Protection. Adventure. Love.
It’s all found within The Arms of the Law…
These words above are key in my “In the Arms of the Law” series.
And I’ve been asked a couple questions frequently in some interviews and I’ll ask readers now as well.
What makes series so appealing to me?
Would you rather read series or single titles?
I love series for the fact that I can revisit recurring characters and learn more about the family/friendships with each story told. The characters become even more special and I come to care greatly about all of them.
I would prefer to read series for all the reasons mentioned above, but do appreciate single titles as often as well.
Tell me what you think! (And you’ll be entered in the giveaway below!)
~Kacey
Reading order is in order of blurbs below…
ILLUSIONS
In the Arms of the Law, Book 1
Romantic Suspense/Contemporary Erotic Romance
Detective Isabella Knowles, a tough-as-nails cop, lives by the law, and knows what she wants out of life. And it doesn’t include marriage or all that comes with it. Everything Isabella has ever known seems like an illusion when a new relationship makes her feel more alive than ever before. She isn’t happy about it and fights it every step of the way.
Burned by his fiancée years ago, seer and P.I., Brady Jacobs never wants another commitment in his life. But his bachelorhood and heart are threatened when he has one of his visions and see a killer striking too close to the woman he has recently come to love.
Danger lurks close to home and neither Brady nor Isabella like that they can’t control every situation…especially matters of the heart.
Available at Decadent Publishing
AWAKENINGS
In the Arms of the Law, Book 2
Romantic Suspense/Contemporary Erotic Romance
With her old flame back in her life, and on the trail of a killer, Detective Alicia Knowles is forced to face the past as she tries to make decisions about her future…
Detective Alicia Knowles once believed there was good in everyone. Not anymore. After a harrowing experience, her life had changed and she was a very different woman. Now more dangerous, she moves through the darkness of her once sunny world, unsure what to do with her pent up feelings of fear and anger.
Even her new boss, Cole Douglass, makes her feel out of control. One night, years ago, he made her feel things she’d never felt with any other man. This time it can only be business between them.
With her latest case, however, temperatures flare.
Their passion is rekindled as the search is on for a missing child and a murderer on the run. Can Alicia protect her heart from the most dangerous power of all…love?
Available at Decadent Publishing
TIED DOWN
An “Edge” short story connected to In the Arms of the Law Series
Contemporary Erotic Romance/BDSM
The time has come for Brady Jacobs to grab hold of the woman he loves and their future. But his lady, Isabella Knowles, is skittish. He knows she’ll bolt at the mention of twenty, forty or sixty more years together.
He needs to handle this with precise planning, tools to seduce and never give her a moment to flee.
Brady will tie her down, pleasure her, push her further than she’s ever experienced.
Then he’ll ask her …
Available at Decadent Publishing
WILD THUNDER
An “Edge” short story connected to In the Arms of the Law Series
Contemporary Erotic Romance/BDSM
On leave of absence from the police force, and desperate to resolve the intense anger inside him, Ethan James escapes to the Shenandoah Mountains…alone.
During one of the worst storms to hit the area in years, he’s surprised when he opens the door to find Shanay Gold, an old friend and sometime submissive lover, dripping wet and looking sexy as hell. So sexy, he has to keep reminding himself he’s kept her at arms-length because of the future she wants. A future he can’t give her.
When lightning sparks an old flame, desires blaze to life, and Shanay and Ethan are left with little choice but to roll with passion’s Wild Thunder.
Available at Decadent Publishing
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GIVEAWAY!!
To win a backlist title of any of my books, answer below with responses to the questions I posted above, and you’ll be entered to win.
Winner will be announced on January 15, 2013
Good luck!
Love series, as long as each book stands alone. Not crazy about someone telling me, you must read the next one if you want the end of the story. I’ll decide that!
Thankfully, I was able to keep each story it’s own. It was hard, but I’ve heard from readers that have enjoyed both and found just enough in each story to get the full story/history. I’m similar to you Taryn, I need to make the decision myself *g*
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I enjoy both types of books. It’s great to be able to follow a character through different stories. It’s comforting to know you can look forward to a new chapter in the lives of the people you’ve come to know.
I love all of your covers, Kacey! The stories sound sizzling, too!
Thanks for the fun post:)
Thnx Kathleen, I love my covers too! I think sequels are benefited w/ past characters revisiting, adds more to the next and the next.
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Kacey Hammell recently posted..Focused on 2013…and Nominated!!!
Kacey, I gotta agree, both as a reader and a writer, I like the deepening relationships with characters. That said, when it comes to series as a reader, it also depends on the author. Like I love Steven King’s standalone books, but I’m finding in spanking fiction that I love when an author writes a sequel, especially when she/he/hir uses it to focus on a different couple of characters from the first book.
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Hi Joelle,
Personally speaking, I find sequels are easier to write (believe it or not!) when past characters come back. Gives me more to work with and layer the stories more. SK books are hit and miss for me, more hits than misses tho. I haven’t read one of his in years. I really should!
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I like both of it.
Thanks for stopping by Dian. I hope you enjoy whatever adventure you’re reading today!
All the best!
Kacey Hammell recently posted..Focused on 2013…and Nominated!!!
I love both, but I adore a great series. The problem is that I’m a really tough editor so it takes a special series to suck me in. It’s hell trying to turn my internal editor off.
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Sounds like you’re never off the clock, Azura!! *g*
I give authors until book 2 to really suck me in. If they don’t, I can’t read beyond that.
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Kacey Hammell recently posted..Focused on 2013…and Nominated!!!
A good series needs to be an onion, peeling away layers as we go along. I love a good series, but I also love a good single, so they both serve their purpose in life.
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And sometimes the onion makes us cry! LOL Yes, I agree, Liza, can’t have everything “peeled” all at once. There’s many dynamics that should be in each book, which all stems from the first to the last book. Thanks for stopping by! Much appreciated.
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Most importantly, I love a great story. A story with rich characters and an involved plot in a clearly establish setting. After that it’s up to the author to make me care enough about those characters he or she creates, so I feel the need to continue reading. For me that’s what makes a series worth following, always wanting to know what will happen next to the characters I have come to love and where the story will take me.
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Hi Madeleine,
Great thoughts. I couldn’t have said it better.
Each story still has to be its own journey, w/ the characters at central.
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