Happy Sunday! I have two events today with my homegirl @writercolleenoakley at the Sharon Forks Library in Cumming,GA. The 2:30 event is sold out but there are a few tickets left for the 5pm event. Check out the @focolibrary website to register for tickets. See y’all soon!

#roadtrip #summerbeginswithmka

Bargain alert! TODAY ONLY, Thurs 6/25, the #summersatthesaint e-book is marked down to just $2.99! This is an @amazon #goldbox special sale (other retailers may price match). Act fast to score this amazing deal!

#ebooksale #summersatthesaint

Sunset at Beaufort, NC does not disappoint. Huge thanks to my lil’ sis @kristywharvey for inviting me for a fun kickoff literary luncheon for Beaufort’s Old Homes Week. #coastalcarolina #summerstateofmindnovel #roadtripnovel

As a recovering newspaper journalist—even more than three decades out of the business, I can tell you nothing ever feels real until I see it in print. When I got home Sunday after an overnight event, Mr. MKA had the @nytimes book review set out at my usual perch at the kitchen island. Even though the list was announced a week earlier, it still didn’t seem real. Did I mention I’m Irish, and deeply superstitious? What if it was a mistake? Some kinda sick joke? Like, Lucy pulling the football away before Charlie Brown can kick it? (Did I mention I’m also maybe a teensy bit paranoid?)
But Lo! There it was, in slightly smudged black & white. ROAD TRIP at #5 on the NYT bestseller list! Thanks to all of you who preordered, posted reviews, put it on your library hold list, and decided to #buymybookdammit . And also thanks to my kickass team at @stmartinspress, @agentstuartk and @megwalker1225. We did it! Now Imma get it framed, ASAP. You know, just in case…#roadtripnovel #authorlife #bestseller