Archive for August, 2016
Who ya gonna call…..Witches Protection Program by Michael Phillip Cash ~ Review and Giveaway
Posted: August 30, 2016 in giveaways, Paranormal or fantasy, reviewsTags: fantasy, giveaway, Michael Phillip Cash, paranormal, review, witches, Witches Protection Program
I’ve read almost all of Michael’s books and enjoyed them immensely. This one was no exception. I had a rip roarin time and think you will too.
Enjoy the excerpt and trailer, along with my review.
And don’t forget to enter the giveaway!
Witches Protection Program
Michael Phillip Cash
Publisher: Chelshire, INC.
Date of Publication: May 14, 2015
ISBN: 1511411341 / ASIN: B00YANTA4K
Number of pages: 239 /Word Count: 45,518
Genre: Witches, Action, Adventure
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My Review
Poor Wes. He’s failed again and now he’s been given one last chance to prove himself qualified to be in law enforcement. He’s sure it’s a prank when he’s assigned to the Witches Protection Program.
It’s no hoax. But it takes some convincing for Wes to believe in witches. He gets it in spades.
His first assignment, protect a witch, heiress Morgan Pendragon, from her evil aunt. Her aunt is cooking up a diabolical scheme to rule the world.
Wes will have to catch on quick if he’s to save Morgan and himself from a witches brew of trouble.
This was a fun story with some likable and not so likable characters. Got to take the good with the bad.
Wes is a pain in the beginning. Then he finds his place and becomes someone to cheer for.
Morgan is a reluctant witch, wanting nothing to do with her aunt or the other witches and their schemes. They’re not going to give her a choice though.
There’s some cool weapons, compelling characters, and a showdown at the end that I wish I could see for myself. Just imagine the pile-up when drivers look up and see witches flying in the sky.
I like a good witch, but I have a thing for the bad ones too. There’s one, Morgan’s aunt, who will chill you to the bone. Too powerful for anyone’s good.
Grab a broomstick and hang on tight. It’s a bumpy ride.
4 Stars
Synopsis:
Wes Rockville, a disgraced law enforcement agent, is given one last chance to prove himself and save his career when he’s reassigned to a 232 year old secret government organization. The Witches Protection Program.
His first assignment: uncover a billion-dollar Cosmetics company’s diabolical plan of using witchcraft for global domination, while protecting its heiress Morgan Pendragon from her aunt’s evil deeds. Reluctantly paired with veteran witch protector, Alastair Verne, Wes must learn to believe in both witches and himself.
Filled with adventure, suspense and a rousing good time, Michael Phillip Cash creates a tongue-in-cheek alternate reality where witches cast spells and wreak havoc in modern day New York City.
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Check out the Excerpt
“Follow me, kid.” She led him down a gray hallway with mulberry-colored carpet, more plush than anything he’d ever seen in a governmental office. The place had to be a city block wide, with corridors branching off to other conduits. Here and there, a doorway opened. Wes saw that many were filled with groups of people sitting at polished conference tables. Some rooms were dark, with shades drawn, the light of a presentation on screens peeking through the slats of the blinds. Staff walked through the hallways, nodding to each other. Some were in pairs. All had a badge hanging on a chain or attached to a pocket. He squinted, but he couldn’t make out the impression on the shield. Forget about attempting to read it. He shrugged; while it looked official, it was unfamiliar. For a person who grew up with an entire family in law enforcement, he found it odd that he’d never seen it before.
“What is this place?” he asked.
“This is where the magic happens,” she told him cryptically.
She opened the door, whispering, “Prepare to be amazed.” Then, with a giant pop of her gum, she disappeared.
“Where…” Wes turned, looking for the woman, but couldn’t see her anywhere. “Where is…”
“Oh, she’s gone. Come in already,” a male voice ordered impatiently.
Wes spun to the speaker, his eyes settling on a small man seated at a glass desk. He was in a neat gray suit but wore a black turtleneck, which made him look like some odd, eccentric leftover from the beatnik generation. He was older than Wes’s father, Wes guessed somewhere north of sixty, with the thickening middle of a sedentary life, a tanned complexion, and silver hair. His chubby face sported a neatly trimmed goatee. Wes wondered where his beret might be. The man studied Wes with interested black eyes that glowed with merriment.
“What kind of department is this?”
“Mr. Wesley Paul Rockville. Son of Harris and Melinda, brother to Lauren and Andrew. Tough act to follow. Runt of the litter?”
Wes bristled, wondering where this pint-size dude got off calling him a runt. At six foot three, he was hardly considered small. “I fail to see what this has got to do with my reassignment,” he said icily.
The older man ignored him. “The young gun who had his free will sucked right out of him.”
“No one took my free will!” Wes shouted, his face hot.
