Miscellaneous – Page 17 – Lemon Drop Pie

When I read that Angela’s novel was about to be published, I jumped at the chance to read it! I knew from being a contributor with Angela in the anthologies The Mother of All Meltdowns and Clash of the Couples that she is a talented writer. I couldn’t wait to read her book!

Angela Evans’ debut novel starts off with a bang–literally! Kierra’s life changes dramatically one night when she sneaks out of the house to meet a boy, and the house where she lives with her grandparents and mother explodes because of a gas leak. But was this gas leak accidental? Ten years later, that same boy, Bryan, is now sheriff of that small town. Kierra returns to find out what really happened that night with Bryan’s help. The answer is almost directly under her nose…but she doesn’t discover the danger that lurks in that small town until it is almost too late.

The romance is hot and the suspense kept me turning the pages! Hiding in Plain Sight is the perfect reading escape! Are you heading somewhere warm for Spring Break? Be sure to take Hiding in Plain Sight with you! It’s available at Amazon.

You can also find Angela on her website, authorangelaevans.com, and on Facebook, too, at https://www.facebook.com/WriterMomBlog.

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When I was a kid, rollerblading didn’t even exist. There was roller skating, and ice skating. If it hadn’t been for birthday parties at the roller rink in Paxton, Illinois, maybe I never would have learned to roller skate. My first couples skate was holding hands with a boy named Quentin when we were literally 12 years old. Then we moved to the ‘burbs, and I went roller skating with my youth group. We skated to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and Axel F. from Beverly Hills Cop back in the 80’s.

Then in the 1990s, the rollerblading craze hit, and I jumped right in. I bought my own pair of rollerblades. Skating on rollerblades was deceptively harder than roller skating, this balancing on a row of wheels, but I was soon rollerblading along the blacktop paths of DeKalb, Illinois. As long as there weren’t any hills, I was okay.

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As with most athletic activities, such as biking and skiing, rollerblading went by the wayside when I became pregnant for the first time. It wasn’t until Lily was in Kindergarten when the rollerblades came out of retirement. Every year, her school has a rollerskating party, and we love to go when we can. Sometimes I see some of my students skating with their older siblings, and they get a kick out of seeing their preschool teacher on skates!

This past year, the girls enjoyed the rollerskating party so much that I took them to the roller rink for open skate on President’s Day. Lily has her own pair of roller blades, and I rented a pair for Emmy. The rink was less crowded than it is when the school goes, and we had a lot of fun skating together. I loved seeing the moms who were encouraging their kids to skate. Some watched from the sidelines, some were learning to skate themselves, and some were obviously pros. I’m definitely wobblier than I used to be, but I feel pretty good getting out there and skating even though I’m definitely a middle-aged mom. Lily and Emmy loved skating to Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” and of course, “Uptown Funk.”

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