Sunday, September 29, 2013

TRAP, SECURE by Carol Ericson


An injured woman's only hope of figuring out who she is relies upon a CIA Agent in Carol Ericson's Brothers in Arms: Fully Engaged miniseries. 

The last thing Miranda Lewis remembers is being shot…then tumbling over the balcony. When a sexy, blue-eyed stranger finds her, she has no memory of who she is or what she's doing in the jungles of Colombia.  

Gage Booker risked his life in the raid on the compound, only to discover his quarry gone and an injured woman left for dead, a woman the covert operative would be a fool to trust. But her amnesia seems real—and so does the passion exploding between them. 

2 books for the price of 1! NAVY SEAL SECURITY also included in this book!

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TRAP, SECURE

ISBN: 9780373697175 (#1450)

Saturday, September 28, 2013

READY, AIM…I DO! by Debra Webb


In USA TODAY bestselling author Debra Webb's thrilling new Colby Agency miniseries spin-off, The Specialists, a special agent finds out the honeymoon isn't what it seems… 

He awoke with a ring on his finger. Only problem was Specialist Jason Grant couldn't remember a wedding. But he did recognize the beautiful woman in his Vegas hotel suite as CIA operative Ginger Olin.  

Being newlyweds was the perfect cover to expose whoever was targeting Jason. Then Gin laid down ground rules. Passion and affection were for the public only. In private, it was hands off. But as Jason's hunger for his make-believe wife battled with his professional dedication, their "just for show" behavior had him yearning to make Gin his wife for real. 

2 books for the price of 1! MISSING also included in this book!

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READY, AIM…I DO!

ISBN: 9780373697168 (#1449)

Monday, September 16, 2013

Before and After

Keeping it simple today.  It has been a super busy summer and I'm cracking down on an October deadline.

But I thought I'd share some before and after pictures with you of some of the projects I've worked on this year.

What my desk looked like while writing TASK FORCE BRIDE
My TASK FORCE BRIDE books are here!


Took out 2 birch trees that didn't survive last year's drought (although they survived an ice storm, a blizzard and a tornado)

Planted a new oak tree

The old door and windows were original to the house
Aren't the new door and oak trim gorgeous?








New, solid siding is up! (still needs to be painted)
Hail and water damaged siding















I invite you to share about something you've transformed in the past year, too--your workspace, your waistline, your garden, your hairstyle--whatever, big or small.
http://amzn.to/14LAkaA

I'll give away a copy of my current release, TASK FORCE BRIDE, to one lucky commenter. Print or ebook, winner's choice. And if you have it already (thank you!), you can pick a title from my backlist.

(I'll have Maggie pick the winner tomorrow and I'll post it here. Thanks for stopping by!)

Happy Transformations!
Julie

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

PALO DURO CANYON

Research trip: THE MARINE'S LAST DEFENSE
 
Tim and I returned from Amarillo, Texas through Palo Duro Canyon

Just a quick drive-by because neither of us had ever been. It's now on our places we want to camp list. Some week in the future...because it would take a week to do all the hiking and exploring we'd like to do. 






It's not the grand canyon, but it's still very majestic and breathtaking.








I've shared this picture before. Tex and Dallas (we lost her just a couple of days after this picture). She was fearless, jumping right up on the wall to get a look.






We snaked our way down the canyon walls. Tim's first thought: a great ride on his bicycle. Me? Not so much.











One of the paths at the bottom. We can't wait to go back and do some real hiking.










It would be nice to see everything in bloom. It would be a lot warmer too. A couple of days after this everything was covered in snow.



Of course, I was inspired. There's a book brewing about this canyon. Palo Duro didn't make it into The Marine's Last Defense (January 2014, Harlequin Intrigue). But our sweet Dallas did. 

I'm giving away a book today to a random blog commenter. Would you like a signed copy of Protecting Their Child or Dangerous Memories? I'm also throwing in a Texas souvenir. 

What's your favorite season?

Monday, September 9, 2013

WRITTEN IN THE STARS: Digital Book Launch Party!

You're invited!


Whether or not you'll be in the Chicago area tomorrow, September 10, you can be part of the launch party for WRITTEN IN THE STARS by Patricia Rosemoor and Sherrill Bodine.


Come to McNamara's if you can. If not, join the party on your laptop, tablet or Smartphone. We'll be streamed live. Go here  tomorrow between 6 and 9 pm Central Daylight Savings Time to join us:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kaye-publicity 

You're invited, so take part in the fun!

Patricia


Sunday, September 8, 2013

MOST ELIGIBLE SPY by Dana Marton

MOST ELIGIBLE SPY

Miniseries: HQ: Texas
ISBN: 9780373697151 (#1448)

HER PROTECTOR PROVES HE'S MUCH MORE THAN A COWBOY SPY IN DANA MARTON'S FIRST NOVEL OF HER HQ: TEXAS SERIES.

