Book Blast Giveaway – Knowing Vera by Rachelle Ayala

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SYNOPSIS

Some secrets are best untold.

Vera Custodio has never fallen in love, though she has strong feelings for her friend and sometimes lover, Zach Spencer. Long-forgotten memories resurface when Vera discovers Zach’s mother was the woman her father supposedly murdered many years ago.

After losing his leg, former triathlete Zach Spencer reevaluates his life—and realizes he’s falling in love with Vera. When she ends their relationship, Zach is determined to prove his love and follows her to Australia in search of the killer.

Caught between a web of family secrets and a deranged adversary, Vera and Zach must depend on each other for survival. Love blossoms, but the truth explodes everything Vera knows about herself. Will she close her heart forever or risk it all for a shot at happily-ever-after?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

clare-ricoRachelle Ayala is the author of dramatic fiction crossing genres and boundaries featuring strong but flawed characters. She writes emotionally challenging stories and is not afraid of controversial topics. However, she is an optimist and laces her stories with romance and hope.

Rachelle Ayala has written four novels. Michal’s Window is a powerful and emotional journey as lived through the eyes of Princess Michal, King David’s first wife. Broken Build is a story of redemption and healing where a man learns to love and trust the woman who destroyed his life. Hidden Under Her Heart is a heartfelt love story mixed with controversy over difficult decisions.

Her latest is Knowing Vera , a steamy romantic suspense involving family secrets, disability, and an unsolved murder.

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Monday Mini # 4 – Ready To Die by Lisa Jackson

Lisa Jackson has many novels and I have read a lot of them. Ready To Die is a new release that I picked up at the library.

The yellow of the cover grabbed my attention and as I looked at the tree branches, the face emerged. Is that a tear I see in her eye?

Ready to Die (Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli) by Lisa Jackson

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Detective Regan Pescoli had called Sherriff Dan Grayson and told him she needed to talk to him. She arrives at his home as he is being gunned down by a sniper.

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I never hesitate to pick up a book by LIsa Jackson. Her stories have entertained me for many hours and I was happy to add Ready To Die to that list. The mystery of the sniper will keep you guessing. I thought I knew who the perpetrator was, but Lisa added some twists and turns that left me shaking my head, telling myself I should have seen that coming. Just when I thought the story was told, Lisa took it a step further and then another. As I closed the book, I couldn’t help but smile.

My only complaint was the quality of the editing. It was bad enough, that it interrupted the flow of the story. I do not expect to stumble through a book written by a New York Times Best Selling author like Lisa Jackson.

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Flash Bookblast for Order of the Seers by Cerece Rennie Murphy

Order of the Seers (Order of the Seers, #1)  The Red Order (Order of the Seers, #2)

 

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Order of the Seers begins with the journey of Liam and Lilith Knight, a brother and sister who are hunted by The Guild, a ruthless world organization that seeks to capture and exploit Lilith’s unique ability as a Seer to envision the future. Soon after they are forced to leave their home, Lilith and Liam discover that she is not alone. Other Seers like Lilith are routinely kidnapped and enslaved by the Guild for the purpose of consolidating wealth and power around the world… see more on Goodreads

In The Red Order, Book II in the Order of the Seers Trilogy:

The Lost Seers embark upon a world-wide mission to save their kind from the tyranny of the Guild and unveil their greatest weapon –  Developed in secret, The Restoration Project has the potential to awaken the supernatural ability within every man, woman, and child on earth and bring down the very foundation of the Guild’s power and authority.



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Order of the Seers
Chapter 1: The End

Sunday, June 22, 2008 

Liam was losing his patience. “Aw, come on! Are you serious? You can’t

want to ride this thing again!”

Instead of answering her older brother, Lilli remained in her seat as

the Ferris wheel conductor looked on expectantly, hand outstretched and

waiting for another two tokens.

