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Monday, February 18, 2013
Publication Day for Angel Bait by Tricia Skinner!
Book 1 of the Angel Assassins Series
Tricia Skinner
Genre: Urban Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Crimson Romance (F+W Media)
Date of Publication: February 18, 2013
Number of pages: 140
Word Count: 65,000
Book Description:
Saved by the angel sent to kill them, four half-angel boys are trained and employed as Heaven’s assassins. Jarrid and his nephilim brothers are raised as members of The Eternal Order, and must enforce Heaven’s laws by hunting down those who defy the Directorate.
His only shot at freedom is Ascension, but his employers won’t permit the ancient ritual. Then Jarrid learns a Renegade angel is in Detroit. Such a high-level takedown is the answer to his prayers—all the leverage he needs to Ascend.
For freedom, Jarrid is willing to do anything to lure his elusive enemy out of hiding.
Even use an innocent woman as bait.
News reporter Ionie Gifford has no clue an angel outlaw wants her dead. She agrees to help Jarrid, the enigmatic nephilim with penetrating silver eyes and a worship-worthy body, but only because he accepts her terms. He’s her all-access pass into the city’s supernatural underworld where she hopes to locate her mother’s killer.
Blindsided by Ionie's beauty and tenacity, Jarrid soon finds the eternity-old glacier around his heart thawing. With duty and desire at war within him, he’s forced to make a choice—either save Ionie from the trap he snared and stay chained to Heaven, or allow her to become collateral damage.
After spending several years as a newspaper reporter and corporate communications director, Tricia Skinner cast off traditional journalism for the freedom of novel writing. ANGEL BAIT is her urban fantasy romance debut. Her reading tastes are all over the place, but she’s mainly drawn to fantasy (and its subgenres), paranormal, sci-fi, and history.
In those rare moments when she’s not writing, Tricia is a newbie “green” practitioner, a fitness procrastinator, and a technology geek. She is a mother and a wife. Her family includes two Great Danes.
Tricia stays active in various writing communities. She’s the Web Editor for Pony Express(ions), the online literary journal of the Masters of Liberal Studies Program at Southern Methodist University; a volunteer with SMU’s The Writers Path; the Newsletter Editor and a Mud Puddle Critique Group moderator for the Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal Chapter of Romance Writers of America. . In December 2012 she received a master’s degree with a Creative Writing focus from SMU.
She welcomes correspondence from readers.
Visit her online at www.TriciaSkinner.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorTriciaSkinner
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/triciaskinner
Twitter: @KaziWren
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Blog Tour: Highland Defiance by Sky Purington (giveaway too)
This virtual book tour is presented by Bewitching Book Tours.
Click HERE for more tour information.
Welcome to The Wormhole and my stop on the tour.
It is my pleasure to promo Highland Defiance.
About the Author:
Sky is the
best-selling author of seven novels and several novellas. A New Englander born
and bred, Sky was raised hearing stories of folklore, myth and legend. When
combined with a love for nature, romance and time-travel, elements from the
stories of her youth found release in her books. Readers have described her
work as "Refreshing" and "Unforgettable."
Purington loves to hear from readers and can be contacted at Sky@SkyPurington.com. Interested in keeping up with Sky's latest news and releases?
Purington loves to hear from readers and can be contacted at Sky@SkyPurington.com. Interested in keeping up with Sky's latest news and releases?
Visit Sky's
Website, www.skypurington.com, to
download her free App on iTunes and Android.
Website: www.skypurington.com
Highland Defiance
The MacLomain Series- Early Years
Sky Purington
Sky Purington
Genre: Time-Travel
Romance
Number of pages: 125 pages
Word Count: 47,000
Cover Artist: Tamra
Westberry
Book Description:
Mildred, a young
woman living in New England during the onset
of World War II, worries about her family. What is to come? How will life
change? Little does she anticipate change is to come not from war, but from an
unexpected trip back in time to medieval Scotland
Adlin, Chieftain of the MacLomain clan, will never forget the moment he lays eyes on her. Though he rules one of the most powerful clans inScotland
The maddened determination of a rival chieftain threatens their very existence. Caught together in time, they must find a way to evade the mighty MacLeods and keep peace in theHighlands . But lust, rage,
and potential war simmer on the edge of their every move.
Will Mildred and Adlin find true love despite the odds? Find out in HIGHLAND DEFIANCE.
