Sunday Sneak Peek: Author Lindsey Gray!

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“Fireworks” is a Contemporary Romance novella by Lindsey Gray, author of “Lies Inside”, “Redemption”, “Revisited”, and “Not the Same Season”. This eBook exclusive will be released June 20^th, 2013.

 

Sophie McKibbin finds herself back in Sam Crawford’s life after ten years. Unfortunately, Sam is dating Lola, Sophie’s high school nemesis. Lola dumps Sam the day before he was supposed to introduce his mystery girlfriend to his family over the Fourth of July holiday. With the looming fear of disappointing his mother once again and his long held feelings for Sophie, he asks her to take Lola’s place. With family feuds, an old flame, and feelings that have been locked away for a decade, there is bound to be some fireworks.

 

Excerpt

Sam was waiting patiently for the barista to make his drink with two extra shots of espresso when he heard the tinkling laughter of two nurses ordering their own coffees.

 

He turned to see what all the fuss was about. The tall, dark haired nurse was showing the slightly shorter, brunette friend something on her cell phone.

 

“Two venti cafe mochas, please,” the tall one ordered.

 

“Venti, Lexi? I’m going to have such a sugar high by the time I get to the bottom of the cup.” The other one laughed.

Sam noticed something familiar about the brunette nurse at that moment and her voice confirmed it. For years, he’d dreamed of long, wavy brown hair, a pair of bright blue eyes, and heart shaped lips. Sam couldn’t believe it’d been almost ten years since he last saw her in his parents’ kitchen. There was no thought in what he did next, he acted on pure instinct.

 

“Why, if it isn’t little Miss Sophie McKibbin.”

 

Sophie turned her head in his direction, and a soft smile spread across her lips when she giggled. “Mr. Sam Crawford. Fancy meeting you here.”

 

Lexi looked between the smiling pair with confusion. “Someone fill me in, please?”

 

“Sorry, Lexi. Sam, this is my best friend and roommate Lexi Carter. Lexi, this is Sam Crawford. He’s from Halston, too, and happens to be the brother of my cousin’s wife,” Sophie explained.

 

“Well, that explains the greeting. I guess the two of you didn’t know you worked in the same hospital?” Lexi asked.

 

Sophie looked at him in surprise. “You work here?”

 

Sam rubbed the back of his neck nervously. He never imagined he would be so uncomfortable in Sophie’s presence, but she’d grown even more beautiful since he last saw her.

 

“Yes. I’m one of the evening hospital administrators. I’m assuming you two are part of our top notch nursing staff?”

 

“Yes, in the intensive care unit,” Sophie responded.

 

“You must be the team Dr. Thomas has been bragging about.” Sam was stuck smiling as he gazed into her crystal-blue eyes. “We should all go out for a drink sometime.”

 

“Sounds great,” Sophie replied.

 

Sam dug his business card out of his pocket and wrote on the back. “This is my office number, but my cell is on the back.”

 

“Thanks.” Sophie’s cheeks reddened as she took the card from him.

 

“See you later.” He lifted his coffee cup to the two before he left the cafeteria.

 

Lexi grasped Sophie by the elbow and forced her into a nearby booth. “I need details. Who is that sex-on-a-stick, and why have I never met him before?”

 

Sophie shook her head as memories of a younger Sam flooded her mind.  The years had been very kind to him in her opinion. He was over six feet tall, with what appeared to be a lean yet muscled body. His light brown hair looked like it needed a trim, but was incredibly sexy at the same time. Like her own were, his eyes were blue, yet they seemed hold a sparkle she’d never seen before when he smiled.

 

“His younger sister and I were friends in high school. Sam was in college at that time, so I didn’t see much of him, but when I did . . .” Sophie got a faraway look in her eyes.

 

“You liked him!” Lexi smacked Sophie’s hand that lay on the table between them.

 

“Yep, I fell hard. I admit there was a bit of flirting, but nothing ever came of it.” Sophie ran her fingertips over her warm cheeks. “I thought I might see him a bit more once Caroline and my cousin, Drew, started dating, but he was working somewhere out east. Then I started dating Josh, and you know how that turned out.” Her relationship with Josh Reynolds had been a complete disaster, dictating how she had spent the last several years of her life.

 

“It’s time to get back on the horse, so to speak. I’m sure that cowboy wouldn’t mind a ride.”

 

Sophie laughed, but deep down in the dirty recesses of her mind, she could picture it happening.

 

 

Lindsey Gray dreamed of being several different things as a child such as a doctor, an actress, and a chef, but none held her attention like putting pen to paper and creating her own world through words. She has written three full-length novels and one short story for The Writer’s Coffee Shop Publishing House and is now taking the self-publishing leap with her novella, “Fireworks”.

 

A mid-west native, Lindsey enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, reading almost anything she can get her hands on, and making life interesting at each and every turn.

To learn more about Lindsey and her other works visit her Blog, like her on FaceBook, follow her on Twitter, or visit her Amazon Author Page.

Cover Reveal & Giveaway! L.V. Lewis- Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever

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Author L.V. Lewis revisits the world of Keisha Beale and Tristan White from her Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever to increase the book from a novella to a novel!

Fifty Shades of Grey meets Keisha from the block!

Keisha Beale is a quarter of a million dollars away from realizing her dream of opening her own recording studio. A botched attempt at securing the funding required from venture capitalist Tristan White leaves her without many options. Until Tristan White makes an indecent proposal. As Keisha navigates the treacherous environment of a billionaire’s secret kinky lifestyle, she discovers surprising things about herself and unleashes demons from her dark past she thought were long resolved.

L. V. Lewis doesn’t have the means of Tristan White, but she wouldn’t want readers to go away from this cover reveal empty handed, so she’s giving all viewers the chance to win one (1) of three (3) gift cards ($25, $15, $10 from either Amazon, B&N, or iTunes) at the conclusion of the reveal!

The Giveaway will run from June 11 -19th. During this time, Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever will be on sale for $.99!

So without further ado, here’s the fabulous new cover of Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever:

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

L. V. Lewis has one foot in South Georgia and the other in North Florida. She’s been blessed with a husband who’s put up with her for a lot of years and has given birth to four children, two of whom she has raised to adulthood and one to near adulthood. She delights in her almost empty nest status so much that she writes the kinkiest novels she can conjure up.

