Victoria Simcox's Blog, page 52

Utopian Day

 International crime, kidnapping, and murder intertwine themselves in this novel about three convicted felons who are attempting to change their criminal ways and build something positive out of their lives. Suddenly, James, Laura, and J.T. are pulled back into the world of crime as they are blackmailed into helping to steal 80 million dollars. With no one to trust and the authorities on their trail they must each confront their own beliefs about what is right and wrong, and decide just how far they are willing to go to be free of their past mistakes.

With enough exciting plot twists and turns to keep you engaged to the very last page, Utopian Day delivers an entertaining and action-packed read. C.L. Wells is an indie author who writes paranormal, sci-fi, and crime/adventure thrillers. His latest release is The Testament Stone: A Megyn Keith Paranormal Mystery. This first book in a new series follows a young woman who unexpectedly inherits a pendant with strange powers and uses those powers to try and help solve a murder. To learn more about C.L.’s books and obtain a complementary eBook copy of 'The Seer', book one in the Paranormal Gift series, visit www.fictionwithamission.com.LinksAmazon  https://tinyurl.com/mavsdpu www.fictionwithamission.com.

Until Forever (Women of Prayer Book 1)

 Jessi hung up the phone. That was the fifth time she tried calling home with no answer. She had just started eating lunch when she remembered she had forgotten to call home. It was something she would never forgive herself for.

It wasn't until lunchtime that Jessi remembered to call home. No answer. She tried calling several times while she ate her lunch. Still no answer. She closed her eyes and rested her arms and head on her desk. She breathed deeply, wishing she had remembered to call earlier.

Until Forever is a story of a young family that is torn apart by the devastating effects of alcoholism. Can healing take place in a relationship when an unforgivable act is committed? Will Jessi's pain and Mark's guilt keep them apart forever, or will unforeseen circumstances bind them together? Darlene Shortridge is the bestselling author of the contemporary Christian novels: Until Forever, Forever Blessed, Forever Loved, The Letter and The Perfect Gift.
-She is a sought after speaker for women’s ministries, retreats, schools, writer’s groups and can often be found mentoring other authors online as well as through her consulting business.
-Darlene loves to share knowledge (sometimes a little too much) and takes joy from seeing others succeed, whether professionally or personally.
-She is the co-author and co-owner with her husband of 40 Day Publishing and selfpub101.com (an online self-publishing school).
-Darlene enjoys scrapbooking, volunteering at her church, and traveling. She loves to cook for her husband (who loves to eat) and entertaining friends and family.
-Vist her at DarleneShortridge.com as well as your favorite social media site.LinksAmazon  https://tinyurl.com/lv4kfx4Twitter @ShortridgeD

Newfangled (Desires & Decisions Book 1)

 After a rocky start at a new school, Olive hopes she can find a few friends to help win her crusade to survive the most awkward years of her life. Junior high beckons. But when she angers the class bully, her transition into public school is anything but smooth.

Though Olive prays for faith, she feels betrayed by God when things go from bad to worse. Then, when good things finally happen, the mean girls dial their torture up a notch. As Olive battles self-awareness and surging hormones, will she find stability through the promises of Christ?

At home, her father’s work injury causes even more stress to seep into Olive’s life. When suspicion is confirmed as foul play, she must fight even harder to trust in a God that has promised never to leave His children.

