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Only one week until Kaylea Cross's newest military romantic suspense book comes out! To celebrate, she's doing a blog tour for Tactical Strike and giving away books at each stop on the tour, so I hope you'll stop by to enter the giveaways. Here's the info:
Tactical Strikeby Kaylea CrossMarch 4 – 15, 2013  [image error] Genre: Romantic suspense
Tone: Edgy, dramatic, serious
Heat Level: Sensual
Elements/Tags: military romance, Special Ops romance, men-in-uniform
Publisher: Carina Press
Publishing Date: March 11, 2012
Series, #: Bagram Special Ops Series, book #2
Format: digital (PDF, ePub)
Words: 87,000
[image error] Gunship pilot Captain Candace Bradford has worked long and hard to earn her rank and position within the male-dominated world of Air Force Special Operations. She’s not about to let anything or anyone jeopardize that, let alone one sinfully tempting man who seems determined to cause her nothing but trouble. Even if she’s starting to fall for him.
As an elite Combat Controller, Staff Sergeant Ryan Wentworth is used to overcoming adversity in order to complete a mission. Breaking through Candace’s prickly exterior and into her heart is a challenge he can’t let go. But just when he’s begun to gain her trust, they’re thrown together in the field facing an overwhelming enemy force.
Candace and Ryan find themselves on the run, searching the skies for an emergency extraction. But one dangerous enemy has an agenda in mind and he’ll use whatever means necessary to achieve it, including using American forces to do his dirty work.
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Don’t miss Deadly Descent , also by Kaylea Cross. [image error] Bagram Special Ops Series, #1Pre-Order Your Copy Today!
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Meet Author Kaylea Cross:
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Kaylea Cross is an award winning author of edge-of-your-seat romantic suspense. A Registered Massage Therapist, Kaylea is an avid gardener, artist, Civil War buff, Special Ops aficionado, belly dancer and former nationally-carded softball pitcher. She lives in Vancouver, BC with her husband.
Website   |    Blog   |   Goodreads   |   Twitter   |   Facebook Tour Stops:
Week of March 4:

3/4: Book Lovin’ Mamas
3/5: Just Romantic Suspense
3/6: My Reading Obsession
3/7: Thoughts in Progress
3/8: Hesperia Loves Books
3/9: Ramblings From This Chick
Week of March 11:

3/11: Book Lovers Inc.
Twitter Party tonight!! 7-8PM EST #TacticalStrike
3/12: Butterfly-o-Meter Books
3/13: Cocktails & Books
3/14: Ex Libris
3/15: The Book Pushers

My less naughty personality, Kaylea Cross, is having a Twitter party to help promote her upcoming release, Tactical Strike . It's the second book in the Bagram Special Ops series, and if you love military romantic suspense, you might want to check the series out.

For more information or to pre-register for the party and the chance to win some of Kaylea's back list titles, click here.

It's release day for Covert Seduction! I can't wait for you to meet Reid, he's such a protective sweetheart, he makes me swoon.

I'm giving away a digital copy of the book in a contest on my FB page today, so leave a comment there telling me about your all time favorite romance hero to enter.

Right now I'm clawing my way through a re-write of a Civil War manuscript I'm going to self publish as Kaylea Cross later this spring, and between revisions, edits and drafting new stories, I'm going to be focusing on her work for the foreseeable future. But, you never know when I'll get a hankering to let my hair down again and let Callie have some fun!

Happy New Year's Eve! Because I'm such a livewire, I'm staying in tonight and hope to be curled up with my Kindle in my jammies by about nine o'clock.

If you're looking for a hot read, all of my Carina Press titles are on sale right now, except for Covert Seduction, which releases January 14th. Here's the Kindle link to my titles.

And, if you like military romantic suspense, the second book of Kaylea Cross's Bagram Special Ops series is up for pre-order at the Kindle store as well. And it's on sale for only $2.99 right now! Here's the link to Tactical Strike.
Blurb: 


Gunship pilot Captain Candace Bradford has worked long and hard to earn her rank and position within the male-dominated world of Air Force Special Operations. She's not about to let anything or anyone jeopardize that, let alone one sinfully tempting man who seems determined to cause her nothing but trouble. Even if she's starting to fall for him.
As an elite Combat Controller, Staff Sergeant Ryan Wentworth is used to overcoming adversity in order to complete a mission. Breaking through Candace's prickly exterior and into her heart is a challenge he can't let go. But just when he's begun to gain her trust, they're thrown together in the field facing an overwhelming enemy force.
Candace and Ryan find themselves on the run, searching the skies for an emergency extraction. But one dangerous enemy has an agenda in mind and he'll use whatever means necessary to achieve it, including using American forces to do his dirty work.

