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Protect the Kids
“If we are not protecting them, we are failing them. It’s that simple…and that complex.” –Dr. Dana Perkins Children are vulnerable and it is up to the adults to protect and nurture them. To give them what they need to grow and flourish into well-balanced,...
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It’s Thursday! Say Hello to Ana (Luciana) Perez from WHAT SHE KNEW!
Meet my friend, Ana Perez. Ana is a quiet woman, strong and spirited but always understated. For a long time, I wondered how those things could co-exist without keeping her torn apart. Now I know the answer, and you’ll discover it, too, in her BREAKDOWN story, what...
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The Perfect Town
The Perfect Town: Shutter Lake, CA By Vicki Hinze The perfect town. We dream about it. Fantasize about it. Work toward getting there, and then on carving our personal niche into it. We all want to live in the perfect town. Our views of perfection might vary...
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Contest News!
We're three weeks into celebrating the release of the BREAKDOWN series novels which means we have WINNERS and the Week 4 Contest to Announce! The WINNERS first, because that's such fun. WEEK THREE WINNER, a FACEBOOK user, Debra Underwood. Congratulations, Debra!...
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It’s Release Day for ALL THE LIES–Meet Julia Ford!
It’s October. It’s Thursday. That means a new BREAKDOWN novel is being released! Meet Julia Ford. Julia, like me, came to Shutter Lake for peace and safety. Being an investigative reporter, Julia was used to investigating brutal crimes and interacting with some...
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One Incident Changed Everything–Twice
One Incident Changed Everything--Twice Death and loss and grief impact us in different ways but the burden is always a heavy one. We struggle with healing, with feeling normal or even letting light penetrate the veil of darkness that enshrouds us. No one is...
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IT’s Release Day for SO MANY SECRETS
Sometimes the best laid plans get… well, waylaid. Vicki and I have been looking forward to the release of So Many Secretssince the end of March—truthfully longer, but that’s close enough—and during the time she’s supposed to be uploading my posts, her website goes...
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Meet Laney Holt–the dead girl has arrived!
Meet my friend, Laney Holt. Laney is a strong women haunted by a dark event in her past. We all have our trials, but she handles hers, and herself, with such discipline and grace. I love that. The USA Today bestselling author, Debra Webb had the privilege of...
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Giveaway
Readers of my blog and books: To celebrate the upcoming release of So Many Secrets, I'm giving away 5,000 copies of the prequel, her deepest fear. This Short Read (just shy of 60 pages) is about Dr. Dana Perkins, the protagonist in both this story and in my October...
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Making a Difference
Note from Vicki: This begins a series of articles--insights on Dr. Dana Perkins, the protagonist in So Many Secrets and Her Deepest Fear... Why Do What I Do When Other Things Are Easier? Making a Difference There comes a time in every life where a person starts...
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