Blog Tour Interview & Giveaway - In Time for You by Chris Karlsen

In Time for You
Author: Chris Karlsen
Genre: Historical Romance

Book Description:
While horseback riding in the English countryside, sisters, Electra and Emily Crippen find themselves trapped in a tear in time. Thrown back to 1357 England and caught by a local noble, they are in a place that is home but as frightening and unfamiliar as an alien world would be. With no idea how the tear in time came about, the one thing they do know is: they must stay together and stay near to where the event took place in hopes of discovering the way back to their modern life. That certain need to stay together is the first certainty taken from them when one sister is forced to remain in England and one is sent miles away to Wales by royal order.

There is one other hope for help the sisters don’t know exists. It’s Electra’s lover, Roger Marchand. A time traveler himself, he never told her of his past. When he realizes what has happened to the sisters, he enlists the help of a scientist friend to help him open the suspected passageway through time. Any effort to save Electra and Emily will likely cost him his life. This was the time Roger came from, a time when his country, France, was at war with England. If he is discovered on English soil while searching for the sisters, he will either be killed or taken prisoner of war. Any risk is worth saving the life of the woman he loves.

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Blog Tour Spotlight - Desperate Moon by Jennifer Ott

Desperate Moon
Author: Jennifer Ott
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 390
Genre: Victorian Era Historical Romance

Book Description:
A thought-provoking take on the vampire mythos that makes you consider how the natural-spiritual and scientific worlds might intersect.

For six hundred years, vampire Katerina Vaduva roamed Europe witnessing civilization’s altering events—knights on crusade, the suffering of plague, enlightening of the humanist movement, among others. Throughout her years and separated from the normal human condition, she gained knowledge, riches and personal power the greatest kings and mightiest leaders failed to acquire.

During the latter half of the 19th century, while married to a Prussian Colonel, Katerina meets and falls passionately in love with a young ambitious scientist who desires to understand her condition and the life she had lived. He wants more than to possess her body, but her heart, her mind and her soul. It is for him, she would risk everything. True desire is not just a physical matter; it is in the mind and the heart of your lover.

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Blog Tour Interview & Giveaway - Let's Stalk Rex Jupiter! by Allison A. Spector

Let's Stalk Rex Jupiter!
Author: Allison A. Spector
Genre: Humor, literary fiction, with elements of magical realism

Book Description:
Trouble’s brewing in the Evergreen Jungle. When controversial author Rex Jupiter plans a visit to a Bellingham bookstore, news of his arrival attracts the attention of the mysterious Paladin, who plans on leading a mob of rioting housewives against him. But the Paladin has competition. Sleuth-extraordinaire Marian Krause has her own bone to pick with Jupiter as she scrambles to solve the death of a woman who has stolen her identity. Rex may think he has the situation under control, but when the wrath of the local Druids is incurred, pitchforks and torches may be the least of his concerns.

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Blog Tour Interview & Giveaway - The Lost Town by Avrom Bendavid-Val

The Lost Town

Bringing Back Trochenbrod
Author: Avrom Bendavid-Val
Genre: YA Nonfiction

Book Description:
Trochenbrod was a bustling commercial center of more than 5,000 people, all Jews, hidden deep in the forest in Northwest Ukraine. It thrived as a tiny Jewish kingdom unnoticed and unknown to most people, even though it was “the big city” for surrounding Ukrainian and Polish villages. The people of Trochenbrod vanished in the Holocaust, and soon nothing remained of this vibrant 130-year-old town but a mysterious double row of trees and bushes in a clearing in the forest.

In this new book, Avrom Bendavid-Val makes Trochenbrod’s true story accessible, enjoyable, and memorable for young readers. The Lost Town follows his adventures while uncovering the lost history of the magical place where his father was born and raised. An imagined Trochenbrod was the setting for Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Everything is Illuminated, and the movie by the same name.

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Book Of The Month - Void Walker

And the December Book Of The Month Award goes to:

Void Walker

Author: Bernice Tan

Genre: YA Fantasy

Book Description (from Wattpad):

A kingdom of dreams, a kingdom of kings.
    A past wherein the mages sing. . .
   
    Rei, an exiled mage with a dark, tragic past of her own, desires to eradicate the royal family to incite a new age for the better existence of her people. An opportunity presents itself when Carlos Etheldon, eldest son of the late king Aegnor, ascends to the throne under curious circumstances and makes a shocking upheaval to a decree which has for decades, defined its society.
   
    The outcome of the events that are set in motion, however, will not be so easily influenced by man.

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Book Blast & Giveaway - Whiskey Devils by Brandon Zenner

Whiskey Devils
Author: Brandon Zenner
Genre: Crime Thriller

Book Description:
Evan Powers has become the new manager in Nick Grady’s well-established marijuana growing operation. Led by his roommate and best friend, little has changed in Nick’s secretive business since the late ‘60s, which is just the way the aging hippie would for like it to remain. However, Nick’s complex past comes full circle, thrusting Evan in a scramble to decipher the truth behind the enigmatic lives of the people he holds dear. Deep in the woods, demons will be unleashed.

