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February 22, 2022
Author Spotlight: Lisa McMann!
Map of Flames (The Forgotten Five, Book 1) by Lisa McMann
Age Group: Children, Middle Grade
Genre: Supernatural, Fantasy
Release Date: February 22, 2022
Pre Order Links:
Amazon โฅ Barnes & Noble โฅ Books a Million โฅ Walmart โฅ Target
Book Description:
Thirteen years ago, eight supernatural criminals fled the city of Estero to make a new life in an isolated tropical hideout. Off the grid, the missing criminals were presumed dead--but that wasn't really the case. Until recently, when the last one died.
Left behind alone on the island are their children:
There's Birdie, who can communicate with animals.
Brix has athletic and healing abilities.
Cabot is super-smart, but there's no sign yet of her special ability.
Seven's skin camouflages to match whatever is around him.
Tenner can swim like a fish and has heightened senses, including the ability to see in the dark.
When Birdie finds a map with a set of instructions directing her to a stash of treasure that's secret from everyone--including their missing parents--she knows it holds the power to change everything, for better or worse.
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Age Group: Children, Middle Grade
Genre: Supernatural, Fantasy
Release Date: February 22, 2022
Pre Order Links:
Amazon โฅ Barnes & Noble โฅ Books a Million โฅ Walmart โฅ Target
Book Description:
Thirteen years ago, eight supernatural criminals fled the city of Estero to make a new life in an isolated tropical hideout. Off the grid, the missing criminals were presumed dead--but that wasn't really the case. Until recently, when the last one died.
Left behind alone on the island are their children:
There's Birdie, who can communicate with animals.
Brix has athletic and healing abilities.
Cabot is super-smart, but there's no sign yet of her special ability.
Seven's skin camouflages to match whatever is around him.
Tenner can swim like a fish and has heightened senses, including the ability to see in the dark.
When Birdie finds a map with a set of instructions directing her to a stash of treasure that's secret from everyone--including their missing parents--she knows it holds the power to change everything, for better or worse.
What was the plot of your very first piece of unpublished fiction you ever wrote?
The first one I can remember: Baby May the elephant was having her 4th birthday. She ran around the jungle (donโt ask me how she got between the trees) telling all her friends it was her birthday. Then they had a party by a pond. The end. I tell students now that I should have had a lion jump out at the party to give it a bit more action. But alas. I did not like putting my beloved characters in danger back then.
Do you recall how your interest in writing originated or
did you always just know you wanted to be a writer?
It was through the above story, believe it or not. I wrote it in 4th grade for an assignment, knowing that my teacher, Mr. Avink, would choose the best story in the class and send the writer to the Young Authors Conferenceโa one-day writing conference for kids. I won with Baby Mayโs Birthday despite the lack of conflict or antagonist. I remember the moment Mr. Avink told me the news. And I remember how I felt afterward as I went floating down the hallway, thinking, โIโm going to beโฆ (dramatic pause) A WRITER.โ
Do you have a favorite fictional
character, male and female? Why?
February 15, 2022
Map of Flames (The Forgotten Five, Book 1)
Map of Flames (The Forgotten Five, Book 1) by Lisa McMann
Age Group: Children, Middle Grade
Genre: Supernatural, Fantasy
Release Date: February 22, 2022
Pre Order Links:
Amazon โฅ Barnes & Noble โฅ Books a Million โฅ Walmart โฅ Target
Book Description:
Thirteen years ago, eight supernatural criminals fled the city of Estero to make a new life in an isolated tropical hideout. Off the grid, the missing criminals were presumed dead--but that wasn't really the case. Until recently, when the last one died.
Left behind alone on the island are their children:
There's Birdie, who can communicate with animals.
Brix has athletic and healing abilities.
Cabot is super-smart, but there's no sign yet of her special ability.
Seven's skin camouflages to match whatever is around him.
Tenner can swim like a fish and has heightened senses, including the ability to see in the dark.
