Release Day: Death Fricassee by Tawdra Kandle

Want a recipe for disaster? Take one thirty-something food columnist, living the high life as the youngest resident of a Florida retirement community in the house she inherited from her grandmother. Sprinkle with early-bird specials and nights of bingo.

Add one college professor-turned-novelist, seasoned heavily with deep, dark secrets sprung from a night of drunken fun that left him changed in ways he doesn't understand.

Toss in a dash of murder that rocks a quiet community.

And heat until neither one can deny their growing attraction to each other.

Best served hot with a side of wicked humor and a glass of Pinot Grigio.

Bon Appetit!

 

Death Fricassee is Book One in the brand-new Recipe for Death series. This is adult paramystery: supernatural, a little lighter, a little more fun. Still lots of heat and of course, just enough romance to keep it interesting!

 

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  Tawdra Kandle writes romance, in just about all its forms. She loves unlikely pairings, strong women, sexy guys, hot love scenes and just enough conflict to make it interesting. Her books run from YA paranormal romance (THE KING SERIES), through NA paranormal and contemporary romance (THE SERENDIPITY DUET, PERFECT DISH DUO, THE ONE TRILOGY) to adult contemporary and paramystery romance (CRYSTAL COVE BOOKS and RECIPE FOR DEATH SERIES). She lives in central Florida with a husband, kids, sweet pup and too many cats. And yeah, she rocks purple hair.   

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Guest Post: Chronicles of Steele: Raven: The Complete Story by Pauline Creeden

This is the complete Steampunk Fantasy novel – all four parts of the serial in one volume!

Human life has value.
The poor living in the gutter is as valuable as the rich living in a manor.
The scoundrel is no less valuable than the saint.
Because of this, every life a reaper takes must be redeemed.

Raven has lived by this first tenet since she was trained by her father to become a reaper. But since his death, she’s been spending years redeeming the lives she’s taken. By her count, she’s even and it’s time for that life to end. If she settles down and becomes a wife, she might just feel human again. But on the way to the life she thinks she wants, the baron of New Haven asks her to complete a task which she cannot ignore… Just when Raven decides to give up on her life as an assassin, she’s pulled right back in.

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                                                          Excerpt:

Only the occasional cloud blighted the deceptively clear blue sky over New Haven. Sunlight sifted through and between the buildings stacked next to one another like books on a shelf. 

An automated horse bore down on her, and she flattened herself against the cool brick. The coachmen yelled at the crowd, “Out of the way! Clear the road. Coaches before walkers!”

The scraping metal and shouting continued down the street, scattering merchants who gave the coach malicious looks and then checked their wares for damage. Beside her, a bronze clockwork mechanical man pushed a merchant's cart, its jerky movements unsuitable for zeppelin-living high society. It stopped just before the haberdasher’s shop.

With a wave of his arm and a grand flourish, the man next to the clockwork man produced a small metal gadget in his palm. “Don’t be the last of your neighbors to procure this one. You’ve never peeled potatoes as expeditiously or had as much merriment in the doing. Your children will quibble over whose turn it is to do what used to be scutwork.”

He placed the gadget next to a pile of potatoes, and the clicking and whirring of the blades set the crowd into exclamations of eager yearning. The people applauded and mobbed the stand, blocking the entire walkway. No elbowing through the throng this time. With a sigh, Raven hopped off the walk onto the street, nearly stepping into a pile of manure left by a flesh horse. 

Her metal-heeled boots clicked with each step on the smooth stones.

Seagulls crowded a fishmonger’s cart on the other side of the street. The monger accosted her as she neared the bridge, but quickly moved on to the next person behind her when she shook her head. Boats docked behind him and bobbed up and down in the river. Skipping up the steps of the footbridge, she pushed away a black flyaway curl from her eyes and pulled the tendril behind her ear. 

