tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44012449241833078802024-03-14T00:16:56.915-05:00The WormholeIt's all about books and all bookworms are welcome! I hope you enjoy your visit.Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.comBlogger1445125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-7889312524619905322016-08-24T11:22:00.002-05:002016-08-24T11:24:44.361-05:00The Alpha's (The Blood Bar Chronicles) by Doris O'Connor, Cherise Nicholis, Jorja Lovett, & Arya Grey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">David Malm had given up on love, but on a trip through time he meets Josie. She reignites a lost fire in his soul.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Josie McNair may be all fire on the outside, but her lack of self-confidence has her insides twisted over meeting her writing group. She begins to realize there are more creatures in the world than she first suspected and finds herself thrown into a life where time has no meaning.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Time-traveling peace-keeper David Malm could never believe in love again. When Henri instructed him in 3042 to look in at the Blood Bar on this particular night in 2011, he didn't envision it turning into a supernatural disaster, let alone be in the throws of passion with a beautiful stranger. Josie reignited something in him he'd thought he'd lost forever, and he would do anything to keep her safe.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">From IT geek to Mystical Beacon in one night; not the usual WLF meeting it has to be said.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Dora "Dizzy" Williamson is a busy lady, but she finally makes time to meet some of her writing group in a new bar. Surely a couple of hours with the ladies wouldn't be too bad, right?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Xander de Rista is CEO and alpha to his pack, so being drawn to a new bar that prickled his fur doesn't sit too well with him. Tonight feels different; there are too many supernaturals in one place, but one human stands out to him. One he intends to claim and protect, because hell isn't just breaking loose, it is coming to town.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Noelle has only one thing on her mind: how to save her sick daughter from a mysterious illness. A night out with the girls ought to be a distraction, but it turns out to change her life forever.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Fate is not something Henri, a two-thousand-year-old vampire, takes lightly. When he steps into the bar teeming with supernaturals, there is only one scent he finds—Noelle, the one woman he’d never forgotten—and she holds a secret that could cause a war. With time finally ticking in his ear, there is only one decision he can make—he has to protect her or die trying.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">When quiet Ana Chapman meets Fire Elemental, Zanaan, at the Blood Bar, a night of hot sex makes her realize just what she's been missing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">For the first time in her life, Ana Chapman is ready for a little excitement. Escaping her mother's tyranny in Belfast for one weekend in Edinburgh to meet her online writers' group seems more than enough to cope with. But her visit to the Blood Bar changes everything. Spontaneous public orgasms, supernatural beings, and teleportation weren't on her agenda for the trip. Neither was losing her virginity.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Zanaan is a Fire Elemental, who most humans can't see. When the shy Irish lass locks eyes with him in the bar, he's drawn to her, and this time it isn't the Salamander legend spurring his chase to bed a mortal. After a night of passion with Ana, he feels the effects immediately—he's losing his powers and becoming human. It's what he always wanted. Isn't it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I liked the idea of the writing club as way the girls met and became friends. I was pleased by the way each story repeated a bit and yet told just a little bit more about how each girl fit into the whole picture. The characters are great, the storyline is wonderful, the number of different supernatural beings involved is fantastic. The only thing I felt like I was missing at the end was more story. I can't wait to find out how it all works out.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">It's a fast read - you practically run from one story to the next as the women fall into relationships and a destiny that none of them had known even existed.</span></span>Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-11137918379598841762016-08-21T15:19:00.001-05:002016-08-21T15:19:10.712-05:00Blood of the Demon (Demons of Infernum #1) by Rosalie Lario<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Keegan lives to exact revenge on the evil demon who sired and abused him. When his father devises a plan to bring on the apocalypse, he and his three half-brothers, interdimensional bounty hunters for the Elden Council, are charged with capturing and delivering their father for punishment.</div>
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Art gallery owner Brynn Meyers has no idea that her ability to read memories embedded in objects and drain people of their life force means she has demon ancestry. Unfortunately for Brynn, she's also the key to raising an ancient zombie army, which puts her on every demon's Most Wanted List.</div>
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Keegan must protect Brynn from his father by any means necessary, but he'll have to learn to harness the other half of his genetics―the far deadlier, uncontrollable half―when he starts to fall for the one woman standing between him and the vengeance he so desperately seeks. The one woman he'll never be able to resist.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 22.4px;">Rosalie - thank you so much for your patience, I enjoyed your book very much. I am sorry for the length of time that has passed since I got the book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I enjoy Rosalie Lario's books and was once again pleased. <u>Blood of the Demon</u> was a wonderful read. I fell for the characters on the first page and couldn't wait to find out where the plot would take them. The storyline keeps you interested and on the edge of your seat; and the characters are created with enough depth that it was easy to become emotionally invested in the outcome of the story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is hard to describe what each person will see in or take from a story...in this book I saw responsiblity, duty, brotherly love, devotion, honor, friendship, desire, fear, hatred, injustice, betrayal, pain, loss, hope and love. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The complexity of the characters relationships to each other is one of the most intriguing aspects of this story. It leaves the reader (well, me anyway) wondering about the way we live our own lives. Do we live in the moment? Do we plan for the future? What would we willing give for the ones we love the most?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am always looking for that story that hooks me from the start, leaves me hoping for that perfect ending, and keeps me struggling to put the book down when I should be doing something other than reading. I found that again in this series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 22.4px;">I read purely for entertainment. I had a friend ask me once, "What have you read lately that was profound?" I wasn't sure how to reply. I don't look for anything profound to read - I look for something that is entertaining and interesting. It strikes me now, as I am writing my thoughts of this book, that most of the time - I find more than I am looking for, and the profoundness (if there is such a thing) is in how the story makes me feel or view myself and my world. </span></div>
Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-78684233040843524512016-08-15T12:17:00.000-05:002016-08-15T12:21:54.722-05:00Suddenly I read less<div style="text-align: center;">
As I am sure you can tell, I have blogged less and less each year for the last few years, until last year when I was almost non-existant in the blog world. I think I have finally found a happy medium between reading all the time and never taking the time to read. I am sure that for most of you, this is something you have had figured out for years, but I guess I am slow. </div>
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I am finally to a point where I believe that I am living my life instead of just reading about the lives of others. It is a change that has taken some adjustment. Instead of reading 100+ books each year, my goal is to read 12 reaview books and 12 just for fun books.</div>
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I just wanted to put that out there. If I have agreed to read a book for you and haven't finished my review yet, I am sorry. Thank you for your continued patience. I am working through my review books; but have boxes of books, a computer that didn't survive the move as well as it could have, a lost external hard drive (I believe it is in a box in the garage), and at least one flash drive that no longer wants to be accessed. </div>
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Thank you again for your patience, I look forward to getting back into blogging again.</div>
Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-35531441542227871042015-08-10T09:00:00.000-05:002015-08-10T09:00:02.289-05:00The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate<div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Book blurb from Amazon:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated novel is told from the point of view of Ivan himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wow! I am not entirely sure where to start. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I received this book from a young boy. We were chatting one day and I asked him if he was a reader and if so what his favorite book was; his reply was immediate - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>"The One and Only Ivan</u>. Have you read it?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I replied that I had heard of it, but not read it, although I had a copy in a box at home. He told me he would bring me his copy so I didn't have to look through boxes and I could read it right away. This was a Thursday and I didn't see him again until the following Monday. As soon as he saw me on Monday, he called out to me and took the book out of his backpack, he told me I could have it. He had remembered - I had forgotten he was planning to bring me the book. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I absolutely loved this book. It will go in my stack of "Must reads" for all the children in my world. I found myself totally absorbed in the story - laughing aloud at times, and crying tears of both sadness and joy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I will always be thankful that a young boy from a poor neighborhood cared enough about this story to give me his book - it is inspirational, heartbreaking, heartwarming and wonderful. Truly a book that should be read by everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Biography (from Amazon)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Katherine was inspired to write The One and Only Ivan after reading about the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, the "Shopping Mall Gorilla." The real Ivan lived alone in a tiny cage for twenty-seven years at a shopping mall before being moved to Zoo Atlanta after a public outcry. He was a beloved celebrity at the zoo, which houses the nation's largest collection of western lowland gorillas, and was well known for his paintings, which he "signed" with a thumb-print.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Katherine Applegate's many books include the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter book series, a picture book entitled The Buffalo Storm, and the award-winning novel, Home of the Brave. With her husband, Michael Grant, she wrote the hugely popular series Animorphs, which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.</span></div>
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Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-16910860913418956472015-08-07T11:27:00.002-05:002015-08-07T11:27:46.609-05:00Yearly Duluth trip ~always a huge success!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Every summer, I go to Duluth for a few days to hang out with my friend Kathy. We have been doing this for a number of years now - it is my favorite part of summer. </span></div>
