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Hi dolls,

I write a bi-weekly column in The Tampa Tribune called “View from the Hill.” If you are a regular reader of the print or online version, the good folks at TBO want to hear from you. Please consider taking this survey and a) clicking on “Love It” next to my column and b) filling out the comments section, telling them you’d like to see “View from the Hill” every week!

Do you own a Kindle? If so, Olivia’s Kiss, my first novel, is available for purchase.

What’s it about?

Olivia Foster is a beautiful, headstrong killing machine, shocked to find herself yearning for something different.

Olivia discovered a talent for killing people while in her teens, after shooting her abusive father in the head and watching him die. Unapologetic and determined to help victims of domestic violence fight back, she built a wildly successful business. Now, a sophisticated young woman, Olivia travels the world pursuing bad men and making them pay.

When an unexpected vacation leads her home, Olivia reconnects with childhood friends and finds herself envying them. Like so many women approaching their thirties, and despite her most-wanted status, Olivia is startled by the unfamiliar urge and intrigued with the idea of settling down.

When Max, her longtime love, proposes marriage, Olivia dares to wonder: Can she really trade guns and glory for gold bands and bath towels?

Read the first chapter here.

Have you already read Olivia’s Kiss? Please consider leaving a recommendation here and tell other readers to go for it.

I also write a bi-weekly column in Creative Loafing called “Out in Left Field.” Have you voted in their Best of the Bay survey yet? Consider naming “Catherine Durkin Robinson” in People, Places, and Politics for:

Best Columnist
Best Contributor
Best Blogger
Best Personality to Follow on Twitter

Some readers have also named me Best Troublemaker and I couldn’t be prouder.

Thanks to everyone for making an honest woman out of me.

Kisses,
Catherine