Happy New Year from Steelestories! And here’s a cover reveal for Isas’s Daughters, book two in the Reclusive series – available January 2, 2026!
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In order to get you ready for book two, I gave away five copies of book one – Reclusive. The winners were Linda R, Sindu, Sue H, Gpayseur, and Andrea W! Congrats!!
2025 was a jam-packed year – the grands are growing like weeds. Had another super week at the beach and Camp Granddar. This was the little one’s first Camp Granddar and I think it was a hit. Took the older one to Universal for his 10th birthday and spent some quality time at Hogwarts.
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Enjoyed more performances at Tanger again this year – Book of Mormon, Beauty and Beast, The Wiz, and The Outsiders. I entered the Goodreads challenge again this year to read 100 books, to date I’ve read 131 and when I write this, the year’s not over.
This year’s counted cross stitch ornaments are here – didn’t do as much this year due to some physical problems with my hands and several other health scares for me and mine, but I did keep typing. One of the roommates created a whole tree just for my ornaments! If you’d like to see past ornaments, head over to my pinterest page – here
PK Corey and I went to the Valdese Christmas in November sale and the 3-day Hickory Christmas Show this year – exhausting but wonderful. Hope to see you all there next year.
Had four new books published this year – Reconnections, The Favor (my first historical if you don’t count time travel), Reclusive and Christmas at Monroe House as well as another audio book – Small Changes.
Also added another e-only book to my paperbacks – Homecoming!
Hope your 2025 was wonderful and 2026 is even better! Stop by and see me sometime and let me know what you’re reading.