 | 25 Aug 09 |
It is Tuesday, August 25, 2009…and I have been waiting for this day for one year, since my last book was released. Hallefreakinglujah, it’s release day! In honor of this long-awaited and thrilling occasion, I’m going to bow out of my usual blogging duties and skip my diatribe of writerly insights in order to run a sixty-second commercial for my new book, Hunt Her Down, in stores…today!
Feel free to mute or fast forward, I promise you I won’t be offended. Or you may just skip to the bottom, leave a comment and win a copy of Hunt Her Down, in case you don’t have time to run out to your local bookseller and grab it from the very shelves it hits…today! But if you want to find out what I’m so excited about, here we go.
Cue romantic suspense music…
Bullet Catcher Dan Gallagher is about to learn that some vendettas — and some women — are hard to forget.
Fourteen years ago, as an undercover FBI agent, Dan watched his lover, Maggie Varcek, flee as gunfire exploded around them. She believed him to be another man, a traitor, and dead. But Dan has learned that the drug lord Maggie unwittingly helped put in prison is free, and may be out for revenge. Determined to track her down and make sure she’s safe without revealing who he is, Dan gets a shocking surprise that turns his life…and his heart…upside down. 
Maggie is indeed in danger, the target of an international hunt for a clue she doesn’t even realize she has. When Dan’s identity is stunningly blown and danger strikes terrifyingly close, Maggie has to forgive Dan’s crushing betrayal in order to save the one thing that matters most to her…their son. Haunted by their past, tortured by their bone-deep attraction, and locked into a race against time and a cunning killer, Maggie and Dan take a thrill ride of heart-stopping suspense and heart-pounding sensuality.
The reviews have been fantastic! Smart Bitch Sarah Wendell calls “smart and steamy and suspenseful writing at it’s best” and swears it made a fan of romantic suspense out of her – woohoo to that!
Romantic Times Magazine gives Hunt Her Down a 4.5 Top Pick calling it “a fast paced treasure hunt and prime installment in a red-hot sizzling series.” Fallen Angels awards it Five Angels, pronouncing it a “hot and sexy well-crafted thriller guaranteed to keep you up late.”
This latest installment in the Bullet Catchers series has secrets, lies, passion, danger, drama and one incendiary scene in a shed you will not easily forget! It’s in stores…today !!! Have I mentioned that? So, go ahead, you know you want to…go right now and Hunt Her Down.
(To thank you for that indulgence, drop a comment and celebrate with me! I’m dying to give a book away…today!)
© 2009, Roxanne St. Claire. All rights reserved.
Roxanne St. Claire is a New York Times bestselling, RITA-Award winning author of nearly thirty novels of romance and suspense. The author of two popular romantic suspense series, The Bullet Catchers and The Guardian Angelinos, Roxanne is hard at work on new books for 2012, which will include the launch of a contemporary series, Barefoot Bay, and her first young adult novel, Don't You Wish, and a brand new stand-alone romantic suspense, Space in His Heart. A five-time RITA nominee, Roxanne's books have won the National Readers Choice Award, the Daphne Du Maurier Award, the Maggie Award, the Booksellers Best, the Book Buyers Best, The HOLT Medallion, multiple Awards of Excellence, and Borders "Top Pick"" for Romance in 2007. She lives in Florida with her husband, two teenagers, and one impossibly cute Australian Terrier named Pepper.
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Happy release day, Rocki!!! I can’t wait to grab a copy of my own soon!
Hugs!
by Kellie August 25th, 2009 at 5:59 amThanks, Kellie – hope you love Dan & Maggie!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 6:41 amYay! I can’t wait to read this – even though I still need to work through your backlist. I started with First You Run, and I was hooked. Congratulations on the release!
by B.E. Sanderson August 25th, 2009 at 6:01 amGet crackin, BE! Seriously, so glad you got hooked on the series. It’s been a blast to write (mostly…there have been some hair tearing days, of course). HUNT HER DOWN is one of my personal faves because Dan’s been alive in my head since the first book. Hope you love him!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 6:43 amCongratulations on the release (finally) of Hunt Her Down!!
