Author: Jambrea Jo Jones
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Genre: {M/M} Romantic Suspense
Hi there, Jambrea Jo Jones here! Today I’m going to give you a small
introduction to one of my characters from Vegas Sin. In this little
bit I am interviewing my character, Harrison,
about a good birthday memory.
“Hello, Harrison.
Thanks for chatting with me.”
Harrison looks around as if
trying to find an escape route.
“Um, Yeah. Okay.” Harrison tugged at
his collar.
“I’m not going to bite. Just relax. We’re here celebrating birthdays so
I figured I’d ask you about one of your memories.” I pat Harrison’s
knee.
“I can do that.” He looks back and I see Owen standing in the door
giving him silent encouragement.
“Okay.”
“You mean, now?”
“Yeah, go ahead. Tell us about a memorable birthday.”
“All right. Um… it was a few years ago. Is that okay?”
“It sure is.” I lean forward ready to hear about his best memory.
“I had been in the military for a few years and there was a group of MPs
I was good friends with. Ethan, my best friend and his boyfriend Mac.”
“Boyfriend?”
“Well, yeah, but it wasn’t widely known. DADT was still in place at the
time. Anyway, we’d been out in the desert.” Harrison
held out a hand, “Before you ask, yes, overseas.
The sandbox. Whatever you want
to call it, we were there. Had been for months. I didn’t really have the best
home life. I was happy to be out of there and on my own.”
“Wait—and this is you best memory?”
“Am I telling this or are you?”
“Sorry. Sorry. Okay, I’m listening.”
“Usually I don’t do much for my birthday. It really is just another day.
Up until this point no one had ever made a big deal out of it.
I came in from a
patrol. Ethan was with me and Mac wasn’t on rotation this time. We walk into
the mess hall they have set up and the whole platoon of MPs start singing happy
birthday to me.
See, Mac and Ethan rounded them all up and got them to donate
goodies they’d received in care packages so I could have a good birthday. I
smiled for days after that. It was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for
me.
Well—until I met Owen.” Harrison got a
special smile on his face that I’m sure was reserved for Owen.
“Wow. Thank you for sharing that and thank you for serving our country.”
I got up and hugged him.
Vegas Sin blurb:
Sex, weddings and gambling hold a back seat to kidnapping and murder in
the city of sin…
Owen Carpenter sets aside one night each month to relax at the Totally
Five Star, but a case has just landed on his desk that has those nights
disappearing for the foreseeable future.
Someone is kidnapping women in Las Vegas and Owen needs
to stop them before the women end up dead.
Harrison Boone is head of security at the Totally Five Star. He notices
a man who comes in once a month and he wants to know more about him. When Owen
introduces himself, there’s an instant attraction between Harrison and Owen,
but they are interrupted by a kidnapping—at his hotel.
After Harrison leaves
the military, the hotel becomes his life, so Harrison
will do anything to keep the hotel out of the news and protect its reputation.
Can Owen and Harrison find love in Sin City,
or will the case of the disappearing women
Excerpt from Vegas
Sin:
Owen Carpenter strolled through the precinct like he hadn’t a care in
the world. He whistled some song that was on the radio before he shut the car
off. Now it would be stuck in his head all day. He might as well share it with
others. What could he say, he was a giver.
It helped the façade he put on for others and it drove his partner nuts
when he did it, which was a plus. He always had the outward appearance of being
calm and that everything was right in the world. He had to or he’d go batshit
crazy and he couldn’t have that. He was armed, after all, and it could be
dangerous for a cop to go all mental. He needed to be focused, and if pushing
his issues back helped, he’d do it all day.
Owen tried to keep his private and
work lives separate. That didn’t always happen, because his partner liked to
give him a hard time, which was why Owen did his best to drive Jeff crazy. Of
course they were more like brothers than partners. Most days that was a good
thing, especially when Jeff’s wife sent in muffins for him.
The best was when
Sally came in and personally handed him some goody to make sure Owen got some.
Jeff hated that and tried to steal his goodies, but Sally made sure Owen was
taken care of.
