by Kristie Booker | Jun 22, 2026 | Blog, Blooming Into Life Recipes, Summer in the Moon Garden Recipes
There’s a jar of strawberry jam that keeps finding its way into my fiction. Readers of Blooming Into Life may remember it making an appearance there. In Summer in the Moon Garden, Danny brings a jar to Kat — made by his mother Rose and his Aunt Mary Ann...
by Kristie Booker | Jun 6, 2026 | Blog, Summer in the Moon Garden
Readers often ask about the inspiration behind my stories. Sometimes it’s a place. Sometimes it’s a character who appears out of nowhere. And sometimes, it’s a song. The song that inspired Summer in the Moon Garden was LANCO’s “Greatest...
by Kristie Booker | Aug 18, 2025 | Blog, Summer in the Moon Garden
If Kat is learning how to move forward, Jess Dalton is learning how to stand her ground. In Summer in the Moon Garden, Jess is the woman you want in your corner—fiercely loyal, quietly determined, and the kind of friend who shows up when everything feels like it’s...
by Kristie Booker | Jul 23, 2025 | Recipes, Summer in the Moon Garden Recipes
These are my take on The Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon rolls. I cut her recipe in half and I use cream cheese frosting instead of the glaze from her recipe—they never disappoint. Soft, buttery, and generously frosted, they’re everything a cinnamon roll should be....
by Kristie Booker | Apr 23, 2025 | Blog, Summer in the Moon Garden
In Summer in the Moon Garden, Kat Bauer is a woman standing at a crossroads. After twenty years of marriage, Kat’s world is quietly falling apart. Her once-loving husband has become distant. Her marriage is unraveling. And the house she poured her heart into is...