tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505692694253893502024-03-16T05:24:07.989-04:00Fresh Pot of TeaA blog about writing and online creativity.Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.comBlogger472125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-64137763706477811272017-11-16T08:00:00.000-05:002017-11-16T08:00:25.584-05:00He Found Me: New Book by Kate Leibfried<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #212121; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'On a tiny island off of Panama, a stray dog approached a young woman, took a cracker from her hand, and skittered away into the night. The dog had never known the comfort of a person’s hand stroking his fur. He didn’t realize that other dogs ate regular meals out of their very own bowls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The moment he took the cracker, the world began to change for both the dog and the young woman. They started building a friendship strong enough to withstand thousands of miles, months of absence, and even a looming threat on the dog’s life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076DGC4HX?ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_Ol2Ywb1Y4HHHK&tag=ammbt-20&linkCode=kpe" target="_blank"><i>He Found Me</i> </a>is the incredible true story about the unbreakable bonds of friendship, steadfast trust, and having the courage to take life’s “crackers” when they’re offered to us.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I mean, just look at one of the illustrations in this book:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Did I mention there's a real dog? Here he is with the writer:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And let's not forget that 50% of the profits go to the <a href="https://awionline.org/" target="_blank">Animal Welfare Institute.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">And find it on Goodreads <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10885449.Kate_Bitters" target="_blank">here</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 15px;">Kate Bitters is a Minneapolis-based writer with a passion for magical realism.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 15px;">She is the author of </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 15px;">Elmer Left, Ten Thousand Lines</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 15px;">, and </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 15px;">He Found Me</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 15px;">. Her current project is Ellie Half-Shadow and the Mayan Prophecy, a YA book about a girl split between two distinct times and personalities.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 15px;">When she’s not writing for herself, she is writing for Click Clack Writing, a company that helps individuals and businesses turn ideas into books. Kate enjoys hiking, traveling in Central America, reading, and candied ginger. She spends a lot of time walking with her dog, Dobby, and biking with her husband, Eric.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ross Kitson, fantasy author extraordinaire, has just published part 6 of the Darkness Rising series. Part SIX! If you've been keeping tabs on the series, each book fits into a large scheme of plot, characters, and perhaps the most amazing world-building I've ever seen.</span></div>
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Have a look at some of the adventure and battle coming your way in his new book:</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal;">In the wilderness of the Wastes, Emelia has succumbed to Vildor's black charm and watches helplessly as his schemes come to their terrible conclusion. Separated from his partner, Hunor, the Wild-Mage Jem races across Artoria to save Emelia. But more than just Vildor stands in his way as the terrors of the past seek to steal the might of the crystals from his grasp, and with them all hope of salvation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal;">The final book in the epic fantasy series, Darkness Rising- Redemption brings the incredible journey to its thrilling conclusion.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 22.72px;"><u>Take a look at Kitson's reviews:</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'Tightly plotted, very well-written books, with a multitude of engaging characters.' The British Fantasy Society</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'Each page is a new rush of tension, mystery and adrenaline.' Amazon reviews.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'A finely crafted and unique fantasy novel which had me hooked from the first page.' Amazon reviews.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You can buy Darkness Rising - Redemption on Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Rising-Book-Redemption-Prism-ebook/dp/B01G9GBKH0?ie=UTF8&keywords=ross%20m%20kitson&qid=1464638063&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1" target="_blank">US</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkness-Rising-Book-Redemption-Prism-ebook/dp/B01G9GBKH0/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1464638173&sr=1-1&keywords=ross+m+kitson" target="_blank">UK</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ross M Kitson works during the day as a consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia in the UK. He is married with three lovely children who soak up most of his free time. His works include the Prism series of epic fantasy, and the YA sci-fi adventures of the Nu-Knights.</span></div>
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Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-29914159473158996622016-04-22T09:00:00.000-04:002016-04-26T16:37:43.329-04:00Mermaids, Blood and Bones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b> Shaun Allan is a rising star - comet, really - on Wattpad. I'll let him tell you about his amazing success on the site for writers, poets, and readers:</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20.8267px;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wattpad is a site which has over 14,000,000 unique visitors a month. You can find, there, a huge amount of work to read – stories of every genre. I originally posted the Prologue to Sin, along with some other stories, on the site about four or so years ago. Wattpad asked me if I’d be willing to serialise the book in its entirety, which I agreed to do with a little trepidation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 20.8267px;"><span style="color: #274e13;">I don’t know why I was so worried! Sin has had almost 765,000 reads and has received fantastic comments. Since then, I’ve become a member of their Wattpad Stars program and been a Featured Writer. With Wattpad, I’ve written for Universal (for The Purge: Anarchy and Sinister 2), DC Vertigo Comics, Goosebumps and the film The Boy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The head floated on the surface of the water, face up, glassy eyes staring at the clear sky. A seagull swooped down and landed on the cavity where the nose had been, dipping its head to peck at one of the dead eyes. It pulled, the orb popping free of the socket, but the optic nerve’s hold was stronger and, after a brief tug of war, the bird opened its beak, dropping its prize and flying off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A hand reached through the waves, grabbed the matted hair clinging to the skull in lank clumps and pulled it under. A flash of red mane and blue-silver tail broke the ripples of the ocean before vanishing into the dark depths. The seagull, which had been circling above, debating on whether to try again on the dangling eye, cried out in frustration before turning with the wind allowing it to carry the bird off towards the shore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The mermaid swam down quickly, the head in its grip. The light from above quickly faded to be replaced by a undulating twilight, illuminated by the krill sentries which floated at regular intervals along the Korel, the dividing line between above and below. The mermaid nodded to the guards as she passed. They didn't acknowledge her, knowing to do so would mean death. She was the princess. She was also not allowed to violate the Korel. If they showed recognition of her presence, she would eat them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Under normal circumstances, merfolk were forbidden to cross the boundary. The king had ruled, as had all kings before him, the world of Humans and that of Mer were forever to be isolated from each other. The krill were placed far enough below the surface to ensure no human would discover their presence. They were also instructed to stop any of the merfolk from reaching the surface.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The princess was not exempt from such laws. She should have been punished. Even being the king's daughter, she would pay the price of flaunting the decree of the king. The krill, however, valued their life. The princess had feasted on a hundred of their number only a few short weeks before when one attempted to tell her she should stay below in the city. It was dangerous to be this close to the ships which crossed the waters above. She could be discovered, captured, killed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The mermaid, Princess Aren, didn't say a word. She simply opened her mouth, her jaw dislocating to allow it to widen further, and swept along the line, catching the krill in her throat and crunching down on them. She licked her lips, her forked tongue flicking menacingly. Then she rose to the surface, returning hours later with a dismembered arm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The krill feared the king. He was a mighty warrior, a strict, inviolate ruler who all would bow to without being asked. You felt the authority in his presence. It was so absolute, its weight almost forced your shoulders down, buckling your tail until you were prone before him. He'd allow you to remain there for a moment until, finally, waving his hand, your signal to rise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Princess Aren bore nothing of her father's power. Whereas he was imposing, she wore an aura of simplicity. She was polite and humble, a disconcerting contrast to the crown she bore on her head. If you bowed, she would too. If you addressed her by her title, she would laugh and call you 'sir' or 'madam'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And if you angered her, she would sneak into your room at night and disembowel you. She would mix shell fragments into your food and watch while you choked, coughing up the blood from your torn insides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At an early age, Aren had learned the secrets of the royal palace. She knew of her father's infidelity with the matron of staff, and how the resultant son was her half-brother, though even he and the king were oblivious to the fact. She knew of the plot to overthrow her father's rule by his very own brother, and had dealt with it herself. The princess and her uncle had met one night, in the reef at the edge of the mer kingdom. She lured him there with promises of aid and support. She would help him gain access to the king's chambers. She would be there to encourage his succession.