have more stories dancing in my brain for this remarkable town. Still, this fourth book brings resolution to the stories so far, revealing the final verse of the Hazard Blessing and the town’s secrets along with it, proving that two factions from centuries past may just have more in common than they realized.

So please, allow yourself to take a break from the travails of daily life and step into a world of magical possibility where the winds guide you in the direction you need to go. I would love some help filling the details into my imaginings, so please share in the comments which of the Hazard, Rhode Island secondary characters you would like to see achieve their own happily-ever-afters.

About the Author

Having lived in both California and Texas, Aimee O’Brian now resides in the beautiful wine country. With her three children grown and experiencing their own adventures, she and her husband are free to explore the world. When she’s not reading, writing, or planting even more perennials in her garden, she can be found stomping through ancient ruins and getting lost in museums.

Behind the Story of The Other Killer with Heidi Field

April 15, 2026 · Posted by Tule Publishing

I cannot believe that I am about to publish my third book. I am really getting into the swing of regular writing alongside posting on social media and engaging on reader Facebook pages, and I am loving this wonderful world of books, and reader engagement, and writing my stories.

I have recently read three very different novels, a serial killer story with a romantic element, a creepy mystery that builds slowly towards the final twist, and a romantasy with some eye-popping spice. I was totally engrossed in each story, and I learned something from them, too.

I learned that romance can be deliciously added to any genre and it can provide an
added extra that makes an otherwise okay read into an unputdownable read. I
learned that stunningly written settings can draw you in as much as character and
plot, and that beautiful writing is as exciting as a well-drawn plot. I learned that a
strong male character with just the right amount of heart, charisma and
shortcomings, can make me stay awake reading for far longer than I wanted to.

The Other Killer has romance, twists, a handful of dark, secluded settings, and a
male character who is fighting to be the best man he can be, despite the damage he
carries around. It is a joy to write a series, to know characters so well that I can push
their limits and show another side to them, to change the readers view of them. You
will see Mason in a new light, you will feel differently about him, whether or not you
like what you see will be your personal response and either works for me.

I love the idea that people are complex and that situations can bring out traits that
have been dormant in a person, that all they need was the right push, the right
motivation, to become something unexpected.

Mason is unexpected. Shiv is unexpected. Even Pip will surprise you.

Standing on the pavement outside the prison is a rush like I haven’t felt in twenty
years, like someone’s been standing on my chest for two decades and they just
stepped off. Thoughts swirl around in my head, stuff I haven’t dared think about for
so long, possibilities, ideas, plans, simple shit, like, I get to take a dump on a crapper
with a seat, what it’s gonna feel like to sleep on a mattress with springs, not having
to watch my back or get my room turned over just because some arsehole feels like
making my life just a little bit harder. I don’t gotta do jack shit if I don’t wanna, don’t
gotta do what another man tells me to, don’t gotta sit in a room with bars like a zoo
animal no more.

Hell, I’m a g*ddam free m*therf*cker.

About the author

Heidi Field was raised in the beautiful countryside of the South of England with her parents and her two sisters. In her twenties she was a freelance Sports Massage Therapist. She achieved a Degree in Zoology at the age of thirty and then went on to raise two boys and became the stepmother of three more young children. She still lives near her family home with her partner, their Great Dane and the children that have yet to fly the nest.

In her early forties, Heidi completed a Masters in Creative Writing at Winchester University. Writing contemporary thrillers, she likes to put relatable people in extraordinary situations, challenge them, push them to their limits and watch them fight for their sanity.

The Peasedale Woods Killers is Heidi’s first series, interweaving the relationships between mothers, sons, and serial killers, questioning where blame ends and responsibility begins.

The Magic Continues: Meet Leigh Ann Edwards Next Generation of Witches

April 14, 2026 · Posted by Tule Publishing

Hello Tule readers. For those who don’t know me, I’m Leigh Ann Edwards. I live in a small town in north-central Alberta, Canada. I’m a wife, mother, grandmother, pet-mom, a reiki-master, tarot card reader, and lover of traveling. I write steamy historical, time-travel, romantasy, adventure series.

It’s great to be back on the blog after over a year. I believe it might be the longest stretch between new releases since my first in July 2016. During that initial blog post I talked about my first published book–– The Farrier’s Daughter–– the beginning of the seven book Irish Witch Series.

