New Release! Whispers at Ghost Point by Deanna Jewel

Louise, thank you for inviting me to your blog. Readers, thank you for stopping in to check out my new release! I have a soft spot for lighthouses and romance so these two went together very well for me. I visited St Augustine Florida just before Halloween and got to tour the lighthouse and keeper's house for a ghost tour! No, we didn't see any ghosts but if you believe in orbs showing up in pictures, then yes, I captured them! I really wanted to experience something but didn't get to. The tour was still awesome!

We did take another tour of an historic jail in St Augustine. Now just before we entered, my camera worked just fine. Once inside, the flash wouldn't work no matter what I did! I was not happy at all. As soon as I stepped outside to look at the gallows, I could snap a photo with the flash...go figure!

Now back to my book. The e-book released on the December 24th at Smashwords and the December 27th at Amazon. By mid January, the e-book should be at all online stores. The print copies should be available by the end of January for those who love their paperbacks! Those will also be at Amazon, B& N and at my website store for those who may want an autographed copy!

Information about Whispers at Ghost Point can be found by visiting my webpage for Whispers - there you can read an excerpt, read Chapter1, watch the book trailer, and click on buy links if you're so inclined to find out what happens at the lighthouse with Dana and Mitch!

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Interview with Author Patricia Rasey

Patricia Rasey, Author of Suspense Romance

Ms. Rasey is a three-time recipient of the Word Weaving Award for Literary Excellence and a three-time winner of the prestigious RIO Award Of Excellence. She is also a three-time EPPIE finalist and was a 2001 nominee for Romantic Times Magazine's Best Electronic Book. Additionally, Twilight Obsessions and Twilight Visions, two anthologies she was a part of, was nominated for the PEARL, the Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature, in the Best Anthology category. Her short story, In The Mind of Darkness won the P&E 2002 Horror short story category.

When not behind her computer, you can find Patricia working, reading, watching movies or MMA. She also enjoys spending her free time at the river camping with her husband and two sons. Ms. Rasey is currently a third degree Black Belt in American Freestyle Karate.

We're very excited to have Patricia visit with us this week. Readers, Patricia is featuring a giveaway. Details below. Help us give her a warm welcome!

Louise: Patricia, welcome to our blog! We’re so excited you could join us for a chat. When did you first decide to submit your work to be published? Tell us what or who encouraged you to take this big step.

Patricia: Actually, I believe it was the first local RWA group that I joined, MVRWA. They were a big support system, encouraging, offering critiques, telling their own experiences. A big thank you goes out to some of the members and formal members: Deanna Jewel, Tori Carrington, Melody Morgan, Sue Charnley, Denise Lynn and many others! What a great group! Of course, I didn’t get published for quite a few years…but I just kept plugging away. That’s when I met Lara Adrian back in 1995. She’s been so supportive and helpful to my writing and career over the years.

Louise: Please tell us a little about your new release Love You to Pieces.

Patricia: Love You to Pieces is about a detective that loses everything…his wife, his child. He feels he doesn’t have much to live for except to see that the killer dead by his hand. His late wife’s cousin, Sara, decides, out of love for her cousin, that she needs to rescue Jaycen…who doesn’t want or need her acting as his savior. What neither counts on is the passion that ignites, or just how close to home the killer actually is.

It's been a few months since Jaycen McCain's troubled wife fell victim to a sadistic killer. Losing Kelly Jo has haunted him deeply, and his failure to keep her safe has driven Jay to the brink of a bleak, self-destructive despair. But the small-town police detective has bigger problems to deal with when a string of serial murders crop up on his home turf--murders with eerie similarities to the violence perpetrated on his wife.

Compelled to stop the killer and find much-needed answers about Kelly Jo's final hours, Jay is forced to enlist the help of a woman too tempting for his own peace of mind: Kelly Jo's pretty cousin, Sara St. James. Together, Jay and Sara embark on a pursuit for justice that will take them into an underground world of dark places and dangerous, irresistible desires. As an unwanted passion kindles and combusts between them, the killer closes in, pulling Jay and Sara into the web of an evil that will rock them to their core.

Louise: Do you plan all your characters out before you start a story or do they develop as you write?

Patricia: For the most part. I use the writing software WriteWay from http://www.WritewayPro.com to help plot and characterize. I love the character profiles they provide in the software. No more printing pictures or tins of sticky notes. I keep everything inside the software and it’s there for me at a glance. They also have NoteCards that are great for plotting. It’s a tool every writer could benefit from.

