Melissa Westemeier

During my first phone conversation with my awesome editor, Sinclair Sawhney, she asked about my vision for the Nun the Wiser Mysteries. I explained how I wanted Sister Bernie and Detective AJ Lewis's friendship and trust to gradually build, the importance of their mutual respect, and how I loved featuring a relationship that bridged so many differences, including a decades-wide generation gap. I wanted to highlight different people living at The Abbey: Senior Living along the

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A Holiday Habit by Melissa Westemeier out November 4

I don't typically choose a season for setting a book, usually the setting chooses me. In ONE book, Across the River , I deliberately...