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Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Revenge by Sonya Weiss

Revenge
Author: Sonya Weiss
Release Date: December 22nd, 2015
Lyrical Press

Book Description:
Their love is a ticking time bomb.

Juliet Sawyer was born to save the world. Gifted with incredible powers, she’s the only one standing in the way of The Great Extinction, the prophesied battle between Supernaturals and humans. In order to keep her sister safe and avenge her father’s murder, she’ll have to infiltrate the ranks of the Supernatural leaders who wish to destroy her. But the one thing she didn’t count on was falling in love…with someone who wants her dead.

The gorgeous and dangerous son of one of the Supernatural leaders, Riley West is in charge of training the group for war—now including Juliet, whose father is responsible for killing his family. But the more they train together, the more intensely their passion for each other burns. The deeper Riley is drawn in by Juliet’s beauty, the closer he gets to the secrets she keeps: one that will challenge everything he believes in—and one that could lead to her death. Together, can their forbidden love help stop the war? Or will one of them be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice?

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Super Book Blast & Giveaway - Commander Henry Gallant by H. Peter Alesso

Commander Henry Gallant
Author: H. Peter Alesso
Genre:  Sci-fi

Book Description:
He thought Alaina loved him, but now she’s found someone else. A tidal wave of loss and grief swept over Henry Gallant, leaving him undecided about what to do next, or how to move forward.

Despite his sorrow, he goes on a dangerous mission to an invading aliens’ home world in the Gliese-581 star system. There he uses a neural interface to penetrate their communication network and steal a high ranking alien’s identity. Through this artifice he learns about their history and society, and discovers a way to hinder and possibly defeat them.

A side-effect of linking into the alien network—which was created for autistic savants—is that Gallant’s mind was stimulated and enhanced to the point where he begins to experience superintelligence abilities.

Upon returning from his mission, there is concern that Gallant might pose an even more serious threat than the aliens. While he struggles to fend off those who doubt his loyalty, he fights to win back Alaina.

This is the fourth book of The Henry Gallant Saga, but it can be read as a standalone story.

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Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - New Siqdor by Stephen J. Carter

New Siqdor
Author: by Stephen J. Carter
Genre:  Sci-fi

Book Description:
The environmental stilling on the planet of Nebura escalates, threatening to advance even beyond the world-girding storm ring. Meanwhile, Levrok's plan to arm a resurgent Siqdori Empire with a tulvar arsenal nears completion, and his departure off-world is imminent. Two survivors' groups join forces as events spiral out of control.

"NEW SIQDOR" is the 2nd book in the “Zero Point Light” SF series, and delivers a thrill ride of untold mayhem, hair-raising escapes, space colonization gone awry, and a descent to the ocean floor and beyond!

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Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Call of Affliction by Lara S. Chase

Call of Affliction
The Gamayun Prophecies
Book One
Author: Lara S. Chase

Genre: Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy

Date of Publication: November 22, 2015

ISBN: 978-1518876059

ASIN: B018FE5Z0M

Number of pages: 364

Word Count: 72,353

Cover Artist: Resplendent Media

Book Description:

I am no longer in control of my own body.

Without warning and without my consent, my shape shifts and contorts into the half woman, half bird form of the Gamayun.  That’s bad enough, but then I’m forced to deliver prophecies to Sirin, the immortal who guards the gates of hell.  Messages she doesn’t care to hear, and she’s not afraid to use deadly force to silence me.

I’m starting to see things no one else can see.  The last Gamayun died in a psych ward, having lost everyone she ever loved.  I refuse to meet that same fate, even if that means lying to my sister and best friend.

The only person I can turn to is Sasha, the mysterious stranger who guarded the previous Gamayun.  When I stare into those pale blue eyes, it’s hard to be objective.  Can I really trust someone with that much barely suppressed anger and hurt?  For every piece of advice he gives, there are ten more secrets he’s not telling me. 

But when he kisses me, do I really care?

Call of Affliction is the first book in a six part series.  99 cents until Christmas!

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Promo Blitz - Boston's Quest by Shanae Branham

Boston's Quest
Author: Shanae Branham

Genre: Clean YA Suspense / Fantasy
Date Published: 7/10/2015

Book Description:
The external drive containing the information for building a hologram machine is stolen and sold on the black market. Now someone has connected a new hologram machine to the Internet, forcing people to fight for their lives in an online fantasy game. Trapped inside this deadly scenario, seventeen-year-old Boston Manning learns that her weakness for tolerating abuse is stopping her from unlocking her elven powers. Can she overcome her character flaw or will she die trying?

In book 2 of the Holoquest Fantasy Series, Boston and Jason return with another action-packed, romantic adventure. Boston’s Questwill electrify your imagination as you experience elves, dwarfs, trolls, priests, vampires, and demons as you’ve never experienced them before.

