- Books and Beer: I’ve got space at a book event with M.K. Hale and other local writers at the Crooked Crab brew pub, Sunday, Feb. 15, 1-4 p.m. The Odenton brew pub is located at Crooked Crab Brewing Company, 8251 Telegraph Rd, Unit D, Odenton, MD 21113.
- Tavern Talk & Tea, Rising Sun Inn, Saturday, April 25, 2026. 1 p.m. Come for tea, as well as some of the sweets mentioned in my book Love Letters & Gingerbread, a companion book to my Civil War novel, Divided Loyalties. Really a novella, Love Letters relates the love stories of two Annapolis sisters (who later are nurses at Antietam). The Rising Sun Inn is located at 1090 Generals Highway in Crownsville (near Annapolis). After tea, I’ll introduce my book with its pretty new cover, answer questions and enjoy the colonial atmosphere of this convivial historic inn. Hope you’ll join me.
- Simply Written Here: the Vacation Edition: I’m busy arranging the May book festival at Simply Made Here, the cute artisan’s shop in Catonsville where we’ve held four (yes four!) successful book showcases since last September. This one, featuring about 20 local authors of various genres, will be held Saturday, May 30, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stay tuned for details.
I pushed open the Sundial bookstore door and slipped inside.
from FEARLESS SUMMER
The store’s owner glanced over the reading glasses perched on
her nose. “Morning, Henry. What brings you here?”
I scanned the shop. I couldn’t quite say I was searching for a safe
place to hide and calm my raging nerves. “Hi, Susan. I need a book for Mom.
She likes those beach romance books. Got anything new?”
Taking off her glasses, she nodded and came around the counter.
“I’ve got just the thing. It’s set right here, a second-chance romance.”
Mary K. Tilghman, writer 