Day 2 of the 18 Days of Christmas Giveaways is all about
Michelle Clay and her novel, which released TODAY, The Bad Wolf!
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The Giveaway Today
is:
1 Ecopy of the newly
released novel, The Bad Wolf
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The town has a secret...
After her parents divorce, Chloe moves from a comfortable life in Fort
Collins to a smaller town with her mom. Back home, she was a popular
cheerleader and track star. However, at the new school she just doesn't fit in
at all. Everyone is secretive and pretty much ignores her. Everyone that is,
except "the pack", a group of kids that always hangs out together and
can sometimes be downright mean. Her one and only friend, Jenna, is an even
bigger outcast than she is. Jenna dabbles in witchcraft and claims to be able
to open Chloe's eyes to the hidden world around them and that includes the
creatures lurking in the dark. The only thing Chloe is interested in "eyeing"
is Jenna's older cousin, Ryan, who also happens to be a werewolf.
When a classmate goes missing, the entire ton forms a search party.
Everything is turned upside down by fear and hatred as the town begins a
manhunt. The girls fear the kidnapper isn't a man, or even human for that
matter. Chloe has just begun to develop feelings for Ryan, when his troubled
past and recent friction with the victim comes to like. Can Chloe help prove
his innocence or will she lose her first love?
Michelle Clay's visions continuously take shape as she
brings life to worlds she has imagined since childhood. The wild imaginings
that often got Michelle out of, or more often into, trouble as a young girl
have informed and enriched her storytelling as an adult brining a fresh new
voice to the Paranormal Romance and Young Adult genres.
You can learn more about Michelle, The Bad Wolf and her
other novels, by clicking on the links below :)
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Welcome
to Friday. I've interrupted regular programming (Mommies Anecdotes) to share
with you an amazing new book release! I'm pleased to announce that my fellow
author and friend, Shannon Eckrich's latest novel, HAUNTING LIA has gone live!
Please
check out the cover, the blurb and if you're feeling up to it, and want to add
a new book to your collection, click on the Amazon buy link.
But this
is much more than just a release announcement, please check out the Haunting
Lia Facebook Party
going on right now! There are tons of prizes up for grabs and you're all
welcome to partake!
Death is her destiny. But she has
other things in mind.
Lia Starr’s life isn’t a
fairytale. It’s a reality overflowing with scary monsters, death, and betrayal—a
past she left behind when she entered her new foster home. Now, with a loving
family, a sister she’s always craved, and relief from the gruesome corpses that
tormented her as a child, she’s finally content. Until a freak accident changes
everything.
The monsters are back, and their mission is simple: drag Lia straight to their
murky hell. When Aiden, an apparition, appears to Lia, she has hope once again.
Because Aiden can cross the veil between the spirit world and the earthly
dimension, physically fighting off the monsters and sending them back. With
Aiden’s determination to keep her safe and his absorbing blue eyes, Lia can’t
help falling in love with him. But who is he, and what does he really want? As
Lia and Aiden’s relationship deepens, so does the mystery surrounding
him.
Once Lia finds out Aiden has traded his soul to save her, she enters the darker
dimension, a dimension where nightmares are reality, ready to kick some serious
butt. But surrounded by twenty-eight mutilated monsters and a deranged cult
leader intent on bringing his dark world to the surface, isn’t what Lia
expects. And even worse, she must face her traumatic past in order to destroy
them. If she fails, not only will she lose the guy she loves and face certain
death, but she will also risk the one thing she can’t afford to lose: her
eternal soul.
You can
learn more about Shannon and her books by clicking any of the below links!
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Release Day
I love getting the chance to interview authors, take part in
book tours and share with you great new novels. Today’s guest has not one, but
two great novels out. Though we are here to celebrate the release of Heart
Waves, don’t forget to check out Danielle Sibarium’s other novel For Always.
Also, Danielle has been kind enough to offer up an e-copy of Heart Waves to one lucky reader! All you have to do is leave a comment to be entered to win!!
So without further adieu, let me present to you a fun
interview with Danielle and check out her new release, Heart Waves!
Welcome Danielle
Sibarium! Can you tell us a bit about yourself? How about in five words or
less.
I live to write!
Now why don’t you
tell us a bit about Heart Waves? In five words or less, of course J
Contemporary romance with paranormal twist
So many interviews
tend to have the same questions, let’s shake things up a bit, shall we?
What is your favorite
kind pizza?
My favorite is bruschetta pizza followed close by Chicken
Caesar Salad Pizza
Let’s say you are forced to live in a tower,
like Rapunzel, but you only have room for two books, what would they be and why?