When Birdie finds a map with a set of instructions directing her to a stash of treasure that's secret from everyone--including their missing parents--she knows it holds the power to change everything, for better or worse.
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Age Group: Children, Middle Grade
Genre: Supernatural, Fantasy
Release Date: February 22, 2022
Pre Order Links:
Amazon โฅ Barnes & Noble โฅ Books a Million โฅ Walmart โฅ Target
Book Description:
Thirteen years ago, eight supernatural criminals fled the city of Estero to make a new life in an isolated tropical hideout. Off the grid, the missing criminals were presumed dead--but that wasn't really the case. Until recently, when the last one died.
Left behind alone on the island are their children:
There's Birdie, who can communicate with animals.
Brix has athletic and healing abilities.
Cabot is super-smart, but there's no sign yet of her special ability.
Seven's skin camouflages to match whatever is around him.
Tenner can swim like a fish and has heightened senses, including the ability to see in the dark.
When Birdie finds a map with a set of instructions directing her to a stash of treasure that's secret from everyone--including their missing parents--she knows it holds the power to change everything, for better or worse.
Excerpt:
Tradition
Tenner Cordoba scraped the last serving of fish from the skillet onto his plate as the other four ate around the tree-ยญstump table. The wind picked up, rustling the thick trees, and the surf pounded the shore at high tide. An animal howled far away. Tenner turned sharply toward the noise, narrowing his eyes.
Puerco, Birdieโs pig, stirred uneasily. Shh, Birdie said with her mind, and Puerco settled down.
At the far end of the table was Seven Palacio. He was thirteen like Tenner and Birdie and sat camouflaged by shadows and the black parachute-ยญfabric clothes he wore. Next to him, Cabot Stone, eleven-ยญgoing-ยญon-ยญthirty, ran a hand over her buzz-ยญcut hair and cast a worried glance at Brix to see how he was holding up. Heโd stopped crying.
Tenner dropped into the log chair next to Birdie. โAre you doing okay?โ he asked her. He looked at his food, then pushed it around with his fork. For once he had little appetite.
โBetter,โ she said. โThanks.โ She caught his eye and smiled sadly.'
May 6, 2021
Irished (Book 7 of The Invincibles) by Heather Slade (Excerpt!)
Irished (Book 7 of The Invincibles) by Heather Slade
Series: The Invincibles Book 7
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release
Date: May 6, 2021
ASIN: B08S9QWB19
Publisher: Sparrow Publishing
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56895019-irished
Amazon Link: https://geni.us/pub_irished_a
Tagline:
Heโs an undercover double agent.
Sheโs his partnerโs younger sister.
Together, theyโre INVINCIBLE.
Blurb:
IRISH
Undercover for years, I learned one thing: be careful who
you trust. Now, I need to know whoโs killing our best operatives. Back on the
ranch, I can uncover the secrets, while proving myself to everyone who doubts
the truth. But Flynn Wheaton knows more, feels more, than meets the eye. Sheโs
the first truth Iโm going to conquer...
FLYNN
Pain hidden by
kindness. Heโs the perfect mystery, the rugged and inked man with secrets to unfold.
He may be my brotherโs partner, but I plan to know more, uncover it all. When
my life is threatened, thereโs only one thing I want to know, Will I finally
get IRISHED?
Excerpt:
It took three more days before I saw Flynn again and in order to do so, I had to invent a reason. โYour pilot light is out,โ she said, sitting up from where she lay on the floor inspecting my stove. She stood, walked over to one of the drawers, and pulled out a long-handled lighter. โDo you want me to do it?โ I asked. โIf you could do it yourself, I wonder why you called me.โ She lay back down, reached in, and lit it. โThere. Youโre all set.โ
May 3, 2021
Irished (Book 7 of The Invincibles) by Heather Slade
Irished (Book 7 of The Invincibles) by Heather Slade
Series: The Invincibles Book 7
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release
Date: May 6, 2021
ASIN: B08S9QWB19
Publisher: Sparrow Publishing
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56895019-irished
Amazon Link: https://geni.us/pub_irished_a
Tagline:
Heโs an undercover double agent.
