tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181806422024-03-18T22:19:59.837-05:00A Writer's Life....Caroline ClemmonsBESTSELLING AND AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF WESTERN ROMANCE!
Caroline Clemmons writes historical and contemporary genre fiction. Historical romances, contemporary romantic suspense, mysteries, and paranormals are among her current works. Learn more about her at https//www.carolineclemmons.comCaroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18180642.post-33953299709584200892024-03-18T03:00:00.001-05:002024-03-18T03:00:00.141-05:00The Outback Man Series by Millie Wolf<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/the-outback-men-series-banner_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/the-outback-men-series-banner_orig.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> A scorching hot series of steamy small town romances </p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/1-nannying-for-the-outback-man_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/1-nannying-for-the-outback-man_orig.png" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Nannying for the Outback Man</b></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">Outback Man Series
Book 1</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">by Millie Wolf</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">Genre: Steamy
Small-Town Contemporary Romance</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/outbackman-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="440" height="104" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/outbackman-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">I
swore I’d never fool around with one of my nannies. But that was
before I met Camille.</span></p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">This
fiery woman is living under my roof, sleeping in the next room. I can
hardly keep my hands to myself. But there’s a catch. She has a
boyfriend.</span></p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">I
know I stand no chance with this lioness. Not even when her boyfriend
makes a terrible mistake.</span></p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Or
do I?</span></p>
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Outback Man series is set in the town of Sunrise, Australia. Each
romance is a steamy standalone but they are best read as a scorching
hot series.</span></p>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Sheltered
by the Outback Man </b></span></span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Outback
Man Series Book 2</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/outbackman-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="440" height="104" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/outbackman-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p>
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I’ve
been wearing baggy clothes for months now, afraid of men looking at
me and wanting me. But when Mason takes me in off his dark doorstep,
things change. Now, I want nothing more than to be looked at. To be
wanted.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">This
older, grumpy giant is doing me a good turn. He might just restore my
faith in men. And in love.</span></p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">The
Outback Man series is set in the town of Sunrise, Australia. Each
romance is a steamy standalone but they are best read as a scorching
hot series.</span></p>
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Married to the Outback Man </b></span></span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Outback
Man Series Book 3</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/outbackman-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="440" height="104" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/outbackman-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p>
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">When
a virgin steps into my life, fresh out of hell, I sweep her up and
carry her over the threshold. I might be a bad boy but I want to make
this angel smile every day. Even if she’s saving herself for
a real marriage.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Why
does it kill me that our marriage isn’t the real deal? Can I
overcome my tortured past and claim this bride as my own?</span></p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">The
Outback Man series is set in the town of Sunrise, Australia. Each
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When she’s not reading or writing romance, she’s out soaking up
the sun in a saddle or on the sand. She never goes anywhere without a
good book. </span></span>
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Caroline Clemmons</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Welcome,
Friends. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Our
special guest today is Keith Martin, hero of the historical western romance KEITH
AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE, book 5 of the Texas Hill Country Mail Order Brides.
Come in, Keith, and have a seat. [Keith takes a seat facing me. He’s wearing a
business suit, has blue eyes and dark brown hair and a short beard. He’s
probably a little over six feet tall and is a strikingly handsome man.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CC:
Tell us about yourself, Keith.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">KM:
I’m a banker in Harrigan Springs in what’s called the Hill Country of Texas. It’s
a real nice community. Let’s see, what else can I tell you? Oh, I recently
bought a house there, a place so fancy I can’t believe I own it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MpOdMKmpDUmmlft99vmAaGwIyZiYXhxUI6G6laDptDF5Yqbs2Yf7j2yA4st7NZLfDTKGQUCuyLtjIQ9a-SUpQMaEivD718elWIA3CM4uGf_enHj-jOYmNWkP_bJyhFzyJwmJwaM9I_0acWdxPRSsJs00jB8HqWjMzrF3Yab7L72T3-6uAzcZ/s2400/new%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MpOdMKmpDUmmlft99vmAaGwIyZiYXhxUI6G6laDptDF5Yqbs2Yf7j2yA4st7NZLfDTKGQUCuyLtjIQ9a-SUpQMaEivD718elWIA3CM4uGf_enHj-jOYmNWkP_bJyhFzyJwmJwaM9I_0acWdxPRSsJs00jB8HqWjMzrF3Yab7L72T3-6uAzcZ/s320/new%20cover.jpeg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CC:
How did you come to own your home?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">KM:
The previous owner was a wealthy politician who decided to move back to
Washington D.C. Levi, who often buys property, alerted me the place was for
sale. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CC:
Tell us about your friends there. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">KM:
Sheriff Jesse Cameron and Levi Iverson, the blacksmith, are my two best friends.
Ed Ferguson, the attorney, and Reverend Isaac Wood, and Sid Garton at Garton’s
Mercantile are also good friends. In fact, I guess most people in town consider
me a friend. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CC:
Surely there are people in town you don’t care for.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">KM:
Well, I don’t like to gossip about people, but since you asked a direct
question, I’ll admit I don’t care for the precious owner of the bank or his
wife, the Worthingtons. Let’s change the subject please.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CC:
Tell us your age and about your background. Where did you grow up and what was
your family like? Siblings?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">KM:
I’m thirty-one and I’m an only child. [He flashes a charming grin] My favorite
relative was my great-grandmother, Nonna. She raised my father and uncle after
my grandparents died when my dad was just a toddler. Nonna was an amazing woman
who lived to be ninety-nine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CC:
Living that long is unusual. What about the rest of your family?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">KM:
[shifting in his chair and looking down] Um, I’d rather not talk about them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CC:
Are there any special difficulties in your job? Any problems fitting in when
you first arrived?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">KM:
Harrigan Springs is a friendly community. Gradually, I’ve increased the number
of bank depositors. One problem was I didn’t know anything about the manners
needed for formal social situations. Mrs. Alice Pickard, a local widow and the
church pianist, has been secretly teaching me things like which fork to use.
She’s another of my favorite people here. Oh, man, she makes the best pies I’ve
ever eaten.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CC:
What are your plans for the future?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">KM:
[He leans forward and his eyes sparkle] I intend to sink roots here for life. I
want my children and grandchildren to grow up here. Now that I have a fancy
house, I’m going to send for a mail order bride. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5iIEuBNigIYcFxYgH3EYBiVjZkNxDLRnZ_XfaZLM-BK1u_LB1yRaozIqj-lPcBd2f2S0hwIcpyoEg-74cKIAVNR3rWeLCRFyiIN-jEa4vDuUhxAk2U7zaYDie2XSWulFwbwx2BIUPtR-V0OFXyzazBf7Wb_GXTPlZn8Apjhqxhibxpl5gi7p/s259/Italianate19th%20century.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5iIEuBNigIYcFxYgH3EYBiVjZkNxDLRnZ_XfaZLM-BK1u_LB1yRaozIqj-lPcBd2f2S0hwIcpyoEg-74cKIAVNR3rWeLCRFyiIN-jEa4vDuUhxAk2U7zaYDie2XSWulFwbwx2BIUPtR-V0OFXyzazBf7Wb_GXTPlZn8Apjhqxhibxpl5gi7p/s1600/Italianate19th%20century.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Italianate Home similar to Keith's</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">[He
leans back and shakes his head, frowning slightly] I hope she won’t be
disappointed. My house is empty except for a few pieces of furniture, so I
expect she’ll want to start furnishing our home—a little at a time because I
used all my cash to make the down payment on the house. I hope she starts with
the parlor.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">CC:
I’m sure she won’t mind since she’ll have a beautiful place to live. Thank you
for coming, Keith, and good luck with your bride.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">KM:
Thank you for having me, ma’am. [He stands and leaves the room}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Friends,
read about Keith’s adventures and misadventures in KEITH AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE.
You can find it at Amazon in e-book and in print. Of course, it’s also in
Kindle Unlimited.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Order-Bride-Texas-Country-Brides-ebook/dp/B0BZDT6Q1J/"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://www.amazon.com/Order-Bride-Texas-Country-Brides-ebook/dp/B0BZDT6Q1J/</span></a></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAab2yLNHANOGWV8i0mNiGAvvqz_oqo9WCAHmjKhyphenhyphenGJMETkcsTEOi8Wje9TYw3_Q_fug4EGFbuZLrVIi9KxSlzifwejHaYQFwjYSCUGqRw_7uT5mA6-am12R2J59j9O-rd8AxUQXyiOFdzyctcsTMcKbcNxUtw2qnH4GYdwfrzFQhzVrplCkA/s1080/KEITHnow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAab2yLNHANOGWV8i0mNiGAvvqz_oqo9WCAHmjKhyphenhyphenGJMETkcsTEOi8Wje9TYw3_Q_fug4EGFbuZLrVIi9KxSlzifwejHaYQFwjYSCUGqRw_7uT5mA6-am12R2J59j9O-rd8AxUQXyiOFdzyctcsTMcKbcNxUtw2qnH4GYdwfrzFQhzVrplCkA/s320/KEITHnow.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p>Take care and keep reading. </o:p></span></p>Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18180642.post-47772710595322923412024-03-11T03:00:00.001-05:002024-03-11T03:00:00.148-05:00Bid on Love: Jenkins & Sons Construction by Sharon C. Cooper<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bid-on-love-banner_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bid-on-love-banner_orig.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="background: rgb();">The
plan was simple. One night. No commitment. No regrets.</span></i></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bid-on-love-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bid-on-love-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="background: rgb();">Bid
on Love </span></b></span></span></span>
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<p style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background: rgb();">Jenkins
& Sons Construction Series Book 5 </span></span></span></span>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background: rgb();">by
Sharon C. Cooper</span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background: rgb();">Genre:
Contemporary Romance </span></span></span></span>
</p><p style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bidonlove-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="520" height="59" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/bidonlove-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background: rgb();">Single
dad, Benjamin Jenkins Jr. learned the hard way that women can’t be
trusted. But the moment Mahogany Rowsey hits his radar, he’s
captivated and unable to resist her magnetic pull.<br />
<br />
Mahogany
can spot a player a mile away, and she’s managed to dodge every
single one… until Ben. He charms her into a one-night fling that
leaves her panting for more. But it won’t happen again. She lives
in Chicago. He lives in Cincinnati. Still, that doesn’t stop her
from wanting what she can’t have.<br />
<br />
But when Ben shows up
to bid on a project Mahogany is overseeing, what began as one night
of passion becomes so much more. Can these two get on the same page
long enough to turn one night into forever?<br />
<br />
<br />
*All
books in this series can be read as a standalone. </span></span></span></span>
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* <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/bid-on-love/id6476990028">Apple</a>
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* <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bid-on-love">Kobo</a> *
</span><a href="https://sharoncooper.net/bid-on-love"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Author's
Site</span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> * </span><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1515719"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Smashwords</span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">
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* <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/206709023-bid-on-love">Goodreads</a></span></b></span></span></p></div><p style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Oi5-IA7tW3TUqEKzD2farRKHT3r2zuwKy0Q2Mk3GSZEFat29ZgZ2FrLfHry4kQz-pkUl3eOFUa2fR6IKm4DU7FBDAq-4UrohvKOKgUtXtTVKsGIwIXu_5aSH0DDs0hUOE4xgPVrUyK5W1LZzM_7kxJpEXWZim_A4H5TvMw8nUl5Mgw4pQkXa/s267/bidonlove%20-%20excerpt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="267" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Oi5-IA7tW3TUqEKzD2farRKHT3r2zuwKy0Q2Mk3GSZEFat29ZgZ2FrLfHry4kQz-pkUl3eOFUa2fR6IKm4DU7FBDAq-4UrohvKOKgUtXtTVKsGIwIXu_5aSH0DDs0hUOE4xgPVrUyK5W1LZzM_7kxJpEXWZim_A4H5TvMw8nUl5Mgw4pQkXa/s1600/bidonlove%20-%20excerpt.png" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{5519c161-ee30-4b80-9c9f-301e7f3314bb}{173}" paraid="114844848" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"a779ef55-bf1f-46e5-bc2e-e9feb2d904ab|5","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[469775450,"Standard",201340122,"2",134233614,"true",469778129,"Standard",335572020,"1"]}" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">“Once </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">you’re</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the VP, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">you’ll</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> report to someone else. Not me. Mahogany, all I want is a chance to show you how good we can be together.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{5519c161-ee30-4b80-9c9f-301e7f3314bb}{179}" paraid="1407406324" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Considering how good-looking he was, it was a wonder that she </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">wasn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> at </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">least attracted to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Odin</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> physically. Mixed race, black and white, his skin tone was olive with red undertones that made his hazel eyes pop. He usually had a five o’clock shadow on his cheeks and his mustache and goatee were always perfectly trimmed.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{5519c161-ee30-4b80-9c9f-301e7f3314bb}{191}" paraid="808804480" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> reminded her of the actor Daniel Sunjata with his good looks and similar build. He was such a nice, easy-going guy. Yet, Mahogany felt no inkling of sexual attraction. No butterflies taking flight in her stomach. Not even weakness in her knees. She felt nothing.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{5519c161-ee30-4b80-9c9f-301e7f3314bb}{199}" paraid="1182291847" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Don’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> say no. Take some time to think about it. All </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I’m</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> asking is for a chance. If you get to know me outside of work, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I’m</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> sure </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">you’ll</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> see how compatible we are.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{5519c161-ee30-4b80-9c9f-301e7f3314bb}{217}" paraid="1471627281" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">She started to step back, but he reached for her hand. His touch was gentle when he brought it up to his lips and kissed the back of her fingers.</span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{5519c161-ee30-4b80-9c9f-301e7f3314bb}{223}" paraid="737076014" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">His mouth on her skin was having the opposite effect of what he was </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">probably going</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> for. Instead of enjoying the feel of his lips on her hand, it felt as if ants were scurrying up her arm. She yanked her hand out of his grasp.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{5519c161-ee30-4b80-9c9f-301e7f3314bb}{229}" paraid="706039873" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">He smiled. “You felt it too,” he said, his baritone going even lower and his eyes glimmering with desire. “There is something between us. I feel it, and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">it’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> clear you feel it too. Why </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">don’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">—”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{5519c161-ee30-4b80-9c9f-301e7f3314bb}{235}" paraid="2003379526" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">“Am I interrupting?”</span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{5519c161-ee30-4b80-9c9f-301e7f3314bb}{241}" paraid="2104618996" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Mahogany startled at the deep voice that seemed to come out of nowhere. She glanced to her right and her breath caught. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Ben</span><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">.</span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{5519c161-ee30-4b80-9c9f-301e7f3314bb}{251}" paraid="548023533" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Without another thought, she hurried to him and almost knocked him off-balance when she threw her arms around his neck. She covered his mouth with hers before he could say a word.</span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{0cfe88a9-68ca-4ba9-9e5f-3d6e171ecadb}{2}" paraid="904155878" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Ben stiffened, and if she </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">wasn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> mistaken, he stopped breathing. But as her lips moved over his, before long, he had taken over the impromptu kiss. Their tongues tangled while his strong arms slid around her waist, and he pulled her snug against him. As he loved on her mouth the way he had three months ago, heat surged through her veins.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{0cfe88a9-68ca-4ba9-9e5f-3d6e171ecadb}{8}" paraid="445380373" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Every nerve in her body sparked to life. Longing charged through her with each lap of his tongue, and her body burned with need.</span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{0cfe88a9-68ca-4ba9-9e5f-3d6e171ecadb}{14}" paraid="1484717112" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">It was as if no time had passed between them. Everything she felt that night came rushing back. Desire. Passion. Yearning.</span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{0cfe88a9-68ca-4ba9-9e5f-3d6e171ecadb}{20}" paraid="1445769392" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">She </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">couldn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> believe he was there, and like before, her body responded to him </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">immediately</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. She missed him more than she cared to admit, and if given the chance, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">she’d</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">…</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{0cfe88a9-68ca-4ba9-9e5f-3d6e171ecadb}{26}" paraid="1818714444" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">A throat cleared and Mahogany startled, then stiffened. She had temporarily forgotten Odin was in the room.</span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{0cfe88a9-68ca-4ba9-9e5f-3d6e171ecadb}{32}" paraid="695789118" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Ben lifted his mouth from hers but </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">didn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> move as he </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2, url('data:image/svg+xml;base64,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')); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">searched</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> her eyes. Suddenly, his eyebrows drew into a frown. Though he </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">didn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> speak, his troubled expression said it all… </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">What the heck</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> is going on?</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576,"469777462":[360,720,1080,1440,1800,2160,2880,3600,4320],"469777927":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"469777928":[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24055883 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24055883 BCX0" paraeid="{0cfe88a9-68ca-4ba9-9e5f-3d6e171ecadb}{40}" paraid="380489770" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-indent: 38px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Oh, crap. What have I done?</span><span class="EOP SCXW24055883 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335559731":576}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.14in;">
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life. She writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and dabbles
in romantic comedy. She enjoys rainy days, carpet picnics, and peanut
butter and jelly sandwiches. Sharon’s stories have won numerous
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out with her amazing husband, doing volunteer work, or reading a good
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Happy Book Birthday
to <b>KEITH AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE</b>! I’m so excited about this book and eager to
share it with you. Book 5 of The Hill Country Mail Order Brides, KEITH is a
sweet historical western romance in which multiple obstacles add bumps on the
road to happily-ever-after. Of course, each of my books end happily, the
adventure is arriving there. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-M1xZZklP8p6uqk1mWeRFsUyeROeAVgGQgfLXtU4agWTlEY7SY4wb28sxpcvPfUKN54RzLI2czdT3vSFNMDor-_rWaX06WF68-mSqiUCi0M_clpNLk6xNRNsvkmMJxAdLMJbsqReVs3PsRwz9VJ8WiA9fP_ID3QD0qFQzIo-pMaIGvzQaIw-/s2400/new%20cover.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-M1xZZklP8p6uqk1mWeRFsUyeROeAVgGQgfLXtU4agWTlEY7SY4wb28sxpcvPfUKN54RzLI2czdT3vSFNMDor-_rWaX06WF68-mSqiUCi0M_clpNLk6xNRNsvkmMJxAdLMJbsqReVs3PsRwz9VJ8WiA9fP_ID3QD0qFQzIo-pMaIGvzQaIw-/s320/new%20cover.jpeg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Buy Link:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here is the Amazon
link to purchase the e-book, which is also available in print and is enrolled
in KU. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Order-Bride-Texas-Country-Brides-ebook/dp/B0BZDT6Q1J/"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://www.amazon.com/Order-Bride-Texas-Country-Brides-ebook/dp/B0BZDT6Q1J/</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The summary:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Elliana Barrington has to escape from Evansville before a deranged
cousin learns the terms of their grandmother’s will. So, Elliana is sent to
marry a man in Texas, who hopefully can protect her. She knows her greedy
cousin expected to inherit everything. Although he received a generous
inheritance, the desperate cousin has debts he can’t pay, debts owed to
dangerous men. He plans to force Elliana to sign over her money to him. She is
kind and generous and willing to share her legacy. But her grandmother’s
unbreakable will is specific—if Elliana attempts to give her cousin any funds, everything
they each inherited will be forfeited to charity. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">After escaping a difficult situation, Keith Martin created a new life
as the banker of Harrigan Springs, Texas. He’s won the respect of the community
and has made many good friends. After buying a house, he sends for a mail-order
bride. What a surprise to receive a letter from a young woman’s attorney,
complete with a contract. Although not sure he’s doing the right thing, Keith
agrees to marry the woman and fulfill the contract’s conditions. He expects a
shy, overprotected bride—but he’s in for a surprise!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">F</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ate has troubles in store for Elliana and Keith, threats that involve
everyone in their household. They strive to protect themselves and the three
orphans they’ve adopted. But, how can they reason with her crazed cousin? Can
this couple overcome their complex circumstances to build a happy lifetime
together?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">An excerpt:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">She sat erect and sent him an unyielding glare. “What an unkind
thing to say. </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What have I said or done to give you
that impression?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Uh-oh, he had
better tiptoe around that subject. “Nothing at all. I just meant that most
people, even kind and generous ones, want to control their funds.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Well, you’ll
find that I am not ‘most people.’ I’m just what I say and who you see.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He held his hands
out at his sides then dropped them back to the arms of his chair. “I apologize
for offending you. I assure you it was not my intention.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Her lovely brow
remained furrowed and her vivid blue eyes narrowed. “I should hope not. Were
you not told I’m quiet, kind, and generous?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“As a matter of
fact, you were described as so perfect that the description would only fit a
saint. I see now that you possess many of those qualities. I suppose I’ll see
more of them as we become better acquainted.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Now you’re
making fun of me, but it’s all right. I’m not a bad sport unless you try to
bully me.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I wasn’t making
fun, and I don’t like bullies, either. An uncle and a couple of my cousins are
terrible bullies and mean as anyone can be. The only reason they’re not in jail
is that they’ve paid off some of the police and haven’t been caught by others.
My father is almost as bad and does as my uncle tells him. I’m relieved I’ll
never see them again.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Don’t you intend
to visit your parents?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Never!” He
leaned forward with his elbows on his knees. “Elliana, in my family, I’m the
white sheep. The rest are not people you’d ever want to meet. Imagine an entire
family of people like Trey. They don’t even know where I am. It’s important to
keep it that way.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Oh, that is
severe… and sad.” She stared at her hands a minute then looked up at him. “I
guess we’ll have to start our own family and include friends here.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“That’s my plan.
We can’t choose our family members related by blood, but we can choose good
friends to become our family.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">She let out a
sigh. “I’m glad we can agree.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I hope you choose
to read <b>KEITH AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In case you
missed any of the series, here they are: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Book 1, the rancher, <b>GENTRY AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gentry-Texas-Country-Order-Brides-ebook/dp/B0B6YN6QHK"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://www.amazon.com/Gentry-Texas-Country-Order-Brides-ebook/dp/B0B6YN6QHK</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Book 2, the sheriff, <b>JESSE AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jesse-Order-Bride-Country-Brides-ebook/dp/B0BD64JC1D/"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://www.amazon.com/Jesse-Order-Bride-Country-Brides-ebook/dp/B0BD64JC1D/</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Book 3, the rancher, <b>QUINN AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quinn-Order-Bride-Country-Brides-ebook/dp/B0BSTMWV5X"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://www.amazon.com/Quinn-Order-Bride-Country-Brides-ebook/dp/B0BSTMWV5X</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Book 4, the blacksmith, <b>LEVI AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Levi-Order-Bride-Texas-Country-Brides-ebook/dp/B0BZDT6Q1J">https://www.amazon.com/Levi-Order-Bride-Texas-Country-Brides-ebook/dp/B0BZDT6Q1J</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks for
stopping by, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Caroline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: "Edwardian Script ITC"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b> </p>Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18180642.post-53187566052928900722024-03-06T03:00:00.001-06:002024-03-06T03:00:00.139-06:00Relentless by Kathryn C. Kelly<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/relentless-kk-tour-banner_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/relentless-kk-tour-banner_orig.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> The legacy continues….</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/3-relentless-ddmc-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/3-relentless-ddmc-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Relentless </b>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">Death Dwellers MC
Legacy Generation Book 3</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">by Kathryn C. Kelly
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">Genre: Contemporary
MC Romance</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/relentless-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="104" data-original-width="622" height="54" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/relentless-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>In the
gripping sequel to "Restless," Christopher "Outlaw"
Caldwell's transformation into a devoted family man is put to the
ultimate test. Once feared for his ruthlessness, he finds himself
drifting further away from his notorious MC leader persona as he
navigates the aftermath of his youngest child’s turbulent entrance
into the world.<br />
<br />
As Jo experiences a new set of challenges,
he only spirals further, affecting everyone around him. Most
especially his wife, Megan, who struggles to traverse her grief as
she enters a new stage in her life while dealing with a hard-headed
bully.<br />
<br />
Amidst this chaos, CJ, Outlaw and Meggie's son,
struggles to hold everything together as his parents falter. He has a
hard time recognizing his developing feelings for a girl who isn't
Harley Banks, causing further complications in his already tumultuous
life.<br />
Meanwhile, Bash still lurks, and as his reign of terror
continues, the kids of the MC learn what it means to be a Death
Dweller.<br />
<br />
In this gritty and emotionally charged sequel,
"Relentless" delves deeper into the complexities of family,
loyalty, and the harsh realities of life within the MC world. Will
Outlaw's transformation be enough to protect those he loves, or will
the past catch up with him, threatening to tear everything apart?
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Death
Dwellers MC Legacy Generation Book 2</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/relentless-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="104" data-original-width="622" height="54" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/relentless-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In
the gripping second installment of the Death Dweller MC’s Legacy
Series, "Restless," CJ Caldwell finds himself facing more
challenges and heartbreak than ever before. Still grappling with a
devastating family tragedy, CJ is now also dealing with the fractured
relationship between him and his once-best friend, Harley. Her
erratic behavior has not only destroyed their friendship, but it also
threatens to unravel other important relationships in CJ's life.<br />
<br />
As
CJ's parents struggle with their own personal issues, the weight of
responsibility falls heavily on CJ's young shoulders. He must step up
and take care of his siblings while navigating the complex dynamics
of a broken family. But little does he know, danger lurks in the
shadows, ready to pounce when he least expects it. </span></span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Death
Dwellers MC Legacy Generation Book 1</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/relentless-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="104" data-original-width="622" height="54" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/relentless-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sixteen-year-old
CJ Caldwell struggles to live up to the reputation of his legendary
father, Outlaw. He dreams of joining the Death Dwellers, but he's
expected to finish high school and go to college before he can even
be considered.<br />
<br />
To make matters worse, the only girl he
wants, Harley Banks, has rejected him, breaking his heart. Little
does he know, she's breaking her own heart too. CJ must navigate the
challenges of becoming a man, coping with heartbreak, and saving his
cousin Ryan from dangerous influences.<br />
<br />
In this gripping
coming-of-age tale, CJ learns that being reckless can have serious
consequences, and that sometimes, the hardest thing to do is the
right thing. </span></span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In
her dreams, Kathryn C. Kelly is a flirtatious biker babe with the
rumble of a hog between her legs and a shirtless bad boy wrapped in
her arms. Kathryn and her bad ass biker boy spend their evenings
tossing back great scotch (Chivas Regal) and fighting over who is
better at Cards against Humanity (she is, obviously.)<br />
In her
reality, Kathryn is a native New Orleanian who has survived Hurricane
Katrina and breast<br />
cancer. Now she’s hoping to survive three
lively girls. While not playing Wonder Mom, Kathryn can be found
putting all those dreams into the pages of her next Death Dwellers
Motorcycle Club novel.<br />
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past eight years<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">—</span>she hadn’t
come.</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-right: 0.59in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/4-sky-watcher-empty-shadows-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/4-sky-watcher-empty-shadows-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Empty
Shadows </b></span></span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sky
Watcher Series Book 4 </span></span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">by
Heather Lynn </span></span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Genre:
Historical Fantasy Time Travel Romance</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/skywatcher-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="111" data-original-width="537" height="83" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/skywatcher-about-the-book_orig.png" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Every
year, Charlotte faithfully performs her Samhain ritual, anxiously
awaiting her visit with Jessica. But Jessica has not appeared for the
past eight years. What could possibly have happened to prevent her
from being there?<br />
<br />
As a stormy night sets in,
Charlotte’s friends arrive entangled in a web of theft and murder.
When an old adversary resurfaces with plans of their own, the
situation becomes more complicated, and secrets begin to
unravel.<br />
<br />
In the aftermath, Charlotte and Ben
establish the “Doctor’s House”, offering comfort to the ailing.
An obscure summons leads them to a stranger being held in the
gaol—his presence in the schoolhouse a mystery, the turpentine and
striker in his possession leading to more questions. Who is this man?
