Val Clarizio is a long-time friend and fellow WisRWA best-selling author, and I'm pleased to celebrate her and her newest book, just released in e-book yesterday.
A Brush with Death is book #2 in The Crime and Passion Stalk City Hall Series, and is a steamy mystery, but I'll let her explain all that.
Tag
Line: To prove his undying love and loyalty, he'll risk sacrificing
her trust.
Blurb:
Ben Deprez has been secretly in love with Cori
for years and knowing of her wounded heart has him waiting impatiently for the
right time to make his move. Now is the time, and Cori seems receptive, but
Ben's past still haunts him. He's never been that guy who can say or do the
right thing when it comes to women. His divorce is proof.
Cori Pierre-Simon has had about all she can take
working two jobs to support her family since her ex left without a trace ten
years earlier. The last thing she needs is to get involved with another man who
would surely disappoint her.
Just when Cori decides to open her heart to Ben,
women he holds key information about turn up dead. Then, when she uncovers an
unusual connection between Ben and another woman, she realizes she should have
never trusted him and his womanizing ways.
When Cori's son finds himself in an illegal
predicament, he turns to Ben for help. Ben answers the call for aid full-well
knowing that in helping the teenager he will risk losing Cori's trust, the very
thing he's worked hard to earn. Ben is left hoping she loves him enough to
forgive him for the decisions he's made to right the wrongs of her son and
himself.
Advance Praise:
Tracy B - This is an entertaining, steamy,
well-written, fast paced romantic suspense novel with likable, engaging, mature
characters. It has intrigue, small town and family drama, a captivating
mystery, a heart-warming romance, and a happily ever after ending.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Publisher: VJC Books
eBook Price: $3.99
ASIN: B08B4XVTBH
ISBN: 978-1393834762
Buy Links:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Brush-Death-Crime-Passion-Stalk-ebook/dp/B08B4XVTBH
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-brush-with-death-valerie-j-clarizio/1137175571
iBooks: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1518406222
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-brush-with-death-12
Universal Link: https://books2read.com/u/47Xz1qAbout the Author: 
Valerie Clarizio is a USA
Today Bestselling author who lives in romantic Door County
Wisconsin with her husband of nearly thirty years. She loves to read, write,
and spend time at her cabin in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
She’s lived her life surrounded by men, three
brothers, a husband, and a male Siamese cat who required his own instruction
manual. Keeping up with all the men in her life has turned her into an outdoors
enthusiast, of which her favorite activity is hiking in national parks. While
out on the trails, she has plenty of time to conjure up irresistible characters
and unique storylines for her next romantic suspense, time travel romance, or
sweet contemporary romance novel.
Author’s Social Media links
Website/Blog: https://valeriejclarizio.com/
Newsletter: https://valeriejclarizio.com/newsletter-signup-page/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Valerie.Clarizio/
Facebook Street Team: https://www.facebook.com/groups/clarizioscronies/
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/valerie-j-clarizio
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VClarizio
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valerieclarizio/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/valerieclarizio/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Valerie-J.-Clarizio/e/B00A87RJVS/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_8?qid=1476915213&sr=8-8
Calling all
readers! Have you read all your beach reads over the summer and looking for new
books to dive into this month? I’m thrilled to be a part of N. N. Light’s Book
Heaven’s third annual Fall Into These Great Reads Bookathon. 