People sometimes ask what spurred me to begin writing romance novels. I’ve always been a hopeless romantic with a vivid imagination and a love of history. I’ve enjoyed writing from the time I learned to read. As an adult, writing was put on hold for schooling, various jobs, getting married, and becoming a mother of two daughters born twenty months apart. During those crazy busy years, the only creative writing I managed was letters sent to family and friends.

I did write a series of books in the mid 1990s but never followed through with trying to publish them. I tucked those stories away for ‘someday’. One would eventually become, The Witch’s Awakening, the first installment in the Witches of Time series.

However, a trip to Ireland in 2008 inspired The Irish Witch series. There are numerous magical places in that lovely country. Being amongst castles, churches, and graveyards with hundreds of years of history–– sparked my creativity. I began writing The Farrier’s Daughter soon after I returned home.

I’ve been to Ireland twice since and if I could I’d gladly live there at least part-time. After the winter we’ve experienced this year, I’d move there permanently if I could take my grandchildren along. Believe me, if I possessed the magic my characters do that enables them to be transported to other places, Ireland would be my first destination.

The Witch and the Gatekeeper, Book One in Daughters of the Witches of Time is now available. The four-book series is a sequel to The Irish Witch and Witches of Time. This new release is my 26th––kind of cool considering the year. (Whether you’re new to this world or returning, this latest series can be enjoyed on its own––no prequels required.) That said, I hope after you’ve finished The Daughters of the Witches of Time, you’ll be curious to read the earlier series.

I’m excited for readers to meet the next generation of witches. Each book features the eldest daughter of one of the original witches of time.

Eilis, (pronounced Eye-lish), Darian, Fiona, and Trista are intelligent, beautiful, gifted, strong-willed young women all from the same Celtic goddess/ Fae lineage, but who live in different centuries.

Each witch has supernatural abilities as individual as their distinct personalities. They’ll all experience adventures, heartaches, and a unique love story. They face conflict with family dynamics, being spirited women in predominantly patriarchal eras, keeping their powers hidden, dealing with dark otherworldly entities, and falling in love–– typically with a man who’ll become their guardian protector. Eilis O’Brien, the heroine in The Witch and the Gatekeeper is a healer and air witch. For some time, she has been involved in a loving and passionate, but forbidden relationship with Cian Rafferty (Raff), one of her father’s castle guards. She’s been open with him about her magic, yet Raff has concealed profound secrets regarding his past and the inherited destiny he’s been running from. When a dark being comes for her, Cian will do whatever he must to save Eilis. I absolutely loved writing this book for many reasons. The story wove itself into my heart from the first page. Eilis and Cian’s characters really spoke to me which is something an author appreciates.

Returning to sixteenth century Ireland and recreating her parents’ Alainn and Killian’s world was like coming full circle.

Writing storylines about the much-loved couple from my original series–– after nearly three decades have passed for them–– was compelling. Now in their mid-to- late forties, Alainn and Killian maintain the powerful love that saw them through all the hard times they faced. They’re navigating life, important jobs, their massive castle, and eight children, including, Eilis, the daughter with magic as powerful as Alainn’s I also really enjoyed connecting the four young witches, the daughters of the witches of time. They become fast friends when they begin communicating through a mysterious mirror in a hidden castle chamber. I felt it was like a magical precursor to a video call.

As a baby boomer, it still seems nearly impossible to comprehend that technology allows us to see someone we’re speaking to in any part of the world. Would it be such a stretch to think magic could connect people from different times? Early reviews for The Witch and the Gatekeeper have been delightfully positive. I’m thrilled readers are being drawn into Eilis and Cian’s world. And grateful to those who’ve reached out to tell me how much they liked their love story. I believe one of an author’s greatest gifts is the ability to evoke emotions through the written word. I was elated when one ARC reader told me she laughed and cried several times. Another said this book brought her so much joy. Someone else admitted this was the fastest she’d ever read a book––that she couldn’t put it down.
Just what an author strives for––the unputdownable book!

I’m so pleased with such amazing feedback and can’t wait for other romantasy readers to be immersed in Eilis and Cian’s story. Followed by the other three witches and their guardians.

The next book, The Witch and the Time Traveler, Darian and Magnus’s story will release October 1/26. I hope to return then to talk more about the Daughters of the Witches of Time. Thanks for stopping by.