What secrets does he hold? And what does he seek from Charlotte? </span></span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Between
the Shadows </b></span></span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">She
didn’t see this coming . . .<br />
<br />
After glimpsing Jessica’s
grief-stricken face reflected in the window, Charlotte Williams—along
with her husband, Ben—is pulled back to the future she left behind
to help her friend. What Charlotte and Jessica share connects them
irreversibly, their lives now intertwined forever. Confident their
bond can transcend time, Charlotte returns “home” to her life in
the past.<br />
<br />
Following a risky time jump, Charlotte and Ben
are reunited with their friends and family in 1819 and she resumes
her mission to pass on a dear departed friend’s heirloom ring. As
they begin to grow their own family, they face a series of
challenges, including a surprising opportunity for Ben. The ensuing
adventure leads to an inevitable encounter that tests their marriage
absolutely.<br />
<br />
The love between Charlotte and her friends
spans time and space, helping her to define family and what home is.
And yet, illusion and betrayal threaten to obscure her reality. Will
she come through this with her family intact? How will Charlotte move
forward? </span></span>
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Watcher Series Book 2</span></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/skywatcher-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="111" data-original-width="537" height="66" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/skywatcher-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p>
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Charlotte
Harper’s best friend Jessica is shocked to receive a letter
detailing Charlotte’s journey back in time to save her possible
ancestor Elizabeth. The letter, written in 1819, speaks of the
consequences of Charlotte’s actions and asks for Jessica’s
help.<br />
<br />
Charlotte’s adventure begins with a Wiccan ritual
and spell that takes her back to 1818. After arriving at a small town
on the shore of Owasco Lake, New York, she settles in, finding work
at the general store to earn her keep. While awaiting Elizabeth’s
arrival, she forms strong bonds with those around her, finding
herself part of a tight-knit circle of friends and deeply in
love.<br />
<br />
Charlotte knows that walking through one door often
closes many others, so when she dreams of warnings from the future
she left behind, she wants to understand. Is Jessica reaching out to
her? What is she trying to tell her? Knowing that one single choice
can change who is your friend, your lover, who lives and who dies,
Charlotte must choose her path wisely so as not to make the same
mistakes. </span></span>
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Shadow in Time </b></span></span>
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<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sky
Watcher Series Book 1</span></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/skywatcher-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="111" data-original-width="537" height="66" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/skywatcher-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p>
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Charlotte
Harper’s life isn’t going as she expected. She had to change her
course of studies, her ex-boyfriend has hooked up with her best
friend, and she misses her mother desperately since her passing.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Searching
for meaning and direction, she pours herself into her family history,
researching her roots. When she learns of a possible ancestor named
Elizabeth from the early nineteenth century, who was hung for the
crime of witchcraft, she is determined to try to save her fate.
Charlotte explores the strength of her Wiccan beliefs and the powers
within her stones, preparing a spell to transport herself back in
time nearly two centuries.</span></span></p>
<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
She
arrives at a small, sleepy town on the shore of Owasco Lake, New
York. Intending to stay just long enough to save her ancestor, she
creates a cover story and attempts to fit in, but after waiting for
weeks with no word of Elizabeth, she immerses herself in the
community. She works in the General Store to earn her keep and uses
her knowledge of herbs and medicine to help those in need. She soon
forms strong bonds with those around her, finding herself drawn into
the simple and fulfilling life of a bygone era, and even falls in
love—more deeply than she ever thought possible.</span></span></p>
<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />
As
the deadline of the execution nears, visions of the future begin to
plague her and those around her. Can she truly save Elizabeth and
undo what happened almost two centuries ago? With two lives on the
line, she knows she must face the consequences of meddling with time,
even if it costs her everything. </span></span>
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There were enough twists and turns that you never knew what was going to happen next. I could not put the book down until I found out the ending. I highly recommend this book. Can't wait until Book Two comes out."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVULPsHOAXbapfsrZdpSJb8UKc6HdSe3X9qt7T4aKY86PaDR9a4YEX-4d2p915XaIxudj5YkUnU4kckGbb7CMz0vEuDL6Kfqyc-B4fLMu2W1bZzZUnijfcYq98dfhYR3JGBXOwktQfDtq5RQlUnaRlEDM5zEdq1eMZqtbM4Vh1v2uvZY7wqQnG/s2400/JosephineBrideBrigade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVULPsHOAXbapfsrZdpSJb8UKc6HdSe3X9qt7T4aKY86PaDR9a4YEX-4d2p915XaIxudj5YkUnU4kckGbb7CMz0vEuDL6Kfqyc-B4fLMu2W1bZzZUnijfcYq98dfhYR3JGBXOwktQfDtq5RQlUnaRlEDM5zEdq1eMZqtbM4Vh1v2uvZY7wqQnG/s320/JosephineBrideBrigade.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">"Caroline Clemmons always writes a wonderful story. "<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">"I loved this book and couldn't put it down."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">If you like historical romances, you'll love this series. I'm on the final book now and already dreading it coming to an end. You'll meet a great group of women looking for husbands as you're introduced to the folks living in a small Texas town. Love is in the air as each finds the man of their dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"><o:p> <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/">https://www.amazon.com/</a></b></o:p></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/B015M4FJUY ">B015M4FJUY </a></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">"I found the story to be exciting and captivating. There were enough twists and turns that you never knew what was going to happen next. I could not put the book down until I found out the ending. I highly recommend this book."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">"A fun light and clean read." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">"This was a sweet story full of romance and excitement."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">"The author captures your imagination and runs with it happily to the end. The plot was superb and carried you to the end."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"This was a truly interesting and fun story of which I had a hard time to put down. Caroline Clemmons is at the top of my list as an author."'</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj8ZRftKMCv1kCrXE3SHiVyJFvbl5o6UuSHvoVQA-99NOEUOk0UfhYc3pyJKEb4kOWjVytfbI8OW3s7paweO1nLiLimLdQUV92CFoM96TPfZ-bzdNSHmBFyg8GkYfNWDY3bFFi-k_tXPxrKBS3EVS_c3SPuZGRxZAmAA6agIEGyK5j6uGefm_/s960/petunias-3192143_960_720.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="960" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj8ZRftKMCv1kCrXE3SHiVyJFvbl5o6UuSHvoVQA-99NOEUOk0UfhYc3pyJKEb4kOWjVytfbI8OW3s7paweO1nLiLimLdQUV92CFoM96TPfZ-bzdNSHmBFyg8GkYfNWDY3bFFi-k_tXPxrKBS3EVS_c3SPuZGRxZAmAA6agIEGyK5j6uGefm_/s320/petunias-3192143_960_720.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">The series is available in e-book and print. It is also enrolled in KU. If you haven't read this series, I hope you'll give it a read now!</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 10.5pt;">/thanks for stopping by!</span> </p>Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18180642.post-34550061255699318922024-02-28T03:00:00.001-06:002024-02-28T03:00:00.263-06:00Love Song Standards Series by Cynthia Roberts<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/love-songs-standards-series-banner_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/love-songs-standards-series-banner_orig.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
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Song Standards Book 1</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">by
Cynthia Roberts</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Genre:
Contemporary Romance</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/lovesongstandardsseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="108" data-original-width="489" height="71" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/lovesongstandardsseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>A heartwarming second chance love
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Pamela
Landers has it all, a senior partnership with a top law firm, an
expensive car, and a luxurious condo. What she desires most is a
loving husband, children, and a life filled with precious memories
that will comfort her through her golden years. So far, that has all
evaded her.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">
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Funny how fate has a way of steering you down
that path where dreams really can come true. When Pamela encounters
Gavin Templeton during a much-needed getaway, she's faced with a
life-altering challenge that could change her life forever. The
question is, does she take a leap of faith or turn and walk away? </span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>Strangers in the Night</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Song Standards Book 2</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/lovesongstandardsseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="108" data-original-width="489" height="71" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/lovesongstandardsseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>A second chance love story.</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">What
happens when two strangers meet in a crowded bar on a Caribbean
vacation and one is disinterested, while the other is totally
intrigued? Fate happens. Only one role will play out in the end. It
will lead to either a happy ending, or simply a chance meeting tucked
away in a memory book.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">
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John Rinaldi, doesn't want to be
just a memory. He's determined to win the heart of the beautiful and
elusive, Samantha Michaels.<br />
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She not only captured his
interest, but she proves to be a woman he's determined to have in his
life forever. She just doesn't know it yet. </span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>For Once In My Life</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Love
Song Standards Book 3</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/lovesongstandardsseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="108" data-original-width="489" height="71" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/lovesongstandardsseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>A small town military romance.</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Christina
Morandt spent most of her young adult life perfecting her talent and
then performing worldwide as the prima ballerina for the Savannah
Ballet Theatre. When she decides to retire at the peak of her career,
she returns to Savannah to open her own dance studio and settle into
a life of comfort and solitude. Captain Garret Rickford is a seasoned
Apache helicopter pilot for the U.S. Army, who is awarded a head
instructor position at the Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia
after serving four tours carrying out assault and rescue missions
over Iraq and Afghanistan.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">
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He returns home, while secretly
battling the haunting traumas of war and the death of his dearest
friend and fellow comrade. She was raised on a horse ranch in
Wyoming. He was raised in the Highlands of Scotland. They were
opposites in so many ways, each never expecting to cross paths with
the other. But, they did, and when the spark of attraction ignited,
there was no extinguishing the passion once it flamed out of control.
</span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Love
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>A small town suspenseful romance.</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Love
has a way of coming back full circle even, if it takes a decade to do
so.<br />
Steven Logan returns to the hometown of his youth as a
successful Aerospace Engineer with NASA.<br />
Jennifer Moore, his
high school sweetheart, finds herself the first-grade teacher to his
adorable son Joshua.</span></p>
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From
the moment they're reunited, they find it hard to deny the attraction
that still exists between them.</span></p>
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Steven's
past though proves daunting, threatening any chance for a reunion,
when his x-wife returns under guise to turn their worlds upside
down.<br />
Karen Logan gave up her marriage wilingly to chase the
bright lights that fame was offering. That is, until she fails and
decides it's easier to try and cash in on Steven's success at the
expense of their son. When Karen attempts to kidnap, Joshua, Jennifer
too is forced to comply as a tagalong, and she does everything in her
power to keep Joshua safe, while trying to outsmart the psychopath
holding them both hostage.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br />
Can't
Help Falling In Love is a compelling and heart-wrenching story that
shows how strong the bonds of love can prove when pitted against
greed and the lust for power. </span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>At Last</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i>A firefighter romance.</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Chance
meetings happen when you least expect. Georgie Michaelson always
picks the wrong guy. Well, that is, until a chance meeting throws the
right one her way.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">
<br />
Kyle Matthews has it all: striking good
looks, a body that sets women's hearts a flutter, and a honorable
job. Their attraction is undeniable. But, because Kyle is a fireman,
Georgie is fearful of his dangerous job and afraid to commit and
listen to her heart.<br />
<br />
Will she allow her fears to pull them
apart and ruin their chance for happiness at last? Or,will love
triumph after all? </span>
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full-blooded Oglala Sioux mother on the Pine Ridge Reservation.</span></p>
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business as its CEO, and the grandson of a recuperating resident now
housed on Micha's wing.</span></p>
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Maggie Keller, is a matchmaker at heart. She adores Micha and
destined to point the two young, unsuspecting adults in the right
direction. Were their chances for that forever kind of love happening
between them awfully good? Chances are that love finds a way every
time.</span></p>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Against
all odds, is true love strong enough to save a human soul? </span></span>
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/stone-of-love-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/stone-of-love-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Stone
of Love </b></span></span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Stones
of Iona Book 1 </span></span>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">by
Margaret Izard </span></span>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Genre:
Paranormal Romance </span></span>
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leaving her abusive ex, American scholar Brielle DeVolt embarks on a
career-changing opportunity, the renovation of Laird Colin
MacDougall’s Chapel ruin. The attractive, broad-shouldered Laird
leaves her weak-kneed, but can she trust herself to love
again?<br />
<br />
Dusted in construction dirt, the curvy beauty in
his study captivates Colin. As Brielle steps to the window, her
brunette tresses halo in the sunlight, and he sees her as his dream
soul mate. When he learns his hereditary duty is safeguarding magic
Fae stones, all he wants is to protect Brielle from the evil forces
of the Fae.<br />
<br />
Traveling to the past to assume his
forefather’s identity and find a missing magic stone is challenging
enough. When Brielle appears, an undeniable attraction to his
ancestor ignites, causing her confused passion. Faced with fighting
an evil Fae to save the realms, Colin must choose between saving the
stone or saving his love. </span></span>
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A warm, muscular chest shifted along her back, and strong arms cradled her. Mortified, she kept her eyes shut. How much worse could it get? 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That was a mistake. He was shirtless and smelled too damn good.</span><span class="EOP SCXW137009073 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>What’s
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>We
are</span><span> so excited to share that the second
book in the series, </span><span><i>Stone of Fear</i></span><span>,
Marie, and John’s love story, will be released on June 12, 2024.</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span><br />A
Christmas companion book, </span><span><i>Thistle in
the Mistletoe</i></span><span>, will be released
during the holidays of 2024, and Stone of Lust, book 3 in the series,
will be released in 2024.</span></span></span></p>
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out the </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Book Trailer </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">for
</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Stone of Fear:</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MoLBapvIFK4" width="320" youtube-src-id="MoLBapvIFK4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/stoneoflove-about-the-author_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="124" data-original-width="597" height="66" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/stoneoflove-about-the-author_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/margaret-izard-headshot24-269x300_orig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="269" height="251" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/margaret-izard-headshot24-269x300_orig.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Margaret
Izard is an award-winning author of historical fantasy and paranormal
romance novels. She spent her early years through college to
adulthood dedicated to dance, theater, and performing. Over the
years, she developed a love for great storytelling in different
mediums. She does not waste a good story, be it movement, the spoken,
or the written word. She discovered historical romance novels in
middle school, which combined her passion for romance, drama, and
fantasy. She writes exciting plot lines, steamy love scenes and
always falls for a strong male with a soft heart. She lives in
Houston, Texas, with her husband and adult triplets and loves to hear
from readers.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Caroline Clemmons<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yay! Time to preorder KEITH AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE! Yes, I
finally finished book 5 of the Texas Hill Country Mail Order Brides Series,
which will be released on March 8<sup>th</sup>. Here’s the preorder link at Amazon:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW7B2GZS">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW7B2GZS</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Once it's released, it will be in e-book and in print. As usual, it will be enrolled in KU. And, here is the cover, designed by Charlene
Raddon at Silver Sage Covers.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKm_slhhxhVYDZjQB1BdXPbUf3MnuOmTQRRAsG_dmMpRSfG41Iph5rYZkw-my4ffgZCXhOf163y22nvoIkemmLAjfk9kiVn-uT93vg6R2ziZmX9FzeWTPQIzJ5oSqiYSjoT9M0bYt-i0R9nncAiVmbxxHSX1KxrusLlAR4vZwHAar1urStBJu/s2400/new%20cover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKm_slhhxhVYDZjQB1BdXPbUf3MnuOmTQRRAsG_dmMpRSfG41Iph5rYZkw-my4ffgZCXhOf163y22nvoIkemmLAjfk9kiVn-uT93vg6R2ziZmX9FzeWTPQIzJ5oSqiYSjoT9M0bYt-i0R9nncAiVmbxxHSX1KxrusLlAR4vZwHAar1urStBJu/s320/new%20cover.jpeg" width="210" /></a></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let me share the blurb with you:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Elliana
Barrington has to escape from Evansville before a deranged cousin learns the
terms of their grandmother’s will. So, Elliana is sent to marry a man in Texas,
who hopefully can protect her. She knows her greedy cousin expected to inherit
everything. Although he received a generous inheritance, the desperate cousin
has debts he can’t pay, debts owed to dangerous men. He plans to force Elliana’s
to sign over her money to him. She is kind and generous and willing to share
her legacy. But her grandmother’s unbreakable will is specific—if Elliana
attempts to give her cousin any funds, everything they each inherited will be forfeited
to charity. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">After escaping a
difficult situation, Keith Martin created a new life as the banker of Harrigan
Springs, Texas. He’s won the respect of the community and has made many good
friends. After buying a house, he sends for a mail order bride. What a surprised
to receive a letter from a young woman’s attorney, complete with a contract.
