Joan Koster just signed a contract with Wild Rose Press to publish her romantic suspense, BENEATH THE SKIN, under the pen name Zara West. It will be published sometime next year.
The cover of Sarah Andre’s LOCKED, LOADED & LYING took 1st place in romantic suspense in the Yellow Rose COVER THE WORDS Cover Contest. Sarah credits many friends in many chapters (KOD included) who went and voted numerous times every day. Her thanks to them/you!
See the winning cover on Sarah’s website: http://www.sarahandre.com/
Book 4 of Nancy Brophy’s Wrong Never Felt So Right Series – THE WRONG HUSBAND – has been released. Behold the blurb:
Nicole Layton is a desperate woman.
Her husband, Senator Linus Layton, not only abuses her, but holds Nicole’s brain-damaged niece hostage to keep Nicole in line. The teal-eyed beauty is no dumb blonde. Her plan to escape during their up-coming anniversary cruise in the Mediterranean and hide out in Spain goes array when the cruise ship wrecks off coast of Italy.
With a leap of faith she jumps early and rows for hours. Later, weary and exhausted, she drags her inflatable raft onto the Italian mainland having no ID nor a way to get home. She’s come so far on her wits and planning, but she’s out of ideas.
Austin Stevens knows when a woman is in trouble. Hired by the Senator’s insurance company to prove foul play, Austin Stevens of Stevens Security hunts for the presumed dead woman. He’s on a race against time and pitted against a clever enemy.
To collect on the multi-million dollar Insurance policy, Layton must produce the dead body of his wife. He’s hired Black Adder, a private paramilitary operation to ensure that her body will be delivered.
Monumental forces are at work. With chaos at every turn will Austin rescue her before Black Adder finds her? Even if he does, will her husband ever stop hunting her?
This is not the first woman Austin Stephens has helped, but she is the only one who has him spinning in the wind.
Cynthia Clement just released the Boxed Set of her women’s fiction series WEDNESDAY WIVES CLUB: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION.
Four women have gathered together every other Wednesday for years to quilt. Stitching turns to marital advice when one by one they reveal that their husbands want to explore alternative lifestyles
Ella’s husband wants his mistress to move in with them. Her friends suggest that she have an affair of her own, but finding a man proves more difficult than she imagined.
Lara’s husband wants to swap partners. She agrees to participate, but can she embrace the lifestyle and truly enjoy herself?
Alisa’s husband wants a ménage à trois with a woman. Instead, she finds a handsome younger man to complete the threesome. Will her husband accept the arrangement?
Brenna’s husband is seeing a dominatrix. Dare she embrace her dominate side and become one
Join the four wives on their journeys of self-discovery as they attempt to fulfill their husband’s erotic fantasies.
Mia Kay’s debut novel, SOFT TARGET, is up for pre-order, and she can’t quit grinning.
Wounded FBI agent Gray Harper will honor his dead partner by returning to work—as soon as the Bureau shrink clears him for duty. In the meantime, a long vacation in his best friend’s hometown sounds like the perfect distraction. But Nate Mathis has another plan. His twin sister, Maggie, has a stalker, and Gray’s the only one Nate trusts to catch the bastard.
Admitting she’s scared would bring the cavalry, and Maggie Mathis has always taken care of herself. She certainly doesn’t need a bodyguard. As far as she knows, Gray’s in town to work as the Mathis family’s new business manager. That she’s always found her brother’s friend handsome is something she’ll keep to herself.
Gray’s real job would be a lot easier if he didn’t have to keep his intentions from Maggie. It would also be easier if he didn’t want to sleep with her. He certainly shouldn’t have kissed her good-night. There never should have been a second date.
All too soon, the line between responsibility and pleasure blurs. Gray hates to think of Maggie in danger. He hates that he thinks about Maggie too much, and of the day he won’t be there to protect her. Secrets aren’t easy to keep from those you love, but Gray needs to guard several with his life…before he risks losing Maggie forever.
See the cover on Mia’s website: http://authormiakay.com/my-books
Cathy Perkins got a fabulous review for CYPHER she wants to share:
What a sheer pleasure it is to read a full length novel again, one that takes the time to set the scene, develop the characters and provide a fast, well-structured plot. On initial glance Cypher might seem like your typical formulaic crime/cop story, but it is much more than that. Caroline Wainwright’s life is falling apart around her, as her friends, her brother and finally her father seem caught up in some massive criminal conspiracy where all roads appear to lead to the Father’s beloved company Cypher, a high-tech R&D company that handles defense contracts, but do they? Of course there is always the handsome, young cop David to simplify matters and maybe to fall in love with.
There are so many twists and turns in this fast-paced story that so much of the reader’s time is spent speculating just who it might be that’s behind this terrible business. I know I was forced to revise my theories on more than one occasion. This is definitely the skill of Author Perkins who handles everything so extremely well. Even the ending surprised me, which is a great testament to the author.
If your favorite genre is cop mysteries, with some nice romance thrown in for good measure, then Cypher really is a must read. I can recommend this book to anyone who just likes a good, well-constructed story. It fully deserves the five stars I’ve given it. I’l be looking out for more of Perkins’ books. Top read
And finally, 13 HAPPY HOMICIDES – a cozy mystery holiday collection – was released yesterday. Several of the authors included are KOD members, including the wonderful Joanna Campbell Slan, who put the bundle together. Cover and more specific info here: http://www.happyhomicides.com/
And that’s it. Have a happy and safe weekend!
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