THANK YOU to all for your support for Cold Case Reopened! Thanks to you I’ve been offered a four-book contract for Harlequin Intrigue and I’m so excited! Especially since you’ll get to see more of Jackson Whitaker’s Miami cousins Sophie and Robbie and get to meet the rest of the family behind the Liberty Agency. I can’t wait to write that series for you. Today and I’m sharing one of the reviews for you from Cloth Diapering Mama who was kind enough to leave this review: “This is a fast moving suspense romance that was so engrossing. I love the characters in this book…” Reviews really do help authors so if you like a book, please take a moment to leave a review. It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give your fav authors!
Celebrate Caridad’s Good News and More!
Thank you all for the wonderful reviews and comments on Cold Case Reopened! I truly appreciate your support for my very first Harlequin Intrigue. If you enjoyed this book, I think you will really like Trapping a Terrorist, my next Harlequin Intrigue. Here is a little teaser for it!
Trapping a Terrorist
An FBI agent puts everything on the line…
To keep a deadly threat at bay.
When FBI agent Miguel Peters and his father land squarely in the crosshairs of a bomber terrorizing Seattle, the last thing Miguel wants is to also entangle a lovely stranger in a terrorist’s web. Yet while Maisy Oliver might look innocent, her father’s one of the most notorious men in Washington State. Miguel knows Maisy will do anything to help him and his team catch a killer. But does that include confronting a past she’s worked far too long to forget?
You can find out more about Trapping a Terrorist at https://www.caridad.com/books/suspense/trapping-a-terrorist/.
My hubby teases me that I often “bury the lede” which is true in this case. I like to think that I’ve left the best news for last, namely, that I’ve agreed to do another four — yes 4! — for Harlequin Intrigue. If you’ve read Cold Case Reopened and remember Jackson’s Miami cousins Sophie and Robbie Whitaker, you’ll see more of them in my Liberty Agency series! Yeah! So excited to be sharing this news with you.
Spilling the Beans about Cold Case Reopened
It’s always fun to visit with old friends and have them interview your characters about their story! Plus, GIVEAWAY! Drop by Coffee Time Romance to find out what Rhea and Jackson think about their unsolved mystery and romance. Leave a comment at the Coffee Time Romance blog for a chance to win a $15 gift card and share the Facebook Fan Page post for additional entries!
This week’s Chat and Event!
This is a busy week! A new book and some upcoming events, namely a chat at Writerspace, a free workshop on Point of View at The International Women’s Writing Guild, and a guest blog with Anastasia Pollack. Here are links for the various events:
Writerspace Chat: https://www.writerspace.com/events/caridad-pineiro-facebook-live-chat/
IWWG Free Write on POV: https://iwwg.wildapricot.org/event-3997380
Anastasia Pollack: https://anastasiapollack.blogspot.com/
Hope you can visit!
#WriteWed – A Visit with Friends
I’m having a party to celebrate the release of Cold Case Reopened on March 1 and am lucky to have some friends visiting with me to help me celebrate. I’ve got debut author K.D. Richards, the wonderful Lucy Monroe, and Delores Fossen who encouraged me profusely to try my hand at writing for Harlequin Intrigue! I did a shoutout the other day to K.D. and her latest release, Pursuit of the Truth. Today’s shoutout is to Lucy Monroe and her latest release, After the Billionaire’s Wedding Vows, for Harlequin Presents. Come visit with all of us at the Cold Case Reopened Release Party at https://www.facebook.com/events/490584789001488/ for teasers, giveaways, and more!
#WriteWed #WisdomWednesday – The Joy of Writing
I wrote my first book in the fifth grade when my English teacher assigned our class a project: to write a book that would be placed in a class lending library at the end of the year. The book had to be twenty typed pages and could be about absolutely anything. No grade would be assigned, but you had to do to pass the class. I went home and started writing and haven’t really stopped since. Sure there were interruptions here and there, but there was never any doubt that I would write because writing gives me immense joy. The process of it and of course, sharing it with you! I found this quote from Gloria Steinem which I think truly sums up my feeling about writing.
#WriteWed – COLD CASE REOPENED Excerpt
If you’re like me and love unsolved mysteries and cold case files, I think you’ll love COLD CASE REOPENED, my March 2021 release for Harlequin Intrigue. It was so much fun to write the story about Rhea Reilly who believes that her twin sister is still alive and sexy Detective Jackson Whitaker who is risking his career to re-open the closed case. For now, here’s a teaser and free read for you!
Teaser
They are on a cold trail
And running out of time.
Rhea Reilly is certain her twin sister’s sudden disappearance six months ago wasn’t a suicide, no matter what Colorado authorities think. She can’t afford to trust police detective Jackson Whitaker—even if he’s risking his career to uncover the truth. But a lethal trail of lies is drawing them together…and into an inescapable trap.
Excerpt
Rhea had barely finished unpacking her things when the knock came at the door.
She hurried there and threw it open, expecting to find room service with the extra blanket she’d requested. That earlier chill hadn’t left her, not that a blanket would end it, but it had been worth a try.
It wasn’t room service. It was six-plus feet of lethal male, dressed in police blues, with a white Stetson held in hands that he shifted uneasily on the brim. He had shortly cropped sandy-brown hair that screamed former military and eyes the gray of lake waters on a dreary day. He clenched and unclenched his chiseled jaw as he stood there, obviously hesitant, before he finally said, “You should be more careful and check to see who it is before you open the door.”
Anger ignited instantly at his chastisement. “I was expecting room service. Not the police.”
He tipped his head, seemingly sorry, but he didn’t strike her as the type to apologize. Not willingly anyway. And it occurred to her then that he was the officer she’d run into outside the police station. The one who’d helped her pick up her papers and whom she hadn’t thanked.
“Rhea Reilly,” she said and held out her hand. “I’m sorry I was so rude before. I was upset.”
“I understand. Detective Jackson Whitaker. Jax to my friends.” A ghost of a smile danced across full lips, and he enveloped her hand with his big calloused one.
His touch roused a mix of emotions. Surprising comfort. Unwelcome electricity and heat.
“We’re not friends…yet,” she said as he continued holding her hand, longer than expected. Longer than necessary.
She withdrew her hand from his and wrapped her arms around herself. “And I doubt that you can possibly understand.”
That slight dip of his head came again, as if accepting her statement, and he motioned inside her room with his Stetson. “Do you mind if I come in?”
She both did and didn’t mind. Something about his presence was unnerving, but if he was here, maybe it meant that the chief had reconsidered her request.
“Please,” she said and waved him in.
He entered and, as he did so, his gaze swept the room, assessing. Observant. A cop’s eyes taking in the scene and immediately focusing on the thick folder sitting on a small bistro table beside French doors to a balcony facing the lake. The lake was a constant reminder of why she was here.
“May I?” he said and pointed toward the folder.
“Is that why you’re here? Did Chief Robinson change his mind?”
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