Although not sure he’s doing the right thing, Keith agrees to marry the woman
and fulfill the contract’s conditions. He expects a shy, overprotected bride—but
he’s in for a surprise!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fate has troubles
in store for Elliana and Keith, threats that involve everyone in their
household. They strive to protect themselves and the three orphans they’ve
adopted. But, how can they reason with her crazed cousin? Can this couple
overcome their complex circumstances to build a happy lifetime together?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I couldn’t find exactly the model for Elliana Barrington, but this
is very close.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvN3NwODFzrIg8l8s1KDynBM1GaDvy4hrGqFDlpigxcGDEb81e5c8q3n9CThbvkebCI-qaZnGmXFwp3O81sTVkow7V_Lt6yKNaGrssx_QSQQTMoLMin4v-2QAgriEi4mDKSwhguc6Of99g-e9zpLUJ_TBAFdAQcwl1hOingW6a-W3-_oJikCm/s5427/Elliana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4876" data-original-width="5427" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvN3NwODFzrIg8l8s1KDynBM1GaDvy4hrGqFDlpigxcGDEb81e5c8q3n9CThbvkebCI-qaZnGmXFwp3O81sTVkow7V_Lt6yKNaGrssx_QSQQTMoLMin4v-2QAgriEi4mDKSwhguc6Of99g-e9zpLUJ_TBAFdAQcwl1hOingW6a-W3-_oJikCm/s320/Elliana.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Elliana Barrington</b></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here’s an excerpt<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">She sat erect and sent him an unyielding glare. “What an unkind
thing to say. What have I said or done to give you that impression?”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Uh-oh, he had better tiptoe around that subject. “Nothing at all.
I just meant that most people, even kind and generous ones, want to control
their funds.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Well, you’ll find that I am not ‘most people.’ I am just what I
say and what you see.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He held his hands out at his sides then dropped them back to the
arms of his chair. “I apologize for offending you. I assure you it was not my
intention.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Her lovely brow remained furrowed and her vivid blue eyes
narrowed. “I should hope not. Were you not told I’m quiet, kind, and generous?”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“As a matter of fact, you were described as so perfect that the
description would only fit a saint. I see now that you possess many of those qualities.
I suppose I’ll see more of them as we become better acquainted.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Now you’re making fun of me, but it’s all right. I’m not a bad
sport unless you try to bully me.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I wasn’t making fun, and I don’t like bullies, either. An uncle
and a couple of my cousins are terrible bullies and mean as anyone can be. The
only reason they’re not in jail is that they’ve paid off some of the police and
haven’t been caught by others. My father is almost as bad and does as my uncle
tells him. I’m relieved I’ll never see them again.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Don’t you intend to visit your parents?”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Never!” He leaned forward with his elbows on his knees. “Elliana,
in my family, I’m the white sheep. The rest are not people you’d ever want to
meet. Imagine an entire family of people like Trey. They don’t even know where
I am. It’s important to keep it that way.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Oh, that is severe… and sad.” She stared at her hands a minute
then looked up at him. “I guess we’ll have to start our own family and include
friends here.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“That’s my plan. We can’t choose our family members related by
blood, but we can choose good friends to become our family.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">She let out a sigh. “I’m glad we can agree.” <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe and keep reading!</span></b></p>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">A gripping historical novel with a
dual timeline linking World War II and the Cold War and one woman’s
search for the traitor who betrayed her family. Perfect for fans of
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>The War Photographers </b></span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">by
SL Beaumont</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Genre:
Historical Fiction</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/thewarphotographers-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="523" height="70" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/thewarphotographers-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i><b>She
will risk everything to expose the truth</b></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i><b>1943
– Bletchley Park, England</b></i></span></p>
<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Mae Webster, immersed in the
clandestine world of codebreaking at Bletchley Park, is recruited to
help unveil a spy who’s on the brink of exposing Britain's most
guarded secret: the cracking of the Enigma code. As war rages around
her, Mae's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls in love with
the enigmatic New Zealand war photographer Jack Knight. Their
relationship develops at pace, but tragedy strikes when one of Jack's
photographs risks unmasking an elusive double agent.</span></p>
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<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i><b>1989
– Berlin, Germany</b></i></span></p>
<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Rachel Talbot, a globetrotting
photojournalist, ventures into the heart of a fractured Berlin in
search of the Stasi officer whom her beloved grandmother Mae blames
for betraying their family. Rachel finds herself entangled in the
East German uprising and is irresistibly drawn to a charismatic
activist. As the Cold War threatens to boil over, Rachel races to
expose a traitor before it’s too late.<br />
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<i><b>Perfect for
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">SL Beaumont is an award-winning
mystery and crime writer with a passion for travel and history.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #;">She lives in
beautiful New Zealand, which is only problematic when the travel bug
bites (which it does fairly often)!</span><span style="color: #;"> Her
love of travel has seen her take many long-haul flights to various
parts of the world. Her enjoyment of history helps determine the
destination, and the places she visits are a constant source of
inspiration for her.</span></span></p>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color: #;">Prior to
becoming an author, SL Beaumont worked in banking in London and New
York and is now a partner of a chartered accounting firm in Auckland.</span><span style="color: #;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">by Maya Alden</p>
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<b>The secrets of the bayou dance to the rhythm of jazz!</b><br />
<br />
She
was the princess of Bayou Belle, sleeping with me, a bayou rat born
on the wrong sides of the sheets.<br />
<br />
Gaia Doucet was my first
love, the one who had me body and soul…until she accused me of
something terrible; and I was sent into cruel exile by her mother.
But now, ten years later, I'm back. Her grandfather has left me
controlling interest of the Doucet empire and I'm ready to enjoy my
revenge. I'll start with her mother and end with her.</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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While
I made a fortune in New York, she's slinging drinks at Jazz Sessions,
her brothers' bar in the pulsing heart of the French Quarter. I have
achieved all my dreams and she's a failure.<br />
<br />
I'm ready to
crush her into the ground even though I want her with the same
desperation as I did a decade ago.<br />
<br />
But when someone hires
a hitman to kill her, it sets off a tumultuous QUAKE that shakes the
very foundations of our lives. Hate her, I may, but I won't be able
to live in a world where she's not there.<br />
<br />
In the steamy,
seductive streets of New Orleans, where secrets and scandals are as
common as the sultry jazz rhythms, Quake is the first book in the
Jazz Sessions series. Please note, each novel in this series is
a standalone romance, complete with its own satisfying happily ever
after. Yet, the shadow of a sinister family mystery stretches across
the arc of the first three books.<br />
<br />
Perfect for fans of LJ
Shen and Shain Rose.<br />
<br />
Note: This book contains mature
themes, including violence, strong language, & sexual content,
for full content warnings, please see Content Warnings page on Maya's
website
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">My historical western, BRAZOS BRIDEi, is both a mystery
and a romance. I love mysteries, you see, and just can’t help myself when it
comes to murder, kidnapping, poison, and other nasty incidents. I am a sweet
and gentle soul in person (yeah, right), but I am mean to my characters when I
write. After all, survival in the Old West was difficult Authors have to
present obstacles for the hero and heroine to overcome. Otherwise, a book would
be about a page long and boring.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFJH3QoFEzlV0CrsAZMynwiBesuomX2bDIY33TwmkCf4k_Qys0zdDXiCcoYoidGNPfURB-x71AiqyxMTYxO2vA84GT1a2apoWVcrnu46wgBAKEGIhSr_Xn5W6__guuewVExkaatWC3ZjRqsS-LGcWP1RrKRP1EcyejqWIgKJbgnMNKvmSbdEn/s720/LATEST%20BRAZOS%20BRIDE%20COVER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="482" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFJH3QoFEzlV0CrsAZMynwiBesuomX2bDIY33TwmkCf4k_Qys0zdDXiCcoYoidGNPfURB-x71AiqyxMTYxO2vA84GT1a2apoWVcrnu46wgBAKEGIhSr_Xn5W6__guuewVExkaatWC3ZjRqsS-LGcWP1RrKRP1EcyejqWIgKJbgnMNKvmSbdEn/s320/LATEST%20BRAZOS%20BRIDE%20COVER.jpg" width="214" /></a></b></div><b><br /> </b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hope Montoya, the heroine, knows she’s being poisoned
but has no idea who wants her dead. Weakened, she knows she can’t fight alone,
and she enlists Micah Stone to assist her. How? Through a marriage of
convenience, which gives her control of her estate that’s held in trust by her
guardian. That doesn’t stop the killer, who relentlessly persists in trying to
eliminate both Hope and adds Micah as a target. I love a determined villain,
don’t you? I mean, of course, that I love to hate the villain. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Besides being close to Hope, for marrying her Micah
receives land on the Brazos River and cash, and both are needed badly. The time
is August 1870 and there’s a severe drought that has dried up springs, creeks,
and waterholes on Micah’s land. Without access to the river, his cattle are
dying of thirst. His two brothers are on hand to help him haul water from
Zach’s place to the west. Even with their best efforts, they’re losing the
battle.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Here’s an exscerpt of Hope and Micah’s wedding night
from near the first of the book.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She looked
at her hands. Perhaps she was unreasonable. Or maybe insane for sympathizing
with a man who'd had to work harder because of her family. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">"I know
it is an odd situation. If—if you wear your shirt and britches, I guess it
would be all right if you slept on top of the cover here." She patted the
bed beside her. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">He froze.
Not a muscle moved, and he only stared at her. Had she misunderstood? Did he
think her offer too forward?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She babbled,
"That is, if you want to. You said I should trust you. Well, maybe you
would be more comfortable where you are." Why didn't he say something?
Would he prefer sleeping in a chair to sharing the bed?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">From the
street below, she heard raucous laughter and someone called to a man named Ben.
Music from a piano, she supposed in the saloon, drifted in through the open
windows. A gust of breeze moved the curtains and slid across her skin. In this
room, though, there was no sound.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Slowly, he
rose and extinguished the lamp as he moved across the room. She slid one of the
pillows beside hers then scooted down. What had possessed her to offer him half
her bed? Would he think she invited more? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Too late to
take it back now, for the mattress dipped as he stretched out. Quaking inside
at the thought of him so near, she turned her back to him. She heard his weary
sigh, as if he relaxed for the first time in a long while.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">"Good
night," she offered, and hoped he understood the finality of the phrase. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">"Yep.
Good night, Mrs. Stone." The mattress shook as he turned his back to her.
She felt the soles of his feet press against her ankles. He must be several
inches too long for the bed and she guessed he had to bend his legs to fit. She
didn't dare turn to see firsthand.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">She lay
perfectly still, afraid to take a deep breath. Soon his breathing changed and
she knew he slept. Outside the open window the town quieted and the distant
tinkling of the piano was the only sound. Light from the full moon illuminated
the room and slanted across the bed. A soft breeze drifted across her, lulling
her in its caress.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">With a sigh,
she fought to relax, but abdominal pain kept her awake no matter how her body
cried for rest. Perhaps if she planned, she’d forget the pain and chills that
racked her frame. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Plan, yes.
