By Jill Hedgecock. Ruby is Concord’s international social media celebrity with more than 276K followers on Instagram.com/rubydooby_do, 870K Facebook followers and 1.8M Tik Tok followers. Ruby is also featured on…

“Razorblade Tears” (Flatiron Books, 2021, hard cover, 336 pages $13.49) by S. A. Cosby is the gritty and often gut-wrenching saga of two bereaved fathers, Ike Randolph and Buddy Lee.Randolph…

Mural of Ruby outside of Paris, France, dated 2020. (rotated 90% here for easier viewing)

“Her Perfect Life” (Forge Books, 2021, hard cover, 336 pages $17.99) by Hank Phillippi Ryan is the story of a single mother who has it all. Lily Atwood has a…

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Texas Dead (Alt Publish, 2021, 273 pages, $12.99) by William Gensburger, is the first novel in the Mackenzie (Maxie) Michaels Mystery series.In “Texas Dead,” people are being murdered in Corpus…

As an avid hiker and wildlife enthusiast, I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. It is a great destination for picnicking, SCUBA diving, and jogging. The…

“Educated” (2018, Random House, hardcover, 352 pages, $15.17) by Tara Westover is a memoir about growing up as a Mormon girl in Idaho under a fundamentalist bipolar father. Tara’s life…

Review by: Fran Cain “Between Shadow’s Eyes” by Jill Hedgecock (2019, Goshawk Press, paperback, 285 pages, $11.99) is a spooky suspense novel for young adults. Recently orphaned sixteen-year-old Sarah Whitman…