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Book Feature: Bending the Boyne by JS Dunn

Please welcome to Lizzyland author J.S. Dunn who’s sharing the historical novel, “BENDING THE BOYNE: A novel of ancient Ireland“.

2200 BC: Changes rocking the Continent reach Eire with the dawning Bronze Age and marauders seeking copper and gold. The young astronomer Boann and the enigmatic Cian need all their wits and courage to save their people and their great Boyne mounds, when long bronze knives challenge the peaceful native starwatchers. Tensions on Eire between new and old cultures and between Boann, Elcmar, and her son Aengus, ultimately explode. What emerges from the rubble of battle are the legends of Ireland’s beginnings in a totally new light

Available at Amazon and audiobook (coming soon)

Author Bio:

J. S. Dunn resided in Ireland during the past decade, and from there pursued a keen interest in Bronze Age culture and marine trade along the Atlantic coasts of Spain, France, Wales, and Ireland.

 website: http://www.jsdunnbooks.com/

facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/BendingTheBoyne

Book Feature: “The Sixth Wife (A Novella)” by Laura Lond

Please welcome to Lizzyland author Laura Lond. She’s sharing her fantasy novella, “The Sixth Wife”.

Adelia has no one to blame for her heartache. She’d been cautioned, many times and by many people. Everyone except her mother had told her it was folly to marry an elf, citing a host of reasons. Adelia knew their warnings were not unfounded. She knew he was very different from her and her kind, he was much older, and he’d had five other wives before her. She didn’t care. She had chosen her path.

Available at:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Smashwords

Author Bio:

Laura Lond is an internationally published author of several novels and a collection of short stories. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. Having worked for 2 years at a literary museum, Laura entered the world of business, working for large international corporations like Xerox Ltd. and Fluor Daniel. After moving from Europe to the United States, she has been self-employed as a freelancer.

Website: http://laura-lond.tripod.com/

New Release: “Dark Summer” (Book I, Witchling Trilogy)

I’m happy to announce the release of my first, real young adult paranormal, “Dark Summer,” the first book in the Witchling Trilogy.  Thus far, I’m getting really good feedback!  Wahoo!

A girl with a broken past and a dark secret. A boy with a twisted future and no second chances.  When they meet, it just might cost them their souls.

Sixteen-year-old Summer doesn’t expect the new boarding school to be any different than the rest: a temporary stay where everyone will turn against her after a few weeks. Until she meets the rest of the students at this special school and realizes she’s not the only one with magic in her blood.  Accustomed to the concrete jungle of LA, she gets lost one night in the forests of the Rocky Mountains and meets Decker, the boy who will become the Master of Night and Fire on his eighteenth birthday. Their connection is instant and dangerous, for both will be forced to choose between Light and Dark, life and death, love – and their souls.

One choice. One soul. One price.

“Dark Summer” is currently available from Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes and Noble, and my ebookstore.  I’m waiting for it to pop up on iTunes!

Enjoy!

Book Feature: “Work for Hire” by Margo Karasek

Please welcome to Lizzyland women’s fiction author Margo Karasek. If you’re looking for an easy beach side read, then you got to check out her latest novel, “Work for Hire”.

Tekla’s law school career couldn’t be any better. She has top grades. She’s on Law Review. She’s a frontrunner in a mock oral argument with a sweet prize: a judicial clerkship. One problem, though: Tekla has no more money to pay for school. She needs a part-time job. Fast.

Luckily, her roommate has just the solution: help two uber-wealthy prep school teens, the twin son and daughter of a billionaire Wall Street short-seller and a world-renowned model turned fashion photographer, with their schoolwork, and earn $150 an hour. Plus, enjoy an additional perk on the job, in the form of a gorgeous photo assistant who happens to have his eye on Tekla.

Easy money.

Well, not so much. Within days, Tekla’s job begins to unravel. In a world of super-wealth and high fashion, Tekla finds herself surrounded by a peculiar cast of players: two teens whose self-destructive behavior becomes ever more erratic, a father whose ambitions for his son constantly test Tekla’s notions of what is fair and ethical and what is cheating, a mother whose emotional negligence borders on abuse, and a gorgeous man who may or may not be what he appears.

As Tekla struggles to hold onto a job that takes more time and energy than she ever anticipated, her own school life begins to suffer. She makes an enemy of a professor who seems to want nothing more than to bring her down. And he’s succeeding. Soon Tekla’s life is a paradox: without her high paying part-time job, she can’t afford law school; but with it, she’ll surely flunk out of school.

Available at Amazon

Author bio:

Margo Karasek is a graduate of New York University, both its Law School and the College of Arts & Science, where she earned a journalism and anthropology degree, with high honors. She quit practicing law to pursue writing, and in the process also began tutoring for some of the wealthiest, best known families in New York. She currently lives in Queens, New York with her husband and their two children, and is busy working on her next novel.

