Kim McMahill

I would like to introduce a wonderful author, and a special Kindle romance promotion, where select books are priced from $0.99 - $1.99. The promotion is running through February 14, 2014 on Amazon.   Karen Cogan is a sweet and inspirational romance writer. She is a native of Houston, TX, and spent her early years enjoying life along the Gulf Coast.   After high school, Karen attended Texas A&M as well as the University of Houston, where she obtained a B.S. in early childhood education. She has written numerous articles and stories, books for children and novels for adults.   She particularly enjoys writing contemporary and historical romance.   She now lives in the Southwest with her family and assorted pets. Karen’s novels, A n Artful Deception   and   The Secret of Castlegate Manor   will be included in the Kindle Romance promotion and priced at just $0.99 through February 14. 

Join me on Thursday, January 30, when I’ll be the guest blogger on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer’s Blog, at http://rmfw.org/blog.   I’ll be discussing, Inspiration From Nature. Please stop by, check it out, and maybe even leave a comment. I’d love to hear from you.

This isn’t just another book release announcement, but rather a chance to get to know author, Judy Baker, and an opportunity to receive a free copy of one of her Silver Sage Creek Novels.   Welcome Judy, thank you for stopping by, and the floor is yours!   JUDY: Thank you Kim for inviting me to announce Book 3 in the Silver Sage Creek novels, Better She Love , now available.   I’ve been intrigue with the West from an early age, maybe because I was a Tennessean and watched westerns on the television with my daddy, especially Rawhide starring Clint Eastwood. Now I enjoy writing historical westerns, except I’d rather have more romance in my western stories than those early shows – like Kevin Costner and Annette Bening in Open Range – love that movie. I do hope you enjoy reading the Silver Sage Creek novels and would love to hear from you. To kick off my new release, I am giving away an ebook of either Better She Die Book One, or Better She Live Book Two to anyone who e-mails

We stopped for a break at a small village outside Khao Yai National Park in Thailand, and ended up on an elephant slogging through the jungle, belly deep in murky water. This little side venture wasn’t in the plan, but often those are the most rewarding experiences, and our impromptu elephant ride turned out to be an unexpected highlight.

Welcome to this week’s Book Hooks blog hop. Here’s a little teaser from my dystopian adventure romance novel, Deadly Exodus (Desperate Dreams) , which for a limited time, can be purchased for your kindle from Amazon for just $0.99 I hope you enjoy!   Excerpt :   The sound of boots pounding overhead took Nyla’s breath away. The women left the bridge and scrambled down the bank. Once they reached the creek bed and turned the light under the bridge, it would be all over. Nyla wondered if Ethan and Jared would be executed on the spot or if they would at least be taken back to stand trial. The thought of losing Ethan terrified her. She slipped out from behind him and positioned her body in front of his. He tried to push her back, but she refused to budge. If they were going shoot Ethan, they would have to go through her.   Blurb:   Their love is forbidden…their lives in danger… Trapped in a dystopian America where men are being exterminated and relationships are forbidden

In celebration of 100,000 views to Jacqueline Hopper’s Blog , Prism Book Group authors are sharing our 2014 goals and achievements, and giving away some great prizes including a Book Lovers Gift Pack from Prism Book Group comprised of a print copy of Sarah: Mission of Love by Gay N. Lewis, a print copy of The Last Detail by Lisa J Lickel, and three Prism eBook downloads of choice! So, make sure to enter below and then hop on over to another blog for other posts and more chances to win. Have Fun!   For 2014 my writing goal is the same as it is nearly every year – write a new adventure novel that amazes, excites, and entertains my readers, and surpasses the one I wrote before. This is a particularly challenging goal since the overall impression of any book on a reader is subjective, but hopefully I achieved my goal in 2013 with the publication of Shrouded In Secrets .    In the early years, it was easier to see the progression from novel to novel in the form of better grammar, t

Welcome to Sneak Peek Sunday for January 19, 2014. The six paragraphs below are from Deadly Exodus (Desperate Dreams) . I hope you enjoy this snippet, and it whets your appetite for more. Please follow me on twitter at https://twitter.com/kimmcmahill for cheap and free ebooks, new releases, and updates on my adventures in life and in fiction, please follow me on twitter.     Nyla watched as Ethan quickly extracted a knife from his pocket and secured the blade to the end of the stick, making a spear. Just as he finished wrapping the string and tying it off, Nyla spotted the two shapes re-emerging from the shadows, this time from behind. “Behind us,” she hissed as the group whirled around to meet their enemy. Ethan tried to shine his light in their eyes, but this time the wolves kept their eyes diverted and began circling the group. “Huddle up, backs together,” Ethan whispered. The wolves paced slowly and methodically, moving in closer with each circuit around the group,

The Love Thief by Daisy Jerico was recently released by Prism Book Group , and is available directly from the publisher or through Amazon in ebook for just $.99. Here’s a sneak peek. When the jewelry gallery she works at is robbed, Sandra is not just the prime suspect; she is the only suspect. Desperate to clear her name, she reluctantly agrees to work with sexy former jewel thief, Alex Daniels, to recover the jewelry and catch a thief. He reminds her of the men who lounge half-naked across Ferraris in fragrance ads, aloof and confident in their looks. Alex can't believe anyone as naive and trusting as Sandra can be for real. Thrown together to solve the robbery, Alex feels his heart begin to thaw towards Sandra. As his feelings become stronger, Alex must ask her to rekindle a romance to her recently paroled ex-boyfriend, who holds the key to solving the robbery. In the end, Sandra must decide if it is more important to clear her name or follow her heart.   For more on

