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Unicorn Keep by Angelia Almos on SALE

Unicorn Keep is on sale for $.99 for a limited time to celebrate its second anniversary of being released. 


Unicorn Keep is a young adult fantasy about a girl who swaps places with her best friend to become a unicorn keeper.

Jiline of Ainsley is dismayed when her best friend is selected by the mages to become a unicorn keeper at the Keep, an isolated mountain fortress. Especially since Madelen is in love and engaged to the richest boy in the village. Jiline on the other hand has no prospects of marriage or a trade in their small village. So, she comes up with a plan to take Madelen’s place at the Keep and hopefully flunk out of unicorn keeper training before the mages can discover the deception. Unfortunately, the unicorns have their own plans for her.

Mage Herrick, son of the Keep Mage, returns home to the Keep as the trainee keepers arrive. A chance encounter with Jiline, who he believes is Madelen, on the trail sparks a magical connection between the two. Knowing he can’t feel a magical draw to someone who has no magic, he tries to prove Madelen (Jiline) has magic within her. His attention brings unforeseen complications for both of them.

Available as an ebook from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Blio, Diesel eBook Store, iTunes, Kobo, Smashwords. Available as a print book from Abe Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, The Book Depository, Create Space, and your local bookstore.

April Giveaway - Encounter at Shalana

I'm giving away a copy of Encounter at Shalana for my April Giveaway. Click on the link below to enter.

http://angeliaalmos.blogspot.com/2014/04/april-giveaway.html

Unicorn Keep is on sale for $.99

Unicorn Keep is on sale for $.99 for a limited time to celebrate its second anniversary of being released. 

Unicorn Keep is a young adult fantasy about a girl who swaps places with her best friend to become a unicorn keeper.

Jiline of Ainsley is dismayed when her best friend is selected by the mages to become a unicorn keeper at the Keep, an isolated mountain fortress. Especially since Madelen is in love and engaged to the richest boy in the village. Jiline on the other hand has no prospects of marriage or a trade in their small village. So, she comes up with a plan to take Madelen’s place at the Keep and hopefully flunk out of unicorn keeper training before the mages can discover the deception. Unfortunately, the unicorns have their own plans for her.

Mage Herrick, son of the Keep Mage, returns home to the Keep as the trainee keepers arrive. A chance encounter with Jiline, who he believes is Madelen, on the trail sparks a magical connection between the two. Knowing he can’t feel a magical draw to someone who has no magic, he tries to prove Madelen (Jiline) has magic within her. His attention brings unforeseen complications for both of them.

Available as an ebook from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Blio, Diesel eBook Store, iTunes, Kobo, Smashwords. Available as a print book from Abe Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, The Book Depository, Create Space, and your local bookstore.

April Giveaway

March Giveaway Winner - Congratulations to Denise S. for winning a print copy of Mafia Secret.

Now onto the April Giveaway. You can win a copy of Encounter at Shalana my space opera novel. International (non US) entries are for an ebook copy. US entries can choose between a print or ebook copy. Good luck!

Encounter at Shalana (Adventures of Kristy Ryan #1) is an adult space opera novel about a space pirate who almost loses everything she cares about when she’s blackmailed into running a dangerous mission for the military.


Space pirate Captain Kristy Ryan grew up the only daughter of a notorious privateer in the Border Planet Region. She learned her trade the hard way - there were no free rides on her father’s ship. Now, she has her own ship, the Unicorn, and successfully works in the shadows, the fringes of legitimate trade. Her life is just how she wants it even on those days when her pilot and lover, Andrew Bennet, drives her crazy. But an unexpected visit from the Military Space Alliance changes everything. Her father disappeared while working a dangerous mission for the MSA. Now, she’s being blackmailed into finishing his mission.


Previously published under the title Spectors.

Available as an ebook from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Blio, Diesel, iTunes, Kobo,  Smashwords, Sony. Available in print from Abe Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository, Create Space, and your local book store.

