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New Release: BLOOD WITCH by Thea Atkinson

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Alaysha has the power to drain
living things of their water--she just can't put it
back.

Sarum is under siege
and a recovering Alaysha finds herself at the heart of a covert war where even
the enemy is unknown. Whether it's the father she has spent nineteen years
killing for, the witch of flame who promises to teach her control, or the
charismatic Yenic who claims to love her, she must ultimately decide who to
trust. If only that trust didn't come at such a high price.

Blood Witch
is book two in the Elemental Magic series, a new adult fantasy series for women
of all ages, but recommended for those over seventeen. There's a good bit of
intrigue, a smidgen of magic, and of course, some steamy romance.






Buy
Links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Witch-Elemental-Magic-ebook/dp/B0097656BQ/

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Witch-E...

Kobo Books: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Blood-Witch/book-hvSmYJRpMUm7_R8ktvBG5A/page1.html?s=PBpuWOO7t0G5GtBM1Xidyg&r=8

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/227397




Forthcoming at: BN,
Sony, and Itunes




Author Bio

Thea Atkinson is a writer of character driven
fiction; call it what you will: she prefers to describe her work as something
akin to the left of mainstream. Her characters often find themselves in the
darker edges of their own spirits but ultimately manage to find the light they
seek.




She
has been an editor, a freelancer, and a teacher, but fiction is her passion. She
now blogs and writes and twitters. Not necessarily in that order.




Please visit her blog for ramblings, guest posts,
giveaways, and more

http://theaatkinson.wordpress.com




or
follow her on twitter

http://twitter.com/#!/theaatkinson




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like her facebook page:

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TRASHY NOVELS, REALLY? by Rebecca Forster

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recently I got really ticked. I was speaking at a conference. During lunch one day, a very
successful author turned to me and said:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Well, gosh. I write legal thrillers. I thought they were
pretty good. I research. My plots and subplots are intricate and well thought
out. I work hard to make my characterization deep and true. Every once in a
while I use multi-syllable words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 
</span>But this gentleman’s comment got me thinking: why does anyone use the
word trashy to describe a book?</span></div>
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number two. Writing without thought or a concern for craft usually does not
produce a good book. But number five stunned me. Who, I wondered, could
possibly define literary inferiority (or for that matter, superiority)? To me
appreciation of the written word is a matter of taste.</span></div>
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thrillers, but nod off over most ‘literary’ works. I prefer country music to a
symphony. On the other hand, classic clothing is my preference to trendy
fashion. I suppose the arbiters of taste would give me two check marks in the
trashy column and one in the tasteful column. </span></div>
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about writing. II have most often heard the adjective ‘trashy’ used in reference
to romance novels. I defend my colleagues when I hear that criticism. I started
my career as a romance writer and am in awe of authors who can consistently
write within the parameters of the genre. But my defense goes beyond simple
admiration to critical thinking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why
is steamy contemporary romance of any less valued than classic erotica like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Story of O</i>? Why is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fifty Shades of Grey</i> being celebrated as
groundbreaking literature? Why is a category historical romance of less value
than <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gone With the Wind</i>? Is my work
less intriguing or professional than John Grisham or Scott Turow? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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determine a level of trashiness? Is it subject matter or style that relegates a
book to the garbage heap? And, if these are the criteria, why is commercial
fiction so popular? Is it not commercial fiction – romance, fantasy, mystery,
thrillers – that keep the publishing industry alive? </span></div>
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really angry about the trashy comment. I think I was more annoyed. The good
thing to come out of the other author’s comment was that it led to a wonderful
discussion among the other authors and agents at the table. I will never forget
the agent who sat next to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>She
had remained quiet until the end and then told us about an author who recently
pitched her using the ‘trashy’ comment as a selling point.</span></div>
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Blog Tour: Interview with C David Murphy

Can you
give us a brief overview of your latest book?


A Diary's House is based in the mountains of North
Carolina just after the Civil War. It relates the life of a young boy (Landon
Hampshire) growing up in his youth and trying to become a young man. The diary
he discovers reveals the secrets of a world nearly forty years before. Through
this diary he becomes more than a witness on the generations of life, the
bounty of love, what true love really means, and the rekindling of lost love –
but he finds himself living within its boundaries as his own life unfolds. The
diary is of a young woman who lived during the times of the Trail of Tears, how
she fell in love with a young Cherokee boy, the troubles and trials that this
would present, and the endurance of love throughout all times. It turns into a sweeping romance that transcends time and place. It’s more
than a boy's journey into manhood, but the mysteries of so many lives
unknowingly intertwined, now brought together in a climatic ending; all from
the engrossing world embedded in a forgotten diary; a diary of a woman.