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This is me at Splitrock Lighthouse - standing by the anchor from The Madeira, the ship that was the inspiration for building the lighthouse.</div>
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Couldn't resist sharing a picture of the middle falls at Gooseberry Falls.</div>
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The glory of the north shore - it's beautiful!</div>
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Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-72156198443057570272015-08-06T11:13:00.002-05:002015-08-06T11:13:41.990-05:00The Veil: A Devil's Isle Novel (Book 1) by Chloe Neill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Book blurb (from Amazon):<br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">A brand new series from <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Chloe Neill.</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><br />
<i style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Seven years ago, the Veil that separates humanity from what lies beyond was torn apart, and New Orleans was engulfed in a supernatural war. Now, those with paranormal powers have been confined in a walled community that humans call the District. Those who live there call it Devil's Isle.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">I liked the beginning so I was all in from the start. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">The characters are wonderful; well created and realistic. The relationships between the characters are interesting and believable. I found myself invested in them and their lives right away, on the edge of my seat with worry, anticipation and hope.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">The plot is creative, clever and has a depth that was surprisingly </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">multifaceted (not that I should have been surprised, it is Chloe Neill after all).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">The story is packed with emotions; family, loyalty, mixed loyalties, betrayal, belief, friendship, trust and of course love.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">I enjoyed the story, it was both interesting and entertaining. I was sad to reach the last page and felt like I wanted more, so I will be anxiously awaiting the next book in this newest series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: start;">After an exhausting trip to Europe, Lizzie and John come home wanting nothing more than peace and quiet. Instead, Lizzie finds a death threat on her pillow, and John must fight a challenger to his position as Texas Pack Alpha--and in his backyard. What will the neighbors think? </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Soon Lizzie and John find themselves fighting for their lives. But who is masterminding the attacks? Is it Lizzie's old arch-rival Worth? Or an even greater threat? </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">And where is Lizzie and John's relationship headed now? </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Defensive Magic is third in the Lost Library (Paranormal Urban Fantasy) series, but can be enjoyed as a standalone novel. </span></span></div>
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I truly enjoyed this story. This was not my first Kate Baray read so I was expecting good things - I am thrilled to say it met and exceeded my expectations. It is book 3 in the Lost Library series but it easily stands alone. I suggest reading the series from the start - you will be pleased that you did.</div>
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The characters are wonderful. The best part of any story, for me, is the characters. Kate Baray does a fantastic job creating a wide range of characters for her books. She makes you feel something about each of them, "good guys"and "bad". It was easy to invest in all of them - regardless of how big a part they played. John is great, but Lizzy was my favorite (if I had to choose just one to be a favorite). She grows into her own in this story. She deals with a variety of situations that challenge her beliefs - in the people in her life, in her mate, in herself, in her past, present, and future. </div>
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I liked that we got a more in-depth look into John's world and his past, gives a little more understanding about the person he is and the way he lives his life.</div>
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The storyline keeps you reading and on the edge of your seat as the twising plot unfolds. I found myself holding my breath, calling out "bad form!" as well as cheering when things went the way I wanted them too.</div>
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I recieved this book at no charge in exchange for an honest review. I will be buying the next book, <u>Witch's Diary</u>, as soon as it comes out on April 20, 2015. (Click <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Witchs-Diary-Paranormal-Fantasy-Library-ebook/dp/B00TFIUGKM/ref=la_B00JPM1QES_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1428172184&sr=1-4" target="_blank">HERE</a> to preorder on Amazon). </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kate Baray writes paranormal and urban fantasy, frequently with a romantic twist. She writes and lives in Austin, Texas with her pack of pointers and a bloodhound. Kate has worked as an attorney, a manager, a tractor sales person, and a dog trainer, but writing is her passion. When she’s not writing, she volunteers with a search and rescue team, sweeps up hairy dust bunnies, and watches British mysteries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">***Other Works by Kate Baray***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;">Book 1: Lost Library</span><br />
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Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-27093753276599429952015-03-29T09:00:00.000-05:002015-03-29T10:47:43.956-05:00Blog Tour: Quantum Deception by Denver Acey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 19px;">Few people understand the terrifying, yet realistic threat of computer hacking like Denver Acey. Denver has spent his entire professional career in the information technology industry where he has witnessed and even thwarted actual cybercrime. From his top-secret job working for the US government to securing computer networks at Fortune 500 companies, Denver is personally familiar with hackers and their unscrupulous activities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 19px;">But over the years, Denver has become increasingly frustrated with Hollywood's inaccurate portrayal of cybercrime. Hackers are more intelligent and more sophisticated than simple teenagers, who guzzle down Mountain Dew while playing WOW (World of Warcraft). Cybercrime is a billion-dollar business that encompasses organized crime and foreign governments. For these elite hackers, the fruits of success are iconic trademarks, innovative patents, or government secrets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 19px;">Because of his unique background, Denver decided to pen a book to dispel hacking myths while highlighting the tenacity of cybercriminals. Utilizing actual hacking concepts and scenarios he experienced firsthand, Denver illustrates -- in a simple way for even the non-techie to understand -- how vulnerable we all are to cybercrime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The FBI Suburban was already waiting for Tanner in the parking lot. He ran up to it just as the rear passenger door opened from the inside. Tanner jumped in and closed the door before realizing the woman sitting next to him wasn’t Agent Heywood. It was Reina, dressed in a blonde wig and wearing Sara’s clothes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Reformed cyber hacker Tanner Stone has been living a peaceful life in Utah. But all that changes when a plane mysteriously crashes into the mountains and Tanner links the “accident” to an ingenious Chinese computer virus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now it’s up to him to prevent that same virus from destroying the financial data of everyone in America! But with stakes so high, he’s not the only one searching for answers. And some will stop at nothing to find out what Tanner knows. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I found the story fast, interesting and sometimes chilling in its theme. The plot keeps the pages turning as it twists around keeping you on the edge of your seat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was pleased to read a book that was so well rounded that I could offer it to anyone (a wide range of ages can read and enjoy this book).</span><br />
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some exciting news to share with us! The next book in the epic Spellbound
series, </span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">DESTINY DISRUPTED </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">(Older YA paranormal
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promote these thrilling serial novels, Sherry is doing this guest post to share
the news with fellow booklovers. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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has put together four unknown facts about her popular YA series, <i>Spellbound</i>.
In this fun post, you can learn more about the intriguing, supernatural mythology
that makeup the eerie world of Fallen Oaks….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Shadow People</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> are usually vague human shapes, completely black
or dark in color, with no discernible facial features. Sometimes they appear as
mere silhouettes, generally lacking any characteristics of gender.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">However, there are many
types of shadow beings; there are hooded shadows, cloaked ones, solid or wispy,
and even smoky shapes. They dart into corners, through walls, into closets, or
behind bushes, and buildings. Sometimes they simply fade into the dark recesses
of the night. Lacking in the description is one common denominator unifying the
many different types of Shadow People that enter our world—they are all thought
to be “intensely dark.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Merriam-Webster
dictionary defines paranormal as an adjective meaning “<i>not scientifically
explainable.” </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In the Spellbound books,
Shadow People are ominous creatures that were once slaves of a band of fallen
angels. When they rebelled, the Fallen hexed these creatures to spend eternity
in a hell dimension. A few have found a way to slip through the gateway. The
real worry is—what happens if they ALL escape?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">One of
my inspirations for the über spooky town in my YA series was the video game,
“Silent Hill.” Readers
of the <i>Spellbound</i> series have often wondered if the town had a real-life
counterpart, and if there was a particular town that inspired the haunted area,
we’ve come to know and fear in the books…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Actually, there have been
many speculations, and now here’s a place you can actually visit for REAL... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">So, while researching the
different elements of Fallen Oaks and looking for a foggy and woodland area, I
came across Marin County in California. The popular SF Bay Area tourist spot
planted the seed for what developed into what we’ve come to know as, Fallen
Oaks. The coastal town is actually located in the Madrone Woodlands near
Larkspur, California neighboring Muir Woods. (You need to use a Bing map to
locate the region.) It was the ideal spot for the many different paranormals
that populate this town…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Echoes of the tragic
disappearances still plague the town. When the season passes and all the
tourists leave, the haunting memory of past events once again shatter the peace
of the inhabitants of Fallen Oaks...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Werewolves</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> and<i> Lycans</i> (shortened form of the word
lycanthrope, which means shape-changer) are two completely different species.
The terms are definitely NOT synonymous. The werewolf can only transform on a
full moon, and they represent more of witchcraft and curse, unlike the lycan
who can transform into a wolf at will. The lycan species are also considered
shapeshifters, but can ONLY <i>shift</i> into wolves—not into other animals.
