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I was lucky enough to read Trailblazer before it was published. I love all of Michelle’s books, and this is one of my favorites. And right now, for today only, Rafflecopter draw for $25.

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You can find links to the tour stops here – just scroll down below the Trailblazer information to get to it. And here’s the blurb for Trailblazer. Enjoy!

About Trailblazer

He’s on a mission . . .

She’s running for her life . . .

And if they get off-planet alive, she’ll have to trust he won’t reveal her darkest secret.

Tally Riva is not what she seems, and even she’s not happy about it. Infected, invaded, she’s not quite sure how to describe it, but on a disastrous mission to a ghost ship, something burrowed its way into her body. Into her mind.

When her commander decides the best cure for what he thinks is Tally’s trauma is to send her on the famous Veltos Trail, Tally goes without revealing what’s really behind her mental anguish. Anything to be seen as normal again, anything to ignore what she’s afraid is happening to her.

But Veltos isn’t the safe place it seems. The chosen military personnel lucky enough to be offered the chance to walk the Trail are supposed to be the only people on Veltos. But Ben Guthrie, a captain in Arkhoran Special Forces, knows they’re not. He and his team have been on Veltos for a month already, tracking suspicious enemy activity, and he’s gone undercover on the Trail in search of a satellite his superiors are sure has been shot down.

When Ben’s worst fears become reality, and they find themselves hunted by a cunning enemy through the thick forests of Veltos, Tally and Ben fight together to survive. And Tally has to decide if accepting the changes inside her will save them both, or be her doom.

TRAILBLAZER is part of the Verdant String series, but can be read as a standalone novel.

Michelle Diener – one of my favorite authors – is giving away books every day for 24 days this month on her blog. My giveaways are today, the 17th day. Today I’m giving away 5 ebooks of TRUTH ABOUT LOVE & MURDER on Michelle’s blog to the first 5 people to comment.

[image error]The reason I picked this book to give away is because the real truth is that I was inspired by a friend who was dying of cancer. I was inspired by her bravery. I was inspired by her strength as she fought against the cancer. I was inspired by her love of life, by her love for her young daughter, and her love for family and friends.

The heroine in my book has all of that. The book also has a 7 year-old boy, a rescue dog, a former marine, and much more.

Please go to Michelle’s website, and comment.  I hope you’ll win! Be sure to check out Michelle’s books, too.

Day 14 – week two is over!

Best-selling author Michelle Diener’s prize today is two signed copies of In A Treacherous Court, her debut novel, which was published through Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books imprint. Go to her website and comment for a chance to win.

Award-winning, bestselling author Michelle Diener, is celebrating an amazing year with 24 days of giveaways. ]She’s not only giving away her books, some of her writer friends will be joining in, too, so check it out every day until the day before Christmas! You can see more at Michelle’s website.

Award-winning, bestselling author Michelle Diener, is celebrating an amazing year with 24 days of giveaways. ]She’s not only giving away her books, some of her writer friends will be joining in, too, so check it out every day until the day before Christmas! You can see more at Michelle’s website.

This is my new release week – which collides with my getting-ready-to-move-across-country week. (We’re leaving at the end of the month – a little more than two weeks.) I hope you enjoy the book and will want to read it – and to leave an honest review. Here’s the book and the links:

[image error]Hailey is the careful one. The sensible one. And now she’s the one in trouble – about to go into the Witness Protection Program.

When Hailey does something, she does it properly. So when she picks the wrong man to have an affair with, he’s really wrong. Organized crime wrong. Now she, her mom, and her baby are adjusting to life in the small town of Trouble Bay, Wisconsin, where the streets are quiet in winter and loud with tourists in the summer. Not a place where the mafia would think to look for her. She feels safe, but someone took her control away once, and she’s not going to let it happen again.

And then there’s the man next door and their disturbing first encounter…

Wounded physically and emotionally, US Army Sergeant Wes Harding fights to attain peace of mind, which might be the best – or the least – that he can hope for. 

Soon after Wes loses half of his left leg in a botched military mission, he loses his fiancée, who can’t live with his injuries. He tells himself he’s lucky to have a therapy dog and a prosthetic leg. His uncle, too, who insists that Wes stay in his home in the town of Trouble Bay, Wisconsin.

Wes suspects his new neighbor isn’t telling the truth about where she came from. He’s getting his own life together, and he’s not about to intrude on hers. But she’s impossible to avoid and more impossible to ignore. He knows she has secrets, and he wonders how dangerous they may be…

This is a new life for both Hailey and Wes. Anything can happen – for the good or the bad.

 

 

Buy the book: Amazon | iBooks | BN | Kobo | GoogleBooks  (Print book coming soon!)

You can read the first chapter here! I hope you read it and enjoy it!

“No matter what your age, when you have a purring cat on your lap, life is good.” ~ Edie Ramer
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A few weeks ago, I received an email from a reader who loved the positive quotes that started off each chapter to TRUTH ABOUT LOVE & MURDER. She suggested that I add quotes on my blog, and I think it’s an awesome idea. But (there is always a but), I was finishing my last book, DO-OVER LOVE & MURDER, plus I was plotting my next book, and my husband and I were smack in the middle of selling our southeastern Wisconsin home and building a new home in Arizona. So my life was – and is – on the crazy now.

