Breaking News! I am now posting pictures from the RT Booklovers' Convention on my travel blog, Aloha On My Mind, at this link.
Kara Braden hosted the "Hunting Scorpions" table at the SOS America Military Tribute - I named the table based on her bio,
Kara's debut book features a military heroine in THE LONGEST NIGHT:
1. Leave a comment about Arizona, the Copper State? I only stepped into Arizona when visiting the Hoover Dam. I would like to spend more time in Arizona, including visiting the Grand Canyon.
2. Comments are open through Sunday, May 31, 10 pm in Baltimore.
3. I'll post the winners on Monday, June 1.
Mahalo,
Kim in Baltimore
Aloha Spirit in Charm City
After twenty-three years on Long Island, I ended up in the Arizona desert and haven’t yet figured out how to escape. I blame my wonderful husband, a twenty-one-year veteran of the US Air Force. We share our lives with the dogs and cats who are our children and many, many computers. For fun, we watch movies, play video games (especially MMOs!), and occasionally start fires in the kitchen.
In the years before I started writing full-time, I worked in the semiconductor industry and wrote labs and learning materials for auto/diesel mechanics. I’ve since become proficient at hunting scorpions in my backyard using a blacklight and a spatula, an activity best performed in hiking boots rather than sandals. I have yet to be stung, so I’m apparently doing something right.
In the years before I started writing full-time, I worked in the semiconductor industry and wrote labs and learning materials for auto/diesel mechanics. I’ve since become proficient at hunting scorpions in my backyard using a blacklight and a spatula, an activity best performed in hiking boots rather than sandals. I have yet to be stung, so I’m apparently doing something right.
Learn more about Kara and her books at karabraden.com.
This could work, whispered the little voice in the back of her mind, the voice that had been silent for seven years…
SHE SOUGHT SOLACE IN SOLITUDE
Years ago, former Marine Captain Cecily Knight fled her dark past and the nightmares forever haunting her nights. Alone in the remote Canadian wilderness, she survives day to day…until Ian Fairchild comes storming into her life and shatters her protective seclusion.
UNTIL ONE TOUCH BARED HER SOUL
Aloof but intriguing, defensive but undeniable, Ian is everything Cecily shouldn’t want but can’t ignore. He watches her with shrewd blue eyes, as if determined to decipher her secrets…and for the first time in years, she finds herself coming alive beneath the hands of a man with too many scars to count.
As the hushed and harsh winter closes in around them, two lost souls find themselves on the precipice of a love that could save their lives…or destroy them forever.
SHE SOUGHT SOLACE IN SOLITUDE
Years ago, former Marine Captain Cecily Knight fled her dark past and the nightmares forever haunting her nights. Alone in the remote Canadian wilderness, she survives day to day…until Ian Fairchild comes storming into her life and shatters her protective seclusion.
UNTIL ONE TOUCH BARED HER SOUL
Aloof but intriguing, defensive but undeniable, Ian is everything Cecily shouldn’t want but can’t ignore. He watches her with shrewd blue eyes, as if determined to decipher her secrets…and for the first time in years, she finds herself coming alive beneath the hands of a man with too many scars to count.
As the hushed and harsh winter closes in around them, two lost souls find themselves on the precipice of a love that could save their lives…or destroy them forever.
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| Women Marine Reservists enlist for the first time in 1918. |
Mahalo, Kara, for serving as a military spouse! May is National Military Appreciation Month. For the month of May, I am giving away one grand prize of books and swag from the authors featured this month (link). Plus five more commenters - one for each branch of service - wins a book choice from my convention stash. To enter the giveaway,
1. Leave a comment about Arizona, the Copper State? I only stepped into Arizona when visiting the Hoover Dam. I would like to spend more time in Arizona, including visiting the Grand Canyon.
2. Comments are open through Sunday, May 31, 10 pm in Baltimore.
3. I'll post the winners on Monday, June 1.
Mahalo,
Kim in Baltimore
Aloha Spirit in Charm City
haven't been there
ReplyDeleteMe too, only thru seeing Hoover.
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I have been to Arizona many times. Grand Canyon, Lake Havasu, Phoenix, Sedona. Lots of nice places to visit.
ReplyDeleteI've been to the Grand Canyon and would like to visit again one day.
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The Grand Canyon would be very impressive I think. Maybe one day.
ReplyDeleteI've been there a few times. But it's been a while.
ReplyDeleteI have never been to the copper state...
ReplyDeleteA cousin of mine lives in Arizona but I've never been.
ReplyDeleteI have been to Tucson. I would love to go back.
ReplyDeleteOne day I hope to make it there, I have many friends who live in Arizona.
ReplyDeleteI've only been to Scotsdale and it was hot!!! I'd love to visit the Hoover Dam one day :) thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI was in Arizona many years ago - saw the Glen Canyon Dam and the North rim of the Grand Canyon - would love to visit again and see more.
ReplyDeleteI've never been to Arizona. I did fly over it though on my way to Vegas a couple of years ago. I have a niece that lives there.
ReplyDeleteI got to visit Arizona twice when my father-in-law was alive. I liked the hot weather but no humidity! Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon were fascinating. I also enjoyed Sedona
ReplyDeleteI've been to Arizona a couple of times. My daughter moved there a couple of years ago. Have been to Sedona and Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon (snowed the day we were there).
ReplyDeleteI've been to the Grand Canyon twice. It's absolutely gorgeous; definitely a bucket-list item. Photos don't do it justice. Seeing it is an awe-inspiring, faith-inducing experience. On the other side of the state, Hoover Dam is quite an impressive example of early American-engineering success.
ReplyDeleteI used to go thru the state pretty often when the family drove from California to visit my grandmother in Colorado. Every time my parents would say the next time we'd go to the Grand Canyon - I still haven't been.
ReplyDeleteLast time I was in Arizona was about a year ago wehn we did an overnight stay in Phoenix because of flight issues. It was about 98 degrees at 11:30 pm.
I've actually never visited Arizona.
ReplyDeleteI have been to the Grand Canyon and to visit my brother, who has lived in Phoenix and Scottsdale over the years. It is a beautiful state.
ReplyDeleteI was thrilled to be able to visit the Grand Canyon last year, it is quite an awesome sight! Congrats to Kara on her debut novel (and kudos to her for her scorpion-hunting, but wow, what an activity!).
ReplyDeleteI only visited Arizona once for a few days. Was so impressed by the beauty of the Grand Canyon!
ReplyDeleteHave not been to the Grand Canyon. Only thing I know about AZ is that they have a baseball team and snakes - yuk.
ReplyDeleteReally not much.
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