The way Lilli’s skinny arms hugged her book bag while she stared

blankly at the pressed metal floor of their “Fairy Land Caboose” made it

hard for Liam to stay angry. The sight of her looking so dejected softened

him enough to give the conductor his fifth set of tokens in less than 45

minutes. Liam settled back into his seat just as the lap bar clamped down

uncomfortably against his thighs.

“Lilli, say something. Why’d you drag me out here if you were just gonna

sulk? I hate the carnival, you know that.”

“I know something… okay? Just… trust me. We have to stay here.” Her

voice was so low he could barely hear her over the wind-up music that was

blaring from the overhead speakers.

“Did Mom say something to you?”

Lilli responded to his question with silence and a barely discernable

shake of her head back and forth. He tried again.

“Lilli! Did Mom…?”

“Yes,” she snapped.

They both fell silent again as Liam took in the latest weird thing of the

day. Lilith Knight, or Lilli as she preferred to be called, had always been

strange. Even when she was five, she could beat Liam at chess lazily, without

even thinking about it. She would find things and give them to you before

you asked for them. Before you, or even she, knew why. Up until recently,

he thought she was just a freak. No biggie. All little sisters are like that, he told

himself.

It was only in the past few months that his perception of her began

to shift, after her prediction that he would catch his new girlfriend, Krista,

kissing his teammate Lance in the locker room after their championship

game. At the time, he’d brushed off her premonition as meddling. Krista

wasn’t even his girlfriend and his team was 1-1 with the whole basketball

season ahead of them.

He’d forgotten her warning completely until two months later when he

ran back into the locker room after winning the championship to get the

jacket he’d left behind and immediately smelled Krista’s perfume. When he

found them, two thoughts overshadowed the scene unfolding in front of

him. The first was that what they were doing wasn’t really “kissing,” though

he could see how a sheltered thirteen-year-old would describe it that way.

His second thought was that Lilli was right; she was exactly right. He was so

stunned by Lilli’s accuracy that he didn’t even bother to disturb them, leaving

his new ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend to their business. From that

moment, Liam understood that Lilli wasn’t just a freak, or more accurately,

that she wasn’t a freak at all. She was special…gifted.

The sound of Lilli’s sniffling followed by the trembling of her body

as she began to cry uncontrollably broke the long silence that had fallen

between them. What the…, Liam half-mumbled as his mind swung from

irritation to absolute bewilderment. Slowly and deliberately, Liam moved his

palms down the front of his face as he fought the urge to shake the truth

right out of her and end whatever this was. But he couldn’t. She’s so brittle

already, he thought, without any idea as to why. So instead, he reached out

to envelop his sister in his arms, trying to soothe her and comfort her from

some unknown force.

“Lilli, it’s all right. I’m sorry, okay? Don’t cry. Just… tell me what’s going

on. Why are we here?”

Continue Chapter 1 of Order of the Seers HERE.
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My name is Cerece Rennie Murphy, but, among my 5 siblings, I am known and teased by my superhero name, Wonder Worry, (and yes, I am a little worried about your reaction to what I just said). While in my youth, I used my superpower to whip minor setbacks into epic tragedies in 60 seconds flat, I no longer have the time to hone the skills I once possessed, which were handed down to me VERY CAREFULLY by my mother and her mother before. 

Instead of spending my days imagining worst case scenarios, I am now on the front lines of true disaster prevention – treading the fine line between boo-boos and permanent brain damage, fighting crimes of curiosity, omission, absent-mindedness and sleep deprivation. I carry others down the winding, bumpy road of youth that starts out at the nexus of unique and brilliant but intersects with narcissistic serial killer at some distant point I hope fervently to avoid. As you might have guessed, I am a wife and mother of 2 small children. Luckily, my family lights up the sky so I never stumble too hard or lose my way.