But I still love the idea, and will put the quotes up a couple of times a week. There will be times when I can’t do it. For instance, I probably won’t be posting in early June when we’ll be driving across the country and moving into our new house. In fact, all of June might be crazy.

What I can share now is my new book, which will be up very soon! After that, I have a new series planned. I’ve already loosely plotted my first book, and I’m excited about it. I actually feel tingles, which is a great feeling.

So here’s my quote for the day:

FEEL THE TINGLE. FEEL LIKE A KID AGAIN. YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF HOW YOU FEEL. LIFE IS HOW YOU SEE IT, AND NOT ANYONE ELSE! YOU ARE YOUR OWN BOSS, AND DON’T FORGET IT.

The USA Today bestselling bundle is back again! From hot Navy SEALS and secret babies to amnesia, small towns and bad guys in pursuit, you’re sure to find all your romance novel favorites in this set of ten full-length novels.

SEALs OF HONOR: MASON, Dale Mayer—Kill or be Killed. Part of an elite SEAL team, Mason takes on the dangerous jobs no one else wants to do – or can do. When he’s on a mission, he’s focused and dedicated. When he’s not, he plays as hard as he fights. Until he meets a woman he can’t have but can’t forget.

FINDING HOPE, Lois Winston (writing as Emma Carlyle)—When Hope lands her dream job, she doesn’t expect to fall for her married boss and keeps her feelings to herself, even after his wife walks out on him and their triplets. Ben finds himself developing feelings for Hope he knows better than to act on, given past mistakes. But three very determined tykes are out to find everyone a happy ending.

NEVER LET ME GO, Donna Marie Rogers—Hannah Porter’s had a crush on Sheriff Chase Lowell since she was a kid, which seems to be the problem—he thinks of her more as a little sister than a romantic interest. But something changes following a robbery at the diner where she works. When Chase makes her safety his personal mission, Hannah makes it her mission to get him to see her in a different light.

STRANDED WITH THE SEAL, Amy Gamet— Former Navy SEAL Trevor “Hawk” Hawkins is on an unsanctioned mission to take down the man who killed his teammate. But when his car careens into another on a snowy mountain road, he finds himself stranded with a beautiful woman who has no memory of her life. The storm outside worsens and passion flares between them, but the woman’s true identity has the power to destroy them both.

AUTUMN WISH, Stacey Joy Netzel—secret baby with a twist…Confirmed bachelor Sam Mallin hasn’t the first clue how to care for the baby girl dropped on his doorstep. When his beautiful neighbor Nikki offers to help, he finds himself falling for both females. Is it possible Nikki’s falling for him, too, or is he just the convenient, ready-made family she so desperately wishes for?

TRUTH ABOUT LOVE & MURDER (Love & Murder Book 1), Edie Ramer—The truth is that life is uncertain. Meg Quinn is co-guardian of her dying best friend’s son along with her friend’s brother, a former Marine. As the couple search for a missing veteran, they find out the truth about life and love … and murder.

SPLIT DECISION, Wendy Ely— Sports reporter Grace Avery is up for a promotion, but only if she gets an interview with the notoriously private, heavy weight champion, Rally Brewer. Grace discovers who Rally is beyond the boxing ring. Little does anyone know, as Grace gets Rally to open up, a two-year-old secret is in jeopardy. Is revealing his secret worth gaining Grace’s love?

LILY AND THE GAMBLER, Linda McLaughlin—Respectability is in the eye of the beholder, or so Lily hopes. After her lover’s death she pretends to be his widow and travels to California to marry a mine owner. Then she meets King Callaway, a charming gambler. King knows he’s found his Queen of Hearts. But can he convince her to take a chance on a foot-loose card sharp? Only Lady Luck knows for sure…

EDGE OF MIDNIGHT, Ava Bradley—A wounded cop, a frightened woman, a desperate race to save a child in danger….Two people adrift in their own personal tragedies join together to save an innocent child from a power-hungry geneticist intent on creating a superior race. A Golden Heart award winner.

DEATH ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, Georgina Lee—Tetra Martin finds her roommate dead in a cave accessible only at low tide…and learns she’s the main suspect. Her only hope is David Haines, her sexy supervisor who keeps her at a distance. But as the tide rises, so does Tetra’s desire for him. Along with the killer’s intent to make Tetra the next victim. USA Today Bestselling author.

Buy the book! Amazon | AmazonUK | BN | iBooks | Kobo | GP

If you thought by the “Handsome and Smart” title that this post was about heroes – or Hollywood hunks – you don’t know me. It’s about dogs, of course.

Carol, a reader, sent me these pictures. I have dogs and/or cats in most of my books, and I love to hear about other people’s pets. Carol’s two dogs should definitely be in a book – and maybe someday they will be. Ruffles, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, is no longer alive, but she’s alive in Carol’s heart. Isn’t that a great face? Those glasses belong to Carol. They’re only a trifle big on Ruffles.