Showing posts with label Rachel Grant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rachel Grant. Show all posts

12/05/2015

Celebrate Romantic Suspense!

It wouldn't be a party without some thrills and chills!  We've got some great romantic suspense authors here to help us celebrate our birthday, and they brought gifts for you!

Rachel Grant
GLIAS Interviews
Four-time Golden Heart® finalist Rachel Grant worked for over a decade as a professional archaeologist and mines her experiences for storylines and settings, which are as diverse as excavating a cemetery underneath an historic art museum in San Francisco, survey and excavation of many prehistoric Native American sites in the Pacific Northwest, researching an historic concrete house in Virginia, and mapping a seventeenth century Spanish and Dutch fort on the island of Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles.

She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and children and can be found on the web at www.Rachel-Grant.net.

COLD EVIDENCE (Evidence Series #6)
Release date: Feb 2, 2016

The frigid waters of the Pacific Northwest are about to get hot…
The only thing Navy underwater archaeologist Undine Gray fears more than facing former SEAL Luke Sevick is never scuba diving again. But when a dive on a Cold War-era US Navy submarine ends with an accidental explosion, she’s terrified of going into the deep, forcing her to beg the most experienced diver she knows to take her back to the bottom of the cold Salish Sea.
Luke wants nothing to do with the woman who destroyed his career a dozen years ago but finds it impossible to turn his back on her plea. Caught off-guard by an attraction he doesn’t want to feel, he’s eager to be done with this mission of mercy. But when they dive on the wreck, he only gets sucked in deeper. Someone has been digging on the Navy sub…and it appears the explosion that almost killed Undine was no accident.
To find the truth, Undine must navigate murky waters and the unexpectedly hot undercurrents swirling between her and Luke. Worse, divers are searching for something lost in US waters during the Cold War, and they’ll do anything to keep Luke and Undine from finding it first.

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GIVING AWAY Digital copy of Evidence Series Box Set Vol I: Books 1-3

Amelia Autin
GLIAS Interviews
Award-winning author Amelia Autin is an inveterate reader who can’t bear to put a good book down…or part with it. She’s a long-time member of Romance Writers of America (RWA), 
and served three years as its treasurer. Amelia resides with her Ph.D. engineer husband in quiet Vail, Arizona, where they can see the stars at night and have a “million dollar view” of the Rincon Mountains from their back yard.


Amelia was thrilled to learn recently that her June 2015 release, King’s Ransom, was nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award in the Harlequin Romantic Suspense category. To celebrate she’ll be giving away a copy of King’s Ransom to three lucky readers, a book which also leads in to the next installment in her Man on a Mission miniseries, A Father’s Desperate Rescue (April 2016, Harlequin Romantic Suspense).


Connect with Amelia on Facebook, visit her website at www.AmeliaAutin.com, or e-mail her 

at AmeliaAutin@aol.com.



Addison Fox
GLIAS Interviews

Addison Fox can’t remember a time when words weren’t a part of her life. In addition to being an avid reader, she loves writing novels about strong-willed and exciting heroes and heroines – individuals who are meant for each other and who deserve their happy ever after. After she makes them work for it, of course!


Addison lives in Dallas. You can find her at her home on the web at www.addisonfox.com or on Facebook and Twitter (@addisonfox).



Recent/Upcoming releases:
October 2015 - The Professional
February 2016 - Colton's Surprise Heir

GIVING AWAY the first three books in the Dangerous in Dallas series - SILKEN THREATS, TEMPTING TARGET and THE PROFESSIONAL



Tyler Anne Snell
GLIAS Interviews
Tyler Anne Snell writes and reads a little bit of everything but has a soft spot for thrillers, mysteries, and sexual tension. When she isn't writing or reading, she's re-watching her favorite TV series or playing video games. The first book she finished in one sitting was a Harlequin Intrigue. It taught her to appreciate the power of a good book.
Tyler lives in Florida with her same-named beau and their mini lions. 