I would lament the luxury of needless worry, but alas, I don’t have the energy. As I write this, I am losing a battle fought between my trusty sponge and a hardened glob of half-eaten cheese that traveled from the kitchen to the living room rug in the palm of a very small, but mischievous hand. Its stronghold on the fibers suggests occupancy of at least 2 days, but I’ll never know for sure. Rather than despair, I’ve chosen to retreat to my keyboard, noting that I have won the war – most of the rug is un-cheesed. 

Before I worried. Now, I write. 

I look forward to slowly, quietly, in my own shy way, becoming a part of this community. If you would like to get to know me and my work a bit better, you can visit me… 

 

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1 Winner – Gift Package: Re-Usable Bag, Bookmark and signed print copies of Order of the Seers & The Red Order (US only)

1 Winner –  $25 Gift Card

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Book Trailer – Halloween Humor – Vampire Baby by Kelly Bennett

I came across the book trailer for Vampire Baby by Kelly Bennett and fell in love with it.

Hope you get a couple of chuckles, like I did.

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New Release – Chosen by Paulina Ulrich

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One of my favorite colors is read, so this cover really caught my eye.

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Goodreads | Releases October 31, 2013

New Adult Paranormal Romance

Fighting Fate Series, Book 1



Chosen

Nothing can stand in the way of outspoken, rule-breaker-extraordinaire, Kaddy Richston…except destiny. Born with wildly colored hair and piercing gray eyes Kaddy knew she was different, but she set her sights on her ambitious dreams of being in a rock band and leaving her small town behind along with the painful memories of her past.

But destiny has other plans for her. 

When the calm, cool, and always collected Cole Huntington enters her life he takes a strange interest in her, his striking blue eyes never wandering far from her every move. Despite her efforts to push him away, he plans on unraveling every single one of Kaddy’s dark secrets even though he has some of his own. 

Despising each other from the start, Kaddy is determined to undermine whatever intentions he has until she learns of a destiny she never asked for. The fate of the world lies in her hands as she learns how different she really is. The only person she can turn to for answers is the last person she’d want help from: Cole Huntington who seems to dislike her rule-breaking as much as she dislikes his rule-following.

Sometimes destiny sucks.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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I have always loved writing, telling stories, and the idea of dreaming big because where I come from, you dream big or you don’t dream at all. I’m a full-time author with my slightly insane cat, Juey, who is always happy to keep me company as he so often thinks he can lay on my keyboard to “assist” my writing. I write stories because life wouldn’t be as fun without the occasional break from reality.
 
I am the author of the YA paranormal romance Flightless Bird series, the mature YA/New Adult paranormal romance Fighting Fate series and many more stories to come. When I’m not writing it’s either because I ran out of iced tea, I’m out 
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EXCERPT
 
“Kaddy, wait.” I heard Mike trailing me as I turned out of the Wheel Barrel.
 
 I pressed a hand to my temple and sighed. “Yeah?”
 
“You okay? I know you didn’t get a lot of sleep last night.” Mike scratched the back of his head and looked down at me, worried. “Maybe some lunch will help.”
“What I need is sleep, and what needs to happen is for me to stop having these stupid night terrors.” I leaned back against the hot brick building for a moment.
 
“You can’t help it. It’s not your fault.” Mike leaned on his shoulder next to me, his hands deep in his apron pockets.
 
“I know, but I hate it. Why can’t they stop?” I smacked my hand to my forehead and sighed. Against my palm, my skin felt too warm. Was I getting sick? Great. It was the last thing I needed. “Do I feel warm to you?” I dropped my hand and looked over at Mike, giving him permission to touch me with a simple confirmation from my eyes.
 
Slowly raising his arm, the back of his hand pressed against my cheek. “Damn, Kaddy. You’re burning up! Do you feel all right?”
 
I shrugged. I did feel all right, just a little warm. “I feel fine. I need some sleep. Promise to plan on going to bed early tonight?” I doubted he would keep this promise. He and I always stayed up late writing music.
 
