Temporarily Insane
by Vicki Batman
GENRE: romantic comedy mystery
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Vicki Batman will be awarding a $75 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Please visit GoddessFish.com to follow the tour, remember the more you comment better your chances on winning.
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BLURB:
No man. Bad job. And Murder. Hattie Cooks is still searching for her dream job and one might be available...in the Big Apple, far from friends, family, and Allan Wellborn, the man who still makes her heart race. In the meantime, she finds temporary employment at an accounting firm where two auditor friends turn up dead.
Detective Allan Wellborn dropped Hattie for Blonde Bimbo who, coincidentally, is employed at NLB where fishy things are taking place. When Allan interviews Hattie, he must determine why
all signs point to her as a suspect.
Can Hattie discover why Allan dumped her and who is murdering auditors before death strikes again?
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Excerpt:
“So, you really have no intention of giving me my birthday present?”
“Not really. This one needs to be savored.”
Bouncey, bouncey. “Besides, your mom would kill me if I told.”
Uh-oh. My radar surfaced like a periscope on a Dclass nuclear submarine armed with twenty deadly missiles. This would not do. No siree. Sometimes, Mom’s surprises were incredibly unique. Translated, this meant on occasion her presents were:
—Butt ugly
—Not needed
—Childish
I didn’t want to sound completely ungrateful about Mom’s gifts. In truth, I very much appreciated everything she gave me. I really struggled with keeping the unusual presents and then donating them to a charity when they weren’t used. Most had been stashed on the top shelf of my closet in case she visited and made inquiries about them.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Award-winning author, Vicki Batman, has sold many romantic comedy works to the True magazines, several publishers, and most recently, a romantic comedy mystery to The Wild Rose Press. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and several writing groups. An avid Jazzerciser. Handbag lover. Mahjong player. Yoga practitioner. Movie fan. Book devourer. Cat fancier. Best Mom ever. And adores Handsome Hubby. Most days begin with her hands set to the keyboard and thinking "What if??"
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Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeletecongrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
ReplyDeleteThis excerpt made me laugh... LOL. Anyhoo... I know I complimented your cover previously, but out of curiosity, who is the designer?
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Hi, clojo! Oh my haven't we been on the receiving end of some *unusual* gifts. I remember one necklace... Anyway, my cover was designed by The Wild Rose Press. I tossed out ideas, especially the font. The font is sassy...like me. LOL
Thanks!!! This is new to me. I've gotten some strange gifts over my lifetime, but that's because we do White Elephant gifts!!
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Hi, girlygirl! I love White Elephant exchanges. My friend once had a fuzzy tissue holder with doll heads glued on it...
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I enjoyed reading the excerpt. Sounds like a great story. Thanks for the giveaway chance.
ReplyDeleteBeing temporarily insane often saves my sanity from complete breakdown.
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ReplyDelete"Temporarily Insane" sounds like an amazing tead. Looking forward to reading.
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ReplyDeleteHi, Marcy! And thank you for checking me out.
ReplyDeleteHi, Diane! I love TI. I created some new characters and brought back hunky Allan Wellborn. Stuck Hattie in new predicaments. Lots of fun.
Hi, Judy! My pleasure.
I hope many of you will consider signing up for the newsletter. I have an e-book from a back collection I'm sharing. Hugs!
That sounds like me with some of the presents I've received over the years!
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ReplyDeleteHi, Angela! I've never received Days of the Week panties or holiday socks. LOL
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Hi, Emily! Intriguing sounds good to me.
Hi, Victoria! As always, you're welcome.
Enjoyed the excerpt. Your a new author for me.
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ReplyDeleteFor their 25th wedding anniversary my Dad gave Mum a set of saucepans. She took one look, threw them at him, he ducked and they smashed through the big picture window. This was over the Christmas/New Year holidays when Ireland shuts down & you couldn't get a glazier for love nor money. It was also one of the few times we've had a white Christmas! We had to wear our hats & gloves just to keep warm!
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