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New Release: Wild Montana

I'm so thrilled to let you know that today Wild Montana has hit store shelves! The e-book will be released on February 1, but you can pre-order and it will automatically upload to your device upon release! Here's the blurb for Wild Montana:Have a former FBI agent and a park ranger met their match in the wilds of Montana? With a mysterious death to solve in Glacier National Park, Customs and Border Patrol agent Casper Lawrence must come up with motive, means, opportunity—and a killer. If he doesn't crack this case by the book, the former FBI agent on strike two will be out. Teamed with a beautiful park ranger, the cowboy agent with the gritty past has to trust sexy lone wolf Alexis Finch. But as their investigation takes them through dangerous terrain and an outlaw motorcycle club's turf, Casper will do anything to keep Alexis—and what they've ignited—alive.And a little excerpt!

Wild Montana

Chapter One

Alexis Finch forced her body up the steep trail and toward the location the hikers had described. Ravens swooped through the air above her, calling out secrets to their comrades as they flew west. Even though she hiked nearly every day through the backcountry of Glacier National Park, each step was torturous. The altitude made her breath come faster, but she focused her attention on the thick pines that surrounded them, and she ignored the pain that shot up from her tired calves.

“Ranger Finch,” the Customs and Border Protection agent called from behind her.

She was thankful as she stopped and turned back, taking the moment to catch her breath and shift the straps of her backpack, as they had started to cut into her shoulders. “Hmm?”

Casper Lawrence stopped beside her, his cheeks pink and a sheen of sweat covering his tanned face. She found comfort in the fact that after more than three miles of this uphill battle, the handsome agent was hurting just as badly as she was. “According to the GPS, this should be the spot.” He motioned around them.

The hillside was covered with thick, frost-bitten grasses, timber and patches of snow that hid in the shadows. No evidence of a struggle. No blood. No fresh tracks.

“Look,” she said, pointing toward the ravens overhead. “No matter what the GPS says, we follow the birds. Listen to nature. It’ll give us all the information we need.” She cringed as she realized how much she sounded like a bumper sticker, but as she spoke the words she knew they were true, especially when it came to finding a body.

If she’d learned anything in working as a law enforcement park ranger in the park for the last five years, it was that the only thing she could trust was Mother Nature’s fickle attitude. She did as she pleased, and danger could be found in the moments that a person underestimated her power. It was easy to identify the people who had misjudged her; they were usually the ones Alexis and the other rangers were sent into the backcountry to find—or the ones whose bodies they were sent in to recover...

I hope you love the book as much as I do!

-Danica Winters

Purchase Links:Harlequin | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | Kobo | Google Play | Walmart | Goodreads

Night Owl Reviews: Winter Wonderland Giveaway

I'm super excited to be a part of Tammie King and Night Owl Reviews' Winter Wonderland Giveaway. I hope you find an abundance of awesome books as you search through the many great author's who are taking part in the giveaway.I wanted to take this chance to thank my fans (as well as give them a chance to win one of many of the prizes being given away by NOR). To do this, we have spent many an hour putting together the pictures fans have sent me over the years, pictures from events, and a few of my furry assitants too. I hope you enjoy, and one day I would love to add your picture to this awesome slideshow as well! Please feel free to send me a picture via Twitter or Facebook using @DanicaWinters !I love these pictures (thank goodness you guys are in them so I don't break the lens)! Next year, I will be at RT Booklover's Convention in Atlanta and at RWA in Orlando as well as ECWC in Seattle. I'm sure there will be many more events, but I would love to see you there--and maybe even get a picture together!Here's the giveaway information sent my way from NOR for the Winter Wonderland Giveaway:

Hi Night Owl Review Readers,
 
I've got a treat for you. I'm one of the sponsors of the Night Owl Reviews WINTER WONDERLAND Scavenger Hunt.
 
During this event I'm going to help you find some great new books. Make sure to check my featured title out along the way.
 
The grand prize is a $100 Amazon Gift Card. The total prize pool is over $900.
 
Enter Now at: https://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Blog/Articles/Winter-Wonderland-2016

Good luck and have fun playing the game. And as always, thank you so much for being a fan. You are what keeps me writing!Danica Winters

New Release and a Little Nerd Humor Just for You!

Call me a nerd, but I have to start this new release post frankentsteinout with my favorite SUPER cheesy joke. I can’t help myself, so here goes:Q: How do you make a napkin dance?A: You put a little boogie in it!Okay, one more... LOLQ: Who did Frankenstein take to the prom?A: His ghoul friend.All right, I can hear the groans from here. No more jokes, but hopefully they at least put a little smile on your face and got you prepared for Halloween!Around my house, I have the zombie in the window, the blood moon paintings on the walls, and the bowl of half-eaten candy by the door. (I made the terrible, terrible mistake of opening candy two weeks before. The only thing I really fear this Halloween is stepping on the scale.) Aside from the dirty scale monster, I LOVE this holiday. It is a great time to get out of the house and breath in the crisp Fall air and scare the living daylights out of my kids. (Hand coming out from under the bed, anyone?)In addition to the upcoming holiday, I have some great things happening as well. As many of you know, my latest Harlequin Intrigue Dust Up with the Detective hit bookstore shelves in October. Dust Up with the Detective has been on Nielsen Bookscan’s Top 100 books for four weeks and readers are flooding my inbox with letters letting me know how much they have enjoyed Jeremy Lawrence and Blake West!New ReleaseNow, I’m gearing up for my new release which will be hitting bookstore shelves on November 1st (my first paranormal romance in a year) Once a Gypsy.Once a Gypsy is definitely a book of the heart. I wrote this book after doing years of research into the lives and culture of Irish Travellers. Some of my research even included exchanging letters and chatting with people from within the Pavee and Romany communities. It was truly an eye-opening experience and is one that has changed my life.Here is the blurb:I can’t tell you how fun this book was to write. I had the opportunity to mix one of the most picturesque settings in Ireland, an ancient culture, and twist in just a bit of magic—enough that what happens can’t be real… or can it?Before you run off to read the books, I want to let you know that I will be doing my last couple of signings for the year.Dust Up with the Detective Signing: October 29, 2016: Fact & Fiction, Missoula, Montana 5-7 p.m. Wine included and Halloween costumes welcome!  This event is being sponsored by Kohl’s who will be donating $1500 to the local YWCA to raise awareness of domestic violence and racial equality. Also, Debra Ricci will be speaking about her work with CASA (a women and children’s advocacy program). I’m ridiculously proud to be able to help raise awareness and advocate for women’s rights.Once a Gypsy Signing for New Release: November 5, 2016: Barnes & Noble, Missoula, Montana 2-4 p.m.For those of you who I have had the chance to chat with throughout the year and to those I have met at the many signings this year, I want to give you all a shout out—Thank you! Also, to those who have read and reviewed my books, I couldn’t do this without you. You rock!If you get the chance to read the books, let me know what you think! You can dramatically influence what projects I will be working on next. Like paranormal, but love suspense? Tell me on Twitter @DanicaWinters Or, if you just love books and don’t care what genre they are if they are well written, you can let me know what you are dressing up like for Halloween! I want to see at least one picture of you dressed like a book! I’m really feeling a Jane Austen title!To purchase the new release Once a Gypsy (available November 1, 2016)Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | Kobo | Google Play | Walmart To purchase Dust Up with the DetectiveHarlequin | Amazon | iTunes | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Google Play | All Romance | WalmartHope to chat soon. Happy Halloween!Danica Winters