A PROPOSAL TO DIE FOR Launch Event at Schuler Books

Schuler Books and Tirzah Price are helping me launch A PROPOSAL TO DIE FOR on April 16, 2025.

A PROPOSAL TO DIE FOR is my first proper murder mystery, which will be released by Berkley on April 8 in print, eBook and audio, wherever books are sold. Amanda Ronconi will narrate.

OUR STORY

Jessamine Bricker loves a plan. Contingency plans and pros-and-cons lists are her love language, and because of that, her proposal planning business is thriving. But with rent costs rising at her office building, Jess jumps at the chance to plan a proposal between her snobby high school classmate, Diana, and her very wealthy boyfriend, Trenton Tillard…the Fourth.

Roped into joining Diana’s ”pre-bridal” retreat at the exclusive Golden Ash resort, Jess hopes to fade into the background, get some work done, and maybe find some time to unwind. Their first day is anything but relaxing: Diana is furious about the mountain spa’s lack of cell phone reception, the couple next door argues constantly, and Jess swears she just saw a drug deal go down. To top it all off, she’s warned to stay out of the woods by the gruff and sexy chef, Dean Osbourne. Is this a retreat or a horror movie?

As Jess tries to do her job while placating the bride-to-be and her increasingly over-the-top demands, she spends more and more time with the resort owners, finding herself much more in tune with the laid-back Osbourne family than her social climbing “boss.” Between a meditation garden-related drowning and Jess’s discovery of a body in a sauna, it's clear that deadly secrets abound at the Golden Ash. Now it’s up to Jess to unravel the mysteries here in the mountains—before all her plans are cancelled…permanently.

Please join me at the Schuler Books - Grand Rapids store at 6:30 pm, April 16. Tirzah Price and I will talk about writing, publishing and the suspicious research involved when one is writing a murder mystery. We will sign books, answer questions and share reader goodies.

The event is free, but pre-registration helps us plan! To register, click here.