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Print ARCs!!! Librarians, bookstore people & bookclubbers!

I have a select few copies left of THE RIGHT KIND OF TROUBLE…if you’re with a library, bookstore or bookclub, drop your name down below and let me know which one.  Or you can also email me.

I want to pass these ARCs out!

email is shilohwalker at gmail.com

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Never As It Seems…REISSUE…now out!

Never As It Seems

psychic romance

When a woman shares her deepest secret with the man she loves, the last thing she wants is for him to laugh at her. Or worse…not believe her. But that was what happened three years ago when Chloe Perkins confided in Leo Brant.

I’m psychic.

The words were like a bombshell, one that had a cataclysmic effect on their relationship. Leo’s world was black and white and he didn’t believe in any of that. Walking away from Chloe all but killed him, but the lies she told him would have destroyed them anyway.

Now she’s back in his life, all but thrown into his arms.

He’s got a new job and it’s all centered around Chloe.

Keep her safe. That’s it. He isn’t supposed to want her, love her, need her…and yet here she is, back in his life once more and all he can do is want her, love her, need her.

With danger breathing down her neck, he’s going to have his hands full and he needs to be smart and stay away. But his black and white world is suddenly getting rather gray and he can’t seem to tell up from down, right from wrong, truth from lie…

Excerpt

“I’m getting damned tired of you ignoring me.”

Her heartbeat skittered up into what she was certain was dangerously unstable territory. She needed to get some distance between them, like now. “Leo, it’s been a bitch of a day. Can you have your tantrum later?”

Oh…bad choice of words, she realized about two heartbeats later.

He spun her around.

“Tantrum?” One hand braced on the wall just over her shoulder. The other, he rested just below her other shoulder. The warmth of his skin all but scalded her. His thumb stroked back and forth over the hollow of her throat.

Each stroke had the incredible heat inside her belly billowing higher. Higher. Hunger clawed at her, twisting through her. Her nipples ached, stabbing into the satin of her bra. It wouldn’t take too much more to send it spiraling out of control. It had been far too long since he had touched her, far too long since she had touched him.  She missed his touch, his smile, his laugh…she missed them.

To cap it all off, she knew he felt the same way and the entire drive up here, she’d been blasted with the edge of his hunger, too. Nothing he was thinking came through, but the heat?

Oh, yeah. She felt that.

Now she was trapped in a storm—her hunger, his, they both swirled inside her, spinning into an intense inferno that just might burn her from the inside out.

And Leo wasn’t even aware.

She stared at the center of his chest and tried to think of something else. Anything else.

“I can have my tantrum later,” he murmured. “I’m hauled off the job to babysit you, without really being given a reason. You won’t tell me jack shit and you’ve been treating me like a piece of furniture from the get-go. My boss tells me that you’re being stalked, tells me that your house was burned down. I want some answers, Chloe…that’s all I want. And here you are…ignoring me.”

“Answers, baby.” He curled his fingers into the tense muscles of her shoulders, absently massaging them. “I just want answers. And I want you to look at me, instead of through me…Chloe.”

 

Amazon | BN | iBooks | Kobo

reissue, available now.

This book has been previously available.  It has been reedited with some light rewriting. No extensive material has been added.

 

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Get Wrecked for $1.99!!!

Do you like a good friends to lovers romance?

WRECKED is on sale for only 1.99, guys!  It’s normally 7.99 so grab it while you can! If you’ve read it…hey, gift it to a friend.

Happy Memorial Day…

I often see posts on facebook…

IN CASE YOU FORGOT…IT’S NOT ABOUT A THREE DAY WEEKEND!

Actually, I think in a way, it kind of is.  I think the soldiers who laid down their lives would want you to enjoy this three day weekend (if you’re able to have one), enjoy a picnic, cookout, camping, time at the lake or whatever it is you do, however it is you celebrate the freedom they’ve laid down their lives for.

They step up to serve so we can have these freedoms and enjoy them.

