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Amy Strickland’s Newest Cover!

“Upon their arrival in Fairy, Royer Goldhawk and his companions are swept away by an encampment of free humans who are fighting a war on two fronts.

Royer must broker peace between these humans and the fairy rebels in order to defeat their common foe, Major Bedloe, and to stop the horror he is about to unleash upon the world.”

The cover for Escape, OR Major Bedloe’s Cold Iron War Machine was designed by Carly Strickland. The cover model is actor Peter Moffatt. The novel, the second and final part of the Royer Goldhawk saga, will be released July 4, 2015. You can pre-order it on Kindle and iBooks right up until release day, and you can pre-order it in paperback through July 4, 2015.

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Get The Gatekeeper’s Trilogy for 99 Cents, This Week Only, and Enter to Win!

Readers are calling this series, “Amazing,” “Addicting,” and “One of the best modern retelling of ancient myth.” Kirkus Reviews wrote that it’s “sure to thrill Hunger Games fans,” and Midwest Book Reviews calls it “a powerful young adult fantasy.”

A teen becomes entangled with the gods of Mount Olympus when one of them, Thanatos, the god of death, wants his chance at love. He makes a deal with his father, Hades, but not all the gods want him to succeed.

Part paranormal romance and part adventure story, this trilogy follows Therese’s adventures as she struggles to overcome the challenges the gods dish her in her quest to become like them.

For one week only, from June 7th to June 13th, the digital box set of The Gatekeeper’s Trilogy, usually $5.98, can be downloaded from any ebook retailer for 99 cents!

That’s three full-length novels, a total of 230,564 words, for less than a buck!

Here are the download links:

Kindle   Nook   iBooks   Google Play   Kobo   Smashwords

To celebrate this one-week sale, Eva Pohler Books is also giving one lucky winner a $40 gift certificate of his or her choice, plus a signed paperback set of the trilogy. Keep reading to find out how to enter.

This series was initially written as a trilogy and can end with the third book, or you can keeping reading through all six. This box set includes the first three books. If you want to keep reading, come back here to follow Therese’s adventures as she strives to become a goddess in the ancient Greek pantheon.

You can find the other three books in the series here:

Kindle    Nook

iBooks   Google Play

Smashwords  Kobo

 

Kindle   Nook

iBooks   Google Play

Smashwords  Kobo

 

Kindle   Nook

iBooks   Google Play

Smashwords  Kobo

 

After you download your copy of The Gatekeeper’s Trilogy, be sure to enter this international rafflecopter giveaway, which ends at midnight on June 13th. You can enter daily! Then be sure to come back to this page to find out if you won and to get the other three books in the saga!

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Jo Michaels Has a Cover to Reveal!

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Today, it’s all about the cover for a new novel by Jo Michaels titled M. What’s the book about? Well, keep reading!

Title: M

Author: Jo Michaels

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal/Urban Fiction

Publication Date: June 17, 2015

Length: 55k words

Blurb:

In 2026, it finally arrives, the drug promising to make life easier for the masses. One dose of M and anyone can gain an ability. There are no promises made as to what the power could manifest as, but people are crawling over one another to take a chance.

There’s a problem: One pill costs a million dollars. Only those with extraordinary wealth are afforded the luxury of cleaning house with a click of their diamond-adorned fingers or solving a puzzle by talking to it.

A knockoff begins circulating in 2038 that does the same thing as M. Hundreds of thousands of people have mutated for a mere one hundred dollars.

Enter the year 2042.

Seventeen-year-old Griffin is a normal kid, who has a regular job, and dreams of going to college someday. When his girlfriend of three years succumbs to peer pressure, they break up. He believes the body is a temple not to be messed with outside of nature, and she wants to fit in. Once he meets the supplier, things take a turn for the worse.

He’s left with nothing but pain in his heart and the desire to make them suffer when his plans for payback blow up in his face.

Thirst for revenge consumes him, and he finds himself locked in a battle he never anticipated with a merciless kingpin as they struggle to gain the advantage.

How far is too far?

***This book is a standalone novel, suitable for those over the age of thirteen. There is some violence that may not be appropriate for younger children.***

Ready for that cover? Wellp, here it is!

Now, it’s time for the full wrap! Oooooooh yeahhhhhh baby!

Isn’t it lovely?

Release date is set for June 17, 2015. That’s right, you can pick up a copy at utopYA con or online at Amazon.com in June.

For now, you can keep an eye on its page on Jo’s site!