Did you
try the traditional route to publishing, i.e. querying agents/publishers?

This novel has been through quite a journey. From its
earliest inceptions nearly a decade ago tills, its final evolution and the eventual
novel it has become. During my initial querying agents and publishers, I did
receive interest from multiple sources. I decided to keep the story back for
such a long time, making what I felt were necessary adjustments and waiting
until I felt the right moment would come for me to enter it into the ‘Indie’
world. Which I believe the time is now…




Do you
belong to a critique group? Have they helped improve your writing?

I’ve been in a loose-fit of local groups from time to time
here in Charlotte NC. But I have always felt like a writer’s journey can be
quite an individualistic travel. The stories I write are unique unto
themselves, diverse, with a narrative just as unique. If a reader finds the
scope of the novel plausible, they will read on. If they enter into several
chapters and discover the book viable, then the novel probably will get a full
read. A Diary’s House is immersed in
the complexity of its storylines, the diverse nature to its culture, the
intricate backdrop; the times and nuances of that age, and the lore and legends
which make this location such a special place. Being set in the mountains of NC
was the perfect place for such a novel’s setting.




What
factors influenced your decision to self-publish to Amazon?

The biggest factor is that there is now a concrete avenue
for writers under the ‘Indie’ autonomy which gives the writers the necessary
freedom to ‘test’ their works in the open market. Before you had to wait weeks,
if not months for publishers to go through the ‘snail-process’ of accepting or
rejecting your work. If, after you are successful in this venue, then you are
looking at months, perhaps years before your work is exposed to the general
public. There are also greater bounds for success in the ‘Indie’ process,
though the arena might be convoluted with a vast array of entries for the
readers to choose from. The reader now has the freedom to choose what they like
and what they want to read.




What is
your writing process?

I begin with a captive sentence; something that could appeal
to the general reader. A Diary’s House
started with the simple phrase of ‘a woman in the diary’. From there grew the
antidote of the principal relations between a grandmother and her grandson.
Their story only deepens the mood of this story; the ties are far-reaching, and
the story will go in directions the reader will not suspect. But in the end,
the relevance of its truth regarding ‘true, essential love’ will reward the reader
with its unforgettable ending. The emotional impact, I feel, is riveting and
profound to the reader.




Do you
outline your story or just go where your muse takes you.

Both – sometimes one takes principal importance over the
other. Character pre-development, storyline invention, scene sketching all form
and weave the novel into the comprehensive story that it becomes. If I were to
have a concrete methodology upfront, and all the development has to be
established before writing a word, then I might find myself with an itch I
can’t scratch. Many times the characters will dictate the tale and scope, and
the ultimate direction the work will take. I have to be genuine to the lives I
write about, and the reader has to know the sense and sensibility on the
genuine nature of each character. It binds ‘viability’ to the story.




Did you
hire an editor to review your manuscript before publishing?

The publisher and I bounced back and forth on the editing
collaboration before the publication date.




What have
you’ve learned during your self-publishing journey?

There are more avenues for self-publishing than there used
to be. Just a few years ago there was virtually nothing out there for the
self-published works. Now there are so many to choose from, the writer should
be cautious on who carries the ‘rights’ to their works. The biggest thing is to
be realistic about your expectations (on your genre for the work and your
writing skills), and to persevere through all obstacles which might present
themselves during the process. It’s not enough to desire ‘self-fulfillment’
simply because you have written a work you have pride in. It’s important for
each writer to learn the market place and to fully understand their rights as
the creator of intellectual properties.




Besides
Amazon, are there any other sites where your books are for sale?

A Diary’s
House is on a multitude of sites. www.Smashwords.com , www.Kobo.com , www.barnesandnoble.com , Google
Ebooks, Indigo, Abebooks, Alibris, Indiebound, Half, Audible, Ibookstore to
name a few. I would suggest googling A
Diary’s House.




What kinds
of marketing [twitter, facebook, blog, forums] are you involved with for
promoting your book(s)?

It’s funny… I’m not the most savvy when it comes to this.
But I do have a twitter account www.twitter.com/cdavidmurphy
; www.facebook.com/cdavidmurphy
; my website www.cdavidmurphy.com  for more info about me, reviews, my ‘Language from the Heart’ blog series
and also ‘Landon’s Journal’ series
as well as my dedication to my son – Landon Murphy. Check back often as more
will be posted on a very regular basis. I also post sample chapters of my works
on www.fictionpress.com ; www.scribd.com ; www.goodreads.com .




