Showing posts with label The Chase. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Chase. Show all posts

3/20/2013

Meet Gabe Townsend


THE CHASE
Justifiable Cause Series, Novella #1
ASIN: B00B2CECJK

Hard-driving attorney Jo Pomeroy is as determined as she is sexy—in other words, a major pain in NYPD Sergeant Gabe Townsend’s butt. Working together on a high-profile task force charged with busting sales of counterfeit goods has been rocky from the start. And Jo’s penchant for trouble is as difficult to ignore as her spectacular legs.

The world of knock-offs isn’t as frivolous as it appears. The purses are fake, but the danger is all too real—and Jo seems hell-bent on putting herself in the middle of it. Her investigations have uncovered valuable leads for Gabe’s team, but they’ve also drawn the wrong kind of attention.

Now, she’s on the radar of a mysterious smuggler not afraid to use violence to evade the law. At the risk of their lives—and their hearts—Gabe and Jo must find him before he finds them.


THE PROLIFIC 
ADRIENNE GIORDANO
writes romantic suspense and mystery.  She is a Jersey girl at heart, but now lives in the Midwest with her workaholic husband, sports obsessed son and Buddy the Wheaten Terrorist (Terrier). She is a co-founder of Romance University blog and Lady Jane's Salon-Naperville, a reading series dedicated to romantic fiction. For more information on Adrienne's books please visit her website.   

TURNING THE INTERROGATION TOWARD GABE TOWNSEND
the hero from the Justifiable Cause Series


ANGI: How often to you get lost in a story?
GABE: Gabe Townsend here. Thanks for having me, Angi. Being an NYPD Sergeant assigned to ESU—more commonly known as S.W.A.T.—I get lost in a story every day. Multiple times.

ANGI: What’s your favorite “love” word?
GABE: I have three. Jo. Pomeroy’s. Legs. The woman has amazing legs. I dream about those legs. Except when I see them dangling from a fourth floor window she’s trying to climb out of. Then I get pissy.

ANGI: Can you tell us about a real-life hero you’ve met?
GABE: There’s a lot of nonsense in my job, but the other day I saw a businessman give a homeless guy his coat. That’s the stuff that sticks with me. I hang on to that and it keeps me sane.
ANGI: That is one of my favorite answers, Gabe. Thanks for sharing that!

ANGI: What’s your favorite fairy tale?
GABE: Anything featuring Jo’s legs.

ANGI: What’s your favorite cartoon character?
GABE: Popeye. No idea why. Plus, I hate spinach.

ANGI: What do you like about the hero of your book?
GABE: I’ll talk about Jo. There’s a lot to like about her. Besides her legs. Kidding! She’s a lawyer and she’s brilliant and mouthy and that gets me fired up. The thing I most admire is she’s fearless. This makes me nuts too though. I’m conflicted! Isn’t that a big deal with you novelists? That I’m conflicted? Anyway, Jo constantly (sometimes at the risk of her own safety) throws herself into the fray. Doing what I do for a living, I get it. There’s a rush that comes with the action. Still, I’d like her not to do it, which I usually suggest and she usually ignores, but we’re of the same mind when it comes to adrenalin. We’re junkies.   
ANGI: What sound or noise do you love?
GABE:  The sounds of the city. Car horns, sirens, trucks, feet on pavement. If I go somewhere quiet, it makes me twitchy.
ANGI: Fairy Tale or Action Adventure?
GABE: Please. Action Adventure. I work in New York City. All I have to do is step outside and I’m in the action.

ANGI: What’s your favorite movie of all time?
GABE:  There’s a bunch, but a few stand out. Bull Durham is a great guy movie. Baseball, women, a guy wearing lingerie when he pitches, it’s all good. The Last of the Mohicans is another one of my favorites.

ANGI: Who’s your favorite villain?
GABE:  I’m a cop. My favorite villain is the one I just took down.

ANGI: What is your biggest vice?
GABE: Jo Pomeroy’s legs.

ANGI: Is there a “Blooper” in your story (it may have been changed before printing)?
GABE: My attempt at telling Jo what to do was a monster blooper. Eee-doggies, that was painful. She straightened my a—butt—out. Can’t say it’ll stop me next time. I worry about her and that won’t change. She’ll have to live with it. And, I guess, I’ll get used to the verbal beatings.    

