Sunday, September 30, 2012

Winter's Magic Release Day Celebration

Winter's Magic is coming out Nov. 1. Celebrate with us starting October 1 and lasting all month long culminating to a release day party November 2! Winners will be picked and announced at the party. (emailed too) RSVP to the Facebook Party HERE Owner of La Bella Vita, a five-star day spa nestled in the affluent suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee, Beth Sergeant knows her elite clientele first hand. She attended their private schools. She was even engaged, although briefly, to one of their most recognized bachelors. But she never fit in to their social-elite world. After losing his parents to a car accident at a young age, Nick Chester was raised by his grandfather, the wealthiest man in Nashville. When he chooses to socialize, he has a never-ending list of exclusive events and beautiful women vying for his attention. Yet he never lets himself forget that everyone has an agenda. Beth can’t resist Nick’s charm and accepts an invitation to dinner, despite her deep-seated insecurities. She proves she’s nothing like other women Nick's dated and learns to trust him in return. But just as the last of their resistance crumbles and true love is within reach, challenges from Nick's past threaten to destroy everything and force Beth to reveal her most guarded secret.

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

CURSED HEROES Tour and Giveaway!


Cursed Heroes, The Beginnings

Cursed by God himself theses poor souls must forever wonder the universe in bodies that are forever aging. However, they have turned their curse into their strength, as they fight against every power in this universe to protect those that cannot protect themselves. Fighting with everything they have, single handedly taking on vast armies, even if it means they will be beaten to a bloody wreck they will still stand and fight. They shake planets to their very cores, darken the stars, and moving entire star systems, all for the protection of the universe, they are The Brothers Will, and they never back down. Now come join the fight as you learn how it all began.

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From DNA Hackers -  Cursed Heroes The Ones Called Hackers

A smile came across Will’s face as he turned to one of the crew that was in the engine room. “Go tell the captain to get ready the ship is going to get a major boost.” Will then turn to Alin, “Get the extra power connections out, and hock them up to the engines power cell while I get ready.” As Alin pull out the cables and started to hock them into place Will closed his eyes “Hey Mark is there any creatures that you have become that can power the engines?” said Will under his breath “No, but there is one that is very conductive to electrical currents.” Replayed Mark, Will Smiled “I see where you’re going with this, well let’s change my body then.” Will opened his eyes, as he did his body began to change, his body grew slim, his skin became and almost clean color as what seemed like and electric current started running along his skin as his body stretched out like wires.

He wrapped his long Wire like Fingers around the ends of the cables that Alin had hocked to the engines. “Tell the crew we are ready to begin.” As Alin sent the message over the intercom, Will then began to take slow deep breaths to ready himself. “Don’t worry this should work Will I will have the nannies help channel the power to the engines I just hope it will be enough.” Said Mark as Will took his breaths. “We are good to go give it everything we have.” Said Alin from by the intercom as he strapped himself in. Will took one last deep breath “Don’t worry it Will be more than enough. Active Start-core 100%!”

Will’s words echoed through the ship, his chest starter to glow, static filled the air, Will’s eyes started to glow as energy started surging through his body. Then the hum of the engines changed, getting louder as the engines started to use the extra power Will was pushing into it. “It’s working we are at 85% no wait 90% we just need a little more power 98% now just hold out for a few minutes 100% and still rising!” Yelled Alin over the rough of the engines, Will’s hands pulled tight. “Push it all into the engines Mark” as he spoke the static in the air turn to bolts of energy discharging from Wills body into the air. The lights in every room of the ship grew brighter, “It’s at 200% if you keep this up for five minutes and we will be at the edge of the nebula!” Yelled Alin.

The engines roared loudly as the time passed by, two minutes in the gravity in the ship Failed and everything went weightless. The Gravity-core was to strong it was canceling out the gravity in and around the ship, and the ships artificial gravity genitors was not strong enough to keep up. Then three minutes in the ship’s hull started to rattle as if it were coming apart, “Don’t stop Will, give it everything till the last second.” Echoed The captain’s voice across the intercom. The two reaming minutes seam to pass even slower, as the rattling of the ship’s hull grew louder and the rower of the engines echoed through the ship like that of a ship yard with hundreds of ships.