Summer Review Challenge – winners for 15 August

We have two more winners of the Summer Review Challenge!

Katie’s Hellion

 Paula D. Campbell (from Amazon UK website)

The Grey God

Sara Niles (from Amazon US website)

Winners: send me an email! LizzyFord2010@gmail.com!

As a reminder: now through 30 September, I’m drawing names every two weeks from the reviews done on Amazon and Amazon UK for “Katie’s Hellion” and “The Grey God!” Winners receive a $25 Amazon gift card!

Book Feature: “The Claire Wiche Chronicles” by Cate Dean

Please welcome to Lizzyland author Cate Dean who’s sharing her paranormal series, “The Claire Wiche Chronicles” book one and two. She’s also having a giveaway of 3 crystals. You can enter by leaving a comment with your email including on this post. Giveaway is open until the end of August.

Rest For The Wicked – The Claire Wiche Chronicles Book 1

Claire Wiche is an ordinary woman, running her Wicca shop, The Wiche’s Broom, in an ordinary California beach town.

But Claire wasn’t always ordinary, and she isn’t quite human. She hides a secret, and a past she thought she had put behind her.

A past that is about to explode into her present.

When it does, and everyone she loves is in danger, Claire must face up to her past – and become what she left behind in order to save them.

Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, & Smashwords

A Gathering of Angels – The Claire Wiche Chronicles Book 2

Claire Wiche sacrificed everything to keep her friends safe, revealing her true self. She expected the final battle to be the end for her. But she is back, breathing – and threatened by an enemy she doesn’t have the means to fight.

An enemy bent on vengeance and possession, whatever the cost.

Trapped, alone, Claire has to find the strength to stand against what she knows she can’t defeat. And the courage to face the people she thought she left behind.

*Includes a short preview of Back in Black, Book 3 of The Claire Wiche Chronicles, coming in Fall 2012.

Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords

Author Bio:

Cate Dean has been writing since she could hold a pen in her hand and put more than two words together on paper. She grew up losing herself in the wilds of fantasy worlds, and has had some of her own adventures while tromping through the UK, and a few other parts of the world. A lover of all things supernatural, she infuses that love into her stories, giving them a unique edge. When she’s not writing, she loves cooking, scaring herself silly in the local cemeteries, and reading pretty much anything she can get her hands on.

website: http://catedeanwrites.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/catedeanwrites

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/catedeanwrites

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5694181.Cate_Dean

Book Feature: “Keegan’s Chronicles Trilogy Set” by Julia Crane

Please welcome to Lizzyland young adult author Julia Crane. She’s sharing her boxed set for “Keegan’s Chronicles”, an absolute must read for anyone looking for a great fantasy novel.

Keegan’s Chronicles Trilogy set consists of all 3 books, Coexist , Conflicted and Consumed and is only $5.99. Which means you’re basically getting one book free when you purchase the set and free is always good. Keegan’s Chronicles includes:

Coexist: Sixteen-year-old Keegan is struggling to keep her huge secret from her friends–she’s an elf, descended from a long line of elves that live in secrecy alongside humans.

In elfin society, mates are predetermined but not allowed to meet until they are eighteen.  Against tradition, Keegan’s brother Thaddeus told her Rourk’s name because his visions warned him she’d need Rourk’s protection, especially since Keegan will play a key role in the coming war between the dark and light elves.

Conflicted: Keegan, is only alive now due to Black Magic, and her bond with her Chosen is broken. She cannot remember Rourk at all.

For the first time, she feels like a normal teenager. She is dating Donald, her long-time crush, and everything seems perfect. But Rourk still feels their bond, and despairs for the woman he was always meant to love.

Keegan’s best friend Anna is determined to find a way to use her powers to return Keegan’s bond, no matter what it takes. The question is does Keegan even want it?

Consumed: Keegan has dealt with a lot over the last two years: Death, black magic and the loss of her bond to her chosen mate. But on her eighteenth birthday, the bond with Rourk returns.

Now, Keegan faces her hardest decision. Tradition requires elves marry at eighteen. If she accepts the path laid out for her, she will be spared a lifetime of physical and emotional pain. But will that life ever really be her own?

Available at Amazon

Author Bio:

Julia Crane is the author of the YA paranormal fiction novels: Keegan’s Chronicles, Mesmerized and Eternal Youth. Julia was greatly encouraged by her mother to read and use her imagination, and she’s believed in magical creatures since the day her grandmother first told her an Irish tale. Julia has traveled far and wide to all the places her grandmother told her about, gaining inspiration from her journeys to places like Nepal, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Italy, France and many more. And who knows? Maybe the magical creatures she writes about are people she met along the way.

