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

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

Here are some freebies I picked up to review.

Love the quirky cover for this one:)

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I’ve been trying so hard not to grab any more books. Well, I just had to have these!

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Books I won.

I love this! I won a signed print copy of this beautiful book and a gift card. I plan to use it to purchase the next installment by Janna. I loved this book. Go here to read my review.

I won two lovely bookmarks of the Chrysalis Series!

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Books for review

I’ve been waiting for more from Donna! Can’t wait to get started on this:)

I couldn’t resist this one. Penny is a new author for me. I’ll be posting my review for the tour on March 25th! Stop by then:)

My review for End of the Line will be posted Monday, March 4th. And I’ll be hosting a giveaway for the author!

You can enter for a chance to win this thought provoking, suspenseful story. Stop by!

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These are the books I reviewed this week.

You can read my review of Wounded and enter the $100 giveaway here.

Most people know how much I love short stories. Brandon has a couple of great ones and you can read my reviews here. I’ve been waiting for his new full length novel and can’t wait to get started reading it.

Here is a peek at the cover!

Frostwalker

Take a close look at that deer. This promises to be scary good!

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And this came in my mailbox!

I now have the first three paperbacks in The Light-Bearer Series by Emily Guido! And they’re all signed! I was so excited I almost peed my britches! My heart is so happy:) Thanks so much Emily!!

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Here are my current Tour posts and giveaways!

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I didn’t have time to review the book before the tour. There are two giveaways on my stop for this tour.

Go here to enter.

Bookblast and giveaway. Get a free book and enter to win $100! Go here and Good Luck!

A great Blast! Enter here for great prizes. A chance to win $50!

This Blast for Lancaster House and The Middle Aisle is over but a giveaway continues. Go here to enter. Giving away 10 e-book copies of each book! I’ll be posting my reviews for both of these this month.

Busy, busy, busy. So many delicious reads! Some I’ve read and will be posting my reviews soon.

*****You can click on the covers to purchase any of these*****

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

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I have a message from Evans Light.

March is a brand new month, and with it comes a new free eBook!

For the entire month of March, The Mole People Beneath the City will be available as a free download from Goodreads.

EPUB/Browser Link: http://www.goodreads.com/ebooks/downl…

Amazon Kindle Link:
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Hope you enjoy it, and reviews are appreciated!

-Evans Light

The Mole People Beneath The City

by Evans Light

The Mole People Beneath the City

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Late at night in the subway, a little girl and her father wait for a train that runs deep beneath New York City. It will be a ride they never forget.

“The 50th Street Station was practically empty, a rare event in New York City any time of year. It made me uneasy.

I pulled my daughter closer to me. You have to be careful with those you cherish, especially in a city this big.

Sometimes it eats people.”

After he lost his wife, all he has in the world is his Baby Kat. He won’t let anything happen to her.

As they wait for the train, the man observes a group of young people. It looks like they’ve been clubbing and the young men are drunk and rowdy, showing off for the ladies. The only other person there is an old Chinese woman. She waits patiently, clutching some crumpled newspapers in her claw like hands.

This group of people are in for the ride of their lives. They are about to enter…. The Twilight Zone. Sorry I couldn’t resist that!

But really, they will be wishing they were watching the show.

When Evans describes the trains imminent arrival, I swear I felt the cool breeze pushed in front of the train and the rumble of its approach under my feet.

And just as the train arrives…

In the flash of the trains lights Baby Kat sees something.

“I saw them Daddy, I saw them. In the tunnel,” she cried.

“Saw what?”

People, Daddy, there were people in there. I saw them, down in the tunnel on the tracks,” she whimpered. “It’s the mole people coming for us….”

I swear I felt like I was watching the movie. Evans writes classic horror so well, you’ll be reaching for the popcorn.

       

I gave this story Five Stars because Evans writes horror just the way I like it.

I’ve read several of Evans Light’s stories and they were scary good. I love his writing and am currently working my way through more.

If you like classic horror and short stories, you’ll want to get this. I’ve never met a book by Evans that I didn’t like.

  To get your copy just click on the cover image!

For my review of Payback go here .

