Welcome to the Smoke and Mirrors Summer Destination Blog ...

Welcome to the Smoke and Mirrors Summer Destination Blog Hop and Giveaway! Happy you stopped by! Authors in the romantic suspense collection of eight brand-new novellas (currently only 99 cents on Amazon!) are blogging about their favorite summer destination.
The prizes include: Kindle Fire Grand Prize with brand-new Kindle Fire (donated by Kelli Hughett) plus ebooks by the authors in the collection ...


... and Book Lovers Grand Prize with $25 Starbucks Gift Card plus signed softcovers by the collection's authors.
 To be eligible to win, please comment on each of the following blogs until 5 pm EST May 30th.
Alexa Verde www.alexaverdebook.blogspot.comConnie Almony www.conniealmony.com/#!blog/c112vHallee Bridgeman www.halleebridgeman.com/category/blog/Heather Gilbert http://heatherdaygilbert.com/blogKelli Hughett www.kellihughett.blogspot.comAlana Terry alanaterry.com/blogRachel Trautmiller https://racheltrautmiller.com/author/rtrautmiller
I'm Alexa Verde, and I write sweet, wholesome books about faith, love, and murder. My novella, Scent of Danger, features a small-town cop, who puts her life on the line to find her missing twin sister.
What is my favorite summer destination? Let's say, it's not Bahamas or Caribbean. I do find the whisper of the ocean soothing, the scent refreshing, and the golden color of the sun setting into water gorgeous. But I prefer the soothing sound of jacuzzi with the refreshing peach scent of the bubble bath.

And at some time, any new destination was a favorite vacation spot for me. I could take off at a drop of a hat. Moscow, Russia? Yes! Vilnius, Lithuania? Sure, when do we leave? Nienburg, Germany? Absolutely, what do I need to do to go there? What, learn German? No problem at all! Warsaw, Poland? Sounds fantastic!
These days, the hat doesn't drop very often. I do travel sometimes, but mostly throughout Texas. I explored marine life, enjoyed strawberries at the Strawberry Fest, and tried to figure out differences between stalagmites and stalactites in the caverns. Now, my favorite summer destination is in a comfortable chair with a breeze from air conditioner and a great book in my hands. I travel to many wonderful places that way, if only in my imagination.

That said, one day I'd love to visit Spain. Where would you like to go one day?
For a chance to win Grand Prizes, please comment on all blogs participating in this hop. Winners will be announced at the Facebook event which will start at 7 pm EST on May 30th and personally notified on May 31st. The "virtual cruise" will have stops at the destinations from each novella. Please sign up here for the event where you can ask authors questions, participate in polls, and find out more about each story. The event will end at 9 pm EST on June 6th.
It was a pleasure having you here! I'm happy to introduce the next author in the blog hop, a very talented Connie Almony. Please visit her blog. Her novella, The Long View, is about an ex-FBI agent, training with terrorists, and the woman who hopes to save his soul.

Please note: if you have trouble commenting here, please go to the next blog (Connie Almony's blog) and mention that you tried in the comment there. 
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Published on May 25, 2016 05:26
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