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June 5, 2011
Tour Kickoff and Giveaway Love Bleeds by Maggie James
Book Blurb:
There's no such thing as vampires…
Straight-laced Katarina Renót is well educated, logical and doesn't believe vampires truly exist. But when a well deserved holiday in Europe turns into a torrid game of cat and mouse with a handsome stranger and her best friend is exhibiting signs of being allergic to daylight-Kat doesn't think her life can get any stranger.
Every man has a weakness…Even an immortal…
Joseph Markus is an arrogant, wealthy entrepreneur who spends his free time as the raspy lead singer for the rock band "Slang" and seducing beautiful women. After decades of mourning the tragic death of the only woman he ever loved, vying to save his best friend from an unrelenting death wish- now he is accused of being a murderer.
An undeniable twist of fate…
Kat learns her Prince Charming is actually the "Prince of Darkness" and though she can't resist falling for this sultry vampire, she still lives in denial. But when the lines are drawn, and Kat finds herself caught in the middle of a deadly plot for revenge she has only one choice--trust the seductive vampire who has captured her heart.
Despite his own arrogance, Joe finds himself inexplicably drawn to Kat. Her stubborn will to resist his seductive charms coupled with her endearing naiveté prove to be more than he bargained for and Joe soon realizes he is in way over his head.
But will love be enough to save their immortal souls from the grips of a twisted obsession?
Amazon book listing: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QWZ850
Amazon U.K book listing: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004QWZ850
Barnes & Noble listing: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Love-Bleeds/Maggie-James/e/2940012187390
Smashwords listing: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/45777
Join Maggie during her tour stops for several chances to win print copies of Love Bleeds
June 6 Tour Kick Off and Giveaway
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June 6 Review
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June 7 Guest Post Getting Naughty Between the Stacks
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June 7 Review
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June 7 interview and review All Things Books
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June 8 Guest Blog at Jagged Edge
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June 9 review
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June 9 review
http://donnasbloghome.blogspot.com/
June 9 Interview at Romanceradio.net
June 9th and 10th
The Plot Character Post
http://theplotline.wordpress.com
June 10 Reader Girls
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June 10 Interview and Giveaway Vampire Romance Bookshttp://www.vampireromancebooks.com/
June 13 Tour Finale Guest Post and sexy excerpt
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June 4, 2011
Coming Soon Night Walker by Lisa Kessler
Lisa Kessler's Night Walker will soon be available for pre-order at Amazon, hopefully by the end of the week.Reviewers will soon be able to grab an ecopy for review at NetGalley.
If you'd like to have Lisa as a guest at your site I am working on an Entangled launch blog tour for her (and my other Entangled authors Aubrie Dionne and Boone Brux) for August 1- 15.
Please contact me if you'd like to host one or all of them at your site. We can do a group blog with all 3 - or schedule each one for a different day.
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NIGHT WALKER BLURB:
He gave up his soul for a second chance to love her...
Two and a half centuries ago, Calisto Terana lost everything when a zealous priest murdered the woman he loved. Now, desperate for another chance to love her, he wants redemption for the mistake that cost her life.
She's haunted by dreams of her own death...
After catching her fiance with another woman, Kate Bradley returns to San Diego to clear her head. The last thing she needs is romance, but after meeting Calisto she's drawn to him in ways she doesn't understand.
They've waited in the shadows for centuries...
Calisto has no doubt Kate is the reincarnation of his lost love, but the Fraternidad Del Fuego Santo has a new watcher with dark ambitions of his own. As old enemies reemerge and a new threat arises, the betrayal that enslaved Calisto to the night might destroy the only woman he's ever loved again.
Entangled Publishing officially launches on August 5, 2011
After that new releases will come out on the first Tuesday or every month.
