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October 1, 2013
Meet the Characters Blogfest!
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Welcome to the Meet the Characters Blogfest!
Readers, get ready for a whole month of some of the most interesting, hottest, attention grabbing characters in today’s YA, NA, Romance, Horror, and Paranormal fiction!
All month long I’ll be introducing readers to amazing characters through character bios, artwork, interviews, and contests. Check out the schedule below from what you’ll find each day this month.
That’s Not All…
We’ll be having some fabulous contests, each of which has it’s own giveaway. Readers will get to vote on the characters, and one lucky voter in each contest will win a copy of the book the Winning Character comes from. The character giveaways will include:
Hottest Guy Contest (10/4)
Feistiest Girl Contest (10/11)
Cutest Couple Contest (10/18)
Steamiest Couple Contest (10/25)
There will also be one MAIN GIVEAWAY starting today where 1 LUCKY WINNER will win a prize pack of 40 books from some of today’s hottest new authors. Additional winners will be chosen to receive runner-up prize packs as well. Scroll down and enter below!
SO, WHAT CAN YOU FIND EACH DAY?
10/2 — Character interviews with Zadie Stonebrook (My Sister’s Reaper – Dorothy Dreyer),Tizzy Donovan (Laid out and Candle Lit – Ann Everett), Kristi Becker (A Plain Wish – Cyndi Lord), Zander Roth (Wicked Hunger – DelSheree Gladden)
10/3 — Character Bios from Kristi Becker (A Plain Wish – Cyndi Lord), Bryan Sullivan (Arcadia’s Gift – Jesi Lea Ryan), Brandon James (Love and Other Games – Aria Kane
10/4 — Hottest Guy Contest (Stop by and vote for your favorite!)
10/7 — Character Surprise Posts from authors RH Ramsey and DelSheree Gladden
10/8 — Character Artwork from The Other F Word (Susan Stec) and Wicked Hunger (DelSheree Gladden)
10/9 – Character interviews with Kate Everett (A Slight Change of Plan – Dee Ernst), Jean (In Polester Pajamas – Catherine Dougherty), Ben (Twenty-Five – Rachel Hamm), Vanessa Roth (Wicked Hunger – DelSheree Gladden)
10/10 – Character Bios from Kassia (Ice Magic), Maze (The Ballerina and the Fighter -Ursula Sinclair), Lucien (Smoke, Wings, and Stone – Marijon Bradley)
10/11 — Feistiest Girl Contest (Stop by and vote for your favorite!)
10/14 – Character Surprise Posts from authors Kara Leigh Miller, Sharon Kleve, Linda Budzinski
10/15 – Character Artwork from On a Wing and a Dare (Linda Ulleseit), Invisible (DelSheree Gladden)
10/16 – Character interviews with David Corbin and Jon Reyes (Sign of the Throne – Melissa Eskue Ousley), Rosie (In Polyester Pajamas – Catherine Dougherty), Ketchup (Wicked Hunger – DelSheree Gladden)
10/17 – Character Bios from Nadia (love and Other Games – Melinda Dozier), (Karin Rita Gastreich), (HL Carpenter)
10/18 — Cutest Couple Contest (Stop by and vote for your favorite!)
10/21 – Character Surprise Posts from authors Stephanie Wardrop, Lucy Crowe, Ana Blaze
10/22 – Character Artwork from Haunting Joy (Lena Goldfinch) and The Destroyer Trilogy (DelSheree Gladden)
10/23 – Character interviews with Rachel Blackstone (The Relcutant Medium – GG Collins), Nell (The King Series – Tawdra Kandle), Arcadia ( Arcadia’s Gift – Jesi Lea Ryan), Olivia & Mason (Invisible – DelSheree Gladden)
10/24 – Character Bios from (Karin Rita Gastreich), Sam and Cole (Fate War: Alliance – EM Havens)
10/25 — Steamiest Couple Contest (Stop by and vote for your favorite!)
