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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Snorkeling & Sign Making!

Day 4 on Magical Maui!

Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head
Not really but this desk is very close to a poster of The Beatles at my friend Lynn's house and I'm constantly singing a running track of Beatles hits in my head these days. Lynn is a HUGE Beatles fan.
I woke at 6 in the dark, which is perfect for me here. I don't want to miss a minute! After writing yesterday's blog and drinking loads of Kona coffee, Eliza and I found ourselves walking along Kaanapali Beach with snorkel gear.
Black Rock did not disappoint. There was no surge, no current, no surf and loads of fishies. Unlike every other time I've been to Black Rock in the last 20 years, there also were no turtles seen but we snorkeled our butts off looking for a shark.
Walking back to the car to go meet Lynn for lunch we found a dragon in the sand, it's artist/creator now gone. Some people are so clever!

Lunch at the Gazebo restaurant proved to be filling and full of whale watching from our too low for the height of the table chairs (making me feel like a toddler without a booster seat)
Our little energy-efficient "Green" car took us south after that, down the Maui coastline to the Pali Lookout where we stopped to Whale Watch. There are loads of those suckers out there and we knew it from the running cocktail party-type whale chatter you can hear while snorkeling.

I was invited to a small gathering at Bestselling Author, Toby Neal's house in Pukalani, it being her birthday, so Eliza dropped me off at Toby's house and she went on to the beach and shops of Paia.
Toby and her sister Bonnie greeted me at the door with big smiles and open arms and when everyone arrived we set to making fun protest signs for the Women's March on Maui next week.
The theme was Aloha/Love/Women's Rights and amongst lots of laughter and conversation we colored our way to a rousing political discussion. It was a burn your bra kind of hour with women sharing stories and concerns that was worthy of the 60's, as Toby said. Love me some Girlfriend Time.
When Eliza arrived to pick me up, one of the gals had a flat tire and another one, Jan, was changing the thing, flat out on the pavement in a white top with a car jack. Women's Empowerment!
Eliza and I chased the sunset back to Lahaina side where we stopped at Kaanapali Beach Hotel for a little hula show/Hawaiian music, a Blue Hawaii drink (me) and a banana chocolate ice cream looking slice of heaven (her).
No bouncing kids and drunk parents on the street to raise the noise level to an unsleepable decibel so we went to bed with our Kindles and fell off to sleep on a huge bed with 400 thread count sheets, down-filled pillows and an egg carton topper. Heaven...

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.

Book Covers Drive Me CRAZY!

Book Covers drive me absolutely Bat-Poop, Around-the-Bend Crazy. I want to tear out my hair.

Because it is entirely possible (and probable) to judge a book by its cover, having a compelling book cover that represents the story is absolutely imperative. You don't want a photo of a pretty pastel-colored house with a flower garden if it's Suspense, nor do you want to have a bloody knife, if your story is Women's Fiction. Those are obvious examples but there are so many grey areas that I drive myself to Chardonnay when trying to decide on a book cover.

I am a person who sees everything from 27 different angles so a final decision never actually happens. I have to give up changing, looking, tweaking. I have to actually get so frustrated, tired and broken in spirit, that I give up, like some wild mustang that has to be shown who's boss in the ole corral. Don't get me started on how long it took to decide on this cover:

Recently, I had the opportunity to change my cover for a non-Indie novel of mine published with a wonderful publishing house. Don't get me wrong. Taking away some of my torture by making me a cover and then not letting me have a say in it, was wonderful in a way.
This book (which I LOVE!) had a cover that did not represent my story very well. At least the hero was wrong. The hero on the cover has skinny, adolescent-girl arms, wears a mint green polo and has a very tall head with a clean-cut look. In the book he is described as someone more, shall we say, ruggedly manly. On Pinterest, he is Sawyer, that hunk from the hit TV show LOST.

Don't ask me how I got the publisher to agree to changing the cover but I did. I then went to all the Stock Photo sites and spent about 3 days trying different things, playing around with ideas. I hardly left my office for hours on end.

The story of Necessary Detour is Rear Window (Hitchcock) meets The Bodyguard. The woman is in turmoil as she finds distraction in spying on the strange family next door.

I finally decided that I wanted to have both characters on the cover and eventually came up with this...

I sent my idea off to the publisher and the cover artist came up with this...

I love it! Although I did like the stars and lake in the first one, the new cover represents the two heroes much better. She's a Rock Star, running away from a life and a stalker and he's trying to not get involved with the woman who's moved next door on their remote, uninhabited lake. It's a Romantic Suspense, so this font works really well. Thank you, cover artist.

One cover down.

Then I decided to change a cover I have control over. I wrote a Fan Fiction novel for Kindle Worlds in the Lei Crime category and it isn't doing as well as I'd hoped. The story is a kick-ass mystery whodunit and with the support of the author of the original series, Toby Neal, I just assumed it would take off like a 747 in a tail wind. It hasn't and I can only think it's the cover with the reference to the Rocky Horror Show (bloody font) or the young woman on the cover who might suggest she's younger than she actually is in the story. Because I'm not sure what the novel's problem is, I'm trying cover first.

I asked my buddy Bob, who is a world famous Hawaiian photographer and has the photo site Photo Images Maui, if I could have a lava photo. For free. 'Cause we're friends. He said yes and I tried a few things with his GORGEOUS photos of lava.

I finally ended up with a design that the group of authors at Lei Crime Kindle Worlds Facebook Secret Group approved. Toby Neal too, which is like saying the boss approved. She's very hands on with her Kindle World group and the way she helps us and cares about our projects I have to think she's an amazing mother. Toby suggested the font be bigger in the title and she was right! (We have to leave space at the bottom left so Kindle Worlds can put their logo on there.) Last night I uploaded the new cover but have yet to see the change on Kindle Worlds. We'll see if the new cover helps.

I actually really like this cover.
Today.
Tomorrow is a different story.
See what I mean about indecision?

As of this moment, my other covers are working for me just fine. I think. What do you think? I might get the artist to change the busy box set 3D cover. Check out my Amazon page and let me know what you think of my covers. Kim Hornsby on Amazon

Kim Hornsby is the Bestselling Author of THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE, available on Amazon books. her stories usually involve a Suspense, a Romance, and a touch of Supernatural.