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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Can the ghost whisperer defeat the big, bad Warlord? - Defying the Relic Hunter (Coletti Warlords #11) by Gail Koger

"Fun, funny, fast paced and steamy. Ethan and Kizzy, get some help from Quinn and Xenia, Uncle Saul, and Adan. Love this series. I know I will get a fun laugh out loud story."Annie, Goodreads


Description:

Published: January 6th, 2020

Kizzy sees dead people, but she’s a thief and talking to dead folks is about as useful as a three-legged horse. The Dragos clan booted her out when her year’s take was a lousy five hundred and sixty credits. The only way back in is to pull off a million-credit heist. Alone. 

When Kizzy’s jobs as a roadkill collector and medical test subject goes south, she decides taking Montezuma’s gold away from an Indiana Jones wannabe is the ultimate heist.

The snag? The Indiana Jones wannabe is Ethan Jones, a dangerous Coletti Warlord. Now that she’s caught his attention, he’s determined to capture her as his prize.

Can the ghost whisperer defeat the big, bad Warlord? Defying the Relic Hunter!! 

EXCERPT

My clan is filled with accomplished conmen and thieves. The more loot you bring in the higher your status. To date, I’ve brought in five hundred and sixty credits. Uncle Aldo had faith in me. My clan not so much. They booted me out. The only way back in was to pull off a million-credit heist. Alone.

I was twenty-two with no real job skills, no money and the realization I hated being a thief. To keep me from becoming homeless Uncle Aldo rented me a cheap apartment on the sly. After a month of searching, I managed to find employment as a roadkill collector. My job was scooping up the mangled furry bodies. I was ecstatic. It paid twenty credits an hour but working in 110-degree temperatures was tough. I lasted a month before I ended up in the emergency room from heat exhaustion. 

My second job was cleaning gross, fly infested porta-potties, which earned me another trip to the hospital for dehydration. The only upside of that nasty job was I happened to be in the right place, at the right time to rescue a three-year old girl from her kidnapper. Uncle Aldo had a fit when my picture was plastered all over the news vids. Being a heroine got me nada. 

Utter desperation drove me to become a research subject in an experimental drug trial. When I started babbling about seeing dead people, they abruptly showed me the door. 

About the author:
I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher for the Glendale Police Department and to keep from going totally bonkers – I mean people have no idea what a real emergency is. Take this for example: I answered, “9-1-1 emergency, what’s your emergency?” And this hysterical woman yelled, “My bird is in a tree.” Sometimes I really couldn’t help myself, so I said, “Birds have a tendency to do that, ma’am.” The woman screeched, “No! You don’t understand. My pet parakeet is in the tree. I’ve just got to get him down.” Like I said, not a clue. “I’m sorry ma’am but we don’t get birds out of trees.” The woman then cried, “But… What about my husband? He’s up there, too.” See what I had to deal with? To keep from hitting myself repeatedly in the head with my phone I took up writing. 

Author's Giveaway
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29 comments:

Goddess Fish Promotions said...

Thanks for hosting!

James Robert said...

Thanks for sharing your book with us. I think we all enjoy hearing about new books we previously didn't know about. Also, thank you for the giveaway.

Gail 58 said...

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! Hysterical laughter will occur while reading Defying the Relic Hunter!!

Bernie Wallace said...

How do you come up with the characters names in your book?

Gail 58 said...

Some times I use Google, some times they just come to me.

Rita Wray said...

Sounds like a good book.

Julie Waldron said...

Great cover! Thanks for the chance!

Gwendolyn Jordan said...

I like the cover

Victoria Alexander said...

Great post - thanks for sharing!

Sherry said...

This is one of my all time favorite series and I plan on reading the book very soon.

Dale Wilken said...

Sounds really great.

Deb PelletierC said...

The book sounds interesting. thanks.

Lee Todd said...

congrats on the new release

L.C. said...
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CCAM said...

@Emmaline - HI!
Thank you for letting us know about this problem. I already wrote to Pinterest and I'm waiting for their response. The problems started when P introduced the "Claim blog" feature.
Anyway, I tried to pin the image from the button within Raffle form and it worked. If you didn't try already, please, try it.
Good luck!
:)

L.C. said...
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CCAM said...

@Emmaline

Please, try now and let me know. I just read Pinterest team answer and they fixed the problem. Thank you for pushing me to do it! They were great resolving the issue so fast. I really hope that everything will be OK from now on.

Best!

CCAM said...

@Emmaline

Just read Pinterest team answer and they fixed the issue. They did it real fast :) I hope everything will be great from now on.
Thank you for pushing me to write them.
We defeated the "big, bad Spam Warlord"

Best,

kidkitten said...

sounds like another fab addition to the series

Shannon said...

This sounds like an amazing book to read.

Paula Jean said...

This is a great blend of the two series going on. Dragos and Warlords

L.C. said...
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Robin A said...

This is a great cover I really like it

Nancy P said...

Terrific cover

wyndwhisper said...

Hi Gail;
Love the cover it's gorgeous! I tried to do the pinterest entry and it wouldn't take it. I went to Your pinterest page and pinned this one and it took it so I hope that was okay.
https://pin.it/3zfrvwdls4ohxh

Amy Woolard said...

I am fascinated by what I have read about this book! Looking forward to reading more!!

L.C. said...
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BunnyClem said...

This sounds great! Thanks for sharing! ❤

Amy Woolard said...

YES! Another one for my TBR list!!