"A SEASON OF SUSPENSE" brings you romance and mystery for the holidays

Hi GLIAS Friends! I'm so excited to announce the release today of a brand new box set of holiday-themed romantic suspense books. A SEASON OF SUSPENSE: A CHANDLER COUNTY CHRISTMAS contains six stories by six award-winning authors. I'm excited to have a book included in this set and so honored to be working with five wonderful fellow writers.

Chandler County is located in Kentucky between Lexington and Louisville. It's the heart of horse country and home to two amazing towns, Chandlerville and Bourbonville. Trust me, these towns are filled with awesome people, but they definitely have their share of excitement. Now all of us invite you to visit Chandler County for Christmas. In these six suspense-filled books, you'll be sure to have a heart-pounding Christmas.

Let me introduce you to the authors and their stories.  

Missing Christmas Joy by Stephany Tullis

  

Ms. Isabel Johnson, lifelong and highly respected resident of Chandlerville, Kentucky, decides to celebrate the first year of her thriving Bed and Breakfast by hosting the Holly Jolly Holiday Couples Retreat. Despite dire storm warnings that predict the worse storm the county has faced in 15 years, the influx of jubilant couples descend onto the festively decorated grounds in search of love, peace, joy, fulfillment and in some cases renewed relationships

But personal and physical storms threaten to destroy the planned Christmas-spirited festivities. A team of incognito angels block the evil forces that threaten the lives and relationships of Retreat guests proving once again, that love is indeed the answer.

Missing Under the Mistletoe by Traci Wooden-Carlisle

 

 On a cold autumn night, wedding planner, Rosalynn Ambers, opens the door to find her ex-boyfriend dying on the other side. His last words chill her to the bone and hurl her into what will be the most dangerous winter of her life.

Sheriff Lieutenant, Kilian Kavanagh has successfully avoided Rosalynn for the last two years, but one nearly hysterical call from the normally cool and sophisticated woman brings him to her doorstep. Never mind that she is the one who stood him up then left town with no explanation only to reappear seven years later.

Killian has fought his feelings, not wanting to give Rosalynn a chance to hurt him again. Rosalynn has been trying to apologize for two years without success for her disappearing act. She’d hoped Killian would give her a chance to explain, but becoming the target of a killer is not quite how she wanted to get some time with him.

Missing One Angel – by Lizbeth Selvig

Mallory Carrick and Sawyer Hawkins know what it’s like to grow up on the streets. Since their dark teenage days, however, both of them have found

peace and a future together while working at the famous Winn Crosby Racing Stables.

When precocious and prickly thirteen-year-old runaway Angelika Coltrane falls into their life, the storybook future they dream of is threatened. Better known as Angel, the girl is scared and desperately running from emotional abuse but and she also has a secret she isn’t telling, even though it makes her a danger to herself and anyone around her. Just when the holidays start to mean something special, when her new surroundings offer people who actually understand her, Angel’s past catches up to her and she disappears.

Mallory and Sawyer must find out why and where she’s been taken, but the danger tests their young love. Can they handle what will happen to their future if they take on the troubles of a homeless teen? And do they possess the strength to find Angel before it’s too late?

Missing Family – by Cherime MacFarlane

Johnny Dane, the heir, got knocked off the throne. Augie isn’t his daddy. He hasn’t a clue what to do now. With no relationship with the other Dane

children, Johnny is hanging out in a cave in the woods. Royce doesn’t want the old place, Gentry is in Alaska and Crystal married the sheriff and doesn’t need the land. Christmas is coming and the only family he has left is his momma. Muriel ran from him years ago, and it was his fault. Will she help him now? Johnny’s about to roll the dice on his last chance.

Missing Wishes – by Tearra Rhodes

Home for the holidays, author Zoe Richards is not prepared to face her lost love…or be held captive in her childhood home. Follow Zoe to Chandler County for a suspenseful, romantic Christmas adventure, where wishes on a Wishing Tree hold the key to a mystery and happiness.

Missing You for Christmas – by Dionne Grace

On the face of it, everything in Naomi’s life is going well: she is engaged to a multimillionaire and planning the perfect wedding. But she soon discovers her fiancé is not the gentle, caring man he was in the beginning. After the news of her grandmother’s death, Naomi flees to Chandler County and discovers Tyler Hudson, her attractive, charming neighbour, who opens her eyes and heart to a perspective she never before considered.

With Christmas approaching, she is ready for all the festivities, but she isn’t ready for the nightmare that sweeps through her life.

