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Finding Thor Anniversary Giveaway

Finding Thor is turning one year old and I invite you to celebrate with me. Be sure to check out the giveaway below.
International intrigue hits small-town America.
Tragedy has left Cara Cassidy broken and the only thing keeping her from giving in completely is her guilt. Until Nik Rock.
Nik stirs up feelings in degrees she has never experienced, and causes her to do things that most assuredly give him the wrong impression – like kiss him before their first date. Somehow, he breaks down the wall...

March #InkRipples - Feminism

March #InkRipples  theme is feminism. Be sure to visit Mary Waibel & Katie L. Carroll's blog too. After you enter my giveaway! 
I was raised by a strong, independent woman. She was a leader. A trailblazer. A boss. I didn’t know she was a feminist. She raised me with her values. She imparted her strengths. I didn’t know I was a feminist. I rarely ran into roadblocks based on my gender and now I wonder if I simply refused to see them as I barreled through them, climbe...

Spotlight on Santa Muerte by Lucina Stone

Santa Muerte (The Daniela Story Book 1) by Lucina Stone
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 Lucina Stone blends Mexican folklore with modern technology and time travel in this seductive new series where the lines between right and wrong, protagonist and antagonist, truth and fiction, love and lust, and life and death have never been more blurred. THE YEAR IS 2030. IN A DRAMATIC, final attempt to free her inner demons, twenty-year-old Daniela Delgado tempts fate and winds up on a strange farm in 1923. Wit...

Review - Under A Purple Moon by Beverly Stowe McClure

Today I am offering a rare and early review. I've known this book from infancy. I've watched it grow, try new things, rebel and comply. It's like a teenager itself! But it is one of my favorites of my lovely critique partner, Beverly Stowe McClure.

Under the Purple Moon

Eden Rose has learned to deal with her mother's criticism that she can do nothing right. What she can't deal with are the arguments between her parents. To escape their angry words, she finds refuge in an old abandoned house. Sh...

Three Times A Charm with Heidi Angell

Welcome to Three Times A Charm. I love to introduce readers to the people involved in children’s publishing. Today we welcome author, Heidi Angell. Heidi, can tell us a little about yourself?
I am a wordsmith, bibliophile and lexicomaniac. What can I say, I love everything about the written word! When I am not writing (which is a rare moment, indeed!) I can be found getting my groove on while cleaning, hiking or swimming with my family, watching movies, or planning some adventure in the kitche...

Building Character with Xander from Xander's Tangled Web by Susan A. Royal

Yay – it’s Friday! Friday’s begin the weekend and weekends offer all sorts of READING time! So to help you make your reading decisions, I’d like to introduce you to Xander from his book Xander’s Tangled Web by Susan A. Royal. Welcome to Strands of Thoughts, Xander. Can you tell us a little about you, please?
     Good day to you! Can you see me? (waves arms) I’m down here. My name is Xander, and I’m descended from a race of little people called Mipins. I’m easy-going and la...

Spotlight on Fable Ranger: Summons by A.L. Brown

There just never seems to be enough exciting new middle grade, but A.L. Brown's got us covered. Happy release day, Ms. Brown!

FABLE RANGER: SUMMONS 
Take care of what you wish for. You just might get it.
Twelve-year-old Casey doesn’t think life could get anymore unfair. Plans for her special basketball tournament are tossed aside by her sister’s change in wedding plans. She even has to be a bridesmaid now, with all the lace and silk and - oh the horror! All she wants is an escape, but she n...

Spotlight on Into the Fire by Kelly Hashway

I am so excited to help show off Into the Fire by Kelly Hashway. This book is most definitely on my list of things to do. Pick up your own copy today and maybe we can read together! Congrats, Kelly!
INTO THE FIRE by Kelly HashwayGenre: YA ParanormalPublisher: Limitless Publishing- SYNOPSIS -In one month’s time, seventeen-year-old Cara Tillman will die and be reborn from her own ashes…
Her life of secrecy has never been easy. She’s watched her younger brother, Jeremy, burn and rise again in a co...

Cover Reveal - A Shot of Bourbon by AC Land

Today, I have the pleasure of revealing the cover for BookFish Books' latest young adult contemporary novel, A Shot of Bourbon by A.C. Land!

Before we get to the goodies, let's take a look at what the story is about!

Back Cover
In the little highway town of Bourbon, Missouri, deadly secrets lurk behind Southern charm. 

Seventeen year old Charli Valentine didn’t expect to spend the last few weeks of summer break nursing a broken heart, icing a black eye, and watching her ex kiss another girl....

King of Bad Book Blitz Hosted by YA Reads

Don't miss the book blast for King of Bad. I'm celebrating the 2nd edition of the Amazon bestseller with a week long blast hosted by YA Reads. Be sure to stop by, thank the bloggers for participating and help me spread the word about King of Bad to new readers around the world. Oh - and enter to win an Amazon gift card and a pack of Super Villain Academy playing cards, too!

Here's our blog line up for the week:

Author Eric Pricehttp://authorericprice.com/blog2/8Crossroad Reviewhttp://www.crossr...