I'm delighted to be the first stop on Harlow Coban's Blog tour with CBLS Promotions.
Here is the blurb and an excerpt from Harlow's wonderful debut release:
When a girl that social worker Kari Marchant places in foster care is brutally murdered, she’s compelled to learn why. Her quest for the truth pits her against friends and coworkers. As Kari works to solve the horrific plot, more people die. She’s been targeted for death and she doesn’t even know it. How far should she go to learn the truth—even if it threatens her life? When homicide detective Rance Nicolet meets Kari, his attraction to her is powerful—and the feeling is mutual. But things between them go terribly wrong when Kari’s old lover is found murdered with a letter from her in his pocket. The evidence against Kari is damning. Rance’s personal and professional lives collide. Does he blindly believe the woman he’s falling in love with or follow the evidence no matter where it leads?
EXCERPT
“Frost. Call on line one.” The voice boomed overhead and interrupted Scott Frost mid-climb. He jumped off his truck, pushed up the sleeves on his dingy green work shirt and walked to the phone mounted on the wall, his face a scowl of irritation.
He grabbed the receiver. “Hello.”
“They found Patience,” his wife, Andrea, whispered.
Mammoth garbage trucks rumbled and shook the walls as they rolled out into the street for the day’s work, their giant bellies hungry for trash. Scott strained to hear his wife over the noise.“I told you never to call me here.”
“Do you know what they did to her?” Her voice rose an octave.
"Hold it together.” He clenched his fist and resisted the impulse to smash it through the wall. “She’s the one who ran off.”
“She didn’t deserve that. Nobody deserves that.”
The phone slipped a bit in his sweaty hand. Tolerance had never been one of Scott's virtues, and what little he did have waned with each whiny word his wife uttered. “It’ll all be over soon, you know that.”
“They won’t let us out.”
He gnashed his teeth together until the noise in his head drowned out the roar of garbage trucks. The pumping of his heart escalated and Scott imagined he could feel his blood pressure rising.
“Damn it, Andrea, take a valium. These people are dangerous. They’ll kill us if we flake out.”
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR:
Author Harlow Coban was
born in Kansas City, MO, but grew up in Denver, CO. She relocated to North
Carolina five years ago with her husband, two dogs, and 16-year old twins.
She shares a
birthday with the notorious Napoleon Bonaparte. In keeping with his legacy, she
is currently working on taking over the world. Harlow’s positive attitude and
fresh take on life are her tools and conquest is certain.
She spends her
free time writing, dancing, traveling and defending mailboxes from her
16-year-old twins’ driving.
Her debut
novel, LIFE IN DEATH (February 2012), is a murder mystery which pulls from
real-life situations from her own family history. She felt compelled to share
her story with the world while offering a thrilling, entertaining, and amusing
escape for readers.
In keeping with
her commitment to improving the lives of children, a portion of the proceeds
from the sale of her book will be donated to the Boys and Girls Club in her
home state of North Carolina.
Twitter: @HarlowCoban
Follow Harolow's Blog Tour here:
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Everyone who leaves a comment here will be entered into a draw to win a download of Harlow's book
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