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TATTOO by Cambria Hebert: Release Party SUNDAY, 7-9pm on Facebook

Cambria is having a Release Party on Facebook Sunday, March16th. Here is the link to the event for anyone who wants to join: https://www.facebook.com/events/778910452136242/
Book & Author Details:Tattoo by Cambria Hebert
(Take It Off #7)
Publication date: March 10th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:***This is a new adult contemporary novel and contains sexual content and graphic language. It is not intended for young adult readers.***

A tattoo gets them in trouble… He will get them out.

After years of cultivating an undercover identity, Brody West is finally off the case and free to live a life of his own. All that time spent in the company of criminals and killers left him a little jaded… and with an identity crisis. He isn’t sure who he is anymore, or who he wants to be.

To give him time to think, he takes a few days off to go fishing. On his way out of town, he makes a routine stop at the bank and finds himself flirting with the girl behind the counter.

But his flirtation is cut short when criminals burst into the bank and shoot her right before his eyes.

In attempt to administer first aid, Brody reveals a tattoo on his back. A mark that will drag him and the girl into the kind of situation he was trying to get away from. But he can’t walk away because he’s the only thing capable of keeping Taylor alive and bringing down the guys who shot her—guys who are seriously dangerous.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20897861-tattoo
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AUTHOR BIO:Cambria Hebert is the author of the young adult paranormal Heven and Hell series, the new adult Death Escorts series, and the new adult Take it Off series. She loves a caramel latte, hates math and is afraid of chickens (yes, chickens). She went to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major, and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair. She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband and children (both human and furry) where she is plotting her next book. You can find out more about Cambria and her work by visiting http://www.cambriahebert.com

“Like” her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cambria-Hebert/128278117253138 
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GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5298677.Cambria_Hebert
Cambria’s website: http://www.cambriahebert.com 

Excerpt:I had to be in shock. There was a reason I wasn’t more afraid. There was a reason I wasn’t screaming and fighting to get out of Brody’s arms and away from this god-awful dirty, abandoned, completely creepy gas station. My body wasn’t getting enough blood flow, likely because all the blood was flowing out of me instead of throughout my veins. It was making me sluggish, slowing my response, and in defense, my body wasn’t making adrenaline. So naturally, I felt completely safe in this stranger’s arms.Yeah. That was totally it.It had nothing to do with the fact that he was shirtless, totally ripped, and covered in tattoos that practically screamed sex appeal. It also had nothing to do with the fact he was wearing a backward baseball cap that screamed thuggish behavior. Thuggish behavior was bad. It was very bad.But so very good.The thought caused me to shiver and in reaction to the small movement, Brody pulled me just a little bit closer to his chest. His heat was delicious and I felt my eyes begin to droop. Maybe all I needed was a little nap… just a few minutes to rest my eyes.“Tay,” a nearby voice commanded. “No sleeping.”I grunted in displeasure and forced my eyes back open, looking around the room. If I couldn’t sleep, then I would study my surroundings. The place looked the way one would expect an abandoned gas station to look. It was basically a large box with concrete walls and floors that were once covered in linoleum but now were peeling and dirty. In the center of the room were empty racks that likely used to hold merchandise. The counter at the front of the room was bare and crooked, like part of it was sinking into the floor. Behind it on the wall was a sign that read what I assumed was supposed to say QUICK MART except the Q and U were missing so it read as ICK MART.It was actually very accurate. The windows were all boarded up, with only slivers of sunlight filtering through, leaving ribbons of light across the dusty and trash-littered floor. Off in the corner was a pile of old brown leaves that would likely lie there until they turned to dust. On the far end of the room were several large coolers, the kind that sat on the floor and opened from the top. They were no longer working, no longer white, and frankly I would be terrified to go and see what was inside them.So this is where criminals hung out?The movies made it look so much more glamorous.“Down here,” one of the men called to Brody, and he pivoted around, following after the men who opened up a hidden door in the wall and disappeared. I could hear their boots clomping down a set of stairs and fear clawed its way up the back of my throat.I felt my limbs go rigid. They wanted us to go into a basement?
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The San Andreas Fault is the gateway to hell. The Hollywood Hills are mass graves of angels. William Mulholland defies God himself. Satan gets plastic surgery on Sunset Boulevard. A dead boy is stuck in traffic next to a vampire who can’t sleep, and an angel who has a an audition for the role of an angel. The stars are in the sky and on the pavement. The wolves are prowling. The weather is perfect. The screenplay is written. The soul is sold. This movie is going to be big- really big. Welcome to Immortal L.A. You’re going to love it here.