Sheโs his partnerโs younger sister.
Together, theyโre INVINCIBLE.
Blurb:
IRISH
Undercover for years, I learned one thing: be careful who
you trust. Now, I need to know whoโs killing our best operatives. Back on the
ranch, I can uncover the secrets, while proving myself to everyone who doubts
the truth. But Flynn Wheaton knows more, feels more, than meets the eye. Sheโs
the first truth Iโm going to conquer...
FLYNN
Pain hidden by
kindness. Heโs the perfect mystery, the rugged and inked man with secrets to unfold.
He may be my brotherโs partner, but I plan to know more, uncover it all. When
my life is threatened, thereโs only one thing I want to know, Will I finally
get IRISHED?
Teaser
โHow do you do it?โ
โDo what?โ
โManage to appear when I need you the most?โ
April 5, 2021
Mara's Awakening
Title: Mara's Awakening By Leo Flynn
Publisher: Self-Published On Amazon
Publication Date: March 31, 2021
Buy Link: Amazon
Genre: Science Fiction, Space Opera
Series & No. In Series: Book 1 Of The Mara Files
Summary:
Mara Keres. A trained warrior and former highly respected peacekeeper. Note "former." Once, she had her life under control.
Once, she had the trust of the galaxy.
Now she rots in the same prison she used to sentence people to. Solitary confinement for six years. Would've brought anyone else to their knees. Not her. Then an offer resurfaces, almost too good to be true.
Ghosts of her past and demons come back to haunt her. Will she ever make it out alive? Sometimes, facing your worst memories is worth the risk.
I've also attached the book cover.
Excerpt:
The light faded
Like a starship jumping into hyperspace
It disappeared
Lost forever
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Cackling laughter, a blinding flash, and screams of the dead and dying.
Distant starship gunfire lighting up the sky above. A small settlement in flames.
She awoke, body wracked with pain, sweat pouring down her forehead. A strangled scream erupted from her throat, her breathing heavy, haggard, and slow.
No... Just... another dream.
++++++++++++++++
Scratch. A single slash across a series of little straight lines. Bloody h*ll... already? Today marked her sixth year in prison -- six, long, years.
Groaning, she stood, shivers running down her spine.
Just a dream. Just a dream.
The shiny surface of the wall caught her reflection.
Stopping, she stared. A dark-skinned, gaunt face, years of stress etched across her cheekbones and forehead. Hair going grey at the roots. To think she was only forty-something.
She dropped to the floor, jumping straight into an exercise routine.
June 26, 2016
Promotional Event: Rarity from the Hollow
Rarity from the Hollow by Robert Eggleton
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Buy Links:
Amazon
Book Description:
Lacy Dawn's father relives the Gulf War, her mother's teeth are rotting out, and her best friend is murdered by the meanest daddy on Earth. Life in The Hollow isn't great.
But Lacy has one advantage -- she's been befriended by a semi-organic, semi-robot who works with her to cure her parents. He wants something in exchange, though. It's up to her to save the Universe.
Will Lacy Dawn's predisposition, education, and magic be enough for her to save the Universe, Earth, and, most importantly, protect her own family?
Rarity from the Hollow is adult literary science fiction filled with tragedy, comedy and satire. It is a children's story for adults, not for the prudish, faint of heart, or easily offended.
Jenny (the mother) walked up the hill to Roundabend. She called Lacy Dawn's name every few yards. Her muddy tennis shoes slipped and slid.
I hear her voice. Why won't she answer me?
โSounds like sheโs talking to someone,โ Jenny said to the Woods.
Nobody responded. The trees weren't supposed to since Jenny was no longer a child. Her former best friends had made no long-term commitment beyond childhood victimization. They had not agreed to help her deal with domestic violence in adulthood. She hugged the closest tree.
I will always love you guys.
Jenny quickened her pace, stopped, and listened for human voices. A few yards later, she stopped again.
