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Sassy Seven Boxed Set ~ Revealing the flirty cover!

Posted: August 13, 2014 in Adult Fiction, comedy, Cover Reveal, Romance
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I really like the cover for the Sassy Seven Boxed Set, designed by Teresa of Be My Bard.

Seven authors and seven books! A box of romantic comedies to tickle your funny bone.

You can tell it’s going to be some fun reading.

What do you think? Is it flirty? Sexy? Funny?

 
Sassy Seven Boxed Set
Publication date: September 15th 2014
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Romance
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Synopsis:

Boxed set including 7 authors and 7 romantic comedies.

Romance. Intrigue. Fashion… And a healthy dose of humor! Seven acclaimed authors come together for some fresh, flirty fun. This boxed set of seven, full-length novels is guaranteed to provide hours of sassy entertainment.

Spying in High Heels by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Gemma Halliday
L.A. shoe designer, Maddie Springer, lives her life by three rules: Fashion, fashion, fashion… But things take a turn from Manolos to murder when her boyfriend disappears along with $20 million in embezzled funds, the LAPD’s sexiest cop is watching her every move, and dead bodies start falling in her path. Along with a cast of wacky friends and family, Maddie tries to catch a killer before the killer catches up to her.

Do or Di by internationally acclaimed author Eileen Cook
Erin Callighan has given up on romance and is focusing on her career. When she agrees to mentor Diana, a troubled pre-teen who swears she’s channeling the spirit of the late Princess Diana, Erin finds Diana has a lot to teach her about love and happy endings.

Lucky Thirteen by RITA® award-winning author Barbara Ferrer
To Isabel Valdes’ surprise, her relationship with a sexy, significantly younger waiter in her Miami restaurant is going strong… If only they can survive a serving of nosy family, a dash of former lovers, and a bitter side of insecurity.

The Secret Desires of a Soccer Mom by award-winning author Robyn Harding
Paige Atwell is satisfied with her suburban existence until her friend, Karen, admits to a steamy love affair, and soon after, is found dead. Paige looks into her friend’s mysterious demise and finds danger, temptation and a secret so shocking that their quiet cul-de-sac will never be the same.

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Bad Romance (formerly Venus Envy) by award-winning author Shannon McKelden
Venus is only a few love-life fixes short of returning to goddess status, but mulish mortal, Rachel, and her hunky firefighter beau are not making it easy. As Venus struggles in her fairy godmother role, she’s breaking the #1 Goddess Rule–getting too emotionally involved with humans.

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Un-Bridaled by National Bestselling author Eileen Rendhal
In this quirky, heartwarming tale (complete with etiquette tips for the runaway bride), Chloe Sachs learns that sometimes the right path is not the one down the aisle.

Game Geeks and Fashion Freaks by bestselling author Serena Robar
Video game guru Evie Kimball’s latest assignment requires a makeover that she hopes will get co-worker Derek to move their relationship from Friendsville to Sin City.

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Authors included:
Gemma Halliday
Eileen Rendahl
Eileen Cook
Serena Robar
Barb Ferrer
Shannon McKelden
Robyn Harding

Pre-order on Amazon HERE

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It’s family ~ Blueberry Hill: A Sister’s Story by Bette Lee Crosby

Posted: August 9, 2014 in Adult Fiction, Contemporary Literature, reviews
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I’m always thrilled when I get a new book from Bette. I’ve read all of her stories and trust each new one will be filled with diverse characters and touching scenarios.

Before I get to my review of Blueberry Hill: A Sister’s Story I want to tell you about Bette’s fantastic deal!

Her $.99 Sale Starts Sat. Aug. 9 and ends Fri. August 15th so grab it today!

Blueberry Hill on Amazon to buy, borrow or read for FREE!

That means if you’re enrolled in Amazon Prime or their new program Kindle Unlimited, you can read this book for free.

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My Review

Whenever I get ready to read one of Bette’s books, I always have a new box of kleenex handy. Her stories are so rich in emotions I invariably cry with and for her characters, even if I’m smiling through those tears.

Blueberry Hill had that effect on my. But for a new reason.

I connected with Bette and her younger sister, Donna, because I went through the same experience with my older sister.

As far back as I can remember, my sister was a wild one with an endless stubborn streak. She would do what she wanted and to hell with the consequences. The difference in this story is the young sister, Donna, rebels and follows the wrong path, while my story has the older sister choosing it.

As Bette struggled to understand her sister, began to accept there was no changing her, I too felt the frustration and anger, the hopelessness. She realized, as did I, that all you can do is love them, be there for them, go through it with them.

So many times I felt like I was almost reading my own story. Loving an addict, whether with drugs or alcohol, takes from you, wounds your heart. Even though you understand the addiction is behind their actions, it still hurts when they brush aside your offers for help, ignore your advice. All that’s left is the memories of long ago, before the drugs or booze took that sister from you. Happier times to fall back on when the despair tries to settle in.