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Sunday Sneak Peek: Author Sophie Davis!

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Created, the fourth and final installment in the Talented Saga!

When Talia runs away from the only life she’s ever known, she could have never fathomed the lengths to which the Agency will go to get her back.  But if the Agency Director- the man who raised her, trained her, and made Talia who she is- can’t have her, he wants her eliminated.  Now those she once considered friends are bona fide enemies, ruthless in their pursuit of her.
Talia aligns herself with Ian Crane; the man she’d always believed was responsible for her parents’ murder.  With Crane’s forces at her disposal, Talia sets off on her most personal mission yet: rescuing the love of her life from the Agency.  But she never imagines that going after him will plunge the nation into chaos. Retribution for the lives of her parents is no longer enough for Talia; she wants justice for every innocent affected by the Agency’s greed.  But she soon realizes she is actually at the center of two wars- one with them and one with herself. Talia can no longer trust the one thing that has never failed her; her Talents are growing stronger by the day and she’s already losing control. Defeating the Agency will save countless innocent lives, but triumph over the manufactured power within her will preserve her sanity.
The Agency will stop at nothing to perpetuate the propaganda- that the Coalition is the enemy.
Crane will do anything to expose the truth- that the Agency has been creating Talents for decades.
Her world, her life, her future with the only person that remains true… the Agency stole everything. Now, Talia will sacrifice the little she has left to reclaim what’s hers.

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Excerpt:

“These,” Brand said, holding up a silver dagger with a gleaming six-inch blade, “are poisoned tipped.”  He rotated his wrist so that the synthetic metal reflected the light from overhead, bouncing it off the walls.  Reverently he tossed the weapon from one hand to the other.  “They can penetrate the fabric of adapti-suits quicker than a hot knife through butter.”
Reflexively, I ran my palm over the place on my stomach where a blade identical to the one Brand was holding had pierced my flesh.  My abdominal muscles tightened with the memory.  There was no scar, medical had removed it shortly after the incident, but the sight of the weapon made my skin tingle.
Brand held the dagger by the blade.  The pads of his fingers perched on either side of the metal and the handle facing away from his body.  “You should definitely carry one,” he told me.
Hesitantly, I crossed the mats to join him.  I was reluctant to take the offered weapon, but unwilling to show weakness by refusing it.  For his part, Brand seemed just as reluctant to give me the dagger as I was to take it.  Those piercing green eyes of his bore into mine as I wrapped my fingers around the handle.  Brand refused to let go at first.
“Thanks,” I snapped, giving the weapon a firm tug.
In the forty-eight hours I’d been staying at Crane’s compound, I’d tried to avoid Brand like the plague.  But he always seemed to be wherever Penny was, hovering over her shoulder, asking what he could do to make her more comfortable.  I suspected he would’ve carried her on his back had she asked.  This forced interaction had one fortunate, or unfortunate depending on how you looked at it, side effect.  I was familiar enough with his brain patterns to establish a connection.  I used the connection to read his thoughts, as if the hateful gleam in his eyes wasn’t enough to tell me what was on his mind.
Brand didn’t trust me.  He was convinced that I’d turn on him and his people once we rescued Erik.  He’d gone as far as to express this concern to Crane who dismissed the notion.  Arming me when we were alone, save Frederick who was watching our exchange with an amused smile, scared Brand.  Had Crane not instructed him to play nice, Brand would throw me back in that damned cage and toss the key over the bluffs.
“Let go,” I growled when he still refused to release the dagger.
With one last withering glare, Brand finally relented.
I stumbled backwards a couple of paces and only just managed to keep my feet from becoming so tangled in one another that I fell.
“Do you really think you have what it takes to do this?” Brand demanded, crossing his arms over his chest.
“I’ve trained nearly half my life to become a Hunter,” I spat back.  “This mission is no different than the ones they go on.”
Brand scoffed and shook his head back and forth.  “You don’t get it,” he blew out a long breath, “Chances are you’ll know many of the prison guards.  Some of them might even be your friends.”
My resolve faltered.  That hadn’t occurred to me.  I’d been too consumed with thoughts of Mac torturing Erik.  As I stood there, trying to match Brand’s indigence, I started to truly appreciate the fight that awaited our attack on Tramblewood.  The guards wouldn’t be nameless, faceless strangers like the ones I’d fought on my missions with the Hunters.  They might be former classmates, colleagues, people I respected.
“Will you be able to kill them?” Brand pressed.  He took a slow, deliberate step towards me.  His next words were barely audible.  “Kill your friends?”
My mouth went inexplicably dry and I found myself unable to swallow over the lump in my throat.  This was what the McDonough School had trained me for.  All the years of sparring, honing my powers, perfecting my skills had been in preparation for the war that was now on the horizon.  Never once had I considered that I’d be fighting against TOXIC, against Mac.  When push came to shove, would I be able to kill people who had done nothing more than follow their orders?
An image of Erik, bloody and beaten, tormented and tortured by the prison guards, filled my mind.  The answer became obvious.  Of course I could.  For him, I would do anything.
“Yes, I can,” I said with more conviction that I felt.
Brand laughed, actually laughed.  The sound echoed off the walls of the weapons room.  It was unnatural coming from his lips.  “I don’t doubt you can kill, Talia.  Will you, though?  What if you have to choose between me or Ian and one of TOXIC’s operatives?  What then?”
Killing in self-defense or to save Erik was a no-brainer.  I was quickly coming to terms that both were a very real possibility.  But choosing Brand, a guy who despised my very existence, was a hard concept to digest.  From a young age, the Agency had shoved duty and loyalty to them above all others down my throat.  Even after they’d betrayed me, I wasn’t sure I could reciprocate.
“Tal, I know how hard this is for you,” Frederick said, breaking the tension that was so thick it was oppressive.  “But Brand is right.  You need to decide now where your allegiance lies.  It will be too dangerous for the rest of us if your loyalty is divided.”
“Not all of them deserve to die,” I mumbled, fighting back the unpleasantness swirling in my stomach.  “The guards are just as much in the dark as to what Mac is doing as I was.”  I looked back and forth between Brand and Frederick, silently pleading with them to see it the way that I did.
“They won’t hesitate,” Brand said quietly.  “You can’t either.”
“You don’t have to go,” Frederick said.  He came to stand beside me and placed his hand on my shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze.  “Everyone will understand if you’d rather wait here.  No one will blame you.” My eyebrows arched at the ridiculous suggestion.  Wait here?  Was he crazy?  This was Erik we were talking about.  They really would have to lock me in that stupid cage if they thought I’d stay behind.  I was going on the rescue mission.
Drawing in a long breath to calm myself, I said, “I would blame me, Frederick.  I came here because I needed help.  Help,” I repeated the word for emphasis.  “Not to ask Crane to fight my battles for me.”  I turned to meet Brand’s gaze.  “I made my choice the moment I decided to come here.  I chose the Coalition then, which I guess means I chose you then, too.”  I tried not to shudder when I spoke.  If he wasn’t so nice to Penny, the temptation to shove the poison-tipped dagger into his chest would have been too enticing to pass up just then.
The silence that filled the room was deafening.  Brand and I engaged in a battle of wills, both of us staring the other down, neither of us willing to blink first.  To a casual observe the moment probably appeared intimate.  It was anything but.
Brand’s left eyed twitched when I pushed on his mind.  Frederick’s hand was still on my shoulder.  He squeezed harder, warning me not to press.  When Brand’s jaw tightened and the veins in his neck popped up under his skin like blue worms, Frederick decided enough was enough.
“Talia, stop,” he snapped.  Then he turned his admonishments on Brand.  “She gave you her word.  She will fight for us.”
Brand shrugged and bent to retrieve a semi-automatic rifle from the chest at his feet.  He handed me the weapon.  “You’ll need one of these, too.”
“I’m not very good with a gun,” I said, not reaching for it.  The sight of the automatic weapon was even more unsettling than the poisoned-tipped dagger.
“Your Talents are strong, but you’ll need more protection than that.  The guards will be armed.  McDonough wants you badly, but if he can’t have you alive, he wants you dead.  Once they realize you’re there, you will be the main target.”
He was right, of course.  That didn’t make the news that Mac was now operating under the notion that if he couldn’t have me, no one could, any easier to hear.
Reluctantly, I took the gun and slung it over one shoulder.  Brand selected two more knives and five throwing stars from a board on the far wall.  He fitted them into a weapon’s belt before handing the belt to me.  I threaded it through the loops at my waist.  The weapons were light, all made from synthetic materials and designed with aerodynamics in mind.  But the belt felt heavy when it settled into place on my hipbones.  I took a couple of tentative steps to make sure my knees wouldn’t buckle under the added burden.  They didn’t.
Frederick and Brand were fully outfitted soon thereafter, both of them looking like one man militias ready to take on whatever and whoever stood in their way.  Brand was lean, but fairly muscular, so it came as no surprise that he appeared at home dressed like a solider ready for battle.  Frederick, though, was fine-boned, delicate almost, and the weapons were unnatural on him.
Brand strolled towards the door, Frederick two steps behind.  I remained where I was, taking advantage of the last moments of calm before the storm of a lifetime.  In a few short hours, we, Crane and I, would set in motion a third civil war.  In a few short hours, I would officially be labeled a traitor to my country.  In a few short hours, chaos and destruction would replace the relative peace of the last few decades.  But, in a few short hours, Erik would be safe.  I wouldn’t let myself think beyond that point.  The possibilities were too vast, too depressing, too horrible to consider.