10/28 – Character Surprise Posts from authors Susan Stec, Shauna Roberts, Lisa Cresswell
10/29 – Character Artwork from My Sister’s Reaper (Doroth Dryer), Twin Souls (DelSheree Gladden)
10/30 – Character interviews with Nathan Shaw (Reflection – Kim Cresswell), Nia (In the Winds of Danger – Linda Ulleseit), Jayden or Merch (dark Night of the Soul – EM Havens)
10/31 — Winner’s Announcements!!!
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September 30, 2013
New Adult Authors Fall Promotion and Giveaway: Lila Atkinson
Zadie Parker is all about reinventing herself. Switching colleges after a humiliating freshman year is her latest upgrade. She’s excited to be living with her two best friends and looking forward to her new summer lifeguarding job. Life seems headed toward more stable waters, or so shethinks. On her first day of work Zadie comes head to head with her biggest regret, Henry Fletcher.
Henry’s the stupidly adorable boy Zadie crushed hard on in high school. The one too chicken to make his move three years before. He’s the reason
Zadie found the courage to move from the sidelines to being a risk-taker. But calling attention to yourself isn’t without consequences, especially when every co-ed has a camera phone.
Hot summer days and warm, tension-fueled nights set the backdrop for Zadie and Henry to figure out if there is any chance they can heal while navigating the landmines of Zadie’s life.
Lila Atkinson worked at an ice cream shop for 6 months during college. It sucked. To this day she can’t look at mint chocolate chip ice cream without having a panic attack.
To ward off the hot, southern, summer days, Lila spends time at her pool daydreaming about lifeguards and summer romances. She has a husband, two girls and some pets.
To enter the giveaway, go to each blog and enter the corresponding code into the Rafflecopter.
This is blog # 11 and the code is LILATAWDRA
Blog #1: www.dawnpendleton.com
Blog #2: www.StephanieLawton.com
Blog #3: www.chasingemptypavements.com
Blog #4: http://lisaswallow.net
Blog #5: http://maravalderran.blogspot.com
Blog #6: http://www.lgcastillo.com
Blog #7: http://naughtylittlekisses.blogspot.com
Blog #8: http://danielelanzarotta.blogspot.com/
Blog #9: http://authoryolandaallen.blogspot.com/
Blog #10: http://dawnaraver.com/
Blog #11: http://tawdrakandle.com
Blog #12: http://midtown-underground.com
Blog #13: http://tyffanickemp.com
Blog #14: www.KristieCook.com
Blog #15: www.jlfynn.com
Blog #16: www.lisasanchezromanceauthor.com
Blog #17: www.adriannejames.com
Blog #18: http://jadenwilkes.blogspot.ca/
September 22, 2013
September 20, 2013
Cover Reveal: TOUGH LOVE by Marcie A. Bridges!
Tough LoveJanessa knows she should run in the other direction when Brendan enters her life. Her squeaky-clean upbringing is in direct opposition to his piercings, a myriad of tattoos and the rumors that surround him. But she doesn’t run. Love, betrayal and lies become the foundation of their lives, but one heartbreaking confession makes Janessa question everything. After a devastating diagnosis, Janessa’s world crumbles around her. When she can no longer ignore the reality of who Brendan really is, she must choose between those who love her and the only one she has ever loved.
Coming October 1
Marcie Bridges has always wanted to be a writer, from the time she started keeping a diary in seventh grade. Since then, she has earned a master’s degree in education from Cumberland University while teaching some wonderful children with special needs in Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky.
While she will always bleed scarlet and gray (GO BUCKS!), she now lives south of Cincinnati with her husband and daughter. When Marcie isn’t writing, she can be found reading, watching her favorite TV shows, listening to music, or browsing her favorite websites.
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September 19, 2013
New Adult Fall Promo and Giveaway: Dawn Pendleton!!