She needed a plan for food preparation when she returned to her home. No, Micah
said he had a plan. Oh, dear, once more he took charge when it was her life,
her home.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Maybe Aunt
Sofia and Uncle Jorge would have left by then and things would be fine. Already
she felt more secure. She sensed her eyelids drifting closed and the sleep’s
blessed relief approaching.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">A gunshot
ripped apart the night. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The blast
startled her and she screamed as something thudded near her head, showering her
hair and face with splinters. Panic immobilized her. What had happened?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Micah
dragged her onto the floor as a bullet ripped into the mattress.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: .5in;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-l3zZDnjhL3buCYcSO4mR_Fytr2uvJ9EwQT0phyu3iuFsubntUbmlXyZ8nJ0VHc35e3h5sF1_ONBSA8KuayLgJygHBMvR_x74ClBRady4_ab0uYcFCBZTMNWQj7DEZYEAkFyhJJxw2PPBuhvwGrx0jjwakTEwsozdlGrai0KOuRYJ7MF3hJV/s3072/bedwithropes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip-l3zZDnjhL3buCYcSO4mR_Fytr2uvJ9EwQT0phyu3iuFsubntUbmlXyZ8nJ0VHc35e3h5sF1_ONBSA8KuayLgJygHBMvR_x74ClBRady4_ab0uYcFCBZTMNWQj7DEZYEAkFyhJJxw2PPBuhvwGrx0jjwakTEwsozdlGrai0KOuRYJ7MF3hJV/s320/bedwithropes.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Bed with ropes instead of bed springs</b></div><b><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Did that excerpt entice you to buy the book?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I hope so because everyone in my family needs an
operation. Okay, no one actually needs surgery, but I will appreciate your
buying the book. Then, IF YOU LIKED IT, would you be so kind as to leave a
review on Amazon? Most readers don’t realize what a gift a good review is to a
writer.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Here’s the buy link for BRAZOS BRIDE:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="By Caroline Clemmons My historical western, BRAZOS BRIDEi, is both a mystery and a romance. I love mysteries, you see, and just can’t help myself when it comes to murder, kidnapping, poison, and other nasty incidents. I am a sweet and gentle soul in person (yeah, right), but I am mean to my characters when I write. After all, survival in the Old West was difficult Authors have to present obstacles for the hero and heroine to overcome. Otherwise, a book would be about a page long and boring. Hope Montoya, the heroine, knows she’s being poisoned but has no idea who wants her dead. Weakened, she knows she can’t fight alone, and she enlists Micah Stone to assist her. How? Through a marriage of convenience, which gives her control of her estate that’s held in trust by her guardian. That doesn’t stop the killer, who relentlessly persists in trying to eliminate both Hope and adds Micah as a target. I love a determined villain, don’t you? I mean, of course, that I love to hate the villain. Besides being close to Hope, for marrying her Micah receives land on the Brazos River and cash, and both are needed badly. The time is August 1870 and there’s a severe drought that has dried up springs, creeks, and waterholes on Micah’s land. Without access to the river, his cattle are dying of thirst. His two brothers are on hand to help him haul water from Zach’s place to the west. Even with their best efforts, they’re losing the battle. Here’s an exscerpt of Hope and Micah’s wedding night from near the first of the book. She looked at her hands. Perhaps she was unreasonable. Or maybe insane for sympathizing with a man who'd had to work harder because of her family. "I know it is an odd situation. If—if you wear your shirt and britches, I guess it would be all right if you slept on top of the cover here." She patted the bed beside her. He froze. Not a muscle moved, and he only stared at her. Had she misunderstood? Did he think her offer too forward? She babbled, "That is, if you want to. You said I should trust you. Well, maybe you would be more comfortable where you are." Why didn't he say something? Would he prefer sleeping in a chair to sharing the bed? From the street below, she heard raucous laughter and someone called to a man named Ben. Music from a piano, she supposed in the saloon, drifted in through the open windows. A gust of breeze moved the curtains and slid across her skin. In this room, though, there was no sound. Slowly, he rose and extinguished the lamp as he moved across the room. She slid one of the pillows beside hers then scooted down. What had possessed her to offer him half her bed? Would he think she invited more? Too late to take it back now, for the mattress dipped as he stretched out. Quaking inside at the thought of him so near, she turned her back to him. She heard his weary sigh, as if he relaxed for the first time in a long while. "Good night," she offered, and hoped he understood the finality of the phrase. "Yep. Good night, Mrs. Stone." The mattress shook as he turned his back to her. She felt the soles of his feet press against her ankles. He must be several inches too long for the bed and she guessed he had to bend his legs to fit. She didn't dare turn to see firsthand. She lay perfectly still, afraid to take a deep breath. Soon his breathing changed and she knew he slept. Outside the open window the town quieted and the distant tinkling of the piano was the only sound. Light from the full moon illuminated the room and slanted across the bed. A soft breeze drifted across her, lulling her in its caress. With a sigh, she fought to relax, but abdominal pain kept her awake no matter how her body cried for rest. Perhaps if she planned, she’d forget the pain and chills that racked her frame. Plan, yes. She needed a plan for food preparation when she returned to her home. No, Micah said he had a plan. Oh, dear, once more he took charge when it was her life, her home. Maybe Aunt Sofia and Uncle Jorge would have left by then and things would be fine. Already she felt more secure. She sensed her eyelids drifting closed and the sleep’s blessed relief approaching. A gunshot ripped apart the night. The blast startled her and she screamed as something thudded near her head, showering her hair and face with splinters. Panic immobilized her. What had happened? Micah dragged her onto the floor as a bullet ripped into the mattress. Did that excerpt entice you to buy the book? I hope so because everyone in my family needs an operation. Okay, no one actually needs surgery, but I will appreciate your buying the book. Then, IF YOU LIKED IT, would you be so kind as to leave a review on Amazon? Most readers don’t realize what a gift a good review is to a writer. Here’s the buy link for BRAZOS BRIDE: https://www.amazon.com/Brazos-Bride-Stone-Mountain-Texas-ebook/dp/B007HS10SY/ Thanks for stopping by!"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">https://www.amazon.com/Brazos-Bride-Stone-Mountain-Texas-ebook/dp/B007HS10SY/</span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="By Caroline Clemmons My historical western, BRAZOS BRIDEi, is both a mystery and a romance. I love mysteries, you see, and just can’t help myself when it comes to murder, kidnapping, poison, and other nasty incidents. I am a sweet and gentle soul in person (yeah, right), but I am mean to my characters when I write. After all, survival in the Old West was difficult Authors have to present obstacles for the hero and heroine to overcome. Otherwise, a book would be about a page long and boring. Hope Montoya, the heroine, knows she’s being poisoned but has no idea who wants her dead. Weakened, she knows she can’t fight alone, and she enlists Micah Stone to assist her. How? Through a marriage of convenience, which gives her control of her estate that’s held in trust by her guardian. That doesn’t stop the killer, who relentlessly persists in trying to eliminate both Hope and adds Micah as a target. I love a determined villain, don’t you? I mean, of course, that I love to hate the villain. Besides being close to Hope, for marrying her Micah receives land on the Brazos River and cash, and both are needed badly. The time is August 1870 and there’s a severe drought that has dried up springs, creeks, and waterholes on Micah’s land. Without access to the river, his cattle are dying of thirst. His two brothers are on hand to help him haul water from Zach’s place to the west. Even with their best efforts, they’re losing the battle. Here’s an exscerpt of Hope and Micah’s wedding night from near the first of the book. She looked at her hands. Perhaps she was unreasonable. Or maybe insane for sympathizing with a man who'd had to work harder because of her family. "I know it is an odd situation. If—if you wear your shirt and britches, I guess it would be all right if you slept on top of the cover here." She patted the bed beside her. He froze. Not a muscle moved, and he only stared at her. Had she misunderstood? Did he think her offer too forward? She babbled, "That is, if you want to. You said I should trust you. Well, maybe you would be more comfortable where you are." Why didn't he say something? Would he prefer sleeping in a chair to sharing the bed? From the street below, she heard raucous laughter and someone called to a man named Ben. Music from a piano, she supposed in the saloon, drifted in through the open windows. A gust of breeze moved the curtains and slid across her skin. In this room, though, there was no sound. Slowly, he rose and extinguished the lamp as he moved across the room. She slid one of the pillows beside hers then scooted down. What had possessed her to offer him half her bed? Would he think she invited more? Too late to take it back now, for the mattress dipped as he stretched out. Quaking inside at the thought of him so near, she turned her back to him. She heard his weary sigh, as if he relaxed for the first time in a long while. "Good night," she offered, and hoped he understood the finality of the phrase. "Yep. Good night, Mrs. Stone." The mattress shook as he turned his back to her. She felt the soles of his feet press against her ankles. He must be several inches too long for the bed and she guessed he had to bend his legs to fit. She didn't dare turn to see firsthand. She lay perfectly still, afraid to take a deep breath. Soon his breathing changed and she knew he slept. Outside the open window the town quieted and the distant tinkling of the piano was the only sound. Light from the full moon illuminated the room and slanted across the bed. A soft breeze drifted across her, lulling her in its caress. With a sigh, she fought to relax, but abdominal pain kept her awake no matter how her body cried for rest. Perhaps if she planned, she’d forget the pain and chills that racked her frame. Plan, yes. She needed a plan for food preparation when she returned to her home. No, Micah said he had a plan. Oh, dear, once more he took charge when it was her life, her home. Maybe Aunt Sofia and Uncle Jorge would have left by then and things would be fine. Already she felt more secure. She sensed her eyelids drifting closed and the sleep’s blessed relief approaching. A gunshot ripped apart the night. The blast startled her and she screamed as something thudded near her head, showering her hair and face with splinters. Panic immobilized her. What had happened? Micah dragged her onto the floor as a bullet ripped into the mattress. Did that excerpt entice you to buy the book? I hope so because everyone in my family needs an operation. Okay, no one actually needs surgery, but I will appreciate your buying the book. Then, IF YOU LIKED IT, would you be so kind as to leave a review on Amazon? Most readers don’t realize what a gift a good review is to a writer. Here’s the buy link for BRAZOS BRIDE: https://www.amazon.com/Brazos-Bride-Stone-Mountain-Texas-ebook/dp/B007HS10SY/ Thanks for stopping by!"> </a></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></b> </p>Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18180642.post-84060852920082252202024-02-14T03:00:00.001-06:002024-02-14T03:00:00.135-06:00How to Marry a Major by Tina Holland<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/how-to-marry-a-major-banner_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/how-to-marry-a-major-banner_orig.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">When a fake betrothal becomes real,
can two people find love? </span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>How To Marry a Major </b></span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">B.A.D.
Guide Series Book 1 </span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">by
Tina Holland </span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Genre:
Historical Regency Romance </span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Following
her Ne’er do well husband’s scandalous demise, Charlotte Wold is
forced to become a governess. Never intending to marry again, this
arrangement suits Charlotte just fine. </span></span>
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bastard son of a powerful nobleman, Major Myles Ashton’s military
service left him injured. When he returns home to stay with his
brother, he’s shocked to find Charlotte again, a woman he never
thought he’d see again after sharing a night together.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">When
desperation leads to a pretend attachment, scandal ensures the
marriage is anything but pretend. Can Charlotte learn to love Myles?
Or will she be doomed to another dreary marriage?</span></p>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tina
studied journalism at University and then went to work for a Fortune
500 company in Logistics for over 20 years. She now writes full-time
and helps her husband run his Crop Dusting business in the summer
months. When she’s not writing she likes to travel, read, and
spend time with her farm critters. </span></span>
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with her family, and handle the dance with the hot detective without
managing to get herself killed?</span></span></span></p><p style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: center;"><span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/homecoming-chaos-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/homecoming-chaos-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
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dead body in the parking lot of her family’s business, a killer on
the loose, and a handsome detective asking a lot of questions…<br />
<br />
Jamie
Scott’s life fell apart four years ago when she broke off her
engagement, turned down a dream job, and went overseas to run away
from her life. Now she’s back, but the reunion is not without
problems. She arrives home just in time to attend the soiree her
mother planned, but she’s not prepared for what she finds—a dead
employee in the parking lot.<br />
<br />
Detective Nick Marshall is
assigned to the murder case at the forensics lab owned by Jamie’s
family. He meets the headstrong Jamie, but he has a job to do. And
his attraction to her… well, he’s a professional.<br />
<br />
Jamie
knows the stakes are high. She has to face the past and save her
parents’ business while dealing with her family drama and an
uncertain future. She also has to deal with Nick, who wants her out
of the way of his investigation. But fate keeps throwing them in one
another’s paths… and into chaos that they both want to avoid, but
neither can seem to escape. </span></span>
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The attached bathroom incorporated blue and white colors. Jamie sat on the edge of the bed and looked around the room. Since she never lived here, the room didn’t hold many personal touches, as did Jon’s and Jillian’s rooms. There were plenty of pillows, a complete set of cherry wood bedroom furniture, and a mid- sized flat-screen TV above the chest of drawers. It represented a fitting guest room since she was now a guest—a nervous guest at that. What if her mother verbally eviscerated her again? Could she deal? Jamie realized she was delaying her meeting with her mom for as long as possible. What else could she do to kill time? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She peeked in the closet to see if she had left any clothes behind from four years ago. Unfortunately, she found nothing that would be appropriate for what would be a formal event on Sunday night. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She went into the bathroom and removed her baseball cap to inspect the state of her hair in the mirror. I was fine for a quiet home visit, but not for a dressy affair. Jamie had let her relaxer grow out while she was out of the country. She typically flat-twisted her natural hair to emphasize the wave pattern. Before this trip, she had only washed, conditioned, and air-dried her hair, thinking that she would have some time after her arrival to moisturize and comb it. Now, it was just squashed down by her hat. Ugh. Since she wouldn’t be able to prep before talking to her mother, she would have to atone by looking her best for the party. For such a formal affair, she would have to visit a salon for a trim and style. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a knock on the bedroom door. “Come in!” Jamie yelled as she tucked her cap back onto her head and came out of the bathroom. Jon placed her bags inside her door. “Mother is waiting for you downstairs. I’m going to my room to avoid the tearful reunion.” He didn’t live there anymore but still called his childhood room “his room”. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jamie sighed. Time to woman up. “OK. Let me wash my face, and I’ll be down. Where is she, exactly?” she inquired. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> “Still in the study. 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family were among those turned off their land by an English landlord. Rather
than starve, they joined a band of Irish Travellers. How did they end up
trekking across the U.S.? You’ll have to read the book to learn the answer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQMYPOdzUVqcTlNHHB_rq6XjptHwGWqw4o_3XQkIKF9YpJPYLDkvdJaTDIva4ocFB8CSelkR-AwMmPRE_uEld-7dfH9-PtXFO22aV3Ek0rGfsBgq9KLPnqE0PqBQPHTU0t_p-aLEZxL71gKiOqTylL7P2nCnw27bZabhZO6w4veoMSTYjxl8-/s522/91Irsx-grfL._SY522_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="348" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQMYPOdzUVqcTlNHHB_rq6XjptHwGWqw4o_3XQkIKF9YpJPYLDkvdJaTDIva4ocFB8CSelkR-AwMmPRE_uEld-7dfH9-PtXFO22aV3Ek0rGfsBgq9KLPnqE0PqBQPHTU0t_p-aLEZxL71gKiOqTylL7P2nCnw27bZabhZO6w4veoMSTYjxl8-/s320/91Irsx-grfL._SY522_.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Cenora O'Neill</b></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Recently, I was the guest speaker at the Irish-American Society of
Dallas TX. I discussed my book, <b>THE TEXAN’S IRISH BRIDE, </b>which some members had
read beforehand. In my talk, I spent a few minutes talking about Irish
Travellers because they play a prominent role in the story.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Many scholars believe Irish Travellers' language is descended from medieval
minstrels and poets who traveled Ireland in the 13th century telling myths and stories. Those medieval entertainers were respected and learned. That ancient language crops up in the
Irish Travellers’ language called Shelta, a mixture of English and Irish grammar. Thei</span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">r dialect, or
Cant, allows them to speak freely in front of what they call the </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“settled people,” "buffers," or the non-travellers. They are careful that no non-traveller learn Shelta.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">At the time of English occupation, many Irish families were turned
out of their homes. Since it was illegal for Irish to learn to read and
write—only the English could attend schools and universities—the homeless Irish
were ill equipped to fend for themselves. Some attended what were called
hedgerow schools, where a person who knew how to read and write taught with
only sticks and dirt as writing tools. Doesn't it make you angry that a group of people were denied education?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvofElS0azUdTxvd38JAB0dB-BD2otpzQWoFPbEJN_wqdEEcsle9Gxp1aSMOFvUbqTBHw-LcVAKfvoJ1yLdpM0tmkCztm6yArbuaq8QVELkkE3kVTXuf-t3Wrk4fsD2BmucqIGe-iM3OADCzvwRHW5vOc3DN-8KRLeho3YwhnOsLAxNw_txMhJ/s441/IrishTravelers1854Wikipedoia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvofElS0azUdTxvd38JAB0dB-BD2otpzQWoFPbEJN_wqdEEcsle9Gxp1aSMOFvUbqTBHw-LcVAKfvoJ1yLdpM0tmkCztm6yArbuaq8QVELkkE3kVTXuf-t3Wrk4fsD2BmucqIGe-iM3OADCzvwRHW5vOc3DN-8KRLeho3YwhnOsLAxNw_txMhJ/s320/IrishTravelers1854Wikipedoia.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Photo from 1954, but times have changed.</b></div><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>Many homeless Irish families drifted into accompanying the
traveling minstrels and other entertainers. Eventually, they became the Irish
Travellers. At first they camped in fields. Later, they acquired tents, then the
colorful wagons that resemble gypsy wagons.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">They are </span><u style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">not</u><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> gypsies, though. Gypsies are Romani and are
thought to have originated in India. Their religion is Rom. Travellers are of
Irish origin, although they have now spread throughout the Western world.