ANGI: How is it working with hot guys and sexy women all day?
GABE: I’ll pass on the hot guys, but being around sexy women never gets old. Jo doesn’t call me Mr. August for nothing. Just saying, ladies.

ANGI’S GOTTA ASK: Tell us what's coming up in your new JUSTIFIABLE CAUSE series.
ADRIENNE'S GOTTA ANSWER:  That Gabe, he’s so naughty. J In the next story, Evasion, Jo and Gabe continue their hunt for a counterfeit goods smuggler. The next story will take them out of New York City though and Gabe’s not very happy about that.  They’ll still have plenty of fun though.

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UP NEXT for ADRIENNE:
OPPOSING FORCES
Private Protectors series
June 10

Jackson Lynx always has a plan. He wouldn’t be Vice President at Taylor Security if he wasn’t steady, smart and reliable. But as capable as he is, he’s not perfect. Approaching the one-year anniversary of kicking his prescription-drug habit, the last thing Lynx needs is temptation. Celibacy is part of his recovery plan. But then Jillian Murdoch asks for his help…

Jillian loves her job—managing pharmaceutical distribution—and she’s suspicious when an unscheduled delivery shows up late on a Friday night. Then someone breaks into her home and, terrified, she asks Lynx to install a security system. Grateful for his help, she’s wary of her attraction to him… She recognizes the Serenity Prayer on his mirror and can’t get involved with an addict.

But when they uncover dangerous secrets they’ll have to trust one another. Their lives, and their hearts, depend on it.

PREVIOUS RELEASES by ADRIENNE:
For a complete book list, visit Adrienne's website. You have to check out her PRIVATE PROTECTORS!

 ADRIENNE is giving away a Digital copy of RISKING TRUST, first book in Private Protectors series or The Chase (print or digital copy). Reader’s choice of which book they’d prefer. International giveaway

Note: COMMENTERS are encouraged to leave a contact email address to speed the prize notification process. Offer void where prohibited. Odds of winning vary due to the number of entrants. Winners of drawings are responsible for checking this site in a timely manner. If prizes are not claimed in a timely manner, the author may not have a prize available. Get Lost In A Story cannot be responsible for an author's failure to mail the listed prize. GLIAS does not automatically pass email addresses to guest authors unless the commenter publicly posts their email address.

DON’T FORGET to FOLLOW us on Twitter #GetLostStories or LIKE us on Facebook to keep up with all our guest authors and their prizes. Join Jillian tomorrow when she gets lost with Jill Limber. And come back Monday when I host Kimberly Kincaid from MAN WARS! ~Angi

ADRIENNE WANTS TO KNOW: Who are your favorite heroes and heroines from any book?

4/10/2012

CRIME SCENE: HOUSTON and DiAnn Mills

THE CHASE
Zondervan
ISBN: 978-0310333173

To the FBI it's a cold case. To Kariss Walker it's a hot idea that could either reshape or ruin her writing career. And it's a burning mission to revisit an event she can never forget.

Five years ago, an unidentified little girl was found starved to death in the woods behind a Houston apartment complex. A TV news anchor at the time, Kariss reported on the terrifying case. Today, as a New York Times bestselling author, Kariss intends to turn the unsolved mystery into a suspense novel. Enlisting the help of FBI Special Agent Tigo Harris, Kariss succeeds in getting the case reopened. But the search for the dead girl's missing mother yields a discovery that plunges the partners into a witch's brew of danger.

THE TRAILER

THE EXCERPT

THE AUTHOR
Award-winning author DiAnn Mills is a fiction writer who combines an adventuresome spirit with unforgettable characters to create action-packed, suspense-filled novels. DiAnn’s first book was published in 1998. She currently has more than fifty books published. 

Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists and have won placements through the American Christian Fiction Writer’s Carol Awards and Inspirational Reader’s Choice awards. DiAnn won the Christy Award in 2010 and 2011. 

DiAnn is a founding board member for American Christian Fiction Writers and a member of Inspirational Writers Alive, Romance Writers of America, and Advanced Writers and Speakers Association. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country. DiAnn is also the Craftsman mentor for the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild. 

