KOD’s DAPHNE DU MAURIER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MYSTERY/SUSPENSE is open for entries until March 15th at 11:59PM (MDT).

That means there’s just another week and a half to get your forms in. There are both Published and Unpublished divisions. A few categories are full as of this time. Please visit the website at http://www.rwamysterysuspense.org/daphne for more information. For any questions, contact Daphne Contest Chairman, Brooke Wills, at daphnecontest@gmail.com

And now, please put your hands together for the following KOD-members, who have good news to share:

Teresa Reasor’s book, TO CAPTURE A HIGHLANDER’S HEART: THE WEDDING NIGHT, will be released March 21st.

Here’s the blurb:

Highland warlord Gabriel Campbell plans to wed Grace MacNab, but is stunned to learn the banns have been challenged on the grounds Grace is a lady by birth. They cannot marry under the king’s law without permission.

The man Grace fears most has come to Caisteal Sith to force her into marriage. And there are others eager to offer for her in exchange for access to the charter the king’s regent has given her, but she’s in love with Gabriel. Though she doubts the depth of Gabriel’s feelings, she’s convinced he’s still the best man to lead her clan and fulfill her heart’s desire.

Can the two stand together to fight tradition and win? Or will their chance at happiness be forever out of reach?

Find out more on Teresa’s website: http://www.teresareasor.com/Welcome.html

And Jenna Bennett wrote THE END on her 31st book this week, which is also the 12th book in the Savannah Martin mystery series. UNCERTAIN TERMS is available for preorder, and will be released on April 19th.

Savannah Martin’s husband, TBI agent Rafe Collier, is back in disguise and undercover, getting into the middle of a gang war. And since he wants to keep his pregnant wife out of harm’s way, Savannah agrees to spend a couple of days under her mother’s roof in her quaint and quiet hometown of Sweetwater, Tennessee.

But out of harm’s way doesn’t necessarily mean out of trouble.

When her brother’s receptionist asks Savannah’s help in looking for her birth parents, Savannah is happy for the distraction, even when the search takes them to places she’d rather not go again. From Doctor Denise Seaver and the Tennessee Women’s Prison, to St. Jerome’s Hospital and then back to Sweetwater again, the hunt is on.

But when the final denouement reveals lifelong deception and betrayal much too close to home, Savannah wonders whether knowing the truth really is better than blissful ignorance.

Find out more at www.jennabennett.com/uncertain-terms/

 

And that’s all for this week. Enjoy your weekend!

This week’s quote is from a famous mystery author, Umberto Eco (RIP) – “Love is wiser than wisdom.”