I may have read this book too soon after the loss of my sister. My heart is still bruised, my grief still lingering. But I found a new strength in knowing everything I felt, good or bad, was okay, and I still loved her.

I didn’t cry while reading Blueberry Hill. I cried afterwards, and the tears flowed freely as I wrote this review.

Two sisters, choices, consequences, acceptance, and love. That’s what this story is about. And the author wrote it honestly, bravely, revealing the bare bones of the relationship. What it gave and what it took.

5 STARS

Synopsis

CAN LOVE SAVE A SISTER FROM SELF-DESTRUCTION?

From the USA Today Bestselling Author of Spare Change comes the heartwarming story Blueberry Hill, a Sister’s Story.

Based on the realities of her own family, Crosby calls this a memoir of sorts. Traveling back to a time when the sisters were young enough to feel invincible and foolish enough to believe it would last forever, Crosby has bared her soul in a story of regrettable decisions and inevitable outcomes.

Blueberry Hill is a tale of family relationships, love and tragedy. It is a story that will touch your heart and stay with you long after you have closed the book.

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Other books by Bette Lee Crosby

Jubilee's Journey (Wyattsville #2)

My Review for Jubilee’s Journey

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Spare Change

My Review of Spare Change

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What Matters Most

My Review for What Matters Most

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The Twelfth Child

My Review of The Twelfth Child

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My Review of Cracks in the Sidewalk~ Coming soon!

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My Review of Cupid’s Christmas ~ Coming soon!

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ABOUT Bette Lee Crosby

Bette Lee Crosby Award-winning novelist Bette Lee Crosby brings the wit and wisdom of her Southern Mama to works of fiction—the result is a delightful blend of humor, mystery and romance along with a cast of quirky charters who will steal your heart away.

Crosby’s work was first recognized in 2006 when she received The National League of American Pen Women Award for a then unpublished manuscript. Since then, she has gone on to win several more awards, including another NLAPW award, three Royal Palm Literary Awards, and the FPA President’s Book Award Gold Medal.

Her published novels to date are: Cracks in the Sidewalk (2009), Spare Change (2011), The Twelfth Child (2012), Cupid’s Christmas (2012) and What Matters Most (2013). She has also authored “Life in the Land of IS” a memoir of Lani Deauville, a woman the Guinness Book of Records lists as the world’s longest living quadriplegic.

Crosby originally studied art and began her career as a packaging designer. When asked to write a few lines of copy for the back of a pantyhose package, she discovered a love for words that was irrepressible. After years of writing for business, she turned to works of fiction and never looked back. “Storytelling is in my blood,” Crosby laughingly admits, “My mom was not a writer, but she was a captivating storyteller, so I find myself using bits and pieces of her voice in most everything I write.

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Review Blitz for Dark Secrets by Madeline Pryce ~ I’ll never tell. Well maybe just a little!

Posted: July 21, 2014 in Adult Fiction, Blitz, Erotic, New Release, Paranormal or fantasy, reviews
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It’s Review Blitz time for Dark Secrets (Dark #2) by Madeline Pryce!

I can’t wait to tell you how much I loved this book!

All of Madeline’s books are pumped up with kick-ass action and  sex scenes that will make you shiver!

Turn up the AC and get you something cold to drink. It’s about to get hot here!

Dark Secrets (Dark #2)

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Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
ISBN: 9781419991370
Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance
Theme: Vampire/Demon (a few shape shifters thrown in there…)
Length: 85,000 words

MY REVIEW

Micah. Ella.

Hers. His.

Mine.

When I started this series, it appeared the sex demon’s curse and their mating tattoos bound these two so tightly. Now I wonder what would happen if neither of these things were in play.

Micah and Ella have a chemistry and emotional bond that is so strong, I think they might have come together on their own.

Ella is now Queen of the vampires. She ascended after killing the previous queen, a psycho who, though frozen in the ageless body of a young girl, was anything but. I think she never aged that much emotionally either. Maybe that explains her murderous temper tantrums and vicious impulses. She darn near killed Ella’s sister Hannah.

It’s almost time for Ella to go before the Shadow Agency . They want her head, believing she drank from a human. She did, kind of. Micah is part human, but he’s also part demon, and a discovery about Micah’s mother and maybe identifying his father could save her life.

Many are dying as Ella struggles with her new role as vampire queen, and to top it off, she’s gone girly. That’s something I never expected out of her. She’s a no frills, no regrets, stone cold killer, and no one messes with her. I wondered how Micah would take this side of her. Heck, I wondered how she would.

Hannah, Ella’s younger sister, is mostly recovered after suffering the horrendous torture from the previous vamp queen, and Micah’s brother, Eli, feeling himself not worthy of her, has driven her right into the arms of hot lion shifter, Dante. And they have a surprise for everyone.

