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New Cover, Upcoming Release from Allison Merritt

Eban (The Heckmasters, Book 2)Author: Allison MerrittISBN13: 978-1-61922-634-0Length: 70kRelease date: April 7, 2015

If love can’t save them, there will be hell to pay.
Grateful for his mother’s human blood that cools the dark fire of his demon father, Eban Heckmaster has set up a medical practice in New Mexico territory. But there’s no hope of living a normal life until he rids himself of a seductive demon that’s been pursuing him.
Vanquishing it won’t be as simple as sharpening his demon-hunting sword. The clever creature is hiding inside his best friend’s head, and she has no idea of the havoc she’s been wreaking, especially with his body.
Beryl suspects Eban knows why she’s been waking up with no memory of where she’s been or what she’s done, but he’s not talking. But when she inevitably learns what he’s hiding—or rather, what’s hiding inside her—she wonders if her love for him is real, or an illusion created by the demon’s lust.
Eban is losing the battle to hold his rising desire in check. There may be only one way to extricate Beryl from the beast entangling her mind. Call upon his demon blood...and offer it as a sacrifice.
Warning:Contains a half-human, half-demon doctor who can heal anyone except himself, and a woman who’d blush if she could remember the sensuous torture she’s been inflicting on him. Could make you wonder if you should start listening to the voices in your head...


About the Author:
A love of reading inspired Allison Merritt to pursue her dream of becoming an author who writes historical, paranormal and fantasy romances, often combining the sub-genres. She lives in a small town in the Ozark Mountains with her husband and dogs. When she's not writing or reading, she hikes in national parks and conservation areas.
Allison graduated from College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri with a B.A. in mass communications that's gathering dust after it was determined that she's better at writing fluff than hard news.
Social media links:Blog – http://havenovelwilledit.blogspot.comFacebook – http://facebook.com/allisonmwritesTwitter – http://twitter.com/allison_merritG+ - http://gplus.to/allisonmerrittGoodreads – http://goodreads.com/AllisonMWritesPinterest - http://www.pinterest.com/allisonmwrites/
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Spotlight on Shiloh Saddler and BITTEN BY SNAKE OIL

I like to write historical romance, M/M historical romance to be exact. Cowboys are hot! But you know other guys who are hot? Blacksmiths. Just picturing a big muscular man bent over the forge all hot and sweaty gets me excited. In my newest release Bitten by Snake Oil the story is told from the point of view of Jed Riker the blacksmith in the small town of Tumbleweed, Kansas.
Of course, he doesn’t understand why he is attracted to other men and the hellfire and brimstone preacher has put the fear of God in him. He is determined to change his ways if only he knew how. When a sexy medicine show man comes to town he could either be the key to his salvation or to his downfall. 



Blurb:Since the death of his wife four years ago, blacksmith Jed Riker has been fighting his attraction to men. When sexy medicine-show man Peter Saint comes into Tumbleweed, Kansas, Jed buys his potion hoping for a cure, but receives vivid erotic dreams of the perfectly built salesman instead.
Jed’s uses all his strength and energy to fight the attraction in a town where the local preacher’s hellfire and damnation sermons promise repercussions if he dares to act on them. Can Peter Saint’s potions offer a solution and free the blacksmith to live and love as he wishes and not as his closed-minded neighbors demand?

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Excerpt:Reverend Barlow’s voice echoed in the quiet room as he preached about the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah, railed about how the immoral would pay and spend eternity in the fiery pits of Hell.Blood rushed from my face, and I broke out in a cold sweat. Not this sermon again. It seemed the passage was one of the reverend’s favorites. Each time I heard it, I grew even more uncomfortable with my secret desires. My toes curled in my boots, and I prayed no one would notice my odd behavior. I drew a deep breath and looked at my mother-in-law out of the corner of my eye. She did not look concerned, attentive to the reverend’s every word.
I did not want to spend eternity in the fiery pits of Hell. I had to repent. I had to change my ways. My heart thrashed wildly, but did not beat loud enough to drown out the reverend as he read verses from the Bible.
If I didn’t have to help Martha home, I would have begged sudden illness and left. As it was, bile burned a slow path up my throat and into my mouth. I swallowed, the ball of saliva doing little to ease my discomfort. While the reverend liked to put the fear of God into his parishioners, he seemed to scare me the most. He must know something. How?
It didn’t matter. I fully expected Reverend Barlow to call me out, to be publicly ridiculed and ostracized.
If I didn’t have to help Martha home, I would have begged sudden illness and left. As it was, bile burned a slow path up my throat and into my mouth. I swallowed, the ball of saliva doing little to ease my discomfort. While the reverend liked to put the fear of God into his parishioners, he seemed to scare me the most. He must know something. How?