Louise: We acquired WriteWay Pro. We can't wait to use the program. How much research do you do for your books? Have you found any cool tidbits to share?

Patricia: I love writing dark fiction and the research that goes with it. I’ve come across a few of my favorite things to research, biker gangs, the underground culture of vampires—and even talked to a few self-professed vampires who helped me with my research for The Hour Before Dawn. I got to meet Chuck Zito a couple of times who was inspiration for my book Eyes of Betrayal. He used to be the VP of the New York Hells Angels. For the police work, usually my brother or a family friend helps me and I try my best to get the details to as correct as possible. 

Louise: What is your writing process? Do you outline, write by the seat of your pants (Pantser) or a combination of both?

Patricia: I do a lot of my writing, by sitting in the chair and flying without a net—I was once told. And it’s true. I do plot—but loosely at the beginning of the project. Then when I get about halfway through the book—I’ll do the heavy plotting to work out the details. So I guess it really is a combination of both.

Louise: Do you write full time? What did you do before you became a writer or still do?

Patricia: Before writing, not even sure I remember that long ago—but I worked a lot of part-time jobs. No career jobs at that point in my life. I started having kids…and that was my main focus. Once I started writing, I’ve had a couple of periods in my life that afforded me the luxury of being a full time writer. But for most of my career, I’ve either worked part-time or full time along with writing. Right now, I work for WriteWay, yes—the same software company I mentioned above. I’ve used them for years as my good friend Lara Adrian’s husband created the software. But two years ago, they asked me to come on board and work for them. I am their PR/Marketing manager as well as handle their support.

Louise: Do you have a ritual when it comes to writing? Example….get coffee, blanket, paper, pen, laptop and a comfy place.

Patricia: Comfy quiet place is a must. I do not write with music on most days as it’s a distraction for me. So I have a roll top desk I use to write at in my office, or sometimes, I’ll grab my laptop and head for the living room couch. My dog, Todd—he’s a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel—is always at my feet or by my side.

Louise: How cute! My mom has a dog of this same breed named Fergie. Describe a typical writing day for you.

Patricia: there is no typical day for me. I have to steal what free time I can find. I start my mornings and most of my day working at the computer. Sometimes, I’ll take my lunch and write for a period. Then about three in the afternoon—I’ll be back at it until supper. And I need to get better at writing after supper as well.

Louise: Please give us a sneak peek at your future books. What’s on the horizon?

Patricia: I have two books I am currently working on. Charred Remains is the sequel to Love You to Pieces and my book Façade. They crash together into one book. I sidelined that book to work on another project at the moment called Sons of Sangue. That book is still under wraps…I haven’t told a soul about the premise—so you’ll just have to wait until I am closer to release on that one. But it is a Paranormal Vampire series…

Louise: What is your favorite genre to read and who is your favorite author?

Patricia: I love contemporary romance books. Usually the lighthearted ones. I don’t write them—maybe that’s why I like to read them—to get my mind out of the dark for a while. I do read some romantic suspense, though. My favorite author besides Lara Adrian? Is Sandra Brown. I’ve been a die-hard fan of hers for years.

Louise: Is there anything else you would like to tell the readers we have not touched on?

Patricia: I would like to thank all the readers who have stuck by me over the years—I can’t thank you enough. I also want to thank my new readers. Bless you for allowing me to tell my tales!

Louise: Where can the readers learn more about you and find your books on the web?

Patricia: the best places to find me on the net are: my Website 

on Facebook and Twitter @patriciarasey 

My Amazon Author page

My books are on the following sites:

Love you to Pieces on Amazon

and on B&N

Deadly Obession on Amazon

The Hour Before Dawn on Amazon 

Readers, I'll give away an eBook of Love You To Pieces in Kindle or Nook format to one lucky commenter. Make it easy to contact the winner by leaving your email address or Twitter handle.

Please enjoy an excerpt of Love You To Pieces below.

Sara placed her palm in the center of Jaycen’s black tee, meaning to shove him away. This was Kelly Jo’s husband, for crying out loud. She shouldn’t be kissing the man, or thinking about doing it again. She was pond scum… Worse, she was a bottom feeding algae eater! Rather than doing what her brain told her was the wiser and nobler choice, though, one look at his desperate gaze and she allowed his lips to slant over hers again. Her knees weakened as their tongues touched. She had no right feeling the butterflies or the desire rising in her.