Reviews:


"...a unique space opera among a vast number of books of its genre. Like many other space operas, its world and people are immense and beyond anything that most have imagined. But unlike most, the main character Kristy is a witty and head strong female in a male dominated world. The book was a very quick read that held my attention to the very last word pulling me into farther into her life and problems as the story progressed. I look forward to reading more stories by Angelia Almos and further unlocking the mysteries of Kristy's character." Night Owl Reviews 

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Many Sides of Medusa - #Giveaway & Free Book

Thank you for stopping by the Many Sides of Medusa Blog Hop hosted by Heather Lyons and Kelly Hashway! 
Door Prize: Your door prize for joining us is the short story prequel to the Touch of Death series titled Curse of Death. It's the myth about Medusa and how she was cursed by the goddess Athena. Claim your free gift by clicking here.
Heather and Kelly are teaming up to show you a very different side of Medusa. Forget the monster you might think she was, and check out these excerpts from The Deep End of the Sea and Touch of Death. You just might change your mind about Medusa.


The Deep End of the Sea excerpt:

But there’s no way around it. I am, in fact, a monster. A hideous one, to be precise, but as I don’t have any mirrors on Gorgóna, I can’t verify that one for certain. I rely on the fact that every single person I’ve frozen over the ages boasts abject fear on their face, which makes me believe they find me pretty horrifying. And it sucks. It genuinely, truly, absolutely, unequivocally sucks. I hate stealing lives.


Thus, not only am I a monster, I’m a really lousy one. A lonely, classic Five Stages of Grief following, insecure, shut-in of a pathetic beast who talks to the snakes on her head and the statues on her island.













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Purchase The Deep End of the Sea on Amazon or B&N.


Touch of Death excerpt:

My hair blew up, flying wildly all around me. My blood bubbled in my veins like boiling water, but it didn't hurt. It was the feeling of power. Too much power. My body felt like it was going to burst. Still I held on. My eyes closed, and I threw my head back. An imaged filled my mind. Medusa. Her snakes wriggled their bodies at me, flicking their tongues. Chills ran down the backs of my legs, but I forced my eyes away from the snakes. Lower. To Medusa's face. She smiled at me. Her face and eyes filled with warmth. She looked like…Mom.


"Do not fear me, Jodi. My blood lies in your veins and in your heart. you are one of mine. My children."






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Purchase the Touch of Death series on Amazon or B&N.



If you want more Medusa, be sure to check out The Deep End of the Sea and the Touch of Death series. And…Heather and Kelly have a giveaway for you. Enter on the rafflecopter form for your chance to win a $20 gift card to either Amazon or B&N, Medusa Makeup lipgloss, signed bookmarks from both authors, buttons for each book, and Touch of Death stickers.




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Encounter at Shalana by Angelia Almos on sale for $.99

Encounter at Shalana is on sale for $.99 for a limited time. 

Encounter at Shalana is an adult space opera novel about a space pirate who almost loses everything she cares about when she’s blackmailed into running a dangerous mission for the military.


Space pirate Captain Kristy Ryan grew up the only daughter of a notorious privateer in the Border Planet Region. She learned her trade the hard way - there were no free rides on her father’s ship. Now, she has her own ship, the Unicorn, and successfully works in the shadows, the fringes of legitimate trade. Her life is just how she wants it even on those days when her pilot and lover, Andrew Bennet, drives her crazy. But an unexpected visit from the Military Space Alliance changes everything. Her father disappeared while working a dangerous mission for the MSA. Now, she’s being blackmailed into finishing his mission.


Previously published under the title Spectors.

Available as an ebook from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Blio, Diesel, iTunes, Kobo,  Smashwords, Sony. Available in print from Abe Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository, Create Space, and your local book store.