 About the Author:Shiloh Saddler likes to do research for her steamy romances first hand. She has invented a time machine and travels back to the 19th century on a regular basis. There are experimental settings on her time machine which could propel her into the future and even other worlds. She believes love and a good book makes anything possible.


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Brynna Curry
Writer Liv Corrigan has the worst luck with men -- her telepathy tends to make them run for the hills. When she meets widower and ex-cop Jack Roarke, she decides to keep her talent hidden. Things are looking up until their third date crashes and burns as the man who murdered Jack’s wife turns out to be after him too.


Injured, Jack retreats with Liv to his house under armed guard. But with Liv’s mysteries rapidly coming unraveled, a diamond-thief killer to stop and passion in the air, the safe house is anything but safe for their hearts!



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About the Author:  Brynna Curry was born south of the Mason-Dixon Line. After living all over the southern states, she finally landed in North Alabama where she lives with her husband and their three children. Growing up, books fueled her dreams and imagination, ultimately becoming her salvation during the hardest times in her life.Writing is her passion, but she enjoys the fun of sharing those stories with others by reviewing books and working in publicity.
When she isn’t writing or promoting, she’s often found haunting the library for new books to read or just spending an quiet evening at home with Jackie watching old westerns on TV. Although her wizards, shifters and vampires are as real to her as anyone, she insists love is the truest magic and with it every day is another wonderful adventure.


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Starting Over by @MarissaDobson ~ Free !

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Not everyone is given a second chance at love. When Scott Meyers finds Liz Hoffman—the woman who walked out on him fifteen years ago—on the side of the road after a car accident in the middle of a snowstorm, he’s unwilling to let her slip through his fingers again. Will she accept him back into her life, or will their second chance melt away like the snow beneath their feet?

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Excerpt:Something moved in the distance, catching his gaze. A car. It had gone off the side of the narrow mountain road and from the looks of it had been there for a while. It was completely covered in snow, but someone was inside, trying to push the door open. It wasn’t going to happen, not with the snowdrift that had built up.He slipped the rifle strap over his shoulder and continued down the hill after J.R., toward the car. He didn’t bother to yell that he was coming to help, because there was little doubt whoever was in the car could have heard him over the wind. It had to be a tourist, because any locals would know it was insane to go out in this weather. No one in their right mind would sign their death warrant by being out here. Without Scott’s intervention, this person was done for. He quickened his pace.He neared the back of the car. The bumper was sticking up, and the license plate read Virginia. No wonder the idiot was out in this storm. They didn’t know any better. He tapped J.R. to get him out of the way, and went to the side of the car where someone had been trying to get out. “Anyone in there?”“Yes…please, help me!” someone sobbed, the voice edged with desperation. Tiny fists banged on the glass. “I can’t get this door open.”“There’s a snow drift here, can you put the window down farther?” He tried to peer in where the window was rolled down just a crack, but he couldn’t see anything.“No, the car’s dead.” There was movement closer to the window, but he couldn’t see through the tinted glass. “Scott…Scott Meyers, is that you?”“Yeah. You know me? Who’s in there?”

