Blog Tour: Ashes Ashes by Julie Coulter Bellon (spotlight, excerpt, giveaway)

Ashes Ashes
written by Julie Coulter Bellon
published by Julie Coulter Bellon

find it here: Barnes & Noble, Amazon, iBooks, Smashwords, Goodreads

About the book: Are you ever really innocent until proven guilty?

Sophia Naziri is wanted for questioning in the murder of a U.S. senator. She’s worried the police will show up on her doorstep any moment, but when Detective Colby Black appears, it’s to help her put out a kitchen fire, not take her in. Yet. His easy smile and persistence in getting to know her pushes all her troubles to the back of her mind, until a hit man tracks her down. Getting arrested becomes the least of her worries and the handsome detective could be her only way out—if she tells him the truth.

Colby Black’s sniper skills have been a blessing and a curse to him. As a member of a Hostage Negotiation Team, he can use them to save people, but sometimes he can’t protect the innocent despite his best efforts. When a hostage situation goes bad, he tries to put it behind him by helping out his mysterious next-door neighbor, Sophia Naziri. But she pulls Colby into a web of lies and conspiracy that will force him to use every skill he has in order to survive. Faced with the moment of truth, can he trust anyone around him—including the woman at the center of it all?

Please enjoy the following excerpt from Ashes Ashes.

Colby grabbed Rafe’s backpack and pulled out two flash bang grenades. Rafe was calling in reinforcements, but Colby knew they might not make it in time to help.

“You guys head for the garage, I’ll meet you there,” Rafe said, ending his call.

Colby took Sophia’s hand. The fire seemed to be coming at them from every angle. “Keep down,” he told her. She just nodded and he was glad she was agreeing, since she looked more than panicked. He opened the side door leading to the garage and peeked around the corner.

“We can’t leave Rafe behind, but the motorcycle won’t take three of us.” She was talking so low Colby could hardly hear her.

“We’re not leaving Rafe. He’s going to take care of the three in the back and we’re going to open the garage and take care of the ones out front.” He pulled her toward the corner behind a large barrier in the garage. Colby was always amazed with what the safe houses were equipped with. Who else would need a concrete barrier in a garage?

“Stay here, and keep this safe.” He handed her the backpack with the laptop and flash drive in it.

She did as she was told, clutching the bag to her. Colby didn’t linger, but got ready to throw out the flash bang. He pulled open the side garage door, just far enough so he could see two of the men standing guard, waiting for them to be smoked out. He threw the grenade and shut the door, but as soon as he heard the explosion, he pushed it open and darted out.

About the author: Julie is the author of seven international suspense novels: Through Love’s Trials, On the Edge, Time Will Tell, All’s Fair, Dangerous Connections, Ribbon of Darkness, and All Fall Down. She loves her work partly because she gets to travel to distant lands to research and add an authentic feel to all of her books. Her favorite cities so far are Athens, Paris, Ottawa, and London. She taught journalism at BYU for fourteen years and that kept her on the cutting edge of current events and world news—which is where she gets her story ideas.

She also has one non-fiction title: Be Prepared: A Parent’s Guide to the Duty to God and Eagle Scout Awards—What You Should Know and is part of two compilations, How Will Christmas Find Us and Life Lessons From Mothers of Faith.

She is the mother of eight children and when she’s not busy being a mom or a writer, you will find her browsing through bookstores to add to her book collection, at the library borrowing books, or reading the treasures she’s found.

Find Ms. Bellon here: Website,Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads

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