Stories from the original, MacLomain Series, include The King's Druidess (Prelude), Fate's Monolith (Book I), Destiny's Denial (Book II) and Sylvan Mist (Book III). Also available in The MacLomain Series Boxed Set (Books 1-4)
Adlin, Chieftain of the MacLomain clan, will never forget the moment he lays eyes on her. Though he rules one of the most powerful clans in
The maddened determination of a rival chieftain threatens their very existence. Caught together in time, they must find a way to evade the mighty MacLeods and keep peace in the
Will Mildred and Adlin find true love despite the odds? Find out in HIGHLAND DEFIANCE.
Stories from the original, MacLomain Series, include The King's Druidess (Prelude), Fate's Monolith (Book I), Destiny's Denial (Book II) and Sylvan Mist (Book III). Also available in The MacLomain Series Boxed Set (Books 1-4)
Excerpt:
I can handle this. I have to handle
this! A dream is a
dream after all; no matter if she thought she was going to work. No matter if
she wondered at her sanity. So she decided to crack one eye open at a time.
Piece by piece, the man in front of
her appeared.
He grinned. “Quite handsome, aren’t
I?”
Her eyes popped open. Handsome?
Extremely! His black hair was tousled, his startling light blue eyes merry, his
chiseled face astounding.
“No,” she said automatically and
buried her head again.
“Oh.” He plunked down beside her.
“’Tis a thing sometimes, the shock of my good appearance.”
Mildred breathed deeply and hid her
grin. Arrogant. But she couldn’t help but enjoy this dream. It was the first of
its kind. She peeked out from beneath her arm and said, “You’re awfully full of
yourself.”
“Nay.” He looked ahead and shook his
head. “I stopped being that way years ago.”
Still from beneath her arm. “Being
full of yourself?”
“Aye.” He leaned back and stretched
out his legs. “Turns out the lassies dinnae like it.”
Mildred lifted her head slightly.
“Why not? I find it rather becoming.”
“You would.”
“I would?”
“Of course.”
“Why is that?”
“Because you’re arrogant too.”
She sat up straighter. “Am not.”
“Are too.” He titled back his head.
“Do you feel that?”
“What?” But she already did. A cool
wind blew through the forest and brushed her cheek. For the first time since
she’d arrived, Mildred looked around. There existed no steel mill looming in
the distance waiting for her to make parts for planes created for war. There
existed no stream of people trudging into a plant determined to do their job.
Her friends and siblings had
vanished.
“Beautiful, isn’t it?”
Her eyes darted to the man beside her
then back at the forest. “Yes, but I don’t understand.”
“Cannae
you be happy with what is in front of you?”
She heard his accent and saw the
forest and shook her head. “No, I can’t.”
“Too bad.” He jumped to his feet and
held down his hand. “M’lady.”
Mildred looked up, still barely
familiar with everything and shook her head. “No.”
He ignored her and pulled her to her
feet. Stunned, she looked up…and up. It was then that she truly realized the
stature of the man talking to her. With shoulders easily twice as wide as hers,
a height at least eight inches taller and a frame rippled with muscles, he was
overwhelming.
Her eyes drifted over his face. That
face. One she’d dreamed of since she’d been a little girl. Perfectly
proportioned, with a straight nose, square chin, and straight brows, it’d
always been overly alluring.
And those eyes...like the clearest
blue sky sharpened by sunlight.
“Well, what about my attire?”
Her eyes rounded. Yes, his attire
was… amazing.
“You’re wearing a…” She glanced away
and cinched her lips before looking at him again, brows up. “You’re wearing a
skirt.” Mildred paused a minute to get her bearings in front of such a good
looking fellow. But things must be said so she gathered her courage and looked
him dead in the eye. “Are you aware that you wear a skirt?”
With a shocked look, he peered down
and said, “It appears that I am!”
Mildred breathed deeply through her
nostrils and nodded solemnly. “So I’m the first to tell you.”
He looked to the sky for guidance
then into her eyes. “It seems you are.”
“Well, I’m sorry about that but
honestly it’ll get you in trouble, even in my dream.”
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Blog Tour: Angel Bait by Tricia Skinner (giveaway)
This virtual book tour is presented by Bewitching Book Tours.
Click HERE for more tour information.
About the Author:
After spending
several years as a newspaper reporter and corporate communications director,
Tricia Skinner cast off traditional journalism for the freedom of novel
writing. ANGEL BAIT is her urban fantasy romance debut. Her reading tastes are
all over the place, but she’s mainly drawn to fantasy (and its subgenres),
paranormal, sci-fi, and history.
In those rare
moments when she’s not writing, Tricia is a newbie “green” practitioner, a
fitness procrastinator, and a technology geek. She is a mother and a
wife. Her family includes two Great Danes.
