Spotlight & Giveaway: Fatal Invasion by Marie Force

Posted November 26th, 2018 by in Blog, Spotlight / 41 comments

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Marie Force to HJ!
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Hi Marie and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Fatal Invasion!

 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

Lt. Sam Holland is plunged into another baffling homicide case when two bodies are found in the charred remains of a mansion in one of Washington, D.C.’s most exclusive neighborhoods. Two young children are missing, and her sergeant has picked a hell of a time to go missing. Looming in the background is a three-week trip to Europe for Sam’s husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano. Sam hopes to join him on the trip so she doesn’t have to live without him for three weeks, but the only way that can happen is if she closes this case before he leaves.
 

Please share the opening lines of this book:

“This is a classic case of be careful what you wish for.” Nick placed a stack of folded dress shirts in a suitcase that already held socks, underwear, workout clothes and several pairs of jeans. Only Nick would start packing seven days before his scheduled departure for Europe next Sunday, the day after Freddie and Elin’s wedding.

 

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

  •  Fatal Invasion is the 13th book in the Fatal Series!
  • The first 13 books in the series cover about 20 months of Sam and Nick’s crazy life.
  • Several new characters will be introduced in this book.

 

Please tell us a little about the characters in your book. As you wrote your protagonist was there anything about them that surprised you?

I’ve been writing Sam and Nick for more than eleven years now, and it’s hard to remember life before them. I remember writing the opening chapters of book 1, Fatal Affair, and “meeting” Sam and Nick as they confronted the murder of his boss, U.S. Senator John O’Connor. We find out that they shared a “memorable” one-night stand six years before the O’Connor murder and never saw each other again. When they come back together, they quickly realize the chemistry they had the first time around is still there, but this is the worst possible time for both of them to be thinking about picking up where they left off. Despite all the time I’ve spent with these two characters, they do continue to surprise me in every new book!

 

If your book was optioned for a movie, what scene would you use for the audition of the main characters and why?

I would use the scene at the Watergate when Sam walks into the scene of John O’Connor’s murder to find her one-night stand from six years earlier as a potential witness to the crime.

 

What do you want people to take away from reading this book?

I love writing this series because Sam and Nick have the kind of marriage everyone wishes they had, and I hope people will take away a feeling of having witnessed something rare and special after every book in the series.

 

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have planned?

I’m currently writing Yours After Dark, the 20th book in my Gansett Island Series, as well as Deceived By Desire, the second book in my new historical Gilded Series. The next Fatal book, Fatal Reckoning, is out in March.
 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

 

Giveaway: A Print copy of FATAL INVASION by Marie Force ( limited to North American mailing addresses)

 

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Excerpt from Fatal Invasion:

“CRIME SCENE IS on the way to Chevy Chase,” Captain Malone said as he stepped into Sam’s office. “What else do you need?”
She corralled her hair into a ponytail, twisted and clipped it to get it out of her way while she reported the little she knew so far to the captain. “Cruz,” she shouted.
He came to the door. “You bellowed?”
“Where are we with the dentists?”
“I’ve heard back from about seventy-five percent of them. Nothing yet.”
“What’ve we got on the victims?” Malone asked.
“Still assuming the victims are the people who lived in the house, not much of anything,” Cruz said. “They have almost no online presence, which is odd these days.”
“There has to be something,” Sam said.
“We’re digging, but we aren’t finding anything.”
“Let’s go try again with the neighbors.”
“Sounds good.”
“Give me five,” Sam said.
After Cruz walked away, Sam returned her attention to the captain. “I was going to request some time off, but now I’m not sure I should with a new case.”
“If you’re thinking we can’t function without you, Lieutenant, I assure you that’s not the case.”
“You won’t function as well without me, so don’t try to deny it.”
“I would never be so foolish as to deny the truth. What kind of time are we talking?”
“Nick wants me to go on the Europe trip with him.” Under her breath, she added, “Three weeks.”
Malone’s gray eyes went wide. “Three weeks?”
“I have the time.” She’d rarely taken so much as a day off before she married Nick, so the time had stacked up.
“I’m well aware that you have more time on the books than just about anyone in the department.”
“So, it shouldn’t be a problem if I take some of it, right?”
“You’d be back before Stahl’s trial?” he asked.
The reminder that she’d soon have to testify against her former lieutenant made her feel sweaty and sick, so she didn’t allow her mind to go there. “Well before.” The trial was firmly stuffed into a compartment in the back of her mind that wouldn’t be accessed until it absolutely had to be. Not one second before.
“Let me run the request up the flagpole and get back to you. I assume you’d leave Sergeant Gonzales in charge of Homicide?”
Sam hesitated but only for a second. Whatever was going on with Gonzo, she’d get to the bottom of it before she left. Looking up at Malone, she said, “That’s the plan.”
Cruz came back to the office door. “Gonzo has been in an MVA. He’s fine, his car is fine, but the car he hit is pretty messed up. He’s dealing with that now and will be in shortly.”
“All right.” Sam wondered if there was more to the story. “Text him to meet us in Chevy Chase and tell Green and McBride to come too.”
“Will do.”
Sam gathered her handheld radio and car keys. “Was there anything else, Captain?”
He looked like he might want to say something else, probably about her punching out of work for three weeks, but he shook his head.
“Catch you later, then.”

