Friday Five with...me!

I'm celebrating a new book, so I decided to put myself through the Friday Five routine. Here goes ...

Hi, I'm Keena Kincaid, creator of the Friday Five blog and author of Something Special, the last book in The Wild Rose Press' Class of '85 series. I typically write historicals with paranormal elements, but I went a little crazy in 2010 and wrote two contemporary novellas.

Something More and Something Special were the results. 

Now...here are some well-known (and little known) facts about me.

FIVE FUN FACTS:

• Favorite beverage: Coffee. Black. Sugarless. Strong. I could live without it, but why?
• One habit you just can’t break: Hot baths. Showers use less water and energy, but I love my long, hot, soaking baths.
• Do you sing in the shower: I sing nowhere--and no one wants me to.
• Do you dream in color: Vivid color. Sometimes when I wake up, I'm not sure which "life" I'm waking to.
• TV shows on DVR? The Walking Dead. I love a good zombie show.

THREE QUESTIONS

• What is your recurring dream? I used to have a dream where I had to run over a field (avoiding by pit bulls) through an abandoned office building (avoiding men with guns), and out the front door to steal a Jeep (avoiding ruts and cliffs). I died in my dream numerous times before I figured out how to do it.
• Shoes or purses? The quest for the perfect handbag continues.
• Favorite ways to spend a rainy day? Nesting on the couch, reading a good book and watching bad movies on TV.

ONE SENTENCE

Using these four words, write a sentence: One. Hope. Frank. Jimmy (supplied by my nephew who is playing Just Dance on the Wii).

Frank and Jimmy had one day to decide which one would travel to Lego World and which one would stay home and marry Hope.

MY TURN:

Jane Grey, a risk analyst at NASA, returns to Summerville to close her uncle's estate. The lone survivor of a domestic murder, she hopes the trip will allow her to finally be at peace with her childhood. But past is prologue in small towns, and someone in Summerville is ready to kill again to get his hands on her inheritance.

Police detective Andy Morgan is a man with a mission: Find the evidence that will put Summerville’s corrupt, drug-addicted chief of police behind bars. 

When Jane turns to him for help, their shared past collides with the present, risking his investigation and their lives.

As sparks and bullets fly, Jane is unable to see beyond her scarred past to a future with Andy, but he knows they will have something special—if he lives long enough to convince her to risk her heart.

An excerpt:

She tried to dispel the tension between them with a laugh, but almost choked instead. Her body still hummed with a need to touch and be touched. Andy didn’t laugh either. He circled her wrist with his fingers. Heat darkened his eyes, and it wasn’t just lust; she knew what that looked like in a man’s eyes. The want in his suggested he thought her something special.

Misgivings gathered in her chest. She was special, all right; a special case that should be left alone. “I really shouldn’t have come here. I just needed... needed...”

“A friend?”

She sucked in a shaky breath. She had no idea what she wanted to say or should say. Ten years of college, three Ph.D.s and she was speechless. Pathetic.

Me online:

• https://www.facebook.com/pages/Keena-Kincaid/183583406047?ref=tn_tnmn
• @keenakincaid
• http://keenakincaid.com

Friday Five...Three...One... is a chance for guest bloggers to share a bit about themselves in a fun format of Five Facts, Three Questions and One Sentence. If you'd like to be a guest on Friday Five, Three, One drop me an email and put Friday Five in the subject line.

Friday Five with Kendra James

It's almost Valentine's Day - doesn't seem possible does it? Does anyone have an V-Day traditions that they'd like to share. 


Today's guest on Friday Five is Kendra James, who is talking about her book When Hearts Collide from Soulmate Publishing.




FIVE FUN FACTS

1. Favorite beverage:  Green tea latte with soy milk from Starbucks
2. One habit you just can’t break: Buying books.
3. Do you sing in the shower:  Of course. I love Chris de Burg, especially Lady in Red, but last summer I got hooked on John Denver.
4. Do you dream in color:  Yes. Too bad I couldn’t remember them long enough to write them down.
5. TV shows on DVR: I love to write mystery so I like the drama channels, Criminal Minds, NCIS, especially NCIS Los Angeles. Gifted Man and Revenge are great new shows. But if the figure skating is on, I have to watch that.