Lycans are also capable of walking on their hindquarters, and are much more
muscular than werewolves. Lycans and werewolves do share these qualities; they
both have enhanced physical attributes, enhanced strength, reflexes,
coordination, speed, and regenerative abilities. However, these traits seem to
apply to lycans, even when in human form. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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retain their human intelligence and personalities<i> </i>while transformed,
whereas werewolves become pure animal, devoid of any memory regarding their
actions once they <i>shift</i>. Silver is the lycans only weakness, as they
seem to be violently allergic to it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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book in the series), the story hinges on a terrible secret guarded by some of
the town’s residents as one-by-one teens are attacked by a mysterious creature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A <i>Grimoire,</i> or in
some cases it’s called a Book of Shadows (BoS), is used to store magical
information, like a textbook of magic spells, rituals, supernatural-related
data, and invocations. Some grimoires can even be a sort of magical journal
that keeps a record of a witch’s magical experiments and exploits. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Overall, a grimoire is
used predominantly by Wiccans; however, this does not mean that those outside of
Wicca can’t use a grimoire. Nor do you have to be in a coven, like the
Blood Rose Circle or Generation Hex. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I used the grimoire
concept in a different way in my YA series about a teenage witch<i>, </i>where
the magical book is used more like that of a diary and contains prophecies, a
demon index, and spells, which was written by her ancestors and passed down
through the generations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Official Blog: </span><a href="http://www.sherrysoule.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">http://www.sherrysoule.blogspot.com</span></a><u><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Spellbound Series
Universe: </span><a href="http://thespellboundseries.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">http://thespellboundseries.blogspot.com</span></a><u><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Twitter @SherrySoule: </span><a href="http://twitter.com/writersherry"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">http://twitter.com/SherrySoule</span></a><u><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">goodreads:
</span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11634793-beautifully-broken"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11634793-beautifully-broken</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thank
you so much for letting me chat up my new YA series with all of you. It’s been
an honor to share the eerie urban legends associated with the Spellbound
series. If you haven’t seized your copy of my books yet, please do so. Thrilling and extraordinary
adventures await you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Life sucks for Shiloh Trudell. And
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Especially when she discovers that
Trent, her sinfully hot boyfriend, is hiding a few dangerous secrets. Like the
fact that he’s losing his humanity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for answers, she confronts her worst nightmare…Trent is being blackmailed into
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">But Shiloh is still convinced that
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her that a relationship with Trent is forbidden now. Warned to stay away from
the only boy she’s ever loved, she can’t ignore the sizzling attraction that
ignites whenever they’re around one another. Especially after a swoon-inducing
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<strong style="line-height: 28.5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Dark Prophecy: </strong><strong>Soul Storm </strong><strong>Book 1 by </strong><strong>Ann Gimpel</strong></span></strong></div>
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Genre: Urban Fantasy</span></span><br />
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<em style="line-height: 28.5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When the dream world spills its murky contents, everyone’s worst nightmares run free.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 28.5px;">Dr. Lara McInnis reads auras and flirts with an elusive ability to foretell the future. Ambivalent about the magic within her, she’s done a fine job ignoring other aspects of her power—until now. After several patients—and a student or two—describe the same cataclysmic dream, she uncovers ancient evil intent on draining her power. Lara knows next to nothing about her psychic side, but it will destroy her if she can’t come to terms with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 28.5px;">Trevor Denoble has secrets, but he shields them well with a stunning body and a boatload of British charm. The airline he works for folds because there’s no fuel for the planes, and Lara’s changing into someone he barely recognizes. Though he doesn’t know it yet, the rest of his carefully crafted life is about to come crashing down too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 28.5px;">Living in a world teetering on the edge of anarchy, Trevor and Lara are faced with a series of painful decisions. Is the love between them enough for Trevor to swallow his distrust of Lara’s burgeoning paranormal ability? Will their personal demons tear them apart in a world gone mad, as shortages of everything from electricity to food escalate?</span><br />
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<strong style="line-height: 28.5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">About the Author:</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 28.5px;">Ann Gimpel is a national bestselling author. She’s also a clinical psychologist, with a Jungian bent. Avocations include mountaineering, skiing, wilderness photography and, of course, writing. A lifelong aficionado of the unusual, she began writing speculative fiction a few years ago. Since then her short fiction has appeared in a number of webzines and anthologies. Her longer books run the gamut from urban fantasy to paranormal romance. She’s published over 20 books to date, with several more contracted for 2014 and beyond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 28.5px;">A husband, grown children, grandchildren and three wolf hybrids round out her family.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It is my pleasure to feature <u>Wolf's Salvation</u> and the authors Cam Cassidy and Ruelle Channing.</span></div>
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Cam Cassidy grew
up in a small <st1:state w:st="on">Ohio</st1:state>
farming community. The lack of neighbors and companionship of mostly
cows, dogs and horses left plenty of time for her passion of reading to
flourish. It wasn't long before her imagination ran away and she was
creating her own stories.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As an adult, <st1:place w:st="on">Cam</st1:place> is married and the mother of three who loved keeping
her on her toes. The ever present cup of coffee in her hand and notebook
in her purse has become a trademark. While she works full time in the
medical field, her spare time is filled reading and writing. Watching her
daughter ride horses, the boys dirt bikes, four wheelers, running around from
one sports field to the next, she never missed jotting down that all important
plot twist.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Her love
romantic suspense and paranormal creatures, werewolves in particular, are
showcased in her recent works. Stay on the look out vampires, some alpha
military men and cowboys that are all screaming in her head to get their
stories done. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Somewhere
between running kids and catching up on laundry, her hard work paid off with
her first publication of Wolf's Heart, co-authored with Ruelle Channing, by
Fated Desires Publishing. The second book in the series, Wolf's Salvation
November 2014. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Her solo career begins with A
Wolf Awakens, published by Decadent Publishing coming in 2015<span style="color: #141823; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? I’ve
always enjoyed writing. Working and
family kept me busy, it wasn’t until my kids were older that I became serious
about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* How many jobs did you have before you became a writer? Not sure
if waiting tables in high school counts, but other than that only 2. I still work full time in the medical field
with the same company for the last 27 years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* What would you say is your most interesting writing quirk? My
family would say it’s talking to my computer screen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* Where do you get your ideas or inspiration for your characters?
I have a very active family. We all
hunt, fish, my daughter and I ride horses.
I pick little things that we see along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* How do you decide what you want to write about? Not sure if I choose or it chooses me. I have numerous works in progress, it all
depends which voice is talking the loudest that day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* What books have most influenced your life? There are so many. JR Ward, Gena Showalter, Lora Leigh on the
romance side but I also love Patricia Cornwell, Dean Koontz and James
Patterson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* What are you reading right now?
Breaking Elle by Antonetta Candela (great read by the way)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* What do you like to do when you are not writing? Spend time in
the barn. Working or playing with the horses makes any day perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* What is your favorite comfort food? Pizza with everything but
anchovies. I hate those little buggers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* What do you think makes a good story? You have to have strong characters that as
you read you can feel their emotions. No
giving away the plot right off the bat, twists and turns keep the reader
emotionally invested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* Who would you consider your favorite author and why? JR Ward.
It was her Blackdagger Brotherhood series that opened up the world of
romance novels to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">• dogs or cats? Dog<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">• Coffee or tea? Coffee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">• Dark or milk chocolate? Milk chocolate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">• Rocks or flowers? Flowers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">• Night or day? Night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">• Favorite color? Pink<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">• Crayons or markers? Markers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">• Pens or pencils? Pencils<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ruelle Channing
is a writer of Paranormal Romance. She grew up in a small <st1:state w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:state> community with books as her
best friend. Often as a child, she was scolded for propping up her book to read
while she did her chores, even while her mother encouraged the interest. Her
father was illiterate, but never let that keep him from learning. Most of the
librarians at both her school and local library knew her by name as she was a
frequent visitor there. After graduation from high school, Ruelle worked in a
sewing factory. She married at age 21 and had the first of three daughters two
years later. Her girls have also inherited the love of reading. As stay at home
mom for 17 years, Ruelle still wondered what she wanted to be when she
"grew up". Having lived in books all her life, as an adult it has
been her dream to create a world in which she would be proud to have others
become entrance in. Her recent works include the Wolfpack Delta Series, which
was written with friend and co-author, Cam Cassidy, and she has several other
works in progress.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">JT Howard’s heart had
hardened over the years as he struggled with the demons of his past. Once
he became the Alpha of Wolfpack Delta, he gave it up for a life of quiet
solitude. JT’s solitude is shattered as he finds his pack embroiled in a
war. When he dives into active duty, he will do whatever it takes to
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<span style="color: #141823; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Lou Piacella life has been
filled with struggles, each one overcome, but leaving behind a scar that she’s
hid behind a smart mouth and cocky attitude. A tech at MedVision Genetics
lab, she finds herself an unwilling ally to the Wolfpack Delta. Finally
released, she thought her life could return to normal. How could she have
been so wrong?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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demons of their pasts as they struggle to stay one step ahead of MedVision.
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The air was colder and damp
under the cloak of the trees as she began walking through the woods. Stepping
up over branches and tripping over ivy made the walk seem more like an obstacle
course. She pondered whether JT set it up this way so that no one could get
near his house; he seemed the type.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Just getting through a thicket, she spun around at the sound of leaves
rustling, something coming quickly in her direction. The growl she heard made
her heart nearly stop. It was like nothing she had ever heard before, nothing
that she wanted to hear again. Turning away from the sound, she started to run
but slid to a stop, falling on her ass as a large black wolf appeared in front
of her. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Crawling backwards to get away, she said, “Nice dog…go find a bone.