Thanks for all those in the past that have served, those who’ve paid the ultimate price and for those who are still in service now.

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Get Wrecked for $1.99!!!

Do you like a good friends to lovers romance?

WRECKED is on sale for only 1.99, guys!  It’s normally 7.99 so grab it while you can! If you’ve read it…hey, gift it to a friend.

Marriage and Masturbation

That will catch attention… I know it will.

A link to this came up on facebook and I followed it to over Dangerous Minds.

Look at that… Politics really can make a person crazy.

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Revisiting my FBI Psychics

I’ve had an idea bubbling for a story for Nalini and Tucker, who were introduced in The Reunited.

However, Berkley, the publisher for these stories, has no interest in buying any more paranormals from me.  So…my dilemma.

I’m open to trying to self-publish, but self-publishing comes with a lot of upfront costs and before I even consider it, I need to weight interest.

So, if you’re a reader of the FBI Psychics…I’d like to hear from you.  Here. Email. Tweet me. FB me. I don’t care. Just drop me a line and let me know.

Also, I’m looking at crowdsourcing the upfront costs, offering the book and other benefits to help cover those upfront cost.

I know some people hate it when authors crowdsource. Others don’t care.  One reason I’m considering it with this book is because they did start out in print, available in bookstores, etc and my distributor has a new program where I can get my self-pubbed books into bookstores, but again..upfront costs and sadly, as much as I long to see it happen, I’ve yet to cross over into the lifestyle of the rich and authorly famous. Infamous, maybe, but the rich…eh. Should I decide to move forward with crowdsourcing, there will be a book, I guarantee that. Having funds up front would simply allow for the best editorial, the best distribution, covers, etc.

 

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No…you don’t, on how to be a writer

Diva had her prom the other day. She ‘d had a date, but things kind of fizzled and she ended up going solo, then hanging with frends, so while that sorta sucked, I was proud of her for not staying at her dorm and brooding. She had fun and she danced–I know for a fact because I was there as a chaperone.

Prom night was interesting viewing it from a lens of oh, say…twenty years.  The dresses are a lot prettier.  Back in the nineties, a lot of the dresses were like a return to the old south vomit of lace and silk tragedy, but it’s funny because most of the girls wore long gowns that fit perfectly…if the shoes were on.  And the shoes were off within twenty minutes of clearing the door.  I bet there were over a hundred sparkly heels lining the dance floor.

The day after, I headed back home–Diva attends a high school program for brainiac types and lives on campus two hours away.  On the way home, I stopped by the Barnes and Noble in Greenwood, IN to sign stock.

While I was doing that, a boy approached the counter and heard me talking to the manager. He looked…well, amazed.

Our conversation went like:

Him: “You wrote those?”

Me: “Yep.”

Him: “Wow.  How long did it take?”

Me: “It depends on the book.” I pointed to Busted. “Two months.” I pointed to The Trouble with Temptation. “Probably three. Some books take more time, some take less.”

“Wow. That’s so cool.” He started to turn away–he had a girl with him, probably his sister and bth were listening.  Then he stopped and looked back at me.  “Do you have to go to school to do that?”

I laughed and then said something that will probably incite fury in some.  “No.  Some people are going to say otherwise, but I never took a single class on how to be a writer**. I went to college to be a nurse.  Now it helps if you do well in school and pay attention language arts and stuff–and read,. You have to read and have a good imagination. But you’re in a bookstore, so I assume you like to read.”

He nodded.

“Then you’re already headed in the right direction.”

He smiled, looking delighted.

I never got his name, but it was probably one of the coolest interactions I’ve had with a reader of any sort, just interacting over a mutual love of books in general.

**I’ve done workshops now that I’m published, but we were talking school/college.

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Heading South…Then North…Then South…Reader/Author events!

First…see mah snazzy new website design? Hope it looks okay.  I like it. A new tagline…inspired from a comment a reader left for me on Facebook.