Dawn Pendleton is a new adult author currently residing in New England with her husband and their pup, though she has immediate plans to move to Georgia and promptly become a Southern Belle. When she isn’t staring at a blank page, willing the words to jump from her head to the screen, she’s usually playing on her iPhone, reading a book, or taking pictures with her fancy camera (which she has no idea how to use).
Her newest release, the first novella in the Best Friends Forever Series, was an idea that occurred to her back in February, when she first started writing. She wasn’t at a place where she could write them, though, so she started her Broken Series, instead. Through this past Summer, the BFF series emerged in her head, taking more space until she finally had to let them out. Liar, Liar, the first episode in the series, released this past Tuesday and is free on all retailers except Amazon.
Liar, Liar
Hazel is a freshman at Coastal Carolina and looking forward to making new friends. When she meets Roman, she’s head over heels for him. There’s one problem, though: he’s still hung up on Hazel’s roommate, Cheyanne. But Cheyanne has a secret, one that has the potential to ruin her life in college. When Hazel learns the secret, she’s determined to use it against Cheyanne to win over Roman. She never imagines her plan could backfire, leaving her as a pariah among her new circle of friends.
The BFF series follows the lives of new adults, Hazel, Miranda, Cheyanne, Destiny, Audric, Nolan, Andre, and Roman. Follow their stories as the first season of novellas are released once a week from September to March.
To enter the Rafllecopter, go to each of the following blogs and enter the corresponding code on the rafflecopter.
This is Blog #12 and the code is DAWNTAWDRA
Blog #1: www.dawnpendleton.com
Blog #2: www.selenalaurence.com
Blog #3: www.StephanieLawton.com
Blog #4: www.lisasanchezromanceauthor.com
Blog #5: www.katerothwrites.blogspot.com
Blog #6: http://jadenwilkes.blogspot.ca/
Blog #7: www.angellawson.com
Blog #8: www.karen-annestewart.com
Blog #9: http://naughtylittlekisses.blogspot.com
Blog #10: http://authoryolandaallen.blogspot.com/
Blog #11: http://dawnaraver.com/
Blog #12: http://tawdrakandle.com
Blog #13: http://midtown-underground.com
Blog #14: http://tyffanickemp.com
Blog #15: Www.maganvernon.com
Blog #16: http://pk-Hrezo.blogspot.com
Blog #17: http://beccaoffthetop.blogspot.com/
Blog #18: http://jenniferlanebooks.blogspot.com
Blog #19: http://ellacolblog.wordpress.com/
Blog #20: www.jcemery.com
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September 17, 2013
New Adult Authors Fall Promo and Giveaway: Jaden Wilkes
Jaden is the pen name of a girl living on the prettiest farm in British Columbia. She shares her space with her husband, her children, and an Irish Wolfhound named Tiberius. She can now be found lurking in the dark corners of the internet looking for artful porn gifs, dirty poems, and places to promo her work.
Sarah Miller is known as a dreamer in her stifling Mennonite community, but she’s hiding something from them all. A simple wish to avoid the strictly enforced life path expected of her… early marriage, babies, and work on the farm.She wants more, so much more. Education, travel, love… sex…
A chance at university hundreds of miles away is too much to pass up, so she follows her best friend Naomi and decides to take her future into her own hands.
She had no idea this decision would change her in ways she never imagined, will the one person she falls in love with hold her back from everything she ever wanted?
To enter the Rafflecopter, please go to each of these blogs and enter the corresponding blog code.
