Attention Tami Hoag fans: Colleen Thompson's SALT MAIDEN = plot-bombing hotness

Colleen Thompson's backlist novels are out of the vault and burning up the charts on Amazon. My favorite: The Salt Maiden is about a woman who braves the heat, snakes and scorpions in a particularly desolate stretch of Texas to find her wayward sister and stumbles into a local mystery - and a complicated relationship with a beautiful but damaged man. Well-drawn characters, dramatic atmosphere, simmering sexual tension and startling plot twists.

Shoutout to my fellow "Longmire" fans: You should read Thompson's Sheriff Justine Wofford books, Beneath Bone Lake and Touch of Evil.

THE SALT MAIDEN, my favorite Colleen Thompson novel is now on Kindle!

Lush landscaping, rich characters, and a spine-tingling story

What I love about Colleen's style is her knack for landscaping -- a powerful sense of place that makes the setting as vibrantly alive as the characters. Add to that a great story, zingy dialogue, and two engaging lead characters and you've got an all-nighter.

Check it out!

Originally posted on Amazon.com as Joni L. Rodgers