Reviews:


"...a unique space opera among a vast number of books of its genre. Like many other space operas, its world and people are immense and beyond anything that most have imagined. But unlike most, the main character Kristy is a witty and head strong female in a male dominated world. The book was a very quick read that held my attention to the very last word pulling me into farther into her life and problems as the story progressed. I look forward to reading more stories by Angelia Almos and further unlocking the mysteries of Kristy's character." Night Owl Reviews

#Giveaway and Release Day - Air: Merlin's Chalice by Meredith Bond

Air: Merlin’s Chalice Children of Avalon Book One By: Meredith Bond Release Blast, March 18th
Blurb

In one day Scai has gone from an ordinary outcast in her little Welsh village to learning that she is a member of a magical people called the Vallen. Left on the church steps by a strange couple to be raised by the town priest, she knows nothing of her history—or her abilities. Did she really stop the rain just by wishing it to stop? But she is determined to learn all she can. Travelling alone to England to find her family seems to be the only way she’s going to find the answers she seeks.

Her journey leads her to the funny old knight Sir Dagonet, the handsome squire Dylan and the fiery Bridget. Together, Scai, Dylan and Bridget are the long awaited Children of Avalon, destined to save the world from Lady Nimuë, formerly known as the Lady of the Lake—unless she kills them first.

Along the way, Scai finds magic - both in the wind and air that she can control at will, and in the sweet ache of a first love that she cannot.

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Link to Follow Tour: http://tastybooktours.blogspot.com/2014/02/now-booking-release-blast-for-air.html


Author Info

Meredith Bond is an award–winning author of a series of traditionally published Regency romances and indie–published paranormal romances. Known for her characters “who slip readily into one’s heart”, Meredith’s heart belongs to her husband and two children. Her paranormal romances include Magic In The Storm, Storm on the Horizon, and the short story “In A Beginning”. Her traditional Regencies include The Merry Men Quartet of which An Exotic Heir and A Dandy In Disguise have recently been republished. Meredith teaches writing at her local community college. If you want a taste of her class in book form, Chapter One is available at your favorite e–retailer.

Want to know more? Come visit Meredith at her website or chat with her on Facebook or Twitter @merrybond and find her at Goodreads. If you’d like to be one of the first to know of Meredith’s new releases and get a free vignette four times a year sign up for Meredith’s newsletter here.

Author Links

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/847484.Meredith_Bond


Excerpt: http://meredithbond.com/blog/vallen/airmerlins-chalice/

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March Giveaway

The February Giveaway results - Catherine H. won the copy of Horse Schools 4th Edition. For my March giveaway I have MAFIA SECRET up for grabs. This is an international giveaway. People outside the US, have the chance to win an ebook copy. People inside the US, have the chance to win an ebook or print copy.



Mafia Secret by Angie Derek. A steamy romantic suspense novel about a professional cheerleader who finds herself immersed in organized crime after the father she never knew is murdered.


Lessa Noelle grew up never knowing she was the illegitimate daughter of a mafia king pin. After his murder, she finds herself a surprise heiress immersed in the dangerous world of organized crime with only the guidance of Marco Santo her father’s second in command to help her.

Marco searches for her father’s killer and tries to keep the realities of his life from touching her. An uneasy attraction blossoms between the two. An already dangerous situation turns volatile when a killer turns his attention to Lessa. 



Available as an ebook from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sony, Kobo, iTunes, Diesel, Crossroad Press, and Smashwords. Available in print from CreateSpace and Amazon. Available as an audiobook from Audible.com, Amazon, iTunes.








Reviews: 


"I recommend this book to anyone looking for a different kind of romance, one with a little suspense, a lot of sparks and a really smokin hot hero with a dangerous side." - A Tasty Read 


"Mafia Secret got off to a thrilling start and held my attention the whole way till the end." - Crazy Four Books

"If you love a romantic thriller, then this is for you. It is equally appealing to the chick lit lover in me." - Reading Renee

"You have to pick this book up, read it, & enjoy!" - I am a Book Addict...and Proud Of It!

