Dort Knows Best Paperback (Pre-Order Coming Jan 2027)

The Third Series in the Aura Cove Universe Introduces a Hilarious Firecracker Who's Proudly Entering Her Crone Era Dorothy “Dort” Castillo is sixty-eight, living in the manufactured perfection of Golden Cove retirement community, and absolutely done with everyone’s nonsense. For decades, she was the beloved “Dear Dottie,” America’s sweetest advice columnist. After retirement, she secretly launches Ask the Crone, an anonymous column serving brutal honesty to people desperate for the truth. Then the advice starts changing lives in the small seaside town of Aura Cove in strange and magical ways. Now Dort’s juggling a viral secret identity, a nosy retirement community, a nemesis with a botox addiction, and two sarcastic talking sugar gliders with opinions on everything. Dort Knows Best is a hilarious magical fantasy about aging, authenticity, and the power of speaking truth in a world that prefers comfortable lies. It’s about a woman discovering that the best chapters of life might just come after you stop caring what everyone thinks.