Friday, 26 June 2015

BOOK BLITZ - STATE OF VENGEANCE - COLLAPSE BY SUMMER LANE

Title: State of Vengeance  
Series: Collapse #6
Author: Summer Lane
Genres: Dystopia, New Adult
Publication date: June 26th 2015

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Vengeance is coming.
Monterey Bay, California, has barely survived a brutal attack from the evil invasion forces of Omega, and Cassidy Hart is exhausted. She has lost a friend and gained a new enemy. The militias seem to be weakening, and Omega seems to be getting stronger.
In an effort to recruit more troops, Cassidy travels to the desolation of the high mountains to find the mysterious troops of Sky City, and to eliminate a threat that has long been growing just out of the militia’s reach.
Cassidy is not alone. Old enemies greet her, and the most dangerous person of all just might be the one she trusts the most.
The fate of the free world is at stake. The end is coming.
The militias – or Omega – will have its revenge.
Book #6 of The International Bestselling Collapse Series


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Summer Lane is the author of the international bestselling Collapse Series and Zero Trilogy. She owns WB Publishing and Writing Belle, an online magazine dedicated to the Art of Storytelling. Summer is also an accomplished creative writing teacher and professional journalist. She lives in the Central Valley of California where she creates her stories and shares them with the world.
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BOOK BLAST - TWISTED BLOODLINES BY LINDA JACKSON

Title: Twisted Bloodlines
Series: Twisted Bloodlines #1
Author: Linda Jackson
Publisher: Moon Rose Publishing
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: 5th June 2013

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Megan has never had what most would call a normal life.

Her childhood and teen years were spent on the run with her family, hiding from a horror so great it defines their world. Friends and homes are traded at a moment’s notice to escape from their worst nightmares.

Years pass, and her mother settles down with her new step-father, a kind man who does his best to protect them. Life lulls into a safe pace, and Megan finally feels as though she has control of her future for the first time in her life. But that peace is shattered with the arrival of a new family member, one that bears a striking resemblance to a savior of her past…

Confused by her deep emotional connection to him, things unravel fast. She learns that the people she lives with, even her own family, are not what they seem. Her only friend who helped her piece her life back together changes overnight, and she is left dealing with the fallout on her own…


As events unfold, Megan finds herself face to face with the horror that has haunted her since childhood. But will she be able to escape from her twisted bloodline?

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Title: Conceived From Evil
Series: Twisted Bloodlines #2
Author: Linda Jackson
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: 18th September 2012

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Having been rescued from a living nightmare by her newfound friends, Callie tries to come to terms with what was done to her. Distraught with the way she feels towards one of the residents in her new home, she finds herself the object of another unwanted affection as things soon spiral out of her control.

Finding out she is no longer the orphan she thought she was, her family begin to creep out of the woodwork. She soon realizes they are more terrifying than the beast who lives in her nightmares. With her enemy list growing by the minute, Callie finds out she is not so different from the people around her as fiction becomes reality, leaving Callie, and those she loves, fighting… for her life.

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Title: Curses and Deception
Series: Twisted Bloodlines #3
Author: Linda Jackson
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: 4th July 2014

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After the dramatic rescue of Megan, Trey wakes up to find himself held prisoner, trapped in a dreary dungeon with the beast inside of him bound. Being away from the chaos of his everyday life, he has a chance to get his head on straight and figure out how to tame the wolf. Or so he thought. His dungeon cellmate has captured his attention, and the beast inside is far from happy about it.

With a battle of wills raging inside, Trey and his cellmate attempt to escape the dungeon, but it’s only the first hurdle. With time ticking against them, they make their way through the maze ahead, desperate to escape. Will Trey get to explore his feelings towards her?

Or will the beast scare her off for good?

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Title: Temptations From The Past
Series: Twisted Bloodlines #4
Author: Linda Jackson
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: 16th March 2015

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They say never return to the past, but what if the past returns to you?

Sean’s job is to return Becky to the human world where she belongs. He has no way of knowing his past will threaten to drag him back into the murky depths of his youth. The beast that he has fought so hard to control has slipped its leash and is ready to resurface thanks to the female who has shadowed his entire life. Now that she’s back, all of Sean’s efforts to retain his humanity are shattered. Previously forbidden to him, she offers herself on a silver platter, playing to his weaknesses. Should he succumb to her wishes, there is a heavy price to pay - his very soul. Tempting him at every opportunity, his quest to return Becky is rapidly losing its importance. His brothers are along for the ride and being hunted by a mage with a vengeance. Sean desperately wants to fight alongside them and take revenge for the price laid on his brother’s head. But the temptress from the past will ensure that all his attention is on her.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I love to write, always have done since I was a child. I also love to draw anything and everything! Reading is also my passion as is music.My first book in my paranormal book series is due out on 5th June 2013, published by Moon Rose Publishing.

