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A modern ghost story ~ When They Come Calling ~ Kickstarter and Giveaway

Posted: May 6, 2015 in Book Promos, giveaways, Romance, Supernatural, urban fantasy
Tags: Author Sarah Fleming Mountford, ghosts, romance, Supernatural, urban fantasy, When They Come Calling

Do you like Kickstarters? Do you like Ghost Stories? How about Giveaways?

We’re excited to share something a little different with you today. Atthis Arts is a small independent publisher that uses crowdfunding in its partnership-publishing model to market and pre-sell upcoming titles. Kickstarter rewards are a fun way to get unique book items that won’t be available with the published book. Rewards offered include naming a character in the book, a one-of-a kind hardcover edition containing an illustration of you with the book’s protagonist, and even a reward for self-published authors to get a finished manuscript professionally typeset for print and ebook!

So here it is: the book trailer and Kickstarter video for their upcoming title, When They Come Calling by author Sarah Fleming Mountford.

What wouldn’t you do to save someone you love?

When They Come Calling is a modern ghost story, a suspenseful weaving of urban battles, romance, and supernatural intrigue.

Anna is a physician from Kansas City. She’s spent her life giving and caring to others while trying to hide how different she is. Anna has lost everyone she’s ever loved: her relationships, her family, and her hope for something more.

Jed is a warrior from another era, haunted by the horrors of a brutal family feud three thousand years in the making, and inspired by his own secret quest. Relentless and driven, Jed’s determination radiates to everyone around him.

Author Sarah Fleming Mountford started with a short ghost story. Over years and through personal trials, she added to it and shaped it, until it was the story she always wanted to write. We are excited to present that story to you, and your pre-order pledges will help cover the costs to edit and publish her debut.

“I love the process through which a story reveals itself. It can be a simultaneously maddening and exhilarating enterprise, ending in the joy of creating something beautiful.” – Sarah Fleming Mountford

When They Come Calling doesn’t rely on paranormal hooks: it’s not werewolves, vampires, zombies, or nymphomaniacs engaged in magic or erotic adventures, but instead a classic tale of love and suspense; a modernized ghost story of two lost souls, drawn together until fate tears them apart.

Pre-order a copy through our Kickstarter, and you’ll receive a first edition of this modern day ghost story. Put on your slippers, forget your life for a few hours, and join Anna and Jed on their breathtaking adventure.

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We are giving away a $10 Amazon gift card, along with a signed Advanced Reader Copy of Atthis Arts founder E.D.E. Bell’s upcoming release, The Banished Craft. A quirky and modern take on dragons and wizards, The Banished Craft follows the adventures of Cor, a woman caught in a dying world that does not accept her, and Atesh, a dragon scientist who’s been asked to violate his own ethics or put the lives of his family at risk. Follow their trials as they deal with a shattered world, mired in political upheaval, while they try to rediscover a lost magic. (signed paperback U.S. only, international winner will receive ebook in epub/mobi format) Please share this Kickstarter campaign! By sharing the sharing the kickstarter video and link, you will receive 4 additional entries into the giveaway.

Here is the link: http://atthisarts.com/kickstarter, or simply visit the Kickstarter page and click “Share This Project” under the main video and fill out the rafflecopter below!

(Ends May 26)

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This event was organized by CBB Book Promotions.

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The Final Approach ~ Aoleon The Martian Girl #5 ~ The Pyramid Of Cydonia ~ Tour Review

Posted: May 5, 2015 in Action/Adventure, Aliens, Blog Tour, Children's books, Fantasy, reviews, Science Fiction, Series
Tags: Aoleon The Martian Girl #5, Author Brent LeVasseur, children's sci-fi fantasy adventure, The Pyramid Of Cydonia

I’m always excited and sad when I reach the end of a series. This is the fifth and final book in the Aoleon The Martian Girl Saga.

Thanks so much for stopping by as I say farewell to these lovable characters and their fantastic adventures.

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Book Title: Aoléon The Martian Girl: A Science Fiction and Fantasy Saga – Part 5: The Great Pyramid of Cydonia, written and illustrated by Brent LeVasseur
Category: Middle-Grade, 130 pages
Genre: Science-fiction and Fantasy
Publisher: Aoléon Press
Release date: February 1, 2015
Available for review in: PDF
Will send books: Internationally
Tour dates: May
Content Rating: G

My Review

This is it. The fifth and final book in the Aoleon The Martian Girl Saga. I’m excited and sad at the same time.