Upcoming releases: The entire TOUGH JUSTICE serial from Harlequin releases January 12, 2016 in eBook and audio. My two episodes are WATCHED (#2) and BETRAYED (#7). Then, in the Harlequin Intrigue corner, PRIVATE BODYGUARD, book one in my Orion Security 4-book miniseries, releases March 1, 2016 followed by book two, FULL FORCE FATHERHOOD, in April! 

Current release: MANHUNT, Harlequin Intrigue. 

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GIVING AWAY a signed, print copy of MANHUNT


Maureen Miller
GLIAS Interviews
USA TODAY bestselling author, Maureen A. Miller's first novel, WIDOW'S TALE, earned her a Golden Heart nomination in Romantic Suspense. Working in the software industry for fifteen years in a job that required extensive travel, Maureen chose to write during those lengthy airport layovers—escapism at its best. She is currently in the middle of a 3-book Romantic Suspense series featuring SHADOW, MIST, and DUSK. Recently, Maureen branched out into the Young Adult Science Fiction market with BEYOND and the BEYOND Series. She is having fun keeping her head in the stars! When she's not writing, Maureen enjoys supporting other authors. She is the founder ofwww.JustRomanticSuspense.com, and its offspring JUST sites.

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MIST Blurb:
A mysterious footlocker washes up on Livvy McKay's shore. Minutes after recovering it she is
assaulted by an intruder. Wounded and unable to give chase, she is startled by a knock at the front door. A stranger is looking to rent a boat from her business, McKAY'S CHARTERS. Livvy doesn't believe in coincidences. Especially when the stranger is wearing black−just like her assailant. 

Jack Morell is a desperate man. After receiving a cryptic phone call from his uncle−a call spiked with the sound of gunfire in the background, he is frantic to locate his uncle's ship. Warned to use discretion, Jack opts to rent a boat from McKAY'S CHARTERS for his search. 

A defiant Livvy grills Jack, but deems that he is not her assailant. In fact, she learns that the trunk belongs to his uncle. Together, they uncover its contents, and now they are being hunted. 

Someone doesn't want the world to know what is in that trunk. Someone who is well-connected. 

Unable to trust the authorities, Jack and Livvy have only each other. Will it be enough to survive the Atlantic's frigid clutch? 

Note from the author:
MIST is book 2 in the BLUE-LINK series, but both SHADOW and MIST are stand-alone novels so they don't necessarily have to be read in sequence. For more information about the BLUE-LINK series, go to http://maureenamiller.com/BlueLink.php

GIVING AWAY 3 digital copies of SHADOW, the first book in the BLUE-LINK series.

Elizabeth Heiter
GLIAS Interviews
ELIZABETH HEITER likes her suspense to feature strong heroines, chilling villains, psychological twists, and a little bit (or a lot!) of romance. Her research has taken her into the minds of serial killers, through murder investigations, and onto the FBI Academy’s shooting range.  She writes two series: The Profiler books (a psychological suspense series with MIRA Books) and The Lawmen books (a romantic suspense series with Harlequin Intrigue).

Website   Facebook   Twitter: @ElizabethHeiter   Pinterest

Coming Soon! SEIZED, the third book in The Profiler series, releases Dec. 29 and is available for pre-order now.  FBI profiler Evelyn Baine finds herself on the wrong side of a hostage situation - and in the middle of an emerging terrorist threat.  Beginning Dec. 28, I'll also have a free short story, releasing a chapter a day, on the Harlequin website, called AVENGED.  It's part of the Profiler series and features Evelyn and her Hostage Rescue Team love interest Kyle "Mac" McKenzie as they try to take a secret vacation and discover they've landed on an island with a killer.

GIVING AWAY a signed set of my Lawmen series.  Disarming Detective | Seduced by the Sniper | SWAT Secret Admirer

Janie Crouch
GLIAS Interviews

He has to shut down the terrorists or lose everything. Including the woman who's become a target.  

Janie's Books
Omega Sector: Critical Response agent Derek Waterman is hunting some very bad men. After weeks of chasing cold leads, he has found the evidence that could expose the architects of a lethal terrorist bombing. But before Derek can start busting bad guys, he needs help from Dr. Molly Humphries, Omega's lead forensic scientist. 