June 3, 2011
Now on Tour Jennifer Turner with an Eternal Hearts Giveaway
June 1 - Bitten By Books (Release Party)
June 2 - Rarely Dusty Books (Interview & Giveaway)
June 6 - Books Of Secrets (Interview & Giveaway)
June 7 - Good Choice Reading (Interview & Giveaway)
June 8 - The Book Nympho (Interview & Giveaway)
June 4 Giveaway Fang-tastic Books
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June 5 Sexy Excerpt and Giveaway at Roxanne's Realm
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June 6 guest post
www.thewriteathomemom.blogspot.com
June 6 Interview
http://secretsofabooklover.blogspot.com
June 8 Interview
Getting Naughty Between the Stacks
June 8 ParaYourNormal Blog Talk Radio Show
Wednesday at 3:30 pm PST , 6:30 EST
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June 9th review Eternal Seduction
Sweet Vernal Zephyr Book Reviewshttp://sweetvernalzephyr.blogspot.comJune 9 Review of both books
http://booklovershideaway.blogspot.com
June 13 Interview and Review
http://adventuresofthecautionarytale.blogspot.com/
June 14 and 15 Reviews of each book
June 17 Interview and Review My Need to Read
June 18 Interview at Authors By Authors
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June 20th and 21st
The Plot Character Post
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June 27 Romancing the Darkside Interview and Review
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June 28 A Chick Who Reads review and interview
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July 1 Interview and Review
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Monday July 18 11 am
Live Radio Interview Blog Talk Radio
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Book Description:
Toni Tutoro just wants to go home. Banned from Chicago's vampiric society after cutting a swath of violence through the city, she must now successfully complete an investigation for the Lord of Chicago to regain the right to live in her hometown again.
To ensure Toni's safety during her probationary period, Drake Black, a feared assassin, is secretly contracted to protect her. Even with direct orders to keep his relationship professional, and his own personal vow to never get involved with a female vampire again, Drake finds himself drawn to Toni in ways he can't explain. But unbeknownst to him, he's tied to one of the people who drove Toni to her night of destruction.
Drake's legendary heritage holds the key to Toni's survival and success, but will she be able to forgive his connection to the brutal night that robbed her of those she loved most? Will Drake be able to forget the betrayals in his past and risk taking one more chance? But most of all, can they find a way to reach each other in the darkness?
Author Bio:
Jennifer Turner lives in Bowling Green, Ohio, with her husband, twelve year old daughter and two cats. She regularly claims one of the aforementioned takes far more work than the others to maintain – but she won't share which one. She's the middle child between two brothers, and the favorite child of her parents. Of course, that's always subject to opinion. Jennifer began her writing career as a self-published romance author, but is now represented by Robert Gottlieb, Chairman of Trident Media Group.
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Giveaway Time!
Jennifer is giving away 1 paperbook copy and 1 ebook copy of Eternal Hearts
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Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance Giveaway
Today has officially been declared Cassie Palmer day at Fang-tastic Books.
So I have a Hunt the Moon giveaway!
That's right you can grab a copy of Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance.
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Product DescriptionCassandra Palmer recently defeated a god, which you'd think would buy a girl a little time off. But it doesn't work that way when your job description is Pythia-the world's chief clairvoyant. Cassie is busier than ever, trying to learn about her power, preparing for her upcoming coronation, and figuring out her relationship with the enigmatic sexy master vampire, Mircea.
But someone doesn't want Cassie to become Pythia, and is willing to go to any lengths to make sure the coronation ceremony never happens- including attacking her mother before Cassie is even born.
June 2, 2011
Review of the Cassie Palmer Books by Karen Chance
I think I suffered from the most intense case of book crack addiction ever.
Every night I would e4ad and read, I would look at the clock (creeping towards 1 am then 2 am) and keep telling myself "just one more chapter then I'll go to bed" And of course one more chapter turned into three of four.
It is great to be able to jump into a series with several books already available. The only bad part is that once you finish that final (available) book you go into serious withdrawals.
I've been completely immersed in this series and now it's back to reality with no more Cassie, Mircea or Pritkin. No more Marco, who I have come to appreciate as well. I need a Cassie/Mircea/Pritkin fix already.
When is the next book coming out?