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Interview with James Weaver

Where do you like to vacation?I enjoy the New England coast line and the Atlantic Ocean. I own a house in Maine on the Coast where I find relaxation and inspiration.
What is your most outstanding childhood memory?Probably having no father; he died when I was two. I had two mothers – a mother and a nanny – and I remember being sent away to boarding schools from age eleven on. In effect, all unhappy memories.
In your opinion, what  is the most overrated virtue? Why? Always telling the truth, and the expectation to be the all-American boy. 
What is the one thing other people always seem to get wrong about you?That they see me as a “troublemaker” with a negative attitude. I only want to expose untruths and misleading comments made by people.
If you could change one thing about the world what would it be?Relative ongoing peace and security for all. This means mini-conflicts will always exist, but no total global annihilations. To be strictly anti-war is too idealistic and impossible to guarantee; so pacifists are purists – a world of purists – would likely prevent anyreconciliations, negotiations, or compromises for peace.
What pet peeve do you have about other people?I dislike dealing with dishonest individuals who live by some ideology as ‘true believers’ in a cause that directs their lives, yet disallows compromises and reconciliations in viewpoints and behavior. I seek out ‘thinking people’ who are open to discussions and possible changes, and are honest about their motivations and intentions.
Is there any occasion when it’s OK to lie?A lie is OK if it stops harm to someone, especially a child or a handicapped person, and it is also OK if it well serves your own self-interests without doing harm to others.
Writing is hard work, do you have a favorite place to recharge?I recharge the writing process by dropping it for a while. I go for a walk, watch TV, read a book, take a nap, or meet with someone.
What do you find most challenging about writing?I find writing a description of something can be difficult; the accurate use of the best words. I often pick up with the last writing done, maybe rewrite it, and add just a new paragraph or more right then and there. Using a thesaurus has been helpful with new and different words and connotations to use.
Did your years as a teacher help you write this book?  As my novel is about a college professor, my past years of college teaching provided much data and experiences to refer to in the story. Having information to impart about the undergraduate teaching profession was helpful.
Are the characters based on people you know?Many characters mentioned in the novel are a derivative of someone I knew in the undergraduate world, but I also had delight in simply fantasizing about characters who were unknown to me in real life.
Shades of Learning is an interesting title, does it hold particular significance?The title has many meanings, but probably most important is that it declares that ways and means of learning are not just one approach, that they are a mixed consolidation of many approaches, including different items to be learned, and most importantly, that learning must come from the individual’s own directed accumulation of information, distilled by that person into knowledge. In other words, knowledge isn’t really taught by the professor, information is doled out. A teacher can impart the knowledge of other thinkers, but the student’s knowledge is only acquired by the student. So, Shades of Learning refers to the content, and variety of methods of learning, and to the layers of subjects to be learned – academic or otherwise.
What is the genre if this book, and the target audience?This is a semi-romantic novel about student-teacher relationships in a women’s college. The main character is immature even as a professor, and this results in many sordid relationships with students as he seeks to impart knowledge to his students, and at the same time, develop personal relationships with them. The audience for this novel are undergraduate and graduate students, professors and other educators, and of course, alumni of higher education schools. Any person who attended college would relate to the layers and tangles of events in this book.
Do you have another book planned?I am working on political conspiracy novel set in Washington DC which involves the “disability and removal” of the President by his Vice-President, who then becomes the acting President under the 1967 25th amendment to the Constitution. It seems this amendment may inadvertently be a legal precedence to enact a regime change in the White House – that is if the Vice -President conspires to declare the president disabled, and remove him from office. 
Amazon buy link: http://www.amazon.com/Shades-Learning-James-Weaver/dp/1493534491

