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August 20, 2013
Looking for Some Real MAVERICKS! to join my Texas Tango Street Team
I’m pulling together some real MAVERICKS to help spread the word for my next book in the Texas Montgomery Mavericks….TEXAS TANGO! Interested? Want to know more? The street team will be ONLINE activities mostly.
Why join Team Maverick?
We have a private group on Facebook where we talk, exchange ideas, and help keep me sane!
Team members who want early access to new books will be given the option for digital Advance Reader Copies of my books for review
There’ll be swag for team members…jar openers, trading cards, can coozies and maybe books from other authors!
I’ll look to Team Maverick for advice…maybe plot developments, popular giveaways ideas, blog stops
If Team Maverick Members attend a conference I’m attending, I’ll host a private function just for us
If I’m in your area, or if you’re in mine, we’ll meet for drinks or lunch or dinner.
If you belong to a book club, I’ll meet with your club to talk about my books, and the writing world. Maybe I’ll even bring a little gossip! If the book club meets within a 3 hour drive of where I live in Arkansas or Florida, I will drive to your meeting for a face-to-face. Otherwise, we’ll use some type of online connection, i.e. SKYPE, Facetime, Google Hangout, etc.
Okay, so all that sounds good but now you’re thinking…what do I have to do? It’s easy and painless.
As a member of Team Maverick, you can do as many or as few of these as you want!
Post reviews on Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes & Noble and/or any online review site or online book site.
Spread the word about Texas Tango (and me) on romance message boards, in chat rooms, other forums.
Comment on blogs where I’m blogging (either as a guest or regular blogger)
Comment on blogs where Texas Tango is reviewed
Attend any chats or radio interviews (all online)
Help tag and like positive reviews of Texas Tango
Help tag and like comments on Facebook
Follow me on Twitter
LIKE my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCynthiaDAlba)
Hand out postcards or trading cards or swag to friends, family, or folks at concerts or book conventions to help get my name out there.
Share my Facebook posts and/or Twitter tweets.
Bring my books to the attention of libraries and bookstores.
Host animated banners and widgets on your own Social Networking pages/blogs and other profiles which click through back to the my author site (http://cynthiadalba.com/)
Lots more things as we brainstorm them.
Rewards JUST for Team Maverick Members – To be announced!
Interested?
Email me! Cynthia at cynthiadalba dot com
Send me a message via my Facebook Page
Leave me a message here! (Be sure to include your email!)
Come on! Join us! We’ll be having FUN! 
July 14, 2013
SMOKIN’ HOT BLOG TOUR!
I am so please to be included in the Smokin’ Hot Firemen anthology that hits the bookshelves (physically and figuratively) this week. It’s an honor to included in a collection of stories by such outstanding and established authors. The stories are short, hot and sweet. A perfect way to spend a hot summer day!
So if you haven’t grabbed your copy, please do so. Click HERE and you’ll be taken to the Smokin’ Hot Firemen page on my website. Purchase links are at the bottom of the page.
Listed below are the stops on the Smokin’ Hot Firemen Blog tour. There are some GREAT prizes, including my own prize package that has every book that finaled in the Romantic Suspense category for the 2014 RITA (awarded for the best RS by Romance Writers of America®)
So join us on our tour! It’ll be fun. I promise.
The authors of Smokin’ Hot Firemen are going on tour! Be sure to follow along. There will be interviews, excerpts, and prizes will be awarded at every stop! Here is the list of stops!
July 15: Erzabet’s Enchantments (Delilah)
July 16: Nana Prah’s Blog (Maggie Wells)
July 16: Promo It’s Raining Books
July 17: Wicked Readings by Tawania (M. Marie)
July 18: Ramblings From This Chick (Adele Dubois)
July 19: The Reading Addict (Cynthia D’Alba)
July 19: Promo Books to Light Your Fire
July 22: Books and Other Spells (Tahira Iqbal)
July 23: Words of Wisdom from The Scarf Princess (Sabrina York)
July 24: Musings From An Addicted Reader (Elle James)
July 25: Sharing Links and Wisdom (Cathryn Fox)
July 25: Promo Long and Short Reviews
July 26: Musings and Ramblings (Elle James)
Prizes included:
* One randomly drawn commenter during the tour will receive a $50 Amazon GC.