Benchmark by Georgie Hanlin & Shannon Swann w/an Amazon #giveaway

It’s All About the Author…
1)  Please tell us 5 interesting facts about yourself that readers might not know about you …SHANNON:-I’m an avid runner.  I just finished my first half marathon in Vancouver and my next one is in NYC-I love musical theatre-I love to cook (my friends will attest to that as I feed them quite often)-I am a huge animal advocate.Georgie:*I love cats!*I studied abroad in Paris for a year and lived with a French family*I am addicted to Starbuck's chai tea*I really like to hike in the woods or in the mountains*I love holding newborn babies
2)  What do you like to do in your spare time?SHANNON:-Spending time with my two dogs is a huge comfort and joy for me.  They help me to relax-Going for a runs along Lake Michigan-I’m a huge fan of crafts!  From knitting to ceramics, I love spending time creating things.-Spending time with friends and family whether that be a quiet dinner party to a night out.
Georgie: I don't have too much spare time between being a mom, working and writing...but I cherish time with my family and friends and I love peaceful walks alongside the San Francisco Bay.

3)  Is there one book that you love to read over and over again?  If so, what is it and what is it that keeps you coming back to it?SHANNON:I’m a big fan of the classics.  I’ve read Pride and Prejudice a ton of times.  But my taste in genre is very vast.  I love the new trend of dystopian novels.
Georgie: It's a tie between All Quiet on the Western Front and Great Expectations. Both stories have friendships, love and loss...all things that are a real part of life.
4)  How did you get started writing and have you always wanted to be an author?SHANNON:I’ve always loved to write.  Creative Writing courses in college were among my favorites.
Georgie: I love moving stories. I never forget them. One day I just starting telling my own.
5)  If you for some reason couldn’t be an author, what would your other choice be?SHANNON:My dream job would be working to help animals in any way that I can.
Georgie: I'm a teacher in addition to a writer. I wouldn't change it...I love working with children.
6)Did you like school?  Were you a good student?
SHANNON:  I did like school.  I’d like to think that I was a good student…I did make the honor roll!
Georgie: I did like school. Some years were harder than others. But I had some wonderful teachers along the way who really believed in me when I didn't always believe in myself. I was a hard worker no matter if the subject was easy or difficult. I definitely didn't breeze through school, but I worked hard and it paid off.
6)    When you write, is there a specific way you have to write, ie:  certain room, noise or quiet, computer or paper etc…
SHANNON:  I prefer not to be on a specific schedule.  I think creativity comes to you in the moment and that’s when you grab your laptop and start typing.
Georgie: I definitely need it to be quiet when I write. I'm a planner: I like to outline, but not in great detail. I thrive on organization but welcome spontaneous thoughts. I like to finish all goals I set for myself.


7)  Do titles stump you or do they come easy?  When do you pick a title, before the story is written or when it’s done?  SHANNON: I love to pick titles!  I think they tend to come easy to me if I have the main story plot worked out.   I like to choose titles that do not necessarily describe the book.  I want to make readers think about the meaning.Georgie: I have a hard time with titles...Shannon chose BENCHMARK and I love it!  :)
8)  Doyou keep a notebook near you for when new ideas pop into your head?SHANNON:When ideas come to me, I put them into my notes app in my iphone!  That way I know I can never lose them.
Georgie: I do have a trusty notepad I use to jot down ideas.

9)  How does your family feel about your writing?SHANNON: They are very supportive.  They know that I’ve always loved to write!
Georgie: My family is incredibly supportive, as well. I'm very lucky to have such wonderful family and friends who truly value my writing.
Thanks for sharing “you as an author” with us !  We hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

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BenchmarkGeorgie Hanlin & Shannon SwannReleased:  December 12, 2014 from Evernight Teen55k/ contemporary/romance/minor fantasy elementEditor's Pick !


Harper Kingsley has the perfect life until her brother, Braydon, commits suicide.  After his death, Harper returns to North Star, a sailing camp on Whidbey Island where she and Braydon spent eight summers together.  Joining her are her three best friends who are ready to rule Senior Hill.  Harper just wants to escape to the only place she feels is truly magical.
At North Star, Harper tries to forget her reality, but it's impossible because she comes face-to-face with her brother at a hidden bench in the garden.  Is it really him or just her imagination?  She k nows Braydon is dead.  Why is he appearing in front of her?  Scared at first, Harper rejects his presence, but once he explains that she is the one who brought him back, she wants to hear him out.
 Harper chooses to keep these encounters to herself.  Who would believe her anyway?  It's Jeremy Miller, the camp's ultimate heartthrob and Piper's ex, to whom she will eventually reveal her secret.  And he has a secret of his own.  Their camp romance turns Harper's friends against her, giving her one more thing to juggle this summer at North Star.


