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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Instalove Book Blast- 100 Free Books

 

One Day Only, February 29, 100 free books!

I have partnered with the Instalove Book Blast team to share 100 free books with you!



Today only join me over at the Instalove Book Blast site where you can find 100 free Instalove stories. I’ve included my book Highland Eclipse. There are no strings attached, no newsletters to join, no links to download, literally every book listed will be free for one day only. I’ve chosen to make mine free for the rest of the week, just in case someone misses the 24 hour time frame.


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A member of an elite Time Ops team called the Eclipse Agents, Declan Wallace’s job is to jump through time. He maintains order in the timeline, he hunts down those who would time jump for their own purposes. But sometimes Fate intervenes.

After a lifetime of living with illness, Lady Fiona McClure is proving to herself that she is finally healthy in an attempt to swim across the loch. If she makes it, maybe then her overprotective father won’t treat her as a child anymore. When she is snatched and dragged ashore by a man who thought she was drowning, her heart races for reasons that have nothing to do with the swim and everything to do with the man standing before her.

With a mission to finish, Declan can’t allow distractions, and Lady Fiona is definitely a distraction. But he’s discovering that living for the next mission isn’t as exciting as it used to be. Staying in the past is forbidden, but Fiona McClure is his destiny.

Friday, February 9, 2024

Love and Romance Book Festival

Calling all romance readers! It’s more than candy hearts, chocolates and flowers at N. N. Light’s Book Heaven Love and Romance Book Festival.

There are 36 romance books featured, plus a chance to win a $75 Amazon gift card.

I’m thrilled to be a part of this event. My book, Dangerous Past, will be featured today on February 9, 2024. Wait until you read my romantic tip to enhance your love life. You won’t want to miss it.



Bookmark this bookish get-together and tell your friends:

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Celebrate love and romance all month long at N. N. Light’s Book Heaven Love and Romance Book Festival. 36 romance books, 28 authors, a huge giveaway plus romantic tips from today’s leading romance authors! 

Direct Link to giveaway: 

https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/92db7750251

Open internationally. 

Runs February 1 – 29, 2024

Drawing will be held on March 1, 2024. 



Saturday, November 18, 2023

Dedications and Dogs

This post is from the Romance Gems Facebook page where I post monthly, and I really wanted you all to know the meaning behind the dedication.

I have a book coming out in 3 days! Cue all the nerves and excitement! Dangerous Past is the second full novel in the Fatal Instincts series, but there is a novella before it (Dreams of the Past).
I'm so excited and I wanted to share an excerpt, and the way it came about.
I dedicated this book to my 2 dogs--you'll see why.

This is one of my favorite pics of my dogs, because even though they aren't looking at the camera, they're staring at some quail and those ears are up! I think this is just one of those random photos that reminds me of how much I enjoy our daily walks. And as you know, Lily passed away over the summer, but this book really started because of her. And Conan and she were joined at the hip, so it's only right that he's part of it too. 

A few years ago, my husband was walking our dogs when our girl Lily took off chasing a rabbit. She didn't usually do that, but it was so close! She was still leashed though and hurt her knee. My husband had to carry her back down the trail in the nearby canyon and my dogs are not small. Her 120lbs was a lot to carry home about a mile or so. Meanwhile our male, Conan, was trotting along having the time of his doggie life. It turned out Lily had torn a ligament. She did have surgery and her new bionic knee was only one-upped when my son tore something in his knee. The two of them are twins now! lol
Here's the opening to Dangerous Past, and I bet you can see some similarities:

