Release Blitz - Operation Cover-Up: Curse of the Black Mamba Book 1 by P.D. Baldwin

Operation Cover-Up: Curse of the Black Mamba Book 1 by P. D. Baldwin

Published September 18, 2019 by Dark Half Publishing

Espionage/Mystery and Suspense

Synopsis - 

Senator Robert “Bob” McKenna is the perfect candidate. This fiery man of the people with his charm, good looks, and beautiful family is all but guaranteed to be the next President of the United States. That is until a string of brutal murders a mysterious stranger from the senator’s past appear and open a Pandora’s Box of lies and secrets that threaten to derail his campaign. Desperate to salvage his presidential bid, Senator McKenna enlists the help of ‘The Agency’ and from there, all hell breaks loose. 

While working to find the culprit behind these brutal murders, Alexis Stratton and his team of operatives discover that Senator McKenna's closet is teeming with skeletons. Among them is a pair of murders so heinous they haven’t been spoken of in over three decades! ‘The Agency’ also discovers that murder isn’t the only motive, especially when they tie a recent breach in their security to a jilted former operative. With law enforcement closing in on their mark, Alex and company race against time to contain additional collateral while protecting the senator from this brutal assassin.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XY99ZL3/

Excerpt:

Late Saturday evening after dinner and a movie with Susan and their kids, Robert crept out of the governor’s mansion one last time to be with his other family. As he drove along the winding two-lane road, he contemplated ways to break the news to them. The closer he got to their house, the smaller he felt. Leaving Emma behind was the last thing that ever crossed his mind, despite the fact that he’d already done it. He’d gotten married, had children, and was enjoying a celebrity lifestyle while hiding her and their child in the shadows leaving them to survive on hollow promises and broken dreams. Now in order to protect them, he had to abandon them. With each passing mile, another piece of his heart broke off and disappeared.     

“Where’s the fire assholes?” he barked when two dark colored sedans raced past him in the opposite direction.  

Moments later, he found out. Orange flames and thick plumes of smoke filled the night sky above Emma’s farmhouse. The searing heat caused the vinyl top on his car to bubble up the moment he stepped out. The awesomeness of the blaze had the governor completely frozen. Tyler and Sam had been true to their words. They ‘handled’ his issue just like they promised. Accepting the fact that there was nothing that he could do except cry, Robert McKenna climbed back in his car and sped away with sirens wailing in the distance behind him.  

 The next morning while his family was away at church, Robert watched the news anxiously while downing shots of Scotch. The news anchor reported that the fire had been started by a gas leak that consumed the entire house and the adjacent barn almost instantly. Robert McKenna knew better.  

“It’s highly unlikely that anyone could have survived a blaze of this magnitude,” were the last words that registered in his ears before the camera panned to the smoldering, watered-down heap where the massive six bedrooms, three bathroom farmhouse once stood.  

With tears in his eyes, the heart-broken governor turned off the television and refilled his glass. Thoughts of Emma and Mona ripped him all the way to his soul. He spent the remainder of the day and the next two weeks in a depressed and drunken stupor.    

Several months later just as Sam and Tyler had promised, Robert was seated as the Nebraska’s newest senator and over the next several years while under their thumbs ‘the people’s champion’ became one of the most powerful lawmakers on Capitol Hill. His prowess in the courtroom had successfully transferred to the Senate Floor. He was adored and admired by colleagues and constituents alike and though his triumphs were highly publicized, it was the work he did behind the scenes that proved most important. Senator McKenna was making himself and many others in his circle very wealthy. Now some thirty years later with Sam dead and Tyler at his side, Senator Robert McKenna was being groomed for his next assignment; President of the United States of America.  

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New Release - A Scandal at Crystalline by Roslyn Reid

A Scandal at Crystalline by Rosly Reid

Early Mystery Book 1

Published September 13, 2019 by Foster Embry

Synopsis -

Chandler Hammond’s wife says he and his hot Iraqi girlfriend skipped out of their Maine town of Finderne with his company’s millions. But his sister thinks his wife murdered him and hires detective James Early and his teenage son Tikki to find the truth. A Scandal at Crystalline follows them through an intriguing maze of unexpected encounters: financial shenanigans, two beautiful women who were sleeping with each other (and with Chandler Hammond), a police psychic, and a runaway kid in a remote mountain cabin. But things turn dark when their investigation forces them to consider the unimaginable—the sinister side of raku pottery.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XRXG2M2/

About the Author:

Roslyn lives with her corgi, Great Pyrenees, and husband in

Downeast Maine, where she gardens, lifts weights, hikes, and renovates houses.

