Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - The Departed by Kristy Cooper

The Departed
Author: Kristy Cooper
Genre: YA Dystopian
Release Date: July 6th, 2016

Book Description:
What if someone tried to fake the rapture?

When hundreds of thousands of people disappear in the middle of the night, including sixteen-year-old Gwen's best friend Lana, no one knows why. Some believe they were taken in the rapture, while others are convinced that it can't be true. Doomsday prophecies abound that involve horrifying tales of plague, famine, earthquakes, and more.

At first, Gwen doesn't know what to think. While she is busy mourning Lana, many people around her are getting taken in by the cultish True Believers Temple, including Gwen's dad and her friend Mindy. It is clear that more and more people are going to be pressured to join this church, as it starts taking over the media and the government, gaining zealous followers all over the world.

Then Gwen starts receiving emails from Lana. She claims to have been forced into hiding with thousands of others in an underground compound. Gwen is convinced the emails are real and the only other person who also believes her is Isaiah, her moody crush. Together they resolve to find out where everyone is hiding and help set Lana free.

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Blog Tour Spotlight - From My War, To Your Peace. Love Nonna by Monika Sears

From My War to Your Peace. Love Nonna
Author: Monika Sears
Release Date: 08/15/2016
Keywords: short stories, family, jewish, holocaust, world war I & II, nazi invasion, Poland 1939
Categories: Historical/Memoir
Pages: 70
ISBN: 978-1534846241
Imprint: Veritas 
 
ONE LINER: Ravenswood Publishers are proud to present this letter telling her incredible story to her grandson and to the two grandsons who came along later.

Book Description:

Born in Poland in 1939, brown eyed, dark haired and Jewish, Monika was off to a bad start.  Her Father was marched off and shot in the first few days of the Nazi invasion.   Her Mother, not knowing what had happened to him, took her to Warsaw to try and find him.  So began the years of running and hiding.  Monika was shuttled between aunties, in Warsaw, in the country, in rat infested basements and for weeks silent under a table with a little doll, two toy armchairs and books she did not know how to read; her Mother had found a room in the apartment of a virulently anti-semitic countess and whilst her Mother could pass for Aryan, Monika could not.

Lodged with another auntie she was forced to drink, dance and sing obscene songs for even more drunken farmhands. She never raised her brown eyes.  She had learnt fear and obedience.

She walked through Warsaw burning and was thrown from the window of a train on the way to a concentration camp.

Yet in the end it came to an end and she survived.

She came to England and made a stab at childhood.  In due course she married, had children and ran an antiquarian bookshop.  She survived.

Many years later, waiting on the doorstep for her first grandson to be carried into his warm, secure home, she decided to write him a letter.

Ravenswood Publishers are proud to present this letter telling her incredible story to her grandson and to the two grandsons who came along later.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Beneath the Void by Elisa Dane

Beneath the Void

Author: Elisa Dane

Genre: YA Romance

Book Description:

Sadie Reynolds is drowning.

Months have passed since Ian Daniels and Newton Daily opened fire at Atwood High school, killing dozens of students before turning the guns on themselves.

Determined to pay tribute to her fallen classmates and teachers, Sadie’s thrown herself into the memorial project at the newly rebuilt school. But it’s not enough. Horrific dreams of the shooting intertwined with memories of the night her mother was murdered keep her up at night and haunt her during the day.

The constant stream of hate raining down on her from faceless social media trolls only make matters worse. Her boyfriend, Hayden brings the only source of relief when he sneaks in to sleep next to her on nights her dad is at work.

Desperate for normalcy, Sadie fills every waking moment of her day with anything to take her mind off her pain. If she’s exhausted, she’ll be too tired to acknowledge the new threat gunning for her.

BENEATH the VOID is book 2 in Elisa Dane's Fighting Chance series, a hard-hitting and unapologetically raw look at teen violence in schools and the aftermath of learning to pick up the pieces and heal.