This is Blog #12 and the code is: JADENTAWDRA
Blog #1: www.dawnpendleton.com
Blog #2: www.StephanieLawton.com
Blog #3: www.chasingemptypavements.com
Blog #4: http://lisaswallow.net
Blog #5: http://maravalderran.blogspot.com
Blog #6: http://www.lgcastillo.com
Blog #7: http://sophielira.wordpress.com/
Blog #8: http://naughtylittlekisses.blogspot.com
Blog #9: http://danielelanzarotta.blogspot.com/
Blog #10: http://authoryolandaallen.blogspot.com/
Blog #11: http://dawnaraver.com/
Blog #12: http://tawdrakandle.com
Blog #13: http://midtown-underground.com
Blog #14: http://tyffanickemp.com
Blog #15: www.authorstiffanyandashley.com
Blog #16: www.KristieCook.com
Blog #17: www.jlfynn.com
Blog #18: www.nancystraight.com
Blog #19: www.lisasanchezromanceauthor.com
Blog #20: www.adriannejames.com
Blog #21: http://jadenwilkes.blogspot.ca/
September 16, 2013
BEND-BITE-SHIFT SAGA BOX SET! Now available!
It’s finally here! The Bend-Bite-Shift Box Set! So if you haven’t started the series, or even if you have, now is the time to jump on it at the special release price of just $0.99.
You get the complete trilogy, plus two short stories, including the all new
By Blood & Benevolence.
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
iTunes
Kobo
Smashwords
And that’s not all! Olivia also has some great prizes for folks who spread the word about the release. Check out this rafflecopter for your chance to win a $25.00 Gift Card or some awesome Bend-Bite-Shift Swag!
September 12, 2013
New Adult Fall Authors Promo and Giveaway: Dawna Raver
Dawna Raver is an author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy. Color Wielders, book one of the Heirs of the Magykal Realm series, is her debut novel. When she’s not spending tim ein her fantasy world, Dawn loves football, reading, and pretending she’s a top chef in the kitchen. Oh, and fawning over her dogs and husband, sometimes in that order.
Behind the Faerying Mysts, hidden from Mortal eyes, is a land where gods and creatures of myth and legend dwell. And in the Mortal Realm, their Princess is hidden away.
Quinn Sinclair lives an ordinary life with her less-than-loving mother in Conifer, Colorado, clueless of her true nature. On the night of her bithday, a staggering betrayal sends her life spinning out-of-control. As she struggles to pick up the pieces, a vision of a man with haunting tourmaline-blue eyes begs her for help, and she is transported into a Magykal battle-forever changing her life. Arik Morgaine - Demigod bad boy and outcast of the Magykal Realm – tried to avoid contact with Princess Quinn for eighteen years, not wanting to make good on an old threat. But the fates have other plans. Arik can no longer deny his growing desire for Quinn, or the need to protect her from those wanting to control her burgeoning powers.Can the two of them come together and save the Magykal Realm from being destroyed by the Darkest of Magyks?To enter the rafflecopter giveaway, go to each blog and enter the special code from each blog into the correct blog space on the Rafflecopter.
This is Blog #13 and the code is DAWNATAWDRA
Blog #1: www.dawnpendleton.com
Blog #2: www.selenalaurence.com
Blog #3: www.StephanieLawton.com
Blog #4: www.lisasanchezromanceauthor.com
Blog #5www.katerothwrites.blogspot.com
Blog #6: http://jadenwilkes.blogspot.ca/
Blog #7: www.angellawson.com
Blog #8: www.karen-annestewart.com
Blog #9: http://sophielira.wordpress.com/
Blog #10: http://naughtylittlekisses.blogspot.com
Blog #11: http://authoryolandaallen.blogspot.com/
Blog #12: http://dawnaraver.com/
Blog #13: http://tawdrakandle.com
Blog #14: http://midtown-underground.com
Blog #15: http://tyffanickemp.com
Blog #16: Www.maganvernon.com
Blog #17: http://pk-Hrezo.blogspot.com
Blog #18: http://beccaoffthetop.blogspot.com/
Blog #19: http://jenniferlanebooks.blogspot.com
Blog #20: http://ellacolblog.wordpress.com/
Blog #21: www.jcemery.com
September 10, 2013
New Adult Authors Fall Promo and Giveaway: Kate Roth
Kate Roth’s debut novel, new adult romance The Low Notes, was released by Rebel Ink Press in May 2012 and landed her on RIP’s Best of 2012 (the publisher’s best-sellers list). Her second novel, new adult paranormal romance, Reckless Radiance, has been contracted for publication by RIP and will be released in September 2013. And Kate is hard at work on her third novel, Natural Harmony, another musically themed romance!
