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January 30, 2013
Enter Cheryl's deadly 'Create a Corpse Contest'
This contest is now open!
Has anyone really ticked you off lately? Here's a cool way to "get even."
From now until February 7th, 2013, you can submit 2 names (first & last) of someone you know (boss, husband, school bully, ex-friend, yourself etc.), or a fictitious name, and I will "kill them off" in my next Divine novel--DIVINE SANCTUARY.
I am looking for a MALE name, suitable for a teen or young man. I am also looking for a FEMALE name, suitable for a teen.
I will select two winners from all the entries and use those name, fictitiously of course, in DIVINE SANCTUARY, book 3 in my Divine series.
The winners will receive a Kindle edition of DIVINE SANCTUARY once it's published. And the winners' initials or first names will be credited on my acknowledgement page in the book, if they choose.
Keep in mind that the ‘corpse’ character will not intentionally look like or act like the person he or she is named after, nor will the character survive. After all, "I kill people off for a living."
Rules:
You must leave your name suggestions below in the comments area, along with your email address so I can contact you if you win.You must be 18 years of age or older to participate.Contest ends at midnight (MT) on February 7th, 2013. Void where prohibited by law. No exchanges or cash value of prizes.Please share this contest on your Goodreads, Facebook or Twitter pages.Cheryl Kaye Tardif is a bestselling Canadian suspense author.
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January 29, 2013
SUBMERGED ad campaign poster #2
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January 22, 2013
SUBMERGED by international bestselling author Cheryl Kaye Tardif...coming soon!
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December 26, 2012
The River by Cheryl Kaye Tardif FREE December 26-29
The River by Cheryl Kaye Tardif
How far do we go until we’ve gone too far?
The South Nahanni River has a history of mysterious deaths, disappearances and headless corpses, but it may also hold the key to humanity’s survival―or its destruction.
Seven years ago, Del Hawthorne’s father and three of his friends disappeared near the Nahanni River and were presumed dead. When one of the missing men stumbles onto the University grounds, alive but barely recognizable and aging before her eyes, Del is shocked. Especially when the man tells her something inconceivable. Her father is still alive!
Gathering a group of volunteers, Del travels to the Nahanni River to rescue her father. There, she finds a secret underground river that plunges her into a technologically advanced world of nanobots and painful serums. Del uncovers a conspiracy of unimaginable horror, a plot that threatens to destroy us all. Will humanity be sacrificed for the taste of eternal life?
At what point have we become…God?
Book Details:
FREE Kindle edition - December 26-29
Editorial Reviews:
"Cheryl Kaye Tardif has once again captivated readers in her third novel and latest suspense thriller, The River. Set in the wilds of Canada's north,The River combines intrigue, science, love and adventure and is sure to keep readers clamoring for more." ―Edmonton Sun
"Exciting and vivid…A thrilling adventure where science sniffs harder, desperate to find the fountain-of-youth." ―Midwest Book Review
"Superb! The River is Tardif’s most exciting novel yet! Full of unpredictable twists and lurching turns, The River is a non-stop adventure into Canada’s mysterious north." ―Kelly Komm, author of Sacrifice
"Cheryl Kaye Tardif specializes in mile-a-minute pot-boiler mysteries." ―Edmonton Sun
Available at:
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www.cherylktardif.com
Check out Cheryl Kaye Tardif's novels!
How far do we go until we’ve gone too far?
The South Nahanni River has a history of mysterious deaths, disappearances and headless corpses, but it may also hold the key to humanity’s survival―or its destruction.
Seven years ago, Del Hawthorne’s father and three of his friends disappeared near the Nahanni River and were presumed dead. When one of the missing men stumbles onto the University grounds, alive but barely recognizable and aging before her eyes, Del is shocked. Especially when the man tells her something inconceivable. Her father is still alive!
Gathering a group of volunteers, Del travels to the Nahanni River to rescue her father. There, she finds a secret underground river that plunges her into a technologically advanced world of nanobots and painful serums. Del uncovers a conspiracy of unimaginable horror, a plot that threatens to destroy us all. Will humanity be sacrificed for the taste of eternal life?
