Ten Quickies and Secrets of an Aztec Temple by Paty Jager

Today we are fortunate to have award-winning author Paty Jager as our guest. We're celebrating her latest release, Secrets of an Aztec Temple. Paty has been kind enough to play along and answer our Ten Quickies questions. Before we get started, I must say I just love her bio photo! Don't you? Be sure to read on for a peek at her at her new book. Take it away, Paty!

1. Mountains or Beaches?  That one is tough! I grew up in the mountains and do love pine trees and snowy peaks but I love going to the Oregon Coast and watching the waves crash against the rocks. I guess I’d say beaches.

2. Early Morning or Late Night? Early Morning. I love watching the sun come up, hear the birds and animals starting their day, and having yet another day to be the people I love and do the things I love to do.

3. High Heels or Sneakers? Sneakers! Well, boots, actually. It’s hard to walk through a corral or field in high heels. ;)

4. Summer or Winter? Another hard one…I love summer for the warmth, the smell of fresh cut hay, riding my horse. But I love the beauty of winter. I guess summer trumps winter because I came up with more reasons I like it. ;)

5. Wine or Chocolate? Chocolate. No problem determining that one. I can’t start my day without a cup of hot chocolate and I keep Dove Dark chocolate in the house at all times.

6. Pen or Laptop? Laptop. As I get older and use the computer more, my writing has become so scribbly I can’t read it half the time.

7. Sports Car or Motorcycle? Sports Car! You won’t catch me hurtling down a paved road with nothing around me but leather!

8. Gold or Silver? It used to be gold but I like silver better now.

9. Appetizer or Dessert? Dessert! There are sooo many things you can do with chocolate syrup. ;)

 

10. Kindle or Paperback? Both! I love my Kindle but there are times, like in the bath tub and long trips when I can’t recharge the Kindle that a paperback is my go to source for reading.

For every 20 comments I will give-away a $5 egift certificate to Amazon.

Thank you for having me here today! I’d like to share with you the blurb and a short excerpt of my latest action adventure romance release, Secrets of an Aztec Temple.

Here's the blurb:

Revenge is not always sweet…

Isabella Mumphrey can’t leave a puzzle alone. This time she attempts to use her anthropology knowledge to uncover who is stealing priceless artifacts from an Aztec Temple in Mexico City. She believes the discovery will prove her worth to the World Intelligence Agency. 

Tino Constantine is also in Mexico City. He has infiltrated a drug lord’s organization to find enough evidence to not only prove the man’s illegal activities, but to bring him down for numerous deaths. Namely those of Tino’s family.

But when the love of his life, Isabella, strolls into his enemy’s home, Tino is challenged with the choice of saving her or fulfilling his revenge.

Here's an excerpt:

     Garza’s teeth curled back in a feral smile as he nodded his head. “I like your thinking, but I wish them alive. I need to set some rules the two pendejos need to learn.”

     “Does Cezar know where they are?” Garza’s right hand man had been missing for the last hour. Tino suspected he was gathering information on the whereabouts of the brothers.

     “Cezar is escorting a special guest here. But Hector has been following the two and called to tell me he lost them in the colonias.”

      “I’ll start there.” Tino turned to leave.

      “Rodriguez. If you cannot bring them in, do not show your face here again.”

      The threatening tone punctuated what he already knew. If he didn’t bring the Alvarez brothers back he would be hunted down and killed because he’d witnessed and participated in illegal activities.

      “I will be back with your guests.”

      Tino exited the office congratulating himself at having made it to Garza’s inner sanctum, but now realized there were two more doors that would need breached before he could find the evidence to bring in the Drug Enforcement Agency.

      His mind wandered to how to find the Alvarez brothers and make his way up in status to gain entry into the room behind the bullet-proof door. He stepped out onto the front portico. Cezar walked alongside a woman who carried herself in a familiar way.

      Tino’s blood iced with fear as he recognized the long hair, button nose, and wire-rimmed glasses. Another glance at the woman he knew so well and the ice melted, simmered, and quickened his heart. What brought his querida to the drug lord’s Mexico City compound? Dread, desire, and regret collided as he blindly slammed into a cement pillar.

Buy Links:
Windtree Press http://windtreepress.com/product.asp?itemid=17
Nook http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/secrets-of-an-aztec-temple-paty-jager/1114316236
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Isabella-Mumphrey-Adventure-ebook/dp/B00BB5J2VQ
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Bio:

Award winning author Paty Jager is a member of national and local writing organizations. She not only writes the western lifestyle, she lives it. With sixteen novels and several short stories published, she continues to have characters cavorting in her head. 

You can learn more about Paty at her blog; www.patyjager.blogspot.com  her website; http://www.patyjager.net or on Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/#!/paty.jager , Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1005334.Paty_Jager  and twitter;  @patyjag.

Thank you for taking the time to be with us today, Paty. We wish you much success with your new book!