From Time Hackers  -  Cursed Heroes The Ones Called Hackers

The Trapper was ready to fire and as they took aim, the captain ordered that everything be fired even what they were holding back in an effort not to destroy the whole planet during the battle. They were holding back because they figured if they destroyed the planet in the battle it would make it a lot harder to recover the power source if it survived. However, they no longer care about the power source they just wanted the brothers dead. Every gun on every ship lite up as they opened fire, raining down laser fire, bullets, and missiles of all kinds, then their bay doors opened and they let go everything they carried from small bombs to nukes. The brothers looked up; they watched the skies darken as the sun was blocked out by the attack. They knew the attack would destroy the planet if they didn’t do something; they looked straight up then spoke “Activate Star-core”.

They pushed their power past it limit as the first moved faster and faster becoming a blur then vanishing as he pushed himself through time faster and faster, then he opened fire shooting at the missiles, the were frozen from his view, moving so fast even shots stopped once they left his gun. The other moved his gun high as his eyes looked straight into the future, shooting off into the barrage of missiles, seeming to have no target but having missiles veer off course straight into the path of his every shot. The third did not pick his gun up but instead dropping his huge cannon he moved back; standing in the middle of his brothers, he raised his hands high. “Stop!” his words echoed through the battlefield and as they did every missile, rocket, and laser shot that approached the colony froze, even the missiles that had hit froze in the middle of exploding.

The bounty hunter commander fired the two weapons together; the bright beams mixed become a bright red beam headed straight for the brothers. The shot flew straight threw the missiles frozen in time, pulling them straight behind it as it pasted by them. The brothers turn their attention to the shot putting all their power into stopping it, but it came at them with full force not even slowing, and worst yet it broth with it a barrage of missiles.

The Brothers Three took the full force of the impact joining hands to boost their powers and with everything they had, they deadlocked every missile, bomb, and laser, headed for the colony freezing them in time permanently. However, the barrage of missiles the beam broth with it hit the three full force pounding them into the ground. As the smoke cleared, they lay in the huge crater, blood dripping from their broken bodies, surges of energy shooting from them.

 


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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Word Trailer for ‘A Diary’s House’



  A Diary’s House: Where True Love Endures

A Diary’s House is about adventure, lost love, and the hope that dreams, even those in the final years of life, can at last prevail. It is of a young boy’s attempt to become a man, the once-lost secrets of a diary, a sweeping romance which transcends time and place. It is more than a boy’s journey into manhood, but the mysteries of so many lives unknowingly intertwined, now brought together in a climatic ending; all from the engrossing world embedded in a forgotten diary; a diary of a woman.
Born in the vast and looming mountains of North Carolina during the 1870’s, Landon Hampshire always remembered the folklore and legendary tales his father told him during his early childhood; about the people of the Kituhwa (Cherokee) and the birth of this tribal nation – an enchanting story he could never forget. Incorporating the aid of an eccentric old French trapper (old man Montague), Landon and his friends set out on an adventure, their initial intention is to discover treasure and become men. But what Landon will eventually come to discover is more than he ever bargained for.
Landon didn’t realize his boyhood adventure would yield the incredible journey he ultimately experiences – going down the mysterious and mystical Randola River.  At the base of the river is an island even more mysterious than the Randola itself.
The island releases many of its mysterious, yet even many more are created when Landon discovers, on the island, a diary of a young woman who lived forty years prior during the 1830’s (Trail of Tears). The diary entries are hopeful, though haunting. It reveals, in intimate detail, the life and dreams of this very special young girl who is turning into a woman of beauty and adventure, her love for a Cherokee boy, and the trials she will ultimately face. Her story unfolds through the reading of her diary, and Landon suddenly finds himself caught up in a sweeping, empowering world of re-invention and ultimate redemption.


