Archive for January, 2013

Winners! Winners! I have Winners!

Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! Let the good times roll!

It’s that time again. Time to announce the winners.

The winners of Cold Comfort by Ellis Vidler are:

Janna – Paperback

Emma  – E-book

Congratulations!

All winners have been notified.

Thanks to everyone for your comments.

I do love reading them and hope you continue to visit fuonlyknew!

Thanks so much to Ellis Vidler for her wonderful book and for letting me host her giveaway.

*****For all of my giveaways go here*****

I’d love to keep telling ya’ll about some really great books.

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It’s wonderful to be a part of this cover reveal and giveaway organized by AToMR Tours

Check out this awesome cover for Found, The Crescent Chronicles #3, Alyssa Rose Ivey’s upcoming new release.

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Title: Found (The Crescent Chronicles, # 3)

Author: Alyssa Rose Ivy

Expected release date:  Summer 2013

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Age Group: New Adult

Cover Designer: Once Upon a Time Covers; http://www.onceuponatimecovers.com/

Cover reveal organized by: AToMR Tours

Book Description:

Levi might be hot, strong, and have a cool set of wings, but it’s not enough to make up for keeping Allie in the dark.

Allie’s tired of being left with more questions than answers. She’s tired of loving a guy who refuses to level with her.  Most of all, she’s tired of her life spinning out of control.

Desperate to save Jess no matter the personal cost, Allie has to face the possibility that the only one she can trust is herself.

Giveaway

This is going to be a fun giveaway. The winner has their choice of one of these e-books by Alyssa Rose Ivy!

Entry is easy. Please leave your email address and answer this question, “Which book would you choose?”

Your choice is not final. You can change it if you win.

The Crescent Chronicles Series

Flight (The Crescent Chronicles, #1)  Focus (The Crescent Chronicles, #2)

The Clayton Falls Series

Derailed (Clayton Falls, #1)  Veer (Clayton Falls, #2)

The Afterglow Trilogy

Beckoning Light (The Afterglow Trilogy, #1)  Perilous Light (The Afterglow Trilogy, #2)  Enduring Light (The Afterglow Trilogy, #3)

You can find descriptions for all of these books here.

The author will provide winners with a Smashwords coupon to receive the book.

Giveaway ends Feb. 7, 2013.

All  winners will be sent to the author at one time after Feb. 11th. The coupon code will come in your email from the author. It may take a few days.

About the author

Alyssa Rose Ivy

Alyssa Rose Ivy is a Young Adult and New Adult author who loves to weave stories with romance and a southern setting. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. After years as a perpetual student, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand.

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Happy Release for Beauty From Pain by Georgia Cates!

It’s thrilling to be a part of this event organized by the awesome AToMR Tours

Now,  get comfortable and I’ll tell you about this steamy new contemporary romance.

Beauty From Pain

Title: Beauty From Pain

Author: Georgia Cates

Release date: January 31, 2013

Genre: Contemporary romance

Age Group: Adult

Event organized by: AToMR Tours

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Book Description:

They agreed on three months…but their love knew no boundaries.

Jack McLachlan is a winemaking magnate and easily one of Australia’s most eligible bachelors. His success and wealth makes him no stranger to the complications of romantic relationships and that’s why he goes to extreme measures to avoid the hassle. He prefers simplicity in the form of a beautiful female companion with no strings attached. He arranges relationships like business deals and they’re always the same. No long term relationships. No real names.

It’s his game and his rules. He’s content to play as usual, but when Laurelyn Prescott enters his life, his strategy must change because this player is like none he’s ever encountered. His world is turned on its head after he begins a three month affair with the beautiful American musician. Nothing goes according to plan and as he breaks more and more of his own rules for her, she’s exceptionally close to becoming something he never thought possible. His ultimate game changer.

Inspiration for BEAUTY FROM PAIN

By Georgia Cates

Where did the inspiration for Beauty from Pain come from? My readers.

My last published work was classified as new adult and it received a warm welcome from readers. They liked my racier story. I felt more open to write scenes I couldn’t for the “normal” young adult genre. But I still wasn’t satisfied and wanted to take it up another degree.

What can I say? I’ve fallen in love with adult contemporary romance.

What is Beauty from Pain about? I’ll tell you what it’s not about … Not the perfect man and the perfect woman having the prefect love affair. Beauty from Pain is unconventional to say the least. Laurelyn’s scruples could be questionable. Jack’s maybe even a little frightening, all while being hot as the devil’s ass. Their relationship will be considered bizarre by some. (Most.) And I’m okay with that. It’s different. And interesting. That’s always all right in my book.

International Giveaway

I have one e-book of Beauty From Pain to giveaway.

To enter, please leave your email address and answer this question, “Do you remember your first kiss?”

