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Thursday, June 25, 2026

A Modern Day Romeo & Juliet

 I just received my final review copy for BLACK RIVER. 

It's my last chance to catch any pesky typos. After several editing rounds, reams of paper, and multiple pairs of eyes, you'd think it would be perfect, but if you've ever read a novel where a glaring typo, or misplaced word jarred you out of your fictional world, you know it's hard to be perfect. Even for the Big Five publishers and well known authors, these insidious errors are hard to catch. There's nothing worse for an author than finding a misspelled word after it's too late to correct it.



I just received a wonderful advance review from Maria Ashford at BookShelfie

Black River by Yvonne Osborne is a literary rural noir set in the lowlands of Michigan farm country. If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if Where the Crawdads Sing sat down for a drink with a William Faulkner novel and a touch of Romeo and Juliet, this is roughly the result. It’s a book whose influences you can clearly trace, but it never feels derivative. The author pulls them through her own voice, until the result feels distinctly her own.
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She also said it has a touch of Romeo & Juliet. 💕If this sounds like your kind of book, grab a copy here. The release date is July 28th. 

Thanks a million!



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