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Justice Jackson P.I. ~ Free Short Story from Tamaria Soana

Posted: December 5, 2014 in Blog Tour, Freebies!, New Release, Romance, Short stories and collections
Tags: Author Tamaria Soana, free short story, Justice Jackson P.I., romance

Justice Jackson P.I.

by Tamaria Soana

Genre: Romance

Sultry waitress Andrea Bloome serves cocktails at The Lounge, the hottest jazz club in Chicago. When her life is in danger, she turns to charismatic P.I. Justice Jackson for help.

Can he save her from the people who are meant to protect her? Or will he be blinded by the overwhelming attraction between them?

Set in the 1940’s.

This is a free short story.

~Excerpt~

“Please try and relax, Ms. Bloome.” I handed her the martini.

“Call me Andrea,” she replied in a timid tone.

I smiled. “Well, Andrea, you can call me Justice.”

“Justice, do you always bring your work home?” she asked.

I laughed. “No, but I don’t want anything to happen to you. I feel this deep need to protect you.”

She looked frightened. “Won’t helping me put you in danger?”

“I’m a P.I., my life is always in danger.”

She pondered what I said.

Her hazel eyes met mine. I felt frozen. Her timid but inquiring voice brought me back to the present. “Why did you choose to become a P.I.?”

“What else was I going to do with a name like Justice Jackson?”

She let out a giggle and a look of concerned quickly crossed her face.

“What’s going to happen when I don’t show up for work tonight?” she asked in a shaky voice.

“They’ll most likely go looking for you. That’s why you’re here safe with me. I promise I won’t let anything happen to you.”

“Justice, this could be very dangerous for you.”

“It may be, but I’m just careful and trust very few people.” I answered in a comforting tone . I didn’t want her to worry about me.

“How do you know you can trust me?” she asked full of curiosity.

“Are you concealing a weapon, Ms. Bloome?” I raised an eyebrow at her. I wanted to lighten the mood. She took a deep breath, her body relaxing. She smiled and stepped closer to me.

“I may be. Do you want to frisk me?” she replied jokingly.

Our eyes met and the earth moved around me. I was taken by her. I needed to concentrate on saving her life, not her amazing lips. Oh, did I mention her incredible legs that seemed to be a mile long even though she may have been all of five foot three? So, yes, Ms. Bloome, I do want to frisk you. Needing to put some distance between us and focus on the issue at hand, I pushed away my attraction to her and cleared my throat. “Please excuse me. I need to call my sister Julia. She is about your size and she can get you the things you need. Please make yourself at home.”

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~About the Author~

Tamaria Soana is middle aged, but just feels her life has begun. She writes sexy contemporary romance stories that always end with a ‘happily ever after’. Growing up she loved to read and make up new places in her head to escape to. In her late teens she began writing short stories and poetry; it wasn’t until her late thirties before she began to spin a full story. She’s married and a stay-at-home-mom of two beautiful young girls, they reside in Western New York. Cuddling up with a good book under an electric throw is her way to escape the cold Buffalo nights.

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Tour Dates: December 4th & 5th

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Two New Books By David Estes! Slip and Grip ~ Blitz Giveaway

Posted: December 4, 2014 in Blitz, Dystopian, giveaways, New Release, YA
Tags: Author David Estes, Grip, Slip, Slip Series, YA Dystopian

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This is my stop during the book blitz for Slip (Slip #1) and Grip (Slip #2) by David Estes. This book blitz is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours.

The book blitz runs from 1 till 5 December, you can view the complete blitz schedule on

the website of Lola’s Blog Tours.

I’m tellin ya, David is putting out books left and right. I can’t keep up with his new releases. This is one series I have to read and I can’t wait for you to check out the descriptions for Slip and Grip. You’ll be as giddy as me to get your hands on these, and they are available now.

Go get em!

Slip (Slip #1)
By David Estes
Genre: Dystopia
Age category: Young Adult
Release Date: 1 December, 2014

Blurb:
Someone must die before another can be born…

As sea levels rise and livable landmasses shrink, the Reorganized United States of America has instituted population control measures to ensure there are sufficient resources and food to sustain the growing population. Birth authorization must be paid for and obtained prior to having a child. Someone must die before another can be born, keeping the country in a population neutral position at what experts consider to be the optimal population. The new laws are enforced by a ruthless government organization known as Pop Con, responsible for terminating any children resulting from unauthorized births, and any illegals who manage to survive past their second birthday, at which point they are designated a national security threat and given the name Slip.

But what if one child slipped through the cracks? What if someone knew all the loopholes and how to exploit them? Would it change anything? Would the delicate resource balance be thrown into a tailspin, threatening the lives of everyone?

