An #OpenNovellaContest (#ONC) Ambassador Pick! Eleanor and Lydia, book 1 Armed with knitting needles and a fantastic playlist, Eleanor and Lydia set off to solve The Mystery of Novak Manor. Eleanor Albright is a spritely ninety-year-old ex-detective with more than a few skeletons in her closet and a grim determination to keep them there by hiding from the world. Her great-granddaughter Lydia is twenty-two- years old and sorely misunderstood by the world. After all, just because a girl dresses in all black and listens to My Chemical Romance doesn't mean she lacks vision or hope. Well... maybe hope. When Lord Novak calls Eleanor from his castle in a tiny, beautiful Eastern European nation with a desperate plea for help, she agrees, with mixed emotions, to come out of retirement and she talks Lydia into serving as her assistant. Now the two women must find the truth about the fearsome ghost that's haunting Novak Manor before the "ghost" finds the legendary secret treasure with the power to bring the monarchy to its knees.

This is a picture book for young ones to have fun with after reading it. A lot of publishers don't like rhyming picture books but I think that have an important place in learning words.

**FIRST PLACE** In @childrensfiction contest Tea and Whiskers *Featured in the Children's Fiction Bedtime Stories Anthology. Silly Maury the moose wants to prove he's brave, but he's just a pup who's prone to getting lost. With the help of Harold the Owl, maybe he can find his way home. Written for @childrensfiction and @Fantasy contest Tea & Whiskers.