Join Olive as she journeys through the gambit of teenagedom. Can she it make it through the semester without losing her faith?Kristin N Spencer Kristin N. Spencer is an American expat living in a 68 square meter flat with her husband and three kids near the Aegean Sea. When she isn’t wifing, mothering, counseling, discipling, or writing, she enjoys photography, blogging, sewing cosplay costumes for her family, baking, and hanging out with other geeks. Kristin studied Comparative World Literature at California State University, Long Beach and received a Bachelors, which she fondly calls a degree in reading. She writes whatever she wants, including Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy. Her favorite person is Jesus and her favorite X-men character is Jean Grey. She does not like clones, robots, or clowns.  Amazon https://tinyurl.com/ksbbhw8  Twitter @sincerely_kris

The Guardian

John a young man from Detroit realizes he has a special bond with a vampire, which gives him special abilities and makes both of them a target; the ancients will stop at nothing to destroy him and his relationship with this unbridled female vampire. Will John's new found abilities be enough to save her and her coven? J L McFadden I love to travel the world and meet new people. Learning new cultures and languages is very interesting to me. I was born in the backwoods of America and have been blessed with being able to meet people from all corners of the world.

This has enabled me to come up with a lot of characters. Currently, I am working on a couple of new books and I am looking forward to hearing from people about my works and witnessing other people's wonderful worlds of fantasy. Links
www.jlmcfadden.com Twitter @JamieLeeMcfaddeAmazon:  https://tinyurl.com/mwnnqxy

Summer Storms (Seasons of Faith Book 1)

 Storms, Stalkers and Salvaton

Thanks to the love and support of friends and a renewed commitment to her faith Elizabeth Reynolds has moved past the hurt and anger of her parents death.

Her job as concierge at Hotel Lago, a boutique hotel in downtown Orlando is challenging and fills her need to be successful but one thing is missing. She loves the historic homes in the downtown area but fears she will never be able to afford one.

When a once in a lifetime opportunity to renovate a broken down home comes along she snaps it up. Sparks and clashes with her handsome, but deeply troubled contractor, Jeffrey Robbins threaten to slow the renovation but they fade as Orlando becomes the target of three summer storms, hurricanes Charlie, Frances and Jeanne.

In the aftermath of the storms what be the fate of Lizzie’s home and heart? Rebekah Lyn is a sandal loving Florida native and a graduate of Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Fl. A love of history, research and journaling led naturally to a passion for writing. She enjoys travel and has traveled extensively across the United States and Canada as well as Europe and the Caribbean. Her reading taste run from the classics to light fiction as well as delving into history books while researching for her novels. When she is not working or writing, she enjoys cooking, baking and sharing recipes on her blog.

Rebekah Lyn's Kitchen
http://rebekahlynskitchen.wordpress.com  
authorrebekahlyn@icloud.com

Her current work includes two series, Seasons of Faith and The Coastal Chronicles.

Seasons of Faith is a contemporary inspirational series inspired by her own struggles and a heart for new beginnings All four novels are set in downtown Orlando, Florida and follow the lives of five friends over the course of a year as they establish their careers, fall in love and mend relationships.

Summer Storms, Winter's End, Spring Dawn and Christmas Vows.

The second series, The Coastal Chronicles is a group of stand alone novels that celebrate the uniqueness of small coastal communities. Julianne the first book in the series is an inspirational romance set on the coast of North Carolina. Her multi-award award winning novel, Jessie, the most recent release in the Chronicles series, is a coming of age novel set in coastal Florida during the early days of the United States space program and the race to the moon.

You can have you your ebook copy of all Rebekah Lyn's books autographed by visiting http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/RebekahLyn1

Rebekah currently resides in Florida along with her "attack" cat, Mia. They would enjoy meeting with you on her Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/authorRebekahLyn

You may contact Rebekah Lyn on her book website, Rebekah Lyn Books, where she enjoys encouraging and featuring other authors.
http://rebekahlynbooks.com or email authorrebekahlyn@icloud.com.
Twitter @RebekahLyn1

Unlikely Romance: Part One (The Clean Romance Chronicles Book 1)

 Love is tricky business.

It is hard to find and not worth the headache…

At least that is the way Jackie sees it anyway.

In part one of this religious short story novelette series, single gal Jackie Grayson is struggling on her lackluster quest to find new love after the break up of her and her long time boyfriend Andrew. Her love life is a mess and no man she tries to date meets up to her standards.