This author built a fantastic, vibrant world with characters that charmed you and adventures that were literally out of this world.

As with the other books, the illustrations are almost 3D and so visually brilliant you feel you could step into them. You’ll wish you could.

All of the characters come together in a grand finale to stop the evil plot to invade Earth and to save martians and humans alike.

In this end to the series, all questions are answered, secrets you didn’t even know were secrets are revealed, and there are many surprises and all the action and adventure you can handle.

I’m going to miss Aoleon and Gilbert and the entire cast of unique characters and creatures.

I like to imagine the author dreamed about this world he created and it’s wonderful characters. I hope he dreams up some thrilling worlds in the future.

5 Stars

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Book Description:Aoléon, Gilbert, Bizwat, Helios, and Zoot make it to their final destination – Cydonia where Aoléon’s parents are being held captive. They infiltrate a secret underground base and are confronted by a small army of sentrybots.Bizwat lends Aoléon and Gilbert some of his advanced combat skills via a psionic brain dump. However, this may not be enough to save them from overwhelming hostile forces that will do anything to stop them.They finally meet Pax – the Martian who originally set them out on the mission to discover the truth about the Luminon and his plans to invade Earth. However Pax is not who he seems to be, and through a turn of events, they uncover the true power behind all that has been happening on Mars.Will they be able to rescue Aoléon’s parents and save Earth from invasion?
Read part 5 to find out!

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Enjoy this awesome book trailer!

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Buy The Book:

Amazon

Buy The Martian Girl Song!

Another World – Single

Featuring Élan Noelle

Download on iTunes

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Meet The Author:

Mr. LeVasseur enjoys crafting good stories based on lovable characters designed to translate well to multiple media formats such as books, games, movies, and toys. He lives in New York when he is not commuting between Southern California and Olympus Mons, Mars. His hobbies include writing, 3D animation, musical composition, and intergalactic space travel. He also enjoys various sports such as skiing, running, and exospheric skydiving.Connect with Brent: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Aoléon: The Martian Girl

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Click on the covers for my reviews of the first four books.

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Until the next time…..

Thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew!

Teaser Tuesdays #113 ~ Tunnels

Posted: May 5, 2015 in Action/Adventure, Teaser Tuesdays, YA Fantasy
Tags: Authors Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, Tunnels, YA Fantasy/Adventure

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm.

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Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page.

•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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My Tease for this week is from

Tunnels

by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams

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My Teasers from page 102 in the paperback book.

Tonight’s the night. I have found a way in.If this is what I think it is, my hypothesis, as wild as it may seem, will be proved correct.

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Synopsis

Fourteen-year-old Will Burrows has little in common with his strange, dysfunctional family. In fact, the only bond he shares with his eccentric father is a passion for archaeological excavation. So when his dad mysteriously vanishes, Will is compelled to dig up the truth behind his disappearance. He unearths the unbelievable: a subterranean society that time forgot. “The Colony” has existed unchanged for a century, but it’s no benign time capsule of a bygone era. Because the Colony is ruled by a merciless overclass, the Styx. Will must free his father—but is he also about to ignite a revolution?

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I picked this up on a whim at my favorite used book store. I couldn’t resist that creepy cover. LOL

I’m having such a scary good time with this book.

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Thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew!

How about you? Got a tease? Tell me!

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Three New Anthologies ~ Release Blitz & Giveaway ~ Help Fight Diabetes While You Read!

Posted: May 4, 2015 in Anthology, Blitz, Contemporary Romance, giveaways, New Release, thriller
Tags: boxed sets, contemporary romance, cure for diabetes event, multiple authors, thrillers

You can make a difference while you read!

All proceeds from the sales of these boxed sets will be donated to the Diabetes Research Institute via Brenda Novak’s Online Auction for Diabetes Research.

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An Intro for Brenda Novak by Author Lee Child

I’m a thriller writer, and a thriller reader, and hence a sucker for the classic thriller plot, where an ordinary man or an ordinary woman slowly becomes aware of a looming threat: someone or something is out there, close by, infinitely dangerous; or perhaps an intruder is already in the house, mocking, violating a sanctuary, or perhaps – really creepy – he’s been living in the attic for a couple of weeks already, camping out, undetected, silent, leaving odd nighttime disturbances … who moved that chair?

