Blog Tour: Fallenmore by Lucy Swing

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Welcome to The Wormhole and my day on the tour!

It is my pleasure to feature Lucy Swing and Fallenmore.

Lucy Swing lives in sunny Florida with her husband and two children.
She is a YA Paranormal/ Romance writer, whose works include: Feathermore (Feathermore Trilogy, #1), Bloody Valentine, the novella, and is currently working on Fallenmore (Feathemore Trilogy, #2) which will be released in June 2012.
She is an absolute book hoarder and must always have a book at arms distance. Music is her muse, and there is always a soundtrack that plays along her life.

Lucy has granted us an exclusive excerpt from Fallenmore 

~ enjoy!

Fallenmore Excerpt

By Lucy Swing

“The park was dark and eerie. None of the overhead lamps were on at this time of the night as the park was closed. The crescent moon above me was being kept hidden by thin, ghost like clouds. I walked through the thin pathway around the park and took a seat by the playground. Lilith hadn't really been specific as to where we were meeting, as this park was pretty big. Surely she would be able to find me.

Although the park was deserted, it gave me some kind of solace to be somewhere where, during the waking hours, was filled with children’s laughter. I checked the time again. Lilith was late. I tucked my hands under my legs. The night had grown noticeably colder in just a couple of hours.

There was a rustle in the leaves behind me, causing me to shoot to my feet. Holding my breath, I listened intently, a soft breeze that caressed everything on its path was all there was. The leaves fell motionless again.

Probably an animal.

Taking a step back, my muscles relaxed. Somewhat. My eyes were still glued to the newly unmoving bushes. The hair in the back of my neck stood on end- something was out there. I could feel it. There was a crash on the playground behind me and I turned to face the noise. Crumpled on the sand next to the slide like a rag doll, was Lilith. I ran to her and pulled her onto her back on the sandbox. There was a small cut on her forehead that was bleeding and her eyes were closed.

“Lilith?” I whispered softly. What the hell had happened to her? My eyes darted around us, watching out for anyone that would attack us. “Lilith, can you hear me?” Her eyes flutered behind her closed lids and she moaned. Assesing the rest of her, I found her dress had been torn on her abdomen, and the skirt that always bilowed behind her, laid limp against the sand, ripped into nothing more than shreds.

In the distance I heard a couple different footsteps, two coming from the left and one from the right. Whoever had attacked her was here. If they found me, I may end up like her- or worse.”

Thank you Bev, for hosting me here today! You rock!

BLURB:

When darkness consumes you; will it be hard to find the light?

After Jade's world was torn apart, she is unsure of where she belongs, if anywhere at all. Deceived by those she trusted the most, she must now accept her fate and the life that lays before her.
The voices are back but this time, they are trying to lure her into the darkness. But could they be telling her the truth? That the only person she has been able to trust since the death of her boyfriend, Avan, is lying to her too? If the voices are right... Could she really trust him? 

In Fallenmore, the second book in the Feathermore Trilogy, Jade will embark in a quest through the pits of Hell. The question now is: once she is in, will they ever let her out?

AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/Feathermore-ebook/dp/B007G73HGO/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3

PAPERBACK: http://www.amazon.com/Feathermore-Volume-1-Lucy-Swing/dp/1470020874/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334236152&sr=1-3

SIGNED PAPERBACK: http://www.lucyswing.com/p/my-work.html

BARNES&NOBLE: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/feathermore-lucy-swing/1109296706

SMASHWORDS: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/138272

I am proud to be a huge Lucy Swing fan~one of:

Click HERE to see an interview with Lucy Swing. 

Click HERE to see my review of book one: Feathermore.

When the one thing you live for is denied to you, do you let it go or do you fall?

Jade, like any other student at Brushwood High, awaits the start of the school year with a certain measure of dread. Worse, she is being threatened by a voice that only she can hear—a voice that lurks at the edges of her awareness, haunting her and warning her of something unknown. She has always been able to count on her two best friends, Claire and Nate, but can she confide in them now? About this? Would they even believe her?

Life takes a turn for the better when she meets Avan, a darkly handsome new student who, somehow, seems to drown out the voice and make her feel at ease.