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Sunday Sneak Peek ~ Author N. K. Smith's Hollywood Lies

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Author to Author presents a special sneak Peek for N.K. Smith's erotic novel: Hollywood Lies.

Don't worry! The peek is perfectly safe for work.

Her
hair is the exact color of a flaming sunset, her eyes the palest green I’ve
ever seen, and her body is like that of a woman captured in marble by the
master artists of old. Her beauty has never been a secret, but I didn’t expect…

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Sunday Sneak Peek: Author L.V. Lewis!

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A special sneak peek into a portion of the new edition of Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever . . .

Summary:

"Fifty Shades meets Keisha from the block."

Keisha Beale and her roommate Jada Jameson have half the money they need to start their dream business. A hookup from Jada's well-connected father gets them a meeting with the elusive venture capitalist Tristan White. The only time slot he has available is the close of business on a Friday afternoon when Jada has a nonrefundable ticket for a sorority week in Sin City.

Keisha goes to the meeting alone and almost flubs their chance at getting the much-needed start-up capital they require. During this one chance meeting venture capitalist Tristan White discovers he wants a little coffee in his cream. Thus begins his pursuit of Keisha Beale, the only woman who can quench his raging case of Jungle Fever!

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Excerpt:

Saturday morning after breakfast, we have the first of many fencing lessons in Tristan’s gym. Once again, he’s well-prepared. Tristan’s gone overboard in my opinion and bought me three sets of fencing whites. I dress in my knickers, plastron, chest protector, jacket, socks, trainers, and glove and then carry my mask and foil out of the dressing room with me. I meet Tristan out on the floor. He’s already dressed and practicing. He stops when I enter the room, and his eyes rake over me with the same appreciation mine are showing him.

Damn! He’s fine in that getup, especially the tight breeches! my Fairy Hoochie Mama says. Triple-G even lets loose the type of whistle that men usually use on women when they’re making catcalls. I execute an extended mental eye roll at them.

“Seeing you dressed out gives me ideas, Ms. Beale,” Tristan says, his eyes bright.

“What if I don’t like fencing? Then these cute little outfits you bought will go to waste.”

“They’re not just cute little outfits, and believe me, once you get into it you’ll love it.”

“Says the man who’s probably been doing this since he could walk.”

He looks thoughtful. “Our mother did begin to teach us when we were five.”

Every so often, I learn something new about Tristan that underscores the differences in our upbringings. This is one of those moments. When I was that age, my mama was teaching me nursery rhymes, reading, and singing. However, knowing that his mother fenced makes me feel like I can do this.

“Then, in homage to the late Mrs. White, I’ll give it a good old college try.”

“Oh you’ll give it more than that.”