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When he arrived, they embraced. The blood from the savage wound in his back from the barbed blade she'd embedded there attracted a shiver of sharks. She swam away a short distance, watching as they tore him apart. His right hand remained, barely touched, wrenched from the arm by the frenzied ripping of the shark as it feasted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When the sharks had finished their meal and swam away, the princess picked up the hand. She turned it over slowly, examining it closely. After a long moment, lost in thought, she cast it aside, letting it drift to the bottom of the sea, the swell of the tides dragging the ocean bed over it, losing it forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once past the krill, Aren swam towards a large rocky outcrop, thrusting upwards as if reaching for the world above. She hated these rocks. They reminded her of everything the merfolk were. They pretended to live happily together, content in their daily lives, yet she knew they secretly longed to walk on the surface with the humans. They wished for legs instead of their tails, and for lungs rather than gills. And they wished for the immortal soul. Rather than a limited three hundred year existence beneath the sea, they wanted to live forever, even beyond the lifespan of a human body. They wanted to carry on as a spirit, not simply dissipate as foam on the whim of the moon's pull.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Princess Aren wanted this. She craved it desperately, as did her mother. It was this need, this overwhelming desire which had led to her mother's death at the hand of a human who thought her an aberration, a sea monster. It was this which had caused her father, who had been contemplating a change to the law, one where human and mer might make contact and, perhaps, even coexist, to slam his trident into the palace floor and roar his command.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From that day, the krill sentries were doubled. The sentence of death for breaking the Korel was final and irrevocable. The merfolk were confined to their kingdom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In reality, most were agreeable to this. The kingdom was their home. They were happy. They didn't need change or disruption.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Princess Aren did not agree. Her mother had told her the stories of the cities on land. She told of the lives and the clothes and the food. Aren wanted to taste it. Not just the food, but the life. She wanted to savour and devour it. More than anything, however, since the day her mother died at the hand of a human, she wanted revenge. She wanted the life of the man who had killed the queen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The rocks echoed her perceptions of her people's needs. They were grasping for the sun and for all that walked beneath it. She despised them, yet she had to use them. The rocks were barren, jagged shards of anger driven upwards by a quake which rumbled, long ago, in the depths of the Earth. Black and bleak, they were avoided by both fish and merfolk - apart from Princess Aren. At the front of the crag was a sharp overhang behind which a dark tunnel bore into the rock. Its edges were smooth as if some strange creature, born in the fiery heart of the planet, had burrowed its way out. It was through this channel Aren dove. She whipped her tail to give her a burst of speed and shot forward, spinning through the shaft and bursting out into a large cave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She paused, catching her breath. She was always left panting when she had killed. The feeling of taking a life, ripping a body apart with the passion of a gorging shark, made the princess giddy with fervour. It was an addiction she often struggled to subdue, with only the risk of discovery making her stay her hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aren pulled a length of seaweed from a hollow just before the entrance to the cave and tied one end to the decapitated head. She tied the other to a rock, weighting the end so it sank to the floor, the head itself floating upwards until it stopped, the seaweed holding it steady in the sway of the water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She looked around the cavern and smiled. Three other heads, two male and one female also floated, rocks and seaweed keeping them from rising upwards to the roof. At least a dozen arms and legs and a myriad fingers joined them in a macabre collection of body parts, suspended like balloons in a human fairground. The princess thought the image comical - the murdered humans' body parts were paraded in a mermaid's version of their own carnival. Did it not serve them right? Were they not all guilty of the exile of her species?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aren's mother was not the first. Centuries before, when the original law was set, forbidding merfolk to interact in any way with those on land, a king had been killed. He had been speared through the heart by a harpoon, the blade of which Aren now used as a weapon. Since then, mermen and mermaids remained hidden beneath the ocean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Princess Aren thought of the laws as she surveyed her trophies. She thought of their futility. Why hide when they could wage a war on the humans? Why sneak about like plecks on the ocean floor, when they could - should - rise up and have their revenge?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But no. Such was not the way. Such was not the royal decree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was usual for the princess to wait a few days before venturing back up to the surface in search of another victim. This most recent kill had ignited a fire in her heart. She wanted more. She had to slice through the flesh of another human. She needed to satiate her desires before they consumed her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The princess gripped the handle of her blade tightly and turned, exiting through the tunnel, back out into the ocean wide. She looked around to make sure no-one was nearby, then swam upwards, weaving silently through the water, barely leaving a wake. The krill parted to let her through, moving immediately back into formation. There had been no mermaid through here. There had never been and there would never be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Princess Aren reached the surface, her face hard and her eyes narrow. A ship moved swiftly through the water, its stern retreating from her. She could hear music and laughter from the deck, the sounds feeling like an insult to her. How dare they enjoy themselves? How dare they be so unaware of the world under their feet?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She swam slowly forward and then, with a flick of her tail, dove just under the surface, dashing along in pursuit.<span style="line-height: 20.8267px;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Meek Shall Walk: <span style="line-height: 20.8267px;">Princess Aren is determined to make the human who killed her mother and exiled her people to the bottom of the ocean pay. To do so, she must go to extremes of pain and heartache in her search for justice. Aren, however, is no sweet, happy mermaid. To kill is to ignite a fire of passion in her heart which only the savage letting of blood can satiate. She will go to any lengths to find the man responsible, including cutting off her own tail and sewing, in its place, a pair of human legs - legs she tore from one of the many humans she had murdered. With the unwilling help of the sea witch, Princess Aren must go ashore and hunt for her mother's killer. But, in doing so, the worlds above and below the ocean will clash in ways neither thought possible!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century schoolbook";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Today's guest post is by Catherine Stine, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01COACFVU">Witch of the Cards</a>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">For
my new historical fantasy Witch of the Cards, inspiration came from all angles.
First of all, I’ve been visiting Asbury Park for years. It’s a beach town on
the Jersey shore that went from being a posh destination in the 1900s, to being
a dilapidated, even dangerous town in trouble. Its gorgeous Art Deco convention
center was in ruins, its boardwalk practically deserted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Despite
this, or maybe because of this, I loved strolling its boardwalks and stopping
into the few stores still open. One was an ancient taffy shop run by an old
lady. I made the shop in my novel have taffy with very strange effects. I
changed the tumbledown convention center into a shiny 1930s dance palace, where
Fiera and Peter danced to Rudy Vallee’s rendition of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries,</i> and more. It was big fun
researching the music of my grandma’s time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">In
another shop on the boardwalk, I discovered dozens of photos of a shipwreck from
the 1930s that had washed ashore on the Asbury beach and become a tourist
curiosity. It was called The Morro Castle and during Prohibition, it cruised from
New York City to Cuba, carrying high rollers who could drink penalty free. In
those days, large vessels were still crafted from wood, and the Morro caught
fire, causing scores to perish in the cold waters off the Atlantic coast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">I
put this disturbing event into my novel, but in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01COACFVU" target="_blank">Witch of the Cards,</a> it is caused
by a supernatural dilemma (not saying what! No spoilers here). Peter Dune, Fiera’s
love interest, attends a business meeting on the Morro Castle, where I have him
run into a group of 1930s glitterati: actors Bela Lugosi and Irene Ware, the surrealist
painter Salvador Dali and the cutting edge fashion designer, Elsa Schiaparelli.
