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Flash of Fire --Launch Day!

by M. L. Buchman Welcome to Flash of Fire, the latest installment in the Firehawks series. Releases tomorrow, May 3rd. The heli-aviation wildland firefighters of Mount Hood Aviation have a problem. Lead pilot Emily Beale can't fly this fire season. Hired as a one-season replacement, ex-National Guard heli-pilot Robin Harrow wears a chip on her shoulder about the size of the Tucson desert that she calls home. From a long line of single moms, who are just awesome thank you very much, she aspires to the same herself if she can just find the right pilot for the flight she's planning. Mickey Hamilton grew up on the rivers of Oregon helping with his dad's raft-and-kayak guiding business. Robin spins his head worse than an auto-rotation landing in a bad firestorm. The heat between them burns so hot that its undeniable. But their hearts remain at odds until the fire burns so high that all other concerns are seared away in their race for survival. An Excerpt Mickey...

Setting the Fire

by M. L. Buchman I have to admit, I love release day for a new work. I remember in 1997 holding my first novel in my shaking hands. I can tell you exactly how my wife and I were standing when we held my first indie release in 2010 and my first Night Stalkers novel in 2012. Thirty novels and over a dozen short stories later, the feeling hasn't flagged in the slightest. I've tried to describe this moment to non-writer's many times. The best I've ever come up with was the day I bought my first house. It was old (1911), run-down (it had been a rental for 20+ years), and I was totally enamored of it. (The fact that it took me 7 years to fix the beastie up to look like this a whole  different story that starts with an amazing view from the 2nd story...back before I added the second story.) The feeling though, at that moment when the door swung open, before I crossed the threshold, was a moment of such joy and anticipation and hope and fear that I never expected to f...