Additionally, one each of the following prizes will be awarded to randomly drawn commenters during the tour. All items that require shipping are for US winners only:
* Adele Dubois will award a download of REV ME UP, plus a surprise giveaway the day of her blog appearance.
* Cathryn Fox will award a download of Cowboy Way.
* Cynthia D’Alba will award a copy of every Romantic Suspense book that finaled in the RITA this year:
Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb
Dead Heat by Bronwyn Parry
Don’t Cry for Me by Sharon Sala
Forged in Fire by Trish McCallan
Last Man Standing by Cindy Gerard
Scorched by Laura Griffin
Twisted by Laura Griffin
Vortex by Cherry Adair
* Delilah Devlin will award a handmade pendant the day of her appearance
* Elle James will award a book bag, books and swag
* M. Marie will award a Firemen calendar
* Maggie Wells will award a pocket rocket firemen lip gloss, and downloads of her St. Blaise series books
* Rachel Firasek will award a 2013 Houston Firemen Calendar
* Sabrina York will award a download of her book (reader’s choice) on her blog appearance and tiara for grand prize
* Tahira Iqbal will award a digital copy of The Collector
* Shoshanna Evers will award an ebook of Enslaved, Book One in the Enslaved Trilogy from Simon & Schuster Pocket Star
June 2, 2013
Snippet Sunday – Texas Tango
From my upcoming November release, Texas Tango
If you’re reading this I’ve gone to meet my maker. Don’t be sad. I had a long life and did everything I ever set out to do. We have both known for quite some time that my end was near. Having you here with me has been one of the joys of my life. I regret not enticing you here sooner. Your parents may have given you birth, but my sister did a wonderful job raising you. You are a caring, loving woman and I prayed daily that you would find the happiness you deserve.
You may be wondering why I left you Singing Springs Ranch. Since my beloved Bernice and I could never have children, I felt like you were the closest thing to a real family I have left. I hope you will consider staying in Whispering Springs as the town can use a doctor of your skills and compassion.
If you feel you must move on, you may dispose of the ranch as you see fit. My only request is that you not sell Singing Springs to any of the Montgomery family. Since I’m gone and will never know what you do with the property, I can only hope you will use good judgment in your decision.
Please know that I loved you like a daughter.
Be happy. Love well. Build a good life.
Uncle Angus
May 22, 2013
WordPress.com Class Coming!
WordPress Website Workshop
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Your Instructor: Cynthia D’Alba
August 1-31, 2013
Using WordPress.com to Build A Website
WordPress.com – Not Just for Blogging Anymore
Most authors would agree that it’s important to have a visibility on the Internet, usually via a professional website. But it isn’t necessary to spend hundreds of dollars to get one.
WordPress.com is a powerful program that can be the perfect tool to use in designing and maintaining a professional website without costing you hundreds of dollars to build and additional fees to maintain. A little time, some basic computer skills and you can design and maintain your information, giving you the flexibility in today’s market to keep your site up-to-date with your latest release or your hottest news.
This month-long class is designed for beginner level users, taking you from setting up the initial page to a finished product. Lessons will take 30-90 minutes per day, depending on your proficiency and familiarity with your computer and the Internet. This is a hands-on class, so enrollment may be limited.
Length: 6 weeks (4 weeks of lessons + 2 weeks for questions)
Price: $40
Format: Yahoo Group emails and files
For more information and registration, go HERE.
February 26, 2013
Walking The Dogs
The other day I was talking with Kristen Painter about her new cat and experiences with walking her cats. Here is Kristen’s new baby, Spencer . Isn’t he lovely?