Jaycen groaned, and their breath mingled as Sara fought to stay on her feet. He backed her against the cold brick wall, damp from the midnight dew. His thighs cradled hers like a lover’s, holding her flush against his growing arousal. Cars flew past and a couple of horns blasted, as they stood in plain sight of the busy street. Sara should have cared, should have thought about their little exhibition, but instead she focused on the foreign feelings Jaycen invoked with a simple kiss. Okay, not true—there was nothing simple about his kiss. She was going to hell for this one.

Jaycen suddenly released her and stumbled backward, wiping a hand down his mouth. His chest rose and fell with exertion. His masked gaze held hers, unwavering. Sara wanted to go to him, tell him what a mistake the kiss had been, nothing more than a result of the scene unfolding in the basement of Spanky’s. Both their emotions were running high. The kiss didn’t mean a thing…except Sara couldn’t really admit as much. Likely because that other voice in her said that it did mean something, that the kiss stirred something deep inside of her. Sara let out a shaky breath. This was not a path she meant to travel. She stayed her position against the cold brick wall, waiting for Jaycen to say something.

“I think maybe we should go.”

Sara held back the tears. She would not do this, not allow him to see that his kiss had affected her, so she repeated her earlier, unanswered question. “You want to tell me what this is about?”

He jammed a hand through his hair again and started pacing. “This shouldn’t have happened.”

Interview with Dannie C. Hill, Author of "Death's Door"

Dannie Hill visits with us this week via the continent of Asia. Such an exotic place to live! We met Dannie through a blog event posted by a fellow author. Once we saw Dannie was an author and checked out his books, we wanted to introduce him to you.

Dannie is featuring a giveaway: eBook copy (winner's choice) to one lucky reader through Rafflecopter below!

Dannie Hill is an American and lives in Thailand with his wife. When in the States he lives in Houston, Texas. Dannie has four published novels that are enjoyed by many readers.

When not writing, Dannie enjoys sailing, motorcycles, reading and farming. He has a small farm in Thailand growing many exotic fruits and vegetables. The main crop is tapioca and corn. The hard work of farming helps relax his mind while his daydreams come to life. Thailand allows the sounds of English to quiet and daydreams to take shape on paper.

Dannie also has a blog; A Writer’s Life in Thailand. http://danniehill.wordpress.com

Louise: Dannie, welcome to our blog! We’re so excited you could join us for a chat. When did you first decide to submit your work to be published? Tell us what or who encouraged you to take this big step.

Dannie: First, thank you so much for letting me come on your great site, Louise! I love your blog and your support!

I am an independent writer so my decision to go forward with a manuscript doesn’t come until I’ve finished my first draft. By then I know if I have written something worthy of readers. Once that decision is made I start the many rewrites and send it to my Proof Editor. After that I have a few First Readers go over it and usually make some suggested changes. I then send it to a Copy Editor to smooth the story. By then my decision has been made to publish but I try hard to make my story as professional as possible before I release it. I also have a book cover designed that will speak to the readers.

Louise: Please tell us a little about your new release.

Dannie: My latest book, which is my fourth published novel, is titled Death’s Door. It is a thriller but I’ve included, along with the action and suspense, some of my Southern humor and a bit of romance.

  

"Death’s Door" is a true thriller but there will be times when the reader is laughing, crying and taken to locations where they will feel the heat and the hearts of the characters. The two main characters are New Jersey State Policemen and because of the skills of one—Dell has a proven ability to ‘see’ danger and the courage to step into the middle of trouble to keep Bill, his partner, safe. Bill’s job is to keep Dell out of trouble with his supervisors and to keep him from dying as he rushes headlong into trouble. A secret counter-terrorism unit of the NSA brings Bill and Dell into their group to find terrorists who plan on exploding a dirty bomb somewhere in the U.S. Bill and Dell go to Lebanon looking for these terrorists and end up putting their lives in the hands of a brother and sister who have to try and spirit them out of the country while protecting and guiding them through the desert. An odd romance comes to Bill that continues throughout the book.

Louise: Love the cover and the intrigue of danger in the story! Do you plan all your characters out before you start a story or do they develop as you write?

Dannie: When I’m writing a manuscript I usually start out with one or two characters and as I write new characters introduce themselves and they lead me farther into the story. I have to pick names—and they sometimes change as I write but the nature of the characters rarely changes.

Louise: How much research do you do for your books? Have you found any cool tidbits to share?

Dannie: My research is an ongoing process. I look into locations for specific details, drawing many from memories but fortify them with my research. Since I don’t always know where the story will lead much of my research is done during my writing or in the rewrite.

