Posted on Mar 15, 2012 The following fun event is going on from March 13-20th thanks to the wonderful Cabin Goddess and her review website. Check it out for your chance to win some free stuff!  ♥ Ann Here is the link to the contest on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/236143?si=true&utm_medium=email&utm_source=event_invite Date: March 13, 2012 06:50AM — March 20, 2012...

Posted on Mar 14, 2012 Announcing Lucky Days Free Par-Tay http://www.freepartay.com Discover over 40 amazing ebooks: Romances, Thrillers, Mysteries, Humor, Fantasies, and more! All FREE at Amazon.com Fantastic ebooks, many by award-winning and best-selling authors. There’s a genre for every reader’s taste. Romance from sweet to HOT, suspense, paranormal, humorous, historical…we have an...

Posted on Mar 1, 2012 DEAD CASE IN DEADWOOD is available as an ebook on Amazon. Barnes & Noble Nook and Smashwords versions will be available...

Posted on Oct 19, 2011 Are you familiar with Rod Stewart song: Having a Party? This week a group of Authors are having a Party. We are playing Masquerade, so you will guess right when you read this and guess that I am not Ann Charles (and I didn’t write  DANCE OF THE WINNEBAGOS either) but that doesn’t mean that you can’t win a copy today. Welcome to this great  The Blog Tour de Force’s...

Posted on Oct 15, 2011 Great news! DANCE OF THE WINNEBAGOS is now available to one and all as an eBook on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. This is the first book in my new Jackrabbit Junction Mystery series. I wrote this book back in 2004 (pre-kids), and it not only was a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary contest in 2005, it also landed me my agent. Since then, it...

Posted on Sep 28, 2011 It’s here! It’s here! The Indie Book Collective’s Bestseller for a Day party is here! Today, the first book in my Deadwood series, NEARLY DEPARTED IN DEADWOOD, will have a shot at climbing the Amazon Bestseller list, reaching out to a bunch of new readers, spreading Violet Parker’s tale farther than she and I could have ever hoped. So, what does this all...

Posted on Sep 25, 2011 NEARLY DEPARTED IN DEADWOOD (Book 1 of the Deadwood Mystery Series) by Ann Charles (From Chapter Five) Setup: The heroine, Violet Parker, is talking to her best friend, Natalie, who has stopped in at the Calamity Jane Real Estate office to discuss a favor Violet needs from her. * * * “I swear to you,” Natalie said, “he’s the last one. I’m taking a year...

Posted on Sep 18, 2011 NEARLY DEPARTED IN DEADWOOD (Book 1 of the Deadwood Mystery Series) by Ann Charles (From Chapter Four) Setup: The heroine, Violet Parker, aka real estate agent non-extraordinaire, is alone in one of the backrooms at Calamity Jane Realty where she works when she gets a visitor. * * * “Hello?” A male voice echoed through the empty office. I nearly dropped the folder in surprise....

Posted on Sep 14, 2011 I’m having a book launch party for the second book in the Deadwood Mystery series, Optical Delusions in Deadwood! Come celebrate with me on Saturday, September 24, 2011. My brother (aka and the series’ artist, C.S. Kunkle, will be there with me to sign books—and to sell some very cool prints from his private collection). There will be books, wine, art, snacks, ...

Posted on Sep 11, 2011 Nearly Departed in Deadwood (Book 1 of the Deadwood Mystery Series) by Ann Charles (From Chapter Two) Setup:  The heroine, Violet Parker, is sitting at her desk at Calamity Jane Realty, talking with her coworker/mentor, Mona, when the other Realtor returns to the office. * * * Ray Underhill burst through the front door, his face furrowed, his fake tan two shades redder than...