Giveaway ends Feb. 7th.

 Winners will be given a coupon code to redeem their book through Smashwords by the author.

All winners submitted will be sent to the author at one time after the Feb. 11th date to be sent their coupon code. Allow until at least Feb.  16th to receive your book. This gives AToMR a few days to tie up loose ends with the giveaway and the author to email coupon codes.

About the author

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Georgia resides in rural Mississippi with her wonderful husband, Jeff, and their two beautiful daughters. She spent fourteen years as a labor and delivery nurse before she decided to pursue her dream of becoming an author and hasn’t looked back yet.

When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about writing. When she’s being domestic, she’s listening to her iPod and visualizing scenes for her current work in progress. Every story coming from her always has a song to inspire it.

Author social media links:

Georgia Cates Blog

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It’s no secret, I love every story Evans has written. In Stories, Inc. , Dark Tales from the Light side, you’ll get some of this and some of that.

The great news is the Stories, Inc. collection is having a promotional giveaway on Amazon starting today through Sunday, February 3. Now everyone can have their own copy!

Just click here to get yours now!

Stories, Inc.

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It is a five-story collection, and currently the only place to get a copy of the short story PAY BACK.

Description:

Lingering lovesick ghosts and wives hellbent on revenge, along with sinister demons, forgotten campgrounds and malintent friends populate this collection of original and compelling short stories and novellas, each as complete and satisfying in their conclusion as a small novel.

Includes:
PAY BACK
BLaCK DooR
CRAWLSPACE
Whatever Possessed You?
Dark Curtains (with alternate ending)

I’ve read all of these and just finished reading Evans newest release ARBOREATUM! I’ll be posting my review soon.

Arboreatum is only 99 cents and it’s free to borrow for Amazon Prime Members.

You can go here to get your own copy!

ARBOREATUM

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Description

Horror on the lonesome plains!

When a band of westward pioneers – lost, starving, and desperate – stumbles upon an unlikely oasis in the middle of a barren prairie, Micah wonders if his family has finally caught a lucky break…or does this new Garden of Eden hide a forgotten terror behind a veil of earthly delights?

ARBOREATUM is a novella of horror, young lust and delusions of grandeur, a unique and thrilling vision by new master of modern horror, Evans Light.

“If you love writers like Joe Hill, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson or Joe R. Lansdale, you owe it to yourself to give Evans Light a try…this new voice on the scene packs enough inventive storytelling twists to delight even the most jaded fans of horror and suspense.”

The Light Brothers have been very busy.

They’ve set up their own Q & A on Goodreads

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Evans and Adam have been working on setting up a Goodreads Q&A group, which can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/8…

I’m thrilled to join this group. Goodreads is where I met Evans and Adam and discovered their awesome stories.

I’ve read many of their books and am making my way through all of them. They can’t write them fast enough!

******Also, now through the month of February you can download Crawlspace and Dark Curtains for free. Go here to check it out******

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You can find all of Evans books here .

  PAY BACK

Books written with Adam Light

Time for the fun part. Announcing the winners of Eternal Island by Ella Medler and Kristie Haigwood!

Happy Mardi Gras! Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! Let The Good Times Roll!

And the winners are:

  JENNA

  SHERRY

  CREMONA

Congratulations!

All winners have been notified.

Thanks to everyone for your comments.

I do love reading them and hope you continue to visit fuonlyknew!

Thanks so much to Ella Medler and Kristie Haigwood for their wonderful book and for letting me host their giveaway.

*****For all of my giveaways go here*****

I’d love to keep telling ya’ll about some really great books.

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Have I got some great short stories for you! Two new releases by Emma Meade.

Read my reviews and enter the awesome giveaway!

The Dead Beats

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Tristan and his band are a sensation. Their rock concerts are jam-packed show after show. There’s nothing he loves more than performing before a screaming mass of fans. Well, except for her.

Alex loves Tristan, can’t keep her hands off him. There’s just one problem. He’s a vampire, but that’s not the problem. The problem is he wants to make her one too.  As much as Alex loves Tristan, she doesn’t want to become a vampire.

He loved feeling her beneath him, her warm, beating body that knew his own so well. His next words were muffled into her curls but Alex heard him.

“I don’t have you completely. This world is so dangerous. You know that more than anyone Alex.”

“Shh, please,” she murmured and kissed the top of his head.

Alex doesn’t know how much longer she can put him off. Tristan is losing patience. She knows what she has to do and wishes there were any other way.

I became so wrapped up in this struggle between Alex and Tristan. I wanted her to become a vampire so she’d be with Tristan forever, but I understood her refusal. I don’t think I could wrap my mind around the idea of drinking blood for all eternity.

