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Final Day of the Even In Darkness Tour sniffle

You know, they say that all good things must come to an end. Robert the Bruce's heart came to an end and is buried under this marker that I photographed in Scotland. How creepy is that???

Well, while Even In Darkness does have some creepy moments (duh duh duh....), this tour has been full of fun and silliness as Aiden's Angels got together to show their love for the uber-hot Scot that is Aiden MacRae!

We have FOUR blogs wrapping up the tour today, so please stop by and leave them some comment loving.

8/3: Read Between the Lines www.rbtlreviews.com
8/3: A Rebel’s Journey http://arebelsjourney.blogspot.ca
8/3: Color me GREYsessed! http://colormegreysessed.wordpress.com
8/3: Ink-Stained Life http://nmscuri.blogspot.com

And in case you're late to the party, never fear! I've listed links below to all the rest of the participating blogs throughout the tour. Interviews, playlists, marriage proposals, a death defying writing process, reviews, a hilarious vlog--you name it, we've done it!

7/28: Violet Hour Book Reviews www.violethourbr.com
7/28: Refreshingly Riki http://missriki.com

7/29: Aiden’s Angels fan site http://aidensangels.blogspot.com
7/29: What the Cat Read http://whatthecatread.wordpress.com
7/29: Confessions of a Book Addict http://www.bookaddictsblog.blogspot.com

7/30: Jamie Canosa http://jamiecanosa.blogspot.com
7/30: Tales of Books and Bands http://talesofbooksandbands.com
7/30: Pinky Pollock www.pinkypollock.blogspot.com

7/31: Just a Booklover http://justabooklover.blogspot.com
7/31: Molly Ringle http://lemonlye.livejournal.com
7/31: Book Groupies http://bookgroupies2.blogspot.com

8/1: I’d So Rather Be Reading www.idsoratherbereading.com
8/1: Writer of Wrongs http://madamewriterofwrongs.blogspot.com8/1: Mermaid with a Book http://mermaidwithabook.blogspot.com
8/2: Reading Angel http://www.readingangel.com
8/2: Paperback Cowgirl http://paperbackcowgirl.blogspot.com
8/2: Carrie Secor http://carriesecor.com

And huge thanks to Koomkey.com for their support of the Between series and Aiden's Angels in particular. Their generosity in providing cash prizes to fans of the series just blows me away. If you haven't submitted your piece for the tour, today is the last day!

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Published on August 03, 2013 00:00

Last two days of the Even In Darkness blog tour!

Tomorrow is the final day of the Even In Darkness blog tour, but never fear! We have more goodies in store for you today. Be sure to drop by these participating blogs and leave some comment lurve.

8/2: Reading Angel http://www.readingangel.com
8/2: Paperback Cowgirl http://paperbackcowgirl.blogspot.com
8/2: Carrie Secor http://carriesecor.com

Time is running out to earn cash for sending a Between book cover, an Even In Darkness trailer, and or a fan fic scene from the series! Learn all about how you could get $10, $20, or even $30 for your creativity!

And of course, tweet me a pic of your copy of any of the Between books to get 25 cent kashkeys each day from Koomkey.com.

If you missed any of the previous posts from the tour, here they all are for you!
7/28: Violet Hour Book Reviews www.violethourbr.com
7/28: Refreshingly Riki http://missriki.com

7/29: Aiden’s Angels fan site http://aidensangels.blogspot.com
7/29: What the Cat Read http://whatthecatread.wordpress.com
7/29: Confessions of a Book Addict http://www.bookaddictsblog.blogspot.com

7/30: Jamie Canosa http://jamiecanosa.blogspot.com
7/30: Tales of Books and Bands http://talesofbooksandbands.com
7/30: Pinky Pollock www.pinkypollock.blogspot.com

7/31: Just a Booklover http://justabooklover.blogspot.com
7/31: Molly Ringle http://lemonlye.livejournal.com
7/31: Book Groupies http://bookgroupies2.blogspot.com

8/1: I’d So Rather Be Reading www.idsoratherbereading.com
8/1: Writer of Wrongs http://madamewriterofwrongs.blogspot.com8/1: Mermaid with a Book http://mermaidwithabook.blogspot.com

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Published on August 02, 2013 00:00

The Even In Darkness blog tour continues-- with cash prizes and a giveaway!

