The Weekly Recap – 3/30/18

Posted on March 30, 2018 by adminrachelgrant

FIRESTORM (Flashpoint Series #3)

Have you added it to your Goodreads Want-To-Read list? FIRESTORM (Flashpoint Series #3) is scheduled to be released in June.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38311464-firestorm

CATALYST (Flashpoint Series #2)

The next book in the series, FIRESTORM, is scheduled to be released in June.

Catalyst
“The second novel in Grant’s Flashpoint series offers intelligent romantic suspense that moves with the urgency of a thriller. The well-researched and timely plot finds the heroes confronting the realities of famine in South Sudan while unraveling a complex scheme to secure oil rights in the region. Although the conspiracy at the heart of the story is complex, Grant successfully unites the various plot threads, and the action is gripping without being gratuitously violent.”
– Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

A New Release from Darcy Burke

Available NOW!

Fall in Love with The Duke of Ruin:

With her betrothal to a duke in tatters and scandal imminent, Diana Kingman has two choices: live in certain ignominy or flee into obscurity. Diana wants solitude. She never wished to wed in the first place. However, her father will stop at nothing to betroth her to one of the finest titles in the realm…no matter how loathsome the bearer. Escape is Diana’s only option, and she’ll pay any price to achieve freedom.

Universally blamed for the death of his wife and unborn child, Simon Hastings doesn’t dispute his guilt over an accident he cannot even remember. He hasn’t had a drink since, nor a moment’s peace. Determined to be a better man, Simon rescues a young woman in need—only to be accused of kidnapping. They must marry to save him from prison. But how can a man haunted by the love he lost and a woman afraid to get too close find happiness together?

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The Weekly Recap – 3/23/18

Posted on March 23, 2018 by adminrachelgrant

This week’s focus: TINDERBOX

TINDERBOX (Flashpoint #1) is set in Djibouti, a tiny country on the Horn of Africa, home to the US’s only *permanent* military base on the continent. The US military sent my husband there twice to work on an archaeological inventory. Visit my Facebook pages for more photographs of Djibouti!

In the volatile tinderbox of the Horn of Africa, Morgan Adler has made the paleoanthropological find of a lifetime. The discovery brings her to the attention of a warlord eager to claim both Morgan and the fossils, forcing her to make a desperate dash to the nearby US military base to beg for protection.

Master Sergeant Pax Blanchard has orders to intercept Dr. Adler before she reaches the base, and in so doing saves her life. After a harrowing afternoon he safely delivers her to his commanders, only to find his responsibilities toward protecting the obstinate archaeologist have only just begun.

Morgan and Pax are forced to work together in the Djiboutian desert heat, but it is the fire that ignites between them that threatens to combust them both. For the Green Beret, involvement with the woman he must protect is a threat to his career, while for the archaeologist, the soldier is everything she never wanted but somehow can’t resist. When Morgan uncovers a mystery surrounding Djibouti’s most scarce and vital resource, the danger to her reaches the flashpoint. For Pax, protecting her is no longer a matter of following orders, and he’ll risk everything to bring her back alive.

A New Release from Elisabeth Naughton!

The 3rd book in her RITA award-winning Deadly Secrets series is out!

I’m teary-eyed over the dedication in Elisabeth Naughton’s new release. ???

Love you, Eli, and so thankful to have you by my side on this writing journey!

Blurb:

Up-and-coming designer Kelsey McClane is on the cusp of success. Recently divorced, she should be enjoying her newfound freedom and glamorous future. Instead, she’s living in fear of the past. When she returns home to Portland on a press tour, danger creeps closer than ever. As threatening messages from her bitter ex-husband leave her vulnerable, a new man in her life makes her feel protected.

Former Army Ranger turned security professional Hunter O’Donnell is hired to guard Kelsey. When a shattering explosion rocks her world, Kelsey’s ex is the prime suspect, but Hunter speculates there’s more to the situation than Kelsey’s letting on. Intent on keeping her safe, he delves into Kelsey’s past. As the two work together to unmask her stalker’s identity, a fire ignites between them that they both struggle to contain.

While the investigation proceeds, it draws them closer not only to each other but also to a lethal plot that’s been in the works behind their backs. And with each new secret unveiled, it’s not just temptation putting them at risk—it’s a madman who will not stop until Kelsey is dead.

FIRESTORM – 1st Chapter Exclusive!

Want to read the first chapter of FIRESTORM? You can read the sample exclusively at iBooks !

Firestorm (Flashpoint #3) is also up for #preorder exclusively at iBooks.

It will probably release in mid-June. Once the date is finalized I’ll share it!

A Movie Recommendation

In Search of Fellini by Nancy Cartwright‘s Spotted Cow Entertainment is now up on Netflix! I ?? loved ?? this movie and now you can see it too!

In Search of Fellini | Netflix

A naive and sheltered young woman embarks on a whimsical adventure across Italy in the hopes of meeting director Federico Fellini.