I tried to explain the difficulties I have walking my two dogs…slow poke and speed demon.
This is how I have to hold their leads…
The black lead is slow poke and the red is speed demon.
Here is how I watch them!
I can see speed demon out the front of the cart and watch slow poke in the side mirror.
Once slow poke has “done her business,” she gets back in the cart and we let speed demon run on the lead. My cart will go 13-14 mph. Speed Demon keeps the lead stretched out to the end!
So Kristen, here is how my walk looks.
Do you walk dogs? Do they walk at the same rate or do you have a slow poke and speed demon?
February 2, 2013
Judge a Book By It’s Cover
In the fall of 2010, I got the first draft of a proposed cover for Texas Two Step. I was absolutely giddy I was so please. Some minor tweaking occurred but the overall effect didn’t change. Take a look..
Nice, huh? I think so.
I’ve entered the cover in Houston’s Judge a Book By It’s Cover contest because: 1) it’s gorgeous and 2) it conveys the right feel for the Contemporary Western Romance
Now, the competition in my category is TOUGH! I could use some “5″ scores to keep it in the running.
If you agree with my assessment of my cover, go to: https://jabbic.hbarwa.com/readers/categories.php
Go to the Single Title Category
The entries are in alphabetical order, so I’m near the end.
So GO VOTE…for my cover and all the covers you love.
Thanks.
December 27, 2012
The Christmas Dinner That Almost Wasn’t – A Guest Blog from PG Forte
It’s still two days before Christmas as I’m writing this and, at this point, I’m not altogether certain I’ll be cooking Christmas dinner this year. I woke up several days ago to find my heretofore perfectly reliable range had given up the ghost overnight. A burned out heating element was the best educated guess we could receive and the decision was made to get a new stove.
And a very merry Christmas to me! Seriously, I don’t think I’ve ever been quite so enamored of an appliance in my life. It’s pretty. It’s black and stainless steel so that it actually matches all the other appliances in the kitchen—matching is important. Best of all, it came with a free cast iron pizza tray. Those of you who know me or know my books, know I lovecast iron with kind of an unholy passion. So, to quote Penelope Ann Miller imitating Marlon Brando in The Freshman (yes, I’m dating myself. But if you’ve never seen this movie, do yourself a favor and rent it) “Now I’m happy.”
Or, at least, I was when it was delivered, late yesterday afternoon. My elation lasted for all of several minutes, until we realized that—apparently—the old stove in its death throes (which somehow went unnoticed, go figure) also took out the outlet…or shorted the system…or burned out the wiring…we don’t really know yet. Basically, it did something that meant the new range doesn’t work either and won’t until some point on Christmas Eve when, hopefully, the electrician can resolve our issues…after an estimated several hours during which time we won’t have any power at all.
Really? I love candlelight and chestnuts roasting on an open fire as much as the next person but…really?
Whatever. It’s a minor annoyance and I’m sure it will all work out fine. It’s hardly a disaster after all, just mildly disappointing to my kids who missed out on Thanksgiving this year and were looking forward to a home-cooked holiday meal. But they’re here, they’re safe, they’re healthy and even if we end up with no power through the holiday, it would not be the end of the world…oh, I forgot, that was last Friday, wasn’t it?
In any case, by the time you read this, Christmas will be over and so will dinner. So I’ll leave you with my best wishes for a Happy New Year and an excerpt from my new book, Finders Keepers.
In this scene, it’s Christmas morning and my characters are just about to enjoy breakfast…
“Help yourself to coffee if you want,” Aldo told him as he returned to the table carrying the two mugs he’d refilled and some kind of egg dish he’d retrieved from the oven.