And this is where I also got a surprise. Something crazy happens to Ella and the following scenes are insane. There is so much blood shed, so much pay back, and so much insidious mind play, I was glued to the pages. I was reminded of Akasha from the Queen of the Damned movie. So beautiful, so deadly, so without any restraint. There was one person who I felt had it coming to him, and for a long time. If his fate had been played out on the big screen, I would have had to peek between my fingers to get through it. Whew!

Micah may finally learn the fate of his mother and the identity of his father. The council may finally get Ella’s head on a platter, and nasty Julian’s self-serving manipulations may cost many innocents their lives.

Wolves and vamps come too close to each other and fur may fly and fangs may drip blood.

And Micah and Ella have their battle of wills in and out of the bedroom, which makes for some steamy romance and fun dialogue.

Never dull. Never slow. I gulped down this story like a glass of chilled ice tea on a hot, muggy day. And my thirst was satisfied for now. But it will be back, wanting more.

5 STARS

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Blurb

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The worst moment of Micah’s life was when Ella nearly died in his arms. Her miraculous recovery should have been the start of their future. Unfortunately, a new demonic heritage, the Shadow Agency’s corruption and Julian, the vampire who turned Ella, are testing their relationship. Despite hotter-than-ever sex and a variety of new places and positions to explore, Micah begins to wonder if a relationship based on lust can survive for more than a few scorching-hot months.
Ella has forgiven, but not forgotten, the fact that Micah once plunged a dagger through her heart. Everything with Micah is passion, excitement and an uncontrollable desire to explore his body in a variety of very satisfying ways. But as buried secrets, ongoing lies and murderous deceptions pile up, Ella is reminded that she and Micah’s relationship was based on a curse. In order to forge a future together, Ella and Micah will have to face down their personal demons—and prove that love and trust are more than just words.
A Romantica® paranormal erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave.

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BUY LINKS
Amazon ~ Kobo ~ Ellora’s Cave

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Haven’t read the Dark series yet? Start with Dark Cravings (over 50 five star reviews on Amazon), it’s the first full length novel in the series…

Dark Cravings

By Madeline Pryce

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MY REVIEW

Blurb
Ella Grey’s life sucks. A half-breed vampire, she does her best to pass the time killing demons and secretly admiring her Shadow Hunter partner, Micah. He’s hot, dangerous and knows it. He’d be just Ella’s type if he weren’t likely to kill her the moment she put a toe out of line.

A chance encounter with a succubus changes everything. From the second the succubus’ spell washes over them, Ella and Micah are helpless to keep their hands off one another. The sex, when it’s not leaving them on the verge of death, is earth shattering and for the first time in ages Ella is connected with someone on a level she’d feared lost forever. But a dangerous prophecy has been set into motion, and if Ella’s not careful it’ll pull her straight from Micah’s arms and into the deepest bowels of the underworld.

A Romantica® Paranormal erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave
Publisher’s Note: This book was previously published under the title Blood Lust Rising. It has been revised and expanded for EC.

Buy Links
Amazon US ~ Amazon Ca ~ Amazon UK ~Amazon AU

B&N (Nookie!) ~ Kobo ~ Goodreads

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Dark Innocence

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MY REVIEW

Synopsis

Hannah Grey will do anything to escape the tortured memories haunting her. Every breath brings back the pain, the fear and the unbearable knowledge that she’ll never be the once-perfect girl everyone thought her to be. When the self-destructive fog of drugs, alcohol and meaningless sex starts to clear, Dante, a lion shifter sexier than sin itself, emerges through the darkness ready to rescue her for the second time in so many weeks.

In the safety of Dante’s embrace, Hannah allows herself to become the woman she’s always wanted to be—smart, sexy, capable and empowered. His every touch electrifies. His hot, hungry kisses set her senses ablaze. As Dante masters her body, Hannah finally finds the strength to master her fears.

Perfection shatters as a mysterious vampire escalates from anonymous phone calls to violent encounters. When Hannah’s enemies unite, placing both her and Dante in mortal peril, it’s going to take all of her newfound strength to face the coming darkness and save the man she loves.

A Romantica® paranormal erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave.

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Series Reading Order
Dark Cravings (#1 Ella/Micah – 85k)
Dark Innocence (#1.5 Hannah – 45k) MY REVIEW
Dark Secrets (#2 Ella/Micah – 85k)
Dark Vengeance (#2.5 Castro – 45k) – release date coming soon!
Dark Promises (#3 Ella/Micah) – Spring 2015

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And Crimson Sins

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MY REVIEW

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Synopsis

Created in Darkness and born of Death, three brothers carry a deadly secret.

One lethal enough to have the dead outnumber the living. Necromancer. Biohazard. Zombie. The abomination inside Bastian Hale demanded constant payment—fresh blood. Without it, he’d rot from the inside out and become little more than a mindless monster. Some called him a living vampire, others considered him contaminated. One woman would call him hers.