The following review was posted to the Coffee Time Romance and More site, and I wanted to share it. Thank You!     SHROUDED IN SECRETS KIM McMAHILL ISBN: 978-1-940099-08-8 August 2013 Prism Book Group www.prismbookgroup.com E-Book $ 3.99 330 Pages Suspense/Action Adventure Rating: 4 Cups   Cash Luker is a CIA agent that has been thrown into a situation that is total chaos. Ancient relics are being stolen and people are being killed for them. Many legends say that these relics in the wrong hands can cause total destruction.    Cash has a team of people from many parts of the world and expertise backgrounds working with him, as well as his best friend and her sister. They need to stop these terrorists before more people get hurt or killed.   Cash soon finds out who is responsible for all the killing and destruction, a person he never would have thought of. Can he find peace with the past in order to move forward into a future without guilt or remorse, embarking on

Welcome to Sneak Peek Sunday for January 12, 2014. The six paragraphs below from Big Horn Storm , describe one of Niki’s more minor incidents she experiences while trying to elude a deadly enemy, protect neighbors and family, reconnect with her childhood infatuation, and survive. For trivia, travel, cheap and free ebooks, and updates on my adventures in life and in fiction, please follow me on twitter at https://twitter.com/kimmcmahill .   The days were still long and the sun hadn’t quite set, giving Niki plenty of light as she rode toward the chaotic noise. The normally fifteen minute ride, took her less than ten. She crested the hill and didn’t slow as Joe’s old horse bolted past her on its way back to camp. The sheep were running in every direction and Gracie and Stella were barking wildly, hair standing up on their backs, holding their ground between a prone Joe and an angry three-hundred pound grizzly. Niki wished she had grabbed her rifle, but her reaction to the sure

December marked the release of two exciting new books from Prism Book Group , Fools Gold by Lynn Lovegreen and Witcha’be by Anna Kittrell. Continue reading for a taste of these two tantalizing treats. Enjoy!   Fools Gold ( YA/Historical/Romance) Alaska's gold rush is no place for a lady, but that doesn't scare Ellie Webster. Ellie travels with her younger brother to the wilds of the Klondike gold rush to save the family farm. She’s prepared for hardship on the trail, but not for the sparkling blue eyes of Duke Masterson, a charming saloonkeeper. And Duke is surprised to find that Ellie and her apple pies are more valuable to him than all the gold nuggets in Skagway, Alaska. Now if he could only overcome Ellie’s fear of losing her newly-found independence and win her heart. Together they must defeat the conman corrupting the town and make their fortunes before the last steamship of the season heads south. Only$3.99 on Amazon!   Witcha'be ( YA/ Suspense/Chris

  Welcome to Marketing For Romance Writers’ Book Hooks blog hop for January 8.   I hope these few sentences from my newest release, Shrouded in Secrets , are enough to hook you. Excerpt from Shrouded In Secrets   “I’m disappointed. I had hoped to have the opportunity to test my new fillet knife on Cash,” she said as she turned the dagger’s hilt in her hand. “Men, should I gut this thin man and feed him to the sharks, as he tried to do with us, or let him live long enough to tell that egotistical traitor how he lost the prize, and was beaten by a ghost?” Silence filled the room. Pete felt powerless to pull his gaze from the green-eyed devil. A sliver of hope trickled through him, mixed with a lot of confusion. She knew Cash. Though Pete heard nothing, the woman responded as if she had received an answer to her question from the person behind her. “Yes. We might as well kill him.”   Blurb   The massacre of an unarmed South American village, destruction of one of the

Welcome to the first Sneak Peek Sunday in 2014. Please enjoy a mere six paragraphs, hence a “sneak peek,” from my newest release, Shrouded in Secrets . For trivia, travel, cheap and free ebooks, and updates on my adventures in life and in fiction, follow me on twitter at https://twitter.com/kimmcmahill Asháninka Village, remote jungle in Peru Kokush inhaled the smoke from his pipe and forced the intoxicating tobacco deep into his lungs. Still, no clear visions penetrated the fog, only a feeling of dread he could not explain or expel from his mind. The Asháninka men, bodies painted and seated on woven mats around their revered shaman, passed a hollowed-out gourd filled with thick, bitter liquid. Each man sipped the hallucinogenic drug made from a native vine and handed the bowl to the next, until the syrup was gone. A low beat from the two-headed monkey-skin drum grew louder as a melancholy mantra emanated from the group, drowning out the deafening hum of the nighttime insects.

I just released my eighth book (seventh novel), Shrouded In Secrets . I’m very proud of the finished product and I hope readers will agree that it is an exciting well-written adventure.   Shrouded In Secrets is the culmination of many years of hard work, a lot of learning along the way, and the dedicated editorial efforts of a wonderful publisher.   When my first novel, The Lodge , came out a decade ago I was thrilled. The cover was so beautiful it nearly made me cry when I held it in my hands and gazed lovingly at the magnificent artwork, and at the time it was my best work and I still believe it has merit. When I read it now, though, I can pick out a number of things I would do differently today, but that’s the natural progression of a novelist, to learn from ones mistakes to enable each book to be better than the last.   Since publication of TheLodge I’ve learned a great deal about voice, point of view, pace, and the importance of a good editor (I’m apparently not the infa