Molly works to retrieve the data—and overcome her debilitating crush on the super-agent. And Derek carefully suppresses his mutual smoldering attraction, sure that his dark past will drive Molly away. But when Molly's kidnapped, Derek will stop at nothing to save her. Even if a lethal enemy will do everything to keep him from doing so.

Website    Facebook   Twitter   @JanieCrouch  Goodreads  Pintrest    Blogs 

GIVING AWAY (before they can buy it) a signed copy of Book 1 in my Omega Sector: Critical Response series SPECIAL FORCES SAVIOR.

Angi Morgan
Angi
SHOTGUN JUSTICE
Texas Rangers: Elite Troop
book 2, March 2016

DUTY, DESIRE AND WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE 

As a Texas Ranger, it was Jesse Ryder's duty to protect her. As a man, it was all he could do to avoid the temptation of Avery Travis. The Snake Eyes Killer was on Avery's trail, but the independent deputy didn't want Jesse's help. And he couldn't blame her; he had walked away from her the night she'd offered him everything.  

Preorder on Amazon
Preorder book 1:
BULLETPROOF BADGE

Avery knew Jesse would always think of her as his best friend's little sister. However, she was fully capable of taking care of herself…and knowing what and who she wanted. Their lives might be in jeopardy, but the true tragedy would be to never have one more chance with the sexy Ranger. 

Website   Facebook   FB Fan Page  
Twitter @AngiMorganAuthr      
Book Trailers on YouTube    Book Buy Links

GIVING AWAY a signed copy of SHOTGUN JUSTICE before you can buy it! It's the second book  in TEXAS RANGERS: ELITE TROOP mini-series. 

Lena Diaz
GLIAS Interviews

He was looking for a missing person. What he found was a beautiful stranger.
Lena's Books

Looking for a fresh start, detective Jake Young headed south on a case that could help launch his PI business. He knew no amount of work would make him forget his tortured past, but maybe Faye Star could help. Caught up in Jake's missing persons case, the distracting Faye was hiding a secret he was begging to find out.

Expertly guiding him through the swamps, Jake's job grew more complicated when someone started taking shots at the free-spirited beauty. As much as she protested she could take care of herself, Jake stepped in, refusing to admit how desperately he needed someone to save. Especially since he'd never be able to save himself…

Contact     Website    Facebook   Twitter  @LenaDiaz    Goodreads    KissAndThrill      
GIVING AWAY a copy of her latest Intrigue, MISSING IN THE GLADES

Jan's Books
Jan Schliesman
Jan

Framed for embezzling, investigator Kira Kincaid will go to any lengths to clear her name--even team up with Dalton Matthews, her estranged...now deceased...husband's brother. But the reclusive mogul isn't what she expected--he's the quintessential alpha male who evokes an unwelcome yearning. And now, thanks to his involvement with Kira, a target to those trying to kill her.

Dalton is determined to protect the headstrong widow, even as he plans to walk away once she's safe. If only her green-eyed gaze didn't melt all of his emotional defenses. But when their mission exposes an earth-shattering family secret from both their pasts. Dalton must choose between his brother's betrayal and the one woman he should deny.

Follow her on Facebook or on Twitter @janschliesman

Lara Lacombe

Lara's Books
Blackmail meets desire in this tale of secrets and revenge out West! 

When Fiona Sanders is held at gunpoint at her convenience store job, Houston officer Nate Gallagher doesn't hesitate to act the hero. But within days she's targeted again and Nate knows the crimes aren't random. His only option: keep the vulnerable beauty safe while they search for the culprits. 


Having lost her own father in the line of duty, Fiona refuses to fall for a cop—no matter how much the drop-dead gorgeous, self-appointed bodyguard tugs at her heartstrings. But as the enemy closes in and the truth about the attacks is revealed, Fiona must learn to trust Nate…or face history repeating itself.

GIVING AWAY a signed copy of Killer Season, plus some fun holiday swag!