Caleb nodded. “Okay, thanks.” Was it just his imagination, or was the expression on Aldo’s face this morning extra frosty? He felt his hackles rise and willed them back down. He didn’t want to be mad this morning. He was getting tired of walking around angry all the time. Of course, he didn’t want to be attracted to the other man all the time either. He took a deep breath and tried for a smile. “What’s that you got there? It looks good.”
“It’s a frittata,” Aldo answered in clipped, disinterested tones.
“It’s not just a frittata,” Sally corrected. “It’s a delicious frittata. He makes it every year, just for Christmas—see all the red and green bits?”
Aldo sighed. “They’re called peppers, honey. Red and green bell peppers.”
Sally laughed. Caleb loved the teasing note in her voice as she said, “You’re so picky this morning. What does it matter anyway? You both knew what I meant.”
“Well, let’s see,” Aldo answered. “When you perform a surgery, do you refer to the specific body part you’re operating on at all? Or do you just point and say, ‘Let’s cut out that bit there’?”
Sally shook her head. “Caleb, honey, he’s picking on me. Tell the mean, old detective how professional I am.”
There it was again, that soft little note in her voice. He could get seriously addicted to that. “Always.” Caleb smiled and poured himself some coffee.
“She uses all the big words too. She’s probably just dumbing things down now so you can follow along.”
“Oh, I’m so sure.” Aldo rolled his eyes. “You can manage bigger words than ‘bit’? You have no idea how relieved I am.” Frowning at his plate, Aldo added, “And for the record, I make no claims for the quality of this dish. It’s highly unlikely it will be delicious this year. I’m guessing inedible will be closer to the mark, given how long I was forced to keep it in the warmer—through no fault of my own, I might add.”
Sally laughed again. “Look at you. You’re such a kitchen diva this morning! What’s up with that, anyway? You know how awesome you are. Who’re you trying to impress?”
From across the room, Caleb watched them enviously, marveling at how amazing they were together. Did they even realize it? And did either of them have any idea how much they were turning him on right now—with their smiles and their glances, their playful banter? Aldo by himself, when it was just the two of them, still had a tendency to piss Caleb off, but put him together with Sally? Totally different dynamic. Every eye roll, every smile had Caleb aching to be a part of it, to laugh and play together like that. To laugh and play together like that in bed, all three of them—oh yeah, that’s just what he needed.
Blurb: Sometimes finding what you want is the easy part.
Caleb is a bionic soldier with little-to-no memory of his past. He’s seeking the truth about himself and those missing memories.
Aldo’s an undercover cop who just might have the answers to Caleb’s questions. But if Caleb’s the man Aldo thinks he is, how can he let him get away a second time?
Then there’s Sally; she’s an ER physician who used to be married to Aldo’s late partner, Davis. Sally’s not dealing with widowhood very well. In fact, it’s getting harder, every day, just to find a reason to keep getting out of bed. If the truth about the men’s shared past comes to light, she could lose them both. Along with her last, best reason to go on living.
This holiday season, chance will bring them together and give them an opportunity to help one another find what they each want most. But every gift comes with a price. And keeping what they’ve found once they’ve found it? Yeah, that’s gonna be the hard part.
Pick up your copy of Finders Keepers HERE
December 20, 2012
Christmas Sneaks Up On Chandra Ryan…A Guest Post
I’m late! I’m late! Major apologies to Chandra Ryan. I meant to get her guest post up sooner but IT’S MY BIRTHDAY so my morning has been a little wild! Sorry Chandra.
I’m happy to have Chandra visit my place today. After all, IT IS A SPECIAL DAY in Cyndi’s world. So take it away, Chandra!
I’m sorry, what day is it?
It never fails, when it hits the 18th of Dec. I’m always surprised that we only have one week until Christmas. It’s not like Christmas is one of those holidays that changes from year to year. It’s always on the 25th. But, for some reason, it always seems like I’ve got plenty of time. Until I see it’s the 18th, that is. Then suddenly, I have no time left at all. And, as we’ve passed the 18th by days now, this year it’s much the same.
