Coming October 8!
The Forager Chefs Club
Rita Mace Walston's second novel, The Forager Chefs Club, will be published
by Köehler Books on October 8, 2024.
Celeste Harp knows what they say about her and her free-spirited, hippie mother. She also knows no one on Mackinac Island can forage field and forest better than she can, creating meals that are talked about for months. But after three years, she's still relegated to mundane duties in the kitchen of the prestigious hotel where she works. All that could change when she receives an invitation to a year-long cooking competition hosted by the enigmatic Forager Chefs Club. But after arriving at the Club and meeting her four competitors, Celeste realizes that her biggest competition may be her own self-doubt, even as she builds new relationships and discovers the underlying motivations—and secrets—the others are trying to hide.
Filled with heart and sprinkled throughout with foraging and cooking tips, The Forager Chefs Club shows that where food comes from matters, and what comes out of the kitchen can feed more than just the body. From pristine forests and waterways to suburban backyards and reclaimed urban lots, The Forager Chefs Club celebrates nature's bounty all around and the human spirit within.
And still available on this website,
select local bookstores, and Amazon.com
Paper & Ink, Flesh & Blood
A suspenseful literary tale for all book lovers, Paper & Ink, Flesh & Blood reminds us of the passion and strength of much-loved novels. It's for those who believe in the power of words, second chances, and that everyone should be the author of their own story.
“Why is it, do you think, that people accept some things can be unseen or unheard by most, yet be valid and real, yet other things unseen or unheard are judged to be figments of imagination or signs of an unstable mind?”
These words from her elegant and charismatic Great-Aunt Vieve open a whole new world for young Margaux Locke. Thought odd and ostracized by most, Margaux learns that her unique ability to hear words of wisdom and warning spoken by some of literature’s best-loved novels is not a curse nor a blessing, but something in between. When her husband, August Locke, falls to his death in a point-to-point horse race, Margaux must use her wits and abilities to find out what really happened and what role August’s childhood friend and business partner may have played, and to save the land that is the Locke family legacy.
