Showing posts with label Jo Grafford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jo Grafford. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Romantic Suspense New Release & Discussion Group by Jo Grafford


Please welcome our guest today, Jo Grafford.

I will admit I’m a Castle-House-Bones-NCIS junkie. I love seeing detectives grapple with complex cases, villains get what they deserve, and victims receive their long overdue moments of justice. 

I particularly love it when the cases aren’t black and white – kind of like real life. When the lines are blurred. When good people sometimes do the right things for the wrong reasons or the wrong things for the right reasons. 

Then again, sometimes I like watching a spine-tingling show or reading one of those books that keep you awake at night with an honest-to-gosh truly dark soul for an antagonist. Criminals who do the unthinkable without a drop of human compassion. Men and women who have crossed so far over the line that there is no coming back. 

In my most recent release DESIGNED FOR YOU, my readers get a taste of the whole range of villainy—from the redeemable to the unredeemable to the I’m-not-yet-sure-they’re-redeemable characters who will carry into books two and three later this year. More deets about the book after this quick news flash and personal invitation: 

While you’re waiting for the next book in your favorite series to release, we invite you to join our all-new and completely awesome group designed exclusively for romantic suspense readers. With nearly 150 readers already, it’s a no-spam, 100% discussion group about anything and everything romantic suspense. Join us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RomanticSuspenseReaders/. 

Hope to see you there! —Jo

Designed for You

Jillian Lang’s interior design company soars to a new level of success after hiring the world’s sexiest, most gorgeous office manager. Holland Sparks makes everything spike — her sales, her heartbeat, her temperature… 

When a pesky stalker suddenly moves his game from the cyber world to the real world, Holland becomes the one person she trusts implicitly. An anchor in the midst of her chaos. A man whose ruthless business instincts turn to devastating tenderness after hours. 

Until his own secrets start to unfold, leaving Jillian to wonder if her beautiful business partner is actually the one spinning the deadly web that’s fast closing around her. 

Here’s what the 5-star reviews are saying:

• “Heart-pounding suspense mixed with fun, quirky characters, lit by steamy scenes, and riddled with so many twists that you’ll be guessing until the last page.”

• “One heck of a roller coaster ride”

• “Gutsy heroine, alpha men, heart-pumping drama”

• “Highly entertaining. Not a dull moment. Didn’t want to put this book down.”

• “5+++ stars!” 

BUY LINKS

AMAZON KINDLE US – http://amzn.com/B01AU8SEAO
AMAZON KINDLE CA –  http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01AU8SEAO

Short Excerpt:

I know who you are.

Jillian Lang's insides froze as she read the email with its dreaded XX signature. She was tempted to run to the front door of Lang Interiors to make sure she'd locked it after closing time.

"Of course you know who I am!" She threw her arms up at the computer screen. "Any moron with Internet access can find my company website." And exact street address. Her hands shook as she returned them to the keyboard.

More than likely, it was just some junior high prankster. Still, it unnerved her to receive the cryptic email message day after day. Who was sending it and why?

She shook her head at the screen. Should she report her stalker to the police? Would they even care? They had bigger fish to fry investigating the daily burglaries and muggings that plagued the city. Probably earn her little more than a good chuckle from them if she complained about someone who simply claimed to know her identity. The emails were creepy and obnoxious but hardly criminal.

She punched a few keys and carefully filed the email, hating how powerless she was to do anything about it.

She preferred being in control. Climbing her own mountains. Putting out her own fires. Unfortunately, that was all about to change.

AUTHOR BIO
I write romance across the genres. The stakes are always high, and the heroes are willing to risk it all for the brilliant, sassy women they love.
Originally from St. Louis, I’ve served as a corporate trainer, a junior college finance instructor, and a high school business teacher. Along the way, I discovered the only thing I enjoy as much as teaching is writing. Especially writing romance! A typical day finds me on my laptop, a fizzy beverage within reach, and a cat sprawled across my lap (hoping for his first book dedication or at least an honorable mention).
I love alpha males, strong-minded woman, humorous sidekicks, diversity, Vikings, dashing lords, vampires, zombies, cyborgs…you get the idea.

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Monday, March 28, 2016

Back Story Pass to the Set of DESIGNED FOR YOU by Jo Grafford


Readers and Roses, please welcome Jo Grafford as our guest blogger today.



Ever wonder how much research goes into writing a romance novel? A lot more than sheer imagination and daydreaming. Trust me!

The people who think they know me best would fall over in shock if they ever scanned my Internet search history. They might start off thinking I’m a woman of wildly upscale tastes because of all the sites I’ve browsed on penthouses, yachts, fast cars, and billionaire enterprises.

But my friends might find my obsessions with other things a little strange: the rise of the American mafia post 911, most common money laundering techniques, most notorious federal agents who turned dirty…

Those same friends might consider un-friend-ing me on Facebook when they see the next few entries in my browser history: the deadliest and most silent ways to kill a person, how to exit the scene of a crime without leaving a shred of forensic evidence, and yeah…you’re starting to wonder yourself.

Surprise! That’s my actual browsing history. I had to research every topic mentioned above while writing Designed For You, first book in an all-new romantic suspense series. It releases April 19 but it’s available now for pre-order.

I also had to delve into interior design techniques, stalkers and how they troll for their victims, various types of cyber hackers and want they want, helicopter evacuations, safehouses, and I’ll stop there at the risk of spoiler alerts.

Sometimes it takes a truly incredible amount of research to spin the kind of heart-pounding romantic suspense our readers want and deserve.

If any of these topics are tickling your reader senses, join the Designed For You pre-release festivities and reserve your copy for our limited time 99 cents sale. J This is nearly a 70% discount off normal price.

I currently have a March giveaway going on for a bestselling paperback copy of Jeannie Moon’s UNTIL YOU + a Jo Grafford (yours truly) swag pack. 

Click Here for the Drawing!

Happy reading! Enjoy the ride.
Jo

BOOK SYNOPSIS

Despite a string of personal tragedies and setbacks, Jillian Lang's interior design company is an enormous success. If she doesn't count the cyber stalker who hounds her daily…

Knowing she can’t keep up with her fast-growing list of bids and contracts without help, she reluctantly breaks her number one personal rule of "don't depend on anyone" and hires an office manager. Not only does Holland Sparks do an incredible job of running Lang Interiors, he provides a much-needed buffer between her and the cyber stalker, while steadily chipping away at a thousand barriers she’s put up to keep men out.

When the stalker suddenly moves his game from the cyber world to the real world, Jillian discovers no one in her immediate circle is exactly who or what he claims to be. Not her landlord. Not even her two brothers.

Will Holland be the one man she can turn to, or will his own secrets be reason enough to scrap her designs on the man of her dreams?
 

AMAZON KINDLE US – http://amzn.com/B01AU8SEAO
AMAZON KINDLE CA –  http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01AU8SEAO
 

Jo loves to stay in touch with readers on Facebook, Twitter, BookBub, and Amazon. Plus you can read free chapters of all her books on Wattpad. To receive a free copy of one of her bestselling stories, visit JoGrafford.com to sign up for her newsletter.

AUTHOR FOLLOW LINKS (Please Complete The Ones You Use Feel Free To Add Others)
WEBSITE / BLOG – www.JoGrafford.com