Interview with E.V. Fairfall

What makes Transformed a unique story? Well, let me first ask you this: how often have you read a book in which God and Mother Earth are siblings? Or a book in which Earth itself is an entity of its own, and prevents God from doing anything he wants? How often have you read a book in which Mother Earth is able to take any form except for that of a human because it is forbidden? Though Transformedis a story about finding one's self, it also explores the foibles of being human and the value of all life. It is about making mistakes and finding a solution, even if that solution isn’t what was originally intended. 
Where does the story take place? Transformed takes place in a small mountain town in Colorado. This fictitious town resides next to a forest and is green and lush (Colorado can get very dry), and because of its high elevation, it has strange weather patterns. 
How important are names to you in your books? Do you choose the names based on the way they sound or the meaning? Do you have any name choosing resources you recommend? Names! Names are so important to me, mostly because I can’t actually write a character without first knowing their name. I can have the perfect scene in my head but until I find a name that I know fits the character, I just can’t write them in. I don’t pick names based on the sounds, but sometimes I pick a name because of its meaning. Mostly I just know when a name works for my character. As for resources, I tend to use lots of baby naming websites.
Who is your favorite character from Transformed and why? Oh gosh, I’m going to say Cricket. I love Chamber of course, but Cricket is just so fun. Cricket is a girl who Thea turned into a squirrel because she needed to borrow her apartment while she was human. Even though Cricket is now a squirrel, she insists on taking special care of the clothes that she reluctantly let Thea borrow—more like take. Thea, who doesn’t understand why Cricket cares about the clothes, tends to leave them wherever she might drop them. Here is a quick excerpt from the book:             “'You have a squirrel in your sweater.' Brice cocked his head to the side. 'Actually, I think it’s stealing it.'           Thea looked over her shoulder to see the little squirrel dragging the sweater across the floor toward the closet. If Brice saw a squirrel put a sweater on a hanger, she would never hear the end of it. She shook her head toward the squirrel, causing the ball of fur to stop and glare before continuing to drag the sweater out of sight. If Thea didn’t start hanging up the squirrel’s clothes, she had a feeling the little rodent would attempt to kick her out."
Give us some insight into your main character. What does she do that is so special? Thea is God's sister and has spent her life filling the role of Mother Earth, creating the plants and animals and serving as their guardian. Alongside her brother God, the two siblings used their light to create for hundreds of years. She doesn’t understand humans, and she likes them even less. It isn’t until she takes a human form that she begins to understand what she has been missing out on, and ultimately she gains a deeper understanding of her brother and what it means to be a part of a family. 
Did you have a specific song or playlist that you listened to when you were writing Transformed?I actually can’t listen to music when I write. I wish I could. Sometimes a song will inspire me or motivate me, but while writing I need quiet. Of course, that never really happens because I live in an apartment with paper thin walls—but that is part of the adventure. 
What writing advice do you have for other aspiring authors?Never give up, and go to writers conferences! I wish I had gone to a writers conference earlier. They open your mind to a side of book writing that you normally wouldn't consider. You can meet people who love what you love, and it is a great chance to break out of your shell and read some of your work out loud. Not only that but you will meet other writers who will help you through the hard times. 
What can readers who enjoy your book do to help make it successful? Reviews! Social media posts on Facebook, Tumblr, Goodreads and so on. Word of mouth is huge for any author. There are so many great books in the world that people haven't discovered, but they only need to be pointed in the right direction. 

Book & Author Details:Transformed by E.V. Fairfall
Publication date: January 1st 2014
Genres: Paranormal, Romance
Synopsis:Since the beginning, two entities have had complete, unquestioned control over Thea: the Earth and God.

But when Thea suddenly figures out that the Earth has  trapped her within a forest, she discovers that the only way to set herself free is to break God’s one rule; she must forsake her animal form and become human.

The result is nothing she could ever have expected. Lost within the torrent of human emotions, Thea starts to lose who she is and even begins to fall in love with the one thing she always hated: a hunter.

