Get Lost in a Story's Last Minute Gift Guide & Giveaway

You're down to the last few shopping days and your gift list still has names on it—names that remain unchecked or crossed out. Feeling stressed? A little panicky? 

No worries, GLAIS readers. Sit back, have another hot spiced cider and chill, we've got this!  The solution? Ebooks, and we have them galore! 

Zombies, military action, red-hot romance...

EAT, SLAY, LUZT 

Jillian Stone


Survival tip #1: When you’re caught in the middle of the zombie apocalypse, get a badass partner. 

"I've always wanted to write an action-packed zombie book filled with humor, horror, and of course—a red hot romance! My latest release is a sexy wild ride of a novel that takes you straight into the heart of the zombie apocalypse." —Jillian 

EAT, SLAY, LUZT by Jillian Stone 
Special holiday price $2.99  http://amzn.to/2i4NhJI

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For the girl who loves sexy comedy...

WANTING MR WRONG
by Avril Tremayne

A story about a girl who refuses to fall for the man the whole world is in love with.

Evie knows what she doesn't want; Jack knows what he does. And somewhere in the middle, pheromones are making things go haywire every time they're together.

Laughs, love and steam - a perfect way to end the year
A fast-paced romp to a happy-ever-after

Love at it's funny, frantic best

WANTING MR WRONG by Avril Tremayne
#sexy #RomCom 
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Warm, witty Christmas romance...

AN AMERICAN MAIL-ORDER BRIDE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION

by E.E. Burke

Your bookworm buddy can curl up next to the fire and dive into this warm, witty adventure into Christmas past with two mail-order brides. Includes Victoria, Bride of Kansas and Santa's Mail-Order Bride, plus a short story, The Christmas Wish. This #1 Amazon bestselling collection is only 99 cents until Dec. 23

Auntie's cup of tea? 

For a forlorn friend who needs a pick-me-up? 
Your sister will love it.

AMERICAN MAIL-ORDER BRIDE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION by E.E. Burke
On sale for 99 cents through 12/23: http://amzn.to/2i574Jk

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She'll get swept away in Medieval romance...

KING'S KNIGHT

by Regan Walker

Curl up with a knight in this “... tantalizing and intriguing tale of medieval chivalry, intrigue, passion, duty, honor and romance.”

Dive into Medieval England for an adventure with Sir Alexander of Talisand and Merewyn of York.

A story for every woman who has ever believed she was unworthy of her dream. 

Only $2.99 on Amazon, or FREE with Kindle Unlimited on Amazon.

He seized life by the throat!
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Snuggle with a cowboy...

LOST AND FOUND
by Amanda McIntyre

FATE gives first love a second chance in a romantic story where..."The sparks of passion between them is so hot it is a good thing it is a snowy New Year's in Colorado!"

New Year's Eve is about to get a interesting at the Diamond Double J Ranch in Colorado. Ten years ago, a failed spring break affair leaves Chicago girl, Anna Worthington and Texas boy, Cole Tanner convinced that love at first sight isn't possible. Now, a decade later, fate brings them together--with a few other surprises in store--with the challenge that sometimes a second chance is all the heart needs.

LOST AND FOUND

 Just $2.99 at AMAZON  Free with KU

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Against all odds love survives...

PROTECTING HIS BROTHER'S BRIDE
by Jan Schliesman

Insurance 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. 

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. 

Protecting His Brother's Bride
Only $3.99 on Amazon..Buy it here!
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Danger doesn't take a holiday...

DR. DO OR DIE
By Lara Lacombe

Two doctors are on thin ice as they race to save the world from a deadly disease. 

Epidemic researcher Dr. Avery Thatcher has studied countless illnesses…but nothing prepares her for what she finds at a remote Antarctic base: the man she never wanted to see again and a mysterious ailment ravaging inhabitants. Avery will do whatever it takes to discover the illness's cause, and she vows to keep her heartbreaking history with Dr. Grant Jones in the past—even if reignited passion brings them dangerously close.  

