When soap opera star
Abby Langford leaves Los Angeles for her Minnesota hometown, she’s hoping to
give her nine-year-old daughter the peaceful childhood she never knew. But
instead of tranquility, Abby finds an old knife hidden between the walls of her
new house. Then the nightmares start: a blood-soaked victim and a killer’s arm
slicing through the air, again and again.
Abby wonders if she’s having the nervous
breakdown the tabloids claim she already had, especially when sexy, skeptical
police chief Josh Kincaid questions her story. When menacing hate mail arrives,
Josh’s professional concern for Abby soon evolves into an intense attraction,
and the feeling is mutual. And now Josh wonders if her psychic visions are of
crimes past—or a premonition of terrors to come.
To survive, Abby and Josh must
uncover the truth and stop a killer . . . before Abby’s worst nightmares come
true.
********* EXCERPT *********
The doorbell rang, shooting a fresh
blast of cold panic through Abby. She opened her mouth, but swallowed her
scream—it had to be the police. Bad guys didn’t use doorbells. She unlocked and
opened the front door with frozen fingers.
Josh was standing on the front
porch, dressed in black jeans and a burgundy polo shirt, his hand on the
doorjamb and his eyes narrowed. “What’s such a damn
emergency?”
“I got another message. From the
person who hates me.”
Josh expelled a clearly exasperated
breath, running his fingers through his dark hair. “Look, I know I told you to
take the letters seriously, but since the mail carrier delivered it hours ago,
this isn’t exactly an emergency. Bring it to the station tomorrow. I’d like to
get back to my date.”
“It didn’t come in the mail this
time.” Abby’s voice rose an octave, her words tripping over each other. “It’s on
my bathroom mirror, written in lipstick. Someone got into my house, and they
could get in again.” She sounded half hysterical, but she couldn’t help it. This
was in a different category from her normal hate mail.
Josh stepped into the house, closing
the door behind him. “You were gone tonight?”
She slumped against one wall of the
foyer, hugging herself and struggling to regain her control.
“Maddie and I were at a birthday
party for Laura’s youngest son. At Pizzaville. We got home around nine thirty,
and I put Maddie to bed. I read in the family room for a while, then went back
upstairs. And found it.”
“Show me.” Josh grabbed her forearm
and directed her up the stairs.
The message was short and to the
point, capital letters written in red lipstick on the wall-size
mirror:
LEAVE OR DIE BITCH. FROM YOUR
BIGGEST FAN
When she was eight, Diana Miller decided she wanted to be Nancy Drew. But no matter how many garbage cans she dug through, conversations she “accidentally” overheard, and attics she searched, she never found a single cryptic letter, hidden staircase, or anything else even remotely mysterious. She worked as a lawyer, a soda jerk, a stay-at-home mom, a hospital admitting clerk, and a conference host before deciding that the best way to inject suspense into her otherwise satisfying life was by writing about it.
Diana is a five-time nominee for the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award and winner of a Golden Heart for Dangerous Affairs—a romantic suspense novel that shows not everyone in her home state is Minnesota Nice. She lives in the Twin Cities with her family.
Diana is a five-time nominee for the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award and winner of a Golden Heart for Dangerous Affairs—a romantic suspense novel that shows not everyone in her home state is Minnesota Nice. She lives in the Twin Cities with her family.
My website link is dianamillerwriter.com. I have buy buttons for both Amazon and Kindle on my website, but have no idea what you have to do to insert them since my web designer did it.
The URL for my Amazon page is: http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Affairs-Diana-Miller/dp/1612186017/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339532353&sr=8-1
********* GIVEAWAY *********
Diana will be awarding one $25 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn
commenter during the tour. Be sure to leave your email address in the
comments.
You can follow the rest of the tour : HERE
11 comments:
Oooh this book sounds really good!! That excerpt has me wanting more! Thanks for the chance to win!
ehaney578 at aol dot com
Lindsey,
I’m thrilled that you’re featuring my debut novel DANGEROUS AFFAIRS today on your BEAUTIFUL blog. Thanks so much.
I’ll check back later to answer any questions.
Again, thanks for hosting me. I really appreciate it!
Elizabeth,
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blurb and excerpt. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the fun post and congrats on the new release! Sounds fantastic :)
Sounds great, I want to read more.
Kit3247(at)aol(dot)com
Erin and Ingeborg,
Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate your nice comments!
So I really should stop reading this blog, 'cos every time I pop by, I add another book to my epic TBR queue :). This one sounds like a great read, and right up my alley too!
stalkers00(at)yahoo(dot)com
Looking forward to a good read! Thanks for the chance to win
Kathy
Kathy_bookbinder at msn dot com
Congrats on your release! Is this a stand alone book, or the beginning of a series? It does sound really good :)
manning_J2004 at yahoo dot com
Love this and can´t wait to read more, =)
Happy Friday & Thanks for the giveaway!
//Linda
Nice cover ang very good description of the book!
Thanks for the giveaway!
olga_sergejeva (at) hotmail.co.uk
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