Mandy Harbin | HEARTS IN DANGER Benefit for The American Heart Association

October 2, 2014, started out like any normal day, but my life changed with a simple phone call. “They found Paul unresponsive at work.” By the time I’d made it to the hospital, he’d died.

Paul was healthy, or so we thought. He’d recently had a check up, and everything was good. He needed to lose about twenty pounds, but so does pretty much everybody. He was a black belt in Kenpo. He gave private lessons in the martial art to people, including a police officer. He line danced with a group on Tuesday nights. He worked around the house.

Then one morning, a massive heart attack took his life. He was 44 years old.

Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. Everybody should not only know the warning signs, but heed them. We thought the pain in his arm a few weeks before was due to our kitchen remodel. We’d been wrong.

After months of immense grief, I decided I needed to do something to get the word out about heart disease. I talked to some author friends of mine and we decided to do a box set. We liked the idea of romantic suspense because of the danger element, and HEARTS IN DANGER was born. When we reached out to fellow romantic suspense authors, we were blown away by those who wanted to help.

HEARTS IN DANGER: Fourteen Thrilling Romances to Benefit the American Heart Association is only $0.99. And although a portion of the proceeds are going to charity, this set is really about bringing awareness to heart disease. That’s why we priced it so cheaply. We want to spread the word far and wide.

Because we had so many people who wanted to help, we decided to go even further and offer free bonuses to people who pre-order the set (or purchase the first week) and fill out the form on the website. It is up for pre-order now with a release date of 6/2/15, and will only be up through the end of June.

We are also giving away a Tiffany & Co. heart necklace (to stress the heart theme…and c’mon, it’s Tiffany’s!). Information on how to enter can also be found on the website www.heartsindanger.com.

Spread the word. Learn the warning signs. Don’t let heart disease sneak up on you like it did us.

About Mandy Harbin

Mandy Harbin is the bestselling author of several books across multiple romance genres that range from contemporary to paranormal erotic romance. Her books include the award winning Darkest Sin, an erotic romantic suspense and first in the new Darkest series. Mandy also continues to work on her Possession series, which explores BDSM elements with Digital Possession being the series starter, and the ever popular Woods Family series, which began with the bestseller Surrounded by Woods. She lives in a small Arkansas town with her family and can be reached via her website.

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About HEARTS IN DANGER

FOURTEEN stories of thrilling romance to benefit the American Heart Association. These full length, Romantic Suspense stories come from NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND NATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHORS!

Accidental SEAL by Sharon Hamilton: Newbie Realtor Christy Nelson holds her first Open House but is given the wrong address, and finds a hot naked SEAL in the master bedroom.

Pick Your Poison by Roxanne St. Claire: Meet Benjamin Youngblood - he’s sexy, smart, spectacular and ... about to lose his job for the best security firm in the world. He’s got one chance to prove himself and nothing will stop him. Not even a flower farmer.

Protective Custody by Paige Tyler: Someone is stalking reporter Paisley McCoy, and police detective Gray Beckham is the only man who can protect her. And while she might be sexy as hell, there’s no way he’s going anywhere near the captain’s daughter.

Hot Pursuit by Lynn Raye Harris: When someone starts shooting at Evie Baker, there's only one man dangerous enough to help her--the man who broke her heart ten years ago. Hostile Operations Team soldier Matt Girard uses all his considerable black ops skill to protect Evie.

SEAL's Honor by Elle James: Two Navy SEALs jeopardize their lives and hearts in a battle-torn land when they vie for the love of one sexy Night Stalker helicopter pilot.

Against The Dark by Carolyn Crane: Angel is an ex-safecracker forced into one last heist. Cole is an undercover agent with big plans for his gorgeous thief—he'll make her pose as his girlfriend to help with a dangerous mission.

Hidden Prey by Cheyenne McCray: Tori is in the wrong place at the wrong time and witnesses the execution of a Federal agent by the son of the head of the Jimenez Cartel. Special Agent Landon Walker rescues Tori and sets out to protect her, but soon protecting her isn’t enough.

Dangerous Curves by Nina Bruhns: A spec ops transporter for STORM Corps takes on drones, bad guys, and car chases on the coast of Italy—and falls for a beautiful scientist whose curves are far more dangerous than the road!

Deadly Pursuit by Misty Evans: When Londano escapes a maximum security prison and begins picking off Celina’s friends and coworkers, everyone she knows becomes a target. Including DEA agent Cooper Harris, the man who once broke her heart and is now assigned to be her bodyguard.

Protecting Caroline by Susan Stoker: Caroline helps foil a terrorist plot when she finds herself on a plane that’s hijacked (with the help of three members of a SEAL team), but after she gets home she finds herself still in the sights of the terrorists. She can only hope Wolf and his team will be able to save her in time.

One Night Stand by Parker Kincade: Amanda Martin decides to have a one-night stand. No relationship, no promises just hot, indulgent sex. What she doesn’t anticipate is meeting a handsome-as-sin stranger who gives her pleasure unlike she’s ever known. A stranger with a deadly secret.

Brody by Mandy Harbin: Brody thinks the skittish Xan is sexy as hell, but it’s not her hot body that has him rocked to his core. He knows her from somewhere, and in his line of work, that’s a dangerous thing. Following orders have never been this hard, but when he finds out she’s his next assignment, he will protect her at all costs.

Enemy Mine by Megan Mitcham: Born in the blood of Sierra Leone's Civil War, enslaved, then sold to the US as an orphan, Base Branch operative Sloan Harris is emotionally dead and driven by vengeance. With no soul to give, her body becomes the bargaining chip to infiltrate a warlord's inner circle.

Caught in the Crosshair by Barb Han: On a tropical island with a hurricane brewing and dangerous men closing in, private security firm owner Jaden Dean will need to work side-by-side with Lauren James to survive and find her brother. He will have to use all his specialized training and risk everything, including his heart, to outwit the deadly group and keep Lauren safe.