C. David Murphy
I am a writer; first and foremost. Anyone who reads my works will instantly know this.  I have found no greater joy on this earth than to be close to God and nature; exploring the serenity of landscapes, waterfalls, epic mountains, meadows and grasslands. To sit on those spots of earth and write to where my imagination will take me yields a tremendous amount of peace and serenity.. To create characters with true and genuine emotions, feel their heartbeat thru every word I write; their trails, their hopes and ambitions; to breathe life into their eyes and see their soul become one with me and the reader is absolutely amazing. I simply love to create on that venue and canvas; to affect change in the lives of others. It is my hope, when someone picks up my stories and reads the full weight of them, that somehow I have affected change in their lives, brought them to places they could never have imagined before, and moved them to believe in humanity again – to go out into the world and create ‘goodwill towards all’.
The Diary’s House is C David Murphy’s first digitally published novel.  He is also the author of two Shakespearean-style genre plays In the Years of the Ages and Hildengrass. He is currently finalizing his next novel, When Tomorrow Never Comes and The Chronicles of Good and Evil – Dracula’s Lair / The Darkest Tower, both due out later this year. Also, the sequel to A Diary’s House is in the works – The Long Journey Home due out the first part of 2013.
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 Word Trailer for ‘A Diary’s House’

‘Home’ is a place of longing; a point of transformation into a world where contentment
reigns and the ‘drive for more’ is met with satisfaction. It is the final resting place for our
dreams; where reality ultimately resides and we have been graced by that last destination.

It is the land where our dreams will end. The journey finished. Our lasting peace realized.
Happiness is finally met with such particular pursuits. No greater place resides in our
collective hearts. This home is like no other; a place of intimacy, where our deepest
thoughts go; the soul will venture to see within the clippings on these vital pages. The
word is written there. The quill pen presses against the page; words form into sentences;
sentences form into paragraphs. The heart will speak; the words will venture out from the
essence of one’s soul. Emotions will rise and collect the words to speak volumes within
the very spirit which brings to verse that internal phrase.

Love will elevate; dreams will spread into meadows; the lofts above gleam the view of
every mountaintop. The passion resorts, the heart will emblaze to drive such feelings into
a story ensemble. A Diary is born. The author’s heart is its wings. The internal voice calls
out to be heard. The eternal soul reaches with its voice to find another – a lost love. The
story is created.

Who will answer its calling for discovery? Who will be brave enough?

A child; a boy – Landon Hampshire will hear the cries of yesterday.

He will know of it. His own perilous journey begins. Danger will mark his path
everywhere. The way is unknown but he will find it. His own heart will guide him.
The destiny is set; the road could end all his hopes – but still he goes in search of the
unknown.

He will find something in the end. What it is he can not say. But it’s there; something;
something worth fighting for. A life-long treasure sits in the covers of a diary. A diary
of an unknown woman; a woman he will ultimately come to know. It will transform his
world forever…
C. David Murphy
Author of A Diary’s House

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

CURSED HEROES Giveaway and Excerpt!


Cursed Heroes, The Beginnings

Cursed by God himself theses poor souls must forever wonder the universe in bodies that are forever aging. However, they have turned their curse into their strength, as they fight against every power in this universe to protect those that cannot protect themselves. Fighting with everything they have, single handedly taking on vast armies, even if it means they will be beaten to a bloody wreck they will still stand and fight. They shake planets to their very cores, darken the stars, and moving entire star systems, all for the protection of the universe, they are The Brothers Will, and they never back down. Now come join the fight as you learn how it all began.

Enjoy this excerpt!
From Open Seas- Cursed Heroes The  Beginnings

It wasn’t long before the few ships turned into Hundreds of ships closing in on them from every direction, they were trapped; even with the ships speed they couldn’t break through the other ships they were just too many. The men on board looked to their Captain, wondering what they should do, and how they were going to get out of this one. They had been in many traps since the day that they lost everything but never were they so hopelessly out numbered.

Will smiled and spoke “What are you waiting for drop the sails and bring us to a stop, if they want a fight we will give them one. Now get to it men!” His smile turned into a grin as his men dropped the sails and the ship began to slow to a stopped. Will closed his eyes and spoke loud enough so only he could hear what was said, “Bother I hope you Nannies really do more than just keep us looking young like you said.” Then with a yell he went on “Nannies full activation, perfect aim imprint now!” His voice echoed through the ship as his muscles tighten and, his hands clenched into a fist, he could feel the Nannies flowing through his body making him stronger. He opened his eyes, they were glowing a bright sliver color as if the sun was burring behind them.