Tyler’s hope to settle down and start a family are not going to plan—his family’s expectations are a hindrance to what he wants, and his ex-fiancée is not it. When Naomi Shaw turns up next door, he is intrigued, and she gives him a glimpse of what a life with her could mean, but circumstances take a sinister turn, making him question life and God’s promises.

A SEASON OF SUSPENSE: A CHANDLER COUNTY CHRISTMAS is on sale now! Check it out at your favorite retailers. 

AMAZON

BARNES & NOBLE

iBOOKS

KOBO 

I love Christmas stories (and Christmas movies and Christmas anythings). Tell us about your favorite holiday books and stories! And check out A SEASON OF SUSPENSE!

Alaska Meets Kentucky in Cherime MacFarlane's New Chandler County Book

Today is extremely exciting for me because of the introduction I get to make to our guest author. Cherime MacFarlane is one of my   fellow Chandler County authors and her book MISSING ALASKA: A CHANDLER COUNTY NOVEL from Paper Gold Publishing releases today—the first of eight wonderful books set in the fictional county located between Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky, that will release one-a-week until Christmas. Over the next couple of months, you’ll get a chance to meet all the authors and collect all the books in the series. For today, however, help me give a huge GLIAS welcome to Cherime MacFarlane

A LITTLE ABOUT CHERIME—FROM CHERIME!

I came to Alaska kicking and screaming in 1975, and I never want to leave. I cut firewood on shares for money to get through the winter. I swore I would not live above the Alaska Range because it was too cold there, and I wound up in the Copper River Basin where it got just as cold as Fairbanks.
My second husband, a Scot from Glasgow, was the love of my life. When I write Scots dialect, I experienced hearing it from my in-laws. Each time my husband got on the phone to Scotland, after five seconds I could hardly understand a word. I was my second husband's chief mechanic's helper and roadie.
I live in a cabin which is slowly being surrounded by the city and wish I were further out. My two cats and Husky-Collie mix dog are happy in our little slice of heaven called Alaska. In the silence of winter, dreams of people and places provide a rich pool of ideas to explore.

A LITTLE ABOUT “MISSING ALASKA”

Russell is running from the mess his mouth made of things in Alaska. Leaving college, he drives down through Canada. His plan is to see the Atlantic Ocean and a few other hot spots. By the time he gets home things might have cooled off.
Gentry is ready to flee her home in Chandler County, Kentucky. On Bald Mountain Road their paths cross, and things in Chandler County are about to get hot. Her family’s barn burning is the least of the troubles. Gentry is desperate to get out of town, and Russ finds it’s time to go home. Can they make it out together? The county Sheriff is the only thing between her father and the two young people.

MISSING ALASKA EXCERPT:

Then everything was illuminated as the vehicle's bright headlights found her. A branch of the tree she attempted to dodge past caught her across the chest, bent back and propelled Gentry into the road behind her.

A squeal of brakes and the scent of rubber filled the air. The young woman looked up at the grill of the vehicle looming a few feet away.

The door of the truck opened, and a man’s angry voice called out, “What the hell are you doing? You might have been killed!”

Gentry struggled up on one skinned elbow and stared at the license plate a short distance from her face. Yellow and blue, a small flag in the center divided a series of three letters and three numbers. The plate proudly proclaimed “Alaska” at the top.

“What the hell are you doing in Kentucky? Are you really from Alaska?”

The man’s dark hand and an equally brown arm reached out to the young woman. “Come on. We need to get out of the middle of the road before someone comes along and rear-ends my truck.”

When he pulled Gentry to her feet, she leaned against the fender. The man stood close enough for her to get a good whiff of his breath. “You’ve been drinking.”

“I only had a couple of beers with dinner. I’m not drunk.”

“You almost ran me over. In Kentucky, it’s impaired driving. You could find yourself sitting in jail.”

Everything about him was dark, but Gentry didn’t think he was black. The man was different that was for sure. The fright she got started to wear off. Her mind went into high gear, and Gentry saw a way to get away from her family.

“I don’t feel real good.” She put a little quaver in her words.

“Hell! I suppose you want to call an ambulance.”

“No. With what? I don’t have a cell phone. But we do need to get off the road. If you could take me somewhere, it would help.”

“What do you want me to do?”

The harsh tone evaporated. Gentry detected a hint of concern in his question. “How about you help me into the truck? I dropped my bag. Could you pick it up, please?”

“Okay. You need help getting inside?”

“If you would, I’d appreciate it.”

The man turned to grab the pillowcase off the road. With the case in one hand he took her left elbow with the other. Gentry kept one hand on the hood and the fender as they worked around the nose of the truck. She did put it on a little.