Halfway across the bridge, she inhaled a lungful of the salty air and released a contented sigh. Only a day’s journey still stood between her and Gregory’s house, and for once, she wasn’t injured. She smiled to herself as she imagined the look of surprise on his face. She planned to tell him she loved him this time. Butterflies fluttered in her stomach. Would he be ready for marriage? Was she? 

The fishmonger’s scream broke through the chattering crowd on the bridge. He jumped into the river to avoid an out-of-control carriage pulled by a polished brass automated horse. Steam poured from the nostrils of the metal horse and leaked from its joints in an unnatural manner. Its black lacquer carriage careened on two wheels through the turn onto the bridge before righting itself. Wires shot out of the neck of the metal coachman where the head should have been. The reins in its limp, useless hands were slack and whipping against the horse’s metal flank. 

Raven jumped to the rail, moving out of the way of the crowd as they stampeded toward her. 

She gripped the lamppost and her reaper training kicked in. No fear. Breathe deeply. Think ahead. Make quick decisions.

Review: Rogue Alliance by Michelle Bellon

While still a child in Redding, California, Shyla Ericson killed her father to end years of abuse. She’d left town shortly thereafter, changed her name, and started a new life, eventually becoming a highly decorated DEA agent.

But some history doesn’t stay buried.
When Shyla goes undercover to bring down drug kingpin Victor Champlain, the case takes her back to a town that hasn’t forgotten her, and to a past she thought she’d left behind.

Then, she meets Brennan Miles, a genetically altered kidnap victim, who has been turned into a weaponized super-human. Victor helped Brennan escape from a hidden genetics research facility known only as The Institute, where he’d been held and experimented on for years. In return for his freedom, Brennan now works for Victor as his bodyguard.

Shyla is drawn to Brennan’s strength, and to his humanity. Even after she discovers his secret — he must have human blood to survive. Shyla knows she can’t take down Champlain by going through Brennan — he’s too strong — and he’s loyal to Victor.

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My Review:

I LOVED  Michelle Bellon's Rogue Alliance: Part One of the Shyla Ericson Series, I was reading and reading and couldn't lay it away. This sci-fi/Thriller is a real rollercoaster of plots and twists, Shyla is a smart detective who has one goal, bringing down drug lord Victor Chaplain.

He has a strong body guard Brennan a genetically altered an, he helped him escape fro a facility here he as held and altered.  Soon Shyla finds out that Brennan needs human blood and kills for that, 

Question is will Shyla be able to bring Victor down and get passed Brennan or will Brennan help?

a MUST read, I can't wait to read more in this series

Book Blast for Corruption (Book 3 in the Grumpy old Wizards series) by John O'Riley

As a category six wizard in her eighties, Josephine O’Connor has always enjoyed a youthful body due to extremely slow aging but when she discovers she’s become immortal, she must return to the workforce. Soon after starting her investigative work for the police, Josephine discovers a secret organization called the Valituras that has amassed ancient magic and power with single-minded determination. Her new assignment of defeating this agency may prove to be an impossible feat as their members have infiltrated all levels of the government including law enforcement and their advanced wizardry rivals her own. Josephine realizes she may be in over her head when the Valituras end up casting an immortality curse on her best friend, Helen, by mistake. To further complicate matters, her grandson’s eighteen-year-old friend starts hitting on her. Fortunately, Helen isn’t too broken up by the curse. Who wouldn’t want to live forever in a young, perfect body? Of course, everyone knows that dark magic always comes at a cost.