Mike got a playful glint in his eye. “You know I’m a night owl. No promises there.”
I sighed and rolled my eyes. “We both are.”
 
Mike still had his hand pressed against my cheek until it shifted up to tug his gray beanie down on my forehead. “Maybe it’s just my awesome hat that’s making you overheat. Who wears a beanie in August?” he joked and I playfully scowled at him as I readjusted the knitted beanie.
 
“Oh, I’m sure that’s it,” I laughed and gave him a gentle punch on the arm.
 
“Whoa.” He took a step back. “You been working out or something? That hurt.” Mike held his upper arm like I had socked it with everything I had. I stood there waiting with my “really?” look and raised my eyebrows in anticipation for his mischievous face to appear. If Mike was anything, he was a jokester. Just like I expected, a few seconds later, he cracked a smile on his lips and started laughing.
 
“You always think your little jokes are hilarious!” Even when I rolled my eyes, I couldn’t stop his infectious laughter from causing me to laugh.
 
“Kadster, we know I tell the best jokes. I eat sarcasm for breakfast every day.” He winked and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. I didn’t shy from his touch.
 
“So do I, but no one but you find anything I say funny.” I looked up at him as he walked me to the corner of the block, the direction of home. Only Mike called me the Kadster. Actually, he had a lot of nicknames for me and I didn’t mind it. He was one of the few I would let getaway with calling me things other than my name.
 
“It’s because everyone is just jealous of the awesome friendship we’ve had since we were eight. Haters gonna hate.” He shrugged and his other hand pretended to dust off his shoulder. Mike was the only friend I counted on for anything. Long ago, we made a pact, and so far, he’s kept every word he promised to keep.
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Cover Reveal for Beneath Manhattan Skies by Emma Meade

Emma Meade is an accomplished author who writes some fantastic stories.

I am very happy and honored to be a part of this cover reveal for Beneath Manhattan Skies.

Emma always has beautiful covers, full of meaning, that draw me in.

I can hardly wait to begin reading this one!

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Beneath Manhattan Skies by Emma Meade
Publication date: November 2013
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance

A 45,000 word Novella

SYNOPSIS

November in New York is cold but full of possibility for college freshman Erin Harris. When her twin brother, Nick, shows up on her doorstep for a surprise visit, Erin is delighted. Unfortunately, Nick’s arrival coincides with the discovery of a body outside her apartment building, a body drained of blood. Right away, Nick assumes vampires are involved. He’s not exactly their biggest fan since Erin dated one in high school.

Juggling nosy roommates, a first date with a gorgeous guy from college and a brother on a Van Helsing kick is enough to keep any nineteen year old girl busy – And then Erin’s old flame walks back into her life.

Is Erin destined to be caught up in supernatural shenanigans, or will she choose a different path?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

EmmaEmma Meade writes paranormal fiction.
She lives in rainy Ireland and loves all things supernatural. Stephen King’s The Stand is one of her most loved books and she’s lost count of the number of times she’s read L.J. Smith’s trilogy, The Forbidden Game.Books, DVDS & TV show boxsets take up lots of space in her home and she collects all the Point Horror books she can get her hands on.She is not ashamed to admit that Dirty Dancing and Twilight make her top ten movie list but wishes to point out that The Last of the Mohicans, Reality Bites, Dead Poets Society, Stand by Me and The Goonies are in there too.Writing supernatural stories & watching marathon re-runs of Buffy are some of her favourite ways of escaping reality..
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I have read a couple of Emma Mead’s books and found them to be of the highest caliber. Her books are some you will want to have on your to-be-read shelf.
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Uh oh! Jesse knew they should not have gone into the bar.The vibes were bad and kept getting worse. She felt she should run, not walk to the nearest exit. But, she didn’t.

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Gena Showalter’s BLACK AND BLUE Halloween Hop!

