Darkness can be dangerous as my series with that title shows. All except the last book begins with a group of four special agents off on a hunt for rebels in the jungles of Central America. Three of them watch their leader die from an enemy ambush. The first, Shadow On The Floor then switches to one of the men, Dev, now no longer a special agent, but back to being a lawyer in Michigan's Upper Pennsula. When he's confronted with his elderly uncle's choice of a young and attractive women as a live-in helper, he believes she'ss taken the job to hide out. Furthermore she avoids stepping on the shadow on the floor of his uncle's den as though she knows what it is...
Hero of the second book, Watcher At The Door, is Mal. No longer an agent, he's back in civilian life as a DNR Officer. When he encounters an old flame who's taking care of her younger brother in a woodland cottage because their parents died in a fire that destroyed the house in town, he finds the heat between them in still there. But who or what is stalking her? Just a rogue bear--or something far more dangerous?
The third book, Terror From Before has a Native American hero, Joe, who returns to the rez when he's no longer an agent. But unknown to him, he brings a terrible danger with him which threatens the entire area as well as the woman he loves. They must risk their lives as they return to the Central American jungles to try to rid themselves of of what he carries with him...
The hero of the fourth and last book is Cy, their leader when they were agents. But he's dead--how can this be? Cy knows nothing of his past, but if he doesn't find out quickly, he'll be dead for sure. The other three unite to help him and the woman who risked her own life to rescue Cy. Her dog plays a major part because he... Well, I can't tell you anymore because it'd be a spoiler. This book, like the rest, is set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
All four books are paranormal suspense romances. The first three are available at Red Rose Publishing or my website: www.JaneToombs.com. I'm currently writing the fourth.
01 June 2012
Dangerous Darkness Series
The following print books are available from Red Rose Publishing:
Love Rehab by Theresa Scott
Speculative Sky by Clare Dargin
Kisses and Curses by Koko Brown
Irina's Quest by Leigh Barbour
Swing Pointe by Kissa Starling
Not Another Dateless Valentine by Veronica Tower
To Have and to Hold by Dana LittleJohn
Tricky Business by Veronica Tower
Lost in His Arms by MS Spencer
Divine Touch by Kristy Bock
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What's hot off the press this week? Stories that will take your breathe away as they are so good!
Arrested by Her Sheik
Part 1
Honey Jans
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Sheik! Sheik! Arrest Me!
Trapped and arrested on an island with a sexy Arab-Greek Sheik, are you up to see what happens next?
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The Devil Made Me Do It
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On a cruise with her family, the third wheel if she ever felt one, Mackenzie needed to escape. When the boat docked in San Juan she grabbed the first tour available.
Who knew it would lead to a man she didn't know the name of? Did she dare? Did she triple dog dare?
Divine PurposeThe Divine Series: Book 3
Kristy Denice Bock
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Most women can walk up to the man they desire and ask them on a date, Elle killed hers instead. To make matters worse she ripped him from death and cursed him with a fate of living in the shadows. Would he ever forgive her for, or would he spend the rest of his eternity making certain she got what she deserved?
Blake wanted to hate Elle for the life he had to live, but when the fabric of her life was shredded by those around her, he knew he had to protect her even if it meant protecting her from herself. When a war brews, he has to save the woman he loves, the Goddesses who threaten his way of life, and the world as he knows it..
Frozen Hearts
Ice Wolves Series: Book 2
E.W. Walsh
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Elisa is a devoted scientist. She loves the company of her wolves but longs for the touch of human love.
