Showing posts with label paranormal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paranormal. Show all posts
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Friday, October 3, 2014
Kindling Flames: Flying Sparks (The Ancient Fire Series Book One, Part 2) by Julie Wetzel (Giveaway)
Title: Kindling Flames: Flying Sparks
Series: The Ancient Fire Series Book One, Part 2
Author: Julie Wetzel
Published: October 3, 2014
Publisher: Crimson Tree Publishing
Page Count: 260
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Content Warning: Minor Violence
Recommended Age: 13+
Synopsis: When Vicky becomes the target of a serial arsonist plaguing the city, Darien calls on the supernatural community to help. Pulling the creatures of the night together to cooperate on any project is troublesome at the best of times. The fact that the one responsible for the city’s woes is a being of fire and magic leads the reluctant groups to a truce that makes Vicky start to think that her job might be a bit more than one normal human can handle.
About the Author:
Originally from Ohio, Julie always dreamed of a job in science. Either shooting for the stars or delving into the mysteries of volcanoes. But, life never leads where you expect. In 2007, she moved to Mississippi to be with her significant other.
Now a mother of a hyperactive red headed boy, what time she’s not chasing down dirty socks and unsticking toys from the ceiling is spent crafting worlds readers can get lost it. Julie is a self-proclaimed bibliophile and lover of big words. She likes hiking, frogs, interesting earrings, and a plethora of other fun things.
Julie Wetzel is the author of Kindling Flames, Book 1 in The Ancient Fire Series. Kindling Flames is scheduled to release through Crimson Tree Publishing in the Fall of 2014.
Crimson Tree Publishing Links:
(an adult division of Clean Teen)
Giveaway Details:
There is an International tour wide giveaway. Prizes include the following:
- Reader's choice of Clean Teen Publishing eBook and bookmark swag pack.
Friday, September 19, 2014
Kindling Flames: Gathering Tinder by Julie Wetzel (The Ancient Fire Series Book One, Part 1) (Giveaway)
Title: Kindling Flames: Gathering Tinder
Series: The Ancient Fire Series Book One, Part 1
Author: Julie Wetzel
Published: September 19th, 2014
Publisher: Crimson Tree Publishing
Page Count: 260
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Content Warning: Minor Violence
Recommended Age: 13+
About the Author:
Originally from Ohio, Julie always dreamed of a job in science. Either shooting for the stars or delving into the mysteries of volcanoes. But, life never leads where you expect. In 2007, she moved to Mississippi to be with her significant other.
Now a mother of a hyperactive red headed boy, what time she’s not chasing down dirty socks and unsticking toys from the ceiling is spent crafting worlds readers can get lost it. Julie is a self-proclaimed bibliophile and lover of big words. She likes hiking, frogs, interesting earrings, and a plethora of other fun things.
Julie Wetzel is the author of Kindling Flames, Book 1 in The Ancient Fire Series. Kindling Flames is scheduled to release through Crimson Tree Publishing in the Fall of 2014.
Crimson Tree Publishing Links:
(an adult division of Clean Teen)
Giveaway Details:
There is an International tour wide giveaway. Prizes include the following:
- Reader's choice of Clean Teen Publishing eBook and bookmark swag pack.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Even in Death: A Short Story Collection by Kristy Feltenberger Gillespie (Excerpt, Giveaway)
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: Even In Death: A Short Story Collection
Author: Kristy Feltenberger Gillespie
Published: August 4th, 2014
Word Count: approx. 40,000
Genre: Short Story
Age Recommendation: 15+
SYNOPSIS
Even In Death, a collection of ten short stories, explores the thin line between love and hate; extreme emotions even death cannot destroy.
Julie wants nothing more than to receive a flower bouquet from the hometown veterinarian. However, in “A Flower Story,” flowers are delivered long after a person is alive to smell them.
After purchasing their dream home, Sara and David feel truly blessed. Unfortunately, the couple soon discovers they’ve inherited a wicked curse. In fact, in “What’s Really There,” the former residents’ spirits refuse to move on.
In the title story, on the anniversary of his fiancés’ death, Mark realizes that he can see and communicate with spirits, including Amy’s. Can Mark and Amy’s love survive even in death?