It worked, he could see everything around him, but that wasn’t all. His enemies were glowing green with circles around them, and his crewmembers were red without circles, “Perfect.” His hands dropped to his sides, he grabbed both of his Slashers one from each side, and he pulled them from their holsters. His hands came up and pointed straight at the enemy ships, as his crew looked on. “There is no way he could even see any of the crew of the other ships, they are too far out.” Said the crewmember standing next to him, but Will stayed frozen, a few minutes pasted with his guns both aimed at the far off ships. Though confused as to why their captain was aiming for the enemies while they were out of range, they wasted no time in getting ready for the battle. They grabbed their guns, making sure they were all loaded, they strapped down the sails and lowered the mass. They rolled the cannons into possession, loading every one and having them ready to fire at a moment’s notice.

The ship had been transformed, from a high-speed ship to a deadly battle ship ready to fight a war. They were hundreds of cannons pushing out from every side of the ship on all three decks. The sail and mass were dropped to make room for the biggest of the cannons, four huge fifty foot cannons. Two facing straightforward and two facing straight back. The cannons backs pushes against each other holding themselves in place. The huge cannons locked into placed and the crew loaded them, their operators sat in place and took aim dead center of the enemy ships. They were ready to fight a war and they weren’t planning on losing.

Will suddenly move both his guns straight to the head of the crewmember that had spoken earlier and spoke, “You know I should shoot you dead for setting us up like this, but I won’t kill you but you will be getting off my ship now.” “What are you talking about captain?” The crewmember asked while shaking. “Don’t play dumb with me; you were the only person on this ship who wasn’t uneasy or surprised by all of this, that and your green.”






 Purchase on Kindle / Paperback Get the first in the seriesCursed Heroes, The Ones Called Hackers (Volume 1) Follow William D. Ollivierre Twitter / Facebook The author is giving away a $50 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Giftcard and all of the books in the series Autographed! a Rafflecopter giveaway Follow the Tour!

The Accidental Siren Book Tour and Contest

The Accidental Siren

Mara Lynn is the most beautiful girl in the world. James Parker is the ordinary boy who discovers her power. The year is 1994. James, a pudgy twelve-year-old, responds to an ad for a used camcorder at a mysterious suburban home. Before he can knock on the door, he notices boys–a dozen at least–frozen amongst the trees behind the house. Their faces are blank. One boy presses “record” on a walkman and holds it above his head… and then James hears it, the voice of a little girl. Sweet; high like a songbird without the shrill. It was a church song. It came from inside the house. James doesn’t know it yet, but the girl he’s about to meet is a modern-day siren. The Accidental Siren depicts the joys and consequences of young love as Mara and James meet, shoot a movie, fend off bullies, and explore the potential of infinite beauty. Follow Jake Vaner Ark Official Site and Blog / Facebook / Twitter / Goodreads   BUY THE ACCIDENTAL SIREN: Paperback - Amazon / Lulu /Barnes & Noble eBook Kindle /iBookstore /Nook /EPUB from Lulu / Smashwords (Free until October 16th)