What do you think? Like it? Interested in reading it?

Jamie Cassidy’s New Release!

 
 Hawthorn by Jamie Cassidy
Series: The Darkling Saga book 1
Genre: YA Horror/Fantasy


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iBooks: http://apple.co/1HnHoyY
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A house on a hill. 

A house filled with mirrors. 
A house with eyes that watch your every

move. 

“I hate it on sight. It’s dull and large and

clunky, a creepy old house with a creepy house smell.” 

Learmonth Village has a history, a past that it holds dear, superstitions that it clings fast to. Learmonth House, however, is governed by its own set of rules, its own past. Gemma and her family are about to discover just what those rules are. 

Learmonth has a pact with the darkness… 

The darkness is hungry…  



 

 
Amos Cassidy is the pen name for Richard Amos and Debbie Cassidy.

Amos is a 31 year old Diva and Cassidy a 38 year old mother of three; well, four if you include the husband. A common love of all things Joss Whedon, Urban Fantasy, and a tug of war over Jensen Ackles, brought them together, and one cold February afternoon, over nibbles and coffee, their partnership was born. 

You can find Cassidy hard at work in her fortress of solitude which has eaten up the majority of her garden, and Amos…well he’s still trying to get the invisibility gizmo he got off a friendly alien in exchange for a pair of earphones to work. Funnily enough he hasn’t been seen around much

lately…

Frequent doses of Sugary snacks, coupled with regular injections

of caffeine aid in their production of a unique brand of cross genre tales.

They are always writing, but are happy to take a break to chat to their

wonderful readers, so drop them a line at amoscassidy.com, or just pop over to see what they’re working on and they’ll bust out the biscuit tin.


 
       
 


I’m still searching when I spot the strangest looking tree. It’s larger than the others, but that’s not what makes it stand out. It’s the trunk that draws me, split in two in the middle and twisted at the top to make an aperture that looks like the eye of a needle. It’s wide enough to slip through. At least I think it is. I am overcome by the strangest feeling of familiarity.  I take a step toward the tree, and then another, suddenly eager to find out if my theory is correct.
“I wouldn’t do that if I was you?”
I spin around in alarm to find the owner of the voice.
“Hi.” He is leaning against a tree, all casual-like. He’s tall, taller than Liam, with dark messy hair and dark eyes. He is striking to look at, the kind of guy you expect to see in one of those Cinderella story movies, or a character from a young adult paranormal novel. I stare at him, expecting him to disappear or grow some pimples or something, but he remains as gorgeous as ever.
Liam. I love Liam, I remind myself.
He holds out his hand. “Come on, those things can be dangerous.”
I glance at the tree then back at him. “You have to be joking.”
“No.”
“So you’re saving me from a tree?”
He nods sombre-like.
I feel a stab of irritation. Who does he think I am, some gullible twat from London or something? I step back and touch the tree and quirk a brow at him. Hah!
His smiles. “Maybe I just wanted to hold the pretty girl’s hand.”
I don’t know what to say to that.
“I’m Sam.”
“Gemma.”
“Nice to meet you, Gemma.” He flashes that smile again, all white even teeth and a dimple.
“You live up at Learmonth, right?”
“Yeah, what about you?”
“I don’t.”
God, he’s trying to be cute. I hate that. “Um, anyway, I best get going.”
“Why? You just got here. There’s some lovely spots to sketch. I can show you if you like.”
I frown. How does he know I sketch? My pad is in my backpack.
He cocks his head as if listening to something. “You have artist’s hands and an artist’s eyes. I see the way you look at things.”
Once again I don’t know what to say to that apart from, “You been watching me?”
He smiles. “I spotted you a few minutes ago. So, you coming?”
I hesitate. “I don’t know, you could be a serial killer or something.”
He nods. “True, but then we’re far enough from your house and the village for me to just grab you if I want.” He grins disarmingly.
I laugh. “Okay, you have a point. Lead the way.” He turns and I follow. This could be good. He looks my age, maybe a little older. Making a friend could be good, make starting college easier with a familiar face to look forward to.
I can’t help study his back, tapered down to his tight butt. Damn, now I’m checking him out. He does have nice arms,

though, wiry and strong-looking even if he’s as pale as the moon. He doesn’t seem to feel the chill in the air.
I wonder if he’s wearing sun cream. I bet he burns easy.
I trip and stumble, but don’t hit the ground because he has me.
I don’t know how, but I have to ask. “Are you a vampire?”
He stares at me for a long beat and then bursts out laughing.
After a second I join in.
I realise he is still holding me, his hands warm on my skin. “Come on then, show me this place.”
He lets go of me and ambles off again. “Eyes on the trail now, Gemma.”