June 25, 2016
Promotional Event: A Mirror Among Shattered Glass (The Supernatural London Underground, #1)
A Mirror Among Shattered Glass (The Supernatural London Underground, #1) by Romarin Demetri
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Release Date: June 4, 2016
Buy Links:
Amazon
Book Description:
Unable to contain the deadly nature of her family secret and powers, nine-teen year old Romarin Demetri hails from California, U.S.A, to unearth her heritage as a descendant of serial-killer, Countess Bathory, the woman that lent Dracula his legend, and cursed Romarin with an appetite for blood.
Unenthusiastic about relocating to her birth city of London, a charming paranormal investigator with claim to the throne could change her mind, as he leads her to the only living and distant relative she has: a raven-haired recluse named Talia, who has taken refuge in an old castle in the heart of the city, and doesnโt seem to have a heart of her own.
After a rough introduction to the lethal, inappropriate, and enchantingly sarcastic people she calls her housemates, perhaps the other misfits will be her first true friends; However, as much as these people are like her, they still have hidden vendettas, a taste for revenge, and will struggle between what is just, and what will settle their psychological upheaval. There is only one way for Romarin to become part of the Supernatural London Underground: Can she be the one who challenges them to put down their ghosts and demons and make their world together?
โWhy do you all live here?โ I asked, eying Travis who was luckily not paying attention to me at the moment.
โCommon interests,โ Kit answered. โYouโll find weโre allโฆsupernatural.โ
โIโll settle for that answer for now.โ Iโm sure whoever they were, they were easing me into it until they could discern some level of trust in me. โHave you had other people, outsiders like me, come to live here?โ
โYouโre the first in nearly five years,โ Kit confirmed. โTalia told me what is to be done in the event of your arrival. We are to welcome you, and make you feel at homeโTravis, why donโt you give Romarin the tour?โ
โCome on, do I reallyโโhe jumped back from the fire, but didnโt utter a sound of remorse nursing his burnt hand. โFine, I need a break anyway.โ I was apprehensive about following such a character as Travis around an ancient castle for a tour, but if Kit suggested it, Iโm sure it couldnโt hurt.
May 29, 2016
Book Blitz: The Sixth Event
The Sixth Event by Kristen Morie Osisek
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Science Fiction, Romantic Suspense
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Buy Link: Amazon
Summary:
During Raquel's first semester of college, she witnesses the end of the world, only to wake up in her old room at her parents' house two years in the past.
Even worse, it seems she's the only one who remembersโuntil Chris Lyley, a boy Raquel always thought was a loser, tells her he remembers the catastrophe.
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Science Fiction, Romantic Suspense
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Buy Link: Amazon
Summary:
During Raquel's first semester of college, she witnesses the end of the world, only to wake up in her old room at her parents' house two years in the past.
Even worse, it seems she's the only one who remembersโuntil Chris Lyley, a boy Raquel always thought was a loser, tells her he remembers the catastrophe.
Before long,
they both discover new abilities. They're able to understand any language and
teleport through time and space.
If Raquel and Chris can figure out what caused the end of their world, maybe they can stop it.
If Raquel and Chris can figure out what caused the end of their world, maybe they can stop it.
My heart pounded as my white ceiling greeted me when I
opened my eyes.
I blinked
frantically, the vision of the rock hitting me still fresh in my mind, the
instantaneous crushing sensation throughout my body fading to a dull, residual
mental ache. Fear crashed and faded in a wave of relief when it all resolved
into the deep blackness of my dorm room.
That had been one hell of a dream.
I narrowed my eyes, still staring up at the ceiling. My dorm
ceiling was gray, not white.
I sat up and turned to the left expecting the glaring green
glow of my digital clock. Instead, I was greeted with the dim shape of a
dresser, outlined in the rosy hue of a rising sun.
My pink and white dresser at my parentโs house.
Shock spread through me, sending tingles down to my toes. My
bedroom was coming into view, not my dorm room.
