Book Of The Week: Crazy Sexy Cool by Athena_Heart

Crazy Sexy Cool

by Athena_Heart

Genre: Romance

Book Summary:

As the car headed towards them at full speed, he pulled out his gun much to her horror. Why and how did the man she was to wed in a couple of weeks, possess a gun? He took aim and fired, the bullet piercing the driver’s forehead, smack in the centre. One single perfect shot and the man was dead. “What’s going on, Dean?” She asked him and he replied, “Business. You’ve nothing to worry about. You are safe with me.”  Deadly secrets and heart – breaking lies. Without a doubt, the goody two – shoes heiress, knew he was keeping deceitful skeletons in the closet. When he fired a bullet through a man’s forehead with perfect precision, Elena Cruz was certain that the reckless bad boy had grown into someone far worse than the boy she had once known.

Sexy and arrogant, the grandson of a powerful Mafia family, Dean Bishop wanted nothing else but her, even if she was a snooty spoilt princess. Having taken over her family’s business with a sealed contract which included a marriage between the two, Dean knew he had Elena exactly where he wanted her. When the attack was made on them both, Dean knew there was a mole amongst his Crew of soldiers and Elena would easily be a target. But she was safe because she was by his side and he would protect her.   In a sudden turn of events, Elena found the courage within her to make a run for it, to be free of Dean once and for all. Filled with blind fury, he pursued, determined to find her at all costs. The problem was, the traitor in their midst was also after her. Would Dean and Elena ever realise that they belong together, before the traitor gets to one of them as death lingers dangerously near?

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Collide by Christine Fonseca

Collide

by Christine Fonseca

Release Date: 07/07/14

What if psychic warfare is real???

Christine Fonseca's latest action-packed, heart-pounding thriller COLLIDE, explores the world of psychic warfare with a new twist!

Summary from Goodreads:

The most dangerous secrets are the ones that kill.

When a surprising mental breakdown draws too much attention from a secret government group call the Order, 17-year-old Dakota discovers that her so-called boring life isn’t so boring after all. Between the lies, secrets and assassins out to kill her family, Dakota discovers there’s more to paranormal activity than ghosts and cheap mind tricks. Now she must uncover the truth before a new breed of terrorism takes everything away – including her life.

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Name a Werewolf Contest - Dark Harvest (Dark Moon Series)

How would you like to have a chance for a character YOU named be in a popular new series soon to be published by Dark Feed Press with GMTA Publishing? 

Sounds like a dream come true, right? 

Well here is your chance, read below to find out how you can be a part of this amazing new series soon to be released! 

Like the Dark Moon Series Facebook Page and tell us the story behind why you are choosing that name you're submitting.  

On August 12th, 2014 we will choose a winner at random and the name you've chosen will appear in our next book "Dark Harvest."

  RULES: The name can not be a celebrity name or contain curse words.  We retain the right to use the character as it pertains to the story. This means they could have a short run (two book minimum) or a long story arc. Who knows how that character will develop. 

BOTW Nominations - Week 61

And the Book Of The Week Nominations are:

Click on the book covers to sample the works.

Sicilian Seductions (Romance)

I Want You To Want You (Romance)

Stained Glass Souls (Teen Romance)

Not All Blondes Do Backflips ( Teen Fiction / Humour)

Gryphon (Teen Fantasy)

Which book would you title the Book Of The Week?

Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Dax Dugan and the Graveyard Gang by T.J. Braswell

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Dax Dugan and the Graveyard Gang

by T. J. Braswell

Genre: Middle-Grade Horror/Mystery Adventure

Length: 71 pages

Release Date: June 2014

ISBN-13: 978- 0692238608

Imprint: Polliwog Press

Book Summary:

Leaving the only home you’ve ever known and moving to a new town would be a little unnerving for any kid. Imagine moving to a new town and finding out that your closest neighbors are no longer among the living. 

That’s what happens to 12-­year-­old Dax Dugan and his 9-­year-­old sister, Callie, when their mom’s new job forces the whole family to leave the bustling city of Chicago and move to a quiet, rural town in Southern Illinois. 

Dax and Callie’s parents tell them quite a bit about their new home before they ever leave Chicago. Unfortunately, the fact that there is a cemetery in their backyard is one piece of information they neglect to share. With the discoveries that follow, Dax and Callie quickly learn that life in the country is more than just cows and cornfields.

