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Terry’s 2025 Year in Books
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Terry Odell
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Thanks for asking. It was Finding Sarah, which is the first of my Pine Hills Police romantic suspense books.
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Deadly Secrets (Mapleton Mystery #1)
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Finding Sarah (Pine Hills Police #1)
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In Hot Water (Triple-D Ranch, #1)
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When Danger Calls (Blackthorne Inc #1)
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Danger in Deer Ridge (Blackthorne, Inc #4)
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2011
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Where Danger Hides (Blackthorne, Inc., #2)
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Hidden Fire (Pine Hills Police #2)
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Rooted in Danger (Blackthorne, Inc. #3)
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Deadly Bones (Mapleton Mystery, #2)
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Saving Scott (Pine Hills Police, #3)
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Something New for 2026
Something New for 2026
Wishing everyone a better 2026 than 2025.
When The Wild Rose Press accepted a short story for publication (their first from an outside author—me!) they said I needed a website and a blog. I was pretty much clueless, but I poked around a bit, found a site (blogspot) and took the plunge. On July 10, 2006, “Terry’s Place” was born. Here’s that first post.
That was almost 2
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| Karla Brandenburg’s When the Penny Drops follows Through the Viewfinder, although it stands very well on its own. Carlos and Bella, both secondary characters in Through the Viewfinder, now have their turn center stage. Brandenburg expertly weaves Bel ...more | |
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| "I set myself two goals at the start of this year: publish The Last Dragonrider and publish a new audiobook. I did the first of those on 3rd December, but I've only just started working on the second. I've recorded the first nine chapters of Th..." Read more of this blog post » | |
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| "The "short story" that I mentioned last time has grown to 10,500 words. My protagonist has most of the clues that he'll need to solve the mystery, but doesn't have any suspects yet. Most of the beta readers for The Last Dragonrider have come ..." Read more of this blog post » | |
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| "I finally sent The Last Dragonrider off to my beta readers. While I'm waiting for their comments, I started on the cover design. I'd like to think it's mostly there. It's much simpler than previous ones, which leads me to think I'm missing som..." Read more of this blog post » | |
“wall, clenching and unclenching his fists. He wore running shorts and an oversized sweatshirt, sweat-darkened triangles at the chest and armpits. Matted hair, damp. But breathing easy. Gordon slid his gaze to the gurney. Megan wore a pair of loose cotton shorts. A warmup jacket hung over the arm of a nearby chair and a pair of sneakers sat on the floor below. Had she been running with Justin? He nodded in Solomon’s direction, then edged across the room to Justin’s side. “How is she?” Gordon asked. Justin stared into space, as if he were trapped in another dimension. A muscle in his jaw twitched rhythmically. He seemed agitated, which was understandable, but it seemed to be more than concern for Megan. “Justin?” Gordon said. “Are you okay?” The man blinked and clawed his fingers through his hair. “What?” He shook his head, as if to clear it. “Oh, yeah. No problem.”
― Deadly Secrets
― Deadly Secrets
“plain blue sedan drove by. Did an unmarked car mean things were better or worse? The regular cop car parked out front had left about an hour ago. Guess we’ve been demoted from stakeout to drive-by surveillance. Rubbing his eyes, he climbed into bed. Hands folded under his head, he lay on his back and stared at the ceiling. How had he ended up in the middle of this mess? Easy answer. To spare his grandparents. From the other room, he heard the rustling of sheets, a faint whimper.”
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“A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.”
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“All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
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“You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.”
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Nurture Your BOOKS™ wrote: "Thanks for adding me, Terry. :-)"My pleasure
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Thanks for adding me, Terry. :-)
Back from a week in Quebec City. Instead of reading, I ended up working on edits and revisions for my next release, Nowhere to Hide.
Heading out for a Bahamas cruise with some good reading lined up.
My Free Read, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAGE is now available from Cerridwen Press. http://www.jasminejade.com/pm-7442-22...
Finding the perfect hero and heroine for a romance novel can turn a writer’s hair gray—that’s why I advertise for them. Interviewing characters can be exhausting, and getting them to stick to the plot?
Well, it doesn’t always work that way. And then you find out they’re talking about you behind your back…
Meet Randy and Sarah, the hero and heroine of FINDING SARAH and HIDDEN FIRE, in a funny and illuminating look at what goes on behind the scenes
of the romance writing process.
Paige wrote: "Hi Terry,Thanks for the friend request! I just love meeting new people here on GoodReads.
Paige :D"
Hi, Paige - I love mysteries, although the ones I write have a romantic twist to them. I hope you'll check them out.
Hi Terry,Thanks for the friend request! I just love meeting new people here on GoodReads.
Paige :D
When Danger Calls Reviewed at Armchair Interviews. When Danger Calls is a great read, especially for the adventurer with a romantic heart. The gauntlet of emotions will leave you breathless. I was hooked from the first and page, closing the book was not an option. A 5-star action-packed work of excellent fiction. ... Diane
The entire review is here:
http://reviews.armchairinterviews.com...
Nancy wrote: "Hi Terry. Thanks for friending me!"Hi, Nancy -- funny how the Internet has created verbs. First "Google" and now "Friend." Thanks for adding me to your Goodreads list.
When Danger Calls was reviewed at Barbara Vey's Publisher's Weekly "Beyond Her Book" blog.http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/...
One of my favorite words showed up as the Word of the Day from Dictionary.com today: quidnunc
Thanks for the add, Dianne - I saw you were reading Gabaldon's books. I really enjoyed them. I think Outlander was one of the reasons I got into reading romance. Dianne wrote: "Thanks for the friend request, Terry. That's quite a switch - from mystery to romance! It's always interesting to see where ideas lead you once they start flowing.
Dianne Ascroft,
author of 'Hi..."
Thanks for the friend request, Terry. That's quite a switch - from mystery to romance! It's always interesting to see where ideas lead you once they start flowing.Dianne Ascroft,
author of 'Hitler and Mars Bars'
I was interviewed at examiner.com. You can read it here:http://www.examiner.com/x-6332-Tampa-...
or if that's too unwieldy, try this
http://tinyurl.com/myzj9y
Dru wrote: "Hi Terry,Thanks for the friend request. I'm going to check out your book. Sounds like my kind of read."
Thanks, Dru - Hope you find one you like. Thanks for adding me to your friend list.
Beth wrote: "Hi Terry,Thanks for the friend request and welcome to Goodreads!"
Thanks - I'm just getting started here.
Hi Terry,Thanks for the friend request and welcome to Goodreads!
