tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59705451136441897372024-03-05T03:56:21.199-07:00Secret SistersWelcome to the world of Ida Mae, Arlette, and Tansy, the Relief Society presidency of the Omni 2nd Ward and the three main fictional characters in Tristi Pinkston's new LDS cozy mystery series, The Secret Sisters Mysteries.Ida Maehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09584866785315208852noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970545113644189737.post-61453092634412041952013-05-31T15:45:00.001-06:002013-05-31T15:45:08.460-06:00Announcing: Till Death Do Us Part!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;">Will Ida Mae survive her own wedding?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;">When charming,and mostly bald,widower George Gilmore asked Ida Mae Babbitt to marry him, she was surprised and delighted. But now he has made another proposal,to hold the wedding in two weeks,while all his children are in town. Flustered but sure she can handle it with the help of her friends, Ida Mae agrees.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;">The plan doesn't go over so well with George's family, however, and Ida Mae finds herself the victim of a plot to stop the wedding. At first the incidents seem like harmless pranks, but they escalate until Ida Mae finds herself in real danger,and in real pain. Bells are ringing, but are they wedding bells or death knells?</span></i></span><br />
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Tristi Pinkstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12122250747480013804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970545113644189737.post-19160426775822314492013-03-25T00:20:00.004-06:002013-04-20T00:17:51.409-06:00Amazing News!You've read and loved the Secret Sisters Mysteries, you own them and they're on your shelf ... there's just one little problem. They don't coordinate. The first book is small, hardback, and purple, and the rest are larger, paperback, and blue. If you're like me and you want your books in a series to match, this is a serious problem!<br />
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<br />Tristi Pinkstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12122250747480013804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970545113644189737.post-32293853511135897602012-07-31T22:31:00.000-06:002012-07-31T22:46:14.075-06:00About the Secret Sisters ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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recognizing another woman who qualifies, and Ida Mae Babbitt definitely does.
As Relief Society President, she steams ahead in her pursuit of what is right,
even when it means breaking the law and facing a stint in the cooler. Her
counselors, Arlette and Tansy, are swept along in her wake, and a more
unconventional but creative trio would be hard to imagine, especially when they
face the bad guys armed with only a heavy skillet and knitting needles. It’s a
twisting road Tristi Pinkston takes the reader on, but it’s worth the
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<span class="NormalCH"><span style="font-family: AGaramond, serif;">Give me a heroine who can wield the Spirit and
a frying pan with equal nerve! That's my kind of Crusty Old Broad. Tristi
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three years as Relief Society president, I never had this much fun. What a
clever story. Once I started reading, I didn't want to close the lid to my
laptop. Each one of the characters came alive in my mind as I was taken on a
very unusual Relief Society presidency adventure. It was one filled with humor
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