I’m lucky enough to have read this one, so let me just say Rocki’s not at all biased in her recommendation that you go out and buy it–it’s a great story and very hot…and very sweet, and very tense. I hated every time I had to put it down (like when the light turned green). Did I mention hot?
by Lorena August 25th, 2009 at 6:14 amYou read it already!?! Go, you! Glad you enjoyed!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 6:43 amAnd still got my writing in! So it was guilt free!
by Lorena August 25th, 2009 at 12:00 pmI can’t wait to read it! Don’t pick me to give a book away to, though–I already bought mine. Yay, Happy Release Day!!
by Louisa Edwards August 25th, 2009 at 6:24 amYou’re so sweet, Liza Jane. And YOUR book is out very, very soon, too. (Watch for Louisa’s guest blog right here at msw on September 8!) I promise it’ll make you hungry!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 6:45 amRoxanne I read al of your books and I read this one I loved it like I will the next
by Sue August 25th, 2009 at 6:33 amone
My dearest Sue! I know how you hate to post on blogs, so your notes really touch me. Yes, you are the number one fan, and the sweetest lady on earth. I love you!! xoxo
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 6:45 amSo glad the book is out today
by Sue August 25th, 2009 at 6:36 amjust love all of your books
of cours I love you too
Sounds like a good one and a good review from Smart Bitches-what else can you say. Congrats on the new release, always a fun day. Carol
by Carol Shenold August 25th, 2009 at 6:37 amFun…and stressful. Repeat after me: I will not check amazon numbers, I will not check amazon numbers, I will not….
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 6:47 amHappy release day, Roxanne! This sounds like an amazing ride, my kind of book and what great reviews!
So there are two books before this one to read, is that right?
by Shannon Esposito August 25th, 2009 at 6:50 amI love discovering new authors (I know you’re not new to you
Hey Shannon – Actually, HUNT HER DOWN, like most of the series is written as a total stand alone – you can easily start with it, and if you like it, head back and pick up other books in the series. When I started writing a series, that was really important to me because, as a reader, I LOATHE the feeling that I’ve missed something along the way. I haven’t started a lot of series (JD Robb for instance) because of that.
However, for those OCD-ers in the group, here’s a list in order. The first three especially can be read out of order. The “trilogy” in the middle is better if you read it in order because there’s one murder mystery arc that runs through all three, but STILL, I guarantee a standalone romantic adventure that is completely satisfying even if read out of order.
The Bullet Catchers are:
KILL ME TWICE (Alex Romero)
THRILL ME TO DEATH (Max Roper)
TAKE ME TONIGHT (Johnny Christiano)
then the trilogy:
FIRST YOU RUN (Adrien Fletcher)
THEN YOU HIDE (Wade Cordell)
NOW YOU DIE (Lucy Sharpe)
and the next two, out today and next month:
HUNT HER DOWN (Dan Gallagher)
MAKE HER PAY (Con Xenakis)
There are also two novellas in there: “Reason to Believe” in the antho called WHAT YOU CAN’T SEE (with Karin & Allison!!!) and “You Can Count On Me” in the antho I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.
Hope that helps and doesn’t overwhelm!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 7:04 amThanks, Roxanne! I wasn’t sure which was the first, and now I can buy them all (as soon as I get some more mad money.)
by B.E. Sanderson August 26th, 2009 at 6:51 amDamn! I read this months ago and after that commercial I want to go read it again. I know lots of folks were upset after Dan and Lucy didn’t end up together and I was worried about poor Dan. But HUNT HER DOWN put my worries to rest and the upset folks should be satisfied he’s with the right woman.