Morgan Cross never understood the innate necromancer power running through her veins or why ghosts and zombies sought to ruin her life. When someone’s deadly obsession throws her into Bastian’s arms, their pasts come back to haunt them and she must avoid the one thing she was born to do—claim him as hers.

WARNINGS: violence, gore, mention of rape, torture, images of past abuse, spanking

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Release Date: May 14th, 2014

Price: $1.99 (1.49 @ Ellora’s Cave)

Genre: Erotic, Paranormal (Vampire)

Length: Quickie (10,000 words – meant to be devoured in one sinfully delicious sitting)

MY REVIEW

Blurb

Jolie Dupree is prophesied to bring an end to the deadly war waging between the vampires and the Seelie court. Groomed from birth by a vicious mother, Jolie knows her future can only end in blood–and the murder of the one man she can’t resist. Consumed with guilt, Jolie can’t fight the lure of Nicolas Larkin, the vampire king. She returns to him over and over, every caress of pain and every stroke of pleasure drawing her deeper into the darkness. She must decide between the concrete and the chaos, the light and the dark, for her choice will tip the scales between good and evil, and quite possibly cost Jolie her soul.

A Romantica® paranormal erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave

Buy Links

Amazon ~ Amazon UK ~ Amazon CA ~ Amazon AU

B&N ~ Kobo ~ Ellora’s Cave ~ Goodreads

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About Madeline Pryce

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Madeline Pryce wrote her first novel when she was ten, penned with neon-pink ink in a loose-leaf binder. Captivated by romantic literature, yet intrigued by the paranormal, she continues to develop her own voice, writing the kinds of stories that inspired her as a teen.

Author Links
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Facebook (I welcome friends!) – Facebook Fan Group – Twitter

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They may look human, but what they do…Battle Not With Monsters by Overton Scott ~ Blog Tour and Giveaway

Posted: July 8, 2014 in Adult Fiction, Blog Tour, giveaways, thriller
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Welcome to my stop on the tour for Battle Not With Monsters by Overton Scott.

The author has chosen a hot topic for his story. Human trafficking is going on as we speak. It’s in every corner of the world.

Stories like this are important. While it is fiction, it still gets the point across. It still opens our eyes to this horrible crime and the innocent, tragic victims.

Neen sounds up to the task of handling the creeps. They are lower than pond scum and I hope she gives them everything they have coming to them.

Monsters come in human form too.

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Battle Not With Monsters by Overton Scott
(A Neen Ford Thriller #1)
Publication date: March 8th 2014
Genres: Adult, Thriller

Synopsis

Victim?

Neen Ford is a loner, drifting from town to town, working as a security guard and teaching martial arts. One hot night in Dallas, she witnesses the brutal murder of a Ukranian prostitute and becomes the killer’s next target. Neen’s never backed down from a fight, but she’s never tangled with a human trafficking ring before. Until now.

Hero?

Naïve young women are being trafficked into the United States by Russian criminals. Someone needs to help them. The police are trying, but they’re not moving fast enough for Neen, who is now being stalked by a man who enjoys inflicting pain.

Vigilante?

How far will Neen go to save herself? How far, to save three young women from a life of fear and despair? And what price will she pay for battling the monster? There’s a thin line between hero and vigilante – will she cross it?

Purchase: Amazon

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Check out this thrilling excerpt!

The first strip joint was called The Canyon and it occupied a large building designed to resemble a ranch house in the Texas hill country. The exterior was clad in faux limestone, with a stylized front porch crowned by fake dormer windows and supported by massive cedar logs. The double doors were made of faded wooden planks, with heavy iron horseshoes as handles.

Neen pulled the Toyota into a parking space, killed the engine and sat for a few minutes watching the action. The lot was crowded with cars. Groups of men in business suits, ties loosened and collars spread, ambled toward the door. Neen had never been in a strip joint, and didn’t know any women who had. What little she knew about clubs like this came from movies or books. The business seemed sordid and demeaning to women, which meant that Neen had never once considered that she would one day find herself in the parking lot of such a place.

Nor had she ever imagined she’d be asking whether a blonde-haired prostitute worked there.

She’d spent the drive debating just how to go about doing that. She could hardly walk in and ask to speak to the manager about a dead girl. Questioning employees would bring the manager in a hurry. And Neen didn’t even know if she’d be allowed in the club. Other women were going in, but they were part of a group. Would a single woman be admitted?

There was another reason to stay out of the building. The man who had killed Ray and the girl, who had tried to kill her, might be in one of these clubs. Or someone associated with him might be there. These were bad people, Jo Easterly had said. Neen didn’t want to run into them. Not yet.

She looked around the parking lot. Single guys walking hurriedly to the door. Groups of men headed in the same direction, moving at a more leisurely pace, laughing and joking. No pale, thin-faced assassin in sight.

Neen got out of the Toyota and walked briskly across the lot, angling toward the entrance. Two young women manned the door. One blonde. One redhead. Both attractive. They wore white lace tops, little more than a bra, and pale blue cowboy hats with white bands. Despite the ferocious heat, they were decked out in pale blue chaps and white cowboy boots. Both girls were sweating freely.