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Thursday, 25 June 2015

COVER REVEAL - COME SIT BY ME BY THOMAS HOOBLER

Title: Come Sit By Me 
Author: Thomas Hoobler
Publisher: BookTrope
Release Date: July 2015

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The boy who shot seven people in the school library is dead. But did his secrets die with him?


Something terrible happened at Hamilton High last year, and those who survived don't want to relive the past. But Paul has just arrived, and gets the same locker that the shooter used. He wants to know what really happened...and you know what curiosity did to the cat.




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BOOK BLITZ - SERIES PROMOTION - TOR MADDOX BY LIZ COLEY


Series Title: Tor Maddox Series 
Author: Liz Coley 
Genres: Thriller, Young Adult

About The Series

INTRODUCING Tor Maddox, a heroine for our times

“I know that one day, I’m going to have to live in the real world. I’d like it to be a decent one.” - Tor

Book I Tor Maddox: Unleashed

When sixteen-year old Torrance Olivia Maddox, self-confessed news junkie, figures out that the mysterious and deadly New Flu is being spread by dogs, she has one question—if the danger is that obvious to her, why hasn’t the government revealed the truth and taken action?

Her search for the answer will take her farther than she ever imagined. But then again, she never imagined that man’s best friend could become public enemy number one, that men in black might show up in her cozy suburban neighborhood, that she’d spend her sixteenth birthday as a teenaged runaway, and that her effort to save one dog would become a mission to save them all.


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EXCERPT
UNLEASHED

It was spooky climbing down the slope under the dark trees. I bent low under the overhanging branches and walked east along the lowest part. Twigs tugged at my hair. Wisps of spider web caught my cheeks. Under cover of the slope, I dared to turn on the flashlight to scan the rocks underfoot. If I broke an ankle out here, I was nailed. Cocoa panted along beside me. I say panted, but there was a definite wheezy quality to it that made my own chest ache. We’d hardly gone any distance. He shouldn’t be tired yet.
When we were safely out of sight of houses and humanity, I found a less gravelly spot to collapse into at the base of a tree. Cocoa curled up against me, a nice warm body. Still, I put on a double layer of sweatshirts and opened up the mylar blanket to spread over both of us. I flipped the flashlight around in my hand, covering the clear plastic with my palm. The red glow was all the nightlight I thought safe.
Even with three layers of clothes and an insulating blanket, I shivered and shivered in the night. I was terrified that heat-seeking rattlesnakes would slither under the blanket with us. Terrified that spiders would drop out of the bushes. Terrified that Cocoa would take off after a wild rabbit. I was afraid of men in black suits. Afraid of men in white coats. And especially afraid of falling asleep. My eyes ached. Exhaustion battled with adrenaline.
At 5:15 a.m. all the batteries ran out, both mine and the flashlight’s. I slept, pursued in restless dreams by the vengeful spirits of barking dogs.
At 6:51 a warm, pink light penetrated the underbrush. A rising swell of birdsong served as alarm clock. At my stirring, Cocoa yawned and stretched. He lifted a leg against the tree I was leaning on and streamed against it.
“Hey, watch it,” I scolded. “I mean, good boy. Come, Cocoa. Lie down.”
Down? His puzzled eyes asked me. He knew it was time to stretch, time to play, time to go for his quick morning walk with Rody.
“Sorry, fuzzy face. We can’t. Have some breakfast.” I poured dog food into one bowl and water into the other, but Cocoa turned his head away, uninterested. “I guess you need a walk first. I’m sorry.” He whimpered softly.
“I hear you, bud. Me too.” I rolled my shoulders, stretched my legs out in front of me. Every square inch of my body hurt. The granola bars tempted me not.
What was going on at home this morning? By now, Rody would have discovered Cocoa was gone. Would he say anything?
Mom was probably wondering why she hadn’t heard the shower go on and off in my bathroom. Maybe she was knocking on my door right now, calling me to wake up. Maybe she was cracking open the door and walking over to the tousled lump of covers to run her hands softly through my hair and kiss me on the cheek. Maybe she was turning in horror from the empty bed, running through the house, calling to my Dad, crying, “She’s gone…she’s gone.”
My throat ached. I did that to her. A tear slipped out of the corner of my eye.
I pulled out my phone and sent her a text message: Mom I’m safe I’m fine don’t worry don’t search.
I hoped she could live with that. I doubted it.
I huddled with my dark thoughts as the sky brightened. In the distance, on the playground, toddlers laughed with their own mothers, enjoying their morning playtime before naps. A knife twisted in my heart. Life went on for the innocent as well as for the ignorant. But knowing what I knew, I could never be that carefree again.

