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Nostalgic travels, moves + book festivals, awards, and recs!

The past month has been a flurry of activity with moving homes, traveling, friend meetups, and book festivals.

We moved back to a favorite place in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, which was very timely since I had two local school visits here this week and was invited by the Doylestown Bookshop to be a guest author with the Bucks County Book Fest on May 2^nd with their Kids Fest section!

Book Fest was a fun-filled day celebrating the joy of books and reading with dozens of authors, music, food trucks, and story times on stage! Held at Broad Commons Park, I signed books and made new author friends.

And I was lucky to have a special helper with 7-year-old Bonnie who read scenes from Unicorn Island with me on stage!

Meeting with young readers is a favorite event for me as a children’s book author. I met with hundreds of students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades this week who were so excited and asked the best questions. A few faves?

Would I ever collaborate with another author to write a book?
What was the hardest book I ever wrote and why?
Would I ever write fan fiction?
How do I create my characters?

Lovely welcome sign with Tiffany the librarian at a school visit!

I’m so grateful to have a weekly writers meetup where I get together with talented writers and we write and share experiences and advice about publishing. And it’s even more fun when we all can celebrate our writing successes!

This was also a busy month as I traveled to Oak Island, North Carolina, where my dad used to live for a family matter. It was a bittersweet trip as it was my first time driving down there since my dad passed away.

Nostalgia infused me as I visited our favorite spots—walking the beach, eating seafood by the water, and visiting the battleship USS North Carolina again. It had been over a decade since I visited it with my dad and his grandson.

My dad was a U.S. Navy communication specialist in the 1950s and I was a U.S. Navy photographer’s mate in the 1980s.

It was fun to find the photo lab and communications room on ship for both of our jobs! I sure do remember those 16-hour days working in the chow hall at Boot Camp and five-minute cold showers. My dad and I loved touring battleships, and during this visit I spent three hours from deck to hull and port to starboard lost in history and talking to the veteran volunteers. I just wish I could’ve been there with my dad one more time.

Our new home is peaceful. I relish reading by our field, which is quite a distraction because I love watching the little planes fly over to the local airport, wondering where they’re coming from, who is in them, and what plans they have.

I’m also reunited with my special woods now that I’m only a few minutes away again. The woodland paths were carpeted with blue violets, dandelions, and spring beauties. What a delight to be serenaded by the Carolina wren and gaze at the abundant crab apple blossoms.

BOOKISH NEWS

After months and rounds of judging, I’m so honored to have received a FIRST PLACE for the 2025 Gertrude Warner Award for Middle Grade Fiction for Loon Cove Summer with the Chanticleer International Book Awards!

I’m also so thrilled that my new middle grade novel, The Secret Winners Club, has made the long list for the Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award Program by the Indiana Library Federation! The short list for the 2027-2028 school year will be announced at the end of September.

The Secret Winners Club features three characters with visible autoimmune conditions. Many kids can suffer from autoimmune disease and often these conditions can not only be debilitating but also affect their self-esteem. It’s why I wrote about it in this book.

Check out these other middle grade books that feature young characters with autoimmune diseases. Stories like these are more important than ever for young people. Seeing themselves in stories helps them feel worthy of space, empathy, and possibility.

WHAT I’M READING:

Zig Zag Girl by Ruth Setton:

On opening night at Atlantic City’s haunted Black Widow Theatre, brilliant young magician Lucy Moon finds a body inside the infamous sawing box that killed a performer decades earlier – a black rose clutched in her mouth. The rose terrifies Lucy for reasons she’s never confessed, and she knows one thing for certain: the killer will strike again. To survive, Lucy must master the hardest trick yet: discovering who she really is.

This book is mystery, magic and murder set in Atlantic City wrapped up in noir! Plus, it’s also a finalist for 2026 Best Standalone Novel by International Thriller Writers. And check out this gorgeous cover.

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald:

As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel, a goshawk, on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. Then she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs the phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. Fierce and feral, Macdonald’s goshawk’s temperament mirrors Helen’s own state of grief after her father’s death, and together raptor and human “discover the pain and beauty of being alive.

This book flows with history, beauty, and poetry. If you love raptors and the wildness of nature and the wildness within ourselves—you will be drawn to this book like me.