I wanted Tristan to have Alex by his side forever. But he is young and foolish and pushes her too hard. I don’t trust him not to force her.

The Deadbeats is the first chapter in the lives of Tristan and Alex. They are insatiable and incorrigible. The sexual scenes are hot and steamy, Oh My!  This story is exciting and startling. If you think you know what’s going to happen, think again.

       

Stick around. I have more to tell.

The Old Vampire (Short Story)

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Hailey’s dreams aren’t about a knight in shining armor riding up on his white steed to rescue her. Her knight is a vampire, or maybe a demon or ghost. Any of these would do.

She’s longed for the supernatural world her whole life. Is she really destined to a hum-drum existence or is there something more for her.

She dreams and she waits. And she waits. And waits. Will she ever meet her knight?

It’s Halloween night. All of the candy has been handed out and the trick-or-treaters have all gone home. Hailey settles in with some wine and a movie.

There’s a knock on her door. Must be a straggler.

The lantern led me to you.”

What a great story. Melancholic and tragic. Quite scary too. When do you stop dreaming? Why should you? You’ll find the answers to these questions in An Old Vampire.

This one gave me shivers. A true horror story.

       

Giveaway

One winner will receive e-book copies of both books.

Two winners will win one of these e-books (their choice).

Te enter, please leave your email address and answer this question, “Why wouldn’t you want to become a vampire?”

Giveaway ends Feb. 7th.

Thank you and Good Luck!

Some more books by Emma that I really loved.

Under the Desert Moon

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17 year old Erin Harris spends her time daydreaming, hoping to escape her small town life in Copperfield, Arizona.  When a movie crew arrives unexpectedly to shoot a vampire film over the summer, Erin’s small town world changes forever. Erin is positive she has seen the star, James Linkin before in a thirty year old TV show.  He hasn’t aged a day. How is this possible?  Erin is determined to find out, but how will James handle the scrutiny of an all too intelligent teenage girl?

Go here to read my review.

The Awakening & Other Stories

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Put on the kettle, close the curtains and curl up by the fire. Dive into 8 short tales, each with a slice of the paranormal.

Ghost Story – Who is the shadow in the window of the abandoned house, and what or who is he waiting for?
The Awakening – It’s time for Sabrina to wake up and face the light.
End of the Line – Cassie wants to die. When midnight rolls around, she stands on the tracks waiting for the train to come.
Milsa Loris – The once magnificent kingdom of Milsa Loris comes alive one night each winter. The King’s witch is brewing up a little magic, sure to make the soup all the tastier.
The Old Vampire – Hailey spent her life dreaming of a dark prince falling in love with her. He never showed up, until now.
The Knocking – Alison’s grandfather has one eye on the next life. After all, he’s heard a lot of rapping at his door lately.
The Boy on the Beach – Kate’s grandmother warns her about the boy with the green eyes. Will she pay heed?
Snowglobes- It’s busy at Calvin’s Cabins this Christmas. Eddie and Maggie are a young couple in trouble. Not to fear, Calvin is always ready to lend a hand.

Go here to read my review. This collection includes the short story The Old Vampire.

Night Sighs

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It’s good to be alive…when you’re dead!

Meet Alex & Tristan, modern star-crossed lovers of the supernatural variety.
Alex is running-on-empty, one year on from the death of her fiancé, and the only thing that keeps her going is her romance with the young vampire Tristan. Tristan, meanwhile has a serious obsession with Bruce Springsteen, and is battling a ‘can’t live without you’ sort of love for Alex. He’s trying to persuade her to come over to the dark side but so far she’s resisting his efforts.

So come and sing along to Tristan’s band, The Dead Beats, the hottest group in London right now, and walk with Alex as she teeters between this life and the next. Because when you’re around Tristan, you’ll see, how much fun it is to be alive when you’re dead….

Night Sighs is an adult paranormal romance, following the relationship & adventures of Tristan & Alex through five short stories: The Dead Beats, The Ancients, Until My Body Is Dust, Bourbon & Jazz and West of Forever.

Go here to read my review.

About the author

Emma Meade

Author of Nights Sighs, Under the Desert Moon and The Awakenings & Other Stories.

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. 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.

You can find Emma here:

http://emmameade.com

Http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4229395.Emma_Meade

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page.
•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
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My teaser for today is from Dead of Eve by Pam Godwin

Dead of Eve (Trilogy of Eve, #1)

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His expression shuttered, fingers digging into his jean-clad thighs. He stared at me for a long time, carving away my anger. But I glared right back, willing him to understand. Then something changed. The air between us shifted, sizzled, charged.

He rose from the couch, stepped toe-to-toe with me, looking suspicious and gorgeous, smiling down at me.

Dead of Eve is the first chapter in a trilogy. Intense and engaging. I’m tearing through this one and excited to know there will be more!