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Thank you for joining Gena Showalter’sTrick or Treat Halloween Hop!
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1)  Every day there will be 3 – 6 participating blogs.
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In order to enter the giveaway you must “Trick or Treat” at the participating blogs, see which candy the blog has posted (see example below) and then enter the name of that candy into the Rafflecopter widget.
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 In order to enter the giveaway, you must visit the mandatory blog of the day.

 3)  Once you visit the mandatory blog of the day, you then have the choice of gaining extra points by visiting the “Optional” blogs.
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SPOTLIGHT FOR BLACK AND BLUE BY GENA SHOWALTER
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BLACK AND BLUE
Otherworld Assassins, #2
Publisher: Pocket Books
Publication Date:  October 22, 2013
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 New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter’s pulse-pounding paranormal series continues with an electrifying story about the ultimate warrior and his prize: a beautiful woman he will do anything to possess.
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HE IS EVERY WOMAN’S FANTASY. . .
Corbin Blue is a man of many talents. One of the most powerful otherworlders ever born, he is wealthy, a professional football star, and a legend in the bedroom. But only a select few know he is also a black ops agent…and there is no better killer. When he and his crew are attacked and separated, he’s forced to turn to his boss’s daughter for help―a woman with even more secrets than Blue.
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Evangeline Black has always been wary, guarded. No man has ever breeched her walls. Until Blue. He has never been denied something he wants, and now, he’s decided he wants her. As he sweeps her into his double life of seduction, intrigue, and danger, he helps her see beyond the darkness of her past. But as an enemy closes in, Blue will have to let Evie go to keep her safe—even though he’d rather die than live without her…
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GenaShowalter2Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of the White Rabbit Chronicles, Otherworld Assassins, Angels of the Dark, Lords of the Underworld, and several of other series.  She has written over thirty novels and novellas.  Her books have appeared in Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazine, and have been translated in multiple languages.

Connect with Gena:

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HALLOWEEN HOP Tour Schedule- 10/18 – 10/31
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OCTOBER 18
Books and Their Seven Deadly Sins (mandatory contest entry)
Curse of the Bibliophile (optional extra points)
Nette’s Bookshelf Reviews (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 19
Window Seat on A Rainy Day  (mandatory contest entry)
Manga Maniac Café   (optional extra points)
Paranormal Book Club  (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 20
Eclipse Reviews (mandatory contest entry)
My Book Addiction  (optional extra points)
Book Nerd  (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 21
Booked & Loaded (mandatory contest entry)
Toot’s Book Reviews   (optional extra points)
Darkest Addictions Reviews (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 22
Book Monster Reviews (mandatory contest entry)
Victoria’s Gossip  (optional extra points)
Who’s Reviews (optional extra points)
Taking It One Book at a Time (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 23
Vampires, Werewolves, & Fairies, Oh My (mandatory contest entry)
The Reading Café (optional extra points)
Darker Passions (optional extra points)
Romancing Rakes For The Love of Romance  (optional extra points)
Paranormal Romance Fans for Life (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 24
 Mad Hatter Reads  (mandatory contest entry)
Fundinmental   (optional extra points)
Urban Girl Reader (optional extra points)
Little Read Riding Hood (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 25
 10/25 A_TiffyFit’s Reading Corner (mandatory contest entry)
Tome Tender (optional extra points)
My Secret Romance (optional extra points)
Queen of All She Reads (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 26
Reading Between the Wines   (mandatory contest entry)
Mythical Books  (optional extra points)
Coffee Talk Writers   (optional extra points)
Rumpled Sheets Blog (optional extra points)
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 OCTOBER 27
Books, Books and More Books   (mandatory contest entry)
 Close Encounters with the Night Kind   (optional extra points) http://closeencounterswiththenightkind.blogspot.com
Diane’s Book Blog (optional extra points)
Crazy Four Books (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 28
KT Book Reviews (mandatory contest entry)
New Adult Addiction  (optional extra points)
LilyElement  (optional extra points)
Coffee and Characters  (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 29
Romance with Flavor (mandatory contest entry)
FUONLYKNEW (optional extra points)
 Miscellaneous Thoughts of a Bookaholic (optional extra points)
Same Book, Different Review  (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 30
Under the Covers (mandatory contest entry)
 Literal Addiction (optional extra points)
I Smell Sheep   (optional extra points)
Romance Junkies  (optional extra points)
 Wicked Readings by Tawania  (optional extra points)
Where the Night Kind Roam  (optional extra points)
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OCTOBER 31
Books-n-Kisses  (mandatory contest entry)
Babbling about Books and More  (optional extra points)
 Inner goddess  (optional extra points)
Snarky Mom Reads… (optional extra points)
Book Bliss (optional extra points)
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 10/20 Underworld Love Addiction (Spotlight / Review)
10/22 Book Lovin’ Mamas (Spotlight/Review)
 10/23 Night Owl Reviews  (Spotlight)
10/24 Sun Mountain Reviews (Spotlight/Review)
 10/25 Eclectic Passions (Spotlight/Review)
 10/25 Musings From an Addicted Reader (Spotlight/Review)
 10/25 Sassy Book Lovers (Spotlight)
10/27 In Shadows (Spotlight)
10/29 Paranormal Haven  (Spotlight/Review)
 10/30 Ramblings From This Chick (Spotlight/Review)
 10/31 Shayna Renee’s Spicy Reads  (Spotlight)
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At the end of the tour Gena will pick THREE (3) winners to receive the following prizes:
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Ghoulish Giveaway – Crazy Ex-Ghoulfriend by Angela Roquet

