I’m so proud you’d think I gave birth! He’s pretty cool, except I forgot how much work a puppy is. And he’s all puppy, clumsy & cute. You know hubby & I wanted him bad, we drove all the way from GA to AL to get him & it was well worth the ride.

Anyone who’s read Black Jack knows I have a thing for afghan dogs. We used to raise them over 30 years ago in NY. Once we had as many as 12, mom, dad & 10 puppies running around! Then I realized I couldn’t be a breeder ’cause I didn’t want to let any of them go.

Kayla, my 8 yr. old Lhasa apso (yes, she’s in Black Jack too) is a little displeased at this turn of events, but is handling it pretty well for a diva. So far, so good!

I know you stopped by looking for news about Deuces Wild. I’ll have something for you by the end of next week, but things are going well. I’ll feel better once you’re reading it ’cause there were a couple of scenes that made me so uncomfortable, I almost didn’t write them. My characters wanted me to see who they really were & made me share some of their secrets. Besides, they wanted you to know!

Well, I’m off now, playing with Max & editing wore me out.

Have a blessed night, Jean

I’ll be posting a snippet here and on Facebook next week. Please pop in, read a little & let me know what you think.

Now, I’m gonna do a little me time & read a bit before I start my next project.

We’ll chat next week, OK? Have a great weekend.

Black Diamond by Ja’Nese Dixon is a romantic suspense novel about an undercover FBI agent investigating a vicious group suspected of trafficking conflict diamonds.   

 After writing for months, Ja’Nese considers (and shares) a few of her favorite scenes in Black Diamond.

YouTube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEkpDxYCPxo

About Black Diamond

Camille Blackwell, an undercover FBI agent, poses as a jewelry purchaser in an international diamond trading company in hopes of identifying the domestic players in a vicious rebel group suspected of trafficking conflict diamonds. The Bureau requests CIA renegade Marc Fulton’s assistance with sweeping international intelligence to identify the major rebel organizations with the finances and stateside connections strong enough to evade criminal prosecution, despite Camille’s objections.
Their attraction is instant and tense; both resolve to focus on the case. But when Camille receives an encrypted memory stick from a murdered co-worker Marc may be the only person she can trust.
Black Diamond is the eagerly anticipated debut novel by Ja’Nese Dixon. True love, like black diamonds, is rare and precious but when murder and a persistent criminal threaten a frail relationship, will love triumph?

About Ja’Nese Dixon

Ja’Nese Dixon writes fiction novels for readers yearning to escape and disappear into a good book. Ja’Nese’s debut novel, Black Diamond is scheduled for release in June 2010. She resides in Houston, Texas, with her husband and their two children. For more information visit http://www.janesedixon.com.

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Black Diamond by Ja’Nese Dixon Virtual Book Tour is organized by Nia Promotions, a marketing company that assists authors and publishers with using web-marketing strategy to market and promote books on the internet. Follow Ja’Nese’s tour at http://bit.ly/blackdiamondvbt.

I also want to invite everyone to the Coffee Confessions Authors Brunch. JA Adams, LM Blakely & I will answer any questions you may have. If coerced, we may read a passage or two. Check out the details & register @ http://coffeebrunch.eventbrite.com/ Your 1st cup of coffee is on us!

As promised, here’s the sneak peak:

It almost felt like sleepwalking. Lark slowly moved over to his side of the queen-size bed and removed the black and gray 9mm Ruger P89DC from the knotty pine night stand’s bottom drawer. The two pound pistol felt especially heavy in her hands tonight. She removed the magazine and checked to make sure it was fully loaded with copper-tipped brass bullets. Then slowly and quietly, she slipped out of their bed. Lark knew she could kill him. Ironically, he was the one who’d started taking her to the range for target practice. She ran her fingers over the smooth barrel and had memory so strong that she could almost smell a whiff of burnt gunpowder. It all flooded back as his instructions replayed in her mind.