This week has flown by! I can't believe it's already Thursday and the fifth day of the Even In Darkness blog tour. Aiden's Angels have been posting about the latest book in the Between series, sharing the love of our favorite uber-hot Scot, Aiden MacRae!
Today's group of Angels are...
8/1: I’d So Rather Be Reading www.idsoratherbereading.com8/1: Writer of Wrongs http://madamewriterofwrongs.blogspot.com8/1: Mermaid with a Book http://mermaidwithabook.blogspot.com
Be sure to stop by and drop them a little comment love so they know you were there! And don't forget to enter the giveaway to win an ebook of one of the Between series novels.

If you are feeling saucy, go a step further and win some cash from Koomkey.com! Write a fan fic piece on the series, create a new Between book cover, and/or make a trailer for Even In Darkness. The top winner in each category gets $30 from Koomkey! What would you do with $30? If you're anything like me, that's book buying money, people! LOL

Just email your submissions to aidensangels@yahoo.com by the end of the tour. And if the categories above don't work for you, earn 25 cents a day by tweeting a pic of one of the book covers to me @cynditefft as part of our "Where In the World is Aiden MacRae" party!

And just in case you missed the posts from earlier this week, here's a roundup for you:

7/28: Violet Hour Book Reviews www.violethourbr.com
7/28: Better Read Than Dead www.angelsdemonsandvampires.com/
7/28: Refreshingly Riki http://missriki.com

7/29: Aiden’s Angels fan site http://aidensangels.blogspot.com
7/29: What the Cat Read http://whatthecatread.wordpress.com
7/29: Confessions of a Book Addict http://www.bookaddictsblog.blogspot.com

7/30: Jamie Canosa http://jamiecanosa.blogspot.com
7/30: Tales of Books and Bands http://talesofbooksandbands.com
7/30: Pinky Pollock www.pinkypollock.blogspot.com

7/31: Just a Booklover http://justabooklover.blogspot.com
7/31: Molly Ringle http://lemonlye.livejournal.com
7/31: Book Groupies http://bookgroupies2.blogspot.com

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Published on August 01, 2013 00:00

New stops on the Even In Darkness tour!

It's hump day on the Even In Darkness blog tour and we have three new awesome blogs featuring Aiden MacRae and the Between series today, so be sure to stop by and check them out. Leave a comment so the blogger knows you're there (we all love comments!). And be sure to sign up for the book giveaways (the rafflecopter is on the tour blogs).

7/31: Just a Booklover http://justabooklover.blogspot.com
7/31: Molly Ringle http://lemonlye.livejournal.com
7/31: Book Groupies http://bookgroupies2.blogspot.com/

And don't forget that you have the chance to win cash prizes all week long! Create a book cover for Between, make a book trailer for Even In Darkness, and/or write a fan fic scene from any of the books to be entered to win kashkeys from Koomkey.com. Three prizes will be awarded in each category ($30 for first, $20 for second, and $10 for third). Think about it-- your odds of winning are ridiculously good, so get cracking and stretch your creative muscles! Email submissions to me at aidensangels@yahoo.com.

And if none of the above options sound like your cup of tea, never fear! You can earn 25 cent kashkeys every day during the tour by tweeting a pic of the book cover (ebooks work, too) to me on Twitter @cynditefft. That adds up, people!

Many thanks to Koomkey.com, tour sponsor and proud supporter of Aiden's Angels!