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Release Day Blitz & Giveaway - Blood Dragons by Rosemary A Johns

Blood Dragons
Rebel Vampires
Volume 1
Rosemary A Johns
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Fantasy Rebel Limited
Date of Publication: 14th August 2016
ISBN-13: 978-1533679819
ISBN-10: 1533679819
Large Print Edition:
ISBN-13: 978-1533681362
ISBN-10: 1533681368
Number of pages: 294
Word Count: 80,000
Cover Artist: JD Smith

Book Description:
There are three people in this affair – and two of them aren’t human…

A hidden paranormal London lies beneath our own. Escape into the supernatural world of the Blood Lifers – where vampires are both predator and prey.

1960s London. Light is a rebel Rocker Blood Lifer with a photographic memory. And a Triton motorbike. Since Victorian times he’s hidden in the shadows. Both predator and prey. His venom is deadly. He feeds on blood. Human, of course. But when he discovers his ruthless family’s horrifying secret experiments, he questions whether he should be slaying or saving the humans he’s always feared.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Soul Symmetry by J.L. Weil

Soul Symmetry

(Raven #3)

Author: J.L. Weil

Publication Date: August 2nd, 2016

Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult

Book Description:

A BANSHEE.
A DEATH REAPER.
LOVE TRANSCENDING. 

War is coming. The veil between the living and the dead no longer exists. Evil is running rampant and the universe’s symmetry balances on my fingertips. No big deal. Of course, nobody knows how or when the hallows will strike, or who among us is a traitor.

Hordes of vengeful spirits are multiplying by the minute, closing in ranks. Zane is poised to strike, but it’s going to take more than his killer instincts, more than swords and shadows to vanquish the hallows back where they belong. Stakes are higher than ever, yet I am determined to protect those I care about—to save the world.

Restoring the veil isn’t as easy as a snap of my fingertips. Nothing worth fighting for ever is. Friendship and loyalties are tested to the limit, sacrifices of unimaginable proportions are made, but in the end, all that matters is whether I succeed or fail.

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Book Blast & Giveaway - The Cat Came Back by Louise Clark

Welcome to the book blast for The Cat Came Back by Louise Clark. This is a cozy mystery with some clean romance that is available now!

The Cat Came Back

Author: Louise Clark

Book Description:

Stormy the Cat, rescued by journalist Quinn Armstrong, is not what he seems.

Young mother Christy Jamieson just learned her husband, Frank, embezzled his trust fund, sold their Vancouver mansion, and ran off with a socialite. Worse, Frank's trustees are telling Christy to let them handle it. But they aren't doing anything, and Frank's enemies are coming after her and her daughter.

Desperate to find Frank and fend off his enemies, Christy asks Quinn for help. His price: the dirt on Frank. But the closer Christy and Quinn get to the dangerous truth, the more convinced they become that only the one who knows where Frank is at, is Stormy the Cat.

THE 9 LIVES COZY MYSTERY SERIES:

The Cat Came Back

The Cat's Paw (coming soon!)

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Defective by B. Austin

 

Defective

(Outcast, #1)
Author: B. Austin

Publication Date: August 13th, 2016

Genres: Dystopian, Young Adult 

Book Description:
In a society where rebels are unwanted, the Outcasts have their own underground world. 

What type of society applies the word Defective to healthy young humans?

IT IS ALMOST A PERFECT WORLD. One government rules earth—the Commonwealth and one people—the Commoners. The pure society of the Commonwealth has but one contamination, the 1%, the Outcasts—rebellious kids and young adults who for some puzzling reason cannot or will not conform.

When Dante’s girlfriend vanishes like thousands of other Outcasts before her, he enlists the aid of friends to find her. They discover the shocking secret of what extreme the Commonwealth of Earth will go to ensure that Outcasts reform and obey the rules!

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Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Rise of a Viking by Sky Purington

Rise of a Viking
The MacLomain Series
Viking Ancestors’ Kin
Book 1
Sky Purington   
Genre:  Time-travel Fantasy Romance
Date of Publication:  August 9, 2016
ASIN:   B01FFXUWKO
Number of pages:  270
Word Count:  80,000
Cover Artist:  Tamra Westberry

Book Description:
Cybil is thrilled when she and her family inherit a million dollar ocean-side house in Winter Harbor, Maine. It’s a chance to finally bring her sisters back together and right old wrongs. But problems arise. Her gift of prophecy grows stronger. A Viking from the past haunts her. And that old ash tree in the front yard? It has taken on the otherworldly qualities of Yggdrasill, a tree that connects the nine worlds in Norse mythology. Soon caught in its power, she’s whisked back in time to tenth-century Scandinavia.