At what point have we become…God?
Book Details:
FREE Kindle edition - December 26-29
Editorial Reviews:
"Cheryl Kaye Tardif has once again captivated readers in her third novel and latest suspense thriller, The River. Set in the wilds of Canada's north,The River combines intrigue, science, love and adventure and is sure to keep readers clamoring for more." ―Edmonton Sun
"Exciting and vivid…A thrilling adventure where science sniffs harder, desperate to find the fountain-of-youth." ―Midwest Book Review
"Superb! The River is Tardif’s most exciting novel yet! Full of unpredictable twists and lurching turns, The River is a non-stop adventure into Canada’s mysterious north." ―Kelly Komm, author of Sacrifice
"Cheryl Kaye Tardif specializes in mile-a-minute pot-boiler mysteries." ―Edmonton Sun
Available at:
AmazonCheryl Kaye Tardif is a bestselling Canadian suspense author.
www.cherylktardif.com
Check out Cheryl Kaye Tardif's novels!
December 22, 2012
Divine Justice by Cheryl Kaye Tardif FREE December 24-26
Divine Justice by Cheryl Kaye Tardif
Book 2 in Divine series
CFBI agent and Pyro-Psychic Jasi McLellan battles a serious infection that threatens to claim her life. Slipping in and out of consciousness, she remembers the Parliament Murders...
One by one, members of Ontario's Parliament are disappearing, only to be found days later, disoriented and drugged. Or worse―dead. Police are stumped and the CFBI brings in a covert PSI team, agents with special psychic abilities.
Accompanied by Psychometric Empath Ben Roberts and new team member Victim Empath Natassia Prushenko, Jasi heads for Ottawa and uncovers a plot so devious that Canada's national security is at risk. If that isn't enough to deal with, Jasi bumps into old flame, Zane Underhill, who wants to rekindle their relationship that ended three years earlier.
But the investigation takes precedent and Jasi is forced to place her feelings for Zane on hold in order to find a killer who has more than justice in mind for his victims, and in the end she makes a gut-wrenching decision―one that will cost the life of someone close to her.
Book Details:
FREE Kindle edition - December 22-26
Editorial Reviews:
"Divine Justice is a powerfully-written chill ride that will give you nightmares. Best to keep the lights on with this one." ―Rick Mofina, bestselling author of In Desperation
"This fast-paced thriller should be a runaway best-seller. Divine Justice reminds me of CSI or Medium. If you like J.D. Robb's In Death series, you'll love Cheryl Kaye Tardif's Divine series." ―Midwest Book Review, Betty Dravis, co-author of Dream Reachers series
"It is one of those 'sitting on the edge of your seats' read as the team unravels the mystery and tries to solve the case. It is a unique blend of action, mystery...This book is highly recommended." ―Margaret Orford,Allbooks Review
Available at:
AmazonCheryl Kaye Tardif is a bestselling Canadian suspense author.
www.cherylktardif.com
Check out Cheryl Kaye Tardif's novels!
Book 2 in Divine series
CFBI agent and Pyro-Psychic Jasi McLellan battles a serious infection that threatens to claim her life. Slipping in and out of consciousness, she remembers the Parliament Murders...
One by one, members of Ontario's Parliament are disappearing, only to be found days later, disoriented and drugged. Or worse―dead. Police are stumped and the CFBI brings in a covert PSI team, agents with special psychic abilities.
Accompanied by Psychometric Empath Ben Roberts and new team member Victim Empath Natassia Prushenko, Jasi heads for Ottawa and uncovers a plot so devious that Canada's national security is at risk. If that isn't enough to deal with, Jasi bumps into old flame, Zane Underhill, who wants to rekindle their relationship that ended three years earlier.
But the investigation takes precedent and Jasi is forced to place her feelings for Zane on hold in order to find a killer who has more than justice in mind for his victims, and in the end she makes a gut-wrenching decision―one that will cost the life of someone close to her.