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The wolf’s eyes seemed to glow as he stalked towards her. This was not
how she planned to spend her morning; being eaten by a wild animal. With every
inch she backed away, the wolf took another step closer. It moved with her like
a predator, each step placed carefully, slowly. It was as if it was enjoying
making her squirm. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’m not afraid of you!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was a lie of course and she wondered if the wolf could smell her
fear. She glanced quickly behind her and saw the fallen tree. She would be
stopped soon, trapped. As her hand landed on a stick she wrapped her fingers
around the rough cold bark, and when she went to scoot back, she quickly swung
the stick at its head. Carlee squealed and she scooted back again as large jaws
opened and snatched the stick from her hand before she could land the blow. She
knew she was in serious trouble.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I am pleased to feature Kathleen Collins and the Realm Walker series ~book 2 <u>Death's Daughter</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.kathleencollins.net/">www.Kathleencollins.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><u><strong>Death’s Daughter: </strong><strong>Realm Walker Series: </strong><strong>Book 2</strong></u><br /><strong>Kathleen Collins</strong></span><br /><br />Genre: urban fantasy, paranormal romance<br />Publisher: Carina press<br />Word Count: 68,000<br /><br />Book Description:<br />Juliana Norris, Realm Walker with the Agency, is an Altered. A fact that she runs up against every time she’s forced to work with human police officers, and their species-ist commissioner, on cases they can’t solve themselves. Which happens more than they would like to admit.<br /><br />Her gift—the quality that makes her the best Realm Walker in the business, without boast—is the ability to read magical signatures. Whether the gift came from her father, the dark fae god of death, or the mage mother she can’t remember, is anyone’s guess. And when Altered children start going missing with only wild magical signatures as clues, her heritage is the last thing on her mind.<br /><br />She can’t afford such distractions, and she definitely can’t afford to worry about the fact that her mate, master vampire Thomas Kendrick, hasn’t spoken to her since she saved him from a demon—maybe it’s because she had to stab him to do so. Because whoever is kidnapping these children must be very powerful to wield wild magic. Very powerful, and very dangerous indeed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Available at <a href="http://blogspot.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=76c91d8a216e860d8c2acc2e7&id=497bdc5b48&e=b1afd14640" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> <a href="http://blogspot.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=76c91d8a216e860d8c2acc2e7&id=5bdba768de&e=b1afd14640" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">BN</a> <a href="http://blogspot.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=76c91d8a216e860d8c2acc2e7&id=2b02d7900f&e=b1afd14640" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Harlequin Print</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love this series. I think the characters are incredible and the story is wonderful. I was hooked by the short story, completely in with book one and in love by book two. I couldn't seem to read them fast enough.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The author is a true storyteller. She has created characters that you want to know and/or be, set them in a vividly created world and paced their lives in a way that keeps the pages turning. I am thrilled to have found Kathleen Collins and can't wait to read more.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Buy links for the first book: <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Realm-Walker-Kathleen-Collins-ebook/dp/B00E1V5S3S/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415296589&sr=1-1&keywords=realm+walker+in+books" target="_blank">Realm Walker</a></u> and the short story <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Making-Michael-Bishop-Realm-Walker-ebook/dp/B00N5YWPCE/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415296589&sr=1-5&keywords=realm+walker+in+books" target="_blank">The Making of Michael Bishop</a></u>!</span><br />
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<b><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Realm <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Walker: </st1:place></st1:city></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Realm Walker Series </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Book One by </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Kathleen Collins</span></b></b></div>
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<em><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">An estranged mate, a mangled body and a
powerful demon who calls her by name…</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">As a Realm
Walker for the Agency, Juliana Norris tracks deadly paranormal quarry using her
unique ability to see magical signatures. She excels at her job, but her
friends worry about her mysterious habit of dying in the line of duty without
staying dead. That's only the first of her secrets.</span></div>
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abandoned her seven years ago. Most people don't know the horrors she endured
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Keep your distance. Don't look him in the eye. Feed him and leave. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a priest in the time of the Inquisition. Marked as weak for his refusal to
torture those charged with sorcery, heresy, devil worship or worse, he's given
another task. Feed the prisoner in the cell in the darkest corner of the
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Michael does exactly as he is told. Until the night his charge doesn't eat and
Michael has to enter the cell to find out why. Instead of the beast he believes
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">See what I thought of them by clicking <a href="http://wormyhole.blogspot.com/2014/11/kathleen-collins-realm-walker-series.html" target="_blank">HERE!</a> (I read the short story first - was hooked!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Realm Walker: Realm Walker Series: </strong><strong>Book One</strong><br /><strong>Kathleen Collins</strong><br /><br />Genre: Urban Fantasy<br />Publisher: Carina Press<br />Date of Publication: October 28, 2013<br />Word Count: 76,000<br /><br />Book Description:<br /><em>An estranged mate, a mangled body and a powerful demon who calls her by name…</em><br /><br />As a Realm Walker for the Agency, Juliana Norris tracks deadly paranormal quarry using her unique ability to see magical signatures. She excels at her job, but her friends worry about her mysterious habit of dying in the line of duty without staying dead. That's only the first of her secrets.<br />Most people don't know Juliana became the mate of master vampire Thomas Kendrick before he abandoned her seven years ago. Most people don't know the horrors she endured at the hands of the vampire he left in command. Most people don't know her true parentage, or why a demon on a world-threatening rampage has taken a personal interest in her…<br />Even as Juliana pursues the demon, it goes after all she holds dear—including Thomas, who is back to claim her for his own. But if she can't reconcile her past and learn to trust herself again, she will lose him forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I couldn't seem to read this fast enough. I was hooked by the short story, <u>The Making of Michael Bishop</u>, and read that and <u>Realm Walker</u> in one sitting. The characters are incredible. The author has built characters that are realistic while being larger than life. She has created the kinds of people the reader can relate to, invest in, find in someone close to them or desire to be.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The story is wonderfully paced, intriguing and entertaining. It twists and turns taking the read on an emotionally charged roller coaster ride. I enjoyed learning more and more about the characters, their pasts and their relationships as the story progressed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was thrilled that I had book 2, <u>Death's Daughter</u>, because I started reading it as soon as I finished this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Genre: urban fantasy, dark fantasy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Date of Publication: August 30, 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Michael D'Augustino is a priest in the time of the Inquisition. Marked as weak for his refusal to torture those charged with sorcery, heresy, devil worship or worse, he's given another task. Feed the prisoner in the cell in the darkest corner of the dungeon. With the edict comes a set of instructions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This little story is only 20 pages long, but I was hooked from the start and sad when I ran out of pages. It is the perfect read to get a feel for Kathleen Collins writing style and set you up to want to read MORE from this author.</span><br />
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<a href="http://blogspot.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=76c91d8a216e860d8c2acc2e7&id=cc370f11c2&e=b1afd14640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/xIl44tpZmVzzDb4lG5H2Jgf--AnY87nzxwLPCNNjs2GoJXDHwWezzKxNWLKUYyCfaPk-dlK_XZmUEcy6pDkaqxcvTPF2it9mmJ5VuWYkgt9NVLDtofMiHMhsykiCiZQ1Gr_htdp3ppGhivxBtHtdGyBlJWlnL9bUdB0CYBrVOUNK3zWVZxs9nDY_KXxp3K5gE6iKYqRmG-k6AaReIStZ3e6OiGq3RvBJz6vEf4f_yQ3PrvS6DeTNPHvS-Xqy5DeJyF6htqmNWCMViO4fTvPAGHBwG8yrTMaQm6YYd0XNnyFPacM1vwMuT7BMY5PugtJWy3MeopX2whVd7Hvw6y6C9Q=s0-d-e1-ft#https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L6TpYTXiRy0/VBCgsn5dk2I/AAAAAAAAy0c/fTtVJPXKunk/s1600/IMG_7580.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 18px; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" width="146" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kathleen Collins has been writing since Kindergarten. And while her ability has drastically improved, her stories are still about monsters and the people who play with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The rare instances that she actually finds some spare time, she spends it playing with her two boys. Three if you count her husband.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It is my pleasure to feature Lizzy Ford and <u>Black Moon Draw</u>.</span></div>
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Winning author, Lizzy Ford, is back with a fantastical novel, BLACK MOON DRAW,
where we find out what happens when a reader gets sucked into the novel she’s
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Lizzy has stopped by for an interview:</div>
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<span style="color: #8064a2; font-family: Garamond;">When I was
about nine years old. I’ve always known I had a calling, and I figured it out
at nine that it was to become a writer! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8064a2; font-family: Garamond;">I’m known
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<span style="color: #8064a2; font-family: Garamond;">First, I
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two novels a month (up to 200k words.) When distracted my social media/life, I
can write a novel in about three weeks!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8064a2; font-family: Garamond;">Second, I
also work on multiple projects at once. So if I have time to write 100k words,
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<span style="color: #8064a2; font-family: Garamond;">I don’t
really know. It’s hard to explain. I once wrote a post about how my process is
what I call intuitive writing, in that, I don’t dictate what I write, what
direction the story goes in, the characters, etc. I simply write, and wherever
the story goes, it goes. I do sometimes build characters around neat or intriguing
traits (both physical and intellectual) I find in people around me. Otherwise,
I just let the Muses do their work!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8064a2; font-family: Garamond;">Jane
Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” taught me that flawed characters are better than
non-flawed ones. It’s a seemingly simple lesson, but up until then, I had this
weird fixation with creating the perfect character. After reading P&P I
realized I didn’t have to have perfect characters, that what makes them
relatable and strong are their faults. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8064a2; font-family: Garamond;">I don’t
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conferences, so that’s always really cool. I play with my animals, hang out
with my sister and husband, watch cancelled TV series, go for walks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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weakness for bakery quality pastries, baked goods and chocolate. I love honey –
alone, in tea, on anything! I also love crockpot cooked meat, roasted
vegetables, anything my mom cooks … I’m a total foodie. I’m always up for