But Jade soon comes to realize that good things don’t last forever. When everything spirals out of control, she is shattered by something she never saw coming. Dazed and despairing, she must now overcome tragedy and embrace her true existence and a new but dangerous love. Will she be able to save herself and those she loves, before it’s too late? Or will she let the surrounding darkness consume her?

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Blog Tour: Quest, Inc. by Justin Cohen

This virtual book tour is presented by Tribute Books.

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Welcome to The Wormhole and my day on the tour.

It is my pleasure to feature Quest Inc.

The World’s #1 Personal Development Agency . . . has to prove it. What if you brought together five top personal development experts—equipped with virtually everything we know about unleashing human potential—and gave them some lives to change? Could they really coach anyone to lose fifty pounds, fix a broken relationship, or get rich? What would they do for a homeless person, or a pro-golfer trailing at the back of her league? How about taking the racism out of a racist, or turning a hellish employee into a ray of sunshine? Welcome to Quest, Inc. They say they can change your life. Now, as they’re followed by an investigative journalist from one of the world’s leading news publications, they have to prove it—or be damned as charlatans. Based on real life peak performance and transformational strategies, you’ll see the highs and lows everyone faces on the road to self-realization—especially the experts. Get ready for breakthrough . . . or breakdown.

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Author Justin Cohen
Bio:
Justin Cohen is the author of four books and seven audiobooks. He produced and hosted a television talk show in which he interviewed some of the world’s top experts on success. As a leading authority on personal development, with an honors degree in Psychology, Justin speaks, trains and writes in the fields of motivation, sales, service and leadership. Having spoken professionally for nearly fourteen years, Justin has presented in twelve different countries, and in virtually every industry, to an average of ten thousand people annually.


My thoughts:
Self-help books are not usually my gig, but thought I would take a chance on this one.  So very glad I did!

This book is well written, filled with wonderfully done characters and a plot that keeps you reading.  Truly a unique and fresh  look for self-help books.  It is inspirational and motivating.  Reading this book gives you the idea and desire to take hold of becoming the person you have always wanted to be.  

Blog Tour: The Syrenka Series by Amber Garr (author giveaway too)

This virtual book tour is presented by Bewitching Book Tours.

The tour schedule is HERE.

Welcome to The Wormhole and my day on the tour.

It is my pleasure to feature 

Amber Garr and The Syrenka Series.

About the author:

Amber Garr spends her days conducting scientific experiments and wondering if her next door neighbor is secretly a vampire. Born in Pennsylvania, she lives in Florida with her husband and their furry kids. Her childhood imaginary friend was a witch, Halloween is sacred, and she is certain that she has a supernatural sense of smell. She writes both adult and young adult urban fantasies and when not obsessing over the unknown, she can be found dancing, reading, or enjoying a good movie.

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Promises: Book One of The Syrenka Series
By Amber Garr

Genre: fantasy/paranormal YA

Sometimes following your heart can end up destroying the ones you love.

When seventeen-year-old Eviana Dumahl is faced with the responsibility of an arranged marriage and clan leadership, she is forced to choose between the life required of a mermaid and one of a teenage girl simply infatuated with the wrong guy. Kain, her devoted fiancé would make a wonderful husband except that she’s been in love with Brendan, a shape-shifting selkie, ever since they were kids.

Choosing to abandon her family, her clan, and her life with Kain will have dire consequences far beyond anything she could have imagined.

A war is brewing amongst the clans and Eviana unwittingly becomes a pawn in the intricate schemes of a twisted mastermind. With Brendan’s life on the line, she has no choice but to involve those who she once considered friends. Amidst encountering senseless tragedies and immense loss, Eviana discovers that she is more valuable as a clan leader than anyone ever suspected. Her survival is not only dependent upon the loyalty of her friends, but also on her acceptance of a life that she had so adamantly tried to escape.

Betrayal: Book Two of The Syrenka Series
By Amber Garr

Life as a mermaid can be suffocating.