This encounter injects some wild fun and helps break up the tension.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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paranormal store I have visited to get psychic readings became Peter Dune’s
Séance and Tarot, the site of many an unsettling event. And in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01COACFVU" target="_blank">Witch of theCards</a>, even the ocean holds terrible danger.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And here is the blurb for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01COACFVU" target="_blank">Witch of the Cards</a> by Catherine Stine</span></b></div>
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Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-28177723755054115312016-03-02T09:00:00.000-05:002016-03-02T09:00:11.977-05:00Silenced by Natasha Larry #newrelease #fantasy<div class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; line-height: 13.9pt;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Fans of Natasha Larry's fantasy fiction: your wait is over! Her new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Silenced-Natasha-Larry-ebook/dp/B01AU11T7Q/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8">Silenced</a>, came out yesterday, and it looks amazing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Here's the blurb:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="background: white;">A jaded and dark-humored, young black man is
forced to start killing again.<span class="ecxapple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Pike Richards is used to having women beg him to
kill them. What he isn’t used to is refusing to do the act. As a blood-cursed
siren, he’s only allowed to live as long as there is someone to hear his song.
However, after witnessing humans round up and kill descendants of the gods for
fear of magic, Pike is ready to die alongside them. Mankind created the tech
virus, a scientific breakthrough that could allegedly make them immune to the
effects of magic. It backfired, and now humans are turning into beasts, and
mankind faces the potential end of its race.</span><span class="ecxapple-converted-space" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Pike enters into a contract with Compound Six,
one of the last safe havens left in the world. He’ll help them retrieve the
cure if Sadie Evans, a young girl he sees as a daughter, is given a dose. The
cure is located at one of the crossroads, a magic space considered sacred to
the gods. Only a siren can enter this space. The blood-cursed, however, are not
permitted to leave. As everything spirals out of his control, Pike needs to
find a way to beat the law that would force him to stay. He must return to
Sadie. If that weren’t enough, he develops confusing feelings for a
strong-willed fury, who is also part of the mission but who seeks answers that,
if found, threaten to undo him. Pike must decide between returning with the
cure and living in a world that no longer has a place for him or silencing
mankind once and for all.</span></span></i><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">amazing excerpt:</span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tahlia gasps. I double over and bite down a
grunt. I can feel her hovering over me as my body wrenches from painful bolts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The agony rips my mind, wraps silence around
my nose, my mouth. Steals the air.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“How long has it been?” Her voice comes at me
like there are miles between us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I try to swallow and wind up croaking. I gasp
for air, but it sticks to the edge of my lips, closing off my throat. Caving in
my lungs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I can’t…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Answer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I can’t be…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Can’t control it much longer My gaze lifts
toward her, my movements wooden, my fingers buried on either side of my face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">No time to bang my head up against my inner
moral compass. I smile. There is a monster pulling the strings. It draws her
in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Her eyes go blank, and I taste her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She’s had a great loss. Maybe a parent. Maybe
a sibling. I peer around the hole it carved in her. Black and tinged deep blue
from the swelling power. I chew the part of herself she gave up to deal with
loss between my teeth. My chair crashes down as I lift myself up to stand
before her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Her eyes are locked onto my face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Her energy floods me with pins and needles. I
burn to fix her. And she’ll let me. She’s nothing locked in my gaze. A source.
A pleasure. I’ll rip her out and send her over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A face flashes across my gaze and my breath
hitches.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There are no features, just a feeling. It
snaps an inch of me back in to quell the monster.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That inch doesn’t want this to be on Juliet’s
terms. I used to follow certain rules; she’s making me break them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fuck her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Tahlia,” I mutter, shutting my eyes. “If you
don’t leave now, you won’t leave alive.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Her breath is so labored I hear it go in and
out of her in rushed waves. “I don’t care.” Her hands rest on my chest.
“Promise me you won’t let them take me back to the main grounds.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The urgency in her voice doesn’t slay the
monster. But it gives me control.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I’ll always be a monster, after all. But she
is more than my prey. She is Tahlia, and her eyes plead to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #351c75;">I nod my head, screw my mouth up, and whistle.</span><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-12067876259665882312015-11-23T11:01:00.001-05:002015-11-23T11:01:37.609-05:00Excerpt - Of Ice and Air by Carlie Cullen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Here's an excerpt from Carlie Cullen's new fantasy, <a href="http://hyperurl.co/OfIceandAir" target="_blank">Of Ice and Air</a>. Epic!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jaanis
decided to be the one to answer and he explained all about Gengaruk, his
exploitation of nearby villagers and why he requested an audience. He went on
to explain what happened next and the banishment. “He and his men were escorted
all the way to their new home in the east and due to magic cast around them,
they cannot leave the area.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“What
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automatically stuck there too? What about anyone Gengaruk’s men brought into
their encampment who isn’t one of their tribe? Wouldn’t they be stuck like the
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Well,
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bracelets. However, the magic is strong enough that anyone entering the area
would be stuck there too.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I
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are rarely wrong. I think there were more men with Gengaruk who didn’t enter
the throne room, but <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">did</i> come into
the castle. I believe they somehow remained hidden until Gengaruk left the
building with his escort and let them get ahead before they grabbed my mother
and took her there. What do you all think?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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possibility. We had fewer guards in and around the palace as one battalion were
escorting Gengaruk while another two battalions took much needed food,
clothing, and medicine to the northern sector of the country. Anyone with enough
skill to sneak into Garalia’s room would certainly be able to get across the
courtyard and out of the castle grounds without being seen.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“By
all the gods, I think you may be onto something there,” Jaanis said
thoughtfully. His eyes stared at some distant thing only he could see. When he
returned from his trance, he seemed a little confused and closed his eyes,
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knelt beside his throne and held his hand. “Grandfather?” He didn’t respond.
