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Halloween is almost upon us. It’s time for tricks and treats!

I have a treat for you today.

I’m always up for reading horror and when Halloween draws near, I just can’t seem to get enough of it!

Doesn’t the cover art give you chills?

I’m here to tell ya, the story will too!

Check out The Harvesters!

And don’t forget to enter the giveaways. There are two of them!

The Harvesters

by Ashley Hill

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The Harvesters (Harvesting Series #1) By Ashley Hill

Publication Date : November 28th 2012

Genre: Young Adult/New Adult Horror

Summary

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Welcome To The Harvest!
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I know. Harvesting season usually takes place in the late summer.
Here on the Gulf Coast, we harvest all year long.

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My Review

You get all of the ingredients for a good horror story. A thunderstorm, a rustic old cabin deep in the woods and some really creepy characters. There’s the huge shambling guy with the axe, the sly shotgun wielding old man, and the creepy kids.

I think the kids creeped me out the most. It had me thinking Blair Witch, when they hear the weird voices outside their tent and the kids giggling and slapping the tent.

The Harvesters is relentless and you land right in the thick of it from the get go.

Ash creeps around in the cellar of the ratty cabin and finally spots her boyfriend, Jason. He’s manacled to a metal table.

From this point on, I girded myself for what was coming.

Ash manages to get his hands free before this huge man throws an axe at her. She heeds Jason’s warning and hightails it but is rushed by a little kid. She sweeps past him and slams the door of the cellar shut behind her.

That’s when she hears the whispering.

She rushes to the truck outside, but, of course, there are no keys. A vision flashes in her head of the keys hanging on a hook inside the cabin.

This is where I wonder what I would’ve done. We know the warnings for these scenes. “Don’t go back inside!” But if your true love is lying in there, helpless, about to be carved up, what else can you do?

So, in she goes again.

From the very beginning it’s a mad dash through this short story.

You’ll get to read about it from two points of view. Ash narrates most of the story, but Jason does have his own side to tell.

Then their story meets again as they struggle to survive multiple attacks with no help for miles in any direction.

I was thinking serial killers or a family of cannibals maybe. I’m still not sure exactly what they wanted from Ash.

That brings me to the ending. It’s a cliffhanger and a big one. I kind of saw it coming, but I think I would have been disappointed if it wrapped up neatly.

This way, I get to look forward to more. I wonder if one of the next books will be about Jason. He has a dark past and I think his story would be harrowing.

We’ll see.

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Purchase Links:

Amazon / B&N / Smashwords

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Ashley Hill

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I’m a college student still trying to get a handle of the adult world. When I need to get away from it I lose myself in books, my own writing, and in spending time with my amazing boyfriend which he supports me to no end. Finding my passion in books has led me to finding a passion in writing my own fictional stories back in 2009, I have turned this into a dream career and going one step further I would love to open up my own book store.

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Giveaways. Yep, there’s two!

I have one ebook copy of The Harvesters to giveaway.

To enter, please leave your email address so I can contact you and answer this question,

“What’s your favorite thing about Halloween?”

and

Grand Prize Giveaway

5 copies of The Harvester

The winners will also receive copies of the future titles for this series, once they are ready to publish.

To enter, click on the rafflecopter link below.

RAFFLECOPTER GIVEAWAY

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I finally get to see it!

Here’s the cover for Emma Meade’s upcoming new release Beneath Manhattan Skies!

This is the anticipated sequel to Under the Desert Moon.

It’s been a while since I read Under The Desert Moon and I’m looking forward to finding out what Erin has been up to and whether a certain someone has followed her.

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Beneath Manhattan Skies by Emma Meade

Publication date: November 2013

Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance

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?
(A 45,000 word Novella).
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I’ve read all of Emma’s stories and am so excited whenever I get my hands on a new one.

Click on the titles below to read more of my reviews of Emma’s books.

Darkwhiskey

Dark Whiskey

End of the Line

End of the Line

Under the Desert Moon

Under the Desert Moon

Night Sighs

Night Sighs

The Awakening & Other Stories

Awakening and Other Stories

The Dead Beats

The Old Vampire (Short Story)

Dead Beats and The Old Vampire

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Emma Meade
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Emma
Emma 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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Don’t worry. He doesn’t bite!

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