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Excerpt: “Seriously, Harp,” she began, “if you and Jeremy like each other, you should just be honest about it.” It was obvious to me that the three of them had been talking about this behind my back.
“That’s not even the point, Anna,” I barked defensively.  “We don’t, I mean, I… he… look, Jeremy’s a nice guy and he was friends with my brother.” I felt short of breath trying to explain myself.  “But that’s all irrelevant. The point is: everything in this world can’t always be about Piper.  At school, at camp, wherever we are, it’s always about Piper and her boyfriends or her exes or her soccer or her clothes or her life or whatever. I am so tired of her.” Those were my honest feelings right at that moment, but deep, deep down, I knew I was just jealous of her uninterrupted life. 
“Look, I know you’ve gone through a lot, this year Harp,” she whispered sympathetically, undoubtedly trying to calm me down before we started to draw a bigger crowd. 
There was the pity. I hated being pitied.  I could feel my eyes start to well up so I began to blink frantically to stop tears from falling down my face. I was so sick of crying. 
“Thanks anyway, Anna, but you actually have no idea.” Anna had been nothing but a friend to me, and I knew my words had hurt her. “One year ago, my life was normal. It was happy and calm and predictable.  I was up here having fun with my brother and you guys, loving it all, probably just like you are this summer.  But, for me, it’s different now. Everything’s different. And it won’t ever be the same again.” I was barely able to finish my sentence, but I could see through my teary eyes that Anna looked uncomfortable, like she didn’t know what to do with me.  We had inched our way from the center to the edge of the art shed, far enough from other people’s earshot, but close enough for anyone paying attention to clue in on all the drama.  I had to get out of there. People were starting to stare.




About the Authors:Georgie HanlinGeorgie Hanlin grew up in San Francisco. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Scripps College in French and History and spent her Junior Year abroad studying in Paris. Georgie has Master of Arts degree in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.  Her writing has been featured in The New York Times/International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Chronicle and NPR.  Georgie is a teacher in Mill Valley and lives in San Francisco.
Shannon SwannShannon Swann was born in Honolulu, but moved to New Jersey as a child. She has a Bachelor’s degree from California State University, San Francisco in Liberal Studies with an emphasis on Speech Communication. For close to a decade, she worked in the fashion industry for some of most well-known retail giants (GAP, Coach, Reebok) in San Francisco, New York and Boston doing Product Development. She currently owns her own small business, MooseCouture, and resides in Chicago where she is an avid animal rights supporter (PAWS Chicago).




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Spotlight: The Love Commission by Vicki Ballante with a #giveaway

The Love  CommissionVicki Ballante


Gelsey is a savannah sprite—a fairy in Africa who works to preserve the earth. She’s a pro at eco-balance, but when the fairy queen gives her a commission to become a human to learn the meaning of love, she’s miserable. She has to give it her best as it’s the only way to get her dream job—to save the African Wild Cat.
After a short time in her new life, Gelsey is swept into the world of Evan’s love. Now, she must make an impossible choice—give up her life with the man who owns her heart or lose her fairyhood forever.




