Coming Soon

A woman is left homeless after a fire destroys her apartment building. At the same time, a severe thunderstorm warning is issued. Trying to get out of the city at night in a downpour while caught in heavy traffic she makes a wrong turn.

Evelyn finds a farmhouse by accident. About to knock and ask directions, the door screeches open.

Based on the character Evelyn Adrian from Magic Moon, Book #1 in BAD MOJO: The Complete Series.

THE LODGER
COMING SOON

Now And Then

I've updated most of my book covers, and added an excerpt of Bad Mojo: The Complete Series (or something else) to the end of every story.

Changed the titles of two short stories: Bonnie Parker Smile is now Bonnie and Claude. Stay With Me will be Madden Manor (haven't uploaded this one yet). Gar has a new look, too (not uploaded yet). The covers will remain the same for The Plot and Night of the Dark.

I'm sending Captivity to promotional sites.

Afterward, I'm doing something new. With my life.

Free For A Limited Time

Last month I was really happy with the new look for my 'moon' series.

Two weeks in, and I started disliking the covers. Intensely.



Introducing Bad Mojo: The Complete Series.

Synopsis:
A crime writer embarks on a killing spree by means of voodoo magic. Traveling across the country under the guise of a promotional tour for her successful debut novel, she uses details of the murders to maintain her best-seller status with an upcoming episodic thriller series.

Excerpt from Chapter One of Book One:
Virgil awoke late at night to find his wife gone. He kicked off cold and clammy bedcovers, box springs screeched when he got up. A steady breeze, weighed down with humidity, carried the vanilla-like fragrance of Joe-Pye weed and the barely audible sound of laughter through an open window.

He stood behind fluttering white sheers and watched Marie trot across the back yard, her long black curls bouncing with each footfall. The opaque security light above the barn doors cast an eerie pallor through the limbs of an old elm draped with Spanish moss. He noticed her belly, in the narrow space between her shirt and shorts, seemed rounder than normal. He lazily scratched his ass, wondered what the hell she’s doing.

A man stepped out of the shadows, and drew her into an embrace. They kissed for a moment, then entered the barn.

Marie came back out. She turned her head side to side, looked up. Virgil leaned back without thinking.

The man clasped her hand. “C’mere, baby.” He brought a shiny metal flask to his lips and took a long swig.

She giggled again. “Gimme some.”

“Sh! Not now.” He pulled her into the barn, loosely swung one door shut, the other already latched at the top.

* * *

Virgil slipped through the half closed door. Stood beneath the loft and listened to the rough’n ready sounds of raw lust. Glossy photos in his dog-eared girlie magazines flashed through his mind. He hiked the leather rifle strap onto his shoulder, gripped the sides of the wooden ladder. Slowly mounted the rungs; aware one always squeaks.

iBooks | Kindle | Kobo | Page Foundry | Scribd | Nook

Free for a limited time.

This And That

I changed the name of my 'moon' series back to the original (from Luna Touye to Bad Mojo). Luna caused a bit of confusion since the main character in this story uses Luna Touye for the title of her series. Took down all five Luna Touye Bundle Books. Left the collection up (The Complete Bad Mojo Series).

While I was at it I made new covers for them.

After a long absence, I have returned nearly all my books to Amazon. And lo and behold! Readers are finding me.

I trunked the romance story I tried so hard to write. Mainly because I tried so hard to write it. I am not a romance writer. I love action, adventure, and mystery... but not the fluffy kind. In my books: The F-word is used, occasionally. Main characters won't hesitate to spill blood. Husbands and boyfriends don't think twice about cheating. There are no happy endings. I should write what I read. I had the romance story all planned out. Even made a nice cover. But my heart just wasn't in it. I'm pretty sure readers could tell.

I'm writing a new book featuring Detective Gary Northcutt from Bad Mojo series and Sheriff Rusty Nichols from Backwoods Justice trilogy. They're going to meet somewhere in between Point Jove and New Orleans to track down a kidnapper and murderer. I hope to release it this summer.

A lot of plans are in the works. I've been slowly getting my ducks in a row since my accident.

What’s Happening

CAPTIVITY: My FREE ‘first in series’ novel is doing great on all venues. Sales of Books Two and Three are on the rise.

Thank you, to everyone who downloaded a copy!

Promotional Sites: I’ve submitted Captivity, Book One in Backwoods Justice Trilogy, to: NewFreeKindleBooks, Hunt 4 Freebies, Frugal Freebies, Armadillo eBooks, eBookLister, iLoveEbooks, Kobo Free Titles, OneHundredFreeEbooks

Upcoming Submissions: Books on the Knob, E-book Deal of the Day, Free-eBooks.net, eBooks Habit, eReader Utopia, Indie Book of the Day, Kindle Nation Daily, eBook Hunter, Daily Free eBooks, Digital Book Today, Flurries of Words, Pixel of Ink, Book Deal Hunter, Book Deals Daily, eBook Stage, eBook Universe, eReader Perks, Feed Your Reader, FreeBooks.com, Indie Book Bargains, Indie Book Lounge, Indie Book of the Day, Indie Unlimited, Pretty Hot, Read Cheaply, Read Freely

Broken arm (wrist, actually) update: I wore a splint and a sling for six weeks. Couldn’t afford the inflated ‘bone doctor’ fee so I didn’t get an actual cast. I referred to the splint as a cast to keep from having to explain what was going on. Truth is I never knew how lousy my company’s insurance was until I needed to use it; out-of-pocket costs were higher. My wrist didn’t heal properly because it was never properly set. Typing is still a challenge.

Current projects: A short romance story | a mystery/suspense novella or novel

Captivity Featured

My intense mystery novel, CAPTIVITY, is today's feature on New Free Kindle Books.

Jim Liston does an outstanding job of promoting independent authors.

Stop by and have a look!

Cheers

Now Available On Amazon - UPDATED

Backwoods Justice Trilogy

Interwoven tales of mystery, murder, and romance in a small, tourist town.

CAPTIVITY — The gruesome discovery of a woman’s corpse in the small tourist resort of Point Jove, Missouri draws Sheriff Josh Wolfe, a widower who enjoys tinkering with his award winning hot rod, into the most perilous case of his career. Hounded by the townsfolk and media, Wolfe exhausts every conventional method for solving the crime. The investigation comes to a standstill. Then, four more residents disappear. Everyone is convinced Rhone County is harboring a serial kidnapper who chooses his victims by chance. Wolfe believes the people are not only related to one another but are somehow tied to the last surviving member of the county’s namesake. Time is not only running out for Sheriff Wolfe but for his lover, dissatisfied wife of a homebuilder, held against her will at the Rhone family’s abandoned sawmill where spilled gasoline awaits a lighted match.

BETRAYAL — A reporter furthers his budding career as a crime scene photographer by filming new construction being set ablaze by his older brother, who has a dark secret of his own.

PAYBACK — A deadly game of geocaching goes awry when hidden clues to the whereabouts of a kidnapped victim are swept away in a flash flood.

Featuring Sheriff Josh Wolfe of KILLING SUMMER.

CAPTIVITY  | BETRAYAL | PAYBACK

CAPTIVITY is FREE

Updated to add UK links...

CAPTIVITY | BETRAYAL | PAYBACK

...and CA links:

CAPTIVITY | BETRAYAL | PAYBACK