ISN’T SHE LOVELY–COVER ART FOR WILD MOUNTAIN IVY

I am finally allowed to share the cover art  for my next novel, WILD MOUNTAIN IVY, which has a publication date of March 3, 2026! The awesome illustration is by Stephanie Singleton.

For those interested in the plot, this is from the publisher:

Months after catching a common virus, twelve-year-old Ivy still hasn’t recovered.

Ivy doesn’t even have the energy to play music. Hoping a change of scenery will help, she’s spending the summer in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, where her uncle has converted an old house into a bed and breakfast. The Everly House has a long history—including a stint as a sanatorium, a treatment center for tuberculosis patients, in the 1920s.

Ivy starts having dreams about a girl named Jessie Pearl, a TB patient who stayed at the house a hundred years ago. Like Ivy, Jessie was an adventurous musician who struggled to adapt to her sickness. But at the Everly House, she was able to rest, listen to her body, and find new ways to fill her time.

As Ivy delves into the history of the house, hoping to find out what happened to Jessie, she makes other discoveries that turn her summer in the mountains into a new beginning.

I hope you’ll consider pre-ordering WILD MOUNTAIN IVY from Malaprop’s Bookstore.

In other news, I was happy to see this graphic designed by Disability Book Week on Instagram. It highlights lots of great books, including our novel, DANCING IN THE STORM.

And I’m still waiting on a contract for my next picture book and hope to have good news to share on that front by next month. To quote the acquiring editor, “In the summer, publishing moves slower than a herd of dead turtles!”