Today is the print release date for my latest Harlequin Intrigue, SHARPSHOOTER.

I loved writing this book.  Loved it. These two characters both appeared in my previous Intrigue stories (ALPHA ONE and GUARDIAN RANGER), and I could not wait to give Gunner and Sydney their own book.

Gunner has loved Sydney for years. Loving her is as natural as breathing for him, but confessing that emotion and actually taking what he wants…well, let’s just say that confession is the one thing that he is afraid to do.

Here’s the blurb for you:

Heart-pounding action meets smoldering desire in USA TODAY bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s Shadow Agents miniseries!
Two years ago Gunner Ortez saved Sydney Sloan’s life on a mission gone wrong. And ever since then, he’s been watching her back. Now a hostage-rescue mission is about to blow the Elite Ops agents’ lives apart once again.

Working side by side back in the jungles of Peru, the heat between Sydney and Gunner is hotter than ever-and so are the threats to their lives. With the danger escalating, Sydney knows Gunner is her only hope at successfully completing their assignment. But the ex-SEAL who arouses passion she’d only dreamed about also poses the greatest risk to the secret she carries in her heart…

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Harlequin will be releasing the Kindle and Nook versions of this book on 8/1. And, in August, the next book in my SHADOW AGENTS series will also be available…

I love it when books release back-to-back. And I will definitely be aiming for more back-to-back releases!

If you are around the blogosphere today, you will see the SHARPSHOOTER Release Day Blitz. I want to thank the awesome Viviana for organizing that blitz! And a huge thanks to all of the bloggers participating! Thank you!!!

I hope that you all enjoy a fantastic Tuesday! Happy reading!

If you’re in the Atlanta area and you love romance books…then check out the RWA “Readers for Life” Literacy Autographing on Wednesday, July 17th.  Here the details for you:

2013 “Readers for Life” Literacy Autographing
Wednesday, July 17
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atrium Ballroom A–C (Atrium level)

There are over 400 authors participating in this event (yes, 400!), and I am so happy to be included in that number. I love the Literacy Autographing–it is a fun, high energy event.  It’s a chance for me to meet readers, and it is chance to raise money for a fantastic cause. Win, all the way around!

Hope to see you in Atlanta!

My publisher has lowered the digital price of my romantic suspense novel, DEADLY FEAR–it’s on sale for .99!

TWO BRILLIANT AGENTS

FBI Special Agent Monica Davenport has made a career out of profiling serial killers. But getting inside the twisted minds of the cruel and the sadistic has taken its toll: She’s walled herself off from the world. Yet Monica can’t ignore fellow agent Luke Dante, the only man who ever broke through her defenses.

ONE DREAM TEAM

Luke has the unique ability to put victims at ease…professionally, he and Monica made a perfect team. Now they’re reunited to catch a murderer who uses his victims’ deepest, darkest fears for sport – but their investigative skills aren’t enough. Luke and Monica will have to face the secrets from their past, the ones that terrify them the most, if they are to have a future together.

But can they catch a killer whose weapon is…DEADLY FEAR?

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DEADLY FEAR is available for .99 at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Happy Friday, everyone!!! Today, we have a book spotlight.

Kim Carmichael has a new book out, CLOSURE, and she asked to share a blurb and excerpt with us. I’m always eager to hear about new books!

There’s always the one…


He’s one person throughout life you think about every so often, the one who leaves his unique indelible mark on you, the person with whom you need closure.


For Margaret Collins that person was Mike Taylor. After he broke her heart seventeen years ago, she left everything she knew and reinvented herself. With a new home, a new look and a new name, Riley Williams is now an up and coming journalist given the assignment to interview a Mike Taylor. She never suspected he would be her Mike Taylor.

With Mike having no hint of Riley’s true identity, she must decide if she will make him pay for sins he doesn’t remember committing, or if she can wipe away the past and be with the one man who she has always wanted?

 Can she finally have closure?

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And here’s an excerpt from her story:

“Are you worried I’m going to get something wrong?” Without him knowing, they slipped back into their old banter. She reached into her bag, found a pad and pen and held them up. “Do you feel better now?”

“Yes, different.” He pressed his back against the chair. “A challenge.” His smile let the tooth peek out, while seventeen years caused the little wrinkle at corner of his eye to appear. “You know, I have some meetings here the rest of this week.”

“Should I be writing this down?” She clicked the pen twice, trying to stop herself from reading more into this.

“Not unless you’re writing down your address so I know where to pick you up for dinner tomorrow night.”

Everything stopped. Even if only in her mind, for that second the world froze. The constant clink of dishes ceased, the bustling wait staff stood motionless.

Back in the school hallway when he had invited her out, he used a similar assumptive close. He turned to her and asked what time he should get her Friday night.

Though the years had diminished the pain, to this day every now and again, she wondered what would have happened if took her out rather than succumbing to the pressure of his friends and parents. She’d been nothing but a project when she wanted to be a girl.

Here together, they repeated history, but not in his eyes. She couldn’t blame him for not knowing her. She’d changed her name, changed her looks, but never managed to change her heart.

She always wondered.

Maybe she always wished.

Was she handed another chance to get her heart ripped to shreds, or had she just received the ultimate do-over?

“Excuse me for a moment.” She pushed her chair back and walked away.

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I hope that everyone has a fantastic Friday!! You can learn more about Kim on her website or on her Facebook page.

Wow. I am absolutely overwhelmed–MINE TO TAKE made both the New York Times best-seller list and the USA Today best-seller list.  I am stunned and thrilled and amazed–and most of all, I am grateful. I am grateful to the readers who put the story on those lists. Thank you so much for your support. Thank you for reading about Trace and Skye and for going on an adventure with them.

I’ve said it before, and I have to say it again–I truly think that I have the most amazing readers in the world. Thank you very, very much for all of your encouragement.

And, as part of my THANK YOU!!, I am going to be running a ton of giveaways on my Facebook page tomorrow (6/27). So if you get a chance, please do come by.  I think this good news deserves a celebration, don’t you? So let’s party and win prizes!!!

Once more–THANK YOU.