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4/22/2015

Romantic Suspense at its Best

INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE
Evidence Series, book 4

From enemies to allies…

When archaeologist Isabel Dawson stumbles upon an unconscious man deep in the Alaskan wilderness, her survival skills are put to the test. She tends his wounds and drags him to shelter, only to discover she’s saved the life of Raptor CEO Alec Ravissant—the man who may have covered up her brother’s murder to save his senatorial campaign.

With no memory of the assault that landed him five miles deep in the forest, Alec doesn’t know what to believe when he wakes in the clutches of the beautiful redhead who blames him for her brother’s death, but he quickly realizes he needs her help to uncover the truth about his lost hours.

Isabel never imagined she’d find herself allied with Alec, and he’s the last man she ever expected to find attractive. But the former Army Ranger-turned-politician proves seductively charming, and he’s determined to win much more than her vote. When their quest for answers puts Isabel in the crosshairs, Alec must risk everything—his company, his campaign, and his life—to protect her.

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RACHEL GRANT worked for over a decade as a professional archaeologist and fully intends to mine her experiences for storylines and settings, which are as diverse as excavating a cemetery underneath an historic art museum in San Francisco; surveying an economically depressed coal mining town in Kentucky; and mapping a seventeenth century Spanish and Dutch fort on the island of Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles.
In all her travels and adventures as an archaeologist, Rachel has found many sites and artifacts, but she’s only found one true treasure, her husband, David. They met while working together excavating a four thousand year old site about to be destroyed by the expansion of a sewage treatment plant in Seattle. Despite their romantic first meeting, she has no intention of ever setting a story at a sewage treatment plant.

Rachel lives on an island in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and children.

GET TO KNOW RACHEL
ANGI: What’s the first book you remember reading? 
RACHEL: I remember my mother reading THE GREAT BRAIN to my siblings and me when I was about 4. The first chapter book I read myself was probably JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. The first time I got lost in a story (and dreamed about it all night so I had to get up early and finish it) I was in 3rd grade, and it was a short chapter book with a mystery surrounding a tree house. There is a good chance this is the book, but I’m not certain.

ANGI: Hiking Boots or Dancing Heels?
RACHEL: Hands down, hiking boots. Isabel, the heroine in INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE will agree with me on this. I’m not certain she owns shoes that aren’t hiking boots…and I definitely don’t own dancing heels. J

ANGI: What’s your favorite cartoon character?
RACHEL: I know you said cartoon, not Anime or animated movie, but I really, really love the movies made by Studio Ghibli and Pixar, so they were the first that came to mind. I’m going to say No-Face from Spirited Away followed by Edna Mode in The Incredibles.

My son is currently obsessed with Gravity Falls and so I’m going to add Waddles the pig to this list, because Neil DeGrasse Tyson played his voice when Waddles became a super genius in one episode.

ANGI: What do you like about the hero of your book?
RACHEL: There is a basic honesty about Alec that I really love. There aren’t any moments of him thinking one thing and saying another to Isabel. Once he decides he wants her, he’s very frank, straightforward, and unwavering, and she responds to him with the same honesty. I loved writing the emotion they each brought to the story. Their chemistry was so much fun even as they dealt with a difficult emotional conflict that held Isabel back from Alec.

ANGI: Would you rather be in a Fairy Tale or Action Adventure?
RACHEL: Action Adventure

ANGI: What is your best wish come true?
RACHEL: When I was writing BODY OF EVIDENCE, I hit a wall as I researched a virus that played an important role in the story. I had questions for which the answers were understandably difficult to find. I went to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website and looked up the contact information, but it was hard to imagine my very specific questions about a virus that could be used for biological warfare would be well-received. J (Like most thriller authors, I’m fairly certain Homeland Security has made note of my Internet browsing history.)

I stared at the computer as I tried to decide if a cold email would garner a response in the form of helpful answers, or a visit from the FBI, and said aloud to no one (well, maybe the cat?), “I wish I knew someone at the CDC.”

