The publisher of my first book–Books We Love Publishing Partners–has given the ebook version of Mardi Gravestone a new cover and title to reflect the steamy content. It’s now called Sex, Love & Murder. The printed version retains the same title and look.
If you enjoy mysteries with hot romance, give this one a read and let me know what you think. I’m happy to say, it has received wonderful reviews. Romantic Times called it “an exciting mystery.”
First published in April 2004, this book features characters patterned after my family. Mother and Father-in-laws, Mare and Jere Semerad, lived in New Orleans at the time. After Hurricane Katrina devastated the area, they moved to Top of the World Community in Ocala, FL and couldn’t be happier. Jere still plays a mean trombone.
As to hurricanes, hubby Larry and I have survived a few, and I decided to write a book about our experiences, though it’s fiction, of course, with a unique protagonist (Catastrophe Investigator). Hurricane House is set in a Florida fishing village like Destin, where we lived before moving to Santa Rosa Beach. In the book, I changed Destin to Dolphin and Holiday Isle to Paradise Isle.
Here’s a one-sentence description: A hurricane comes ashore with a murderer at large. Midwest Book Review gave it five stars, Romantic Times, four-and-a-half Stars, and I’m estatic.
The book I’m now working on is based on a murder trial I covered as a reporter in Atlanta. I’ve had to do more research while writing this book than in my previous books combined. I may not finish it until the end of 2012. but when I do, I’ll post an excerpt here for you to read.
Sandy,
Voila, It now works…or I may be hallucinating again. Never know. Your writing has taken on a prurient turn. Is Larry still breathing, or just breathing too hard.
If your neighborhood isn’t burning, it should be. Maybe you missed your calling: Maybe you should be on Madison Ave….or writing for Madd Magazine.
At any rate, I downloaded your latest…haven’t read all of it yet….certain parts I keep rereading…just so addictive—especially when as old as I, but with an active memory and a vivid imagination. jim
I’m so glad you’re enjoying Mardi Gravestone, renamed Sex, Love and Murder. I have always gotten great reviews on my first mystery, but recently, I received a bad review from what is known as a review spammer. This reader went out of her way to give the book the worse review possible. So if you get a chance, go to Amazon and respond to the spammer’s review–I think her name was Rena–and also click that her review wasn’t helpful. Thank you. Anyone can review of course even when they download the book for free. Sometimes my publisher offers Kindle readers a free download. So there’s not much I can do to get the review taken down, but it’s a shame when other reviewers have given it five stars and this reviewer gives it a one and goes out of her way to be hateful. Sandy