For my reviews of Crawl Space and Whatever Possessed You? go here .

For my review of GONE go here.

About the author

Evans Light has lived here and there across the United States, from the mountains to the beaches to the desert, and currently chooses to reside in a warm, southern state where the living is easy.

Frequently drawn to uncommon experiences, Evans has thrown himself headfirst into a wide range of unusual situations, from testing low-level-entry parachutes with British Army Airborne units to travelling the vast reaches of inner space using sensory deprivation tanks. He is the proud father of fine sons and the lucky husband of a beautiful wife.

Evans Light has been in love with the written word from an early age, and works in a wide variety of genres, including horror, thrillers, sci-fi and humor – but stories of the “Weird Tales” variety still remain his favorite. Evans is currently hard at work completing a collection of short stories entitled “Obsessive Deceptions”. Each story from this compilation is being released as a stand-alone title on Amazon as it is finished. The first five have been collected in the anthology “Stories, Inc.”.

Evans is also writing his first full-length novel, which is expected to be released sometime before his death.

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I just received some wonderful news!

R.E. Sheahan is offering Storm of Arranon for a free download on Smashwords ~ March 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.!

Storm of Arranon

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You can read my review here.

Description

Beneath Erynn’s petite build, curly red hair, and startling blue eyes, lies a deeply hidden secret.If the truth about her were revealed, her life would be in danger. Her dream to be a fighter pilot would tailspin,crash, and burst into flames. Jaer’s wise brown eyes reflect his smoldering strength. An enigma, charismatic and moody, he is a physically powerful warrior who defends his world. A warrior afraid to love because of mistakes in his past. When the presence of a marauding alien society is discovered on their planets, a struggle of life and death begins. Both Erynn and Jaer’s worlds face annihilation. A mysterious force plunges Erynn into Jaer’s cold, dangerous, and beautiful world with its magical essence and living consciousness. Both the alien enemy and this strange inexplicable power purse Erynn.

*****The author is very busy right now writing books 3 and 4 and there will be a 5th! Yep, more of Arranon and it’s cast of characters will be revealed******

Click on the link below, enter the code, and it’s yours!

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Just enter this code:  UB73J

If the code says it’s expired, wait and try again. It is being a bit twitchy:) The author is working with Smashwords to fix it.

It’s good for March 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

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Once you’ve read Storm of Arranon, you can now get Fire and Ice, Book #2

The battle of good vs.evil continues.

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Description

A dark evil rises. A world on the threshold of destruction. A crossing into a mysterious realm. The journey begins.

Newly commissioned Interceptor fighter pilot, Erynn Yager, knows sacrifice. Her battle against a brutal alien enemy intent on destroying her two worlds set her on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, all while struggling to gain control of her secret abilities. With the alien threat crushed, Erynn believes the worst is behind her. She settles in to experience first love and a changed life on a hidden military base deep inside a glacier covered mountain on Arranon.

Her peaceful existence can’t last.

Dhoran, the evil sovereign of Arranon’s underworld has risen from the dead to possess an unwilling human. Dhoran’s powers grow while he plots a war that may plunge Arranon onto a path of destruction neither realm will survive. Arranon is pulled into chaos as violence spreads across the planet.

Drawn first in visions, Erynn enters a diverse world beneath Arranon’s surface, a realm teeming with danger, mystery, and beauty. The battle thrusts her into an uncharted kingdom, intensifying her connection to the heart and soul of the living Arranon.

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About the author

R.E. Sheahan

Before I wrote, I read. Voraciously. When I wasn’t able to read, I listened to audio books on tape or CD. Still do. Hi. My name is Robynn E Sheahan and I live and write from the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

I started to dabble in writing while working as a Paramedic/Firefighter in Northern California. Trust me, it’s not like it appears on TV. There was plenty of time for books. Ideas from dreams follow me into warm sunny days or the quiet of falling snow. What ifs feed a vivid imagination. Even miss-typed phrases may lead to an aha moment. Brain storming sessions standing in windy, dark parking lots with fellow writers release thoughts that pry at the corners of my mind, grasping for purchase. Sometimes the ideas pursue me, with persistence. About three years ago the dabbling became serious when worlds and characters screamed for, no, demanded attention. So I wrote my first manuscript. Critiques and rewrites filled the next two years. I now had STORM OF ARRANON, the first book in the series.

