AND THE WINNER IS...

CONGRATULATIONS TO: MARY P.


...the winner of my July drawing for a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com!

FREE DOWNLOAD JULY 27 & 28

Today and tomorrow, July 27 & 28, you can download THE LEADER OF THE BAND for free at Amazon.com. 

"...As [the author] peels the artificial layers away, she reveals some most interesting surprises..." said The Long and The Short of It Reviews of this sensual and humorous romance. "...not the least of which is the character who turns out to be the real antagonist."

On stage, band leader Zach Zacata controls the emotions of thousands of fans, but he can't control his middle-aged body. When he has a heart attack, best friend and sometime lover Lauren Westover provides a place where Zach can heal. And Zach realizes he has one more chance to win Lauren's love--if a killer doesn't get to them first.

ENJOY!

AND THE WINNER IS...

CONGRATULATIONS TO: NATASHA!


The winner of a $10 gift certificate to Powell's Books! 


The name of everyone who commented during my blog tour will go in the cyber-hat for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Amazon.com to be drawn at the end of the month. 


Thanks to you all!

LAST DAY OF MY BLOG TOUR!

Hi, all! 


Today I'm at It's Raining Books blog. This is the last stop to promote LIVING THE LEGACY, the third book of my Legacy Series. 


Anyone who comments will be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift certificate to Powell's Books (online or brick-and-mortar stores), as well as a $25 gift certificate from Amazon.com at the end of July.


Hope to see you there!

BIG CITY CELEBRATION!

Saturday, July 28, 2012
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, OR
(corner of SW Morrison and SW Sixth Avenue)

If you are in the Portland, Oregon area this Saturday, please stop by and say hello! I'll be at the NW Book Festival at Pioneer Courthouse Square signing books with a special "Christmas in July" sale. I'll be offering some of my earlier prints books at wonderful prices, as well as have the first three books of my Legacy Series available.

There will also be a vendor set up selling BBQ. Yum!

Hope to see some of you there!

TUESDAY TRIVIA

Q. What is the name of the unstable older woman who causes Collin to get shot?

A. The answer is within this excerpt from LIVING THE LEGACY.

Collin was actually glad to be on traffic patrol for a change, though his thoughts constantly tried to sort through what action he should take to be closer to home and Beth.

So it took a couple seconds longer than normal to realize traffic wasn't moving when the light turned from red to green, and the reason was a hunched-over woman wandering in the crosswalk. Collin flipped on his top light bar to keep traffic stopped. Was she hurt or mentally confused?

A few horns tooted as Collin notified dispatch of his location and stepped out of the car. As he approached the woman, he recognized her as Sally Harris, who had shown up on several earlier calls and wanted bloodthirsty details of the incidents. The woman didn't seem stable then. Perhaps her mental condition had worsened.

Collin updated dispatch and moved forward to help the woman.

"Get out of the street, old lady!"

As motorists grew more impatient and more vocal, the woman looked around in confusion. Her gaze finally settled on Collin with a desperate hope. "I knew you would help me."

"Let's get you some place safe." Collin slipped his hand under the woman's elbow and steered her toward his cruiser. He couldn't leave her wandering around.

"Hey, you can't arrest an old lady!"

From the corner of his eye, Collin caught a hurried movement on the sidewalk.

The glint of silver in the sunlight.

His survival instincts kicked in a split second late as he curled his body protectively around the old woman. The force of the burning pain at the side of his head pushed them the rest of the way to the ground. 

AUTHOR NOTES

It's embarrassing to start a blog post with an apology, yet that's what I'm doing.

My posts this past week have been sparse while I dedicated a larger portion of my time to writing the next books of the Legacy Series. I wasn't as far along on those books as I want to be, so took another look at things other than writing that are claiming my time. Pretty much anything that's not writing, basic promotion, or vital to my family and doggies has gone on hold until the books are finished.

So my blog posts may be sparse, but will still keep up with the O'Shea family of the Legacy Series.

Happy reading (and writing if you're a writer) to all!