The first book would be the Bible. I would have a lot of
questions, why me? What is the reason behind my isolation? I would hope to find
comfort and inspiration in the Bible that it is all part of a bigger plan that
I am not yet aware of, that I am never truly alone and that others have
suffered much worse fates.
The second book, hmm . . . this one is tougher. I think I’d
have to say Twilight. I absolutely love Edward Cullen. While reading Twilight,
I had to write. Every minute I could. It was no longer a desire I could
control, it was a need taking over my life.
Just for the sheer inspiration, I’d have to keep Twilight near and hope
it would help me find a way out.
But wait, you can
also keep one more important item with you (for fun let’s say it can’t be any
bigger than a loaf of bread) what would it be?
Depending on the size of the loaf of bread
I’d say my IPad. If that’s too big, I’d take my IPod.
Congrats on Heart
Waves being the follow up to your debut novel, can you tell us what inspired
you to write the novel?
I got the idea for Heart Waves while writing For Always, or
was it the other way around? Originally they were supposed to be part of the
same book, but that didn’t work for me or the characters, so I decided to break
it into two separate, not related books. This allowed the characters go where
they wanted rather than keeping them in restraints on a path they didn’t want
to take.
Where do you see
yourself as an Author in five years?
I have many more stories and ideas rolling around in my
head, so hopefully five years from now there will be many more books, another series
or two and possibly a movie deal.
How did you get your
start in writing, was it always your dream?
I fell in love with writing as I
literally learned to write. I learned about brainstorming in first grade. Later
that day at a birthday party I lost a game of hot potato because I was preoccupied
with brainstorming. I envisioned a topic, with a brain spitting out all sorts
of words related to it. It was an actual storm of ideas. How cool! Right then
and there I was hooked.
Finally, do you have
any words of wisdom for aspiring authors? Maybe a lesson that you’ve learned
that you’d like to share.
Read incessantly, write daily, and revise, revise, revise. Write what
you are passionate about, not what you think the market is currently dictating,
markets change. Be open to the ever fluid times. The publishing industry has
and will continue to transform. We have not seen the finished product, so don’t
get hung up on the traditional ideals.
Thank
you so much Danielle for stopping by! I had a great time, and now I get to
share with everyone the cover of Heart Waves along with the fun blurb!
Jenna Kingsley has a gift. She knows things. With a simple touch she can pick up personal information from jewelry or objects. While at a neighbor’s party, a voice mesmerizes her. Jenna is momentarily frozen as a ring is placed in her hand. White electricity surges through her and a dire prediction is made. “It’s like Romeo and Juliet. You’re going to break my heart.”
From the moment they meet Jenna is enchanted and entranced with Reece Walton. She’s thrilled to learn he’s spending the summer two houses away from hers. Every moment they spend together is magical. But she can’t get the prediction out of her mind. As the summer draws to a close and secrets are revealed, can Jenna get past the fear of being left with a broken heart to live in the moment with Reece or will her fear of being hurt fulfill the prophecy?
Now here’s a little
bit about Danielle and where to find her and her books on the web!!
Danielle Sibarium author of For
Always grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Throughout her childhood, she transported
herself into a fantasy world full of magic and wonder. Books were the gateway
between her play world and reality. On any given summer afternoon she became
Snow White sweeping and cooking for the dwarves, or Cinderella waiting for the
prince.
In 2007 Danielle collaborated with
Charlotte Doreen Small to write songs for her CD More. Danielle wrote the lyrics for Take My Hand, and Goodbye, while Charlotte contributed the
melody.
Danielle graduated from Farleigh
Dickinson University with honors, and currently lives in New Jersey with her
husband and three children.—Provided by Author
Follow me on Twitter
@sibarium
Follow me on
Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5292476.Danielle_Sibarium
Nook http://bit.ly/HeartWavesNook
Purchase on Amazon http://amzn.to/HeartWaves
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Here at my blog, where
most of the time I am trapped in a Young Adult world, I like to let my hair
down, and talk about things that are a little more on the Adult side.
Well, today Michelle
is celebrating another release! It’s with great pleasure (and sort of kick in
my own pants to hurry up and finish writing the things I’ve been working on) to
help promote Of A Darker Nature!
Check out this cover,
I love it. And, if that blurb doesn’t draw you in, there is something wrong
with you!!
With just one touch, Emily
Cross can read the memories of the deceased. Working at a funeral home
might not be the logical choice, but for Emily, it is a natural one. When she
and her boss are attacked, the creatures she once thought were only folklore
become all too real. Just as she’s about to be drained of life, the cadaver on
the next table rises to fight them off. Feeling a connection to the man who
saved her life, she makes it her mission to find him. As she delves deeper, she
discovers a dark underworld full of vampires, magic and shape shifters.