“I think Miss Genevieve Fox did a pretty nice number on you.”
“What are you talking about?”
Alastair cocked his head, a smile playing on his lips.
“I don’t think this is funny, um…Alastair. I’m getting out of here.” Wes had had enough. He was pissed and hungry.
“Sit down, Agent Rockville. It’s time you learned about your new assignment.”
About the Author:
Michael Phillip Cash is an award-winning and best-selling novelist of horror, paranormal, and science fiction novels. He’s written ten books including the best-selling “Brood X”, “Stillwell”, “The Flip”, “The After House”, “The Hanging Tree”, “Witches Protection Program”, “Pokergeist”, “Monsterland”, “The History Major”, and “Battle for Darracia” series. Michael’s books are on the Amazon best-seller list and have also won numerous awards. Additionally, he is a screenwriter with 14 specs under his belt. Michael resides on the North Shore of Long Island.
Website / Blog / Facebook / Twitter
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Beautiful Belly Dancers Adult Coloring Book Book Blast and Giveaway
Posted: August 30, 2016 in Book Blast, giveawaysTags: Author Richard G Lowe JR, Beautiful Belly Dancers Adult Coloring Book
I enjoy the adult coloring books. Takes us all back to those fun days sitting down with our box of crayons and coloring away. Except us grownups are a bit more serious about it. It’s not just a box of crayons anymore. We have all kinds of tools to color with.
This sure looks like a fun book full of beautiful pages to color and bring to life.
Check it out!
Title: Beautiful Belly Dancers Coloring Book
Author: Richard G. Lowe Jr.
Publisher: The Writing King
Pages: 110
Genre: Adult Coloring Book
Synopsis
What could be better than an adult coloring book of beautiful belly dancers? These gorgeous ladies have performed all over the world, and now their images are presented here for your coloring pleasure. All pages are printed on one side to make your coloring easy.
For More Information
- Beautiful Belly Dancer Adult Coloring Book is available at Amazon.
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Author Richard
After spending over 33 years in the computer and information technology industry, Richard G. Lowe Jr. decided to take an early retirement to pursue his dreams of becoming a professional writer and published author. Richard is a leader in the computer industry, serving as Vice President of Consulting at Software Techniques and Beck Computer Systems before settling down as Director of Computer Operations at Trader Joe’s. During his twenty-year tenure at that esteemed company, he focused on computer security and preparing for the possibility of disaster.
In addition to creating hundreds of articles for the web and blogs, Richard actively works as a professional ghostwriter. In that role, he has completed books on a wide variety of subjects including memoirs, business volumes, and novels. Because of his in-depth background in software management and computer security, Richard has ghostwritten a number of major books in those areas.
Additionally, Richard has published books of his own. His first two volumes, Safe Computing is Like Safe Sex and Real World Survival Tips and Survival Guide, respectively touch on the subjects of computer security and how to survive emergencies and disasters. Richard has also written and published a series of short eBooks on the aspects of freelance writing, including blogging and ghostwriting. Other published books include How to Plan a Party and How to Surround Yourself with Beautiful Women without Being a Sleazeball.
An avid adventurer, Richard has been a photographer for much of his life, with a focus on nature, scenic, performance and event photography. He has done everything from hiking in dozens of national parks throughout the country, to photographing various unique festivals and events, such as the Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade Ball and the World Mermaid Awards Convention. He is well known in the Renaissance Festival and Belly Dance communities, having photographed over 1,200 dance events and 400 festivals. For several years, he photographed the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, California.
Richard is currently working on a large number of short Kindle eBooks on a wide variety of subjects. Beginning in 2016, the first of a ten volume series of Science Fiction novels will be published.
One of Richard’s passions is to use the power of words to educate people on human rights. He believes the world will be a better place when human beings are treated with the full respect and dignity they are due.
For More Information
- Visit Richard G. Lowe Jr.’s website.
- Connect with Richard on Facebook and Twitter.
- Find him on the RadioGuestList.
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We are pleased to be hosting Richard G. Lowe Jr.’s BEAUTIFUL BELLY DANCERS ADULT COLORING BOOK Book Blast today!
Leave a comment on this blog and you could win a free copy!
Winner will be selected on August 31.
Only U.S. residents please.
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Oh, how the mighty shall……The Fall Of Lord Drayson ~ Release Week Giveaway
Posted: August 29, 2016 in giveaways, historical romance, New ReleaseTags: Author Rachael Anderson, giveaway, Historical romance, New Release, The Fall Of Lord Drayson
The Fall of Lord Drayson by Rachael Anderson
Who is he really? A high and mighty lord or a lowly servant?