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Book Info:

First the fire, then the heat…

A brutal home invasion. Two small traumatized survivors who may have witnessed the horror. Lieutenant Sam Holland has never worked a case quite like this one, in which her eyewitnesses are five-year-old twins. But when Sam steps up in a big way for them, she risks her heart as much as her career.

While Sam and her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano, go to battle in more ways than one for her tiny witnesses, her colleague Sergeant Tommy “Gonzo” Gonzales battles his own demons. Months of unbearable grief and despair come to a head in an unimaginable way that threatens Gonzo’s status with the department and his relationship with his fiancée, Christina.

With trouble both at the precinct and on the case, Sam struggles to keep her priorities straight at home and at work while trying not to lose her heart to her latest crime victims.

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Meet the Author:

Marie Force is the New York Times, USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of more than seventy contemporary romances, including the Fatal Series. Twenty-nine of her books have been New York Times bestsellers, and she has sold 7 million books worldwide. Find out more about Marie and her books at MarieForce.com. Contact Marie at [email protected]
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41 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: Fatal Invasion by Marie Force”

  3. janinecatmom

    I have not read the Fatal series yet, but look forward to it soon. I do enjoy reading about the same couple in different books as long as each story is wrapped up at the end of each book.

  5. Debra Branigan

    Two questions! Have you started the Fatal Series? Are you a fan of series that follow the same couple in every book?

    I have not started this series because I didn’t know about it, but this is just up my alley. I am checking it out. I am a fan of series that follow the same couple or characters. For instance, I love Louise Penny’s Armand Gamache stories and I care about all the characters she has developed in the novels.

  8. Stephanie G

    I absolutely LOVE this series (but I’ll admit I’m a few books behind – TBR problems are real, y’all). As long as an author can keep bringing fresh and interesting subjects, I love reading about characters I know in a series.

  9. Dawn

    I have been reading the Fatal Series for a while. I enjoy picking up on Sam and Nick adventures. It took me a while to get into the series but once I got into the series i cant stop reading. Marie Force books really pull you in and you always want more.

  10. Marianne Westrich

    I love this series! Marie has created characters that jump right off the page and captivate you immediately. And yes, I like following one couple throughout a series. Every book is like visiting “old friends”. And you get to see them grow, as individuals and as a couple. This series really has it all!

  11. Diane Sadler

    I have read all the books so far and yes I enjoy following same couples in a series!!!

  13. Kimberly

    I love this series! Marie is a awesome writer.Its like visiting old friends!

  15. Andrea

    I have read this series and I love it! I love how the characters have developed since that first fateful meeting on the deck. I highly recommend this book to anyone who like this type of series.

    I do like series who follow the same couple throughout. I love seeing how the author develops the characters and how they grow like we grow through time.

  16. lraines78

    No, I haven’t started the series yet and I enjoy reading books that do have the same characters. I love your books!

  17. Lynn Ahpeatone

    Yes I have read all the Fatal books. Can’t wait for the next one tonight at midnight. Yes I like to read series with the same characters.

  18. Seher Syed

    Up to date with the Fatal Series. I love this series and the whole same couple thing for every book works for this series.

  19. Nicole (Nicky) Ortiz

    No I haven’t yet!
    As long as it’s a good story I enjoy series that follow the same couple
    Thanks for the chance!

  22. Melody Futch

    I love this series and have read every book so far. Marie is a wonderful author.

  24. Becky Jean S

    Love this series, currently in the middle! Love when the same couple is featured through a series so we can grow with them

  25. Jennifer Kerfien

    I have read all of the books in this series. I absolutely love books that follow a couple.

  27. laurieg72

    I’ve only read one book in this series so far. I will read more. I don’t mind having the same couple as long as each story is stand alone and entertaining. I read Iris Johansen and J.D.Robb with the same characters in each book.

  28. Carole L Hall

    Oh I am a full fledged FAN, and have read every single one of the books in this series!! I cannot WAIT for tonight’s release!! I think I enjoy it more because it IS the life of the same couple… feels like family ♥

  29. Diane Sallans

    I’ve got a couple of the books in my tbr pile, but haven’t started them yet

  31. Sherry Patrick

    Yes I LOVE this series and I love following the same couple. Sam and Nick are amazing and I’m so excited there is no end in sight to this wonderful series!!

  32. Deb Tilden

    I have all the books in print (signed) and on my iPad. I have read them all at least 6 times each. Love this series!
    I enjoy reading a series with the same characters. It’s like family!

  34. Jana Leah

    I’ve not started it yet. I enjoy series that follow the same couple book to book. I also like when each book in a series stars a new couple.

  35. Kim

    I haven’t started the series yet. I love a series that follows the same couple. It’s interesting to see the couple grow and change.

  37. BookLady

    I have not yet read the Fatal Series, but it sounds thrilling. I enjoy reading series that follow the same couple.

  38. Patricia B.

    A series that follows the development of a couples relationship over the years can be enjoyable. I like seeing them grow nd change over the years. I have a couple of the books in this series in my TBR Mountain.

  39. Amy R

    Have you started the Fatal Series? Not yet
    Are you a fan of series that follow the same couple in every book? Depends on my mood

  41. isisthe12th

    I haven’t started this series yet, looking forward to. I like the idea of the same couple throughout the series. Thank you