And just in case you missed them, here are the previous tour posts from Sunday through Tuesday:
7/28: Violet Hour Book Reviews www.violethourbr.com
7/28: Better Read Than Dead www.angelsdemonsandvampires.com/
7/28: Refreshingly Riki http://missriki.com

7/29: Aiden’s Angels fan site http://aidensangels.blogspot.com
7/29: What the Cat Read http://whatthecatread.wordpress.com
7/29: Confessions of a Book Addict http://www.bookaddictsblog.blogspot.com

7/30: Jamie Canosa http://jamiecanosa.blogspot.com
7/30: Tales of Books and Bands http://talesofbooksandbands.com
7/30: Pinky Pollock www.pinkypollock.blogspot.com

Huge thanks to all of Aiden's Angels who are participating in the tour!!

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Published on July 31, 2013 00:00

Even In Darkness Blog Tour

The Even In Darkness Blog Tour is well underway with some awesome posts yesterday from Violet Hour Book Reviews, Better Read Than Dead, and Refreshingly Riki. If you missed any of those, I've linked them up for you so you can catch up.
Today, we have three more awesome bloggers who have taken up their torch for Aiden MacRae and are running away with it!
Be sure to visit the Aiden's Angels Fan Site, What the Cat Read, and Confessions of a Book Addict to get in on all the Even In Darkness blog tour goodness!
And if you missed yesterday's Big Announcement about Koomkey's cash prizes (you read that right!!), you'll want to get in on that ASAP!

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Published on July 29, 2013 00:00

Cash prizes? Giveaways? Best blog tour ever!

Today is the first day of the Even In Darkness blog tour and I have an extra special surprise for you!

If you're new to the Between series, enter to win a copy of Between, Hell Transporter, or Even In Darkness. If you're a fan of the series already, get ready to flex your creative muscles and you could win cash prizes!!

Here are the three categories that will be judged:

Create a book trailer for Even In DarknessCreate an original book cover for BetweenWrite a fan fiction piece using the characters in the Between series. There's no word limit and the subject material is completely up to you!
There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place prizes for each of the three categories. Koomkey, a company that offers a way to send small monetary donations to artists, charities, and others via social media (how cool is that???), has graciously provided the following cash prizes:

1st Prize is $30 in Kashkeys2nd Prize is $20 in Kashkeys3rd Prize is a $10 Kashkey
Please visit https://www.koomkey.com/Account/How for all the deets on this awesome new company. To be eligible to win, participants must have a Twitter account. Writing and artwork submissions are to be sent to: aidensangels@yahoo.com. (Did you even know I have this special email? Yeah, I think it's pretty cool, too.) Contestants may submit entries in all three categories (go wild!). The contest will run from Sunday, 7/28 until Saturday, 8/3. The winning submissions will be announced Saturday 8/10 right here on my site.

In addition, I will also be featuring a daily photo challenge on Twitter beginning 7/28: "Where in the World is Aiden MacRae?" Readers will be invited to send a photo of one of the books in the series taken from any and all locales and interesting settings. Ereader pics work as well as physical book pics. Creativity is what I'll be looking for, and each picture sent to @cynditefft will receive a Kashkey in the amount of 25 cents. There's a limit of one photo per participant, per day (cuz otherwise that could add up like crazy fast).

Sounds awesome, right?

And if that's not enough to get you jumping up and down, be sure to visit these awesome blogs who are helping to kick off the Even In Darkness tour today:

7/28: Violet Hour Book Reviews www.violethourbr.com
7/28: Better Read Than Dead www.angelsdemonsandvampires.com/
7/28: Refreshingly Riki http://missriki.com

Visit their sites to enter the book giveaway. Best of luck to all of you! I can't wait to see what you come up with in each of the three categories!

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Published on July 28, 2013 00:00

Even In Darkness blog tour starts July 28th!

