Book Giveaway! “The Ties that Bind”!

Hi, folks–

I’m going to give away a copy of The Ties that Bind, the third in my New Mexico series. To enter the drawing, leave a comment here. Make sure to include your email address so we can contact you if you win (don’t worry–your email address is not made public). We’ll hold the drawing Wednesday, January 13th (wooo! Lucky 13!) at 10 AM Mountain Standard Time.

EDITED TO ADD: WAIT! I’m going to give away TWO copies! WOOOOO!

Okay, folks–drawing results! Here’s how we did it. We used legal pad paper cut into 1.5 x 2.5- inch squares, one name per piece of paper. We folded each piece of paper and put the pieces into a big mixing bowl, covered the bowl with a lid, and shook it for 30 seconds. Once the papers were mixed, 2 disinterested parties each drew one name. Those names are:

1) Fran Walker (my mom drew that one) and 2) Lucy Piper (my dad drew that one). Then, I threw the remaining papers onto the floor and the first one my dog sniffed I chose for a THIRD giveaway! That’s the runner-up! WOOOOOOO! And that person is: BEV!

So Fran, Lucy, and Bev, congratulations! I’ll be in contact to get your snail mail addresses! THANKS, ALL, FOR PLAYING!

When the Albuquerque paper reports that an unidentified white man was found dead along a remote stretch of road on the Navajo Reservation in northwestern New Mexico, UNM sociology professor K.C. Fontero thinks she might be able to use the case as an example of culture and jurisdiction in one of her classes. But it’s soon apparent that this dead man might have something to do with a mysterious letter that River Crandall, brother of K.C.’s partner Sage, recently received from the siblings’ estranged father, Bill. What does the letter and Bill’s link to a natural gas drilling company have to do with the dead man? And why would Bill try to contact his son and daughter now, after a decade of silence?

From the streets of Albuquerque to the vast expanse of the Navajo Reservation, K.C. and Sage try to unravel the secrets of a dead man while Sage confronts a past she thought she’d left behind. But someone or something wants to keep those secrets buried, and as K.C. soon discovers, sometimes beliefs of one culture jump the boundaries of another, threatening to drive a wedge into the relationship she’s building with Sage.

Good luck and happy reading!