Interesting tidbits? I’ve learned how to skin a goat and do flower arranging through my research… 

Louise: LOL Never hurts to learn insightful hobbies. What is your writing process? Do you outline, write by the seat of your pants (Pantser) or a combination of both?

Dannie: I’m a pantser—no doubt about it. At the same time, when I’m not at my desk the story runs through my mind and I develop the plot. I often have to stop what I’m doing and rush back to sketch my thoughts on paper. Having a small farm in Thailand I often draw laughs from my neighbors when I abandon whatever I’m doing and make a run for the house. I have no idea what they think I’m doing but it always brings smiles.

I have tried plotting, storyboards and outlines but usually by the next chapter I have to throw it all away because my Muse takes me in unexpected directions.

Louise: Do you write full time? What did you do before you became a writer or still do?

Dannie: I’ve been writing full time for eight years—notice I didn’t say making money for eight years. I had a career that has provided just enough to let me live my dream. My wife and I live in Thailand and that’s cuts cost for the simple things in life. I said earlier we have a small farm that provides a small income.

Writing is a dream come true for me. It keeps me sane. I just happen to be married to the best woman in the world! She never complains about my time spent writing and always encourages me. I couldn’t do this without her. 

In my past I worked in aviation for many years as a mechanic and coordinator.

Louise: Do you have a ritual when it comes to writing? Example….get coffee, blanket, paper, pen, laptop and a comfy place.

Dannie: When I first started writing full time my excitement would have me up before the sun rose. Sunrise does inspire me and my mind is at its clearest early in the morning. I still do most of my writing in the mornings but I find I can write any time of day. Because we have a small house I never interfere with what my wife happens to be doing so noise, TV, banging pots—nothing really bothers me because I hear nothing except what’s in my head.

Louise: Describe a typical writing day for you.

Dannie: I wish I had a typical day, ha! I spend as much time as I can on farming things when I’m not writing a manuscript—it makes up for the I’m-not-at-home times when I am writing. When writing I get up early, have a cup of coffee and sit at my tiny desk—it really is tiny… you know, one that you can fold up and move around, light up my laptop and do a quick check of email, Twitter, and maybe read a blog or two of my favorite writers.

Once I start on my manuscript the outside world shrinks to a speck and the world in my brain becomes my reality. I do take a break every few hours to relax my eyes and stretch my legs. My wife knows that I am of no use to her during these periods and usually allows me to be the total recluse I am.

I’ll write from 3 hours to 12 hours a day—depending on how the story is going. I’ll even let it sit for a few days if it makes a wrong turn. I’ve even been known to write the ending if I hit a wall. This happened with "Death’s Door" and I loved the way the ending opened up the middle of the book—it was just what I needed.

At night, we usually watch English language DVD movies. I speak Thai but I have to have my English break at night.

Louise: Please give us a sneak peek at your future books. What’s on the horizon?

Dannie: I have a number of in-work manuscripts just awaiting attention, but the one I’m working on now it going to be a great book if I can finish. The working title is Desperate Straits. It’s about a man who uncovers a plot to ruin the U.S financially. It involves high profile politicians, military and underworld leaders that want this man dead and his information destroyed.

The U.S. Marshal’s service has a special unit that protects certain witnesses and answers to no one. They also have some radical genetic procedures very few people have heard of. They change Terry, the main male character into a beautiful woman—I mean a real woman. Of course there are super funny scenes as the man tries to adapt to the woman he now is—there’s no changing back. And bad guys are still trying to kill him. What do you think of it so far?

I’ve also all but finished a manuscript titled On The Menu but am fighting with myself about if I’ll ever publish. It’s a story about a sexual predator that preys on women and young girls. I’ve tried to take this horrific person and get the readers to like him. Because of an accident he finds that a family, a mother with two teenage girls, has taken him in and nurses him back to health. Can he change? Does he want to change?  I wrote this for National November Writing Month. It very good but the subject matter leaves me shaking every time I re-read it. It looks at the world of sexual slavery in the States and what one man tries to do about it. 

Louise: What is your favorite genre to read and who is your favorite author?

Dannie: I read fantasy, thrillers, literature, romance (I love romance) and just about anything in English. I think this is the main reason I genre hop when I write.

Tolkien, Brooks, Bradbury and Elmore Leonard are some my favorites. Also Wilbur Smith is so great if you like historical adventures set in Africa.

I must say that I’m finding independent authors are getting most of my attention these days. It is so special to me to read works that are perfect in story, editing and done by an up and coming writer. One of my favorites is Glenn Starkey—a thriller writer. I don’t think this guy knows how good he is!

