Indie Book Promo is happy to welcome 7 lovely ladies to the blog today. They are CJ Lyons, Debra Webb, Vicki Hinze, VR Marks, Peggy Webb, Regan Black and Kathy Carmichael. These women have gotten together to create Dangerous Desires! They are here today to share some information about their book. It’s only 99 cents right now, so find some buy links below and pick up a copy or two!
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Dangerous Desires is a special collection of seven bestselling authors featuring five full length edge-of-your-seat novels and two killer novellas in one thrilling ride for readers!
All for just 99cents for a limited time!
Don’t miss the summer’s best collection of romantic suspense, mysteries, and thrillers from masters of the genres!
Chasing Shadows by CJ Lyons
Dirty by Debra Webb
Mind Reader by Vicki Hinze
The Informant by VR Marks
Witch Dance by Peggy Webb
With BONUS novellas!
In the Interest of Security by Regan Black
My Favorite Corpse by Kathy Carmichael
Chasing Shadows by CJ Lyons
Going undercover, playing the part of a disgraced former Marine, is easy for Chase Westin—until a Christmas Eve mission takes him back to his hometown and face to face with his estranged brother. When KC, an undercover FBI agent, flies into Chase’s life with her Doc Martens, purple, punk-rock hair, and Hollywood-hype leather and chains, Chase realizes that falling in love is more dangerous than catching bullets.
Enjoy this excerpt from Chasing Shadows by CJ Lyons:
Marine Staff Sergeant Chase Westin lay in his bunk, eyes closed and breathing stilled as the intruder drew close.
Vague disappointment coursed through his veins. Bruno Gianotti needed to hire a better class of hit man—this guy made more noise than a drunken frat boy stumbling to the john.
Cicadas serenaded Chase through the open window beside his bunk. A soft, North Carolina breeze, heavy with July humidity, drifted lazily into the room. As he lay there, debating his options, the most frightening thing was not the possibility of facing death.
What scared the hell out of Chase was that he was hard pressed to find a good reason to make any effort to do something about it.
Had he fallen so far that he couldn’t trust in the possibility that tomorrow might have something better to offer? A floorboard creaked, interrupting Chase’s existential debate.
The intruder froze.
Chase remained motionless, exhaling a raspy snore to placate any itchy trigger fingers.
What did tomorrow have to offer except the arrival of his official notification of separation? The medical board had made their final ruling, no more appeals, no going back. Only the dreary prospect of returning to a nowhere town in nowhere Pennsylvania to find a nowhere job. As far away from the real world as Chase could imagine. The closest thing to hell for a Recon Marine.
Make that soon-to-be-former Recon Marine.
The shuffling sound of a muted footfall announced his visitor’s arrival at his bedside. All right, maybe the guy wasn’t strictly amateur-hour. He had made it from the doorway to the nightstand without crashing into anything. But he sure as hell was no snake-eater. If this was the best Bruno had to send after a Recon Team leader, well, hell. That was just downright insulting.
Now it was a matter of pride. No way he was going to let some Tony Soprano wannabe take him in his bed.
He slid his fingers around the hilt of the K-bar cradled beneath his pillow. Seven inches of carbon steel would be all the weapon he needed against this yahoo.
His eyes still closed, body relaxed as if asleep, he sniffed the air, following his prey’s approach. The scent of stale beer, a woman’s perfume and a designer’s signature aftershave registered.
This guy wasn’t one of Bruno’s hit men. Adrenalin flooded his veins, jump starting Chase’s heart. This was worse. Because they both could be killed if his visitor said the wrong thing.
Chase shot his free hand out into the dark. He found his target, capturing the other man’s larynx between clawed fingers and tugging him onto the bed, rolling over on top of him. His visitor sputtered and tried to break Chase’s grip. The whites of his eyes glistened in the dim light, reflecting his surprise.
“Hold still and you won’t get hurt.” Chase’s whisper was a mere breath in the wind, inaudible to anyone—or anything—except his intruder.
The other man complied, relaxing his body, signaling his surrender. Chase took no chances, patting him down, removing a Glock from a hip holster, a fully loaded .40 caliber from the heft of it.
“I told you not to contact me, Harriman. I’m done talking.”
Chase found no other weapons on the Navy lieutenant and sat back on his heels, allowing Harriman to finally draw a deep breath. Lt. Dwight David Harriman, Hollywood to his friends—a group Chase once upon a time was a part of—said nothing as he massaged his bruised neck.
“Things have changed,” Hollywood whispered.
Chase held a finger up in the universal gesture for silence. He couldn’t trust that Bruno hadn’t bugged his room.
