Hello lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to
host Sally J. Smith and Jean Steffens and their new book, “Kangaroo Dreaming”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in
this post.
Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to
win a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!!
Also, come back daily to interact with Sally and Jean and to increase
your chances of winning!
This book is on sale during the book tour for ONLY
$0.99!!! See below for more details.
Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous
giveaway!
Kangaroo Dreaming
by Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens
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GENRE: Mystery
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BLURB:
Digby Sloan,
Aussie private eye, loves his mum, and is loyal as a Queensland Heeler. Now
he’s in London handcuffed to a kangaroo.
Kangaroo Dreaming,
a valuable aboriginal totem, must make it safely to a London museum for
exhibition, and Digby is the one in charge. But within hours of his arrival,
the roo is stolen and the curator is murdered.
His bosses blame
Digby for the theft and insist he stay to help London Metropolitan recover
Kangaroo Dreaming. That’s all well and good, except the lead cop keeps getting
in Digby’s way. The case puts everyone in peril, including Digby Sloan, who
might not make it back alive to the Land Down Under to find out if he even
still has a job.
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EXCERPT ONE:
Collins
handed Sharkfella a couple of lethal- looking darts. “There you go, little
Aussie.”
Sharkfela
took them and looked at them a long time. He shook his head. “Better if you go
first, Sydney.”
“Nah.”
I waved him away. “Give her a shot. I’ll go later.”
He
squinted and looked at the target. “All right.”
Collins
moved over by the board, put his hands on his hips, and turned to face the
target. “All right, Sharkfella, let’s see what you gents from Down Under can
do. Let her fly.”
Sharkfella
aimed, aimed again, then let her fly he did.
The
dart sailed straight, fast and sure—right into one of the fleshy cheeks of
Collins’s enormous bum, where it stuck, quivering.
Collins
shrieked and grabbed at the mini missile impaling his backside.
Sharkfella’s
eyes were huge. A look of pained disbelief spread across his face, the same
look I figured was on mine.
“Oops,”
Sharkfella said. There was genuine regret in his voice, but that didn’t make it
any more of an understatement. “Sorry.”
Collins
rounded. His big face was all scrunched up and red as Ayers Rock. “You meant to
do that, you scraggy little wanker. I’m gonna freaking kill you.”
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GUEST POST:
While Sally J.
Smith and Jean Steffens had fun writing Kangaroo Dreaming, it was also one of
our more challenging projects. He's Aussie through and through, and harder yet,
he's male! First person androgyny from a studly male point of view isn't the
easiest thing for two moms to write. But we imagined who our perfect man would
be: fun-loving and not too serious, gentle and cuddly, kind and empathetic,
ethical and loyal, strong and manly, brilliant and good at his job, honest and
sincere. Voila! Digby Sloan. Perfect, but then we had to give the man a few
shortcomings. So, Digby tends to fly by the seat of his pants when it comes to
his job—and that doesn't always work out. He also has a real soft spot for the
ladies, and God knows that doesn't always work out so great either.
So we sent him to
London to keep an eye on a treasured aboriginal artifact—Kangaroo Dreaming.
Nice place, London—well, we like it anyway. And once we knew Digby, we threw a
slew of slightly off-center characters in his path to make sure solving the
crime didn't come too easily for him. Oh, yes, and what's at stake? Just his
job back in Sydney, that's all.
Some of you might
wonder how two writers can manage one cohesive piece of work. Sally & Jean
have been working together for many years. We outline in detail and move along
quickly, trying to get first draft on at least one chapter per session. At
quitting time we go over what's going on the page for the next workday. And of course,
the whole time, we're drinking lots of coffee—which we're convinced is the
secret to our success.
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AUTHOR BIOS:
Sally J. Smith and Jean Steffens, are partners in
crime—crime writing, that is. They live in the Valley of the Sun in Arizona,
awesome for eight months out of the year, an inferno the other four. They write
bloody murder, flirty romance, and wicked humor all in one package.
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CONNECT WITH SALLY & JEAN:
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Email:
smithandsteffens@cox.net
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BOOK BUY LINKS & SALE INFO:
**Kangaroo
Dreaming will be $0.99 during the tour!!**
Amazon Kindle:
Amazon Paperback:
Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kangaroo-dreaming-a-digby-sloan-mystery-sally-j-smith/1125867831
Kobo:
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens will be
awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card to a randomly drawn winner via
Rafflecopter during the tour.
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Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteYep, my pleasure :)
DeleteCongrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa! Thanks for stopping by :)
DeleteNice of you to join us Lisa. Thank you for being a loyal fan.
DeleteSally & Jean ~ Welcome back! It is great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! Thanks for hanging out with us today :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Ally, It's great to be back! :-)
DeleteHi Ally,
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting us. The page looks wonderful.
Thank you for stopping by and learning about our current book and a little about us. We hope you were delighted.
ReplyDeleteI liked the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteHi Rita,
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us today. So glad you like the excerpt. Hope you enjoy reading Kangaroo Dreaming too. :-)
A superb plot line, and in Digby a likable character.
ReplyDeleteHi Sam,
ReplyDeleteWe feel Digby is a man's man and that you would love the book.
Thanks for hosting the giveaway. This looks like a fun read. I hope that I win. Bernie W BWallace1980(at)hotmail(d0t)com
ReplyDeleteHi Joseph,
ReplyDeleteThank you for following the tour. It's good to see you again. We hope you enjoy reading Digby's adventure.
Sounds like an interesting book!
ReplyDeleteHi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed learning a little about Sally and I today and how we write.
Intriguing title and nice cover!
ReplyDeleteGlad you like the cover.
ReplyDeleteSally J. Smith designed the cover of Kangaroo Dreaming.