Legislation in Ireland has set aside special camping places for the Travelers. Much
controversy exists over whether the children should be forced to attend school
or not. In the U.S., they are </span><i style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">supposed</i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> to attend school. Fortunately, more and more are graduating from high school and some are going on to university and to additional training.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">On 1 March 2017, the Irish state recognized Irish Travellers as a distinct ethnic group. An ethnic group is defined as one whose members identify with each other, usually the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestryl Ethnic identity is also marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and by common cultural, linguistics, religious, behavioral or biological traits. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCH4dZMrN9cDg4Tx5xYvkyarIC5lJ2P-LY2Uz33yRXmUrwy0gz5jVHZTdDUdsAlzsRhpLTmNUlq4pEJ-lOD2CBs3zmKc9OdKI6GS6dSNIyzctZhM0Kl1VC-GQKSI71d85j2bcktUBzaqtLoZQyVEM-VKx6Di5uIp0dY1hsrsm148SwC0KLb-u0/s440/IrishTravelersPin2017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="440" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCH4dZMrN9cDg4Tx5xYvkyarIC5lJ2P-LY2Uz33yRXmUrwy0gz5jVHZTdDUdsAlzsRhpLTmNUlq4pEJ-lOD2CBs3zmKc9OdKI6GS6dSNIyzctZhM0Kl1VC-GQKSI71d85j2bcktUBzaqtLoZQyVEM-VKx6Di5uIp0dY1hsrsm148SwC0KLb-u0/s320/IrishTravelersPin2017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Generalizing, most of
the families are Roman Catholic and in general, the wives attend mass. They
were/are also called Tinkers because there was usually one among them who
repaired pots and pans and metal wares. In one of Louis L’Amour’s books, a Tinker
makes a large knife for Tell Sackett, the description of which resembles that
of a Bowie knife.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Irish Travellers and Irish-American Travellers face discrimination and racial hatred. Their children are the target for bullies at school and the adults are the target of the type of law enforcement members who like to throw around their weight. A</span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">s with any group, Travelers include good and bad citizens. Most earn an honest </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">living working in various forms of construction or carnival concessions. Unfortunately, those who are dishonest
often ply one of the construction trades such as roofing, house painting, or
paving. The tricksters get half the money up front or a down payment—supposedly
for supplies—and are never seen again. Please don’t think I’m bashing the
Irish. I’m of Scot-Irish descent and love anything to do with Ireland!.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">By the way, if you haven’t read, THE TEXAN’S IRISH BRIDE, why
wait? Here is the buy link at Amazon, where you’ll find e-book and print.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Texans-Irish-Bride-McClintocks-Book-ebook/dp/B008V1UG54/">https://www.amazon.com/Texans-Irish-Bride-McClintocks-Book-ebook/dp/B008V1UG54/</a>
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<p><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">While you’re at Amazon, please click the </span><i style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Follow</i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> button by my name/bio.</span> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Stay safe and keep reading!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Travellers </span></p>Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18180642.post-69917164865387571372024-02-07T03:00:00.001-06:002024-02-07T03:00:00.145-06:00Hot and Cold by Tara September<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/hot-and-cold-release-tour-banner_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/hot-and-cold-release-tour-banner_orig.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">In the game of love, who will melt
first? </span>
</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/hot-and-cold-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/hot-and-cold-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>Hot and Cold </b></span>
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">A
Lesson in Love Novella #3</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">by
Tara September </span>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Genre:
New Adult Sports Hockey Romance </span>
</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/hotandcold-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="466" height="109" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/hotandcold-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><i><b>In the game of love, who will
melt first?</b></i><br />
<br />
<b>LUKE:</b><br />
No one seems to
comprehend the pressures of playing for an NCAA college hockey team
and being in the pre-med program. With the NHL draft and graduation
looming, I can’t handle any distractions in my life. Discipline and
focus are my two best friends.<br />
<br />
The absolute last thing I
need my senior year is to be roped into some campus social media
project with a sexy junior who changes majors more times than she
does clothes. Yet here I am, posing for a calendar I had no intention
of participating in, attending parties, and making out, among other
things, in public. And yeah, if I’m smiling the whole way, it must
be because I’ve finally cracked. That’s the only explanation why
I’ve let Jax sashay her way into my every thought. Puck me!</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">
My
world has been irrevocably turned upside down once already, and I
won’t let it happen again—even if it means becoming the “Ice
Man” that everyone calls me.<br />
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It
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it all figured out now, and I’m going to win a coveted
communications internship too. I just need the grumpy hockey captain
to relax a bit and help me help his team. So what if I know diddly
about the game and that he won’t even let me past the front door?
I’ve got this! And if I’m shivering at his touch, it’s because
he’s so cold, not because he makes me hot.<br />
<br />
Nope, despite
the rumors circulating on campus, we’re only spending every waking
minute together because of my assignment, that’s all. Although,
maybe we’re dating? I don’t know, but I plan to find out! Because
it’s starting to feel real, especially his kisses. Yup, I’m
totally pucked! </span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">One summer. Three separate love
stories. And summer doesn't last forever. </span>
</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/1-summer-stay-mb-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/1-summer-stay-mb-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>Summer Stay </b></span>
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Montana
Beach Book 1</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">by
D. Allen</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Genre: Sweet Contemporary Romance</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/montanabeachseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="463" height="89" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/montanabeachseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Jessie moved back to picturesque
Montana Beach after a heartbreaking split with her ex. She's since
thrown herself into her grandparent's inn, which has been struggling
financially thanks to the town having seen better days. With few
options available, Jessie considers accepting a developer's offer to
buy Montana Manor, seeing it as a way to save her family's legacy,
until she learns that he wants to tear it down.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile,
Mason's tired of working at his father's advertising firm in New York
City, although his father wants him to become his replacement. Unsure
if that's the course he wants his life to take, Mason escapes to
Montana Beach and the only inn in town to consider the proposal. But
after he meets Jessie, he seems to gain only another reason not to
take up his father's offer.<br />
<br />
When Mason offers to help
Jessie launch a campaign to save Montana Manor, the two quickly find
themselves relying more and more on each other. But summer doesn't
last forever, and Mason's stay is coming to an end.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/2-summer-job-mb-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/2-summer-job-mb-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>Summer Job </b></span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Montana
Beach Book 2</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/montanabeachseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="463" height="89" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/montanabeachseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">When Robyn was promoted to manager
of the Montana Beach Pier amusement park, she helped save it from
near extinction. But her employees are still having a hard time
adjusting to her new leadership role. With her father gone and only a
few friends in Montana Beach, the stress at work carries over to the
rest of her life. That is, until her newest employee steps through
the door.<br />
<br />
Jaden’s just looking for a summer job until he
can find something more stable in the fall. Montana Beach might be a
slower pace than his hometown, but his new boss and the romance that
sparks between them makes the sleepy little town exciting.<br />
<br />
When
a coworker discovers their relationship, he threatens to reveal their
secret, which could put their jobs and the future of the Pier at
risk.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/3-summer-nights-mb-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/3-summer-nights-mb-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>Summer Nights </b></span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Montana
Beach Book 3</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/montanabeachseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="463" height="89" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/montanabeachseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">On the surface Adrian has it all:
he’s the owner of the Nine—the only source of nightlife in
Montana Beach—and he has his boyfriend Malcolm. The only problem
is: Malcolm’s married. Although he promises to leave his wife,
Adrian still wonders if he’ll always be “the other lover,” and
whether that’s enough for him.<br />
<br />
Tyler has watched his
best friend pursue his relationship with a married man knowing that
it won’t end well. He knows that he could treat Adrian better, but
he’s never expressed his feelings to anyone, let alone
Adrian.<br />
<br />
After Adrian and Tyler share a special evening
together, Tyler sees a future for them, but Adrian is still loyal to
Malcolm.</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/montanabeachseries-kickstarter_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="123" data-original-width="580" height="85" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/montanabeachseries-kickstarter_orig.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/main-banner2_orig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/main-banner2_orig.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">D.
Allen is the author of small town romance, including the Montana
Beach series and the Small Town Christmas series.</span></span></span></p>
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exciting and captivating. There were enough twists and turns that you never
knew what was going to happen next. I could not put the book down until I found
out the ending. I highly recommend this book. Can't wait until Book Two comes
out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVULPsHOAXbapfsrZdpSJb8UKc6HdSe3X9qt7T4aKY86PaDR9a4YEX-4d2p915XaIxudj5YkUnU4kckGbb7CMz0vEuDL6Kfqyc-B4fLMu2W1bZzZUnijfcYq98dfhYR3JGBXOwktQfDtq5RQlUnaRlEDM5zEdq1eMZqtbM4Vh1v2uvZY7wqQnG/s2400/JosephineBrideBrigade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVULPsHOAXbapfsrZdpSJb8UKc6HdSe3X9qt7T4aKY86PaDR9a4YEX-4d2p915XaIxudj5YkUnU4kckGbb7CMz0vEuDL6Kfqyc-B4fLMu2W1bZzZUnijfcYq98dfhYR3JGBXOwktQfDtq5RQlUnaRlEDM5zEdq1eMZqtbM4Vh1v2uvZY7wqQnG/s320/JosephineBrideBrigade.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Caroline Clemmons always
writes a wonderful story. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">I loved this book and
couldn't put it down<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">If you like historical
romances, you'll love this series. I'm on the final book now and already
dreading it coming to an end. You'll meet a great group of women looking for
husbands as you're introduced to the folks living in a small Texas town. Love
is in the air as each finds the man of their dreams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/">https://www.amazon.com/</a></b></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/B015M4FJUY ">B015M4FJUY </a></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">I found the story to be
exciting and captivating. There were enough twists and turns that you never
knew what was going to happen next. I could not put the book down until I found
out the ending. I highly recommend this book<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">A fun light and clean
read. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">This was a sweet story
full of romance and excitement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The author captures your
imagination and runs with it happily to the end. The plot was superb and
carried you to the end.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This was a truly interesting and fun
story of which I had a hard time to put down. Caroline Clemmons is at the top
of my list as an author.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p>If you haven't read this series, I hope you'll give it a read now!</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">/thanks for stopping by!</span></p>Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18180642.post-35905674798625034642024-02-02T00:30:00.002-06:002024-02-02T08:58:22.761-06:00TO WOO OR NOT TO WOO<p> By Caroline Clemmons</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">How
much of the two main characters’ history should an author reveal at the beginning
of the book? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This problem worries every author.
Should we use flashbacks? I hate those, but I admit I sometimes use them. Should
we write a prologue? What about alternating current chapters with background
chapters?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most
readers have a preference. Perhaps you don’t have a favorite. If the author’s writing is
compelling enough, I don’t mind any devices. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal;"><u><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Except
one</span></u><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. I have recently been reading a lovely series with a librarian
heroine and interesting recurring characters. Suddenly, at the very end of book
three, the hero broke up with the heroine. What? Wait, that can’t happen! I
felt cheated<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. I was cheated</i>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcpR0iiolIIIw-W9zWE7guKCRRPKgH4mCQDGm5gbWp6IAsF_H9STHPFKLOplaTnO1kPcexd92-elj_kiQx8jYlkQG8RrV4S3fC1Zfkg7y3I5FMy_lmnZnbAloentBXyobJvx1zzQltskKkoOtM9micH8PJ2godPj-8ge1Jiyx41YZZqcP-vbm/s300/couple%20disagreeing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcpR0iiolIIIw-W9zWE7guKCRRPKgH4mCQDGm5gbWp6IAsF_H9STHPFKLOplaTnO1kPcexd92-elj_kiQx8jYlkQG8RrV4S3fC1Zfkg7y3I5FMy_lmnZnbAloentBXyobJvx1zzQltskKkoOtM9micH8PJ2godPj-8ge1Jiyx41YZZqcP-vbm/s1600/couple%20disagreeing.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What? I was cheated!</div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></p><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">I’m pretty sure they get back
together in the next book in the series, but I feel betrayed by that author. I’m
still deciding whether to buy her next book.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpMiddle"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In literary fiction, that sort of
thing happens.<u> Not</u> in romance and romance combined with cozy mysteries.