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John O'Riley has been writing as far back as he can remember. He is an award winning fiction writer and the author of the Grumpy Old Wizards series, The Winters Family Psi Chronicles series, and the Wizards of Seattle series. His movie feature screenplay, Cursed, is an Honorable Mention Winner for the 2012 Screenplay Festival. His most recent accomplishments include the screenplays New Earth, Pinky Swear, and Mutant Wizards in the 2014 Filmmakers International Screenplay Awards which made it to Quarter-Finalist status. Other recognition includes the screenplays Cursed, Project Pandora, Pinky Swear, Incipio, and Bad Sister which have been listed as Quarter Finalists, Semi Finalists, and Top Finalists in the 2013 Filmmakers International Screenplay Awards, 2012 Screenplay Festival, 2012 Filmmakers International Screenplay Awards, 2012 StoryPros International Awards, 2012 Pulsar Sci Fi Screenplay Contest, and the 2012 Reel Authors International Breakout. John was raised in Washington state. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and French and worked in a variety of bookstores including Borders and was the manager for one of the bookstores in Florida owned by Goodwill. He loves reading fantasy, science fiction, and humorous fiction. Some of his favorite authors include Kim Harrison, Jim Butcher, S.J. Viehl, Kat Richardson, J.K. Rowling, Angie Sage, Jayne Krentz, and Kevin Emerson. He currently resides in Washington state and owns a parakeet named Amy who sings like a canary to help encourage and inspire him.  

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Hexed Release Day Blast

Everything and everyone has an expiration date, including Gwen Sparks. When Dorian, the Angel of Death, saved her, he did more than bend the rules: he shattered them.

When Gwen’s memories are stolen, the balance of life and death shifts, and magic goes on the fritz. Dorian realizes that even the angel of Death must face consequences for his mistakes. Everything and everyone has an expiration date, and time is running out for Gwen. If they don’t find a solution, Gwen’s borrowed time will come to an end, and Dorian will lose the woman he risked everything for.

Both will have to make a life-changing decision. Dorian’s choice will result in either altering his very existence or losing Gwen forever. Gwen will risk everything to right Dorian’s wrong, and her decision may just result in her death.

This book includes an Aiden Blake short story. You've heard Gwen's side. Now hear his.

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Craved - Amazon / Barnes and Noble / Only $.99 ebook Audio book - Audible Deceived - Amazon /Barnes & Noble /Audio book - Audible
Coveted - Amazon / Barnes & Noble /Audio book : Audible
Hexed Amazon / Barnes and Noble /

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Review: NEW from Jessica Gibson, Never Let Me Go part one

Book Description

Publication Date: October 25, 2014

One night. That’s all it was supposed to be. No strings. No complications.

Grace DeLeo didn’t do one night stands. She was a relationship girl through and through. All of that went out the window when she met Logan in a bar while he was in town on business.

Logan McFadden liked his no strings lifestyle. He loved his rules. Everything had a place, and there was no space for a relationship or feelings.

One night. That’s all it took to change things forever.

My Review:

Grace went out with her sister something they often did, only this time Grace did something she never anted a one night stand. She felt hard for Logan, but he clery made it far fro personal and told her goodbye. Grace is hard broken and her sisters try hard to get her past

 it.  She has to move one but can she?? Can Logan??? Go get the book and find out!!

Anotger great story from Jessica, I so love her books, fun characters, love and more. can't wait to read part two.

FREE! 21 and 22 October Andreas by Bella Ross

Andreas – Dubai VOL I AUTHOR: Bella Ross GENRE: 3 part BDSM/Erotic Romance Serial One determined Journalist…. Freelance journalist, Genevieve Parker, has just been handed the biggest story of her career. But there’s one problem…Going undercover as a submissive in one of the most exclusive BDSM clubs in the world was more than she bargained for. But that’s nothing compared to the man she meets there. Andreas Contos. Her assignment. Gorgeous. Powerful. Mysterious. Genevieve is fascinated…intrigued. But does her intense attraction and willingness to go places with him she’s never gone before sexually really have to do with writing her exposé? Feeling confused and overwhelmed, every instinct tells her to run before her professional facade comes crashing down…before she has to choose between obligation and desire.... One elusive billionaire… Greek billionaire, Andreas Contos, is more than he seems. Between the powerful company he keeps and the secrets that lurk behind closed doors, trusting anyone is out of the question – especially the lush and sensual woman he just met. But there is something different about Genevieve – a guarded nature he’s anxious to penetrate. Unable to resist her, Andreas proceeds in taking her under his wing for the night to show her his world – a world of exquisite pleasure. As the two of them get deeper in exploring the eroticism of mind and body, danger watches them from the shadows….