May 26, 2016
Book Blitz: Three Wishes (Dreams Come True Book 3)
Three Wishes (Dreams Come True Book 3) by Emma Nichols
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Romance
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Buy Links:
Amazon
Book Description:
With his gift for storytelling and his degree in film making, his plan had always been to see the world. A semester from finishing his graduate degree, Ben was assigned to make a dying girlโs wish come true. If he could hold it together, he might just fulfill one of his own. The problem was heโd never been good with kids and even less comfortable with beautiful women.
Life hadnโt been easy for Charlie after being kicked out of her parentโs house and dumped by her boyfriend when she refused to have an abortion. Now, six years later, Charlieโs daughter had leukemia and all she wanted was the same thing sheโd wanted since she took the pregnancy test so long ago: for her baby to live.
After two long years of treatment, and news it hadnโt helped, Olivia had one last wish: to leave a legacy for her mother. As she worked on the documentary with Ben, it seemed to be working and Olivia felt better than she had in a very long time. Then the father sheโd never met showed up.
Three people. Three wishes. One chance to make all their dreams come true.
reathing easier, I stepped off the elevator and rushed to Ollieโs room. I swear I just wanted to gather both of them in my arms and never let them go, maybe run off even. We could find a new hospital, new doctors, and Iโd stay off the internet this time.
That thought was immediately crushed when I met Charlieโs scowling face at the door. โOutside,โ she growled as she backed me out of the room.
โSo, we gave blood. Damien says heโll be back later, but you never really know with that guy, do you?โ I shrugged. โAnyway, Iโm here, and I thought Iโd work with Ollie for a while before her lunch and nap. You know, the usual, from a guy you can count on.โ I started to give her a kiss on the cheek, but she pushed me back. Undeterred, I started to open the door.
โWeโre not finished yet,โ Charlie snapped.
May 2, 2016
Promotional Event: Breath of Malice
Breath of Malice by Karen Fenech
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Romantic Thriller
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Buy Links:
Amazon
Book Description:
FBI special agent Paige Carson hoped sheโd be able to start a new life in small-town South Carolina. But when a senatorโs sister is murdered and a blank postcard is left next to the body, Paige realizes that a killer from her past has found herโand is sending her a very personal message.
From the moment he hired her, FBI special agent in charge Sam McKade knew Paige was hiding something. Prompted by this recent threat, she finally opens up: one year ago, she caught the eye of suspected serial killer Todd Thames. Now heโs come back to pull her into his game, whether she wants to play or not.
As the danger increases, Paige and Sam give in to their growing attraction, and he vows to protect her no matter the cost. But the murderer will stop at nothing to get to his intended prey, and the strong arm of the lawโand the shelter of her new loveโmay not be enough to save her.
When they were alone again, Sam looked to Paige. The few lines around his eyes and mouth pulled tighter. โI saw you leave last night.โ Paigeโs insides tightened. โI told you I was leaving.โ
He watched her, never taking his eyes from hers. โYou told me you were going into the house to get something youโd dropped. I went after you, but you didnโt go into the house. You were in the back, in the train yard. I thought you might have seen someone else suspicious out there and went after you, but you got into a cab.โ
Paige knew better than to volunteer information. โOkay.โ
April 17, 2016
Cover Reveal: Rainbows and Raindrops (Book #1)
Rainbows and Raindrops by Lynn and Morris
Beforeโฆ They are the Musketeersโone for all and all for Rain, or however that saying goes.
Now that Rain's sixteen, freedom is at her fingertips. Cliff jumping at the lake. Rainโs first tattoo. Spence finally asking her out. With her friends by her side, thereโs no reason Rain canโt be happy in a world that constantly tries to extinguish her addictive, carefree spirit.
March 23, 2016
Book Blitz: Song of the Oceanides
Song of the Oceanides by JG Zymbalist
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Mythology, Paranormal, Historical
Release Date: January 13, 2016
Buy Links:
Amazon
Book Description:
So rang the song of the Oceanides
Of the beautiful merciful sea nymphs,
Till louder waves overpowered it.
