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October 25, 2016
Marmalade’s First Christmas Released Today!
Marmalade’s First Christmas
A Novella
By
Paula Millhouse
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Marmalade’s First Christmas!
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When billionaire Jake Simons rescues a kitten the week before Christmas, the orange tabby cat leads Jake to the greatest gift of the season – Veterinarian Marley West.
The last thing Marley needs is a client meddling in her personal business, but Old Man Winter, Mother Nature, and Jake’s pregnant mares have other plans for her holiday. When she gets snowed in with Jake during the worst blizzard in racehorse country, sparks fly.
But will Jake be strong enough to let go of ghosts from his past? And, in this friends-to-lovers story, will Marley learn to trust that Jake just might be her very own Christmas miracle?
Marmalade’s First Christmas
Jake woke to an empty bed, and he startled up. Where was she? He tugged on a pair of sweats and a shirt, and left the bedroom searching for her.
What he found both surprised and pleased him.
“You’re up early,” she said, grinning at him with that breathtaking smile. She was sitting on the cushions in front of the fire, sipping a mug of something warm, reading one of his mother’s old romance novels. Marmalade was purring on her lap, and the Christmas Tree, the only other light besides the crackling fire lit up the room. “I found hot chocolate in the kitchen,” Marley said.
Jake took the mug and sniffed it. “Oh, this won’t do. Give me a sec and I’ll make you something amazing.”
He got up to go make the drinks, and Marley followed him. She watched him like a hawk as he simmered heavy cream, cinnamon sticks, and carved a big block of dark chocolate. “The secret is in not letting the cream reach a full boil.” He turned to the pantry and pulled out a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream. “And Baileys, of course.”
He poured the steaming elixir into big cheerful Snowman Mugs, added a shot of the liqueur, and then stirred a striped red and white candy cane in each mug. “Merry Christmas.”
She took one sip, and her eyes rolled back in her head. “Oh, Holy Night, this is incredible.”
He laughed, and sipped his cup too. “Pretty tasty.”
“I love this time of year, you know. It’s as if this one week, everything is perfect. Unblemished. Full of possibilities.”
She had a chocolate mustache from the drink, and he reached in and touched her upper lip. “You got a little something right there…”
She giggled. He swiped his tongue across the chocolate on her lips. He groaned. Her soft full lips tasted even better with chocolate on them. “This is turning out to be my favorite week this year too.”
She blushed, and her whole face turned holly berry red. Her delicately curved neck too. He took the mug from her hands, set it down, and backed her up to the granite counter. He kissed her properly, thoroughly, deeply.
She sighed, so he knew he’d gotten it right. The tingly taste of peppermint and chocolate on her tongue instantly became his favorite new treat. “Mmm…”
The kitchen heated up with their kisses, but a few moments later she pulled away and said, “We should go check on the mares, and their babies.”
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Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, where Spanish moss whispers tales in breezes from the Atlantic Ocean, as a child I soaked in the sunshine and heritage of cobblestones, pirate lore, and stories steeped in savory mysteries of the South. I graduated with honors from both Armstrong Atlantic State University, and Georgia Southern University.
I live in the mountains now with my husband, but honor my southern heritage as a storyteller by sharing high heat adventures in romance fiction with readers.
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A reward. Treat yourself to an entertaining diversion from your daily routine by reading my stories. You’ll find themes like, justice does exist, love is worth fighting for, and happily ever afters are expected.
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October 24, 2016
Marmalade’s First Christmas by Paula Millhouse
Marmalade’s First Christmas
A Novella
By
Paula Millhouse
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When billionaire Jake Simons rescues a kitten the week before Christmas, the orange tabby cat leads Jake to the greatest gift of the season – Veterinarian Marley West.
The last thing Marley needs is a client meddling in her personal business, but Old Man Winter, Mother Nature, and Jake’s pregnant mares have other plans for her holiday. When she gets snowed in with Jake during the worst blizzard in racehorse country, sparks fly.
But will Jake be strong enough to let go of ghosts from his past? And, in this friends-to-lovers story, will Marley learn to trust that Jake just might be her very own Christmas miracle?
Jake woke to an empty bed, and he startled up. Where was she? He tugged on a pair of sweats and a shirt, and left the bedroom searching for her.
What he found both surprised and pleased him.
“You’re up early,” she said, grinning at him with that breathtaking smile. She was sitting on the cushions in front of the fire, sipping a mug of something warm, reading one of his mother’s old romance novels. Marmalade was purring on her lap, and the Christmas Tree, the only other light besides the crackling fire lit up the room. “I found hot chocolate in the kitchen,” Marley said.
Jake took the mug and sniffed it. “Oh, this won’t do. Give me a sec and I’ll make you something amazing.”
He got up to go make the drinks, and Marley followed him. She watched him like a hawk as he simmered heavy cream, cinnamon sticks, and carved a big block of dark chocolate. “The secret is in not letting the cream reach a full boil.” He turned to the pantry and pulled out a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream. “And Baileys, of course.”
He poured the steaming elixir into big cheerful Snowman Mugs, added a shot of the liqueur, and then stirred a striped red and white candy cane in each mug. “Merry Christmas.”