“A Flower Story,” “What’s Really There,” and “Even In Death,” as well as the other seven stories in the collection are rife with emotion that will linger well after the last page.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kristy Feltenberger Gillespie lives in Warrenton, Virginia with her husband, two cats, and three dachshunds. She’s a middle school counselor, graduate student at Longwood University, (pursuing a degree in School Library Media) blogger, short story and Young Adult novel writer. When she’s not working, she’s traveling or dreaming of traveling. She’s been on several cross country road trips with her mom. In fact, Hawaii and Alaska are the only states she hasn’t been to.
Amazon Author Page | Facebook | Twitter | GoodReads | Blog
EXCERPT
When Angelica adjusts her sunglasses, Olivia notices her best friend’s black eye.
“Oh, sweetie, what happened?” Olivia reaches across the sticky table for Angelica’s hands but she moves them quickly; as if Olivia’s touch is a flame that will burn her beyond recognition.
Angelica chews on her bottom lip. “Nothing.”
“I’m worried about you.”
“There’s nothing to worry about, Olivia.” She separates the ‘O’ from the ‘livia.’
A spunky orange haired waitress arrives at their table. Her name tag reads “Bad Susie” with a little devil sticker next to it. “Can I take your order?”
“Plain coffee, please,” Olivia says.
“Same here,” Angelica says.
Susie places a hand on her hip. “You sure you don’t want pancakes? Eggs and toast?”
They shake their heads.
Bad Susie tilts her head, focusing on Angelica. “You’re worth so much more.”
“What?” Angelica winces.
“You’re wearing sunglasses indoors, long sleeves and jeans, and it’s like eighty degrees outside. And your makeup is only partially covering your bruises. Obviously your boyfriend is a beater. Just know you’re worth more than that.” Before Angelica has a chance to respond, Susie moves to the next table.
GIVEAWAY
Giveaway Details
There is a tour wide giveaway. Prizes include the following:
$10 Amazon GC (INT) and print copy of Even in Death (US)
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Monday, August 25, 2014
The Twisted Veil (A Twisted Sister Anthology, Book 1) (Paranormal)
Title: The Twisted Veil
Series: A Twisted Sister Anthology, Book 1
Authors: Dovey Mayali Cralk, Riley Ross, Kaydence Rayne, and Sally Slayer
Published: August 25th, 2014
Word Count: 40,000
Genre: Paranormal
Content Warning: Mild Violence
Recommended Age: 16+
Synopsis:
Join the Sisters as they twist the veil of reality as we know it.
Good and evil collide in The Memory Remains, a short story by Riley Ross. Samantha has to protect her loved ones from an evil witch, who also happens to be her mother.
Not all is what it seems in An Almost Ghost Story by Dovey Mayali Cralk. Pippa Harrington moves into her dream house only to discover she isn’t the only occupant. What will she do about this “Griffin” who haunts her new home?
BONUS: Get a sneak peek into the full-length novel The Summer of Alyssa by Kaydence Rayne! Alyssa has been trying to get Seth’s attention for what had felt like forever, but his family secret demands that he stays away from her. What will happen if she discovers the truth?
BONUS: Get a sneak peek into Deviate 2 (A Cleo Perry Novel) by Sally Slayer! Cleo’s struggles continue as she tries to determine her identity and keep her sanity intact.
If you would like to read book one, just send proof of purchase of this book to SallySlayerAuthor@gmail.com and she will send you a free e-copy.
Excerpts:
About the Authors:
The Twisted Sisters are a group of friends who happen to be writers. They had a cockamamie idea to write short stories together in a series of anthologies, and now they have! The Sisters included in The Twisted Veil include Kaydence Rayne, Dovey Mayali Cralk, Sally Slayer, and Riley Ross.
Riley’s Links: Goodreads | Amazon Author Page
Sally’s Links: Goodreads | Amazon Author Page
Kaydence’s Links: Goodreads | Amazon Author Page
Dovey’s Links: GoodReads | Amazon Author Page
Giveaway Details:
There is a tour wide giveaway. Prizes include the following:
- Two $10 Amazon Gift Cards & a print copy of The Twisted Veil
Giveaway is International.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
A Magic Within by Sara V. Zook (Book Blitz)
Title: A Magic Within
Author: Sara V. Zook
Published: June 18th, 2014
Genre: YA Paranormal
Synopsis:
Normalcy. I need to get back to a state of normalcy. What’s happened to me? Why am I here in this orphanage, and why am I forbidden to leave? Everyone is so very cruel here. I can’t eat. I can’t sleep. It’s the paranoia getting to me. It’s like someone’s always watching, always listening. There’s a general fear around here, and for some reason, it seems fueled by my arrival, but why are they afraid of me? I didn’t ask for this. I don’t even know how I got here. I need to go home. My parents must be worried sick. There has to be someone here who can help me, who can give me answers and lead me in the right direction so I can get out of here. There is this one boy, Lydic. Could he be my key to getting out? I can see it in his eyes he feels sorry for me. He seems to know more than he’s letting on. These people aren’t like anyone I’ve ever met before.