For Grant, ending this outbreak and regaining Avery's trust are vital. As their hunt to contain a lethal pathogen escalates, he'll put everything on the line to avert disaster. But will another insidious threat stop them both cold?

Dr. Do Or Die by @LaraLacombe

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Love can heal them body and heart--if they'll let it...

THE BRIDE WORE STARLIGHT
By Lizbeth Selvig

Former beauty queen Joely Crockett has spent her life in the public eye, but, now, scarred and wheelchair-bound after an accident, she's mortified at the thought of being seen. Joely has lost more than the ability to walk—she’s lost her fire. But when a  handsome, arrogant cowboy accuses her of milking her injuries, he ignites her ire, and Joely finally feels sparks of her old self return.

Alec Morrissey knows about loss. A champion rodeo bronc rider before he was injured in Iraq, he’s managed to create something of a normal life, even if it’s not the one he always imagined. In stunning but damaged Joely, he finds a kindred spirit who can learn from his mistakes. But Alec has his own buried wounds to heal

As the pair begins to fall in love under the Wyoming stars, they must discover if they're going to give in to tragedy or fight for a future together.

The Bride Wore Starlight
Available at Amazon, B&N and all e-book retailers
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Texans, Shotguns & Serial Killers for a long winter night

SHOTGUN JUSTICE
by Angi Morgan

Book 2 of TEXAS RANGERS: ELITE TROOP

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.  

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. 

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In search of a THEME SONG

Music has always played an important role in my life. I began singing in church youth groups and performed throughout high school. Throughout college, I was a backup singer for music majors. I can’t tell you the number of times I was singing surrounded by egg cartons. So when I hear the poetry in a well-written song…I’m inspired to write.

I mainly use the soundtracks from R.E.D., Sherlock Holmes or Knight & Day for writing. But there are a lot of love songs that are my go-to to set certain moods. Billy Currington’s Until You; Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now and Love This Pain; Rascal Flatts…Okay anything from them.

Side note: I was introduced to Billy Currington with the song LIKE MY DOG by my best friend Jan Schliesman. (He's not bad to look at, either.)

When writing PROTECTING THEIR CHILD, a story about a couple that divorced in spite of loving each other, I began by listening to Let It Hurt. There’s more than one time that my family made fun of me singing this at the top of my lungs before I settled in to write.

I’ll be attending RomCon this year. One of the reader workshops has karaoke and of course I signed up. But wait… we had to choose one (1) –YES ONE!–song that encapsulated our work…or one book. What? Just one? It took me six weeks. Not kidding.

I could have gone with Smash Mouth’s EVERYDAY HERO. Of course my guys are all “average, ordinary, everyday super heroes” but that didn’t work for my heroines. So I kept looking… 

One of my husband’s favorite singers is Phillip Phillips. He’s super popular and you hear HOME all the time. I was actually practicing this, but something was still missing when using it to describe my books. Hmmm…action. And then…the next track on the album comes up…

“When enemies are at your door…”  YES !! That’s it exactly. I write on-the-run heroines caught in the wrong place at the wrong time books. AND !!! 

“You're my back bone.
You're my cornerstone.
You're my crutch when my legs stop moving.
You're my head start.
You're my rugged heart.
You're the pulse that I've always needed.” 

THIS IS THE ANGI MORGAN THEME SONG. DEFINITELY!

HE’D TAKE A BULLET FOR HER

His key witnesses dead, Texas Ranger Garrison Travis had to protect innocent bystander Kenderly Tyler. Her crucial evidence had two very dangerous Texas crime families willing to do anything to keep her quiet. But Garrison’s undercover status had branded him a killer, and now the bad and the good guys were after them both.

Hiding out with a handsome protector, on the run for her life, was so beyond anything Kenderly had imagined. While there was more than just adrenaline pulsing between them, the Ranger vowed his job was his life. Dare she wonder what would become of them should they actually make it out alive?

Catch photos from the other TEXAS RANGER: ELITE TROOP series on A Picture a Day. 

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Here's a theme song for your weekend! or maybe longer. Looking for a Rascal Flatts video, I came across this 2010 UNSTOPPABLE. Very COOL.