Book Details:
FREE Kindle edition - December 22-26
Editorial Reviews:
"Divine Justice is a powerfully-written chill ride that will give you nightmares. Best to keep the lights on with this one." ―Rick Mofina, bestselling author of In Desperation
"This fast-paced thriller should be a runaway best-seller. Divine Justice reminds me of CSI or Medium. If you like J.D. Robb's In Death series, you'll love Cheryl Kaye Tardif's Divine series." ―Midwest Book Review, Betty Dravis, co-author of Dream Reachers series
"It is one of those 'sitting on the edge of your seats' read as the team unravels the mystery and tries to solve the case. It is a unique blend of action, mystery...This book is highly recommended." ―Margaret Orford,Allbooks Review
Available at:
AmazonCheryl Kaye Tardif is a bestselling Canadian suspense author.
www.cherylktardif.com
Check out Cheryl Kaye Tardif's novels!
Divine Intervention by Cheryl Kaye Tardif FREE December 22-24
Divine Intervention by Cheryl Kaye Tardif
Book 1 in Divine series
CSI meets Medium meets Ghost Whisperer!
CFBI agent Jasmine McLellan leads a psychically gifted team in the hunt for a serial arsonist―a murderer who has already taken the lives of three people.
Jasi and her team members―Psychometric Empath and profiler Ben Roberts and Victim Empath Natassia Prushenko―are joined by Brandon Walsh, the handsome but skeptical Chief of Arson Investigations. In a manhunt that takes them from Vancouver to Kelowna, Penticton and Victoria, they are led down a twisting path of sinister secrets.
Sifting through ashes and clues, Jasi realizes that there is more to the third victim than meets the eye. Perhaps not all of the victims were that innocent. The hunt intensifies when she learns that someone they know is next on the arsonist's list.
Unleashing her gift as a Pyro-Psychic, Jasi is compelled toward smoldering ashes and enters the killer's mind―a mind bent on destruction and revenge. And in the heat of early summer, Jasi discovers that a murderer lies in wait…much closer than she ever imagined.
Book Details:
FREE Kindle edition - December 22-24
Editorial Reviews:
"Sci-fi and mystery fans will love this book." —Writer's Digest
"This chilling page-turner is a genuine Canadian crime novel...Tardif gives her readers plenty of twists and turns before reaching a satisfying ending." —Midwest Book Review
"Para-psychic, Para-psychotic, Para-captivating!" —Yale R. Jaffe, author of Advantage Disadvantage
"Believable characters, and scorching plot twists. Anyone who is a fan of J.D. Robb [aka Nora Roberts] will thoroughly enjoy this one…Divine Intervention will undeniably leave you smoldering, and dying for more." —Kelly Komm, author of Sacrifice, an award-winning fantasy
Available at:
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December 14, 2012
School shooting in Connecticut makes me weep
When I heard about the school shooting in Connecticut and all those innocent lives lost, I wept. This is such a terrible, horrific tragedy. My heart goes out to the family and friends of all the victims. My prayers go out to survivors.All I day I've been trying to decide how I could best help. I can donate money--that's most needed at a time like this. Then there's the school--it will need repairs; a facelift to make it feel safe again.
So I've decided to donate 10% of my December royalties from CHILDREN OF THE FOG ebook sales to Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Maybe they'll use it to repair the damage done or to build their library. I'm also going to send them paperbacks of Whale Song too. I feel this small gesture is something I SHOULD do.
Pick up a copy; read it on your Kindle or PC or smartphone--an know that a portion of the money you spent on it will go to Sandy Hook Elementary School.
http://www.amazon.com/Children-of-the-Fog-ebook/dp/B004PVSTLW
Cheryl Kaye Tardif is a bestselling Canadian suspense author.
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December 6, 2012
Goodnight, Tweetheart by Cheryl Kaye Tardif is featured at the Twitter Fiction Festival
A week ago, I participated in the inaugural Twitter Fiction Festival. I tweeted a short story I wrote live during the evening of this event. You can read the tweets by going to #goodnighttweetheart on Twitter, or you can read the short short below.
