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Fresh Thrills / September 28, 2010

I love October. The summer heat is mostly gone. I no longer have to be up by 6:00am to take the dogs for a walk. The new TV season has started. I’ve been back at work for about 6 weeks, so everything has settled into a routine. I work in academia so I get to take some time off in the summer, something for which I am very appreciative. I must say, though, the transition back can be a little rough. “Meetings? I have to go to meetings? Really?” fades to “So, when’s the next meeting?” by October. The resentment I feel over the fact that work seriously cuts into my reading time has also eased by now. In the summer I like to beat the heat by lying in bed and reading. By October, I’ve relearned how to prioritize my reading, since I’m lucky to get time to read over lunch or before going to sleep. I made a point to take a sneak peak at two of this month’s new releases. THE 2nd LIE is the second book in The Chapman Files by Tara Taylor Quinn. The lynch pin of the series is psychologist Kelly Chapman, whose cases…

Dee Davis | Why I Write Romantic Suspense
Author Guest / September 8, 2010

I’m often asked why I choose to straddle two genres writing romantic suspense. And the truth is that the combination of danger and romance has always been where my heart lies. I’ve been an incurable romantic for most of my life. As a little girl, I cried at the end of Cinderella because we didn’t get to see her get married. And I cheered endlessly for Calvin and Meg in A Wrinkle in Time. I wanted Aurora to find her prince charming. And I always thought Ned needed a bigger role in Nancy’s adventures. I was disappointed that Aragorn and Arwen didn’t have more page time together and I even had hopes for Lucy and Mr. Tumnus.I always wanted the guy to get the girl in the movies. And happily ever after was so important to me, I (only occasionally of course) double checked the last line of a book to make sure it was so. But I also craved adventure and suspense. I was raised on James Bond movies. My parents used to take my brother and I to the drive-in when we were little. We were supposed to go to sleep after the first feature, but I always…

Fresh Pick | DANGEROUS DESIRES by Dee Davis
Fresh Pick / August 27, 2010

A-Tac #2 July 2010 On Sale: July 1, 2010 Featuring: Madeline Reynard; Drake Flynn 384 pages ISBN: 0446542040 EAN: 9780446542043 Mass Market Paperback $6.99 Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Fresh Fiction Readers favorite Summer read! Dangerous Desires by Dee Davis Love is a lethal game. A-Tac is an elite CIA unit masquerading as faculty at an Ivy League college. Brilliant, badass, and seemingly bulletproof, the members of A-Tac are assigned to the riskiest missions and the most elusive targets. When the CIA learns that Madeline Reynard, the mistress of international crime-lord Miguel Ramón, can provide the location of a newly developed bio-chemical weapon, they contact A-Tac. And A-Tac survivalist Drake Flynn is given the responsibility of extracting Madeline from Ramón’s compound, finding the weapon, and transporting them both to a secure location. A woman with nothing to lose, Madeline is willing to risk everything to escape her life with Ramón – even a dangerous trek through the jungle with a man who makes no secret of his disdain. Madeline had an impoverished and dangerous childhood, and she makes no apologies for the life she’s led, but despite mutual animosity, she cannot deny her attraction to Drake….

Fresh Pick | DANGEROUS DESIRES by Dee Davis
Guests / August 27, 2010

A-Tac #2 July 2010 On Sale: July 1, 2010 Featuring: Madeline Reynard; Drake Flynn 384 pages ISBN: 0446542040 EAN: 9780446542043 Mass Market Paperback $6.99 Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Fresh Fiction Readers favorite Summer read! Dangerous Desires by Dee Davis Love is a lethal game. A-Tac is an elite CIA unit masquerading as faculty at an Ivy League college. Brilliant, badass, and seemingly bulletproof, the members of A-Tac are assigned to the riskiest missions and the most elusive targets. When the CIA learns that Madeline Reynard, the mistress of international crime-lord Miguel Ramón, can provide the location of a newly developed bio-chemical weapon, they contact A-Tac. And A-Tac survivalist Drake Flynn is given the responsibility of extracting Madeline from Ramón’s compound, finding the weapon, and transporting them both to a secure location. A woman with nothing to lose, Madeline is willing to risk everything to escape her life with Ramón – even a dangerous trek through the jungle with a man who makes no secret of his disdain. Madeline had an impoverished and dangerous childhood, and she makes no apologies for the life she’s led, but despite mutual animosity, she cannot deny her attraction to Drake….

Fresh Thrills | Can you handle Suspense in August?
Fresh Thrills / August 7, 2010

My birthday falls at the end of August. When I was a kid I hated the fact that my birthday was during summer break because I never got to celebrate with cupcakes or cookies in class. Now that I work at a University, I find that my birthday falls on, or shortly after, the first day of school which means birthday celebrations come second to the start-of-semester madness. This year my birthday falls on a Sunday so I’ll have the day off. I think I’ll make it a “lazy day” and spend the day reading some romantic suspense. August has some great selections, which book should I choose? Hmmm. DESPERATE DEEDS Dee Davis A-Tac #3 Grand Central Publishing; $6.99 A-Tac, an elite CIA unit masquerading as faculty at an Ivy League college, is back. When a thieves steal a shipment of thermonuclear detonators, Commander Solomon has reason to suspect that information from inside A-Tac facilitated the heist. He instructs his team to set up a sting to recover the detonators and to trap the traitor. Operative Tyler Hanson is skeptical when Solomon appoints renowned physicist and Nobel Prize winner Owen Wakefield to head the team. Sparks fly as they work…

Fresh Pick | DARK DECEPTIONS by Dee Davis
Fresh Pick / July 12, 2010

A-Tac #1 April 2010 On Sale: April 1, 2010 Featuring: Annie Gallagher; Nash Brennon ISBN: 0446542016 EAN: 9780446542012 Paperback Add to Wish List Romance Suspense Buy at Amazon.com Dark Deceptions by Dee Davis Their secrets could destroy them… TORN BETWEEN DUTY AND DESIRE Covert operations expert Nash Brennon has spent the last eight years trying to forget Annie Gallagher, his former field partner and the only woman he ever loved. Annie betrayed him when he needed her most, then vanished without a trace. Now suddenly she’s back in the game—this time as a suspected traitor and threat to national security. Annie’s son has been kidnapped by political terrorists. The price for his life? Assassinate a UN ambassador. Then Nash finds her, and immediately, the smoldering passion between Annie and the man she swore she’d never contact again almost blazes out of control. But can Nash trust her? The stakes couldn’t be higher: their enemy’s endgame is personal, and one false move could cost them their lives. With mind-blowing action and intense intrigue, this book will keep you hooked to the very end. I read this book in one sitting! Previous Picks