 

The Gatekeeper’s Trilogy Promo Blast and Giveaway Sign Up!

I recently released books 1-3 of The Gatekeeper’s Saga as a box set called The Gatekeeper’s Trilogy. Some of you may recall that the series was originally meant to be a trilogy. That’s why there is an actual ending to book three. I later continued the series with three more books at the request of readers (so happy I did, too!). (I will eventually finish the prequel, The Gatekeeper’s Bride, and the sequel, Hermes and Hestia, some time next year.)

The regular price for this digital trilogy is $5.98, which is the same price you’d pay if you got each book separately. But from June 7th through June 13th, the box set will be on sale for 99 cents. Then it will go back to its regular price.

To promote this sale, I’m creating a promo blast and rafflecopter giveaway. Any willing to share the post on their blog or Facebook page is invited to fill out the form below. To thank you, you will be included in the rafflecopter widget for entrants to either visit your Facebook fan page or follow you on Twitter (your choice). I’m giving away a $40 gift card (winner’s choice) and a signed paperback copy of the trilogy to one winner.

Thanks in advance to all who can support me! I truly appreciate your time!

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Are You Ready for Comicpalooza?

I am! I can’t wait!

If you plan to attend, please come see me in the Artist’s Alley at the Texas Writers of Teen Fiction booth! It might be listed as Rose Garcia Books, since my partner was originally going solo, and her name is, well, you know…

ROSE GARCIA. This is her. Isn’t she pretty? 

We will be selling our books at a special convention price. Both of us write young adult sci-fi and fantasy. Her trilogy follows a girl being chased by a trans-human hunter through multiple lives, and she is on her FINAL life. Most of my books are about characters who find out that the ancient gods of Greek mythology are still alive and well, and the characters become entangled with them in ways both joyful and deadly. We will also have goodies at our table, so come by and get yours. My furry friend, Pinwheel, may also be visiting.

I am also so excited about being a GAME MASTER for the FIRST time!!!!

I hope you will come and try my game! It should be fun for the whole family, and you don’t have to be familiar with any rules beforehand. My game is called Greek Mythology Bingo Plus.

It will take place on Saturday at 10 a.m. in Ballroom A, at tables 52-60. Click here for a map of the convention center.

I will be using my own original flashcards depicting 48 different characters from Greek mythology, and you, the participant, will be playing on a team of two to four around a beautifully illustrated bingo poster.

 

The first 50 participants get a goody bag just for playing. The bags will contain bookmarks, my Medusa button, and a chocolate coin.

And the winners will get their choice of a My Little Pony Pegasus, a tiara, a snake ring, or an Eva Pohler Books backpack.

The first time we go through all forty-eight cards, which might produce two or three winning groups, we’ll play the game at the “easy” level, which means all participants get to cover the image I call out whether you know the god, goddess, hero, or mythological being or not (and I will be educating you about them, to prepare you for the next level).

If we have time, we will then play at the “moderate” level, which means only those teams who can successfully identify the character whose name I call out may cover the image on their poster.

There is also a “difficult” level, but we won’t have time to play it at the con. I’ll just tell you a bit about it at the end of our session.

And if you are a writer or artist of any kind looking for ways to promote your business, you might like to attend my panel, Self-Promotion for Writers, which will take place on Sunday, at 1:00 p.m. in Panel Room 8, 370 C.

If you are not attending the con but would like to know more about my Greek Mythology Bingo Plus game, you can do so here. Beginning June 15th, you can also support the production of this game on Kickstarter, getting your own copy for only $20.

So, how many of you are coming to Comicpalooza?

 

Announcing the Release of Vampire Affliction

The second book in Eva Pohler’s contemporary young adult fantasy, The Vampires of Athens, is here!

Gertie goes to Athens to study abroad and learns that vampires and demigods are real. She unwittingly becomes a catalyst to a war between them after making friends on both sides. The vampires want liberty at all costs, and the demigods want to protect the city. When their parents and the gods undermine their efforts to bring about a positive resolution, the three teens realize they’re on their own, and no one will save them.

Kindle  Nook  iBooks   Kobo   Google Play   Smashwords

Get the first book for only 99 cents!