GOODNIGHT, TWEETHEARTA Myrtle Murphy Mystery by Cheryl Kaye Tardif
One tweet. That's all it took to send my life spiralling out of control. One goddamn little tweet on that magic social network pipeline. If I had only known it would lead to murder, maybe I wouldn't have tweeted it.
My tweet: Anyone out there live near the Starbucks in SE Edmonton?
The result: Six replies. Two from jokesters who lived in Edmonton, Kentucky. I'm in Canada. The other four I wasn't too sure about. Could be weirdos; could be lonely people. There are a lot of crackpots out there—and I've met a few of them online. Haven't we all?
I mean, I've had the "twalker" (tweet stalker) who has followed me, RTd my tweets…and then hit me up for a "favor," only to get all pissy because I wouldn't give them my first born. I've had the bashers who haven't liked my tweets. Aw, gee, too damned bad. It's a free tweet world!
But on that day last week, I had 4 tweeps. 2 turned into creeps. One ended up in Zimbabwe or some such country. The other…well, there was my mistake. The other convinced me to meet him at that Starbucks I'd tweeted about.
You ever get those weird fuzzy feelings? You know, when you know something's not quite right? Well, I did. I had all sorts of "warnings." But I was too stupid to listen to them.
I met him at Starbucks and my first reaction was: Holy ****! What a hunk! We went back to his place. "For a drink," he told me. But I had other plans.
I tried to reign in my urges, but as soon as he took off his jacket, my palms grew sweaty. I wanted him. Hell, did I want him! I imagined him naked, on the bed, wrists and ankles bound. 50 Shades of Grey, my ass. I'd give him a hundred, and he'd enjoy each one.
Before I tell you what happened next, you have to promise me you won't tell a soul. This is just between you and me—our little secret. And if you tell, I guess I'd have to kill you.
Now where was I? Oh yes…the hunk on the bed, naked, tied up. Sadly it didn't go quite as planned. The drug I slipped into his wine took too long to work and I grew impatient. Patience never has been one of my virtues. Just ask my husband. Oh wait, he's dead. Okay, ask my mother-in-law. Oh wait. She's dead too. Here's another secret: I killed them both.
And on that night, after a delicious chai tea latte date, I slowly undressed that hunk of a man, watched as he stretched out on the bed, his mind trying to comprehend.
"I thought you were just a sweet old lady looking for someone to talk to," he said.
I smiled. "I know, dear. I do look like the grandmotherly type, don't I?"
He didn't fight as I tied him to the bed. He couldn't. His drug-glazed eyes pleaded with me.
I held up my knife, its sleek blade glimmering in the dim light. "I have something for you."
Actually, it was more for me than him. I had missed my old friend Death. It had been too long.
Like Dexter, I have my own "dark passenger" that I just can't shake. Don't know if I want to. Some call me a monster. Others call me a serial killer. But most people call me Myrtle—Myrtle Murphy.
Want to get together for a coffee some day?
~ * ~
If you enjoyed this short Myrtle Murphy Mystery, you'll find longer stories featuring the serial killer you'll hate to love in SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET & OTHER CREEPY STORIES, available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle, and on B&N, Apple, Kobo Books and more.Cheryl Kaye Tardif is a bestselling Canadian suspense author.
www.cherylktardif.com
Check out Cheryl Kaye Tardif's novels!
GOODNIGHT, TWEETHEARTA Myrtle Murphy Mystery by Cheryl Kaye TardifOne tweet. That's all it took to send my life spiralling out of control. One goddamn little tweet on that magic social network pipeline. If I had only known it would lead to murder, maybe I wouldn't have tweeted it.
My tweet: Anyone out there live near the Starbucks in SE Edmonton?
The result: Six replies. Two from jokesters who lived in Edmonton, Kentucky. I'm in Canada. The other four I wasn't too sure about. Could be weirdos; could be lonely people. There are a lot of crackpots out there—and I've met a few of them online. Haven't we all?
