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POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring:"Iridescent" by Carol Oakes,"A Shimmer of Angels" by Lisa M. Basso and"Reaper" by L.S. Murphy Enter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
hosted by  Darkly Delicious YA and  Book Nerd Tours  


Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!
One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books! 
Iridescent  (Ember #2) byCarol OatesCandra Ember used to dream of saving the world one person at a time. She never expected to become an angelic weapon and the last hope in the battle against ultimate darkness.
Falling for a Nephilim wasn’t part of Sebastian’s plan. Distraction is something he can’t afford when his rival, Draven, wants what Sebastian has.

Lies, manipulation, and corruption are twisting the lives of the citizens in Acheron. The Arch is missing from Heaven, and a demon is intent on claiming the city. At a time they should be growing closer, grief and paranoia is driving Candra and Sebastian apart.

If the price of restoring the Watchers to Heaven is a human soul, who deserves to be saved?
A Shimmer of Angels  (Angel Sight #1) byLisa M. Basso  Sixteen-year-old Rayna sees angels, and has the medication and weekly therapy sessions to prove it. Now, in remission, Rayna starts fresh at a new school, lands a new job, and desperately tries for normalcy. She ignores signs that she may be slipping into the world she has tried so hard to climb out of. But these days, it’s more than just hallucinations that keep Rayna up at night. Students are dying, and she may be the only one who can stop it. Can she keep her job, her sanity, and her friends from dying at the hands of angels she can't admit to seeing?
Reaper byL.S. MurphyThere's no way sixteen year old Quincy Amarante will become the fifth grim reaper. None. Not over her shiny blue Mustang. Her Jimmy Choos. Or her dead body.
She’s supposed to enjoy her sophomore year, not learn about some freaky future Destiny says she has no choice but to fulfill.

It doesn’t take long for Quincy to realize the only way out of the game is to play along especially since Death can find her anyway, anywhere, anytime. And does.

Like when she’s reassuring her friends she wants nothing to do with former best friend Ben Moorland, who’s returned from god-knows-where, and fails. Miserably.

Instead of maintaining her coveted popularity status, Quincy’s goes down like the Titanic.

Maybe ... just maybe ... that’s okay.

It seems, perhaps, becoming a grim reaper isn’t just about the dead but more about a much needed shift in Quincy’s priorities—from who she thinks she wants to be to who she really is.

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POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring:  "Blood, She Read" by Sara Hubbard,"Burn Out" by Kristi Helvig and "Pretty Dark Nothing" by Heather L. Reid
 Enter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
hosted by  Darkly Delicious YA and  Book Nerd Tours  


Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!
One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books!   Blood, She Read bySara HubbardKeeping secrets from a psychic can be murder.
Petra Maras lives a charmed life, but only in the magical sense. Her absentee father is a criminal, her mother is emotionally dead, and everyone at her new school knows she comes from a family of witches. All she wants is to be normal, but that's impossible, given her family. And given that she's psychic. When the police request help with a murder investigation, Petra reluctantly agrees. Which isn't such a good idea since the prime suspect wants to date her, and she really wants to say yes. Her gut says he's innocent, but since she can't get a read on him, she can't know for sure. And when she discovers he's been keeping secrets, she wonders if maybe she's been following her heart instead of her head..
Burn Out  (Untitled #1) byKristi Helvig "A scorching series opener not to be missed." - Kirkus
A futuristic blend of Beth Revis's Across the Universe and Lenore Appelhans's Level 2, Burn Out will satisfy the growing desire for science fiction with a thrilling story of survival, intrigue, and adventure.

Most people want to save the world; seventeen-year-old Tora Reynolds just wants to get the hell off of it. One of the last survivors in Earth's final years, Tora yearns to escape the wasteland her planet has become after the sun turns "red giant," but discovers her fellow survivors are even deadlier than the hostile environment.


