Author dorabenley

Guest Blogger for Chocolate Vamp on Midsummer Night’s Chef: Helga has invited a cute little bear named Lou to be her guest on her recipe website. He is going to critique breakfasts aboard the Queen Mary 2 as Lou the… Continue Reading →

Prequels for Edward Ware Thrillers: Since the last novel in the Edward Ware Thriller Series takes the story up to the present year, the next place to go is into the past. The first Edward Ware Thrillers prequel will be… Continue Reading →

Edward Ware Thriller Newsletter December, 2015 Dark 3 has just been published in a Kindle ebook edition on Amazon.com on December 1. Check it out. Bianca mourns for her junior medical adviser who helped her overcome her fear of the… Continue Reading →

Amazon Giveaway: Dark 3 Bluetooth Giveway: Follow Linda Cargill on Twitter. Then sign up for a chance to win a bluetooth speaker on amazon.com on their Giveaway page as soon as the first thousand people have entered the contest. What’s… Continue Reading →

The La Quinta Texarkana is an older property with smaller rooms than average. We didn’t have space to bring in even one of our luggage stands. The breakfast room off the lobby was also small with little selection of breakfast… Continue Reading →

La Quinta Las Cruces is a familiar place. We’ve been there numerous times during the past few years with all our pets. This summer we stayed there twice. It’s an old-fashioned La Quinta, but somehow the rooms are bigger than… Continue Reading →

Chilis Bartlett El Paso is a noisy family eatery. Somehow having steak at Applebees or Ruby Tuesdays is more sophisticated. The whole time we were eating kids were dashing about and jumping up and down on the benches at the… Continue Reading →

The Royal Inn was an older property that we came upon for the first time by chance in Sulphur Springs, then noticed that it was part of a budget chain. We came upon it very late one night at midnight… Continue Reading →

The Red Roof Inn in East Memphis Sycamore View is not the place you want to be unless you’ve got pets. Late in the evening the small parking lot was mobbed with dog walkers. There are few pet-friendly establishments in… Continue Reading →

The La Quinta Kingsport was very average. It’s hard to remember anything exceptional about it. Supposedly it was brand new. But the hot water in the bathtub was tepid, though there were nice yellow and orange striped shower curtains. The… Continue Reading →