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Lark Seawell had never realized how heavy her dog was until she’d had to carry her. Good grief, Daisy was heavy. As soon as she was healed, Daisy would be going on a diet. Light doggy kibbles only. The mountain trail felt uphill both ways, and she still had a quarter of a mile to go.
She looked down at her other dog, Bandit. “And you’re no help,” she grumbled. “All you’re doing is peeing on things.” He wagged his tail and marked a tree; his goofy doggy smile made her grin for a moment, before Daisy’s weight forced her to stop again. Lark set her down gently. The poor girl didn’t even whimper.
Lark was pretty sure her dog had twisted her knee chasing a squirrel. She was praying nothing was torn or broken. Unfortunately, she didn’t have her phone with her. She grimaced. Not that it would matter; she had no one to call.
She was just passing through on her way to Oregon, and Chester, California had looked like a nice small town where she could grab some food, a coffee, and let her dogs out to stretch their legs. Too bad one of them had other ideas.
“Okay, break time’s over,” she announced to the dogs, arching her back to stretch it. She bent down to pick up Daisy once more when her back protested. Aw crap. Stretching it some more, she wondered if she could get her SUV up here. The path was too small, maybe an ATV, but definitely not her car.
Looking down at Bandit, the idiot was trying to wrestle Daisy. Maybe she could tie Daisy off, and jog Bandit back to the car, so at least she’d only have to worry about one dog? Daisy wasn’t going anywhere with that knee, so Lark tied the leash to the tree, and with a scritch behind the ear, she told her she’d only be a minute, and jogged off. The half a mile felt incredibly long with her sore back, but she covered it quickly. Loading Bandit into the back seat, she cracked the window and hoped no one thought she was a bad dog owner for leaving him there.
Glancing up, she saw three men talking in front of the coffee shop she was parked across from. The Coffee Chaser, she noticed. She was in the same old yoga pants she had worn yesterday and a tank top, her honey blonde hair pulled up in a messy ponytail, but hopefully, she didn’t smell, and she prayed they would help her anyway.
She could use the help, her back could use the break, and they looked strong. This was a logging town after all; they were probably very fit lumberjacks. Although they didn’t look like any lumberjacks she’d seen around. Her instincts were usually pretty good, though, and for some reason, when she looked at them, she saw men who would help her.
She jogged over to them, “Hi, My name’s Lark, and I was wondering if you’d like to help me rescue my dog?” As they looked past her to her car, she stammered, “Umm, my other dog.”
“Of course,” one of them answered. He was tall—they all were, come to think of it. But it was his eyes that she stared into, and it was him she replied to.
“Thank you.”
She led them to where she’d tied her girl off, and luckily, none of them minded jogging.
“Who’s mommy’s good girl? You’re such a good girl,” she crooned to her dog as they got close. The poor dear tried to stand, but Lark was there in an instant. “Oh no you don’t, baby girl.”
“Can one of you guys carry her? I’ve carried her from the top of the trail, and I think I’m tapped out.”
“You carried her?” The man with short dark hair and mocha skin didn’t look as if he believed her.
“Yep.”
They eyed her doubtfully. Lark knew what they saw. A five-and-a-half-foot girl who didn’t look like she could carry a hundred-pound dog down a mountain trail. But adrenaline and stress helped the body do amazing things.
“I’ll probably have to live off Advil for the next month,” she joked, “but yeah, I got her this far down the trail.”
The same man-, the one who’d doubted she could carry her own dog, hefted Daisy up and carried her while Lark chattered.
The hike to her car seemed like it took forever, and since Lark knew how heavy her dog was, she kept glancing at the man carrying her. He didn’t pause once to adjust the weight. He didn’t even look out of breath. Of course, the guy was over six feet tall and looked pretty built. But still, a hundred-pound dog for almost half a mile seemed like he should at least break a sweat.
“Thank you so much!” Lark chirped. She babbled when she was nervous, or anxious, or happy, okay the point was that Lark babbled. And she knew it, so she was trying extra hard not to chatter these men’s ears off. They’d helped her, and the last thing they needed was her chewing their ears off.
But she did need to know if there was a local vet she could see. This would mean her savings took a hit, but her pup needed an x-ray, well, hopefully that’s all she needed. An x-ray she could afford, but something like an MRI would be out of her budget. Ugh, she’d have to make it work.
“So, can I buy you amazing dog rescuers a coffee and perhaps get the local vet’s number while I’m at it?” Coffee for her personal heroes was absolutely in the budget, though.
The man who had held Daisy hadn’t stopped staring at her. It was either creepy or cute, she hadn’t decided yet. Maybe he recognized her?
“Yes, thank you,” the other man said, drawing her attention back.
He didn’t seem to recognize her so at least there was that.
“Great!” Lark hesitated and looked back at her car. “I don’t want to leave my dogs, though,” Lark murmured, more to herself than the men.
“How about vet first, coffee after?”
Lark bit her lip. “I don’t actually know where the vet is.” Her big eyes met his. “Do you?”
He laughed. “I don’t. How about while we very quickly get coffee, we ask them where the vet is.”
That would work. “It’s a plan!”
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Sunday, October 15, 2023

Dangerous Past Updates

 I have some very exciting news! Dangerous Past is up on Netgalley, so if anyone is a reviewer, feel free to request (I'll link it here).

I'm slowly getting it up as a pre-order, but there are 2 typos I've found that I want to fix first, so remember, if you are a reviewer for Netgalley, those ARCs are advanced copies and sometimes go through more editing.

The only place it's up for pre-order now is Smashwords (linked here).

That all leads to the most exciting news: we have a release date! I wanted to make sure it came out this fall, so November 21, 2023 is our scheduled release date! 