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About the Author
Teresa J. Braswell lives in a small rural community in Southern Illinois that is part of the Shawnee National Forest. When she is not working as a full time Police Telecommunicator at nearby Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two children in their little home in the woods. With two horses, two dogs, and a guinea pig, there is never a dull moment around the Braswell house.

Teresa’s real passion, however, is writing. She discovered the joy of writing back in her high school days. The first children’s book she ever wrote was for a Sophomore English class and was titled Herley Smerley P.I. Since then, she has created poems and short stories for her co-workers, friends and family. She especially enjoys writing for her children.

The inspiration for Dax Dugan and the Graveyard Gang came one foggy fall evening when Teresa drove past an old country cemetery not far from her home. Although she had driven down that same road dozens of times before, something about the cemetery seemed particularly creepy that night. She immediately thought it would be the perfect setting for a children’s book.

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5 Kindle or ePub copies of Dax Dugan and the Graveyard Gang up for grabs.

Ends July 31st (midnight GMT).

International giveaway.

Contest is void where prohibited. Entrants must be 13 or else have parent or guardian’s permission to enter.

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Book Blast & Giveaway - The Tesla Gate by John D. Mimms

The Tesla Gate

by John D. Mimms

Book Summary:

When a cosmic storm enters Earth’s atmosphere, scientists are baffled by its composition and origins, but not nearly as much as they are by the storm’s side effect – anyone who has died and chosen not to cross over is suddenly stranded here, visible, and can interact with the living.

With the world thrown into chaos, Thomas Pendleton is eager to make up for many broken promises to his six-year-old son, Seth. Soon after the storm, they set out on a road trip to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, completely unaware of the social and political maelstrom they’re heading into that will change their lives forever.

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Excerpt from The Tesla Gate

(The prologue)

The day the storm hit, the world was changed forever.

Its severity would not be measured in property damage or loss of life, although the latter could be argued. This storm’s impact turned man’s beliefs completely upside down; the social upheaval would be worse than the aftermath of any storm in history.

Though this storm did not bring hurricane force winds, driving rain, cyclones or even floods, its effects would be far more subtle … but the impact every bit as palpable. This storm had unique origins and, unlike most weather events, it was not relegated to one geographic area. Indeed it covered the entire planet; no one was left unaffected.

Living or dead.  

About the Author
John D. Mimms is a business owner, paranormal researcher, and author. John served as the Technical Director for the Arkansas Paranormal and Anomalous Studies Team (ARPAST). During his four-year tenure with the organization, he helped supervise over 100 investigations and wrote more than sixteen technical articles. One of John's articles, titled "A Christmas Carol Debunked," was read live on Parazona Radio by Paul Bradford of Ghost Hunters International fame. John also wrote the ARPAST technical/training manual which is a comprehensive guide on equipment usage, investigation protocol, and scientific theory for paranormal research.

In 2009 John decided to couple his knowledge of paranormal phenomena with his lifelong love of literary fiction. Among his titles are The Great Keep, Death Theory, and The Lemonade Girl. John is currently working on book two of The Tesla Gate trilogy.

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***GIVEAWAY***

$50 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash.

Ends 8/7/14

Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader and sponsored by the publisher. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. 

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Bookvie: August: Osage County - out January 10, 2014 (USA)

  

Who's in it:

Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts

What's it all about (book blurb from Goodreads):

“A tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher people.”—Time Out New York

“Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County is what O’Neill would be writing in 2007. Letts has recaptured the nobility of American drama’s mid-century heyday while still creating something entirely original.”—New York magazine

One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent Broadway history, August: Osage County is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest—and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The three-act, three-and-a-half-hour mammoth of a play combines epic tragedy with black comedy, dramatizing three generations of unfulfilled dreams and leaving not one of its thirteen characters unscathed. After its sold-out Chicago premiere, the play has electrified audiences in New York since its opening in November 2007.

Tracy Letts is the author of Killer Joe, Bug, and Man from Nebraska, which was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His plays have been performed throughout the country and internationally. A performer as well as a playwright, Letts is a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where August: Osage County premiered.

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Blog Tour Guest Post - Guardians Inc.: The Cypher by Julian Rosado-Machain

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Guardians Inc.: The Cypher

by Julian Rosado-Machain

Publisher: Julian Rosado-Machain

Pages: 239

Genre: YA Fantasy Adventure

Format: Paperback, Kindle

Book Description:

GUARDIANS INC.: THE CYPHER is two stories in one. A glimpse into a multinational company that is in reality the oldest of secret societies, one that spans close to seven thousand years of existence, weaving in and out of history, guiding and protecting humanity from creatures and forces that most of us believe are only mythology and fairy tales.