All she wanted was for him to get her away from Bald Knob Road. A doctor bill from the emergency room wouldn’t help her at all. Gentry hadn’t dared steal more than a couple of thousand from the stash her father and brother kept in the old coffee can in the chicken coop.

When they found out she nicked the money they kept in the can from the sale of illegal ginseng; there would be hell to pay. If they caught her, Gentry might not live through the beating.

It was difficult to keep her leg from jumping as she waited for him to climb back into the vehicle. As expected, he asked if she needed to go to the hospital.

Gentry shook her head. “I’m using an old pillowslip for a suitcase. What gives you the idea I’ve got enough money to cover a hospital visit?”

“Don’t you have any family to help out?”

Arms crossed over her chest; Gentry turned to glare at the man. “No. I don’t. And you never answered the question, are you from Alaska? That’s a long way from Kentucky.”

Maybe far enough to never have to see any of her family again. The thought rattled around in her brain and Gentry decided Alaska might do the trick.

“Yes, I drove down to the Lower 48 because I needed a break before going back to school.”

“You look a little old to be going to school.”

He gave a little snort, turned to give her a once over before turning his attention back on the road. “College, kiddo. Now tell me where I should take you.”

WHERE TO  PURCHASE THE BOOK

BARNES & NOBLE 

KOBO

SMASHWORDS

iBOOK

AMAZON

AND NOW SOME FUN WITH CHERIME’S Q&A

LIZ: What was your favorite book as a child?

CHERIME: One about a weasel and a rabbit. I can picture the cover in my mind vividly, but don’t recall the name of the book.

LIZ: How did you come up with the idea for this book? 

CHERIME: Alaska is an interesting place. Often couples come up here and one person loves it and the other can’t wait to get out. It’s actually a common problem up here.

LIZ: What do you enjoy doing when you’re not writing?

CHERIME: Making jewelry

LIZ: If you described your book in three words, which would you choose?

CHERIME: A geographic cure.

LIZ: If you could have dinner with any three book characters, who would you choose and why?

CHERIME: Non fiction would be Robert The Bruce and William Wallace; and fiction would be Gideon MacGrough (yes, he is mine but the interaction here would be amazing).

LIZ: If your house was on fire and you only had time to save three objects, what would you save?

CHERIME: All three furry kids

LIZ: You’ve been granted one superpower for one week. Which power would you choose, and what would you do with it?

CHERIME: Heavens! Supernatural healing and there are a bunch of people I would go find.

LIZ: Write us a haiku about your book or one of your characters!

CHERIME:

Russel Dick

On the run.

Will he do a trick?

No clue how much of a haiku that is. PS in Alaska native families often have last names which would be given names ie. John or Ed.  😊

LIZ: Time for a mini blitz!

a) Favorite color? Song? Movie?

b) Summer or winter?

c) Morning or night?

d) Rain or shine?

e) Sweet or salty?

CHERIME:

a) Emerald green; One of These Nights – Eagles; Lion in Winter

b) Both

c) Early, almost still night, morning

d) Shine—even if it means the temp will fall to minus 20

e) Depends

LIZ: Name three things on your desk right now.

CHERIME: Big tape measure, door plate from new knob that I didn’t attach to the door, and kitchen timer.

LIZ: Do you have any favorite authors?

CHERIME:  Anne McCaffrey

LIZ: Where is your favorite place to write?

CHERIME: Right at my converted kitchen table and remote keyboard stand I made.

LIZ: What’s on your bucket list for this year?

CHERIME: Get the apartment remodeled. I’ve pretty much covered all I ever wanted to do by now.

LIZ HAS GOTTA ASK: What’s the most personal thing you’ve ever put in one of your books?

CHERIME: Ha, ha. Not telling!

Cherime has a $6.00 gift card (good for two $2.99 books!) for one commenter today. Here’s the question she has for you!

Do you like to learn about new places and how the people there live?

CONTACT CHERIME:

E-mail:   cherimem@hotmail.com

Website:   papergoldpublishing.com

Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCherimeMacFarlane/

Twitter:  @CherimeMacFarla

Blogs: https://cherimemacfarlane.wordpress.com/

WHAT’S NEXT FOR CHERIME:

BONES OF OTHERS:  A sci-fi fantasy, the second installment of Cat and CoDee.

CHECK OUT CHERIME’S PREVIOUS RELEASES:

THE OTHER SIDE OF DUSK

AVAILABLE AT 

AMAZON

 

HOMER BAIT AND SWITCH

AVAILABLE AT 

AMAZON

 

Thanks so much for joining us today, Cherime! Come back to visit anytime!