{"id":2436,"date":"2020-05-31T06:31:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T13:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2020-05-31T06:31:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T13:31:02","slug":"martimus-by-seelie-kay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/31\/martimus-by-seelie-kay\/","title":{"rendered":"More feisty lawyers! Martimus by Seelie Kay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Martimus<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Feisty Lawyers Series (Book 5)<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
by Seelie Kay<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

About\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Martimus:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
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\n<\/b><\/span> <\/a>Martimus. An underwater habitat dedicated to pharmaceutical research. Martimus. A facility that staffs its vessel with inmate labor. Martimus. The place where inmates visit and never return. <\/span>
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\n<\/span> Agent Cate Creighton is in love. Unfortunately, as the Agency honeypot, she is knee-deep in an assignment that tests the bounds of her new relationship. It seems eight socialites have gone missing, all wealthy twenty-somethings with influential parents. No one seems to care until a former vice president\u2019s daughter disappears. <\/span>
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\n<\/span> When the vice-president shares a tale of false arrest, a broken promise of deportation, an illegal diversion into a private prison, and an alleged trip to an unwater habitat called Martimus, Cate and her colleagues must find a way to follow the same path. In other words, they must enter the right prison, meet the right fixer, wind up on Martimus, and hopefully return in one piece. And it looks like Cate is the perfect bait. <\/span>
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\n<\/span> That doesn\u2019t sit well with Cate\u2019s lover, former U.S. Navy Seal Warren Hazelton. He intends to protect her until death \u2018til do they part.<\/span>
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\n<\/span> Fortunately, another possibility appears, in the form of an MISix agent who has interfered in one too many Agency operations. Tillie Henderson owes them and they are all too willing to serve her up on a plate. It\u2019s race against time as the Agency attempts to lure their adversary out of hiding and into their somewhat ambiguous trap. Maybe then Cate can finally focus on love.<\/span><\/p>\n

Release Date: May 29, 2019<\/span>
\nPublisher: Extasy Books<\/span>
\nRomantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance, four flames<\/span>
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\n<\/span> Buy links:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Publisher: https:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-2862-4-martimus\/<\/a><\/span>
\nAmazon: coming June 1<\/span>
\nBarnes and Noble: Coming June 1<\/span>
\nKobo: Coming June 1<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/b><\/span> Excerpt from\u00a0Martimus:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Tom cocked an eyebrow. \u201cWarren, you\u2019re a former Navy Seal. Isn\u2019t there some sort of limit on the amount of time you can spend under the sea before it starts to seriously impair your health?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Warren frowned. \u201cUsually two weeks. After that, the lack of exposure to the sun and the constant high pressure oxygenated environment would begin to take a toll. There\u2019s also a psychological impact. Think sensory deprivation. Your senses are out of whack because you\u2019ve been dumped into a soundproof sponge. There is no normal sensory stimulation. No sunlight, no sound\u2026 Even taste and smell become compromised. Coming back to the real world would be an adjustment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, those underwater stations are small. People are right on top of each other. Things we take for granted, like privacy, hot showers, home cooked meals, are in short supply. That can create anxiety, depression, and stress. No way he served that sentence consecutively. He had to take a break in between.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Warren gazed at Tom. \u201cThat environment is more hostile than a prison. You may not be in danger from other inmates, but you are putting your life at risk. Three months sounds like way too much time to be stuck underwater though, especially if you\u2019re not leaving the station for deep sea diving on a regular basis. They must be breaking up the time somehow, otherwise they\u2019d have a pretty tough situation on their hands. A lot of contract workers would be headed to a rubber room. It would be extremely difficult to survive a month, much less three, down there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCould they be treating the inmates like guinea pigs?\u201d Hope asked. \u201cTesting their limits? Tracking actual survival rates?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Warren sighed. \u201cPossibly. It\u2019s not like they have to answer to anyone. They are located in international waters. No country in particular has legal oversight. I imagine they could be doing anything they want without recourse. Unfortunately, when the prospect of a reduced sentence is dangled in front of some people, they grab it, damn the consequences. If one or two inmates suffer some sort of harm or die along the way, they chalk it up to collateral damage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd who\u2019s going to know?\u201d Cate shook her head. \u201cSomeone dies, they probably flush them down a chute into the deep sea and they become shark chum. No evidence left behind.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hope cringed. \u201cGod, that\u2019s kind of evil. But that still doesn\u2019t answer our original question. Where the hell is Fuzzy? Has he already served out his sentence? Has he been released, and if he has, where the hell is he? He\u2019s the one we need to find. He could have a lot of the answers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat lack of governmental oversight is troubling,\u201d Tom said. \u201cIf Cassie McIntyre is down there, I can\u2019t believe the CIA isn\u2019t all over it. At least, our government should be doing a welfare check through the Red Cross or something.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Warren grimaced. \u201cUnless no one knows she is down there. Think about it. They are on the bottom of the ocean, more than two miles under the sea. It\u2019s not like you can just go down there and knock on the door. Any regular monitoring would be impossible.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Cate nodded. \u201cAnd we haven\u2019t been able to confirm that she embarked on the same path as Fuzzy. All we\u2019ve got are suspicions. Right now, she\u2019s missing. We need to sit down with her family and get more information. And we need to find other prisoners who contracted with Martimus.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOtherwise, we\u2019ve got nothing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Seelie Kay:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Seelie Kay is a nom de plume for a writer, editor, and author with more than 30 years of experience in law, journalism, marketing, and public relations. When she writes about love and lust in the legal world, something kinky is bound to happen! In possession of a wicked pen and an overly inquisitive mind, Ms. Kay is the author of multiple works of fiction, including the Kinky Briefs series, the Feisty Lawyers series, The Garage Dweller, A Touchdown to Remember, The President\u2019s Wife, The White House Wedding, and The President\u2019s Daughter. <\/span>
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\n<\/span> When not spinning her kinky tales, Ms. Kay ghostwrites nonfiction for lawyers and other professionals. She resides in a bucolic exurb outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she shares a home with her son and enjoys opera, gourmet cooking, organic gardening, and an occasional bottle of red wine. <\/span>
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\n<\/span> Ms. Kay is an MS warrior and ruthlessly battles the disease on a daily basis. Her message to those diagnosed with MS: Never give up. You define MS, it does not define you!<\/span><\/p>\n

