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Author Spotlight Featuring C. Becker's New Release ~ Finding Euphoria

Finding EuphoriaThank you, Leslie Ann, for hosting me today. My novel Finding Euphoria was released two weeks ago on March 13. I’m super excited about sharing the first novel in the Euphoria Trilogy. I wrote this book because I wanted to write a mystery that addressed the drug epidemic in our country. Having a child become a victim to drugs is a parent’s worst nightmare. Because I love medicine, I also wove in plots incorporating diabetes and the difficult struggle of dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Add these diverse topics with storylines of adoption and being a caregiver, it’s easy to see why this book pulls at the heart of any adult.
My main character Hailey Langley had a traumatic life as a teenager. She was kidnapped, assaulted, and lost her parents. After recovering from her injuries, she put a baby up for adoption, became a secret agent, and worked alongside Tom Parker at the Special Crimes Agency, (SCA).  They grew close, but a horrific accident caused her to resign from the SCA. She moved to the East Coast, started college, and began a new life. After she met and married Mark Langley, her college sweetheart, they started a family and she hoped life would be problem-free forever. Seventeen years after her kidnapping, her life is thrown upside down.
Her former partner Tom Parker seeks her help in tracking down a new street drug that holds his adoptive teenager, Hailey’s first-born son, in a coma. Hailey, who is struggling through difficulties in her stressed marriage, is torn between leaving town to save the boy she gave up for adoption or risk her husband discovering her secret past.
Chancing everything, Hailey works with Tom Parker, but the drug lord captures her. Now Parker must work with Hailey’s husband Mark to save Hailey and solve the mystery behind the deadly drug before it spreads across the globe. In the process, Hailey discovers secrets about her husband and finds the love she thought they had lost.
Excerpt:He turned the bottle around in his hand and set it on the end table. “Don’t put me in this position. You know what would happen. Grace is his mother. She’s the one who needs to stay with him.”
Regret tugged at her heart. “I wouldn’t take any time away from her.”
Parker groaned. “Just you being there would make her feel uncomfortable.”
“Why?”
“You know why.”
“But I’ve stayed away for seventeen years,” she whispered.
“That was the adoption arrangement.”
She bit her lip. “I can’t stay away any longer.”
“You agreed to those terms in the contract. You terminated all parental rights.” Parker stood and paced to the kitchen.
“But it’s not fair!” She put down her water and began wringing her hands.
Straightening his arms, he leaned against the bar. “Hailey, please don’t start. I know how you feel…”
“You couldn’t possibly know how I feel. I need to see him.” She fought to control the bitterness in her voice.
“No.”
She rose, knocking over the water bottle. “He’s my son!”
“Not anymore, he isn’t.”
The rebuke stung. “He’ll always be my son!”
“When you gave him up, you promised to keep your distance.”
“I have.”
“Forever.”
The reminder lanced her heart. “You’re being unfair. He’s dying.”
He slammed his fist on the bar. “Don’t say that. He can’t die.” Parker pushed himself up and stomped near the window, raising his hands to rest on top of his head as he faced the curtain.
A muscle twitched in her hand. Her knees buckled. She sat on the edge of the couch, wringing her hands. “I was young. I couldn’t give Justin the life he deserved. I’m not asking to take him back. I only want to see him.”
Rubbing his jaw, he walked back to the couch and sat. The hard lines on his face softened. “The adoption papers were clear. No contact.” He placed his hands on top of hers and stilled them. “If the decision was mine, I would allow it, but Grace would lose it if she found out you’re Justin’s biological mother.”
Her hands squeezed into tight fists. The urge was unbearable. “I wouldn’t tell her.”
Parker ran a hand through his hair. “Argh! Don’t you understand? She’d take one look at your face and know the truth. Don’t forget, you’re the one who wanted us to protect him.”
She stood. “Well, you did a hell of a fine job, didn’t you? You divorced Grace and deserted him. Parenting takes sacrifice, Parker. You were too busy changing careers, and now he’s messed up with drugs. How did that protect him?”
Standing, he reached for her.
“No. You stay away from me.” She extended her hands and backed up a step.
“Justin’s dying! Dying, Parker! And I don’t know him…You won’t let me see my own son.”
He wrapped his arms around her.
She pushed him, pummeling her fists against his chest with all her strength.
He silently took his beating.
Buy: Amazon | The Wild Rose Press | Barnes & Noble
Blurb: Hailey Langley refuses to be a victim and has moved on from her traumatic past. But her marriage problems worsen when a deadly illicit drug threatens to draw her into the life she left behind.
Mark Langley has allowed his job to interfere with his marriage, but he never suspected the secrets in Hailey's past might hold the key to solving both of his current investigations.
Together, they must unravel the mystery of the drug called Euphoria and find a way to save not only their marriage but countless lives, before it's too late.
Bio: 
A native of western Pennsylvania, C. Becker earned a B.S. degree in Medical Technology and MT (ASCP) certification. She has worked in clinical settings analyzing body fluids and testing drugs of abuse.