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Excerpt
The queen must have chosen the noisiest moment to give her the commission.“You are to enter the human world…as a human.”Gelsey blinked, her wings trembling against her back. Four fairies had entered the human world and only one had come back safe, having succeeded in her commission. Two others had remained human, and the last one had been killed. “I don’t understand….” “You are a young fairy who has an amazing ability to calm down the most frightened bird or insect. I believe you will be as suitable for this commission as you are beautiful and humble. You know you aren’t perfect. Someone humble enough to admit her weaknesses would be just right for the human world. You won’t lose your personality at all when you take your new form. You won’t even lose your wings. They will merely remain dormant. You will be divested of some of your powers, though. But your power to calm down the distressed will remain. That power will enable you to succeed in your commission.” “What am I to do?” “You are to marry a man for a year. You will find out why the humans want love and sex but not children. As you may have learned in your studies at nature school, Homo sapiens reproduce differently to fairies. They reproduce by sex between a male and female. But the species have devised several means to prevent babies from being formed in the female body even though they continue to have sex. This has lowered the reproduction rate of the creatures who are important for the balance of the earth, specifically in South Africa. For this purpose, I want you to enter into their world and feel what they feel. You are to know what it is to love a male human with their type of love. You will go at the first break of spring and will be able to return home at the start of the following spring. We will give you your own vial of fairy dust. The gold dust should be used only twice. The first time is when you find a suitable man to marry. When you find someone who is single and who cares about the balance of nature, you must sprinkle the fairy dust on his head. The magic will make him want to marry you. Once the magic has worked, you cannot find another man. He is the one for you. If you mistakenly choose a married man, you will get one more chance.” Gelsey’s wings beat against her back until they ached. Become a human and marry one? How would she know what to do? And a whole year? She would miss out on spring. It had been a long, cold winter, and she wouldn’t get to see or hear all the new baby birds or play with the flying ants when the rains came. “The second time you should use the fairy dust is to come home. You are to sprinkle the dust on the man you have chosen to make him turn away from you. He will forget every instant shared with you. He will forget his marriage, and so will everyone he knows. Then you can come home without arousing any suspicion. Ziana will explain where you are to go and what job you will take on in the human world to make you fit in there. You have a month to find this man you are to wed. While you are married to him, you need to find out from him or anyone else you meet, like other females, the reason for the humans not wanting as many children. You are to research your own emotions and those of the male’s, and work out what is happening to humans to change their future.” “What if I don’t find anything of importance?” “By becoming one of them, you will automatically understand how they think and what is happening in their hearts. Although you may not comprehend in the beginning, marrying a male human will help you to understand. Well, that’s what we believe.” Gelsey wasn’t so sure. The queen had much more wisdom than the general fairy, but what if she didn’t know everything? Fairies knew little of the human world. They had never understood humans and their strange behaviors. “If you succeed at your commission, you will be promoted to Head Endangered Animal earth fairy for South Africa.” Gelsey gasped. To be able to save an animal from extinction had been her dream for years. But could she fulfill this commission?





Author Bio:
Vicki writes erotic and fantasy romance. She loves taking her characters into an alternate world where strange and sexy things happen. She lives with her patient husband and three noisy kids in South Africa. In between being a busy stay-at-home Mom who hates housework and spends half her life cooking everything from scratch, she runs several blogs, writes under another name, and buries herself in the delightful world of her characters.


Online Links for Vicki:
Blog: http://www.vballante.blogspot.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vicki-Ballante-Sugar-and-Spice/517893148283488Twitter: https://twitter.com/VickiBallantePinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/vballante/



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Saving Sultan by Jennah Scott

Saving Sultanby Jennah ScottBlurb.


Dillon Sultan never imagined he might some day lose Sultan Ranch. He’s got one month to find the money needed to keep bank from taking his family’s land. One month to find a miracle.

Liam Callahan hasn’t talked to his best friend since the night they kissed six years ago. Now he’s got a chance to make things right and catch the man of his dreams. But first, he has to help Dillon figure out a way to keep Sultan Ranch.

But when Dillon’s family is betrayed, and he learns that Liam hasn’t been totally honest with him, will he lose everything that matters most?


           
Saving Sultan
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About the Author:
Born and raised in Texas, Jennah is a transplant to Missouri long enough ago she should probably consider that her hometown. But she will forever be a Texan. She loves to write any story that will make a reader smile, laugh, and maybe even cry (although you won't ever hear her admit that she cries). Whether the next story she writes is contemporary, urban fantasy, LGBT, or whatever other crazy idea she comes up with, there will always be love and romance in the midst of trials and turmoil.


