Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Desert Heat Book Launch and giveaway !

Who wants an EARLY COPY of Desert Heat?


There is more than one way to get your hands on the book early! 



How so? Well the launch will take place on the Saturday May 10th, 3 days prior to the release but copies of Desert Heat will be available to purchase and I'll be there to meet you and sign your copy! 




Where? In San Diego, California at 


Mysterious Galaxy Book Store! 

Location: 

7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
Ste 302San DiegoCalifornia
92111-1040
United States


The good people of this book store will be having me along with 14 other authors there to celebrate their 21st anniversary! I will be there signing from 4pm to 5pm.

For more information on the event please visit the bookstore's website.
 

Mysterious Galaxy 21st Birthday Bash Celebration in San Diego

 

I'd really REALLY love to meet with you guys. So if you'll be anywhere near PLEASE try and make it. This is my first book launch like this EVER and I'm SO NERVOUS! 


Not anywhere near San Diego? Out of the country even? How else can you get your hands on a signed copy of Desert Heat before the release? Share this post everywhere you can and come back and tell me about it here to be automatically entered to win one of FIVE copies! The more places you share the more you're entered! Winners will be announced on Sunday May 4th and I will mail them out first thing Monday morning!!  You can also share this Instagram photo 

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Did you miss this weeks teaser? Here it is again in it's entirety!

 

 The set up: Damian wakes to an empty bed and hears Bethany on the phone...remember he's an interrogation specialist. He can read people's body language/cues in their voice etc. Uh oh. 


“. . . I’m working,” Bethany's voice either lowered or she walked away farther, because the rest of what she said was a mumble.

Damian started toward the door. Sleeping with her had definitely heightened what he felt for Bethany, or maybe his feelings of entitlement, because the unease he’d felt yesterday when he’d heard her tone down her relationship with him was a slow-boiling annoyance now. Had she really just told someone she was working instead of admitting where and with whom she was?

“. . . not now I can’t, but tonight for sure.”

Instead of standing there eavesdropping as he was tempted to, Damian decided to walk out into the front room, where her voice seemed to be coming from. As soon as he opened the door, he was surprised to see she wasn’t even inside. She’d stepped out onto the patio.

Even though Bethany smiled as soon as she saw him, Damian hadn’t missed how her head had jerked in his direction when he opened the door. He managed to smile back, but just barely, as he walked toward her. As much as he had every intention of not jumping to conclusions and giving her the benefit of the doubt, it was already pissing him off that she turned away and lowered her voice.

He opened the patio door, and she turned, lifting her hand for him to give her a second, then turned her back on him again. “I gotta go now, okay. Yes, tonight.”

He’d give her a second or longer if she needed it, but he wasn’t leaving, if that’s what she thought. Wrapping his arms around her waist from behind, he noticed how she stiffened.

As much as that, too, made him wonder what the hell her sister was asking about now that she couldn’t talk about until tonight, he still tried to shake the unease and leaned in to kiss her neck. This time he was asking her straight out the second she was off the phone. No more dicking around. This close, he heard the other person on the phone, and it wasn’t her sister. It was a guy.

“Okay, tonight then. I’m really looking forward to it, Bethany.”

Damian yanked his head back.

“I am, too. Bye.” She turned to him as soon as she was off the phone.

“Who was that?”

This was another first for Damian. He’d never felt anything like what he was feeling at that moment, as he stared at her, his heart pounding as it always did when he was around her, but for an altogether different reason now. It had actually been a chore to refrain from cussing and asking her who the fuck was that on the phone. “That was Simon,” she said, as if it were nothing. That only spiked the annoyance that had already boiled over and was reaching a new height. He wouldn’t even attempt to hide what he was feeling now.

“What’s he looking forward to tonight?”

“Seeing me.” She said it so calmly, it gave him hope this was a complete misunderstanding.

Still, he fisted his hands tightly, trying to remain as calm as she was. “Seeing you?” He lifted both brows, unable to hide the anger now. “You’re gonna see him tonight?”

She nodded, touching his face softly. “What’s wrong with you?”

While her touch did calm him a little, it wasn’t nearly enough. “What do you mean what’s wrong with me? You’re gonna go see this guy tonight, and he’s looking forward to it? And so are you?” Then it hit him. “You told him you were working. Why?”

Pinching her brows together to think about it, she tilted her head. Damian took a few steps back—away from her. As cute as he normally thought it when she did that, right now he was too damn pissed to appreciate it.

“No.” She cleared her throat. “He asked why I said it’d be better if we talked tonight instead of now, and I told him I was working tonight.”

“You’re lying,” he snapped.

Never had he been so sure about anything in his life. Every word she’d just said to him had been insincere.

  And in case you missed last weeks teaser here is the link. Go read it now! 


 Coming May 13th, 2014!

Available now for pre-order

Monday, April 28, 2014

Teaser Tuesday - Desert Heat!

Just a few more weeks until until 
Desert Heat 
releases guys!

So I promised longer teasers and here is another one. 

Here's your visual. 


Why this one? Well you see what had happened. lol I need inspiration while I write. And the Santiago Brothers have one thing in common. Those sexy as sin cleft chins. I posted this WAY back before anyone knew I was writing his story on my blog and you guys went a little nuts. So I have to post now! ;)

The set up: Damian wakes to an empty bed and hears Bethany on the phone...remember he's an interrogation specialist. He can read people's body language/cues in their voice etc. Uh oh. 


“. . . I’m working,” Bethany's voice either lowered or she walked away farther, because the rest of what she said was a mumble.

