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July 12, 2011
Children's Books of Interest – Cameron's A to Z (A Habitat for Humanity Project)
Cameron's A to Z (A Habitat for Humanity Project)
by Cameron Titus
Cameron Titus, haunted by a YouTube video of a group of Joplin, Missouri tornado survivors stranded in a small convenience store's cooler, decided to take action and came up with an original idea to help raise money for Habitat for Humanity — to help the victims of the recent tornado destruction around our nation. Despite his tender age, he decided to write a small children's book, in hopes to encourage donations for those in ...
July 11, 2011
Horror Books of Interest – Gord Rollo & Gene O'Neill's Mean Streets
Mean Streets: Tales of Urban Terror
by Gord Rollo & Gene O'Neill
If the gunshots don't wake you, the agonizing screams will!
When darkness descends on the concrete jungle people check the bars on their windows and the locks on their doors; praying to stay safe during the night.
The wicked are always on the prowl.
People hunker down in houses, apartments, the back seats of cars, or inside cardboard boxes down a fog shrouded alley trying their best not to be noticed by the people and things that w...
July 8, 2011
Steampunk Books of Interest – SM Reine's The 19 Dragons
The 19 Dragons
by SM Reine
There are nineteen provinces in the Land held aloft by nineteen pillars. Above the earth there is sky, and nobody knows what goes below except the Nineteen Dragons.
That is all you need to know, but that is not all there is to be known.
The Device has been stolen and the godlike Dragons have been rendered mortal. Someone is murdering them one by one, and each death brings the world closer to its end. Unless the the Device is somehow restored to its deceased owner...
July 7, 2011
Romance Books of Interest – Kiki Howell's A Questionable Hero
A Questionable Hero
by Kiki Howell
Born of a mortal woman but raised in Hell by the demon that sired him, Abdamas is a halfling-proof incarnate of the war between good and evil that exists in each of us. Shaebiel is an angel warrior earning her ultimate salvation in Heaven by fighting demons like Abdamas who are in search of human souls on Earth.
In the heat of a raging battle, Abdamas sees Shaebiel and wants her. When the blade of another demon aims for her, Abdamas is injured while trying...
July 5, 2011
Nostalgia Day!!
These should take some of you back…way back!!
I hate to date myself, but I grew up watching all of these. 
Enjoy!!
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June 26, 2011
Romance Books of Interest – Kiki Howell's A Strange Freedom: Blood & Fireworks – Proceeds to Charity!
A Strange Freedom: Blood & Fireworks
by Kiki Howell
Can a witch gain her freedom to live as she chooses between Memorial Day and the Fourth of July?
A man was not exactly what Meranda was looking for when she went to her grandfather's grave for a ritual of remembrance on Memorial Day. However, what she thinks is a ghost in the heavy shadows of the night ends up a vampire.
When Meranda's grandfather lay dying on a bloody battlefield in WWII, Alexander promised the man he would take care of his f...
June 25, 2011
Romance Books of Interest – Susanna Kearsley's The Winter Sea
Winter Sea
by Susanna Kearsley
"Powerful, atmospheric, enthralling, and simply mesmerizing, [The Winter Sea] is one of the best books you'll read this year!"
-Singletitles.com
"Susanna Kearsley's obvious love of history is infectious… The Winter Sea is an acknowledgement that so many of us are haunted by the deeds of our ancestors, perhaps literally…"
-Gail Anderson-Dargatz, international bestselling author of A Recipe for Bees
History has all but forgotten…
In the spring of 1708, an invading...
June 23, 2011
Interview With Author – Dawn Metcalf
I've been running a series of interviews with authors that are releasing new books. I hope you'll take the time to check out their work.
Today, please welcome author, Dawn
To start, can you tell me a little about yourself.
I am a native of Chicagoland who grew up in a 150-year-old Victorian home filled with nooks, crannies, and warped glass windows. I think it shaped my worldview far more than anyone realized! I am fascinated by how and why people see the world differently which...
June 20, 2011
Interview With Author – Daniel Arenson
I've been running a series of interviews with authors that are releasing new books. I hope you'll take the time to check out their work.
Today, please welcome back author, Daniel
I interviewed you for The Gods of Dream a few months ago. Tell me about this new book.
Love dark, epic fantasy like A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin? You'll love Song of Dragons, a new fantasy series about blood, steel, and dragonfire.
BOOK ONE: BLOOD OF REQUIEM
Long ago stood the kingdom of...
June 12, 2011
Official Release of Broken: A Paranormal Romance
Broken is now officially out as an ebook. Paperback will come later.
Feel free to check it out.
Three days before her twenty-fourth birthday, Katherine Gregory receives a letter from her deceased mother. It details a faery curse in which the eldest child in each generation will die in their twenty-fifth year.
Three days before her twenty-fourth birthday, a new love interest comes knocking, and her first love has returned – neither men are what they seem, and Katherine may have to choose...