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Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-89095508004252951142014-11-12T05:30:00.000-06:002014-11-12T05:30:03.361-06:00Violet Midnight by Allie Burke<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">*About Violet Midnight*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Look into the world of the Enchanters, where water has a sense of humor, </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">trees scare people, and love… is destiny. Beautiful Jane is hovering at the </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">edge of content in her life of solitude in the quiet town of Jasmyn Lake, </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">but when her energy sends her on a journey to meet the man she has been </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">dreaming about for months, she cannot resist. Meet sexy artist Elias, who </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">moved to Hazel Grove, California to get away from the rain, his parents, and </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">everything that was taken from him in Hayward, Washington. But he thinks he </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">may be losing his mind when he starts seeing purple glitter in the air, the </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">scent of rosemary is everywhere, and he is hearing a beautiful voice. But </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">all is not flowers and ease for the newly joined couple. With a woman who </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">prefers night to day and a man with heartache from his past, they must learn </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">how to create their own world with grace and the occasional water feature. </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Written with humor and intensity, book one of the three part trilogy will </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">leave you yearning for more and daydreaming shades of purple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">*About Allie Burke*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">An American novelist from Burbank, California, Allie Burke writes books she </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">can’t find in the bookstore. Having been recognized as writing a “kickass </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">book that defies the genre it’s in”, Allie writes with a prose that has been </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">labeled poetic and ethereal. Her life is a beautiful disaster, flowered </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">with the harrowing existence of inherited eccentricity, a murderous family </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">history, a faithful literature addiction, and the intricate darkness of true </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">love. These are the enchanting experiences that inspire Allie’s fairytales. </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">From some coffee shop in Los Angeles, she is working on her next novel. </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Book 2 and 3 of the Enchanters series will be published by Booktrope </span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">Editions Spring/Summer 2014. To learn more,</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px;">visit Allie at </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sometime in 2010, during my introduction to the YA fandom. I
sought a mature book featuring the paranormal elements of a YA novel, and I
couldn’t find it. So I wrote it instead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I was on my sixth job when I started writing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It depends what book it is. I’ve written a book in six weeks,
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I pace in my office, with music playing, mumbling to myself—in
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">From the most diverse people I can find.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Rum Diary, Garden Spells, The Russian Concubine, On the
Road, The Old Man in the Sea, Code Name Verity, The Fault in Our Stars, Memoirs
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calisto MT","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">True characters that are genuinely good people and make
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Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-2579716070032438842014-11-06T09:00:00.000-06:002014-11-06T09:00:07.411-06:00Blog Tour: Highland Moon Rising: Cry Wolf by Sarah Makela<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Highland
Moon Rising (Cry Wolf, Book 4) </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sarah Mäkelä</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Genre: New Adult Shifter Romance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Publisher: Kissa Press LLC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Date of Publication: October 17, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Amazon: </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Highland-Moon-Rising-Paranormal-Romance-ebook/dp/B00NA7KX3O/"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.amazon.com/Highland-Moon-Rising-Paranormal-Romance-ebook/dp/B00NA7KX3O/</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Amazon UK: </span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Highland-Moon-Rising-Paranormal-Romance-ebook/dp/B00NA7KX3O/"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Highland-Moon-Rising-Paranormal-Romance-ebook/dp/B00NA7KX3O/</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">iBooks: </span><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id915951643"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id915951643</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A kitten
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">A Highland reunion...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">After months of trying to rescue her
werewolf half-brother Colin who was abducted by evil research scientists,
wereleopard Caitlyn has come home to Scotland to console her sibling. But her
problems are far from over...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Red in tooth and claw... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Still heady and wanton from the power of
last night’s full moon, Caitlyn is in mortal danger. Werewolves have little
respect for other shifters, and she’s trapped and caged at the Scottish Pack's
HQ and at the mercy of Alistair—the vicious wolf who fathered Colin and abused
her mother, and who’s capable of murder…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The sweet smell of arousal...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Her scent can save her, or kill her.
Dougal, the Pack’s new Alpha, hungers to strip her naked and satiate his fiery
lunar lust. But he also senses this beautiful feline with clover-green eyes
that shine through the bars of her prison with burning desire is nearing the
end of her strength. Will he deny his dominance, and the moon’s lingering
power, to be the protector she needs?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Hinges
squeaked on a door that hadn’t seen use in several months. Months I’d spent
struggling to rescue my younger brother. My attempts had been in vain. Not only
had the scientists who’d captured him discovered my existence and fervently
chased me, but no matter what I’d tried, their research facility had been
nearly impenetrable for a lone wereleopard. The tall fences and heavy-duty
searchlights would have been challenge enough, but the plentiful armed guards
that crisscrossed the compound had made it impossible to proceed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Fortunately,
the werewolf Pack he’d transferred to had broken him—and the other
shifters—free with their numbers and brute strength. However, I could only
wonder how Colin had fared after all he’d been through. From the brief phone
call we’d shared yesterday, I barely recognized him. He didn’t sound at all
like the easygoing guy I’d known. He was weary and solemn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">But
that was understandable. Whatever had been done had changed him and his beast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">With
each minute, hour, day, I neared the brink of complete exhaustion. Sooner than
later, I needed to rest up. The scientists had stayed so close on my tail for
so long that I remained vigilant at all times. It was so hard to let my guard
down. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">While I
was in Scotland to support Colin, I craved the comfort of home and the ability
to run in my feline form without having to keep constant watch over my
shoulder. <i>Och,</i> to feel the lush grass
and dried leaves beneath my padded feet and to smell the forest air mixing and
lingering with the soft undertones of early morning rain. My beast stretched
lazily inside my chest, eager to unsheathe her claws and return to nature. But
there was no luxury for that yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Colin
would be arriving back any day now, and I wanted to clean the place up before
his return. His absence had made the house a dusty mess. However, this provided
me with a temporary place to stay, since I’d given up my flat and the majority
of my belongings shortly after he’d gone missing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Now
that he was safe, I looked forward to rebuilding my life and getting back into
a comfortable routine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Tossing
my duffel bag on the floor, I took a deep breath, trying to push aside the
stress weighing on me. My brother’s scent still lingered in the air after all
this time. However, I wasn’t alone. Another musky smell—of a wild beast—urged
me deeper into the apartment, calling to me from just out of reach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">As far
as I knew, Colin wasn’t expecting company.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">A loose
floorboard groaned behind me. I spun around, slinging my fist at the intruder
as instinct took over. But the hulking man looming over me easily dodged my
punch and landed a hard kick to my outer thigh. I stumbled into the living
room’s leather armchair but jerked back to my feet, quickly regaining my
balance. My cat-like reflexes suffered from being so bone-weary, but I needed
to persevere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sucking
in a deep breath, I scented my attacker’s lupine odor and my blood chilled. <i>Shite.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Werewolves
weren’t exactly fans of other shifters, especially felines. The dog and cat
politics between us were as hairy as our domestic counterparts’ at times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“What
are you doing here, kitty?” The man snarled the words, sounding every bit the
hungry wolf. Dark brown hair swept across his forehead, and he brushed it back
with the swipe of his meaty hand. He stalked closer, invading my personal
space. I didn’t dare to move away and show weakness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Questions
raced through my head. Who was he? Should I answer him? Something about him
seemed familiar, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. <i>Keep the secret safe.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He slid
his blue-eyed gaze down my body, pointedly lingering on my curves. His
momentary distraction was exactly what I needed to attack. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I leapt
into the air, slamming both feet against his chest to knock him down in a
fierce hit. My plan nearly succeeded—even if his massive chest was as solid as
a brick wall—but he grabbed my ankle at the last minute, dragging me down with
him. I twisted, struggling to land on my feet. Unlike my feline counterpart, I
wasn’t <i>that</i> agile. Not with a
werewolf holding onto me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Air
burst from my lungs as I smacked the floor with bone-rattling force. I gasped,
struggling for each breath after the hard blow. A gentle gust of wind made the
open front door creak a little. My gaze rose to the lush green outdoors. If I
could just make it there, then I could outrun this wolf. Leopards were quicker,
so I’d be safe from him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Shame
forced its way inside my chest. My life had become one giant race. Constantly
running from one problem to another. That wasn’t me. The fact this wolf had
even managed to gain an advantage over me showed just how desperately I needed
to rest. If I were at the top of my game, <i>he</i>
would be running from <i>me</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">NYT & USA Today bestselling author Sarah
Mäkelä loves her fiction dark, magical, and passionate. She is a paranormal romance
author, but she’s written all over the romance spectrum with cyberpunk, sci-fi,
fantasy, urban fantasy...even a sweet contemporary romance!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">A life-long paranormal fan, she still
sleeps with a night-light. In her spare time, she reads sexy books, watches
scary movies (and Ghost Adventures), and plays computer games with her husband.