Julia Crane has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Although she’s spent most of her life on the US east coast, she currently lives in Dubai with her husband and three children.

website:  https://www.juliacraneauthor.com

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/KeegansChronicles

Facebook author page  https://www.facebook.com/juliacraneauthor

Twitter  https://twitter.com/JuliaCrane2

Goodreads  http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4800436.Julia_Crane

Amazon author page http://www.amazon.com/Julia-Crane/e/B0055HYSHY/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1343149045&sr=8-2-ent

Book Feature: “Don’t Call Me Angel” by Alicia Wright Brewster

Please welcome to Lizzyland new author Alicia Wright Brewster who’s sharing her  urban fantasy novel, “Don’t Call Me Angel”.

DON’T CALL ME ANGELby Alicia Wright Brewster

After crawling her way out of Hell, Six is ready to cast aside her angel wings and all the responsibilities that come with them. But Earth is not as peaceful as she imagined it. Demons, dark angels, and other hell-beasties escaped before her, and they’re not as content as she is to live a quiet life on Earth.

A fellow angel who escaped Hell with her commits a series of soul-murders, destroying human souls so they can’t go to the afterlife. Although Six has conflicting feelings about humans, she goes after the other angel to keep their escape a secret from the one she fears most.

Available on Paperback, Kindle, Nook, and Smashwords.Read an excerpt now!

 

The Author

Alicia Wright Brewster is a mild-mannered lady of average height and above average paranormal obsession. By day, she works in an office. At night, she’s an author, an electronics junkie, and a secret superhero. (Please don’t ask what her superpower is. That’s not very polite.)

In her virtually non-existent free time, she loves to read, watch movies, and eat food. She is particularly fond of the food-eating and makes a point to perform this task at least three times per day, usually more.

Visit her at: www.aliciawb.com, Goodreads, Twitter

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Book Feature: “Love on Loan” by Nicole Smith

Please welcome to Lizzyland author Nicole Smith who’s sharing her latest “Love on Loan”, a novel filled with romance, mystery, money, and danger.

Melanie Campbell attends a wedding with no expectation of anything unusual. A surprise proposal from a man she just met leaves her wondering what the future will hold. Is it true that a handsome man can talk her into the strangest job of her life? And if so, what will it mean for her heart? 

Available at Amazon

Author Bio:

I love to write romance, because I think we all need a little love and fun in our lives. The romance novel, Love On Loan, has just come out on amazon.com. This is the story of Melanie and Mark and how their love grows as they get to know each other in an unusual relationship. My hobbies are to read, crochet, watch movies, and cook. Sometimes the foods I like to make show up in my books.

 

website: http://www.nicolesmithbooks.com

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NicoleSmithBooks

Book Feature: “Darkness Unleased Book Series” by RG Porter

Please welcome to Lizzyland author RG Porter who’s sharing her Darkness Unleashed series.

A woman on a quest to discover the source of the darkness. 

A group of men hunting for the truth. 

An evil accidentally released upon the world. 

 

Saleene travels in search of the cause of the darkness spreading across her world. What she doesn’t expect is to meet up with a group of men on the same quest, let alone the dark warrior who leads them. 

 

Together, as they try to unravel the source of the evil, and the reasons behind it, they find their path leads them further into the world of darkness and the past. What they find may save the world, if the demons of the underworld don’t stop them first.

Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, All Romance Ebooks, & Print

A warrior with a vow to protect one woman. 

A woman determined to fight alone. 

An evil that continues to spread. 

A village lost to the darkness. 

 

Zachius has sworn to find and protect Kara with his life. What he didn’t expect was the stubborn redhead that he watches nearly die in front of him, nor the protective streak that runs through his veins. Suddenly the simple task he was given takes on a whole new meaning. 

 

Their paths the same, Kara and Zachius begin their trek into the dark swamps in an effort to reach the town before it is too late. What will be waiting for them on the other side is anyone’s guess, but it’s a chance they must take…

Available at Amazon, Smashwords, All Romance Ebooks, Barnes & Noble, & Print

Other Books in the series:

Author Bio:

Robyn wrote her first novel, Shadow of the Wolf, back in 2005, as a way to escape from a chaotic world. Though she never expected her writing to go anywhere, her first novel debuted through Wild Rose Press in 2007. Since then she has continued to write what she is drawn to. Whether it is a world where magic and shape-shifters exist or a place where vampires are ready overthrow the world of humans, her imagination weaves those places into stories. Currently she finds herself writing as much as she can. With her first book to be re-released Oct 1st, she plans to have many more novels out in the coming months. From her Darkness Unleashed series to her Guardian’s of Nature series, she will continue to bring forth new tales of mystery, magic and mayhem.

 

Where to find me:

Website: www.rgporter.net

Blog: www.rgporter.blogspot.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorRGPorter

Twitter: @AuthorRGPorter

Amazon: amazon.com/author/rgporter