Playboy Nik has a secret. A secret that keeps him apart from humans, especially the beautiful scientist that stole his heart…
The wolf pack is in danger from poachers, can Elisa and Nik work together to save the wolves while mending their hearts…
A Woman Scorned
Fury of Fires: Book 3
Cricket Sawyer
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06 August 2009
New Releases 06 August
Red Rose™ Publishing ~ August 06, 2009 ~ New Releases (eBook) |
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THE PRINCE AND THE ROGUE Skyler Grey Mainstream Romance: Regency, Historical/Period Due to the sudden death of Lady Christine and the deep depression of her father soon after, Catherine Townsend is carted off to live with her mother's family and learns quickly that her arrival is not one of welcome. After years of being the brunt of cruel jokes, Catherine's aunt demands she attend a soiree. During the course of the evening's events, Catherine finds herself stumbling upon a private romp and flees in a hasty retreat for fear of being discovered. Eric Rycroft, is a prince, and London's most eligible bachelor. Only recently returned after being abroad for the past eight years, the last thing he wants to do is attend a boring party with mothers shoving their daughters in his face. As Eric contemplates an early escape, he bumps into Albert Ashbury, who in turn begs for help to search out a noisy busy-body that interrupted his private tryst, which if revealed, could mean the ruin of his marriage. Eric decides that a game of cat and mouse might actually be a fun way to past the time but it's not until Eric spots his prey across the ballroom floor, that he finds himself intrigued by the golden minx and a rogue's plans are set into motion. |
SO WRONG, SO RIGHT Starla Kaye Erotic Romance: Contemporary, Western Yee haa! Watch out Cowboy as Callie has come to play! Callie recently moved to Carsonville, Kansas as the small town’s new librarian. All her life she has followed her Mid-Western upbringing and is the quintessential librarian: conservative, reserved, maybe a little too prim and proper. Until she meets and briefly dates the area’s bad boy rancher. When he stops calling on her, she decides to make a change in her life. She decides to shift some to the wild side, free her inner wanton, and shake up the cowboy right down to his sexy toes. Will the bad boy Rancher be up to what Callie has in store for him? Or will he ride off into the night alone? |
DAEMON M. King Mainstream Romance: Paranormal, Suspense/Mystery August 28th 1976: glam rock star Damon Brent lies dead on his bathroom floor, his head caved in and his reputation wrecked. Three decades on, practical grad student Ellis Ross lives alone in her Brighton flat. She doesn't expect a past that isn't even her own to catch up with her, but she soon finds that—when you're being haunted by a man wearing more eyeliner than you are—it's hard to say no. Damon's back. And he was murdered, or so he says. Reluctantly, Ellis agrees to help him and begins an investigation littered with old grudges, bitter rivalries and broken dreams. But will she risk losing more than just her mind? |
DAGON'S OCTANGLE Diane Charles Linford Mainstream Romance: Paranormal, Gothic/Horror, Interracial/Multicultural Thirty-something divorcee Sophia Behrens feels cut adrift in her life until she meets a young black man with more confident attitude than she's ever seen before. Stephen Dryor is fascinated by every aspect of the woman with the eastern European background and needs to know everything about her. In the meantime, together they slowly get sucked into a puzzle which overlaps both their dreams and their waking lives. Circumstances culminate with a dangerous dive in waters which house a mysterious ancient artifact. |
THREE CHEERS Marie Rochelle Mainstream Romance: Contemporary, Interracial/Multicultural Brock Garret has been lusting after the sexy mocha-skinned beauty Jamina Madison ever since he called her to become his daughter’s cheerleading coach. He knew that he should keep his distance, but its hard when she looks so damn good in those tight, white ass-hugging shorts….there is only so much a man can take. Out of all of the coaching jobs in the world, why did she end up working for Brock Garrett? It wasn’t fair for one man to be that damn fine without even trying. Just one look from his dark blue eyes could make her forget everything going on around her, but Jamina Madison was trying her best to keep her distance. Because if he could get her hot just from a look, what would happen once she gave in and let his hands touch her body? |
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03 August 2009
A Vacation with the Fam? What Was I Thinking??
A couple of weeks ago a large part of my extended family met in the Outer Banks, North Carolina for a week of blessed togetherness (sarcasm). Twenty people of all ages and sizes squashed into a beautiful house on the beach. I’d like to say it went off without a hitch. But I’d be lying. All in all, though, a good time was had by…well…most. #:0)
Being with family is always an experience, no matter what your age. When any family gets together for an extended period of time, certain things will happen. Old rivalries will resurface, competitive instincts will revive, and entrenched insecurities will rise to the surface.