At this point, church, popcorn, reality TV and her best friend Gwen are the high points in her life.

Jackie prays for a new man to come into her life. However, she has resigned to the possibility that perhaps love just is not in the cards for her – that is until the bald headed tattooed Michael Reidland comes into her life.

And this is where the trouble begins…

The two of them are as different as chalk and cheese. Jackie makes it her mission to do anything possible to stay as far away from him as she can.

But will her plan of avoidance work out, or does fate have other plans for her?

The only way to find out what happens is to read this book and discover it for yourself…

A must read for fans of a good, clean inspirational love story, Unlikely Romance is a contemporary Christian romance tale that will take you on a fun, light hearted journey into the surprising and wacky world of love. H.B. BarstrumI am a stay home mom, friend, sister, daughter, and avid Walking Dead fan. I have had a passion for reading and writing ever since I was a small child. I especially love writing inspirational books, religious fiction and poetry.

As a person of faith, I truly believe that God gives us all the gift of inner and outer insight into the world at large. That way, we can learn from those experiences and become a walking testimony and ministry for others we can positively affect.

It never ceases to amaze me that with faith and understanding, we can all make a world of difference to those we come into contact with. That is why writing spiritual and inspirational stories are my personal favorites. The primary goal in my stories is to enlighten and inspire the reader.

My mantra is "Live for the glory of what God has blessed you with and he will lead you to a beautiful tomorrow."

When I am not reading and writing, I enjoy cooking, shopping, spending time with my partner & friends and taking walks in the park with my daughter.
Links Amazon https://tinyurl.com/kgqpo6aTwitter @HBBarstrum

Daughter of Twin Oaks (A Secret Refuge Book #1)

 Will the Wounded Soldier She Rescues From Certain Death be Able to Break Down the Walls of Bitterness That Surround Her Heart?Seeking to fulfill the promise she made to her dying father, eighteen-year-old Jesselynn Highwood determines to take her little brother and the family's remaining Thoroughbreds from Twin Oaks plantation in Kentucky to her uncle's farm in Missouri, where they will be safe for the remainder of the Civil War.Jesselynn is also fleeing a cruel man in Confederate uniform who has pledged to take revenge against her for refusing his hand in marriage. No longer safe at Twin Oaks, she embarks on a perilous journey, taking on the momentous responsibility for the lives and welfare of all who go with her. They ride at night and hide during the day, dodging both Confederate and Union troops along the way. Encountering hunger, sickness, and the devastation of war, they finally arrive in Missouri only to discover that the situation there puts them in even greater danger. Discouraged, disillusioned, and facing a severe testing of her faith, Jesselynn will stop at nothing to save her family, the horses, and whatever remains of Twin Oaks. Award-winning and best selling author Lauraine Snelling began living her dream to be a writer with her first published book for young adult readers, Tragedy on the Toutle, in 1982. She has since continued writing more horse books for young girls, adding historical and contemporary fiction and nonfiction for adults and young readers to her repertoire. All told, she has over eighty books published with more than 4 million copies in print.
Shown in her contemporary romances and women’s fiction, a hallmark of Lauraine’s style is writing about real issues of forgiveness, loss, domestic violence, and cancer within a compelling story. Her work has been translated into Norwegian, Danish, and German, and she has won the Romantic Times Career Achievement award for Inspirational Fiction, the Silver Angel Award for An Untamed Land and a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart for Song of Laughter.
As a sought after speaker, Lauraine encourages others to find their gifts and live their lives with humor and joy. Her readers clamor for more books more often, and Lauraine would like to comply ... if only her paintbrushes and easel didn’t call quite so loudly.Lauraine and her husband, Wayne, have two grown sons, and live in the Tehachapi Mountains with a watchdog Basset named Winston. They love to travel, most especially in their forty-foot motor coach, which they affectionately deem “a work in progress”.
Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/mj4k4bf