She tried again, this time shaking him. His eyes flew open wide and he looked
down at her. “Grandfather, did you bespell the bangles Gengaruk and his men
have to wear?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Would
you be able to create one to make me immune to the magic? One I could remove
once I’d returned to the palace?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Yes
of course, but why . . .? No! Absolutely not! We have only just found you, dear
Granddaughter, and I will <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> allow
you to put yourself in danger.” Jaanis stared at Kailani with a stern
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<span lang="EN-GB">She has always written in some form or another, but started to write novels in 2011. Her first book was published by Myrddin Publishing in 2012. Author of the Heart Search trilogy and Of Ice & Air<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>, she writes in the Fantasy/Paranormal Romance genres for New Adult and Adult.</span></div>
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Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-91536148518110866592015-11-19T11:35:00.001-05:002015-11-19T11:35:57.480-05:00Of Ice and Air - Book Launch <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm so excited for this launch - Carlie Cullen has a new fantasy, <a href="http://hyperurl.co/OfIceandAir" target="_blank">Of Ice and Air</a>, and we lucky readers get to <a href="http://hyperurl.co/OfIceandAir" target="_blank">pick up copies </a>tomorrow!</span><br />
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Myrddin Publishing in 2012. Author of the Heart Search trilogy and Of Ice &
Air<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>, she writes in the Fantasy/Paranormal Romance genres
for New Adult and Adult.</span></div>
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Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-51253016277580874962015-10-21T10:16:00.000-04:002015-10-21T10:16:01.193-04:00Rihanna, Janay Palmer, and Other Heroes<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Remember when Rhianna was slugged in the face by her then-boyfriend, Chris Brown? The event caused a media storm. It only escalated when she stood by him and didn't break up with the man who gave her a black eye and a cut lip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And what was the response?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I can't believe she took him back."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"She doesn't deserve our sympathy."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Rihanna's just asking for it now."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">***</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>This is very difficult to confess: Once, when I was young and in love, a guy slapped me across the face.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And it changed my life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was the end of the 70's, the 'Me Era.' My friends and I had snuck to a pool where we hung out, laughed and chatted. We skinny-dipped, talked some more, and because it was a hot night, skinny-dipped again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I completely lost track of time. My boyfriend and I had arranged to meet up later, but because the conversation was so interesting and the warm water felt so good, I was late. In fact, I was so late he tracked me down and confronted me as my friends and I were heading back to our shabby VW to go and get Denny's coffee.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My first thought was <i>Hey! It's my guy! Hi, guy!</i> That surge of delighted surprise exploded when he marched up to me, pulled back, and smacked me across my face so hard I nearly fell into the long, summer grass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's a weird thing when that happens. My reaction was one of horror, of shame, of <i>What the hell did I do to deserve this?</i> Or maybe it was just shock. It happened so quickly I still can't catalogue my thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The boyfriend (let's call him 'E') was striding back to his own car, and the pool had no lights. As a result, my friends weren't able to see what had just happened. One of them gasped, "Did he just hit you?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The smart answer would have been this: "Yes, he did. Please help me find a phone so we can call my parents and the police."</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">BUT YOUR BRAIN CHANGES WHEN YOU ARE HIT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It just felt so shameful, so horrifying that this had happened to me. "No, he didn't," was my response. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And when 'E' returned from the car and put his arms around me, the shame changed to some fearful kind of joy. "I'm so sorry," he murmured. "I just got so mad that you were late."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Wow,</i> I thought. <i>He really loves me.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">***</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Perhaps there's some chemical reaction that occurs when someone's hand or fist connects with soft skin and bruises deep tissue. I didn't lose consciousness or get light-headed. The smack didn't even bruise me much. However, was there a release of endorphins, of hormones, of some kind of mind-altering adrenaline when it happened?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't recall the rest of the night - if I went and sat in Denny's or took off with E. I just don't know. I do know that I was young, I'd been assaulted, and it changed me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Changed me. Forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I did finally leave E, thank God, I made myself a promise: No one was ever going to hit me again. Ever. I've kept that vow.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But let's look at my background - I grew up in a mainly supportive household. I wasn't raised by the belt or made to believe I was less because of my gender. I went to college. I read a lot. My mother consumed poetry and taught Lit at the local university. We loved art and music and watching <u>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead</u>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If I had been raised in a house where hits and slaps were the norm, where I was expected to act a certain way because I'm female, who knows where I would have ended up? Perhaps I would have finally accepted E's constant proposals and had his kids. (The mere thought makes my stomach churn.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was a victim, and it changed my life. That's my point here. The slap propelled me into a certain way of thinking and very odd behaviors for a long time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>THEY WEREN'T MY FAULT.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those behaviors aren't Rihanna's fault either, or anyone's who puts up with abuse. I experienced one slap in my lifetime. Right now, somewhere out there, women and men live with daily physical or emotional abuse. The constant threats change them, warp them into saying and doing things they probably never imagined. The victims scrape by from hour to hour, from second to second with nothing more than survival as a reward.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those people, the ones who do gather up the energy to walk away, are my heroes. The ones who can't quite find the money/strength/ability to walk away are my heroes as well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Being a victim is a terrible thing, something one can never forget.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Please don't blame those who are victims. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Please.</span><br />
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<br />Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-13167756614031089512015-09-22T09:00:00.000-04:002015-09-26T09:44:13.661-04:00Prince of Bryanae: #Giveaway #EpicFantasy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Elven soldier Willow serves the human Kingdom of Bryanae in a bid to overcome her traumatic past. Emotionally crippled and driven by her personal demons, she has buried that past so deeply that she has forgotten it altogether ... but it hasn't forgotten her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Paralyzed by an inexplicable terror, she watches helplessly as old enemies kidnap the Prince. Considered by most of Bryanae to be a coward and a traitor, Willow decides she must confront her past and plunge into the heart of the enemy empire to rescue the Prince.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aside from the steel blade she wields with lethal expertise, Willow has only dubious allies upon whom to rely-a headstrong private who's in love with her, an inscrutable winged mage with a hidden agenda, and a dashing but opportunistic captain whom she desires against her better judgment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">An army of fanatical warriors stands in her way. Leading them is the mad and seemingly immortal Warlord who has a personal grudge to settle with Willow: one that spans centuries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Willow has devoted her life to discipline and now she must bring that discipline to bear. Pain will not stop her. Fear will not stop her. She will rescue the Prince or die trying. Willow has been honing her combat and weaponry skills for a very long time. It's time to put those skills to good use.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Fresh and strong and full of energy!" - New York Times Bestselling Author R. A. Salvatore </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Getzin makes you feel like a part of the intricate and fascinating world he's created. This is solid storytelling and spicy yarns. Once inside, you won't want to leave." - Mike Freeman, author of The New York Times notable book Bloody Sundays </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This is a splendid book full of adventure and a sympathetic character in Willow. The story has heart and excitement. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves a rollicking good fantasy. Jeffrey Getzin is a writer to watch" - Billie Sue Mosiman, author of Legions of the Dark </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jeffrey Getzin graduated from Clark University where he won the Loring Holmes and Ruth Dodd Drama Contest for an original one-act play. He has a master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh. Jeffrey is a former employee at Google and now develops software for Freestyle Solutions and lives in New Jersey, where he lives with his long-time girlfriend Kate and a seemingly infinite number of cats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jeffrey is a lifelong practitioner of various martial arts, and currently holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu under Renzo Gracie black belt Jamie Cruz and has trained in Muay Thai under legendary fighter Kaensak Sor Ploenjit. He currently trains under Andy and Mike Main at Pure Mixed Martial Arts. He has competed in table tennis at the national level. Jeffrey is an avid film and home theater buff. Also, his mother says he is very handsome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can find out more about Jeffrey <a href="http://www.jeffreygetzin.com/" target="_blank">on his website </a>and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jeffrey-Getzin/e/B004FWIZ38" target="_blank">at Amazon</a>.</span><br />
<br />Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-41477254189256721652015-09-15T09:00:00.000-04:002015-09-15T09:00:02.453-04:00Lorelei's Lyric: #Mermaids and #NewBookRelease<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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gorgeous rocker Vance Idol almost succumbs to her siren call after his show in
Nashville. Not that Vance cares—not since his girlfriend’s fatal overdose left
him with a supersized death wish. Lorelei makes it her mission to undo the
damage and help this talented and charismatic man on the eve of his band’s big
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lose her heart, and quite possibly her immortality, during her American
holiday. Bad boy Vance might be worth the risk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lyric</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is brilliantly clever with its unique blend of Southern
humor and poignant mermaid mythology. Modern-day Siren, Lorelei, traveling to
The Music City of Nashville? One helluva great premise that hooked me at page
one! I fell in love with this shape shifting Siren and her romance with
aspiring rocker Vance Idol. One of those rare books that will have you laughing
and sighing and crying, touching your heart just as great music touches your
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to believe in. I can't wait to read more!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of telling stories. Now, she’s a purveyor of unconventional fantasy romance
featuring strong heroines and the heroes who strive to match them. Her heroes
and heroines face a healthy dose of angst as they strive for redemption and a
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: Source Sans Pro;"><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Written by the author of <a href="https://www.wattpad.com/56251693-mr-composure-chapter-1" target="_blank">Mr. Composure</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00883KV3C/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00883KV3C&linkCode=as2&tag=frpoofte-20&linkId=FWYRFYKPGD27OXUG" target="_blank">Sin</a>, <a href="https://www.wattpad.com/152311119-suffer-the-little-children-chapter-1" target="_blank">Suffer the Little Children</a> is the newest offering (for FREE!) from Shaun Allan.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm all about the Dark Fairy Queen, so when she announced <a href="http://www.yearningforwonderland.com/2015/07/dfqmnd.html">a Midsummer contest for flash fiction</a> I dove in. Many thanks to the DFQ for dreaming up the challenge; I had a blast re-imagining a certain Scottish ballad as a modern business takeover.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Janet
marched to the door of Carterhaugh Inc. and swiped the entrance portal with the
pad of her thumb. Naturally, it didn’t work, so someone had already changed the
master code.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However,
they didn’t know about the hack she had hidden in the program years ago. Janet
keyed in SERPENT, and a series of doors whispered open to allow her entrance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Her
quick, angry footsteps echoed in the hallway. Janet was spoiling for a fight.