When Colin Cavendish, the new earl of Drayson, informs Lucy Beresford that she and her mother need to vacate the house they’ve called home for the past two years, Lucy is fit to be tied. They have no money, no relations they can turn to for help, and nowhere to go. How dare the earl break the promise his father had made to the Beresfords without so much as a twinge of conscience?
Fate plays her hand when Lucy discovers the earl unconscious and injured in the middle of the road. When he awakens with no recollection of who he is, Lucy seizes the opportunity to teach the earl a much-needed lesson in humility and tells him that he is nothing more than a mere servant. Her servant, in fact.
And thus begins the charming tale of a pompous lord and an impetuous young woman, caught together in a web so tangled that it begs the question: Will they ever get out?
Excerpt
He stared at her incredulously, as though she had escaped Bedlam. “Are you in your right mind, woman?”
Lucy leaned forward and planted her palms on his bed so that her eyes were level with his. “My name is Lucy Beresford. I have lived in Askern all my life. I’m the sole daughter of a vicar and a seamstress who lived most happily despite their differences in station. When my father passed away, I came here, to this dower house. So yes, I am in my right mind. It is you who are not.”
The earl’s jaw clenched, and Lucy took some pleasure at the sight. Perhaps he would come down off his high horse and show at least a small amount of kindness or respect.
“I may not know who I am or where I came from,” he finally said, “but at least I do not feel the need to tell tales.”
“Tell tales?” Lucy gaped at him. Was he accusing her of telling untruths? Her, of all people? What untruths? How dare he!
Lord Drayson glanced down at his fingers, frowning when he spotted grime under his nails. He began to scrape it out as he spoke. “Claiming to be the daughter of a vicar and seamstress is all very romantic, but it cannot possibly be the truth.”
“And why not?” she asked.
His gaze returned to hers. “In my experience, the daughter of a vicar would behave with more decorum, would know how to make a palatable broth, and would never allow herself to be alone in a room with a man who is not her relative. If there is one thing I know with absolute certainty, it is that you are no relation of mine.”
Lucy’s jaw clenched as she fought to control the rage building inside her. Ever so slowly, she pushed herself up to standing and glared down at the earl. “You are correct in thinking I am no ordinary vicar’s daughter. I do not love unconditionally. I show decorum only when I wish to. And I despise those who care for no one but themselves. But I do not tell tales.”
He actually chuckled, but it was more of a scoff than a show of humor. “Did you learn those traits from your father?”
“Do not speak of my father.”
“I would prefer to speak of myself, but you do not seem to share that preference, so perhaps we should speak of your father instead. Where is he, by the by? I would very much like to meet him.”
Lucy’s fingers became fists while her conscience became a battleground between all that was good and evil inside her. It was a short battle, with evil making a quick triumph.
Ever so slowly, her body still trembling with anger, she lifted her chin. If he was going to accuse her of telling tales, then tell them she would. “Very well, Collins. If you must know, I am your employer. And though you may not remember me, or this house, or your position in it, or the fact that you are perfectly susceptible to coming off a horse, just like any other human, I still expect some kindness and respect from you.”
“What on earth are you talking about? What position?”
There was not a hint of hesitation in her voice when she answered. “You are a servant in this house.”
Author Rachael Anderson
A USA Today bestselling author, Rachael Anderson is the mother of four and is pretty good at breaking up fights, or at least sending guilty parties to their rooms. She can’t sing, doesn’t dance, and despises tragedies. But she recently figured out how yeast works and can now make homemade bread, which she is really good at eating.
$50 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash Giveaway
Ends 9/18/16
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What’s New On My Bookshelf #170 and The Sunday Post
Posted: August 28, 2016 in Freebies!, giveaways, reviews, What's New on My BookshelfTags: my weekly book news, The Sunday Post
This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.
Another fun way to share your book news and enjoy others is The Sunday Post hosted by
Kimberly the Caffeinated Book Reviewer
Head on over and leave a link to your Sunday Post and hop around to visits others.
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Hello everyone and Happy Sunday!
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Sun is shining. Summer is really heating up here. Most people are wrapping up their summers. Here in the south, it’s now peak season and the humidity is so high, when you walk out the door your glasses fog up. Have you ever heard that if you walk out backwards your glasses won’t fog up? Sometimes it actually works! Must have something to do with the moist air not immediately hitting your lenses.
Aside from swimming and reading, I’ve been binging on Netflix again. Just got the new season of Once Upon A Time and decided to go back and start at the beginning. I’m on Episode 9 and only have 103 episodes to go. LOL I never seem to get enough of the television shows. Even with Fear The Walking Dead started now and The Walking Dead coming in a month, along with Survivor, I still want more. Got any good ones to recommend?
I’ll be hopping over to check out your Sunday posts so be sure to leave me your link.
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New books on my shelf. Some I won, some are for review, and some I just had to have.