Louise: Is there anything else you would like to tell the readers we have not touched on?

Dannie: I’ve been called a sweet guy- what a terrible Rep for a writer, LOL. When I write I do all that I do for the readers. They are the life blood of a writer and I love them!

I am the author of In Search of a Soul. This book has sold many, many copies and it was the hardest book I’ve written—but it is a beautiful story. Just read the reviews.

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Louise: Dannie, thank you again for visiting with us. Where can the readers learn more about you and find your books on the web?

Dannie: I have a blog about a Writer’s Life in Thailand and you can see all my books. http://danniehill.wordpress.com

Death’s Door is only available at Amazon as an ebook—for the next 90 days. It’s available everywhere in paperback.

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You can see all my books at my website.

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An Avid Reader's Haven: Interview with Wodke Hawkinson, Writing Duo Karen & PJ

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Karen Wodke & PJ Hawkinson , Suspense Authors   

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Interview with Linda Andrews, Multi-genre Author, VBT Pit Stop July 7

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Linda Andrews lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband, three children and a menagerie of domesticated animals. While she started writing a decade ago, she always used her stories to escape the redundancy of her day job as a scientist and never thought to actually combine her love of fiction and science. DOH! After that Homer Simpson moment, she allowed the two halves of her brain to talk to each other. The journeys she's embarked on since then are dark, twisted and occasionally violent, but never predictable.

Louise: Linda, welcome to my blog! I’m so excited you could join me for a chat. When did you first decide to submit your work to be published? Tell us what or who encouraged you to take this big step.

Linda: I've been submitting stories to be published since last century. Seriously not the century that gave us corsets and hoop skirts, but the most recent one. I actually started writing in 1997 and submitted my first story in 1999. I got my first contract in 2001 with Zumaya Publications. My husband encourages everything I do (for good or bad) but it was my dad who made me want to be a writer and get published. He wrote a Mickey Spillane type mystery when I was a kid but never did anything with it.

Louise: Please tell us a little about your new release The Syn-En Solution.

Linda: I think the blurb says it best:

A woman from the past.

A cyborg with no future.

They have every reason to mistrust each other but one: survival.

When Nell Stafford passed out it was 2012. When she wakes up naked aboard a starship it's 2138, and she's surrounded by the Syn-En: synthetically-enhanced soldiers with a grudge against humans like her. She doesn't know where she is or what's happened, only that her life has been destroyed and everyone she's ever known is dead.

Their leader Beijing York has just discovered his people's creators--humans--have betrayed them. They were promised freedom and equality in exchange for settling a newly discovered planet at the other side of a wormhole. But the Syn-En have outlived their usefulness.

The offer was a trick.

The wormhole has collapsed, and now both Nell and the Syn-En are trapped far from Earth to face almost certain death.

Bei has lost his future, and Nell has lost her past.

But Nell gained something in her 120-year sleep; somehow, she knows everything the Syn-En need to survive. Now she must convince Bei and his people to trust her--as soon as she learns to trust the mysterious intelligence.

Louise: Do you plan all your characters out before you start a story or do they develop as you write? 

Linda: My characters arrive fully formed. In fact, I can't write the book until they all show up and some of them are slower than others:-) Of course, that isn't to say that I know everything about them and they have on occasion surprised me. My job as the writer is to shut up and write what they show me.

Louise: Isn't that the truth and they get testy if we don't listen. LOL How much research do you do for your books? Have you found any cool tidbits to share?

Linda: Everything I read is research in one way or another. It just gets filed away inside my head or jotted down into a notebook until finally, the characters arrive to tell a story. I did find a really unique disk that contained tens of thousands of documents compiled by NASA about space exploration. It include space craft design and tons of other stuff that I haven't quite gotten to. 

Louise: It's amazing what we find. I found a FBI publication on the profile for serial killers - in pdf, yup I downloaded it! What is your writing process? Do you outline, write by the seat of your pants (Pantser) or a combination of both?

Linda: I can't plot. If I do, my story fairy gets miffed and sends the characters into another realm, never to be heard from again. I consider my writing a form of possession and as long as I do as I'm told then the only rewrites I do involve clarity of sentences and that evil grammar stuff:-) Of course, I'm a bit of a control freak so there's always a bit of a battle on the page.

Louise: Do you write full time? What did you do before you became a writer or still do?