And how far would the government go to find and terminate the Slip?

In a gripping story of a family torn apart by a single choice, Slip is a reminder of the sanctity of a single life and the value of the lives we so often take for granted.

You can find Slip on Goodreads

You can buy Slip here:
– Amazon

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Grip (Slip #2)
By David Estes
Genre: Dystopia
Age category: Young Adult
Release Date: 1 December, 2014

In a tumultuous world of population control, one illegal child has slipped through the cracks. Now, as a teenager, Benson Kelly has escaped certain deaths at the hands of the Department of Population Control, only to find himself the symbol of a rebellion, something he never intended.

While trying to survive one day at a time, Benson seeks to unravel the tangled knot of secrets left behind when his father died, the key to which has something to do with his mother, Janice Kelly, recently escaped from the insane asylum.

As the rebel group known as the Lifers continue to use brute force to send a message to the government, Benson’s twin, Harrison Kelly, seeks to exploit a loophole that could be the key to freedom for his brother. All that’s required is a simple act of murder.

Meanwhile, Population Control’s attack dog, a sadistic cyborg known as The Destroyer, closes in on Benson and his family. His directive: Kill them all.

Faith, family and love will be pushed to the limits in the GRIPping sequel to Slip.

You can find Grip on Goodreads

You can buy Grip here:
– Amazon

About the Author:

Join 2,400+ David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite in David Estes’ official fan group at:
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/70863-david-estes-fans-and-ya-book-lovers-unite

David Estes was born in El Paso, Texas but moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was very young. David grew up in Pittsburgh and then went to Penn State for college. Eventually he moved to Sydney, Australia where he met his wife. They now live together in their dream location, Hawaii. A reader all his life, he began writing novels for the children’s and YA markets in 2010, and started writing full time in June 2012. Now he travels the world writing with his wife, Adele. David’s a writer with OCD, a love of dancing and singing (but only when no one is looking or listening), a mad-skilled ping-pong player, and prefers writing at the swimming pool to writing at a table.

You can find and contact David here:
Website ~ Facebook ~Twitter ~ Goodreads

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There is a tour wide giveaway for the book blitz of Slip.

These are the prizes you can win:

– Winners choice of book to the value of $15.00 U.S. from The Book Depository
– A signed copy of SLIP plus bonus swag- U.S. entrants only
– A signed copy of BREW plus bonus swag- U.S. entrants only
– 3 ebook packs with three David Estes ebooks of your choice
– 4 signed packs of bookmarks

You can enter the blitz wide giveaway here:

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Check out Hailey Edwards new urban fantasy ~ Dog With A Bone ~ And enter the giveaway!

Posted: November 5, 2014 in Blog Tour, giveaways, New Release, urban fantasy
Tags: Author Hailey Edwards, Black Dog Book #1, Dog With A Bone, New Release, urban fantasy series

Hailey Edwards has just released her new urban fantasy, Dog With A Bone.

Check out the awesome cover art.

Read the excerpt.

And don’t forget to enter the giveaway!

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Title: Dog With A Bone
Series & Number (or Stand Alone): Black Dog # 1

Genre: Urban Fantasy
Heat Level (sweet to erotic): Sweet

Author: Hailey Edwards

Pages or Word Count: 35K words
Publisher: self-published

Publish Date: 31 October, 2014

Goodreads Link

Purchase (pre-order) Links

Amazon ~ B & N ~ iBooks ~ Kobo
Cover Art Attached

BLURB:

Half-bloods with Thierry’s skill set are given two options. They can join the conclave’s marshal program, or they can pack their bags. Turn down the job offer, and you’ve just shredded your residency pass for the mortal realm and booked yourself a one-way ticket to Faerie.

Texas is the only home Thierry has ever known, and she’s not going anywhere. Even if it means following in her notorious father’s footsteps as a peacekeeper. But pinning on the badge opens her eyes to the fact sometimes fae need protection too, and that sometimes humans are the real monsters.

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An Exclusive Excerpt

Once she turned her back, I indulged in a balance exercise and walked the curb. A misstep—stupid ankle—sent me stumbling into the grass. It was softer than the curb, so I sat and let my eyes go out of focus. The houses began fading, the road crumbled. The scent of fresh-cut grass in the air turned to dust in my lungs. As I sifted through the complex layers of glamour hiding this part of town from human eyes, the tidy subdivision faded from sight into a long dirt road going nowhere.

A door slammed shut behind me, snapping me from my thoughts.

“I assume we’re taking my car,” Mai called.

I blinked free of the camouflage, and the outlines of houses rushed back into clear focus. “Against my better judgment.”