As her act against God proves more problematic than anticipated, it is only a matter of time before her punishment may prove to be worse than Earth’s entrapment.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19168420-transformed
Purchase:-Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Transformed-E-V-Fairfall/dp/0991283201/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394127528&sr=8-1&keywords=Transformed+by+E.V.+Fairfall-B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/transformed-ev-fairfall/1118463443?ean=9780991283200
AUTHOR BIO:I love to write just as much as I love to read. I try to read a book per week, which doesn't always work out, but it's the thought that counts. Aside from all that I am a huge animal person.

Transformed is my first novel, but it isn't my first publication; I've had several short stories published over the last two years. My main goal as a writer is to explore humanity and to give people something fun to read.

Author links: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7485494.E_V_Fairfall

 

Interview with Wade Garret

Can you give us a brief overview of your latest book? Is it part of a series?Overall Blurb:            Jak Hartlen, 19, the son of William and Mary, will face many thresholds of flesh and mind on his road to reaping the Whirl Wind; seeds of grief and guilt only now coming to fruition. If only they’d know what they were doing... The Gan and their Areht who shape the world behind the scenes will hate him, because he's a threat they're not sure can be chained.             The Pillars and their Faithful who spread the world's leading religion will fear him, because his existence, once known, will challenge Ages of dogma and accepted history.             The Crimson King and its Servants who seek to return to power, destroying all that remains of The White, will hunt him, because even in death, they're not sure he'll ever bow to the Dark.             —They All Should. For as One of Five with the power to shake the world, they will hollow his heart and mind through countless sacrifice and vengeful selfishness.            Back Cover Blurb:            After a year of laborious solitude and a conflict brought to the doorstep of his father's house, Jak, a Southlander of meek circumstance, will come to accept the future isn't set. Through abilities unnerving to any Areht, against enemies rising in every corner of the planet, he’ll be forced to resolve his destiny as one of five that can change the world. Such selfless transcendence isn’t easy, nor simply the heroic result of dark revelations shielded from him since childhood now exposed; rather, it's because of what’s undeniable, even to him. Like all great forces collected at the tip of the spear, the truth of his purpose and the price of his existence has a cost and there's no getting around paying it
Do you have a favorite character?            I have a favorite Main and Secondary Character. My favorite main character, is, of course, Jak—the hero of our story. My favorite secondary character is a two-way tie, though not between Jak’s trusted friends along the way of his epic journey: Palomeer, a guardian of sorts, who remains much in the background and Üllrik, a force-unto-himself, who doesn’t appear till nearly the end of the story—for reasons I can’t explain without giving things away. 

Have you ever had a minor character evolve into a major one? Did that change the direction of the novel at all?
            It happened all the time. As it should. Outside of Jak, every character is a minor character. The story is about HIM; however, as the plot moves along, people join the hero and thus their story/background expands. The world grows. Now, since mine is an epic world, the blending of Fantasy and Science Fiction, I’ve got tons of room and time—if my will holds—to expand all these characters in ways that flow back and forth through the plot. A common saying in my story is “And the World Turn(s)ed” which is a soft reminder that as the pages in your hand are turning, w/e you’re not reading about, is also moving forward. A great example of a minor becoming a major is the focus of my prologue, which outlines a brief moment before the story and focuses on Mr. Black. I hope everyone checks it out.

