Meet the Men of Deep Six by Julie Ann Walker with An Excerpt & A Giveaway!

I love romantic suspense and a military hero is hard to resist. Today, you don't have to and neither do I. I have an excerpt from a new release, and the first book in a new series, "Hell or High Water" by Julie Ann Walker. There's also a guest post and a giveaway so make yourself comfy and enjoy!

Julie Ann Walker is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of award-winning romantic suspense. She has won the Book Buyers Best Award, been nominated for the National Readers Choice Award, the Australian Romance Reader Awards, and the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award. Her latest release was named a Top Ten Romance of 2014 by Booklist. Her books have been described as "alpha, edgy, and downright hot." Most days you can find her on her bicycle along the lake shore in Chicago or blasting away at her keyboard, trying to wrangle her capricious imagination into submission.

EXCERPT And GIVEAWAY: Center of Gravity by Laura McNeill

Today I'm delighted to share with you an excerpt from a new romantic suspense, "Center of Gravity" by Laura McNeill. It mixes family drama, mystery, romance, and psychological suspense and is getting good reviews.

After six years behind the anchor desk at two CBS affiliates, Laura moved to the Alabama Gulf Coast to raise her family. Her accolades in broadcasting include awards from the Associated Press, including Best News Anchor and Best Specialized Reporter.

Laura works at Spring Hill College as the school’s web content and social media manager and​ is active in her community—participating in fundraisers for the American Cancer Society, Ronald McDonald House, and Providence Hospital’s Festival of Flowers.

DRIVEN: A New Book by Kelley Armstrong

Subterranean Press has announced another new collaboration with Kelley Armstrong. Available January 2016, "Driven" is a long novella illustrated by Xaviere Daumarie and part of Armstrong's Otherworld series. The Trade Hardcover of Driven will feature a full-color dust jacket as well as four full-color interior illustrations. The Signed Limited Edition will have a completely different dust jacket, full-color endsheets, and two additional full-color illustrations not in the Trade.

Limited: 1000 signed numbered copies, bound in leather: $48

Trade: Fully cloth bound hardcover edition: $28

Bea Reviews The Ultimatum by Dick Wolf

Publisher: William Morrow
Series: Jeremy Fisk #3
Format Read: eGalley
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Challenges: Finishing the Series | NetGalley and Edelweiss ARCs
Buying Links: Amazon* | Book Depository* | OmniLit* | Barnes & Noble | 
* affiliate links; the blog receives a small commission from purchases made through these links.

Blurb from goodreads:

When a leaker named Verlyn Merritt releases sensitive documents from the NYPD Intelligence Division to WikiLeaks, some of the deadliest criminals have access to Detective Jeremy Fisk’s unlisted home address. Within hours, three mysterious assailants arrive at his Sutton Place apartment. Who are they and why do they want Fisk dead?

Authorities quickly identify and arrest Merritt. But the case takes a sinister twist when threats are made by an anonymous third party if authorities don’t release Merritt immediately. Forced from his home and his bank accounts drained, Fisk confronts Chay Maryland, a reporter who has been covering Merritt’s case. Fisk wants the journalist’s help to get close to the leaker—to find out what Merritt really wants and who else is involved.

The investigation is nearly derailed when a serial sniper begins shooting people on the street who seem to have no connection to Merritt’s case. The killer’s aim is eerily accurate—and Fisk believes the shooter might be using a drone rigged with unusual sighting capabilities. Then the sniper contacts the New York Times and promises to kill one person every day, “for the greater good of the citizens of America.

With the clock ticking and millions of lives at stake, Fisk and Chay must find the mastermind before he can wreak havoc on a city paralyzed by fear.

Sunday Book Share #149

 

 I'm participating in The Sunday Post, hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer; Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits and Tea; Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews; and Bought Borrowed and Bagged, hosted by TalkSupe. All of these memes are about sharing the print and digital books received and/or posts and events on the blog.

Man, I am tired. I worked over 40 hours at school last week, finished an editing job, and did my freelance assistant work. Then Saturday, a friend and I drove 12 hours round trip (that includes stopping for gas and lunch) to pick up two shelter cats she adopted. They came up from Virginia, we met in New Jersey, and drove back to Massachusetts. Now it's Saturday night and I've got a load of laundry and a load of dishes running as I type this up. I still have to clean the litterbox and take out the trash. Sunday I have to remember to call my stepmother and wish her a happy birthday.

The good news is, I think I'm coming out of the funk I've been in the past few weeks. I'm feeling more energetic and more ambitious, so that's good. I also got a very good end-of-year review at the teaching job. :) Overall a good, if tiring, week.

Bea Reviews Gaming the System by Laura K. Curtis

Publisher: River Hills Press
Series: Goody's Goodies #2
Source: the author in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Challenges: COYER Summer Scavenger Hunt |  Finishing the Series | NetGalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge
Buying Links: Amazon*  | ARe* | Smashwords*  | iTunes* | Kobo | Barnes & Noble Nook | Barnes & Noble print
* affiliate links; the blog receives a small commission from purchases made through these links.

Blurb from goodreads:

As the punk-goth manager of Las Vegas’s premiere adult toy store, Kai Tyler changes her hair color, nail color, and eye color the way some people change socks. In fact, she’s even changed her name. She owes no one, depends on no one, and stopped believing in happily ever after before she reached the age of ten. All she really wants out of life is a few good gadgets and the occasional day of pampering once in a while.

Luke Clarke loves his family, but he has no desire to fulfill his parents’ dream by getting married and going into politics. So when he’s invited to his sister’s week-long wedding gala, he asks Kai along as a decoy. Having a date will squelch his mother’s matchmaking attempts and Kai’s outrageous appearance might—just might—convince his family once and for all that he’ll never have a career in politics.

But as stress, desire, and close quarters eat away at the masks both Luke and Kai wear, their easy arrangement begins to transform into something neither expected. Will they cling to the stable roles of the past, or bet on an uncertain future together?

The Friday 56: The Threshing Circle by Neil Grimmett

This is a fun meme to do hosted by Freda's Voice. If you'd like to join in the fun go to The Friday 56.

Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Link it here.

I'm reading a contemporary mystery set in Crete, "The Threshing Circle", by Neil Grimmett. The quote is from page 56  in the Kindle book.

"Maybe Barba Yiorgos told him about your Cretan dance nights," the other musician suggested. "They're related in some way I think."