Moses Mann didn't need to be in an interrogation room to be intimidating. Molly Rogers found that out the hard way. Her brother had been accused of smuggling and murder, and now Moses considered her a suspect, as well. But what type of dirty little secrets did he expect to find in a single mother's life?

Moses was no ordinary agent poking around Texas border country. And he kept finding new reasons to bring his investigation to Molly's farm. Yet trusting him—especially around her son—came so easily. She finally had someone who would speak up for her. Even if he was an undercover agent with secrets buried deep in his soul.…

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Saturday, September 7, 2013

THE BETRAYED by Jana DeLeon

THE BETRAYED

ISBN: 9780373697144 (#1447)

A MAN UNDERCOVER MUST REVEAL THE TRUTH IN THE SWAMPS IN THE CONTINUATION OF BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANA DeLEON'S MYSTERE PARISH: FAMILY INHERITANCE.

One day on the job and contractor Zach Sargent is ready to believe the dilapidated old LeBeau mansion is haunted. Some intruder—earthly or not—is threatening the youngest LeBeau sister, back to claim her inheritance. And though Danae keeps her distance from the sexy hired hand, he falls for her in a heartbeat.

Like Danae, Zach has come back to Calais in need of answers to troubling questions about the LeBeau family past. But Danae must never know who he really is and he can't let his attraction to her stop his search…or else a decades-old evil will claim a new victim.

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Pictures and Writing

THIS MONTH WE ASKED INTRIGUE AUTHORS FOR A PICTURE INVOLVING THEIR WRITING.
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TRAP,SECURE, September 2013
I live within a mile of the beach, and it’s very much a part of our lives.  My boys are surfers and junior lifeguards, my husband runs on the beach, and I take walks to the beach and sometimes go to bonfire parties at night where I took this picture of the sunset this summer.  The beach is also part of my writing.  When I get the chance, I go to the beach to write.  I sit in my chair with my ice tea lemonade at my side and my AlphaSmart in my lap.  The beach can also serve as my inspiration.  A few years ago when my boys were younger, I took them to the beach to surf while I sat on the sand watching them.  It was the end of the summer and the end of the day, and the beach was mostly deserted except for a few other surfers and the lifeguard in his tower.  

As I gazed out across the ocean, I began to think about a story involving a female lifeguard.  What if she was working late in the summer and late in the day when the beach was deserted and she noticed two men out in the water?  She watched them through her binoculars and saw that they were struggling.  She takes the phone off the hook, sheds her sweats, and grabs her can.  She high steps over the waves and dolphin-kicks out to the flailing men.  When she reaches them, there’s blood in the water and one of the men is grasping a knife.  This is no ordinary rescue.  And that’s the beginning of NAVY SEAL SECURITY, which is a bonus book along with my October release, TRAP, ENGAGE.  Hope you enjoyed your waning days of summer and didn’t run across any dead men on the beach!


ELIZABETH HEITER
HUNTED, Harlequin MIRA, January 2014


This shot (get it?  <G>) was taken at the FBI Academy at Quantico.  I'm learning proper form on a Glock pistol, which is what the FBI profiler in my debut suspense novel, HUNTED, carries.  As you can see in the picture, my finger stays outside the trigger guard until I'm ready to take my shot.

HUNTED is the first in the Profiler Series, Harlequin MIRA. Available for pre-order now.


DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS,  Delancey Dynasty, January 2014


The pic is Smoke Monster and Mallory Kane. Monster is explaining what's wrong with my latest manuscript.




TASK FORCE BRIDE, September 2013
"Writing Amidst the Chaos" has been my mantra this summer.  Between attending the fabulous RWA conference in Atlanta and taking a mini family vacation right here in the Midwest, as well as promoting my current release, TASK FORCE BRIDE, and editing hubby's newest YA novel, we've been doing lots of home repair work at our house.  

Some we've done ourselves (I'm an ace painter/stainer) and some we've hired out.  

New windows, new front door, new furnace & A/C, replacing hail-damaged siding, fresh paint in living room and bedrooms, and so on.  We had to make the most of hubby being off from teaching and not taking classes this summer.  

But that also means learning to ignore the hammering and drilling, extra bugs (bad year for flies here!), dog barking periodic alerts, furniture sitting in the middle of rooms, knocks on the door to answer workmen's questions, taking lots of pix because I'm so curious to watch the transformation, and so on.  In other words, it has been hard to concentrate on my writing this summer.  

But I keep plugging away.


Slow progress is still progress, and I'm finding that the further I get into my story (a new Precinct book, tentatively titled ONCE A COP), the easier it is to write.


ANGI MORGAN
THE MARINE'S LAST DEFENSE, January 2014

I'm writing the first three chapters of book 2 in my WEST TEXAS PROTECTORS series, THE RANCHER. My trips to Chicago have inspired the heroine. A city girl with no experience of animals or West Texas. It's going to be very interesting getting this heroine on top of a runaway horse.