Did you try the traditional route to publishing, i.e. querying agents/publishers?            Yes. It felt like forever, though my wife was constantly reminding me it’d only been a handful of months. I quickly gave up on Agents and began reaching out to Publishers directly. A few were interested, some had me on stand-by—email conversations taking weeks at a time—when Black Bed Sheet Books grabbed my attention and without haste made me an offer over a live chat on FB. Second best feeling in the world.
What factors influenced your decision to go with a particular agent or publisher?            I’ll be honest. Like every author, you want the best for your book. You want that big deal. You want to be seen everywhere. However, it’s a business and the big guys play rough and despite how much they might like your book, if they can’t sell it FAST to make their ROI—meaning one of a hundred things, not all bad—they’ll pass. We all understand that: Publishers and Agents, for the most part, are about What’s Hot; What’s Selling: What’s now and how much are you like that. I like Black Bed Sheet Books and other small/medium press because, well, I see the passion there. Also, I like breaking new ground and with me, BBS, which did only horror, was reaching out into new territory. I liked that.
If you used a graphic designer/publisher’s designer, how involved were you during the creative process for your cover?            I used Angela R. Sasser http://www.angelicshades.com/ for my cover and my world map and if you’ve seen them, you know she did an amazing job. I was as hands on as I could be, but I’m no artist. I sent her drafts from my work, detailed descriptions and we talked a lot over email. With all that, she took my world and ran with it. Only once did we revisit something. Everything she did for me was amazing. Without her, my book wouldn’t look as good as it does.
What is your writing process? Do you listen to music or do you like silence?            I take a hack’n’slash approach to writing. I know the beginning, middle and end, points in-between, then I start writing. I outline here-an-there, but only for a few chapters ahead. When I’m all done, I reread a dozen times, putting things in, taking things out. It’s kinda messy but I feel better about an organic process rather than spending so much time banging outa fully realized outline without making a single keystroke. No, I don’t often listen to music, but at times I do. Mostly I take breaks walking around my house, outside, talking to myself—which is funny when I’m caught doing it.

Did you hire an editor to review your manuscript before publishing?            I did that long long ago. It was horrible. Not only did it cost a lot $$$, but the editor/book Doctor—makes me mad to this day—wanted me to rewrite it to HER ideas of what my book should be. Then I spent some time shopping it around town to people in-the-know, contacts and such. Finally, the last thing I did was take it to the street. Me and a buddy took my work, a few pages, to a local bookstore (one of the big guys) and started asking people what they liked or didn’t like in books and if their taste fit mine, we showed it to them. Now, both of us said we weren’t the author, that he/she was outside and we were telling them our opinion of the work was that it wasn’t ready for publication and this was our friendly way of trying to get an unbiased read on readers so he/she wouldn’t be hurt by any rejections. However, to our amazement, 9 out of 10 people liked it and a few asked when it would be published, what was the writers name so they could look it up in a year or so. Sometime after that, I did take one more crack at a “professional” evaluation, someone I’d read about, double checked and felt would give me an honest reading. He did and with that confidence, I worked on the few things he mentioned and quickly began pursuing publishing.
What kinds of marketing [twitter, facebook, blog, forums] are you involved with for promoting your book(s)?            Sometimes I feel like I spend too much time doing this. But, I use my blog Wade Garret’s World wjgarret.blogspot.com; Twitter @wadejgarret; Facebook WadeGarret and a handful of others, including Goodreads, Booklikes, LibraryThing, Dieselpunks and I’m a member of countless blogs and sites where I rarely frequent...I say this not because I don’t want to visit or post there, but because you can spend away hours doing this and feel like it didn’t get you anything that day. You’ve got to be specific. Best, link your twitter to everything and make one post and it goes everywhere.
What advice would you give a new author just entering into the self-publishing arena?            Well, if you don’t have to self-publish, don’t. This is to say, it’s really hard, takes a ton of time and money. Remember, once it’s published, a publisher might not republish it...also, it’s very easy to get lost in the pile of free/cheap books out there. Ok, enough of that cause I don’t want to discourage people from publishing their works, I often thought about giving up on writing for awhile if I didn’t get a publisher. So, to my new authors just striking out, I say this. CAUTION!!!!! Wear a helmet, cause life sucks some times, but in the end, if you’re not writing what you want to write, what only you can write, why are you doing it? Don’t be someone else. You’re far more interesting.

This or That Questions with L.P. Dover, FIGHTING FOR LOVE

Paperback or Ebook? Both, I don’t like to bend the paperbacks, but I love to have them. I’ll just buy the ebook and read them so I can have the paperbacks perfectly crisp on my shelf.Chocolate or Vanilla? VanillaLaptop or Desktop? LaptopLiquor or Wine? WineSummer or Winter? Winter, however, this winter was kind of brutal so I might need to switch that to summer.Day or Night? DayCash or Debit Card? Debit cardBirthday or Christmas? Christmas, definitely.Talk or Text? TalkGum or Candy? GumCoffee or Tea? TeaDog or Cat? CatLong hair or Short? Long hairSing or Dance? Both!!Fruit or Vegetable? Vegetable
Book & Author Details:Fighting for Love by L.P. Dover
(Second Chances #4)
Publication date: March 9th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:Fighting for someone’s heart is more challenging than fighting for a title.