Happy reading to you!

Donna

The Secret Winners Club is out now for Autoimmune Awareness Month!

By Donna Galanti

Plus, we’ve got a book giveaway, eBook sale, Read Across America Week & lip synching! Thanks for celebrating with me this week as my new middle grade novel is out in the world, The Secret Winners Club!

In the book, 13-year-old Sunny is tired of being known as the bald kid with alopecia. Determined to change how others see her, she forms a secret club with friends who also have autoimmune conditions to help each other win school competitions at any cost. But as success grows, secrets pile up, and others get hurt, Sunny must decide what winning—and friendship—really mean.

Publishing during Autoimmune Awareness Month, Midwest Book Review says it’s “a moving and insightful middle-grade novel that explores identity, perseverance, and the actual cost of success.”

The Secret Winners Club speaks to:

* Kids living with chronic illnesses like autoimmune and skin conditions
* Young readers navigating identity, visibility, and self-acceptance
* Fans of friendship-driven, coming-of-age stories with STEAM elements
* Those who love theater, swimming, technology, and school competitions

The Secret Winners Club is out today in paperback, hardcover, and eBook by Wild Trail Press. Read more about it and purchase from your favorite bookstore here.
PLUS, get the eBook ON SALE for $1.99 through 3/11!
Check out early reviews on Goodreads

Watch the book trailer here!

Do you know someone with autoimmune disease? This month, educate yourself about it to understand what they experience and what challenges they face. I have five autoimmune diseases. For me, my biggest challenge is fatigue. I call it the “fatigue flu” because it can just leave me exhausted all day long. I never know when it will strike.

As I get older, I’ve found that we can still struggle with identity like young people do. And our perception of who we are changes as we grow and evolve and experience life challenges, including mistakes made. Being adopted, I felt as a kid that I didn’t fit in. Because no one else I knew was adopted—no one in my family or my friends were adopted. I felt like an outsider.

And since being an adult and acquiring autoimmune diseases that make me look different—I thought: how hard would it be as a kid to have visible conditions and deal with them in middle school? And to also feel like an outsider in this way.

With that came the inspiration for writing a middle grade book that is about identity, friendship, and what it really means to win.

The Secret Winners Club released on March 3^rd and it was also my dad’s birthday. He passed away in 2023 and would be turning 91-years-old today. I had leftover apple pie this morning for breakfast—my tribute to him. He always loved apple pie for breakfast! He also loved green tomato pie that my mom would make, a way to carry on their southern Kentucky roots.

I’ve also included a tribute to my mom in The Secret Winners Club. My mom was a unique character with a unique name: Suneil. No middle name, just one cool name.

There wasn’t anyone who met Suneil who didn’t become her friend. She had a way of putting a little bit of sunshine in everyone’s heart by making them laugh. And my favorite saying was the one she would call out early in the morning, even on weekends, “Up and at em’!”

My mom died from cancer 17 years ago, but her spirit still lives on in me—and in The Secret Winners Club. I named my main character after her: Sunny. Short for her full name of “Suneil”. The name Neil means champion in Gaelic. Sun + Neil = Sun Champion. A sad combination really, as my mom died from malignant melanoma related to the sun.

But I’m going with just champion as that’s what my mom was for me.

I can never call my mom again early in the morning and hear “Up and at em’! What are you doing?” But I’ll keep her “Up and at em’!” spirit with me, always.

Thanks Mom.

THE SECRET WINNERS CLUB BLOG TOUR!

You can catch me this month at these wonderful book blogger sites with guest posts, reviews, interviews, and book giveaways!
February 23rd
Log Cabin Library: Review
February 24th
Mary Lanni Reads: Podcast Video Interview and Review
March 2nd
Literary Rambles: Guest Post “Writing Health Issues in Kidlit” plus a Book Giveaway
Reading in the Middle: Podcast Video Interview
Always in the Middle: Review
March 3rd
Fundinmental: Review plus a Book Giveaway
March 9th
The Secret Files of Fairday Morrow: Review

IT’S READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK

National Read Across America Week was March 2nd-March 6th in the U.S., the nation’s largest annual reading celebration created by the National Education Association to motivate children of all ages to read!