CRAZY_EX-GHOULFRIEND_Tour_Sidebar_ButtonI saw this title and busted out laughing.

This is the perfect time of year for Crazy Ex-Ghoulfriendby Angela Roquet.

Check it out and let me know what you think.

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Crazy Ex-Ghoulfriend by Angela Roquet

Release Date:  September 17, 2013

Genre:  YA Zombie Standalone

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Janie Parker is in love with the boy next door, but he’s dating Miss Popular. That is, until she wraps her car around a tree and bites the dust. Just when things settle down and Janie thinks that she might have a shot at going to prom with the boy next door, Miss Popular comes back from the grave, and she’s one crazy ex-ghoulfriend.

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Urban Fantasy Author Angela Roquet lives in Sedalia, Missouri with her husband and son. When she’s not swearing at the keyboard, she enjoys painting, goofing off with her family and friends, and reading books that raise eyebrows.

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GIVEAWAY

Angela is giving away the following prizes at the end of her tour:

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$20.00 gift card to Amazon, an autographed paperback of CRAZY EX-GHOULFREIND, a Ghoul Friend hand sanitizer and bookmark

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THREE runners up will receive an eBook of CRAZY EX-GHOULFREIND

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CASSIE SCOT PARANORMAL DETECTIVE

Series:  Cassie Scot, #1

Publisher:  Twilight Times Books

Publication Date:   May 15, 2013

Genre:  Paranormal Romance/Mystery

 SYNOPSIS

Cassie Scot is the ungifted daughter of powerful sorcerers, born between worlds but belonging to neither. At 21, all she wants is to find a place for herself, but earning a living as a private investigator in the shadow of her family’s reputation isn’t easy. When she is pulled into a paranormal investigation, and tempted by a powerful and handsome sorcerer, she will have to decide where she truly belongs.

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SECRETS AND LIES

Series:  Cassie Scot, #2

Publisher:  Twilight Times Books

Expected Publication Date: November 15th 2013

Genre:  Paranormal Romance/Mystery

 SYNOPSIS

Cassie Scot, still stinging from her parents’ betrayal, wants out of the magical world. But it isn’t letting her go. Her family is falling apart and despite everything, it looks like she may be the only one who can save them.