Kindle   Nook   iBooks   Google Play   Amazon Paperback Smashwords  Kobo

Watch the trailer here!

Join the Facebook Release Party here!

Elizabeth Kirke’s New Cover!

The long awaited third book in the award winning More than Magic series is almost here!

Read on to be the first to find out the upcoming release date!



More than Magic #3
Soul Choice

Forget everything you know … about magic …

   Jen doesn’t know who people keep mistaking her for, but one thing is clear: her mystery double is not popular. When Jen is kidnapped by a group bent on revenge for something she never did, it’s up to her friends to rescue her. Little do they know, Jen’s captors are ready for them.  
   Thomas, TS, Charlie, Dani, and Mariana become the latest victims of a malicious experiment, one which could spell doom for magic-kind. Now their lives, and maybe their entire world, are in Jen’s hands. Unfortunately, escaping the facility is the least of their problems. The experiment is dangerous; one in three test subjects dies. And considering five of them are affected, the odds don’t look good.

       Time is running out and Jen and her friends are faced with the hardest decisions they’ve ever had to make; how do you know who to trust, when your own mother isn’t who you thought she was? Just how much will you sacrifice for a friend, even if it’s your life?

   And how can you make a choice when the wrong one means death?



A big shout-out to Crystal at Inked Phoenix for the amazing cover!!!

 Casting its spell June 1, 2015…
Missed the first two? There’s still time to catch up!
Available wherever ebooks are sold!

 

Release Day Party May 11th!

If you haven’t already joined my Vampire Affliction release day party, scheduled for Monday, May 11th at 7 p.m. CST, please do! Just click on the banner below to get to the Facebook event!

I will be giving away a Tarot reading to one lucky winner EVERY night between now and release day!! I will usually do the reading between 8 PM and 10 PM CST, so check out the event page for details! These readings are based on Greek Mythology, which (as most of you know) I LOVE!

In addition to the readings, I will be giving away other fun prizes during the actual event on Monday night.



Athena, who makes appearances in this series, will be giving away her locket! I know many of you have been trying for months to win this inspirational piece of jewelry. Monday may be your lucky night!

As in The Gatekeeper’s Saga, Hades plays a major role in The Vampires of Athens (surprise, surprise! He is my favorite, after all!). He will be at the party to give away his t-shirt!

Although Medusa doesn’t come in until the third novel, she will be at the party to give away one of her shirts, too! And both these shirts come in adult small through 3X, though the Hades shirt style is a bit different for the plus sizes–solid black and no trim, like the Medusa shirt.

Speaking of Medusa, she also features on the backside of my Greek Mythology Flashcards. How would you like to win the VERY FIRST pack of the 48 beautifully illustrated cards, most of which were drawn by the talented Desiree De Orto?

And, in addition to the locket, the t-shirts, and the pack of flashcards, I will also be giving away a $25 gift card, a signed set of The Gatekeeper’s Saga, and a signed copy of Vampire Addiction!

So I hope you can join in for the fun this Monday, May 11th, at 7PM CST on Facebook. I’m giving away a $5 Amazon gift card to the person with the most invitees, so be sure to invite your friends!

To prepare for the release of Vampire Affliction, be sure to grab your 99 cent copy of the first book, Vampire Addiction. You can grab it here, if you haven’t already.

You can also pre-order Vampire Addiction here! Preorders help authors get their ranking up on release day, so if you  plan on getting your copy, a pre-order would greatly help me!

Shawn McGuire’s Newest Cover!

Back Cover Blurb  

A new home in a new state. The chance to get away from the relentless bullies and reinvent himself. Then on the first day at his new high school, Robin Westmore finds himself in the exact wrong place at the exact wrong time and right back into the role of victim. All Robin can do now is wish for the harassment to stop.

Being the leader of the genie world is not what Desiree expected. The Guides aren’t happy with her or any of the decisions she makes. The only thing they all agree on is that they want their old boss back, but Kaf has vanished, leaving the Guides in shock and Desiree with a broken heart.

While Desiree hides from her responsibilities, Robin disappears into the video game he’s created. There he finds excitement, adventure, and control. When the game presents him with an escape from his tortured life, will he take it?

Excerpt

Chapter One

Robin

Maybe I could call in sick. With something fatal. Something so contagious the entire high school would contract it just by looking at me. Was there such a thing? I took out my phone. “Okay, Google. What is visual contagion?”

“Good morning, Robin.”