Marcus Dane
doesn’t know how he ended up in a mortuary. As an Enforcer for the Mistress of
the City, he has been following leads regarding a powerful witch who wants to
exterminate his blood-clan. His fear that the witch has recruited some of his
fellow Enforcers is confirmed and now it looks as though the witch will make
her threats real. He counts himself lucky to escape the mortician, because
someone in the mortuary business disposes of vampires who are unfortunate
enough to cross his table.
When it all
comes down to it, Emily now has a vampire she’s romantically entangled with, a
very angry Mistress who doesn’t like other people playing with her toys, and an
incredibly powerful witch who realizes killing Emily is the gateway to what she
wants. By the end, Emily will have to figure out who she can trust, who she has
to align with even if she doesn’t trust them, and just who has the
darkest nature of all. --Quote Supplied by Author
Now, you can purchase
this novel from any of your favourite online vendors in both print and
e-format.
You can stalk Michelle
Clay by checking out her website!
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Release Day,
Steamy Sunday
I'm a little late posting this, but Congrats to fellow CMP Author, Sasha Summer's on her Book Birthday for Medusal, A Love Story
It's said love can change a person.
Medusa wasn't always a monster...
Medusa is ruled by duty, to her Titan
father and the Goddess Athena. She's no room for the tenderness her warrior
guard, Ariston, stirs. When Olympus frees her from service, her heart leads her
into the arms of the guard she loves... and curses her as the creature with
serpent locks.
Ariston goes to war with a full heart...
and dreadful foreboding. He learns too late of the danger Medusa faces, alone,
and a Persian blade sends him into the Underworld. But death, curses, nor the
wrath of the Gods will keep him from returning to her.
Poseidon will use Greece's war to get
what he wants: Medusa. He does not care that she belongs to another. He does
not care that she will be damned. He is a God, an Olympian, and she will be
his.--Quoted from Goodreads
Medusa, A Love Story book trailer:
Media Links:
Twitter: @sashawrites
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There are so many awesome books out today, I thought I would share them with you! Congrats to these very talented woman on the releases of their novels, and I'm super proud to call them my friends!
The voice is a powerful thing…
Russell Leonard is a centuries-old Guardian who’s lost faith in his purpose. So when he’s charged with procuring the first female Guardian in over two centuries, he can only hope it’s the red-headed beauty who’s been haunting his dreams for months. And if it is, he intends to claim her as his. But when he finds his dream woman, Annabelle is mute and bears no Guardian’s Mark.
He soon realizes she’s been tainted by an ancient evil. Russell must somehow release the secrets trapped within this delicate soul to help her tap into the only weapon powerful enough to silence a millennia-old demon—her voice.
At Barinkoff Academy, there's only one rule: no students on campus after curfew. Phoenix McKay soon finds out why when she is left behind at sunset. A group calling themselves night students threaten to taste her flesh until she is saved by a mysterious, alluring boy. With his pale skin, dark eyes, and mesmerizing voice, Demitri is both irresistible and impenetrable. He warns her to stay away from his dangerous world of flesh eaters. Unfortunately, the gorgeous and playful Luka has other plans.
When Phoenix is caught between her physical and her emotional attraction, she becomes the keeper of a deadly secret that will rock the foundations of an ancient civilization living beneath Barinkoff Academy. Phoenix doesn’t realize until it is too late that the closer she gets to both Demitri and Luka the more she is plunging them all into a centuries old feud.
Strangers in reality, inseparable in dreams…
After years of suffocating under her boss’s scrutiny, whale biologist Zoe Morgan finally lands a job as director of a tagging project in Hervey Bay, Australia. Success Down Under all but guarantees her the promotion of a lifetime, and Zoe won’t let anything—or anyone—stand in her way. Not the whale voices she suddenly hears in her head, not the ex who won’t take no for an answer, and especially not the gorgeous figment of her imagination who keeps saving her from the fiery hell of her dreams.
Gavin Cassidy hasn’t been called to help a human Wyldling in over a year, which is fine by him. Still blaming himself for the death of his partner, he keeps the guilt at bay by indulging in every excess his rock star persona affords. That is, until he’s summoned to protect Zoe from hungry Fyre Elementals and learns his new charge is the key to restoring order in the dying Dreaming. He never expects to fall for the feisty Dr. Morgan…nor does he realize he may have to sacrifice the woman he loves to save an entire country.
*This book contains graphic language, sex, and some violence. Not suitable for readers under the age of 18.
**The author will donate all profits from the sale of the JUST BREATHE trilogy to programs that educate people about whales and the challenges they face.
--Thanks to Goodreads for Covers and Blurbs
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