Summer Readers Circle: Janet Lane Walters' Murder and Mint Tea, Giveaway

Multi-genre author Janet Lane Walters joins us in the Summer Readers Circle. 

Hello and welcome to the Summer Readers Circle. 

Summer is winding down, but our authors and their books are going strong! This week Multi-genre author Janet Lane Walters joins us in the Readers Circle. Janet has generously offered to  give away an autographed print copy of one of her books. Book and winner will be chosen randomly, Leave a comment below to be entered in the drawing. Deadline for entry is Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 10 pm EDST. Open to Canada and US residents only.

Summer and Me by Janet Lane Walters

Summer Sun

Bears hibernate in the winter. I hibernate in the summer. When the temperature rises above 80 degrees, I run for the air conditioned house and stay there as much as I can. Other people adore summer and all those things one does in the summer. I do not. I find swimming unless it’s in an indoor pool where the sun can’t reach my skin. If the sun does, I burn and blister. No amount of sunscreen keeps the rays from charring. 

The last time I camped, I ended up with pneumonia, so camping is out. About fishing, I don’t think so. Once some nice friends brought some fish they’d caught. I couldn’t cook them since they left the heads on and all I saw was those beady eyes. 

The only possible thing I like about summer is my birthday but even that becomes boring at my age. How many times can you tell people you’re twenty-nine? I guess that’s it for summer and me.

Murder and Mint Tea by Janet Lane Walters
"a classic American whodunit"

Back of the Book: Murder and Mint Tea by Janet Lane Walters

Katherine has no desire for a third career but dead bodies seem to gather.

Katherine is a retired nurse and a retired church organist. The small Hudson River village where she lives in her Victorian “Painted Lady” makes her the neighborhood matriarch. Along with her Maine Coon Cat Robespierre, she guards friends and families.

When amoral Rachel moves into the first floor apartment of Katherine’s house, trouble erupts. The murder weapon is one she recognizes and makes her fear for her friends and family. Finding the killer becomes her goal.

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About Janet:

Janet lane Walters was born in Wilkensburg, Pa July 17, 1936 reported to be the hottest day of the summer. She has been a published author since 1968 beginning with short stories and moving into novels when an editor told her a short story sounded like a synopsis for a novel. In the 1970s and 1980s she published four sweet nurse romance novels. Then she returned to

Author Janet Lane Walters

school to earn a BS in nursing and a BA in English. Returning to work as a nurse to help put four children through college she put her writing career on hold. In 1993 she retired from nursing and began writing again. A new nurse romance followed in print. Then she discovered electronic publishing and since 1998 has been electronically published.

Janet calls herself an eclectic writer since she moved from genre to genre. There are mysteries featuring Katherine Miller a former nurse who seems to stumble over bodies wherever she goes. Using her interest in Astrology, she has several series that use Astrology as a premise for the stories. Once she earned enough money to travel to Ireland by casting charts for people. She has many books in the romance genre, some of them are contemporary and are nurse romance, others fall into the fantasy or paranormal forms of romance. Interested in reincarnation, she has used this as a jumping point for at least two novels. Two of her novels deal with alternate worlds using a love affair with Ancient Egypt.

Under her other name J.L. Walters she has written a YA fantasy series called Affinities. She has also written a non-fiction book when her co-author Jane Toombs that won the EPIC Award in 2003 for best Non-fiction. During her career she has received other awards and has a number of great reviews.

Besides her four adult children, she has seven grandchildren. Five of them are the models for the YA series. The other two arrived too late to play a large role in the series. Four of her grandchildren are bi-racial and three are Chinese so the eclectic even invades her family. She has been married to the same man for more than 50 years. He's a psychiatrist who refuses to cure her obsession for writing.

Readers Circle
Fridays this summer
Meet authors, discover books, win prizes!!

Next Friday, August 25, British romance author Helena Fairfax joins us in the Summer Readers Circle. Be sure to mark the date to return, or better yet, Follow by Email so you don't miss any blog posts on the J. Q. Rose blog!! I promise, NO SPAM.

Interview with Marva Dasef--Win Her New Release Missing, Assumed Dead

What a privilege to welcome talented author, Marva Dasef, to the Beach Reading Bonanza. Marva's new book, Missing, Assumed Dead, will be released on Friday, July 29 from Muse It Up Publishing. Be one of the first to read it by entering our drawing. Leave a comment to be eligible to win this e-book filled with suspense, mystery, and romance.


Thanks so much, Marva, for being a guest on the J Q Rose blog. Before we find out all about your new book, please tell us what you do in the summer time.


My summers aren't what they used to be. When a kid, I trudged to the bean fields of Oregon to make money for school clothes. When I was in college, I took summer classes. When I was an adult, I worked somewhere or other. Now, I'm retired. Woo hoo! Wait a minute! I still don't have summers to myself. Vacations? Forget about it. I'm a slave to my own writing. Promos and writing continue on without a break, so no beaches for me. Staying cool is easy when you have whole house AC.