I love visiting this city. I took an early morning walk last year. Six A.M., clear and crisp (actually around 20 degrees)  and almost all to myself…I walked from the convention center back to my hotel snapping pictures. I love this shot where nature and city meet.

I've visited the cloud many times. It's a huge tourist attraction and always surrounded by people. But on that morning, you can see the tourists slept in. >>grin<< It was the first time I'd ever gotten the city reflection.


I also have to share. I love that my husband is involved in some of my writing. He designs my temporary covers until I receive the real thing from Harlequin. I thought of my Texas-themed website, but he followed through.



ROBIN PERINI
THE CRADLE CONSPIRACY, December 2013

Robin Perini had the biggest fan girl moment ever at this year's Romance Writers of America conference in Atlanta. Cowboy in the Crossfire was nominated for the RITA® award.

Guess who stopped by at the Harlequin book signing? THE Rita Clay Estrada, one of the namesakes of the RITA award. 

What an honor! I got a picture to prove it.






PATRICIA ROSEMOOR 
(writing as Lynn Patrick ) 
A FOREVER HOME, September 2013


Edward and I sailed the Bahamas on a Windjammer Barefoot Cruise a couple of decades ago. I learned to snorkel as well as sail.


-- The beginning of my love for the ocean, early research for Written in the Stars.





AIMEE THURLO 
FALCON'S RUN, July 2013
I've recently developed a great interest in handmade teddy bears. A neighbor of ours made them and I fell in love with her creations. Sadly, she passed away, but we now have some of her collection, in addition to two of her very special hobby horses that have become my pride and joy! One's an antique, the other not, but both were made by the same company in England.

It was our neighbor's beautiful crafts and her collectibles, like the ones pictured here, that inspired our story Homespun Christmas (Harlequin Heartwarming) set here in New Mexico.

In this very special book, Independence, New Mexico has lost the industry that kept it going, and now is in desperate need of a lifeline, one Myka Solis is certain she can provide. She's determined to prove that locally crafted treasures like those she sells online can help transform their dying town into a vibrant, creative hub. And she knows exactly who can help make her plan a reality: Joshua Nez, the confident, big-city architect, now back in town to rebuild his own life. 

Thanks to Josh's expertise, Myka finds herself leading a revitalization effort that draws in the entire community. But working with Josh has to stay a business-only arrangement. Her childhood friend has dreams of his own, and those involve starting up an architectural firm far away from their home town. If only Myka can show him they both have a future in Independence…together. 

This book is all about the will to survive even when the odds are against you. It's also the perfect southwest Christmas story. I hope those of you who are reading this will get a chance to pick up the book, now available for pre-order at Amazon!

November we will also have Ghost Medicine. In this new Ella Clah mystery, Ella's life and career take a new turn, one she wasn't expecting. In conjunction with this book, our readers will get a chance to see the CBS script Lee Goldberg and Wm Rabkin wrote based on our Ella Clah series. It will be available in mass market at the same time.

REBECCA YORK 
BAD NIGHTS, Sourcebooks,  September 2013
DESPERATE MAGIC, Carina Press, Chronicles of Arandal, July 2013


Sometimes I do research for a book. Other times, I do something cool that may end up in a future book. Here I am getting ready to take off in a glider plane a few years ago. 

The pilot sat in back of me. We were towed into the air by a small plane and then let go for a half-hour flight where we circled over Reagan's former ranch. I used this experience in BAD NIGHTS, my September romantic suspense from Sourcebooks. When the hero has to rescue the kidnapped heroine from a militia camp where she's being held, he and his Rockfort Security partners fly in silently using glider planes and land on the rifle range. 

HAVE YOU GOT A QUESTION FOR OUR AUTHORS YOU'D LIKE ANSWERED? Send it to Angi

Sunday, September 1, 2013

BODYGUARD UNDER FIRE by Elle James

BODYGUARD UNDER FIRE

ISBN: 9780373697137 (#1446)

A SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER MEETS THE BABY GIRL HE NEVER KNEW EXISTED IN THIS BOOK IN ELLE JAMES'S COVERT COWBOYS, INC. SERIES.

In a small town in Texas, everyone has a secret. Especially Chuck Bolton. Formerly a Special Forces soldier, Chuck now poses as a ranch handyman. His real mission? To protect his ex-fiancée, and the baby girl he never knew they'd created, from a malevolent masked man.

Who is behind the attack—and what could they possibly want with Peggy Jane "PJ" Franks? While the answer remains unclear, one thing is certain: Chuck never stopped loving PJ after she left him. And PJ, afraid of falling for the same man who broke her heart, doesn't want to repeat history. But that's the least of her worries when her enemy's motive is finally revealed.

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