They had just put on their headphones when Karl positioned himself behind her and stood directly in her center.  His hands enclosed hers as he adjusted her grip and bent his knees into the backs of hers. Reflex made her fall into place and strangely she became aroused. A man at her back and a gun in her hands felt like one of the most sensual moments of her life. 

Now focus, inhale and pull the trigger as you exhale.

Her aim had gotten quite good. She discovered she was quite the expert at head and neck shots.

Lark wrapped the pink terry cloth robe around her sturdy body, tying the belt while looking down on what used to be her waistline.  At five feet three inches, one hundred and sixty-five pounds, she wished she could magically get her teenage body back.  Maybe then he wouldn’t have…but she knew her figure had nothing to do with what was happening in the other bedroom. Although it wasn’t her fault, it felt like it. Her stomach churned.

Barefoot, she walked up the light beige carpeted stairs to her daughter’s room on the right. Lark stopped, stood by the door and listened. When she thought she heard a soft moan, she quietly turned the knob, opened the door and flicked on the light switch. What happened next would come to her in flashes for the rest of her life.

Please leave a comment & let me know what you think.

Until next time…

And tomorrow, I get to chat with one of my favorite reviewers, Bobby Crawford-McCoy & her Bloggers Unite book club.   

Also, I want you to know I am past the halfway mark on Deuces Wild & the title is too appropriate. All my Ace fans won’t be dissappointed.

Well,  guess I need to get back to it.

L8R,

Jean

Please check out “Coffee Confessions” book video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymG7KU1aTm0

What do you think?

I know I haven’t blogged in a month, but life has gotten pretty busy for me with the release of Coffee Confessions, an anthology containing my 1st short story, Latte Lady and 6 others by authors JA Adams, LM Blakely, Darine Davis, Ja’Nese Dixon, TL James and DeiIra Smith-Collard that runs the gamut from erotica to inspirational to suspense. There’s something for everyone. I’m really excited about this project and readers are in for such a surprise! She said proudly. ;o)  Oh, here’s the purchase link: http://www.shhimreading.com/book-store.html

Til May 14, 2010, enter the coupon code: SIRBOOK and get $5 off!

I also think I found my niche. I’m now editing other authors. Editing seems to satisfy my OCD! Who knew? Don’t get me wrong, I’m no Monk, although he is one of my favorite TV characters of all time. Most folks think I’m just a pain in the…, not crazy. OK, not that I need therapy or anything, umh…well, harmless. Besides, I need something to keep my mind off hubby’s remodeling and renovations.

He’s been working on this for over 6 months and, don’t get me wrong, he’s doing a wonderful job, but with all the banging, sawing & drilling I’m ’bout to go off! He totally remodeleded the kitchen, 2 bathrooms, the garage and laid laminate floors in the living room and my office. The master bedroom is next. Thank God, I’ll be in Houston for the “Get Lit White Party” when he starts on that. The only good thing is we have a small house and he’s going to run out of rooms soon.

OK, I feel better, sorry ’bout that, didn’t realize I needed to vent! LOL

Happy Reading!

I’ve been blessed and I am grateful. They went home Tues. @ noon & I miss them both, but I didn’t let go until I had the promise of another visit, hopefully in August, right after LaVeah’s 1st birthday.

My granddaughter, Dru, dressed her in black & red (my signature colors) and that definitely made me a little teary. She was too cute. It was so hard to see them go.

Good night, LaVeah. G-Ma and G-Pop love you.

Bobbie and I have a mutual admiration goin’ on. After reading her fantastic Ace of Hearts and Black Jack reviews, I know she really gets me and I’m blown away. She swears I’ve turned her on to erotic thrillers (no pun intended ;o)  a genre she hadn’t been into. Leave it to her to ask some questions I’d never been asked before!

 So, without further ado…

 http://bookreviewsbybobbie.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/author-interview-jean-holloway/  

Please share the link and ask folks to take a moment to vote. Just click on the number of stars at the top. Bobbie and I both appreciate it.

Happy Reading!

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ (10 out of 10 Diamonds) – Absolutely LOVED it!!

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I’m Daffy Duckin’ over here! LOL

Jean