So what do you think? Do the words make you think of an On-The-Run-Romantic-Suspense? I hope so, I’m memorizing for the Karaoke event.

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Hard Core Law Day 3

5 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT 
HARD CORE LAW

Waco, Texas
Home to Bush's Chicken and Baylor University. A major crossing point of the Brazos River for cattle drives. Home of the ALICO building, the first high rise of it's kind in the area. Just big enough that everybody doesn't know everybody, but small enough that the good guys know the lay of the land.

I loved having my readers choose the names of Josh's twins. I hoped to have Jackson and Sage steal the scenes they were in. I have author Lena Diaz to thank for adding tension to my kidnapping plot with her suggestion that one of the twins have diabetes. She took time to check y facts and give me accurate info about what would happen every hour that Jackson didn't have his insulin. Smooches to Lena !!

  

Naming the bad guys. Even though it was hard, I still loved referring to all my bad guys as Mack. Mack the Knife didn't make it into the book, but I wanted to add it. (LOL, I'm dating myself, right?) Mack-In-Charge, Baby-Faced Mack, Rifle Mack, Knife Mack, they all had something that identified them for the hero and heroine. Fingers crossed that it worked for the readers.


Garrison, Jesse, Bryce & Josh

Texas Rangers all wear white hats for their official photos. It's said, that's where Hollywood got the idea that good guys wear white. Thanks for the great reception for my four special guys from Company F, headquartered in Waco. Also located in Waco is the Texas Ranger Museum. If you're ever driving on I-35, stop and take a look. It's a small museum, but filled with memorabilia.


Tracey's life changes from thinking about ice cream sprinkles to five minutes of complete terror as the twins are kidnapped.

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Hard Core Law Day 2

Traveling and getting back into my routine delays... my apologies for posting late.

I love to incorporate real locations and history into my stories. 

Waco is actually full of history. Crossing cattle across the Brazos river was very dangerous, so they built a suspension bridge. Locals use the bridge for all types of photo opportunities...including weddings. On a personal note, my first time to walk across the bridge was my daughter's 20th birthday when we took photos. 


I mention the bridge twice in HARD CORE LAW. The second is a big secret reveal, but here's the first.

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“They have a new phone listed in my name. Bought it pre-paid at a kiosk. No idea what the number is. Handed us another and told us to head to the Brazos Suspension Bridge.”

“You can cross that on foot. Right?” McCaffrey was asking someone on his staff. “You know they’ll be waiting on the other side.”

Tracey kept watch, walking back and forth along the wall. She’d look out the storefront window, then make the horseshoe along the outside walls again to look out the other side.

Josh kept his head and his voice down. “I can’t contact you on this again. It’ll be in the car.”

“We’ll have men on the north side of the bridge waiting,” McCaffrey stated. “Trust me, Josh.”

“For as long as possible.”

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Hard Core Law Day 1

HOW DO YOU GET A TEXAS RANGER TO BREAK THE LAW?

. . . KIDNAP HIS KIDS

The twins were all Josh Parker had in this world. So when they were kidnapped, he couldn't rely on his Texas Rangers star to get them back safely. Or involve Tracey Cassidy, the only person he trusted to care for his children. 

A family of criminals was asking him to break the law if he ever wanted to see his children again. 

But when Tracey caught wind of his plan, she knew no matter how big Josh's heart was, he had a future with his twins to look forward to. They needed their father. And this was one burden he wouldn't have to shoulder alone.

"THE BOSSMAN FINALLY GETS HIS OWN HEA!"

~NIKKI BROOKS

"ALL MAKINGS OF AN ENTERTAINING STORY,
THAT KEEPS THE READER ON THE EDGE."

~BOOKS & SPOONS

"FULL ON TERROR, WORRY AND ACTION FROM START TO FINISH"

~WENDY

We're having a party. To register for the Texas-Themed bracelet, join the facebook party and leave a comment. invite a friend (in the comments) for a 2nd, 3rd, etc. chance.

