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Desiree Holt: Critical Density (Contest & Excerpt)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

UPDATE: The winner is bn100!
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A former SEAL, a genius drone engineer, killers hot on their trail

Everyone knows about my love affair with SEALS, centering of course around New York Times best-selling author (and great friend) former SEAL Jack Carr. Through him, I have learned of the courage, honor, and valor of Navy SEALs, so writing them as my heroes is an easy task. In CRITICAL DENSITY, Hannah Modell, a brilliant drone engineer, is framed for the accidental drop of a killing payload on a sitting U. S. Senator. Isolated with a guard dog in a hotel room “for her protection”, she escapes and ends up with Matt “Viper” Roman, partner in Galaxy, whose motto is “We are your last resort.” Follow them as they race to find the real killer while dealing with the hot sexual tension exploding between them.

Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of Book #1 in the series, RETROGRADE!

Critical Density

Book two in the Galaxy series

Running for her life, saved by a hunky former SEAL, she never expected the sex to be as hot as the danger zone.

Hannah Modell thought she had life by the tail: a great job as a drone engineer at top-notch Lowden Tactical with one successful project after another…until it all blew up in her face. Literally. Now she’s on the run. If she hadn’t met the sexy stranger, she has no idea what would have happened. But former SEAL Matt “Viper” Roman turned out to be both an answer to a prayer and the sexiest man alive. As the men of the mysterious agency, Galaxy, race against time to prove her innocence and find the real culprit, things heat to the boiling point between Hannah and Viper.

Get your copy: CRITICAL DENSITY

Excerpt from Critical Density

How the fucking long can they keep me here?

Hannah Modell looked out the window of her hotel suite to the aesthetic view of…the parking lot. Beyond it she could see other buildings in downtown Houston, accented by the sparkle of the evening’s lights just coming on. Traffic filled the streets as people came and went, punctuated by the impatient honking of horns. She’d be happy to be in that irritated crowd. She’d be happy to be anyplace except this hotel. Scratch that. Anyplace except for Houston.

Fourteen days since it happened, and she was still shocked by the whole thing. She and the rest of her GO-Team had been in a remote location, delivering explosives to take out a key terrorist figure who was hiding out in a house in upstate New York. The word was he planned a strike on a major United States city and their assignment was to take him out first.

Her GO-Team had been flown to an isolated location to launch the drone, which was outfitted with special equipment because of the explosives and had a long-range capacity. People from various branches of the government and the military would be back at Lowden watching the feed from the camera on the drone. It was only the third time Hannah had been tasked with doing something this enormous and she’d spent hours checking and double-checking everything to make sure nothing would go wrong. She knew she’d probably driven her team nuts, but she didn’t care. There was no room for error in a situation like this.

She was stunned when the helicopter carrying Greg Kingsley, Lowden’s vice president, had shown up at their site. Jumping out of the chopper he’d told them they had to shut down the job. Right. Now. Right that minute. For a moment, she’d just stood there, stunned.

“But—why?”

“There’s a situation, Hannah. Something went wrong big time with the drone delivery. A fuckup and we have a tragedy on our hands.”

“A tragedy?” She’d stared at him like he was speaking a foreign language. We need to shut down here at once.

“Worse than that. A disaster of epic proportions. We have to get everyone out of here while we sort this out.”

“But—”

“No buts. Lowden needs to see you ASAP, since this is your baby.”

What the hell?

She’d pestered him for details, but he had little to say beyond what he’d told her. Just said to wait until they were back at Lowden. She could not understand how this had happened. Misdirect a drone to dump its payload in a different place? Her? Hell, no. She was committed to her job, her country, her patriotism. That’s why working for a paramilitary company that did black jobs for the government had been so satisfying. Because she got to serve her country in a way a lot of people never could. She didn’t even have friends outside of the job. How disgusting was that?

The moment they landed at the complex they’d hustled her right to Eric Lowden’s office, where he’d told her she was off the job until the situation was resolved.

Situation? This was a hell of a lot more than that.

“Situation?” She repeated the word.