She is inspired by music, film, art, and of course, other authors as well as the wealth of stories she has heard through her years as a professional hair stylist.
She writes romance in the New Adult, Young Adult, Contemporary and Paranormal genres.
Kate is a small business owner and lives in Indiana with her husband, Adam, and their dog, Sampson.
The Low Notes:
When a chance meeting between high school teacher Kevin Reed and singer Nina Jordan ignites an instant spark, they must decide if it’s more important to follow your heart or follow the rules.
After caring for his dying father, Kevin Reed returns to his hometown of Wexley Falls, bereaved, unemployed and exhausted at the thought of starting a new life. After a failed blind date, Kevin meets young singer, Nina Jordan, who takes his breath away with the sound of her voice. The connection is instantaneous and mutual on their first date, but both are crestfallen when they discover, to their horror, Nina is Kevin’s student at the local high school.
Deciphering between notions of love and lust, fate and coincidence, Kevin and Nina find themselves unable to turn their backs on what they can’t deny in a once in a lifetime feeling. Told from both perspectives, The Low Notes explores a love that feels right even though it seems wrong.
To enter the rafflecopter giveaway, go to each blog and enter the special code from each blog into the correct blog space on the Rafflecopter.
This is Blog #12 and the code is KATETAWDRA
Blog #1: www.dawnpendleton.com
Blog #2: www.StephanieLawton.com
Blog #3: www.jadeeby.com
Blog #4: http://lisaswallow.net
Blog #5: http://maravalderran.blogspot.com
Blog #6: http://www.lgcastillo.com
Blog #7: http://sophielira.wordpress.com/
Blog #8: http://naughtylittlekisses.blogspot.com
Blog #9: http://danielelanzarotta.blogspot.com/
Blog #10: http://authoryolandaallen.blogspot.com/
Blog #11: http://dawnaraver.com/
Blog #12: http://tawdrakandle.com
Blog #13: http://midtown-underground.com
Blog #14: http://tyffanickemp.com
Blog #15: www.authorstiffanyandashley.com
Blog #16: www.KristieCook.com
Blog #17: www.jlfynn.com
Blog #18: www.nancystraight.com
Blog #19: www.lisasanchezromanceauthor.com
Blog #20: www.adriannejames.com
Blog #21: http://jadenwilkes.blogspot.ca/
September 5, 2013
New Adult Authors Fall Promo and Giveaway: Jade Eby
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who fell in love with books. Then she grew up to write her own.
Jade has participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) six times and enjoys copious amounts of coffee. When she’s not writing, she enjoys trashy reality T.V. and reading everything she can get her hands on.
Mommy to two dogs and two naughty kitties, she feels like she might be on her way to having a zoo. You can find her on almost every social networking site that aids in her procrastination.
Nothing stays hidden forever.
Kara Pierce has held onto the same dream since she was a little girl: to be the next Katie Couric.
Vince Gage, a budding filmmaker whose I-don’t-give-a-shit attitude cancels out his char,. almost ruined it for her once, and now he’s back, threatening to do it again.
When the two of them are paired together for a college competition with a $20,000 prize, the only thing they agree on is winning.
They return to Iowa where Kara grew up to research her grandfather’s service in World War II, instead they find themselves in the middle of a family scandal kept quiet for far too long.
As Kara and Vince investigate the scandal deeper, they realize the price of uncovering the truth is so much more than they bargained for.
To enter the giveaway, please enter the following code in the correct space (Blog #13) on the Rafflecopter: JADETAWDRA
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