To complicate matters, Cassie owes Evan her life, making it difficult for her to deny him anything he really wants. And he wants her. Sparks fly when they team up to find two girls missing from summer camp, but long-buried secrets may ruin their hopes for happiness. Book 2 in the Cassie Scot Mystery series.

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Cassie Scot: Looking Forward

 When I talk about Cassie Scot I’m usually not talking about the book, Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective. I’m usually talking about the entire series. This is my third book, but my first series, so it has been an interesting adjustment for me. In my mind, Cassie’s story is complete, even though for the reader it has barely begun.

In fact, Cassie’s story is complete. There are four volumes in the series, all written, all under contract, and all pending release within the next year or so. Each of the volumes is framed by a self-contained mystery, which should give the reader some sense of closure at the end. Personal, romantic, and familial problems remain, however, and these issues are what I think of as Cassie’s story. The first book is about Cassie solving a murder/missing person mystery. The series is about Cassie discovering who she is and what she wants. I suppose that part doesn’t play as well in a teaser, but I think it’s relevant. To some extent, we all strive to figure out who we are and how to accept ourselves. This is never more true than when faced with the disapproval or disappointment of parents – something Cassie knows all-too well.

Cassie isn’t the only one going through a period of self-discovery. To a lesser extent Evan Blackwood is trying to figure out who he is and what he wants. Well, he’s sure about one thing – and if you’ve read the epilogue to book one you know what that is. He’s confused about much of the rest. In stark contrast to Cassie, Evan has a lot of magical power and he doesn’t want to be like his father – using that power for his own wealth/comfort and little else. At the same time, Evan is used to getting his way and he has the power to take most of what he wants. On the surface this may seem like a good thing, but in Secrets and Lies, book two in the Cassie Scot series, he will learn differently. It was a challenge to show him going through this sort of transformation from Cassie’s point of view, but I hope the reader sees it.

When I look at the series as a whole, one of the choices I have often found myself questioning is the use of vampires in the first book. This may seem like an odd thing to say. I mean, it’s urban fantasy. Of course it has vampires! Well…

I didn’t plan to write the first book right away. In those early weeks, I thought I would write a long short story or novella as a sort of proof of concept. There were a lot of important details popping around in my mind – Cassie character, her family, the town, the rules of magic, the love interest – somewhere in the middle of all that I decided to test the waters with vampires because it’s simple. Everyone knows them. They don’t require a lot of thought. I don’t know when they became permanent, but somewhere along the line I knew I was writing a whole novel instead of a short story, and by then the plot had stuck.

Vampires are not at all important to the overall story. It’s not the last you’ll see of them, but they don’t have a huge part to play. If you’re a vampire fan, sorry, but hopefully you love Cassie enough to stick with her. Those who are sick of vampires in fantasy, bear with me. And know that these vampires are Stoker-esque (and not even a little bit sparkly 🙂 ).

“There is nothing so evil in the world as what humans can do to one another.” – Edward Scot (Cassie’s father). This may have almost seemed like a throwaway comment in book one, but it wasn’t. It definitely becomes important later on, and it’s something I firmly believe. I’ve never thought fantasy novels needed literal demons to fight. Give a human being power, and let’s see what he decides to do with it. History has shown us that it isn’t always pretty.

The last time I revised the first book in this series, I had completed the final volume. This means that I had my plan fully formed and implemented. There are a couple of little things in the first book that you probably won’t even think about unless you go back and reread it sometime after you finish the series. Then you’ll think, “Oh, she did have a plan!”

I love it when authors do that. I hope I’ve pulled it off to your satisfaction as well.

 Book Two Teasers:

 1. Cassie is going to learn something very important about her mother that she never knew.

2. Kaitlin and Madison will take on bigger roles, and each will develop a problem of her own.

3. Edward Scot (Cassie’s dad) and Victor Blackwood (Evan’s dad) will come face to face. Their mutual enmity will not be in doubt.

