Stilettos and Outlaws – Book Tour and Giveaway
Fast-paced, funny and full of wild twists. Gemma is a force of nature in this quirky, action-packed ride through Arizona’s weirdest crimes.
Stilettos and Outlaws
Deputy Gemma Stone Book 4
by Gail Koger
Genre: Action, Romantic Comedy
My name is Gemma Stone and I’ve been a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy for five years and nothing has prepared me for the return of the wild, wild West. A bloodthirsty outlaw gang straight out of the 1850’s is rustling cattle, robbing trains and killing people. These two-legged varmints are also linked to a dangerous enemy from my parents’ past who is determined to destroy our family.
My personal life got even more complicated. Off duty, I’m a ballroom dancer and my dad has always been supportive of my dancing, but to discover the reason why was jaw dropping. What other secrets was he hiding?
Dealing with hyperactive chickens blowing things up, an overprotective Brahma bull and Grandpa Reynolds suddenly parking his RV in our pasture makes me think Armageddon is coming to Arizona.
Law enforcement isn’t for the fainthearted. Are you crazy enough to enter my world?
Author’s note: I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher for way too many years and this novella contains some of the wilder incidents that occurred.
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“Holy hell! The CIA just locked up my computer,” Julie cried.
“What?” I slid my chair over to her console. Crap! A red warning bar flashed at the top of the screen. Evidently, we were in violation of all sorts of espionage laws, and we needed to call the number listed immediately. Whoever Eric Roberts was, the CIA wanted him badly.
“Shit! Shit! Shit!” Julie’s fingers flew across the keyboard. “They’re trying to breach our mainframe.”
I grabbed a thumb drive Mom called The Hail Mary and inserted it into my computer. The red warning bar appeared at the top of my screen too and gobbledygook scrolled across the screen. “Crap! The Hail Mary isn’t working.”
An alarm sounded and a mechanical voice announced. “Breach imminent! Breach imminent!”
“I can’t shut it down! I can’t shut it down!” Julie yelled.
Typing frantically, I accessed our mainframe and tried to block the malware infiltrating our system. “This bastard is good.”
Wearing only a towel, Dad burst into the room and hit the main power switch. The lights died. Thirty seconds later, the backup generator kicked in.
He glared at us. “What did you do?”
“Us?” I bristled. “Nothing. We were running the fingerprints through the database like you wanted and wham! The CIA was trying to breach our computers. It seems they’re really interested in some dude named Eric Roberts.”
Loathing filled Mom’s voice, “Eric Roberts? Are you sure?”
“Yes.” I eyed Mom in alarm, not only was she sopping wet, but her melting mascara gave her a scary, killer clown mask. “Who is he?”
Dad rubbed a hand over his face, trying to hide his smile. “He’s a rogue CIA agent who tried to kill us thirty years ago.”
“This time he won’t come back from the dead,” Mom promised darkly, ignoring the water dripping off her.
Okay, Mom had to get rid of her killer clown look. I handed her the box of wipes and gestured to her face. She ignored me. Mentally throwing my hands up in disgust, I interjected, “I think the question is: Where has he been hiding for all these years and why is he back now?”
“Revenge. We need to warn the others,” Mom said, tapping away on her cellphone. “I sent a Defcon One alert.”
Dad nodded. “And we need to prepare for a visit from the CIA or their FBI attack dogs.”
Miss Kitty trotted into the room and meowed.
Dad stomped his feet and yelled, “Git!”
Miss Kitty hissed at him.
Dad scowled at her and failed to notice his towel was slipping.
Julie’s eyes bugged. “Ummm, sir, your…”
Mom fixed her serial killer stare on Dad. “She stays.”
‘For God’s sake Dad, go put some pants on. We don’t want to see your junk,” I exclaimed loudly. Lordy, I hoped that worked.
Horror filled Dad’s eyes. He grabbed the towel as it slid down his abdomen and color flooded his face. “Sorry.” In full retreat, he backed toward the door. “I’ll go change. I never meant. I would never…”
Huh? I never knew my dad could blush like that.
He bolted down the hallway.
Miss Kitty chased after him.
Yay, fight averted for now.
“Go away, furball.” The bedroom door slammed.
“Wow, he’s got a nice ass,” Julie sighed, then flashed Mom an appalled look. “Not that I was looking or anything.”
Howdy. My name is Gail Koger and once upon a time I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher. Too many years of wild requests, screwy questions, bizarre behavior and outrageous demands have left me with a permanent twitch and an uncontrollable craving for chocolate. I took up writing science fiction romance to keep from killing people. So far, it has worked.
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I enjoy a good comedy read :)
Looks a good read
Sounds like an entertaining story. I enjoyed the excerpt.
Looks like a good read
The plot concept sounds delightfully unpredictable.
This sounds like a fun read. Great cover!
Sounds like a book I will enjoy reading.
I love the title of this book…
Loving the cool cover art of this one and sounds like a great read!
This sounds like it is a book that would make me laugh.
The title is very nice. The cover is too.
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I like the cover and the excerpt was interesting. I love Gail’s books they are always so good.
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! Hysterical laughter will occur while reading this book!!
Sounds like a good read
I’ve got all this on my TBR list, guess I better start reading them!
This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.
This sounds like a great action, romantic comedy book. I like the cover.
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What was the most surprising thing you learned during the writing process?
I’m nuts.
This looks like a good one. Thank you
Great cover
Hope the book does well!
How has your life been going?
Looks exciting Do you write in a daily journal ?
When I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher I wrote down all the crazy calls we got and the officers added their weird stories.
Sounds like a great book.
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Thank you for sharing this excerpt.
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Looks like a very interesting read! The details make me want it to be my next read. No questions for the author.
Gemma Stone sounds like an interesting character. I love the book cover.
Thanks. I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher and my stories are based on real incidents.
I enjoyed the excerpt for Stilettos and Outlaws. Thank you for the giveaway!
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