Happy Wednesday Bookworms!
As the temperature heats up outside, I find myself diving deeper and deeper into the literary world, and more often than not, I am reaching for a suspenseful novel like the one I am featuring today.
I hope you enjoy the amazing excerpt from this Mystery & Romantic Suspense and don’t forget to scroll to the bottom of this post and enter the amazing giveaway from JustRead Tours!
Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for Fire Mountain by Dana Mentink hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
About the Book
Fire rains from above as they fight to discover the truth and stay alive.
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Excerpt
He was still scanning the horizon, lost in thought. His gaze wandered back over the contents of her cab, the wrecked steering wheel, the imploded glass. Eyes narrow- ing, he suddenly went still for a long moment before he let out a low whistle. “We’ve got more problems than a math textbook.”
She felt like laughing. “Besides the fact that I was in a crash and now we’re stranded somewhere in an evacuation area near a volcano that’s about to erupt?”
He scrubbed a hand over the back of his neck. “Yeah, besides that.”
She tried for a calming breath, but it hurt coming in and going out. “Like what?”
He pointed. “Take a look for yourself.”
At first she could not understand the significance of the little round hole punched in the driver’s side window or the second one two inches below it. “Are those . . .”
“Bullet holes. Yes, ma’am.”
She gaped. “Someone . . . shot at me?”
“Appears that way. Could explain why you crashed.” “Who would do that?”
“Great question. Carrying precious cargo?” “I don’t—”
He cut her off with a sigh. “Remember. Right.”
A shooter had tried to kill her? Steal her cargo? And was possibly still out there? Cullen stood motionless, watch- ing her. He was a stranger . . . with no vehicle visible that she could see.
He indicated something else with a jut of his chin. She looked. A splotch of red caught her attention, and she gasped. The small print on the passenger window was a bloody, partial outline of a hand. Cold inched along her nerves.
His brows drew together, lines bracketing his fore- head. “Not your blood. You were still strapped in when I arrived.”
“And not yours?”
He held up his calloused palms as if she were attempt- ing to rob him. “No blood, and that’s a tiny print. I got big hands.”
Someone had pushed their way out of her truck. Some- one bleeding. “I was alone. I never travel with anyone else.”
“Until today maybe.”
“No. I was alone.”
“Ms. Kit, we can talk about that after we’re clear of this location. Gotta get out. Take us ‘bout a half hour to reach my truck. Let’s stick to the trees in case whoever it is hasn’t left.”
Dana Mentink, Fire Mountain
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, © 2025. Used by permission
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Tour Giveaway
(1) winner will receive a copy of Fire Mountain and a $20 Amazon gift card!
Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule linked below. Giveaway began at midnight July 9, 2025 and lasts through 11:59 PM EST on July 16, 2025. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
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A mysterious baby and the cop that can save the trucker...sounds like a great book.
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thank you for sharing about Fire Mountain today!
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ReplyDeleteI love romantic suspense! I know this will be great!
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