I didn't do a blog tour for Hell Transporter, so this is the first one in years! And we have a bunch of awesome readers who jumped in to participate, so be sure to drop by their blogs and say hello. Here's the line-up for the tour, which runs July 28 through August 3:

Schedule
7/28: Violet Hour Book Reviews www.violethourbr.com7/28: Better Read Than Dead www.angelsdemonsandvampires.com/7/28: Refreshingly Riki http://missriki.com
7/29: Aiden’s Angels fan site http://aidensangels.blogspot.com7/29: What the Cat Read http://whatthecatread.wordpress.com7/29: Confessions of a Book Addict http://www.bookaddictsblog.blogspot.com/
7/30: Jamie Canosa http://jamiecanosa.blogspot.com/7/30: Tales of Books and Bands http://talesofbooksandbands.com7/30: Pinky Pollock www.pinkypollock.blogspot.com
7/31: Just a Booklover http://justabooklover.blogspot.com7/31: Molly Ringle http://lemonlye.livejournal.com7/31: Book Groupies http://bookgroupies2.blogspot.com/
8/1: I’d So Rather Be Reading www.idsoratherbereading.com8/1: Writer of Wrongs http://madamewriterofwrongs.blogspot.com8/1: Mermaid with a Book http://mermaidwithabook.blogspot.com/

8/2: Reading Angel http://www.readingangel.com8/2: Paperback Cowgirl http://paperbackcowgirl.blogspot.com8/2: Carrie Secor http://carriesecor.com
8/3: Read Between the Lines www.rbtlreviews.com8/3: A Rebel’s Journey http://arebelsjourney.blogspot.ca8/3: Color me GREYsessed! http://colormegreysessed.wordpress.com
8/3: Ink-Stained Life http://nmscuri.blogspot.com
Huge thanks to everyone for helping to spread the word about the uber-hot Scot, Aiden MacRae! Your love for the series is the whole reason that Even In Darkness came to be (not to mention the fourth and final book I'm working on now!).

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Published on July 19, 2013 12:47

Vengeance By Jamie Canosa (and a giveaway!)

Aiden's Angel extraordinaire, Jamie Canosa, (who made book trailers of awesome for Between and Hell Transporter ) also happens to be a fantastic author! Her first book, Dissidence , came out last year (see my review here), and now the sequel is out!

Things aren’t always as they seem. In fact, in a world of secrets and lies almost nothing ever is, but Kaleigh made her choices and now she has to live with the consequences.

Haunted by her guilt, Kaleigh is forced to question everything she thought she knew. From friends and foes, to loyalty and love, she’s quickly losing faith in herself and those around her.

Everyone she cares about has been hurtled to the front lines, but can Kaleigh find the strength within herself to keep fighting? Or, surrounded by loss, deceit, and betrayal, will her fiery spirit finally be extinguished?

Dissidence ended on a massive cliffhanger, so I was eager to get my hands on the sequel to find out where on Earth the story was going to go from there. I had my theories, but I could not have been more wrong. A couple pages in, my jaw was hanging open. She didn't! Oh, yes, she did. And she walked me through the aftermath step by step, letting me steep in the agony and determination that can come from loss.

Canosa doesn't shy away from true feelings in this book, which was one of the many things I loved about it. Dystopians paint a picture of a ruined society, but humans are humans no matter the setting, and Canosa did a fantastic job of being real inside a dystopian world.

Kayleigh's voice is snarky and sarcastic throughout both books. She made me smile with her unflagging sense of humor, even when death was a near certainty. The action is non-stop and intense, but thankfully, not gory. In fact, the characters go out of their way to disarm and disable opponents without killing them, which I found a nice reprieve from the ultra violent themes popular today. Dissidence has the same feel and tension of Divergent by Veronic Roth. But Vengeance surpasses Insurgent by a mile, in my opinion!

If you're a fan of YA dystopian novels, you owe it to yourself to check out these books. And then you can say you knew her back before she became a NYT Bestselling Author!

Connect with Jamie on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads, and don't forget to follow her blog. Then enter the giveaway below so you can see for yourself what I'm talking about! Can't wait for the giveaway? Then pick up your copies of Dissidence and Vengeance now. You won't be sorry!

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Published on June 28, 2013 08:47