“Good. No offense.” She pushed a button on her key fob, and the garage door opened. “But your mom’s car is on its last leg—wheel? She should put it out of its misery. It would be a mercy killing, seriously.”

“It’s not that bad.” Mom’s sedan was older than I was, but it had lasted this long. Parts of it anyway.

With a shake of her head, Mai slid behind the wheel of her celery-green coupe, a graduation gift of the nonreturnable kind, stomped on the gas and spun wide, almost sideswiping me in the process.

My knees were still knocking from my near-death experience when she lowered a window.

Patting the tiny bucket seat beside her, she called, “Hop in.”

I opened the door, folded myself inside and grasped the seat belt. Groping under my hip, I finally located the receptacle and rung the slot. She spun out before I took my right foot off the ground.

“Sorry,” she chimed. “You said we’re in a hurry, right?”

I nodded, compressing my lips while fighting to keep down my breakfast.

“Does it strike you as odd that two days into your OJT, Shaw found a way to whisk you away to a fancy-schmancy hotel for a night?” she mused. “In Dallas? Far away from prying conclave eyes?”

The next turn had me swallowing hard. “It was my idea,” I muttered from between tight lips.

She cut her eyes my way, which did terrible things to my blood pressure. “Nice.”

“Nothing is going to happen.”

She clicked her tongue. “Not with that attitude.”

“He’s my partner.”

She waved one of her hands. “Before that he was a friend and then he was your instructor.”

Wrong. Shaw had never been my friend. He had been the super-hot guy the conclave called in to chaperone the field trips I went on with other fae children when Mom flaked on me at the last minute.

“I don’t get the resistance,” she grumbled. “You’re a Class R fae—a freaking Rarity, babe. That means you can have any guy you want, and the conclave can’t say boo about it. Under the Bylaws of Earthen Cohabitation, any rare fae born on Earth is granted unrestricted access to the mate or—” she wiggled her eyebrows, “—mates of their choice. If you want Shaw, you can have him. No red tape.”

“The last thing I need is to be that girl.” I huffed. “Entitlement looks good on exactly no one.”

“Yeah, yeah.” Her eyes took on a dreamy quality. “But don’t you wonder what it would be like?”

Every time I look at him.

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Author Bio:

Born in the Deep South, Hailey is a lifelong resident of Alabama. Her husband works for the local sheriff’s department and her daughter is counting down the days until she’s old enough to audition for American Idol. Her doxie, Black Ilex, helps Hailey write by snoozing in his recliner in her office.

Her desire to explore without leaving the comforts of home fueled her love of reading and writing. Whenever the itch for adventure strikes, Hailey can be found with her nose glued to her Kindle’s screen or squinting at her monitor as she writes her next happily-ever-after.

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Author Giveaway:

$10 Amazon Gift Card and a digital copy (format of choice) of Dog With a Bone – author is running giveaway

Click on the rafflecopter below to enter.

Drawing ends on 14 November, 2014.

Click on the banner below to follow the tour.

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Freakin Fridays #36 ~ Santa’s Little Helper ~ Have you been naughty or nice?

Posted: October 31, 2014 in Freakin Friday, Holidays, horror, New Release
Tags: author H.D. Gordon, Horror, New Release, Santa's Little Helper

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Freakin Fridays is my own little meme. I’ll be posting about books, movies, and all things scary.

Feel free to join in and do your own Freakin Fridays posts.

Get your scare on!

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It’s Release Day for Santa’s Little Helper!

I’ve been waiting anxiously to tell you about this book. When the author sent me the ARC I dropped what I was reading and dove in. H.D. Gordon writing horror! I couldn’t wait!

Come on in. I dare ya!

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And check out the giveaway after my review.

You could win a signed copy!

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Santa’s Little Helper

by H.D. Gordon

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My Review

When H.D. told me she had a new story and did I want to read it, I was so excited. When I found out the title and what it was about, I couldn’t wait to get started. A Christmas Horror story. How cool is that!

I’ve read all of her books, and her writing is incredible so I was sure this would scare me. Be one that would make me afraid to read it at night, alone, in the dark. It takes a lot to do that, and when I find an author who can scare me that good, I want to scream from the rooftops, “This book scared me!”

Horror has always been my first love, even when I was young. Books or movies, I devour it. My DVD collection and bookshelves are overflowing with the stuff. With all of those to choose from, you’d be surprised to know that a lot of them didn’t really scare me. Sure, they have there moments, but a really good scare, not that many.

Santa’s Little Helper scared me, a lot. I think part of it was the kids. There are several of them in this story and you’ll get each of their stories as they deal with the surprise.