She was rewarded by a dark figure holding a long object resembling a sword although,
when she approached, she saw it was a laser pointer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Castlehaugh
is mine,” she announced. “Get out, and take your cronies with you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Fae
Enterprises took over 51% last night…” the shade began.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Yes,
under hostile conditions. I already filed papers to remove the lines of text
you added after the contracts were signed.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tilted up his chin. The light revealed a severe jaw and long, black hair. “I
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be honest, it wasn’t bad advice. No one went up against Fae and survived the
encounter. The rumor was Fae was in bed with Hellbore, the controlling interest
behind the new, lightning-quick Aethernets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I’ve
opposed company dogs before,” she smiled. “We have recordings of your company’s
process.” Janet’s invention, installed secretly in the long meeting chamber,
monitored blood pressure, heart rates, and breathing patterns of Fae’s CEO and
COO. She also had bargained with the lawyers so those recordings could be used
in court.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“You’ll
never win against Fae…” The man’s gaze flickered. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Janet
prepared for her final attack. “The Halloween Ball this weekend is still on,”
she said. “I’ll pick you up. White car.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A
rumble erupted from his chest, the purr of a deadly lion. “You plan to offer me
your maidenhead, perhaps?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She
grinned at the old-fashioned word and his lapse of judgment. “Long gone, I’m
afraid.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“White
car,” he repeated, and she knew she had him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“You
never told me your name,” Janet said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I
think you already know who I am.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She
couldn’t hold back her laughter. “I do. Until Saturday night, Mr. Lin.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-39576645613975870552015-07-03T11:10:00.000-04:002015-07-03T11:10:06.397-04:00Frost by Erin Latimer - #CoverReveal <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Expected: August 25, 2015 by <a href="http://www.patchwork-press.com/">Patchwork Press</a></b></span></div>
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Book Description:</span></b>
Megan Walker’s touch has turned to ice. She can’t stop the frost, and the consequences of her first kiss are horrifying.
When her new powers attract attention, Megan finds herself caught up in an ancient war between Norse giants. One side fuelled by a mad queen’s obsession and an ancient prophecy about Ranorak, the other by an age-old grudge. Both sides believe Megan to be something she’s not. Both sides will stop at nothing to have her.
Fire or frost. It’s an impossible decision, but she’ll have to act soon, because the storm is coming.
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Erin Latimer is a young adult fantasy writer who currently resides in Vancouver, BC. She writes books, makes silly vlogs about writing with the YA Word nerds, and reads excessively.
She has had an article featured in Chicken Soup For the Soul, and another in the Dear Teen Me online anthology. But mostly she writes about murderous queens and the magical teens who fight them.
You can find her online at <a href="http://elatimer.com/">elatimer.com/</a>
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Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-77564456411909566952015-06-22T11:12:00.000-04:002015-06-22T12:36:36.566-04:00Cover Reveal: Mountains of the Moon by @cjjasp Connie Jasperson #coverreveal<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Welcome to the cover reveal for the new epic fantasy,<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25773538-mountains-of-the-moon"> </a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25773538-mountains-of-the-moon">Mountains of the Moon</a>.</i> by Connie J.
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his companions bicker and bumble their way through the Mountains of the Moon. Danger,
mystery, and dark prophecies chase them through a gauntlet of jagged peaks and
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The two prisoners heard heavy footsteps approaching, sounds
that seemed to echo down a long passageway and stopped outside the door. A
tired sounding voice said, “Well, your lordship. Did you feed them and give
them water?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Of course I did,” replied the baron, in a quavering tenor.
“I live, Jenner, but only because I serve. I understand that well.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“They’re awake then. Those two soldiers of Tauron roughed
them up pretty bad. Should I call Grakken to heal them now?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The old man’s tones were sardonic. “Yes, you should. Your
tame minotaurs were far gentler on them than they’ve been on some of the
others, which isn’t saying much. At least these two big fellows have enough
slack in their chains to be able to feed themselves and piss in a bucket.” His
tones were scathing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “They’d better
not have hurt them too badly. These two must be in good health for the ceremony
tonight,” muttered the earth-mage. “Grakken is expecting a visit from High
Priest Kandek today. The high priest will be pleased to have a real sacrifice
to offer up on his new altar tonight instead of the usual miserable rabble.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I’m sure ‘the miserable rabble’ would have been glad to
hear that if they’d survived your boss’s little frenzy the other day,” replied
the old man. “Speaking of which, if we’re done here, I have to go and check on
the one that does remain. I’m sure despite the ruckus of the other day, Grakken
still has plans for her and wants to keep her alive even though he has these
two fine specimens for tonight’s festivities, so….”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Well, go about your duties then. I’m going to sit here just
to keep those freaks from Serende from getting any ideas about using these two
for sport. As soon as he’s awake, I’ll let Grakken know they’re here, through
our link. He’ll be worried about their safety.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“He <i>should</i> be
worried about those soldiers, Jenner. They’re bored, and there’s nothing worse
than a bored minotaur. Just so you’re aware, the woman likely won’t live
through the day after their gentle courtship of her. You only have your
minotaurs to blame for that. But it’s not my job to worry about the health of
his sacrifices, especially since Grakken himself seems to be so careless with
them.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connie J. Jasperson lives in Olympia, Washington. A vegan, she and her husband share five
children, a love of good food and great music. She is active in local writing
groups, an edit<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>or for Myrddin Publishing Group, and is a
writing coach. She is an active member of the both the Northwest Independent
Writers Association and Pacific Northwest Writers Association, and is a
founding member of Myrddin Publishing Group. Music and food dominate her waking moments. When not writing
or blogging she can be found with her Kindle, reading avidly. You can find her
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connie J. Jasperson’s body of work includes:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">WORLD OF NEVEYAH series by Connie J. Jasperson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Mountains of the Moon</i>
- Danger, mystery, and dark prophecies, lie deep in a gauntlet of jagged peaks
and deadly traps. Can Wynn survive the dark secret hidden in Tauron’s stolen
castle before the Bull God’s minotaurs overrun Neveyah?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">TOWER OF BONES, series based in the World of Neveyah</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The gods are at war, and Neveyah is the battlefield.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This epic fantasy series opens
with <i>Tower of Bones, </i>and follows
Edwin Farmer as he journeys deep into the lands claimed by the dreaded Bull
God, in an attempt to rescue a girl he has only met in his dreams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Forbidden Road</i> takes up Edwin’s story six years later. When four
mages are sent into the shadowed lands claimed by the mad priest of the Bull
God, who will return unscathed? Sorrow, peril, and magic await in the Valley of
Mal Evol. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Huw, the Bard</i>, a
novel that takes you to the world of Waldeyn, and a medieval alternate reality.