Or perhaps, for added anguish, it’s not the ordinary man or woman under threat: it’s his or her son or daughter, their child, their responsibility, the intended victim, a helpless target. What mother or father wouldn’t fight to the death? And they do … 400 pages later, an investigation has been conducted, the bad guy has been identified, close scrapes have been survived, and finally the family is sitting together on the bottom stair, stunned but finally safe, as the bad guy is put in the cop car and driven away. The end.

Diabetes starts like that. But it doesn’t finish like that.

It’s a mysterious malfunction. No one knows the cause. Researchers suspect an element of genetic susceptibility, and in those susceptible it’s possible the Coxsackie B4 virus kicks things off. Then a tiny balance among the human body’s billion moving parts goes slightly out of whack, and the beta cells in the islets of Langerhans (such an innocent name) inside the pancreas shut down and stop producing insulin, so the body can no longer deal with the kind of sugars we crave.

The intruder is now in the house.

Untreated, all kinds of complications will follow. Cardiovascular disease, and stroke, and damage to the eyes, kidneys, and nerves. And more. Including death. All in store, unbelievably, for the ordinary parent’s beautiful and vulnerable child. No one’s fault. Type 1 diabetes is unrelated to lifestyle. Most victims are thin or normal, healthy, well fed, well loved.

The fight back begins with maintenance. Sometimes diet is enough; more often, insulin must be provided. An endless round begins: testing and injecting, testing and injecting. Most sufferers do OK for a long time, but only OK. Quite apart from the social and organizational burdens of diet and injection, they can feel under the weather a lot of the time. But in thriller terms, we can at least get them barricaded in a safe house, at least temporarily, doors and windows locked, guns drawn, with the bad guy lurking outside in the yard.

But how do we get the bad guy in the cop car?

Research is the answer, but it’s fantastically expensive. All around the world, teams of biochemists are working hard, but they have to pay the rent. And eat. Their funding comes from governments and institutions and drug companies – but also from hundreds of thousands of concerned individuals. Many of them are parents of diabetic children, and it’s easy to see why. The primeval instinct that makes a mother or father fight to the death is a powerful one – perhaps the most powerful among our emotional inheritance. But in the case of diabetes it’s frustrated. There’s no identifiable antagonist, no role for a gun or a blade. There’s no bar fight to be had. If only it was that easy. I know of no parent who wouldn’t gladly smash a long-neck bottle and join the fray. But they can’t. Such parents have to channel their natural aggression into a long, patient, endless struggle for progress. They raise awareness and money any way they can.

This anthology is an example. It will help fund the search for a cure. All good. In fact better than good, because whatever else, there are some great authors and some great stories here to enjoy. So if you buy it, you’ll get some excellent entertainment – but also you might just get the chance to be that mysterious character on page 297 of our notional thriller, who contributes the tiny but vital clue that eventually leads to the big reveal on page 397. Your few cents could make the difference. You could be the one.

Lee Child

New York

2015

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Sweet Talk, Sweet Dreams, Sweet Seduction
Boxed Sets
Publication date: May 1st 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Thriller

Synopsis:

Sweet Talk Boxed Set
Priced at only $9.99, this heart-warming, limited edition collection features ten BRAND NEW contemporary romances by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors

Sweet Dreams Boxed Set
Priced at only $9.99, this fascinating limited edition collection features thirteen BRAND NEW thrillers by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling authors

Sweet Seduction Boxed Set
Priced at only 9.99, this stunning limited edition collection features thirteen BRAND NEW contemporary romances by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling authors.

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Goodreads

Purchase:

Amazon links: Sweet Talk ~ Sweet Dreams ~ Sweet Seduction

Barnes & Noble: Sweet Talk ~ Sweet Dreams ~ Sweet Seduction

Apple: Sweet Talk ~ Sweet Seduction ~ Sweet Dreams

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My Monday Minis Reviews #39 ~ Ever have one of those days where everything is trying to eat ya?!

Posted: May 4, 2015 in Creatures, horror, Monday's Minis, reviews, werewolves, Western
Tags: Cowboy Werewolf Massacre, Shark Station Nyet

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Welcome to My Monday Minis Reviews.