The author didn’t follow the genre guidelines: happily ever after. She had
built these two people into a believable perfect couple. The hero had all the
qualities of a great hero. For him to doubt the heroine’s affections enough to
break up with her was not credible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpMiddle"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On a similar subject, I don’t like
romances with a heroine who can’t decide between two men. For a couple of books, I’ll
tolerate it perhaps, but not longer. This is more common in cozy mystery romances
than just romance. There are series I abandoned because the heroine couldn’t
make up her mind which man she loved most. If they’ve had sex and she waffles back and forth between them, she’s not a heroine, in my opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpMiddle"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’m not referring to a seemingly
insurmountable obstacle such as the common example: If he’s a fireman, she’s a
pyromaniac. Extreme, but you understand why it’s used in romance workshops.
Maybe they can’t resolve the obstacle until the last chapter. That’s good
tension, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpMiddle"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What are some pet peeves you see
in books? Tell me in a comment to be entered into a drawing for an ebook. </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpMiddle"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQttbhhPy8ys8m0k5pbPO_GRCUc8PMdnHqqLqVzSFR1F5s1qXZIPKuQxdSCKrYIiOwfkJNPEQSgbUA6AbRN3WHn-WwW7T6BmotOTcKzgvN6uFOcT0akthXe3YPkHItGIfga9fM9JBMxk6OOXiwjF5okVYwS5oOg5oOFEWCaWuf6VYTqzhO4k2g/s282/couple%20happy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="282" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQttbhhPy8ys8m0k5pbPO_GRCUc8PMdnHqqLqVzSFR1F5s1qXZIPKuQxdSCKrYIiOwfkJNPEQSgbUA6AbRN3WHn-WwW7T6BmotOTcKzgvN6uFOcT0akthXe3YPkHItGIfga9fM9JBMxk6OOXiwjF5okVYwS5oOg5oOFEWCaWuf6VYTqzhO4k2g/s1600/couple%20happy.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpMiddle"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If
you’re looking for a book that guarantees romance with a happy ending, please
try one of mine. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Caroline-Clemmons/author/B001K8CXZ6?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true">My Amazon Author Page</a></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacingCxSpMiddle"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Keep reading and stay safe!</span></p><br /><p></p>Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18180642.post-63284542252878902292024-01-31T07:42:00.002-06:002024-01-31T07:42:20.822-06:00Blessing: The Widows of Wildcat Ridge Series Book 2 by Caroline Clemmons<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb87X4fmpzGxY8XPEGw-RlBm_tp1jo1xgKRZ52uGBQbUL8FsZFrWyo8JCH7LvCPohR3P3z9iMV6BUYSZROJFSvAa2wqxenF8OD2ZpZ3B_FhG3rfdWFQvoqKe-7OHdmHSB45_2G8jZtsOAqz3vnjyfzKTRF9DQHhGey7qGTYMEd7pcpSSGbHhBW/s2700/Blessingcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb87X4fmpzGxY8XPEGw-RlBm_tp1jo1xgKRZ52uGBQbUL8FsZFrWyo8JCH7LvCPohR3P3z9iMV6BUYSZROJFSvAa2wqxenF8OD2ZpZ3B_FhG3rfdWFQvoqKe-7OHdmHSB45_2G8jZtsOAqz3vnjyfzKTRF9DQHhGey7qGTYMEd7pcpSSGbHhBW/s320/Blessingcover.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blessing: The Widows of Wildcat Ridge Series Book 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by Caroline Clemmons</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blessing-Widows-Wildcat-Ridge-Book-ebook/dp/B07G7HJK4W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3S43P0K6SDGRU&keywords=blessing+by+caroline+clemmons&qid=1706708338&sprefix=blessing+by+caroline+clemmons%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-1">Amazon Buy Link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Book Blurb:</b></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p>A heart sore woman fighting for her community; a rancher tracking stolen horses; the discovery that could destroy her happiness…</p><p>With the death of her father last month, Blessing Odell inherited the largest ranch in that part of Utah, the Rafter O. She goes by the nickname Buster and wears men’s overalls but they can’t disguise her regal beauty and natural grace. She is also generous to the community, which is why she’s splitting proceeds from the sale of 100 horses with the widows of Wildcat Ridge.</p><p>Thad King has tracked stolen horses to the Rafter O Ranch. He’s determined to capture and see punished the horse thieves who beat his former employer before stealing his horses. He is successful in being hired to work on the ranch, but he doesn’t want to believe Buster Odell or her father had anything to do with stealing horses.</p><p>What else can he believe unless he finds evidence to the contrary? Convinced of her father’s innocence, Buster implores Thad to work with her to discover the real culprit. Their quest leads them on a dangerous journey.</p><p>Read all of Caroline’s The Widows of Wildcat Ridge books</p><p>Blessing, book 2</p><p>Garnet, book 9</p><p> </p>Stephanie Suesan Smith, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258700735299993683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18180642.post-53203759557091657182024-01-29T03:00:00.001-06:002024-01-29T03:00:00.138-06:00Changing Tide by Robert Joncas<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/changing-tide-banner-24_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/changing-tide-banner-24_orig.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="border: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; margin-bottom: 0.15in; padding: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dive
into this fast-paced, suspenseful Sci-Fi fantasy novel that melds
sizzling romance, action, heart-stopping horror, and a high-stakes
battle to save humanity.</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/changing-tide-rj-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/changing-tide-rj-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Changing
Tide</b> </span></span>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">by
Robert Joncas</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Genre:
YA SciFi Paranormal Romance, Fantasy, Horror</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/changingtide-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="107" data-original-width="643" height="67" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/changingtide-about-the-book_orig.png" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><h3 class="western"> “<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Changing
Tide,” 2023 Book Awards:</span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><b>*Maincrest Media Award,
Winner, YA Fiction (2024)</b></p>
<p><b>*Outstanding Creator Awards, Best Fiction Book of 2023,
2<sup>nd</sup> Place</b></p>
<p><b>*Outstanding Creator Awards, Fantasy (1<sup>st</sup> Place),
Sci-Fi (1<sup>st</sup> Place), Romance (2<sup>nd </sup>Pl.)</b></p>
<p><b>*The Global Book Awards, Bronze Medal, Science Fiction –
Romance</b></p>
<p><b>*The BookFest Awards, Silver Medal, Science Fiction -
Romance<br />
*The BookFest Awards, Bronze Medal, Fantasy –
Contemporary & YA – Science Fiction</b></p>
<p><b>*Royal Dragonfly Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Cover, Sci-Fi,
Fantasy & YA Fiction</b></p>
<p><b>*American Fiction Awards, Finalist, Romance – Paranormal:
Supernatural<br />
*American Writing Awards, Finalist - Science
Fiction<br />
*Halloween Book Festival, YA Horror – Honorable
Mention<br />
*Literary Titan Book Award - August 2023</b></p>
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<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A
wild adventure that takes you on a journey from the California coast
to the depths of the Grand Canyon. Dive into this fast-paced,
suspenseful Sci-Fi fantasy novel that melds sizzling romance, action,
heart-stopping horror, and a high-stakes battle to save humanity.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">After her father's tragic
death, eighteen-year-old Skye Conner and her mom visit her Nana on
the California coast. There, Skye stumbles across a mystical conch
shell in the surf. Suddenly her dull, empty life takes on a thrilling
and terrifying turn.</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">Skye has had to endure a
despondent mother drowning in grief, living in a private world of
darkness. Nana is a feisty, intelligent, take-no-bull grandmother
with a flaming sense of pride and heart of gold. Then comes a
handsome, mesmerizing alien on a mission to save the Earth. But are
his intentions sincere, or does he have another agenda?</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">Skye has finally found someone
to love, but can he be trusted? Changing Tide is a witty,
original page-turning thriller that will make you look at First
Contact in a whole new way.</p><p style="border: none; padding: 0in;"><br /></p>
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* <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176169899-changing-tide">Goodreads</a></b></span></span></p><p style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/changing-tide-teaser-1_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="267" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/changing-tide-teaser-1_orig.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.15in; padding: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><u><b>What
readers are saying:</b></u></i></span></span></p>
<p style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.15in; padding: 0in;">
“…<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">simply
elegant…from the plotline to the characters to the action to the
humor… (and) a story for anyone, young adult or adult, who enjoys a
good science fiction novel with some romance thrown in. I would
recommend the book to everyone.”</span></span></p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">-FEATHERED QUILL BOOK REVIEWS</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">“…truly a breath of fresh
air! …A sci-fi romance like this was exactly what we needed.
…despite dealing with things like loss, coping, and mourning this
book is surprisingly fun and lighthearted…reading like a Disney
script.”</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">-OUTSTANDING CREATOR REVIEW</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">“Anyone who enjoys sci-fi
horror thrillers will find plenty to love about this book.”</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">-READERS’ FAVORITE BOOK
REVIEW</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">“I thoroughly enjoyed every
moment spent reading this book and was genuinely sad when it came to
an end.”</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">-ONLINEBOOKCLUB.ORG REVIEW</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">“…an enthralling fantasy
novel that immerses readers in Skye Conner’s captivating journey…”</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">-LITERARY TITAN</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">“…traverses science
fiction, fantasy, horror, and mystery seamlessly, entertaining you
with thrills galore.”</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">-READERS’ CHOICE BOOK REVIEW</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">“Nothing is as it seems… a
speculative sci-fi page turner that will keep you on the edge of your
seat. …brings in sci-fi and fantasy elements of magic seashells and
aliens to create a call to adventure.”</p>
<p style="border: none; padding: 0in;">-INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW</p>
<p style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.15in; padding: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>--snippet
of a review from <i>OnlineBookClub.org--</i></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 0.23in; margin-bottom: 0.05in; margin-top: 0.05in;">
<span>“<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Robert
Joncas has crafted a compelling narrative that keeps readers on the
edge of their seats. The pacing is well-balanced, and the author's
ability to evoke a wide range of emotions is commendable. Skye's
character development is particularly noteworthy, as readers witness
her transformation from a grieving and vulnerable girl into a brave
and determined young woman.</i></span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: 0.23in; margin-bottom: 0.05in; margin-top: 0.05in;">
<span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>....Changing
Tide is a remarkable book that grabs the reader's attention from
the very first page. With its compelling characters, intriguing plot
twists, and seamless blending of genres, it is a true page-turner. I
thoroughly enjoyed every moment spent reading this book and was
genuinely sad when it came to an end. Without a doubt, I highly
recommend picking up Changing Tide by Robert Joncas and
awarding it a well-deserved </i><i><b>5 out of 5 stars</b></i><i>. </i></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><b>--snippet
of a Review from Literary Titan--</b></i></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>In
“Changing Tide,” Robert Joncas masterfully entwines an evocative
narrative of a young girl, Skye, wrestling with her personal turmoil
while being swept into a journey far beyond her understanding.
Haunted by cryptic dreams and grappling with the tragic loss of her
father and her mother’s spiraling depression, Skye’s world is
painted with a brush of melancholy. However, a glimmer of hope
emerges as she rekindles a connection with Paul, an alluring figure
from her past, previously known for his childhood mischief.</i></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Robert
Joncas showcases an exceptional ability to portray raw emotions and
delicate sentiments. His narrative is an intricate tapestry of
romance, familial bonds, suspense, and an unmistakably human touch
enveloped in a mantle of science fiction. The characters are vividly
constructed, each contributing a unique hue to the narrative palette.
Nana, Skye’s vivacious and fearless grandmother, was a particular
standout, embodying a captivating blend of loyalty and audacious
spirit.</i></span></span></p>
<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>The
narrative is particularly successful in illustrating Skye’s
internal struggle – her battle against emotional turmoil and her
hesitant forays into new friendships. The character development of
the alien entity is equally commendable, with its adaptation and
backstory revealed in a layered, compelling manner.</i></span></span></p>
<p>“<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Changing
Tide” is a warmly recommended read, particularly for young adults
who yearn for a slice of relatable, yet enchantingly fantastic,
reality. This novel embodies the essence of heartfelt storytelling
interlaced with an adventurous spirit, ensuring a riveting reading
experience.</i></span></span></p>
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It was the second week of June, and the first faint evidence of dawn trickled into the room. I pulled the curtain back, and fog blanketed the beach, darkening my mood. But then, a peculiar light shone from the shoreline in the distance, casting an eerie glow, like a beacon, in the mist.
I pulled a pink tee shirt from the closet and grabbed a pair of shorts from the pine dresser. Finally, I jerked a purple hoodie over my head, slipped on my flip-flops, and ran outside.
The strange light in the distance glowed like a full moon on a cloudy night. I crossed the beach and drifted in that direction. The long lines of white waves that swept across the shore glowed with a warm, radiant light. I kicked off my sandals at the shoreline, treading barefoot in the cold surf. Shivering, I clutched the sweatshirt tight around my neck. The ocean swirled around my ankles. I felt tiny shells and bits of seaweed in the ribbed sand under my feet.
Last week, after my high school graduation, Mom and I had flown from Phoenix to Nana's house in Crescent Cove, a small tourist town on the California coast. It was a two-hour flight from Phoenix to Sacramento, then another forty-five minutes in a small plane to the nearest airport. It would have been almost ten hours in the car had we driven. Unfortunately, Mom was in no condition to help me drive, so Nana said she would pick us up at the airport.
By the time we picked up our luggage, Nana was waiting outside the terminal in her old VW van. The trip was hard on Mom. Dark circles of exhaustion were under her eyes, and her hair hung in matted strings against her pale cheeks. She collapsed into the front seat while Nana helped me load the baggage into the back of the van.