She took one sip, and her eyes rolled back in her head. “Oh, Holy Night, this is incredible.”
He laughed, and sipped his cup too. “Pretty tasty.”
“I love this time of year, you know. It’s as if this one week, everything is perfect. Unblemished. Full of possibilities.”
She had a chocolate mustache from the drink, and he reached in and touched her upper lip. “You got a little something right there…”
She giggled. He swiped his tongue across the chocolate on her lips. He groaned. Her soft full lips tasted even better with chocolate on them. “This is turning out to be my favorite week this year too.”
She blushed, and her whole face turned holly berry red. Her delicately curved neck too. He took the mug from her hands, set it down, and backed her up to the granite counter. He kissed her properly, thoroughly, deeply.
She sighed, so he knew he’d gotten it right. The tingly taste of peppermint and chocolate on her tongue instantly became his favorite new treat. “Mmm…”
The kitchen heated up with their kisses, but a few moments later she pulled away and said, “We should go check on the mares, and their babies.”
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I write books.
Books where romance, fantasy, and suspense collide.
Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, where Spanish moss whispers tales in breezes from the Atlantic Ocean, as a child I soaked in the sunshine and heritage of cobblestones, pirate lore, and stories steeped in savory mysteries of the South. I graduated with honors from both Armstrong Atlantic State University, and Georgia Southern University.
I live in the mountains now with my husband, but honor my southern heritage as a storyteller by sharing high heat adventures in romance fiction with readers.
What’s in it for you?
A reward. Treat yourself to an entertaining diversion from your daily routine by reading my stories. You’ll find themes like, justice does exist, love is worth fighting for, and happily ever afters are expected.
Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B006991RF8
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October 23, 2016
Soul Keepers Boxed Set Available Now!
Get your copy of the Soul Keepers Boxed Set now! This is a wonderful Supernatural Young Adult Series! It is full of intense moments and excitement that will make it almost impossible to put down!
Reviews:
“You have to read this book!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!! It’s the best book I have read in a while. I love the characters, ALL of them even Hades.” ~ Amazon Reader
“I was caught up with the story and characters from the beginning. Very action packed. Very descriptive…” ~ Amazon Reader
“I absolutely loved this series. It’s fast paced with characters that you fall in love with.” ~ Amazon Reader
“The first two books end in major emotionally charged cliffhangers so having the full box set is incredibly convenient.” ~ Amazon Reader
Synopsis:
Readers had a hard time putting this series down… you will to. Now you don’t have to wait – the full story is yours for a discounted price.
This boxed set includes all three full-length novels from Starkey’s beloved Soul Keeper Series. That’s over 800 pages of intense twists and emotional turns, heart-breaking romance and soul-shattering deception – all in one series.
In a battle of wills,
of the gods of old.
For each his revenge,
will he forfeit his soul.
On the chessboard of blood,
will their narrative play.
Aged, innocent lives,
revenge claims her way.
Out of hate will come love,
and love will come hate.
For immortal and man,
have entwined their damned fate.
The battle between the Titans and the gods of old did not end with them. The demand for revenge has dripped down into the next generation.
Twins, Marcus and Nicolas, heirs to the throne of the gods and sons of the last remaining Titan, learn that the purpose of their existence is to fulfill a prophecy born of hate and despair. They must battle for Pandora’s daughter’s heart, a girl lost to the human world and unaware of her hidden heritage. For four hundred years Marcus and Nicolas have only been allowed to touch the edge of their soul mate’s dreams, but the time of the prophecy has come.
For Samantha, life has been nothing more than a series of misfortunes and heartbreaks. For years, she has kept her heart locked away, but change is rolling in like a tidal wave. She is now forced to discern the thin line between love and lie, myth and reality, and it would seem that time is running out…
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Author Bio:
L.A. Starkey is the author of the Soul Keeper Series, a supernatural young adult series, and The Liarus Detective Series, a supernatural middle grade series.
She is a fulltime writer, and loves spending time with her family and reading a good book. With more ideas than one person should be allowed, she is blessed to have a muse that doesn’t seem to take a vacation and more energy that one might consider healthy.
She writes under the following pen name:
Kate Thomas – NA/Adult Paranormal (http://amzn.to/1SKV9ey)
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October 20, 2016
Worlds Collide Launched into orbit!
October 20, 2016 is the day that Worlds Collide Launched! I am so excited to see book #2 in my Alpha Alien Abduction Tales out for everyone to read! And in case you were wondering, it is a mostly clean read! I would say it’s PG-13 if it were a movie.
This book will be .99c for 4 more days, then it goes up 2.99 on Monday. So get your copy at Amazon while you can!
Worlds Collide picks up where Worlds Away left off, crashed on Zeleron 10. But this story is mostly about Natalie and finding her Happily Ever After (HEA), even though she still wants to go home to her abusive ex-fiance. However, the kindness of one alien shows her what Ben, her ex, is really like, and what a real man should be, even if he is an alien. I have provided some fun snippets so far, but now I want to show you a little bit of action, alien style.
Battle against the bugs:
Telan spoke up, “Alright, we have a long way to go, and this seriously slowed us down. We might have to find a place and hunker down for the night. Since we are closer to the old ship, let’s head that way.”