![Cusp of Crazy: Nick Stryker Series, Book One, Shallow End Gals by [Graybosch, Vicki, Duncan, Teresa, McGregor, Linda, Troutman, Kimberly, Shallow End Gals]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41csm7a1ZcL.jpg)
![A Promise of Fire (The Kingmaker Chronicles Book 1) by [Bouchet, Amanda]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51uCaP4tGML.jpg)
![The Library: Where Life Checks Out by [DeSousa, Carmen]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51D0H2l9nlL.jpg)
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And here are some freebies for ya!
Click on the covers to get yours and remember to make sure they’re still free before you click that buy button.
![Peete and Repeat (The Frannie Shoemaker Campground Mysteries Book 3) by [Nortman, Karen Musser]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51UdFFrwHaL.jpg)
![The Case of the Hidden Flame (An Inspector David Graham Cozy Mystery Book 2) by [Golden, Alison, Dagnall, Grace]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51pYCuVgUGL.jpg)
![Even Witches Get the Blues (Wicked in Moonhaven~A Paranormal Cozy Book 1) by [Winters, J.D.]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51vkXc273gL.jpg)
![Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse (A Charlotte Denver Cozy Mystery, Culinary Cozy Mystery Book 1) by [Bryan, Sherri]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51gEVJm4c4L.jpg)
![A Dead End (A Saints & Strangers Cozy Mystery Book 1) by [Bates, Keeley]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51tmmmvlcxL.jpg)
![Creamed at the Coffee Cabana (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book 1) by [Barker, Constance]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51hSHEQr3PL.jpg)
![Tell Me A Secret: A Mystery Psychological Suspense (Tales of the Unexpected Mystery and Psychological Suspense Series Book 3) by [Girdharry, Ann]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51vD8NKTZVL.jpg)
![Dying Eyes (Brian McDone Mysteries Book 1) by [Casey, Ryan]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/5158PUmgHgL._SY346_.jpg)
![Defragmenting Daniel: The Organ Scrubber: A Sci-Fi Thriller (The Defragmenting Daniel Trilogy Book 1) by [Werbeloff, Jason]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51faMyoNw6L.jpg)
![Hog Butcher: 2nd Edition by [Sutherland, Andrew]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41bBN4b-ZmL.jpg)
![WBI: Witches Bureau Of Investigation (WBI Series Book 1) by [Capwell, Richard]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51YjPeuyAKL.jpg)
![Death of the Couch Potato's Wife by [Barritt, Christy]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51uOxdrXapL.jpg)
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Books I reviewed this week. Click on the covers for my reviews.
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Books I’ll be reviewing next week.
![Witches Protection Program by [Cash, Michael Phillip]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/5151wb6g33L.jpg)
![Happy Homicides 4: Fall Into Crime: plus Happy Homicides 3: Summertime Crimes by [Slan, Joanna Campbell, Hengerer, Linda Gordon, Price, Carole W., Diehl, Lesley A., Thames, Nancy Jill, Trent, Teresa, Toussaint, Maggie, Burke, Anna Celeste, Rawls, Randy, Cohen, Nancy J., Terry Ambrose, Deborah Sharp]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51lZ-Pg4jjL.jpg)
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Other posts on my blog this week.
Daring The Bad Boy ~ Excerpt and Giveaway
Teaser Tuesday #167 ~ Bayou Shadow Hunter
Murder On The Aloha Express ~ Blurb Blitz and Giveaway
Tag Team Review and Giveaway ~ Deadly Catch ~ Win a gift card and books!
Solitary Horseman by Deborah Camp
The spotlight is on The Enforcer Series by Ann Gimpel
Defragmenting Daniel ~ Blast Giveaway and Freebie
Fresh Brewed ~ Review and Giveaway
The Friday 56 #117 ~ Alpha Unleashed
#Vote4Gnarly ~ Candidate For Murder ~ Review and Tablet Fire Giveaway
Saturday Screams #17 ~ Zombies, Dinosaurs, Killer Bugs, and Zombie Sharks!
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To see all of my giveaways click on the lucky horseshoe below!
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So, what did you get to read this week?
Got any recommendations?
I’d love to know and thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew.
Saturday Screams #17 ~ Zombies, Dinosaurs, Killer Bugs, and Zombie Sharks
Posted: August 27, 2016 in horror, reviewsTags: horror reviews, Saturday Screams
Welcome to my Saturday Screams where I share reviews of all things scary. Recently I did a post asking for help in choosing the next book I should review.
You chose Pale Rider: Zombies Versus Dinosaurs. After doing my review, I got kind of busy with other things and didn’t get right back to the other books. I did read some more creepy ones and will be sharing them today, along with your next choice, Turning Grace.