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Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

Handymen

This novelette (it’s a little longer than a short story) is FREE for the next few days only! Get your copy! But be warned—it’s a menage, and it’s hot!!

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What sounds like…? (Contest)
Monday, March 8th, 2021

UPDATE: The winner is…Arlene Miklovic!
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I didn’t have a fun topic in mind for today’s post. I usually come up with something, whether it’s a photo prompt, talking about my day, etc. Today, I had nada, until I stood in my bathroom, getting myself ready to face my day.

Something in my routine reminded me of a didgeridoo. You know, that Australian wooden instrument that makes that deep, sonorous sound. I’ve included a quick clip from YouTube so you can listen to one being played if you’ve never heard the sound.

Your challenge today is to figure out what thing in my routine could possibly remind me of a didgeridoo. Leave a comment for a chance to win a FREE download of your choice from my backlist!  If you haven’t a clue, have fun with your answer anyway. There is no wrong answer!

His make or break moment… (Puzzle-Contest)
Sunday, March 7th, 2021

UPDATE: The winner is…Pansy Petal!
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Puzzle-Contest

Tell me a story. Just a short one will do. Doesn’t have to be good or long. Funny is always appreciated, too. Comment for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!

Open Contests

  1. Ready for Spring? (Puzzle-Contest)Last day to enter! Win an Amazon gift card!
  2. Baby Bird Courage & Open Contests! (New Contest, too!) — Last day to enter! Win a FREE book!
  3. Tell me a story… (Contest) — Win an Amazon gift card!
  4. Have you ordered your copy of HARDMAN? (Excerpt & Contest) — Win a FREE book!
  5. I love Fridays! (Contest) — Win a FREE book!
  6. Beach or Mountains? (Contest–2 Winners!) — Win a FREE book!
Beach or Mountains? (Contest–2 Winners!)
Saturday, March 6th, 2021

UPDATE: The winners are…Annie and Debbie Caswell!
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Simple question for y’all! Answer for a chance to win a FREE download!
Beach or Mountains?

I love Fridays! (Contest)
Friday, March 5th, 2021

UPDATE: The winner is…Kimberly Talbot!
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Sure, I don’t have a 9 to 5 job anymore, but Fridays are still a special day of the week in the Devlin house! Why?

  1. The kids can see the light at the end of the tunnel! They live for Fridays. They wake up with a little more pep in their steps because they know they only have to muddle through one more day of school assignments (all four do online school) and tomorrow they can sleep in!
  2. Parents see the light at the end of the tunnel. Just one more day of pushing kids to finish up their assignments, and they can sleep in, too!
  3. Friday nights are usually movie nights. We have a dinner everyone enjoys then we settle in on the couches for family fun night.
  4. We talk about what kind of fun things we can do over the weekend. Yes, there are chores to catch up on, but we do try to find something fun and safe to do, like make a trip to the open, airy flea market! (That’s my hope for this weekend, anyway.)

What about you? Are Fridays a day where hope springs eternal that you’ll get a chance to relax a bit and do something fun? For a chance to win a free download, let me know whether Friday is a special day of the week for you or just another day? And let me know if you’re doing anything fun this weekend!

Have you ordered your copy of HARDMAN? (Excerpt & Contest)
Thursday, March 4th, 2021

UPDATE: The winner is…Jennifer Beyer!
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Do you need to know anything else about this story? I mean, seriously? Marti Wells is going to have the time of her life climbing this tree! Mmm-hmm.

Have you read my bounty hunter stories? I love getting my guys and girls out into the woods on a chase. It’s like doing your morning constitutional to get your blood going (for me, climbing the stairs—LOL). Yeah, get them into the woods so you can see your heroes in action. The opening of Hardman is no different, and yet, this takedown has a little more spice than usual. I’ve posted the scene on Hardman‘s book page.

Follow the link below and enjoy! Then come back and tell me whether you’ve met any of the other characters in the scene before (which stories have you read)? It’s okay to say you haven’t taken that dumpster dive into pure action-adventure adrenaline, yet. LOL. One commenter will get his or her choice of one of my previous Montana Bounty Hunter books!

Hardman

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