Magical wishes,
Leigh Ann

About the Author

Leigh Ann Edwards writes smoking hot romantic fantasy with badass heroines, alpha heroes, history, castles, and magic. She believes love is love, that villains should get their comeuppance (sometimes with a stake through the heart), that pleasure is NOT a four-letter word, and that “dog” is another word for “joy.”

Don’t let her gentle appearance fool you; this grandmother of four ditched a sad story and is now enjoying her happily-ever-after with the love of her life in north central Alberta, Canada. Her heroines don’t need to be rescued but they’ll gladly work with a competent partner to right the wrongs of whatever world they inhabit.

Out of Order (A peek behind the scenes writing Nun the Wiser Mysteries) with Melissa Westemeier

April 14, 2026 · Posted by Tule Publishing

If you’ve been following the story behind this series, you may remember that I wrote Old Habits Die Hard on behalf of my dear friend Mariana Damon, who I met at the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival in 2004. After she moved to memory care, another member of our writing group and I visited her in 2022 and during our time with her in Portland, she shared her idea for a murder mystery. Marni and I helped Mariana flesh out the setting, a short cast of characters, and the dramatic opening scene. Before flying home, I told Marni it was a shame she’d never be able to develop the story since her condition prohibited it. “But we should write it for her!” Marni and I jotted down what we could recall and went our separate ways.

A year later between projects, I came across the little notebook where I’d written those notes and decided to take a crack at “Murder in the Abbey.” Old Habits Die Hard was born. By the time I finished the manuscript, I’d grown very fond of the characters in Old Habits Die Hard and thought if someone wanted me to write another mystery with Bernie and AJ, maybe I could come up with something. (It’s every writer’s fantasy for a publisher to ask for a sequel.) As it happens, writing a mystery’s easy compared to thinking of another situation that would pull Bernie and AJ together again. It’s tricky to bring a retired nun into an investigation with my Gen-Z detective, but what if I came at the story from AJ’s perspective? Where might he go and run into Bernie?

AJ’s a nerd, I could place him at a comic con! But why would Bernie show up at a comic con? She could be in the same city on vacation with a friend…and while away from home, her friend goes missing and she asks AJ to help find them! AHA! I could call this book A Regular Habit because they keep working together…

Once the idea hit me, I was itching to start writing a sequel but not wanting to put the cart before the horse, I sent query letters to agents and publishers pitching Old Habits Die Hard. The replies taught me two valuable pieces of information: a person cannot simply write a book and add someone’s name as the co-author without a copyright agreement AND publishers aren’t buying stand-alone murder mysteries. I heard it again and again: “This has to be a series. You need at least three books.”

Talk about biting off more than I can chew! But I had a good idea for a second book, and I could always come up with that third idea later, right? I outlined my pitch for book 2 and Dawn Dowdle, the agent who signed me, told me to start writing book two IMMEDIATELY. With barely a gasp of air, I launched myself at this story about a retired nun going to Seattle to meet her bestie for a fun weekend and discovering her friend has gone missing. I was so proud of the scene when AJ runs into her in the hotel lobby and agrees to help search for Sister Eleanor. I was nearly 2/3 finished with a first draft when Dawn informed me characters cannot travel in book 2. “Can you rewrite it so they’re back at The Abbey?”

I understood (sort of). The Abbey’s awesome, and fans want to see them again, but the comic con and hotel were too critical to my plot, the story was impossible to write in Eugene. “Can I swap the order and write a new book two?”

Yes, but book two had to take place in The Abbey, in Eugene.

I put A Regular Habit on the back burner and began writing Dropped Like a Bad Habit (where I admittedly got carried away murdering victims). By the time Bernie and AJ meet up out of town in book 3, so much more has happened and their relationship needed to reflect it. I included scenes so fans can see what’s going on with the gang back in Eugene, but I hope readers are amenable to this new adventure set in Seattle.

Oh, and as you probably guessed by now, the wise people at Tule Publishing retitled A Regular Habit to sound more sinister, hence A Fatal Habit. A nun and a bounty hunter walk into a bar…then another nun and a detective start looking for them. Plus, the setting’s crowded with vampires and monsters, a mysterious notebook, a former classmate of AJ’s, and a foot chase through a huge convention center as AJ helps Bernie figure out what happened to Sister Eleanor. Why did she meet someone dressed like Boba Fett just before her disappearance? Who would want to kill a sweet, retired nun from the UP? Is her death connected to the comic con? To the bounty hunter from Kamino? Can Bernie and AJ solve her murder before time runs out?