This morning was one for the books, that was for sure. One of those days
he wished he could do over. His sister and niece had been kicked out of their
latest apartment the night before, so they were shacked up with him for the
duration. He had to haul all their stuff to his place, and it was a mess. At
least he had a garage to hold some of the stuff. Not that his sister was kicked
out of her home every day, but Susan wasn’t the best with her money on a good
day. He tried to help the best he could, but she didn’t always appreciate her
big brother butting his nose into her business. At least Susan hadn’t gone back
to the booze.
That would add a whole other set of issues he really didn’t want
to deal with. He’d helped get her dry once and hoped like hell it stuck because
he didn’t know if he could go through that again.
His niece, Gabbi, was a sweetheart, and he’d do anything for her. She
was only nine and cute as a button with her long blonde hair and big blue eyes.
Yeah, he might be wrapped around her little finger, but he didn’t know if he’d
ever do kids, so she might be all he ever had. He planned to spoil her as much
as possible. When the time came, he’d make sure she was treated right by
whoever she wanted to date. If he let her date. She was an old soul who acted
more like Susan’s mom on most occasions, which made him want to pamper Gabbi
even more.
His own mom had trouble dealing with two new people in her space—when
she remembered it was her space. The Alzheimer’s was getting worse. It was hard
enough most days when she didn’t remember him, but now she kept asking who the
two hussies were and why they were in her house. Gabbi didn’t fully understand
why her grandma couldn’t remember her and called her names.
His mom was in the process of being moved to a new home this week
because taking care of her was just too much. He hated the fact that she had to
go, but it was past time. A nurse came by to sit with her while he worked. The
only problem with that was that they didn’t always send the same person and it
got confusing for his mom.
If she was in a home, she could get used to the same
people. It would give her a bit of the stability she’d lost the last few years.
At least with his sister at the house, he could get some help with their
mom—not that Mother would remember either of them—but Susan needed to help out.
Breakfast had been a disaster with his mom dumping her food on the floor and
stomping out of the room like a cranky two year old. Poor Gabbi had had to do
some clean up, because Susan had decided to sleep in, and he’d been running
late for work. He made a note to take Gabbi to a movie or shopping for the
weekend. If she really wanted to go, he’d take her, even if he hated going to
the mall.
About Jambrea Jo
Jones:
Jambrea wanted to be the youngest romance author published, but life
impeded the dreams. She put her writing aside and went to college briefly, then
enlisted in the Air Force. After serving in the military, she returned home to Indiana to start her
family.
A few years later, she discovered yahoo groups and book reviews. There
was no turning back. She was bit by the writing bug.
She enjoys spending time with her son when not writing and loves to
receive reader feedback. She's addicted to the internet so feel free to email
her anytime.
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Review
Author: Jambrea Jo Jones
Publisher: Pride Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-78430-952-7
Genre: {M/M} Romantic Suspense
Rating: 4.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Chocolate Minx
Harrison Boone, head of security at the Totally Five Star Hotel is the
perfect stress relief for Detective Owen Carpenter. Unfortunately, before
Harrison and Owen could do more than exchange names, a woman was reported
missing from a wedding shower in progress there at the hotel.
Vegas Sin is Part of the Totally Five Star
imprint. The plot is a well paced thriller featuring a budding romance between
Harrison and Owen. The secondary characters add a touch of humor to the
story. But the main character is the
psychotic kidnapper who is realistically terrifying.
Character Profiles
Owen is a compassionate man dedicated to taking care of his ailing
mother, his sister and his sister’s young daughter. Having a career in law
enforcement is a family tradition for Owen.
Harrison is an honorable man formerly in the armed forces; he does his
job with highly efficient accuracy. Since Harrison has no family living in
Vegas, he thinks of the employees’ as part of his extended family. Harrison
takes personal pride in the superbly prepared sociable elegance the hotel
offers their guest.
The person responsible for the kidnappings is the worst kind of person
imaginable. He is the very definition of a functioning sociopath, a meticulous
planner; who lacks empathy or remorse, he is a predator aroused by the thrill
of killing. The Perpetrator is so withdrawn from reality that he believes
himself invincible. The driving force of his psychosis is his delusions of
grandeur.
Jambrea Jo Jones has created an exceptionally impressive as well as
enjoyable suspense saga. Suspense is the main theme of this story; however
there are a few sizzling intimacy scenes illustrated as Owen and Harrison’s
association cultivates into a relationship.
