In the last few weeks, I’ve been polishing and adding new content to Organized for Masked Motives, which first appeared in the Halloween Anthology, Midnight Mysteries. The anthology was only available in fall 2016 & 2017 and is now completely off-sale, never to return again in that format. It was fun getting this title ready as an individual release because I could lengthen it a bit and give it the kind of extra content always included in the rest of my Organized Mysteries series–something I couldn’t do with the anthology.

This time, Kate & Meg are up to their costumed necks in trouble on Halloween, when they find ghosts, ghouls and witches are not the only ones to beware of on fright night. But our dynamic organizing duo are on the case, as they multitask their normal mix of mom chores and business scores, all with volunteering at a school carnival…

#TheYiddishGangsters Daughter was just released on #Kindlebooks and #Amazon print.

A woman’s life is endangered when she learns her father was a member of the #Jewishsyndicate.

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Since separating from her philandering husband, Boca Raton writer Becks Ruchinsky has struggled to build a closer relationship with her quirky and contentious father, Tootsie, who lives in a retirement home. One evening, as she and her father are relaxing on the home’s front porch, an elderly woman accuses Tootsie of having murdered her husband fifty years earlier.

Tootsie admits to ratting on the man, who’d cheated their Jewish syndicate boss out of thousands of dollars, but denies killing the widow’s husband. He also admits to having friends in the Jewish mafia and shares stories about his experiences. But the more time she spends with her father, the more convinced Becks becomes that Tootsie is lying…

One Heart

Regina Puckett

We dance without touching

We hold on without clutching

We twirl around without moving

We say yes without approving

You and I are two worlds apart

Two bodies but only one heart

Your Own Uniqueness

Regina Puckett

Do you ever try to be someone other than you

Twisting yourself inside out to be someone new

Until one day you look at yourself in the mirror

All you see is a confused imposter and a bad error

So what do you do now with this confused mess

It’s time to figure out who you are and confess

That you were just fine with who you were before

So discover you and let your own uniqueness roar

…where have you gone?

Le Saint André

Sacha Finkelsztajn – La Boutique Jaune

Rue Vieille du Temple

Les Deux Magots

Rue Cardinale

Jardin du Palais Royal

Rue des 2 Boules

Rue Saint-Bon

Rue Saint-Blaise

Boulevard de Grenelle

Find Something

Regina Puckett

I came into the world – weary

Often downhearted and teary

I waited with such anticipation

Expecting something from creation

But each day creation waited for me

It wanted more than for me to just – be

It actually expected me to mark my place

It wanted me to put a smile on my face

To paint in bold strokes and a glad heart

To offer a helping hand and take part

And on those l days when I’m tired

Find something to keep me inspired