Thanks to all the folks who participated Friday on the Release Day Party and/or liked my Author FB Page. I hope it was fun for all of you. I had a blast! And gosh the food and drinks were yummy. Image may be NSFW.
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I used Random.org to find the Winners. Here they are Congratulations!
$25 Amazon GC, Heather Brainard
1 e-copy of TRUTH BE TOLD, Naomi Thompson
1 e-copy of VERMONT ESCAPE (from moi) Krista Hall
1 e-copy of DARING TO LOVE from Kathryn Jane Kim Mayberry
1 e-copy of ONCE BURNED from Susan Vaughn Jeanne Guzman
& a $10 Amazon GC from Susan Vaughn Elena Colli
1 e-book of CODA TO MURDER from J.Q. Rose Gary Riegert
1 e-copy of THE SILK ROMANCE from Helena Fairfax Sandy Smith
1 e-copy of SUGARWATER RANCH from Stephanie Berget Jo-Ann Carson
& a $10 Amazon GC from Stephanie Berget. John Rosenman
1 e-copy of FOREWARNING from Kate Wyland Matthew Peters
& WYOMING ESCAPE from Kate Wyland Leona Pence
1 e-copy of HELL OR HIGH WATER from Jerrie Alexander Brenda Rumsey
Please send me (marsha at marsharwest dot com) the email you’d like me to share with the authors, and they will contact you.
If you’ve won a book, you’ll need to let them know which format you’d like. If you like the book, I hope you’ll take a few minutes and write a review. Those are so important to us authors. Thanks again for joining the fun. Marsha
Don’t you love the cover? Thanks, Charlie Volnek!
Welcome to Thoughts on Thursday on Friday in honor of the release of my second book from MuseItUp Publishing, TRUTH BE TOLD. WhooHoo! So exciting! I’ve asked several author friends to join me here to share their latest release. You’ll love meeting these folks.
GIVE-AWAYS? Well, of course we’re having give-aways. To qualify to win any of the prizes, comment here on the blog and like my Author FB page. (If you’ve already liked the FB page, you’re good. I know who you are. Just comment. Image may be NSFW.
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PRIZES INCLUDE:
$25 Amazon GC, 1 e-copy of TRUTH BE TOLD, 1 e-copy of VERMONT ESCAPE (from moi)
1 e-copy of DARING TO LOVE from Kathryn Jane
1 e-copy of ONCE BURNED & a $10 Amazon GC from Susan Vaughn
1 e-book of CODA TO MURDER from J.Q. Rose
1 e-copy of THE SILK ROMANCE from Helena Fairfax
1 e-copy of SUGARWATER RANCH & a $10 Amazon GC from Stephanie Bergert.
1 e-copy of FOREWARNING & WYOMING ESCAPE from Kate Wyland
1 e-copy of HELL OR HIGH WATER from Jerrie Alexander
You don’t have to comment about just my book, but about any of the other authors, too. 13 Separate Winners in all.
My good friend Julie Miers made her famous chocolate sheath cake just for me, and being a generous sort, I’ll share with you. Image may be NSFW.
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We have coffee (hot or iced) and iced tea. If you are stopping by later in the day, you may not find any cake left, but hopefully, you’ll like the wine and cheese, chips & salsa I’ll provide and the Margaritas (regular Lime and Strawberry Lemonaide) from Stephanie Berget and Cosmos from Susan Vaughn. Image may be NSFW.
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We’ll be partying for sure. Image may be NSFW.
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Okay, so let me tell you about my second book!
In TRUTH BE TOLD, SWAT member Meg Bourland, home in Fort Worth for Christmas, discovers someone is blackmailing her father. His odd refusal to contact authorities forces Meg to enlist the help of her brother and his former LA homicide detective partner, Scott McClaine, to unravel the mystery.
Meg’s attracted to Scott, who’s recovering from a serious injury and must accept he’ll never return to police work. In spite of his desire for Meg, he’s convinced his disability makes a relationship with her out of the question. He wants to protect, but isn’t physically able to, and she doesn’t think she needs protecting.
Will the truth they uncover ruin her father’s career as mayor and destroy the family Meg holds dear? Will Scott & Meg be willing to make the sacrifices real love requires?
EXCERPT
“Dad, glad it’s just you.” Meg’s voice wasn’t as strong as she intended. Her father didn’t respond. Didn’t he hear her? He threw a crumpled paper across the room, and then he sank into the chair behind his desk. His head cradled between his hands.
Adrenalin kicked through her system shooting lightning spikes down her arms. “Dad, is something wrong?” Again, no response. Meg moved further into the study. The pipe smoke smell dimly registered. Was he having a heart attack? She stopped in front of his desk. “Dad?” Almost shouted the word.