She and her husband live in sunny Houston, Texas.

THE Q&A
ANGI: How often to you get lost in a story?
DIANN: Often! If I like the story, the world stops. I’m a tough reader to get hooked. The truth is if I’m not drawn into the story in the first or second line, then I’m on to the next one.

ANGI: What’s the first book you remember reading? 
DIANN: Little Women - over and over again. I knew I wanted to be a novelist like Jo. In fact, I adopted boys just like she did. 

ANGI: Can you tell us about a real-life hero you’ve met?
DIANN: A man who’d been one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. He is now the Bishop for the Episcopal Church of Aweil in the Northern Bahr al-Ghazal state of Southern Sudan. He’s making a difference and risking his life. We wrote a book together, and he calls me Mom. 

ANGI: What’s your favorite fairy tale?
DIANN: Beauty and the Beast. Belle saw the real man inside the beast. She fell in love with his heart, not his looks. I love the scene where they are dancing and she realizes her feelings for him. 

ANGI: Where do you read and how often?
DIANN: I read on the treadmill or elliptical every morning. Helps pass the time while I’m keeping in shape. :) 

ANGI: Fairy Tale or Action Adventure?
DIANN: Action adventure with a spunky heroine who isn’t afraid to step into a man’s role! 

ANGI: What was the first story you remember writing?
DIANN: A western. I was in the 2nd grade. Lots of gunfire and fast horses. 

ANGI: Who’s your favorite villain?
DIANN: Sweeney Todd

ANGI: What is your biggest vice?
DIANN: Impatience. There I said it.  

ANGI: How is it working with hot guys and sexy women all day?
DIANN: Intimidating, but I’m working on my confidence. If they get too out of hand, I bump ‘em off.  

ANGI’S GOTTA ASK: Hi DiAnn. The writer in me wants to know how you introduced yourself to the FBI for information regarding the cold case THE CHASE is based on. And I’m certain our readers would love to know some of the details you’ve come across or how many you were able to use in the book. Could you share?
DIANN’S GOTTA ANSWER: Initially, I phoned Houston’s FBI, introduced myself, and asked for the PR person. My initial goal was to interview the PR person for FBI protocol. Media Coordinator Shauna and I instantly became friends. She’d been recruited as a news anchor into the FBI, had been an agent, and is now in her current role. I wrote the book and she read every word so procedure and language would be correct. When Shauna finished, she wanted to know what was next! I asked what she had in mind. She suggested writing a series from solved cold cases. She got the clearance, and the Crime Scene: Houston series was born. The solved cold case used in The Chase captured my attention and passion. No matter what cases I looked at, my attention went back to the child found starved to death with no identity. I remembered the case - and with adopted children of my own - I had no choice but to write it. Shauna was fabulous, furnishing me with DVDs of press conferences and the victim board. The latter was a bit graphic, but I wanted my hero and heroine to feel the same anguish. That meant I had to experience tough emotions.

Shauna helped me with the second book in the series too. :) 

THE WHEREABOUTS
Contact      Website    Facebook   @diannmills   Goodreads   

THE NEXT RELEASE: The Survivor

THE PAST RELEASES
Check out DiAnn's fantastic website for a list of previous releases.

THE DRAWING
DiANN will be drawing for a copy of The Chase and will mail internationally.
Note: Number of entrants varies. Winners of drawings are responsible for checking this site in a timely manner. If prizes are not claimed in a timely manner, the author may not have a prize available. Get Lost In A Story cannot be responsible for an author's failure to mail the listed prize. GLIAS does not automatically pass email addresses to guest authors unless the commenter publicly posts their email address.

DON’T FORGET to FOLLOW us on Twitter (#GetLostStories) or LIKE us on Facebook to keep up with all our guest authors and their prizes. Join me tomorrow when I host Alyssa Everett. And come back Thursday when Jill hosts Tracey Devlin. A special Income Tax weekend with that great CPA Tax Investigator, Tara Holloway (Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure & Death, Taxes, and A Skinny No-Whip Latte by Diane Kelly)  ~Angi

DIANN’S GOT A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE!
If you could step into any career, what would it be and why?