Behind the clouds vanished the moon,
The night yawned,
And I sat long thereafter in the darkness and wept.
HEINRICH HEINE
A highly-experimental slipstream symmetrically-triple narrative which employs elements of historical fiction, fantasy/magical realism, space opera, surrealism, steampunk, Greek myth, paranormal romance, and even children's literature.
Blue Hill, Maine.
3 August, 1903.
From the moment Emmylou heard the song of the Oceanides, she recognized something godly in the tune. As it resounded all across the desolate shoreline of Blue Hill Bay, she recalled the terrible chorus mysticus ringing all throughout that extinct Martian volcano the day her father went missing down in the magma chamber.
Aunt Belphลbe followed along, guiding Maygene through the sands. โWhy donโt you go play in that shipwreck over there?โ Aunt Belphลbe pointed toward a fishing schooner run aground some fifty yards to the south.
When Maygene raced off, Emmylou refused to follow. By now the chorus of song tormented her so much that an ache had awoken all throughout her clubfoot. Before long she dropped her walking stick and fell to the earth. Closing her eyes, she dug both her hands into the sands and lost herself in memories of the volcano. How could Father be gone? Though he had often alluded to the perils of Martian vulcanology, she never imagined that someone so good and so wise could go missing.
February 27, 2016
Promotional Event: Raining Down Rules
Raining Down Rules by B.K. Rivers
Age Group: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Buy Links:
Amazon
Book Description:
Jemma Bowers hasnโt kissed anyone in over a thousand days. She knowsโsheโs counted.
For twenty-year-old Jemma, rules are not meant to be brokenโฆeven if sheโs the one who created them. Friendships have boundaries, relationships mean trouble, and donโt even get her started on sex. Haunted by the death of her mother and her fatherโs abandonment, Jemma finds herself hungry for something meaningful and permanent, but is afraid of what may happen if she pursues it.
Jordan Capshaw canโt fight his addiction. Not even if it will cost him his careerโฆ
When Jemma finds Jordan drunk and barefoot in the street, she convinces him to get in her car. Aside from the fact heโs the lead singer of her favorite band and pretty much the rock star of her dreams, she quickly realizes his addiction is a monster neither of them can control.
Who knew choosing between a rock star and a fireman could be so difficult?
Emotions run high as Jemma soon finds herself caught between the troubled rock star and her growing affections for Vic Harper, a swoon-worthy firefighter from her past. But when her grandmother passes away, leaving her with no other family, Jemmaโs world falls apart.
To save herself from further heartbreak, she risks it all by breaking her own rules, and putting her heart on the line.
After all, the heart just might be the biggest rule breaker of them all.
February 25, 2016
Promotional Event: Their Reluctant Bride (Bridgewater Menage, #6)
Their Reluctant Bride (Bridgewater Menage, #6) by Vanessa Vale
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Romance, Erotica
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Buy Links:
Amazon โฅ B & N
Book Description:
Emily Woodhouse is a penniless, homeless widow thanks to her recently deceased husband. His gambling ways have placed her in a desperate situation.
Faced with working off his debt in the basest of ways, she chooses instead to accept Tyler and Xander's unconventional marriage proposal. She won't be marrying one man, but two.
Tyler and Xander know instantly that Emily is the one for them. Not only does the widowed young woman rouse their protective natures, she knows of their customs regarding a two husband marriage. Despite the fact that Emily needs the safety they can offer, she isn't eager to remarry. She might be reluctant, but they will show her what it will be like with two men to cherish, protect and possess her.
But the past catches up with them in the most dangerous of ways. Only in facing the past can they forge a future together.
"You need a wife and Emily is perfect.โ
โSheโs just lost her husband. How could she be perfect if sheโs clearly not interested?โ I angled my head toward the direction sheโd gone.
โHer husband gambled and drank to excess. While she never once confessed it, I believe he hit her. He was cruel to her at the very least. She is not the least bit sorry heโs dead. In fact, if she werenโt such a nice person, sheโd be dancing on his grave.โ
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