As an author, C. Becker has published multiple stories in various genres.

Find C. Becker: Website | Blog | Facebook Author Page |Twitter | Amazon Author Page


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Easter Pack by The Hungry JPEG ~ On Sale For A Month!!

Easter Pack SaleOkay, creatives, this new HungryJpeg bundle is adorable. And it's on sale for over a month.  Plenty of time to browse and fall in love with the bundle.  $19.00 with their generous commercial license.  

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Mental Can Openers & Writer's Hash ~ Roulf Burrell

Literature’s Run for the Roses - Part 2
Last time: A sleepless night, themes and JPEGS floating on the inner sides of my eyes, pillars of book sales by day and web subscribers by night... Next morning, assuring myself the site didn’t construct itself, I made a hard left turn into the practical.  Actually, I check out Candee Fick‘s The Author Toolbox  where she explains one of the first steps after arriving at the dashboard is to pick a theme.  This is a template that sets the look and feel to the site. To follow her real estate example, it‘s like choosing a floor plan and style for your house. Ranch or Victorian? Bungalow or Colonial? 
But how do you know what various templates will look like? For visuals, most of the themes will give you a sneak peek. And many of the themes will tell you what use they had in mind at the start: business, artist, writer, sales. Just be cautious. While some themes are free, many themes cost you money. Some charge a one-time, lifetime use fee, others a lower, yearly rental fee. As the Grail knight warned Indiana Jones who was about to choose Christ’s cup, “Choose wisely.”If you’re a visual learner check out YouTube. I have spent hours that would total days watching videos showing me the procedural steps to website construction.  I pause them, match my screens to theirs, open a Google screen up to find definitions I don‘t understand, then build my site with them — up to a point.Here again, you must realize most videos will eventually push a theme or plug-in.  That makes them money. See, some themes are free, but many others are premium themes, costing money for additional support and options. YouTube videos often steer you towards these themes. But once they enter the details of setting up that theme, the help they offer is more limited. The number of videos dealing with free themes declines and the chance of some designer using my free writing theme spirals towards the theoretical.  So why do I (and others) press on through this jungle? Having control is part of the answer. With a level of control comes a level of security. But at a more elementary level, I want the mental challenge of learning a new area. My prior forays into the computer sciences provided the background that now allows me to plod through today‘s web technology, no matter how many naps it requires. It’s reasonable to expect that a fundamental understanding of websites and their design will enable future learning as technology progresses.
Besides, it’s handy for science fiction novels when you have to make the ludicrous sound scientific.  “The lepton compression rate on the CDN converter module is losing its spin momentum to the quantum flux curvature cloud, Captain. At this rate, our resolution-hold on this space-time domain will fail in 6 minutes.” Spock stared calmly into the visor of his science console.“Where in the six bands of Orion’s belt did a flux cloud come from, Mr. Spock?” Years of experience held the tension in Kirk‘s voice to tolerable levels. He knew his bridge officers drew their confidence from him“Unknown Captain,” Spock responded. “But if the UkeTubian widget doesn‘t lossy off the proton’s extraneous energy from the engines, the GDPR core will lose graphite cohesion and rupture.”So, having shepherded a difficult and somewhat extended birth, my thoroughbred website is in its paddock. I continue the process of keeping it licensed, updated, optimized, secured and hot-linked. Once I place my Dragon Mist story in the saddle and the starting gates spring open, I, along with approximately 1 million other aspiring authors every year, can make my Run for those Roses, as fast as I can.~Brad Website








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Five Secrets Shared By Author Linda O'Connor