Of dragon blood and set to inherit the throne, Heidrek Sigdir tries to keep Cybil away, but the gods have other plans. A fate designed to make him pay for past grievances. Yet when he finally lays eyes on her, he wants nothing else. They share a connection unlike any other. Poignant desire. Incomparable need. Tempting change. Even so, he must let her go. She should be with his brother. Still, nothing is what it seems. A new enemy is determined to destroy all and Cybil is special to him and his people in ways nobody anticipated.

Many revelations come to light when Heidrek and Cybil are forced to journey across the rugged lands of Norway to reach the home of the seers at the peak of Mt. Galdhøpiggen. Hearts will be tested and lives forever changed. Will a new Viking King rise up and keep his people safe? Or will his endless draw to a modern day woman be his ultimate ruin?

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Unlocked by Margo Kelly

Unlocked
Author: Margo Kelly

Genre: YA Mystery/Thriller

Release Date: October 1st, 2016

Merit Press

Book Description:

A provocative thriller involving hypnosis, mystery, love, and friendship!

Someone has been moving the stuffed pink elephant in Hannah's room. She thinks. And ants crawl over her hands, across the steering wheel, all the time. Don't they? They're what made her crash the car on the way home from the fair, and she wouldn't have freaked out, wouldn't have caused her friend's death, for no reason. But she doesn't know if a person is messing with her, if the paranormal is messing with her--or if she's just going psychotic like her dad before her.

When her friends bail, Hannah is left floundering. Not even her boyfriend Manny believes her, and new girl Chelsea is practically replacing her at school. Only artsy outsider and self-proclaimed occult expert, Plug, agrees to help Hannah find out the truth about hypnosis and demons, and even he can't help Hannah reclaim her mind from whatever's taking over. She'll have to do that herself if she wants to save her friends, her mom and herself.

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Blog Tour Promo - Sweet Carolina Morning by Susan Schild

Sweet Carolina Morning
Author: Susan Schild
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Genre: Contemporary Women
Format: Ebook/Paperback

Book Description:
Life down South just got a whole lot sweeter in Susan Schild’s new novel about a woman whose happily-ever-after is about to begin…whether she’s ready for it or not.

Finally, just shy of forty years old, Linny Taylor is living the life of her dreams in her charming hometown of Willow Hill, North Carolina. The past few years have been anything but a fairy tale: Left broke by her con man late-husband, Linny has struggled to rebuild her life from scratch. Then she met Jack Avery, the town’s much-adored veterinarian. “And she’s marrying him.
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Everything should be coming up roses for Linny. So why does she have such a serious case of pre-wedding jitters? It could be because Jack’s prosperous family doesn’t approve of her rough-and-tumble background. Or that his ex-wife is suddenly back on the scene. Or that Linny has yet to win over his son’s heart. All these obstacles-not to mention what she should wear when she walks down the aisle-are taking the joy out of planning her wedding. Linny better find a way to trust love again, or she might risk losing the one man she wants to be with-forever…

“Charming, funny, feisty.I totally loved this novel.” –Cathy Lamb, author of “My Very Best Friend “on “Linny’s Sweet Dream List”

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Under A Million Stars by Rita Branches

Under a Million Stars

Author: Rita Branches

Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

Release Date: August 8th, 2016

Book Description:

Can a beating heart bleed from the shattered pieces?

Her heart cracked when her best friend walked away; it completely shattered when she lost her family in a tragic accident.

Now orphaned at seventeen, Charlotte Peterson is forced to live with her former best friend, Jacob Parker. Charlie, a talented pianist, desperately wants their loving friendship back, but something is holding Jake back. The more she spirals into the darkness of depression, the more she needs him.

Jacob vowed to stay away from her—no matter how much he still loved her. Armed with secrets that would have destroyed both of their families, he chose to end their friendship and walk away, which nearly killed him. As he watches the girl he once knew begin to fade away, however, he realizes that their relationship is more important than the truth he's hiding.

Now it's up to Jacob to put the pieces of Charlie's broken heart back together—even if it means revealing the secrets he so desperately wants to protect her from.