“How can you be so certain?”

“Physical fitness is part of your contract, and it will go a long way in helping you endure the rigors of our role-play weekends. I can tell from your muscle tone you haven’t been sedentary, and your lines suggest you could be really good at this. What sports did you enjoy in school?”

“I did track and field in high school. And even though my music major didn’t allow me to continue in college, I used DePaul’s track and gym whenever I could.”

“I’m impressed and happy to be the beneficiary of your diligence.”

“You have a weird way of giving compliments.”

“You’ll undoubtedly find many things weird about me, but I prefer the term eccentric.”

“Eccentric is more pleasing to the ear.”

Tristan brings me a shiny silver jacket that matches my mask perfectly. “Here, put this on.”

“What’d you do; rob Michael Jackson’s wardrobe?”

He tries to resist smiling but fails. “Funny. The answer is no. It’s an electric lamé or over-jacket. When our body cords are attached to it and plugged into the reel on either end of the fencing strip, it will register electronic scoring as targets on our bodies are hit.”

“So, this is kinda like what you like to do with the whips, crops, and floggers in the grotto?”

He pauses for a second. “Now you mention it. Yes.” His eyes shine with an elation that wasn’t there before, and he finishes getting us both outfitted with the equipment and in position. “The first thing you do is salute your opponent as a sign of respect.” He closes his mask. “Mask down, Ms. Beale.”

I feel like he’s ordering me around in a scene. He moves into a posture and stands still. “This is the en garde position. Front foot facing forward, and then your back foot at a ninety degree angle with your front foot, your feet are shoulder width apart and your knees are bent. Like so.”

I follow his instructions and manage to mirror his stance exactly after a few seconds.

“Good form.”

I grin. How ridiculous is it that I crave his approval so much?

He points at the line next to him on the strip. “Don’t cross that line until you’ve been signaled to engage after completing the en garde stance.”

“Okay.”

He approaches me in a sexy swagger made more pronounced by his fencing shoes, a literal rolling from his heels to the balls of his feet.

“This is a classic lunge.” He executes one. “It is how you attack your opponent.”

I mimic his movement until he deems I’ve done it right.

“You always want to block your target areas from your opponent during a lunge.” Tristan uses the foil to point to the areas he describes. “The arms, chest and head are targets, and there are three parries designed to block these targets.” He holds the foil horizontally at his shoulder. “This is the three parry to block your flank.” He moves the foil diagonally across his chest. “This is the four parry to block your chest.” Finally, the foil is horizontal at head level. “And this, is the five parry to block your head. There’s also a two and a one, but those aren’t used quite as often as the ones I’ve just shown you. As we progress and you have need of the others, we’ll learn them.”

“Now, for a bit of footwork,” he says. “I’ll show you advancing and retreating today. I’ll save some of the fancier stuff for later.”

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He moves into en garde position. “Okay, here’s the advance. Watch my feet.” He does something that looks like a shuffling hip-hop dance move; he executes it with such lightning speed. “To slow it down for you, the advance is done in three distinct steps. Your feet should remain shoulder width apart at all times. The front foot moves first, beginning by lifting the toes. Straighten the leg at the knee, pushing the heel out in front. Land on the heel, and then bring the back foot up to en garde stance again.”

Tristan shows me again several times until I get it. Then I execute several advances until the movement feels natural to me.

“The final movement I’m going to show you today is the retreat, which is sort of a reverse of the advance. It’s a three-step process also. Back foot first to the ball of the foot. Down with the heel and then on the ball of the foot. Like so.” He retreats, advances, and then retreats until I’m able to follow him without a misstep.

We go through the parries, slowly again and again, all while advancing and retreating until I’m well familiar with them. “Now, these will be executed very quickly, but we’ll go slow until you get the hang of it,” Tristan assures me.

I find myself enjoying figuring out how to block his attacks. They are slow in the beginning so I’m able to think fast and position my foil so he doesn’t hit me every time. As he gathers speed, even though I parry to block, he hits my targets, particularly my chest. So much so, if I weren’t wearing the chest plate, I’m sure my breasts would be stinging right about now.

I see him smile when he gets three successive points against me, and I feel powerless against his lunges because they are executed so flawlessly. I retreat all the way off the strip.

“No fair! You have me at a complete disadvantage.”

Tristan stops, flips his hood back, folds his arms, and crosses a long leg at the ankle. He holds his foil in one hand and beckons me Mortal Kombat style with the other hand.

I push my hood back and shake my head. “You’ve got to be crazy if you think I’m lunging at you again right now.”

“You were doing well for a beginner if we discount the odd moments when you were whacking at me like you were trying to chop vegetables on a cutting board.”

“I’m a girl. We always resort to flailing when fighting, didn’t you know this?”

“I’ve seen you hit someone, remember? You don’t flail when you fight, so don’t do it while fencing. In fact, if you treat fencing the same way you do boxing, you’ll do fine. If you practice the moves enough, they’ll become second nature to you. Use the gym when you’re here and in a few months, you’ll be fencing like an amateur.” He grins at his own attempt at a joke.

I don a fake smile then show him my serious face. “Funny, White.”

“Okay, I’m going to use my left hand during this final bout. This should give you some advantage.” He moves to his place on the strip, and I do the same.

Tristan and Keisha

“En garde,” he says.

“En garde,” I respond, and we fight a near equal match, but he still gets the better of me in the end. In fact, he presses toward me, using some fancy sword play reminiscent of The Legend of Zorro. Then he makes a series of scores, all in the vicinity of my breasts and finally he relieves me of my foil and touches near the vee of my legs with his.

“I don’t recall that being a target area,” I say, my voice husky.

“It’s always a target for me,” he replies and drops his foil, pulls me into his arms, and kisses me till my knees get weak. Our tongues lunge and parry like they’re fencing and hitting all our target areas. We rack up so many points the bout is tied when we come up for air. The next to attack will score the winning touch, and it’s safe to say neither of us is concerned about who will come out on top.

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When Talia Lyons was just a child, her parents were murdered before her eyes. Unable to accept their fate, Talia trains to become one of the country’s deadliest assassins in order to kill the man responsible. Luckily, she was born with a gift- the ability to read and influence the minds of others. At sixteen, Talia’s poised to graduate from a school for the Talented, where she learned to control her abilities. Now there is only one obstacle standing between her and the retribution she craves… the feelings and distractions of a normal teenage girl.