I had the rare privilege last week of watching a new friend read Hard Core Law. Even my "where-are-you-now's" didn't ruin the book for her. (YAY!!) She looked genuine when she told me how much she enjoyed it and what her favorite parts were. That's why I write. And I think the beginning of Nikki's review says it all: "The Bossman gets his HEA" (Happily Ever After). That's my favorite part of romance.

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7/18-19: Just Romantic Suspense

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7/20: Hard Core Law Facebook Party

Gunslinger Day 4

WELCOME TO HICO, TEXAS!

I loved researching Hico, it's history with Billy the Kid, the Koffee Kup and discovering the best pie in Texas. Don't forget, it's pronounced HIGH-CO.

Located southwest of Fort Worth on Highway 6 between Stephenville and Waco, it's exactly the right place for a much needed break in most drives that direction. Antiques, the Billy the Kid Museum, great food and a small-town feel were perfect for Bryce's story.

Kylie needed seclusion and support...exactly what a small town could give her. I'm thankful that readers are liking Hico as much as I do.

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It had been a very long time since she’d allowed herself friends. Then again, being Bryce’s friend wasn’t too high on her agenda. She’d watched him out in the yard fixing up Mrs. Mackey’s rental. He’d stopped by the pie shop while she’d been at lunch.

It might be a coincidence, but Hico was a very small town. If there was a visitor here for a couple of hours, a resident was likely to encounter them a couple of times. So running into a neighbor at the store and pie shop was almost predictable.

She hadn’t been the only woman catching a second or third glimpse of his straight nose and dimpled chin. A constant five o’clock shadow had never done anything for her before getting a look at Bryce. She was full-blown giddily attracted to every muscle his tight T-shirts exploited.

The view as he climbed the ladder wasn’t helping to cool her heat.

Mrs. Mackey had praised Bryce’s ability as a handyman and suggested his skills not be wasted while he was living on their street. At face value her statement had been so innocent. Then the other ladies who had conveniently stopped by the museum had all giggled.

INSIDE THE KOFFEE KUP

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TEXAS RANGER: ELITE TROOP series on A Picture a Day. 

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DO YOU LIKE SMALL TOWN STORIES?

Gunslinger Day 3

“What’s wrong with here?” Her fingers drew circles on his abs.

“Kylie.” He shook his head, then caught the look in her eyes. It was back, the fright that he’d seen when her shirt came off.

“I like it right here,” she whispered trying to sink to her knees.

He slid his hands to her elbows, stopping her. “I’m not treating our first time together like we’re teenagers looking for a fast thrill in a game room. We’re not only too old for that, we deserve better.”

Dusting her hands like she was done, she hurried away. “Fine. This is all I have, Bryce. All I can do.”

He touched her shoulder and she stopped. Did she want him to change her mind? Show her how much he cared about her? “If it were me… If our positions were reversed, and I was the one with scars. What would you do right now, Kylie? Would you let me run away? Continue to be afraid?”

She covered her face. “I am afraid.”

He could barely hear her. He asked just as quietly, “Of me?”

“Strangely enough, no. But yes, maybe of you most of all.”

“I don’t understand.”

Kylie faced him, cupping his cheeks, using a thumb to entice his lips—whether that was her intention or not.

“You’ve been looking for Sissy. I’ve seen that desire before from the men who admired her beauty. I’m afraid that you’ll be—”

“Be what?”

“Congratulations on writing one of the most emotionally intimate and sexy love scenes that I’ve ever read!” ACW

"The fantastically tantalizing Texas Rangers Elite series goes from strength to strength. This time the unassuming Bryce gets his woman!!" Nikki B, Amazon Review

"This is the third book in the Texas Rangers: Elite Troop series, and this was by far my favorite book so far. This book is a great mix of romance, suspense, heat, action and adventure.” Kathryn L, Amazon Review

“All in all this is a very strong addition to the Texas Ranger miniseries. I find Bryce and Kylie incredibly appealing and enjoyable.” ACW

Catch photos from Hico and the other 

TEXAS RANGER: ELITE TROOP series on A Picture a Day. 

Available in stores on June  18^th. 

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Does this teaser make you wonder what Kylie (formerly Sissy) is going to reveal?