Seelie’s Author links:<\/b><\/span>
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\n<\/span> www.seeliekay.com<\/span><\/a>
\nwww.seeliekay.blogspot.com<\/span><\/a>
\nTwitter: @SeelieKay https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeelieKay<\/a><\/span>
\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seelie.kay.77<\/span>
\nAmazon author page: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Seelie-Kay\/e\/B074RDRWNZ\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/b><\/span> Prior Books:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/kinky-briefs\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/kinky-briefs-too\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/kinky-briefs-thrice\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-1734-5-kinky-briefs-quatro\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-2023-9-kinky-briefs-cinque\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/the-garage-dweller\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-1504-4-a-touchdown-to-remember\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-1795-6-the-presidents-wife\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-2263-9-snatching-diana\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttp:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-2032-1-the-presidents-daughter<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-2291-2-infamy\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-2349-0-seizing-hope\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-2538-8-cult\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-2658-3-hope\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.extasybooks.com\/978-1-4874-2796-2-the-white-house-wedding\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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An Interview with Seelie Kay:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Q. Why do you write romance?<\/span>
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\n<\/span> Because I am fascinated by the games people play to find and secure a lasting relationship, which is not always love. There\u2019s the chase, the courtship, the falling, the surrender. That\u2019s what I try to capture in my stories.<\/span>
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\n<\/span> Q. Do you prefer a certain type of romantic hero?<\/span>
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\n<\/span> I adore smart, dashing gentlemen who aren\u2019t afraid to live on the edge. They can be a bad boy, a billionaire, a prince, or a secret agent. That hint of danger just hooks me! However, I they have to be paired with strong, independent women who aren\u2019t afraid to fight for what they want, even love.<\/span>
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\n<\/span> Q. Why did you write \u201cMartimus?\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span> This is the final book in the series, so I needed a way to tie up a lot of loose ends. That meant the Feisty Lawyers needed a compelling story to accomplish that. Something in space was beyond the realm of believability, but something at the bottom of the ocean? The possibilities were endless. I went in all sorts of directions at first, but ultimately made Martimus a key step in a much broader journey. The bottom of the ocean is an unforgiving environment. Survival is never guaranteed. Divert a few socialites there to serve out a prison sentence, make then disappear, and you\u2019ve got what I hope is an exciting story!<\/span>
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\n<\/span> As a former lawyer, I also developed an interest in private prisons. These are institutions that are governed by a different set of rules and not all institutions follow the same rules. In some cases, the private prison an inmate winds up in can mean the difference between survival and death. In addition, there have been several cases of prosecutors and judges who received a financial incentive to divert inmates to private prison. Some were so incentivized that people innocent of the crimes with which they where charged have been convicted just so the prosecutor or judge could get their kickback. It is an industry that requires serious regulation and monitoring.<\/span>
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\n<\/span> Q. How does your former profession as a lawyer impact your writing?<\/span>
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\n<\/span> My friends say I am obsessed with justice and I guess that\u2019s true. After 30 years, the law and the legal world are so firmly embedded in my brain that I can\u2019t flush them out. That has become the lens through which I view the world and that naturally guides my characters and plots. Injustice infuriates me, but it also leads me to great stories!<\/span><\/p>\n

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