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What If First Love Leads To Raw Justice?

Firsts Hop is the perfect time to share the hauntingly true Romeo and Juliet  story behind my thriller, Raw Justice, with new readers like you! You’ll have 2 chances to win a FREE e-book copy of Raw Justice and more at this stop. Read the short tale of Debbie and Frank’s romance and then: Enter the Rafflecopter Giveaway […]

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Trapped In Paradise With No Way Out

When you can’t avoid pirates, joining them is the only option. So it is for residents of South Tampa during this Saturday’s Gasparilla PirateFest. You think not? Check out this crowd during the much smaller Children’s Parade and imagine how many more will be there awaiting the arrival of the pirate ship Jose Gaspar: You’ve never heard of Jose […]

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Secret Justice or Gasparilla Pirates?

I’ve never been to Spain, but since 1904 my neighborhood has been invaded annually by Spanish pirates. If you’re not afraid of pirates, perhaps you will be if you are among the 300,000 people who accept their invitation to join them this year. The annual Gasparilla Pirate Invasion and Parade event can get wilder than […]

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Jack Reacher: Less System, More Justice?

Jack Reacher opened on December 21. Have you seen the movie starring Tom Cruise yet? Here’s the official trailer:     My friend Lee Child, creator of the 17 novels starring Jack Reacher, has famously said that Reacher is maybe a little bit psycho, but he’s beloved because Reacher always does the right thing. Kim Otto and […]

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What Does Due Justice Mean To You?

Before Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar began hunting Jack Reacher, Willa Carson and Jenny Lane were working for Justice even as Reacher was handling different problems in his own way. Life, we know, is not fair. There’s plenty of bad luck and trouble to go around. When trouble comes, we want Due Justice.  Judge Willa Carson makes it […]

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The Next Big Thing – Part One

I was pleasantly surprised when my friend CJ West tagged me recently in an ongoing blog hop on Facebook called The Next Big Thing. Right at that moment, we were working feverishly to finish several new projects which have now hit the shelves. I’m excited to tell you about them, so thanks, CJ for asking! 1. What […]

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Diane Capri Reveals Lee Child (not Jack Reacher?)

There’s no nicer guy on the planet than my friend Lee Child. He’s kind, amusing, normal. What’s not to like? You probably feel the same. He’s smiling and blue-eyed friendly in all those author photos, right? What we see is what we get with Lee Child: So I asked him if he wanted to be Revealed […]

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New! Jack and Kill (Hunt for Reacher Short Story #2): Come Celebrate!

We’re celebrating today! Join us, won’t you? You can win some fun prizes and just generally have a good time. Come on over! It seems I’m always thanking you for something, and today is no exception. You folks are amazing and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all of your enthusiasm and support […]

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Don’t Know Jack – Now Available in Paperback

We love eBooks and eReading and all things digital here at Licensed to Thrill. But we love paper books, too. We love to hold them in our hands and admire them on our shelves and give them as gifts to readers who don’t have access to eReaders. We love that some readers prefer paper books […]

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Beware: Psychopaths Among Us (Part One)

Because the stronger the villain, the better the story, I chose a true psychopath for Jess Kimball’s Fatal Distraction nemesis. A villain with no conscience is one of the most difficult to vanquish because their behavior makes no sense to the rest of us. We simply don’t jump to that conclusion at the start. Instead, […]

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