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Member Since: Nov. 26, 2011
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Sara Barton


Biography

Sara M. Barton trained as an educator and artist, worked in clinical settings with children and adults, and now develops family caregiver education as the Practical Caregiver.

"When I was fresh out of college, my goal was to be an author and illustrator. Back then, breaking into publishing was like storming Fort Knox armed only with a toothpick -- that lock wasn't about to yield to the likes of me. Even with a literary agent, I managed to accumulate a lot of rejection slips, but also some encouragement from editors. I put the dream on hold when life interfered. Now, older and wiser, I've got experience under my belt. I look at obstacles with a different perspective. The truth is I love to write fiction. There is nothing sweeter than sticking characters in the hot seat and making them find their way out of the darkness. I'm fascinated by human behavior and I love to see characters grow as they go through tough times. Life is never fair, but I believe in heroes, those people who don't take no for an answer, who put the greater good ahead of 'me, me, me'. But most of all, I enjoy a good story, seasoned with action, memorable characters, unpredictable behavior, and a monkey wrench big enough to jam up the best laid plans. It's the perfect human storm."

Where to find Sara Barton online

Website: http://www.practicalcaregiverguides.com
Twitter: bartonmysteries
    Facebook: Facebook profile
    Blog: http://www.bodaciousbabyboomer.com