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Bella Ross wrote her first book (a novel) at eighteen a la Jackie Collins. But back then, unbeknownst to her, life was about to take her on a detour. As she set off on her new course, her dream of writing took a backseat. But after many years of worldly pursuits, the urge to write returned. With her love of travel, it is no surprise that her ‘Wanderlust Series’ & ‘Club Pluto Series’ take place in glamorous capitals or exotic locales around the world. Its the perfect backdrop/setting for her characters to explore and indulge their lusts and passions, loves and desires. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, or gallivanting all over seeking new inspiration, or people watching while enjoying a latte at Starbucks and jotting down ideas. She loves to hear from readers and looks forward to interacting through her social media channels. So stop by and say hi!

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Review: Careful by Randy Anderson

For two decades Tyler Gibbons has been keeping a secret from his family. At the tender age of sixteen, Tyler embarks on a student exchange program. Sent to the Andean city of Ambato, Ecuador, he finds daily adventure as he tries to fit in at school, connect with his host family, and navigate through a world of beaches, volcanoes, and jungles. But tucked deep inside this year are events so profound, so unexpected, they forever shape the man he will become. Now, 25 years later, his mother pulls these soaring tales from her son, exposing, for the first time, the source of a deep unhappiness. While these memories contain the wounds of an unresolved past, they also possess the power to heal his painful present. Thoughtfully crafted and boldly told, Tyler’s journey takes the reader on a wild South American adventure, while illuminating a mother’s unyielding power to heal her child.

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My Review;

A poweful story about Tyler who is an exchange student send to Ecuador, where he tries to fit, he is carrying a backage that hasn't be dealt with, The author takes us back an forth between present and past, where you will get a picture of it all. In his time you ill meet several other students and ther family. it is a story that will gve you a cry, a laugh. It is an emotinal heavy book but very enjoyable to read and the end makes it all worth it!

Loved Tyler, and other characters they are well developed and I loved the writing style, can't wait to read more wrom this author.

Review: Lady Venetia's Vow by Katy Walters

The final book in the Lords of Sussex series A sweet spicy romance. Lady Venetia’s Vow offers a fast-paced plot and passionate love. The hero, the gorgeous Captain Thomas Reece, the Marquess of Ghaunt becomes Venetia’s protector, but he would rather be her lover. Venetia unaware of his rising passion for her, thinks only of finding her lost fiancé. Two weeks before her wedding, Lady Venetia Lovegrove learns her fiancé Lord Horatio Winton is presumed dead, killed in action. Shocked, she learns that not only was he an agent in His Majesty’s Secret Service, but his body is missing. Clinging onto the hope he is still alive, she vows to find him, even if it means traveling through war-torn Europe. Her future father-in-law, her guardian in Horatio’s absence, expressly forbids such a foolish venture. Desperate, she plans to steal away at night, with her devoted maid and two loyal footmen. Enter the gallant Captain Tom Reece, the Marquess of Ghaunt, who immediately smitten with the beautiful young woman wins her confidence. He tries to dissuade her from such a perilous mission; realizing she is determined to find her lost love, he insists on escorting her. Concealing his plans to seduce her, together they embark upon a journey that threatens not only their freedom, but their very lives.

My Review:

Sadly the last book of the Lords of Sussex Series, I read them all so much fun!!!

Last is about Lady Venetia and her fiance Lord Horatio Last one is lost in action in France during the war with Napoleon. He is presumed dead, but Venetia refuses to believe that, with help of her friends and the Marquess, Captain Thomas Reece (Tom) who acompanies her to France to the place here Horatio was last seen. However they run during the boat trip over the Canal into young teenage girls and kids ho are on a burning ship and no staff to see in sight. Tom and Venetia rescue them,, but with that it is not done yet, when the criminals abduct them again and Venetia. If Tom with help can find and rescue them again and succeed in finding Horatio too?? that is on you to find out.