Please welcome back Linda O'Connor. Take it away, Linda.
Thanks for having me as a return guest, L.A. 
I used to fuel my creativity by heading over to Homesense (a lot) and wander around the store soaking up all the colour and pattern. When I caught myself subtly rearranging the displays, I thought, okay, I need a change. It was time to find another creative outlet. I’m a family physician, and after years of working in an Urgent Care Clinic, it became obvious that patients are like sponges when it comes to health information – the more they learn, understand, and absorb, the happier they are and the better the outcome. 
Surely medical education could be more interesting than the boring posters in the waiting room! I started writing fast-paced, sexy romantic comedies, weaving the best parts of medicine into the story. I decided to target a female audience because women are more likely to have regular visits and most often, are the driving force behind men and children visiting a doctor, too. 
Turns out, writing romance novels is really fun (and even though I’m sure the display designers at Homesense miss my input, just think of all the money I’ve saved!)
Hi, Linda, please tell us Five Secrets we may not know about the In the Game Hockey Romance series or you, but will after today!
1) Sarah Jain, the heroine from Between the Pipes prefers knowing the ending of a movie before it starts. I have to admit I’m the same, and I peek at the ending of really suspenseful novels, too. Bring on those spoiler alerts.
2) Sarah’s best friend, Danni Angelo, is the heroine in Behind the Bench. She’s fanatic about the hockey players not sharing their water bottles. I’m with her on that and it’s not just drinks I won’t share. In our household, we each have our own toothbrush holder and tube of toothpaste. If a guest uses our toothpaste, I’ll send it home with them or throw it out and start a fresh one. Wasteful maybe, but staying healthy is the name of the game.
3) The stars of Beyond the Face-Off, Kelly Danali and Jake Ross, wanted to move into together after only three chapters. Kelly was offering Jake a safe haven from all the media attention he was garnering. It gave new meaning to a fast-paced story! I had to rein them in and re-write a few chapters.
4) Jordyn Kendra, of Before the Whistle fame, has a “spirited” aunt. She’s a guardian angel who gives Kelly a gentle nudge with her love life. I believe that our loved ones are always watching and guiding us – and I’ll always accept a helping hand.  
5) Behind the Bench is my favourite book of the series. But shhhh…don’t tell the other books. I don’t want to hurt their feelings. :D
Blurb for Behind the Bench:Dr. Danni Angelo is the team physician for the Clarington Quakes hockey team. She’s worked hard to earn the players’ respect, but the new coach, Trey Mason, is stirring things up, and Danni’s worried her job may be in jeopardy.
Trey finds Danni…distracting. Beauty, brains, and sexy moves on the ice have him uncomfortably attracted. He’s the new guy on the block. He has a reputation to build and a standard to set. The last thing he needs is a complication.
When the team spirals out of control and Danni and Trey get caught up in a drug scandal, things heat up on and off the ice. It’s a whole new game plan…Behind the Bench.
Buy: Amazon   Find Linda: Website  |  Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Amazon Author Page |  Newsletter


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Mental Can Openers & Writer's Hash ~ Roulf Burrell

Horses, Roses and Websites Galore~Part 1Building your own website is like owning a thoroughbred racehorse. After you put in the time to learn about horses, feed, and groom, train the fiery beast, then muck out the stall, you’re too tired to ride, so you put it away in the barn.

Now I’m talking about the WordPress.org system that allows you full control over the various elements. Other options such as SiteBuilder, Wix, GoDaddy or Squarespace promise to streamline the process. They accomplish this, in part, by limiting your choices, but if your needs are less complex and you can comfortably live within their parameters; they are a competitive choice, though usually not a lot cheaper.