EXCEPTION: The big wonderful exception is when our granddaughters come to visit. They're young women now (14 and 16), but we take time to do fun stuff. Recent years have us taking them to the Ashland, Oregon Shakespeare Festival. We catch a play or two and always stop on the way home to ride the white water jet boats on the Rogue River. A little miniature golf (I always lose), maybe a trip to the Saturday Market (a big deal in Eugene), Yahtzee, Monopoly, and Texas Hold 'Em. But what pleases me most is that they spend their free time with noses planted firmly in books. Of course, they're obligated to read Grandma's latest writing, but they take that with good nature.

They've both already read my upcoming beach book, "Missing, Assumed Dead." And they put the stamp of approval on it. Which is neat since they live in eastern Washington, a carbon copy of my book's setting in eastern Oregon. No beaches out there, but there is a lot of sand, wind, dust, and heat.

My mystery/suspense novella, "Missing, Assumed Dead," will be released from MuseItUp Publishing on 7/29. How neat. That's right when my two favorite critics come to visit.


I can just picture you now with your granddaughters in a lively conversation about your books. What a lot of fun that would be. Tell us about your new release.

When Kameron McBride receives notice she’s the last living relative of a missing man she’s never even heard of, the last thing she wants to do is head to some half-baked Oregon town to settle his affairs. But since she’s the only one available, she grudgingly agrees.

En route, she runs afoul of a couple of hillbillies and their pickup in an accident that doesn’t seem...accidental. Especially when they keep showing up wherever she goes. Lucky for her, gorgeous Deputy Mitch Caldwell lends her a hand, among other things. Her suspicions increase when the probate Judge tries a little too hard to buy the dead man’s worthless property.

Working on a hunch and trying to avoid the Judge’s henchmen, Kam probes deeper into the town’s secrets and finds almost no one she can trust. With Mitch’s help, she peels away the layers of prejudice, suicide, murder, and insanity. But someone in town doesn’t like her poking around, and when they show their intentions by shooting her through the police chief’s office window, the stakes are raised. Kam must find out what really happened to her dead relative before someone in this backward little town sends her to join him.

And she thought Oregon was going to be boring.


Book Trailer

Where can we learn more about you and purchase the book?


MISSING, ASSUMED DEAD
Prejudice, murder, insanity, suicide: Every small town has its secrets.
by Marva Dasef http://marvadasef.com
Blog: http://mgddasef.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/MarvaDasef
Twitter Handle: @Gurina

MuseItUp Buy Link: http://tinyurl.com/Missing-Dasef
MuseItUp Author page: http://tinyurl.com/MIU-MarvaDasef
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZI_8LgOIb4

Readers, remember to leave a comment to be eligible for the drawing to win Marva's book!

Joselyn Vaughn Hosts Me on Her Blog Today--Win a FREE Book!

Today I will be visiting with romance author Joselyn Vaughn. She is a very curious person with all kinds of interesting questions. They made me think! Leave a comment on Joselyn's blog to win the FREE e-book, Sunshine Boulevard.

You can also comment on this blog or check out my interview last Monday with W S Gager and leave a comment there.

PLEASE NOTE:  My publisher, Muse It Up Publishing is celebrating the first anniversary of flinging open the doors to their new publishing house. Lea Schizas, publisher, is knocking 50% OFF all the MIU e-books for ONE DAY ONLY--Sunday, March 20. Now is your chance to load up on great reading!

Happy St. Patty's Day! FREE Book Drawing This Week

Top o' the mornin' to ya'. Happy St Patrick's Day!! I hope you are wearin' your green today otherwise you may get pinched! (That was the custom when I was in grade school anyway...)

Today I am going to be singing a LOT of Irish songs. I am part of a singing group that sings at a nursing home every month. It is a lot of fun, first because I love to sing, second because it is a wonderful group of people, and lastly, but most importantly, I am so thrilled when the oldsters smile, clap, and join in on the songs. I feel like we have brightened their day, and their smiles and appreciation warms our hearts.

FREE book give away continues this week. Just leave a comment on this blog, at my interview with mystery author, W S Gager this past Monday, or at the upcoming Friday visit to romance author, Joselyn Vaughn's site. All commenters will be entered in the drawing to win a free copy of my mystery/suspense novella, Sunshine Boulevard. May the luck o' the Irish be with ya'.

Contests, Cash, Free Reads, Oh My!

Heads up for a couple of contests to win a copy of Sunshine Boulevard and $25.00 cash!

First--Win a FREE copy of my mystery/light horror e-book, Sunshine Boulevard. It's easy to enter. Comment on this blog or at my blog stops this week on

Monday, March 14 with mystery writer W S Gager
or
Friday, March 18 with romance author Joselyn Vaughn.

You may also comment on posts at Janet Glaser's writing blog this week.

Remember, you have to comment to be eligible to win the FREE book.

The Muse It Up Publishing St. Patrick's Day contest awards the winner $25.00 in cash. Click HERE for details.

Can it get any better? Why yes! While you are visiting the bookstore, check out the FREE reads from the MIU authors.



Have fun this week and Good Luck...perhaps you'll have the luck of the Irish!!