To Get to You

 To get to the girl he loves,
Riley Kane must head off on a road trip with the
father he never knew. Then pray for a miracle.Most teens would love to have a pro surfer for a dad. Just not Riley. Abandoned as a kid, he hates the sound of the ocean and the man who gave himself to it.When the eighteen-year-old learns that his best friend is stranded at a New Mexico hospital as her father fights for his life, Riley hits the highway to head east. But when his Jeep breaks down before he even leaves California, he must rely on the one man he despises to get to the girl who needs him the most. And when it comes to the surfer with the Volkswagen van and dog-eared map, a thousand miles may–or may not–be enough to heal the past.A story of new beginnings and second chances. Joanne BischofA Carol Award and three-time Christy Award-finalist, Joanne Bischof writes deeply layered fiction that tugs at the reader's heartstrings. She lives in the mountains of Southern California with her three children. Website www.joannebischof.com
INSTAGRAM @masonjarbooks Amazon  https://tinyurl.com/n3bs3rg Twitter @JoanneBischof

Cute Boy Wars

 From the author of SLUMBER PARTY WARS; and **New** FAKE BOYFRIEND WARS

Love is war. At least to some girls at Jefferson Middle School—like Lacy Wallace. When another girl catches her crush’s interest, the war is on. Big time. Meanwhile in this middle school novel, Sara is trying to keep a distance from the school heartbreaker, Dane McGraw. But Dane is hard to resist—especially when he’s set his flirting, tempting heart on winning Sara’s. But Sara is in love (maybe, sort of) with her sweet boyfriend, Paul. However, while Sara is avoiding Dane, Paul seems to be avoiding her. What’s up with that?

This book used to be titled: “Love … Maybe … Wars.”

Middle-grade (tween/young teen) romance novel from Melanie Marks, the author of FALL FOR ME; and BEST FRIEND WARS
And **New** "MATT AND NICOLE (Middle School)" (Plus a LOT of other books)

Update: There is now a short story included in this book as well. The short story is titled, “Okay, He’s Nice (Maybe?).” It is volume three to Melanie Marks’ series “Middle School Powers.” (Volume one and two can be found in Melanie’s book “Fake Boyfriend Wars.”)

Melanie Marks' newest book is: Heartbreaker Hanson.
[image error] NEWEST books: "Kissing The Bad Boy"; "When You Noticed Me"; and "Jane's Air" (each a dollar!!)
**Update: All of Melanie Marks' books are available in the Unlimited program, or you can buy them the regular way.
**Melanie's website is: byMelanieMarks.com (Check often. She is always writing new books)
(Melanie also has books under the name "M. Marks"--they're written with other author friends.)
FALL FOR ME series: Fall For Me; Fall Forever; Finn's Fall (and now also in the series is the standalone novel: LOUDER THAN WORDS)
HIS KISS series: *His Kiss *High School Boys *HER Kiss (Griffin) *Griffin *Griffin#2
*LOUDER THAN WORDS--(It's a standalone novel about Griffin's best friend from the hockey team, Mason Archer, and Mason's undying (secret) crush on the cheerleader, Summer Baker. A crush he's had since childhood.)
**HIS BEST FRIEND--(It's a standalone story, but also part of the His Kiss series, as it's about Ally's best friend Jazz, and Jazz's crush on her neighbor ... and stalker.)
**"The Player (plus: Ally Has Amnesia)" That's the title. You have to type the whole thing in to find it. It has a novel "The Player" plus a story with Griffin and Ally.

NOTE: The book FINN'S FALL has Griffin and Ally in it as well (as a couple)--though it's Finn's story (from Fall For Me) ... also now there is a book about Ally and Griffin in Middle School called: "ALLY and GRIFFIN (Middle School)"

Still NEWISH books: "HER KISS (Griffin)"--it's Griffin's story about Ally. Sort of his version of the book, His Kiss. (Also Melanie's books "GRIFFIN"; and "GRIFFIN #2" are available now as well.)
New book--"Louder Than Words"--is a standalone novel about Mason and Summer and their life-long secret crush on each other. The book is kind of part of the Fall For Me series, because it's about Zoey's best friend, the cheerleader, Summer Baker. But it is also sort of the His Kiss series because it's also about Griffin's best friend from the hockey team, Mason Archer. (In any case, the book is a standalone and no other book needs to be read before it.)

