Sunday, February 8, 2015

Count Down to Valentine's Day Book Blitz event Day 8: Cross Examination by Denise Moncrief


Day 8
14 Days of Romance Valentine's Day Book Blitz Event
Cross Examination 
by Denise Moncrief
 Let's mix things up a bit by adding some suspense to all our romance with Cross Examination.

Synopsis
 No longer able to tolerate her husband Scott’s abuse, Tamara Slay packs up her daughter, Gabby, and moves to Louisiana, hoping a new life and a new identity will give her a fresh start. An unexpected phone call from a Sheriff’s deputy in Florida shatters her sense of security. Scott hides a much darker secret than abusing his wife. Above all else, she must protect Gabby from Scott.

Lt. Martin Beck of the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Department has been investigating the death of Brandy Fuller for years. Sidetracked for a while by his wife’s murder, Beck finally reopens the cold Fuller case and discovers a thin lead. The new evidence takes him to Louisiana to meet the estranged wife of his primary suspect. Together, Beck and Tamara conclude that Scott not only murdered Brandy Fuller, but seven other women on the Florida Gulf coast.

As Beck dives deeper into the investigation, he draws closer to Tamara. Passions ignite as the one woman who wants Scott dead the most allies with the one man who wants Scott dead the most. Can Beck protect Tamara and Gabby from Scott and stop a serial killer from killing again?





Author Bio:

Denise is a Southern girl who has lived in Louisiana all her life, and yes, she has a drawl. She has a wonderful husband and two incredible children, who not only endure her writing moods, but also encourage her to indulge her writing passion. Besides writing romantic suspense, she enjoys traveling, reading, and scrapbooking.

Accounting is a skill she has learned to earn a little money to support her writing habit. She wrote her first story when she was a teen, seventeen handwritten pages on school-ruled paper and an obvious rip-off of the last romance novel she had read. She's been writing off and on ever since, and with more than a few full-length manuscripts already completed, she has no desire to slow down.


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SNIPPET:

Beck studied the woman’s back while she lay next to her child. The rhythmic up and down movement of her shoulder suggested she had fallen into a deep sleep. The way she had gently laid her arm across the girl had tenderized his heart toward the mother. How could a woman who protected her child with such boldness and ferocity possibly be an accomplice in multiple homicides?
 

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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Book Tour: Betrayed by the Ocean by Christine Steendam


Book blurb:

Sometimes you gotta get a little lost to be found.

Brant Foxton won the girl, gained a legitimate life, and created a family for himself. But when his happily-ever-after comes crashing down he turns to the only thing he knows to try and find himself: the ocean.

Cutting ties with everyone he ever cared about, Brant begins a journey that he hopes will bring him back to the path he once walked, only to become more lost than ever.

Now he must learn to trust again and look for hope outside of his beloved ocean or his life may just come to an abrupt close at the end of a noose

Author Bio:

Christine Steendam is the award-winning romance author of the Foremost Chronicles and the Ocean Series. She also flirts with sci-fi and comic book writing and is a yearly participant in NaNoWriMo.
Christine makes her home in Manitoba, Canada on a sprawling 15 acre ranch with her husband, two young sons, and a brood of animals including Guinness, her beloved chocolate quarter horse, Beau, her St Bernard/Golden Retriever cross, and a gaggle of barn kittens.


Author Links:

http://www.facebook.com/authorchristine.s

http://www.twitter.com/chrissteen1991

http://www.christinesteendam.com

Book Links:

Amazon:
http://goo.gl/jXCcqX
Smashwords: 
http://goo.gl/IrHZCA

***SNIPPET***
Spain- 1671

Brant stared at Catherine, her words not quite sinking in. His ears buzzed as if they were in the aftershock of a cannon firing. “What do you mean you’re leaving?”

Catherine’s eyes welled up with tears. “I got a letter from my parents. They’re worried about the unrest between Spain and England and they want me to bring Johnny home. We leave tomorrow, and I won’t be coming back.”

Brant walked away, unable to look at Catherine. He looked out the window of the house he had built for her. It had been completed a month ago. She’d just moved in, and she had spent hundreds of doubloons on furnishing and decorating the house that was supposed to be their home.

He’d promised her the wedding she’d been asking for this coming spring. He’d given her everything she’d ever asked for, and now she was leaving.

“I don’t understand,” he said, still looking out the window. Unable to look at her tear streaked face—the sorrow that mocked him and his pain.

“This past year with you has been… an experience. We’ve been through a lot, and we’ve done our fair share of hurting each other—”
“And we moved past that, stronger than ever.”

“No, we forgave and tried to forget, but didn’t fix anything.”

“I gave up my life for you!”
“I know.”

“Everything you could ever ask for, it’s here.”

“Except you. I’ve ruined you, Brant. You’re living life half asleep.”

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