Fleeing a burning city, everything he ever loved in ashes behind him, penniless
and hunted, Huw the Bard must somehow survive. Available as an ebook and in
paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Tales From the
Dreamtime</i> – a novella consisting of three modern fairy tales told in a
traditional style. Available as an ebook, in paper, and as an Audiobook,
narrated by the wonderful voice actor, Craig Allen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Best in Fantasy Book Reviews – <a href="http://bestinfantasy.blogspot.com/">http://bestinfantasy.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really love the cover for <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25567952-girls-can-t-be-knights">Girls Can't Be Knights</a> by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/leefrench/e/B00DPJ3CPI">Lee French</a>, and after reading the blurb I can't wait to get my hands on the book:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Sixteen-year-old Claire wants her father back. His death left her only memories and an empty locket. After six difficult years in foster care, her vocabulary no longer includes "hope" and "trust".</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Everything changes when Justin rides his magical horse into her path and takes her under his wing. Like the rest of the elite men who serve as Spirit Knights, he hunts restless ghosts that devour the living.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>When an evil spirit threatens Claire's life, she'll need Justin's help to survive. And how could she bear the Knights' mark on her soul? Everybody knows Girls Can't Be Knights.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lee French lives in Olympia, WA, and is the author of several books, most notably the Maze Beset Trilogy, The Greatest Sin series (co-authored with Erik Kort), and assorted tales in her fantasy setting, Ilauris. She is an avid gamer and active member of the Myth-Weavers online RPG community, where she is known for her fondness for Angry Ninja Squirrels of Doom. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In addition to spending much time there, she also trains year-round for the one-week of glorious madness that is RAGBRAI, has a nice flower garden with one dragon and absolutely no lawn gnomes, and tries in vain every year to grow vegetables that don’t get devoured by neighborhood wildlife.</span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-66332204-6dd3-8edb-bde6-a74d25255446"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She is an active member of the Northwest Independent Writer’s Association and the Olympia Writer’s Coop, as well as serving as the co-Municipal Liaison for the NaNoWriMo Olympia Region.</span></span></span>Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-62778819238161408442015-04-28T09:37:00.000-04:002015-04-28T09:37:00.100-04:00Darker Places by Shaun Allan - Preorder now!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Darker Places: Shaun Allan, the author of Sin and Dark Places, returns with another delicious collection of nightmares, served them up with his usual original brilliance. You can preorder Dark Places now on <a href="http://getbook.at/DarkerPlacesEbook">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/DarkerPlacesSW">Smashwords</a>, and <a href="http://bit.ly/DarkerPlacesKobo">Kobo</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>Here's the description:</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 22.7199974060059px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22.7199974060059px;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199974060059px;">What if you could steal the final moments from the dying? What if you had the darkest secret, but couldn’t think what it might be? What if you entered the forest in the deep of the night. Who is the melting man? And are your neighbours really whom they appear to be?</span></i></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22.7199974060059px;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199974060059px;">So many questions.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="line-height: 22.7199974060059px;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199974060059px;">To find the answers, you must enter a darker place. Thirteen stories. Thirteen poems. Thirteen more doorways.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22.7199974060059px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publication date: May 1st</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22.7199974060059px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Amazon: <a href="http://getbook.at/DarkerPlacesEbook" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.7199974060059px;" target="_blank">http://getbook.at/DarkerPlacesEbook</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22.7199974060059px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Smashwords: <a href="http://bit.ly/DarkerPlacesSW" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.7199974060059px;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/DarkerPlacesSW</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22.7199974060059px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Kobo: <a href="http://bit.ly/DarkerPlacesKobo" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22.7199974060059px;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/DarkerPlacesKobo</a></span></span></div>
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Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-53395924053346902552015-02-25T19:20:00.001-05:002015-02-25T19:26:54.951-05:00Excerpt from Heart Search 3 Betrayal plus #Giveaway <span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Carlie's final piece to the Heart Search trilogy comes out soon, and while I am sad to see the series end, I was delighted by the last book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Search-book-three-Betrayal-ebook/dp/B00T9U2K5K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424910292&sr=8-1&keywords=heart+search+3+betrayal" target="_blank">Betrayal</a>. The saga of vampires and witches was crafted with meticulous detail - you can see Carlie's sure touch in each stroke, every character.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful cover!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today I'm presenting a rather racy scene from Betrayal. Enjoy!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She reached up and wound her
arms around his neck, her fingers playing with the strands of hair at his neck
as she kissed him back. Neither of them had any idea how long they stood locked
in their embrace, their kisses growing ever deeper and more passionate, nor did
he care. Erika, on the other hand, acted her part as convincingly as possible.
Max’s hand crept under her top and made circular movements on her bare skin,
each circle gradually moving lower until his fingers were brushing just inside
the waistband of her trousers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Erika pressed her body into
his, moulding herself to his shape. She couldn’t help but notice his manhood
now stood firmly to attention. Max was encouraged by this and grew bolder. He
slipped one of his hands round to the front and began to move it up her stomach
and toward her breast. She firmly pulled his hand away and murmured “Not yet.”
He kissed her deeper still and placed his hand on her breast outside of the
material and began to caress it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Inside her stomach churned. If
she were still human, she was sure the bile would be rising to her throat.
Feeling his grubby hands on her skin made her flesh crawl and she forced
herself to suppress the shudder of revulsion building within. Enduring his lips
on hers was a form of torture; all she really wanted to do was sink her teeth
into them and rip them from his face. Erika had to keep reminding herself why
she was permitting this travesty and it hardened her resolve. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Outwardly, she tried in her
weakened state to continue to respond to Max’s kisses and play with the hair at
the nape of his neck, but knew she would soon have to end his fun. She didn’t
want to play out her hand too soon; it had to be done in increments so he kept
coming back for more. Her plan, which she had spent untold hours refining,
relied on him being under the spell of her womanly wiles; it was the only
weapon at her disposal and she intended to use it to full effect.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As she felt his hand begin to
move under her shirt and start to lift it, she feigned her knees buckling and
pulled away from him, sliding to land in a crumpled heap on the floor. He knelt
beside her, his brows knitted together as concern flared in his eyes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“What’s wrong? Are you okay?”
