Kim Hornsby - Complete Works (Almost)

In an effort to get more organized AND because readers often ask how many books I've written, I am listing my work in a blog today.
I write Suspense Novels. I also dabble in Contemporary Romance because it's a wonderfully escapist genre for women and I'm all about entertaining my readers.
Some of my novels have sexy scenes that are more graphic than others. If you were rating my books for sexy, they'd fall between 3/5 and 2/5. No erotic romance and no completely closed door sex.

The Dream Jumper novels are optioned for FILM, something I capitalize and put in bold because of its excitement level.


Commonalities with my books:

All contain some romance elements
All have recipes at the end
All have limited swearing, no blood and gore, and no torture
All are cheap enough for everyone to buy

The Dream Jumper Series - (Supernatural Suspense with Romantic Elements)

Girl of his Dream http://amzn.com/B01LMDXT24

The Dream Jumper's Promise http://amzn.com/B00AA4FAJC

The Dream Jumper's Secret http://amzn.com/B00JTMDO7G

The Dream Jumper's Pursuit http://amzn.com/B00VKPXB14

Dream Come True http://amzn.com/B017QICU7O

5 Book Anthology http://amzn.com/B01NCMQNDP

Stand Alone Romantic Suspense Novel 

Necessary Detour http://amzn.com/B013RJV95U

Leaving Town for Christmas Series - (Contemporary Romance Novellas)

Christmas in Whistler http://amzn.com/B00PF2OXLA

Maui Kalikimaka http://amzn.com/B0773V5VPH

Kona Ohana - Launches in February 2018

  

The Husband Hunt Series

Jaxie’s Mistake http://amzn.com/B00BN1YNS0

Kat’s Season http://amzn.com/B00CMY6Q14

Julia's Risk - Coming in 2018

Stand Alone Murder Mystery
Rocky Bluff - http://amzn.com/B016V84QBS
It's not necessary to read other books in this Lei Crime Kindle World to enjoy Rocky Bluff


I also have short stories in two anthologies:
Sweet Summertime Love
Features Do-Over Summer http://amzn.com/B00DO5AKVC
Christmas by Candlelight 
Features Christmas in Whistler http://amzn.com/B00GDF7EDC

FYI
-My most successful novel in terms of sales is NECESSARY DETOUR which has had the fortune of being under AMAZON'S wing in the Prime program for a month and now owned by Amazon Encore and The Wild Rose Press.
-Do I resemble any of my protagonists? Yes and No. I used to teach scuba on Maui, like Tina, I was a rock singer, like Nikki, I performed at the Iao Theater, like Lei, I lived in Whistler and skied, like Daria, I once had a jewelry business like Lena, and I'd like to think that under dire circumstances, I would rise to kick ass, like these women.
-The shortest time period I've finished a novella is 6 weeks - Maui Kalikimaka
- I have been known to watch The Bachelor and wrote The Husband Hunt series because of my obsession with the show. Luckily, I've backed off now and don't watch the show as much.
- My favorite book I've written is The Dream Jumper's Promise because it's the type of book I most love to read with supernatural, suspense, romance and Maui! I'm proud of the ending's twist.

Thanks for reading
Kim

KIM HORNSBY is an Amazon #1 Bestselling novelist who lives in the Seattle area and writes books about women in dire circumstances rescuing themselves.

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Thomas and Mercer Imprint Can Contact me Now

I'm sitting at my desk waiting to be discovered by Thomas and Mercer, Montlake, or Lake Union Publishing at Amazon.




If you are an acquisitions editor over there, I invite you to take a look at my body of work. You can have any or all of my books except NECESSARY DETOUR which is already with Amazon Encore and is on Amazon Prime right now.
Amazon already owns that one and it is doing very well this month, having reached #55 in Paid Kindle last week.

Prime Rocks!

I drift in and out of having an author ranking, which is fun.

I just spent the day making a list of agents that might be interested in my next novel FORTUNE, the story of a diminished woman who finds redemption and worth through the adoption of a handicapped newborn in Taiwan. It is a Suspense in the sense that The Husband's Secret and The Girl Who Wrote in Silk were Suspense. Upmarket Women's Fiction, Suspense, Romance, they all work.

As an author, I'm unrepresented by an agent but am open to representation. I tried to get an agent years ago, gave up and self-published (not my idea of optimal) and figure I've spent about 27 solid weeks of my life querying agents. Maybe more, but I've come to the realization that it must be REALLY hard to take a chance on a new client and most agents are not that adventurous.

Or I'm a crappy writer.

But, if it was the latter, why would I have 155 reviews on NECESSARY DETOUR at 4.5* and 3334 reviews on The DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE at 4.6*? And why would TDJP be an Amazon Bestseller up there with Dr. Sleep by King for weeks?

There is a market for my style and level of writing. Numbers don't lie.

The Dream Jumper's Promise in  4th place (with the BLUE book cover - not the final cover) just behind Dr. Sleep.