Cover Reveal- Two: Mind Games and Murder by K.J. McGillick

Title: Two: Mind Games and Murder

Series: A Path of Deception and Betrayal #2

Author: K.J McGillick

Genre: Mystery Suspense Thriller

Release Date: March 2, 2018

Two

Many say, “Good things come in pairs.”

Yin and Yang.

Good and evil.

Positive and negative.

When the sun dims your second self shall disappear.

Consequences were nipping at my heels. 

Tick Tock.

Terrorist attacks in London, Paris and Rome have brought global financial devastation to the world. Exclusive Paris art gallery owner, Isabella Armond’s life spins out of control when she discovers her husband Dr. Adrien Armond has been brokering and trafficking in black market organs and using her beloved gallery to launder the money. Now Europol believes she is a key part of the conspiracy that destroyed Notre Dame, Westminster Abbey and St. Peter’s Cathedral.

Adrien wants her locked up and out of the way at a psychiatric facility. His partner just wants her dead. In a race against time, Isabella must use all the resources at her disposal to clear her name, outwit her husband and salvage her life and business.

Two: Mind Games and Murder is the second in a trilogy of fast paced international thrillers which seek to unmask a cabal of terrorists who manipulate the world of art to fund their unconscionable activities.

K.J. McGillick is an author of psychological thrillers and draws from her background in the law, medicine and art history to engage her readers in her fast-paced thriller series, A Path of Deception and Betrayal. She draws upon her legal knowledge as a practicing attorney and experiences as an avid international traveler to produce page turning books filled with mystery and suspense. 

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New Release/Giveaway - When Autumn Ends by Beth Rinyu

Title: When Autumn Ends

Author: Beth Rinyu

Genre: Romance/Mystery

Release Date: February 19, 2018

I was at the top of my game until reality hit in a way I had never imagined, forcing me to face the living hell that had become my life. The ghosts and demons that once filled the pages of my bestselling novels now flooded my mind, consuming my thoughts both day and night. 

She was hauntingly beautiful, and I was drawn to her in the most unimaginable way. 

She was my breath when I had stopped breathing. 

She was my hope when I was drowning in despair. 

She was my muse when I had lost all motivation. 

But nothing good lasted—not in my world anyway.

Like the last days of autumn when the beautiful leaves are stripped away by the long winter days, lurking in the distance; her caring ways and gentle soul were only temporary. Soon it would be taken from me, leaving my heart as barren as those once majestic trees. But unlike those autumn days, she remained, giving me the courage to face the cold, dark winter of my past while uncovering secrets and lies that could be the premise of a bestseller. Only, this wasn’t fiction, this was my reality—a reality I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.

Jeri’s Book Attic - “Hauntingly Beautiful”

Kitty Kats Crazy About Books - “A Heart grabbing, emotionally, charged story about the all consuming power of love and healing.”

Joy Novel Thoughts - “When Autumn Ends is the best work by Beth Rinyu to date!”

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“Ethan, I don’t know what happened to cause you this pain you’re in, and like I told you before, it’s okay if you don’t want to tell me. But maybe you should talk to someone who could help you deal with it a little better and help make the nightmares go away.”

I shook my head and let out a let out a sarcastic chuckle. “You mean a shrink?” I didn’t wait for her to reply. “Been there, done that, and all they do is give me drugs to stop those nightmares from happening twenty-four hours a day.”

Her warm soft hand caressed the side of my cheek. “Maybe that just wasn’t the right one for you. There are hundreds of qualified—”

“Stop! Just stop! No one is going to be able to fix my problems. Okay? Not you, not some person who thinks they have all the answers just because they can put PhD after their name, not anyone! I’m fucked up forever, Jenna. Don’t you get that, especially after last night? Nothing or no one is going to make me feel better, and you’re better off forgetting you ever knew me.”

Ever since I can remember, I have always enjoyed Creative Writing. There was always something about being able to travel to a different place or become a different person with just the stroke of a pen - or in today's world a touch of the keyboard. I am the author of The Exception To The Rule, An Unplanned series, Drowning In Love, A Cry for Hope, A Will To Change, Blind Side of Love, Three of a Kind series, Easy Silence, and A Right To Remain.

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