I have some more exciting news! I have what was supposed to be a very short story for my newsletter subscribers that has now become a long short story/short novella that will still go out free to my newsletter subscribers first, but after that will be wide. It's called Dreams of the Future and because it's gotten so much longer than a bonus freebie should be, it's also spawned off another novel in the Fatal Instincts series! So as of now, we have a couple new things in the Fatal Instincts world coming to you all.

Keep an eye on this website and my newsletter, they don't have the same content, so it's best if you subscribe to the newsletter as well. It's free and I send out like 4 or 5 a year so I won't spam you ever.

And without further ado, here is Dangerous Past, a story USA Today bestselling author Katie Reus has called a "thrilling romantic suspense."



A one night stand with an FBI agent puts Lark in the cross hairs of an investigation into a serial killer. Is she the victim? Or is she the killer...


She’s running from her past… 

Lark Seawell is the daughter of a serial killer. His reputation has long been a shadow looming over her since his arrest when she was a child. Especially since she’s the one who called the police. She has spent her entire life trying to live as anonymously and quietly as possible. She is not her father’s legacy. 

He wants to be her future... 

FBI agent Jay Sutherland is visiting a friend in a small mountain town when free spirit Lark asks for help with her injured dog. He is instantly enamored with her, and their one night stand stays with him far into the next morning, though Lark is long gone. When his partner realizes that she is the daughter of The Highwayman, Jay refuses to believe Lark is anything like her father. 

What happens when she stops running… 

When a trail of dead bodies follows Lark on her cross-country drive, the FBI believes she’s the killer. How can the sweet woman who rescues injured animals and makes him feel things he hasn’t felt in years be a murderer? The bodies don’t lie. Jay knows there’s more at play. If he’s wrong, and Lark is as much a monster as her father, he may be the next target… 

*Author's Note: This book contains a sunshiney heroine, a gruff hero, a couple of goofy dogs, some intense action, and begins when a one night stand leads to more…
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Life Happenings...

 My 14 year old girl Lily passed. I've been a bit quiet on the socials, and wanted to share why.

She was and amazing dog, and such a good girl. She was there with my babies, she was there for my babies, like the nanny dog in the Peter Pan cartoon, she was definitely the children's dog. Conan is lost without her, and we are giving him all the best scratches and snuggles possible. 

I'm going to dedicate Dangerous Past to her, because the very opening scene was inspired by real events with my Lily girl. She was out hiking with us, and went to chase a rabbit. She tore a ligament and had a brand new knee afterwards! She had 5 more years with us after that surgery, and my old girl was a fantastic dog, and such a good girl. She is missed.



Saturday, February 25, 2023

Some Updates...

 Hello Lovelies!

At the end of December, my publisher New Concepts Publishing announced that they will be downsizing, and I was given the opportunity to get the rights back to Highland Destiny, Highland Games, and Highland Warriors.

This is amazing news! This means I can update the covers and I have so badly wanted to do that.

Some big decisions need to be made though. I don't think I want to edit it much. I originally thought I would do so, but the more I think about when other authors have re-edited their books, I realized it kind of annoys me to see the book changed. I may do some light editing, but I do think I'm leaving in the flip phone, especially as the books are time travels, and we see the changes in each story. I will be writing an author's note, though, to let readers know that it has been lightly edited and I'll let you all know if anything changed (beyond the one typo that has always bugged me!).

I have already engaged a cover designer and I'll be using my amazing editor Rebecca Cartee, so I think that's half the battle. 

Some more good news is that I can self publish these books and I'll be able to do another print run! Back when Amazon bought out Create Space, New Concepts Publishing stopped selling the books in print, and if you have one of the original out of print copies of Highland Destiny, you are one of the lucky ones!

The only downside to this is that now I'm in charge of everything. I'm in the middle of getting my masters, I work full time, I have children and a life, so time is precious to me right now and I don't have much of it. I would like to make this my summer project, so fingers crossed and all the prayers I can have the books up and ready this summer.

In the meantime, I'm leaving the books up on my website because I don't want to confuse readers who come here looking for them. I'll update the covers as I get them, and I'll always keep you all in the loop. That being said, I do have Dangerous Past coming out soon, along with a surprise bonus that will probably go out to my newsletter subscribers first. So don't forget to sign up, and I'll make sure you're the first to know!



Saturday, November 19, 2022

Book Dango Promotion for Highland Eclipse

 Hello my lovelies! If you want book deals delivered to your inbox, you should sign up for the Dango book recommendations newsletter. You can curate the genres and sub-genres you prefer, and you get the deals straight to your email inbox! I love them, and I think it's a great way to keep up with the deals I might otherwise miss. 

And Dango Books has included Highland Eclipse in their newsletter today! This is so exciting! It will be free across all platforms through the week.


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