“What?” He raised his head, but his gaze darted around the room.
Didn’t he recognize her?
“Meg?” He shoved his hair off his forehead and dragged in a breath. “When did you arrive?” He asked in a voice tight with strain. His gaze never connected with hers.
Not a heart attack. Thank God. She let out a huff of air. “A while ago. Are you all right?”
Her father placed his hands on the desk and straightened into the ramrod posture she’d seen all her life.
“Everything’s fine.”
He used the same word Meg did when things were the opposite of all right.
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Now, let’s hear from a few of my wonderful writer friends. Some are fellow writers from MuseItUp Publishing. Others I’ve met on various writing loops and blogs. I’m thrilled all of them have been able to join in the party. We have a good mix of genres. I know you’ll find a book and an author you’re going to love. I’ve read all of these listed or something else by these women and can attest to how good their books are.
Susan Vaughn ONCE BURNED
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ATF agent Jake Wescott goes undercover in his Maine hometown of Dragon Harbor to find the local connection to Mexican drug-and-arms cartel El Águila’s New England operation. He becomes the reluctant protector of Lani Cameron, who was scarred in the long-ago fire that killed her twin. Their shared past and the search bind them together, and intimacy ignites passion. As they uncover secrets, they face danger more explosive than they’d feared.
www.susanvaughan.com Buy links: Amazon http://amzn.to/1bPOxIb
Smashwords http://bit.ly/16HhJBR
Susan Bernhardt THE GINSENG CONSPIRACY
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On her way to attend a Halloween Ball, Kay Driscoll, a newcomer to town, witnesses the murder of a local professor. When the official coroner’s report rules the cause of death to be accidental and the community accepts the judgement, Kay decides to uncover the truth for herself. Through her personal investigations, Kay exposes a complex conspiracy, woven deep within the thriving local ginseng industry, that involves some of the more prominent figures and families of Sudbury Falls.
With her new friends, the free-spirited herbalist Deirdre and the untamed modern woman Elizabeth, Kay discusses new clues over tea and pastries at Sweet Marissa’s Patisserie, their crime-fighting headquarters. As Kay gets closer to the heart of the conspiracy, additional murders happen in quick succession. Before long, Kay learns that the villains are gunning for her, too. Phil, her musically talented but preoccupied husband, determined to keep her safe, withholds from her the one thing she needs most: the truth.
website www.susanbernhardt.com amzn.to/1gxBRbN Barnes and Noble: http://bit.ly/1lgcpZo
JQ Rose CODA TO MURDER
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Pastor Christine Hobbs has been in the pulpit business for over five years. She never imagined herself caring for a flock that includes a pig, a kangaroo, and a murderer.
Detective Cole Stephens doesn’t want the pretty pastor to get away with murdering the church music director. His investigative methods infuriate Christine as much as his deep brown eyes attract her.
Can they find the real killer and build a loving relationship based on trust?
MuseItUp Publishing http://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/now-available-in-ebook/coda-to-murder-detail Amazon.com http://tinyurl.com/ap376tb bn.com and major online booksellers.
Helena Fairfax The Antique Love
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One rainy day in London, Wyoming man Kurt Bold walks into an antique shop off the King’s Road and straight into the dreams of its owner, Penny Rosas. Lively, spirited and imaginative, Penny takes this handsome stranger for a romantic cowboy straight from the pages of a book. Kurt certainly looks every inch the hero…but he soon brings Penny’s dreams to earth with a thump. His job is in the City, in the logical world of finance—and as far as Kurt is concerned, romance is just for dreamers.
Events in Kurt’s childhood have shown him just how destructive love can be. Now he’s looking for a wife, right enough, but what he wants is a marriage based on logic and rational decisions. Kurt treats Penny like he would his kid sister, but when he hires her to help refurbish his beautiful Victorian house near Richmond Park, it’s not long before he starts to realise it’s not just his home she’s breathing life into. The logical heart he has guarded so carefully all these years is opening up to new emotions, in a most disturbing way…
Author of The Silk Romance and The Antique Love published by MuseItUp Publishing www.helenafairfax.com
Kathryn Jayne DARING TO LOVE
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A woman who reads hearts…
“Help me…” As an empath working for an organization dedicated to locating missing children, Liz MacKenzie is accustomed to using her unique abilities to sense the emotions of others. She’s not accustomed to hearing them call for her. That’s the specialized skill of a telepath.
A man who reads minds…
Galen Keifer’s special method of interrogation involves telepathic seduction, a technique that drove away the love of his life two years ago. In spite of their rocky past, Liz has reached out to him again. He’s the one man who may be able to discover the truth about the mysterious voice calling to her.