The other is the story of Thomas Byrne, a young man thrust into secrets he shouldn’t be aware of and dangers he shouldn’t face but, that he ultimately will, for he is a Cypher. The only one who can steer humanity’s future.

The ultimate conspiracy theory is that Magic is real. Kept in check by technology but, every five hundred years the balance can shift and, if it does, technology will fail and those creatures we’ve driven into myth will come back with a vengeance.

To protect the present, Guardians Incorporated needs to know the future, and to unlock the future they need a Cypher.

This is the first book of the Guardians Inc Series.

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Read Chapter One here.

GUEST POST

“Stop trying to tell me what it is about and let me read it….You sound like a crazy person.”

That’s what my friend Francisco Trueba said when I explained to him what Guardians Inc. was all about. He was right.  After sending him the book, I replayed in my mind the things I told him (and a couple of dozen more people) about the book and realized that it was a difficult book to explain.

I sat down and actually recorded an explanation to hear how I sounded, I left it to simmer for a couple of days and then replayed it. (Listening with headphones, just in case my wife was around and I sounded crazier than usual in the recording.)

Mythology mixed with sci-fi mixed with history mixed with fantasy and conspiracy theories…all in a contemporary setting…Magic, talking animals, a city under central park, a robot that’s in reality…. A mansion that has doors to everywhere in the world, and a library with all the tomes ever written… And so on and so forth…. 

Suddenly all those times my friends looked at me with a mix of disbelief and pity made sense!

I did sound like a crazy person.

It was better to just give it out for people to read it, so that’s what I did. 

Francisco was the first one to read it and he was the one that helped me put it into print, because it made sense once read. So much sense that it was a good idea to just give it for free.

So, the Cypher has been in Perma-Free Status for about a year and a half now and has been downloaded a little over 150,000 times and only one review, (of the third book which is by design convoluted) has been printed about how complicated it is.

It turns out that it’s not so crazy when its being read, and that is the best thing I could’ve been told because now I don’t sound like a crazy person…

Although I probably can count as one.

About the Author

Julian Rosado-Machain has enjoyed pizza in three continents, worked in graphic design, armored vehicles, built computers, handcrafted alebrijes and swears that he has seen at least one ghost.

He lives in San Diego, California. And enjoys the sun with his wife, three children and cat.

His latest book is the YA fantasy adventure, Guardians Inc.: The Cypher.

• More books by Julian Rosado-Machain.
• Contact the author here

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Cover Reveal & Giveaway - The Shadow Aspect by Melanie Karsak

The Shadow Aspect

by Melanie Karsak 

Publication Date: Summer/Fall 2014

Genres: Dark Fantasy, Young Adult, Zombies

Synopsis:
When Layla took the final step through the labyrinth, she knew she was saving the ones she loved.

She couldn’t have been more wrong.

The unwitting victims of a grudge seething for eons, Layla and the other survivors now find themselves in a war for our world. With vampires lurking and shapeshifters plotting vengeance, Layla must learn who to trust if humanity has any hope of survival: the carnie girl? The quiet doctor? The tarot reader? The stranger with alluring gold eyes? Or the man she loves? And then there are the voices. What does it forewarn if the dead can speak?

When the world burns, mankind’s shadow side rises. Do we deserve to survive?

About the Author

Melanie Karsak grew up in rural northwestern Pennsylvania and earned a Master's degree in English from Gannon University. A steampunk connoisseur, white elephant collector, and zombie whisperer, the author currently lives in Florida with her husband and two children. She is an Instructor of English at Eastern Florida State College.

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One autographed copy of The Harvesting up for grabs.

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Book Blast & Giveaway - Vortex (Insignia #2) by S.J. Kincaid Nerd

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Vortex

by S.J. Kincaid

Book Description:

The impossible was just the beginning. Now in their second year as superhuman government weapons-in-training at the Pentagonal Spire, Tom Raines and his friends are mid-level cadets in the elite combat corps known as the Intrasolar Forces. But as training intensifies and a moment arrives that could make or break his entire career, Tom’s loyalties are again put to the test.

Encouraged to betray his ideals and friendships for the sake of his country, Tom is convinced there must be another way. And the more aware he becomes of the corruption surrounding him, the more determined he becomes to fight it, even if he sabotages his own future in the process.