About Jake VanderArk

“What I really want to do is direct.” Yeah, I was that kid. I spent my high-school career as the ghost of the art room, passionately constructing a portfolio that would provide the first step toward a creative occupation. Luckily, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago didn’t consider GPA when selecting applicants, so I was immediately accepted into one of the most prestigious art programs in the country. Unfortunately, the only thing I learned in art school was how much I hated art. But I found myself! And that’s important, right? I graduated with a BFA in 2006 and moved to Los Angeles to harness my dream of becoming the next Ingmar Bergman (thanks a lot, art school). In LA, I began writing screenplays as a means to direct. I found a job reading screenplays for the same reason. I read a lot of crap. I wrote a lot of crap. But little did I know… I was learning. In the three-year process of creating short films and pursuing funding for features, I learned that directing came naturally to me, but producing did not. I wasn’t able to get a project off the ground. When my father was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009, I moved back to my hometown of Grand Haven, Michigan with nothing to show but three screenplays. One day, while working as a stage manager for a national dance competition, I had an epiphany that only a repressed, depressed, living-with-his-parents artist could have: what if I wrote books? Unlike screenplays, a book is finished when it’s finished. When the final draft is complete, a book becomes a marketable product. If I work my butt off, maybe I could actually make money doing what I love! I’m not a millionaire yet… but I did write four novels in three years and I’m proud of the accomplishment. Currently, I’m engaged to my soul-mate, self-publishing all four books, and developing a sequel to The Accidental Siren. Dreams, here I come. The Accidental Siren is FREE until October 16th on Smashwords HERE Download and Leave a review on Amazon for EXTRA points *The Accidental Siren* is one of four books in the "Blank Canvas Series." They're all very different books, but all related thematically. The other books are *Lighthouse Nights*, *The Brandywine Prophet*, and *The Day I Wore Purple*. The first three are all available on Smashwords and Amazon. Tour starts September 25 The author is having a contest -
2* custom designed v-neck t-shirts from Bare Tree Apparel (
http://www.thebaretree.com/)
2* pairs of Mara Lynn's purple earrings from jewelry designer Allison
Perkins 
2* signed and numbered paperbacks of The Accidental Siren
1 Skype date with the author. One-on-one video, audio, or text chat with
Jake
4 paperbacks of The Accidental Siren
All above winners will also receive an mp3 CD with music that inspired all four of Jake VanderArk's books, as well as the music he listens to as he writes.

2 ebooks of Lighthouse Nights (
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Monday, September 24, 2012

A Diary’s House: Where True Love Endures by C. David Murphy Book Tour and Kindle Fire


  A Diary’s House: Where True Love Endures

A Diary’s House is about adventure, lost love, and the hope that dreams, even those in the final years of life, can at last prevail. It is of a young boy’s attempt to become a man, the once-lost secrets of a diary, a sweeping romance which transcends time and place. It is more than a boy’s journey into manhood, but the mysteries of so many lives unknowingly intertwined, now brought together in a climatic ending; all from the engrossing world embedded in a forgotten diary; a diary of a woman.

Born in the vast and looming mountains of North Carolina during the 1870’s, Landon Hampshire always remembered the folklore and legendary tales his father told him during his early childhood; about the people of the Kituhwa (Cherokee) and the birth of this tribal nation – an enchanting story he could never forget. Incorporating the aid of an eccentric old French trapper (old man Montague), Landon and his friends set out on an adventure, their initial intention is to discover treasure and become men. But what Landon will eventually come to discover is more than he ever bargained for.

Landon didn’t realize his boyhood adventure would yield the incredible journey he ultimately experiences – going down the mysterious and mystical Randola River.  At the base of the river is an island even more mysterious than the Randola itself.

The island releases many of its mysterious, yet even many more are created when Landon discovers, on the island, a diary of a young woman who lived forty years prior during the 1830’s (Trail of Tears). The diary entries are hopeful, though haunting. It reveals, in intimate detail, the life and dreams of this very special young girl who is turning into a woman of beauty and adventure, her love for a Cherokee boy, and the trials she will ultimately face. Her story unfolds through the reading of her diary, and Landon suddenly finds himself caught up in a sweeping, empowering world of re-invention and ultimate redemption.

C. David Murphy
I am a writer; first and foremost. Anyone who reads my works will instantly know this.  I have found no greater joy on this earth than to be close to God and nature; exploring the serenity of landscapes, waterfalls, epic mountains, meadows and grasslands. To sit on those spots of earth and write to where my imagination will take me yields a tremendous amount of peace and serenity.. To create characters with true and genuine emotions, feel their heartbeat thru every word I write; their trails, their hopes and ambitions; to breathe life into their eyes and see their soul become one with me and the reader is absolutely amazing. I simply love to create on that venue and canvas; to affect change in the lives of others. It is my hope, when someone picks up my stories and reads the full weight of them, that somehow I have affected change in their lives, brought them to places they could never have imagined before, and moved them to believe in humanity again – to go out into the world and create ‘goodwill towards all’.
The Diary’s House is C David Murphy’s first digitally published novel.  He is also the author of two Shakespearean-style genre plays In the Years of the Ages and Hildengrass. He is currently finalizing his next novel, When Tomorrow Never Comes and The Chronicles of Good and Evil – Dracula’s Lair / The Darkest Tower, both due out later this year. Also, the sequel to A Diary’s House is in the works – The Long Journey Home due out the first part of 2013.
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Monday, September 17, 2012

BRIDE OF FAE Promo!