“I agree. The Commander needs to be notified, but I can do that while we walk,” Zelan announced as he started for the ship.
“Wait, are we gonna stop looking for more humans?” I thought the main reason for this expedition was to look for survivors.
“For this trip, yes. If we stay the night in the damaged ship, we could look on our way back tomorrow. However, we will have some heavy equipment with us. It might be better to come out on a different day and just spend the time looking for anyone else.” Zelan put his hand on my back, and we walked forward.
I used to hate it when Ben would put his hand on my back. He would put it between my shoulder blades and push. It was more like a shove, to get me to go where he wanted me. But, when Zelan did it, he put his hand in the small of my back and stepped closer to me. It was almost like a hug instead of a push. I never realized that it could feel nice to have a man’s hand on my back.
It must have taken us at least an hour of hiking through the jungle to get to our old ship. Strange how I now associated what was once a prison as “our old ship.” Did that mean I was accepting my fate?
“Lucy, how do you feel about the old ship versus the new ship?” I asked as we pushed aside some vines in our path, which were hanging from what appeared to be a banyan tree.
“What do you mean?” she asked as she threw one vine behind her and almost hit Rachelle with it. I looked back when I heard Rachelle squawk, and I almost laughed. The vine must have had some mud on it as there were splashes of it on her face.
I turned my head forward and had to put my hand over my mouth to cover my smile. It wasn’t nice of me to laugh at Rachelle’s situation, but I just couldn’t help myself. Even though I was twenty-four, I still hadn’t outgrown some of the high school silliness.
“Do you think back to the old ship fondly? Or is the new ship better? I guess I am asking because I was just thinking about our situation and caught myself calling it ‘our ship’. How weird is that?” I shook my head as I stepped over some rocks.
“Huh, I guess I haven’t really thought of it that way yet. Although, now that you mention it, I do miss the easiness of the last few days before the move to our new cells. Not that living in constant threat of bugs attacking is easy. More like, the freedom we had to move around our part of the ship. Maybe it was just that we weren’t inside of cells anymore.” She sighed and shook her head as she walked around the trunk of a banyan tree.
I followed her around, “Yea, maybe that was…” I stopped abruptly as Zelan pulled me down to the ground. Then I heard phaser fire.
“Zelan, what’s going on?” I whispered to him.
“I hear the insectoids ahead. They have fired at our forward team. Can you use a Taser?” My eyes widened with horror.
“I…I have never used a gun of any sort. Not even a toy gun.” I had always played with Barbie’s and dolls. Growing up I played with girls, none of whom ever wanted to touch boy toys. I guess you could call me a girly-girl when I was a kid. Kinda wish I would have learned how to hold a weapon at the very least. There was never a need to.
He scooted off me and pulled me behind the banyan tree we had just walked around. “Take this, you point it at your target and shoot. You will need to hold the trigger while you are shocking the enemy. But be careful, you only get one shot with this.”
“When we get out of this, will you teach me how to use a phaser gun?” I was not going to be stuck with just a one-time-use, temporary weapon again.
“Yes, I think several of you will need to learn how to defend yourselves. Normally, we don’t arm the slaves, but some of you are going to become mates. We need to make sure you can take care of yourselves. Once on our home planet, there will never be a need to fight anyone. No V’Zenian would dare harm a mate, you are too precious to our future. However, we will be on this planet for a while.” He moved to the side of the tree and took a defensive position.
He motioned for me to stay behind him. “Natalie, this is just in case a Zateelian gets past me. You should never have to fight. I am sorry I put you in this situation. We are so close to the ship too! Ghazem!” I wasn’t sure what that last word meant, but I had a feeling it wasn’t a nice word. I had never heard any of the aliens use human cuss words, but I had no clue if they swore in their own tongue.
Ben cussed up a storm, especially when he was drunk. I didn’t like being around him when he was like that. I usually got into trouble. One time, we had been at his buddy’s house watching a football game, and his team lost. It was stupid of me, I know, but I made a comment about sometimes they lose and sometimes they win. He got really mad and slapped me across the face. After that, I tried to get away from him when he drank.
A cold sweat poured down my back as the fighting came closer to us. I shouldn’t have been thinking about other things while there were evil aliens about. The warriors leading us raced back to where we were and took cover behind some trees near us. They fired their phaser guns from the sides of the trees, one guy even climbed up into a tree for a better angle. Zelan started firing, but I couldn’t see the cockroaches yet. I craned my neck to look around the tree, and I still couldn’t see them. I needed to find them before they found me.
“Watch out! They are scurrying along the ground and using the underbrush to hide,” Marcon yelled as he fired at a bush that jiggled. When he hit it, I understood why. The bug’s head exploded and goo flew everywhere. But there were other bushes that kept moving and bristling closer to us.
Zelan got down on the ground, on his stomach, and fired at the bushes that were moving. “The backside of their carapace is too tough to penetrate with our handguns, but if you can get low enough, then you might have a chance at hitting them in the neck. Sometimes they will also have a sensitive spot on their belly, but that is only the case when dealing with younger bugs.” He kept firing and hit one. The bush stopped moving, and I saw a partial cockroach body move up and then down again. Almost like a bowling pin that had been hit hard from the bottom.