For today I’ll be sharing two books.

There will be cowboys and werewolves and creatures of the deep.

Action, horror, thrills and intrigue.

Enjoy!

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Cowboy Werewolf Massacre

by John Wheeler

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My Review

It seems like westerns are changing. Now there are lots of movies and books with a supernatural element to them.

This title says it all, Cowboy Werewolf Massacre.

Loved the beginning of this one. Some men are chasing a man. Or kind of a man. Yep, a werewolf.

He leaves a trail of ripped up bodies behind as he taunts the pursuers.

The author did some great character building in the beginning and I came to know them quickly. From watching so many movies I could easily picture the scenes and even put faces to some of them.

As the plot thickens, and yes, it does, more characters come into play, an important event is explained, and all hell breaks loose. Want to know what really happened the night Chicago burned?

You have werewolves and cowboys, good guys and bad guys, and some political maneuvering thrown in to add to the intrigue.

All in all a good read. I felt like the ending was a bit rushed. A lot was happening and it was over quickly.

Yet, I should keep in mind this is a short story and the author did give me a good ending. One that could lead to more in this tale. I hope so.

3 Stars

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Synopsis

The year is 1871. A mysterious force stalks the Wild West, killing settlers and even the toughest outlaws. Soldier-turned-bandit Jack Stark is given a choice: Hunt down whatever’s out there, or face the noose. The chase will take him from dangerous mining towns and snowy wastelands to ancient caves that hold the most terrible secrets… and eventually into the middle of one of the biggest disasters in U.S. history. As Stark soon learns, it’s not just his life at stake: the country’s future rests on his ability to shoot fast and think faster.

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Shark Station Nyet

Apex Predator Series

by Carolyn McCray

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My Review

I read the first book, Salechii Park, and loved it so I knew this second book would be fun too.

The first thing I want to tell you is, relax, shut off the disbelief switch, and just take this story for what it is. Campy fun, outrageous scenes, and, oh yeah, gore. Sorry, but this is horror, not Sea World.

How else will you appreciate the weaponized sharks, or a giant squid, or bombs and saboteurs.

And how about taking a ride on a shark. Saddle up. Lopez does.

You could start this book like a movie. Here them yell, “Action!” And it begins and never stops. If someone isn’t being eaten, they are being shot at. The station is under attack and sinking. And waiting in the water is every kind of sea creature imaginable. All hungry. All with very big teeth. And all with their eyes on you.

Man oh man, I loved it!

5 Stars

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Synopsis

**Warning, if you ever hope to swim in the ocean again, this book is NOT for you!
Shark Station Nyet, the highly anticipated sequel to the blockbuster, Salechii!

From the #1 bestselling author in Action/Adventure, Men’s Adventure, Techno-thrillers, War, And Thrillers, Carolyn McCray comes the next greatest thing since Jaws!

A shark-fest for all of you Jaws, Jurassic Park, Shark Week and Sharknado lovers!

Overview:
Putin wanted weaponized sharks to help guard Russia’s coastline. And what Putin wants, he gets, however he also got far more than he expected!
Join our heroes as they battle the biggest and smartest sharks they have ever encountered!

If you are glued to Shark Week, Sharknado, Jaws, or Jurassic Park, Shark Station Nyet is going to be your new feeding frenzy!

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Until the next time…..

Thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew!

What’s New On My Bookshelf #107 and The Sunday Post

Posted: May 3, 2015 in Freebies!, giveaways, reviews, What's New on My Bookshelf
Tags: Laura Thomas, my weekly book news, The Sunday Post

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

Another fun way to share your book news and enjoy others is The Sunday Post hosted by

Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer

Head on over and leave a link to your Sunday Post and hop around to visits others.

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Some chit chat.

Not much new has happened since last week. I did get a four day weekend and am enjoying it. Was weeding in one of my flower gardens and ran into a very nasty thorned vine. I came inside and forgot to wash my hands. Rubbed my eyes and they were on fire. I was freaking out. It took hours for my burning and watering eyes to get better. Now I’ll wear latex gloves under my gardening gloves. That was a toxic vine.

I’d love some help here. My Kindle is doing the slow death. It works, it doesn’t work. It freezes and drives me crazy.