Excerpt from A Magic Within:
“What is that sound?” I asked in a whisper. It was still far away but growing louder and closer by the minute.
Lydic put his arm behind his back and opened his hand for me to take it. I slid my fingers into his and waited for him to let me know what to do next. My heart was pounding out of my chest. Another second passed and then Lydic turned, his eyes locked on mine as he nodded his head. We took off to try to outrun whatever it was that was coming for us. We had only gotten two steps in before I felt Lydic’s grasp on my hand slip away. I turned around to see what was happening. I screamed out in horror as Lydic was frozen in place. He was still on his feet, but his head was drawn back and his eyes rolling into his head as if in extreme pain.
“Lydic!” I cried out.
The old woman was behind him. She had that stick, the same one I had tripped over, held up in the air and aimed at Lydic’s head. There were bright colors, green and yellow, pouring out from the end of the stick and going directly into his skull. The woman’s expression was one of determination. Her eyes were closed and her lips pressed together as she mumbled something I couldn’t understand.
What are you going to do? Panic seized me. Lydic was supposed to help me, not the other way around. I didn’t know what to do. I had to stop this, but how?
The high-pitched whistling grew louder and more intense. It was starting to hurt my ears. My gut told me that if I didn’t make a move now, it was going to be too late.
I took a step toward the stick and reached out and grabbed it with my hand. I used all the strength I had to yank it from the grasp of the old woman. Lydic fell to his knees. The woman glared at me, a low growl escaping from her throat. She lunged toward me. Without having time to think, I instinctively swung the large stick at her, using it as a bat and she was the ball. It collided with her head making a grotesque sound. She collapsed to the ground. Lydic looked up at me. I was breathing hard, trying to understand what had just happened.
“What do we do?” I asked. The whistling noise was almost to us, but I still couldn’t see anything.
Lydic glanced over his shoulder at the woman. “Run!”
About the Author:
Sara V. Zook is a paranormal/fantasy writer. She is the author of the Strange in Skin Trilogy, Clipped and Evanescent, Book 1 in The Sempiternal Series. She lives in Pennsylvania with her 3 small children and husband.
Giveaway Details:
There is a tour wide giveaway. Prizes include the following:
Two Custom Bookmarks, an eBook copy of A Magic Within, and a print copy of A Magic Within
Giveaway is US only, except for eBook.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Finding Eve by Rita Bay (Paranormal) (guest post, excerpt, giveaway, review)
Title: Finding Eve
Author: Rita Bay
Published: September 2013
Publisher: Champagne Book Group
Word Count: 13,500
Genre: Shape-shifter Paranormal
Content Warning: Adult content
Recommended Age: 18+
Synopsis:
Nicholas Lyons, chief physician to the Lyons clan of shape-shifters, has mourned the death of his promised lifemate until a rogue shapeshifter reports having seen her at an exotic animal sale. Accompanied by Marie Lyons who is no stranger to the dark side, her new lifemate Anthony, and the imperious Lady Bat, he embarks on a frantic search for Eve through the dangerous world of exotic animal trafficking.
Eve, whose first memories are of recovering from an injury at an isolated animal refuge, has lived through a succession of owners in a world filled with cages and cruelty. When Eve meets Marie at the exotic animal sale, she begins to have flashes of a different life – a life in which she was something other than feline. Her last sale, however, has landed her as prey to exotic animal hunters and the clock is ticking.
About the Author:
Rita’s journey began on the Gulf Coast. Over the years, she lived and/or traveled in the eastern US and Western Europe. While juggling family and work, she participated in archaeological digs, earned a black belt in Shotokan karate, prospected for gold and crystals, camped across Europe, and volunteered with the American Red Cross Disaster and Education Services. Rita has worked as a registered nurse, educator and school system administrator. She lives with her family on the Gulf Coast, except when she’s in Atlanta, at least for now.