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I just received this book for a review. The author has great news!

Human No Longer is free today on Amazon!

Now you can get it and review it too!

Human No Longer

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Jenny and Jeff Sanders become victims of a bizarre crime; leaving Jeff dead and Jenny in a temporary coma. She returns to her children. With Jeff’s death she must move back to her childhood home, a haunted farmhouse, in Summer Haven, Florida, where once they destroyed a family of vampires.
Jenny has no appetite. She’s edgy. Her eyes hurt. She thinks it could be trauma or grief. Until one night she can’t resist the night woods or the overpowering urge to drink warm animals’ blood–and accepts the truth. Her attackers were vampires.
Now she’s becoming what she once reviled. She can’t abandon her children but must find a way to live in the human world. At night she hunts, hides what she’s becoming and attempts to fit in.
Then townspeople begin dying. Like years before. With her blackouts, she fears she may be the killer, or is it her vampire attackers? They find her and demand she joins them–or her family will die. She resists until they kidnap her children. Then she has to find a way to outwit and ultimately destroy them.

Can’t wait to read it and tell you all about it!

I just recently read and reviewed another of Kathryn”s books.

You can read my review of Dinosaur Lake here.

Dinosaur Lake  (once titled Predator)

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Enter at your own risk. There be a huge freakin dinosaur here.

Kathryn has written many books. I couldn’t post all of the books in their covers. Would have taken so long!  Go here to see more.

Latimer & Ridley are offering Legend Unleashed for free through this weekend!

Spread the love and let everyone know :)

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When an infamous criminal is unleashed from his prison, it has consequences for everyone in Carwick. Temperance Levinthal in particular…

Temperance is satisfied with her ordinary life. Dealing with her eccentric, childlike parents is all the excitement she needs. That changes when Alastair Byron returns home. After a failed matchmaking attempt by her father, sparks fly between her and Alastair-just not the good kind. They are forced together though, when they are implicated in a grisly murder. Their search for the truth leads them to a secret world beneath Carwick, filled with werewolves, wizards and other magical fae. However, uncovering the truth is far more dangerous than they’d ever imagined. There are secrets within secrets. Even Alastair may be more than he seems…

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You can read my review here.

And they will go one better!

You can get Temperance, A Short Story, for free on Smashwords!

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Here’s a short story with characters from our young adult fantasy book, Legend Unleashed. Hope you like it and we’d love to hear what you think!

Temperance Levinthal is the main character in the novel, Legend Unleashed by M. Latimer-Ridley, which is set fourteen years after this story.

“There are moments within our lives that define us. In this short story we witness some of these events in the life of eight year old Temperance Levinthal, when she is forced to face school yard bullies, town gossips and a mother, devastated by circumstance.”

Go here to get your free copy.

You can find Latimer & Ridley here.

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Evans Light is at it again! He’s giving away more books!

Go here to get your copy of The Black Door.

It’s free on Amazon through Friday, Feb. 15th.

BLaCK DooR

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William and his brothers are on their way to summer camp. But when a wrong turn leads them to an abandoned campground, things start to get weird in this nail-biting tale of adventure and suspense. Appropriate for pre-teen to adults.

This is one of the few books by Evans I haven’t read, YET!

You’ll be reading my review soon!

And Adam is doing it too!

Great news for ya’ll. It’s free to download on Goodreads here.

Vengeance By The Foot

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This is a wicked fast read. Only takes around 10 minutes. I love the play on words Adam used in the title. You’ll get it when you read the story.

If you like stomach turning horror with your dark humor, you’ll like this one. Just a warning!

It’s a lot darker than other stories by Adam that I’ve read.

Go here to read my review.

I wasn’t kidding when I warned you about this one.

The Light Brothers have been very busy.

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

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Adam and Evans 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.

You can go to the page for Vengeance By the Foot, one of my twisted short stories, and read it for free for the rest of February. Totally free. Tell me what you think of it, if you would like, but either way, enjoy! This is the GR uploaded ebook, so it is in epub format.

