Today, I have a wonderful guest post for you all from Kat Martin, author of Beyond Control! Be sure to check below for more goodies - links, blurbs, and more!
The Texas Mystique
Since my new book, BEYOND CONTROL--Josh Cain and Victoria
Bradford’s story--is set in Texas, I thought it might be fun to talk about one
of my favorite places.
There is something special about Texas. My husband and I lived in Houston for a
couple of months one summer and it was a wonderful experience, though at times
it was sort of good news and bad. The
people in Texas are extremely friendly, and they always seem to be in a good
mood.
We gorged ourselves on gourmet meals in some of the
country’s finest restaurants, but also ate a ton of delicious Tex Mex, Asian,
Indian flatbread, and just about everything else. We visited art galleries, the beach, and some
of the beautiful ranches in the area.
That was the good news.
The bad news was Houston in August is HOT. It’s also muggy and sticky and you just can’t
wait for October to arrive.
Two years ago, we traveled to Lubbock for a Western Writers
of America conference. I was reluctant
to go in the summer, but it turned out to be a really great trip--hot but dry. We visited some great museums and met some
fun people, including old-time movie star, Barry Corbin, who’s been in
everything from Urban Cowboy to The Best Little Whore House in Texas--along
with forty-three other movies.
For the past few years, I’ve been setting my stories in and
around Dallas, one of my favorite U.S. cities.
In BEYOND CONTROL, Victoria
Bradford and her four-year old daughter are on the run from Tory’s abusive
ex-fiancé. Seventy miles north of
Dallas, the Iron River Ranch is pretty much nowhere, exactly what Josh Cain
wanted when he came back from Afghanistan. Big skies, quiet nights, no trouble.
When Tory shows
up with her adorable little girl, Josh realizes he is in for trouble of the
most personal kind. But Josh has seen
trouble before, and he doesn't scare easy. Not when “accidents” start happening around
the ranch. Not when Tory’s best friend
is abducted--not when it looks like things are going to get worse.
I’ve had great fun writing books set in Texas, including BEYOND
REASON and BEYOND DANGER, the first in my Texas Trilogy. Fortunately, I get to write four more novels
set in Dallas around the Maximum Security Agency. Chase Garrett (You meet him in BEYOND DANGER)
runs the company and is the hero of my first book. It’s out in January of next year.
Texas is a magical place that captured a piece of my soul
long ago. I hope some day you get to
visit. If not, perhaps you might enjoy
Josh and Tory in BEYOND CONTROL. Till
next time, all best and happy reading, Kat
BEYOND
CONTROL BLURB
Victoria Bradford and her four-year
old daughter are on the run from Tory’s abusive ex-fiancé. Seventy miles north of Dallas, the Iron
River Ranch is pretty much nowhere, exactly what Josh Cain wanted when he came back
from Afghanistan. Big skies, quiet
nights, no trouble.
When Tory shows up with her adorable
little girl, Josh realizes he is in for trouble of the most personal kind. But
Josh has seen trouble before, and he doesn't scare easy. Not when “accidents”
start happening around the ranch. Not when Tory’s best friend is abducted. Not even when he realizes their troubles are
only the tip of the iceberg.
LINKS
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Kat Martin Bio
New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara where she majored in Anthropology and also studied History. Currently residing in Missoula, Montana with her Western-author husband, L. J. Martin, Kat has written sixty-five Historical and Contemporary Romantic Suspense novels. More than sixteen million copies of her books are in print and she has been published in twenty foreign countries. Her last novel, Beyond Danger, hit #4 in Mass Market fiction on the Bookscan National Bestseller list.
Kat is currently at work on her next Romantic Suspense.
Happy Reading!
~!~ Amanda, Novel Addiction ~!~
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