I am thrilled to share my latest release, a Christmas anthology with 7 other authors. Settle back and take a peek into the stories and get to know my fellow authors. And, guess what? The ENTIRE anthology is only 99 cents!
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Alexa Grace – Deadly Holiday
Tantalizing Tidbit:
In Deadly Holiday, all of the characters from the previous three Deadly Series books play a role. The characters return to search for a lost boy, fight breast cancer, deal with the personal financial impact of a bad economy, and seek a Christmas miracle.
Favorite lines:
“He then tiptoed to the big rocking chair where he sat and gazed with wonder at the tiny baby kicking her legs beneath the pink blankets in the bassinet next to him. With his index finger outstretched, Shawn ever so slowly stroked the velvety soft skin of her arm, and then smiled with delight when her tiny hand clutched his finger and she cooed. She was named Mylee. Her middle name was Faith, because Mom said that faith was the only thing that got her through the days he was missing. She told him that faith would get them through all the days ahead.”
Favorite Christmas memory or tradition:
I’m from Indiana and one year we were snowed in for the holiday and it was great. My brother, sister, and I went sledding and then had hot cocoa in front of the best electric fireplace. One of my best holiday memories.
Contact info:
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Ann Charles ~ The Old Man’s Back in Town
A sizzling, suspenseful SHORT STORY wrapped in a puzzling mystery that will leave you hungry for more.
Tantalizing Tidbit:
The story is set in the town of Goldwash, Nevada, which is a fictional town I created based on the real ghost town of Goldfield, Nevada.
Favorite lines:
“That woman was nuttier than a squirrel turd. Her leaving was my good fortune.”
“Well, well, well. Look what Santa brought you, Monty, a hunka-hunka burnin’ heartache. You must have been naughty this year.”
“Montana, think about what you’re up against. He’s twice your size, built up with years of prison bulk and revenge, and probably pissed as hell at the woman who helped put him behind bars.”
Favorite Christmas memory or tradition:
My favorite memory is making Buckeye candies (little peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate). I make them now with my kids, who eat one for every ten we dip, I swear. Ha!
Contact info:
(website) www.anncharles.com (Facebook) Ann Charles Author; (Twitter) AnnWCharles; (Pinterest) AnnWCharles
Misty Evans and Adrienne Giordano ~ Holiday Justice
When the wrong Santa comes down your chimney…
Tantalizing Tidbit:
Misty’s:
The story contains viewpoints from 4 of our characters. It was fun to revisit Grey, Sydney, Caroline and Mitch all over again!
Adrienne’s:
I can hit a bullseye from 220 yards with a .308 sniper rifle.
Favorite lines:
Misty’s:
A clang behind them made Mitch whirl, ready to jump on whoever was coming up the fire escape. A second later, Sydney’s head popped up over the roof edge.“What the hell are you two doing?”
And that’s when an idea—a terrible, awful idea—formed in Mitch’s head.
Adrienne’s:
His eyes narrowed, and even through the cold, she spotted the simmering heat that always charged her body, made her tingle with anticipation because their love of cupcakes didn’t necessarily include eating them. The things they did with cupcakes should, in fact, be illegal.
Favorite Christmas memory or tradition:
Misty’s:
Watching Christmas movies. I love all of them from White Christmas to The Grinch!
Adrienne’s:
Spending Christmas Eve with my extended family. We do a variation of the Feast of the Seven Fishes and I look forward to it every year.
Contact info:
Misty:
website: http://www.readmistyevans.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMistyEvans
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/readmistyevans
Adrienne:
To sign up for Adrienne’s newsletter or for more information on Adrienne’s books please visit: http://adriennegiordano.com. Adrienne can also be found on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/AdrienneGiordanoAuthor, Twitter at http://twitter.com/AdriennGiordano and Goodreads at http://www.goodreads.com/AdrienneGiordano. For information on Adrienne’s street team, Dangerous Darlings, go to http://www.facebook.com/groups/dangerousdarlings.
Kim Hornsby ~ Christmas Interrupted (Dream Jumper Christmas)
How well do you know your neighbors?
Tantalizing Tidbit:
Christmas Interrupted is a Stand Alone Novella but continues from the last Dream Jumper book (if you’ve read the series.) I did not give away much of anything so readers can go back to the first book, read the series and still enjoy all the twists and surprises in all three books. And I included a recipe for Christmas cookies!
Favorite lines:
“I heard the woman jumped off the widow’s walk to her death and soon after the husband and kids moved away.”
Favorite Christmas memory or tradition:
Christmas Caroling! I love to get a group of kids together to go door to door singing.