Holed up in an underground shelter, Tora is alone--her brilliant scientist father murdered, her mother and sister burned to death. She dreams of living on a planet with oceans, plants, and animals. Unfortunately, the oceans dried out ages ago, the only plants are giant cacti with deadly spines, and her pet, Trigger, is a gun--one of the bio-energetic weapons her father created for the government before his conscience kicked in.

When family friend, Markus, arrives with mercenaries to take the weapons by force, Tora's fury turns to fear when government ships descend in an attempt to kill them all. She forges an unlikely alliance with Markus and his rag-tag group of raiders, including a smart but quiet soldier named James. Tora must quickly figure out who she can trust, as she must choose between saving herself by giving up the guns or honoring her father's request to save humanity from the most lethal weapons in existence.

Pretty Dark Nothing  (Pretty Dark Nothing #1) byHeather L. ReidIt’s been twenty three days since Quinn has slept for more than minutes at a time. Demons have invaded her dreams, stalking her, and whispering of her death. The lack of sleep and crippling fear are ruining her life. Energy drinks and caffeine pills don’t make a dent. When Quinn dozes off in the school hallway, Aaron, an amnesiac with a psychic ability, accidentally enters her nightmare. The demons are determined to keep them apart, and Aaron from discovering the secret locked away in his memory. Together, they could banish the darkness back to the underworld for good. That is, unless the demons kill them first.
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POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring:"The Scourage" by A.G. Henley,"Oppression" by Jessica Therrien and"He Came For Mine" Book #2 in The Protector Seriesby Carolyn Brown
Enter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
hosted by  Darkly Delicious YA and  Book Nerd Tours  


Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!
One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books!   The Scourge (Brilliant Darkness #1) byA.G. HenleySeventeen-year-old Groundling, Fennel, is Sightless. She's never been able to see her lush forest home, but she knows its secrets. She knows how the shadows shift when she passes under a canopy of trees. She knows how to hide in the cool, damp caves when the Scourge comes. She knows how devious and arrogant the Groundlings' tree-dwelling neighbors, the Lofties, can be.
And she's always known this day would come—the day she faces the Scourge alone.

The Sightless, like Fenn, are mysteriously protected from the Scourge, the gruesome creatures roaming the forests, reeking of festering flesh and consuming anything—and anyone—living. A Sightless Groundling must brave the Scourge and bring fresh water to the people of the forest. Today, that task becomes Fenn's.

Fenn will have a Lofty Keeper, Peree, as her companion. Everyone knows the Lofties wouldn’t hesitate to shoot an arrow through the back of an unsuspecting Groundling like Fenn, but Peree seems different. A boy with warm, rough hands who smells like summer, he is surprisingly kind and thoughtful. Although Fenn knows his people are treacherous, she finds herself wanting to trust him.

As their forest community teeters on the brink of war, Fenn and Peree must learn to work together to survive the Scourge and ensure their people’s survival. But when Fenn uncovers a secret that shatters her truths, she’s forced to decide who and what to protect—her people, her growing love for Peree, or the elusive dream of lasting peace in the forest.

Oppression (Children of the Gods #1) byJessica TherrienElyse knows what it means to keep a secret. She's been keeping secrets her whole life. Two, actually. First, that she ages five times slower than average people, so that while she looks eighteen years old, she's well over eighty. Second, that her blood has a mysterious power to heal. For Elyse, these things don't make her special. They make life dangerous. After the death of her parents, she's been careful to keep her secret as closely guarded as possible. Now, only one other person in the world knows about her age and ability. Or so she thinks. Elyse is not the only one keeping secrets. There are others like her all over the world, descendants of the very people the Greeks considered gods. She is one of them, and they have been waiting for her for a long time. Some are waiting for her to put an end to centuries of traditions that have oppressed their people under the guise of safeguarding them. Others are determined to keep her from doing just that. But for Elyse, the game is just beginning-and she's not entirely willing to play by their rules.  He Came for Mine (The Protector #2) byC.M. BrownDesperate to save the life of a child he never knew he had, Sebastian returns to Earth to find Jazz in the arms of another man. A man he knows all too well. One who cannot be trusted! Sebastian worries if Jazz’s feelings for him have fleeted in his absence and he vows to win her back.
Jazz struggles to find ground between Sebastian and her new life, unsure who to trust and still holding resentment for Seb’s abandonment. She seeks solace through someone who was there for her when she needed to pick up the pieces.

