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Army veteran sniper Javier Morales is now a hit man, using his skill to
make a living. He returned from Afghanistan suffering from malaria with no
career direction. As he makes a routine hit from a hotel rooftop, there’s a
complication. A beautiful woman, Cecily, witnessed the kill, so he takes her
with him against her will. He’s not going down because of a silly socialite.
At his posh studio apartment, his desire erupts into passion, and they share
intense sex often. At first, he’s cold and rude to her. She snipes back with
insults and sarcasm, but something real develops between them. Javier leaves
the city since the heat is on but on the way elsewhere, malaria strikes.
Cecily has changed his outlook and now that he’s dangerously ill, everything
is different. With his older brother and the woman he’s come to love at his
side, it’s time for a major life change if he survives.
Keep in mind – this is a sensual and hot story. Many of my newer works
are sweet, not sexy but this one is.
Also coming from Evernight with edits arriving soon will be Venganza.
Here’s the blurb:
In the wake of his brother’s violent death in Naked City, part
of Las Vegas, Alejandro Navarro wants venganza. Although just out of
the hospital after suffering serious wounds in the same incident, he’s on the
prowl to find the men who killed his brother, members of a cartel dealing in
both arms and drugs. The ATF agent was working undercover but now he’s on
medical leave. One night, he rescues a tourist, Maude Miller, from the same
violent men after she lost her way. To protect her, Alec takes her home and
neither can deny the immediate attraction. Things get ugly, however, after a
shot shatters the sliding glass door of his apartment. They hit the road to
escape death in a journey that takes them from Vegas into Arizona, then
finally to a remote farm in Missouri. Other attempts are made on their lives
as along the way their lust turns to love. The pair will make their stand on
the farm, well aware the stakes are life and death.
When the days grow shorter and the nights cooler and autumn colors bring
rich glory to these hills, my second Wild Rose Press title, The Cowboy’s
Last Chance, will release on October 21.
I love this cover!
And here’s the blurb: When
Vivian Blackburn, recently returned to Southwest Missouri sets out to shoot
pictures at a rodeo, she's not looking for a cowboy but
when she meets bull rider Calhoun Kelly, she's found one. They have an
instant attraction and rapport. They're compatible in every way but one – he
has a strong Christian faith and she lost hers after her parents died. When
Vivian experiences strange dreams that seem to warn Calhoun of upcoming
danger, she doesn't know what to think. Calhoun decides to hang up his spurs
at the end of the season but before he does, he and Vivian are married. They
decide they'll settle at her grandmother's old farmhouse but not until he
rides his last rodeo. When he's critically injured, his
life hangs in the balance. Will Vivian find her faith and pray? It's a close
call but time will tell.
Also in the works from The Wild Rose Press, Homeward Bound Hearts is
almost to the final galley stage. Once it is, a release date will be
available. Here’s the cover and blurb:
Take
one saddle bronc ridin’ cowboy, Jeb Hill, the Hillbilly Hotshot, who suffers
the worst injury of his career. Send him home to be cared for by a widowed
nurse, Shelby Thacker, who struggles to pay her bills and support her two
children. Add some friendship, then stir in a little attraction. Complicate
things with the return of Jeb’s long absent father and throw in the Christmas
season. Jeb wants an old-fashioned, heartwarming Christmas, but Shelby’s
poverty destroyed her holiday spirit long ago. Toss in some faith, a country
church, and a rodeo rider ready to play Santa Claus. Shelby’s and Jeb’s
friendship deepens, but can they fulfill each other’s hopes and dreams?
Beyond that, there are more titles on the way – I’m working on one for
a new series with TWRP tentatively titled Edge of Threat. The Cajun Cowboy is already under
contract with the same and will appear sometime in 2025. World Castle Publishing will release the
third book in the Laredo series in the future as well as an unrelated work, The
Cowboy’s Prayer.
I’ve submitted titles to Harlequin and Berkley including Uglier Than
Homemade Sin and Dead Roses.
Works in progress include one I’m calling Lakeside Lady about a
family resort near Branson, The Cowboy’s Level Best (gotta finish that
one), a very different one about a man whose eternal fate hangs in the
balance after a near fatal accident, one about a woman running from the
WITSEC program called Lack of Memory, and a few more in infant stages
or what I call “story starts”. I have many ideas!
Stay tuned but that’s how the rest of the year falls out now for new
releases!
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