The average 40 year-old woman likes my stories if they discover me. Very few readers give my books a bad review. Oh, except for the gal who wrote "The couple was so horny!" She gave me a 2* review for the sequel to PROMISE. That one has 59 reviews at 4.6*. Best worst review EVER!

The final cover to The Dream Jumper's Promise
just under Stephen King's Dr. Sleep (again)

I just read a blog by a gal who got an email from a senior acquisitions editor at Lake Union, Jodi Warshaw, saying they were interested in her self-published novel. They cleaned it up and republished her book and now it's doing better than ever. How thrilling!

I'm open to that kind of attention for any of my books except Necessary Detour which is owned by Amazon already (twice now, I've said this to show that someone over there at Amazon likes my work.)

I looked up how to submit to Thomas & Mercer but there is no information online. Apparently, the various Amazon Imprints must contact you, you don't query them. I suppose agents contact them but they do not take unsolicited queries. I can understand this. They are busy people, vetting the queries through agents. I understand it, but I don't like it. I need an agent too.

So, in a total self-promotional moment, I'm going to list some of my brag-worthy stuff if anyone reading this is an acquisitions editor at Amazon, or a really good agent for what I write.

The Dream Jumper's Promise

Book Signing Event at B & N Maui, Author David Schoonover attended!

I'm standing by now for my dream agent or an acquisitions editor to contact me.

Feel free to check me out on Amazon over here.
Then email me at kimhornsby @ yahoo .com to talk about acquiring something or representing me.

Kim Hornsby is the Author of Award-Winning The Dream Jumper's Promise available on Amazon Books. She is a Bestselling Supernatural Suspense Author who lives in the Seattle area where she writes during the rainy months.

New Kindle or Reading Device? Load it!

Hi Readers! Did you get a Kindle or reasonable facsimile this holiday season?
I love my 2 Kindles and use them for various things as well as reading. Perfect for travelling and checking email quickly if you don't like squinting at a tiny phone screen.

Jamey Dunn

I have Free and Cheap Suspense-themed books this season so if you like a mystery, a romance, a little supernatural, take a stroll over to my Amazon page to see what I have on sale this month.
www.bit.ly/kimamzn

Both free novels below feature the same couple Jamey Dunn and Tina Greene who first appeared in Girl of his Dream when they met on Maui.

Although this is a series, it's possible to enjoy the books out of order!

Tina Greene

For purists, here's the order:

Girl of his Dream -  99 cents on Amazon http://amzn.com/B01LMDXT24
The Dream Jumper's Promise - 99 cents on Amazon http://amzn.com/B00AA4FAJC
The Dream Jumper's Secret - 99 cents on Amazon http://amzn.com/B00JTMDO7G
The Dream Jumper's Pursuit - $2.99 on Amazon http://amzn.com/B00VKPXB14
Dream Come True - 99 cents on Amazon http://amzn.com/B017QICU7O

Dream Come True 
Free Dec 26th - 29th

Christmas in snowy Carnation, Washington seems like the idyllic get away until Jamey Dunn has a prophetic dream of his father's house burning to the ground on Christmas Eve with Pops inside. Jamey leaves leaves Maui for Washington State and struggles to make sense of who's terrorizing Pops with threatening letters and phone calls. And why. Unfortunately, Jamey's telepathic abilities are at an all-time low but when his wife, Tina arrives with her newly acquired abilities they make headway. The strange new neighbors who bought the Victorian mansion across the snowy field aren't who they say they are and even though Pops is enamored with the wife, Jamey and Tina aren't buying their friendly couple act. Slowly piecing together evidence of the crimes that are getting more sinister as Christmas Eve draws closer, will the telepathic couple be able to stop the prophetic fire in time?

Amazon Buy Link 

The Dream Jumper's Secret
Free Dec 28 - 31

If you couldn't wake from a dream, would anyone come to your rescue?

Maui Scuba Instructor Tina Greene has a strange ability she doesn't want. Entering people's dreams. When her lost love, Jamey Dunn, re-enters her life, she takes on the freakish psychic gift he's lost. And more. But the new rules of dream jumping are sketchy and Tina's ability is beyond anything Jamey has known. When Jamey leaves Maui for Seattle to visit his daughters, Tina worries that he'll return to the war in Afghanistan if he starts jumping on his own again. Circumstances soon lead her home to Seattle, to help with a family emergency and an uncovered secret has Tina doubting Jamey's love. When the military comes for Jamey, his relationship with Tina takes a dangerous turn. Dream jumping becomes life threatening and a series of events have the two trying to save each other's lives in dire circumstances. Tina finds herself in Afghanistan in the face of Taliban extremists with Jamey unable to help. And just when happiness looms, Jamey has a final secret that must be told to save Tina from Jamey's worst nightmare.

Amazon Buy Link

Happy Reading!

Kim