The links below will guide your way to answering those questions!

And I’m glad to report I wrote book 4 IN ORDER!

About the Author

Melissa Westemeier grew up around the edge of nerd culture, but marriage and motherhood with three sons immersed her in it. She’s fluent in Marvel, DC, Dr. Who, Star Wars, Godzilla, and more thanks to their influence. Her fiction work includes rom-com and a trilogy loosely based on her experience tending bar on the Wolf River in Wisconsin. She’s thrilled to realize her childhood dream of writing murder mysteries. Her books blend her humor and appreciation for nerd culture while tackling serious themes and unpacking the puzzle of whodunnit (and how and why!). In her spare time, Melissa needs to be outside or near a window. Her passions include hiking, swimming, biking, reading, and fantasizing about her next vacation destination.

Spring into our April Releases (Plus, our monthly ebook giveaway!)

April 1, 2026 · Posted by Tule Publishing

GIVEAWAY: Because who doesn’t love FREE books?

We will pick ONE winner to receive a digital book copy of one of our April 2026 releases!

Comment down below saying which book you’re looking most forward to reading! Giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY. The winner will be randomly selected and announced at the end of the month.

Good luck and happy reading!

The Witch and the Gatekeeper

by Leigh Ann Edwards

Ancient Celtic magic, forbidden longing, and destiny bind a healer and a guardian in ways neither can deny…

Eilis O’Brien has always found purpose as her village’s healer, a calling that helps quiet her secret love for Cian Rafferty—the low-born guard she can never hope to marry. But when she’s threatened, her overprotective father, the chieftain, forbids her to work. Retreating to a forgotten wing of their castle, Eilis discovers a hidden chamber and magical mirror, linking her across time to three young witches, descendants from the legendary Witches of Time. Together with the witches, Eilis must awaken her magic to fight the dark forces hunting her.

Cian Rafferty has fought his whole life the cursed burden of gatekeeper. His birthright destroyed his family, but under Chieftain O’Brien’s guidance, he finally has stability and a future—even though it cannot include Eilis, despite their deep love.

But when a demon captures Eilis and drags her into the realm that claimed his mother, Cian embraces the destiny he fought to save her. Together they challenge an ancient evil with only their love to protect them.

The Magical Library

by Aimee O’Brian

In the small town of Hazard, the past never stays buried—and love may be the most powerful magic of all.

Whitney Hopewell, Hazard’s newly elected mayor and former librarian, is determined to protect the town she loves. When a smooth Boston developer offers a sleek solution to Hazard’s affordable housing crisis, she’s cautiously hopeful. Derrick Cross is charming, intelligent, and undeniably intriguing. Convincing the local innkeeper to rent him a room feels practical. Helping him with his historical research feels personal.

But Derrick hasn’t come to Hazard to help. He’s returned to settle a centuries-old score. His family’s downfall is tied to the town’s founding, and transforming Hazard’s quaint charm into soulless urban sprawl is his long-planned revenge. Falling for the woman fighting to save it threatens everything.

As Whitney and Derrick grow closer, sensing a deep connection neither can explain, secrets surface. A hidden tunnel, a looming hurricane, and a magical heritage quilt that reveals dreams of true love force them to confront history, heartbreak, and desire.

Five Summers from Now

by Michelle Dayton

Perfect for fans of heartfelt second-chance romance, emotional time-slip stories, and love that refuses to fade.

They were supposed to spend the Fourth of July weekend with their closest friends—fireworks, laughter, traditions. Instead, Merritt Sullivan and Ben Samuels broke up on the drive to the lake, before the first spark lit the sky.

But after a strange accident on the dock, they wake up to find that everything’s changed. It’s five years later. They’re no longer a couple. Their friends’ lives have shifted in ways they never saw coming. Careers, relationships, even loyalties have rearranged—some for the better, some painfully worse. And neither of them remembers the years in between.

Forced to navigate a future they don’t recall, Merritt and Ben must work together to understand what fractured not only their relationship, but their entire friend group. The only way back—if going back is even possible—is to face the heartbreak they once tried to outrun.