One little minus point about this book, I thought the end was a bit rushed, after a great book it kinda suddenly ended.

I so adored these book series,, I love how this author writes and like her I love that time period too, I "eat" books in that time. Can't wait to read more from Katy Walters

About the author:

My main loves are writing, painting and singing. I began work as a PA but to my joy was spotted by an agent in London and had an exciting career as a singer, meeting and singing with some wonderful people. Singing meant a lot of travelling both in the UK and abroad. At one time, I toured Germany and Turkey singing for the American troops, which was a fantastic experience. But then, my husband and I wanted a family, so I said good-bye to the singing career, although I did the occasional gig. Having children is such a precious time, and I would say to anyone, treasure it, it goes so quickly and before you know it, you’re waving them off to Uni or pursuing their own dreams and their own homes. I have always had a deep interest in psychology for various reasons, and especially the area of neurosis arising from abuse. Later, I was to study how we could use our body, mind and spirit to relieve pain and overcome some life-threatening diseases. One important thing here is, I always told my patients to continue with medical treatment along with the complementary and spiritual methods, for I believe medical research and medication is also a gift from God, Spirit or the Universe, as each of us wishes to name it. I have loved writing from a child and during the years of study, research and treating some wonderful people, whom I called my friends, I would write at night, mainly short stories, and reams of poetry. I wanted to learn how to write self-help books for my clients, so I took creative writing courses at university, which led to writing a novel. So self-help novels turned to fiction but even so, I hope the novels help the reader through their own challenges, as the characters experience love, loss, passion, jealousy, illness, joy and conflict, even the threat of death.

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Pre Order Now!! Newest Jessica Gibson "Never Let Me Go"

One night. That’s all it was supposed to be. No strings. No complications. Grace DeLeo didn’t do one night stands. She was a relationship girl through and through. All of that went out the window when she met Logan in a bar while he was in town on business. Logan McFadden liked his no strings lifestyle. He loved his rules. Everything had a place, and there was no space for a relationship or feelings. One night. That’s all it took to change things forever.

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Releases October 25

Jessica Gibson is a recovering bookaholic, she's down from four books a week to a more reasonable one. It was that love of words and creativity that made her dream about writing her first book. That dream was hidden for years, always put on the back burner, filed away in the "someday" section, until her husband Matt gave her the kick in the pants she needed to actually get off her butt and write. Jessica and Matt live in Southern California and have a serious addiction to reality tv shows like Pawn Stars and American Restoration. They have one amazing son who runs circles around them both. Aside from writing, she runs an online event planning business called the Release Day Diva. In addition to novels, Jessica writes and maintains the blog Book on the Bright Side. Keep up with Jessica and her latest releases and events on her blog.

Books by Jessica Gibson

NA Contemporary Romance The Harder I Fall *The Deeper We Get coming soon*

Contemporary Romance Dressed in White *Till Death Do Us Part coming soon*

YA Paranormal Haunted U School Spirits book 1 Follow Jessica Gibson

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Devour Halloween Blast

Fiction With Bite - pick up something spooky just in time for Halloween! Life in Gloucester Massachusetts will never be the same. Raging storms, fierce winds, shadows shifting in the breeze. Storms are nothing new for the fishing hamlet. But darkness has come to claim the hearts and minds of those that stand in it too long. When that happens, love will be ripped from man leaving only violence, despair, and gnashing teeth. Except for two. Roberta is a single mom, a waitress struggling to get through life after a rocky start tainted by murder and loss. Her heart yearns for Gabriel; a deputy living in the shadow of the chief. He's a battle weary soldier ready to settle down. When the storm comes, when the murders start, it will be up to them to stop it before darkness isn't just an empty void. Before it takes the shape of man and pulls them all into the sea.

