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February 13, 2013

Valentines Day Spirit Guide Giveaway

Happy Valentine's Day! 

We are giving away She Smells the Dead, Spirit Storm, Legend of Witchtrot Road, and Brush with Death, the first four books in the Spirit Guide young adult paranormal romance series by E.J. Stevens.

Winner will receive ebook copies of all four books in choice of Kindle or PDF format.  This giveaway is INTERNATIONAL.  Giveaway ends at 12 AM February 28, 2013.

Valentine's Day Spirit Guide Giveaway
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Published on February 13, 2013 21:01

February 9, 2013

Shadow Sight Book Birthday Giveaway Winners

Congratulations Michelle C., Holly B., Ricki M., Cecilia H., Viki S., and Kelly F. winners of our Shadow Sight Book Birthday Giveaway .  Winners will receive ebook copies of Shadow Sight , the first novel in the bestselling Ivy Granger urban fantasy series by E.J. Stevens.


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Published on February 09, 2013 07:20

February 7, 2013

Kiss of the Butterfly Giveaway Winners

Congratulations Kristina D. and Mark A. winners of our Kiss of the Butterfly Giveaway .  Kristina and Mark will both receive ebook copies of Kiss of the Butterfly by James Lyon.


Thank you to all who entered!

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Published on February 07, 2013 07:49

February 5, 2013

Q+A with Victoria Scott (The Collector)

Please welcome today's paranormal guest author Victoria Scott.  Victoria is the author of The Collector .

EJ:  When did you begin writing?

Victoria:
  I began writing about two years and a half years ago. It's been an amazing journey!

EJ:  What brought you to the paranormal genre?

Victoria: 
I adore paranormal because it skyrockets romance to a galactic level. Emotions are stronger, lust burns brighter, and the risks of getting involved are more dangerous.

EJ:  If you could be any paranormal or have any one supernatural talent, what would it be? Why?

Victoria:
  Oh, I'd totally have leathery, black wings that unfurled when I was angry. How kick ass would that be?

EJ:  Tell us why readers will enjoy your new release.

Victoria:
  I think readers will enjoy THE COLLECTOR because Dante Walker is a different kind of a hero. He's the one telling the story, and he's a scandalous kinda' guy. I always wanted to write a story where the main character was...well...bad.

EJ:  If your book(s) were being made into a movie, who would you cast for the leading roles? Why?

Victoria:
  I'd cast Zac Efron as Dante because he's a great actor who certainly has the looks, and Emma Watson because she could play a fabulously cute nerd.























The Collector (Dante Walker #1) by Victoria Scott.

He makes good girls...bad. 

Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence has made him one of hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple, weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big, red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag. 

Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante’s an equal opportunity collector and doesn’t want it any other way. But he’ll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment: 

Collect Charlie Cooper’s soul within 10 days. 

Dante doesn’t know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that’s a permanent ticket out of hell. But after Dante meets the quirky, Nerd Alert chick he’s come to collect—he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector, and uncover emotions deeply buried.

April 2013

Thank you Victoria for joining us here today at From the Shadows!

To learn more about Victoria Scott and her books, please visit her website.
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Published on February 05, 2013 21:01

February 4, 2013

Cover Reveal: Destiny Gift by Juliana Haygert

Time for a cover reveal!  Feast your eyes on the cover for Destiny Gift by Juliana Haygert.






















Destiny Gift (Everlast #1) by Juliana Haygert.

Thirty years in the future, a sinister New York City exists in permanent darkness. 

A student at the secured NYU, nineteen-year-old Nadine has visions of Victor Gianni, an imaginary guy she has real feelings for. Afraid of being truly insane, she explains the visions away as simple daydreams, but she can no longer deny them when she bumps into Victor in real life. But this Victor doesn’t know her, and turns her away. After the encounter, Nadine’s visions change to those of eerie fates, gods she’s never heard of, demons with sharp claws they are not too timid to use … and instructions. 

To discover if she’s losing her mind, Nadine follows the vague directions—with the real, rude and reluctant Victor—leading to a man who knows it all: Nadine can restore an ancient creed by unveiling the clues on her visions, and bring sunlight and peace to the world again. But that’s only if the demons and the other evil forces behind the darkness don’t stop her first.

Destiny Gift available April 2013.

Want a paperback copy of Destiny Gift?  Goodreads is giving away two copies here.
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Published on February 04, 2013 21:01

February 3, 2013

Cover Reveal: Volition by Lee Strauss + Giveaway

Time for a cover reveal!  Feast your eyes on the cover for Volition by Lee Strauss.






















Volition (Perception #2) by Lee Strauss.

