My new books out or coming soon:
Out now: Dead in Bed by Edna Curry
This novel is a cozy mystery story, also set in the St. Croix river valley, but in the present day. Lacey, the PI featured in "Dead Man's Image" is back. She gets into all kinds of interesting situations as she tries to prove her client innocent of murdering his wife. Lacey is struggling to make a go of her business. Most of her clients want her to find proof of their spouses’ infidelity. Now she’s asked to solve a murder case that turns out to be very dangerous. Will this case help her save her business or cost her life?
Out now: "Never Love a Logger"
A historical romance set against the background of the big log jam pictured below from the 1886 Taylors Falls, MN, log jam, the largest log jam Ever. It depicts life in the logging days with lots of detail about the lives of people during that time.
What happens when a rough and ready logger who wants no responsibility and thinks he doesn’t deserve a second chance at love falls for an attractive prim and proper lady with a ready made family?
Will and Carrie think there is no chance for them to have a family of their own. Each has reasons to avoid love and entanglements. Will is burned out on responsibility after helping his widowed mother raise his siblings. He turned away from God when his wife and infant son died. Carrie thinks no man will want her and her brother. She promised her father she’d raise her brother and while she’s attracted to Will, duty comes first.
Then the greatest logjam in the world throws them together for six weeks. Will is staying at the boarding house where she works while he and many others try to break up the logjam.
There are many more pictures of the log jam on the MN Historical Society's website and on the WI Historical Society's website as well.
From Whiskey Creek Press:
Out now from Whiskey Creek Press Torrid:
"I'll Always Find You" by Edna Curry
You can read about the big log jam in the article I wrote for its 100th anniversary here:
My Sister's Keeper by Edna Curry
Available at Amazon.com, bn.com and many other online stores.
After the jewelry store where she works is robbed, a stalker makes Loni Jacobs life miserable and she’s sure it’s the robbers. She’s followed, gets threatening phone calls and her apartment building burns. She retreats to her hometown of Canton, Minnesota, hoping to be safe where she’s always been accepted and loved. She buys a gift shop and hopes for happiness, but will settle for security.
In Canton she meets Matt Bennes, former Special Forces and closet psychic, who saw too much violence in service and doesn’t want anyone to depend on him for safety. He’s an outsider, resigned to being a loner because he thinks no woman would put up with his gift, but is very attracted to Loni and senses she’s in danger. A protector, he can’t resist helping her.
She falls in love with Matt, but who does she dare to trust to stay alive?
Mystery novelist Candi Lewis finds herself in trouble when her sister, Jolene, leaves her baby with Candi with a note begging Candi to keep the baby safe from its father. Why Me, Lord? Jolene disappears. Candi needs to meet her deadline and doesn’t have time to bail Jolene out of trouble for the umpteenth time.
FBI agent Luke Mazinger believes Jolene is part of a jewelry thief gang. Worse, Luke suspects Candi and her late father, Bart, are also part of the gang and he is determined to bring them down. Assigned to watch Candi, Luke finds himself falling for her, but never gets involved with a suspect, because he did on a past mission, the woman died and he still feels responsible even though he was cleared of blame for the woman’s death.
Secret Daddy by Edna Curry
After secretly donating sperm so his sterile identical twin brother, Don, can pretend to father a child, Dave Langer finds himself in a legal quandary. Don and his wife Jenny have died, and Jenny asked her sister to adopt the baby boy, Cory. Dave has no proof Cory is his.
Cathy Kassig, illustrator, loves the baby but has money problems that Dave could solve if only she’d let him. Dave convinces her to come live near him and allow him to help her. Thus, he gets a second chance to at least be near and get to know his son. Only his son's new mother is wildly attractive—and falling in love was not on his agenda.
When she learns he's the baby's father, she's afraid he and his rich family will take the baby away. Can they learn to trust each other and get along?
"Best Friends"
is a contemporary romance. Two high school sweethearts meet again as they plan their tenth reunion. They have to deal with bitter feelings from their breakup in the past and reconcile their differences. She has an important city job. He loves his small town business and wants to raise his son there. A tornado literally tears apart their little hometown. Can they pick up the pieces of their love as easily as the tornado debris?
Reviews:
Lena’s Review:
What are the odds of a person getting a second chance at love?
This a question that makes local girl Tami Johanson wonder if maybe fate is playing a mean trick on her. Reporting the high school reunion is not the award winning story she needs to make a name for herself. Yet the thought of seeing her old crush, Cal Lentz does excite her a little bit.
Edna Curry did a great job of bringing these two together in that it is so easy to see they still love each other. Now what this reviewer liked the most in the story line was that it wasn’t just romance. Ms. Curry brought in the life of the story from the townspeople to a tragedy of a tornado bringing everybody together no matter their past mistakes. Cal and Tami are so in tune to one another and the sexual chemistry between them brewing was great for Ms. Curry did it sweet yet hot. Loved it.
Rated 4 Delighted Divas by Lena! Black Raven's Reviews
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AJ’s Review from the Reader's Roundtable:
Edna Curry is a new author to me, but I thoroughly enjoyed Secret Daddy. The characters were well-developed and engaging as Ms. Curry allowed the story to play out. It was a real treat to watch Cathy and Dave learn to conquer their fears regarding each other and learn to co-exist for the sake of Cory and eventually develop into a loving family.
In spite of the demons that plagued Cathy in regards to her past mistakes with men, her stubbornness, and her fear that Dave was trying to take her son and the only link left to her deceased sister, she begins to thrive and make friends int he small town of Sugar Lake. It’s obvious that Cathy loves Cory with all of her being and soon finds herself in love with Dave, but unwilling to admit it once she discovers the secret that Dave has been keeping from her.
Dave loves his son the minute he holds him, but doesn’t know how to tell Cathy the truth. He regrets not fighting harder for Cory and as he learns more about his son and the intriguing, strong-willed, stubborn woman who has adopted Cory, he falls in love with her more and more each day. When his protective side and bossiness threatens to drive Cathy away, he comes up with a new plan to woo the mother of his son. Unfortunately, when the truth regarding Cory’s paternity comes to light, how will Dave explain the deception? Will these two stubborn people finally waive their white flags and embrace the love that’s developed over the months they’ve been together? Maybe, with a little help from family and friends, but only time will tell.
Secret Daddy is a captivating story that will tug at your heart strings, put a smile on your face, and help you remember what’s most important in life…family. Ms. Curry does a wonderful job of developing three-dimensional characters that are loveable and stubborn to the point that you don’t know whether to hug them or shake some sense into them. The secondary characters were well-developed and only increased the depth and plot of the story. I must admit that I’m curious to see if Tess will get her man. LOL! Not only did Ms. Curry provided us with a picturesque description of Sugar Lake, but she also hit the nail on the head in regards to how quickly gossip can run rampant in a small town where everyone knows everyone elses’ business. I thoroughly enjoyed Secret Daddy and would recommend it to my friends.
Rated 4.5 Gold Crowns by AJ!
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