• Suspense

    Tying a New Series w/an Old One @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #suspense

    By Emily Mims
    When I wrote ‘Solomon’s Choice’
    back in 2012, I had no idea that it would become the first book the nine book ‘Texas
    Hill Country’ series, set around the fictional lake community of Heaven’s Point
    of Verde County, Texas. I had a wonderful time with those stories. I drew
    deeply from my own lake community and quaint charm of the Hill Country of
    Texas. I used my own house in the story, and sent my heroes and heroines on the
    same moonlit boat rides and eagle watching trips I had been on. I wrote about a
    place and the people that I loved.
    At the same time, as a writer I
    recognized that series have, or should have, a finite lifetime. As long as two
    years ago I was already thinking about my next series and getting to know the
    characters as they developed in my imagination. But at the same time, I didn’t
    want to just drop the Hill Country series cold, leaving my readers wondering
    what had happened to that series and those settings and characters. So I
    decided to do something I’ve seen done a few times but not often enough in the
    world of series romance. I decided to tie the two series together, by
    introducing a couple of characters in the last book of the Hill Country series
    that would travel to Tennessee. They would become two of my heroes in the ‘Smoky
    Blue’ series, set in the folk and bluegrass music world of the Appalachian
    Mountains. Hopefully, my readers would be eager to travel with these characters
    and join them in their new setting.
    My readers have already met Ren
    Navarro, the hero of ‘Mist’, in the last two books in the Hill Country series. He
    and his friend Sawyer Ellison both find themselves in Appalachia, again
    investigating drug dealing associated with a music club. Ren and Sawyer were
    both mysterious characters in ‘Once, Again.’ Although Ren’s true nature and
    Sawyer’s true mission are not revealed until the end of that book, I wrote both
    characters with the subsequent series in mind, making sure Ren had the traits
    and talents he would need as the hero of ‘Mist’ and laying the groundwork for
    Sawyer’s continuing development as a character and his role as an eventual
    hero. As cousin to the heroes of the last two Hill Country books and a part of
    the family business, through Ren we will see Alex and Misty again, and the
    series will continue to have ties to Texas and the characters we left behind
    there.
    But not too many ties. The Smoky
    Blue series has its own characters and stories. And it is set in a part of the
    country that in many ways is very different from Texas. This time the story is
    set not around a community, but around a bluegrass nightclub called Acoustics,
    and the heroes and heroines are in some was associated with the club. Many of
    the characters are musicians. This time, I’m drawing deeply from my experiences
    as a musician and avid lover of mountain music. The jam sessions depicted are
    modeled after those I’ve played in. My dulcimer-playing heroine, Kylie, plays
    the same songs on her dulcimer that I do on mine. The ukulele-playing heroine
    of the third book, ‘Evergreen’, plays the same music I play on my uke. The
    festivals-I’ve been to every one of them. Even the dulcimer on the cover
    belongs to me. These stories are coming from a very different
    place than the others. They call for fresh characters in this new setting, with
    new challenges to face as they find the man or woman of their dreams.

    About the Book

    Title Mist
    Genre Romance/romantic suspense
    Author Emily Mims
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Someone is distributing drugs out of the nightclub
    Acoustics, and musician and undercover operative Reynolds Navarro has come to
    Bristol, Tennessee to find out who. His prime suspect is the beautiful dulcimer
    player Kylie Barstow Richards, whose drug-dealing husband was gunned down and
    who has an unexplained source of money feeding into an offshore account. As
    part of his investigation, Ren must gain her trust-and access to her home. What
    better way to do that than to become her lover?
    Kylie hates liars-she has been lied to all her life and she
    vows never to be lied to again, especially by the appealing Ren Campbell. But
    with danger drawing nearer and everything Kylie’s ever wanted about to be lost
    to her, can Kylie put her faith in the man she loves but knows she cannot
    trust?

    Buy This Book

    Publisher Boroughs Publishing
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Mist-Smokey-Blues-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01LZBLPWO/ 

    About the Author

    Author of twenty-eight romance novels, Emily Mims combined
    her writing career with a career in public education until leaving the
    classroom to write full time. The mother of two sons and six grandsons, she and
    her husband Charles live in central Texas but frequently visit grandchildren in
    Tennessee and Georgia. For relaxation she plays the piano, organ, dulcimer and
    ukulele. She says, “I love to write romances because I believe in them. Romance
    happened to me and it can happen to any woman-if she’ll just let it.”

    Author Social Media

    Amazon Author Page https://amazon.com/Emily-Mims/e/B00FQQ247K

  • Suspense

    Mist, Romantic Suspense by @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #romance

    Today’s featured book is Mist by Emily Mims.

    About the Book

    Title Mist
    Genre Romance/romantic suspense
    Author Emily Mims
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Someone is distributing drugs out of the nightclub
    Acoustics, and musician and undercover operative Reynolds Navarro has come to
    Bristol, Tennessee to find out who. His prime suspect is the beautiful dulcimer
    player Kylie Barstow Richards, whose drug-dealing husband was gunned down and
    who has an unexplained source of money feeding into an offshore account. As
    part of his investigation, Ren must gain her trust-and access to her home. What
    better way to do that than to become her lover?
    Kylie hates liars-she has been lied to all her life and she
    vows never to be lied to again, especially by the appealing Ren Campbell. But
    with danger drawing nearer and everything Kylie’s ever wanted about to be lost
    to her, can Kylie put her faith in the man she loves but knows she cannot
    trust?

    Buy This Book

    Publisher Boroughs Publishing
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Mist-Smokey-Blues-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01LZBLPWO/

    About the Author

    Author of twenty-eight romance novels, Emily Mims combined
    her writing career with a career in public education until leaving the
    classroom to write full time. The mother of two sons and six grandsons, she and
    her husband Charles live in central Texas but frequently visit grandchildren in
    Tennessee and Georgia. For relaxation she plays the piano, organ, dulcimer and
    ukulele. She says, “I love to write romances because I believe in them. Romance
    happened to me and it can happen to any woman-if she’ll just let it.”

    Author Social Media

    Website/blog http://emilymims.com