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January 19, 2015
Get Your Rocks Off? Release Blitz
Book: Get Your Rocks Off
Series: Rock God #2
Author: KE Osborn
Release Date: 18th January 2015
Genre: Contemporary
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This book is for mature audiences 18+ It contains explicit language, drug and sexual content.
After Lia’s life-altering accident, Colt is left to pick up the pieces of his shattered heart. Her accident changed his life forever and when faced with the trials ahead, will Colt be able to stay on the straight and narrow or will he fall back into his old out-of-control habits?
Colt is forced to carry on and to try to live a full life, but with the many changes happening around him, how will he overcome devastating news and go on to continue being the famous rock God we all love? Faced with many ups and down’s Colt must learn to live again, even when life gives you the proverbial lemonade.
When an unexpected blast from the past returns, how will he cope with the struggles forced upon him and his life – will Colt go completely ‘off his rocker?’ or will he find the strength to carry on and truly be happy again.
***THIS IS BOOK TWO OF A TWO BOOK SERIES***
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I’m sitting here, holding Lia’s hand. It’s cold and she’s pale white. So I just sit and stare, at nothing – waiting. Waiting for what exactly, I don’t know. It’s not like she’s suddenly going to wake up. I stare at her beautiful face, so lifeless and still. I don’t know why I let go of her hand. I was holding her so tight even with all those people around. I should have held on – I should have fought harder. I failed, and now all I have before me is a motionless body of the woman I love beyond anything I’ve ever loved in my entire life. If I could be in her place, I would gladly swap.
They say the moment before you die your life flashes before your eyes. I wonder if anything like that happened to Lia? I wonder if she felt nothing but bliss before she flat-lined? I hope so, and I hope that wherever her soul is right now that she’s happy and not looking down on the mess that I am without her.
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Australian author K E Osborn was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia. Having worked in the optical industry for some time, K E Osborn decided it was time to leave the optical world behind and start on something new. With a background in graphic design and a flair for all things creative, she tried her hand at writing.
K E Osborn hid the fact that she was writing from her family, as she believed her first story was simply something she had to get on paper first and then judge if it was good enough for others to read. It wasn’t until her mother found a printed version of the manuscript that her secret came out. She was a writer, and she loved it. Writing gives her life purpose. It makes her feel, laugh, cry, and get completely enveloped with the characters and their story lines. She feels at home when writing.
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December 19, 2014
Cover Reveal: Get Your Rocks Off? by KE Osborn
Book: Get Your Rocks Off
Series: Rock God #2
Author: KE Osborn
Release Date: 18th January 2015
Genre: Contemporary
Hosted by: Francessca’s Romance Reviews
Synopsis:
This book is for mature audiences 18+ It contains explicit language, drug and sexual content.
After Lia’s life-altering accident, Colt is left to pick up the pieces of his shattered heart. Her accident changed his life forever and when faced with the trials ahead, will Colt be able to stay on the straight and narrow or will he fall back into his old out-of-control habits?
Colt is forced to carry on and to try to live a full life, but with the many changes happening around him, how will he overcome devastating news and go on to continue being the famous rock God we all love? Faced with many ups and down’s Colt must learn to live again, even when life gives you the proverbial lemonade.
When an unexpected blast from the past returns, how will he cope with the struggles forced upon him and his life – will Colt go completely ‘off his rocker?’ or will he find the strength to carry on and truly be happy again.
Stay tuned because Get Your Rocks Off? will be released on 18th January 2015,
***THIS IS BOOK TWO OF A TWO BOOK SERIES***
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Australian author K E Osborn was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia. Having worked in the optical industry for some time, K E Osborn decided it was time to leave the optical world behind and start on something new. With a background in graphic design and a flair for all things creative, she tried her hand at writing.
K E Osborn hid the fact that she was writing from her family, as she believed her first story was simply something she had to get on paper first and then judge if it was good enough for others to read. It wasn’t until her mother found a printed version of the manuscript that her secret came out. She was a writer, and she loved it. Writing gives her life purpose. It makes her feel, laugh, cry, and get completely enveloped with the characters and their story lines. She feels at home when writing.
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December 9, 2014
Cover Reveal: Pure Punishment by T. L. Smith
Title: Pure Punishment
Author: T.L. Smith
Genre: Dark Romance
Release Date: January 3, 2015
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One, Two.
Who to kill?
Three, four.
You better open your door.
Five, six.
Cut or nick?
Seven, eight.
Don’t party to late.
Nine, ten.
Watch your gate.