The only thing I draw comfort in is that I’m not alone in this mad dash to Christmas day. Even those wonderful people who somehow manage to get their shopping done early, inevitably there’s still something left to do. Between the shopping, the cooking and baking, and decorating the holiday seems to take over the entire month.
I officially finished my shopping (I think) yesterday!! Yay!! We decorated, and by decorated I meant put up our tree and the one string of outside lights that we have, over the weekend. So that leaves—yep, you guessed it—the cooking. I’ve tried to convince the husband that a new tradition of frozen pizza should be started this year, but I think that one has been vetoed. Maybe he’d be open to take-out, though?
So what about you? What have you got left to check off the ‘holiday check list’?
Whatever it may be, I hope you have a stress-free day and are surrounded by those near and dear to you. I leave you with an excerpt of my newest release, Bond Betrayed.
Fury burned in the pit of her stomach. And she welcomed it. Its heat dulled the sharp hunger that’d been buried deep in her core since she’d woken up. How could she still want him? He’d specifically put her into a vulnerable state just to betray her. That wasn’t the kind of guy a girl wastes fantasies over.
And yet, she was.
It only pissed her off more. But if she had to be pissed off and sexually frustrated, the least she could do was share the misery. And if the look on his face was anything to go by, she was succeeding marvelously.
“What’s happened to me?” he asked as soon as the door closed.
She probably should feel some guilt at the sound of confusion mixed with pain in his voice. Should, but didn’t. “You drank seductress blood,” she answered simply. “How does it feel?” Stepping close to him once more, she ran the tip of one finger down the front of his chest. “Is it a roaring fire burning what little is left of your soul to ash, or is it an icy dullness reminding you that you’ll never be whole if I’m not there?” For her, it was ice. She needed the warmth of his body on her, against her, in her so badly she hurt with it.
“Fire. God, how do I make it stop?” Turning his back to the wall, he leaned against its strength as if his whole world had just been shaken.
“I wouldn’t know. I’ve had the stuff running through my veins longer than I can remember.”
“But you shouldn’t be able to use your magic against me. The bond—”
“This has nothing to do with the bond and I’m not using my magic against you.” Needing the space as much as he did, she took a step away from him. He reached out to her but quickly caught himself, snatching his hand back to his side. “You drank my blood. I’m a seductress, what did you think my magic would feel like? Rainbows, unicorns and fairy dust?”
If you want to read more about Isaac and Nikki you can find another excerpt and the blurb for the book on the Ellora’s Cave site: http://www.ellorascave.com/bond-betrayed.html
Or on my author website: www.ChandraRyan.com
And, of course, on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bond-Betrayed-ebook/dp/B00A4E7FYQ
Happy holidays!!
THANKS again, Chandra for coming by. So how about the rest of you? Ready for Christmas? Or has it sneaked up on you too?
November 16, 2012
What Happens in the Mead Tent…Welcome Sandra Jones
I am pleased to welcome Sandra Jones today. Sandra is a fellow chaptermate from Diamond State Romance Authors . I know you will all enjoy getting to know her as well.
First, let me start off by thanking Cyndi for allowing me to stop by. I’m in the midst of a blog tour for my latest book, MOONLIGHT MADNESS. To celebrate I’ll give one lucky commenter on this post an e-gift card for $5! I’m giving away other prizes along my tour, so feel free to follow along on my adventures for more chances to win stuff! More details on my website: http://www.sandrajonesromance.com/events Huzzah!
I’m a huge history geek and an anglophile. I love everything from movies to books to reenactments. I’d like to experience Britain through every time period—just not in first person. I’m too attached to deodorant and toothpaste for the real experience! But I enjoy a good historical romance set in any era of British history. The setting for MOONLIGHT MADNESS, a time travel romance, is the 1600s. I chose this time to incorporate two of my favorite things: Shakespeare and Renaissance fairs.