When she gets the chance, she loves traveling the world too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It is my pleasure to feature C.M. Dahl and <u>Hunting Desire</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times new roman, serif; font-size: small;">Great story. Fantastic characters. I was intrigued by the beginning and couldn't put the book down by the time I met Nerine. I fell in love with the characters and was truly thrilled with the originality. The prejudice against the species was a wonderful play on our own tragic world. It would be amazing if "real"people could see others for who they are and not judge based on bias.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times new roman, serif; font-size: small;">I enjoyed every page; the growing respect and relationship between Gavin and Nerine was incredible to witness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It has been almost a year since mankind became aware of the world in shadows. It's been an adjustment, but life goes on and most have learned to adapt. There are some on both sides that are not ready to let go of their plans. Madalaina Bonvillian believed nothing could harm her; she's the daughter of the former alpha and the sister of the current alpha, who would dare? After surviving a brutal attack, Madalaina must try to move forward, but where do you go when you feel like you've lost yourself?<br />Cleary Neil has kept his feelings for Madalaina to himself. He's been her friend, and now that's what she needs more than anything. The only problem is he can't shut off the part of himself that wants to protect his mate from the pain and confusion he sees in her.<br /><br />Together they will go on an emotional journey to find out if love can heal all wounds. Time is of the essence, because enemies are gathering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is an incredible, empowering story about triumph, discovery and survival. The characters are amazing. The depth of the emotional turmoil is as heartbreaking as the joy of living is inspiring.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Although the story centers around Mad's struggle, the author offers insight into the battles that everyone around her faces too.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To the casual glance, this book might seem to be about rape, violence and brutality; but once you start reading, you discover that it is so much more - it's a tale of love, loss, sacrifice, struggle, survival and accepting who you are while becoming the person you want to truly be.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I believe that we have all felt the victim at some point in our lives - situations vary, but overcoming that feeling and thriving is the ultimate goal. This story shows us that it is possible, that although a person can believe they are broken - there is a chance to be more than just a damaged survivor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rachel Ryan wakes up with no knowledge of where she is or how she got there. Thrown into a world she thought only existed in myths, she finds more questions than answers. Shape shifters, faeries, and vampires hide in plain sight among humans. There’s a war quietly brewing in the shadows. Rachel stands between mankind and those creatures that live in the darkness. Enhanced with power she doesn’t understand, she’ll tip the scales, but who is the real enemy?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I'm Elaina Lee, romance writer. Since given an assignment in the 6th grade to write a fantasy story, I knew writing was a passion I'd never be able to do without. From that moment on my imagination took flight. Over the years I've written everything from the Dark Ages to Science Fiction, all with romantic elements, of course ;-).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">As a mother of two boys, a kindergartner and high schooler, life is never boring in my house! When I'm not keeping a little one out of trouble, or trying to keep my sanity as a boy migrates into a man, I write. I'm very fortunate to have met my remarkable husband who has supported and encouraged my dreams of being an author since the day we met. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Before she could change her mind, she
turned away from him and headed toward the entrance. The door to freedom seemed
much farther than she remembered. She reached out; her fingers touched smooth
wood. A cool, fresh breeze brushed the flushed skin of her face, beckoning her.
She didn’t make the night wait. She burst out onto the sidewalk, sucking in air
to calm her raging pulse. What was wrong with her? For whatever reason, though,
something about that man had told her to run and not look back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hair flitted across her face, and she pushed
the stray locks away. Home was only fifteen minutes from here. Shouldering her
purse once again, she turned and started in the direction of her apartment
building.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"> “Miss.” A deep, smooth voice sounded
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lyndi froze. Did she really want to look?
Biting her lower lip, she glanced over her shoulder. Mr. Wickedly Handsome’s
lips twitched in what she figured must have been his equivalent of a smile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">“Listen... I don’t know you, and I’m not going
to answer that question, so have a good evening.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">When she tried to turn away, his hand caressed
her upper arm. Gentle and confusing, the touch left her too mystified to
protest when he stepped closer. Leaning down, he whispered against her mouth,
“Trust me when I say, you know me.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"> His warm breath brushed across her lips,
sending a wave of heat to the pit of her stomach. Every muscle in her body
wanted to move closer, wanted the distraction she knew that mouth could offer.
But despite her earlier thoughts, losing herself in a man wasn’t something she
could afford right now. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Steeling herself against the tingle of desire
he created, Lyndi lifted her gaze to his shadowed eyes. “You’re wrong and must
have mistaken me for someone else.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"> A small smile curled along his lips; his
fingers grazed along her jaw. Her breath caught in her throat, and she
swallowed the whimper forming in her throat. “I know exactly who you are, Ms.
Crisdean. You are unmistakable.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fantastic story! The characters are incredible. I thoroughly enjoyed the interactions of Lyndi and Alek, as they traversed their feelings for each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Filled with suspense and intrigue, this story grabs the reader from the very first page and holds all the way to the last.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was my first Elaina Lee read and it will not be the last - I can't wait for more from this author.</span></div>
Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-82180774599268087882014-10-20T05:00:00.000-05:002014-10-20T05:00:08.616-05:00Blog Tour: The Necromancer Candle by Randy McCharles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It is my pleasure to feature Randy McCharles and <u>The Necromancer Candle</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.5pt;">Randy McCharles is
active in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Calgary</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Alberta</st1:state></st1:place>’s writing community with a focus on
speculative fiction, usually of the wickedly humorous variety. He is the
recipient of several Aurora Awards (Canada’s most prestigious award for
speculative fiction), for works including the novella Ringing in the Changes in
Okotoks, Alberta which appeared in Tesseracts 12 (Edge Science Fiction and
Fantasy Publishing) and was also reprinted in Year’s Best Fantasy 9 (David
Hartwell and Kathryn Kramer, ed). Additional short stories and novellas are
available in various publications from Edge Press, Anansi Press, and Reality
Skimming Press, including the 2014 Aurora Award shortlisted titles: The Puzzle
Box and Urban Green Man. Randy’s first full length novel, Capone’s <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:city>, will be
available in May 2014.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 27.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Necromancer Candle: And Two Additional Tales of
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<strong><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Genre: </span></strong><strong><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Science Fiction and Fantasy</span></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 27.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.5pt;">Paperback, 212
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Expected publication:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="aqj">September 15th 2014</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>by
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ISBN:1770530665 </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">(ISBN13: 9781770530669)</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10.5pt;">Publisher: <a href="http://paranormalcravings.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=11901ad8a520f9cee6a4a8f52&id=66d467450d&e=a1da4072be" target="_blank"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Hades Publications (EDGE Publishing)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cassidy’s family has a secret. An ancient, ugly candle passed down through the
generations until it is has been all but forgotten. But now someone is looking
for it, or so Cassidy thinks. A victim of terminal brain cancer, Cassidy no
longer trusts what she sees. But real or imagined, the upheaval of her life is
moving quickly toward an end where Cassidy’s greatest wish is to die on her own
terms. But is that long enough to solve the mystery of the necromancer candle?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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When Jonas loses his job on the same day a neighbor is murdered, he finds his
days at home more challenging yet rewarding than he ever imagined. Against a
backdrop of healing family relationships and expounding upon life with his
poker buddies, Jonas finds himself pressured to solve the murder. But the more
he learns, the more Jonas sees that this is no simple murder, but a mystery
that has spanned centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Joan gets more than she bargained for when she buys an expensive tea service at
auction to shake up a lackluster marriage. It seems the tea service is sought
by black magicians who will stop at nothing to get it, with only a peculiar
little man named Odds Bodkins standing in their way. But who can Joan trust?
The mysterious voice on the phone offering to buy the tea service? Her best
friend Sally who offers to take it off her hands? Or Odds Bodkins, whose
designs grow more unfathomable by the hour?<span style="color: #505050;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-72193333511188989032014-10-13T05:00:00.000-05:002014-10-13T05:00:04.160-05:00Blog Tour: The Murders at Astaire Castle by Lauren Carr<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lauren Carr
is the best-selling author of the Mac Faraday Mysteries, which takes place in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Deep Creek Lake</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Maryland</st1:state></st1:place>.