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Email: Jennah.scott01@gmail.com
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Excerpt:
Liam glanced at the letter in front of him once more. Patrick Sultan was four months behind on his mortgage, and the bank was ready to take everything.


To Liam, Patrick was a surrogate father. One he couldn’t figure out how to help. He hated seeing the official notice in his in-box this morning. What had started as a good day went downhill thirty seconds after he opened his e-mail. Liam wasn’t a loan officer, but he did work with Patrick on his personal banking accounts. For that reason, he kept his finger on the pulse of the business accounts as well. He pulled up the old man’s personal information once he’d read the letter. Empty. The next balance he checked could have resulted in immediate termination. The customer wasn’t assigned to him. In his position, he had access to everyone’s information, but he wasn’t supposed to view anything without the holder’s authorization.


Dillon Sultan would not give him the okay. Of that, Liam was sure. Even with the risk, he entered the ten-digit number and called up the current total balance. He was still staring at the four figures when the phone echoed through the office.


“Liam Callahan, how can I help you?”


The person on the other end cleared his throat. The deep voice that followed made his heart stop. Not skip a beat, but a dead stop. Skipping would have been too easy to recover from.


“Liam, it’s Dillon. Sultan.”




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The Holidays with Marcus Damanda and A Devil in Daylight

Holiday Author Questionnaire

**Please tell us a little about yourself...Thanks for having me. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas!I’m a middle school English teacher, perpetual storyteller, and avid reader. I enjoy horror and fantasy tales, usually set in perfectly normal little suburbs. Put-upon characters that find their strength in the face of conflicts beyond the normal human experience are my bread and butter.


**What is your favorite childhood Christmas memory?Every single Christmas between ages five and twelve. Waking up to my mom’s cinnamon buns, trying to get my parents awake and downstairs—even cleaning up after presents. Putting the batteries in. All of it.


**Do you like to decorate your house?  Anything special that you do for your decorating?Shazam the cat only lets me go so far. Most of the things I decorate with come from my students at school. Frilly stuff and fragile ornaments—oh, no. The cat’s having none of that.


**Do you have any special tradition that your family celebrates for the Christmas Holiday?It’s usually me, my brothers, my mom, sister-in-law, nieces and nephews. I’m generally the guy who gets nominated for the family grace, oddly enough. After we’ve done the presents and before the big dinner, the guys usually go outside and shoot BB guns.


**Are you the holiday cook or do you let someone else do the cooking?I’m the only Italian boy I know who does not cook. But Mom always makes this great Christmas spread—breaded chicken, stuffed shells, lasagna. It’s incredible.


**Do you like to be where there is snow for the holidays or are you (or want to be) a snowbird that likes to fly south for the winter?
I live in Virginia. You can never predict the Mid-Atlantic. Sometimes we get nothing, sometimes we get completely hammered in snow. There’s nowhere I’d rather be, either way.


**As a reader, do you like to read Christmas stories?I don’t seek them out, per se. When I used to work retail around the holidays, I kind of overdosed on all that. But I don’t rule them out, either.


**As a writer, do you like to write Christmas stories?DEVILS IN THE DARK and TEETH: THE FOREVER SHOW BOOK 2 both happen around Christmas. There’s a Christmas scene in DEVILS IN THE DARK. Do ghosts and vampires count?


**Do you give the gift of reading for Christmas?Sure—for my friends who read.



**For fun, I have a few personal questions,  Your Favorite 51) Favorite Christmas song – U2’s “Baby, Please Come Home.”2) Favorite Christmas movie-SCROOGED3) Favorite Christmas story –A Christmas Carol4) Favorite Christmas color-red5) Favorite Christmas food – Mom’s pasta stuffed with breaded chicken. Oh. My. God.I’m hungry now.


**And for a bonus, if you were given the gift of travel to anywhere for the holidays, where would you want to go???Anywhere? Really?Middle Earth. Hogwarts, if Middle Earth’s booked.