This series is fabulous. Cassie is fantastic as the accidental heroine. She's not a vicious bad ass but she's kick ass in her own way and she really comes into her own as the series progresses. In book 5, Hunt the Moon- wow you'll never guess what happens - so much is finally revealed it's awesome.
But I get ahead of myself.
The Cassie Palmer series has everything yo could ant in a good urban fantasy series- those pesky family skeletons in the closet- all those secrets that add up to making the heroine the power freak of nature and her life the mess that it is.
Then there's all the mysteries surrounding other characters- who and what they really are, how it all plays into making Cassie's life "interesting".
And of course there's romance, even a bit of a love triangle- and it's so hard to choose a side with this one because both men are smokin hot and interesting in their own unique ways. And thanks to the love triangle we get plenty of emotion and several sexy hot scenes that smolder.
The adrenaline junkies will enjoy the numerous action scenes (there's a lot because someone is always trying to kill Cassie)- and history and mythology buffs will get a taste of mythical creatures, gods and goddesses coming to life in these books.
I honestly couldn't ask for more. Vampires, mages, witches, and mythical creatures- combined with action, romance and a tad but of mystery and mayhem.
Yeah it's a fabulous series not to be missed. I just can't believe it took me this long to read these books- but now that I have I am seriously addicted.
.5Book Description from back jacket:
Cassandra Palmer can see the future and communicate with spirits-talents that make her attractive to the dead and the undead. The ghosts of the dead aren't usually dangerous; they just like to talk...a lot. The undead are another matter.
Like any sensible girl, Cassie tries to avoid vampires. But when the bloodsucking Mafioso she escaped three years ago finds Cassie again with vengeance on his mind, she's forced to turn to the vampire Senate for protection. The undead senators won't help her for nothing, and Cassie finds herself working with one of their most powerful members, a dangerously seductive master vampire-and the price he demands may be more than Cassie is willing to pay...
To read a sample chapter from Touch the Dark, please click here.
My Review:
The first book is the hardest to get through because we get thrown into Cassie's life, not where it all started, but where the crazy gets going and people start trying to kill her. This leads to a bit of confusion while reading and some amounts of info dumps that catch us up on the backstory but sometimes detract from the story going on now.
Keep reading- do not less this distract you because I guarantee once you get past it the reading becomes smoother and the story just keeps getting better.
I was immediately sucked into Cassie's world. I honestly couldn't put the book down. I kept reading becoming absorbed by poor Cassie's plight and the ever growing cast of unique characters.
It's worth reading- especially once you get to book 2.
From the book jacket
for Claimed by Shadow:
A recent legacy made Cassandra Palmer heir to the title of Pythia, the world's chief clairvoyant. It's a position that usually comes with years of training, but Cassie's circumstances are a little...unusual. Now she's stuck with a whopping amount of power that every vamp, fey, and mage in town wants to either monopolize or eradicate-and that she herself doesn't dare use.
What's more, she's just discovered that a certain arrogant master vampire has a geis on her-a magical claim that warns off any would-be suitors, and might also explain the rather ... intense attraction between them. But Cassie's had it with being jerked around, and anyone who tries it from now on is going to find out that she makes a very bad enemy...
To read sample chapters from Claimed by Shadow, please click here.
My Review:
Faster moving and not as confusing as book one- this one is all about Cassie coming into her own, trying to untangle the mess her life has become - deal with being or not being the Pythia all while trying to break the power hold gone wrong that Mircea put on her.
A trip to Fairy helps seal the deal on one thing and takes the sting away from the geis for a little while but it doesn't solve any problems. In fact it may just add to everything.
Book 2 put me in a choke hold and said "you will read this and enjoy it" and I did.
From the book jacket
for Embrace the Night:
Recently named the world's chief clairvoyant, Cassandra Palmer still has a thorn in her side. As long as Cassie and a certain master vampire—the sizzling-hot Mircea—are magically bound to each other, her life will never be her own …
The spell that binds them can only be broken with an incantation found in the Codex Merlini, an ancient grimoire. The Codex's location has been lost in the present day, so Cassie will have to seek it out in the only place it can still be found—the past.