    Books

    Little Red Riding Hood and the Secret Cookie Recipe: A Gabby Grimm Fairy Tale Mystery #3    by Sara Barton
    Price: $2.99 USD. 71790 words. Published on March 18, 2013. Fiction.
    0.75 star(4.67 from 6 reviews)
    When Deputy Gabby Grimm asks for a cookie recipe from the sheriff's wife, his red-hoodie-clad daughter drops it off before disappearing, snatched in the woods for the Big, Bad Wolf a ruthless gangster. An unofficial hostage rescue is launched for Little Red Riding Hood. Too many bad guys and bad secrets threaten Latimer Falls, VT, and it's up to Gabby and her team to rescue the sheriff and family.
    The Bodacious Baby Boomer's Guide to Jump-Starting Your Life    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 11620 words. Published on February 16, 2013. Nonfiction.
    If you're stuck as a Baby Boomer, feeling like you've been sidelined, it's time to jump-start your life again and become an active participant in your own destiny. This light-hearted guide can help inspire you to live the life you were meant to live before things got complicated.
    What Evil Lurks in Monet's Pond: A    by Sara Barton
    Price: $1.99 USD. 32860 words. Published on December 19, 2012. Fiction.
    0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
    Artist Maisie Carr carts her paints and easel all over the world. An unusual CIA spy, she gathers information on some pretty dangerous people. On a visit to CT, the Carr clan gets out of hand, speculating on Maisie's personal life, even as she delves into a strange local art heist. The CIA is worried it's a cover for organized criminals, Maisie shows up on WikiLeaks, and there's a killer loose.
    Run for Your Life, Riley Horton!: A    by Sara Barton
    Price: $1.99 USD. 29350 words. Published on December 11, 2012. Fiction.
    0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
    Riley Horton uncovers a secret about the town of Hambleport while doing research on the Underground Railroad. The prominent citizens of the Massachusetts town, with lineage dating back to the American Revolution, have a long history of successful smuggling. When government informants disappear, the FBI wants answers, and she's in a position to help their deep cover agent find them (intro novella).
    Henry Hartman's Holiday Crisis: An    by Sara Barton
    Price: $1.99 USD. 35750 words. Published on December 6, 2012. Fiction.
    0.25 star(4.33 from 3 reviews)
    FBI Agent Henry Hartman is a master of deception, and no one knows this better than Sydney Stansfield, the woman he roped into working on highly classified "off-the-books" operations. When it comes to his family and the holidays, Henry is a sentimental rogue, but he's not about to leave the job behind. Taking Syd along for the wild ride, they're in serious trouble. Will Henry ever tell the truth?
    Where's Hansel and Gretel's Gingerbread House?: A Gabby Grimm Fairy Tale Mystery #2    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 36680 words. Published on November 28, 2012. Fiction.
    0.25 star(4.17 from 6 reviews)
    When Latimer Falls Deputy Sheriff Gabby Grimm receives a call for help from cousin Annette in NYC just before Christmas, she rushes off to uncover the mystery of the Gingerbread house and the missing co-worker. Things get ugly fast. It's up to her to rescue the bossy damsel in distress and bring her to Black Forest Farm for safekeeping, the FBI hot on their heels as they try to make a mob case.
    A Plague O' Both Your Houses: A Bard's Bed & Breakfast Mystery #2    by Sara Barton
    Price: $2.99 USD. 56740 words. Published on November 8, 2012. Fiction.
    (4.00 from 5 reviews)
    The gang at the Bard’s B&B on Vermont’s Lake Champlain is back. Uncle Edward, Lorna, Bea, and Ben take on the task of providing hospice care for a former CIA chemical and biological weapons expert with a murderous streak. Ever passionate and protective, Bea works overtime to keep the guests of the Bard’s B&B alive, the bad guys at bay, her cunning husband on his toes, and the CIA behaving.
    Snow White and the Hunter: A Gabby Grimm Fairy Tale Mystery #1    by Sara Barton
    Price: $2.99 USD. 52610 words. Published on October 13, 2012. Fiction.
    0.75 star(4.75 from 4 reviews)
    As the only female deputy in the Latimer Falls Sheriff's Department, Gabby Grimm is used to working with 7 men, but her world is turned upside down in 24 hours, starting with a kiss from a masked man. Sam Hogan shakes, rattles, and rolls into her world. When a murder, a hostage situation, and brutal terrorists threaten her idyllic Vermont village, Gabby refuses to surrender and the chase is on.
    Charleston with a Clever Cougar: A Dance with Danger Mystery #6    by Sara Barton
    Price: $0.99 USD. 39700 words. Published on September 10, 2012. Fiction.
    0.25 star(4.25 from 4 reviews)
    Romance-challenged Cady, owner of Cady's Cakes, thinks it's time to give up on love. But then, she never expected to run into someone like Doc, the just-retired Army medic back from Afghanistan. Hardly warm and fuzzy, Doc is rough around the edges and not afraid to ask the tough questions when her teenage employee, Daisy, becomes the target of a murderous plot at the shop. Who's behind it and why?
    Flat Daddy Cart Contest: Military Brats Club #3    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 5680 words. Published on September 2, 2012. Fiction.
    When the Miltary Brats Club gets together to compete for the Flat Daddy Cart Contest, Monty McSorley's need to win gets him into serious hot water with his friends, Casey, Tommy, and Marcella. He thinks he's got the prize in the bag, but he's in for a big surprise. Casey's not ready to give up and give in. Even worse, Mr. Henry, the club's official adviser, expects all the kids to cooperate!
    Let Slip the Dogs of War: A Bard's Bed & Breakfast Mystery #1    by Sara Barton
    Price: $1.99 USD. 46740 words. Published on August 29, 2012. Fiction.
    0.75 star(3.83 from 6 reviews)
    On the tranquil shores of Lake Champlain sits the Bard's B & B -- not your typical vacation spot. Run by a Shakespearean scholar and a former bookstore owner, both with roots in the intelligence community, guests are often unruly, secretive, and occasionally downright dangerous. When a Syrian rebel leader's daughters are sent for safe-keeping, it's a spy free-for-all Shakespeare would have envied.
    No Hiding Behind the Potted Palms! A Dance with Danger Mystery #7    by Sara Barton
