Former Cañon City resident Ann Simas (nee Strunk) announces the release of her latest book, “Last Rites, number six in her Andi Comstock Supernatural Mysteries. Other titles in the series are “Holy Smoke,” “Penitence,” “Angel Babies,” “Hellfire” and “The Wrong Wicca.”
Short blurb: Andi is approached by another non-Smokie to find the person who shot her. Andi's husband Jack is working the case, and she is, too, but she's not a cop like Jack, and things are getting dicey. Will involving Father Ian and former Wiccan, Espy Philpot, really make a difference?
Simas is a graduate of Cañon City High School and attended Southern Colorado State College for a year. She received her B.A. from Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, Calif. She has a writing and graphics design background and is an award-winning newsletter editor. She served for two years on the Romance Writers of America Board of Directors, where she represented members in the Pacific Northwest and chaired the Outreach International Chapter, serving members worldwide. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, Italian American Writers Association, and Northwest Independent Writers Association.
Simas is the author of 40 books, three of which were Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Finalists, “Chloe's Spirit,” “First Star” and “Blessed Are the Eagles.” “Chloe's Spirit” and “First Star” also have full-length books titled “Afterstories.” Her other titles include “Loose Ends,” “Heaven Sent” and “Black Moon Rising.” In addition to the Sugar Plum Creek Holiday Books, she writes four other series: Grace Gabbiano Mysteries (“Dressed to Die,” “Sliced to Die,” “Buried to Die,” “Quilted to Die,” “Taken to Die,” “Praying to Die,” “Framed to Die,” “Hidden to Die”); Fossil, Colorado Books (“Here and Gone,” “Disappearing Act,” “Run or Don't,” “Now or Never”); and Christmas Valley Romances (“Santa's Helper,” “Candy Cane Lane,” “Let It Snow,” “FruityCakes,” “Sleigh Bride,” “Angels on the Rooftop,” “Deck the Gnomes,” “Back-Door Santa,” “Jingle Bell Clock,” “Reindeer Blitz,” “Holly Jollies,” “Yule Loge”). She also has one short-story collection titled, “All's Well.”
Simas's books are published by Magic Moon Press and are available worldwide in ebook format through Amazon.com. They are also available in paperback through the author's website, annsimas.com (free shipping within the U.S.), and from Amazon.com (free shipping with Prime).
For more information about Ann Simas, go to annsimas.com or email ann@annsimas.com. She can also be found on Facebook at Ann Simas, Author.