Tricia stays
active in various writing communities. She’s the Web Editor for Pony
Express(ions), the online literary journal of the Masters of Liberal Studies
Program at Southern Methodist University; a volunteer with SMU’s The Writers Path; the Newsletter Editor and a Mud
Puddle Critique Group moderator for the Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal
Chapter of Romance Writers of America. . In December 2012 she received a
master’s degree with a Creative Writing focus from SMU.
She welcomes correspondence from readers.
Visit her online at www.TriciaSkinner.com
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/triciaskinner
Twitter:
@KaziWren
Angel Bait
Book 1 of the Angel Assassins Series
Book 1 of the Angel Assassins Series
Tricia
Skinner
Genre: Urban
Fantasy Romance
Number of
pages: 140
Word Count:
65,000
Book
Description:
Saved by the angel sent to kill them, four half-angel boys are trained and employed as Heaven’s assassins. Jarrid and his nephilim brothers are raised as members of The Eternal Order, and must enforce Heaven’s laws by hunting down those who defy the Directorate.
His only shot at freedom is Ascension, but his
employers won’t permit the ancient ritual. Then Jarrid learns a Renegade angel
is in Detroit .
Such a high-level takedown is the answer to his prayers—all the leverage he
needs to Ascend.
For freedom, Jarrid is willing to do anything to lure
his elusive enemy out of hiding.
Even use an innocent woman as bait.
News reporter Ionie Gifford has no clue an angel
outlaw wants her dead. She agrees to help Jarrid, the enigmatic nephilim with
penetrating silver eyes and a worship-worthy body, but only because he accepts
her terms. He’s her all-access pass into the city’s supernatural underworld
where she hopes to locate her mother’s killer.
Blindsided by Ionie's beauty and tenacity, Jarrid
soon finds the eternity-old glacier around his heart thawing. With duty and
desire at war within him, he’s forced to make a choice—either save Ionie from
the trap he snared and stay chained to Heaven, or allow her to become
collateral damage.
Excerpt:
She
leaned back and studied him, taking in the casual way his thigh rested against
a chair. Her throat closed, smothering her clever retort. Jarrid angled his
chiseled face to study items on her desk, and Ionie caught the awed stares of
her passing colleagues.
One woman
tripped over her own feet.
Another
face-planted into a wall.
Jesus
Christ.
The
half-angel was so handsome it hurt. Jarrid didn’t seem to notice the attention directed
at him. Or maybe he didn’t care.
“You’re
upset I won’t allow photos, but you still plan to work with me,” he said, his fingers
sliding over a shriveled dictionary. “I want to know why.”
Blunt
and to the point.
“I’m not
upset.” Ionie snorted, a sound she hoped made her seem indifferent. “You’ve
answered my prayers. I’m used to working obits, or chasing the occasional fire
truck.”
He
flicked his head at the desk adjoining hers. “You work with someone?”
“I don’t
do partners.”
“Yet you
will do me.” The simple statement, spoken in his sexy rumble, liquefied the
marrow in Ionie’s bones.
“Uh,” she
said. “My work takes on a whole new meaning when you say it.”
He leaned
in, a smooth slide of firm muscle and taut flesh. She caught a whiff of his
scent; she hadn’t noticed it before. Something nameless, celestial like the man
– the being – it belonged to. She inhaled deep, lulled by his nearness. Gorgeous.
No other word fit him better.
My thoughts:
Interesting premise. Well built, interesting characters. Well developed storyline. Although angels seem to be the "in" paranormal to write recently, this book is fresh and entertaining. Captivating! I can't wait for more Angel Bait books.
Author Giveaway: Tour wide giveaway five copies of the e-book.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Review: My Familiar Stranger by Victoria Danann
This virtual book tour is presented by Bewitching Book Tours.
Click HERE for more tour information.
Welcome to The Wormhole and my first day on the tour.
It is my pleasure to feature Victoria Danann and the first
book in her series The Order of the Black Swan.
My
Familiar StrangerBy Victoria Danann
The Order of the Black Swan
Book One
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Number of pages: 360
Book
Description:
Thirteen
times on Amazon Best Seller List in Fantasy Romance.
A secret society, modern day knights, and
vampires come together for a once in a lifetime adventure and a once in a
lifetime opportunity proving that true love can find you in the strangest
places, even far, far from home.
Minutes ahead of inevitable
assassination, Elora Laiken is forcibly transported to an alternate dimension
similar, but not identical, to her own.
Of course a girl could suffer worse
problems than having gorgeous suitors. Perhaps more importantly, in the midst
of an epidemic of vampire related abductions, can she stay alive long enough to
choose between an honor debt, true love, or the breathlessness of single-minded
passion?