By this point, there were only a few remaining cockroaches. Or at least, only a few moving bushes. Another warrior, Tosie I think was his name, got up into a tree close to where a bush was shaking, and he jumped down on top of it. I wished he hadn’t done that. The bug wasn’t alone.
What do you think? Sounds like a fun, adventure on another planet between two very different species! Right? Come and join everyone else who has hopped on this ship for an out of this world adventure! If you still aren’t sure, there are some more blog posts with snippets of the book. Just to the sidebar and you will see them. I hope you decide to hop on this intersteller ride with me!
Grab your copy of Worlds Collide Now!
If you haven’t read Worlds Away (book 1) yet, here is the link:
I hope you join me on this crazy adventure where one human woman works with a group of aliens to stop the abductions and to free the slaves!
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October 19, 2016
#Thriller #Mystery on #InstaFreebie!
Thriller Mystery on Instafreebie
#Thriller/#Mystery on #InstaFreebie
In the spirit of Halloween, I am doing a Thriller Mystery on Instafreebie post this week! Most books are #Thriller or #Mystery, but a few are Halloween themed! Be sure to go to the end of the post as there is also a link to another #Instafreebie post for Cozy Mysteries!
First in a Cozy Mystery series my Anne R. Tan.
A post-apocalyptic techno thriller
Taylor Webb is on an expedition in South America searching for a rare tree frog reported by the native hunters to have mystical powers. When tragedy strikes at home, he’s forced to cut the expedition short.
Returning home, Taylor finds himself on another expedition with deadly consequences. He discovers there are just as many dangers in the concrete jungles of Atlanta as in the Amazon.
A young girl wakes up Christmas morning to discover the worst has happened, throwing her into a struggle over who she is and how she will live her life.
She’s a psychic with a bad attitude. He’s an angel/vampire hybrid who fights demons on the side. Put them together and all Hell breaks loose!
In your past life you were a legendary figure in a passionate relationship with a vampire. Now your enemies from that past have found you, determined to make you pay a terrible price for a life you lived more than 200 years ago!
Maverick archaeologist Dr. Sky Wilder has never been able to prove any of his outside-the-box fringe theories… until now. When he breaks what had been an impenetrable code, he unearths a long-buried Egyptian stone tablet in Arizona’s Red Rock country.
Whoever possesses all three hidden tablets holds the key to locate an ancient alchemical text containing a formula for physical immortality. The bodies pile up as Wilder realizes he’s been set-up as a pawn, caught between opposing covert agencies and secret brotherhoods that have been warring for centuries.
Tasked with keeping Sky Wilder alive at all costs, Captain Diana Hunt, the U.S. military’s most accurate remote viewer – a psychic spy – knows that the players in this deadly game are not what they appear to be. As the trail leads to Asia and with a political assassination looming, Sky and Diana confront powerful forces of Nature and Man as they unravel the conspiracies and expose the true unseen forces behind their opponents – and allies.
Ryan hoped to escape his magic at the military college of Northshield University, but when darkness rises at Samhain only his power can save everyone he cares about.
Sherlock Holmes: Gallery of Illusions
Sherlock Holmes once more has to resort to a disguise to get to the truth when a very unusual show comes to London. He believes it to be connected to a series of cannibalistic murders, but as he dives deeper into the mysteries of the Gallery of Illusions, he finds himself in a race against time to save hundreds of Londoners from a fate that is horrible and unimaginable to a civilized man.
Claim your copy of Gallery of Illusions now.
A mystery tale with a twist of Halloween scariness to keep you up at night.
A haunted house worker must hide her identity from the horror geek she tormented in middle school. But then she starts falling for him.
A grief-stricken young woman seeks to save her sister’s soul from the thief she witnessed taking it. She takes matters into her own hands as she enters the afterlife voluntarily, and makes a dark deal with a demonic lord to get her sister back.
J.L. Hendricks.
October 18, 2016
Worlds Collide Snippet 3 – Just in time for the release!
Worlds Collide Snippet 3
Worlds Collide is Almost Here!
Worlds Collide Snippet 3 is below. On Thursday, Book 2 of the Alpha Alien Abduction Tales comes out! You can get your copy for .99c now, and then it goes up to $2,99 on Monday, the 24th of October! Don’t delay as you won’t want to miss out on this out of this world series! Book 1, Worlds Away is still only .99c, so if you haven’t picked up your copy of Worlds Away yet, now is the time!
This series is about Aliens who abduct humans to become their slaves, or their mates. Each book in this series has a Happily Ever After (HEA) and there are no cliffhangers! But it is a series, so you will see an over-arching story that won’t be finished until the end of the series. I promise not to leave you in the middle of battle, waiting for the next book. I won’t do that. And there will be an HEA in each book. So far, books 1 and 2 have a definite HEA, talking marriage here folks, or mating as the aliens call it. Soooo, without further ado, here is your Worlds Collide Snippet 3:
The planet was warm, if I had to guess, maybe mid-eighties. The sun was shining. I could hear birds chirping, small animals scampering about, and I thought I caught sight of a snake in a tree. It was either a snake or one of those willow type of branches that was swaying in the wind.