"If you’re looking for a book with romantic scenes that will take your breath away, Mafia Secret is a great choice.  It is definitely full of the slow burning tension, explosions of sexual passion, and lingering romance." - Emerald Musings 

"Derek doesn't disappoint fans of romance or suspense. She keeps you guessing who the killer may be until the very end." - Book Bling

"Mafia Secret is a well written romantic suspense story that has multiple lines of suspense weaved delightfully through the story. Angie Derek is a wonderful story teller with characters and situations that will definitely hit your buttons." - Illustrious Illusions

"This one surprised me with the twists and turns it took and I was not expecting it to go where it did! ... This story is a good read that I would recommend to anyone that likes romance or suspense novels!" - Romancebookworm's Reviews

"With it’s nearly non-stop action, gritty mafia plot line, twists and turns, and steamy romance, Mafia Secret grabbed me from the first page." - Tattooed Book Reviews

"I loved the suspense, it kept me glued to my kindle blocking out everything but the pages of this book. I really liked Mafia Secrets and I am wondering why it took me so long to find this author." - Busy Moms Book Reviews

"I found Mafia Secret well written with a touch of humor and suspense thrown into Marco and Lessa’s love story." - Guardian's Hangout

"With action from the very first scene, Angie Derek's Mafia Secret grabs hold and doesn't let go. This is a gritty love story, there is so many twist and turns with a mafia theme running through out." - For the Love of Bookends

"Mafia Secret has some hot and steamy scenes with a bit of a mystery and secrets." - The Book Enthusiast   



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Encounter at Shalana by Angelia Almos

Encounter at Shalana is an adult space opera novel about a space pirate who almost loses everything she cares about when she’s blackmailed into running a dangerous mission for the military.

Space pirate Captain Kristy Ryan grew up the only daughter of a notorious privateer in the Border Planet Region. She learned her trade the hard way - there were no free rides on her father’s ship. Now, she has her own ship, the Unicorn, and successfully works in the shadows, the fringes of legitimate trade. Her life is just how she wants it even on those days when her pilot and lover, Andrew Bennet, drives her crazy. But an unexpected visit from the Military Space Alliance changes everything. Her father disappeared while working a dangerous mission for the MSA. Now, she’s being blackmailed into finishing his mission.

Available as an ebook from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Blio, Diesel, iTunes, Kobo,  Smashwords, Sony. Available in print from Abe Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository, Create Space, and your local book store.

Reviews:

"...a unique space opera among a vast number of books of its genre. Like many other space operas, its world and people are immense and beyond anything that most have imagined. But unlike most, the main character Kristy is a witty and head strong female in a male dominated world. The book was a very quick read that held my attention to the very last word pulling me into farther into her life and problems as the story progressed. I look forward to reading more stories by Angelia Almos and further unlocking the mysteries of Kristy's character." Night Owl Reviews

#Giveaway and Q&A: Lumière by Jacqueline Garlick

Lumière

One determined girl. One resourceful boy. One miracle machine that could destroy everything…
After an unexplained flash shatters her world, seventeen-year-old Eyelet Elsworth sets out to find the Illuminator, her father’s prized invention. With it, she hopes to cure herself of her debilitating seizures before Professor Smrt—her father’s arch nemesis—discovers her secret and locks her away in an asylum.
Pursued by Smrt, Eyelet locates the Illuminator only to see it whisked away. She follows the thief into the world of the unknown, compelled not only by her quest but by the allure of the stranger—Urlick Babbit—who harbors secrets of his own.  
Together, they endure deadly Vapours and criminal-infested woods in pursuit of the same goal, only to discover the miracle machine they hoped would solve their problems may in fact be their biggest problem of all.
When darkness is safer than light…
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Editorial Reviews “One of the most inventive story worlds I’ve read in years…” Donald Maass, Author of Writing the Breakout Novel, Writing 21st Century Fiction, and The Fire in Fiction