Do you
find it difficult to juggle your time between marketing your current book and
writing your next book?

My publisher Digital Publishing Expert has been very, very
helpful. Marlene Diaz has been super through this whole process. I am greatly
indebted to her. But still it takes time to write the blogs, keep up with
postings, look at reviews and comments and responding in kind.




What
advice would you give a new author just entering into the self-publishing
arena?

Be wise – quickly. Understand you can have the greatest
novel ever written, but without adequate exposure as an unknown author, you are
fighting an uphill battle. Being good in your craft doesn’t necessarily mean
you will obtain the success you desire upfront. But knowing yourself and being
dedicated to your passions for writing always gives you greater opportunities
down the road. There is a certain aspect of catching ‘lightening in a bottle’,
but also perseverance will increase your chances and then ‘destiny’ might well
find you. My next novel fits just in this category. The reviews I have received
for it have been extremely encouraging - all the way to the point that it is
right in Oprah’s wheelhouse and that she should take a good hard read on it.
But still it is an unknown work. You have to believe in what you write, but
also have a discerning eye so that your writing skills progress and get better
over time. 




Besides
writing, do you have any other passions?

I love the outdoors - and growing up in the mountains of NC
means that it’s always in your blood. I love the beauty and majestic nature of
this world and I find great adventure (as Landon Hampshire does) in exploring
every nook and cranny I can discover. Sports, music, Church activities are all
key to me.




What’s
next for you?

Well, the next novel ‘When Tomorrow Never Comes’ is complete
– just a few tweaks here and there. It is a family drama with real and viable
circumstances. The compelling nature of this story tests the very will of the
‘James’ family in ways they could never have imagined before actually falling
into a tragic world of survival. It’s an American family tale which should
resonate with a large audience base. You discover how lives can change and
alter in ways that are very, very unscripted. It’s based on a true story – a
relationship novel with many layers.




Another novel now in its final
edits ‘The Chronicles of Good and Evil –
Dracula’s Lair/The Darkest Tower’ is the beginning of a series of books. It
is the galactic struggle for humanity. A Christian fictional novel – its
composition turns visionary and will provoke the debate on how humanity should
travel and how the age-old war between good and evil is truly universal. Timing
placed aside, it is a story which will resonate into today’s world – very much
so. I wanted to create a form of Christian ‘superhero’s’, if you will, a legion
of angels. I believe it is a provocative tale which delves into the real life
and times of Dracula, the true battles of Satan and God, and how the attrition
war for humanity still greatly affects us today. I am truly excited about this
novel. 

Interview with Annie Rachel Cole

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Atlantis</i>, sixteen-year-old Raven Weir has a somewhat normal life until she
receives a mysterious necklace everyone is willing to kill her to get because
it contains the key codes to Atlantis. Now she finds she’s the only one
standing between Atlantis and those who want to use the power hidden there to
take over the world. And Zeus is at the head of that line. On top of worrying
about social acceptance at school, Raven has to get control of her growing
powers before she harms someone, deal with the alpha Hellhound at school who is
attracted to her while members of his pack are trying to kill her, and come to
terms with the fact she’s adopted and her biological parents are Medusa and
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collection of short ghost stories, <i>No Rest for the Spirit and Other Ghostly
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agents with little to no luck. I’ve gotten a few requests for partials and a
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your decision to self-publish to Amazon?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The numerous rejections
are one of the things that pushed me toward self-publication. You can only hear
“It’s a good story, but…” so many times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 
</span>A few months ago, I literally stumbled across Joe Konrath’s blog, A
Newbie’s Guide to Publishing. As a result of these events, I made the decision
to become an Indie Author and take control of my own writing career.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve learned there are
people who will cheer for you and then there are those who will try to cut you
down. You have to have a tough skin and be optimistic. Book sells aren’t going
to immediately happen. You have to build your audience base and that takes time
and a lot of hard work. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Guardian of Atlantis is
available in ebook and paperback at Barnes and Noble and in paperback at the
CreateSpace estore. My newest book, <i>No Rest for the Spirit and Other Ghostly
Tales</i> is also available in ebook at Barnes and Noble and in paperback at the
CreateSpace estore.</span></div>
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[twitter, facebook, blog, forums] are you involved with for promoting your
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I also have an author’s
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to juggle your time between marketing your current book and writing your next
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writing time with my day job as a public school teacher. Now that I’ve thrown
in marketing, it will be an interesting mix. I know it will be a challenge to
balance everything, but then things worth doing tend to be difficult. If it’s
easy, why do it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t give up on your
dream. Study your craft. Start a blog and write to begin building an audience.
And remember, as much as you enjoy the creative process of writing, publishing
what you write is a job.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m writing the second
novel in the Children of Atlantis series. The story picks up just a few weeks
after <b>Guardian of Atlantis</b> ends. My goal is to have this book out around
the beginning of the new year, and I have an idea for the third book. I’m also
working on outlining a trilogy called Fire and Ice. The outline for the first
book is almost complete. This trilogy is about a girl who discovers who and
what she really is as she learns the truth about fairytales and the Fae. I also
have an outline ready for a book about a boy and the problems he has with
zombies when one of his ideas goes from bad to really bad. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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Review: BECOMING CLEMENTINE by Jennifer Niven