The surprises mysteriously appear on each of their doorsteps, nothing saying where they came from. Upon opening the white boxes, they each discover a doll, one of Santa’s elves, along with a little red book saying the doll was there to watch over them for Santa.

Right away the kids sense something’s off, wrong about the elves. They each try to get rid of it and some succeed. But they know. The doll will be back.

The terror begins quickly. The elves get to work right away, terrorizing the kids, and scaring me too. A few scenes had me pulling the covers up to my chin, with my hands peeking out to hold my kindle. My elbows were drawn in close to my sides. I was almost in a fetal position, making myself as small as possible.

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Then my imagination stepped in. I put myself in their shoes. The were frustrated that the adults didn’t get it. Didn’t feel the wrongness settle into their homes. They didn’t want to come home from school, afraid of what awaited them.

There was one particular scene that reminded of the movie Legion. If you’ve seen it you’ll recall the scene where the ice cream man shows up and transforms. It was scary and the scene in this book is even more so for two young brothers.

They tried reaching out for help and that went very bad for one person. So now they each have to face a doll alone. And there’s a storm coming. Peculiar, Missouri has never seen one like this. It’s almost Christmas. Santa’s little helpers are about to get busy.

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How will they fight something that can’t be killed? What do can they do when the one person who can save them doesn’t exist?

H.D. Gordon has proven she can write horror with the best of them. Don’t think because the main characters are young kids that this won’t scare you. Remember Stephen King’s IT? That one still scares me and this book will sit right next to it on my bookshelf. Where it belongs. In the “Scared the s#!t out of me section.”

5 Stars

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Some of my favorite quotes from the book:

“If the Bible Belt had a buckle, Peculiar was it.”

“…it had been the only good part of the holiday, just a sprinkling of sugar on top of a poo pie.”

“Selflessness is a powerful thing if just because of its rarity, but fear is even more powerful, and in an opposite sense. It is the food of the darkness.”

And this one really hit home with me. I got it. I do this with my reviews.

“Sometimes, you’re so close to the words you can’t see the whole picture they’re forming.”

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Synopsis

He shows up in a white box, with a bright red book under his arm… He wears a jolly grin and hat, a suit with gold bells and green yarn… He watches you for Santa, or so his red book claims… But though his grin is jolly, he’s not here for fun and games…

The children have been chosen, such precious little souls they are… And may the Gods be with them, if they wish to make it very far… For Santa’s Little Helper does not say, but knows important things… He knows when you’ve been bad or good, and what monsters stalk your dreams… He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you’re awake…He’s picking out his presents…He’s got some souls to take.

Purchase Links

Amazon

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The author has a giveaway on Goodreads. She’s offering two signed copies.

Click HERE to enter and Good Luck!

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Other books I’ve read by H.D. Gordon.

Click on the covers for my reviews.

The Joe Knowe Series

The Surah Stormsong Series

The Alexa Montgomery Saga

and two more in this series that I’ve read and reviews will be coming soon..

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H.D. Gordon

H. D. Gordon is the bestselling author of THE ALEXA MONTGOMERY SAGA, THE SURAH STORMSONG NOVELS and THE JOE KNOWE SERIES. She is twenty-five years old and a true lover of words. When not hanging out with her two beautiful daughters, she can be found reading, writing, or just taking in the world so that she can translate it’s beauty and wonders into the written word.

You can follow H.D. Gordon at:

Blog

Author Facebook Page

Twitter

Goodreads Author Page

H.D.Gordon Facebook page

Webpage

Goodreads Fan Club

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Happy Halloween!

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BOO!

Releasing soon ~ Desert Bound ~ A Cambio Springs Mystery ~ Promo and giveaway

Posted: October 11, 2014 in giveaways, New Release, Paranormal or fantasy, Romance, Series
Tags: Author Elizabeth Hunter, Cambio Springs Mystery Book #2, Desert Bound

Author Elizabeth Hunter announces the release of her new novel, Desert Bound.

This is Book #2 in The Cambio Springs Mystery Series and will be available Tuesday, October 14th.

In celebration, she has a wonderful giveaway, so don’t forget to enter!

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Desert Bound

by Elizabeth Hunter

Release Date: October 14, 2014

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Summary

Can you turn the clock back on your first love? Would you even want to try?

Alex McCann and Teodora “Ted” Vasquez left Cambio Springs together. Ted came back. Alex didn’t.

Now, years later, the future alpha of the McCann wolves has returned with plans to bring new life to the dying desert community. Plans that could change everything for the isolated enclave of shapeshifters in the California desert. Some love the plan. Others hate it.

As the town’s doctor and one of the strongest daughters in the cat clan, Ted has her own concerns about exposing her community to outsiders. The two former lovers are at each other’s throats. And everyone is watching to see what happens.