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Éire’s Captive Moon, the first book of Sandi Layne’s Éire’s Viking Trilogy, brings you to the unsettled era of the early Viking raids along the coast of Éire – today’s Ireland.

A wounded refugee from the violent Viking raids on Éire’s coast is healed so well by Charis of Ragor that Agnarr captures the moon-pale woman for his own and takes her home to Nordweg to be his slave. Also captured is Cowan, a warrior gifted with languages. He is drawn to the healer of Ragor and finds himself helpless before her. In more ways than one!

Through the winter, Charis plans a fitting vengenance upon her captor for the men he killed. She also prepares to return to Éire and the children she left behind. But will her changing feelings interfere with these plans? When two men vie for her heart, will she give way before either – or both?

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Ghostwriter by Lissa Bryan

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Unemployed, with her savings dwindling, Sara Howell thinks things are looking up when she lands a ghostwriting job and rents the affordable island home of her favorite author, Seth Fortner, who mysteriously disappeared in 1925. Strange things happen, making Sara wonder if Seth ever left. When she finds an old trunk of Seth’s letters, she delves into a world she never imagined, filled with love and a family curse it seems only she can break.

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The End of All Things by Lissa Bryan

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After a terrible virus ravages the planet, Carly, one of the few survivors, hides in her apartment in Juneau trying to survive the best she can, with occasional forays to gather food. She is discovered by Justin, an ex-soldier intent on making his way to Florida before winter. He convinces her to join him, and together they begin a journey through a nation laid to waste by the disaster. Challenges abound along the way, from the changing seasons to injury and shortage of supplies. And other survivors. Some are friendly, some are malicious, and some have minds destroyed by the virus. They can only depend on each other, and Carly finds her perceptions challenged by what it takes to live in this brutal new world. This is the story of their journey to find a place to begin a new life, and a home in each other.

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Vigilant by Angel Lawson

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Ari Grant spends her days helping the troubled youth of Glory City, and her nights trying to feel something other than the cold numbness that has settled in her bones. For years, she satisfies this urge with trips to the tattoo parlor or late night clubbing, but everything changes when she becomes a victim of an armed robbery.

She manages to escape notice from the gunman, a former client, but only because she’s saved by Glory City’s own Vigilante. A hooded man who has impeccable timing when it comes to those in need.It seems Ari isn’t the only one trying to save lost souls or looking for a life outside their job. She’s caught the attention of Nick Sanders, a handsome attorney at juvenile court. Solid and steady, he seems the perfect fit, but Ari has developed an obsession with Davis, the mysterious and sexy director of a local fight club that rehabilitates delinquent boys.

Each of these men fight for the less fortunate, but not everyone has altruistic motives. When Ari’s female clients begin to disappear, she can’t figure out who to trust. Soon enough it becomes obvious that while Ari watches over the kids of Glory City, someone else has taken to watching over her.

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Hidden Threat by Sherri Hayes

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Cali Stanton has one goal in life, being a doctor. She does not intend to run the family business. But when her father gets injured and tells her that she’s the only one he trusts, Cali finds herself behind his desk at Stanton Enterprises.

Matthew Andersen and his brother Jason have spent the last two years managing security at Stanton Enterprises. But when someone threatens the company and its CEO, challenging Matthew’s abilities, what seems like an easy task, becomes a big problem.

Cali and Matthew must fight their growing attraction for each other to avoid a potentially damaging office romance. As the threats continue, they must work together to keep the company running and discover who is behind the threats. But when things escalate to violence and Cali becomes the latest target, things get personal. Can Matthew find the Hidden Threat before it’s too late?

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Legacy of a Dreamer by Allie Jean

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Chantal Breelan has spent most of her childhood as a ward of the state. She has a mysterious past and the foster system provided her with no answers. At the age of fifteen, she begins to have horrifying dreams: images of violence and death that haunt her during her waking hours. Anxious and afraid, and with no one else to confide in, she finds comfort in her imaginary friend, a shadow in the shape of a man who stands sentinel over her. She tells him of her dreams and her fear of an unknown future.

On her eighteenth birthday, she’s forced out of her foster home, but the stress and demands drive her to the edge, making her see things. A boy from her nightmares appears in a subway station, sending her life in twists of truth and lies, and darkness surrounds her from all sides. But is it only evil that hides in the shadows, or are the answers to her past lingering just beyond?

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My Only by N.K. Smith

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Shy, awkward Adam is resigned to sit on the sidelines of life, overshadowed by his outgoing and popular twin brother, Aaron. But when a free spirited new girl with a troubled past moves in across the street, Adam’s eyes are opened to a new world of possibilities. But why would ever anyone choose him when a better version exists? It seems Adam has a lot to learn about love….and life.

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Ghosts of Our Pasts by N.K. Smith

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A love beyond understanding. A loss unfathomable. A grief unbearable.

He was her anchor. Her hero. And in the blink of an eye he was gone. Emily Martin has spent the past ten years creating a life of comfort. As a successful owner of a small gourmet food store in SoHo, her fierce independence is a brutal lesson learned as the result of a tragic loss in her youth. After years of giving away only pieces of her heart, Emily realizes that this leaves her with nothing in the end. While love is fraught with risk, turning away from love may be the biggest risk of all…

Will Darcy once held the world and his future in the palm of his hand. Engaged to marry the love of his life and on the cusp of a brilliant financial career, he loses everything in a horrifying act of violence that still ripples through his life almost ten years later. Frozen in grief and a shell of the man he once was, he surrounds himself with the beautiful things she loved. But that only reminds him of all he’s lost. As life tumbles forward around him, Will has to make a decision—live in the pain of the past or reach out to grasp a new chance at life and love.

Thrown together by fate, two wounded souls in the heart of a wounded city must do what neither of them have done in years: open up and learn to love.