When Neen was ten yards from the door, the blonde beauty spotted her. Her smile faltered slightly.

“Hey,” said Neen, grinning.

The blonde returned the smile automatically, but Neen saw confusion in her eyes. She glanced at her co-worker with an imploring look.

The redhead reacted. Up close, in the lurid light, Neen could see the lines at the corner of her eyes, the wrinkles just starting to get a toe-hold around her mouth. She was clearly the leader of this two-woman unit. A little older than the blonde, and a lot more experienced at handling customers.

She slid two steps sideways and leaned casually against the door, blocking Neen’s access. Her smile was blinding, but brittle.

“Are you meeting someone here?” she asked.

“No.”

“I’m sorry. We don’t allow unescorted women inside.”

“That’s okay. I don’t want to go in. Can I ask you guys a question?”

Three men strolled up, arguing about the Cowboys’ chances this season. They broke off their conversation to stare at Neen, then shouldered past her. The redhead glided smoothly out of their way, opening the door with a flourish. White teeth gleamed.

“Welcome to The Canyon, gentlemen. Enjoy yourselves.”

The door swung shut behind the group. The redhead turned her attention to Neen.

“Are you a reporter? Because if you are, you’ve got to talk to the owner.”

“I’m not a reporter. I’m trying to find someone.”

“If you’re looking for your husband, you’ll have to wait outside.”

“I don’t have a husband. Or a boyfriend. I’m not here to make a scene, if that’s what worries you.”

“Good. So, who are you looking for?”

“A Russian girl I met at a party.”

The two girls exchanged sly smiles. No husband. No boyfriend. And looking for a hot Russian dancer. The implications were obvious.

Neen waved away their suspicions. “It’s nothing like that. Her purse was identical to mine. When I got home from the party, I found I had picked up hers by mistake. I assume she has mine. The guy who threw the party says she works at one of the clubs on Stemmons, but he can’t remember which one. So, here I am.”

Neen had run through a half-dozen scenarios that would justify her questions. The dead girl had been a friend and Neen had lost touch with her. Or the girl was a fellow student at a local community college who had dropped out of class. Neen could claim that she was worried about the girl and wanted to find her to see how she was doing. But Neen didn’t want to claim too close a relationship with the girl. A friend would know where the girl lived. A classmate would hardly be expected to be concerned about a casual acquaintance. Neen had thought the story about switching purses was the best option. She wouldn’t have to claim a familiarity with the girl that she didn’t have. The story wasn’t perfect, but none of the others had been either.

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Author Overton Scott

Overton Scott is the pseudonym of a national bestselling author. Overton is interested in a lot of themes covered in the Neen Ford stories: martial arts, the warrior ethos, personal responsibility, and the concept of justice. Like Neen, Overton doesn’t think that the guilty should escape punishment on this earth. Unlike Neen, Overton prefers to write stories rather than take the law into his own hands. It’s just as morally satisfying, but less dangerous.As you are reading this, Overton should be working on the next Neen Ford adventure. But he’s probably at the gym, shooting or wasting time looking at funny pictures on the internet. You can contact him at neenford@gmail.com, if you’d like to discuss any aspect of the Neen Ford stories.

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Monday Minis Review #26 ~ Welcome Home ~ A short story by William Hage

Posted: June 23, 2014 in Adult Fiction, horror, Monday's Minis, Short stories and collections
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Welcome to my Monday Minis.

For today I’ll be reviewing Welcome Home

by William Hage 

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My Review

I like it when I go into a book thinking I’m getting one thing, and I get something totally different. This happened when I began reading Welcome Home. I thought it was going to be a haunted house story.

The story is haunting but there are no actual ghosts. What’s there is something shadowing John Lester. It’s like when you see something out of the corner of your eye and when you turn to look, nothing is there. But this isn’t visual so much as it’s memories. They haunt his sleep, staying just out of reach of recall.

While this didn’t really scare me, it did surprise me and that’s always a good thing.

A good story for a rainy day.

 3 Stars

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Synopsis

John Lester is returning to a place he never really considered home to begin with, a place that he has not seen in years. But what he does not realize is that what went on in this house was much less homely than he thought as he unearths something dark about his family.”Welcome Home” is a short story approximately 6600 words.

