Books can take us far away from the pressures and worries of today.

Joy Dent, my brother Max, and my cousin Rob looking for our Robison ancestors a few years ago.

I have not been much of a social media person except for Facebook which I use for announcements about writers, our writing group, and some family news. But recently I checked out some of the other sites and found that many writers use Instagram, and my second cousin Joy Dent, who writes under the name of Darcy Flynn has a page with pictures of her family, her pets, and her books. This is her page:  https://www.instagram.com/joydarcyauthor/

I have read some of her books and they are what she claims them to be: sweet, romantic, and clean.  No rapes or torn bodices in her books. The love stories make you sigh for that time in your own life, and her characters are well-drawn and interesting.

The author has an impressive background. She grew up in New Orleans, and she was named Mrs. Tennessee in a beauty pageant. She is educated in music, art, and dance and is talented in all, but in her empty nest years, she decided to write fiction and has published quite a few books. 

See her page on Goodreads. 

Her books are great for the times you want to escape the realities of this world and drift away to a place and time when life was filled with young love, with the games young people play when they are looking for Mr. Right or for Miss Right. 

With all the natural drama of our lives today, Darcy Flynn's books are perfect for those of us who feel the world is too much with us.

Joy with her son, Roman, who recently passed away