THREE QUESTIONS

1. What is your reoccurring dream? Winning the lottery and taking a limousine to Toronto to pick up my winnings. Oops, that’s a fantasy. I do keep trying to dream it, or my books being on the best seller list.
2. Shoes or purses? I usually stick to one purse in the season but I have lots of shoes, especially sandals. Here in London, Ontario, we get a lot of snow. It’s snowing as I write this. But once the snow is gone, I am in sandals until it comes back the next year. I do have one pair of black leather boots that are like slippers and those are the ones my feet now (although I have had them more years than I want to count).
3. Favorite ways to spend a rainy day? Curled up with a good book, my computer on my lap, and a large mug of hot chocolate beside me.

ONE SENTENCE

Using these four words, write a sentence: Mini. Woo-hoo. Douglas. Resort.

"Mini woo-hoo, I got a chachinger on my book, When Hearts Collide, on Amazon and might invite my nephew Douglas and niece Laura to go to a resort with me."

YOUR TURN:
Feel free to give us a teaser about your new book and information where to find you online.


WHEN HEARTS COLLIDE
 

Molly Tanner, unjustly suspended from her nursing position, is choosing flight over fight. Driving along a lonely, twisting highway, Molly misses a deer, but the oncoming car is not so lucky. She rushes to aid the injured motorist. Slumped over the steering wheel, he is not moving but Molly hears the cry of a child coming from the backseat.  

Smelling gas and afraid of the car exploding, Molly pulls the driver and child to safety. Semi-conscious, Pearce beseeches her to pretend to be his wife so his daughter won’t go into foster care again. Remembering her own life in the system, she agrees. But while caring for Gracie, and her father, she finds she’s in danger of losing her heart to both of them. 

                 
"...A captivating tale, When Hearts Collide, will keep you entertained from start to finish. Endearing characters, you won't forget and a solid plot, with a few unexpected twists to keep you guessing, rounds out this sensual story of love, trust and new beginnings..."

-- Barbara Babbage

Finding Kendra:

• www.kendrajames.net 

 

Friday Five...Three...One... is a chance for guest bloggers to share a bit about themselves in a fun format of Five Facts, Three Questions and One Sentence. If you'd like to be a guest on Friday Five, Three, One drop me an email. Put 'Friday Five' in the subject line.

Friday Five with Cheryl Pierson

A long time ago, a romance author said that women protect children and men protect women. But today's author has penned a tale in which the hero protects a child--and what could be sexier?

FIVE FUN FACTS:

• Favorite beverage: ORIGINAL COKE!
• One habit you just can’t break: Being on the computer too much
• Do you sing in the shower: Nope
• Do you dream in color: Sometimes, but I usually don’t remember my dreams unless they are very very scary or gory.
• TV shows on DVR? Hell on Wheels. We watch it later on in the week when there’s nothing else on and savor it.

THREE QUESTIONS

• What is your recurring dream? When I’m awake, my recurring daydream is to write a book that makes it to the NYT bestseller’s list. DREAM ON, BABY!
• Shoes or purses? Actually, I’m really not hung up on either one—the purse has to be big and the shoes have to be comfortable.
• Favorite ways to spend a rainy day? Reading a favorite book, writing on my latest project, or watching movies and eating pizza. (Did I mention how much I am in love with Daniel Craig?)

ONE SENTENCE

Using these four words, write a sentence: Boy. Sour. Book. Conscious.

The boy was conscious of the sour pickle juice that dripped on the book as he read, but he always ate pickles during a good story. (My dad and I both loved sour pickles and they are harder and harder to find.)

YOUR TURN:

Feel free to give us a teaser about your new book and information where to find you online.

I have a new release out, KANE’S REDEMPTION. It’s a western historical novella with a bit of sweet romance thrown in. Here’s the blurb and buy link:

A ten-year-old boy fights for his life when he is taken prisoner by a band of raiding Apache. Steeling himself for death, Will Green is shocked when a lone man walks into the Apache camp to rescue him several days later.

Driven by the secret he carries, Jacobi Kane has followed the Indians for days and needs to make his move to save the boy. With the odds stacked eight against one, his chances for success look pretty slim. But even if he's able to rescue the boy and they get out alive, what then?

To find Cheryl online:

• fabkat_edit@yahoo.com
• www.cherylpierson.com 
• https://www.amazon.com/author/cherylpierson
• http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000149781632 

                            

          

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Friday Five...Three...One... is a chance for guest bloggers to share a bit about themselves in a fun format of Five Facts, Three Questions and One Sentence. If you'd like to be a guest on Friday Five, Three, One drop me an email.