The Romance Bookie

Today I'm so excited to have for all of you an excerpt from a new book called The K Street Affair !  Excerpt: Every soul employed in the fancy glass office building at 1050 Connecticut Avenue swarms the exits well before the alarm system finishes blaring its robotic instructions. We march slowly and deliberately down a stairwell plunged into blackness, illuminated only by emergency bulbs at each landing. I’m grateful nobody has panicked, but I can’t help silently urging my colleagues to pick up the pace. The alarm shrieks deep inside my head, even with my hands pressed over my ears. How many minutes since the floor rocked under our feet? Can aftershocks take down buildings? Crush the people in them? I try to estimate our progress, but lose count of the steps before we reach the pavement. I pause and blink at the shock of sunlight before realizing that every person who stops for a moment to regroup slows the evacuation. A detail cop yells at us to move north along Con...

Hey Everyone! I would like to welcome back Ann Lee Miller, who not only has a special celebration taking place today (it's her Birthday!!), but also her new book called Avra's God just came out recently! Today I am featuring an excerpt from Avra's God ! :) Chapter 1 A hot blast of pepperoni-laden air rolled over Avra as Stavro’s Pizza kitchen door swung shut. She inched ahead in line for a table with her family. “Yep, me and the idiot sisters are eatin’ fine tonight.” She swiveled. That voice. The guy from Humanities 301 thumbed through change he pulled from the pocket of his cutoffs. Cisco. And she didn’t shower and change after soccer practice—why? Her brother’s elbow knocked into her. “It’s gotta be meat lovers,” Drew’s stuck-in-puberty voice rasped. Cisco glanced in her direction. Her gaze skittered back to her brother. Please, God, tell me Cisco didn’t just catch me staring at him! Her attention drifted to Cisco’s corkscrew curls that brushed the shoulders of ...

Hey Everyone!! So today I'm a stop on the Of Time and Place tour!! I'm here to present you both some information about B.R. Freemont's newest book, a little information about Freemont, and even an excerpt!!! So here goes: Of Time and Place Book Summary As the global energy crisis of the 21st century wears on, James Lendeman searches for answers – both for the country and for himself. Working in the Federal Energy Department for the iconoclastic and enigmatic Kate Hastings, James is at the center of a world of political intrigue and personal conflicts. Unsure of whether he can go along with Kate’s plans for the country (and for him), he is forced to steer his own way through a maze of personal and professional problems. When we meet James a few years later (through an ingenious weaving of dual timelines), he is in Savannah, working as a contractor for the gove...