But when murder once again strikes Cambio Springs, can they overcome their past to help the community they both call home? And can the love they shared once burn again when so many stand against it?

Buy Links

Amazon ~ Barnes&Noble ~ iBooks ~ Smashwords

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Author Elizabeth Hunter

Elizabeth Hunter is a contemporary fantasy, paranormal romance, and contemporary romance writer. She is a graduate of the University of Houston Honors College and a former English teacher. She once substitute taught a kindergarten class, but decided that middle school was far less frightening. Thankfully, people now pay her to write books and eighth-graders everywhere rejoice.

She currently lives in Central California with her son, two dogs, many plants, and a sadly dwindling fish tank. She is the author of the Elemental Mysteries and Elemental World series, the Cambio Springs series, the Irin Chronicles, and other works of fiction.

Social Networking Links

Website ~ Goodreads ~ Facebook ~ Twitter

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Five Digital copies of Shifting Dreams, Book One in the Cambio Springs Mystery Series.

Click on the rafflecopter below to enter.

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Launch Celebration for Brew & Boil ~ Special Sale and Giveaway

Posted: October 1, 2014 in Dystopian, Freebies!, giveaways, New Release, Science Fiction, YA
Tags: Author David Estes, Brew and Boil, new releases, Salem's Revenge Series

Salem’s Revenge strikes without warning or mercy, ravaging the powerless human race under the forces of united gangs of witches, wizards, and warlocks. During the slaughter, Rhett Carter’s foster parents and sister are killed, and his best friend and girlfriend are abducted by a gang of witches calling themselves the Necromancers, who deal in the dark magic of raising the dead. Rhett’s sword-wielding neighbor with a mysterious past saves Rhett from becoming another casualty of the massacre and teaches him the skills he needs to survive in this new world.Rhett is broken, his normal high school life of book blogging and football playing shoved in a witch-apocalyptic blender. The only thing he has left is his burning desire for revenge. Armed with his new witch hunting skills and a loyal, magic powered dog named Hex, he sets out into the unknown with one mission: hunt and destroy those who took away everyone he ever loved.

But Rhett isn’t just a witch hunter; He has secrets of his own that he has yet to discover, secrets that his enemies will stop at nothing to keep him from.

And discovering the truth about himself is the human race’s only hope.

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Revenge. That’s all that’s left for witch hunter Rhett Carter. The magic-born have stripped everything from him – killed his friends, cursed his warlock father, shattered his future – leaving him bare and broken, but not dead. Their mistake.When Rhett and Laney are suddenly thrust in different directions, Rhett must decide who to trust and who to kill. Backed by his trusty canine sidekick Hex, Rhett will embark on his deadliest mission yet, one that will lead him directly toward those who want him dead, pushing his unique resistance to magic to the edge and back again as he tries to remove his father’s curse.Separated from Rhett, Laney seeks to understand the strange changes to her sister, Trish, who’s believed to be the last living Clairvoyant, and what role she’s destined to play in the future of humankind.

Wrapped around everything are four major groups: the Necromancers, the Changelings, the witch hunters, and New America, the remnants of humanity. When the major forces are brought together for an epic battle, the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/115327-salem-s-revenge

Get both Brew and its sequel, Boil, the first two books in the Salem’s Revenge series, for a special price of $0.99 each for a limited time only (Amazon Kindle exclusive: Brew until October 17th; Boil until October 7th) Click on the above buttons to take advantage of this limited time deal!

Winner’s choice of book to the value of $15.00 US from The Book Depository

Signed copy of Brew plus bonus swag (US entrants only)
3 ebook packs with three David Estes eBooks of your choice
4 signed packs of bookmarks
$15.00 Amazon Giftcard

Click on the rafflecopter below to enter.

Goodreads ● David’s Blog ● Twitter ● Facebook ● Tumblr and his Goodreads Fan Group

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To celebrate the launch of Brew and Boil, David Estes is also giving away FREE Kindle copies of his popular YA dystopian AND adventure book, Fire Country. Just click the above link to nab your free copy.

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What’s New On My Bookshelf #79 and The Sunday Post~ Now that’s a lot of books!

Posted: September 21, 2014 in Cover Reveal, Freebies!, giveaways, New Release, reviews, What's New on My Bookshelf
Tags: book news and weekly posts, Laura Thomas

This is my own version of a book haul post and all things new on fuonlyknew this week.

I got a few books. Some free, some for review, some I won, and some because I just had to have them.