“I don’t care,” Chase breathed into Hollywood’s ear. “I told you everything I know. The rest is up to your boys at NCIS.”
Hollywood shook his head. “Come with me. My boss wants to meet you.” Chase was silent. “It’s important.”
If it had been anyone but Hollywood. But they’d been friends too long—Harriman had stuck by Chase longer than most of his old friends once he’d returned from A-ghan. Chase slid off the bed and reached for his BDU’s. He was fully dressed and armed with his K-bar and Beretta M9 before Hollywood even made it upright.
Barefoot, Chase padded to the window, carrying his boots. As soon as he’d secured these quarters, he’d loosened the screen and oiled it, allowing him to come and go at will.
Always have an exit strategy. First thing he taught his team members. Once upon a time when his team was still alive.
Ready for more? Pick up your copy of the Dangerous Desires collection for only 99cents today at Amazon, B&N, or Apple!
Here are more details about the other novels in this fantastic collection:
Dirty by Debra Webb
Jackie Mercer can’t abide deception. A woman who single-handedly built the Mercer Detective Agency from the ground up has a right to expect honesty in a relationship. Tell that to the creep who, only this morning, she thought might be Mr. Right. Wrong! Her day only gets worse when an ominous message arrives accompanied by the photo of a man she hasn’t seen in ten years: You were the last one to see him alive.
Mind Reader by Vicki Hinze
Caron Chalmers is a mind reader cursed with imaging only victims. She sees what they see, feels what they feel, endures what they endure. But even with all the sensory perception and insights, sometimes she fails. A year ago she interpreted the signs wrong and the victim died. Caron nearly died with her. Now there’s another victim, a child, and her police contact calls in help from a private investigator. Parker Simms is a man with a past as bleak as Caron’s and a specific agenda of his own: proving Caron Chalmers is the fraud he believes her to be. In a hostile alliance, Caron and Parker seek the truth only to discover a labyrinth of lies and deceptions.
Witch Dance by Peggy Webb
Daughter of a Southern senator and a fighting Irish to the hilt, Kate came to Witch Dance to practice medicine. She never expected resistance and hostility to her clinic. And she certainly never expected death threats. But something evil is stalking Kate and the Chickasaw children. Only one man can stop the deadly enemy – Eagle Mingo, son of the Chickasaw governor, destined by blood to follow in his father’s footsteps. Eagle will do anything to save Kate except shun the traditions that hold him fast to duty. Can he stop the evil spreading through his land? Can he find a way to have the woman of his heart without breaking the heart of a Chickasaw nation?
The Informant by VR Marks
A dead body is no way to start the day… a fake marriage makes it a special brand of hell. When her witness is murdered, DEA Agent Hannah Thalberg knows she’s the next target. The only way she can stay close to the case is to lie about getting married and hope her one-time lover goes along with the deception. Karl ‘Bart’ Bartholomew’s Army career ended his first marriage before an injury ended his career. Now the owner of a popular truck stop, he stays close to the action by keeping local DEA and law enforcement informed of suspicious activity. Can Hannah and Bart break the case and save lives before the passion between them breaks apart their friendship?
And the novellas:
In the Interest of Security by Regan Black
In the near future, retired soldier Jim Corvin is content with the challenge of heading up security for Chicago’s notorious smuggler, Slick Micky. But when he’s unexpectedly tasked with protecting the young son of a beautiful scientist, will his expertise be enough to shield mother and son as well as his battered heart?
My Favorite Corpse by Kathy Carmichael
Ashley Sands owns a mystery-themed inn located on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay. An amateur sleuth, Ashley finds a corpse washed to shore at her inn’s private beach. She must learn what happened before her guests begin checking out. While Ashley’s mystery weekend guests usually enjoy the occasional dead body, they prefer the never-previously-animated kind.
Keep up with all seven of these bestselling authors online:
CJ on Twitter: @cjlyonswriter and Facebook: http://on.fb.me/14j0xyX
Debra on Twitter: @DebraWebbAuthor and Facebook: http://on.fb.me/14G4uMw
Vicki on Twitter: @vickihinze and Facebook: http://on.fb.me/18ourG9
Peggy on Twitter: @PeggyWebbAuthor and Facebook: http://on.fb.me/15880BX
VR on Twitter: @VR_Marks and Facebook: http://on.fb.me/14GdWjs
Regan on Twitter: @ReganBlack and Facebook: http://on.fb.me/117uELp
Kathy on Twitter: @KathyCarmichael and Facebook: http://on.fb.me/12whrdv