After coming to terms with her new life, Jazz is struck down with confusion and longing when Sebastian suddenly returns. However, a dark battle is forthcoming, one that can only bring bloodshed.
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INSECURE WRITER'S SUPPORT GROUP

   IT IS TIME FOR 
INSECURE WRITER'S SUPPORT GROUPTo find out more about this group,visit:Alex J. Cavanaugh (The Ninja Captain)
at http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com.au/
TO SIGN UP TO BE PART OF THIS MONTHLY MEME, JUST FOLLOW THIS LINK:http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html
 THIS MONTH THE CO-HOSTS ARE:

  Tina Downey, Elsie, Elizabeth Seckman, and Julie Flanders!

 It has been a busy month for me, filled with Blog Hops and Book Blasts, supporting other Author's Book Tours and Cover Reveals. I have also found time to work on "Forces of Mist," my first sci-fi, dystopian novel, so I feel like I am getting back on track. I have also started on my posts for the A-Z Challenge.
I entered my second book in The Protector Series into the amazing Pot of Gold Giveaway, run by Darkly Delicious YA and Book Nerd Tours where the first prize is a Kindle Fire HD! The Rafflecopter entries have just reached 20,500. I think this is simply amazing! The fallout for me has been lots of exposure and a large increase (100's) in followers to my Facebook Page and Twitter account. Well worth the effort and the $6 entry. I would like to thank Alex Cavanaugh for the plug for this sign up on his blog, which led to me taking part. You can enter the Rafflecopter draw below for a chance to win some great prizes!
Also, under this post is Sharon Bayliss's Cover Reveal, for her soon to be released book - "Destruction". Please take the time to check it out and watch the Book Trailer at the bottom of the post. I love the butterfly, Sharon, the design looks great!
As I am sure most of you are aware, Smashwords.com are having their yearly Read-an-Ebook Week promotion. I have Book One in the Protector Series, He Came For Me, available for FREE and Book Two, He Came For Mine at 50% off the sale price, available for $1.50. Simply use the codes at the Smashwords checkout to buy the books at the discount price. (You will find this information at the top of this blog or near the purchase link on the Smashwords site).
Hope you have a happy and productive March and be able to find the time to get your A-Z posts ready for April. 

Carolyn

COVER REVEAL - DESTRUCTION BY SHARON BAYLISS

Author Sharon Bayliss is thrilled to share the cover for Destruction (Book One of The December People Series), a family drama about dark wizards living in Houston.

Message from Sharon Bayliss:

"The butterfly will show up on the cover of all four books in the series, as a symbol of redemption, hope, and re-birth. Despite the dark themes in the series, I believe that the most important themes of the series are hopeful ones, such as love, family, and triumph against adversity, which is why the butterfly is in the center.

The broken glass surrounding the butterfly rather obviously symbolizes the concept of destruction, which is also a central theme. The title Destruction refers to the fact that dark magic is inherently destructive, but also refers to how a person can be destroyed, in body or soul.

One thing I was sure of, I wanted the word, Destruction, to be in "pretty" letters. I loved the contrast of having a dark and violent word look beautiful. This also fits the theme, as I wish to show the beauty in darkness and destruction, and the good in people who are supposed to be evil."

Here is the blurb for Destruction, coming out 4/14/14:

David Vandergraff wants to be a good man. He goes to church every Sunday, keeps his lawn trim and green, and loves his wife and kids more than anything. Unfortunately, being a dark wizard isn't a choice.

