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BOUNTY--my new comedic romantic adventure-- is out today!

Mercenary love. It's like accountant love but with automatic weapons, international espionage, and gobs of muscles.

In other words, mercenary love is really good love. It's like love PLUS. It's like love EXTRA. It's like an everlasting gobstopper but with orgasms.

Have I sold you on mercenary love? You probably didn't have to be sold on it. You already knew. You're wise. You're fabulous.

And what's this? A whole book with mercenary love???!! Amazing!

I could say I wrote BOUNTY for you, but I love mercenary love as much as the next woman. I needed it! I needed Iain Brodie! So, like a higher power or a creepy robot-maker, I created my own Brodie.

In BOUNTY, journalist Abby Williams is courted—I mean, abducted—by the king of mercenaries. Iain Brodie is up to his armpits in weapons, international espionage, and muscles. All with an English accent.

In other words, Iain Brodie is hot...and trouble.

BOUNTY is extra special to me. Its adventure, romance, and heroine are all close to my heart. Who's the heroine? She's my mini-me. Abby Williams is a journalist. I was a journalist. She got a job overseas. I got a job overseas. She got abducted and was sold to a Chechen warlord. I got...well, that's another story.

I hope you enjoy BOUNTY, and if you do, please leave a review where you can.

Hello, everyone! Are you wondering what Gladie is up to? Well, you don't have to wonder any longer...LOVE GAME, the third book in the Matchmaker Mystery Series is out today. I hope you enjoy her continuing adventures.

In LOVE GAME, I introduce a new character, who was inspired by The Rock and Remington Cumberbatch (the new Sherlock)....with tattoos. He's pretty yummy, and he doesn't say much, which is always good.

All the other characters are still there with some added crazies just for fun. I think it's my best mystery so far...let me know if I stump you or if you catch on before the end!



Love Game
Five months have passed since Gladie Burger came to Cannes, California, to join her eccentric Grandma Zelda in the family matchmaking business, and Gladie is quickly mastering the rules of attraction. Her latest fix-up is still going strong and Gladie's bank account is back in the black—until a rival matchmaker arrives in town and has both Gladie and Zelda seeing red.

Not only is self-proclaimed psychic Luanda Laughing-Eagle stealing Grandma Zelda's clients, but Zelda is convinced that Luanda's ESP is total BS. She tasks Gladie with exposing Luanda as a fraud, but Gladie's attention is diverted when murder comes a-calling. Spencer Bolton, the gorgeous chief of police and Gladie's on-again, off-again flame, wants her to stay out of the investigation—and away from the deliciously chiseled detective who also aims to win Gladie's heart. But the one thing Gladie's learned is that in business, love and murder . . . it's always personal.


PRAISE FOR ELISE SAX

"Elise Sax will win your heart."
—Jill Shalvis

"Elise Sax will make you laugh. Her larger-than-life characters jump off the page and make crazy seem like a fun place to hang out."
—Christie Craig, New York Times bestselling author of Texas Hold 'Em

"In the tradition of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series . . . a funny, sexy ride."
—Valerie Frankel, author of Four of a Kind

Enjoy!
Elise Sax

I'm so excited to let you know that my new romantic comedy (with murder!) is available now for Kindle, Nook, and Kobo. I hope you enjoy reading Switched as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Debra's wedding day ended when the groom jilted her three hours before the ceremony, leaving her with a stiff catering bill and a broken heart. Now, he's off to Bora Bora on a one-man honeymoon, and she's on the couch in her wedding dress, watching Christmas movies and eating her way through the corner market. Inspired by her movie marathon, she decides to do a home exchange on a Spanish island to get over her ex. But Debra's life is nothing like the movies, and her home exchange goes terribly wrong. Stranded, she draws the attention of a hunky cafe owner who might know more than he admits about the disappearances of some local women. If Debra's not careful, she may be the next one to disappear.

Here's a sneak peek:

"No, I don't need a return ticket," I told Stacy on the phone. "I'm calling about something more important."

"Oh God. 'Important' sounds bad."

"I may have had sex on the beach."

"Go on," she said after a moment. "Should I get chips? I wish I didn't have a shoot in the morning. I would eat chips."

"And on a bar. I had sex on a bar."

"Like a gymnast's bar?"

"No, like a bar with drinks," I said. "And peanuts."

"Peanuts and chips. Yum," Stacy breathed. I'm guessing you didn't have sex by yourself."

"There was someone else there."

"No wonder you don't want a return ticket," Stacy said.

"And I look like a clown. I had a mishap with temporary hair dye." My breath hitched, and I choked back a tear.

"That's rough."

"And I did it with a kidnapper."

"Excuse me?" she asked.

"Doyle. The bar and the beach. He might be a kidnapper."

"I'm online now. There's a flight in six hours. I'll get you a ticket."

"Or a murderer," I added. "He could be a murderer. The girls are missing, so I don't know for sure."

Thanks for reading!
Elise Sax

Bounty on sale for one week only!
99-Cents!!!

I'm thrilled to announce that Bounty is on sale through Friday for only 99¢. If you haven't had a chance to read it yet, now's the perfect time to pick up your copy. A great beach read, squeeze out a few more days of summer with this book!

Abby Williams has got it made: First a new job as magazine editor in London, and now a trip to an exotic island to review a five-star resort with poolside service. Unfortunately, on day two of her vacation, Abby finds herself bound and stuffed into a burlap bag and dragged across two continents. And worse than that? Her hottie abductor has got her distracted. Maybe escape is overrated.

Iain Brodie is a muscle-bound mercenary. He just helped a despotic dictator take over an island. He's also Abby's kidnapper, and he has his own problems. Framed for a murder he didn't commit and a boss who's out to get him, he has to face facts: Early retirement is out of the question and Abby Williams looks damned good in a burlap bag.

Here's a little taste:

I picked up the phone. "I thought we had a deal!" I yelled at Harriman. But it wasn't Harriman.

"I don't remember making a deal, Princess."

I felt feverish at the sound of his voice. A warm wave of wonderful washed up my body making me want to remove my clothes at the first available moment.

"I thought you were somebody else," I stammered.

"Somebody you made a deal with, it seems. Should I be worried?"

Think. Think. Think.

I was out. I couldn't think of what to say. He should be worried, and it was my fault. I had made a deal to his detriment. I was a drain on him, and he didn't even know it. He kidnapped me, but I had alerted the authorities about him. The feds were breathing down his neck, and he was oblivious. He sold me to a Chechen warlord, and I sold him out. Way out. Clean out. Out to sea. Out of this world.

Out.

I had to come clean. I had to warn him. Warn him about the authorities and warn him about me. He would hate me. He would never call me Princess, again. My tongue grew thick, and my throat closed. I thought, optimistically, that I was having anaphylactic shock.

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