Zoe Vanderveen is on the run with her captor turned rescuer, Noah Brody.
 

They're in love.
 

Or at least that’s what he tells her. Her memories have returned but her feelings are dreamlike—thin and fleeting. Her heart can’t be trusted. Just look at what happened with Taylor Blake.
 

Senator Vanderveen’s new team of cyborg agents are in hot pursuit, and a reward for their capture is broadcast nationwide. Record breaking cold and snow hinder their escape. Someone dies helping them.
 

And their fight for survival has only begun.

Volition available April 2013.

Enter to win a $200.00 Amazon, Nook or itunes gift card.
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Published on February 03, 2013 21:01

February 1, 2013

Ghost Light Book Tour

It's here!  Ghost Light tour sign ups are now open!

Ghost Light, the second novel in the bestselling Ivy Granger urban fantasy series, is scheduled to release July 9, 2013.  Active book bloggers can sign up now to participate in their choice of giveaways, ARC reviews, and more.  To join this tour, please use the below link to the Google Docs sign up form.  Please read on for more details. 

Book Tour Sign Up Formhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5LN3NCT0ZUYUMxZHBLVkxFQWwtVUE6MQ

Ghost Light ARCS:  Interested book bloggers can sign up for Ghost Light ARCs (advance reader copies) by using the Google docs form above.  ARCs will be provided by email in both .pdf and .mobi (Kindle) formats.  ARCs will be sent to reviewers by May 14, 2013.

Title: GHOST LIGHT

Series: Ivy Granger #2

Previous books in this series, Shadow Sight (Ivy Granger #1) and Blood and Mistletoe (Ivy Granger #1.5), available upon request.

Author: E.J. Stevens

Imprint: Sacred Oaks Press

On-Sale Date: 07/09/13

ISBN: 9780984247592

Genre:  Urban Fantasy

Tagline:  Ivy Granger, psychic detective, thought she'd seen it all...until now.

Full Description:

Ivy Granger, psychic detective, thought she'd seen it all...until now.

With a vengeful lamia that only she can see on the city streets, reports of specters walking Harborsmouth cemeteries, and an angry mob of faerie clients at her office door, it's bound to be a long night. Add in an offense against the faerie courts and a few foolish bargains and one thing is clear--Ivy Granger is in some seriously deep trouble.

Ivy Granger is back, gathering clues in the darkest shadows of downtown Harborsmouth. With the lives of multiple clients on the line, she's in a race against time. Ivy finally has a lead to the whereabouts of the one person who can help her control her wisp abilities, but will she put the needs of her clients above her own?

If Ivy doesn't find a solution soon, she could wind up a ghost herself.

GHOST LIGHT is the second novel in the bestselling Ivy Granger urban fantasy series by E.J. Stevens.

Cover Reveal:  Worldwide Ghost Light cover reveal to take place February 25, 2013.  Optional rafflecopter cover reveal giveaway.  This giveaway is open to US/CA/UK. 

Prize Pack:  An Ivy Granger "Private Eye" sticker and eye pendant necklace.


Release Day Giveaway:  Optional rafflecopter giveaway available for bloggers who wish to celebrate the release of Ghost Light with a giveaway on their blog.  This giveaway is open worldwide.

Prize Pack:  $15 Amazon Gift Card (or $15 book from The Book Depository), *signed* Ghost Light postcard, and Ghost Light ebook.

Please let me know if you have any difficulties using the Google Docs form or have questions about the series.

**The Ghost Light Book Tour is open to active book bloggers only.  If your blog has been inactive (no blog posts) for more than 3 months and you have reviewed E.J.'s book in the past, please contact E.J. at e.j.stevens.author [at] gmail [dot] com.  Exceptions will be made on a case by case basis.**
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Published on February 01, 2013 10:41

January 29, 2013

Q+A with Dorothy Dreyer (My Sister's Reaper)

Please welcome today's paranormal guest author Dorothy Dreyer.  Dorothy is the author of My Sister's Reaper.

EJ:  When did you begin writing?

Dorothy: 
I've written for as long as I can remember, but I really got serious about it about 4 or 5 years ago.

EJ:  What brought you to the paranormal genre?

Dorothy: 
I love magic. I blame Harry Potter. ;)

EJ:  If you could be any paranormal or have any one supernatural talent, what would it be? Why?

Dorothy:
  Definitely mind control. I have two teens in the house, so you can probably guess why.

EJ:  Tell us why readers will enjoy your new release.

Dorothy:
  My book is filled with magic and mystery and horror and suspense and teenage angst and romance. Oh, and magic.

