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Mid Week Teaser Time

As promised, a new teaser for you in anticipation of Sentinel Lost’s release on September 21st.

Today, Kyle is telling us a little bit about her ongoing relationship with her boss, Nicolas…

Tuesday Teaser and Book Sale

Things are getting interesting for Kyle in ‘teaserland’ – check it out!

Sentinel Lost releases September 21st!

 

And don’t forget, Mind Sweeper is 99 cents – take a gander at this cool write up on Awesome Romance Novels by clicking HERE

 

 

 

Time to Par-taaay!

Why the celebration, my followers? Let me explain. Tomorrow, September 15th, is Mind Sweeper’s birthday. Yep, my first book is celebrating its first birthday. And since this is a MOMENTOUS occasion, Kyle, Misha, Jean Luc and the rest of the gang want to party. And we’re not talking a quick song while blowing out birthday candles on a store bought cake. No siree, Bob.

To top of the celebration, next Monday, September 21st, Sentinel Lost, book 5, will be released! Cue more cheers and celebrating!!!

So let me tell you about the festivities:

SALE! To celebrate Mind Sweeper’s birthday, I have lowered the digital price to 99 cents for a limited time!!! That’s right. If you haven’t had a chance to read Mind Sweeper or have someone you want to recommend it to, now is the time to try out the series. Keep your eyes open for Mind Sweeper sales notices around the web too. 99 cents people…..
TEASERS! Every day this week, I will be sharing teasers – visual tidbits – to prepare you for the Sentinel Lost release!
BLOG POSTS! Over the next two weeks I will be showing up on several sites with some fun posts and interviews. I’ll let you know as it’s happening, but I will be spending time on Heart Shaped Glasses, Get Lost in a Story, Romance Junkies and Heroes & Heartbreakers!
BLITZ! On September 21st several blog sites will be announcing my release with blurbs and excerpts and teasers. It will be a fun-filled day. And of course I will be sending out my newsletter and putting up my release day post – tiara picture included!
NOOK PROMO! You heard it here first! On Friday, September 25th, Mind Sweeper will be featured as a Nook First Promo on the Barnes and Noble website at its sale price of 99 cents! Whoot! Awesome, huh!

Whew… That tired me out just typing it! I hope you find some time over the next two weeks to partaaay with me and the rest of my characters!

 

Monday Teaser Time!

All this week I will be sharing teasers with you in anticipation of September 21st, release day for Sentinel Lost. Today is a fun one (if I do say so myself!)

Purrfect Time for a Teaser

I don’t know about you, but I love sharing tidbits of my stories. Here is another teaser! (And don’t tell anyone, but it’s one of my favorites :) )

Want to learn more about Sentinel Lost? Click HERE

Teaser Time!

You know how much I love teasers and we are going to start seeing more of them over the next 2 weeks until September 21st, release day for Sentinel Lost! Let’s start with Kyle’s state of mind, shall we?

Persistence, Persistence, Persistence

In two weeks, Sentinel Lost, book 5 in the Mind Sweeper Series will release. And that is cause for celebration! How will we celebrate this auspicious occasion? First I’ve got more teasers coming for you, starting with a new one tomorrow. And I’ll be visiting some blog sites over the next few week with posts and interviews.

Kyle and all the other characters in her world are such a joy to write. And it is an even bigger joy to share their journey with you. The interesting things about this blog is that I have tried to write it three times today. Once this morning when the electricity went off. Once this afternoon when my internet provider went down and now. So I am frantically typing this in the hopes that I will be able to post this without incident. You may wonder why I didn’t give up on it today. Well, I can tell you that is is all about persistence. And that is a word that every writer knows intimately. We embrace it. For many of us, it is a mantra that plays itself over and over in our heads.

Ultimately, a writer has to believe enough in their ability, in their stories, and in their characters to continue down a path that can be riddled with rejection. In my case, persistence is my middle name. My family and friends would probably use the word stubborn, but it equates to the same thing. I knew I had to tell my stories and here we are, 5 books later, in a world of supes and norms living in Cleveland, Ohio, of all places.

I’m so happy you’re walking along with me down this path. Thanks for giving me a reason to keep writing!

I’m a Tease, and I Like It!

Did I get your attention with that title, my followers? Three weeks and counting until I release Sentinel Lost, book 5 in my Mind Sweeper Series. I shared my cover and blurb with you last week, so this week I thought a teaser AND excerpt was in order! Are you ready….

And since the teaser above is the first line in the book, I thought it would make sense for the excerpt to start right from the beginning!

Chapter 1

How many supernaturals does it take to screw in a lightbulb? In this particular case, way more than I had backing me up.

I walked around the outside of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Even though the pole lights in the parking lot were on, reflecting eerily in the puddles, the inside of the building was pitch dark.