Now, she says, rubbing her hands together, when is Con’s book coming out???
by Marilyn of HGFR fame ;-) August 25th, 2009 at 6:54 amMarilyn made the acknowledgments!! HGFR….anyone wanna guess???
Clue: she sends me one periodically, and it *inspires* me.
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 7:05 amYay! Happy release day! I can’t wait to read this one – everything I’ve heard about it has been awesome!
by Kristen Painter August 25th, 2009 at 7:01 amEspecially everything you’ve heard from ME! xoxo
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 7:06 amHappy Release Day to you! Happy Release Day to you! Happy Release Day dear Roxanne (and Dan and Maggie and the Bullet Catchers!)…Happy Release Day to you!
(And I did that without any alcohol! LOL) Good thing you only have to listen to my virtual voice because…uhm…I sound just like…uhm…Celine Dion. Yeah. That’s who. *blinkblink*
In all seriousness, may you have tremendous sales! These book rock, Rocki!
by Silver James August 25th, 2009 at 7:08 amSing it, Silver!!!! Thank you!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 7:30 amHappy release day, Rocki!
by Margaret A. Golla August 25th, 2009 at 7:23 amI got my card in the mail the other day and put it down on my TBB list for B&N. Good luck!
I have to admit (and I’m sorry to say) I haven’t read your work yet. But, wow, I’m really looking forward to picking this one up, sounds right up my alley!
Congratulations on the release!
by Terri Molina August 25th, 2009 at 7:39 amNo time like the present to start!!!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 7:56 amCan’t wait to read the next Bullet Catcher adventure…have been on a cruise & just got back home yesterday…great thing to look forward to. Congrats!
by Misty August 25th, 2009 at 7:48 amMisty! Where have you been?!? Can you email me privately at roxannestc@cfl.rr.com. I have to tell you something.
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 7:59 amI mean, obviously you’ve been on a cruise…LOL. I meant I have news for you….xoxo
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 8:00 amLove the Bullet catchers! And would LOVE to win a copy!!! Actually, Roxanne, my favorite book of yours is The Sins of His Past, that was the first book of yours I read, and I have “hunted down” the rest of your books since then!
by Erin T August 25th, 2009 at 7:51 amCongrats on your new release!
~Erin
Thanks Erin! SINS OF HIS PAST is very dear to my heart. I loved that book, and yet, it managed to get the single most BORING and PATHETIC cover in the history of publishing. Sand. That’s right. Sand…on a Silhouette Desire. A whole cover full of sand. My husband calls it SANDS OF HIS PAST. But, dang, I adored Deuce Monroe. Thanks! PS. Did you ever read the sequel – HIS STYLE OF SEDUCTION? I think that’s my favorite Desire I ever wrote. Jack Locke was just *funny* and bad.
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 7:58 amJackson Locke. ::sigh::
by Marilyn August 25th, 2009 at 9:00 amNo I must have missed that one! I am going to have to find it now! That was Kendra’s brother, right? I also loved Deuce! I love books with jocks!
by Erin T August 25th, 2009 at 9:11 amYes, Kendra’s brother, Jackson. It was really the last of the “old” Desires, before the billionaires/babys/secret mistresses turned the line into the American version of Presents. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, it sells out the wazoo. It’s just that my very emotional stories with guys who are alpha but not overly arrogant didn’t really fit the line and I don’t think STYLE got much attention. But I loved it!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 9:21 amYay, I was able to find a copy of it, so i ordered it! Thanks for telling me about it!
by Erin T August 25th, 2009 at 5:42 pmCongrats on your release and the terrific reviews! I can’t wait to read this one and I LOVE the secret identity and that they knew each other before…love those kind of stories!
by Sabrina August 25th, 2009 at 7:52 amhappy Release Day to Rocki!
I can’t wait to get this one…or the next one. A walk to B&N might need to be put into the lunch break plans, although it might be a smarter move to wait for Friday
so that I do actual work this afternoon, rather then reading a book.
by Tiffany August 25th, 2009 at 7:59 amI am so excited to read Dan’s story – I have been wanting to read it since I read the first Bullet Catcher book!