EJ:  If your book(s) were being made into a movie, who would you cast for the leading roles? Why?

Dorothy:
  I think Kelli Berglund would make a great Zadie. She's the right age, and she's got a dance background, which means she would probably be great in the action scenes.

For Gavin, I would have to say Douglas Booth. Just look him up, you won't question my choice, I promise.






















My Sister's Reaper by Dorothy Dreyer.

Sixteen-year-old Zadie’s first mistake was telling the boy she liked she could bring her dead sister back to life. Her second mistake was actually doing it.
When Zadie accidentally messes with the Reaper’s Rite that should have claimed her sister Mara, things go horribly wrong. Mara isn’t the same anymore—Zadie isn’t even sure she’s completely human, and to top it off, a Reaper is determined to collect Mara’s soul no matter what. Now Zadie must figure out how to defeat her sister’s Reaper, or let Mara die … this time for good.


May 2013

Thank you Dorothy for joining us here today at From the Shadows!

To learn more about Dorothy Dreyer and her books, please visit her website.
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Published on January 29, 2013 21:01

January 23, 2013

Shadow Sight Book Birthday Giveaway

Happy 6-month book birthday Shadow Sight!

Six months ago today, Shadow Sight was published.  To celebrate, I am giving away 6 ebook copies!






















Shadow Sight (Ivy Granger #1) by E.J. Stevens.

Welcome to Harborsmouth, where monsters walk the streets unseen by humans…except those with second sight, like Ivy Granger.
 

Some things are best left unseen...
 

Ivy Granger's second sight is finally giving her life purpose. Ivy and her best friend Jinx may not be raking in the dough, but their psychic detective agency pays the bills--most of the time. Their only worry is the boredom of a slow day and the occasional crazy client--until a demon walks through their door.
 

Demons are never a good sign...
 

A demon attorney representing the water fae? Stranger things have happened. And things are about to get very, very strange as a bloodthirsty nightmare hunts the city of Harborsmouth.
 

There's blood in the water...
 

Kelpies have a reputation for eating humans. Unfortunately, Kelpies are the clients. When an Unseelie faerie this evil stalks the waterways of your city, you have to make hard choices.
 

The lesser of two evils...

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Blood and Mistletoe (Ivy Granger #1.5), and Ivy Granger novella, now available.  Ghost Light (Ivy Granger #2) available July 9, 2013.

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Published on January 23, 2013 21:01

January 22, 2013

Kiss of the Butterfly Giveaway

We are giving away 2 Ebook copies of Kiss of the Butterfly by James Lyon.






















Kiss of the Butterfly by James Lyon.

A mysterious letter starts a university student on a journey into the war-torn lands of rapidly disintegrating Yugoslavia. Naively trusting his enigmatic professor, the student unwittingly descends into a dystopian crucible of decay, destruction, passion, death, romance, lust, immorality, genocide, and forbidden knowledge promising immortality. As the journey grows ever more perilous, he realizes he must confront an ancient evil that has been once again loosed upon the earth: from medieval Bosnia to enlightenment-era Vienna, from the bright beaches of modern-day Southern California to the exotically dark cityscapes of Budapest and Belgrade, and horrors of Bosnia.
 

Vampires have formed an integral part of Balkan folklore for over a thousand years. "Kiss" represents a radical departure from popular vampire legend, based as it is on genuine Balkan folklore from as far back as the 14th century, not on pop culture or fantasy. "Kiss of the Butterfly" offers up the real, horrible creatures that existed long before Dracula and places them within a modern spectrum.
 

Meticulously researched, “Kiss of the Butterfly” weaves together intricate threads from the 15th, 18th and 20th centuries to create a rich phantasmagorical tapestry of allegory and reality. It is about divided loyalties, friendship and betrayal, virtue and innocence lost, obsession and devotion, desire and denial, the thirst for life and hunger for death, rebirth and salvation. “Kiss” blends history and the terrors of the Balkans as it explores dark corners of the soul.
 

“Kiss of the Butterfly” is based on true historical events. In the year of his death, 1476, the Prince of Wallachia -- Vlad III (Dracula) -- committed atrocities under the cloak of medieval Bosnia’s forested mountains, culminating in a bloody massacre in the mining town of Srebrenica. A little over 500 years later, in July 1995, history repeated itself when troops commanded by General Ratko Mladic entered Srebrenica and slaughtered nearly 8,000 people, making it the worst massacre Europe had seen since the Second World War. For most people, the two events seemed unconnected…


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To learn more about Kiss of the Butterfly and author James Lyon, please read our interview with James here at From the Shadows.

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Published on January 22, 2013 21:01