I just received the final cover for my upcoming January release with Carina Press, so I thought I'd share it with you. Can't wait to see what you think of my latest hero, Reid. Not sure of the exact release date yet, but I'll let you know.

It's Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada and also my 12th wedding anniversary. And we haven't had any rain for almost nine weeks now! Unheard of in this neck of the woods. It's gloriously sunny and I'm loving every moment of it.

It's been a year today since that terrible Chinook crash in Wardak province, Afghanistan, claimed the lives of so many soldiers, the majority of them from the SEAL and AFSOC communities.

My upcoming release (I think January, but do not yet have a specific release date) features a similar incident based on this event. It was a huge blow to the Spec Ops community as a whole, and I'm thinking of these men and their families today.

The last book of the Dumen Ranch Series, Dane's Restraint, is now out. It's by JJ Ranger, the same author who wrote Dustin's Gamble. Oh, how I love those sexy Dumen boys...

I also finished up copy edits on Covert Seduction, which will release from Carina Press in January. The copy editor left a lovely note in the file about how much she loved the story and that the love scenes almost melted her monitor. I can't wait for you to meet Reid, my sexy Navy SEAL hero. You know how I love to throw in little tidbits about research I've done, so I hope you learn something about SEALs when you read it. It will release sometime in January.

Hope you're all having a good summer!

I just finished the draft  of my second Bagram Special Ops book (Kaylea Cross), but have to put it aside while I tackle edits for Covert Seduction. June is such a busy month with volunteer work at the school, field trips, sports, birthdays and family celebrations, I cringe every time I look at my calendar.

All I know is, with only three weeks until my weasels are out of school for the summer, I'd best get as much done as possible before the end of June! Wish me luck :)

It's release day for Let Me In, and I'm excited for you all to read Liam's story. This novella will be on sale for $0.99 for the rest of May, so pick it up now!

Excerpt:
"Liam.” Her voice was breathless, pleading.
He lifted his head just long enough to kiss her parted lips. “What, baby?”
“Mmmmm.” She all but melted in his arms, rubbing against him in a sexy undulation.
“You want more?” His fingers plucked at a ripe nipple, making her shiver. There was so much he wanted to do to her, but he forced himself to go slow for the moment.
“Yes, more,” she whispered between kisses.
“Then be a good girl and stay really still for me.”
That stopped her. She blinked at him through hazy eyes but did as he said, despite the uncertainty in her expression. He rewarded her with another deep kiss, letting the hand playing with her nipple glide lower, over the smooth curve of her belly until his fingers found the lacy edge of her panties. Talia murmured into his mouth and began to part her legs.
He firmed his hold across her back and squeezed in warning, asserting his command over her. “I said, stay still.”
She froze in surprise. He watched the dawning comprehension fill her eyes, followed by a flare of molten heat. Yeah, that glimpse of his dominant side had turned her on. The knowledge made his dick throb in agony. He’d hold his baser nature back for now until he was certain he’d taken care of her needs. But oh, the things he wanted to do to her. Blindfolds and bindings. Talia tied up and at his mercy while he learned exactly what it took to bring her to the edge of release before making her shatter in his arms.
“You’re so beautiful,” he told her, savoring the satiny skin beneath his fingertips and the little goose bumps his touch raised. He trailed his fingers over her hipbone, down her thigh and back up the inside, eventually grazing the soft lace covering her mound. It was already damp, the muscles in her legs tensed in anticipation. He wanted to rip the sexy underwear off her, slide his tongue into her slick flesh and make her sob in ecstasy as she came against his mouth.
He fought the urge back. She wasn’t ready for that yet. He had to earn her trust this way first, give her his gentleness after all she’d been through.
“Put your hands on my shoulders and leave them there,” he ordered roughly, unable to hide his own desire.
Watching his face, she slowly curled her hands around his shoulders, the flare of arousal in her eyes making him even hotter. She licked her lips, a sign of her nervousness. “What are you going to do?”
What I’ve wanted to do to you for almost two years.
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All of Kaylea Cross's award-winning romantic suspense titles from The Wild Rose Press are now on sale for only $2.99 each! For more details, please see her website.

If you know any RS fans out there, please pass the word. Hope everyone had a great weekend!