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Blog Tour Interview & Giveaway - The Riesa Series by L.D. Towers

New Austrian Order
Author: LD Towers
Genre: Military fiction

Book Description:
1938. Germany is moving faster than Standartenführer Hagen Kohl thought possible. Sent down to Vienna to investigate a potential threat to Hitler’s plans for Austria, Hagen is drawn in to an aristocratic world he’s never encountered before. Without Hauptsturmführer Eugen Friesler at his side, Hagen is in more danger than he could have imagined as he hunts for a shadowy organization called the New Austrian Order. Back in Germany, Galiena von Steinberg returns to Riesa and the von Steinberg Gesellschaft, but taking over the reins of her Grandfather’s empire comes with many challenges. Can she protect her family holdings while keeping true to the new sense of self she has worked so hard to find?

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The list price is $6.99.
Promotional price: $4.96
Coupon Code: YM67N
Expires: March 3, 2016

Book Of The Week {Wattpad}

And the Book Of The Week Nominations are:

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Becoming Human (NA Fantasy)

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Mariposa by Kim Wells

Mariposa
Children of Mariposa
Book One
Author: Kim Wells
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Magic Realism
Publisher: Daydreams Dandelions Publications
Date of Publication:  December 24, 2014
ASIN: B00O9DCRDC
Number of pages: 293 pages
Word Count:  106,993
Cover Artist: Lawrence Mann

Book Description:
What if the best night of your life was also your last?

On the eve of a much-anticipated proposal, Meg is happier than she could have ever imagined. The future she sees for herself on that magical night is bright, one that’s full of love and laughter and dreams finally realized.

That is, until one random act of violence changes everything…

Consumed by fate and forces she can’t comprehend, Meg finds herself at the center of a spectral conflict that transcends life and death.

Her very soul is up for grabs in this war, and what’s worse… she’s not the only one.

Now, she’s fighting not just for the love she lost, but the daughter she would have called her own. She must fight the battle of her life, for the sake of her friends and family, and find out for herself if love can indeed be stronger than death.

Intertwined with true-ghost stories, some heart-warming, some heart-breaking, this love-note to San Antonio combines history, myth, and vivid description.

This is the full story of Meg & Amelinda's quest-journey, what author Laura Metzger calls "A beautifully written story with compelling characters that reach between the universe of the living and the dead to embrace their mutual destiny" and author Elena E. Giorgi calls "A beautiful tale of love and redemption." 

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Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Forbidden Forest by Tenaya Jayne

Forbidden Forest
The Legends of Regia
Book One
Author: Tenaya Jayne
Genre: YA Fantasy Romance, PNR
Publisher: Cold Fire Publishing LLC
Date of Publication: 2012
ISBN: 0988275716
ASIN: B009JVTLA6
Number of pages: 264
Word Count: 77,000
Cover Artist: Erika Doucesse

Book Description:
Born in shame. Cast from society. Shape Shifter/Elf hybrid, Forest must fight for any respect she can get. Targeted in her youth by a vampire noble who placed an illegal slave mark on her, she is forced to obey him, no matter what.

Slipping the grip of her master and abandoning the prejudice of Regia, her native world, Forest takes a job on Earth, guarding the portal, using her skills as a warrior to enforce Regia's laws. Now, called home for a black ops mission, Forest must put aside her own prejudice to transport the vampire prince, Syrus, through enemy territory in a time of war.

Prince Syrus, mage and master of the Blood Kata, wants Forest more than he's ever wanted anything. In spite of their mutual mistrust, their attraction cannot be denied. Through the danger of their mission, and the secrets they both keep, it doesn't matter what they feel. Forest is forbidden.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - A Bucket Full of Awesome by Zainab T. Khan

A Bucket Full of Awesome
Author: Zainab T. Khan
Release Date: February 14th, 2015

Book Description:
"You know, Blake, even though we all know that cancer is a heartless dragon who wants to take everything and everyone into its fiery pit, we still fight with it. We still hope. And we clash again and again with its fire, and even though we get burned, we don't accept defeat. Humans are the most fragile yet the strongest beings on earth."
"And they are the most stubborn."
I laughed, "Right. They are stubborn."

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Summer Wallace is a wild, crazy girl who simply couldn't care less about her appearance. She strongly believe in the saying, "You Only Live Once", in teenage subculture also known as YOLO. She plays basketball like her life depends on it. Well, it sort of does, she loses one game and there's a dent in her ego, not a small one either.

Meet Blake Walker, her best friend and her partner-in-crime. Although he is just like his childhood best friend in acting-like-a-kid department, he can be a bit saner than her. Though, at times, he can be crazier than her. But a day changes both of their lives which leads Summer to make a bucket list and complete it before her whole life takes a 180 degree. Whereas, Blake is determined to keep her as long as he can. And he is perfect for the job. After all, he knows her more than anyone else. And they have no room for regrets. As Summer Wallace says, "There shouldn’t be any space for regrets in our beautiful lives.”

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