Book 2 Tor Maddox: Embedded

Life has been way too quiet for Tor Maddox since her fifteen minutes of CNN fame. Then agent-in-training Rick Turner reappears with what sounds like a simple assignment—to embed herself as his eyes and ears in her own high school. When she agrees to keep tabs on high school state swim champ Hamilton Parker for the Feds, she is plunged into the deep end of a sinister plot. Knowing that freedom, justice, and lives are at stake again, Tor jumps in feet first, but has she gotten in over her head this time?

When observe and report becomes kiss and tell, Tor’s first mission may blow up in her face.

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EMBEDDED

Down the street, a door slammed. An engine revved.
Rick’s head whirled, tracking the noise, and I took advantage of the distraction to change the subject. “We’re going to Ensenada tomorrow,” I reported. “His dad has a business meeting, so we’re going along for the scenery. Okay? Enough progress?”
His frown surprised me. “Mexico? That’s not exactly safe territory right now.”
“You know—”
“Yes, I know you’re a black belt. But still—”
“That’s not what I was going to say,” I interrupted. Only a red belt, actually, but I wasn’t going to say that either. “It’ll be fine. His dad’s bodyguard is meeting us there. Besides. I’m just doing what you told me to. Get close to the son; keep an eye on the dad.”
He breathed loudly. “So you are. You’re right. You appear to be exceeding my expectations.”
“Rick.” I didn’t quite know what to say after that. I refused to feel guilty. Nothing to feel guilty for…yet.
He pulled a ball point pen out of his pocket. “Okay. Take this along with you. Please?”
“Wow. A pen. How…thoughtful?” I twirled it in my fingers.
“It’s a camera,” he explained.
“Really? Coolio.” I couldn’t stop the grin. My first spy camera! “But I do have my phone, you know.”
“This one is a little special. GPS tracking, voice recorder, infrared, and sixty megapixel image. No matter where you shoot from, we’ll be able to blow up the smallest corner of the shot.”
Awesome. “So what am I supposed to be shooting?”
“Use your judgment. The restaurant, the beach, anyone Parker senior talks to. That kind of thing. There are a couple safety features as well—flashlight, screamer, taser, death ray.”
I nearly dropped the pen. “Nice. How do I activate the death ray?”
A dimple appeared in his left cheek.
Spit. “You were kidding, right?”
His lips twisted in a smile. He flicked a moth from its perch on his sleeve. “Only half. This is last year’s model. No death ray.”
I punched him in the arm. “Sure. Whatever. Instructions?”
He passed me a small piece of paper from his other pocket. “When you’ve memorized this, please destroy it.”
I stuffed it in my pocket. “I’m terrible at manuals and on-line tutorials. Can you just show me?”
“Of course,” he said. “Though I find it hard to believe you’re terrible at anything.”
I held the pen up to my eye. All I saw was pen. “All I see is a pen. Now what?”
Rick spun me to face the street lamp, stepped up behind me, and reached around my shoulders to steady the pen. “That’s upside down,” he said. “Not that it really matters.”
I spun the pen point down. “I knew that.”
His hands closed over mine. “Site through the O in the brand name. See if you can center it on the light.”
Pulling the pen close enough to squint through it brought Rick’s thumbs right up against my cheek. I did my best to ignore the way I felt pressed, enfolded, snuggled even, between his warm chest behind me and his forearms resting on mine.
“See it now?” he asked. “I don’t think you’re aiming high enough.” He rested his chin on my left shoulder and tilted the pen. His eyelashes tickled my left cheek.
I forgot to breathe until he did it for me, the warm air blowing down my neck, more of a shuddery sigh than a normal exhalation. I melted and froze solid all in one moment. I knew if I turned my head about one inch to the left, I could create a whole lot of trouble for both of us. For just a millisecond, I calculated whether it was worth it.