Pale Rider: Zombies Versus Dinosaurs #1
This is free on Amazon. Just click on the cover to grab your copy!
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Next up, you chose –
Turning Grace
This book is free right now. Click on the cover to grab your copy!
My Review
I love a good zombie story. This isn’t a zombie apocalypse. It’s the story of one teenage girl, struggling with odd cravings and an escalating urge to commit violence.
I found some scenes disturbing on so many levels. And I loved it. I know, I’m twisted. But what’s a good zombie story without some truly ghastly scenes. Like when she eats the neighbor’s cat. Yuck.
I liked Grace. Felt sorry for her. And she scared the bejesus out of me. This made me wonder if I’d stand by her, best friend or not.
There’s a sweet romance beginning, but it doesn’t take over the whole story. It does add an important character to the mix and some lighter moments in between the gnashing and blood.
I was into this book from the opening to the finish. While there is an ending, there’s more to come. And I plan to see where this series goes.
A good one for zombie fans who want a more personal story, not an apocalypse.
4 Stars
Synopsis
**Medal Winner of the 2014 New Apple Book Awards in the E-Book Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Category**
Life or death?
It all seems to be the same for Grace…
Some of us have been there before — falling for the hot, popular jock who just so happens to be dating the hot, popular girl in school.
Your snarky-but-always-right bestie insists you make a move, but you’re not so much into putting yourself out there.
Then it happens, and suddenly you find yourself eating a cat on your neighbor’s porch.
No? Never happened to you?
Well, Grace Watkins can’t say the same. Her hunger is growing with each day that passes and her urges are getting harder to control.
No one can explain why her body is changing, except one man.
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Now for those distractions I mentioned!
Insects
My Review
I must be a glutton for punishment. I just can’t resist when someone mentions man eating creatures. Especially the creepy crawling ones.
Imagine a bug that kind of looks like a cockroach. One of the big Palmetto ones. It is longer than your middle finger. Now imagine it’s not like any known insect. And it’s adapted. Changed. And we are now on it’s menu.
Then imagine you don’t know all this. Just that it’s a new species. You gather a team, go into the rain forest. And you find the insect.
And that’s where it gets ugly. Relentless. Kind of gory.
The forest works against you. The weather works against you. Your own fear works against you. And the bugs just keep on coming.
I had a scary good read with this book. And I’ve learned there are a couple more books in the series. Going to have to go see what happens next.
3 Stars
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Synopsis
A deadly carnivorous insect.
A group of scientists trapped in the remote rainforest.
One horror filled night.
Entomologist Howard Duncan has a generous grant and a wealthy lover. Now he’s on the verge of a find in the Brazilian rainforest that will reenergize his career: the rarely sighted reptilus blaberus, an insect like no other.
But something has changed – nature has started producing an antidote to the fungal infection that previously held the insect population in check. Skeletons provide Duncan and his team with an ominous first clue about the potential consequences.
And as the hunters become the hunted, the team must fight for their lives if they want to survive the terror-filled night.
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Death Catch
My Review
I love zombie stories and anything that has killer sharks is alright in my book too. So, of course, I had to read Death Catch.
Zombie Sharks!
The saying, “No good deed goes unpunished,” sure fits this tale. After seeing fishermen slaughter countless sharks just for their fins, throwing the still living creatures back into the ocean to sink and die a slow, horrible death, one man does something to honor them. Thus the zombie sharks are born.
It’s a no holds barred fight to the finish as the sharks grow in numbers, bent on our destruction. And boy do they go at it. Flesh rips. Bodies are dismembered and crushed. The dead pile up. The sharks keep on keeping on.
A smorgasbord of characters carry the story to it’s end. A lot of them don’t make it. Some become unwilling heroes. And some just want some payback.
Death Catch is gruesomely fun. The suspense is intense. The writing is good. The plot is well thought out and researched. And the horror is top notch.
Here’s one for all of you who love your beasties mean and hungry.
4 Stars
Synopsis
Ex-Navy SEAL Alex Moss has settled comfortably into a life at sea, far removed from the wars of his past. He commands Fearless, one of the world’s premier science vessels. Along with his crew of special operations forces veterans, Moss now assists in the advancement of marine science, but the life he loves is about to be threatened in ways neither he nor his crew could ever imagine.
Dr. Thomas Falcon is a highly respected and widely published shark biologist with a powerful and ancient family history he knows almost nothing about. When Falcon’s best friend and colleague, the gifted shark researcher Dr. Peter Marsh, invites him to join his scientific expedition aboard the privately funded research vessel Fearless, Falcon jumps at the chance. Once Dr. Falcon arrives on board, however, history catches up with him when he unwittingly triggers violent events that will threaten all of their lives. Death Catch is a ripping action adventure that moves like a high speed chase, a wild ride that will send your pulse racing.