For a time, many years ago, love had grown, love was made, and in the end … love was lost. The decision to leave had been the worst mistake Shelby Dawson could have ever made. However, at the time—ten years ago—she felt her secret needed to stay hidden, even if it broke her heart and the heart of the man she loved. Back then, he was all hers and she was all his, but now things have changed and he isn’t the same guy she knew.

He happens to be the well-known MMA Heavyweight champion and famous bad boy, Matt ‘The Destroyer’ Reynolds, who once before struggled to help his family pay the bills. Now, he has money flowing with each undefeated win and an insurmountable number of women filling his bed. Everything is perfect for the illustrious fighter, until one day it all changes. In walks the girl from his past, the same girl who promised to stick by him but left and never looked back.

Their second chance to make things right will not come easy, for when one mistake is made an unwelcome consequence soon follows. Someone out there wants to rip them apart and they won’t stop until Matt and Shelby pay the ultimate price … their love.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20317145-fighting-for-love?ac=1
Purchase:Will be found here come release day: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Fighting%20for%20Love%20dover
AUTHOR BIO:USA Today Bestselling author, L.P. Dover, is a southern belle residing in North Carolina along with her husband and two beautiful girls. Before she even began her literary journey she worked in Periodontics enjoying the wonderment of dental surgeries.

Not only does she love to write, but she loves to play tennis, go on mountain hikes, white water rafting, and you can't forget the passion for singing. Her two number one fans expect a concert each and every night before bedtime and those songs usually consist of Christmas carols.

Aside from being a wife and mother, L.P. Dover has written over nine novels including her Forever Fae series, the Second Chances series, and her standalone novel, Love, Lies, and Deception. Her favorite genre to read is romantic suspense and she also loves writing it. However, if she had to choose a setting to live in it would have to be with her faeries in the Land of the Fae.

L.P. Dover is represented by Marisa Corvisiero of Corvisiero Literary Agency.

Where you can find L.P. Dover
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/lpdover
Website- http://www.authorlpdoverbooks.com/
Blog - http://www.lpdover.blogspot.com/
Twitter- https://twitter.com/LPDover
Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6526309.L_P_Dover
Amazon- http://www.amazon.com/L.P.-Dover/e/B00AFVV8TG/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1380503353&sr=8-2-ent
Pinterest - http://www.pinterest.com/LPDover/
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Book Tour Blast: TRANSCENDENT by Olivia Hardin

  "Olivia Hardin takes a character we hated in a previous book and somehow makes him a hero we love. That's no small feat. Transcendent captures perfectly the tension and temptation of falling in love in the midst of turmoil and intrigue. . .it's a story that will linger in your heart."
"Olivia Hardin weaves a wonderfully emotional story of love, redemption, and political intrigue in Transcendent. Be prepared to transcend your own expectations."    

To the Women on the Hill McKenna is a spy who sails the nightwind to keep close tabs on her people. In truth, McKenna is a double operative, an integral part of an underground rebellion. The Women are secretly bleeding the fae of their powers then banishing them to the Island Anethemusa; but the Dissenters, rebels who suffer under the crushing power of the Women, mean to put an end to their reign. 

When McKenna happens upon a talking weasel, she knows she’s found the perfect envoy for her covert mission. Robin Weir’s punishment for a life of betrayal is to be stripped of his magic and exiled as an animal in a foreign realm. He’s used to dirty jobs and subterfuge so becoming McKenna’s errand boy should be a simple task. 