    Price: $2.99 USD. 128450 words. Published on August 11, 2012. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    The Dance with Danger Mystery Anthology -- Volume One contains five short novellas in one discounted download. When good girls meet up with boys behaving badly, it's a Dance with Danger! These five women are up the creek without a paddle and in water way over their heads. Let's hope they all know how to swim through the dark, dangerous waters of romance and intrigue. It's a jungle out there!
    Having a Killer Time, Wish You Were Here! A Practical Caregiver Caper #6    by Sara Barton
    Price: $2.99 USD. 69220 words. Published on August 11, 2012. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 2 reviews)
    The Practical Caregiver Capers Anthology -- Volume One: Family caregivers out of the house and into hot water! A pair of lovers plotting a husband's demise, a hit man on a mission, a gang of thieves, a man who's life is spinning out of control, and a group determined to leak government secrets -- this is one motley crew of bad guys for the brave caregivers to face, alone or with their loved ones.
    Square Dance with a Scandalous Skunk: A Dance with Danger Mystery #1    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 25900 words. Published on July 30, 2012. Fiction.
    0.5 star(4.40 from 5 reviews)
    Suzanne Dawkins is thrilled when high school crush, Jasper Wintonberry, moves back to Glendale. A successful house flipper, skilled at renovations, the last thing she needs is a dead body popping up at the house she wants to sell to Jasper's mother. That stinker, Kyle Hargrove, assaulted her best friend, Jane, years ago. Did he also kill the missing owner of the sweet bungalow? Is Suzanne next?
    Bossa Nova with a Belligerent Bear: A Dance with Danger Mystery #4    by Sara Barton
    Price: $0.99 USD. 30050 words. Published on July 17, 2012. Fiction.
    Dori found out the hard way the man who spent six months romancing her is a scoundrel, a liar, and a thief. With her house remortgaged, her 401K missing, and her bank accounts drained, she is forced to turn to ex-husband Robert "Bosco" Baer, a forensic accountant, for help. Things go from bad to worse as she finds her job endangered as well. Someone has set out to destroy Dori, but who? And why?
    Paso Doble with a Passionate Python: A Dance with Danger Mystery #2    by Sara Barton
    Price: $0.99 USD. 24210 words. Published on June 30, 2012. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    With her fiance's encouragement, Mariem Dufours takes a cruise to Bermuda with her late husband's ashes, planning to scatter them at sea, but finds herself the target of a murder plot. Missing money, bad investments, bizarre incidents all point to criminal activity. What was the late Henri Dufours, private banker, involved in? Ocean Magic security chief Bob Ryan needs to know if he's to save her.
    Foxtrot with a Furtive Fox: A Dance with Danger Mystery #3    by Sara Barton
    Price: $0.99 USD. 24650 words. Published on June 30, 2012. Fiction.
    (4.00 from 1 review)
    "The Penny Pincher Gourmet" cook book author Kim never imagines that a run-in with former lover, Tom, can turn her world upside down, any more than she expects to find childhood friend Mac is a man of mystery. Someone's out to get her and she'd better figure out quickly which man she can trust and which man she can't. Secrets come tumbling out of the shadows and soon Kim is running for her life.
    Mambo with a Maniacal Mako: A Dance with Danger Mystery #5    by Sara Barton
    Price: $0.99 USD. 23730 words. Published on June 30, 2012. Fiction.
    Kelsey's cruel boss gives her an ultimatum -- get to his gallery opening or lose her job. Forced to take the Florida auto train, she finds herself pursued by a drug cartel -- thanks to a packaging mistake, she's transporting heroin. DEA Agent Axel Jacobsen wants to help her, but he has issues with women and keeps getting on her nerves. Can they survive the bad guys without killing each other?
    Flat Daddy Camping Trip: Military Brats Club #2    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 6100 words. Published on June 10, 2012. Fiction.
    Casey, Monty, Tommy, and Marcella are back in this adventure of the Military Brats Club. Just as Hope Street School closes for the summer, the kids get the bad news. Tommy's dad is being transferred to another Navy base across the country, so the gang wants to give their buddy a great farewell adventure. With help from family and friends, the kids make sure to give Tommy an unforgettable send-off.
    Flat Daddy Magic: Military Brats Club #1    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 5550 words. Published on May 4, 2012. Fiction.
    Casey and her friends in the Military Brats Club have a big problem -- their Flat Daddies and Flat Mama are shrinking! It all started at a baseball game when a kid on a bike stole Flat Daddy Wheeler. What's going on? With the help of Mr. Henry, a retired detective, the kids get to work, trying to solve the mystery. Can Casey find her Flat Daddy, or will he keep on shrinking?
    The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Caregiver Support: How to Help Yourself #4    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 5660 words. Published on April 29, 2012. Nonfiction.
    Are you a new caregiver, unsure of what your job is? The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Caregiver Support will help you understand how to take care of yourself while you are caring for your loved one. Learn to build a resource list that enables you to provide better care without losing yourself in the process. Treat yourself like a professional and build a team to help you.
    Where There's Smoke, There's Prometheus: A Bodacious Baby Boomer Escapade #1    by Sara Barton
    Price: $2.99 USD. 93800 words. Published on April 11, 2012. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    What was so special about student Maddy Walker in 1978 that made Inner Sanctum of Atlantis psychics so determined to recruit her? Was it a plot to use her in a government-sanctioned psychic spy research program or was it part of a 50-year Soviet plan in 1950 to penetrate the U.S. government? The answer would chase Maddy through the next 3 decades of classified secrets, deep cover ops, and spies.
    The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Amusing Sick Kids #5    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 11450 words. Published on March 21, 2012. Nonfiction.