As old feelings resurface and new truths come to light, they’ll have to decide: is the future worth keeping…or worth rewriting?

Taming the Wild Cowboy

by Jeannie Watt

He’s the last cowboy she wants to ask for help. He’s the only one offering a chance…

Never in her wildest dreams did equine specialist Maclyn Kane imagine she’d beg her ex for help five years after he tanked her shot at her dream job. But once again she’s out of work with two horses and a dog to feed, and the independent cowgirl can’t pass up any offers—even humiliating and grudging ones.

Rancher Trev Matthews is desperate to find someone to help him through calving season, so when Maclyn, the woman who wrecked his truck and lied about it at the end of their rodeo careers responds to his job posting, he reluctantly hires her—temporarily. As soon as he finds someone with experience, she’s out. Or so he thinks.

Time supposedly heals all wounds. It also can provide clarity and proof he was too quick to judge. But how can the former rodeo star convince the woman who refuses to depend on anyone except herself to trust him and that temporary can become permanent?

The Cowboy’s Accidental Bride

by Melinda Curtis

In Bentwood Creek, a broken vow leads to an unexpected promise.

Single mom Eve Atkinson is done with marriage, too. Recently divorced and rebuilding her life in Bentwood Creek, the licensed vocational nurse is juggling long shifts, a spirited toddler, and an ex-husband who uses custody threats to control her future. Becoming a registered nurse feels like a dream she may never reach.

When childhood friends Hayden and Eve strike a marriage-of-convenience bargain, it solves more than one problem. She gains stability and protection. He gains the help he desperately needs.

But sharing a home brings buried feelings to the surface. What begins as a practical arrangement soon tests their guarded hearts.

Check out Our Mystery April Releases (plus our ebook giveaway)

April 1, 2026 · Posted by Tule Publishing

New month, new mysteries! Whether you’re looking for a mystery with political intrigue, procedural mystery, or a Nun in Seattle, we’ve got the perfect read.

GIVEAWAY: Because who doesn’t love FREE books?

We will pick ONE winner to receive a digital book of their choice from the April mystery releases.

Comment down below saying which book you’re looking most forward to reading! Giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY. The winner will be randomly selected and announced at the end of the month.

Good luck and happy reading!

Murder Never Forgets

by Nicole Helm

When the past knocks, deadbolt the door…

For private investigator Samantha Price, life is finally starting to feel more settled. Working investigations with her live-in boyfriend, Nate Bennet, is both personally and professionally fulfilling. With one of Nate’s brothers engaged and his older brother, Cal, finally moving back home to Marietta, Montana, the only thing that can disrupt the present…is the past.

Mystery author Jill Harrington can no longer pretend that her grandmother’s history isn’t important. She secretly hires Sam to get to the bottom of what caused Glenda’s traumatic muteness decades ago. But Glenda Harrington is a local ghost story to the people of Marietta, and she has no desire to change that. For years, she’s protected Bennet secrets along with her own, and she’ll do whatever she can to stop Sam and Nate from discovering the truth.

But attorney Cal Bennett knows his childhood memories still shield critical secrets. To understand what happened when he was a child, he joins forces with Jill, Sam, and Nate to dig up what Glenda’s been hiding. And what they unearth endangers all of them.

The Vanishing Stone

by Christopher Seto

Criminology Ph.D. student Theo Chan vowed he’d never get tangled in another murder. But when a cryptic late-night call drags Theo and his shadowy employers, Primrose and Teebin, to a remote island village, he’s forced to confront the one thing scarier than a killer: the secrets people will kill to protect.

The case? Find local legend Edmund Stone, who vanished twenty-six years ago, leaving behind nothing but rumors. It seems benign—until they stumble onto a brand-new murder. Now someone has smashed a dollhouse replica of the island’s most haunted manor, and the killer is teasing them with eerie limericks in a twisted game.

As Theo and his team chase riddles through windswept graveyards, storm-battered cliffs, and long-forgotten locked rooms, every villager becomes a suspect. Who wants the past to stay buried? And what secrets does Primrose conceal in her own shadowy past? In a village where everyone has something to hide, unmasking the truth could turn Theo’s second case into his last.