5 of 5 stars



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opening pages when 21-year-old Velma Jean Hart is piloting a B-17 bomber across
the Atlantic Ocean, I was intrigued with this character. In 1944 she was only
the second woman to have accomplished this feat. Velma is a member of the Women
Air Force Pilots (WASP) and nothing is more challenging for her than flying a
plane. When she volunteers to co-pilot an allied mission to drop agents in
France, she has no idea that it will change her life forever. The plane is shot
down in the French countryside and Velma must learn to survive while eluding
capture by the Germans who are scouring the area for survivors. With the 5
agents who parachuted before the plane crashed, Velma makes her way to Paris
where she takes up her alias as Clementine Roux. She works with the Resistance
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despite overwhelming odds. Scene after scene will keep you glued to the story
especially the chapters dealing with the brutal prison. Will Clementine crack
under interrogation by the German commandant? Is she still trying to collect
intel on the enigmatic spy known only as "Swan" who is also in German
custody even when her own life is in jeopardy. The storyline is riveting, and
though it is not a true story, it could very well be one. That's how realistic
and compelling Velma/Clementine's story is. There were so many courageous and
dedicated people trying to defeat the Germans during World War II. This is just
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A Diary's House: Where True Love Endures
A Diary’s House is about adventure, lost love, and the hope that dreams, even those in the final years of life, can at last prevail. It is of a young boy’s attempt to become a man, the once-lost secrets of a diary, a sweeping romance which transcends time and place. It is more than a boy’s journey into manhood, but the mysteries of so many lives unknowingly intertwined, now brought together in a climatic ending; all from the engrossing world embedded in a forgotten diary; a diary of a woman.

Born in the vast and looming mountains of North Carolina during the 1870’s, Landon Hampshire always remembered the folklore and legendary tales his father told him during his early childhood; about the people of the Kituhwa (Cherokee) and the birth of this tribal nation – an enchanting story he could never forget.



Incorporating the aid of an eccentric old French trapper (old man Montague), Landon and his friends set out on an adventure, their initial intention is to discover treasure and become men. But what Landon will eventually come to discover is more than he ever bargained for.

Landon didn't realize his boyhood adventure would yield the incredible journey he ultimately experiences - going down the mysterious and mystical Randola River. At the base of the river is an island even more mysterious than the Randola itself.

The island releases many of its mysterious, yet even many more are created when Landon discovers, on the island, a diary of a young woman who lived forty years prior during the 1830’s (Trail of Tears).



The diary entries are hopeful, though haunting. It reveals, in intimate detail, the life and dreams of this very special young girl who is turning into a woman of beauty and adventure, her love for a Cherokee boy, and the trials she will ultimately face. Her story unfolds through the reading of her diary, and Landon suddenly finds himself caught up in a sweeping, empowering world of re-invention and ultimate redemption.





C. David Murphy

I am a writer; first and foremost. Anyone who reads my works will instantly know this. I have found no greater joy on this earth than to be close to God and nature; exploring the serenity of landscapes, waterfalls, epic mountains, meadows and grasslands. To sit on those spots of earth and write to where my imagination will take me yields a tremendous amount of peace and serenity.. To create characters with true and genuine emotions, feel their heartbeat thru every word I write; their trails, their hopes and ambitions; to breathe life into their eyes and see their soul become one with me and the reader is absolutely amazing. I simply love to create on that venue and canvas; to affect change in the lives of others. It is my hope, when someone picks up my stories and reads the full weight of them, that somehow I have affected change in their lives, brought them to places they could never have imagined before, and moved them to believe in humanity again – to go out into the world and create ‘goodwill towards all’.