**Where can our readers find you??Email: marcusdamanda1@comcast.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcusDamanda
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcusDamandaAuthor
Website/blog: www.marcusdamanda.com
Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/Marcus-Damanda/e/B002BLL6WC/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
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**Tell us about your current or upcoming release and where can we find it?I’m very proud to let everyone know about the second in THE DEVIL IN MISS DRAKE’S CLASS series, A DEVIL IN DAYLIGHT. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to high school …





A Devil in DaylightThe Devil in Miss Drake’s Class, Book TwoMarcus Damanda
Evernight Teen, 163 pagesHorror/romantic elements 16+ due to violence and adult situations


“You will account for what you did to Audrey.”
After three months in the suicide prevention wing of St. George’s, Audrey Bales is finally coming home. Enrolled at a new school, she plans to reinvent herself with a new look, new friends, and a second chance to be just like everyone else. But the kids who drove her over the edge aren’t through with her yet. 
And one of her new friends has an agenda all his own.
 “You, and all the others.”
 During the day, the halls of Battlefield High will echo with their screams.
 “It will never stop.”
 And at night, their screams will be silenced.
 “Until one of you ends it.”


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Excerpt: Audrey watched the knife go in. Alex’s Swiss Army knife, from Scouts.
That’s right, sis, Alex’s ghost said. You’re doing it. Good girl.
Blood welled up from her wrist, at first in bubbles and droplets, then in a line.
Ignore the pain. Block it out. Deny it, like it’s not even there.
And it wasn’t. Weird. This was supposed to hurt.
Her reflection in the computer screen showed black hair. And that, too, was weird. She hadn’t had black hair in months. Not since her first days in the hospital.
Nor was she supposed to be seeing him. She’d beaten him—banished him.
She had to saw to break the vein. A small, red jet squirted over her keyboard.
On the screen, Val—her one-time best friend—was reaching out to her. Audrey? Audrey, don’t be dumb. Come on.
Alex stopped talking, stopped coaching. From behind, he held on to her shoulders and squeezed.
She still had the strength to use the knife again, going down from the wrist. There was no pain, after all. She had the strength for that and for one more thing.
She set down the knife in a puddle of her own blood, then picked up her cell phone and took a picture, even as her wrist squirted again.
She hooked the phone to a USB cable and to the computer. She posted the picture, unhooked it, and let it drop. It clattered off the side of the desk and onto the floor, but Audrey didn’t even notice.
She tried to put her chin in her right hand. She wanted to watch the responses. See what Val thought. See what Maggie thought.
Maggie, who had started all of this. Maggie, who had ruined Audrey’s life because she’d thought Audrey had been ogling her in the locker room at school. Spoiled, rich little Maggie Lassiter, with the angel earrings—it had been those Audrey had been staring at—and the countless followers that Maggie called her friends. But it hadn’t been enough. No, she had to steal Audrey’s friend, Valerie Mills. Her only friend….
Putting her chin in her hand didn’t quite work out. Her elbow slipped in the blood on her desk. She felt her face hit the hard wooden corner of the desk on her way to the floor.
 **** 
But instead of hitting the floor, Audrey sat up in her own bed, awake and breathing hard and holding her left wrist with her right hand.
She looked… scarred, but whole.
Her parents had purged her bedroom nearly to emptiness, but her computer was still there, a shadow near the window.
Audrey kicked her legs over the side of the bed and went to it, powered on, and thumbed the monitor. And, amazingly, she yawned, even as her heart began to settle back toward its normal speed and rhythm.
She found her water bottle and Geodon, and checked her clock as the computer slowly hummed to life. Yep, close enough. She took her pill.
Taking a breath, she tried to access her Twitter account.
Blocked.
Instagram, next.
Blocked.
Facebook.
Blocked.
She smiled, rather sleepily. Everything was still normal. She’d just had to be sure.
Sunlight began to peek tentatively through her window. Audrey set her chin in her right hand and waited for it.
Daylight could not come soon enough. 
**** 
Alastair Hutchinson lay flat on his back on top of his perfectly made bed, but he did not sleep. Had not slept.
Never slept.
He watched the sunrise.
We should be looking, said one of the voices that lived inside of him. We’re wasting time.
“Why look?” he asked. “There’s an unsettled account at the school we’ll be attending. I’ve found everything we need.”
Audrey is not an unsettled account, the voices protested. She’s alive.
“I’m not talking about her,” Alastair said. “You haven’t been paying attention. There’s another.” He laughed, softly. “Three days from now, we’ll be sitting in her first period class.”
But not as Alastair Hutchinson, he thought. No. As a name she’ll recognize.
The host stirred. We need to move the line, said another voice. This isn’t helping.
“I’ve got that covered too,” said Alastair. “You won’t have to wait long. Trust me.”





