While away at book festivals and signings, the most frequently asked question was: “What do you like to read when you’re not writing?” I suppose the proper response should’ve been… "how much time do you have?" The honest answer is… "almost everything." I’m an eclectic reader at heart. My shelves hold poetry beside spy novels, classics beside current bestsellers, children’s literature beside historical biographies, devotionals beside cookbooks. I’ve never believed books should

There are some places in life that never really leave you. No matter how many years pass or how far the road carries you, they remain tucked quietly inside your heart, waiting patiently for your return. For me, Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester, Pennsylvania has always been one of those places. This coming Sunday, July 12, I’ll have the privilege of holding a signing there for The Matriarch’s Legacy, Book Two of The Matriarch Series. Yet somehow, calling it simply a “book s

Some places never truly leave us. No matter where life takes me, Pennsylvania continues to call me home in ways both quiet and profound. I was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, but my roots stretch far beyond the Main Line — reaching into Lancaster County, State College, and the beautiful rolling countryside surrounding Port Royal. Those landscapes, histories, and family ties have shaped not only who I am, but the stories I write. The Matriarch Series began rath

Baldwin's Book Barn has been part of my life for as long as I can remember — long before I could read, and certainly long before I understood what a rare and wonderful place it truly was. Growing up in Pennsylvania, my mother often took us on long country drives through the rolling hills of Chester County. We would visit Westtown Lake, wander through Longwood Gardens, and somewhere along the route, we always stopped at Baldwin’s Book Barn. It was simply what we did for a love