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The Girl Who Believed In Fairy Tales ~ Three short stories by Heidi Garrett ~ Promo, Free book, and Giveaway

Posted: June 23, 2014 in Adult Fiction, Book Promos, Fantasy, Freebies!, giveaways, Short stories and collections
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The Girl Who Believed in Fairy Tales
Sub Genre: Magical Realism
Release Date: June 23, 2014

Heather Baker believes in fairy tales, and she turns to their timeless wisdom whenever life gets difficult.
Again and again, the playfulness, symbolism, and deeper meaning in fairy tales have filled Heather with hope, nurtured her spirit, and fired her imagination. Sometimes touching, and sometimes humorous, these tales capture the three most transformative experiences in her life:
—Heather reframes her childhood sorrow in “The Girl Who Watched for Elves”
—She embarks upon a life imbued with meaning in “The Girl Who Dreamed of Red Shoes”
—And after taking several wrong turns, she finds the place where she belongs in “The Girl Who Couldn’t Sing”
The Girl Who Believed in Fairy Tales chronicles the journey of someone who was willing to change the way she viewed the world… and never stopped believing.
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The Archetypal Fairy Tale Journey

Many adults love fairy tales as much as children do. Why is this so? And why are fairy tales and their retellings so enduring?

In every fairy tale, five things always happen to the fairy tale character: She leaves home, she gets lost in the woods, she faces obstacles and/or tests, she overcomes these challenges, and she finds her happily ever after.

That journey, the fairy tale character’s journey, is archetypal because it involves the task of discovering and committing to the true Self. Since each of us yearns to connect with the true Self, the archetypal fairy tale journey is compelling in the tips and clues it offers about such an undertaking.

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Leaving Home
Fairy Tale Character’s (FTC’s) leave home. The impetus for the departure varies; curiosity, duplicity, parents who are invasive, stepparents who are envious, a call to duty and/or sacrifice—something—ousts the naive child from their secure, loving environment.
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Getting Lost in the Woods
The FTC always stumbles and falls psychologically, metaphorically, and literally in the first stage of her journey. Her naiveté, fear, and inexperience lead her to make poor choices that inevitably heighten her dire situation.
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Facing Obstacles and Tests
As more trouble is heaped upon the FTC, she is driven to experiment. She must embrace her innate strength, courage, and/or cleverness; and she must make wiser choices in regards to her relationships and who she trusts. Otherwise, she’ll be fated to eke out a meek/mean/meager/impoverished existence… or die.
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Overcoming the Challenges
Once the FTC comes into her own, i.e. once her consciousness has evolved to the point where she has become her own authority, she can achieve mastery over the trials that face her.
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Living Happily Ever After
Living in accordance with her true nature, and following her true path, is the FTC’s ultimate living happily ever after. Partnering with the beloved is a function of her matured Self.

Throughout our very real lives, we cycle through these phases again and again and again. Fairy tales, presumably the province of children, can be quite effective in spurring adults toward believing in themselves—and Happily Ever Afters—as well.

That is the enduring power of the archetypal fairy tale journey.

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About The Girl Who Couldn’t Sing:

She began to meditate upon “The Ugly Duckling” for she’d always imagined herself as a misplaced swan. But with all the changes, and her sadness shedding like the skin of snake, she’d stare in the mirror and whisper, “Perhaps, you’re not even a bird.”

Heather Baker struggles to find the balance between fantasy and reality in her everyday life. Enticed by Neptune, the planet that rules everything hazy and glamourous–she’s desperate to become the next indie singer/songwriter sensation. Dogged by Saturn, the planet that rules obstacles and everything practical–she’s confronted with the limitations of her abilities and talent.

Which planet will win?

“The Girl Who Couldn’t Sing” is free on Amazon June 23rd-27th!

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Author Bio

Heidi Garrett is the author of the contemporary fairy tale novella collection, Once Upon a Time Today. In these stand-alone retellings of popular and obscure fairy tales, adult characters navigate the deep woods of the modern landscape to find their Happily Ever Afters.

She’s also the author of the Daughter of Light series, a fantasy about a young half-faerie, half-mortal searching for her place in the Whole. Heidi’s latest project is a collaboration with Billie Limpin. They’re cooking up a yummy paranormal romance!

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Heidi was born in Texas, and in an attempt to reside in as many cities in that state as she could, made it to Houston, Lubbock, Austin, and El Paso. She now lives in Eastern Washington state with her husband, their two cats, her laptop, and her Kindle.

Being from the South, she often contemplates the magic of snow.

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5 lucky winners get a signed copy of The Girl Who Believed in Fairytales & a Happily Ever After bracelet

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Vengeance Is Mine by Harry James Krebs ~ Book Blast and Giveaway

Posted: May 27, 2014 in Adult Fiction, Book Blast, giveaways, Mytery/Thriller
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There’s nothing like a good murder mystery to get those old endorphins pumpin. Vengeance Is Mine  promises to chill you to the bone. The hunter becomes the hunted in a bizarre game of cat and mouse.

Check it out. And don’t forget to enter the giveaway.

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Synopsis

Driven by a traumatic, violent event in his teenage years, Benjamin Tucker, bestselling true crime author, is obsessed with helping authorities solve savage crimes near his home turf of Holly Springs, North Carolina. When a series of decapitated female victims is found in neighboring communities, he is helplessly drawn in to the investigation to help bring the killer to justice. But in a bizarre twist of events, the psychopathic murderer becomes fascinated with Tucker and stalks him, presenting him with unimaginable, grotesque gifts. The hunt for the killer turns personal and Tucker isn’t sure if he’s become the killer’s idol or his next victim.