    It's hard to keep kids engaged and amused when they're stuck in bed with an illness, disease, or disorder. This helpful guide offers simple tips, advice, and fun activities to keep a bedridden child involved in play and connected to family and friends. From games to thinking challenges to play to projects, "The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Amusing Sick Kids" is a parent's go-to sanity saver.
    The Deadly Secret of Dr. Arcanum Lock's Evolutionary Spirit Project: A Bodacious Baby Boomer Escapade #2    by Sara Barton
    Price: $1.99 USD. 37610 words. Published on February 5, 2012. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    What happened at Dr. Arcanum Lock's camp for child psychics back in 1965? What was the Evolutionary Spirit Project? Were they really taught to channel spirits, or was something else, something far more dangerous and sinister going on? What does it have to do with national security today? Spies, lies, and bad guys are out to get Gillian Goodwin and her friends, unless she can unravel the mystery.
    It Will Be Our Little Secret: A Bodacious Baby Boomer Escapade #3    by Sara Barton
    Price: $1.99 USD. 22500 words. Published on January 16, 2012. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    Baby Boomer Bren's 60-something boyfriend, Kel, wants her to spend the summer at the lake, to tutor his grandson and meet his elderly mother -- all part of a plan to move towards marrying Bren. Wild ex-wife Ellen has a history of stalking his other love interests, but she's 1000 miles away. Or is she? Dead fish and threats penned in lipstick menace the lovers. Will little secrets get Bren killed?
    Who Snatched Aunt Marion?: A Practical Caregiver Caper #4    by Sara Barton
    Price: $0.99 USD. 14150 words. Published on January 2, 2012. Fiction.
    Izzy gets Cousin Phil's chilling call for help from Kabul and learns Aunt Marion is in peril. As details unfold, Izzy determines that a group of anti-government leakers thinks hers is a CIA family, thanks to young nephew Ryder's naive efforts to be a hero. They've kidnapped elderly Aunt Marion and her caregiver in a plot to identify the spies in the family. Can Izzy find them in time to save them?
    The Passion Beach Psycho Strikes at Midnight: A Practical Caregiver Caper #2    by Sara Barton
    Price: $0.99 USD. 17830 words. Published on December 28, 2011. Fiction.
    Melanie Reynolds' world is turned upside down when her mother has a stroke. Trying to balance her career with her mother's needs, she figures out a way to have a working vacation in Passion Beach, a picture perfect vacation spot. But from the moment they arrive, they are baffled by a series of odd events that include fake cops, screams in the middle of the night, and even a dead body. Who's next?
    Murder on the High Seas: A Practical Caregiver Caper #1    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 14520 words. Published on December 21, 2011. Fiction.
    (5.00 from 1 review)
    When caregiver Kate sails for Bermuda on a little R&R, she never expects to find herself drawn into a murder plot. Pestered by a man who can't take no for an answer and wooed by a man who seems too good to be true, Kate has to figure out what is real and what is not. It's not easy to be a middle-aged, baby boomer femme fatale, but the ever feisty, confident Kate does her best to solve the mystery.
    The Inscrutable Case of the Nobbled Netsuke: A Practical Caregiver Caper #3    by Sara Barton
    Price: $0.99 USD. 11360 words. Published on December 14, 2011. Fiction.
    On a trip to a Japanese exhibit at the maritime museum, faithful caregiver Muriel and wheelchair-bound Fred never expect to catch a heist in progress. When little clues start adding up, they're on-the-spot witnesses to the criminal plot. Their wise-cracking sidekicks, Jerry and Lila, complicate everything. Will the foursome succeed in solving the crime? Only if they can pull their act together....
    The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Home Hospice Care: How to Help Someone You Love #3    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 4920 words. Published on December 4, 2011. Nonfiction.
    Are you a caregiver for someone who needs home hospice, unsure of what your job is for your loved one at the end of life? The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Home Hospice Care will help you understand not only how to take care of your loved one, but also yourself. Make the care you provide fit the real needs of the person needing help.
    The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Cancer Care: How to Help Someone You Love #2    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 8420 words. Published on December 4, 2011. Nonfiction.
    Are you a new caregiver, unsure of what your job is for your loved one with cancer? The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Cancer Care will help you understand not only how to take care of your loved one, but also yourself. Make the care you provide fit the real needs of the person needing help.
    The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Basic Care: How to Help Someone You Love #1    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 5390 words. Published on December 3, 2011. Nonfiction.
    Are you a new caregiver, unsure of what your job is? The Practical Caregiver's Guide to Basic Care will help you understand not only how to take care of your loved one, but also yourself. Make the care you provide fit the real needs of the person needing help.
    Murder at the Mountain Vale Inn: A Practical Caregiver Caper #5    by Sara Barton
    Price: $0.99 USD. 10900 words. Published on November 28, 2011. Fiction.
    Two women arrive at an idyllic mountain resort in search of a relaxing weekend. Mary has finished her second battle with cancer and just wants to have a little fun with her best friend from childhood, her loyal and dedicated caregiver through the rigors of cancer treatment. The last thing they expect is to be dragged into a murderous plot that threatens to drag them underwater with the victim.
    The Practical Caregiver's Rules for Happy Holidays: How to Survive the Big Season of Celebrations Without Completely Losing Your Mind #6    by Sara Barton
    Price: Free! 10650 words. Published on November 27, 2011. Nonfiction.
    The holidays can be stressful for caregivers. "The Practical Caregiver's Rules for Happy Holidays" is about making it work for you and your loved one. First rule? It's okay to break the rules to fit your situation. Toss out the guilt trip. Forget about being perfect. Relax. You have to do what works for you and your loved one. Put the joy back into the holidays and the twinkle back in your eye.

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