I’ll go to use the highlight and it freezes. I shut it down, reload, which takes forever, and then it doesn’t save my place and I have to find it again. So frustrating.

I’ve begun keeping a print book close by while I use it in case it freezes up on me.

I bought it a couple of years ago and I’m glad it lasted this long with how much I use it.

Now I’m looking at new ones.

Which should I get?

A Kindle Fire, Paperwhite, or basic Kindle eReader?

I noticed the Kindle Fire is on sale right now for $99 and I almost grabbed it. Then I checked the Paperwhite and debated the price. Then I talked to my sister.

I remember she mentioned the Kindle Fire didn’t have a long battery life.

The Paperwhite is so much like the basic Kindle, the only thing I noticed different was it’s great for outdoor reading. Since I read in the shade, my basic Kindle is fine for that.

Got any suggestions on which I should get? What do you like about yours?

I’ll be hopping over to check out your Sunday posts so be sure to leave me your link!

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Here are my new books for review.

From Netgalley

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And this new one just released by Kristine Mason!

And I’ll be reviewing Madman Across The Water by Caroline Angel. Can’t share the cover with you yet. Plus waiting on a couple more.

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New ones just because.

I had to grab Dog River Blues.

I live right across Mobile Bay, not too far from where this story takes place, and I’m excited to read about places and people I’ll recognize!

I surprised myself at only grabbing this one new book. But lately I’ve been on a buying spree and need to read, not get more. LOL

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And here are some freebies for ya!

Click on the covers to get yours and remember to make sure they’re still free before you click that buy button.

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Books I reviewed this week. Click on the covers for my reviews.

Another light week on reviews. I’ve been averaging around seven a week and needed some brain down time.

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Books I’ll be reviewing next week.

I also have a couple more that I will fit in somewhere. Not sure which ones yet.

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What I won.

I won these lovely books from the Bestselling Poetry For Kids Giveaway.

And check this out! Each book has the audible disc inside.

I plan on reviewing the book and the audible version for each. Should be a fun mix!

Thanks so much Heather!

And I won a couple of gift cards.

One from Taylor Dean from her Wordless Wednesday Posts. It’s a really fun meme and you can check it out HERE.

And one from Goddess Fish for hosting. Thanks ladies!

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News from around the web.

Kayla has a fun post for her Top Ten Tuesday meme on Bibliophilia, Please ~ Books Which Feature Characters Who Are Talking Animals

And this post by Cait from her blog Paper Fury was awesome fun and a huge hit ~ 10 Things You SHOULD Regularly Tell Writers

I know I had more than this to share with you. I just have to figure out which wrong folder I sent them too! LOL

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When a clone is killed, is it murder? The Day Before by Liana Brooks

Posted: May 1, 2015 in Blog Tour, Mytery/Thriller, Science Fiction, Series
Tags: Author Liana Brooks, mystery, Science Fiction, series, The Day Before, thriller

The question is: Can it be murder if the dead body is a clone?

I wish I’d had time to read this for the tour. It takes place in Alabama, the state I live in, and I’m always looking for good southern thrillers.

Check out the wild cover art.

And tell me what ya think!

Title: The Day Before
Author: Liana Brooks

Publisher: Harper Voyage Impulse
Pages: 304
Genre: Thriller
Format: Kindle

A body is found in the Alabama wilderness. The question is:

Is it a human corpse … or is it just a piece of discarded property?

Agent Samantha Rose has been exiled to a backwater assignment for the Commonwealth Bureau of Investigation, a death knell for her career. But then Sam catches a break—a murder—that could give her the boost she needs to get her life back on track. There’s a snag, though: the body is a clone, and technically that means it’s not a homicide. And yet, something about the body raises questions, not only for her, but for coroner Linsey Mackenzie.

The more they dig, the more they realize nothing about this case is what it seems … and for Sam, nothing about Mac is what it seems, either.

This case might be the way out for her, but that way could be in a bodybag.

A thrilling new mystery from Liana Brooks, The Day Before will have you looking over your shoulder and questioning what it means to be human.

To Purchase The Day Before

Amazon ~ B&N ~ Goodreads

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About The Author

I was born in San Diego. I’ve lived in Chicago, Denver, Florida, Kentucky, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and Kansas. Mother always said there was a touch of gypsy in the blood. I write science fiction and SFR in a variety of forms. Sometimes I dabble in comic fantasy. I have a superhero romance series with Breathless Press and am represented by Marlene Stringer of Stringer Literary Agency.