As a children’s book author I love inspiring young people to read (and write!) and was honored to be doing that in person for Read Across America Week with hundreds of kids at two school assemblies!

Do you have young kids in your life and want to motivate them to read? Try these simple, fun tips:

📚 Let them choose. Kids are more excited to read when they pick books that match their interests.
⏰ Create a cozy reading routine. A regular reading time builds strong habits.
🎧 Mix up the formats. Graphic novels, audiobooks, and magazines all count as reading.
👨‍👩‍👧 Read together. Shared reading time makes books feel special and fun.
🎉 Celebrate progress. Praise effort, not just finished books.

When reading feels like a joy—not a chore—kids are more likely to become lifelong readers.

GETTING NOSTALGIC

My love of all entertainment from the 1940s and 1950s shines through in The Secret Winners Club. Along with including a production of the musical Grease in the book, I also feature one character’s love for Frank Sinatra (who I weirdly crushed on as a kid!).

Enjoy my lip-synching tribute to Frank Sinatra here. 🙂

Pick up a copy of The Secret Winners Club from your favorite bookstore in paperback, hardcover, and eBook for you or a special young person (eBook sale $1.99 through 3/11!). If you do, please consider leaving a brief, honest review online. Reviews are so important to authors as they help boost our book and be seen by other potential readers!

Happy Reading!

XXOO-Donna

The nostalgic power of music, theater, and story + Educators get a discount on author school visits!

By Donna Galanti

I grew up in the hill towns of the Helderberg Mountains of Upstate New York. As an only child in a rural landscape, I had three outlets; roam the forest with my two dogs, read books, and escape into music and movies.

In our farmhouse, we had an enormous landing upstairs with a console table where I would play records and dance and sing. Here’s a close version of it, short wave radio included! I even took this heavy beast with me to college.

In the late 1970s we only had three television channels up on “the hill”. Then we got a fourth channel and my entire world lit up! This channel played old movies and musicals all weekend long. I escaped into Singin’ in the Rain, Brigadoon, The King and I, The Sound of Music, Camelot, West Side Story, Oliver and many more. (I named three of my cats Oliver, Dodger, and Fagin.)

I was also fortunate as my parents often took me with them to this beautiful historic venue from the Gilded Age—Proctors Theater. It opened 100 years ago in 1926. Music legends like Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington graced the Main Stage, as did comedians Bob Hope and Red Skelton.

Wrapped in magic under a crystal chandelier, I held my breath watching Richard Harris as King Arthur in Camelot on stage (Harris, you might know as Dumbledore in Harry Potter, was also King Arthur in the 1967 Camelot movie), sang along to Annie, and tapped my feet to Grease—as I watched several cast members from the original 1978 movie perform onstage! And so many more productions.

My love of music, movies, and musicals from the 1940s and 1950s grew. I crushed on Frank Sinatra, Charles Bronson, Gene Kelly, Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Richard Harris, Paul Newman, and James Dean. I used to think I was a strange adolescent with this adoration of aging actors from their younger days but now I prefer to think of myself as an old soul.

I dabbled in theater myself in high school. Every year each grade put on a play. Here I am in my onstage debut in two roles, but mainly as the character Birdboot (in the plaid pants) in a comedy sophomore year of high school (I raided my dad’s wardrobe for it). I won best actor that year and we won best play with The Real Inspector Hound, beating out the seniors! Someday, I’d love to get back on stage.

My husband and I passed on our love of theater to our son, attending the theater each year just as my parents did with me. With each production, we’re making memories through the stories we experience together on stage. From comedy to drama to musicals, we’ve enjoyed it all—on Broadway, off-Broadway, and high school productions. Some faves?

Noises Off with Marilu Henner from the movie (hilarious!)
Anastasia
Guys and Dolls
Wicked (most powerful theatrical event EVER!)
The Lion King (I was 8 months pregnant and didn’t know I’d be when we got tickets!)
Fiddler on the Roof
Elf the Musical (jolly good time!)
It’s A Wonderful Life
Mamma Mia (sooo good we saw it twice!)
Ain’t Misbehavin’

Back in the 1990s, a mutual friend’s family’s bus company shuttled people to New York City from Albany for Broadway shows. They often didn’t sell all the bus seats and tickets on hand. With my friends, we’d “hawk” the extra theater tickets at Times Square (moving from corner to corner, careful to avoid the real ticket sellers). Our payment? Free seats at whatever show we had remaining tickets for. Ahh, how amazing it was to see Julie Andrews up close performing on stage in Victor Victoria, and other plays like Miss Saigon.