Book 3 Tor Maddox: Mistaken

Grab a flotation device and welcome aboard for more shenanigans, villainy, and romance.

Eight leotards and a ball gown—that’s what Tor Maddox packed for her summer ballet intensive in New York. Pity she never arrived. Kidnapped once by the good guys and once by the bad ones, Tor finds herself involved in a high seas adventure featuring princesses and pirates, a wedding ring, and the guy she thought she’d never be allowed to see again, junior man-in-black Rick Turner. 


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Book 0.5 Tor Maddox: Disarmed

A short story introducing Tor Maddox, a heroine for our times. 

Prequel to the Tor Maddox series. 
When Tor sees past the gun in her face to the face behind the gun, two lives could be saved.


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Liz Coley writes fiction for teens and for the teen in you.

Her latest series features Tor Maddox, a heroine for our times. DISARMED is a prequel short story, followed by the titles UNLEASHED, EMBEDDED, and MISTAKEN.

Pretty Girl-13 from HarperCollins has been released in twelve languages on five continents, in print, ebook, and audiobook.

There are secrets you can't even tell yourself. 

Self-published YA novel Out of Xibalba features a contemporary teenager thrown back to ancient Mayan times. 
The story starts when the world ends.

Her first published work was science fiction short stories, published in Cosmos magazine and several anthologies.

Liz lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, her teenaged daughter, 20-year-old Tiger the cat, and kittens Pippin and Merry. When she's not involved in writing-related activities, she can be found sewing, baking, shooting photos, playing tennis, and singing.

Liz loves reading aloud.

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Wednesday, 24 June 2015

BOOK BLITZ - THE V GIRL BY MYA ROBARTS

Title: The V Girl 
Author: Mya Robarts 
Genres: Dystopia, Young Adult
Publication date: June 20th 2014

ROMANTIC DYSTOPIA FOR MATURE YA READERS YOUNG NA READERS

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In post-apocalyptic North America, rape and sexual slavery are legal. Lila Velez, desperately wants to lose her virginity before the troops visit her town, and can take it away by force. She makes plans to seduce her only friend, Rey, the most attractive man in her town. Lila does not love him, but he is the only man who has shown her true affection, an affection she is willing to take as a substitute of love.
Lila’s coping mechanism to her mother’s violent attack is her secret. A secret that will bring her closer to Aleksey Fürst, a foreign, broody man that she distrusts because his links to the troops and his rough, yet irresistible appearance. He offers Lila an alternative to her plans, a possibility that terrifies her…and tempts her in spite of herself.
All the while Lila will have to find a way to live in the constant company of death, slavery, starvation, sexual abuse and the danger of losing the people she loves the most.

Due to strong language, violent scenes and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18.


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I am a bookaholic and regret nothing.

I spent years trying to become a contemporary dance choreographer. Eventually I realized that I enjoyed writing my stories rather than creating dances for them.

I am obsessed with books that present damaged characters, swoon worthy guys, controversial topics and happy endings.




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PROMOTION - SHEKRUVARIS THE WEB OF WAR BY LOUISA WATSON

Title: Shekruvaris The Web Of War
Series: The Shekruvaris Trilogy
Author: Louisa Watson
Release Date: 22nd December 2014

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Beyond the mundane world of humans and the perilous Dimensions lies Askamar, the home of the immortals. For centuries these magical entities have fought, schemed and betrayed, each striving for power over the human kingdoms. As their rivalries rage across Askamar and the mundane world, cities burn, empires crumble and entire continents are engulfed by war.

 The immortal Lady Liralian longs to end the violence and establish a society in which mortals do not have to fear the tyranny of her own people – but first she must defeat her enemies.

 When the kingdom of Eoradha is threatened by a ruthless immortal lord, its last remaining wizard embarks on a desperate journey through the Dimensions in search of help. Moved by his plea, Liralian is drawn into a conflict that will imperil all she holds dear – for while she fights to free Eoradha, her mightiest foe is forging a weapon that may change the world forever.

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Louisa Watson is a fantasy author who lives in the UK. When she’s not busy with her day job or her writing, she spends her time working on the world of Askamar, which she started creating when she was sixteen. Her interest in history and her love of the fantasy genre were her main inspirations.
Louisa enjoys drawing maps and animals, creating characters and kingdoms, and – most of all – telling stories. She also likes visiting museums (especially London’s Natural History Museum and Oxford’s Ashmolean), and reading about history, nature and cultural anthropology, all of which feed into her world-building efforts. 
Visit www.askamar.com to discover more about her characters and her world.
  
AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Did you always want to be a writer?
I’ve always loved inventing characters, stories and fantastical settings, and I’ve wanted to be a writer ever since I learned how to hold a crayon (I put together my first book, ‘Sunshine’s Birthday’, when I was four or five) . Thanks to the self-publishing revolution, I’ve finally been able to see my work in print… not that I ever expect to become a full-time writer. It’s just really nice to own a physical copy of my books, and to have the chance to share my creations with others.

When did you first consider yourself as a "writer"?
That’s an interesting question. I’ve always written stories, so I’ve always considered myself a writer. However, there are writers and there are Writers. To be a professional writer, I suppose you have to make some kind of regular income out of your book. That’s something I have yet to achieve.  I call myself an ‘author’ in my bio, but I don’t know if I’m feeling it yet!

Did it take a long time to get your first book published?
I spent over ten years building the world of Askamar and writing short stories about my characters before I started working on the Shekruvaris Trilogy. I wasn’t planning to publish it, but after I’d written a few drafts of the first book my family encouraged me to put it out there – I was anxious (obviously), but they knew how much it would mean to me. Once I’d made the decision, it was very quick. I just had to give the manuscript a final polish, then submit it to Amazon’s Createspace and KPD.

What genre would you place your books into?
My books are ‘high fantasy’, like Lord of the Rings – they’re set in another world filled with magic. Many people also call the genre ‘epic fantasy’, because in such books the future of the kingdom, society or humanity itself is often at stake. In the Shekruvaris Trilogy, the main character is trying to reform her society and protect humankind from the tyranny of her people.

What made you decide to write that genre of book?
I love inventing my own settings, I love dramatic tales and I love writing about fantastical characters/lands/events. In high fantasy you have a lot of freedom to do that.

Are there any hidden messages or morals contained in your books?  
High/epic fantasy traditionally deals with themes like Good vs Evil, although these days people seem to prefer more morally ambiguous books. While I personally like reading about characters with a strong sense of morality, I haven’t included any hidden ‘moral messages’ in my own story, because I prefer books that make you think rather than books that tell you what to think.
My immortal characters have a lot of power (which they don’t always use wisely), and my human characters are often forced to navigate difficult situations. Each of my characters has their own idea about what is ‘right’, but I feel it should be left it up to the reader to decide.

Do you have anybody read your books and give you reviews before you officially release them?
My sister reads all my stories and provides an invaluable critique on my work. She loves Askamar and has given me enormous encouragement over the years. However, it doesn’t seem right to ask her to post a review. She’s my sister, so she’s bound to be biased!

Would you ever ask a reviewer to change their review if it was not all positive about your book?
Certainly not! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion – there are books I’ve thought were awful that hundreds of other people have loved, and books I’ve loved that other people hated. You just need to read the reviews on Amazon to see how widely people’s views can differ. When you look at it like that, it’s probably easier not be disheartened by bad reviews. If the reviewer has been kind enough to discuss the book’s flaws in detail, a negative review can even be helpful.
Obviously I’m not speaking from experience, because I have no reviews yet. However, I don’t think I’d be too upset if someone wrote a bad review of my work, and asking them to change it would just be obnoxious!

How do you market/promote your books?
I’m awful at book marketing (see my above comment about no reviews). I have my website, my Goodreads profile and some online galleries where I post my artwork, but not many people find their way there. I’m afraid I wouldn’t know what to say to anyone if I joined a social media site (‘buy this book, it’s awesome!’ seems rather arrogant coming from the author themselves).
I’ve offered free copies of my book to a few dozen book bloggers, but since self-published authors outnumber book bloggers by a million to one, I don’t expect I’ll get very far with that strategy! That’s why I’m grateful to this blog for hosting my first-ever author interview. It’s been fun answering these questions – and who knows, maybe someone here will see my book  and think it looks interesting?

Where can readers follow you?
I’m  very active on Goodreads, where I like reviewing the works of other self-published authors of high/epic fantasy (because I know how hard it is getting those first few reviews!) I also have a blog on my website, where I post about my writing, world-building and art.

Blog: www.askamar.com/blog
Goodreads author page: www.goodreads.com/author/show/11025739.Louisa_Watson
`Amazon:  www.amazon.com/Louisa-Watson/e/B00R97O3YG/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

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