But Cassie soon realizes the Codex has been lost for a reason. The book is rumored to contain some seriously dangerous spells, and retrieving it may help Cassie to deal with Mircea, but it could also endanger the world…
To read sample chapters from Embrace the Night, please click here.
My review:
Best book so far. Intense, sexy and thrilling- this is what I'd been waiting for- Revelations, sexy encounters, action upon action leading to more character and story development.
Pritkin and Mircea along with the minor characters in the books make for fun reading, you'll be entertained and mesmerized.
From the book jacket
for Curse the Dawn:
Cassandra Palmer may be the all-powerful Pythia now, but that doesn't mean people have stopped trying to kill her. Most of the supernatural power players don't want the independent minded Cassie as chief clairvoyant—and they'll stop at nothing to see her six feet under.
The Vampire Senate does support Cassie in her position, but their protection comes with a price: an alliance with the sexy master vampire Mircea, who has claimed Cassie as his own.
But even the vampires will have trouble keeping Cassie alive now that the self-styled god Apollo, the source of the Pythia's power, has it in for her in a big way. To save her life—and the world—Cassie's going to have to face down her creator once and for all.
Click here to read two sample chapters from Curse the Dawn.My Review:
Wow- every book just gets better. I read them faster and faster- each book has more drama and more intensity than the previous one.
This is the book where mythology really starts having a powerful focus because Cassie has an enraged God on her tail and he wants to use her to come back to earth.
How can you defeat a God? Cassie doesn't know but she's sure going to try- it's either that or let the world fall apart while everyone that she knows and loves dies.
From the book jacket
for Hunt the Moon:
Cassandra Palmer recently defeated a god, which you'd think would buy a girl a little time off. But it doesn't work that way when your new job description is Pythia — the world's chief clairvoyant. Cassie is busier than ever, trying to learn about her power, preparing for her upcoming coronation, and figuring out her relationship with the enigmatic sexy master vampire, Mircea.
But someone doesn't want Cassie to become Pythia, and is willing to go to any lengths to make sure the coronation ceremony never happens—including attacking her mother before Cassie is even born.
Click here to read two sample chapters from Hunt the Moon.
My Review:
OMG!
This book is hot and filled with action- and a few steamy encounters.
Poor Cassie never gets a a break. After getting through an ordeal with a God now she has to deal with a bunch of demigods out to kill her.
She's finally ready to become the Pythia, with an official coronation and everything but someone is trying real hard to make sure that never happens.
Mircea is trying to keep her safe but Cassie refuses to be a prisoner in a guilded cage and makes it hard for him to care for her. Pritkin is doing his best to be her bodyguard- when the vampires let him but Cassie has her own mind and wants to do things her way. Which of course, causes trouble.
There is never a dull moment in Cassie's life- which means these books are non-stop reading addiction.
Hunt the Moon is full of revelations and ah ha moments which is what reading a series is all about. And seriously this will not disappoint.
You will keep turning pages until your eyes blur because you simply can not stay awake to read any more. It's book crack at it's best.
Read this series- you will not be disappointed.
June 1, 2011
Now on Tour Katie Salidas Karma and Melodies Giveaway
Join Katie on Tour:
June 2 Guest Post and Giveaway Fang-tastic Books
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June 3 Interview and review with Kay Dee Royal
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June 3 Interview with Allison at Adventures of the Cautionary Tale
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June 7 Guest post Illusions of Intimacy
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June 9 Guest Blog Erotica for All
June 10 Guest Spot Getting Naughty Between the Stacks
June 13 Guest Post, Review, Giveaway at Reader Girls
June 14 Guest spot Mission to Read
June 15 My Book Addiction Review and Interview
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June 16 Interview and Review
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June 17 Interview and Review
The life of a BookAholic
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June 18 Review and Giveaway
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June 20 Guest Post The Write at Home Mom
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June 21 Interview at Jacq Paige's blog
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June 23 and 24
The Plot Character Post
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June 27 12 pm
Live Radio Interview Blog Talk Radio
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karma & melodies
Kendra used to spend her days organizing events for Café Enigma while daydreaming about Marcus, the sexy lead singer of Normal Paradox. But all those dreams of becoming Mrs. Rock Star died, along with her mortality, the moment Hector entered her life and turned her into a vampire.Ten torturous years later, Kendra finally escapes Hector and runs straight into Marcus. (Well, actually, he hit her with his car, but that's beside the point.) The accident leaves Marcus concussed and a few pints too low, forcing Kendra to share her blood to save him.