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The Riverbend Trilogy by Andrea Goodson

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Nestled deep in Northwest Pennsylvania, in the thick forest of the Allegheny Mountains, is a quiet community named Kennerdell. Rich in Native American and European settlement history with few inhabitants and a charming culture, growing up there was simple for Lena. But when grief stepped in and darkened her life-everything changed. After years of escape, Lena is forced to come home. A web of mystery and danger that dates back to America’s earliest days, quickly weaves around her.When a longtime friend, one who knows the tragedy that plagues Lena’s heart, comes back into her life – things get complicated. Will she be able to unfold the truth around this mystery – and herself – or will it be easier to run away?Love, danger, and history collide in all three books of The Riverbend Trilogy.

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Lessons Learned by Sydney Logan

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Sarah Bray never planned to return to teach in Sycamore Falls, but a traumatic event leaves her desperate for the sanctuary of home. She discovers a kindred spirit in Lucas Miller, a teacher from New York with demons of his own. Their newfound love is put to the test when a student’s secret sends shockwaves through the community, and Sarah and Lucas – along with the town – are schooled in the lessons of acceptance, tolerance, and love.

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MORE by T.M. Franklin

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Haunted by terrifying nightmares and certain she’s being watched, college student Ava Michaels finds an unlikely ally in Physics tutor Caleb Foster. But Caleb isn’t quite what he seems. In fact, he’s not entirely human, and he’s not the only one. Together, the duo faces a threat from an ancient race bent on Ava’s capture, and possible extinction. As Ava fights to survive, she learns the world’s not what she thought.

It’s a little bit more.

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Lies Inside by Lindsey Gray

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How do you say goodbye to the love of your life when you are only twelve years old? Finn O’Malley and Lucy Butler had to figure out how to do just that as Finn left his home in Clarkstown, New York for Two Roads School of Music in California. Being a young talented musician, Finn thought it best for his future but wasn’t sure about leaving Lucy behind.

Now, just one semester short of graduation and a promising future at UCLA, he throws it all away to return home. This leaves his family and friends questioning why. The Finn that has returned home is not the same boy who left. He’s broken and withdrawn. Lucy and his sister Rylan want nothing more than to bring back the Finn they know and love. From the moment Finn reconnects with Lucy, he feels the one thing he hasn’t felt in years-hope.

As Lucy starts to bring him out of his shell, Finn begins to realize what real love really is. When his past collides with his future, how will Finn deal with the love he needs and the love he despises? Can Lucy help heal what lies inside?

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Redemption by Lindsey Gray

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Lily is one of only three vampires in known existence. After falling in love with a human, sexy and talented musician Ian, she realizes their love is putting him in mortal danger. She flees from her life in Boston to the solace of her frozen waste land. As her past continues to haunt her, Ian seeks out the only family Lily has ever known. Becca introduces Ian to a world he never thought possible as they embark on a search for Lily, starting in the bowels of a mysterious company called The Manchester Group. Will Ian and Becca find her? Or will the reemergence of a long lost love take a hold of their future?

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Revisted by Lindsey Gray

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As the Redemption series continues in Revisited, everyone’s path leads into one.

Lily Edwards, the last remaining female vampire, is facing a daunting task. She has to find Liam Caldwell, the vampire she was forced to create, and change him back to his human state. But Lily’s task will not be an easy one as fellow remaining vampires, Filipp and Debir, have been secretly plotting her demise for decades and were the ones responsible for Liam being turned. While Liam is grateful for Filipp and Debir’s guidance during his transformation into the vampire he felt destined to be, he’s having second thoughts as he learns their whole plan is not what it seems. A handpicked army of humans waits for Liam to change them into vampires at Filipp’s instruction.

Adding to the mix is Valentina Pavel, the last member of a Romanian witch coven, who brings forth new challenges of her own. Together, they all have Liam doing the unthinkable, pleading for a way out. Lily’s adopted daughter, Becca, is also preoccupied with a few dilemmas of her own. Discovering that the angel, Sam Fleming, is her biological father presents her with a choice to accept the powers of her birthright, or continue her human existence.

She must find the answer while continuing to fight the feelings she has for fellow angel, Abe North, and her missing new love, Ian Holt. Ian’s world has been turned upside down now that the body-stealing demon, Gideon, is controlling him. Ian struggles as Gideon’s decisions cause them both mental and physical pain. The only thing they agree on is their insatiable need to be with Becca at all costs.

Friends-now-turned-enemies struggle for their eternity, while enemies-turned-friends fight side by side. Will Lily’s past give her the answers she needs to reach the future?

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Sneak Peek Sunday! Author Sandi Layne

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A peek into…

 

An Unexpected Woman, a Contemporary Inspirational Romance by Sandi Layne

Release Date:July 11, 2013, Via TWCS

SUMMARY:

“Put a bow around the woman you want for me, so I’ll know.”

A paradise for some,Florida is a lonely place for Associate Pastor Dr. Mark Countryman. Hurt by relationships in the past, Mark wonders if there is someone out there for him. He asks God to make his will clear. 

When he stumbles over local girl Shelley Roberts while out to lunch one afternoon, he feels both an attraction to her and the need to guard his heart. Her chipper and sunny demeanor add brightness to each day he spends with her, but his track record with relationships keeps him from fully opening his heart. Their burgeoning relationship is put to the test when a brewing storm off the Florida Peninsula threatens their city. Shelley prays for God’s help as she prepares for all contingencies, while Mark stands firm in his faith in God’s protection.

Excerpt from the book:

“Mark!” Anne said,her voice echoing off the white walls as she lifted the white plastic bag with his lunch. “Ready!”

He paid for it, left her a tip, and was backing up to the door, telling Anne to have a good day,when the door opened and he collided with an incoming customer.

“Whoa!” he exclaimed, arms flailing enough that he was relieved that all the food was secure inside well-packed containers.

“Hey!” the incoming customer said in response, her laughter warm as she caught him with one hand on either side of his ribs.

“Steady, there,” she advised, holding him until both his feet were firm on the faded tile floor. “Y’all right?”

“Yeah,” he said, feeling more than a little embarrassed to have been caught so off-center, and to have been held up by a woman.

Meeting her eyes, he had to catch his breath. “Thank you.”