Another fun way to share your book news and enjoy others is the

Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer

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Books for Review

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A & E Kirk are Aylssa and Eileen, the mother and daughter writers of YA paranormal romantic thrillers. I signed up for the tour and they kindly sent me the books. You can catch my post on October 22nd. I’m not required to review them, but I’m going to try. It’s going to be a fun series and the covers just blew me away!

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And these came in the mail Saturday. I’m giving them away in the 5th Annual Spooktacular Giveaway Hop starting October 15th thru the 31st. Going to be hard to part with them!

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These I picked up just for me!

You’ve probably noticed some holiday books here today. I’m always looking to add to my review line-up and found some good ones!

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I spotted these for free over on Emily Guido’s blog. She does a Friday Pay It Forward Post and I’ve discovered some awesome authors and books. Her blog is so colorful and fun and she is the author of the wonderful Light Bearer Series.. These are short stories, around 20 pages. If I enjoy them I’ll be heading back to get this one for the New year.

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And then I grabbed these.

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And here are some freebies for ya! Just click on the covers to get yours.

And remember to make sure they’re still free before you click that buy button.

And a few more.

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Reviewed this week. Click on the covers for my reviews.

You can check out all of my reviews for 2014 HERE

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Reviewing next week

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Other posts this week

Who says what you can’t see can’t kill you? Shinigami Eyes Cover Reveal

Monday Minis Reviews #32 ~ Jezebel ~ Black as pitch and oh so deadly

Dear Carolina by Kristy Woodson Harvey ~ Cover Reveal and Giveaway

Sybrina by Amy Rachiele ~ Book Blast and Giveaway

Teaser Tuesdays #81 ~ Free Short Story ~ Raker by Christopher A. Gray ~ Move over Robocop

WWW Wednesday #41 ~ H2O, Cannabils, and a Serial Killer

And Justice for Some by Joanne Lessner ~ Book Blast and Giveaway

Cozy Mystery Cover Reveal and Giveaway ~ Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander

…until Death took a life for pleasure ~ The Fall by Stephen Cost ~ Highlight and Giveaway

Lycanthor the Werewolf: The Dragon Fyre Blade Adventures by Aiden Storm ~ My Review

Friday Cover Reveal and Giveaway ~ I Heart Robot by Susan van Rooyen

The Friday 56 #37 ~ Eating Sarah by Jaret Martens

Freakin Frdiays #34 ~ Killers and Demons II: The Return ~ Reviewing some horror here

Announcing some winners

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For all of my 2014 reviews go HERE

For a list of free books go HERE

For all of my giveaways go HERE

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So, what did you get to read this week?

Got any recommendations?

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…until Death took a life for pleasure ~ The Fall by Stephen Cost ~ Highlight and Giveaway

Posted: September 18, 2014 in Book Promos, giveaways, New Release, Paranormal or fantasy, YA
Tags: Author Stephen Cost, GCR Tours, The Fall, YA paranormal fantasy

With Halloween right around the corner, I’ve been looking for some thrillers for the season.

I found ya’ll a good one.

This brand new release of The Fall has Reapers!

Come on in and check it out. You might want to add this to your holiday list.

And don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the bottom of my post!

Title: The Fall

Author: Stephen Cost

Publication: September 16th, 2014

For thousands of years, Death walked behind the dark veil of the living, waiting to ferry the dead. That is, until the day that Death took a life for pleasure rather than duty. On that day, the first Reaper fell to Earth. Now, Reapers live among us, craving the taste of death, forcing them to kill to satisfy their immortal hunger.

Giles Reid fell more than 300 years ago starving for the taste of death, only to find himself drowning in a sea of the living and blinded by a hunger that forces him to kill. In the centuries since his fall he has tried to be more human, desperate to live a life that makes up for what he is and the wrong he has done. Driven by his guilt over killing, he has chosen to feed only on evil; humans that have never been a threat to him but who are always a danger to others. That is, until the day he tries to feed on a human as strong, fast and cunning as himself; a human who, it turns out, has been hunting him. Now he is being pursued by the very evil he has fed on for centuries, embroiled in a deadly cat-and-mouse game, where friends and other Reapers connected to him are simply pawns on a chessboard waiting to be sacrificed. Giles is left with a choice, save the life of the women he loves, the daughter of his mentor, or betray her for his own survival.

To save the woman he loves, Giles will have to be the monster he is.

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Excerpt

“By the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested from all His work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work of creating that He had done.” The day that is the basis for The Fourth Commandment. (Genesis 2:2-3)

The following text was found in 1947 in a synagogue in Cairo, Egypt and rejected by the Church as heresy.