Bride of Fae (Tethers, Book 2)

A love more powerful than magic or time. Beverly Bratton has a safe, mundane life. No drama. No magic. Since her parents died, she's cared for her little sister Marion and worked at the Tragic Fall Inn. When a fairy's charm sends Beverly a hundred years into the past-and into the path of a banished fairy prince-nothing will ever be mundane or safe again. The regent of the Dumnos fae is turning the court from light to dark, and there's nothing the rightful king, Prince Dandelion, can do about it. The mystical coronation cup which he needs to become king has fallen into human hands. When he meets a human woman with access to the cup, everything changes. Beverly is fascinating as well as useful-but of course Dandelion doesn't love her. Love for a fairy is rare. Love with a human, impossible. But when Beverly and Dandelion are thrown together in a battle against both wyrd and fae, they learn that in Dumnos the impossible happens every day Buy on Kindle / Nook Follow the Tour Sept 17 - Promotional Blast Sept 18 - http://mommreadstoomuch.com http://oliviahardinwriter.com   Sept 19 http://amandablogs.com http://couponingwithboys.com   Sept 20 : http://booktester.blogspot.com/ http://identitydiscovery.net   Sept 21 http://readingitall.blogspot.com http://spellcheckedbycgpowell.blogspot.com/ http://www.delphinareadstoomuch.com   Sept 24 http://www.samthebookaholic.wordpress.com http://reviewinginchaos.blogspot.com   Sept 25 Jen http://www.craftylife.net http://lisaisabookworm.blogspot.com   Sept 26 http://momzunas.blogspot.com/ http://mymommysworld.com   Sept 27 http://www.ginaslibrary.info http://nikita-mattes.blogspot.com   Sept 28 http;//takingtimeformommy.com http://www.genuinejenn.com   The author is having a contest for 2 $25 Amazon Giftcards. Open Internationally. Fill out the form below to enter. a Rafflecopter giveaway

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Fall Into Books Hop

Fall Into Books

Welcome to the Fall Into Books Giveaway Hop hosted by Literary Addicts. This event takes place September 17-30 and each blog is hosting their own book themed giveaway worth at least $10 in value.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

THE MARRIAGE BARGAIN Book Review and Giveaway


The Marriage Bargain

Camille Chandler is a tabloid journalist whose career is right on track--until her boss sees a curious ad in the L.A. Trades. Wanted: Single actress for an extended gig abroad. France's mega-rich playboy Julian de Laurent is up to something and Camille's boss expects her to find out what. Who knew the eccentric gazillionaire was looking to hire a temporary wife? When Camille refuses to accept Julian's proposal--and secretly write a juicy tell-all about the de Laurent family--she's fired and left financially destitute, forcing her to entertain Julian's proposal for real. But what'll happen at the end of the contract period, after Camille has spent six months as the wife of a man she learns is capable of stealing her heart? Buy on Amazon / Nook / Paperback Coming Soon

Our Review

I love a romance with a spunky heroine, and Camille fit that bill! This was a sweet story of two people who are brought together through a series of believable events outside of their control. Both are well-written and likable, and the romance is warm and sigh-inducing. The supporting characters are just as engaging and lovable. It leaves the reader happy and satisfied. . .and perhaps walking around with a goofy smile for the rest of the day. Definitely a must-read for all romance addicts!  


    About Sandra - I write in a variety of genres such as paranormal (mostly time travel and reincarnation), contemporary, and suspense. While all my tales hold an element of romance, my books often push the envelope and step outside the boundaries of conventional romance. Follow her - Facebook / Twitter / Blog / Goodreads   Tour starts September 10th!! Prize - 4 of Sandra Edward Books in Print and a $100 Amazon Giftcard a Rafflecopter giveaway Follow the Tour

Monday, September 10, 2012

THE MARRIAGE BARGAIN Tour and GIveaway!