Her dancing brown eyes were bold below marked brown brows as she appeared to study him to assure herself he was, indeed, able to stand on his own. He had the definite feeling,though, that she was checking him out, which was disconcerting . . . and a little flattering. As brief as the contact had been, he felt the emptiness where her hands had braced him. Blowing out a puff of air, he tried to shrug the expectant feeling away. 

Hands dropping to her sides, she nodded. “You’re welcome. But hey, if you ever feel the need to step into a gravity well again,” she said with a laugh, “I’ll be more than happy to help!” Her wink was playful and he knew that she could indeed be flirtatious,given the opportunity.

It was not in his nature, though, to provide one. He could only look at her in surprise and regret that he couldn’t seem to respond in kind. He wanted to, but felt out of his depth with her. And gravity well? Was that a new slang term or something?

“Shelley! You’re early,” Anne said from behind the counter. “Busy day today?”

A strange upsurge of hope sent his eyebrows up. Shelley. Her name was Shelley…

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Find out about the Author! I am currently reading Sandi Layne’s Eire’s Captive Moon and I must say, I am thoroughly enjoying it so far!

Author website:  http://sandyquill.com

Author twitter: http://twitter.com/sandyquill

Author Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sandi-Layne-Author/115692828503745

Book on Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17763933-an-unexpected-woman

Book at TWCS: http://ph.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/books/detail/92

The Riverbend Trilogy Blog Tour: An Answer to Why?

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Thank you for visiting The Riverbend Trilogy’s Blog Tour! This is the first day of the tour so be sure to check out the schedule at the end of the post so you can follow along, learn about the author, catch some sneak peeks, and enter the giveaway. This is going to be a fantastic 2 weeks, don’t you think so? Here you will find an interesting article about Andrea’s inspiration to write and the reasons behind her efforts. You can also see The Riverbend Trilogy’s new book trailer, and learn a bit about the author, Andrea Goodson! Don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the end of the post and see where you can visit Andrea tomorrow!

My Inspiration to Write – The “Why?”

People ask this question time and time again, “Why do you write?” “Do you just like to tell stories?” “Are you riting about people you know in real life?”

The answer to the first qestion is actually quite simple. Simple, but with a long and complicated history behind it. The answer is I write because I have something to say.

I suppose the larger and more impotant question would be, what do you have to say and why do you need to say it?

Authors around the world all write their stories, books, and sagas for many different reasons. Some are so intensely creative that they can’t seem to keep all of their wonderful ideas locked inside their minds. Some just love the feeling of using their imagination and coming up with plots that are easy for many readers to closely identify with, sharing thoughts, feelings, and situations that we can all easily understand. Others might use their imagination in a different way entirely. A way that transforms the world we know so well into a place that exists only in our dreams, such as in the genre of supernatural and fantasy novels.  Some authors, and I am sure many at that, use writing as a tool to sort out a large heap of mixed feelings and emotions of their own, as a method of therapeutic release.

I truly believe all of the above is present in some measure inside every writer, in one way or another. However, above all the multitude of possible reasons one might want to write, I believe there is one very specific yet general feeling among all of us.

It is simply that we have something to say.

That is what started my journey in the world of novel writing. I felt I had something to say, something I wanted to share with as many people as possible, something that I felt the world needed to hear.

That “something” started with a tragic, personal experience and very intense emotions. I lost my father at the young age of nine and although that was traumatic by itself and my heart was heavy with grief for many years, things happened afterward that greatly worsened the situation. A once close knit family basically fell apart. People who once loved eachother suddenly didn’t anymore. My home changed, my life changed, my world changed. Security seemingly disappeared and no one seemed to recognize what childhood grief even was let alone how to address it.

Now, this is absolutely not a self-pity party, I am a strong-minded individual who can absolutely stand on her own two feet. But how many of us know that we will eventually be alright? How many of us, after experiencing life-changing events, feel that things will be ok again, someday? That “someday” was a long wait for me. Years and years went by where grief ruled over my life, my thoughts, my emotions, and my acceptance of how other people treated me.

After many years of working to free myself from that experience, I began to believe that I had to somehow reach others in the wolrd who could relate to the feelings that I had grown to know all too well.  I believed that there were others out there who had endured the same struggle as I, that had lived with the same heartbreak that plagued me for so many years. I had something to say, something to share with the wolrd and, whether the world actually needed to hear it or not, mattered little. What mattered is that I wanted to say it, I wanted to throw it out there and just see if somehow, someday, that general message might help another person.

Now my books are not self-help by any means. I do not give advice to others as to how to handle specific situations. The Riverbend Trilogy is all about watching a character try to figure that out for herself. Finding her way through the darkness and finding out if she will continue to sink into thedrk trenches of her mind or resurface stronger than when she began.

Fiction is my art medium, it is how I express myself. It is how I share what I feel needs to be said to the wolrd, to the many readers out there who might possibly gain something from a book they read by an unknown, unheard of, small town indie author.  Books have changed my life. Since I was a very young child I had a love of reading. Books have helped me to learn and grow as a person, which is why I so enjoy writing.

Although I write with empathy for my main character, Lena’s story in Riverbend, Rapid Water, and Waking Tide is not actually my experience. I used my own feelings and thoughts to form what I imagine she must go through after having experienced the loss that she does.  I also threw in a bit of mystery and adventure because those are the things I enjoy in a good book, as well as the budding love story.

Mainly, Lena’s story is about self-discovery and how she manages to find her way through the dense fog of grief that plagues her every waking moment. It is about strength, hope, and love. I can’t reveal too much or you won’t enjoy the books! But what I can say is that we are all stronger than we know, we are all capable of trust and love, and eventually, the darkness will disperse. The light will come back into our lives, if we only allow it to do so.

That’s what I wanted to say to the world, the message I so desperately wanted to spread that I couldn’t possibly contain myself any longer. The Riverbend Trilogy is just how I say it.

Click here to take a look at the NEW Riverbend Trilogy Book Trailer!

Author Bio

Andrea Goodson was born in 1982 and had a love of and fascination with writing since she was very young. Always imagining ways in which the world could be different, she began to write short stories when she was very young. It wasn’t until many years later that she put pen to paper and began to work on what has become her first novel, Riverbend, part one in a trilogy. Upon completion of that work she found that writing was something she felt meant to do and would never be able to give up. Using her own experiences with hardship and tragedy Andrea uses her writing to reach others in an effort to show the world that we need not be victims of circumstance. Her main characters endure many conflicts yet find the courage and strength to better themselves.

