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Series: Rose and Thorne
Book: Two
Release
Date: August 24, 2016
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover
Artist: Paul Richmond
Blurb:
Hollywood comes to Roanoke when a major film studio
announces they’re shooting part of their Civil War film at a local plantation.
Vinnie is dismayed to discover that the lead actress is none other than the
beautiful and popular Caroline St. Clair. Ethan and Vinnie made her
acquaintance in LA the previous Halloween, while undercover, and Vinnie still
hates her for hitting on his man. Ethan
reassures his partner that Roanoke is big enough for all of them to co-exist without
running into one another.
But Fate has it in for Vinnie and Ethan, and they find
themselves assigned to a new case involving the actress. Apparently she
requested Ethan specifically, to Vinnie’s dismay. But he doesn’t have a choice,
he has to play nice. It’s small consolation to Vinnie that his new undercover
identity involves Hollywood heartthrob Troy McGarrett, who is very handsome and
openly gay. Troy isn’t shy about letting Vinnie know he finds him attractive.
Jealousy abounds in the second book of the Rose and Thorne
series, and time is not on Vinnie and Ethan’s side. If they don’t solve the
case before the film shoot is done, there’s a good chance they’ll be separated
for the first time since they were partnered.
Assuming Vinnie doesn’t kill Caroline St. Clair himself.
The author is
donating 10% of the royalties from this book to No Kid Hungry. Visit nokidhungry.org for more information about this
organization.
Pages or Words: 50,000 words
Categories: Contemporary, Crime Fiction, Gay
Fiction, Humor
Excerpt:
“Hey,
Vin, did you see who’s in town?”
I was
slumped at the kitchen table, my head cradled on top of my arms. I was grumpy
and sleepy—and maybe a few of the other Seven Dwarves—and I needed my first cup
of morning coffee before I could even consider being slightly civil.
We’d
spent most of last night sitting in our car, in the goddamn middle of nowhere,
staring at nothing, assigned to a fruitless surveillance in a small town about
an hour from Roanoke. As it turned out, all the real action was in a different
small town in the complete opposite direction from where we waited, because our
so-called informant couldn’t spell the name of the place correctly. What a difference one letter makes. So we’d
ended up completely wasting our time, got lost trying to find the rest of the
task force at the end of the night, almost got hit by a deer that came out of
nowhere and took a sudden shine to our car, and then suffered the indignity on
our return of being asked where the hell we’d been all night—and we still needed to do the paperwork.
And now Ethan wanted to play Twenty Questions?
“Don’t
know and don’t care,” I mumbled.
I heard
him slap something down on the table. I forced one eye open, just in time to
see him sashay toward the coffeemaker. Okay, for that ass, I’d open the other
one too. I watched as he poured the blessed elixir into two mugs, added the
appropriate amount of creamer and sugar to each, then returned to where I still
watched him and set one in front of me.
Right
next to the morning paper. Real subtle,
Ethan.
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Meet the author:
Julie Lynn Hayes
first began publishing short stories and poetry in the 1990’s, when it was a
different ballgame altogether, and Ebooks hadn’t been dreamed of yet. That
changed in 2010 with the acceptance of her first romance novel. She’s come a
long way since that first book appeared, and is finding the journey a very
educational one.
She lives in St.
Louis with her daughter Sarah and her cat Ramesses. She often writes of two men
finding true love and happiness in one another’s arms, and is a great believer
in the happily ever after. She likes to write in different genres, to stretch
herself in order to see what is possible. Her great challenge is to be told
something can’t be done—she feels compelled to do it.
When she isn’t
writing, she enjoys crafts, such as crocheting and cross stitch, needlepoint and knitting, and she loves to
cook, spending time watching the Food Network. Her favorite chef is Geoffrey
Zakarian. Her family thinks she’s a bit off, but she doesn’t mind. Marching to
the beat of one’s own drummer is a good thing, after all. Her published works
can be found at Dreamspinner Press, eXtasy Books, and Wayward Ink Press.
Where to find the author:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julie.l.hayes.7
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/authorjulielhayes
Goodreads
Link: : http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3442231.Julie_Lynn_Hayes
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