The first thing you will encounter with the Wordpress system is a tangle of technical terms worthy of any electronic jungle. Examples include: “domain name”, “cloud hosting”, “dashboard”, “widgets”, “plug-ins”, “themes”, “parent & child”, “tags and slugs”, to name a few. When instructions tell me to go to the dashboard, it does me little good to go sit in the car in my garage waiting for increased book sales. 
Once I find the dashboard, the acronyms attack. SEOs, CDNs, API, GDPR, JPEG, URL, HTTP, and HTML are a few.  Each one of these has a definition that sometimes requires more defining. For example, once I determine JPEG is a file extension for a lossy graphics file (and provided I know what a file extension is), other computer enthusiasts grant me a nod of affirmation; but, I still have not “lossied“ the headache.   Another Google search reveals that Lossy graphics is a data compression system that gives up some image data to improve transfer speed, size, and storage needs for the remaining data. So now that I know what JPEG is and means, I also want to understand its effect and impact on my website. For instance, I might need to convert photos using a different compression system to work with my website or consider what type of photos load the fastest or look the best.  While we are traipsing joyously through this lexicon minefield, we must exercise care we don’t incidentally sign up for premium services we don‘t need. And until I comprehend the terms, as well as the website’s method of implementation, I don’t know what I need. Apparently, my domain and name, while formidable, doesn’t stop themes, widgets, and plug-ins from presenting themselves in pop-ups, all promising to solve my woes for a few more dollars. Declining these, turning them off, or selecting the free option, can feel like staking vampires in a churchyard, only to watch them rise again during the evening service.
I’ve bought a host site, secured the right to use WordPress, chosen a domain name, and the system has dumped me into a screen called a dashboard. What do I do now? Speak to it using my new definitions? Wave my hands over it while muttering the three Latin phrases I know?  Personally, I had another coffee, lay down and had trouble sleeping, so I prayed for the site to construct itself as a magnificent testimony to God. Failing that, I awaited divine instructions to appear on the inside of my eyelids, an old test preparation technique of mine from college.
Stay tuned next time to see if the Baffling Burrell can overcome impossible odds, complete his website and qualify his fantasy nag-novel for entry into Literature’s Run for the Roses. 
~Brad
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Take Five With Author A. R. Kennedy

Welcome to An Indie Adventure,  A. R. Kennedy.  Tell us, what inspired you to write your book Saving Ferris?
Thank, L.A. for hosting me on your blog. In answer to your question...The Writers’ Police Academy!
If you’re a crime fiction writer, this is an excellent hands-on weekend of courses. I’ve attended for years. If you’re a reader, check out the website. It’s interesting to see what writers will do to ‘write it right’. (Lee Child, Marcia Clark, Alafair Burke and others have been special guests or keynote speakers and have attended classes during their visit.)
Saving Ferris was inspired when I attended two classes. In one, I learned about self-defense laws. In the next class, led by a K-9 handler, I learned that their K-9s are considered the property of the police department.
Property, I thought. Sure, maybe a police dog is considered the property of their department. But my little pups….no way! They are my family. The question nagged at me and, after researching it, I confirmed legally my pets are considered property of mine.
So there it was— the “What if?”
What would happen if someone killed an intruder who was threatening their dog?
How do you use setting to further your story?
Folley is a small town. It’s one of those towns where everyone knows everyone (and will gossip about them). It’s also one of those towns where outsiders are held at arm's length, sometimes forever. This is key to Cecilia’s isolation upon moving to the town with her husband, Joey, and after his death.
How is your main character completely different than you?
Her fashion sense! Cecilia loves fashion. She likes to wear bold patterns and colors and high heels. None of which I would ever be so bold to try.
Have you been a lifelong reader of romantic suspense/legal thriller?  What are some of the first books you remember reading?
One of my first memories is walking with my mother to the library in Queens Village, NY. My mother instilled in me a love of reading as a child. One of my first school memories is marking off all the books I’ve read. Even as a child, I was Type A and loved adding books to the lengthy list.
I don’t remember what the first books I ever read were but probably the same as now — everything!
You’re having a dinner party.  What character from your novel do you hope doesn’t show up?     Why?
Jeremiah. Due to spoilers, I can’t go into why.
From my Nathan Miccoli Mystery series, it’s definitely Steve!
He lacks a filter and says whatever comes into his head. He often says things that are cruel. As the series progresses, we may see a little heart, but we really have to look.
His St. Patrick’s Day toast says it all - ‘Póg mo thóin.'
When you’re brainstorming for a new story, what usually comes first for you, the plot or the characters?
The plot. My story ideas always starts with “What if?” What if this happened, what would a person do? And then, who is that person and why did they react the way they did.
 Give us a brief summary of Saving Ferris:
Is your pet family or property?
When Cecilia’s husband dies, she’s forced to become his dog's caregiver, something she does not immediately warm to. But when Ferris’s life is threatened by an intruder, she shoots the intruder to save the golden retriever.
Police Chief Holden Owens thinks Cecilia acted lawfully, in self-defense, but few agree. In the eyes of the law, one can use lethal force to protect themselves and others, but not property. Pets are considered property.
Holden loses his fight with the prosecutor, and is now in a new fight—his undeniable attraction to Cecilia. Prosecutor Daniel Briscoe is seeking justice for the intruder, who is also the mayor’s nephew, while seeing a case to further his career. Celebrity defense attorney Wyatt Sewell identifies a sympathetic defendant, a case he can win, and a way to garner more acclaim. When he learns of Cecilia’s motive, to save Ferris, he sees a blockbuster case that can set legal precedent.
Cecilia endures a murder trial where her defense attorney forces everyone to ask themselves, Is your pet property or family?
Will saving Ferris's life cost Cecilia her freedom? And a second chance at love?
Buy:  Amazon
Bio:
A R Kennedy was born and raised on Long Island, NY. She currently lives in Long Beach, NY. 