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Stay tuned. Next Saturday I’ll be sharing my review of Hell’s Gate along with a couple of others I recently finished.
Hell’s Gate: A Victorian Monster Novel
Synopsis
Uncle Howard went looking for Hell. No-one imagined he might find it.
The locals say he sacrifices girls to demons at his estate on the remote coast of Victorian Ireland. But no-one has seen him for weeks before Hope and her family arrive to visit.
Did he leave on another quixotic quest, or does he have something more dangerous than fairies living at the bottom of his garden?
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#Vote4Gnarly ~ Candidate For Murder ~ Review and Fire Tablet Giveaway
Posted: August 26, 2016 in Blog Tour, giveaways, Mystery, reviewsTags: A Mac faraday Mystery #12, Author Lauren Carr, Candidate For Murder, giveaway, review
Candidate For Murder
A Mac Faraday Mystery #12
by Lauren Carr
Genre: Mystery
My Review
I’ve read several books in the Mac Faraday Mystery series and was so excited after reading the synopsis for this newest one.
Gnarly, Mac Faraday’s german shepherd and my favorite four-legged friend, is running for Mayor of Spencer. Most folks in town don’t care for either of the candidates running on the ballot. Sound familiar? They jump on board to vote Gnarly in. Of course, the other nominees aren’t taking this lying down, and they dig for the dirt. I don’t think they’ll find anything. After all, Gnarly is man’s best friend. Well, except for the thing about the disappearing food. His partner in crime, Storm, knows all about that, and she’s not talking.
What started as a lark snowballs, and the fun begins. Can you imagine Gnarly debating the other candidates? How about kissing babies and shaking hands? Gnarly is on the campaign fast track. I wonder if his four-legged companions will be allowed to vote.
In between all of the crazy political scheming, the gang is working a cold case. Secrets are uncovered and the town of Spencer might not survive the fallout.
I love that Lauren’s characters are all animal lovers and their pets go wherever they go. And they are just as individual in personality as the humans. It’s a load of laughs to see what they get into.
When an author can spin a good mystery and keep me in stitches at the same time, it’s all good. I loved this book and it’s now one of my favorites in the series.
5 Stars
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Synopsis
It’s election time in Spencer, Maryland, and the race for mayor is not a pretty one. In recent years, the small resort town has become divided between the local year-round residents who have enjoyed their rural way of life and the city dwellers moving into their mansions, taking over the town council, and proceeding to turn Deep Creek Lake into a closed gate community—complete with a host of regulations for everything from speed limits to clothes lines.
When the political parties force-feed two unsavory mayoral nominees on the town residents, Police Chief David O’Callaghan decides to make a statement—by nominating Gnarly, Mac Faraday’s German shepherd, to run as mayor of Spencer!
What starts out as a joke turns into a disaster when overnight Gnarly becomes the front runner—at which point his political enemies take a page straight out of Politics 101. What do you do when you’re behind in a race? Dig up dirt on the front runner, of course.
Seemingly, someone is not content to rest with simply embarrassing the front runner by publicizing his dishonorable discharge from the United States Army, but to throw in a murder for good measure. With murder on the ballot, Mac Faraday and the gang—including old friends from past cases—dive in to clear Gnarly’s name, catch a killer, and save Spencer!
Buy the book: Amazon
Author Lauren Carr
Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, and Thorny Rose Mysteries. The twelfth installment in the Mac Faraday Mystery series, Candidate for Murder will be released June 2016.
Lauren is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions. She lives with her husband, son, and four dogs (including the real Gnarly) on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.
Connect with Lauren: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook
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Win a Fire Tablet, 7″ Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GB (Open internationally)
Winner will be the person to use #Vote4Gnarly most often.
Giveaway ends Sept 24.
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Aug 15 – Working Mommy Journal – review / giveaway
Aug 15 – Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin’ – review
Aug 16 – Olio By Marilyn – review / giveaway
Aug 17 – Life as Leels – review
Aug 18 – A Mama’s Corner of the World – review / giveaway
Aug 19 – The Journey Back – review / giveaway
Aug 22 – Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine – review
Aug 23 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – review / giveaway
Aug 24 – Book Reviews Nature Photos and everything in between – review
Aug 25 – Nighttime Reading Center – review / giveaway
Aug 25 – fundinmental – review / giveaway
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Aug 26 – fuonlyknew – review / giveaway
Aug 29 – Heidi’s Wanderings – review / giveaway
Aug 30 – The Autistic Gamer – review / giveaway
Aug 31 – Library of Clean Reads – review / giveaway
Sept 1 – Deal Sharing Aunt – review / giveaway
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Sept 5 – Bound 4 Escape – review / giveaway
Sept 6 – Blooming with Books – review / giveaway
Sept 7 – A Bookaholic Blog – review / giveaway
Sept 8 – Allthingsbookie – review / giveaway
Sept 9 – Corinne Rodrigues – review / giveaway
Sept 12 – Books for Books – review
Sept 14 – Pause for Tales – review / giveaway
Sept 16 – Jessica Cassidy – review / giveaway
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The Friday 56 #117 ~ Alpha Unleashed
Posted: August 26, 2016 in Fantasy, Romance, The Friday 56, YATags: Alpha Unleashed, Author Aileen Erin, Freda's Voice, YA Fantasy Romance
Welcome to The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.
