Kimberly Kincaid's Blog - Posts Tagged "the-rogue"
All Treats, No Tricks
Readers! I've got some super exciting news and updates on the Intelligence Unit series, so buckle up, because I'm gonna dive right in!
The Grifter is getting KILLER reviews! I'm swooning at some of the reviews y'all are leaving here on Goodreads, and am thrilled you're loving Shawn and Frankie's single dad, second chance romance. You can check out the reviews (and add the book to your TBR!) right here The Grifter
The Rogue (Detective Addison Hale's book) has a blurb AND a cover reveal/blogger signup! I'm teaming up with the fabulous folks at Wildfire Marketing Solutions again--please message them or me for more on the December 1 cover reveal, ARC signups for the spring release, and more! And check out the book right here to add that to your TBR! The Rogue
Tell me--is this series new to you? Have you read The Rookie or The Guardian? Are you excited for Hale's book? I love to hear from you!
The Grifter is getting KILLER reviews! I'm swooning at some of the reviews y'all are leaving here on Goodreads, and am thrilled you're loving Shawn and Frankie's single dad, second chance romance. You can check out the reviews (and add the book to your TBR!) right here The Grifter
The Rogue (Detective Addison Hale's book) has a blurb AND a cover reveal/blogger signup! I'm teaming up with the fabulous folks at Wildfire Marketing Solutions again--please message them or me for more on the December 1 cover reveal, ARC signups for the spring release, and more! And check out the book right here to add that to your TBR! The Rogue
Tell me--is this series new to you? Have you read The Rookie or The Guardian? Are you excited for Hale's book? I love to hear from you!
Snowbound Spring Break and Other Adventures
It's never a dull moment over here! The teens are on spring break this week, we had a freak snowstorm that derailed our weekend plans, but it was an excellent excuse to stay in and read--or, in my case, write. I'm clacking away on The Rogue, which will hit e-readers on May 10. But in the meantime, I have got a pretty insane amount of fun things to tide you over.
1. I wrote a sexy prequel to The Rogue called Fast Burn. Fast Burn: A Prequel to The Rogue It's a look at the one-night stand that Hale and Dempsey have before their book starts. There's some content here that will NOT be in the book, so...yeah. Grab it and read tonight!
2. I've got a VIP special with an exclusive Intelligence Unit novella (hellllloooo, ex-military hero/older woman-younger-man single mom romance!) There are also thirty (3-0. For real) other free books that go with this one, so make sure to check my website for those goodies (click on The Renegade!)
3. I'll be at Apollycon in July! This is my first signing in two long years, and I am SO ready. If you'll be there, too, let me know in the comments so we can be sure to say hi at the event.
4. Where are my bloggers and Bookstagrammers? I've got a signup sheet going for ARCs of The Rogue, along with release week goodies. Please message me for the signup--I'd love to have you on board!
5. Here are some things I'm loving lately:
Kate Meader's Up in Smoke Y'all KNOW I am a sucker for firefighters, and Roman Rossi and Abby Sullivan do NOT disappoint.
Do I miss my lost hour from Daylight Saving Time? Those of you who had to set your clocks forward last weekend know that I am. But our snow is a distant memory now, and I sure am loving my extra daylight. Speaking of which...
I'm turning 50 in a few weeks, and Mr. K and the teens are helping me make my long-time dream of having a big garden in our yard a reality! I've been reading tons of articles and books on planting all sorts of veggies, fruit trees, and herbs. If you have any pointers, please leave them in the comments!
Along those lines, if you've not read The Garden of Happy Endings, it's a really wonderful story--you'll finish with a warm heart.
That's all for now--but stay tuned for more Intelligence Unit hotness very soon! I'll be posting teasers of The Rogue. Firefighter Ryan Dempsey = oh my, yes!
1. I wrote a sexy prequel to The Rogue called Fast Burn. Fast Burn: A Prequel to The Rogue It's a look at the one-night stand that Hale and Dempsey have before their book starts. There's some content here that will NOT be in the book, so...yeah. Grab it and read tonight!
2. I've got a VIP special with an exclusive Intelligence Unit novella (hellllloooo, ex-military hero/older woman-younger-man single mom romance!) There are also thirty (3-0. For real) other free books that go with this one, so make sure to check my website for those goodies (click on The Renegade!)
3. I'll be at Apollycon in July! This is my first signing in two long years, and I am SO ready. If you'll be there, too, let me know in the comments so we can be sure to say hi at the event.
4. Where are my bloggers and Bookstagrammers? I've got a signup sheet going for ARCs of The Rogue, along with release week goodies. Please message me for the signup--I'd love to have you on board!
5. Here are some things I'm loving lately:
Kate Meader's Up in Smoke Y'all KNOW I am a sucker for firefighters, and Roman Rossi and Abby Sullivan do NOT disappoint.
Do I miss my lost hour from Daylight Saving Time? Those of you who had to set your clocks forward last weekend know that I am. But our snow is a distant memory now, and I sure am loving my extra daylight. Speaking of which...
I'm turning 50 in a few weeks, and Mr. K and the teens are helping me make my long-time dream of having a big garden in our yard a reality! I've been reading tons of articles and books on planting all sorts of veggies, fruit trees, and herbs. If you have any pointers, please leave them in the comments!
Along those lines, if you've not read The Garden of Happy Endings, it's a really wonderful story--you'll finish with a warm heart.
That's all for now--but stay tuned for more Intelligence Unit hotness very soon! I'll be posting teasers of The Rogue. Firefighter Ryan Dempsey = oh my, yes!
I am a writer. I tell people lies for money.
A few readers have asked me how I choose who gets a book/what order the stories go in. The truth is, I give this A LOT of thought and most of it is planned out very far in advance. When I decided to write the Remington series back in 2016 (I KNOW!) I knew a few things:
1. I wanted a lot of books, so I'd have to break things into "sub series" (Station Seventeen, Remington Medical, Intelligence Unit, and Rescue Squad)
2. That I'd have to plan the couples in advance otherwise I wouldn't be able to leave y'all "Easter eggs" -- those fun little hints in each book that allude to future couples.
So I planned every single one of the Remington couples in 2016 when I mapped the series. For those of you with REALLY good eyes, you'll see/remember that waaaaayyyyy back in Deep Check, there's a snippet where Addison goes off to flirt with the hockey players on Finn's team...and Ryan gets grumpy about it 🥰 I knew WAY back then that they'd be a couple.
I do sometimes add characters/couples who weren't in the original "plan". Jo and Sawyer are a perfect example. Neither of them were ever in the series outline, but once I started writing The Grifter and Jo became a bigger character than I thought she might, I realized she could use a good HEA. I'd been asked to participate in a SUPER fun newsletter builder project, which required a new story, so I wrote Sawyer into the epilogue for The Grifter, and that was that! The Renegade was born!
There's a longer story along this line that has to do with Xander, but I'm saving it for another post. Suffice it to say he lived in my head rent-free for a LONG TIME before he got his story, though.
So tell me... which couple is your favorite match? Can you think of any (spoiler-free) "Easter eggs" you've seen that hint at future couples? (PSSST-- there is going to be a BIG Easter egg in the exclusive epilogue to The Rogue. HUGE) And do you have any other questions for our behind-the-scenes posts this month?
1. I wanted a lot of books, so I'd have to break things into "sub series" (Station Seventeen, Remington Medical, Intelligence Unit, and Rescue Squad)
2. That I'd have to plan the couples in advance otherwise I wouldn't be able to leave y'all "Easter eggs" -- those fun little hints in each book that allude to future couples.
So I planned every single one of the Remington couples in 2016 when I mapped the series. For those of you with REALLY good eyes, you'll see/remember that waaaaayyyyy back in Deep Check, there's a snippet where Addison goes off to flirt with the hockey players on Finn's team...and Ryan gets grumpy about it 🥰 I knew WAY back then that they'd be a couple.
I do sometimes add characters/couples who weren't in the original "plan". Jo and Sawyer are a perfect example. Neither of them were ever in the series outline, but once I started writing The Grifter and Jo became a bigger character than I thought she might, I realized she could use a good HEA. I'd been asked to participate in a SUPER fun newsletter builder project, which required a new story, so I wrote Sawyer into the epilogue for The Grifter, and that was that! The Renegade was born!
There's a longer story along this line that has to do with Xander, but I'm saving it for another post. Suffice it to say he lived in my head rent-free for a LONG TIME before he got his story, though.
So tell me... which couple is your favorite match? Can you think of any (spoiler-free) "Easter eggs" you've seen that hint at future couples? (PSSST-- there is going to be a BIG Easter egg in the exclusive epilogue to The Rogue. HUGE) And do you have any other questions for our behind-the-scenes posts this month?
What's in a name, anyway?
I had a great question from a lovely reader last week, and I wanted to share. She asked how I choose my titles. So, here's a little story about The Rogue...
I map my books out pretty far in advance of release. The whole series is planned at the beginning. But I almost always have a pretty good idea of how I want to work the relationships (the suspense, I do much later, usually right before I start the book)
So, I knew that Ryan and Addison were a couple, and I knew that he was going to have a pretty reckless personality. But what makes him a rogue actually has more to do with what he's not. Ryan is the only hero in this series who isn't a cop. Hence...The Rogue 😉
And just in case you haven't snapped this baby up, you can grab it right here The Rogue
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I map my books out pretty far in advance of release. The whole series is planned at the beginning. But I almost always have a pretty good idea of how I want to work the relationships (the suspense, I do much later, usually right before I start the book)
So, I knew that Ryan and Addison were a couple, and I knew that he was going to have a pretty reckless personality. But what makes him a rogue actually has more to do with what he's not. Ryan is the only hero in this series who isn't a cop. Hence...The Rogue 😉
And just in case you haven't snapped this baby up, you can grab it right here The Rogue
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