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About the Author:

I could write this in the third person. I could tell you what I like, where I was born, and what my favorite things are. But instead, I'll say I don't want to write like everyone else. I don't want to craft stories you've read a thousand times before. I want my novels to be a cinematic experience, blending themes, genres, and situations unlike any you've ever read. I want to break the rules. I want you to break out in a cold sweat as you read my books out of fear, love, and excitement. I want my books to be an experience. When you finish, I want you to feel something. Good or bad. If you do, then I'll have succeeded. If not, I'll keep trying. She can be contacted at http://www.jillacooper.com. Please like her on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest to keep up to date on new releases and appearances. Jill is giving away a copy of Devour, and awesome tote bag and some Halloween candy!!   a Rafflecopter giveaway

Review: #MadBack: How To Stop The Hurting And Reclaim Your Life, Easily, Now

Is your back mad at its discomfort, stiffness, fatigue or pain? 

Have you ever wondered why, despite countless excellent books and articles published on spinal health and back pain, and despite countless marvelous medical progresses made in spinal health and back pain treatment, back pain and spinal issues remain pervasive, and the back and spinal health of an average American continues to decline? 

Reason is simple: some basic truths have been ignored, for too long. 

Base on decade long holistic researches, this book helps you resolve this dilemma, and reduce, relieve and prevent back and spinal problems easily and effectively. 

Unlike most books written from the perspective of a single healthcare discipline, such as conventional medicine, chiropractic, osteopath, physiotherapy, or massage therapy, this book has been written from a third-party and holistic perspective and is discipline neutral. 

Back pain is a complex issue. No one healthcare discipline has all the answers. It deserves and demands a multidisciplinary view and approach. 

This book is the result of an exhaustive comprehensive holistic research. It aims to break down the silo views and approaches. It helps you better understand the landscape of the back and spinal health care options. It is not written to please or promote any particular discipline of healthcare. It doesn't recycle standard text information. Being politically correct or academically perfect isn't among the intentions of this book. Feelings may be hurt. Disagreements may arise. 

This book has one objective only – help you, the sufferer of back issues, stop the hurting and reclaim your life! It has been written to provide you with the information and insight that matters, to you. 

In this book, you will discover … 

- why you may be continuing injuring your back unknowingly 
- why your current approach to your back problems may be hurting you more
- critical back mechanisms you can learn to regain [enjoy] a pain-free back
- right care for your back condition
- 6 secret habits you can build for a healthy pain free back 
- 35 back misconceptions you can overcome for your future well-being, and
- many more secret insights that you must know to keep your back and spine strong.

Read this book only if you want to broaden your horizon, only if you want to know things that you can’t find in other books, only if you want to become a true partner of your own back and spine, and only if you want to actively take your own responsibilities and initiatives to control the destiny of your back and spine. 

To a large extent, turning your back health around requires a paradigm shift. You must be ready for this shift. Your effort is required because it may need you to adapt to new understanding, new views, new approaches, new habits, and new life styles. Simply popping pills, presenting yourself in a clinic, or putting yourself on an operation table aren't parts of the new paradigm. 

This book tells you the truth that matters. This book is a tool that you can use. It provides you with effective secrets that you can zero in upon and apply it immediately for your particular concern or purpose. 

Now meet Mr. Patrick Lee, author of this book, a Human Spinal Biomechanics Researcher, and has worked with over 2000 licensed back pain specialists from around the world, in helping improve their patient care and promoting spinal health for their patients.  Having received his Master’s degrees in Germany and the Netherlands, and as a member of the Association of German Engineers he has worked and lived in five countries.  His publications and speeches have been praised on four continents, and he is willing to give one of my readers a copy of his book, and all you have to do is enter the rafflecopter below.  Mr. Lee I would like to thank you personally for the honor of reviewing your book, and the new light it has shed on my own life.