And the museum was never dark.

I pulled Stanley, my .9 mm, out of his holster and clicked off the safety. I didn’t need supernatural senses to know something was hinky.

Damn. This was supposed to be a quick drive-by. Misha was so going to owe me for this one. He’d detected some sort of energy surge on his equipment. Go check it out, Kyle. We’ll be right behind you, Kyle. Ugh. Normally Misha’s energy spikes amounted to nothing.

But then, when could I rely on anything being normal?

I reached for my phone to find out how far he, Jean Luc, and Talia were from my location. Before I could call, a loud thump made me slip into the shadows and then slink along the side of the building until I reached the back.

A metal door slammed open, and a huge man darted down the stone steps, his footfalls echoing across the lagoon in front of us.

Come on. Give me something, big guy. Are you a norm or a supe? I hesitated for a second. If he was a human burglar, I had no jurisdiction here. Screw it. He was getting away, and my gut told me to take a chance.

“Freeze!” I yelled, walking into the light of the full moon and aiming Stanley at the guy.

He jerked to a halt, turned toward me and stared. His eyes glowed like lighthouse beacons. Supe it is. Now we’re talking.

“Bureau of Supernatural Relations. Hands where I can see them,” I barked while I moved closer.

He stood there glowering.

“Did you hear me? Hands up!”

He raised them slowly, and I stepped closer. He clenched his right fist, and I gasped. Even though he was several feet away, invisible fingers clamped around my wrist like a vise. I tried to yank out of his hold. He frowned at my resistance, and as he closed his left fist, I aimed and shot. He howled, clutching his left shoulder. When he pulled his hand away, blood ran down his arm. Green blood.

What. The. Hell?

He flung his right arm outward, and Stanley flew from my grip. Then he raised his hand, palm down, and I dangled in the air, my feet jerking beneath me in a futile attempt to touch the ground. His upper lip crooked up like a demented Elvis. He studied me for a moment like I was a lab experiment.

This was what I got for listening to my gut. My stupid, stupid, gut.

I hope you enjoyed the little teaser… I’ll be sharing more teaser pics over the next three weeks!

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Sentinel Lost Cover Reveal!

We are a month away from release day for Sentinel Lost, book 5 in my Mind Sweeper Series. So today is my cover reveal day! Check out the wonderful cover Gabrielle Prendergast from Cover Your Dream designed for me. Also, check out the blurb below to see what is coming next for Kyle!

I know you’re not shy, so let me know what you think of the cover and blurb…

Preorder:   Amazon       Apple iBooks        Kobo

Blurb:

How many supernaturals does it take to screw in a lightbulb? For this particular case, way more than Kyle McKinley has backing her up.

When she stumbles upon a dark museum, missing artwork, and a dead security guard, Kyle and her team are thrust into a new mystery. One involving demons. But not your run of the mill demons—realm demons. Tougher, scarier, and banned from earth, they are escaping from the realm and wreaking havoc in Cleveland, Ohio, of all places.

Now the Feds have shown up, and Kyle has to deal with the one person she prayed she would never see again. Dalton. How can she keep the truth of their past from him without jeopardizing the case? Especially when the Key of Knowledge is part of the mystery. The same Key that almost cost Dalton his sanity and is now threatening hers. Kyle is just starting to get her life back together again with Griffin at her side. And now the Fates are forcing her to choose. But when a demon apocalypse looms on the horizon, her only choice is to embrace the Key to save the world, regardless of what it might cost her.

Checklist Mania is Back!

This past weekend I jokingly posted on Twitter that I needed a checklist to keep track of my checklists. Why, you ask? I’m in the process of preparing for my September release of Sentinel Lost, book 5 in my Mind Sweeper Series and there a lot of little things (and not so little things) to accomplish before then. While editing and cover art are a HUGE parts of the publishing process, there are numerous other steps after these are completed before a book is ready for release.

The books need formatted for digital and print. In other words, they need to be placed into a file format that works on Amazon and B&N and Apple and any other retail site you sell from. I then have to confirm that the formatted files are correct and load them digitally to the retail sites to release for preorders. Then we (me and my imaginary friends) have blog posts and interview posts to write. I have to spread the news of my release somehow, right?

I have to update the retail sites, Goodreads and my own website with information about my series. And let us not forget about reviews, reviews, reviews!

And now that I am five books in, I am starting to strategize more about advertising and using my earlier books to entice sales of my later books…I never thought I would be developing marketing and sales strategies as an author. Silly, silly me!

Sentinel Lost will be released on September 21st. Over the next five weeks I will be posting and marketing and advertising and spreading the overall joy that a new book is ready to join the world. I hope you come along for the ride…