A week after I voiced that wish, I finaled in the Golden Heart® contest again and joined the private email loop to meet the other finalists. In one of her emails to the group, the amazing and wonderful Jennifer McQuiston mentioned she’s an infectious disease specialist for the CDC. Jennifer forwarded my questions to people in the right department (vouching for the fact that I needed the information for a book), and she helped with my scenes that required technical terminology relating to the virus. (Jennifer is awesome and provided accurate information, any mistakes are mine.)

TL/DR: Once I wished for Jennifer McQuiston and my wish came true a week later.

view of Tatoosh Island from
the northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States
ANGI: What’s your favorite rerun on television?
RACHEL: I don’t watch a lot of reruns, except of currently running series like The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons, or Castle.

ANGI: What's your most favorite thing to do in your state?
view of the coastline at Cape Flattery
RACHEL: Spend a few days on the coast with my family. I love watching the waves crash against the rocky cliffs of Cape Flattery - the northwesternmost point of the Lower Forty-Eight, visiting the Ozette archaeological site, or leaning against driftwood logs on the sandy/rocky beaches to the south and reading a great romantic suspense novel. I actually got to do the third one just last week – it was spring break, so we rented a cabin on a river near Forks and went to Rialto Beach for a day. We didn’t see any whales, but the weather was gorgeous—which is really unusual for that area.

ANGI’S GOTTA ASK: “I met my husband while working on this dig, and so I get misty-eyed watching the clips. Yes, I cry watching sewage treatment plant videos. Doesn't everyone?” This is sweet and cute, Rachel. Can you share one thing about the dig and your husband that made it so special?
RACHEL’s GOTTA ANSWER:  This is surprisingly hard, because it was ALL so special. I was 21-years-old, and it was my first paying job as an archaeologist. I’d just moved from Florida to Washington. Everything about my life was new and fresh and vibrant. I was completely on my own, with one friend—whom I’d met a year before at field school—to help me settle into the job and city that I’d decided would be my home.

Three months after I moved to Seattle, a man who’d worked on the project before I joined it, but who had left for a summer dig in Jamaica on the same day I arrived, returned. I’d been hearing his name all summer and knew the others on the crew really respected him. I remember the exact moment he walked into the lab. I can close my eyes and relive the first moment I saw his face, heard his voice. I don’t remember what we said beyond the introductions, but I do remember on the car ride home with my one friend (who’d helped me get the job and was my ride to and from work) that I’d decided to have a crush on David Grant.
 
We started dating a few weeks later.

TheWest Point Archaeological Project came along just as I was starting my adult life, and it absolutely changed/shaped everything I’ve done since then. That’s probably why I cry when watching the online videos of the dig – I see me, so young, not knowing what the future would bring, and I’m thankful for the project, thankful for my husband and children, thankful for this amazing life I get to share with them.


FIND RACHEL
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UP NEXT for RACHEL: COVERT EVIDENCE (Evidence Series #5) – An excerpt is included at the end of INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE. No release date yet—sign up for my new release mailing list to be among the first to know when it is available: www.rachel-grant.net.

PREVIOUS RELEASES by RACHEL
WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE
a Short Novel
Evidence Series, book 3
Some secrets are worth dying for…
Read a little, Buy the book


BODY OF EVIDENCE
Evidence Series, book 2
And she thought facing a firing squad was bad…
Read a little, Buy the book


CONCRETE EVIDENCE
Evidence Series, book 1
A year ago she lost everything. Now she wants revenge…
Read a little, Buy the book

RACHEL is giving away  autographed copies of the 1st 3 Evidence books (this does not include INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE) to a North America Reader
CHOOSE: North America Readers or International giveaway

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ANGI'S back on May 1st
UP NEXT ON GLIAS:  Laura McHale Holland

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? RACHEL wants to KNOW ?
Isabel in INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE prefers hiking/camping/kayaking—anything outdoors—for entertainment. For her, an ideal date would be a picnic on a mountaintop. What is your fantasy date? Dinner at a fancy restaurant? Dinner at the International Space Station? (Don’t let little things like reality intrude!) Dinner on a private jet flying to Tokyo? Share your fantasy for a chance to win print copies of CONCRETE EVIDENCE, BODY OF EVIDENCE, and WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE.