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Are You Burning For A New Series?

Published about 8 hours ago • 1 min read

Hey there!

I've been waiting to type these words for ages:

Book 1 of the Danica Burns series—Ashes to Ashes—is available to preorder!

​You can grab your copy here.

She burned her family's cult to the ground once. She'll do it again in a heartbeat.

A beauty influencer turned cult leader has burned to death in her own group's spring ritual bonfire. Her followers say she Ascended, but local law enforcement is calling it murder, and they’ve invited Special Agent Danica Burns in to consult.

Danica knows how a group like this works. She studies them for a living, and she was raised in one, uncomfortably close to this quiet corner of central Washington. She hasn’t set foot in the region for almost two decades; certain people here still want her dead.

Coming back has made her a target. Which is exactly what she wants.

The deeper Danica digs into the bonfire murder, the clearer it becomes that the cult is hiding something dark beneath its ideology of alien spirit guides and free love. The cult leader had made enemies online and enemies next door, but the most dangerous ones might have been standing closest to the fire.

And the people hunting Danica have more reach than she ever imagined. She can't trust anyone. Especially not her charming new partner, Special Agent Ethan Martinez.

Ashes to Ashes is the first book in the Danica Burns FBI Mystery Thriller series, set in a Pacific Northwest where the most beautiful places hide the darkest hearts.

Two notes:

  • Right now the listing is ebook only. I'll be doing a print preorder campaign through my own site, so stay tuned for that!
  • If you're not a Kindle reader and want to preorder the book, hit reply and I'll get you sorted.

But—speaking of print books...

Smoke Screen is now in Print!

For almost a year, this novella has only been available to newsletter subscribers. (That's you!) To support the upcoming launch of the series, though, I have finally put it up for sale in both print and ebook.

A couple of notes on that:

  • Each and every one of you should have gotten a free copy of Smoke Screen at some point, so you don't need to go buy the ebook. If you don't have a copy and want one, hit reply!
  • If you want a SIGNED print copy, don't go buy one today. I will be offering those when I do the Ashes to Ashes pre-order campaign.

Finally—if you have read Smoke Screen already and enjoyed it, I would so appreciate a review!

Go leave one on Amazon or Goodreads; it would make my day.

Happy reading,

Jessie

Misadventures in the Multiverse

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