Rita is published in multiple genres with several publishers including paranormal and erotic novellas (Champagne Book Group – Champagne Books and Carnal Passions), historical novels (Siren BookStrand), and contemporary F/M and M/M novellas (Secret Cravings). She posts random bits of historical trivia about western history and culture on Rita Bay’s Blog at ritabay.com.
My Review
I'm sorry I waited over a month after this was initially
showcased on my blog to finally read this. It was short and more importantly
pulled you into the story immediately. Although I could tell that we were in
the middle of series, I couldn't put it down after the first page.
The story has two heroines: Eve, the shapeshifter who's
trapped in feline form and about to be auctioned off, and Marie, the shapeshifter
who is just making her way back to the way of their People, who can sense that
Eve is more than just a powerful feline.
After the first few pages, the race is on: Marie has to help
her lifemate Tony, the leader of the People, locate Eve, who also happens to be
the lifemate of his close friend, Nick. But all of them have to figure out what
happened to Eve in the first place, and how her disappearance is connected to
her treacherous grandmother Ellen- and the fate of Marie's parents.
I finished this in about two hours, mostly because I
couldn't put it down. It wasn't perfect- the dialogued felt a little stilted at
times, and the back story of some of the characters could have been fleshed out
better for this second book- but overall it was a great read and I can't wait
to see the rest of the series.
A
Revolution in Fantasy/Scifi by Rita Bay
My first fantasy/sci-fi book was Anne McCaffrey’s Restoree. Written in 1967, it totally
changed the perception of women in scifi/fantasy as victims who cowered in
corners awaiting rescue by Alpha males. In Restoree,
Earth native Sara awakened hanging from a meat hook in a cargo hole of a
spaceship, a kidnap victim and a skinned meal for the humanity-eating Mil.
Rescued by human natives of Lothar, she is mistaken for Lotharian, “restored,”
and put to work in a mental institution. Sara who didn’t suffer from the mental
illness common to rescued Lotharians, finds Harlan, the Lotharian ruler, who is
drugged and held captive. She rescues him. They fall in love. He is reinstated
and they live happily ever after.
Sounds like an innocuous story, but McCaffrey began a
revolution with it. While genre romance was focused on bodice-rippers with risqué covers,
McCaffrey wrote the Song stories and created the magnificent world of Pern. A
world filled with dragons, but also independent women who functioned as equals
in worlds filled with danger. I was hooked.
What if the author is writing a scifi/fantasy
romance? McCaffrey provides a model. The author must craft deviations from
the “normal” that are both believable and entertaining, then weave those
deviations into the “normal” world to create a story. Whether the scifi/fantasy
characters hide from, coexist with, or attempt to conquer the “normal”
characters in the story becomes part of the plot. Although the author doesn’t
need to dump an entire alternative universe on the reader, he/she should present
a thorough and cohesive picture of the elements of that culture.
The author creating a worldview of his/her own
must answer certain questions. For instance, What is our society’s
explanation of the world?; Where are we heading? (the future); "What
should we do?" (ethics and values); "How should we attain our
goals?"; "What is true and false?" (knowledge); and Where did we
come from? (origins). The answers to those questions form the basis for an
alternative culture/world.
Champagne Book Group published my first
paranormal story, Into the Lyons’ Den,
a shapeshifter paranormal in which Marie Maxwell, Atlanta's most sought-after
event planner, is lured to Anthony Lyons’ isolated estate North Carolina to
plan a wedding for 200 guests in 10 day. She is confronted by a mysterious
stalker, two thwarted murder attempts, and dark shadows from her shrouded
past. In Finding Eve, the second
story of The Lyons Tales, Eve, one of the People suffering from amnesia, falls
victim to the exotic animal trade. Marie, Anthony, Eve’s future lifemate
Nicholas, accompanied by Cynthia Lyons and her security team, must rescue her
from rogue hunters and the clock is ticking. The final story, The Alpha’s Prey, is my current work in
progress.
Visit my website/blog, http://ritabay.com, for books, blurbs, and
excerpts; random bits of historical and cultural trivia that you won’t find
anywhere else; and freebies. Comment to enter to win Lyons’ Tales ebooks that I’m
giving away each week of our book tour.
Giveaway Details:
There is a tour wide giveaway. Prizes include the following:
- GRAND PRIZE: One winner will receive 5 surprise fantasy eBooks from Champagne Book Group.
Giveaway is International.
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