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A Book A Day For The Holidays: My Fake Boyfriend Is Better Than Yours by Kristina Springer

MY FAKE BOYFRIEND IS BETTER THAN YOURS -

A good friend comes before a boyfriend—be he real or not—every time.

Friendship can be hard sometimes, but so far in seventh grade, Tori Barnes's BFF, Sienna Baker, is making life downright impossible. Forced into making up a boyfriend to rival Sienna's, Tori is soon entangled in a whole mess of lies, and she knows that only the truth can fix things.

A Book A Day For The Holidays: Passions of the Dead by L.J. Sellers

Passions of the Dead - Mystery/Suspense

The fourth book in the Detective Jackson series!
A working-class family is brutally attacked in their home and only
one survives. Detective Jackson is assigned to investigate and soon uncovers
a blackmail scheme. But the forensic evidence is confusing, and the girl who
survives has no memory of the horrific event. When another home invasion
occurs,

A Book A Day For The Holidays: Mr. Shipley's Governess by Joanne Troppello

Mr. Shipley's Governess - Inspirational Romance

Sophie Baird is looking for a way to escape the painful reality of her parents' deaths. Unable to live in their home any longer, she takes a job as a live-in tutor to Anastasia Shipley to remove herself from her painful memories and the feeling that God has abandoned her.

Anastasia has an illness that has prevented her from ever attending school

A Book A Day For The Holidays: Lisa's Way by Robert Collins

Lisa's Way - Science Fiction

Teenager Lisa Herbert lives in the small town of Mountain View on the planet Fairfield. The "Savage Rain" decades earlier shut down the hyperspace gate and isolated her world. A casual remark from her sister gets Lisa to ask a simple question: "If life was better before the 'Savage Rain,' why couldn''t it be better again?"

That question starts Lisa on a journey. She

A Book A Day For The Holidays: Spicy, Earthy, Sweet by Erin O'Riordan

Spicy, Earthy, Sweet - Romance


A Hot Romance for Hanukkah!
Dig in to a delectable winter treat, as warm as a potato pancake on a frosty Hanukkah night! Caught up in the magic of the Festival of Lights, Gabriella wants everything to be perfect for her holiday with Jared. Jared has very specific tastes-and a slight obsession with teasing the individual flavors out of the aromas of fine wines.

A Book A Day For The Holidays: The Hating Game by Talli Roland

Talli's The Hating Game is the first book on our A Book A Day For The Holidays Tour.  She gave me the idea for the Into the Shadows blogsplash and also helped me out with it.  I'm thrilled to return the favor!

The Hating Game - Chick Lit


Help Talli Roland's debut novel THE HATING GAME hit the Kindle bestseller list at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk by spreading the word today. Even a few sales

Adventures in Epublishing: First Month Sales Round-Up

It's time to take a look at the numbers for the month of November, the very first month of Into the Shadow's sales.  I'll report back every month to give a break down.  Feel free to leave suggestions for more sales.  I'll list the other things I've been doing as well.

Ebooks - 35
Amazon.com - 27
BarnesandNoble.com - 7
Smashwords.com - 1
Total: $72.64

Paperbacks Online - 11
Amazon.com - 3

Turkeys Indeed

Everyone is doing the whole Thanksgiving thing, what they're thankful for and all that junk.  I'm of course thankful for the usual business, of which I won't bore you with (family, friends, muffins)...but there is something new that I'm thankful for this year. 

And that would have to be my new readers!  I'm starting to get feedback from those out there that are reading the book.  Maybe you'll be

A Book A Day For The Holidays!

I've come up with a fun little experiment.  I'm looking for authors of all kinds, fiction, non-fiction, YA or adult, romance, horror, indie or traditionally published with a book out there in the wide wide world. 

We're all always looking for great, new things to read and what better way to prepare for the holidays than by doing a little shopping and helping out your fellow authors at the same

Into the Shadows Soundtrack: The Rasmus - In the Shadows

Over the next few weeks I'll add a couple of songs that have inspired Into the Shadows.  If I could make my very own soundtrack, these are the songs I would pick.

The whole time I was writing ITS in 2007-2008, I would listen to this song over and over again.  It even inspired the title.  It comes from a little-known Finnish band named The Rasmus, and was popular in Europe in 2003.  True story, I