**NEW! 'HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' (This standalone novel features best friends, Matt and Nicole, and their first kiss; Plus the book includes the story, "More of HIS KISSES," which continues with Griffin and Ally right after they start dating.)
*NOTE: The book FINN'S FALL is the novel that follows HIGH SCHOOL BOYS, with Matt and Nicole.

Books in Melanie's SLUMBER PARTY WARS series: Slumber Party Wars; The Crush Wars; Best Friend Wars; Bird Wars; First Kiss Wars; Fake Boyfriend Wars; Love ...maybe ... Wars; Christmas Wars; #Wars (And also: Don't Make Me Read Your Mind, Matt)

About Melanie's new book, 'TRENT AND MEGAN'--No other book needs to be read before it. It's Trent's version of Melanie Marks' novel, THE DATING DEAL. The book also has the story "The Girl Next door" which is Luke's version of Melanie's book, HIS BEST FRIEND. The book also contains "Rune's Story" which is Rune's version of the novel, LITTLE DANCER. It also has a story about Ally&GRiffin and Matt&Nicole. No other book needs to be read before the book and right now it is only a dollar.)

Three books that are still quite new: "MATT and NICOLE (Middle School)"; "ALLY and GRIFFIN (Middle School)"; and "SUMMER and MASON (Middle School)" NOTE: The book, "TRENT and MEGAN" also contains a story from this series.Amazon https://tinyurl.com/mmfdcsv Twitter@ByMelanieMarks

Destined for Doon

 In this sequel to Doon, Mackenna Reid realizes she made a horrible mistake in choosing to follow her dreams of Broadway instead of staying in the enchanted land of Doon. To make everything worse, she's received her Calling—proof she and Duncan are each other's one true love—and it's pure torment, especially when visions of the very alluring Scottish prince appear right before she goes on stage. So when Duncan tells her an ancient curse threatens to overtake Doon and the new queen and Kenna’s best friend, Veronica, needs her to return, Kenna doesn't have to think twice. With darkness closing in on all sides, Kenna and Vee must battle a world of nightmares in order to protect the kingdom. But it will take the ultimate test of courage for Kenna to salvage her happily ever after. NY Times and USA Today Best-selling author, CAREY CORP wrote her first book, a brilliant retelling of Star Wars, at the prodigious age of seven. Since then, her love affair of reinvention has continued to run amuck. Writing both stories for young adults and literary fiction, she begins each morning consuming copious amounts of coffee while weaving stories that capture her exhaustive imagination. She harbors a voracious passion (in no consistent order) for mohawks, Italy, musical theater, chocolate, and Jane Austen.

Her Amazon #1 best-selling books, DOON and the sequel DESTINED FOR DOON, are the first of 4 books in her latest young adult series loosely based on the concept of the musical Brigadoon, used with permission from the Alan Jay Lerner Estate & the Frederick Loewe Foundation, and co-written with Lorie Langdon. book 3, SHADES OF DOON releases 9.01.15 with the brand HarperCollins imprint BLINK. Find out more at www.doonseries.com.


Her debut novel for teens, THE HALO CHRONICLES: THE GUARDIAN, earned her national recognition as 2010 Golden Heart finalist for best young adult fiction, and more recently put her on the NY Times and USA Today best-sellers lists. She hopes to have a release date for the sequel, THE HALO CHRONICLES: THE KEEPER soon. LinksAmazon: https://tinyurl.com/kx4n5vs Twitter @careycorp ‏