Vengeance is Mine, a gripping thriller with a healthy dose of droll humor, is a tale of sadistic revenge guaranteed to keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very last page.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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After receiving his BA in applied physics from Aurora University in Illinois, Harry spent thirty-seven years with United States Department of Energy Contractors as a senior mechanical engineer. He designed, built, maintained, and operated large experimental detectors for high-energy physics experiments at national laboratories such as the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the Superconducting Super Collider, and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University.

Krebs always wanted to write mystery novels, but his engineering career left him little time to write until now. His first novel, Fractured Persona, is based on a recurring dream where he would wake up in someone else’s body and life.

The author and his wife currently live in Raleigh, North Carolina with their Chihuahua, Lucille.

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The Death Skull, Relic Defender #2 by Cassiel Knight ~ A Paranormal Romance and Giveaway

Posted: May 26, 2014 in Adult Fiction, Blog Tour, giveaways, Paranormal or fantasy, Romance, Series
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I’m really liking the sound of this one and that cover art is exciting. Don’t think I’d want to mess with her! Would you?

Read on to learn more about Cassiel Knight’s The Death Skull. And don’t forget to enter the giveaway!

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Title: The Death Skull

Series: Relic Defender # 2

Author: Cassiel Knight

Published: May 6th, 2014 / Publisher: Samhain Publishing

Word Count: 87,000

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Content Warning: Adult content, minor blood/gore

Recommended Age: 18+

Synopsis

Synopsis: Fallen angel Marisol Asheni Fell when she unwisely chose to follow Lucifer. Unlike many of her fellow angels, she has no desire for redemption. Instead, she prefers fighting the followers of the Dark when they step over the line. Except, in the deepest part of her soul, she longs for a reason to stop fighting.

Jackson’s only loyalty is to himself and his mother, but even he has boundaries he won’t cross. When his last job threatened the life of a young woman, he tossed aside the lucrative pay, and finds himself fighting evil. He’s attracted to Mari despite her hard, seemingly emotionless edge. And while Mari finds the tall human reluctantly appealing, she has no intention of finding herself in a relationship with a human.

Brought together by the Archangel Michael, they must find and destroy the crystal Mayan Death Skull before the son of Lucifer uses the skull to destroy the world’s leaders and throw the world into chaos to begin Hell on Earth.

Their search for the Death Skull takes them from Chicago to Central America to the lost city of Lubaantun in Belize, the heart of the Mayan civilization, and into a battle for their souls.

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Check out this peek inside the book!

 

Jackson leaned against the gymnasium door. He flexed his right knee, which was still sore and tender from his near-death slide down a mountain a couple of weeks ago. Once off the slopes and in the hillside city of Nagarkot, he’d been pronounced fine by the local doctor. The little joyride down the mountainside had left Jackson with a banged up kneecap and strained and bruised neck and shoulder muscles. Not much more severe than the normal scrapes and cuts he’d gotten over the last six months since he’d turned over a new leaf and joined a band of do-gooders to save the world. How had his life changed so fast from the neatly roped-and-tied, orderly affair to the messy, knotted circle it had become? Six months for a complete turnaround was fast for a man who had been perfectly content as an unscrupulous mercenary working for the rich and powerful. Especially the rich. Now, instead of traveling the world to work for men willing to part with their ill- gotten money, he lived in a goddamn huge mansion with an angel who turned down Heaven, an ex-exotic dancer with a sassy mouth and a destiny to save mankind, a shape- shifting rock with aspirations to be a 1920s mobster, a cocky tech expert and— Her. The woman currently kicking the crap out of the poor punching bag. Correction. Not a woman. Fallen angel. Demon, actually. Christ. Jackson swept a hand through his hair. When he found trouble, he went all the way. Said woman, Marisol Asheni—a flowery name for a hard-ass demon—struck the bag, the force of her blow rocking the heavy sack violently. He half expected the damn thing to crash to the floor. Even as she pounded the hell out of the bag, her body flowed in lovely symmetry. Much like the woman herself, each of her movements was precise, effortless and made with minimum motions. And a helluva lot of grace. Her taut ass flexed and smoothed under the formfitting tight shorts women—God love them—seemed to favor. Long legs, tanned and straight, looked silky under the soft lights. Her waist was bare, and when she moved he thought he caught a glimpse of something flashing at her navel. Holy hell, the woman had a belly-button piercing. When had she gotten the damn thing? He sure hadn’t noticed it the last time he’d seen her work out. His appreciative gaze tracked a path up her body, flowing past her curved hips to her uptilted breasts, up the smooth column of her throat. Despite her features being too austere for true beauty and marred only slightly by the iron determination in her square chin, she possessed a wildness he found fascinating. Her auburn hair, woven into a tight braid, swayed back and forth as she moved. The glowing strands flickered with fire—filled with gold, rich coppers and hot reds. Any adjective used to describe fire fit Marisol Asheni to a T. As in trouble.