Drawn into a power struggle more dramatic than he has ever faced before, Tom stays a hyperintelligent step ahead of everyone, like the exceptional gamer he is—or so he believes. But when he learns that he and his friends have unwittingly made the most grievous error imaginable, Tom must find a way to outwit an enemy so nefarious that victory seems hopeless. Will his idealism and bravado cost him everything—and everyone that matters to him?

Filled with action and intelligence, camaraderie and humor, the second book in S.J. Kincaid’s futuristic World War III Insignia trilogy continues to explore fascinating and timely questions about power, politics, technology, loyalty, and friendship.

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Cover Reveal - All's Well That Ends Well by C.E. Wilson

All’s Well That Ends Well

(Shakespeare for Everyone Else #3)

by C.E. Wilson

Publication Date: July 15th 2014

Genres: Retelling, Young Adult

Synopsis:

When Hannah’s world falls apart after graduation, she finds that there are only two things from her old life that she can trust:  her best friend Constance, and her fascination with Constance’s cousin Benjamin.  But when Benjamin snubs her advances for superficial reasons, Hannah decides that she will have him no matter what the cost.  Hannah gathers a diverse group of allies to help her finally get what she’s always wanted.

In this YA retelling of William Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well, follow Hannah as she goes to the ends of the earth in her pursuit of the ungrateful Benjamin.  Are there limits to love and devotion, and is all truly well that ends well?

Buy Links (Book 1):

Amazon

Buy Links (Book 2):

Amazon

About the Author

C.E. Wilson is currently living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and her two dogs and two cats. They are all the loves of her life. When she’s not writing young adult fantasy novels, she enjoys writing short stories on her Deviant Art page. She loves to write stories involving giants and little people (also known as GT) and she can't decide what she loves more: horror movies or shoujo manga. On a side note, nothing helps her to write more than drinking some tea and watching The Twilight Zone.

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Book Blitz - The Zombie Upstairs by T.W. Kirchner

The Zombie Upstairs

The Troubled Souls of Goldie Rich

Book 2

T.W. Kirchner

Genre: YA mystery

Publisher: Short On Time Books

Date of Publication: 02/12/14

Number of Pages: 92

Word Count: 30,000

Cover Artist: Tony Bryson

Book Description:

After the first harrowing but successful zombie encounter, fourteen-year-old Goldie Rich and her older sister, Gema, make amends. Since Gema still doesn’t share Goldie’s belief in zombies, Goldie and best friend, Rita, decide to keep their zombie activities a secret. With nine souls left to free from the magical pendant Goldie found, her zombie hunting days are far from over.

The warring light and dark magic of the pendant give Goldie frequent nightmares. Her visions give her clues of what lies ahead and what she needs to do to defeat the evil Bokor. As she struggles to unravel them while keeping it a secret, friends Jonny and Blake get pulled into the zombie hunt. Just when Goldie finally feels she has the mission under control, some new discoveries alert her that the dark magic has placed Gema in danger.

On sale for .99 July 8 through July 14 at Amazon

GUEST POST

Cabin Goddess

Writing zombies for young adults, the challenges it presents.

I tried to make The Zombie Upstairs suspenseful but not gory.  My zombie series is not a typical YA where anything goes.  I tried to capture a 14- to 16-year-old market that is caught between Middle Grade and YA.  My zombies are also not the typical Hollywood zombies.  They are based off the zombies created from voodoo and not the decomposing, reanimated corpses typically portrayed.

Bookie Monster

The importance of social media in promoting your book.

Unless you’re a well-known author who has long list of successful books or you have access to promote your book in front of a million viewers on TV, readers won’t be seeking out your books.  Social media is a great way to get your book in front of them.  Social media makes it easier to target a large number of readers that have a specific interest in your type of book in a short period of time.

Mythical Books

The Zombies of our days (how to find new stories with and about zombies).

The zombies in my books aren’t reanimated corpses, but the type created by sorcerers of voodoo.  The plot is centered on a mystery that the main character has to solve—the zombies are basically a road block, but one she can’t go around.  She has to plow forward, through them.

About the Author

After working an assortment of jobs, which include a computer programmer, marketing director, and substitute teacher, T.W. Kirchner decided to concentrate on her second loves, writing and art. Her first loves are her husband, two children, and furry menagerie known as the Kirchner Zoo. Pirates Off the Deep End and Pirates Off the Wall are my first published novels. The Troubled Souls of Goldie Rich: The Zombie Next Door and The Troubled Souls of Goldie Rich: The Zombie Upstairs are now available. A sequel to Pirates will be out around summer 2014

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