Walking is good. Buying is good, too. I totally support those lunch time activities. Thank you! I hope you love Dan’s story!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 8:01 amI can’t wait for this book1!!!!!
hugs,
by WendyK August 25th, 2009 at 8:00 amWendyK
Happy release day, Roxanne! I can’t wait to get my hands on Dan . . . er . . . I mean the book. Hehehe. Silly me. Dan Gallagher has always been one of my favorites of the Bullet Catchers. One question. I read the novella, You Can Count On Me and fell in love with the pairing of Raquel and Grigori. Any chance they’ll get a full novel of their own? (Pretty please?)
by Karen Kish August 25th, 2009 at 8:02 amThank you, Karen. Hmmm…Grigori & Raquel. They were a lot of fun, weren’t they? Nothing in the very near future, but I never say never. Especially to a man who plays kissing games with vodka in a limousine.
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 8:22 amA fabulous book. Absolutely the best Roxanne St. Claire ever!
by Leigh Duncan August 25th, 2009 at 8:12 amWoo Hoo, Rocki!
by Lara Santiago August 25th, 2009 at 8:14 amHappy release day.
I Love Love Love this book.
Everyone run don’t walk to get a copy of HUNT HER DOWN.
Hugs,
Lara
I love YOU Lara Santiago, who gave me the best news last night. (MAKE HER PAY, the next Bullet Catcher out in one short month, just got a 4.5 TOP PICK from RT!!)
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 8:24 amYay on the top pick for MAKE HER PAY. Can’t wait to read it too!
by Marilyn August 25th, 2009 at 9:02 amWow, Rocki! I couldn’t put the remote down! You had me hooked from the beginning!! It’s become a must-buy and if you saw how many books are stacked around the house waiting to be read, you’d know what a compliment that is!! Good luck with it. It sounds terrific!
by Judy August 25th, 2009 at 8:15 amHAPPY RELEASE DAY!
I love this series, can’t wait to read it.
by BreiaB August 25th, 2009 at 8:22 amCongratulations on the new book! It looks fantastic!
by Maureen August 25th, 2009 at 8:49 amThank you, Judy, Maureen, Breia! I’m so excited that I am writing NOTHING today. Okay, 303 lousy words. And I’ve been on such a roll, too! Gotta concentrate….
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 9:23 amGee, nobody’s taken a stab at what HGFR means.
by Marilyn August 25th, 2009 at 9:04 amHOT cover, congrats on the release! tWarner419@aol.com
by Teresa W. August 25th, 2009 at 9:10 amYAY Rocki!! Going to go get my copies today! Giving two as gifts. Cannot WAIT to read this one!
by Toni McGee Causey August 25th, 2009 at 9:13 amI am so looking forward to this book!!!!
by Christina T. August 25th, 2009 at 9:19 amI have to go back and read the last one just to remind myself. ( I am one of the OCD people that if there is a series I have to start at book one)
Happy Release Day! I would love to read this!
by Raelena August 25th, 2009 at 10:07 amthrouthehaze at gmail dot com
So excited. Your Bullet Catcher books were recommended to me back in June and I’ve managed to read all of them, plus my favorite Killer Curves. And after 3 tries I’ve managed to locate a book store that has Hunt Her Down in stock — my local Borders had not unpacked it yet, told me to try back tomorrow — and am off to pick it up now that naptime is over. I can’t wait to read it. Congrats on the release.
by Ann August 25th, 2009 at 10:19 amNot unpacked yet?!? Are there…OTHER books in that store today? Kidding. Actually today is a GREAT day to shop. Gena Showalter’s got two new ones out, Elissa Wilde has a new one out, plenty of fun books to get you through the dog days o’ summer.