Eleven years ago, David's secret second family went missing. When his two lost children are finally found, he learns they suffered years of unthinkable abuse. Ready to make things right, David brings the kids home even though it could mean losing the wife he can’t imagine living without.

Keeping his life together becomes harder when the new children claim to be dark wizards. David believes they use this fantasy to cope with their trauma. Until, David's wife admits a secret of her own—she is a dark wizard too, as is David, and all of their children.

Now, David must parent two hurting children from a dark world he doesn’t understand and keep his family from falling apart. All while dealing with the realization that everyone he loves, including himself, may be evil.

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POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring:"The Forgotten Ones" by Laura Howard and"The Grave Winner" by Lindsey R. Loucks  
Enter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
hosted by  Darkly Delicious YA and  Book Nerd Tours  


Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!
One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books!  The Forgotten Ones 
byLaura HowardAllison O'Malley's plan is to go to grad school so she can get a good job and take care of her schizophrenic mother. She has carefully closed herself off from everything else, including a relationship with Ethan, who she's been in love with for as long as she can remember.
What is definitely not part of the plan is the return of her long-lost father, who claims he can bring Allison's mother back from the dark place her mind has gone. Allison doesn't trust her father, so why would she believe his stories about a long forgotten Irish people, the Tuatha de Danaan? But truths have a way of revealing themselves. Secrets will eventually surface. And Allison must learn to set aside her plan and work with her father if there is even a small chance it could restore her mother's sanity.
The Grave Winner  byLindsey R. LoucksLeigh Baxton is terrified her mom will come back from the dead -- just like the prom queen did.
While the town goes beehive over the news, Leigh bikes to the local cemetery and buries some of her mom’s things in her grave to keep her there. When the hot and mysterious caretaker warns her not to give gifts to the dead, Leigh cranks up her punk music and keeps digging.

She should have listened.

Two dead sorceresses evicted the prom queen from her grave to bury someone who offered certain gifts. Bury them alive, that is, then resurrect them to create a trio of undead powerful enough to free the darkest sorceress ever from her prison inside the earth.

With help from the caretaker and the dead prom queen, Leigh must find out what’s so special about the gifts she gave, and why the sorceresses are stalking her and her little sister. If she doesn’t, she’ll either lose another loved one or have to give the ultimate gift to the dead – herself.

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COVER REVEAL - BEYOND TIME BOOK 3 IN BEYOND EARTH SERIES BY ARLENE LAGOS

 
Beyond Time, Book III Series: Beyond Earth, Book 3 By Arlene Lagos   http://www.beyondearthseries.com 
The final book in the Beyond Earth Series, Adaminia has been separated from the other warriors and has to find a way back to them in order to finish the journey they have set out on to reunite the stones. The darkness grows closer and threatens their chance of survival. One of them will fall; another will go missing. The fate of the world hangs in the balance. 
This week is eBook Read Week on Smashwords!! So from March 2-8th you can download a copy of "Beyond Earth" for free! Go check it out now while its free so you can catch up!  
  


Hidden in the fabric of our own galaxy are five planets, anchored to Earth and thriving with life. When young Adaminia walks through a doorway and onto another planet, she learns the truth about her destiny. She must locate the other six warriors and unite their shared power in order to fight off the growing darkness set to destroy their existence.

TEASER TUESDAY

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by
http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/of Should Be Reading.Anyone can play along!Just do the followingGrab your current readOpen to a random pageShare two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that pageBE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE ANY SPOILERS!
Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away!


You don't want to ruin the book for others!

Rex Equilibrium  (Elei's Chronicles #3) byChrystalla ThomaA lot has happened since Elei fled his home island with abullet in his side and the Fleet on his heels. With the help of his friends, he's managed to disorganize the regime, run by the all-women race of the Gultur, and he's on a mission to bring peace to the Seven Islands.
Old secrets come to the surface, friendships are forged and betrayals discovered, and a girl, Alendra, has managed to take hold of Elei's feelings.
With a map that leads underground and the hope of toppling the Gultur regime, Elei and his companions seek a weapon to tip the balance of power. But unrest within the resistance means that this time they are on their own and, as if crossing a world torn by war while keeping Rex under control wasn't enough, Elei fears that before the end Alendra might break his heart.