There is such power in music. It transforms us. Uplifts us. Invokes a journey. Connects us to story. Evokes a burst of emotion. It can literally change our mood. Music is even more powerful when attached to life experiences. We hear a song and unlock that memory—just like with scents.

I still listen to music from the 1940s and 1950s. My husband asked me why I love it so much. In pondering, I understand now because it fills me with nostalgia of days gone by. Simpler times without computers or social media. A slower pace, richer with smaller moments. A quieter place of cozy gatherings with family and friends in conversation and game nights. A place I yearn to be but never grew up in all those decades ago, except in my soul—and perhaps a past life. A place where stories soar and shine with exuberance and drama and sentiment.

This love still shines through. I feature Frank Sinatra and a production of Grease in my new middle grade novel out March 3^rd, The Secret Winners Club. It’s my way of giving tribute to an era long gone, but still alive in the world it left behind for us to cherish. To find out more about the book and pre-order, visit my book page. And have a giggle here at me lip synching to “Greased Lightnin’”!

I’m so excited to share my new middle grade book, The Secret Winners Club, when it releases on March 3^rd! Here’s a snapshot of what it’s about.

AUTHOR SCHOOL VISIT PROMOTION!

Are you an educator or librarian? Download my classroom teacher guide for The Secret Winners Club. PLUS, book me for an author visit with your school by April 1st and receive $75 off a single in-person author visit or $50 off a virtual author visit with me! Valid for booking dates through December 2026. Email me to claim at: donna@donnagalanti.com

Spring is nearly here!

10 Steps to Writing Adventures for Kids—Perfect for Halloween!

By Donna Galanti

Do you love thrills? I do, but only if it’s in a controlled environment. Haunted houses. Outdoor perils. Storm adventures. Historical prisons.

I got so scared once in a haunted house that I whacked the “ghosts” with my Halloween teddy bear prop from my costume. The management turned on all the lights and asked me to leave!

One Halloween my friend, Lisa, dared me to do Terror Behind the Walls at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Here we are getting our scare on (and it was scary). I was immensely proud that I didn’t whack anyone this time!

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Yes, I still get scared of real places as an adult. Of creepy cellars where there are sure to be bodies buried. Of taking the trash out at nighttime. Of being in the woods after dark. My heart pip-pops waiting for that creature or boogeyman to grab me. I know he could be! My imagination tells me so.

So it’s no wonder that I love to create stories that thrill—especially through the natural world with outdoor adventures like in my newest book, Loon Cove Summer. I started out writing thrilling adventures for grownups and along the way fell in love with writing for kids. But could I transition writing from adults to tweens?

Several authors have moved from writing for adults to writing for young readers. John Grisham moved into the children’s market by writing thrillers for kids and so have James Patterson, James Rollins, and David Baldacci.

And as my son became an avid and selective reader, I discovered that kids love to experience thrilling adventures not just in movies but in books, too. I began to see patterns in kid adventure tales—and I began applying what I learned to create my own stories.

Here are my 10 Steps to Writing Adventures for Kids:

Put the kids in charge. Kids don’t want to read about grownups having adventures.
Which leads into … have the kids figure out how to deal with challenging situations, not grownups. Kids want to see themselves as the hero, not Mom or Dad or their teacher.
Whatever scary situations they find themselves in they must navigate their way out.
Don’t dwell on the dark stuff. Make it happen fast but without gory details. Kids can use their imagination to fill in the blanks.
Give them friends in their travels. Life is hard without friends! And kids needs friends to help them along their scary adventures.
Through story events, push the kids to discover their own strength and courage to overcome bad things happening to them.
Make all seem lost! End the chapters on cliffhangers to encourage young readers to keep turning the pages and find out what happens next.
Have everything work out in the end, or at least partially, even if all seems doomed for a while.
Add humor. Interjecting a dollop of funny can alleviate tension in the scariest of scenes and lighten the moment.
Make it a series! Have a final resolution to the story but leave it open for more tales down the road for the characters. Kids love to follow their beloved characters into new adventures.