Perfect for fans of atmospheric mysteries and amateur sleuths with everything to lose, adventure will keep you guessing until the final jaw-dropping twist.

The Other Killer

by Heidi Field

You can change your name. Change your life. But someone knows exactly who you are.

Twenty years ago, Mason Tucker was tried and convicted as the teenager who helped lure young boys to the serial killer known as the Pied Piper of Peasedale. After serving his twenty-year sentence, Mason is freed and hopes to remain invisible while he rebuilds his life as an adult, hoping to become a man he can be proud of. A new town, a new flat, a new job and a new purpose.

But living with secrets is challenging, and protecting his anonymity, the woman who stood beside him, and her child becomes impossible when the past pushes back. Hard. Within days of his release, Mason suspects he’s being stalked. He’s threatened and twice attacked. He never imagined being outside would be more dangerous than being in prison. The police aren’t an option. One headline will destroy him.

Someone wants him punished, not redeemed, and as danger closes in, you will never suspect where the next threat comes from.

Guilty by Association

by TG Wolff

Blood ties run deep. Justice could tear them apart.

His twin is the last person Miami Detective Seth Rizk expects to defend him at an internal affairs hearing that could end his career. As the interim attorney general for Indiana, Jakob has to keep his reputation clean as he campaigns for the permanent seat.

While waiting for the ruling, Seth returns to Indiana to repay a debt posthumously. The retired cop who once helped solve the Rizk family’s greatest tragedy was found dead under suspicious circumstances. The trail leads straight into a luxury rehab facility where, posing undercover, Seth discovers fraud, theft, ambition—and a motive worth killing to protect.

But Seth’s sins in Miami follow him north, and Jakob is caught in the storm. His campaign team issues an ultimatum: cut ties with your brother or lose the election. With enemies closing in, the twins must decide which bond is stronger: family, justice, or survival.

Perfect for readers of private investigations, legal mysteries, and crime stories driven by loyalty, betrayal, and the cost of the truth.

An Author Finds Her Voice with Anna J Stewart

March 31, 2026 · Posted by Tule Publishing

From the time I picked up my first romance novel back in high school (a very long time ago, LOL), I have known what I wanted to do: write romance novels. There simply wasn’t any other idea in my head, even as I explored various career paths. Those career paths were frequently dictated by whatever book I was reading: a paralegal (thanks to a romance by Kristen James), a coroner (because of the Kay Scarpetty books by Patricia Cornwell), an anthropologist (after reading one of Nora Roberts’s early Silhouettes). It took me far longer than it probably should have to realize that, as a writer, I could be any and all of those things for as long as it took me to write a book. And so…

Here I am. A good number of years later, with more than sixty books under my writing
belt. The majority of those are with Harlequin (my dream from that first day), but most
recently, I was given the opportunity to, in the words of my former editor, “write whatever
I wanted.” I cannot tell you the freedom and excitement hearing (or rather reading)
those words evoked. No restrictions, no guidelines, just write what your heart and soul
wants. Thus, the Circle of the Red Lily series was born.

I’m a lifelong obsessive with all things movies and Hollywood. I grew up on Saturday
morning Shirley Temple, Abbot & Costello, and Bogart movies. My all-time favorite movie (okay, I have a lot) is The Adventures of Robin Hood staring Errol Flynn (closely followed by Singin’ in the Rain). There’s something magical about those old classics, a time gone by even as they created and built the art form we enjoy today. Everything about that time, the studio system, the movie stars and glamour, the bright spinning lights of premiere night, is utterly fascinating to me. So I knew, when I was asked to write something that matters to me, Hollywood would have to play a part.

The initial idea was simple. What would happen if a photographer came across lost film,
developed it, and discovered that they were photographs that would call into question a
notorious murder case and conviction.

Riley Temple became that photographer, a paparazzo with a heart and a woman with
little faith in the justice system. Her roots run deep in Hollywood thanks to her late grandfather, a studio portrait photographer in the Golden Age of Hollywood and her Great Aunt Moxie, a character inspired by the one and only Shirley Temple (if Shirley had a bit of a spicy edge to her). Together they own Temple House, an apartment

building in the heart of Los Angeles that once served as housing for the stable of actresses, dancers and performers going back as far as the 1930s. When those pictures Riley discovered suddenly put her and her circle of friends in danger, she finds herself coming face to face with the absolute worst hero possible: a cop. Don’t you love it when they’re both utterly wrong—and right—for one another? Together they discover that the photographs unlock the truth of a secret society that has been hovering in the shadows of Hollywood for decades. A society that will do anything to remain hidden. Including kill.