For half a second I thought my phone had learned my name. And had started speaking in my mom’s voice? I entered the kitchen and found Mom in her pink bathrobe with the tea stain down the front, waiting for me. She must’ve heard me talking to my phone.

“Morning.” I set my messenger bag by the back door and took a seat at the kitchen bar.

Google had only come up with only one direct hit and was now blinking at me, waiting for something that would challenge its storage banks. The ‘contagion’ it presented wasn’t even a disease. It was some company in Vancouver that spread positive messages on organic hemp or bamboo T-shirts. Great. I ask for science, I get hippies.

“Do you think Visual Contagion would be a good name for a band?” I asked Mom as I scrolled through a few of the t-shirt pictures.

“Hmm,” Mom said, tapping her fingernail against her teacup. “A band that plays music?”

My turn to sit and blink. “What other kind is there?”

“Plenty. A wrist band. Hairband. Wedding band. Waistband.”

“Okay, okay.” She’d go on and on and then open the thesaurus app on her tablet if I didn’t stop her. “I’m a guy. I don’t think about hairbands or jewelry. Yes, I meant a band that plays music.”

“Then I’d say no. Visual Contagion, great a name as it is, would not work for a musical group.” She took a sip of her tea, Irish breakfast according to the tag hanging from the string, as she contemplated. “Auditory Contagion could work. Audio? Audial?”

Auditory Contagion would indeed be a damn cool name for a band. Almost made me want to form one. Except I couldn’t play a single instrument. Not even that plastic flute-thing they made us play in elementary school. Maybe I could compose something on my computer. I needed music for my video game anyway.

“Okay, Google. Popular music software.”

“Would you like some breakfast?” Mom asked. “Or are you just going to play with your phone until it’s time to leave?”

My mom wasn’t the most domestic person. She did like to feed people though, and when she took the time to make an actual meal, she was a great cook.

I set my phone in my lap and analyzed my hunger level. “Juice and toast with butter and jam. Two slices.”

“Two? You’re hungry today. What kind of tea?” She held up her Irish breakfast to me with a questioning look and wiggled the box as if that would lure me to the Celtic side.

“English breakfast, please. With cream and two sugar cubes.”

“Off to the range,” my dad said as he entered the kitchen and set a black case—smaller than a briefcase, larger than a lunchbox—on the gray marble counter.

“Before work?” Mom asked.

“I don’t have any meetings until ten today. I want to try out my birthday present.”

Who knew a guy could get so excited over a handgun? Then again, this one did have a built-in laser. Guns weren’t my thing, but if presented with a laser-operated piece of technology I’d be all over it. So, I could understand his enthusiasm to a point.

“Want to come with me, Robin?” Dad asked as he plugged the first of two coffee pods into the machine to fill his travel mug.

“Thanks, but I do have a meeting before ten,” I said. “I have that test first thing.”

“Finally,” Dad said. “I don’t understand the holdup on allowing you to take a placement test. You studied?”

“Of course he studied,” Mom said as though nothing could be more unthinkable than me not studying.

“I did,” I told them. “Don’t worry, I’ll pass.”

“They should put him directly into Calculus and Differential Equations,” Dad said.

“He could handle it,” Mom agreed, “but AP Calculus will be an easy A for him.”

“Good point,” Dad said and clapped me on the back, nearly knocking me off my stool. “Build that killer GPA. Get into the college of your choice and academic scholarships as well.”

“Don’t pressure him,” Mom said, setting a plate with my buttered and jammed toast on the placemat in front of me.

*****

Shawn McGuire is the author of young adult novels that blend contemporary settings and issues with a touch of fantasy and magic. She started writing after seeing the first Star Wars movie (that’s episode IV) as a kid. She couldn’t wait for the next movie to come out so wrote her own episodes. Sadly, those notebooks are long lost, but her desire to write is as strong now as it was then.

Her books deal with harder topics (death of a sibling, divorce, dating violence, bullying, and teen suicide) because she believes it is important to talk about these things. Those kinds of topics can be hard to handle and a bit overwhelming, so she infuses a bit of humor in her work as well because she also believes that a sense of humor can help you get through just about anything.

Shawn lives in Colorado with her family where she spends her time reading, cooking and baking, practicing yoga and meditation, and hiking and camping in the spectacular Rocky Mountains.

Author Links

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Author’s Other Works

The Wish Makers Series

Sticks and Stones

Break My Bones

Never Hurt Me