But things heats up when Robin finds he has the power to shift into a man again. For McKenna the pet she’s invited into her home now wants nothing less than to possess her heart, body and soul. With the uprising at the ready, lives could be lost if McKenna can’t balance her separate identities of spy, rebel and lover.  
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Book Tour Blast: C3 by Sherrie Cronin

c3 Synopsis:Teddie’s life as a sixteen year old hasn’t always been easy, but nothing has prepared her for the unexpected dangers she encounters as an exchange student in Darjeeling. A frightening world in which young girls are bartered and sold stretches its icy fingers into the beautiful resort town and touches her friends one by one. Terrified, Teddie finds that her own mind develops a unique ability for locating her friends and that an ancient group of mind travelers is willing to train her to use her new skill to save these girls. It will require trust in ideas she barely believes, and more courage than has ever been expected of her. When it becomes clear that the alternative is her friends’ deaths and the unchecked growth of an evil crime lord’s empire, Teddie accepts the challenge and shows those guilty of unspeakable crimes just how powerful a young woman can be.
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About the 46. Ascending:c3 is part of 46. Ascending, a collection of loosely interrelated novels about five very different family members who each discover that they can do the extraordinary when circumstances require it. These books are designed to be read as stand alone stories or in any order. If you enjoy c3, consider z2, the tale of Teddie’s father as he learns to use his ability to warp time to protect Teddie and her friends against a threat from a violent white supremacy movement at Teddie’s high school. You may also enjoy y1, the story of Teddie’s brother Zane as he develops an odd ability to alter his appearance, and x0, the story of Teddie’s telepathic mother as she finds herself the unlikely hero in a rescue mission in Nigeria. c3 became available on Kindle January 31, 2014. It will be out in paperback and in other electronic bookstores early this summer. The other books in the collection can be purchased now in all formats. Watch for d4, the story of Teddie’s older sister, in late 2014.

Meet the Author Sherrie Roth grew up in Western Kansas thinking that there was no place in the universe more fascinating than outer space. After her mother vetoed astronaut as a career ambition, she went on to study journalism and physics in hopes of becoming a science writer. She published her first science fiction short story pretty easily, and then waited a lot of tables while she looked for inspiration for the next story. When it finally came, it declared to her that it had to be whole book, nothing less.

 One night, while digesting this disturbing piece of news, she drank way too many shots of ouzo with her boyfriend. She woke up thirty-one years later demanding to know what was going on. The boyfriend, who she had apparently long since married, asked her to calm down and explained that in a fit of practicality she had gone back to school and gotten a degree in geophysics and had spent the last 28 years interpreting seismic data in the oil industry. The good news, according to Mr. Cronin, was that she had found it at least mildly entertaining and ridiculously well-paying The bad news was that the two of them had still managed to spend almost all of the money.

Apparently she was now Mrs. Cronin, and the further good news was that they had produced three wonderful children whom they loved dearly, even though to be honest that is where a lot of the money had gone. Even better news was that Mr. Cronin turned out to be a warm-hearted, encouraging sort who was happy to see her awake and ready to write. "It's about time," were his exact words.

Sherrie Cronin discovered that over the ensuing decades Sally Ride had already managed to become the first woman in space and apparently had done a fine job of it. No one, however, had written the book that had been in Sherrie's head for decades. The only problem was, the book informed her sternly that it had now grown into a six book series. Sherrie decided that she better start writing it before it got any longer. She's been wide awake ever since, and writing away.  

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Twitter: @cinnabar01
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5805814.Sherrie_Cronin
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Blogs: x0: http://tothepowerofzero.org/
y1: http://ytothepowerof1.org/
z2: http://zsquaredblog.org/
c3: http://ctothepowerofthree.org/

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#Guest Post by Jennifer Snyder, author of CONTROL ME