For More Information

Visit Liana at her website

Visit her at the following locations:

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Book featured at A Room Without Books is Empty

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Until the next time….

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#M9BFridayReveals ~ Cover Reveal and Giveaway for Minotaur by Phillip W. Simpson

Posted: May 1, 2015 in Cover Reveal, Creatures, Fantasy, giveaways
Tags: Author Phillip W. Simpson, greek mythology, Minotaur

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Welcome to this week’s M9B Friday Reveal!

This week, we are revealing the cover for

Minotaur by Phillip W. Simpson

presented by Month9Books!

Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post!

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“Where shall I start?” asked Minotaur.

Ovid made an expansive gesture with both hands. “Where else but the beginning of course.”

Minotaur nodded his huge head. “Yes,” he said. “Yes,” his eyes already glazing over with the weight of thousand year old memories. And then he began.

So begins the story of Asterion, later known as Minotaur, the supposed half bull creature of Greek legend. Recorded by the famous Roman poet, Ovid, Asterion tells of his boyhood in Crete under the cruel hand of his stepfather Minos, his adventures with his friend, Theseus, and his growing love for the beautiful Phaedra.And of course what really happened in the labyrinth.

This is the true story of the Minotaur.

Minotaur by Phillip W. Simpson
Publication Date: September 29, 2015
Publisher: Month9books

About-the-Author

Phillip W Simpson

Phillip W. Simpson is the author of many novels, chapter books and other stories for children. His publishers include Macmillan, Penguin, Pearson, Cengage, Raintree and Oxford University Press.
He received both his undergraduate degree in Ancient History and Archaeology and his Masters (Hons) degree in Archaeology from the University of Auckland.
Before embarking on his writing career, he joined the army as an officer cadet, owned a comic shop and worked in recruitment in both the UK and Australia.
His first young adult novel, Rapture (Rapture Trilogy #1), was shortlisted for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for best Youth novel in 2012.

He is represented by Vicki Marsdon at Wordlink literary agency.

When not writing, he works as a school teacher.
Phillip lives and writes in Auckland, New Zealand with his wife Rose, their son, Jack and their two border terriers, Whiskey and Raffles. He loves fishing, reading, movies, football (soccer) and single malt Whiskeys.

Connect with the Author: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads

Giveaway

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Title will be sent upon its release.

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The Friday 56 #60 ~ Dying For The Past by TJ O’Connor

Posted: May 1, 2015 in Excerpt, Mystery, Supernatural, The Friday 56
Tags: Author TJ O'Connor, Dying For The Past, Gunshoe Ghost Mystery #2

Welcome to The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.

This is a really fun meme!

The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find a sentence or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.

Then go over to Freda’s Voice and leave your link so we can visit your 56!

My 56 for this week is from

Dying For The Past

Gumshoe Ghost Mystery #2

by TJ O’Connor

My 56

What bothered me the most was that despite all of my neat spirit-tricks and snappy detective skills, I had no idea what was going on.

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Synopsis

Dying is not for the faint of heart . . . . . . Neither is the murder of a mysterious philanthropist with ties to the Russian mob and 1939 gangsters.

At an A-list charity ball organized by his wife, Angela, former detective Oliver “Tuck” Tucker is doing his best to prove that ghosts know how to have a good time–until a man is murdered in cold blood on the dance floor.

Never one to let a mystery go unsolved, Tuck is on the case with help from Angela and his former police-detective partners. Together, they must be the first to read “the book”–deceased gangster Vincent Calabrese’s journal that names names and reveals the dirty secrets of several modern-day spies.

As Tuck learns the book’s secrets, he begins to unravel his own family’s wayward past, leading to the question–is being a ghost hereditary? Even while chasing a killer, the biggest challenge Tuck must conquer is how to be back amongst the living . . . but not one of them.

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I’m not going to be reviewing this until June but I don’t think I can wait much longer to start reading it.

A detective who’s a ghost. Sounds fun.

And while I was getting my 56 quote, I ran into plenty of characters and they have such fun names.

Looks like it’s going to be very good.

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Thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew!