Sharing her blood doesn't just heal Marcus's wounds; it bonds him to Kendra in a magical "can't live without you" sort of way. Now he's professing his undying love to her, and Kendra's not sure if he's for real or just experiencing the side effects of their new blood bond. Either way, the two of them can't be separated without suffering suicidal levels of depression, and the band needs to hit the road for the rest of their cross-country tour.
Kendra's content to travel with the band and explore her new-found relationship, until whispered threats from her master, Hector, start invading her dreams. He's tracking her down, and she can feel it. She knows the horrors he's capable of, and if he finds out about Marcus, Hector will do everything in his power to destroy him.
If she stays, Marcus is doomed to Hector's wrath. If she goes, the repercussions of their bond might kill Marcus. Both options will break Kendra's heart. If they're truly meant for each other, they'll have to find another way....
Katie Salidas is a Super Woman! Endowed with special powers and abilities, beyond those of mortal women, She can get the munchkin off to gymnastics, cheerleading, Girl Scouts, and swim lessons. She can put hot food on the table for dinner while assisting with homework, baths, and bedtime… And, She still finds the time to keep the hubby happy (nudge nudge wink wink). She can do all of this and still have time to write.
And if you can believe all of those lies, there is some beautiful swamp land in Florida for sale…Katie Salidas resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mother, wife, and author, she does try to do it all, often causing sleep deprivation and many nights passed out at the computer. Writing books is her passion, and she hopes that her passion will bring you hours of entertainment.
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Winner Wednesday A Day Late
anyway here are the winners
angie lilly is the $15 Amazon gift card/code winner
Gemma Rice's winner is Estella 2 Wolves are Better than One winner is kahea
May 31, 2011
Theresa Meyers and The Vampire Who Loved Me Giveaway
The Vampire Who Loved Me
Book #2 in the Sons of Midnight mini-series from Harlequin Nocturne
By Theresa Meyers
ISBN: 0373618603
ISBN13: 978-0373618606
Releases: May 24, 2011
FROM SWORN ENEMIES…
Dr. Rebecca Chamberlin hated nothing more than the vampires who had turned her loved ones into creatures of the night…until she became one herself. Now her experimental vaccine has become more urgent than ever, and has made her the target of vampire security chief Achilles Stefanos.
TO FORBIDDEN LOVERS.
Built like a god with golden hair and an irresistible allure, Achilles made her feel passion the way no mortal man had before. Beck could no more deny her craving for him than she could the hated bloodlust in her veins. But when her vaccine fell into the wrong hands, Beck has a difficult choice to make—one that challenged everything she'd always believed…..
Dark and dangerous, the Sons of Midnight are a temptation that few can resist!
Visit Theresa on tour for chances to win prizes and signed copies of The Vampire Who Loved Me
May 30 Supernatural Sisters
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June 1 Guest Post and Giveaway- tour kickoff
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June 1 Teaser and review
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June 2 Guest Post and Review
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June 3 Guest Post
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June 6 Teaser Post
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June 7 Interview at Caridad Pineiro's Blog
June 7 Guest Blog
June 10 Guest Blog at The Write at Home Mom
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June 13 Review
Review by Kiki Howell June 15
June 16th Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews:
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June 17
Much Cheaper Than Therapy
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June 17 Guest Post
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June 20 Interview and Giveaway VampChix
June 20 Review
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June 21 A Chick Who Reads Guest Post and Review
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June 23 Review
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June 27 Interview, Review, Giveaway Paranormal Opinion
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June 28 Interview and Review
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