About the Author: Marcus Damanda lives in Woodbridge, Virginia with his cat, Shazam. At various times throughout his life, he played bass guitar for the garage heavy metal band
Mother’s Day, wrote for The Dale City Messenger,and published editorials in The Potomac News and The Freelance Star.Currently, while not plotting his next foray into fictitious suburban mayhem, he spoils his nieces and nephews and teaches middle school English.


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Jack Croft and Journey Ferrer connect while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas.  Journey, a fiery and feisty free-spirit is drawn to Jack by his handsome looks and sweet nature.  Jack finds Journey's combination of intelligence and spunk to be irresistible.  Jack and Journey begin meeting one another annually on Spring Break, and eventually must face their undeniable chemistry; however, with responsibilities and future endeavors on opposite sides of the country, neither Jack nor Journey are prepared to make the life changes necessary to accommodate the potential for true love. Jack and Journey grow apart over the years, each pursuing their own life's direction, until chance, or perhaps fate, brings them together again.  Although their paths intertwine for the second time, allowing them to pursue the romance of a lifetime, traversing the road of life proves to be full of twists and turns and is ever unpredictable.  


    
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Have you ever thought you had your life all figured out, only to wake up one day and realize that you have to start all over?
DEVASTATED by a career-ending injury, professional ballerina Mia Parker decides to move back to her hometown of West Trenton to open a dance studio and begin again.

DETERMINED to do what is best for his young daughter, Jaxson Sinclair finds himself adrift as a single Dad after his unstable marriage suddenly ends in tragedy.

DESTINED to find each other, there is no denying the attraction between them, but can he get past the self-blame of the accident?

DESIRED by Jaxson, will Mia be the push he needs to start living again? Although the obstacles of starting over are endless, they discover comfort in each other's arms. Can Jax bring this dancer to the Pointe of Passion where she never wants to go back?

Sometimes starting over can make all of your dreams and desires come true.
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I opened the door when we pulled up in my driveway and got out before he even had a chance to turn the car off. He got out and quickly followed me up the walkway. I turned around at the front door with my hands on my hips. “Look Jaxson, I am really tired and I just want to go inside and go to bed. Thank you for taking me, but I will talk to you later.”He advanced on me so fast that my head was spinning when he pressed me up against the front door. He had his mouth crushed to mine before I could even protest. His hands were on either side of my face holding my mouth to his. I tried to push away, but he didn't budge.His tongue darted out and licked the seam of my lips. I tried to push away once more, but my resolve was quickly tearing down and the push was barely more than a nudge. My hands stayed on his chest and slowly made their way up until they were locked around his neck.“Mia, I don't want anyone but you. Let me make love to you,” he whispered against my lips.My mouth had a mind of its own and parted to let him in. As his tongue intertwined with mine and I knew I had lost this fight.





Annalie Walker was born and raised in Louisiana. She is the wife to a sometimes home, sometimes not airline pilot husband and the mother of two fabulous children. If she is not at the soccer field with one, you can find her in the dance studio with the other. Of the two, she is most comfortable in the dance studio since she also grew up there.She spends her days in the pharmacy, her evenings carpooling kids and her nights lost in a good book. On the weekends, you can find her cheering for her favorite football teams. She has just recently found her passion for writing. She likes her books the same way she likes her food, spicy. She has just recently published her first novel Pointe of Passion on Amazon. Look for Book Two in the Dancer's Desire Series coming soon!


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