Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Book Blast & Giveaway for The Marquesa's Necklace by P.J. MacLayne


Welcome to my stop on the Book Blast, presented by Goddess Fish Promotions, for The Marquesa’s Necklace by P.J. MacLayne.  Please leave a comment or question for P.J. to let her know you stopped by.  P.J. will be awarding a digital copy of The Marquesa’s Necklace, along with a $10 Amazon GC, to a randomly drawn commenter using Rafflecopter.  You must comment in order to enter the giveaway.  You can follow the rest of her tour here, the more stops you visit, the better your odds of winning.

The Marquesa’s Necklace
By P.J. MacLayne
Oak Grove Mysteries, Book 1

Publisher: P.J. Maclayne
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Length: 203 Pages
ISBN:  123-0-00024-943-8
ASIN:  B00LF11HB4

Buy Links:  Kindle | Nook | Kobo | iTunes | Inktera

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About the book: 

Harmony Duprie enjoyed her well-ordered life in the quiet little town of Oak Grove—until her arrest for drug trafficking. Cleared of all charges, she wants nothing more than to return to the uneventful lifestyle of a historical researcher she once savored.

But when her beloved old car “George” is stolen and explodes into a ball of flames, it sets off a series of events that throws her plans into turmoil. Toss in a police detective that may or may not be interested in her, an attractive but mysterious stranger on her trail, and an ex-boyfriend doing time, and Harmony’s life freefalls into a downward spiral of chaos.

Now she has to use her research skills to figure out who is behind the sinister incidents plaguing her, and why. And she better take it seriously, like her life depends upon finding the right answers.

Because it might.


Excerpt
         
The bus ride home seemed longer than the morning’s trip as I studied each person getting on for a potential threat. Was the little gray-haired lady with the oversize purse and shopping bag packing a handgun?  Did the teenage boy wearing a long black coat keep ninja stars in his pockets? And the woman in her mid-twenties holding a little girl’s hand?  Was the child was just a prop, borrowed for the afternoon, solely to throw off suspicion? In reality, was the woman a super spy waiting for a chance to drug me and cart me off to her remote hideaway?
         
Or not. Buying a new car became a priority. I toyed with the idea of a Harley. I envisioned it—me, dressed out in a black cat suit, wearing black boots with five-inch heels, striding into the biker bar across town. But it’s awfully hard to haul a laptop and scanner around on one of those things, let alone bring home the groceries. Maybe I would settle for a screaming red Corvette or Ferrari. My funds manager would think I‘d gone off my rocker.



 AUTHOR Bio and Links:

P.J. MacLayne is a computer geek by day and a writer by night. She grew up among the rolling hills of Pennsylvania and uses that as the setting for many of her stories. She currently makes her home in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains.



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