Bio:  I'm Jacqueline Garlick. Author of YA, New Adult, and Women's Fiction. I love strong heroines, despise whiny sidekicks, and adore a good story about a triumphant underdog. I love to read, write, paint (walls and paper) and plan cool writing events for cool writers. (Check out niagarawritersretreatandconference (dot) com.) I have a love/hate relationship with chocolate, grammar, and technology. I’m a dog person, not a cat person. I prefer creating things to cleaning things, and baking to cooking. I believe laughter is a one-stop-shop solution to everything, and ELO’s Mr. Blue Sky can improve even the foulest day. You will always find a purple wall (or two) in my house (perhaps even a door) and a hidden passageway that leads to a mystery room. (Okay, so you won’t find a hidden passageway but a girl can dream, can’t she?) Oh, and tea. There will always be tea. I love collecting special kinds of tea...and special teacups from which to drink them. (See website for collection.)  
In my former life, I was a teacher. Now, I am a graduate of Ellen Hopkin’s Nevada Mentoring Program, and a student of James Scott Bell, Christopher Vogler and Don Maass. An excerpt from Lumière earned me the 2012 Don Maass Break Out Novel Intensive Scholarship. Known for my edgy, rule-breaking, Tim Burton-esque style of writing, I’m often affectionately referred to as the Quentin Tarantino of YA, among writing friends. 

Lumière—A Romantic Steampunk Fantasy—is my debut novel, Book One in my young adult The Illumination Paradox Series.
I look forward to comments and reviews from my readers, and am open to requests for skype visits and interviews!  Visit me here:
www.jacquelinegarlick.com Facebook: http://bit.ly/jegarlickfbGoodreads: http://bit.ly/jgarlickgrTwitter: @jackie_garlick
 
Q&A with Jackie on Lumière
 
What was the spark or initial idea that started your book? 

 A couple of years back, I heard a woman named Dr. Devra Davis speak on the dangers of X-rays. In her speech she outlined some early misuses of the x-ray, and I became enthralled with the idea of developing a story around one of the haunting facts she presented. She told of how, in the early 1800’s, at the inception of the X-ray, mini prototypes of the machine were made and sold to the rich. The rich then threw ‘x-ray parties’ where, after too much to drink, guests took turns x-raying one another’s hands and brains to see who’s was bigger, treating the machine like a party favor. Needless to say, they filled their homes with radiation and after enough repeat exposure, died hideous deaths. Dr. Davis went on to give a list other crazy things people thought the early x-ray could cure, including removal of birthmarks and curing migraines. Intrigued, I went home and promptly started my own research and was shocked to discover a doctor’s advertisement claiming the x-ray could turn a black man skin white. I remember the statement hitting me right in the gut and my mind going wild. From there I thought about how over the years and even today, medicine keeps creating things (drugs and machines) making all kinds of claims, that in the end, often end up harming people instead. From there I thought about my own brother’s struggles with epilepsy, and the failures of the medical world to help him, and how I wished there’d been a machine that could have worked a miracle for him…and…Eyelet, my main character was born. 

What was your favorite part of writing this book?

I think it was a tie between the inventions and the main characters. I loved stretching my imagination to come up with the unusual contraptions found in Urlick’s house, but I also loved composing the quipped-filled banter that flows between the two main characters. I also enjoyed writing the slow burn, very reluctant relationship of two wounded souls, discovering they are lovable. It was really up lifting spin on the usual YA insta love, or love/hate relationship. 

What is your favorite line from your book? 

Ummm….spoiler alert. Look away from the screen if necessary. “You’re perfect Eyelet, just as you are.”

What movie or television show would you say is most like your book in tone, topic, and/or characters? 

I like to think of it as a variation of “Sleep Hollow,” the movie version, with Johnny Depp. 

If your book was made into a movie and you got to design the movie poster, what would the tagline say?  

Hmmmm…that’s a tough one. I’d say maybe my tag line says it all, Lumière: One Determined Girl. One Resourceful Boy. One Miracle Machine That Could Destroy Everything… Or Lumière: When Darkness is Safer Than Light.

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