The Marriage Bargain

Camille Chandler is a tabloid journalist whose career is right on track--until her boss sees a curious ad in the L.A. Trades. Wanted: Single actress for an extended gig abroad. France's mega-rich playboy Julian de Laurent is up to something and Camille's boss expects her to find out what. Who knew the eccentric gazillionaire was looking to hire a temporary wife? When Camille refuses to accept Julian's proposal--and secretly write a juicy tell-all about the de Laurent family--she's fired and left financially destitute, forcing her to entertain Julian's proposal for real. But what'll happen at the end of the contract period, after Camille has spent six months as the wife of a man she learns is capable of stealing her heart? Buy on Amazon / Nook / Paperback Coming Soon     About Sandra - I write in a variety of genres such as paranormal (mostly time travel and reincarnation), contemporary, and suspense. While all my tales hold an element of romance, my books often push the envelope and step outside the boundaries of conventional romance. Follow her - Facebook / Twitter / Blog / Goodreads   Tour starts September 10th!! Prize - 4 of Sandra Edward Books in Print and a $100 Amazon Giftcard a Rafflecopter giveaway Follow the Tour

PASSION CREEK Excerpt

Passion Creek by Avery Flynn

Uptight history professor Sam Layton may have the abs of a movie action hero, but he stopped believing in the joy of adventure a long time ago. However, when a one-night stand with a tattooed bombshell leads to a treasure map for the long-buried Rebecca’s Bounty, the call to action is too strong to ignore. All Las Vegas cocktail waitress Josie Winarsky wants to do is paint. But when she lands smack dab in the middle in a mob plot, she has to push aside her dreams to find a treasure in Dry Creek, Nebraska and save her family from harm. With Sam at her side and a Vegas loan shark on her tail, the treasure she finds turn out to be much more valuable than emeralds and rubies. This book is intended for Adults 18+   Follow Blog/ Twitter / Facebook
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Passion Creek
Avery Flynn is a pseudonym for the author who, at least for now, prefers to remain behind the scenes. She believes having Avery as her alter ego is a very good thing because, as she says, “Pen name Avery is way cooler than me. Her favorite color is hot pink. She drinks single malt scotch on the rocks. She loves the Argentinean tango and stays at Iceland’s Ice Hotel.” Author Avery has been writing since she was a child and her father gave her a baby blue Brother typewriter. She couldn’t read but nonetheless wrote numerous stories about her stuffed animals in gibberish. She hasn’t stopped since, though she maintains that her spelling has gotten much better and she now prefers to write in English. Today she’s enjoying her own happily ever after with her dashing husband, three crazy kids and two arthritic dogs. She dreams of one day having a floor-to-ceiling library à la Beauty and the Beast and is working to perfect the coffee IV drip. Enjoy this excerpt from PASSION CREEK!
Josie stood at least four inches taller than Snips in bare feet; add in the heels and she towered over the slimy loan shark. From her vantage point, Josie counted the twelve greasy black hairs slicked over his prematurely bald dome. And they say God doesn't have a sense of  humor.
"The dealer's about to get started again, but we need to talk later."
"I've told you a million times, Snips, I'm not interested."
"When you hear just how much Cyril owes me, you'll change your tune." Confidence oozed from his blindingly white, toothy grin.
Her baby brother would never borrow money from Snips. "What in the hell are you talking about?"
Snips just smirked. Finally, his eyes met hers. "We'll need to work something out." His gaze dropped again.
"How much?"
Her baby brother by all of twelve minutes promised the craps games were in his past. Why in the hell would Cy need money from a shark on the lowest rung of the Callandriello family's crime ladder? Was he gambling again, trying to cover mom's out-of-whack medical bills? Had the bank finally come through on its threats to foreclose on her parents' house? She didn't have the answers. Instead she had an ominous gurgling in the pit of her stomach and Snips' little snake eyes ogling what he could never touch.
Josie wobbled on her four-inch Lucite heels, but forced her voice to strengthen. "I asked how much?"
"Don't worry about it." He winked at her. "I'm sure we can work something out."
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Dark Summer Release Day and Kindle Fire

