Scott Bury

Charade at Sea: The #LeiCrimeKW blog tour

A new crop of Lei Crime Kindle World books are coming your way through June, culminating in a big Facebook party on June 27. Charade at Sea is the third in the series by Eden Baylee. A luxury cruise is ideal for a budding romance … or is it? Lainey Lee and ex-Navy SEAL, Max […]

Tomorow is is the summer solstice, and tonight is the full moon. This is a coincidence that doesn’t happen very often, and one I used for my first (to be published) novel, The Bones of the Earth. I chose that because of the symbolism and mystique surrounding both the full moon and the summer solstice. […]

A new #LeiCrimeKW cover reveal: Dead Man Lying

This is it! The latest Vanessa Storm mystery, part of the whole #LeiCrimeKW Kindle World, will be on the Amazon e-shelves by June 27. The cover is another masterpiece by David C. Cassidy, my favourite book cover designer. Check out his website, DavidCCassidy.com. About Dead Man Lying Vanessa Storm is back — the FBI agent […]

When life trumps writing

May and June have not been kind to me. I was planning to write a post on how the past twelve months have been so productive: six titles published! And another one well on the way to being finished before then end of the calendar year. But these last few weeks have been brutal — […]

No oysters for the Queen: A Victoria Day reflection

It’s Victoria Day in Canada, a national holiday. As comedy troupe The Irrelevant Show said, it’s “Canadians’ favourite holiday devoted to Victorian oppression and yard work.” For those readers in warmer climes, the Victoria Day long weekend is traditionally the time to plant your garden. It’s the earliest time in the year in most of […]

A cliché-busting collection of romances by Kathleen Valentine As an independent author, I find it important to write an independent book review from time to time — my own, unasked-for review of a book from a fellow indie. Here is my review of one such. Kathleen Valentine is a literary leader. As a writer, she […]