Framed, Vanished, and Unearthed are the first three books in my five-book Circle of the Red
Lily series. I LOVE writing books featuring a close-knit community and Riley’s four friends, all of whom live in Temple House, are along for the ride of their lives with each of them getting their own happily ever after (after some dangerous shenanigans). And how do we know they’ll get their HEAs? Because I write romance! How they get there, however? Now that’s going to be the biggest mystery of them all.

I am so thrilled that this series has a home with Tule now and I’m even more excited to
be celebrating these first releases with them. How appropriate that these are the books
that finally helped me find my voice.

Welcome to the Circle of the Red Lily. I hope you all will enjoy my ode to Old Hollywood,
a time gone by, and that all important happily ever after.

About the Author

Anna J. Stewart is a National and USA Today bestselling author of more than sixty emotionally layered romances, ranging from sweet to suspenseful.

A Maggie and Holt Medallion winner, Anna’s work has also been recognized as a finalist for the Daphne du Maurier and the National Readers’ Choice Awards and one of her novels, Recipe for Redemption, was optioned for a TV movie.

At the heart of every story Anna tells is family—the kind you’re born into, and the kind you fight for. Her characters wrestle with real struggles, deep wounds, and the kind of love that changes everything.

When she’s not writing or working with editing and book coaching clients, Anna can be found in her kitchen chasing comfort through baking, or deep in a TV binge that often includes The Great British Bake-Off, Supernatural, and anything Starfleet-approved. She shares her space—and negotiates for desk rights—with two cats, Rosie and Sherlock, who are equal parts muse and menace.

Janine Amesta talks about taking chances and discovering your family

March 26, 2026 · Posted by Tule Publishing

The idea of family has always been an important theme in my books, but it’s especially big in my newest series, Love is in the Air.

The first book starts off with the family becoming broken at the unexpected death of the father, leaving Selah, Naomi, and Hailey, along with their mother, to try to keep the family’s hot air balloon business afloat in the aftermath. Each sister deals with the loss of their father in very different ways, and their path toward healing is not always an easy one and is sometimes rocky. But they end up with a new type of family by the end of it, growing even bigger than it was before.

While their family will never look the same again, it doesn’t mean that the way it evolves into something different isn’t just as beautiful.

In the third book, The Love Feud, it focuses on the youngest daughter, Hailey, who carries around a great deal of guilt because she believes that her relationship with her late father wasn’t as good as it should have been. She wasn’t as close to him as her sisters had been, and, even worse, it wasn’t something she strived for. Plus, she didn’t value her family until a part of it was gone. Hailey feels like she has a lot to make up for, and this affects a lot of her decisions, including keeping up with her father’s imaginary feud with the other rival hot air balloon business in the area. It’s her way of making up for and protecting the family she has left.

It’s not until she sees the truth of the whole situation that she discovers things were way more complicated than she realized. This makes things change again—both her perspective and how she sees family. Because, as we all know, family is not just what people are born into, but it can grow from other people you meet along the way.

And I think the concept of family is something many people find relatable. Family is something we all need. People who will support us and love us even when we mess up. Hailey is really a character who puts this to the test because she doesn’t always make the best decisions, even if she thinks she’s doing it for a good reason.

At the beginning, she’s not looking to make Ryland, the love interest in The Love Feud, part of this family. In fact, it’s just the opposite. She’d rather keep the feud between them going, holding the man at arm’s length as long as she can. As hard as she tries to fight against Ryland and the rest of his family, it’s a losing battle. Turns out they’re exactly what she needs to make her own family even stronger. It’s a big surprise when she discovers they’re not exactly who she always imagined them to be.

Perhaps that’s why sometimes it’s better to take a chance. Because you never know where you’re going to find love or your next family.

About the Author.

Janine Amesta has loved reading kissing stories most of her life. She currently resides in Oregon with her husband and their pets, Hitchcock and Pippin. She studied screenwriting in college and her banter is influenced by the screwball romantic comedies of the 1930’s. She’s always on the lookout for the perfect line. You can also follow me on Bluesky.