                                                                      My Review:

Being in pain 24/7 I was very interested in what this book would tell me. In my young years I had a bad back injury, after that one of my vertebra's  would walk out of line (how I explain it)  and the pain wouldn't stop till I stretched enough so it would plop back in place. Now I have pain all the time and this book explain so much and helps me, I had the feeling the author knew what I was going through. This book has good tips and advise it is a must read for people with back pains.


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Guest Post : Code Runner by Rosie Claverton

Book Two of The Amy Lane Mysteries

Ex-con Jason Carr has faced down the toughest thugs in Cardiff, but being assistant to a brilliant, eccentric hacker who hasn’t been outdoors in ten years has its own challenges. Still, he and Amy Lane can solve cases even the cops can’t crack. And when a corpse washes up on a beach, Jason can’t resist chasing the clues—or defying Amy by infiltrating the very gangs he once escaped.

Amy is distraught when Jason’s pursuit gets him framed for murder. He’s thrown back in prison where he’s vulnerable to people who want him dead. He needs Amy to prove his innocence. Fast.

But Amy hasn’t been honest with him—her panic attacks aren’t getting better. And now, with everything that makes her feel safe ripped away, she must stand alone, using her technological skills to expose a baffling conspiracy and a new kind of online crime. Can she clear Jason’s name before danger closes in?
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The Search History of a Crime Novelist

It is a long-running joke among writers that their Google search history must have landed them on several government watchlists. Here are some of the highlights from writing Code Runner, Book Two in The Amy Lane Mysteries:

"liver temp in submerged bodies"

My reason: I wanted to know how accurately time of death could be calculated in a body found underwater. As it turns out, time of death is a pretty inexact science in the first place and water, particularly seawater, complicates things further. 

Watchlist reason: This woman is clearly trying to dispose of a body in water.

"preserving wet paper as evidence"

My reason: My detectives find a wet piece of paper and they need to preserve it. I asked Dr Laura Walton-Williams and Dr Claire Gwinnett, lecturers in underwater forensics at the University of Staffordshire, to help me out with this and other tricky questions. Apparently, the key is to flatten the paper by weighting the corners BEFORE it dries. This maximises the chances of preserving the evidence.

Watchlist reason: This criminal is either trying to destroy evidence with water or recover something incriminating.

"ankle GPS tracking device"

My reason:  My hacker Amy Lane loves GPS trackers. She exploits them in devices that already possess them - phones, tablets, etc. - and she plants them on her nearest and dearest to make sure she can find them again. Which basically means her assistant, Jason Carr. I was investigating all the different ways one might plant a GPS tracker - including subdermal - and this was one of them. It is also, of course, used by law enforcement to ensure criminals keep to curfews and geographical restrictions.

Watchlist reason: This spy is attempting to track down our citizens.

"illegal firearms uk"

My reason: It's good to know exactly how much your bad guys are breaking the law when they act out. Have they stolen someone's legitamate shotgun? Do they, in fact, have a licence? Or are they using a weapon that is completely and utterly illegal, like a complimentary search I performed: "uzi submachine gun". That's all. Honest, guv.

Watchlist reason: The terrorist is obtaining weapons! MOVE IN!

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Human life has value. The poor living in the gutter is as valuable as the rich living in a manor. The scoundrel is no less valuable than the saint. Because of this, every life a reaper takes must be redeemed. Raven has lived by this first tenet since she was trained by her father to become a reaper. But since his death, she’s been spending years redeeming the lives she’s taken. By her count, she’s even and it’s time for that life to end. If she settles down and becomes a wife, she might just feel human again. But on the way to the life she thinks she wants, the baron of New Haven asks her to complete a task which she cannot ignore… Just when Raven decides to give up on her life as an assassin, she’s pulled right back in. The Chronicles of Steele: Raven is a steampunk-inspired fantasy set in an alternate universe. 


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