These trees looked similar to what we had back home on Earth, but they were bigger. Probably because we cut down our trees and never gave them very long to grow. I doubt these trees had ever been cut down.
A few of them looked like something out of Swiss Family Robinson. I suppose that if we didn’t find any more of my people, they could easily create rather large tree houses in this section of the woods once we left. Until then, I hoped they stayed out of sight. Getting caught by us or the insectoids would be worse than trying to make a go of it in these woods.
I still wish I would have run after Paris let us out of the cells, but I was too dazed and confused to think straight. Once I did finally think about running, it was too late. The warriors had already found us.
The warriors up front with Lorlo cut a path for us. Then, all of a sudden, Lorlo, who was in the lead put his right fist up, then the rest of the aliens stopped chatting and motioned for us to be quiet as well. Lorlo stopped and knelt down to look at the foliage on the ground. There looked to be vines crawling all throughout the small bushes. Now all of them seemed alert and were looking around us and up into the trees.
I whispered to Zelan, “What’s going on?”
“Shh, Lorlo has found signs of others coming through here,” he whispered back so low, I could barely hear him. His lips were directly next to my ear, and I tried to stop the shiver that was racing down my back, but I couldn’t. Hopefully, Zelan was too busy paying attention to our surroundings to notice how much he affected me.
It wasn’t like I was attracted to him. I think it had just been so long since a nice looking man has touched me that my body reacted. That was all it was. Or at least that was the story I was sticking with if anyone asked.
Lorlo stood up and motioned with his hand toward the right side. He held up three fingers and motioned three times to the right, like something out of a military movie. The warriors moved forward quietly, while those of us untrained in stealth, made a bunch of racket.
I stepped on a twig that broke, and I heard Lucy stomping on a small bush. There was no way we were going to sneak up on anyone. Still, I couldn’t figure out why they thought bringing us would be a good idea.
As we moved through the jungle, I could no longer hear the birds or see any small animals. I thought about all of the scary movies I had watched growing up. The girl who gets eaten by a monster, or killed by the crazy guy, always noticed how quiet it was before the psycho monster attacked. I kept alert looking around us as we moved very slowly towards the area Lorlo kept gesturing toward. Thankfully, I was mostly in the middle of the group, and Zelan was next to me as he promised.
I heard some rustling up ahead as I lost sight of those in the lead. Then I heard a phaser gun go off. In fact, I heard several phasers fire. My eyes grew wide, and I was about to scream when Zelan pushed me down on the damp earth. I turned my head toward the sound of the fighting and noticed that other warriors had tackled some of our women. My heart was beating out of my chest. Why were the warriors laying on top of the girls with their weapons drawn? What was going on in front of us? I tried to count how many were still in our party, but I couldn’t turn my head far enough to see those behind me.
I watched as Lorlo came back and looked at everyone lying down, “Zelan, I need to show you something. The rest of you might want to back off a little.” He turned around to go back to where he came from, and Zelan jumped up and started to walk away.
“Hey, I thought you weren’t going to leave my side the entire time? You can’t leave me here while there are still who knows how many bugs out there that might attack.” I started to walk after him, then he turned around.
“Natalie, you are right. Be careful and stay close.” He put out an arm out for me to grab, and when I did, we walked towards Lorlo.
As soon as we caught up to Lorlo and the other warriors, I almost puked. I wished that I would have stayed back where I was. Down on the ground were two women who had their heads blown off. But that wasn’t the worst part. Inside their brains were small cockroaches! They were covered in them.
I turned around and started to gag, and Zelan put his hand on my back. “Shh, it’s alright. Natalie, there was nothing we could have done for them. Trust me when I say it is better that we killed them now.”
“What happened? Why did they have so many cockroaches on them? And what do you mean it’s better you killed them now? Haven’t they been dead a long time? How else did all those bugs get on them?” I blurted out as I tried to clean off my face.
Then I remembered a scene from CSI where one of the main guys, Grissom, said that bug infestations took at least 24 hours. With all of those bugs on them, it must have been several days since they died.
Want to know what happens next? Come on over to Amazon and get your .99c copy of Worlds Collide before the price goes up!
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October 17, 2016
Worlds Collide Snippet! #2
Worlds Collide Snippet
Worlds Collide Releases this week!
With the upcoming release of Worlds Collide on Thursday, I figured it was Worlds Collide Snippet time! I posted one snippet a few days ago on my Facebook page, so today I will post a new one! Currently, Worlds Collide is up on pre-order for .99c. That price is already set to change on the 24th to $2.99, so get your copy before it goes up! The book will be available via Kindle Unlimited once it launches on the 20th.
This book picks up right where Worlds Away, Book 1, leaves off. However, the main character is Natalie. She had a small part in book 1, and comes back as the main character in Worlds Collide. Don’t forget, they are crashed on Zeleron 10 with the universe knows how many Zateelians on the planet with them. Zateelians are the insectoid creatures who caused The Zamaya to crash land after abducting 200 humans from Earth.
After a couple of days, Paris came to see us. She was with the group of warriors who brought us food, but today was different. Most of the warriors were ones I recognized, including Zelan.
“Paris!” I yelled as soon as I saw her. She came over to my cell with a great big smile on her face. “Does that smile mean we are going home soon?” I asked hopefully.