Max tenderly brushed the hair back from her face as he stared down at her.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“I-I’m not sure. I just feel
so weak and light-headed.” Erika’s voice was frail and she fluttered her lashes
as if she were struggling to stay conscious.</span></span></div>
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*****</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> And here is the giveaway:</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Carlie Cullen, the author. Isn't she gorgeous?</u></td></tr>
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<u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blurb for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Search-book-three-Betrayal-ebook/dp/B00T9U2K5K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424910292&sr=8-1&keywords=heart+search+3+betrayal" target="_blank">Betrayal</a>:</span></span></u></div>
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doesn’t always run smoothly. An argument between Becky and her twin causes
unforeseen circumstances, an admission by Samir almost costs him his life, and
the traitor provides critical information to Liam. But who is it?<br />
As Jakki’s visions begin to focus on the turncoat’s activities, a member of the
coven disappears, and others find themselves endangered.<br />
And when Liam’s coven attacks, who will endure?<br />
Fate continues to toy with mortals and immortals alike, and as more hearts
descend into darkness, can they overcome the dangers they face and survive?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">*****</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can find Heart Search 3, Betrayal on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24755564-betrayal" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Search-book-three-Betrayal-ebook/dp/B00T9U2K5K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424910292&sr=8-1&keywords=heart+search+3+betrayal">Amazon.</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Carlie Cullen runs a <a href="http://carliemacullen.com/" target="_blank">website</a> and can be found on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/carlie.cullen.35?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/carlie2011c" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Carlie-M-A-Cullen/e/B009MWVL5A" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. </span></span></div>
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</span></span>Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-59182916024373278622015-02-14T11:13:00.003-05:002015-02-14T11:29:53.168-05:00#Giveaway Going on Today at 12:45 pm EST http://bit.ly/NovSecretsHead to <a href="http://bit.ly/NovSecrets">Novel Secrets</a> to hand in your entry into this contest:<br />
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Guess the number of candies in the jar below. Whoever posts the closest number first wins a 5$ Amazon gift card as well as Kindle copies of Hunted Heart and Unremembered Things.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As the story of Remy and Joshua came to a close, I realized
how much I would miss their universe, so ably created by author Carlie Cullen.
Her clear prose and character development made this paranormal trilogy stand
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In <a href="http://hyperurl.co/HeartSearch-Betrayal" target="_blank">Heart Search: Betrayal</a>, Cullen has hit her stride as an
author. The plot arcs are handling with a deft touch, revealing several
fascinating stories at once. Jakki, who was one of my favorite characters in
the second book, has a large part in this section. Remy and Josh have their own
story to bring to a conclusion, as well as Remy’s identical twin, Becky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is the internal political conflict within the world of
vampires, and this leads to the main betrayal of the title. A shadowy Phoenix
masterminds a terrible kidnapping, developing one of my favorite parts of the
story. Erika, a minor character, must survive a terrible ordeal – one she
handles with intelligence and grace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Betrayal is an ongoing theme in the book. Becky feels
betrayed by Remy who, in turn, feels betrayed by Joshua. All of this interacts
in a fascinating web of development, complete with another set of twins with
strange powers, birds who listen and respond to Remy, and the history of
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above their circumstances. Remy comes to terms with her new identity as mother,
wife, and vampire, while Becky discovers something very interesting about the
family’s past.</span></div>
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to an end. I’ll miss Remy and Joshua, but I’m certain Cullen has more for us up
her sleeve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Complete with amazing prizes - woo to the hoo! I mean, just look...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Okay, so this year's <em><strong>Eat Your Heart Out 2</strong></em> reader extravaganza event will centre on the theme <strong><em>twisted romance</em></strong>. As a result of this†readers have the opportunity to pick up a whole pile of eBooks at the discounted price†of 99 cents!
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/299416200268593/" target="_blank"><em><strong>Eat Your Heart Out 2: Twisted Romance</strong></em></a> is being held as a Facebook event and you can join up by clicking <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/299416200268593/" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>. The event is being held all day on <strong>Friday the 13th of February 2015</strong> and there are plenty of games, prizes, interviews, competitions and fun to be had during the event.
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em>Love at the End of All Things</em> by A. Carina Barry</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em>Unremembered Things</em> by Rachel Tsoumbakos</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em>Hunted Heart</em> by Alison DeLuca</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em>Heart Search 3: Betrayal</em> by Carlie M. A. Cullen</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Can't WAIT to see you and all your friends at the event on Friday the 13th!
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<span style="border: 0px; color: blue; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joshua, Remy, and the twins are settled in their new life. However, life doesn’t always run smoothly. An argument between Becky and her twin causes unforeseen circumstances, an admission by Samir almost costs him his life, and the traitor provides critical information to Liam. But who is it?</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; color: blue; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As Jakki’s visions begin to focus on the turncoat’s activities, a member of the coven disappears, and others find themselves endangered.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; color: blue; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And when Liam’s coven attacks, who will endure?</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; color: blue; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fate continues to toy with mortals and immortals alike, and as more hearts descend into darkness, can they overcome the dangers they face and survive?</span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Carlie M.A. Cullen, Author</strong></div>
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<a href="https://conniejjasperson.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-of-carlie.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Photo of Carlie" class=" size-medium wp-image-4374 alignright" height="300" src="https://conniejjasperson.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-of-carlie.jpg?w=241&h=300" style="border: 0px; display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 7px; max-width: 100%;" width="241" /></a>Carlie M A Cullen was born in London. She grew up in Hertfordshire where she first discovered her love of books and writing.</div>
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She has always written in some form or another, but started to write novels in 2011. Her first book was published by Myrddin Publishing in 2012. She writes in the Fantasy/Paranormal Romance genres for New Adult and Adult.</div>
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Carlie is also a principal editor for Eagle Eye Editors.</div>
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Carlie also holds the reins of a writing group called Writebulb. They have published four anthologies so far, two for adults and two for children, all of which raise money for a local hospice.</div>
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Carlie currently lives in Essex, UK with her daughter</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can find Carlie’s books at:</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Heart Search, book one: Lost</em>: <a href="http://smarturl.it/HeartSearch-Lost" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://smarturl.it/HeartSearch-Lost</a></li>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can connect with Carlie via these social links:</strong></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Website: <a href="http://carliemacullen.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://carliemacullen.com</a></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitter: @carlie2011c</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CarlieMACullen" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.facebook.com/CarlieMACullen</a></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=240655941&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=240655941&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile</a></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B009MWVL5A" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B009MWVL5A</a></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">About.me: <a href="http://about.me/CarlieCullen" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://about.me/CarlieCullen</a></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wattpad: <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/user/CarlieCullen" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.wattpad.com/user/CarlieCullen</a></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Goodreads:<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6550466.Carlie_M_A_Cullen" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6550466.Carlie_M_A_Cullen</a></li>
