I know I’m like many of you who have a number of books on my TBR pile but I hope you’ll add my new romantic suspense Lost in Little Havana to your pile! You can check out Lost in Little Havana at https://amzn.to/3FT144d! Also, don’t forget my giveaway for a chance to win a $15 gift card and set of custom book cover pins. You can enter on my Facebook Fan Page at http://bit.ly/3WKxx2O or leave a comment on any of this week’s posts!
Exciting Teaser from Lost in Little Havana
Woo hoo only 21 days until the release of Lost in Little Havana, my new romantic suspense release from Harlequin Intrigue. Today I’m sharing an excerpt from the book for you and don’t forget to enter the giveaway on my Facebook Fan page for a chance win a $15 Gift Card and some custom book cover pins! You can enter the contest at https://bit.ly/3Ui4J06 or if you’re not on Facebook, leave a comment on this post. Also, please take a moment to check out Lost in Little Havana at https://amzn.to/3FT144d.
Excerpt
Roni rode the elevators to the lobby and strolled out onto the steps of the hotel. She looked around and realized that Trey was sitting off to one side of the wide veranda at the front of the hotel.
He sauntered to her and laid a hand at her waist. “Are you okay?”
“I am,” she said, and they walked toward the valet at the curb.
“Mia and Carolina said Wilson took you into his private room. What happened in there?” he asked, searching her features for any sign of upset.
“You’re not going to believe me when I tell you.” She displayed the card with the phone number and said, “He wanted a gaming partner.”
Trey examined the card as they reached the curb. A valet rushed up to them and he passed the man the ticket for the convertible. The young man sprinted away to get their car.
“I don’t get it,” Trey said and returned the card.
“We played a video game. All night. And it turns out Miles is his half brother.”
Trey shook his head. “The weird feeling Mia and Carolina got was—”
“Off, but not in a way we should worry about. I mean, it is weird, but aren’t there a lot of eccentric millionaires?” she said with a quick wobble of her head.
Trey cursed, but just then a car turned the corner with the screech of tires on the pavement and veered into the wrong lane of traffic in front of the hotel. The dark muzzle of a gun poked from the driver’s-side window.
“Get down,” Trey screamed and hauled her to the ground behind a parked car, covering her body with his as a spray of gunfire pinged against vehicles and shattered glass.
After the gunfire had ended, he helped her sit up. “You okay?”
“I’m okay,” she said, even though there was a burning sensation along her right arm.
Trey muttered a curse. “You’re hit.”
There was only a small graze on her upper arm. “I’m okay,” she said and accepted his help to get to her feet. She wobbled on the high heels, but he steadied her.
“Are you sure?” he asked even as a police car jerked to a halt in front of the hotel, lights flashing, casting eerie red and blue lights that battled with the neon from the buildings along the strip. A second cruiser arrived a second later and the officers streamed from their vehicles to check on those who had been on the sidewalk when the shooting started.
Trey and Roni did the same. Trey pulled his out from his pocket and Roni slipped her hand beneath the hem of the dress to the holder wrapped high around her thigh. They showed the badges to the officers and civilians they helped.
Luckily no pedestrians or hotel patrons had been shot, and there were only minor injuries from people diving out of the way to avoid the gunfire. The EMTs tended to them and Roni. After, Trey and Roni worked with the other officers to take down names and get as many firsthand accounts as they could about the car and shooter.
Captain Rogers arrived in a squad car just as they were heading into the hotel to request the videos from their security cameras. “Lopez. Gonzalez. Do you have any idea if this was related to your investigation?”
Sadly, there had been a number of shootings on Ocean Drive and nearby areas. “It’s possible, but we can’t say for sure,” she said.
Rogers gestured to her arm, which had been bandaged by one of the EMTs “Are you okay?”
She nodded. “I’m fine and we have witness accounts of the car and driver as well as our own observations.”
“Good. Let’s go see what those security videos have for us,” Rogers said.
Exciting Giveaway Alert for Lost in Little Havana
Only 22 more days until the release of Lost in Little Havana, my new romantic suspense release from Harlequin Intrigue. To celebrate, I’m having a giveaway where you can win a $15 Gift Card and some custom book cover pins that I had specially made for the South Beach Security series! To enter, please visit my Facebook Fan Page at https://bit.ly/3Ui4J06. Also, please take a moment to check out Lost in Little Havana at https://amzn.to/3FT144d. Contest ends at midnight EST on Sunday, November 13th.
Happy Friday Funnies
What’s the hardest thing about writing romance? You guessed it: the love scenes. Always hard to gauge the level of spice and also make it unique for each couple. That’s why when people ask how to do it, I always have a hard time explaining. Maybe this picture helps! LOL! Have a great weekend! P.S. – Only 25 days until the release of Lost in Little Havana. You can get your copy at https://amzn.to/36KrDcR.
Awesome Girls’ Trip to the US Grand Prix
My daughter has recently gotten interested in Formula One racing and she has my hubby and me also watching the races. Months ago she decided she wanted to write a book about F1 racing and decided that she needed to do some research. She bought tickets to the US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin and asked me to go along with her! We had a blast going to the race track, but unfortunately only got into Austin one night to eat at Terry Black’s. Fabulous BBQ. We were just too tired after being at the track to do the trek into Austin. Next year we’ll figure out a way to spend more time there. On this Throwback Thursday, I’m sharing some photos from our trip. P.S.- My daughter also went to Monaco (!!!!) to do research and you can get her short story set there at https://ko-fi.com/s/d7d012e839.
Happy Day of the Dead
The Mexican holiday of Dias de los Muertos is a mix of Mesoamerican, European, and Spanish cultures and religions. According to History.com, the tradition is that “the gates of heaven are opened at midnight on October 31 and the spirits of children can rejoin their families for 24 hours. The spirits of adults can do the same on November 2.” On the Day of the Dead, families will visit the graves of their deceased family members to leave gifts or set up altars in their homes where they can make offerings to help their deceased relatives reach their final resting places.
Our fears and interest in death are understandable. It’s the one thing we can’t control and really don’t know all that much about. Is it any surprise that in multiple cultures we see the existence of the undead or immortal beings who have somehow cheated death? It was one of the fun things for me to investigate when I wrote The Calling is Reborn vampire novel series. There were just so many types of vampires in other cultures. In the Americas, we have the chupacabra and I had a blast incorporating my version of a chupacabra in Devotion Calls. In that story, a police detective has to help protect a women’s shelter from a mysterious attacker. What he doesn’t know is that she’s a vampire and the attacker is a sewer-dwelling creature that I modelled after a chupacabra. You can find out more about Devotion Calls at http://bit.ly/DevotionCalls.
Happy Anniversary to a Wonderful Couple
Three years ago we celebrated the wedding of our daughter to the man she loved and we couldn’t have been happier to have him join our family. Congratulations on your wedding anniversary! Wishing you many many more years of happiness!