Click here to follow Andrea on Facebook and Twitter!

You can view the first book in Andrea’s series, Riverbend, here on Kindle

All books are also available on Amazon as Paperbacks and ebooks on Nook, iBooks, and Smashwords!

For a complete listing of all books and venues, CLICK HERE!

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Thank you for visiting! You can see Andrea again tomorrow on Fiona’s Book Blog!

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The Riverbend Trilogy Blog Tour Schedule

5.13.13   The road to ME www.facebook.com/the-road-to-me

5.14.13   Fiona’s Book Blog http://nannyfi71.wordpress.com/

5.15.13 Feeding My Lovely Addiction http://feedingmylovelyaddiction.blogspot.com/

5.16.13   Author L.V. Lewis http://lvlewis.com/

5.17.13    I Heart Books Blog http://officialiheartbooks.blogspot.com/

5.18.13   Author Sophie Davis http://sophiedavisbooks.com

5.19.13   Island Lovelies Book Club http://islandloveliesbcb.blogspot.com/

5.20.13   Author Angel Lawson http://angellawson.com

5.21.13   One More Chapter  http://onemorechapterreviews1.blogspot.com/

5.22.13   Pure Jonel  http://purejonel.blogspot.com

5.23.13   Kat’s Read   http://katsread.blogspot.com

5.24.13 Maria’s Book Blog   http://www.marialovesbooks.blogspot.com/

5.25 & 26.13   Just Romantic Suspense www.justromanticsuspense.com

5.27.13 Farewell Post & Surprise with Kahlen Aymes! http://kahlen-aymes.blogspot.com/

Kahlen Aymes’ A Love Like This Cover Reveal!

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I’m hosting a cover reveal and giveaway for my friend, Kahlen Aymes, author of “A Love Like This,” the highly anticipated final volume of the Remembrance Trilogy. Her first and second offerings, “The Future of Our Past,” and “Don’t Forget To Remember Me,” enjoyed both popular and critical accalaim on Amazon, Smashwords, and other popular platforms. At the conclusion of the cover reveal, please click and enter the Giveaways. ARCs are available of all three books via the Kindle format and books one and two are available in all other platforms. Two lucky winners will win one of these packages. The giveaway runs from May 10 – 17th!

Synopsis:

Settled in New York City, Ryan and Julia Matthews seek to enjoy their idyllic newlywed life together.  Julia’s high-profile job at Vogue and Ryan’s promising career in medicine will surely set them up for everything they could ever want.  Their only obstacle seems to be finding enough time to spend together.

When a scuffle at Ryan’s hospital puts his life in danger, a colleague steps in to save him but is critically injured in the process.  In a heroic and unwavering effort, Ryan manages to save her life, but her injuries irrevocably change her future forever.

What happens next will push Ryan beyond human endurance, when he is forced to decide how much he will pay for his new friendship and Julia, what she is willing to sacrifice in order to spare herself the unspeakable pain of watching someone else try to replace her in Ryan’s heart.

Join Ryan and Julia in the heart-wrenching conclusion to the unforgettable story of an incredible love… worth every single sacrifice…

For there is nothing more sacred than… A Love Like This…

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Also available on sony.com, kobo.com and apple stores.

THE GORGEOUS COVER:

RELEASE DATE: JUNE 24, 2013!!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Kahlen Aymes grew up in the Mid-Western United States and was educated at a private university. She is divorced with one daughter, has a B.S.B.A. degree in business/marketing and began writing as a way to network a business venture. Soon, writing turned into her passion and morphed all other career goals.

Kahlen is an award-winning author of sizzling hot, deeply moving contemporary romance. Her stories are filled with intense love, passion, angst and emotion that breathes life into her characters and leaves her readers captivated. She lives near Omaha, Nebraska with her daughter, Olivia and their three dogs. Creative by nature, she enjoys the arts, music and theater… But the love of her life is writing!

She adores hearing from her readers, so don’t be shy.

Represented by Elizabeth Winick-Rubinstein of McIntosh & Otis Literary Agency, the first two books in her series; The Remembrance Trilogy are available now. Come and experience Ryan and Julia’s mad, mad love.

Find Kahlen on Facebook, email to kahlenaymesauthor@gmail.com or follow her twitter accounts; @kahlenaymes & @kahlen_Aymes & blog: http://kahlen-aymes.blogspot.com/

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Sneak Peek Sunday! Author Allie Jean

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In anticipation

for the release of Book #2 in the Dreamer Series, Allie Jean has released herbook trailer of

Legacy of a Dreamer 

 

Trailer by Lindsey Gray Productions

 

 

Chantal Breelan is a ward of the state, living  under the care of a woman who is cold and heartless. Her past is a mystery, and

her future is even more uncertain. She can’t recall why she had been taken from

her parents and so she’s left with nothing but an empty hole where her

childhood should have been. When she awakens from her nightmares, she’s left

with terrible, violent images, as well as a boy whose face is oddly familiar,

yet can’t be placed.

Scared and alone, Chantal begins to confide in an

imaginary friend – a shadow in the shape of a man who stands in the corner ofher room. She is comforted when she believes he listens to her.

 On her eighteenth birthday, Chantal is forced to leave her foster home. She moves to

New York City, but the start of her new life doesn’t begin as smoothly as she’d

hoped. One night at a subway station, Chantal meets a young boy who runs away

from her, and she’s compelled to follow him down into the tunnels. But this

Rabbit Hole reveals a world where reality is a nightmare.

Mathias is a descendant of a Fallen Angel and beholden to wage an unfathomable war against an ancient

evil, spawned by greed and spite. A powerful fighter, he and his brethren of

Warriors vow to pay recompense for the sins of their fathers by guarding the

most precious, piercing light against the darkness – the females of their kind.

The Warriors’ pledge is to find and protect the

Oracles, their sisters and kin. Long have they fought, shedding sweat and

blood, hoping that their struggles are not in vain. Yet in his sacrifice and

service he may find life’s ultimate reward – a love to surpass all time.

To contact Allie Jean