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Sam Hammack is offering The Witches of Jericho as a free download from Amazon for one day only!

It’s free Saturday, Feb. 9th. Mark your calendar!

Get your witchy fix.

Go here to get yours!

The Witches of Jericho (Edenwitch)

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This is not the Eden you know.

Eve is a witch.  The fruit of knowledge is not fruit at all.  The devil has begun to unleash his wrath.  And Adam is nowhere to be found.

The land of Eden is in the midst of drastic change.  The witches have been driven to near extinction by greed, steel and a strange new breed of witch killers.  The surviving witches and their closest allies have begun a desperate search for answers that may lead them directly into the heart of Eden, possibly even into the Sea of Dreams itself.  At the same time, Eden is on the brink of major new discoveries.  The explorers have begun the search for a way through the Eastern Edge into the next world.  The new railroad will bring the north and the south together, and will drive commerce toward the greedy and powerful.  All the while, the devil tempts Eve with the device of knowledge and power as he continues to plot his escape from the Land Beyond Eden.

The Witches of Jericho follows an outcast few, as they begin a journey toward retribution and discovery in a world that is on the eve of an awakening….

This is the first book in the four-part Edenwitch series.

link http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AY7PA2C

About the author

Sam Hammack

Sam Hammack lives in the Horde-free zone somewhere between the endless cow pastures of Kansas and the rolling green hills of Missouri.  He spends most of his time with his wife and their beautiful baby daughter and the rest of his eccentric family, which of course includes Roxy the Rottweiler.  He will never turn down a game of pool or Clue, but is very difficult to reach during baseball season.  He has written many novellas, short stories, and some poetry, but this is his first published full length novel.  Writing it has been a great learning experience.  He is eagerly working hard to finish the second book in the Edenwitch Series – The Guardians – which he expects will be available in the summer of 2013…

You can learn more about me and my new book – The Witches of Jericho – at http://www.edenwitch.com.

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If you don’t have Gone by Adam Light, here is your chance.

Adam has it free on Amazon from Feb. 3rd thru Feb. 7th.

Go here to get yours!

Gone

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I reviewed this several weeks ago but wanted to post it again.

Here is my review.

Greg awakens with a sense of urgency. A quick glance at his clock confirms it. He’s overslept and it’ll be a mad dash to get to work on time. He forgoes breakfast, figuring he’ll grab a java at Starbucks and throws on the cleanest clothes he can find.

He spots one of his shoes but for the life of him, can’t find the other. Where is it? With no time to search any longer, he throws on a dirty pair of tennis shoes and heads out the door.

A quick glance at his living room gives him a sense that it’s different, empty somehow.

Traffic isn’t too bad until he gets close to Starbucks. Cars are lined up around the block. A huge SUV gives up its spot and he squeezes into line.

Crushing pain seizes his chest. Oh God, not a heart attack. As the pain subsides and leaves completely he has to give up his place in line or he’ll be late for work.

Just a few minutes late, he sneaks to his desk while no ones paying attention. Before he knows it, it’s time for lunch. How could that be?

Why the feelings of dread, the panic attacks, the missing time? What is it about today?

I had a great time reading Gone, Adam’s first published book.

The suspense builds, you feel Greg’s confusion and panic, and then the twist is revealed.

Anyone who likes short stories with a feel of The Dark Side or The Twilight Zone will like this.

     

Meet the Light brothers!

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******

About Adam Light and where to find him.

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I have spent the better part of my life in northeast Florida, but I was born in West Virginia. I was consumed at an early age by an unquenchable thirst for the written word. Words, in general, when I think about it.

I was a quiet bookish kid, but after moving down south I grew into a wild and rebellious teenager. I grew my hair long, became enthralled with heavy metal music, and all the rest.

I’ve mellowed somewhat, but I love life, I love my family, and I love to write stories. I have a mad passion for it.

I am proud of the stories I have written and sincerely hope that readers like myself have enjoyed reading them as much as , and plan to continue tapping away at this keyboard until my fingers won’t move anymore.