This is a really fun meme!
The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find a sentence or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.
Then go over to Freda’s Voice and leave your link so we can visit your 56!
My 56 for this week is from:
Alpha Unleashed
Alpha Girl #5
by Aileen Erin
Genre: YA Fantasy Romance
From page 56 in the paperback.
“I know it was awful. I can’t imagine…But I feel your fear when you sleep. I hear you yelling out during your nightmares and there’s nothing I can do. Nothing but this.”
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Read on if you want to know more.
Synopsis
Tessa McCaide has had it up to here with supernaturals. Luciana may have failed to steal Tessa’s magic, but she’s just getting started on her crusade for magical domination. If her demonic summoning isn’t stopped, it could mean the end of everything.
Tessa’s allies, including her mate Dastien, are ready to fight, but they’re no match for Luciana’s power. A little help (and ancient Inca mojo) from Tessa’s cousin, Claudia, may give the side of good a chance if she can make it home in time, but stopping the war is no longer an option.
When witches and wolves fight, no one wins. Only time will tell who will still be standing after the last spell is cast.
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Things to be happy about:
ghost stories
tree tunnels
a cool pillow
music boxes
sleeping in
More fun with the Continental Breakfast Club ~ Fresh Brewed by Pamela Ford ~ Review and Giveaway
Posted: August 25, 2016 in Chick Lit, giveaways, Humor, reviews, RomanceTags: Author Pamela Ford, chick lit, Fresh Brewed, giveaway, humor, review, romance, The Continental Breakfast Club #2
It’s time to see what the girls have been up to since they first appeared in Over Easy.
Check out Fresh Brewed.
Enjoy my review.
And don’t forget to enter the giveaway!
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Fresh Brewed
The Continental Breakfast Club #2
My Review
I had such fun with Allie, Bree, and Megan in the first book, Over Easy. It was Allie’s story we got there. Now the gal pals are back and it’s Bree’s turn to find the man of her dreams.
Bree’s plans of a romantic seaside vacation go flying out the window, quite literally, when a tropical storm forces her to change her plans. And this is where she finds herself in a heck of a pickle.
A word or warning here. It’s not just the hangover you have to be worried about after imbibing in too much of the grape.
I swear, I snorted and giggled my way through the first book, and here I am doing it again. These girls may sound desperate for love. Who isn’t when you’re young and single. But they aren’t dumb, just do some dumb things. That’s where I actually laugh out loud.
Fun is to be had as The Continental Breakfast Club strikes again. Expect for things to sideways as these gals get up to their shenanigans once more. A clean, humorous romance. Perfect for a summer read.
4 Stars
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Synopsis
Breanna Mitchell is on her way to a relaxing vacation at the ocean. Maybe she’ll even have a beachside fling to help her get over a recent breakup.
But when a tropical storm makes her destination hotel uninhabitable, a chance encounter at continental breakfast delivers a fabulous option—with a catch. She and her friends can stay at a privately-owned, three-story oceanfront home—if she pretends to be the girlfriend of the owner’s heartbreaker grandson, Ethan. Since he won’t even be there, how hard could it be?
Everything is going swimmingly until Bree drinks too much wine and regales the family with romantic tales about her relationship with Ethan. His adorable brother Adam gets suspicious. His marriage-minded grandma gets engagement fever. The beautiful woman next door gets teary-eyed.
And then, Ethan unexpectedly arrives. Suddenly Bree is about to get everything she’s ever wished for—but is it what she really wants?
Buy the book: 
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Over Easy
The Continental Breakfast Club #1
by Pamela Ford
Genre: Chick Lit / Romance
Synopsis
Allie Parker’s had enough. Just because she’s a dog groomer, her overachieving family of doctors and lawyers treats her like a child. She’s convinced that a successful husband is all she needs to change their attitudes. So when she and her friends come up with a brilliant new way to meet eligible men, Allie squeezes into her sister’s stylish clothes and sneaks into continental breakfast at an upscale hotel to find herself the perfect guy.
Before Allie has taken her last bite of syrup-laden waffle, she’s met the man of her dreams. But what she doesn’t know is that he’s a jewel thief who mistakenly thinks she’s his contact—and so does everyone else who’s after his stash of diamonds.
