...there is no escape now published

Book 15 in the Woodmont Mystery Series titled "....there is no escape" has been published and available in print and Kindle format. Sami is once again faced with a tough decision from which there is no escape. Be sure to keep up with the adventures of the fictional town of Woodmont and the Grandville and Watkins family.

Buy your Kindle copy of Butterfly Dreams

butterfly wonderful lavender shimmer pictures, backgrounds and images

Butterfly Dreams is now available for your reading pleasure on your Kindle. The cover is gorgeous on the Kindle Fire. All of my other books are also available for your Kindle. But if you are a hard and true print book reader, I've got that covered as well. Coming soon -- bookmarks!!

Butterfly Dreams




Butterfly Dreams is my newest and largest book to date. It's romance driven with threads of mystery and of course humor. Something of interest is the recipes at the end. Currently having a promo going on, if interested in finding out about it contact me at clexline at gmail dot com

Dead and Silent






Book 14 in the Woodmont Mystery series, Dead and Silent has recently been published. Was hoping to also announce the publication of the next book, but edits of Butterfly Dreams and real life has kept me swamped.

We won't go into the numerous colds from the crazy weather that has attacked me. lol

Butterfly Dreams

Currently I'm busy creating Butterfly Dreams. The book features romance and suspense, many twists, and a special surprise at the ending for my readers. 



Placed Eighth in P&E Poll

Ruby's Deadly Secret was nominated for best mystery in 2010 at the Preditors and Editors annual Poll. Results are in and Ruby placed eighth. I'm honored. Competition is tough as the most hard boiled detective, stiff as a dead body and rewarding as winning the lottery -- at least to a mystery writer. :)

Ruby's Deadly Secret -- available in five formats

Ruby's Deadly Secret






















The second book in the Sheryl Locke Holmes Mystery Series is available Tuesday, November 23 in five different formats. Yippee!



Sheryl Locke Holmes: Book 2: Ruby's Deadly Secret

$2.99

Available November 23, 2010

by C.L. Exline
What do you get when you add a ruby, diary, secrets, and a mansion? A motive for murder. Sheryl Locke Holmes and her best friend, Dot Watson, have been offered an exciting opportunity to explore Bridgeside, a Victorian mansion, to search for items for their antique shop. Their adventure is short-lived when they discover a diary containing dark secrets and a newspaper clipping with a warning written in what appears to be blood. They get trapped in the attic, Dot is attacked and they find out the owner died inside the house. As if that isn't enough, Jake is spotted with another woman. Clues are pointing to Sheryl as the next target, no matter who gets in the way.

Excerpt from Ruby's Deadly Secret

by C.L. Exline


Sheryl gazed into Jake's eyes and caressed his cheek. "I'm sorry for overreacting. For a brief moment, I thought I had lost you. I know better, but I'd just been with Mrs. Wallace and listened to how much her husband's betrayal had hurt her. I wasn't thinking, not with my head. Forgive me."
"Take your hands off of me!" yelled a voice in the distance.
Sheryl and Jake looked over to see Dot being physically escorted out of the restaurant.
"Madam!"
"Look, you little toad, take your hands off of me."
"I better intercede before Dot gets physical." Jake hurried to smooth things over. "Lawrence, it'll be okay. I'll take over."
Lawrence let go of Dot, but glared at her before facing Jake. "She and that blonde friend of hers are not welcome in our establishment. Both are troublemakers. We run a reputable business and cannot have altercations disrupting our patrons."
"Like I care to go back in! I wouldn't go in that rat hole if my life depended on it," Dot said and rubbed her arm. "You better hope I don't get bruises from your manhandling me."
The man snorted before stomping back into the restaurant.
"You didn't hit Lisa, did you?" Jake asked.
"Lawrence wouldn't let me."