I mean, I've had the "twalker" (tweet stalker) who has followed me, RTd my tweets…and then hit me up for a "favor," only to get all pissy because I wouldn't give them my first born. I've had the bashers who haven't liked my tweets. Aw, gee, too damned bad. It's a free tweet world!
But on that day last week, I had 4 tweeps. 2 turned into creeps. One ended up in Zimbabwe or some such country. The other…well, there was my mistake. The other convinced me to meet him at that Starbucks I'd tweeted about.
You ever get those weird fuzzy feelings? You know, when you know something's not quite right? Well, I did. I had all sorts of "warnings." But I was too stupid to listen to them.
I met him at Starbucks and my first reaction was: Holy ****! What a hunk! We went back to his place. "For a drink," he told me. But I had other plans.
I tried to reign in my urges, but as soon as he took off his jacket, my palms grew sweaty. I wanted him. Hell, did I want him! I imagined him naked, on the bed, wrists and ankles bound. 50 Shades of Grey, my ass. I'd give him a hundred, and he'd enjoy each one.
Before I tell you what happened next, you have to promise me you won't tell a soul. This is just between you and me—our little secret. And if you tell, I guess I'd have to kill you.
Now where was I? Oh yes…the hunk on the bed, naked, tied up. Sadly it didn't go quite as planned. The drug I slipped into his wine took too long to work and I grew impatient. Patience never has been one of my virtues. Just ask my husband. Oh wait, he's dead. Okay, ask my mother-in-law. Oh wait. She's dead too. Here's another secret: I killed them both.
And on that night, after a delicious chai tea latte date, I slowly undressed that hunk of a man, watched as he stretched out on the bed, his mind trying to comprehend.
"I thought you were just a sweet old lady looking for someone to talk to," he said.
I smiled. "I know, dear. I do look like the grandmotherly type, don't I?"
He didn't fight as I tied him to the bed. He couldn't. His drug-glazed eyes pleaded with me.
I held up my knife, its sleek blade glimmering in the dim light. "I have something for you."
Actually, it was more for me than him. I had missed my old friend Death. It had been too long.
Like Dexter, I have my own "dark passenger" that I just can't shake. Don't know if I want to. Some call me a monster. Others call me a serial killer. But most people call me Myrtle—Myrtle Murphy.
Want to get together for a coffee some day?
~ * ~
If you enjoyed this short Myrtle Murphy Mystery, you'll find longer stories featuring the serial killer you'll hate to love in SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET & OTHER CREEPY STORIES, available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle, and on B&N, Apple, Kobo Books and more.Cheryl Kaye Tardif is a bestselling Canadian suspense author.
www.cherylktardif.com
Check out Cheryl Kaye Tardif's novels!
December 4, 2012
Children of the Fog - Book Jacket video
Cheryl Kaye Tardif is a bestselling Canadian suspense author.
www.cherylktardif.com
Check out Cheryl Kaye Tardif's novels!
www.cherylktardif.com
Check out Cheryl Kaye Tardif's novels!
December 1, 2012
Amazon Prime Members Can Borrow My eBooks with Kindle Owners' Lending Library
Did you know that if you have a Prime membership on Amazon and live in the USA or UK, you can borrow one ebook a month via the Kindle Owners' Lending Library.
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You can borrow directly from your Kindle (e-ink versions and Fire):
1. On e-ink devices (regular Kindles & Touch), click on "See all categories" then scroll down to "Kindle Owners' Lending Library" to view titles. Find a book and click on it to either buy or borrow for free.
2. On Kindle Fire devices, the Lending Library is located in the bookstore. Browse books and look for Prime badge. Click on a title and you'll have the option to either buy or borrow for free.
3. You can also borrow and read on an app for your desktop, iPad and more. Download your borrowed books directly from Amazon.com by looking for titles that show the Amazon Prime icon.
Remember, as a US or UK Prime member, you're entitled to 1 free borrow a month. That's 12 free books each year.
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