The Nathan Miccoli Mystery series is her debut series. Saving Ferris released in September of 2018
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R&R: Raves and Rants With Amanda Cabot

Before we delve into Amanda's post I want to congratulate heron the release of her 36th novel, A Tender Hope. 
The Danger of Dangling Participles  This month we’re going to talk about participles and the sometimes amusing effects of what are often referred to as dangling participles.
Let’s start by defining “participle.” A participle is a form of a verb that functions as an adjective. What differentiates a participle from an ordinary adjective is that it, like a verb, can indicate tense.
Confused? A couple examples may help. You’re all familiar with the verb “to mount.” In the following sentences, that verb has been turned into a participle, each with a different tense.
The mounted elk head dominated the far wall.
There’s no question of tense here. The poor elk’s head has been mounted. Past tense.
Mounting debt can be a problem.
In this case, the debt is ongoing, which is why I used the -ing form of “mount.” Technically, that’s a gerund, but who really cares? What’s important is that in these examples, we see forms of verbs being used as adjectives, and there’s no question about which noun each of the participles modifies.

The confusion comes when participles are used as part of a phrase. Grammarians would refer to those as participial phrases, but to make things simpler, I’ll call them participles.


Let’s start with examples of the correct usage.
Driving into town, Charlotte saw two elk.
“Driving into town” is a participle, and – again – there’s no question about what it modifies. It’s Charlotte who’s driving into town.
Let’s expand our sentence.
Driving into town, Charlotte saw two elk crossing the road.
I’ve added a second participle, “crossing the road.” Any question about who/what’s crossing the road? Of course not.
The reason there’s no confusion about which nouns are being modified is because of the participles’ positions. The participles are either immediately before or after the nouns they modify. That’s the rule: a participle must be next to the word it modifies.

If the sentence were, “Crossing the road, Charlotte saw two elk.” It would have a very different meaning from our original example. In this case, Charlotte is crossing the road, since “Charlotte” is the noun immediately following the participle. Was that what the author intended? Maybe, and maybe not.
What about this one?
Immersed in the audio book, the elk crossed the road in front of Charlotte.
Do you really think the elk were immersed in an audio book? Not likely! This is a classic example of a dangling participle. Correcting it requires restructuring the sentence a bit.
The elk crossed the road in front of Charlotte, who was immersed in an audio book.
Note that the correction does not include a participle.
Here’s another example of a dangling participle.
        Wrapped in a heavy quilt, the night air was cold on Mary’s face.
Who’s wrapped in a heavy quilt? While the author undoubtedly meant that Mary was wrapped in that quilt, the position of the participle says that it was the night air that was wrapped in a quilt.
How can you avoid having dangling participles? The only sure way is to read each sentence carefully and be certain you’ve put the participle in its correct place. It may not be easy at first, but you don’t want your readers laughing for the wrong reason, do you?
I hope to see you again next month when we’ll explore A Case of Pronouns.

~Amanda


A lifetime of reading and writing, not to mention a host of teachers who believed that good grammar was one of the essentials of life, have given Amanda Cabot such firm opinions about the printed word that I asked her to share some with us in her Raves and Rants posts.  
Although her working career was in Information Technology, Amanda achieved her dream of selling her first novel before her thirtieth birthday and is now the author of more than thirty novels as well as a number of books and articles for Information Technology professionals.  
Her most recent book, A Tender Hope, is the final book of the Cimarron Creek trilogy.

Find all of Amanda's books, newsletter info and social media links here.



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Read Aloud: A Fabulous Way To Edit, Now My Go-To Tool

I was intrigued when I read an article in the March 2017 RWR (Romance Writer's Report) by Patricia Watters, entitled Speak: A New Way To Edit. 