When we drove up to the house, I knew it right away, even though it had been five years since I'd last been there. The red shutters and gray wood shingle siding looked the same as I remembered. I knew the inside would smell of lemon polish, and everything would be spotless and scrubbed.
Without seeing it, I knew the old back deck would be the same: weathered but sturdy and always covered in sand. I could picture Dad grilling and sipping beer while Mom and I watched the waves crash on the shore. I had hoped coming here would be a distraction, but memories of Dad continued to flood my mind.
My stomach ached as I remembered the heavy black dress I wore to Dad's funeral on that scorching day in Phoenix. The air was sizzling, too hot. I'd had to take deep breaths to keep from passing out. Although a canopy shaded the gravesite, the temperature was over 100 degrees. I ached with grief that I couldn't at least see Dad one last time — to make sure it was really him who'd died in that horrible accident. The burning car wreck left his body unidentifiable. The funeral home cremated what was left of his remains.
As I followed the light through the surf, the sea surged with a rolling wave that knocked me over. It was as if something had stirred below the ocean and was rising from the deep. I threw my hands out to break my fall but landed in the shallows on my butt. I sat motionless in the surf, shivering in my wet clothes… </span></span></p></div></div><br /><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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<span color="#"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Robert
grew up in Southern California and has worked as a Real Estate Broker
in Flagstaff, AZ, for many years. He has a BS in Health Science and
graduated with Distinction from the prestigious UCLA Writers'
Program, where he studied under Author Lynn Hightower in her Master
Novel Classes. He is a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors
and the Horror Writers Association. </span></span></span>
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Clemmons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The historical western romance, <b>A BRIDE FOR GIDEON,</b></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> is one of my
favorites of the books I’ve written. Happily for me, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Book
Authority</span></b> agreed and chose this book as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Number One Best Proxy Bride Book of All Time!</b> Wow—you can imagine
how much that pleased me. I’ll take that kind of news any day. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A BRIDE FOR GIDEON </b>is book 16 of the
multi-author Proxy Brides Series. The cover, designed by Virginia McKevitt is
also one of my favorites. The model appears just as I always wanted to look. Sigh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnHXxZL5IBWE-ei724VaGtsi2oefQKXy9q4K4oxqeSuDFYR62aAoPA1UWCOU8b9gANSqKzwEtTgFfxgCYDFjVF1YUSQJUTx-xN0KRXSzSm8bG-HyqGURxf6ppBzzL6pONFMf5fHIQBfljDvtW-xQ-0AyJYaXKPfNB_cqQj2KBJVVTDY0ofGp2/s300/best-proxy-ebooks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="300" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnHXxZL5IBWE-ei724VaGtsi2oefQKXy9q4K4oxqeSuDFYR62aAoPA1UWCOU8b9gANSqKzwEtTgFfxgCYDFjVF1YUSQJUTx-xN0KRXSzSm8bG-HyqGURxf6ppBzzL6pONFMf5fHIQBfljDvtW-xQ-0AyJYaXKPfNB_cqQj2KBJVVTDY0ofGp2/s1600/best-proxy-ebooks.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let yourself
travel back to 1871. It’s an easy trip with your handy ereader or in print. I enjoy
reading on my phone’s Kindle app.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Even when it’s
for a good reason, starting over is difficult. That is what the heroine of <b>A
BRIDE FOR GIDEON </b>had to contemplate. In 1871, Keira Cameron left Scotland to
come to Boston and live with her favorite cousin. Ten years before, Gideon Ross
had left Scotland and brought his younger sister to Chicago to stay with
relatives. I am excited about this book, which unites Keira and Gideon via a
proxy marriage. Incidentally, I learned that proxy marriages and double proxy
marriages are still performed today.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Universal Amazon
buy link is <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bride-Gideon-Proxy-Brides-Book-ebook/dp/B07R85KZPC/">https://www.amazon.com/Bride-Gideon-Proxy-Brides-Book-ebook/dp/B07R85KZPC/</a>
</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is available in e-book, print, and is
available in KU.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIXDjmnCztM1LP2GjjCEXEDKBzk34XnYo9K6RBybeTB-UWTtB2HWaMDD6onx5E3QcEaM6JYOjFDtr_FyrxsOg_rsImsrcr0x-WUA6KqdM_-whZV58peaJDo-vk4UJzSgDo-iLGu7nFr9lennQsHbxhuprFIsHmZI3TpSPWcEl8tTP-707895d/s1500/Clemmons-A%20BRIDE%20FOR%20GIDEON-Bookstore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIXDjmnCztM1LP2GjjCEXEDKBzk34XnYo9K6RBybeTB-UWTtB2HWaMDD6onx5E3QcEaM6JYOjFDtr_FyrxsOg_rsImsrcr0x-WUA6KqdM_-whZV58peaJDo-vk4UJzSgDo-iLGu7nFr9lennQsHbxhuprFIsHmZI3TpSPWcEl8tTP-707895d/s320/Clemmons-A%20BRIDE%20FOR%20GIDEON-Bookstore.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here is the
synopsis for A BRIDE FOR GIDEON.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Keira desperately
wants to belong somewhere<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gideon is haunted
by a secret too horrible to share<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fate conspires
against them…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Keira Cameron came to Boston from Scotland after the death of her
parents. She wanted a job, a husband, and eventually a family. She feels
rejected because she’s too tall, too foreign, and too pretty for a wife to want
her working near a woman’s husband. Were her expectations unreasonable? Her
cousin convinces her to enter a proxy marriage to his friend, Gideon Ross, who
lives in Montana Territory. Out of options, she agrees and hopes her goals will
be realized. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Gideon Ross is a
large man at five inches over six feet. His business is a smithy and gun repair
shop. The war left him with a terrible scar on his face. He wears a beard to
try to conceal the scar but still hears people whisper he’s a monster and a
giant. Do they think he has no feelings? He’s haunted by the war and has
terrible nightmares. Reluctantly, he agrees to wed Keira by proxy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Outside forces work against
the couple. Keira and Gideon must find the key to the attack on their lives.
Can they defeat the enemy before they’re too late?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvzfY8Mj5Vl2NdFJJlh-Ar4yRTh1c1PKVhelA6Ei2qKscTEdOiPIJI7crtY1ajzix7zf-NZV9Pd9xUpW1nmY1ObH2LFw-IxTyMg_oEEwxwRSM94UxxBEXngJIsTJgP0K5X21C_QZoEJ6BhD_OJjegH6DdTFU9FeFdVbTGpRMrwAVdRdOklAjj/s1920/snowman-gb7f5a44e9_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1920" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvzfY8Mj5Vl2NdFJJlh-Ar4yRTh1c1PKVhelA6Ei2qKscTEdOiPIJI7crtY1ajzix7zf-NZV9Pd9xUpW1nmY1ObH2LFw-IxTyMg_oEEwxwRSM94UxxBEXngJIsTJgP0K5X21C_QZoEJ6BhD_OJjegH6DdTFU9FeFdVbTGpRMrwAVdRdOklAjj/s320/snowman-gb7f5a44e9_1920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you read my
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reading!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18180642.post-49298809416481497502024-01-24T10:32:00.003-06:002024-01-24T10:32:29.561-06:00Jade by A. Akinosho<p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/jade-aa-banner_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/jade-aa-banner_orig.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">He’s a beast to all …. but for
her, he cages his beast. </span>
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/1-jade-hidden-scars-ebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="484" height="400" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/1-jade-hidden-scars-ebook_orig.png" width="323" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>Hidden Scars</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Jade
Book 1 </span>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">by
A. Akinosho</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Genre:
Forbidden Age-Gap Contemporary Romance </span>
</p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/jade-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="558" height="95" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/jade-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">He’s a beast to all …. but
for her, he cages his beast.</b></div>
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Naseer</b></i></div></i><div style="text-align: center;">My
days of being an alpha are long gone. I’d resigned myself to
staying hidden forever.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Out of nowhere, she walks in. Surprising
us both, I asked her to “Sit with Me.” Three words that would
change everything.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would later realize that the universe had
slowed me down, then gave me a second chance and that second chance
came with Jade by my side. Like I told my dad, “I would destroy a
thousand men for Jade.”</div><div style="text-align: center;">No one gets it. Jade is a need that I
cannot do without.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Jade</b></i></div></i><div style="text-align: center;">“Sit with Me,” he
said. Little did I know those three words would be the beginning of
us.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Subconsciously, I knew the word “US” would only be
temporary because I’m the girl from the other side, and they all
consider me unworthy of him.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The beast is the one that makes my
heart thump.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately, the beast is forbidden.</div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Book 2</span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/jade-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="558" height="94" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/jade-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>I’</b><b>ve </b><b>waited five
years. She’</b><b>s</b><b> not getting away </b><b>from me</b><b>
again.</b><br />
<br />
<b>Jade:</b><br />
Five years ago, I took the
money, signed my love away and ran far far away as agreed. Now, I
accepted the job that would be a game changer for my company and my
team. Unfortunately, for me he’s a partner in the company that
hired me.<br />
We now work in the same office, which is too close for
comfort and I must hide my secret from him. It gets harder everyday
with every lie I tell. I’ve asked for a divorce, he laughed at me.
My fiancé is a perfect shield from him but for how long can my
shield stand?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br />
<b>Naseer:</b><br />
I’ve
waited five years for her, now she has a fiancé and children. That
f...ing hurts<br />
I know she’s hiding something from me, even as
she perfectly weaves lies and truths daily. I intend to find out what
she’s hiding and if she thinks there’ll be a third time of her
getting away from me, she’s in for a rude awakening. She’s mine
and I’m never letting go. </span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">A. Akinosho lives in her own little
nest in Illinois. An avid reader and enjoy reading thrillers,
suspense and romance novels (partial to romance genre). When, She’s
not reading or keeping up with life. She enjoys writing and creating
twist to stories. She loves writing about diverse characters,
friendship and overcoming challenges through, what is perceived as a
weakness. </span>
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<span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>The Arrangement</b></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Latin
Men Book 1</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">by
Delaney Diamond </span>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Genre:
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Brazilian
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asking for a business loan to help her brother. Instead of a loan,
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role as his wife for the next two months. She reluctantly agrees, and
she soon finds herself wishing their arrangement was permanent. But
when she finds out about Leonardo’s betrayal, there may be no way
for them to mend their broken marriage.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">A
former pro wrestler fights to hold onto the woman he lost, but still
loves, and the son he never knew existed.<br />
<br />
Science teacher
Rebekah Jamison lives a quiet life in the suburbs of Atlanta.
Devastated by a tabloid scandal nine years ago, she ended her
marriage to the man her parents never approved of.<br />
<br />
Rafael
Lopez, former professional wrestler and “Sexiest Athlete Alive,”
regrets the lapse in judgment that caused him to lose his wife. He
shows up unannounced one day with some startling news, but he gets a
surprise of his own. He finds out he’s a father. To get to know his
son, he whisks him and Rebekah off to his home in the Hollywood Hills
for the summer. </span></span>
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<span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Miguel
Delgado fell hard the first time he saw a beautiful woman on stage
during a karaoke competition at a bar in Ecuador. Interested in a
short, casual affair, he turns on the charm. But she won’t give him
the time of day.<br />
<br />
Samirah Jamison has met her match—in
the form of a tall, hard-bodied sculptor who won’t leave her alone.
She’s not running scared. She’s just trying to keep a level head
and stay out of trouble for once. But it’s really, really hard to
be good…when you’re used to being bad. </span></span>
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<span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">The
Ultimate Merger </span></b></span>
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Men Book 4</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/latinmenseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="530" height="69" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/latinmenseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">A
short story and the prequel to Second Chances.<br />
<br />
Two
workaholics slow down long enough to find love when they least expect
it.<br />
Renaldo da Silva is on the verge of entering the U.S. market
with the purchase of a hotel in downtown Chicago. After working hard
for several days straight, he heads to a local bar and sees a woman
who instantly makes him reconsider how to spend his evening.<br />
<br />
When
another one of her male counterparts unfairly becomes the lead on a
project, Sabrina Porter leaves work intent on drowning her sorrows in
wine and loud music at a local bar. Instead, she meets a sexy
Brazilian who’s intent on showing her a different way to unwind. </span></span>
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Chances </span></b></span>
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Men Book 5</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/latinmenseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="530" height="69" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/latinmenseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Renaldo
da Silva’s near-perfect life in Brazil comes to a halt when he
finds out about his wife’s betrayal. Now he doesn’t want to have
anything to do with her. But because he needs her help finalizing the
biggest deal of his career, he’s forced to make her a multi-million
dollar offer and delay their divorce.<br />
<br />
Sabrina da Silva
can’t forgive herself after a reckless night destroys her marriage.
She agrees to help her husband and then disappear from his life for
good. But with passion still smoldering between them, it’s not easy
for either to walk away. Will passion be enough to overcome the
ultimate test of their love? </span></span>
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Than a Mistress </span></b></span>
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Men Book 6</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/latinmenseries-about-the-book_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="530" height="69" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/latinmenseries-about-the-book_orig.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Will
their arrangement ever be enough?<br />
<br />
Relationships are not a
priority for restaurateur Esteban Galiano, and when he sees Sonia
Kennedy at a party, he plans to make her a conquest in a long line of
many. But she rebuffs his advances and forces him to
adjust—determined to meet the challenge and do whatever he must to
make her his.<br />
<br />
All her life, Sonia’s beauty has caused
unnecessary problems, and right now she needs a job, not a suitor.
When Esteban makes an indecent proposal, her first instinct is to
turn him down. But soon she’s rethinking her response. Maybe it’s
time for her to use what she’s got, to get what she wants. </span></span>
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<span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">They
can’t stand each other…or can they?<br />
<br />
For years, hard
work and perseverance have been the tenets by which Santiago Vila
lived his life. As such, he’s achieved everything he’s gone
after. Except Abena Dubango. She’s the total package of brains,
beauty, and a sense of humor. Even though she wears another man’s
ring, he’s never forgotten the moments they spent together. And
he’ll make sure she doesn’t, either.<br />
<br />
Abena has plans.
Get married, have children, and live happily ever after. She even has
a fiancé to achieve her goals. But two things stand in her way:
Santiago Vila, and her undeniable attraction to him. </span></span>
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