Damian started toward the door. Sleeping with her had definitely heightened what he felt for Bethany, or maybe his feelings of entitlement, because the unease he’d felt yesterday when he’d heard her tone down her relationship with him was a slow-boiling annoyance now. Had she really just told someone she was working instead of admitting where and with whom she was?

“. . . not now I can’t, but tonight for sure.”

Instead of standing there eavesdropping as he was tempted to, Damian decided to walk out into the front room, where her voice seemed to be coming from. As soon as he opened the door, he was surprised to see she wasn’t even inside. She’d stepped out onto the patio.

Even though Bethany smiled as soon as she saw him, Damian hadn’t missed how her head had jerked in his direction when he opened the door. He managed to smile back, but just barely, as he walked toward her. As much as he had every intention of not jumping to conclusions and giving her the benefit of the doubt, it was already pissing him off that she turned away and lowered her voice.

He opened the patio door, and she turned, lifting her hand for him to give her a second, then turned her back on him again. “I gotta go now, okay. Yes, tonight.”

He’d give her a second or longer if she needed it, but he wasn’t leaving, if that’s what she thought. Wrapping his arms around her waist from behind, he noticed how she stiffened.

As much as that, too, made him wonder what the hell her sister was asking about now that she couldn’t talk about until tonight, he still tried to shake the unease and leaned in to kiss her neck. This time he was asking her straight out the second she was off the phone. No more dicking around. This close, he heard the other person on the phone, and it wasn’t her sister. It was a guy.

“Okay, tonight then. I’m really looking forward to it, Bethany.”

Damian yanked his head back.

“I am, too. Bye.” She turned to him as soon as she was off the phone.

“Who was that?”

This was another first for Damian. He’d never felt anything like what he was feeling at that moment, as he stared at her, his heart pounding as it always did when he was around her, but for an altogether different reason now. It had actually been a chore to refrain from cussing and asking her who the fuck was that on the phone.

“That was Simon,” she said, as if it were nothing. That only spiked the annoyance that had already boiled over and was reaching a new height. He wouldn’t even attempt to hide what he was feeling now.

“What’s he looking forward to tonight?”

“Seeing me.” She said it so calmly, it gave him hope this was a complete misunderstanding.

Still, he fisted his hands tightly, trying to remain as calm as she was. “Seeing you?” He lifted both brows, unable to hide the anger now. “You’re gonna see him tonight?”

She nodded, touching his face softly. “What’s wrong with you?”

While her touch did calm him a little, it wasn’t nearly enough. “What do you mean what’s wrong with me? You’re gonna go see this guy tonight, and he’s looking forward to it? And so are you?” Then it hit him. “You told him you were working. Why?”

Pinching her brows together to think about it, she tilted her head. Damian took a few steps back—away from her. As cute as he normally thought it when she did that, right now he was too damn pissed to appreciate it.

“No.” She cleared her throat. “He asked why I said it’d be better if we talked tonight instead of now, and I told him I was working tonight.”

“You’re lying,” he snapped.

Never had he been so sure about anything in his life. Every word she’d just said to him had been insincere.








 Coming May 13th, 2014!



Available now for pre-order




Friday, April 25, 2014

Join the Desert Heat blog tour!

Bloggers!!! Last chance to be part of the blog tour and get your early copy of the finished novel now! 








Coming May 13th 2014!






Monday, April 21, 2014

Desert Heat Teaser Tuesday! 4-22-13




Here it is the longer teaser I've been wanting to give you! Enjoy the HEAT! ;)













COMING MAY 13, 2014!

Set up: Someone messes with Bethany. How does Detective Santiago react? And meet another Santiago.... Diego his younger brother. =)



Glancing back at the door before addressing his brother’s
comments, Damian was instantly on his feet. Diego turned as if on 
instinct to see what Damian was glaring at.

“Yo, Jake!” Diego said, holding up his hand at Damian as if to calm him.
“I got this, man.”

The guy holding his tatted arm against the doorway, preventing
Bethany from getting by him and saying something
way too close to her face, turned to Diego with a smirk.
Diego waved a flat hand just under his chin, letting him
know he’d better cut the shit, and shook his head. “Not happening,
man. Unless you want your ass kicked, let ’er by.”

The guy pinched his brows but didn’t move his arm, so Damian
took a step forward. Diego placed his hand on Damian’s
chest, then turned to him with a very surprised expression.

He jabbed Damian’s hard and now very tense pec jokingly.
 “Dude! You’re like a brick wall.” Turning back to Jake and
Bethany again, he was even louder. “I’d move that arm right
now, Jake, before my brother goes over there and rips it off.”

Finally getting it, the idiot lifted his hand and let her by.
Damian met her halfway. “You okay?”

“I’m fine,” she said as she reached him and slipped her hand
in his. They started back to the bar. “He said he was sorry.”

Damian stopped and looked back at the guy. “For what?”
he asked, trying not to get too worked up. “What did he do?”

“Nothing.” She tugged at his hand. “He said he didn’t
know I was here with anyone. I hadn’t had a chance to tell
him when Diego called out to him. He was just flirting, that’s
all,” she assured him.

Feeling the tension that had crept into his entire body ease
up just a tiny bit, he gave in to her second tug and followed
her back to the bar.

Diego laughed as they reached him. “Damn, Damian.” He glanced
around. “No one’s gonna even think about messing with her now.”

Damian glanced around casually; he hadn’t even noticed
they’d gotten everyone’s attention. "Good," was all he said
before reaching for his drink.



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