Eviana Dumahl has returned home as a clan leader, an orphan, and a heartbroken teenage girl.  Her parents are dead and her boyfriend, Brendan, has decided that he needs some time away.  While battling her inner turmoil, Eviana is forced into the war that Lucian Sutherland has incited amongst her own kind.  With the help of Kain, her friend and formally betrothed, the two work together to prove that they deserve their birthrights as young merfolk leaders.

When The Council requests a demonstration of Eviana’s mermaid powers, she finds herself with an opportunity to win back Brendan’s heart.  But her orders to train with a repulsive merman and the presence of an attractive new suitor challenges Eviana to embrace her leadership and resist temptation. Lucian is after her, and no one seems to understand why.  Loyalties are tested as the casualties increase, showing Eviana that sometimes it is impossible to delineate between friends and enemies.

Arise: Book Three of The Syrenka Series
By Amber Garr

Genre : YA Urban Fantasy

With power comes the responsibility to accept its consequences.

After the betrayal of those closest to her, Eviana Dumahl struggles to cope with her new reality. Kidnapped, broken, and confused, she is forced to engage in a war that will alter merfolk politics forever. With her estranged father leading the charge, Eviana has no choice but to stand by his side. Her continued existence hinges on the acceptance of the power growing inside her, even when that means embracing the family’s dark lineage.

Kain Matthew will sacrifice the world for Eviana. And he is not alone. As time runs out, her friends fight to save her life and theirs. An unlikely alliance gives them the edge they need to take a stand, although it keeps Eviana’s heart trapped in the past. A new discovery explains some of her previous mistakes, but it may not be enough to stop her father’s plans. Merfolk, selkies, and water sprites work together to save their kind, only in this final battle, not everyone will survive.

In the striking series conclusion, Eviana will learn the true meaning of power, sacrifice, and love.

Tour wide giveaway details 

One paperback package: All three signed books plus SWAG (US only)

Three ebook packages: All three books in series via coupons (US and international)

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Winner!

Congrats to Kelly H!

Winner of the Summer Giveaway Hop.

The winner has been notified and the book is on its way to the address provided on the form.

Thank you to all the followers who entered!

Happy Reading.

Blog Tour: Phobia by C.A. Shives (author giveaway!)

This virtual book tour is presented by Enchanted Book Promotions.

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Welcome to The Wormhole and my day on the tour.

It is my pleasure to feature C. A. Shives and Phobia.

C.A. Shives is the author of PHOBIA, a suspense novel based in a small Pennsylvania town.

When not reading, writing, editing, or publishing, C.A. enjoys watching a good action movie. The author also spends time target shooting on the range and raising backyard chickens.

C.A. loves cheesy poofs, Bruce Willis movies, and wine (often simultaneously). The author is also a fan of Professional Competitive Eating.

A second book in the Artemis Herne series is scheduled for a winter 2012 release. C.A.’s upcoming novel weaves a dark tale of horrific vigilante justice tainted by the bitter taste of revenge.

Important Links

Website: www.cashives.com
Twitter: @CA_Shives
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/C.A.Shives
Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Phobia-ebook/dp/B007XVP39W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335619232&sr=8-1

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5822806.C_A_Shives

EVERYONE HAS A SECRET FEAR...

Ex-cop Artemis Herne thought he left the grit and crime of the city in the past when he moved to a small town in Pennsylvania. But the discovery of a woman's dead body, bound and covered with snakes, sends panic through his community and ignites his investigative instincts.

As the serial killer continues to target his prey, Herne must confront his own haunted past to uncover the pattern in the deaths. He soon discovers that every victim suffers from a phobia. And every murder transforms the victim's worst fear into reality.

Tormented by his personal demons, he is forced to face his own fears as he hunts for a murderer who uses terror for a weapon.

An excerpt:
There was no trail through the woods and Emmert stumbled each time his foot struck a rock or exposed root. He panted with exertion and fear, and sweat mingled with his tears as they moved deeper into the trees.

                The Healer wore a baseball cap with the bill pulled low to hide his features. He was certain no one was watching them in the secluded woods, but it wouldn’t hurt to be cautious.

                The afternoon sun blazed in the sky, and The Healer felt some pressure and a little tinge of fear at the sight. The task before him would take some time, and he knew that daylight was limited. He urged Emmert faster through the trees and brush.