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This may be the single best cat accessory ever.

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The Weekly Recap – 3/16/18

Posted on March 16, 2018 by adminrachelgrant

CATALYST named an Indie Best Book

What a week! Kirkus Reviews named Catalyst as an Indie Best Book of February.

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https://www.kirkusreviews.com/lists/indie-best-books-month-february/catalyst2/

A Week of POISON EVIDENCE

With my husband in Palau on an archaeological project for the military, I thought it would be a great time to highlight Poison Evidence.

The photos I’ve posted this week are from the gorgeous Rock Islands of Palau. Palau is also famous for Jellyfish Lake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish_Lake) and some of the best scuba diving in the world.

It was supposed to be paradise…

Ivy MacLeod has the perfect opportunity to test her advanced remote sensing technology: mapping a World War II battle site in the islands of Palau. The project is more than an all-expenses-paid trip to paradise. It’s also an opportunity to distance her reputation from her traitorous ex-husband.

But foreign intelligence agencies will kill to possess her invention, and paradise turns deadly when her ex-husband’s vicious allies attack. In desperation, she turns to Air Force pilot Jack Keaton. But is he the bigger threat? Jack might be protecting her as he claims…or he could be a foreign agent. Her compass is skewed by his magnetic pull and further thrown off when she learns her own government has betrayed her.

Stranded on a tropical island with a man whose motives remain a mystery, Ivy must decide who is the spy, who is the protector, and who is the ultimate villain. She longs to trust the man who rescued her, but she’s risking more than her heart. Choose right, and she saves her country’s secrets—and her life. Choose wrong—and she risks nothing short of all-out war.

National Geographic Reevaluates Their Coverage of People of Color

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We’re all curious about what happens to the human body in space.

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and the intriguing clarification of the Scott Kelly story one day later:

https://www.facebook.com/RachelGrantauthor/posts/935176853306537

According to The Atlantic, “what the NASA study found was that some of Scott’s genes changed their expression while he was in space, and 7 percent of those genes didn’t return to their preflight states months after he came back. If 7 percent of Scott’s genetic code changed, as some of the stories suggested, he’d come back an entirely different species.”

To read the rest of the article on what genes changing their expression means, click on the above photo or go to the article: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/03/scott-kelly-dna-fake-news/555794/

The Weekly Recap – 3/9/18

Posted on March 9, 2018 by adminrachelgrant

TINDERBOX is part of March Madness!

Barnes & Noble Press selected TINDERBOX for their “25 Riveting Mysteries & Thrillers to Keep You Sane” list!! Click the link below to see all of the thrilling reads!

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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/bnpress-blog/march-madness-mysteries/

A New Release for the Weekend

Back in the spring of 2011, I judged the first chapters in a book contest, and now I’m thrilled to share that I *finally* get to read the rest of EVERY DEEP DESIRE!!

Happy debut release to my dear friend Sharon Wray Author!!

He’s taking it all back
His honor, his freedom, and the woman he loves

Rafe Montfort was a decorated Green Beret, the best of the best, until a disastrous mission and an unforgivable betrayal destroyed his life. Now, this deadly soldier has returned to the sultry Georgia swamps to reunite with his brothers, and take back all he lost. But Juliet must never know the truth behind what he’s done…or the dangerous secret that threatens to take him from her forever.

It took Juliet Capel eight long years to put her life back together after her husband was taken from her. Now Rafe is back, determined to protect her at any cost, and it’s not just her heart that’s in danger. The swamps hold a secret long buried and far deadlier than either of them could have imagined…

International Women’s Day – March 8

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My blog post in Kobo Writing Life

Check out my blog post at Kobo Writing Life – What Makes Your Story Unique To You?

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This kitten!!!

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The Weekly Recap – 3/2/18

Posted on March 2, 2018 by adminrachelgrant

The FIRESTORM Blurb is Here!

CIA covert operator Savannah James is after intel on a potential coup in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but she needs a partner fluent in Lingala to infiltrate the organization. Sergeant First Class Cassius Callahan is the perfect choice, except he doesn’t like her very much—and the sparks that flare between them are kindled by attraction mixed with distrust. Still, he accepts the assignment even though their cover requires Savvy to pose as his mistress.

They enter battle-worn Congo to expose the financing for the coup. A trail of cobalt, gold, and diamonds leads them into the heart of darkness, a jungle in which everyone is desperate to find the mother lode of ore and gems. Betrayal stalks them as they follow the money, but Savvy will stop at nothing to bring down the would-be dictator before he can ignite a firestorm that will engulf all of Africa.

Deep in the sultry rainforest, spy and Green Beret forge a relationship more precious than diamonds, but Cal knows Savvy is willing to sacrifice anything—or anyone—to complete her mission. As they near the flashpoint, Cal will have to save her from the greatest threat of all: herself.

Coming Late Spring 2018!

The FLASHPOINT SERIES

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