The Circle Series

My mother-in-law, Mala Burt, had many different careers in her life—jewelry-maker, family therapist, travel agent—but she spent much of her retirement time writing. Together with her writing partner, Laura Ambler, she created the play The Santa Diaries, which has been produced and put on by community theatre groups in Indiana, Minnesota, Maine, Tennessee, and Maryland. She also wrote a romance novel trilogy set on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, where she and my father-in-law had a vacation home for 15 years. She published the first two books (Circle of Secrets, Circle of Magic) several years ago and had just finished the third one, Circle of Spirits, at the time of her death in March.

Laura Ambler has honored Mala’s request to complete the publication of the third book. It is available as an e-book on Amazon for $0.99, along with the two original books in the series. All three are to be published in hard copy, as well. If you are longing for a tropical escape, this might be the series that takes you there! (The husband and I spent a week in St. Lucia and I went there again with the girls and my in-laws in 2005. It is a magical place.)

Here are the links to the books:

Book 3: Circle of Spirits 

Book 2: Circle of Magic 

Book 1: Circle of Secrets 

If you enjoy them, please leave a review at Amazon or Goodreads. Thanks!

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A couple of lines of storms came through yesterday bringing thunder, lightning, and rain. We may get a few more showers today, but then a high pressure system is supposed to move in. That will bring sunshine and warm temps, which is nice, but I’d almost rather have more rain at this point. May and June are typically our rainiest months. If we don’t get enough moisture then, we go into fire season with a severe deficit.

I am going to venture out today to pick up my Accuquilt die. The correct size finally came in at the quilt store. I paid for it when I ordered it, so they will have it waiting for me to pick up. I’m excited to try out some design ideas with this die. I’ve also got another quilt top close to being ready to assemble.