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A Mothman Mystery ~ Wrong Side Of The Grave by Bryna Butler ~ Tour Review & Giveaway

Posted: April 30, 2015 in Blog Tour, giveaways, Mystery, Paranormal or fantasy, reviews, Science Fiction
Tags: all ages, Author Bryna Butler, Mothman Mysteries, mystery, sci-fi, Wrong Side Of The Grave

This book wasn’t what I expected. It was a very fun surprise. Aliens of all shapes and sizes. Walking dead but not really zombies. And a book blogger after my own heart.

I was thrilled to learn this book is appropriate for readers of all ages, so I can urge everyone to read it.

Check out the cool cover.

Enjoy my review and the fun excerpt.

And don’t forget to enter the giveaway!

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My Review

I have a confession to make. The cover art is why I read this book. I loved the fun graphics. Then I read the blurb and it sounded like a fun misadventure. And it was.

The two main characters couldn’t be more different.

Hot looking drummer, Eric, is not what he seems. He’s an offworlder, an alien. He’s a lot older than the teen he poses as. He has this handy gadget, looks like a tattoo, that gives him a human form so he’ll blend in. His accidental exposure in his alien form led to the legend of the Mothman. He’s over 9 feet tall, gray skinned, with glowing red eyes.

Bridget is a book blogger into paranormal romances. She loves to share the books she’s read. I had to laugh when she went off about an author killing one of their characters that she liked. We had that in common and I liked her right away. Best friends with Eric, she knows what he is and what he does.

Eric is a Harbinger, licensed to kill vampires by the offworlder council, with Men in Black to monitor him. His weapon of choice, his drumsticks. He even has names for them. Gotta laugh at that.

I had no idea what this book was about when I started reading it, but it didn’t take me long to figure it out. The first chapter had Eric dispatching a very nasty vampire.

And get this. Vampires are aliens too. The author gave a very interesting spin on this.

Then the story takes a really fun turn and the dead start rising in Point Pleasant. Kind of zombies, but not. They are recently dead, not prepared for burial yet, and they don’t eat people.

I like zombies any way I can get them so this amped up the fun and suspense for me.

A light hearted adventure, with vampires, aliens, and a book blogger. What a great scenario.

And I’m happy to be able to recommend this book to all ages. No sex. No bad language. No gore. Just clean, campy fun.

4 Stars

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There were so many quotes I wanted to share with you. I chose my favorite.

“He’s the missing piece, the skip between the heartbeats.”

This just dazzled me.

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Synopsis

When the dearly departed of Point Pleasant start walking and talking, the Men in Black mark Mothman as suspect number one. A fun read, Wrong Side of the Grave is a fast-action Teen Sci-Fi Mystery with a paranormal twist.

Parent Approved: Contains no profanity or sexual content.

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Check out this excerpt!

“You look at me as if you know me.”

“I like to think I do.” I keep it light and flash her a flirty grin as I continue to be clever. “I’m not lying when I say that from the first moment I saw you, I wanted to get you alone.”

Kendall seems amused by my response. Her lips tighten to a thin line, pulling up in the corners. She turns from me but keeps her hold on my hand, pulling me a few slow steps away from the door.

“Honestly, I don’t know why I bother trying to make these connections,” she says. She doesn’t look at me while she says it, but I’m looking at her. She walks like she’s dancing. Her movements are so graceful they nearly defy gravity.

I watch as Kendall’s blond curls bounce against her back with each careful step around the mud. I watch as her arms swing open for balance. Her pale skin catches the moonlight so that it glistens.

“I suppose it’s my age showing,” she continues, not paying a bit of attention to me. “I’ve become a granny rambling on about who’s related to who. I need to learn that it doesn’t matter in the scheme of things. Whether we have met before is of no consequence this close to the end.”

I laugh. That’s just like the old ones. Slipping up when they think they’re safe; when they think they’re in control. To her, I’m already dead.

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About Author

Bryna Butler is a journalism-trained writer having authored dozens of articles and financial publications before taking the leap into fiction in 2011. Her first book, Of Sun & Moon, skyrocketed to number one on Kindle top free charts in the categories of Teen/YA Supernatural Mystery, Teen/YA Romantic Mystery, and Teen/YA Time Travel in the U.S. and U.K. when the title went to free status in 2014. Butler’s work is free of profanity and sexual content making them safe reads for pre-teen as well as teen readers.

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