A voice from the darkness…
Liz can’t ignore the child’s voice, one that may be connected to a dark secret in her past. Barely recovered from her last rescue mission, she doesn’t trust her own senses, or a man who uses seduction in such a devastating way. But with the possibility of a child’s life in danger, Liz and Galen can’t afford to let it get personal again. Finding the child comes first, even though their hearts and minds are daring them to love…
KINDLE http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I13NB9U WEBSITE http://kathrynjane.com/
Stephanie Bergert SUGARWATER RANCH
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My favorite part of the writing process is the first draft. I’m a panster,
and I love letting my characters talk to me and show me where the story is
going. Often they shove me in a direction just the opposite of what I
thought I was going to write. It’s the surprises that make writing fun for me.
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Sean O’Connell’s life is perfect, or it was until his partying lifestyle affected his bull riding. Now he’s ended the season too broke to leave the Northwest for the warm southern rodeos. When a wild night with his buddies gets out of hand, he wakes up naked, staring into the angry eyes of a strange woman. His infallible O’Connell charm gets him nowhere with the dark-haired beauty. It’s obvious she’s not his usual good-time girl, so why can’t he forget her?
Bar-manager Catherine Silvera finds a waterlogged, unconscious cowboy freezing to death in front of the Sugarwater Bar. She saves his life–then runs faster than a jackrabbit with a coyote on its tail. Any man who makes his living rodeoing is bad news, especially if he thinks partying is part of the competition. He’s everything she doesn’t want in a man, so why can’t she shake her attraction to the rugged cowboy?
http://www.stephaniebergert.com
Kate Wyland FOREWARNING
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Healing is her life. Will it be her death?
Grieving and guilt-stricken after her husband’s suicide, Kasey Martin has closed her energetic healing practice and retreated to her Oregon horse ranch. One night, she rescues a badly injured man, and against her better judgment, uses her neglected skills to save his life. This starts her on an unexpected journey of healing and danger.
Complicating her life is Jim Bradley, an old friend who has long been in love with her and wants her to return to her work. When criminals looking for her patient invade the serenity of her world, she must use her skills to save all three of their lives.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DP5VOHK http://www.katewyland.com/
Toni Anderson A COLD DARK PLACE
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Justice isn’t always black or white.
Former CIA assassin Alex Parker works for The Gateway Project, a clandestine government organization hell-bent on taking out serial killers and pedophiles before they enter the justice system. Alex doesn’t enjoy killing, but he’s damn good at it. He’s good at dodging the law, too—until a beautiful rookie agent has him wondering what it might be like to get caught.
FBI Special Agent Mallory Rooney has spent years hunting the lowlife who abducted her identical twin sister eighteen years ago. Now, during an on-going serial killer investigation, Mallory begins to suspect there’s a vigilante operating outside the law. She has no choice but to take him down, because murder isn’t justice. Is it?
Sometimes it’s cold and dark.
When Mallory starts asking questions,The Gateway Project management starts to sweat, and orders Alex to watch her. As soon as they meet, the two begin to fall in love. But the lies and betrayals that define Alex’s life threaten to destroy them both—especially when the man who stole her sister all those years ago makes Mallory his next target, and Alex must reveal his true identity to save the woman he loves.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Dark-Place-Justice-ebook/dp/B00IR4J6RY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-cold-dark-place-toni-anderson/1119067965?ean=9780991895878 Website: www.toniandersonauthor.com
Jerrie Alexander NO CHANCE IN HELL
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After a drunk driver killed Marcus Ricci’s wife while he was deployed in Afghanistan, he closed up emotionally. Working at Lost and Found, Inc., he lands a puzzling case with too many missing pieces. A killer is closing in on the woman Marcus is supposed to protect. Guarding the beautiful Chris is his job—and he’s one of the best—but keeping her close without letting her inside, makes it hard to protect his heart.
A murderer took the only family Chris Holland had left. When her sister’s killer comes after Chris, she turns to the Lost and Found agency for help. As she and Marcus Ricci dig into her background, they’ll discover surprises that shake everything she believes to be true about her past.
Forced together day and night, passion ignites, and Chris falls for Marcus. He’s a loner and not interested in a permanent relationship. When her case is over, he’ll go back to his solitary life. Just a man and his dog.
Amazon – amzn.to/PnZHNK Barnes & Noble – bit.ly/1jwRArI KOBO – bit.ly/1lx073I
Google Play – bit.ly/1i927H0 http://www.jerriealexander.com
Thanks, Ladies. I appreciate your coming and sharing your time and gifts. Now let’s par-tay!