“No, I’m sorry. We are never going home. I am just happy to see you and to know you’re okay.” She reached into my cell and tried to hug me, but with the women and bars so close, it was an awkward attempt.
“I heard you got married. Was that what you wanted? It happened awfully fast.” I scrunched up my nose and wondered how horrible her honeymoon must have been. That big, huge giant of a man. It had to be terrible.
She blushed a bit and smiled as she looked down at the ground. “It was actually quite wonderful. I couldn’t have asked for a better mate. He is so gentle and loving when it is just the two of us. Venay is a completely different man when we are alone. I am falling in love with him.” Her smile broadened even more as she looked up at me with a sparkle in her eye.
“Oh great, another one who drank the Kool-Aid. While you were gone, three more of the girls agreed to mate with the aliens. I think the guys were all from the Commander’s original ship too. I guess it makes sense with us all being so close this past week, but now that we are in prison again, I am more inclined to tell the next guy to piss off rather than agree to a mating. Why can’t we be let free here? Most of us were very helpful before the new ship came and took us.” I felt claustrophobic in this tight cell. I couldn’t even move around to express my feelings because we were packed tighter than sardines!
“Natalie, you should really reconsider. Venay’s guys, for the most part, are really great. I have worked very closely with them since the crash and made some friends. You might want to consider marrying one of them, and soon. Life is going to be very tough if you stay in this cage for the next five months.” She gave me a quick smile while she squeezed my hand. “I gotta get everyone else fed. Sorry, I couldn’t bring you guys anything better, but I am working with Venay to get some of the replicators from his old ship brought over here so we can have better food.”
With that, she walked away from me. I didn’t see her again until later in the day. It was so boring now. All I could do was twiddle my thumbs to waste away the time, and even that was tough to do while being so tightly packed.
After lunch, Zelan came to visit me. I was actually happy to see him, which was weird because I had no desire to mate with him. However, I did seem to miss him when he wasn’t around. Maybe it was because we spent so much time this past week doing stuff together, instead of sitting in a crowded cell. Either way, I couldn’t keep the smile off my face as he walked toward me.
His eyes sparkled, and his smile was so big, it made me feel all soft inside. Something about him made my heart skip a beat. He was a good looking male. If I had to guess, I would say he was at least six feet, eight inches tall. It was hard to calculate since I wasn’t used to seeing men that tall back on Earth.
My fiancé, Ben, was about my height. Without heels, I equaled his five feet, six inches. Whenever I went out with him, I wasn’t allowed to wear heels. He hated it if I was taller than him, even if it was only because of my heels. My girlfriends used to say he had “short man’s syndrome,” whatever that meant.
As each day passed, I started to miss Ben less and less, but I continued to miss my family. Would I ever get home? Doubtful. But I had no idea what to do about it, yet.
“Natalie, I have a proposition for you.” Zelan walked up to where I was and grabbed ahold of the bars. The fingers on his left hand brushed up against my cheek. His veins were pulsing purple. I had noticed that they pulsed various colors, even spoke about it with the other girls in our group, but no one knew what the colors meant.
“Hi, Zelan, what do you have in mind?” I hoped it wasn’t a marriage, or mating, proposal again. While I was happy to see him, it didn’t mean that I wanted to marry him.
“I received permission to take you and a couple of the other women with me today on a scouting mission. We are going to go to the old ship and pull out a couple of the food replicators so that you can have better meals. On the way there, we are going to check out what might be a hiding place that houses a few more humans. There are still almost thirty unaccounted for, and it is too dangerous to let them stay out there all alone. Besides the insectoids, this place is home to a few animals that would attack any of us if given the chance.”
“Oh, then why are you bringing us? Isn’t it dangerous to go out there now?” I couldn’t believe he wanted me to go out into that crazy jungle! And with some insectoids still out there too!
“I will be able to protect you. We are bringing two squads of warriors with us. I thought you might enjoy getting out of this place, and helping me to find, and save, some of your friends.” His smile was waning and the color of his veins started to pulse blue. The beautiful purple was gone.
I wanted the purple to come back. Some instinct took over, and I reached my hand out to him. As soon as I realized what I was doing, I pulled back. “Ok, sure. As long as you don’t let any of those bugs near me again. Seriously, I still have that smell on me and can’t seem to get it off. I don’t want to add any more of that slim to my body.”
He chuckled, and I was filled with joy. Which was odd, since this was not the place to feel joy. However, it was the first time I had heard anything like a laugh from him, and I liked it.
He let me and a few other women out of the cells. Two of them I had met- Lucy and Betty, and the third I did not know. I walked up to her and introduced myself, “Hi, I am Natalie.” I stuck my hand out and she gave me a good, hearty shake. She had some strength in her grip.
“My name is Rachelle. Nice to meet you.” The second she let go of my hand, her head turned toward Zelan. “Oh Zelan, I am go glad you insisted I accompany you on this mission. I am ready to help you any way I can.” She eyed him up and down and drew nearer to his body. She was practically in his arms.
He smiled down at her, looked up at me, and the smile was wiped off his face. Zelan took two steps back from her, turned around, and started walking out of the holding cell area.
Rachelle looked back at me and smirked, then ran to catch up to him.