Speaking of Thrills, Here’s a Spooky Good Read!

Want a thrilling read for kids? Be sure to read Daybreak on Raven Island by Fleur Bradley. It’s the spooky season and time for a good scary, suspenseful story with chapter cliffhanger endings that will keep you turning the pages! This middle grade mystery novel was inspired by Alcatraz Prison (a fave prison to visit). Check out my 7 reasons why to love Fleur Bradley’s eerie and award-winning book for kids of all ages.

And since we’re still talking about adventures with young readers, I was so honored to be invited back to my son’s former elementary school as a visiting author. It’s been 10 years since I did my first ever school visit there (and was sooo nervous) when my first children’s book came out. And my son’s favorite teacher Mr. Waldron is still there! What a wonderful community. The students were so engaged and asked so many curious and interesting questions. This truly is one of the best parts about being a children’s book author.

One fascinating question I got asked: “Would you ever take two of your books and write a new book mixing the stories up together?” Hmm… 🙂

Since, we are talking about my son—many have asked me where I get my story ideas. Well, this is how my first children’s book started …

The idea for this series began when my son, Joshua, was three and we’d sit out on the front stoop in summertime under the stars and he’d say “Mommy, Mommy, tell me a story!”

So I did, night after night I spun this tale about a boy named Joshua who discovers a fantastic forest in another world full of talking creatures and ancient magic and there were beasts and bandits and battles and great adventures with new friends.

Over the years that story turned into my book, Joshua and the Lightning Road, that was first published in 2015. And by then my son was old enough to help me with plotting the series and characters whenever I got stuck.

Here’s to the real Joshua for whom it all began. He’s 22 now and running his own business and we’re celebrating 10 years since this book came out! So, thanks, buddy. P.S. Yes, we really did name you after the cat. 🙂

Fiction Writers—Book To Check Out:

Congratulations to my friend, editor, and author Kathryn Craft on the release of her powerful and insightful new non-fiction book for writers, Crafting Story Movement: Techniques to Engage Readers and Drive Your Story Forward. For you fiction writers seeking that next new craft book to inspire your storytelling, this is it!

Bookish Stuff!

What a fun snack-sized interview I had this week with Kid Lit Craft! I share writing and marketing advice for authors, what my “superpower” is, the book I think every kidlit author should read, and how I regain a sense of wonder to write for kids. Read the full interview at KidLit Craft.

Check out the cutest, most adorable book review I’ve ever received! Watch this magical video made by 10-year-old Megan with Read Read Hurray. She created wonderful imagery and shares her thoughts, feelings, and what she’s learned along this story’s journey. Rated 10/10! Thank you Megan!

A snippet: “Loon Cove Summer by Donna Galanti is a touching and inspiring story. During her summer, she uncovers family secrets, makes new friends, and learns to face her fears. I really enjoyed this book because it’s emotional and meaningful. I like how Sarah grows more confident and braver as she discovers who she really is.”

My next kid adventure is nearly here! You can pre-order The Secret Winners Club out 3/3/26.

Happy Fall!

XXOO Donna

A Secret Shared, A Rare Magical Bird Sighting Plus Time for School Visits

By Donna Galanti

When my parents and I moved back to America from England when I was a young girl, it had been my dad’s dream to own a campground. So we visited several and purchased Bethel Woods Campground in Holderness, New Hampshire, by Squam Lake.

This is not only the setting in my new middle-grade novel, Loon Cove Summer, but many of our real-life events are chronicled in it such as …

1. The hard work and challenges in managing a campground.

2. Lake life and being immersed in the natural landscape.

3. How quickly my dad realized he’d been duped and the person who sold him the campground used fake tax returns showing a profit (particularly hard for my dad whose career had been in the financial world as a comptroller).

4. To make a living, my dad had to take an accounting job hours away in Albany, New York, where he lived in a motel during the week for an entire year and came home weekends to work the campground—leaving me and my mom to run it during the week (ok, mostly my mom).