Killer Curves is your favorite? Oh, bless you. I do love that book – I wrote it before I was published, and became an uber-NASCAR fan in the process. (Not too much anymore – they kind of lost me the last few years.) Of course, it was very early in my career and it sold, ahem, modestly. But Beau was one of my all time fave guys.
(Can you tell I love my heroes? Each and every one of them.)
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 10:38 amI don’t know what it is about Killer Curves, but I love it…it must be Beau. I got it last month and have read it twice already. Finally got a copy of Hunt Her Down and am off to read
by Ann August 25th, 2009 at 12:05 pmEnjoy, Ann! You made me go to the closet and take out KILLER CURVES and read a few pages. Beau. Sigh. Hood of car. Bigger sigh. Thanks for the memories!!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 12:38 pmRoxanne,
The book sounds exciting. If I don’t win the drawing, I promise to pick it up.
by Walt August 25th, 2009 at 10:50 amHey Roxanne:
by Booklover1335 August 25th, 2009 at 11:15 amHappy Release Day! I have loved the Bullet Catchers series and have been anxiously awaiting today since I finished reading the last one. Would love to win it!
Hi Roxanne,
Congrats on your new release!
I love the Bullet Catcher series and I’m still on the hunt for “Tropical Getaway”.
by Terri W. August 25th, 2009 at 11:21 amGood luck with finding TROPICAL GETAWAY, Terri. I’d give it to you if I had any except the two I keep packed in an airtight box for future generations of St. Claires. LOL.
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 12:39 pmTerri, I found Tropical Getaway on E-bay.
by Erin T August 25th, 2009 at 5:43 pmHi Erin,
Thanks for letting me know!
by Terri W. August 25th, 2009 at 7:41 pmCongratulations on release day!!! What an amazing series and I can’t wait to read your newest one!
by Sharon M August 25th, 2009 at 11:34 amCongrats Roxanne – I’d love a chance to read one of your books. Sounds very addicting
by ban August 25th, 2009 at 11:44 amYou must be so thrilled !
They ARE addicting! We must make an addict out of you, too!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 12:40 pmHunt Her Down sounds great. I love the cover.
by CrystalGB August 25th, 2009 at 12:45 pmHappy Release Day! I can’t wait to read Hunt Her Down. I so excited to read a new Bullet Catcher book. I love this series!
by Liza August 25th, 2009 at 1:02 pmCongrats on the new release!
by iokijo August 25th, 2009 at 3:44 pmWould love the chance to read Hunt Her Down…
Have seen nothing but great reviews & recommendations.
Thanks for the chance to get ahold of one.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
I am SOOOOO excited about this release. I know my mom loved the book, can’t wait for the second! (Thanks for the advanced copy!) and I will read when my copies come from Amazon . . .
by Allison Brennan August 25th, 2009 at 4:57 pmcongrats ont eh books and great reviews
by kh August 25th, 2009 at 5:00 pmlove the covers
cant wait to read them
plesase enter me
Rocki, picked up your book yesterday at the store. Couldn’t wait. Great commercial BTW, now I can’t wait to read it!!!!
Good luck with sales and happy writing.
by Jill James August 25th, 2009 at 5:04 pmWOOHOO, another Bullet Catcher! A year is a long time for an author to wait. It is a long time for your readers to wait too.
by Patricia Barraclough August 25th, 2009 at 7:13 pmGood luck with the release.
WINNER!!!! WINNER!!!! WINNER!!!!
I asked my son to pick a number and he chose 16 – his age. So the winner is SABRINA! Please email me at roxannestc@cfl.rr.com with your snail mail because I’m going to the Post Office tomorrow – I’ll send the book Priority and you will have Dan in days!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
And thank you to everyone who sat through my commercial and commented to share my joy…today!!!
by Roxanne St. Claire August 25th, 2009 at 8:07 pmI love this series . Thanks for some very enjoyable books !
by Karen August 26th, 2009 at 3:16 aman misses it
by crystal August 28th, 2009 at 5:09 pm