By Bea Cartwright from the League of Literary Ladies mysteries and Laurel Inwood from the Ethnic Eats mysteries.  Both series by Kylie Logan.



Neither one of these ladies is a small town girl.   Bea is originally from New York and for years, lived in New York City and enjoyed the hubbub of big city life.  As a child of the foster system, Laurel lived in a lot of different places, but finally found her Nirvana when she went to work as personal chef of a Hollywood mega-star.  So what do these two heroines have in common?  Both of them are now living in small towns.


Bea:

I chose small town living.  In fact, after a terrible incident with a stalker back in New York, I decided the smaller the better.  That’s why I chose South Bass Island to set up my B&B.  Never heard of the island?  That’s just fine by me.  These days I’m living four miles from the Ohio shore in Lake Erie and loving it.

Laurel:

Small town?  No thanks!  So what am I doing in Hubbard, Ohio?  You’d have to ask Sophie, the sister of my former foster mother.  Sophie talked me into coming to Hubbard to help run what I thought was an upscale restaurant.  Only when I got here, I found out it was a greasy spoon diner in an old railroad station.  Small town living is definitely not for me!

Bea:

Which doesn’t mean there aren’t certain charms to small towns, right, Laurel?

Laurel:

Well, there is Declan Fury, the man who runs the Irish gift shop across the street from Sophie’s Terminal at the Tracks.  He’s gorgeous.  And intriguing.  And infuriating.

Bea:

For me, it Levi Kozlov, the man who owns one of the local bars.  At least that’s what I thought he was doing here on the island.  Then one day I found out . . . well, that’s all part of the League of Literary Ladies mysteries and I won’t give anything away here.  I will say that one of the highlights of small town life is celebrating the Fourth of July holiday.

Laurel:

Fireworks and picnics in the park.  Bea is right.  Nothing beats the aroma of burgers cooking over charcoal.

Bea:

And nothing gives us greater pleasure than to wish all our readers out there a very happy holiday!