Dark Summer (Book I, Witchling Trilogy)

A girl with a broken past and a dark secret. A boy with a twisted future and no second chances. When they meet, it just might cost them their souls. Sixteen-year-old Summer doesn’t expect the new boarding school to be any different than the rest: a temporary stay where everyone will turn against her after a few weeks. Until she meets the rest of the students at this special school and realizes she’s not the only one with magic in her blood. Accustomed to the concrete jungle of LA, she gets lost one night in the forests of the Rocky Mountains and meets Decker, the boy who will become the Master of Night and Fire on his eighteenth birthday. Their connection is instant and dangerous, for both will be forced to choose between Light and Dark, life and death, love – and their souls. One choice. One soul. One price.

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Monday, September 3, 2012

Passion Creek Promo Blast and Contest

Passion Creek by Avery Flynn

Uptight history professor Sam Layton may have the abs of a movie action hero, but he stopped believing in the joy of adventure a long time ago. However, when a one-night stand with a tattooed bombshell leads to a treasure map for the long-buried Rebecca’s Bounty, the call to action is too strong to ignore. All Las Vegas cocktail waitress Josie Winarsky wants to do is paint. But when she lands smack dab in the middle in a mob plot, she has to push aside her dreams to find a treasure in Dry Creek, Nebraska and save her family from harm. With Sam at her side and a Vegas loan shark on her tail, the treasure she finds turn out to be much more valuable than emeralds and rubies. This book is intended for Adults 18+   Follow Blog/ Twitter / Facebook
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Passion Creek
Avery Flynn is a pseudonym for the author who, at least for now, prefers to remain behind the scenes. She believes having Avery as her alter ego is a very good thing because, as she says, “Pen name Avery is way cooler than me. Her favorite color is hot pink. She drinks single malt scotch on the rocks. She loves the Argentinean tango and stays at Iceland’s Ice Hotel.” Author Avery has been writing since she was a child and her father gave her a baby blue Brother typewriter. She couldn’t read but nonetheless wrote numerous stories about her stuffed animals in gibberish. She hasn’t stopped since, though she maintains that her spelling has gotten much better and she now prefers to write in English. Today she’s enjoying her own happily ever after with her dashing husband, three crazy kids and two arthritic dogs. She dreams of one day having a floor-to-ceiling library à la Beauty and the Beast and is working to perfect the coffee IV drip.
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Crimson Groves Review


  Crimson Groves by Ashley Robertson

Abigail Tate was a normal human girl. Until the day Bronx the vampire barges into her life and turns her against her will. Held captive while forced to deal with never ending cravings for blood, Abby prays for a way to escape. Only when an opportunity arises, it’s with the aid of an innocent human named Tyler–except vampires are forbidden to interact with the unbitten. But Abby quickly learns this human has secrets of his own…secrets that can either help her or get her killed. Only Abby discovers that she was the one with the biggest secret of them all.

**June 2012 Extras added to the e-book version only (including the first chapter of the sequel Crimson Flames (book #2 of The Crimson Series)
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Ashley Robertson resides in sunny Orlando, Florida and loves reading and writing about everything urban fantasy and paranormal romance. When she isn’t writing you’ll find her spending time with family and friends, training in her home gym, traveling and exploring new places, drinking fine red wines, and making gourmet coffees with her Nespresso machine.

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            Crimson Groves is a riveting story full of adventure, love and the ultimate betrayal. Abby Tate is an isolated young woman just trudging through life when a dazzling stranger manages to walk through Abby’s solitude in just one night. Bronx changes Abby’s entire existence when he takes her life and turns her into a vampire. Now Abby must adjust to being thrust into an entirely new and dangerous world where she belongs to a stranger who holds the strings to her life. But when she gets the chance to escape, Abby grabs at it and finds herself with a man whom she might actually love. Confusion, fear and uncertainty fill Abby about everything in her life but one thing she knows for sure. She must kill Bronx and exact her revenge. But everything Abby knows is about to change when she is faced with the ultimate danger and betrayal.
            Ashley Robertson is a gifted storyteller who weaves a fantastical tale and takes the reader along for the ride. 
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