Hi friends and happy Wednesday!
I shared a bit ago about my crazy deadline woes, but I’m happy to share today that I’m through the big launch of The Shifting Current as well as turning in book one of my upcoming Jeopardy Falls series. I’ll be announcing the title this week in my Facebook reader’s group The Suspense Squad first and revealing my cover there the following week. I would love it if you’d join me there!
I had the best time launching The Shifting Current. It was a BIG setting change for me. I’ve always based my books near water. The Alaskan Courage series was based on a fictional island along the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. The Chesapeake Valor series was based along the Chesapeake Bay here by me in Maryland and where I grew up in Northern Virginia. My Coastal Guardian series took place in Wilmington, NC. So why the change?
I wanted to do something different. Why New Mexico? Because I lived there for seven years and met my hubby there. Funny thing—we grew up an hour apart on the east coast, but met in New Mexico at the University of New Mexico, when he was stationed there in the Navy of all things.
We met, married, and lived there on a beautiful piece of land outside of Albuquerque and my hubby had a gorgeous horse named Wrangler—who just might make an appearance in The Shifting Current. In fact, there are numerous tidbits in the story that were part of our lives there before we moved back to Maryland, but New Mexico will always hold a special place in my heart so I decided not only to set The Shifting Current there but to set my new Jeopardy Falls series there as well. Emmy and Logan’s story is really a bridge between my Coastal Guardian series and my upcoming one setting-wise.
I loved getting to share things in both books about my favorite aspects of living in New Mexico—ranches, open land, delicious food, glorious sunsets, watching the rain move in sheets across the mesa and the list goes on.
I hope you’ll check out Emmy and Logan’s story and “visit” the Land of Enchantment with me and I hope you’ll check out my new series when it launches. But a little more about the new series and what’s next. The Jeopardy Falls series follows the adventures of the MacLeod family. They own a private investigation firm, MacLeod Investigation and Security, Inc. or MIS. I thought I’d share a little introduction to the siblings.
I hope you’ll keep your eye out for their story to be released early next year. And…just as a sneak peek…there might be a sibling missing from the image. The question is why….
Reader Question:
What state holds special memories for you?
Thanks for joining me this week!
Best,
Dani
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Tennessee, specifically the mountains of Northeast Tennessee.
Those are beautiful!
Kansas – it ain’t sexy, but it’s where I was born and I still get all gooey thinking about it.
That’s awesome you love it so much 🙂
I have two: Montana and Iowa. My parents grew up in those states, and it was always magical when we got to go visit during the summer. So different from Washington State where we live.
Two places I’ve never been but have heard they are beautiful.