4. The reader will learn one more of the reasons why Edward hates Victor.

5. The mystery will be the search for two teenage girls who went missing from a summer camp.

6. The life debt Cassie owes Evan will be a big deal.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAChristine Amsden has been writing science fiction and fantasy for as long as she can remember. She loves to write and it is her dream that others will be inspired by this love and by her stories. Speculative fiction is fun, magical, and imaginative but great speculative fiction is about real people defining themselves through extraordinary situations. Christine writes primarily about people and it is in this way that she strives to make science fiction and fantasy meaningful for everyone.

At the age of 16, Christine was diagnosed with Stargardt’s Disease, a condition that effects the retina and causes a loss of central vision. She is now legally blind, but has not let this slow her down or get in the way of her dreams. (You can learn more here.)

In addition to writing, Christine teaches workshops on writing at Savvy Authors. She also does some freelance editing work.

Christine currently lives in the Kansas City area with her husband, Austin, who has been her biggest fan and the key to her success. They have two beautiful children, Drake and Celeste.

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WWW Wednesday #3 – Nature, Serial Killer and Horror

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To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?

• What do you think you’ll read next?

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What am I currently reading?

Wild Times on Skidaway Island by Karen Dove Barr

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Wild Times on Skidaway Island, Georgia’s Historic Rain Forest, details life in a unique Audubon-designated, ecologically friendly refuge. There, golfers pitch balls around endangered great blue herons, mama raccoons march their babies across backyard decks where once Guale Indians trapped ancestors of the same raccoons, and residents dodge alligators and rescue snakes.

Even the vegetation is wild. Three hundred-year-old oaks dripping Spanish moss and poison ivy surmount an under-story of wax myrtle and holly. Carolina jasmine, Cherokee roses, and endangered orchids grow wild in the rain forest. The book examines choices residents make when stared down by a bald eagle, when a red-tailed hawk mistakes a golf ball for bird food, when wakened at midnight by deer munching hibiscus. Wild Times on Skidaway Island educates about the species that residents must adapt to on this historic island.

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What did I recently finish reading?

Ready to Die (Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli)

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NothingHis blood quickens as he stares at the photographs. Six faces, all guilty–and detectives Regan Pescoli and Selena Alvarez are at the top of his list. One by one, he’ll stalk them, then he’ll squeeze the trigger, savoring the way each lifeless body crumples to the reddening snow. One down already. And then there were five. . .Can Prepare You

Sheriff Dan Grayson lies near death after a shooting, and the police department of Grizzly Falls, Montana, is in shock. Alvarez, torn between a new relationship and her loyalty to Grayson, works with Pescoli to whittle down the list of suspects. The deeper they go, the more personal and dangerous the case becomes. Then a prominent judge’s body is found and the killer sends a sinister warning to the press: “Who’s Next?”

To Face A Killer

Pescoli isn’t waiting to find out. Headstrong and eager for justice, she’ll track the scant clues on her own if she has to. But her search leads her straight to a monster who has had her in his sights all along. And when hunter meets prey, both must be willing to kill–and ready to die. . .

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What do I think I’ll read next?

Mind Shadows I: Shattered by Patrick Royal

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The only thing that multi-published, award winning horror author, Tom Elliot, wanted was to move to the country for a change of scenery and relaxation, to a quiet part of southern Illinois. It seemed he’d picked out a wonderful spot, miles away from the closest neighbor and even further away from civilization.Tom couldn’t write to save his soul. Weird thoughts trampled through his head and left him wondering if he’d made a mistake moving from Chicago. Could it have been that he ripped himself from his element, like his best friend, Michael Gully, had predicted? That he couldn’t answer yet.

Words came and flowed like wildfire, but at what price? Tom’s imagination was getting the best of him and running rampant. The very characters that he created tormented him, driving him mad where he couldn’t distinguish fiction from reality.

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