It is, of course, no different in my family. But we perhaps cope with it a bit differently than other families.
In my family we don’t go at it face to face. We abhor direct, frontal attacks. They make our palms sweat. We prefer a sneakier program, rich with whispered sniping and private smoldering when somebody doesn’t quite come up to snuff. We embrace passive aggressive techniques and have grown expert at dishing out playful but revenge-tinged activities that both entertain and satisfy.
We put firecracker caps on toilet seats, play tackle kickball on the beach, and put spider “ice cubes” into people’s drinks.
Of course ye old water balloon made a soggy appearance. And a few of us found ourselves chewing an air sandwich on our way into the pool fully dressed. But these are mundane revenge tactics…almost not worth mentioning.
I prefer to talk about the fake cat poop that kept showing up everywhere. Now that’s a truly classy form of revenge!
Seriously though, we all love each other. And we have a lot of fun when we get together. But between the heartfelt hugs and the I love yous, we’re all thinking whether adding shaving cream to the water balloons or short-sheeting the twelve-year-old’s bed would give us more pleasure.
What can I say…we’re a playful bunch.
The tackle kickball? It didn’t start out that way. But we’re very competitive and, well, it was too boring doing it the normal way. So I threw the first tackle. I admit it. And it was a sight to behold. My older sister, a beautiful and kind woman who’d do anything in the world for any of us, was rounding second on her way to third after an impressive kick to the outfield (which my team-mates were stumbling and bumbling to retrieve). A consistent and infuriating size 4, my lovely sister didn’t have a chance when I set my sights on her. I lift 50 lb bags of grain in my barn on a daily basis, so the added 60 pounds of her diminutive frame were almost nothing to me. I picked her up and slammed her (gently of course) to the warm sand, giggling in delight) I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that my delight had nothing at all to do with the fact that the woman couldn’t gain a pound of fat if her life depended on it. While I, alas, have many scars from a lifelong battle with the pudge monster. No, it was all in good fun (lie). And it gave the family many hours of hilarity discussing how her head bounced off the sand as I landed on her.
And we were off.
Bodies flew everywhere. Hilarity abounded (word?) Other people on the beach stopped what they were doing and pulled up chairs to enjoy the show. A gorgeous storm slid in over the water and sent high winds into the game, blowing us around like one of the team.
At one point, my niece (a very confident woman) and I advanced growling on my daughter’s six foot five inch boyfriend as he rounded third. He screamed like a girl. Unfortunately, he also danced like a butterfly and got around us, making it home for a point.
Dang it.
I’ll get him next time.
Yes, we are competitive. But I’m proud to say we drew the line at tackling my 77 year old mother (yes, she was playing too!) or my 8 year old niece to the ground. And great fun was had by all. Well, except for my brother, who’d been tackled by a girl and wasn’t too happy about it. Yay for me!
I love my family. They’ve given me a wonderful place in this world. They’ve provided me with love. They’ve offered undying, unconditional support, and they’re always there when I need them. They ground me and give me a sense that I belong in this world. I wouldn’t trade them for anything and I cherish every last one of them (damn lie).
But that doesn’t mean I won’t tackle their butts next time we play kickball!
What can I say, as that great philosopher Popeye once said, “I yam what I yam.”
And mostly I’m okay with that.
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Award winning author Sam Cheever mixes in a little fun, a little adventure, and a little real-life spice to create her sexy fantasy and romantic suspense stories. Sam’s fictional peeps fight their way through a dizzying array of dangerous challenges without letting little things like mean tempered ex girlfriends, dangerous villains, or angry, manipulative gods dampen their zest for life and hot love!
To find out more about Sam and her work, please pay her a visit at any one of the following online hot spots: her website; her author page on Facebook; her MySpace page; or her blog. She always loves to chat with readers.
01 August 2009
Vampires and Vixens
My first in my new series.........."Vampires and Vixens" will be out September 03 2009. It's an exciting story with a Vampire Detective in the main role. Then watch for my other stories each with a Vamp or a Vixen in the driver's seat.