I cut the article out of the magazine then put in my towering to-read pile. I finally got to it in the waning months of summer 2018.

Why had I waited?  Aarrrgghhh.

Take Five With Author J.A. Kazimer

Welcome to An Indie Adventure, J.A. Kazimer. Tell us, what inspired you to write your book CUFFED: A Detective Goldie Locks Mystery?
I adore the Goldilocks and the Three Bears tale for so many reasons. Mainly it’s so true to my own experiences.
Think of it, a girl breaks into your house, takes mouthfuls of your porridge (spitting it out), sits in your chair, and then falls asleep in your bed, all the while whining about it.
Does that sound like an in-law to you? It surely does to me.
Which made me wonder what would happen if Goldie Locks (though a less annoying version) rather than running off when the Bears came home, was actually adopted by them, and in turn grows up to be a cop in a fairytale version of New York City. 
How do you construct your characters?
Since I’m working with fairytale and/or nursery rhyme characters, constructing them is both easier and more difficult. It’s easier since I don’t have to worry overmuch about setting up the ‘who’ or ‘how they look’. People know Goldie Locks has blond hair (at least under all her mousey-brown #42 hair dye). That she’s inquisitive (perfect for a detective). And also a bit of a troublemaker (which makes any character much more fun).
As for those things making constructing my characters more difficult comes in the fact I have to keep true(ish) to the fairytale. Everything my characters say or do, a reader might have a conflicting expectation because of what they ‘know’ of the fairytale.
How is your main character completely different than you?
Not completely, in that, I have a forensic background and spent time working as an investigator, albeit a private one. As for her personality, we both share a by-the-book façade when in truth we’d rather be breaking all the rules. There is also our shared love of bad boys. Okay, fine. We are too much alike for my comfort. Good thing I’m not looking to trespass anytime soon.
Tell us something about yourself we might not expect!
I mentioned it above, but I worked as a private investigator for about 4 years. In that time, I tracked down deadbeats, cheaters, gamblers, and a celebrity or two. Fun times.
You’re having a dinner party.  What character from your novel do you hope doesn’t show up?     Why?
This one’s pretty easy to answer. Goldie Locks should avoid any dinner party I’m hosting. Mostly because I’m a terrible cook, and she’d complain about my spice level, food temperature, and how I only have two chairs, both fairly uncomfortable, at my counter rather than a table.
That and the dog hair everywhere. How can my dogs shed so much? Two of them weigh less than 20 pounds. 
When you’re brainstorming for a new story, what usually comes first for you, the plot or the characters?
Characters always come first. I am a true pantser. Meaning I start a story at sentence one, and start writing with no outline or really, any idea where the book or my life are going. I don’t advise this method. Oddly enough, which honestly I’m shocked about, the plot always works out. Red herrings in place. Bad guys caught. Heroine and hero living happily ever after.
Give us a brief summary of CUFFED: A Detective Goldie Locks Mystery:
Detective Goldie Locks isn’t looking for just the right bed. Or any bed for that matter. 

She’s on the hunt for a killer. 

When she discovers the fingerprints of a once-upon-a-time lover, a man who jumped over a candlestick and out a window to leave her facing some serious trespassing trouble alone, at a crime scene, she vows to see him in handcuffs. 

Jack B. Nimble has other ideas. 

He threatens her adoptive family if Goldie doesn’t help him clear his villainous name, much to the chagrin of her current boyfriend and quite possibly the next mayor, Beau White, the fairest man in all the land. 

Trying to prove his innocence turns out to be harder than she expected, especially when Jack refuses to aid in his defense, and instead, starts a campaign to ‘win’ her back. Goldie might be a blond, but she’s far from dumb enough to fall for his charms a second time. 

Or so she tells herself every time his lips meet hers.

The deeper she plows into the rabbit hole and Jack’s soul, the more she learns about his motives for returning to the city—Destroying her perfectly crafted life.
Buy:Amazon
Bio:J.A. Kazimer lives in Denver, CO. When she isn't looking for a place to hide the bodies, she devotes her time to playing with her pups. Other hobbies include murdering houseplants. 
She spent a few years stalking people while working as a private investigator before transitioning to the moniker of Writer and penning over 15 titles. 
Visit her website at jakazimer.com and sign up for her THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MURDER Newsletter.
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