In real life, we ended up selling the campground back to the bank for just $1 and walked away with nothing to start over again in Upstate New York. My mom insisted we commandeer the campground’s big old Ford truck with wooden sides and so we drove it to our new home in New York. The sheriff came looking for it—and we hid it in our back field. He was NOT getting that truck after all we’d lost (don’t mess with my mom!).

I’ve never shared this story before, but this book’s journey was so personal to me that I felt compelled to tell it now. In Loon Cove Summer, I conjured a much happier ending for Sarah and her family (one I wish we could have had).

Here are some photos of my dad at the campground on his “working weekends” and fishing on the lake, something he loved to do and shared with me—along with his resilience. From him, I learned that everything will be okay if you decide to figure it out and there is power in starting over. Thanks Dad. I miss you so much and wish you were here now to revisit our campground together.

This quote from Sarah in Loon Cove Summer, comes from what my dad taught me.

You can’t get lost. You take yourself with you wherever you go.

In my older years I found this to be a comforting truth. No matter the journey, there you are. Showing up. Learning. Letting go. Evolving. Finding your way. Trusting yourself. And all the while, you’re not alone. You become the hero you need.

Right now, I’m grateful to be spending a month at my friend and author Kathryn Craft’s lake house in the North Country of New York, not far from Canada. I come here each year to retreat.

The lake is everywhere. Calming and soothing. Everchanging with the weather. Alive and colorful with rich hues, a million sparkles glimmering on it from the sun. The moving water is so much bigger than me. I get lost in it, endlessly drifting in its coves. Lulled by soft waves that tug and pull as I witness, in a trance, the loon and osprey and bald eagle.

This year, as I floated in a quiet spot past a jumble of boulders, a fluffy white head popped up from the top crevice in a rock. Then an immense white and black body rose and ambled down to sit by the shore. This creature stared at me for a long moment. I was mesmerized by her round white face and curved, slim black beak. She then ambled into a cave deep in the rock.

I’d just witnessed the magic of my first Snowy Owl.

As a volunteer with bird ambassadors for the National Audubon Society, I’ve been in the presence of Red-Tailed Hawks, Harris’s Hawks, and Great Horned Owls. The Snowy Owl is bigger than any of these other raptors as the heaviest owl in North America.

Snowy owl facts:

They spend summers far north of the Arctic Circle hunting lemmings, ptarmigan, Arctic hares, mice, ducks, and seabirds.
Males are mostly white while females have a mix of white and black bars.
Unlike most owls, Snowy Owls are diurnal. They hunt all hours during the continuous daylight of an Arctic summer.
They can migrate as far south as the northern United States for winter due to declining prey populations in the Arctic.
They are heavy due to their many feathers to keep them warm in the far north and have fluffy feather pillows covering their feet.
Snowy Owls lost 64% of their population from 1976-2016 and are considered vulnerable.

See this beautiful owl up close and learn more in this video:

AND HERE’S SOME BOOKISH NEWS…

I was thrilled to be on The Storyteller’s Shelf Podcast where I shared how I channel my own childhood journals, my love of nature, and the theme of belonging to create books for middle graders. Watch here:

AWARD NEWS!

I’m honored that Loon Cove Summer was selected as a finalist for the Page Turner Awards 2025 Book Awards! Hopefully, I’ll share more as the contest progresses this fall.

CALLING ALL EDUCATORS!

I’m currently booking author events for elementary and middle-schools for 2025-2026! As the author of 9 novels, including 7 middle-grade novels in fantasy and realistic fiction, I’ve worked with dozens of schools, colleges, and conferences over the past decade. I’d love to work with you!

Please reach out to see how we can partner together to create an engaging and inspirational experience for your students! See my school visit page.

It’s so fantastic to see that my upcoming middle-grade novel The Secret Winners Club is available for pre-order! It’s fun to watch it pop up on bookshops even though it doesn’t release until March 3rd, 2026.

What’s in it?

3 kids with visible autoimmune issues (like me!)
Swim club
Junkbots
Theater + a fave musical of mine! hint: it’s used to style a ducktail
Plotting and secrets (of course!)

1st Rule of The Secret Winners Club: Do whatever it takes …

You can read more here and pre-order here.

Happy fall!

XXOO
Donna