Suddenly Allie’s world is crazily upended. And as she scrambles to prove her innocence and get back to her old life, she discovers happily ever after sneaks up when you least expect it.
Buy the book: 
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Author Pamela Ford
Pamela Ford is the award-winning author of contemporary and historical romance. She grew up watching old movies, blissfully sighing over the romance; and reading sci-fi and adventure novels, vicariously living the action. The combination probably explains why the books she writes are romantic, happily-ever-afters with plenty of plot – and often lots of laughter.
After graduating from college with a degree in Advertising, Pam merrily set off to earn a living, searching for that perfect career as she became a graphic designer, print buyer, pantyhose sales rep, public relations specialist, copywriter, freelance writer – and finally author. Pam has won numerous awards including the Booksellers Best, the Laurel Wreath, and a gold medal IPPY in the Independent Book Publisher Awards. She is a Kindle Book Awards finalist and a two-time Golden Heart Finalist. She lives in Wisconsin where she is working on her next novel.
Connect with the author: Website Twitter Facebook Goodreads
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Five winners total:
2 winners will get a print copy of Over Easy + a $10 Starbucks gift card,
2 winners will get a print copy of Fresh Brewed + a $10 Starbucks gift card,
1 winner will get a print copy of both books + a $25 Starbucks gift card
Ends Sept 17
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Aug 1 – Library of Clean Reads – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 1 – All the Doodles ‘n Scribbles – review of Over Easy / author interview
Aug 1 – XoXo Book Blog – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Aug 1 – Working Mommy Journal – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Aug 2 – Bookishly Devoted – review of Over Easy
Aug 2 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – review of Over Easy / giveaway
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Aug 3 – Library of Clean Reads – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Aug 3 – XoXo Book Blog – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 3 – Room With Books – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 4 – Sahar’s Blog – review of Over Easy
Aug 4 – Laura’s Interests – review of Over Easy / author interview / giveaway
Aug 5 – Working Mommy Journal – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 5 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 8 – Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine – review of Over Easy
Aug 8 – A Wondrous Bookshelf – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Aug 9 – Writing Pearls – review of Over Easy
Aug 9 – Tragically Dull Adventures of an Almost Librarian-review of Over Easy/ giveaway
Aug 10 – Being Tilly’s Mummy – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 10 – Writing Pearls – review of Fresh Brewed
Aug 11 – Sahar’s Blog – review of Fresh Brewed
Aug 11 – Laura’s Interests – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 12 – Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine – book spotlight / author interview
Aug 12 – Tragically Dull Adventures of an Almost Librarian – review of Fresh Brewed
Aug 15 – Wondrous Bookshelf – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 15 – The Travelogue of a book addict – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Aug 15 – The Writing Garnet – review of Over Easy / author interview
Aug 16 – Bound 4 Escape – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Aug 16 – A Bookaholic Blog – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Aug 16 – A Splendid Messy Life – review of Over Easy / giveaway / author interview
Aug 17 – A Holland Reads – review of Over Easy / author interview / giveaway
Aug 17 – Library of Clean Reads – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 18 – Christa Reads and Writes – review of Over Easy
Aug 18 – fuonlyknew – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Aug 19 – Fascinating Quest – review of Over Easy
Aug 19 – Readers Muse – review of Over Easy
Aug 22 – The Travelogue of a book addict – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 22 – A Bookaholic Blog – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 23 – Corinne Rodrigues – review of Over Easy
Aug 23 – A Splendid Messy Life – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 24 – Pause for Tales – review of Over Easy
Aug 25 – Bound 4 Escape – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 25 – Fascinating Quest – review of Fresh Brewed
Aug 25 – fuonlyknew – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 26 – #redhead.with.book – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Aug 29 – A Holland Reads – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Aug 29 – Genuine Jenn – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Aug 30 – Corinne Rodrigues – review of Fresh Brewed
Aug 30 – Bookaholic Banter – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Aug 31 – Pause for Tales – review of Fresh Brewed
Sept 1 – Thoughts on This ‘n That – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Sept 1 – Fantastic Feathers – review of Fresh Brewed
Sept 2 – Thoughts on This ‘n That – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Sept 2 – Book and Ink – review of Over Easy / giveaway
Sept 5 – Book and Ink – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Sept 5 – #redhead.with.book – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Sept 6 – Bookaholic Banter – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Sept 6 – Genuine Jenn – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Sept 7 – Bookishly Devoted – review of Fresh Brewed
Sept 7 – Readers Muse – review of Fresh Brewed
Sept 8 – Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers – review of Fresh Brewed / giveaway
Sept 9 – The Writing Garnet – review of Fresh Brewed
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