Contact info:
www.twitter.com/kimhornsby www.facebook.com/kimhornsbyauthor
www.kimhornsbyauthor.net
Jacki Delecki ~ Marriage Under Fire
A Christmas Wedding with the Grayce Walters Mystery Gang!
Tantalizing Tidbit:
The house where Maddy and Hunter are on a stake out is a friend’s house.
Favorite lines:
“No way would Maddy Jeffers admit, even under the threat of torture, that her killer shoes were killing her.”
He was a professional soldier, a top-notch intelligence officer, and the idea of a wife—not any wife, but Maddy—terrified him. This assignment made Belarus and Yemen seem like child’s play.
Favorite Christmas memory or tradition:
Singing Christmas Carols, baking Christmas cookies with my mom.
Contact info:
www.jackidelecki.com
FB: Jacki Delecki Twitter-@jackidelecki
Lori Leger ~ Christmas 911
Last minute Christmas shopping can be downright deadly!
Tantalizing Tidbit:
I, personally, have never had to call 911, or known anyone who’s been a 911 dispatcher, but I found plenty of information on different sites. The story takes place in Beaumont, TX, so I was able to pull up info from their area. My son-in-law is a cop, so he helped me out with the info for the weapons and ammo, and even whether or not a gunshot would shatter or fracture the door glass. I also had inside info from a dear friend who works at the courthouse in Beaumont to know at what point the bad guys could help a prisoner escape. She told me they had one prisoner appear at the courthouse and he nearly escaped by putting a ham sandwich between his skin and the ‘shock belt’ they place around their waist (like a taser) so that it didn’t shock him when he went to escape. He jumped down some stairs and hurt his leg, so they caught him.
Favorite lines:
(Scene set-up) 8 1/2 month pregnant Cori, is telling Luke, the 911 dispatcher, how her husband had left her for another woman because Cori couldn’t have children. Her husband wrapped his car around a tree while his girlfriend was giving him oral sex. “Yeah. Here’s a tad more irony for you. There he was, wanting to procreate, but his last DNA ends up . . . well, one can only assume where it ended up, I guess.”
Favorite Christmas memory or tradition:
I rent two cabins on a lake about an hour from our home and our family spends the weekend there, usually two weeks or so before Christmas. This will be the first time in seven years we don’t do that…and I’m kind of bummed about it. 😦
Contact info:
Twitter: @LoriLegerAuthor FB: llegerauthor , lorilegerauthor, cajunflairpublishing Blogspot Blog: lorilegerauthor.blogspot.com WordPress Blog: cajunflair.wordpress.com Website: www.LoriLegerAuthor.com
Alicia Dean ~ The Twelfth Day
Tantalizing Tidbit(s):
-I wrote this entire story in a weekend and revised it in a few days, along with working my day job and other projects.
-My ex-husband and son helped me with a research question.
-My model for the hero was James Marsden and for the heroine Kate Beckinsale.
-My heroine loves science and dislikes football, which is the exact opposite of me.
Favorite lines:
A ping sent icy chills over her skin. The familiar, terrifying music played and the words, On the eighth day of Christmas appeared. Along with an image of a figure—a young man, blank eyes staring at the ceiling—lying in a dim room.
Favorite Christmas memory or tradition:
I have lots of great memories from my childhood, but my favorite memory/tradition is with my own three children. Even though they are grown and don’t live with me, every year on Christmas Eve, the three of them spend the night with me and we wake up the next morning and open gifts and the stockings ‘Santa’ filled during the night. Even the three years I lived away in Kansas City, we managed to keep the tradition. I know that will end when they have families of their own, but in the meantime, I’ll just enjoy and appreciate it.
Amara Draska ~ The Way Evil Does
A story about right, wrong, and what you can’t stop yourself from doing.
Tantalizing Tidbit:
My POV character, Rebecca, is a departure from the norm. She has inner demons to contend with and makes different choices than many of us would. Before this was published I considered modifying her character to conform to the expectations most readers have for a female lead, but it bothered me to see her changing into someone else. In the end, I stuck to my original vision of Rebecca with her kind heart, quirks, awkwardness and bad behavior.
Favorite lines:
And even though he was gagged, the part of his mouth that was still visible showed a smile. He was grinning the way evil does when it knows it has you.
It felt so damned good to be with him, but at the same time it also felt sick and wrong, and much like the contrary mixture of sweet and sour in Chinese food, it was delicious as hell. God help me.
He had gotten under my skin, turning frigid on me after my remark about his desperate, delusional horseshit. In retrospect, that had been the wrong approach to take with him.
Favorite Christmas memory or tradition:
We always make snowball cookies (proper name: Russian Teacakes). It just wouldn’t be Christmas without them.
Contact info:
Website: Amaradraska.com
Twitter: @amaradraska
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Author-Amara-Draska-548417351945912/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
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