During Shakespeare’s career, the reigning monarchs were Queen Elizabeth I, and after her death, King James. I chose the King James era, because this was the time that the Bard wrote Macbeth. In these days, the kingdom was superstitious and intrigued by the devil. James was the monarch responsible for the King James Bible and he also wrote a book about witchcraft. What better time to send an unsuspecting time-traveling, modern-day heroine than an age when peculiarity meant the work of Satan! mu-wha-ha-ha
As for renaissance fairs, I often attend a festival in Texas in April called Scarborough Faire. The first time I went, my youngest son was in a stroller. It’s a fantastic event for all ages, whether you dress in costume or just watch everyone else.
The fair can be a little anachronistic, but it’s all in fun! A few of my favorite memories are of my son watching a joust, my husband being attacked by the kissing wench, and myself enjoying the falconer. A trained handler conducts live demonstrations with the birds of prey. I was so inspired by the performance that I included a falcon in MOONLIGHT MADNESS as the hero’s beloved pet.
Blurb for MOONLIGHT MADNESS
While visiting Wales, Rance Kingsley, Viscount Waldenham, receives a warning that his daughter will soon be kidnapped by Spanish enemies. Before he can aid her, Rance tumbles into a mysterious portal to the future. His only hope is to find his soulmate, the key to returning. However his curse continues when all signs point to Tess Hartman, a straight-laced teacher, as his match. After a cheating boyfriend, the only male Tess wants in her life is Dante, a troubled teen she would like to adopt. To bond with the boy, Tess brings him on a class field trip to Britain. But the Shakespeare experience becomes too real when sexy, eccentric Rance seduces her. When Tess falls for Rance’s kisses and travels with him across four centuries, she’s convinced he’s made a mistake. How could she love a man who deceived her, separating her from everything she cares about, a man with MOONLIGHT MADNESS?
An Excerpt
Aye, she could be an attractive woman. Her height was adequate for his purposes with the top of her head just below his shoulder—everything as it should be when she would recline beneath him in bed. And though her clothing was not particularly feminine and her brunette hair was pulled back in a man’s style, her face stirred him. Her eyebrows were rounded and whimsical over eyes of brown with green and gold flakes. But her unadorned lips cast a siren’s spell on him. Rosy, flushed, and full. So soft, he vowed, and he died with need to test them.
“Charming,” he murmured.
His hand ran down her arm, slender and sleek with feminine muscle. St. Anthony, how he loved the way women of this time kept their bodies! Her pulse skittered beneath his touch.
Was it her? Could it be? Mayhap a kiss would bring the final sign he needed….
Rance drew her near, aware that her restrained hand had balled into a fist of resistance, but too far gone, his patience could not be reclaimed. He bent toward her, his hair falling to frame her face and his. Lips hovering above hers, he explained softly, “I must find my mate.”
MOONLIGHT MADNESS is available on Kindle now, and everywhere else January 18.
Sandra Jones is the author of time-travel, paranormal, and historical romances published by Avon Impulse and The Wild Rose Press. She’s worked as a bookseller and a librarian, where she indulged in her love of old books.
When not researching or writing, she enjoys being with family, reading, and watching British TV. A self-proclaimed history geek, she currently lives in a 1905 Greek revival home in the Mississippi Delta. Sandra loves to hear from her readers: visit her website www.sandrajonesromance.com
November 11, 2012
It’s A Jungle – Mayan Moon Blog Stop for Paty Jager
I am so pleased to welcome PATY JAGER to my little corner of the world. Paty is on blog tour for her latest book, Secrets of a Mayan Moon…an awesome and intriguing title! So without further ado, take it away, Paty. (p.s. Leave a comment! There’s a prize!)