<i>Twelve to Murder </i>is the seventh
installment in the Mac Faraday Mystery series. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In addition
to her series set on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Deep</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Creek</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Lake</st1:placetype></st1:place>,
Lauren Carr has also written the Lovers in Crime Mysteries, which features
prosecutor Joshua Thornton with homicide detective Cameron Gates, who were
introduced in <i>Shades of Murder</i>, the
third book in the Mac Faraday Mysteries. They also make an appearance in <i>The Lady Who Cried Murder</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lauren
launched the Lovers in Crime (first introduced in <i>Shades of Murder</i>) mystery series in September 2012 with <i>Dead on Ice</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The owner of
Acorn Book Services, Lauren is also a publishing manager, consultant, editor,
cover and layout designer, and marketing agent for independent authors. This
year, several books, over a variety of genre, written by independent authors
will be released through the management of Acorn Book Services, which is
currently accepting submissions. Visit Acorn Book Services website for more
information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lauren is a
popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on
author panels at conventions. She also passes on what she has learned in her
years of writing and publishing by conducting workshops and teaching in
community education classes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She lives
with her husband, son, and three dogs on a mountain in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Harpers Ferry</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">WV</st1:state></st1:place>. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Visit Lauren Carr’s <a href="http://www.mysterylady.net/">website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p> </o:p><b style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN">Mac Faraday Meets
the Wolf Man!</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Never tell Mac Faraday <i>not</i>
to do something. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN">In <i>The Murders at Astaire
Castle</i>, Spencer’s police chief, David O’Callaghan, learns this lesson the
hard way when he orders Mac Faraday to stay away from the south end of
Spencer’s mountaintop—even though he owns the property. It doesn’t take long
for Mac to find out what lies on the other side of the stone wall and locked
gate, on which hangs a sign warning visitors to </span><b><i><span lang="EN">Keep Out!</span></i></b><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Topping the list of the ten
most haunted places in America, Astaire Castle is associated with two suicides,
three mysterious disappearances, and four murders since it was built almost a
century ago—and Mac Faraday owns it! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In spite of David’s warning,
Mac can’t resist unlocking the gate to see the castle that supposedly hasn’t
seen a living soul since his late mother had ordered it closed up after the
double homicide and disappearance of Damian Wagner, a world-famous master of
horror novels. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Halloween has always been a
fun time,” best-selling author Lauren Carr explains in a note at the beginning
of her fifth Mac Faraday mystery. “It’s the time to break out and be someone
else. As a child, I would pretend to be one of the Bobbsey Twins searching for
clues to lead me to a secret treasure. If I was lucky, it was made up of
chocolate. As a teenager, I was Nancy Drew. Always, when October rolled around,
I craved mysteries with something extra added—something beyond the
normal—something supernatural. As an author, I couldn’t resist taking this one
Mac Faraday Mystery on a scary Halloween adventure.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In this latest installment
of Carr’s hit series, what starts out as a quick tour of a dusty old castle
turns into another Mac Faraday adventure when Astaire Castle becomes the scene
of even more murders. Mac is going to need to put all of his investigative
talents to work to sort out this case that involves the strangest characters he
has run into yet—including a wolf man. <i>No, we’re not talking about Gnarly.</i>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Lauren
is giving away one paperback copy, two ebook copies and three audiobooks of THE
MURDERS AT <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">ASTAIRE</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">CASTLE</st1:placetype></st1:place>!<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">November 2002 – Astaire Castle, top of Spencer Mountain,
Deep Creek Lake, Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shivering, Rafaela turned up
the fan for the heater in her old Plymouth. The weather channel was calling for
snow. With an eye on the storm clouds heading straight for Spencer Mountain,
she picked up the speed a notch. Her car bumped along the worn road cut through
the trees and rock to take her to Astaire Castle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The notion of being trapped
at the castle by a winter storm made her curse the day she had accepted the job
as housekeeper at the Astaire estate. The young illegal immigrant thought her
prayers had been answered by landing the job at the luxurious estate. Not only
was it prestigious to work in a castle, but lucrative since Damian Wagner was
paying almost twice her normal hourly wage. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What a gem to put on my
housekeeping resume! To be hire by only one of the world’s most famous authors
of horror books—even more famous than Robin Spencer—to clean an
honest-to-goodness castle. So what if the Astaire Castle has a reputation of
being haunted? I’ll be making a bundle for cleaning five days a week in the
daylight. Besides, I don’t believe in no ghosts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rafaela regretted her
decision the first time she walked into Astaire Castle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At first, she dismissed her
cleaning supplies moving from where she had left them as forgetfulness. Then there was the time she kept hearing
someone whispering her name. She had looked around, but never saw anyone. Same
with doors closing or opening or footsteps coming up behind her, and the
old-time music and party noises in empty rooms when no one was there—she tried
to tell herself that it was all her imagination. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">None of that was anything
compared to the Wolf Man who she had seen in the dining room mirror while she
was cleaning it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She had heard all about the
Wolf Man who lived in the woods surrounding Astaire Castle. The woman with two
teenagers who lived in the apartment next to hers was quick to tell her about
him. Rafaela had dismissed it all as ghost stories made up by her neighbor’s
kids to scare her—until she had seen him with her own two eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That day she ran out of the
castle. She returned only after Genevieve, Damian Wagner’s daughter, had
promised that her father finish his book and be moving out of the castle by the
end of the year—at which time he would pay her a handsome bonus that would give
her enough money to visit her family in Brazil for Christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rafaela caught her breath
when her Plymouth entered through the gate at the end of the road to pull into
the front courtyard and fountain. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The fountain was off. Damian
Wagner had never bothered to turn it on. He wouldn’t notice if it was. He spent
his time banging away on his computer in the study on the top floor. He
wouldn’t eat if it weren’t for his daughter bringing food to him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then there was the
editor—Mr. Jansen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He reminded Rafaela of a
bird with his bony frame, high cheekbones over a pointy chin, and thick
eyeglasses with his blinking eyes magnified behind them. He sounded like a
squawking bird with his high-pitched voice no matter what his mood or what he
was saying. Ready to pounce in anticipation of any need from Damian Wagner, he
was always lurking nearby.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Damian’s daughter,
Genevieve, was as charming as beautiful. She often asked Rafaela about her
family in Brazil and about her life in Deep Creek Lake. For the new immigrant to America, Rafaela
felt as if she was making a friend who would give her good references for more
housekeeping jobs in the resort town of Spencer—more millionaire estates to
clean—estates that weren’t haunted.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rafaela pulled her car
around the circular drive and parked at the bottom of the steep steps that led
to the front door. When she got out of her car, the wind howled and whipped her
long dark hair around her head. The wind actually seemed to want to rip her
thin coat off her body. Grabbing her box of cleaning supplies, she squared her
shoulders, and sucked up her nerve to go inside.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Need to make this quick.
They don’t have enough money to make me stay here during that storm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The wind yanked the heavy
wooden door from her grasp to slam it against the side of the house.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Stupid door!” Rafaela set
the box inside the foyer and went outside to grab the door and pull it shut.
“Mr. Wagner! Mr. Jansen! Genevieve! It’s me, Rafaela! Hope I’m not disturbing
you.” She picked up the box and made her way through the foyer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Raf-aela …” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She stopped. With wide eyes,
she peered up the staircase to the second floor balcony. “Is that you, Mr.
Wagner?” She paused to listen. “Genevieve?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Get out. Now.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span lang="EN">Has to be my imagination.</span></i><span lang="EN"> She reassured herself. “There’s no such thing as ghosts.
There’s no such thing as ghosts,” she muttered over and over to herself while
hurrying to the back of the castle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I don’t suppose you had any
trick-or-treaters last night, did you?” she called out to ease her nerves with
the sound of her own voice. “Not up here I suppose.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She waited for an answer.
She heard footsteps on the floor up above.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The smell of burnt meat came
to her nose. It smelled like steak that had been left on the grill for too
long.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They must have grilled
steaks last night. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Lots of little children
stopped by my apartment.” Feeling braver as she rattled on, Rafaela set the box
of cleaning supplies on the kitchen table and gathered together her duster and
furniture polish. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Best to start in the living
room. The antiques, wood, and silver takes the longest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Admiring the decades-old
priceless china encased in the china closet, she went through the dining room.
With her cleaning lady’s eye, she gauged what needed to be addressed on this
visit that she may have missed before. She stopped when the blotch of red on
the doorframe through the kitchen caught her eye.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What’s that? Catsup?<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It wasn’t until she spotted
a spot on the floor that she first considered that it wasn’t a condiment, but
something much more sinister. She
spotted another. Bigger this time … and another.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There was a red pool in
front of the kitchen door that opened out onto the back patio and deck that
projected out over the rocks to provide a massive view of the valley down
below. All of the drops and splatters and pools led to the common source—the
fire pit outside.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She saw the flames and smoke
wafting in the wind whipping around her where she stood in the open doorway.
