Deadly Valentine is now available as a podcast!
He tastes like chocolate and sin, but is he a murderer?
Jack and Tess come to life in an audio podcast reading of Deadly Valentine. Shows are posted twice weekly. The show will be available through podcasts apps shortly or listen to Tales from the Harte here. Shows will be posted to YouTube as well.
I’m looking at adding additional content beyond my books for readers who’d love to read or have more. These are items that I’d likely include through Patreon or other type service. Please help me decide what extras and exclusives you’d be interested in having.
Choose all that apply…
I’ve had the idea for this book nearly since I started the Valentine series. When I was told about the opportunity to combine my series with the best selling author Susan Stoker’s Operation Alpha series, I thought this would be the perfect book for that.
I feel good that Valentine readers will enjoy this book. It has all the things you love about Tess and Jack; the love, the banter, the passion, as well as some angst. I’m hopeful that new readers who find it through Susan will enjoy it as well.
Dead But Not Forgotten is up for pre-sale now. To share a little blurb, here is a video:
Favorite tropes, taboos, worst thing done to a character…these and more are all questions I, Kelsey Browning Nancy Naigle Caridad Pineiro with moderator Nan O’Berry discussed on the romance panel, Do Not Disturb – Fashioning the Perfect Romance at the Suffolk Mystery Book Festival. You can watch the replay here.
I have tons of characters prattling in my head, begging for their stories to be told. Because I have due dates from a publisher, I have to focus on those books first. Then there are the books I’m writing for my ghostwriting clients. Then there are ideas that I’ve started and want to finish but haven’t focused on. As a result of all that, poor Jack and Tess have been riding the train back from San Fransico for a long, long time.
I try to do a special marketing campaign during Valentine’s to promote the series. This year, I decided I’d go all out…new covers, re-formatted interiors, and finally finished the second box set for books 4-6. As I was working on all this, I realized how much I miss being in the Valentine’s world.
Jack and Tess are a fun couple to be with. He’s devoted to her but will push her when necessary. She’s head-over-heels for him, even if she’s still trying to believe she’s won his heart. They have fun banter and, of course, they do things that people who are in love do (sexy bits!) along with solve murders. They’re not perfect, but they are 100% totally committed.
It’s not that I don’t have ideas for them or am tired of them because I do have ideas and I’m not tired of them. But other projects took precedence. 🙁
But I’m ready to get back to them. While I can’t today, I have re-arranged some of my schedule. I still have to finish Death of a Miser, but with that complete (end of Feb 2021), I’ll begin on the train novella and follow that with my next story…which I’m DYING to write. I think you’ll love it!
This brings me to my next issue. As you know, all the Valentine books have a play on romantic sayings or terms. I have a list, but I’m beginning to run out. Here are a few brainstormed ideas:
Do you have any to add?