Cynthia, Thank you for having me here today! I hope everyone who reads this blog takes the time to leave a comment, because I love to give! I’m giving a $5 egift card to one commenter at each blog stop and will give a bag full of goodies to the person who follows me to the most blogs and a gift to the host who gets the most commenters. You can find the blog tour hosts at my blog: http://www.patyjager.blogspot.com or my website: http://www.patyjager.net
It’s a Jungle-
When I started out with the idea for this book I knew I wanted to set it in a locale other than the U.S. I’d determined that my heroine would be an anthropologist who specialized in Native American studies, so the setting had to either be North, Central, or South America.
Knowing the hero was in the DEA(Drug Enforcement Agency) I needed to do some research on drug trafficking. That was the worst part of the research. Learning all about the seedy side of people, and in some instances, countries.
While digging through information on the Central and South American Natives, I came across the Maya people who we’d studied ever so slightly in school. I dug a little deeper and the more books I accumulated on them and the more things I read, I began to piece together a way to use their hieroglyphs and my imagination to spin a false tale. I came up with a botched human sacrifice that instead of bringing the Maya prosperity started their decline.
With all this information, the story had to be set at an archeological dig—another thing I had to research. And I placed the fake dig in the Petén rainforest of Guatemala along the Mexico border to fit in with the drug trafficking. So the setting almost becomes another character in this book as they battle the jungle, the caves, and in a way even the sacrificial altar chamber.
There were many new things I learned and even more that I stashed away to use in possible books down the road. I enjoyed bringing the jungle to life and the Mayan catastrophe that I conjured up and had my heroine decipher.
Blurb for Secrets of a Mayan Moon:
Child prodigy and now Doctor of Anthropology, Isabella Mumphrey, is about to lose her job at the university. In the world of publish 
or perish, her mentor’s request for her assistance on a dig is just the opportunity she’s been seeking. If she can decipher an ancient stone table—and she can—she’ll keep her department. She heads to Guatemala, but drug trafficking bad guys, artifact thieves, and her infatuation for her handsome guide wreak havoc on her scholarly intentions.
DEA agent Tino Kosta, is out to avenge the deaths of his family. He’s deep undercover as a jaguar tracker and sometimes jungle guide, but the appearance of a beautiful, brainy anthropologist heats his Latin blood taking him on a dangerous detour that could leave them both casualties of the jungle.
Excerpt
There they were. The symbols she’d tried to figure out the other day. They represented the name of a woman. She stared across the compound, unseeing. The woman who was sacrificed. Isabella’s stomach churned. The sacrifice of the virgin made the moon god cry. What about this particular woman left sorrow rather than hope? For the sacrifices were gifts to the gods to bring good weather and crops.
Sadness for this woman wrapped around her heart. Clutching the book to her chest, Isabella returned to her tent and lay down. She needed to sleep. That had to be why this information caused her so much grief. She was tired.
But sleep eluded her. Her mind spun with the drawings, the sadness, and restlessness. Finally, unable to shake the images and unease, Isabella rose, crossed the compound, and entered the dig site. Something compelled her to read the glyphs and look at the carvings in the altar chamber once more.
Secrets of a Mayan Moon is available at Kindle, Nook, and Smashwords.
Bio:
Wife, mother, grandmother, and the one who cleans pens and delivers the hay; award winning author Paty Jager and her husband currently ranch 350 acres when not dashing around visiting their children and grandchildren. She not only writes the western lifestyle, she lives it.
Her contemporary Western, Perfectly Good Nanny won the 2008 Eppie for Best Contemporary Romance, Spirit of the Mountain, a historical paranormal set among the Nez Perce, garnered 1st place in the paranormal category of the Lories Best Published Book Contest,and Spirit of the Lake, the second book of the spirit trilogy, was a finalist in the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence.
You can learn more about Paty at her blog; www.patyjager.blogspot.com her website; http://www.patyjager.net or on Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/#!/paty.jager and twitter; @patyjag.
Hi! It’s Cyndi again. Sound like a great book, doesn’t it? and a 350 acre ranch! Wow, Paty. Sound like a great place for the grandkids to come play.
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