Three Pieces of Advice Authors Always Seem To Give:
There are three main things authors always seem to repeat when asked to give advice to aspiring authors. Here’s my take on each:
1) Write every day.I believe it was Steven King who first said this, or at least I’m pretty sure that’s where I heard it first anyway. While I do believe this is helpful, I haven’t actually implemented this “rule” to the fullest. My process for writing seems to be shifting lately. I used to write Mon-Fri and then take a break on the weekends for family time and such, but with my last novel (the fourth in the Coldcreek series) I wrote for two weeks straight and knocked it out quick-like. 5,000 words each day. That meant getting up at 5:30 am on Saturday and Sunday for two weeks in order to get that 5k in before my family woke up and our day together began.   2) Write what you know.I have never truly followed this rule. While I do write about some things that I know, I don’t write only what I know. They would be pretty boring books if that were the case. Research is often the best part of my writing process. I learn while I write basically. Sometimes it’s garbage stuff, like how many times a day men think about sex. Which is either every six seconds, fifteen minutes, or nineteen times a day depending on which study you read. Other times it’s more informative and important stuff, like what ingredients you need to make a perfect margarita.
3) Read.This is one I will agree with one hundred percent. Reading is one way you can remain sharp in your genre. You get to see what’s been overdone lately and what hasn’t. I find myself really focusing on the emotions the author creates when I read. I dissect. I like to know what specific words or sentences made me burst into tears or laugh out loud and why. Writing is a craft and learning how to write well is never-ending. Reading will keep you on your toes.    Book & Author Details:Control You by Jennifer Snyder
Publication date: March 4th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult
Synopsis:Kind hearted and naive, Paige Jacobs wants what every girl craves…to be loved. She uses this need to make excuses when her current boyfriend goes from being a tad jealous and slightly overprotective to stalker-ish. She isn’t that girl and Craig isn’t one of those guys. Things are fine. Perfectly fine. Until the moment a dark-haired, tattooed hottie with a snarky mouth walks into her life and tells her she deserves better.

Confident and boldly spoken, Cameron Green has always been the guy bad girls can’t get enough of and all the good girls want to tame. He’s lived a lavish lifestyle filled with drugs, women, and alcohol up until his destructive path finally caught up with him. Now Cameron isn’t sure what to do with himself or how to dampen the longing for something more festering inside of him since coming out of his drug-induced haze. But when he meets a doe-eyed girl who gets past his walls like no other, everything about him clicks into place.

Together the two learn there are emotions that hold within them all the power to control you…
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AUTHOR BIO:Jennifer Snyder lives in North Carolina were she spends most of her time writing new adult and young adult fiction, reading, and struggling to stay on top of housework. She is a tea lover with an obsession for Post-it notes and smooth writing pens. Jennifer lives with her husband and two children, who endure listening to songs that spur inspiration on repeat and tolerate her love for all paranormal, teenage-targeted TV shows.

Find out more about her latest novel by visiting her blog:
http://jennifersnydersblog.blogspot.com

Other ways to connect with Jennifer:
Email: Jennifersnyder04(at)gmail(dot)com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorjennifersnyder
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jennsnyder04
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Lady Isabella Winton waits years to marry her fiancé, but Lord Alexander Fitzroy, a reformed rake, always finds an excuse to delay the nuptials.
With the marriage set for the next month, Fitzroy tells her he is needed in Belgium almost immediately. He warns her it may be dangerous for her to accompany him. Isabella suspects he is bluffing. Brussels is the centre of a social whirl. She looked forward elaborate dinners and extravagant balls. Fearing Fitzroy may have returned to his rakish ways, she insists on travelling with him. Isabella is unaware that Lord Everard Ladness, heir to a dukedom, is obsessed with her and will go to any lengths to possess her.
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Meet the author:I live in a Sussex village near to the Regency towns. Before writing a novel, I visit one of them to soak up the elegance of the architecture, trying to enter the atmosphere of those far-gone times. Whilst walking through narrow cobbled streets, I imagine horse drawn carriages rollicking past, of ladies in Empire fashion, of feathered bonnets and velvet pelisses, of nankeen breeches and starched cravats.

Even today, the same bay fronted shop windows replete with mullioned windows yawn over narrow pavements. The only changes being the wares; an empire dress swapped for a top and miniskirt. Best of all, is stepping down rickety steps into an oak beamed tearoom, with a leaning floor, where log fires crackle in open grates, the air filled with the rich aroma of tansy and cinnamon cakes. Katy has a BA(Hons)Psych, BA Eng.Lit and Creative Writing, MA. Hon Doc. for research into complementary methods of pain control.
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