Thanks to everyone who has supported my madness so far; I look forward to sharing much more of my mind’s crazy ride with you.

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I spotted this book over on Sherry’s blog fundinmental.

She’s right. It only takes about 10 minutes to read.

Mr. Bear

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Jane is just trying to make it on her own and she was doing fine until she ran into trouble…of the bear variety!

A bear of a man walks in the bar…..

Well, he does! Sorry, I couldn’t resist:)

Midu leads you on a merry chase with Mr. Bear, literally.

Things happen fast and you chuckle all the way. That often happens when you’re dealing with shifters.

I was a little down this evening. Worrying about life, as usual. Now I’m smiling and feeling good.

Mr. Bear will do that to ya.

4 Hugs for Mr. Bear

A feel good story to snuggle up with. It’s free to download on Smashwords.

Go here to lose yourself for a little while.

Thank you Midu!

I’m still smiling:)

How can you resist. Entangled (A Fredrickson Winery Novel, Vol. 1) is free to download!

Entangled

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Goodreads blurb for Entangled (A Fredrickson Winery Novel, Vol. 1)

A Minneapolis attorney inherits a small California winery, reawakening memories that have lain dormant for twenty years. One summer of her childhood is a mystery she intends to solve. But digging up her past also lays bare the skeletons of others, including her mother’s. Entangled between what she once believed and a new reality, will she be able to live with the consequences of full disclosure?

Get your free copy here.

Check out the next chapter in the Fredrickson Winery series.

Crushed

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Goodreads blurb for Crushed (A Fredrickson Winery Novel, Vol. 2)

Creating the perfect wine can sometimes be murder…

When Adam Fredrickson shows up at his sister’s California winery, footloose and carefree, looking for a temporary job and a chance to play his music, he doesn’t expect to find the winery struggling financially, or that the girl next door might just be the girl of his dreams.

Margaret Parker, a single mom, newly hired as Chief winemaker at Fredrickson’s, finds her simple world put to the test when her father is unexpectedly released from prison, and the man who got her pregnant at fifteen, shows up from Italy wanting to play daddy nine years too late.

It’s crush time at Fredrickson Winery and everyone is working feverously to get the grapes in and ensure a great vintage. No one expects murder to be part of the joyous harvest season.

You can find out more here.

A little birdie told me Barbara is working on the third book in this series!

Giveaway

I’m hosting a giveaway for Barbara Brink’s The Amish Bloodsucker Trilogy right now!

Go here to enter for a chance to win the entire series!

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A YA vampire slayer story with a new twist. The vampires have come to the Amish.

About the author

Barbara Ellen Brink

I’m the author of eight novels, with another always on the way. I grew up on a small farm in Washington State but now live in the mean “burbs” of Minnesota with my husband and our dogs, Rugby and Willow. With our kids now pushed out of the nest and encouraged to fly, I spend much time reading, writing, collecting books, riding motorcycles with my husband, and keeping one step ahead of AARP. I’m a member of the Christian Writer’s Guild and try to attend a writer’s conference somewhere each year. At the 2006 Pacific Northwest Writer’s Conference I was a finalist in the mainstream novel category with “Time in a Bottle.” (Now published  under the title: “Entangled”) In 2007 I was once again a finalist, but in the mystery/thriller category, with…moreI’m the author of eight novels, with another always on the way. I grew up on a small farm in Washington State but now live in the mean “burbs” of Minnesota with my husband and our dogs, Rugby and Willow. With our kids now pushed out of the nest and encouraged to fly, I spend much time reading, writing, collecting books, riding motorcycles with my husband, and keeping one step ahead of AARP. I’m a member of the Christian Writer’s Guild and try to attend a writer’s conference somewhere each year. At the 2006 Pacific Northwest Writer’s Conference I was a finalist in the mainstream novel category with “Time in a Bottle.” (Now published  under the title: “Entangled”) In 2007 I was once again a finalist, but in the mystery/thriller category, with “Sense of Danger.” (now published under the title: “Split Sense”) My new young adult Amish Bloodsuckers Trilogy is now available: Chosen, Shunned, & Reckoning. I also really like black licorice.

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