What do you think? Does it have promise for a good story? Come and check out the newest addition to the Alpha Alien Abduction Tales! Available on Amazon for only .99c until the end of the week. Worlds Collide on Amazon
Not sure if this is for you? It is a mostly clean version of a sci-fi adventure/romance book. How about a sneak peek of Worlds Away, Book 1? I have the first 3 chapters up on Instafreebie if you want to check it out: Worlds Away on Instafreebie
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October 13, 2016
Fantasy #FreebieFriday on #InstaFreebie
Wow! Do I have a list for you this week!!! There are over 20 books in this Fantasy on #InstaFreebie post! Get ready, because you are going to go on a wild adventure! We have Epic Fantasy, YA Fantasy, YA Dark Urban Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, did I mention this week was all about the Fantasy on #IsntaFreebie? Well, it is! So get yourself comfortable and prepare to enter new worlds of imagination!
Fantasy on #InstaFreebie
A man will do anything for the love of his life, including try to raise her from the dead.
In a city where appearance is reality, a naive diplomat, and his clever servant set out to catch a serial killer and foil an assassination.
A boy discovers heroes still exist. (a short story)
Mystic and Imperial Officier Xu Liang sets off on a quest to unite six mystical blades, the only things that may save his beloved empire.
A reluctant demigod embarks on an epic quest to keep the Beast Agon trapped in the Underworld.
Caught between the forces that be, It’s no place for a human…
Vampires? Fae warriors? Who knew they were real. Somebody must have and they should have let the rest of us know!
Angels. Corruption. Death.
Father Time has been tending the hourglasses in the Halls of Time for what seems like eternity. When the sand in one of the hourglasses changes colour, and stops flowing, he doesn’t know what to do. This has never happened before. Is it an omen that the end is nigh, or something else entirely?
He was her destination, she just didn’t know it.
When sibling rivalry spills over into the land of mortals, the mortals lose. Great evil, spawn of the underworld, is poised to sweep all life from the planet, and only the twins can stop it. Jealousy, love, hatred and magic battle for the ultimate control of the souls of the world. Only one will be left standing, and if it is the wrong one, how will the world survive?
Everything you know is a lie…
Eighteen-year-old Grace is sick of running. For over two thousand years the Angels have hunted the halfborn, determined to maintain the barrier that conceals the magical world from Human eyes. Grace and her foster family have survived capture by living amongst humans, but the noose is tightening as the spell binding their magic begins to fail.
When unexpected allies send Grace and her family crashing into the world of The Shadow Children, she finds herself at the epicentre of a battle to save those she loves.
But who can she trust when everyone has the face of an angel?
It’s survival of the fittest, but first you have to fit in.
Shae is sure the icy rage that eats away at her is driving away her friends and pulling her closer to the wrong boy. But, as her protected world unravels, she discovers the violent supernatural world that lurks in her quiet hometown and the ancient feuds that threaten to destroy both her friends and her family. To save those she loves, Shae must succumb to her own fury, but at what cost?
Victoria Storm and her werewolf pack seek sanctuary in a small town. When she discovers they are infringing on the territory of a powerful Alpha wolf, she uses her feminine wiles to seduce him.
Sigyn is prophesied to be consort to a king. Instead she marries a fool. Centuries after his chaos destroys their marriage the fallout really begins.
When Amy prays for help, Loki the Norse God of Mischief isn’t who she has in mind.
Feyland: a new computer game that allows Scottish teenager Corinne MacArthur to escape the sadness haunting her everyday life after losing a loved one. It’s a game where legends come to life, the lines between reality and fantasy become blurred, and the impossible becomes – probable?
This morning Nilla Hayes woke up with death.
She’s not sure whose death it is, but when she finds out her day isn’t going to get a whole lot better.
You can’t solve everything with witchcraft.
Once Alaric was a Keeper.
He protected the land with his knowledge and his magic. He advised the queen. Once he was a good man. Until, in a futile attempt to save his dying wife, he delved deep into dark magic, betraying everything he believed in. But now there is one last chance to save her, buried in an ancient Wellstone. With a map from a disgruntled dwarf, and the help of an inscrutable elf and an inept wizard, Alaric just might find it. Except there are other, darker forces searching for the Wellstone. And if they find it first, they’ll use it to awaken a terrible evil. To face this growing threat—and have any chance at saving his dying wife—Alaric needs the strength and power of a Keeper, not the brokenness of the man he has become.
Can he overcome the darkness in his past? Or will it be the shadows within himself that destroy everything?
Hex-slinger Thomas is searching for his dead wife, the swordswoman, Mira. He finds her guarding a lonely crossroad, and faces a terrible decision.
What does it mean to be human?
Lily Evans is about to find out. On what should have been a day of great happiness she is diagnosed with a rare and unbelievable disease: she is shrinking, possibly without limit.
Kady has been hiding her entire life, but when her pursuer finally catches up, she learns she has unexpected powers.
A famed robber and a little boy who worships him.
Prasanta readily accepts his mother’s task of finding where his father goes at night. But what he discovers is bound to change his life forever.
A Wisp of Hope is the third installment in the Pragjotisha series. It takes place about a hundred years before the events in A Song of Blood and explores the origins of the mysterious cave. This tale can be read on its own too, without having read the earlier stories.