The Diary’s House is C David Murphy’s first digitally published novel. He is also the author of two Shakespearean-style genre plays In the Years of the Ages and Hildengrass. He is currently finalizing his next novel, When Tomorrow Never Comes and The Chronicles of Good and Evil – Dracula’s Lair / The Darkest Tower, both due out later this year. Also, the sequel to A Diary’s House is in the works – The Long Journey Home due out the first part of 2013.

 



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Review: ANGELFALL by Susan Ee

5 of 5 stars


ANGELFALL is a YA post-apocalyptic story featuring Penryn, a 17-year-old girl, who finds herself the head of her own fractured family. Her mother is schizophrenic and her little sister is crippled. The world has been attacked by avenging angels and lies in ruins. Human gangs roam the streets claiming territory and food in this brutal dog-eat-dog  world. While trying to move her family to a safer location, Penryn finds herself in the middle of an angel battle and witnesses a brutal attack on the angel, Raffe. While she tries to help the injured angel, her sister is kidnapped by the rival angel. This sets Penryn on a path where she and Raffe become unwilling partners. Both want something and they can only achieve it if they work together.



I don't usually read YA books, but I read this book in 2 sittings and couldn't read it fast enough. The author does such a fantastic job of pulling the reader into Penryn's thoughts, her fears and her driving motivations. The cast of characters are nicely fleshed-out and a wonderful addition to this unique storyline.  I'll add my vote to the hundreds of other readers who thought this was one of the best books they're read in awhile. Highly Recommended.

The Autumnal Equinox

The word
equinox comes from the Latin words for "equal night." The fall and
spring equinoxes are the only days of the year in which the Sun crosses the
celestial equator.



An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the
tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the
center of the Sun being in the same plane as the Earth's equator. The term
equinox can also be used in a broader sense, meaning the date when such a
passage happens. The name "equinox" is derived from the Latin aequus
(equal) and nox (night), because around the equinox, the night and day have
approximately equal length.




It is the
date at which sunset and sunrise are exactly 12 hours apart (known as the
equilux.) Because times of sunset and sunrise vary with an observer's
geographic location (longitude and latitude), the equilux likewise depends on
location and does not exist for locations sufficiently close to the Equator.
The equinox, however, is a precise moment in time which is common to all
observers on Earth.

New #VAMPIRE Release: THE SILVER CROSS

Want to sink your teeth into a new vampire story? Why not give THE SILVER CROSS, Book 1 in the "Vampire Nightlife" series a try?









Book Blurb:

There are two things Boston detective Lacey Gardner knows about killing vampires. Slicing off a head or a hit directly to the heart are the only surefire ways to kill one. Silver is their Achilles heel. A vampire never wears silver.



When she meets bartender extraordinaire, Damon Harte, her heart does a quickstep for the dark hunky guy. She's learned the hard way that having a love interest in her line of work can be heart-wrenching. She's kept to herself for years, but something about Damon captivates her and draws her to him. When she learns Damon's devastating secret, she knows what she has to do: kill the man who has stolen her heart.



Buy links:



BN: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-silver-cross-debra-l-martin/1112922521

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/237353
 

Coming soon to the ibookstore and Kobo books.



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Spotlight: BENDING THE BOYNE by J.S. Dunn

A novel of ancient Ireland




Book Blurb:

Circa
2200 BCE: Changes rocking the Continent reach Eire with the dawning
Bronze Age. Well before any Celts, marauders invade the island seeking
copper and gold. The young astronomer Boann and the enigmatic Cian need
all their wits and courage to save their people and their great Boyne
mounds, when long bronze knives challenge the peaceful native
starwatchers. Banished to far coasts, Cian discovers how to outwit the
invaders at their own game. Tensions on Eire between new and old
cultures and between Boann, Elcmar, and her son Aengus, ultimately
explode. What emerges from the rubble of battle are the legends of
Ireland’s beginnings in a totally new light.



Larger than myth, this tale echoes with medieval texts, and cult heroes
modern and ancient. By the final temporal twist, factual prehistory is
bending into images of leprechauns who guard Eire’s gold for eternity.
As ever, the victors will spin the myths.



This story appeals to fans of solid historical fiction, myth and fantasy, archaeo-astronomy, and Bronze Age Europe.







Audio trailer: http://soundcloud.com/brick-shop/bending-the-boyne-audiobook-1

 

Author website: http://www.jsdunnbooks.com/





Buy Links:



BN: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bending-the-boyne-j-s-dunn/1102828874





Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Bending-The-Boyne/book-Y7fMrFdU50-YzOaFDQqkDQ/page1.html?s=MwoiUng-NEKqzJS8q9U4ZA&r=1



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