“By the seventh day God had created all life and the Earth, but He knew life could not exist without death and so Death was born to provide passage for his Children of Earth to his Kingdom of Heaven. This, he completed before the setting of the sun on the seventh day and so He rested from all His work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on this day He celebrated his creation of life and Death, He rested from all the work of creating that He had done. (Geniza fragments, found Cairo, Egypt, 1947)

“Death is the beginning of immortality”

— Maximilien Robespierre, July 26, 1794

Martins

People say they love the smell of fresh cut daisies, but I far prefer the scent of what pushes them up, the dead. You see, death has a scent all to itself, slightly tangy and bitter, pleasing and calming on the palate. Sure there are other aromas I love too, not just that of death, which can chase the chill from my heart, or would, if I had a heart; at least one that could beat and warm the night’s cold from my blood.

Every day I crave the smell of death and evil, I have since my birth. But living in a sea of flesh and blood, I have developed an appreciation for other human and earthly scents; Like the ocean, its sea salt assaulting my senses with a clean, pure bouquet, quite unmatched by anything manufactured. Or the first morning smell of fresh-cut, wet grass and, of course, women. Women smell so much sweeter than men. They, over the millenniums, have refined their scents out of necessity as much as pleasure, each expertly adapting their sultry, seductive and secret combinations of body lotions and perfumes. Honing this craft throughout the ages, to tempt and seduce men out of their minds.

But these are not the only olfactory delights to curl my toes and tickle my senses. For nothing—not the tangy stench of death, nor the sweet scent of a woman—compares to the most inspired aroma of all. Coffee. Nothing in my three-hundred-plus years of experience has compared. Sure, coffee itself has evolved, from non-filtered to filtered, from espresso to cappuccinos, and now from mochas to Frappuccinos, but the essence is the same. The intoxicating sweetness, the mild-to-bitter flavors that leave you wanting more—needing more.

You see, that’s my drug. Some people need cocaine, others heroin, and some crave cigars or alcohol. I, on the other hand, have the most decadent, refined and expensive vice of all. And it’s because of this little addiction—or weakness—that I can be found most nights here, sitting on the dimly-lit, damp, covered balcony of Martin’s Books and Coffee.

I sip my overpriced drug while the not-so-distant smell of the ocean creeps its way through the maze and tangled web of Seattle’s wet streets. The cars filing by below enhance the scent of the ocean sitting not too far from here, as the sound of their tires splashing through wet, potholed roads echoes that of the rush of a wave over a rock and the sound of ocean spray.

On most days, Martin’s tends to be a good place to relax. One of the few independently-owned book stores left in Seattle, the atmosphere here is calming and the lighting muted. Not so dark that you cannot read a book and enjoy your coffee, but just dim enough so that someone of my, let us say fair complexion, can go unnoticed by the everyday person stopping by for a fix and a good book.

The décor is modern contemporary, although the designer clearly relied far too much on his collection of old IKEA catalogs, with a thousand shades of tans and browns with brushed steel accents scattered throughout, for effect. I do think that they might have gone a little overboard with the alternating redwood and pine floor boards. The effect is still pleasantly calming if not somewhat dull.

So, why so critical, you may ask? It’s an occupational hazard, I’m afraid. We all, Reapers and humans alike, must have a day job and mine happens to be that of a wine critic. The crème de la crème of critics, although, truth-be-told, I’m not a big fan of wine. However, I have been gifted with a palate most French chefs would give their sous chef’s right hand for. Not their own hand, of course. No French chef I have ever met, and I have met more than my fair share, would ever think of giving that much for their craft.

“Mr. Reid, would you like another?”

The sound of her sing-song voice pulls me back to the moment, temporarily suspending my hazy, drug-induced stupor.

The question comes from Sarah, one of my favorite wait-persons here at Martin’s. Yes, I said wait-persons. Living—if you can call what I do living—in a world of political correctness, I’ve learned it is no longer appropriate to refer to someone as a ‘waitress’. That would be such denigration. Sarah is just the typical twenty-something coffee house wait-person who can be seen in any of the hundred or so coffee houses that pepper the Seattle Landscape—not Sarah herself, of course, but the type. Tall, but not too tall, with long blonde hair. A lightly tanned complexion and the body, a perfectly sculpted masterpiece. I’m not sure about the other Sarahs out there, but my Sarah has one defining attribute that I find hard to resist, her smell. The bouquet that wafts around her is subtle and ambiguous, what is that? Lavender with a hint of vanilla and cinnamon, perhaps?

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Trailer

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About Stephen

Stephen Cost was born in Wexford Ireland and raised in a small seaside town not far from Dublin. From a young age he would spin dark tales and write them down for his own amusement. At the age of 13 he moved from his home in Ireland to America and his love of dark American cinema took root.