She stared at the blackened objects in the pit. What at first appeared to be a
burnt log projecting out of the flames took shape. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The hand and fingers reached
out to her. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The index finger was
pointing at her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Through the rapid beating of
her heart, Rafaela could hear the footsteps behind her coming closer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Get out!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-15913163276324951672014-10-08T17:34:00.000-05:002014-10-08T17:40:11.345-05:00Blog Tour: The Shadow Academy by Adrian Cole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14pt;">Adrian Cole was born in <st1:city w:st="on">Plymouth</st1:city>, <st1:place w:st="on">Devonshire</st1:place> in 1949. He is currently the Director of College Resources in a large secondary school in Bideford, where he now lives with his wife, Judy, son Sam, and daughter Katia. He remains best known for his Dream Lords trilogy as well las his young adult novels, Moorstones and The Sleep of Giants.</span><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In a world little more than a whisper away from ours, the islands of Grand
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wait in readiness for an invasion that some say will never come, their ancient,
declining Academies committed to the rigours of training the defenders of the <st1:place w:st="on">Islands</st1:place>. These Academies are subjected to regular
inspections by Enforcers from Londonborough, and their native inhabitants are
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of <st1:placename w:st="on">Petra</st1:placename></st1:place> comes Chad
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Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-43833801319783882142014-10-08T05:00:00.000-05:002014-10-13T18:37:38.936-05:00Review: Winning Love (Love to the Extreme Book 3) by Abby Niles<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mac “The Snake” Hannon has spent years throwing himself into cage fighting as a way to lash back at the natural disaster that destroyed his future. A call for help has Mac returning to the one place he swore never to return: Kansas—in the height of tornado season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There he meets free-spirited Gayle Matthews. At first he wants nothing to do with the infuriatingly persistent woman, but the crazy challenges she tosses his way are impossible to resist. As she thaws years of bitterness, bringing back the Mac he believed long gone, he starts to make peace with the past and see the future again. Until he learns she chases his worst nightmare—then he can’t get away fast enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meteorologist and storm chaser, Gayle Matthews is no stranger to being left behind and now believes in living in the moment. She wants to do just that with the handsome extreme fighter with the achingly sad eyes. As she works to replace the sorrow with desire, she finds herself breaking her one rule: have fun but don’t fall in love. When he suddenly pushes her away and she discovers the horrifying reason why, she issues one more challenge: face his fear and come on a chase with her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Buy <u>Winning Love</u> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Love-Extreme-Book-ebook/dp/B00HP1LW8Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411623891&sr=1-1&keywords=winning+love+abby+niles" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, it was my first Abby Niles read. I was thrilled by what I discovered as I read. The characters are interesting and wonderfully created. I found it easy to invest in both the characters themselves and their lives. Gayle (I loved the play on the name) is the strong, independent, capable woman we all want to be; although the history that created her isn't something any of us would willing go through to get there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There were many times that I found myself laughing out loud at Gayle's behavior and Mac's reactions, but there were also times that my heart went out to them. There was a depth to the story that I didn't anticipate. The multitude of emotions that course through the story keep you hoping for the best for them all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Talk about kicking a fighter while he’s down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Former Middleweight champion and confirmed bachelor Tommy "Lightning" Sparks has lost it all: his belt, his career, and now his home. After the devastating fire, he moves in with his drama-free best friend, Julie. One encounter changes everything and Julie is no longer the girl he’s spent his life protecting but a desirable woman he wants to take to his bed. Knowing his reputation, he’s determined to protect Julie more than ever—from himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Veterinarian Julie Rogers has been in love with Tommy since she was ten, but would love to get <i>over</i> the man. She’s quiet nights at home and a glass of wine. He’s clubbing all night and shots of tequila. As friends they work great. As a couple? No way in hell. She just can’t get her heart to agree. When she starts spending time with another fighter, the man who’s always treated her like a sister is suddenly not being very brotherly and enflames her body like never before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Buy Book 2 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Love-Extreme-Book-ebook/dp/B00CNTSW6U/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=14R3GW0QC154QV8STPHW" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dante “Inferno” Jones is used to winning in the ring. But when the MMA fighter meets pretty Caitlyn Moore, he seems to be striking out left and right. The more Cait denies his advances, the more intrigued he becomes by the sharp-tongued beauty. She’s a challenge he can’t resist.<br /><br />Comfortable with the average Joe, Cait doesn’t get it when the ultra-masculine Dante walks into her life and expresses an interest in her. Sure, she’s shed eighty pounds and her confidence is building, but there's nothing spectacular about her. Certainly not enough to hang onto a ripped babe-magnet like Dante, whose violent profession, catty groupies, and cruel competitors are already making her life a living hell.<br /><br />Dante’s light-hearted pursuit quickly becomes a battle to win her heart as they find themselves thrown together again and again—and it’s affecting his training. Cait won’t let him lose the biggest fight of his career because of her, but when her plan to keep him focused lands her in the dangerous clutches of Dante’s vicious opponent, there is more at stake than just the championship belt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Buy Book 1 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Love-Book-ebook/dp/B00B6U17G4/ref=pd_sim_b_11?ie=UTF8&refRID=14R3GW0QC154QV8STPHW" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401244924183307880.post-72276282921382641352014-10-03T05:00:00.000-05:002014-10-03T05:00:05.914-05:00Blog Tour: Crazy is Normal by Lloyd Lofthouse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Multi award winning author, Lloyd Lofthouse kept a daily journal for one-full school year and that journal became the primary source of this teacher’s memoir.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Readers who envision eager students lapping up learning led by a Tiger Teacher will be disappointed. Lofthouse presents us with grungy classrooms, kids who don’t want to be in school, and the consequences of growing up in a hardscrabble world. While some parents support his efforts, many sabotage them—and isolated administrators make the work of Lofthouse and his peers even more difficult.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Little did Lloyd Lofthouse know in 1999, when he married Anchee Min, that he was beginning a journey of discovery. His first trip to The Middle Kingdom was on the honeymoon with his bride, who introduced him to China and Robert Hart (1835-1911), the main characters in Lloyd’s first two novels, <em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My Splendid Concubine </em>and<em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Our Hart</em>. The next decade was a journey of discovery. Lloyd now lives near San Francisco with his wife–with a second home in Shanghai, China.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lloyd earned a BA in journalism in 1973 after fighting in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine. While working days as an English teacher, he enjoyed a second job as a maitre d’ in a multimillion-dollar nightclub. His short story, <em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Night at the ‘Well of Purity’</em> was named as a finalist for the 2007 Chicago Literary Awards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lloyd has won 15 awards for <em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My Splendid Concubine</em> and 5 awards for <em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Running With the Enemy</em>.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lloyd Lofthouse guest post:</span></u></b><br />
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Guest Post:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">How did you get
started writing a memoir?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The memoir, “Crazy is <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Normal</st1:place></st1:city>,
a classroom exposé” was born, first, in 1994 as a daily journal, when I decided
to document my job as a high school English [four classes] and journalism [one
class] teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At the time, I had no way to know that in the future, I’d actually use
the journal to write a memoir. But without it, there was no way I would have
ever remembered what happened on a daily basis. I’m not one of those rare
individuals who have flawless memories that forget nothing and have instant
recall for any moment in time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But twenty years of teaching proceeded the year where I took the first
step toward writing a memoir.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I started teaching in 1975-76, as a full-time intern in a master
teacher’s fifth-grade classroom in an elementary school that had a high rate of
childhood poverty and too many at-risk children.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The internship was followed by two years as a substitute teacher that
included one semester as a long-term substitute in an elementary school where I
replaced a teacher who had a heart attack and then died a few weeks later. At
the time, I didn’t know that I was the twelfth substitute in twelve days, and
two weeks after I arrived, the principal asked me to stay until the end of the
school year. After I started working with those at-risk children, I understood
why the former teacher probably had the heart attack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I was teaching at that elementary school in 1977, there was
concertina wire strung along the roofs to keep the gangs off. It wasn’t unusual
to arrive in the morning to see the custodians filling bullet holes in the
doors with putty, and covering graffiti on the walls with fresh paint.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That elementary school was a few blocks from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Nogales</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">High School</st1:placetype></st1:place>
where I would eventually end up teaching children from the same community for
sixteen years starting in 1989.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My first full-time contract as a teacher, in the same school district,
was in 1978-79, at an intermediate school that had a high rate of child poverty
in addition to children who belonged to violent and dangerous street gangs—the
principal warned us to never leave the campus and walk into the local
community, because it was too dangerous even during the day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It wasn’t until 1993, that I’d work with high achievers, when I agreed
to teach that one period of journalism. It made sense. After all, my BA was in
journalism and my MFA was in writing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Near the end of that school year in 1994—working with those incredible
high achievers in journalism—it occurred to me that this was a unique
experience and one day I might want to write about it, so I decided to keep
that daily journal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After I left teaching in 2005, and had published my first two novels,
“My Splendid Concubine” and “Running with the Enemy”, I was copy editing the
completed rough draft of my wife’s eighth book, a memoir, “The Cooked Seed” by
Anchee Min, and I remembered that long-forgotten journal. I searched the garage
where it had sat on a shelf gathering dust for 17 years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I dusted the journal off, read it to see if there was enough material
for a memoir; decided there was, and “Crazy is <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Normal</st1:place></st1:city>, a classroom exposé” was born. The
journal is much longer than the memoir.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While I was writing the memoir, I became aware of the growing resistance
across the country against the Machiavellian Common Core Standards that were
funded mostly by Bill Gates, who partnered with the White House in an obvious
attempt to destroy democratic public education in the United States and turn
our children over to profit-driven Charter schools run by corporate managers
and CEOs, and not elected school boards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This insanity started with President G. W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind,
which mandated that 100-percent of children ages 17/18 had to be college/career
ready by 2014-15.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">President Obama then launched his Race to the Top and Common Core State
Standards designed to use standardized tests to rank and the fire teachers even
though there is no evidence that these tests were a valid method to determine
the quality of a teacher. In fact, there is a host of evidence that proves the
opposite—that using the results of student tests to judge teachers was wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I think my memoir offers dramatic, narrative evidence that it’s impossi<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>ble to achieve a goal that mandates 100-percent of children
by age 17/18 must be college/career ready—after all, at no point in history in
any country in the world has this been achieved. In addition, there are already
about three college graduates in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> for every job that
requires a college degree.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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