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About the Author:

Cassiel Knight

In the job that pays the mortgage and allows her to indulge in her real passion, writing, Cassiel Knight works in the beautiful state of Oregon. Crazy-passionate about the romance writing industry, Cassiel has a paranormal romance series featuring fallen angels and demons from Samhain Publishing, an urban fantasy through Lyrical Press and a Egyptian mythology/archeology series with Champagne Book Group. She writes paranormal romances with kick-assitude that blend archeology and mythology – just a few of her favorite things.

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Double Cover Reveal ~ E-DAY and AleXXXa by DT Dyllin ~ OH MY!!

Posted: May 21, 2014 in Adult Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Cover Reveal, Dystopian
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Title: E-Day

Author: D.T. Dyllin

Series: M-Day #2

Genre: Dystopian Romance

Publisher: Tik Tok Press

Cover artist: Lindsay Tiry

Expected Release Date: August 2014

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Synopsis: M-Day was the dawn of a brand new harsher world. A world where old lives could be left behind and secrets buried for good. At least that’s exactly what Tammie Miles had planned. But even with her new identity as Evo, she discovers that your past is never far. When a man from her old life tracks her down, will she risk everything to keep her secrets? Or will she finally learn that maybe even she can love the right man?

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Title: AleXXXa

Author: D.T. Dyllin

Series: Standalone

Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Tik Tok Press

Cover artist: Lindsay Tiry

Expected Release Date: August 2014

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Synopsis: Love and sex, sex and love… Can you have one without the other? As a world famous porn star, Alexa James thinks she has everything all figured out. But what happens when someone who gets paid to have sex has an existential crisis? Suddenly sex isn’t enough, and love seems out of reach. Will Alexa’s career choice permanently crush her spirit? Or will she discover that real love is about more than just the physical?

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About the Author

D.T. Dyllin is a Bestselling Romance Author who writes in both New Adult and Adult genres. She is a member of the RWA (Romance Writers of America) and also her local chapter, the MCRW (Music City Romance Writers).

D.T. was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Black & Gold for life, baby!) She now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and two spoiled GSDs.

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Come see Zoe Dawson’s newest release ~ Afterlife, Book One of The Starbuck Chronicles ~ Wait until you see the cover!

Posted: May 20, 2014 in Adult Fiction, Book Promos, New Release, urban fantasy
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NEW SERIES BY ZOE DAWSON

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THE STARBUCK CHRONICLES, BOOK #1

An Adult Urban Fantasy (with romantic elements)

Releases May 19, 2014

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Series Overview

The fine thread between reality and the fantastical has snapped. The mortal and supernatural must learn to co-exist in post-reality Minneapolis/St. Paul where video games leak monsters into the night, demons roam, thirsting for more than just blood, people are not who or what they seem and a diabolical evil plots and plans to devour the world.

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Lily Starbuck’s day doesn’t start well with blood on the horizon and a grumpy werewolf who refuses to pay his catering bill. Her day only gets worse when she finds out that her business partner in their catering company has embezzled all their available cash.

Lily can get no answers from her partner when she finds her dead. That’s the least of her worries—her landlord is evicting her, she’s being hounded by the Fairy Dust Administration (FDA) who suspects that her partner was dealing in illegal dust, and Lily’s pissed off their werewolf supplier.

With Lily’s very livelihood in jeopardy, she has no choice but to discover who killed her partner and try to track down the cash. She has only Spocko, a small, wizened gnome with just a bit of gremlin blood in him that makes him cantankerous at best to depend on, but he often goes invisible on her. Clues lead her to an open case being investigated by Otherworld Security (O.S.) and the tough O.S. Warden, shapeshifter, Tam Darkwood. And, at the outset of the investigation, a tiny, mythical fire-breathing, red dragon joins her as her trusty (and opinionated) sidekick, Kindle.

It seems a rogue mage has created a video game that is unwarded and game monsters are being released to terrorize the citizens of the Twin Cities. Trouble is Lily has reason to believe that this mage killed her partner.

The investigation takes an unexpected turn when they are led to influential and powerful Archmage Tarquin Wilding and somehow Lily finds herself embroiled in a sinister shadow Fae plot. With her friends at her side, she tackles dangerous and unpredictable supernaturals and monsters with an “all in a day’s work” attitude.

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About the Author

Zoe Dawson is the alter ego of Karen Anders, award winning, multi-published author. Her writing journey started with poetry and branched out into fiction. With a couple of college English courses under her belt, she penned a historical, then moved onto contemporary romance fiction. Today, she is happy producing romantic suspense, romantic mystery, urban fantasy and paranormal novels. The words feed her soul and the happily ever afters feed her heart.

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