MY TEASERS: 

Rex kept flashing targets at him - anyone crossing his path, anyone who seemed armed - and he fisted his hands not to pull his gun. They swung at his sides as he sprinted down the avenue and turned into the quiet of a narrow street, the stitch in his side moving up, reaching his heart.

31% Kindle - Rex Equilibrium, Book Three of Elei's Chronicles by Crystalla Thoma

Depression clung to her like a film of oil. Somewhere deep down she knew it also had to do with Regina's reawakening as the drugs left her system, the horrible mood swings she knew so well. But knowing did not alleviate the weight on her shoulders.

 32% Kindle - Rex Equilibrium, Book Three of Elei's Chronicles by Crystalla Thoma

POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring:"Phantom Touch" by Jessica Hawke and "Colors Like Memories" by Meredith Houston Enter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
hosted by  Darkly Delicious YA and  Book Nerd Tours  


Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!
One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books!   Phantom Touch byJessica Hawke Bridget White just wants to be an average girl, but the car accident that killed her sister took away everything normal in Bridget's life. Now she spends her days talking to unhappy ghosts and helping them move on to the afterlife. But dealing with death on a daily basis is too much for one girl to handle, so when she finds a way to get rid of her supernatural sight, she jumps at the chance. There's just one more job standing between her and normal. When a missing local girl turns up as a freshly murdered ghost, Bridget realizes she's the only one who can find the killer. Worse still, he's not done killing. Now Bridget may have to sacrifice her only chance at being normal to stop him from taking another innocent life.


Colors Like Memories byMeradeth HoustonJulia has a secret: she killed the guy she loved. It was an accident—sort of.
Julia is a Sary, the soul of a child who died before taking her first breath. Without this 'breath of life' she and others like her must help those on the verge of suicide. It's a job Julia used to enjoy, until the accident that claimed her boyfriend’s life—an accident she knows was her fault. If living with the guilt weren't enough, she's now assigned to help a girl dealing with the loss of her mother, something Julia's not exactly the best role model for. If she can't figure out a way to help her, Julia's going to lose her position in the Sary, something she swore to her boyfriend would never happen.

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POT OF GOLD GIVEAWAY - HD KINDLE FIRE TO BE WON PLUS 3 AMAZON GIFT CARDS

Throughout the Pot of Gold Giveaway, I will be featuring 2 or 3 of the books loaded onto the amazing 1st prize of a Kindle Fire. Today, I am featuring:"Wanted - Dead or in Love" by Kym Brunnerand "Speak of the Devil" by Shawna Roomkey. Enter the Rafflecopter Draw below, for your chance to win! Carolyn Welcome to the Pot of Gold Giveaway
hosted by  Darkly Delicious YA and  Book Nerd Tours  


Three winners will receive
Amazon Gift Cards!
One Very Lucky Leprechaun will receive a 
KINDLE FIRE HD
pre-loaded with great YA & NA books!  Wanted - Dead or in LovebyKym Brunner Kym Brunner's debut, WANTED: DEAD OR IN LOVE, about two teens possessed by the spirits of Bonnie and Clyde who soon discover that the legendary outlaws plan to continue where they left off.   Speak of the Devil byShawna RomkeyWhat happens when falling in love and falling from grace collide?

After dying in a car accident with her two best friends, Lily miraculously awakens to grief and guilt. She escapes to her dad’s to come to terms with the event and meets some people at her new school who seem all too eager to help her heal. Sliding deeper into sorrow and trying to fight her feelings for two of them, she finds out who…what they really are and that they are falling too.

Can she find the strength to move on from the past, reconcile her feelings for Luc, find a way to stop a divine war with fallen angels, and still pass the eleventh grade?

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