WOW! Was that a lot of Fantasy on #Instafreebie or what? I hope you found at least 3 or 4 books you liked!
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October 9, 2016
New Order on #Instafreebie! Book 1
HI there! Do you like vampire slayer books? How about one that also has some mystery? H.J. Lawson is an author friend of mine who has written a wonderful new series! If you are on my newsletter, you received a copy of her prequel book a couple of weeks ago. If you aren’t on my newsletter, you should join! I give away books all of the time!
H.J. Lawson has given me not one, but two books to share with you this weekend! Her newest book, New Order, is going to be available on Amazon shortly. So she decided to send out via #Instafreebie a bunch of free copies to early readers! Now, she didn’t ask, but if you get a copy and feel like leaving her an honest review on Amazon, I am sure she would be greatly appreciative! New Order is only available on #Instafreebie for a short time, so don’t delay!
Now head on over to #Instafreebie via the link above and download your copy for free!!!
You didn’t get the prequel to this great story? That is OK, H.J. Lawson has been gracious enough to allow me to share the link again! So come on over and grab your second free #Instafreebie book of this post!
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October 6, 2016
Christian Fiction #FreebieFriday on #InstaFreebie
This week I have collected a fantastic list of Christian Fiction Instafreebie books for your enjoyment! Read through them and let me know what you think! And don’t forget to go all the way to bottom! If you don’t have a reader, such as a Kindle or a Nook, Scroll to the bottom to get a FREE kindle reading app for your phone, tablet, and Computer!
History student Aria Forsyth’s studies lead her to dangerous questions about the Empire’s origins. A mysterious man named Owen, impervious to the winter cold, further unravels the safety of the world she thought she knew. At first, Aria believes Owen is human. He says he’s not. What if they’re both wrong?
A moment’s compassion draws her into a conflict between human and inhuman, natural and supernatural, and she begins to discover the secrets of the Empire, the Fae, and what it means to be human.
Squire wants to forgive Kelly for ignoring him a decade ago. He’d like to provide the stable life she and her son need, but with old wounds opening and a ranch on the brink of financial collapse, do they have the patience and faith to make their second chance possible?
Can a first love get a second chance?
When Hannah runs into Benjamin twenty-two years after they had first courted, the old spark gets re-ignited between them. But they are no longer teenagers, and no longer in love.
Or are they?
What could go wrong when two people fall for each other when neither of them wants to be in love? Find out how Lenora and Jackson figure out the way to true adventure. Together.
Murder. Mayhem. Madcap lady vicar.
Reverend Annabelle Dixon, the charming, slightly gauche, very tall, thirty-something vicar of St. Mary’s Church, is on her way to visit a new parishioner, a duty she’s performed many times before. This time, however, instead of tea and cakes, Annabelle is served a heaping plate of murder and a fine helping of handsome Inspector Mike Nicholls!
Filled with laugh-out-loud moments and cake and pastry recipes, this humorous, cozy mystery is an excellent introduction to the Reverend Annabelle Dixon series.
Award Winning Mystery from Best Selling Christian Author Traci Tyne Hilton!
Bible school student Jane cleans houses to make ends meet. She’s getting by just fine — until she finds one of her customers murdered in his bed. A cozy Christian mystery!
After years of looking out for everyone else, preacher’s daughter Janie Worthy is ready to get a life of her own. But on the way to her first date, her car decides to quit, and a stranger on a motorcycle becomes her savior. The short time she spends with Caleb Montgomery on the side of the road might be the most romantic interlude Janie can remember. Of course, it’s all a fantasy, and soon Caleb is riding off into the night.
Until he shows up again in her hometown of Shellwater Key. When Caleb decides to stay in town for Christmas, Janie can’t help but wonder if she is the reason. Except people don’t fall in love in one night…Right? As the holidays kick into high gear, Janie must find the courage to move beyond past guilt to embrace the future and open the best Christmas present she could ever find.
Memoirs of a Girl Who Loves God
From a USA Today bestselling author: Haley Carston comes home to care for her ailing aunt and encounters the high school sweetheart who she never forgot, cowboy Maddox Michaels. Maddox had everything going for him in high school but life wasn’t kind. Can Haley teach him to dream again?
Running not only for her own life, but that of her unborn baby, Serenah moves across the country to a little town outside of Spokane Washington called Newport to start a new life.
Lee’s single and loves it. She can see her guardian angel (a wiseacre who’s hopelessly in love with the Rumours album) but she’s driving him nuts with her lies. But she only lies to the guys she dates, and only about her job. She’s an auto mechanic. The problem is, when she falls in love, the guy thinks she’s someone she’s not, and straightening it out is going to be an awful mess.
This short story is a clean and wholesome American historical western. Christian Inspirational stories by Fanny West are suitable for all.
Michael lost his family to an attack and he finds it hard to forgive. He blames both God and the savages who took his wife and son from him, but the Lord has paid the bounty on his soul. A short story of forgiveness and faith.
I hope you liked the selection this week! Be sure to come back next week for the next genre! And if you don’t have a Kindle device, then you can download this Free App now. Just click the banner image.
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