Will Jacob find a way to bring back the carefree, talented girl he once knew, or is it too late for both of them?

*It's a Stand-alone* 

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Cover Reveal - Secret Project by Megan Crewe

A Mortal Song
Author: Megan Crewe
Publication Date: September 2016
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

Release Day Blitz - This is Me. by C.E. Wilson

This is Me.
Author: C.E. Wilson
Genre: NA Romance
Release Date: August 11th, 2016

Book Description:
A-SIST

Anthropomorphic Sentient Individualized Servile uniT

Rogan is a robot. More specifically, he is an Asist – a personalized humanoid servant that provides protection, assistance, and companionship for a lonely young woman living on her own in the city. Chloe is trying to get her big break, singing at bars and clubs all over the city at night while she pays the bills as a substitute teacher during the day. Ever since she activated him many months ago, Rogan has been her beautiful, dependable, obedient, dead-eyed security blanket.

One morning she is shocked when he disobeys a direct command in an attempt to please her and his dull artificial eyes flash a hint of something new. Is this the result of the adaptive Asist servility programming or is Rogan actually thinking? Can a robot think? Can a robot feel?

As Chloe struggles with these thoughts she is blindsided by the singular Niven Adams, a handsome, confident man with the voice of an angel who is everything she’s ever wanted in a boyfriend. He’s the perfect guy for her, except for one problem. Niven doesn’t approve of Asists and takes an immediate dislike to Rogan. As Niven charms his way deeper and deeper into Chloe’s heart, Rogan tries to convince her that he is more than a mass-produced disposable servant.

With Rogan doing everything in his power to prove that his thoughts and feelings are real and Niven trying to persuade her to abandon her robot and have a normal human relationship, Chloe is trapped between the two things that mean the most to her. Does she embrace her relationship with the blond newcomer, or face that her Asist’s feelings may be more than features of his programming?

What really makes a person a person?

Is it a ticking muscle inside their chest, or is it something more?

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Blog Tour Promo & Giveaway - The Mark of Noba by G.L. Tomas

The Mark of Noba

(The Sterling Wayfairer Series #1)

Author: A G.L. Tomas
Genre: YA Fantasy
Release Date: August 25th, 2015
Rebellious Valkyrie Press

Book Description:
Sterling Wayfairer has one goal for his senior year: make his mark. He’s been slipping into the background his whole high school career—distracted by his mother’s mental health, unsettled by the vivid dreams that haunt him at night, and overshadowed by the athletic accomplishments of his popular best friends. But this year is going to be different. He’s going to break a few rules, have some fun, and maybe even work up the nerve to ask his crush out on a date.

But things don’t go exactly as planned. Students are disappearing, Sterling starts losing time, and it all seems to center around Tetra, a girl no one else seems to notice but him. When he finally tracks her down for answers, they aren’t what he expects: He and Tetra hail from a world called Noba, and they’re being hunted by a Naga, a malevolent shapeshifter that’s marked them for destruction.

Tetra and Sterling have distinct abilities that can help them fight back, but their power depends heavily on the strength of their bond, a connection that transcends friendship, transcends romance. Years apart have left their bond weak. Jumpstarting it will require Sterling to open his heart and his mind and put his full trust in the mysterious Tetra.

If he doesn’t, neither of them will survive.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - The Lost Knight by Candy Atkins

The Lost Knight

Author: Candy Atkins

Genre: YA Fantasy

Release Date: May 20th, 2016

Monster Publishing

Book Description:

How am I supposed to save the world when I'm not strong, not brave, not smart, and not particularly good at most things? I ran away from home the day after my thirteenth birthday when Auntie and her weird friend attacked me. Now I'm on the run with the Grim Reaper and a scary soldier. And I'm no longer on Earth. They were expecting me to be a Knight. The savior that's supposed to stop a war and prevent the invasion to Earth. But I'm not. They grabbed the wrong girl. I just don’t know how to tell them.

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Cover Reveal - Brainwalker by Robyn Mundell and Stephan Lacast

Brainwalker
Author: Robyn Mundell & Stephan Lacast
Genre: YA Scifi/Fantasy
Release Date: October 1st, 2016
Dualmind Publishing