Some of you may remember that last year, I put a call out for your thoughts on the blurb for my partner’s crime novel. Your responses were so helpful in him deciding upon the final words for the back cover of Borderline.
He’s been working on the second book in series, Renegade, and once again would really appreciate your help. For anyone who does take the time to give their input, he’d like to say his thanks by giving you a copy of the ebook. Or, if you’ve not read Borderline, you can have that instead.
Here are the blurbs he’d welcome your thoughts on:
Blurb One
When you don’t trust the police, should you trust a Cowboy?
When Rand Scott’s past comes calling, it couldn’t be worse timing
A police investigation is going nowhere and a grieving wife wants answers
It should be a straightforward job, but life isn’t as simple as that.
Animal rights activists and farmers are a bad combination at the best of times
And farms aren’t the only places to keep livestock
Blurb Two
If the past is a foreign country, the present is a rogue state
There’s never a good time for bad news and Rand Scott isn’t a happy bunny
An old flame, a dead animal rights activist and a half-hearted police investigation are just the start
Then there are the people he thought he’d never see again – and they have questions
But words aren’t the only things that are brutal
And farms aren’t the only places to keep livestock
Blurb Three
If you don’t trust the police, there’s only one place to go
The death of an old acquaintance drags Rand Scott back to a life he left behind a long time ago.
A police investigation is going nowhere and a grieving wife wants answers
Putting minds at rest should be easy and it gets him away from the city
But factory farms and animal rights activists can be a sensitive combination
And Rand soon discovers a world where violence is the only common language
Blurb Four
When you don’t believe the police, turn to the Cowboy
When Rand Scott’s past comes calling, it couldn’t come at a worse time
An old flame is looking for help, and he’s not the only one that thinks it’s a bad idea
Still, it gets him away from the city for a while
But factory farms and animal rights activists are a bad combination at the best of times
And Rand soon discovers just how brutal life in the country can be
Blurb Five
When the past comes calling, it’s the present that suffers
An old flame, a dead animal rights activist and a half-hearted police investigation are not what Rand Scott was looking for
But they’re enough to take him away from the city and back to a life he’d left behind
A chance to put right his wrongs
As he starts to poke around, though, he uncovers a lot more than he expected
And soon finds out just how brutal life in the country can be
Blurb Six
When the past comes calling, it’s the present that suffers
When Rand Scott gets an opportunity to drop even further off the radar, he gets more than he bargained for
An old flame, a dead animal rights activist and a half-hearted police investigation are just the start
Then there are the people he thought he’d never see again – and they have questions
This rural idyll can be brutal
Especially when Rand discovers farms aren’t the only places to keep livestock
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Esther Chilton 
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