                Emmert scratched his face on a branch and cried out as blood spilled down his cheek. Suddenly, in front of them was a clearing in the woods.

                The open area was small, just a patch of grass and ferns among the trees, and in it rested a plain wooden box with a hinged lid, the size of a coffin. The pine wood was so fresh that The Healer could smell it.

                “I’m not a craftsman, unfortunately,” The Healer said. “Please pardon my amateur attempt to make your casket.”

My Review:  I am currently loving the book - but am not finished reading it.  I will post the review in the next day or so.  Be sure to stop back - you don't want to miss this one!

Giveaway!

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Blog Tour: Revamp by Beck Sherman (tour wide giveaway too)

This virtual book tour is presented by Bewitching Book Tours.

The tour schedule is HERE.

Welcome to The Wormhole and my day on the tour.

It is my pleasure to feature Beck Sherman and Revamp.

  Beck Sherman was born and raised in Massachusetts, studied undergrad at Syracuse University, has a master’s degree in photojournalism from the University of Westminster, London, and when not writing, enjoys exploring abandoned insane asylums and photo-documenting the things that go bump in the night, when they’re kind enough to pose.

Author links:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13581365-revamp

http://www.becksherman.com/

http://www.facebook.com/revampnovel

http://www.facebook.com/becksherman

https://twitter.com/#!/BeckSherman

Revamp by Beck Sherman


FOR THREE DAYS, IT WAS DARK.


News reporters scrambled. This was the biggest story to come along in weeks.

They called it a blackout.


The last one was in New York City in 2003, but this one was different, special, because the grids in six major cities across the country had been fried, kaput, see-you-next-Sunday. Everyone with some jurisdiction blamed each other, and when there was no one left to blame, terrorism rode in on its gallant steed.

It was the media’s fault. They were so busy stuffing fanatical Muslims with a penchant for Allah and decapitations down the American citizen’s throat, that they never saw it coming. I guess I shouldn’t be too hard on them.

They were partially right.

It was terror after all, but a whole new kind. And when the lights came back on, things had changed. 


The dark had brought us visitors. 

...an excerpt...

JUMPING WAS A NO-BRAINER.

With bad guys at her front, more at her back, and a screaming baby giving away her exact location at any given moment, making that jump was the easiest decision of her life.

Seven approached it fast like a bullet. Ninety-six screamed bloody murder. Maybe it understood what was coming, but Seven knew the baby would thank her when it was old enough to understand. She wouldn’t exaggerate the story in the retelling; she needn’t have to.

They had taken that narrow stretch of hallway, which led to another hallway, and a storage room, and a loading dock stacked with bundles, and a drop of indeterminable height. Outside, a large truck idled with its open back pulled up to the dock. Seven felt the night air on her skin. Stars winked in the fast approaching sky, as if to say, “This is it, kid. You’re home free.”

Her feet left the edge of the loading dock. The pavement met her fast.

Seven’s ankle twisted on the landing, and she fell to one knee. The momentum dragged her along the blacktop. Rocks and broken glass lodged in her skin. The pain was excruciating, but what was chasing her was far worse. She struggled to her feet and set her sights on the truck’s open driver door. She could hear a tinny version of a Bee Gees song playing over the radio, which meant one thing:

Keys in the ignition.

She scurried forward, dragging her bad leg behind her. The inside of the cab smelled like vanilla and rubber. She tightened her one-armed hug of the baby, tossed the letter opener onto the passenger seat, and hoisted her and Number 96 up and in with one free hand.

Next to her, the side-view mirror shattered. 

She slammed the door and reached for the ignition. The Bee Gees song ended, and a radio DJ came on to send a shout-out to his girl Marcy in Culver City. And I hope my night grooves got you dancing.

Seven turned the key and pressed the gas pedal to the floor. Her twisted mess of an ankle protested with a searing pain that caused her vision to stutter. She held the wriggling baby tightly in the crook of her left arm and gripped the steering wheel with her right hand. A dart whizzed by her ear and hit the dashboard. Angry shouts were drowned out by engine noise as truck, baby, and Seven screeched forward into the night. 

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Giveaway!

2 print copies of Revamp tour wide ~ Open to US Shipping

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