Linda: I don't think I could write full time. EVER. I find being creative exhausting and tapping into all that emotion to pour it onto the page plum wears me out. So I usually write in the evenings when I get off work and try to do a bit on the weekends. I'm a morning person so my writing isn't as productive as it could be. During the day, I'm an organic chemist (but I have a microbiology background). I love benchwork and am reluctant to give it up.

Louise: Do you have a ritual when it comes to writing? Example….get coffee, blanket, paper, pen, laptop and a comfy place.

Linda: No ritual. Although I do love to have music, which I tune out as I write.

Louise: Describe a typical writing day for you.

Linda: After work and dinner, I plop my butt in the chair and tell the story fairy we're open for business. Frankly the butt-in-chair part is the  hardest part. I really do have control issues.

Louise: Even though we have an office, I found myself placing my butt on our comfy sofa to write. Please give us a sneak peek at your future books. What’s on the horizon?

Linda: Right now, I'm finishing up the second part to my apocalyptic novel, Redaction. There will be two more books in the series to carry me through to the end of the year then I'll return to the Syn-En and we'll visit another planet in Syn-En: Registration.

Louise: What is your favorite genre to read and who is your favorite author?

Linda: I'm a bit of a book slut. I'll open up my ipad for anyone and my favorite author depends on my mood and what I need to escape reality.

Louise: Is there anything else you would like to tell the readers we have not touched on?

Linda: I love watching Star Trek reruns but I always noticed that I like the ones set on the planet better than the ones just on the ship. So tell me, are you are planet or ship kind of person?

Louise: I agree I liked seeing the different planets . Good question for our commenters. Where can the readers learn more about you and find your books on the web?

Linda: On my Website and my Blog.  
Readers, I'll give away a free ebook of The Syn-En Solution to one commenter. So tell me, are you are planet or ship kind of person if you watch Star Trek? Not required but would be fun to see which you like better. Oh, and please leave your email addy or Twitter handle so we can easily contact you. Thanks!

Excerpt:

Nell is in for a culture shock:

"Is that what you call it?" Nell planted two feet on his knees and shoved away from him. His hold on her breasts remained strong and her action tore at her chest. Pain overloaded her nervous system and static crackled inside her head. The only way she could escape would be if she gave herself a rather excruciating mastectomy. Panting through the sensation, Nell stopped struggling and hung limply between her captors. "Cause from where I stand, you're copping a feel."

Ignoring her sarcasm, the man focused on her chest. A burst of yellow light filled the room, highlighting the caduceus tattooed on his forehead. "You may feel a mild discomfort as the probes enter your skin."

Nell struggled to reconcile the caduceus with her current treatment. Why would a man with a medical insignia torture her? Unless he wasn't out to harm her. Hadn't the Grace Jones wannabe said Nell would get along with a bang? A stabbing pain flared up her chest, then a burning filled her veins

like an IV running too fast. Cold air stung her teeth as she inhaled.

"Mild! That hurts like an infected hangnail. Why didn't you give me some sort of local anesthetic to numb the area?"

"It would have reacted with the peroxides." His grip on her breasts loosened, but his attention didn't waver from the damaged skin. "I do not believe you would survive the explosion. You are quite fragile."

Nell snorted. Fragile people didn't survive the pandemic of 2010 or the North American invasion that followed. She was a survivor, yet somehow she sensed that someone had changed the rules, if not the game entirely. "That woman injected something in my breasts to make them explode?"

The doctor nodded. "A peroxide and a catalyst, that when mixed together create a very powerful bomb."

Nell pulled her legs closer to her body, wanting desperately to cover

herself or to fall asleep and wake up safe in her bed. "That's just

wrong."

Excerpt 2:

His gray eyes narrowed a fraction. "You want me to believe you're from over a century ago come forward in time to save us?"

"I don't expect you to believe it." Nell gulped as hysteria threatened to bubble out of her. She set her hand over his, knowing she wouldn't be able to stop him if he decided to strangle her but determined to try anyway.

"Honestly, I'm having a hard time thinking of this as anything other than a dream."

"Do you have proof?"

She snorted. "Where exactly would I put it?"

Soft as a caress, his gaze skimmed down and then up her body. "There are places."

Nell squeezed her legs together. "There better not be!"

His lips twitched. "Shang'hai found a data recorder on your life pod."

Feeling cold air against her teeth, Nell clicked her mouth shut. He deliberately let her think he planned a body cavity search. Should she take it as proof of a sense of humor or sadistic streak? She forced the

thoughts aside. "Shang'hai? You're talking about the pink haired woman who left with the box, right?"

"Yes."

"Well good. Then I hope we both get answers about how I got here."

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