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This is my own version of a bookhaul post where  I’ll be telling you about all of the books I got this week, whether print or e-book.

I got a few books this week, some free, some for review, and some I purchased just for my reading pleasure.

I also post reviews on another blog aknifeandaquill . It’s all about horror. If someone doesn’t die, we don’t do it here!

Here are some freebies I picked up to review on both blogs. Double exposure for the authors:)

Freebies for my blog fuonlyknew.

Books for review.

Books I won.

Received for review and posted.

You can read my review here.

A lot of books since I missed posting last week and included them also. Some I’ve read and will be posting my reviews soon.

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So what did you get this week? See something you like? Do you have any of these? Leave a comment and let me know.

I can’t wait to tell you about Glory Alley and the Star Riders!

Glory Alley and the Star Riders (The Glory Alley Series, #1)

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According to legend, Wybbils are small hairy creatures who live deep underground in caves. Ancient people both feared and venerated them.  It is said that Wybbils leave their tunnels at night to snatch Tullahn children from their beds and bring them to their lair.

A girl rock collector risks everything for the chance at a better life.

This story takes place on a world very similar to ours. The inhabitants are as human as you and I, just trying to make their way in their world.

Glory and her best friend, Crash, have agreed. They will meet at “the pools” of Queen’s Mesa. There’s got to be some really good stones in the cavern. Glory just knows she’ll find what she’s looking for there.

Glory arrives ahead of Crash and breaks the rules. She enters the cave alone and makes her way to the pools. And there it is. The stone that will save her family. Little does she know that by taking this stone she may be able to save her family, but she could be destroying another world.

This is no ordinary stone. It’s absence wreaks havoc on another world and the guardians have come to take it back. Glory is not a mean girl despite the abuse she receives from her father and her siblings. Since her mother’s death, her family has been dying a little death too and she needs to sell the stone before they foreclose on her home. She stalls the guardians while she tries to find a solution. But time is running out.

This is not my usual genre to read, but I’ve been reading “outside the box” lately and I’ve discovered some wonderful authors and their books.

Glory’s life is not pretty. She’s bullied at school, her older sister has no time for her, her brothers like to torture her and her Dad is in an alcohol induced fog most of the time, when he’s not swinging his fists or his belt The only good things in her life are her best friend, Crash, and her baby brother, George.

I really feel for Glory. All she wants is to have her family back the way they used to be. She’s bold and wise beyond her years. Her connection to her brother George is so sweet. I’ll let the author show you.

Three-year-old George perched on a stool, trying to string white puffs of popcorn. Face streaked with jam, he sat there in a diaper and nothing else. Glory knew from experience that her little brother defied all clothing. He had a stubborn streak, but she liked that about him. His messy hair was in need of a trim and looked like delicate threads of gold when it caught the light. Glory paused in the doorway quietly singing his name.

“Georg-eee.”

He jerked to attention. “Gwo-wee?” A smile of recognition spread across his face until he forgot the task at hand and stabbed his finger with the needle. “Ow?” He held out his injury for her to see. “Gwo-wee?”

Glory carried him to the sink, washing the dot of blood under the faucet. He cried, offering his wounded finger. “Kiss.”

Glory kissed it. “Better?”

“Uh-huh.” He nodded, giving thanks with a runny-nosed peck on the cheek.

Now that’s showing me something! My face broke out in a smile when I read this.  The quality of the author’s writing spills from the pages, taking you deeper into Glory’s story.

You’ll meet a really scary dog-wolf creature, some strange beings, kind of like munchkins, and visit a mysterious, magical world filled with wonders and perils.

Glory Alley and the Star Riders brought some magic to me, like a fountain of youth. I felt the wonder of seeing( or reading)  through young eyes. Kind of like falling down the rabbit hole or going somewhere over the rainbow.

This book is great for all ages. A good, clean, scifi/fantasy. I’ll be following this series.

Oh, even though this is the first book in a series, the author wraps it up nicely and gives you an astonishing ending to this chapter in Glory’s journey.

       

Giveaway

I have one paperback to giveaway!

Entry is easy. Just leave your email address and answer this question, “What would you like to find at the end of the rainbow?”

This giveaway is International. Everyone can enter!

****Please note: The paperback has the older book cover. You can view it below****

Giveaway ends Feb. 4th.

Thank you and Good Luck!

About the author

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C. Deanna Verhoff grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She has worked in education, business, insurance and finance. Writing has been an important part of her life since childhood. Her stories usually contain an element of fantasy, science fiction or the paranormal. Currently, she resides in rural Ohio with her husband, two children, a dog, a cat and a goldfish.

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Purchase her books by clicking on the covers. Glory Alley shows the old book cover here.