My Familiar Stranger is a full length,
stand alone, Paranormal Romance novel that also sets up the foundation for the
Black Swan series. It is loved by fans of paranormal romance, fantasy romance,
and urban fantasy.
Erotic
quotient: A few steamy scenes. No menage. No BDSM.
Purchase Links: Amazon Smashwords Barnes&Noble iTunes
Authorgraph: get your e-book autographed
for free
BOOK TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLRFw_6gP5Q
About the Author :
For
the past fourteen years, Victoria
Though
works of fiction are a departure for me, I have had this series simmering on
the back burner of her mind for years. In addition to authoring and
illustrating Seasons of the Witch, I play rock music and manage one of Houston
This
series will include some of my actual experience in the paranormal with
fictionalized anecdotes from my journals during the years when I was a
practicing "metaphysician", but most of the material is fantasy.
My thoughts:
Wow! Fantastic! The writing is excellent. The word choice, superb. I fell in love with the vocabulary, it was so fun to roll around in the words that I didn't realize the pages were turning. The characters are wonderfully created and the world is interesting and clever. The story is nicely paced, intriguing, and original. This book was a true pleasure to read.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Blog Tour: The Dogs of Winter by Bobbie Pyron
Welcome to The Wormhole and my day on the tour for
Bobbie Pyron's The Dogs of Winter.
The Dogs of Winter by Bobbie Pyron
Like thousands of other children in post-Soviet Russian, five-year-old Mishka finds himself trying to survive on the streets of Moscow after his mother disappears and he has no home. Help comes from an unlikely source: a pack a feral street dogs! For two years, Mishka and the dogs protect and love each other, becoming a family in every sense of the word. When Mishka has the chance to rejoin the world of humans, will he want to? Inspired by a true story!
Bobbie has joined us for an interview:
1. How many jobs did you have before you
became a writer? Although I’d wanted
to be a writer since I was about nine or ten years old, my life took a lot of
diversions before I got serious about writing. I’ve worked as a wilderness
education instructor, dog trainer, bookstore manager, professional singer, and
for the last twenty-five years, librarian. I figure it’s all grist for the
mill!
2. How do you decide what you want to write
about? I think for me, it’s more a
matter of what finds me, what voice comes to me. At any given time, I can have
three or four ideas for stories, but until the narrative voice comes, I can’t
write a thing. Most of the things I write about are born out of personal experiences
or a particular passion of mine, such as dogs. Sometimes, I read something and
it makes the hair rise up on the back of my neck and I think, this would make a great story! That’s
what happened with The Dogs of Winter. I
read a magazine article about feral children, and it opened with the story of
Ivan Mishukov, the real-life Russian boy who inspired my book.
3. What do you like to do when you’re not
writing? Be outside with my dogs! I
need to be out in nature a certain amount most every day. I love hiking,
snowshoeing, skiing, and backpacking with my three dogs. I’m very fortunate to
live in the mountains in a place that’s surrounded by lots of wilderness.
4. Who would you consider your favorite author
and why? I have a super crush on
Kate DiCamillo. I think she’s an amazing author! If I could write a
tenth as wonderfully as she does, I’d be a happy camper. She writes so
beautifully and compassionately, with a gentle humor. She writes completely
from the heart. In my humble opinion, she can do no wrong.
5. Coffee or tea? Tea! I have a cup of
green tea by my side as I write this. My husband says I’m a tea addict.
6. Rocks or flowers? Hmmm…I love them both, but if I had to
choose, I’d probably say rocks. They speak to me in a way flowers don’t.
7. Favorite color? Purple!
More about the author:
Bobbie was born in Hollywood, Florida and spent her growing up years up in the panhandle, swimming in the Gulf of Mexico and dreaming of being a mermaid. She has degrees in Psychology and Anthropology, and a Masters degree in Library Science, and has worked as a librarian for over twenty-five years.
Her first book, a novel for teens titled The Ring (WestSide Books), was published in October of 2009. Her second book, A Dog’s Way Home (HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books), was published to starred reviews in March of 2011. The Dog Writers Association of America recently awarded Bobbie the Maxwell Medal of Excellence and the Merial Human-Animal Bond Award. It was also named a Banks Street Best Books of the Year.
Her new book, The Dogs of Winter (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic), came out October of 2012. The Dogs of Winter is a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Kirkus Best 100 Children’s Books of the Year. Bobbie lives in Park City, Utah with her husband, three dogs, and two cats.
Bobbie’s Website.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BobbiePyron
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bobbie.pyron?fref=ts
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This virtual book tour is presented by Teddy Rose at Premier Virtual Author Book Tours.
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