by P.D. Martin, author of the Sophie Anderson thrillers

A few weeks ago I started a new project that probably verges on madness – certainly that’s what many fellow authors are saying!

Coming Home is a mystery/thriller with one key difference…each week readers vote for how they want the next chapter to unfold, and six days later their plot choices come to life on the screen. Every Sunday night I post the most recent chapter and the questions for the following chapter. Then, at the end of the short voting period, majority rules and I write that chapter.

The next round of voting is this Sunday (Chapter 9). Anyone and everyone can vote – you don’t need to have read my previous books and you can ‘catch up’ by simply reading chapters 1-8 online (for free). At the end of the process I’ll have a Sophie novella, which will be available for free on my website as a PDF file (after some editing and formatting). You can also subscribe to my website to receive a weekly email reminder to vote.

This project is extremely exciting and scary for me. It gives me a chance to write a Sophie story I’ve longed to write – the tale of Sophie’s brother’s murder 28 years ago – while also challenging me creatively with the voting system. After all, I’m curious to find out what I have to write next!

P.D. Martin – Phillipa Deanne Martin – is an Australian author with a background in psychology. She has written five novels featuring Aussie FBI profiler Sophie Anderson — Body Count, The Murderers’ Club, Fan Mail, The Killing Hands and Kiss of Death (not yet available). Phillipa’s books are page-turners with lots of forensics and profiling and have been described by The Sydney Morning Herald as: “The Silence of the Lambs meets Medium, with a passing nod to Cornwell.”

You can view book trailers of her current and upcoming novels on YouTube and follow her on Twitter and Facebook.

Check out the trailer for P.D.’s latest release in the Sophie Anderson series, The Killing Hands here:

By Olga Kwak, eHarlequin.com site admin

Last Friday we launched the new Linda Lael Miller Take a Cowboy Home sweepstakes, and to celebrate we got swag!  Of course, to earn our swag, we had to wear it.  And take pictures!

Check us out:

The whole Harlequin team that worked on the campaign

The Harlequin Internet and Digital team

The McKettrick boys would be proud. We’re a handsome bunch.

Now to keep the celebration going, we’d like to offer YOU a FREE Take a Cowboy Home t-shirt! We have one ladies size medium t-shirt to give away. Just leave a comment on the blog telling us what your favourite real life or imaginary cowboy is and we’ll pick a name out of a (cowboy) hat on Monday, December 14. The deadline to enter is midnight on December 13! Only one entry per person and only US and Canadian residents are eligible to win, terribly sorry! Please see our full contest rules here.

by Jason Pinter, author of the Henry Parker series

Hey Harlequin Readers!

It’s a thrill to introduce you to my brand new eBook release THE HUNTERS. For those of you who have read previous books in my Henry Parker series, I think you’ll enjoy how this never-before-published eBook fleshes out characters you’ve grown to love while whetting your appetite for my biggest thriller yet – THE DARKNESS.

For those of you who haven’t read my books yet (what are you waiting for?!?!?), THE HUNTERS gives you a taste, a whiff, a glance at a world that I believe you’ll want to come back to again and again.

So where does THE DARKNESS fit into my series? Well, just last month MIRA released THE FURY, the fourth book in my Henry Parker series, but the first in a two-part epic that I feel is the best work I’ve ever done.

In THE FURY, Henry Parker finds out that there is a deep, dark skeleton in his family’s closet: a brother he never knew existed. And when Henry begins to investigate the murder of his estranged brother, he uncovers a conspiracy over two decades in the making. This two-part story concludes with the publication of THE DARKNESS on November 24 – and in between THE FURY and THE DARKNESS there is one night. One night in which two ruthless killers follow a deadly agenda, which will enable their plan to begin at sunrise.

Now, if you’re like me, the hours from sunset to sunrise are peaceful. Relaxing. But not in this eBook. In THE HUNTERS, you’ll see just how much drama, murder and mayhem can be packed into just one night. You’ll see Henry Parker preparing to chase the story of his life. You’ll see Jack O’Donnell, disgraced legend and Henry’s idol, hoping to save his legacy with one last hurrah. And you’ll see two killers with a plan that, if pulled off successfully, will turn New York City into a war zone.

I hope you enjoy THE HUNTERS, and I hope it encourages you to pick up a copy of THE DARKNESS on November 24th. Just remember, a lot can happen in one night. But you’ll have to read it for yourself to find out just how dark things can get…

Happy reading,
Jason Pinter

P.S. For more information on these books and other books in my Henry Parker series, visit my website at www.jasonpinter.com

Download your free copy of THE HUNTERS at the Harlequin eBook Store. ~ the Harlequin Digital team