He passes his free time, when not writing, by reading horror and fantasy genre novels in addition to watching science fiction and horror movies.

He graduated from University with a degree in Psychology and a minor in Sociology. A computer engineer by trade, he specializes in integrated system services and uses the knowledge gained from his degree to write emotionally captivating urban fiction.

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Giveaway

$25 Amazon Gift Card

eBook Copy of The Fall

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Hosted by Good Choice Reading Blog Tours

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What’s New On My Bookshelf #78 ~ Now that’s a lot of books!

Posted: September 14, 2014 in Cover Reveal, Freebies!, giveaways, New Release, Release day, What's New on My Bookshelf
Tags: book news and weekly posts, Laura Thomas

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This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

I got a few new books this week, some free, some I won, some for review, and some because I just had to have them.

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Books For Review

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I recently read and reviewed Bones: The Complete Apocalypse Saga by Mark Wheaton and LOVED it. The author was so cool. He sent me a signed print copy of his Bones Omnibus!

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It is a huge book and has several more fun adventures with my favorite police dog Bones! I can’t wait to get reading and want to thank Mark for the beautiful book!

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Books I won

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I won both Tortured Souls and the Pandora Boxed Set from Sherry on her blog fundinmental.

Thanks so much to the authors and thanks Sherry!

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And I won the Signed Copy of Dependent.

Thanks so much to the Publicity Team at Jolly Fish Press

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These I picked up just for me!

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And here are some freebies for ya. Just click on the covers to get yours.

And remember to check the price before you click that buy button.

And a few more.

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I didn’t do any reviews this week. I took a little break. But I did read a bunch of books and have several reviews coming next week. Here are a few that I’ll be reviewing.

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WWW Wednesday #40 ~ Metanoia, Jezebel, and the Suecai

Posted: September 3, 2014 in Dark Fantasy, horror, New Release, Paranormal or fantasy, WWW Wednesday
Tags: Cursed, Jezebel, Metanoia

WWW Wednesday

Hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?

• What do you think you’ll read next?

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What are you currently reading?

Metanoia

by Rachel Tsoumbakos

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Synopsis

METANOIA Definition: n. a spiritual conversion or awakening; a fundamental change of character Etymology: Greek ‘change one’s mind, repent’

Marli Anderson has just one task: assassinate Oscar La Monde, the man she once loved. As assassin for hire for the prestigious Merrick’s Inc., she is sent back to her home town to kill the man she now loathes beyond all others-her husband. Considering they are on opposing sides of the uprising, Marli anticipates an easy task; ‘closure’ they call it. The fact that she can exact her revenge for his past discretions is just the icing on the cake. When she arrives, the town has changed. The man she hated is unexpectedly welcoming. And the town’s folk-well, they’re just… different. Someone or something has transformed them all into a bunch of zombies. They appear to be harmless – but are they? As she begins to uncover details of who may be behind the townfolks’ metamorphosis, Marli is left fighting for the truth. Will she and Oscar be able to unravel the web of deception before it’s too late? Should she trust her heart or her head? Which is less likely to get her killed? Either way, METANOIA is a heart-stopping zombie apocalypse adventure that will keep you guessing at every twist and turn until the very end.

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What did you recently finish reading?

Jezebel

by Gordon Kessler

Synopsis

Sleep lightly tonight…A madman has come to town seeking a diabolical revenge and large dogs begin attacking their masters for no apparent reason and with heinous results.Animal Control Director Tony Parker must find out why and stop the murderous attacks. Meanwhile, Jezebel, a huge black Great Dane has killed her master and is loose, terrorizing the city and stalking Parker and his family. Parker and Sarah Hill, his beautiful and seductive young assistant, attempt to unravel the mystery and stop the terrible carnage while dealing with their own demons and lusty desires.The attacks must be stopped. Jezebel must be found-and soon, you see–there is one other complication. Parker seems to have come down with an annoying little virus. No, it’s not one of those irritating summer colds. It’s certain death.She’s a murderess, huge and black as a hell-bound night.Beware. Jezebel is on the loose!

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What do you think you’ll read next?

Cursed

The Guardian Chronicles #1

by Trakena Prevost

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Synopsis

Half-succubus Jazz Watkins spends her nights knee-deep in Chicago drug dens hunting Suecai—an evil kind of incubi and succubae who devour the souls of humans. But when a leader of the Suecai curses her, Jazz has to track him down. Either she kills him before the curse burns through her, or she’ll become a full-fledged, out of control, soul-sucking monster.

She’s got a handful of weeks, absolutely no leads, and only her sexy best guy-friend, Khan, covering her back. But will the growing attraction she feels for Khan get in the way of her mission to save her own life?

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So, whatcha readin?

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