Birthday Gifts!

It’s my birthday! It’s my birthday!

Well almost. Officially my birthday is on Thursday. But today I’m partying on Decadent Divas!

As I head toward turning older, I’ve been thinking about how birthdays change as the years go by. When my daughters were young, we had those big parties with all the family invited. Now that they’re 10 and 14 (Gulp: In one month I’ll have a 15-year-old!), we’re doing smaller gatherings with a few of their friends. Now as an “adult,” unless it’s a big one – and I’ve got another three years before the next MILESTONE – it’s mostly with my immediate family. This weekend, we’ll be going to Disneyland, and use our passes to see the Halloween decorations.

To help celebrate, I’m giving away FIVE copies of my new release Border Town via Amazon. To enter, tell me a favorite birthday memory, or a tradition – something you like to do to celebrate.

Winners will be chosen on Wednesday evening at random.

Border Town

SLICE Agency, book one

A thin line exists between reality and the paranormal, between one country and the next. Lucia grew up stuck between cultures on the border of Texas and Mexico and the wavy lines of reality. With the help of her two sisters, she runs the family ranch, or what’s left of it.

Years ago, a hurricane shifted the river, cutting through the property with their land partially ending up on the other side of the Rio Grande. Mother Nature unleashed more than land wars. Legend tells of a supernatural beast slaughtering the livestock every seven years. When the carcasses of goats show up drained of blood, she reaches out for help.

Shaw McDiamond doesn’t want to be stuck in a hick town chasing after the myth of the chupacabra. As part of an elite force of paranormal agents that work the border, Shaw’s group, SLICE, exposes aliens of another kind. This vampiric creature is like nothing he’s encountered, and the woman he’s working with unnerves him even more. 

Lucia and Shaw clash over folklore and reality, fate and free will. As the killings escalate with the attack of a ranch hand, the storm returns, and the two become trapped in an ever-shifting world they can’t control. And to survive, they’ll have to do it together.

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Review-a-palooza Contest!

There's still time to enter! To celebrate the release of Border Town, I’m offering a giveaway. While you don’t have to review the book to enter, you will get more entries!

Grand prize: Swag Pack with Louisa Bacio blanket, and $10 Amazon card

Other prizes: 2 signed, print copies of books; $10 Starbucks gift card; $5 Amazon gift card

Contest is open wherever allowed. Shipping of the Swag Pack is U.S. only. Books will be shipped internationally. Contest ends Friday, Oct. 13, 2017.

Until next time,

Louisa Bacio

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The Family Connection

My upcoming release Border Town got sidetracked with the death of my grandfather in 2016, and I finished the story right around the time my grandmother passed away this year. In the space of 15 months, my husband and I lost three grandparents.

It can be extremely difficult to continue working, and writing, during times of sadness. No matter how much one prepares, the unexpected always happens.

That said, a certain amount of healing can happen while writing. I fully believe in the power of working through life’s difficulties via the written word. At the same time, working through issues that also may help others living through similar situations. It’s how we connect through stories.

Border Town centers on three sisters, Lucia, Dominique and Roxanne. The story is loosely based on my grandmother and her two sisters, who ended up marrying three military buddies. Growing up, I heard about the family ranch, and how they met my grandfather and his friends at a USO dance in south Texas.

As a long-time fan of the sci-fi series X-Files, I was instantly intrigued when bestselling author Lia Davis announced her publishing company After Glows, and the kickoff of the new Smex-Files series. With its rich history, and deep mysterious folk lore, the area my family comes from was a perfect setting for this story.

So this one goes out to my grandmother, who at 99 still loved to read her tales of romance, and hope. 

Border Town

SLICE Agency, book one

By Louisa Bacio

Coming September 26, 2017 from After Glows Publishing

A thin line exists between reality and the paranormal, between one country and the next. Lucia grew up stuck between cultures on the border of Texas and Mexico and the wavy lines of reality. With the help of her two sisters, she runs the family ranch, or what’s left of it.

Years ago, a hurricane shifted the river, cutting through the property with their land partially ending up on the other side of the Rio Grande. Mother Nature unleashed more than land wars. Legend tells of a supernatural beast slaughtering the livestock every seven years. When the carcasses of goats show up drained of blood, she reaches out for help.

Shaw McDiamond doesn’t want to be stuck in a hick town chasing after the myth of the chupacabra. As part of an elite force of paranormal agents that work the border, Shaw’s group, SLICE, exposes aliens of another kind. This vampiric creature is like nothing he’s encountered, and the woman he’s working with unnerves him even more. 

Lucia and Shaw clash over folklore and reality, fate and free will. As the killings escalate with the attack of a ranch hand, the storm returns, and the two become trapped in an ever-shifting world they can’t control. And to survive, they’ll have to do it together.

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