Speaking of small-town thrillers…have you read THE TROUBLE WITH TEMPTATION? FYI, iBooks thinks you should.  Well, that didn’t say that exactly, but they did say it was one of the Best of May.

See?

From iBooks…

The Trouble with Temptation

The second book in Shiloh Walker’s The McKays series opens at breakneck speed and doesn’t slow down. Hannah Parker wakes up after seven days in a coma to find that she can’t remember her name, the details of the accident that landed her in the hospital, or even the fact that she is pregnant. She does remember the baby’s father, though: wealthy Brannon McKay, the man who broke her heart. Deliciously soapy, The Trouble with Temptation blends drama and mystery with sexy romance.

 

Now that I’m done tooting my own horn (forgive me, I’m excited)…I’ve got some reader/author events coming up!

Next month, I’ll be in Alabama for the HOD Readers Luncheon.  FYI, if you’ve never been to a reader’s luncheon and this (or any of the ones I’ve attended) is doable? You should go.  They are soooo much fun and not too expensive. Most are $50 or under–this one is $35 and it includes a $5 coupon to the bookfair afterwards.  For that you get lunch, a meet & greet with the authors beforehand and then there’s the signing afterward. All authors bring gifts for the readers at their tables and there’s a keynote keynote speaker-this year it’s Kirstan Higgins. Also…LINDA HOWARD attends this one. Info.

A member of romance land, and a member of my street team, Crystal, lost her husband to cancer two days ago. They were struggling to keep up with his medical bills and now she has to take care of his final expenses. If you can help, it would be a wonderful kindness. More info here.

In August, I’ll be in Troy, Michigan for the first Rust City Book Con.  More info on that here…it’s a cross-genre book con. Fun, yes?

Then I’m back south agan…twice! And out west…a little.  But that’s for an RWA chapter thing in Novemer and little info on it yet.

I’m attending Moonlight & Magnolias in Georgia on 9.29-10.2. Info.

Then in October…I’ll be at Hogwarts. Well, sorta. And that’s not a work/book thing, but I’m going anyway. Then it will be a a work/book thing. I’ll be at Shameless Book Con on 10/22. Info

I’ll also be at the Southern Magic Luncheon in November…more details coming soon on that one!

 

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The Best and Bits and Pieces

Tomorrow is the Derby.  As a girl born in Kentucky and somebody who has been in the Kentuckiana area for almost my entire life, I feel the need to offer some advice.

The mint julep is overrated. If you’re having a Derby party and wanted to be kinda…well, I dunno…true to the theme, but you hate the mint julep? Try the Lily.  It’s way better than the julep.  Personally, I think the julep is an insult to bourbon. If you want your bourbon, sip it over the rocks and enjoy the Lily, which is the drink crafted for the Oaks, the race run the day before the Derby. See? You’re still following the horse racing theme.

Recipe here. It’s cranberry, sweet and sour, triple sec and vodka.  And pure awesomeness.

I went and saw Captain America: Civil War. I still stand with the Captain, because again…awesomeness.

Yesterday I got to blow something up. Legally. Don’t ask, because I’m not telling but law enforcement was on and they set it up but I still got to push a button.  It was epic.

Right before that, I had an email from my editor.

It said…

“Dear Shiloh,

THE TROUBLE WITH TEMPTATION is a Best Book of May at iBooks!  Congratulations.”
My response was
“Son of a bitch. Wow.”
I’m so good with words. o.o
So…let me just share this…



“The Trouble with Temptation

The second book in Shiloh Walker’s The McKays series opens at breakneck speed and doesn’t slow down. Hannah Parker wakes up after seven days in a coma to find that she can’t remember her name, the details of the accident that landed her in the hospital, or even the fact that she is pregnant. She does remember the baby’s father, though: wealthy Brannon McKay, the man who broke her heart. Deliciously soapy, The Trouble with Temptation blends drama and mystery with sexy romance.”
Go on… go look at iBooks and see the Best of May in all it’s awesomeness, because I almost died when I saw my book up there.

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