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Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-89233453816558660582015-01-30T11:53:00.001-05:002015-01-30T11:53:22.020-05:00Triumph is Fine (Horror Bites Challenge #15)<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(The following story is a flash fiction from <a href="http://www.officemango.com/2015/01/horror-bites-challenge-15/" target="_blank">Horror Bites</a>. Since the prompt is horror, my story contains disturbing images and themes. <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Proceed with caution.</span> I don't just write about elegant governesses in a steampunk world.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u>Triumph is Fine</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Triumph stares into the window, if you could call it a window without glass or curtains. Amanda sits in the room beyond – if a huge
concrete square is a room – prepping her works. She doesn’t know Triumph is there,
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The stuff came from his shift at the pharmaceutical lab: the
secret new drug Triumph’s boss is so excited about. Amanda lifts the needle to
the light, presses the plunger, and slides the tip into her vein.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His own skin prickles at the thought of what she feels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Amanda is really there, Triumph is sure of it. She’s the one
injecting the junk, not him – although a worried little voice inside whispers
there is a glassine envelope in the penny pocket of his jeans, hidden under the
hem of the t-shirt he stole at a blues festival. No one knows about the
envelope except for the nervous whispering voice. Triumph would like it to shut
up now, thank you very much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Amanda removes the hypo, exhales, and lies back on the
greasy floor. Dark blonde braids slither away from her skull. She is there, she is
real, she is not a dream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those are the things he tells himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Above him the sun pulsates like the valve inside a giant’s
heart. He didn’t shoot up, Triumph says to the worried voice. He ate a bologna
sandwich earlier. The ladder he’s standing on is secure, and he has enough
strength to descend whenever he wants to. He’s got a job, the girl he’s looking
at is real, and the envelope is full because he didn’t use. It’s going back to
the lab on Monday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even if he fell off the ladder the angle of descent wouldn’t
kill him. His neck wouldn’t hit the unfinished cement wall. No paralysis, no
brains sprayed like scrambled eggs over the gray soil below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It’s fine. He’s doing fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Triumph is fine. </span></div>
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Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-6974344012724954012015-01-28T15:20:00.001-05:002015-01-28T15:20:16.331-05:00Unremembered Things - Book Launch and #Giveaway<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em>Unremembered Things </em>by Rachel Tsoumbakos</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17061976-unremembered-things" target="_blank"><img alt="Unremembered Things by Rachel Tsoumbakos (Genre: Paranormal Romance)" class="aligncenter wp-image-2699 " height="496" src="https://racheltsoumbakos.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/unremembered_things_cover_for_kindle.jpg?w=640" style="border: 2px solid #000000; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;" width="321" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em><strong>Unremembered Things†(Wood Nymph Chronicles #1)</strong></em> by Rachel Tsoumbakos
Age category: New†Adult
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Genre: Paranormal†Romance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blurb</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em>One woman, two worlds and nothing but UNREMEMBERED THINGS separating them.</em>
Indiana Shamira has a dark secret that could shatter her version of reality and get her killed in the process.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now if only she could remember what it is.</span></blockquote>
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When Indiana wakes with no memory of her past life and a vampire called Sam hanging from the rafters in her cellar, she knows things are about to get nasty. Not only does Sam know all about her previous life, but he seems intent on seducing her as well. Of course her boyfriend, Kurt, has different ideas - like making her open the portal to hell!</span></blockquote>
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And then there is the nagging suspicion that Indiana is not entirely human, now she can see ghostly images from the Otherworld. Or could it be from the life she can no longer remember? They include the flickering effigy of Kurt and a redwood forest that conjures up deeply repressed magic.</span> </blockquote>
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Not only will Indiana have to risk everything to keep the door to another dimension closed, she will have to decide whether she is ready to lose her heart to someone who has more secrets than herself.
Set in the lush Australian bush, UNREMEMBERED THINGS is a fusion of fantasy, paranormal and forbidden romance.</span></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17061976-unremembered-things" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Add to GoodReads</span></a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Purchase (Pre-order)</span></h3>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unremembered-Things-Book-Nymph-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B00RM7MEFI/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">AMAZON</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Excerpt</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It is time." Her voice purred like a kitten, but Indiana suspected she was really a feral animal on the inside. </span></blockquote>
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"For what?" Her voice was raspy, hesitant and unsure if she really wanted to know the answer. Somewhere, deep inside, she suspected she already knew. </span></blockquote>
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"Just remember I'm doing this for us," Sam whispered into her ear. "So we can be together forever."... </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">PRIZE (international):
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 x eCopy of <em>Unremembered Things</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 x eCopy of<em> Metanoia</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 x eCopy of <em>The Ring of Lost Souls</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1 x $10 Amazon gift card</span></li>
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<a href="https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/12c3c6a23/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Rafflecopter giveaway. Click to Enter" class="aligncenter wp-image-1826 size-medium" height="226" src="https://racheltsoumbakos.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/rafflecopter-click-to-enter-logo.png?w=300" style="border: 2px solid #000000; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;" width="300" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://racheltsoumbakos.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/author-photo-1-2.jpg"><img alt="Rachel Tsoumbakos. Author of contemporary horror and paranormal fiction." class="alignleft wp-image-959 size-thumbnail" height="150" src="https://racheltsoumbakos.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/author-photo-1-2.jpg?w=148" width="148" /></a>Rachel Tsoumbakos is a stay home mother of two.
Her main passions are writing, reading and organic gardening. Rachel lives with her husband, two kids, three cats and eight chickens in the hills surrounding Melbourne, Australia.
While she has had several articles published through mainstream magazines, she has also written extensively for True Blood Net and the now defunct Suite 101.
When she is not tending to her organic veggie garden, she is working on her cardio as she trains for the zombie apocalypse.
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Alison DeLucahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1650569269425389350.post-91267128901714506142015-01-24T09:56:00.002-05:002015-01-27T16:34:57.296-05:00#CoverReveal for Darkness Rising 5 by Ross Kitson<pre style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Besides being a great guy, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ross-M-Kitson/e/B00734IXC8/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3?qid=1422111286&sr=1-3" target="_blank">Ross Kitson</a> is a serious talent on many fronts. His writing is incredible, and he also creates detailed maps that take my breath away. (I'll freely admit here I'm a Map Ho.)</span></pre>
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<pre style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can see both in his <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Rising-Book-Chained-Prism-ebook/dp/B0087G6008/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">Darkness Rising series</a>, a must-read for any epic fantasy fan. I love the books because they have real characters, heart-pounding action, and constant surprises that keep me turning the pages to read more.</span></pre>
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<pre style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">PS - The cover was created by Ceri Clark, who has been on hand to do each book for Ross. She's always amazing, and I think she outdid herself here with Broken.</span></pre>
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<pre style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>'Beneath the veneer, beneath the beauty, there is always the coldness of stone.’
Tragedy has torn apart Emelia and her companions, a terrible betrayal instigated by the Darkmaster, Vildor. A devastated Jem struggles to control the fearful power of the crystals, becoming distant from his closest friends. Hunor and Orla are tested by a secret from the past, a revelation that will change everything between them. In the Dead City, Emelia begins a search for her past, a journey that will plunge her deeper into the darkness of Vildor and his twisted schemes.
Desperate to seek aid in their battle against Vildor, the companions travel north to Belgo, capital of North Artoria. But everything is not what it seems in the palace, and danger lurks in every shadow, whether cast by friend or foe.
Separated and alone, can Emelia, Jem and Hunor hope to prevail? Or will the evils of the present and
the past overcome them at last?
Darkness Rising 5 – Broken is the fifth in the epic fantasy series that reviewers are calling ‘epic and
spellbinding.’ It is a must read for fantasy fans the world over. </i></span></pre>
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