My name is Kayla. Would you like to play a game with me? I promise to only make you bleed and possibly scream.
Are you ready for some fun?
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T.L. lives in Brisbane, Australia with her 2 children. She started writing because of her love of reading. She used to doodle with ideas when she was younger, but never wrote too much. Her life dream is to be a full time author. If you ask her if she is like her characters, she says, “I am like both of the characters from my two book series. I think I have put a bit of myself in both….Krinos tends to say things without thinking, I do the same. She also rules the roost, and I do the same in my household.” Her celebrity crush is Chris Hemsworth, she loves chocolate ice cream, her biggest pet peeve is nails on a chalkboard., and she is not a fan of having her photo taken. She loves being part of the Indie Book world, and has made some amazing friends along the way. But, she acknowledges she could never do what she does if it wasn’t for the bloggers that pimp her and the fans that support her and read her books.
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December 4, 2014
A Lil' Less Hopeless Release Blitz
A Lil' Less Hopeless ( The Kingsmen MC #3 ) by Tara Oakes
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This novella is intended for those 18+ of age and contains strong language, sexual content, and adult situations.
Jay and Lils' epic tale of true love has unfolded, first in 'A Lil' Less Broken', followed by 'A Lil' Less Lost', and now concludes in the third installment of Tara Oakes' thrilling Kingsmen MC saga.
Jay has proven his loyalty over and over... that he is willing to do whatever necessary for his one true love, his Lil' one, Julia. She just so happens to have an uncanny ability to find herself in need of that loyalty time and again.
What happens when the tables turn and it is Lil's who must risk it all to save her ol' man? To prove once and for all, to him, and to the MC they call family that she is no longer the little girl they've known. But instead, is a fierce ol' lady determined not to stand idly by as everything she has worked so hard to regain is threatened.
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Tara is a thirtysomething newbie author from Long Island, New York. She's a voracious reader, a passionate writer and and obsessive junk T.V. aficionado. When she's not doing one of those three things she is attempting to garden, hanging with her hubby or partaking in some retail therapy. She enjoys connecting with her readers and is having a blast entering into this new world of publishing.
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August 18, 2014
Cover Reveal: Sinful Rewards #4 by Cynthia Sax
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and Cyndi, her man crazy best friend.
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discarded. Bee and her hometown will never be the same.
When her
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June 12, 2014
Cover Reveal: Finding Dandelion by Lex Martin
TITLE: FINDING DANDELION (a stand-alone novel in the DEAREST series)
AUTHOR: Lex Martin
RELEASE DATE: July 11, 2014
GENRE: NA contemporary romance
SYNOPSIS
When soccer all-star Jax Avery collides with Dani Hart on his twenty-first birthday, their connection is instantaneous and explosive. For the first time in years, Jax isn’t interested in his usual hit-it and quit-it approach.
But Dani knows better. Allowing herself a night to be carefree and feel the intensity of their attraction won’t change anything when it comes to dealing with a player. So when Jax doesn’t recognize Dani the next time he sees her, it shouldn’t be a total shock. The fact that he’s her new roommate's brother? That’s a shock.
Dani doesn’t regret that night with Jax, just the need to lie about it. Since her roommate has made it clear what she thinks about her brother’s “type” of girl, the last thing Dani wants is to admit what happened.
Jax knows he’s walking a fine line on the soccer team. One more misstep and he’s off the roster, his plans to go pro be damned. Except he can’t seem to care. About anything… except for the one girl who keeps invading his dreams.
Despite Jax’s fuzzy memory of his hot hookup with his sister’s friend, he can’t stay away from her, even if that means breaking his own rules. But there are bigger forces at work–realities that can end Dani’s college career and lies that can tear them apart.
Jax realizes what he’s losing if Dani walks away, but will he sacrifice his future to be with her? And will she let him if he does?
FINDING DANDELION, the second book in the Dearest series, is a stand-alone novel. This New Adult romance is recommended for readers 18+ due to mature content.
EXCERPT
Reid and Ashley disappear as I get lost in his kiss. We stand there while bodies crash around us to the music, and I’m caught against him like a wave breaking on the beach.
I don’t know what possessed me to kiss this guy out of the blue and pretend that we were somehow together. Right now, I’m blaming the three apple martinis. I just couldn’t stand one more interaction with Reid where I stammered like some kind of loser.
Am I imagining it or did I just tell off my ex? It’s hard to think clearly when I’m pressed up against this beautiful creature. I trail my hands up along his tall frame, dipping the tips of my fingers against the hard ridges and planes of his chest. He looks good in clothes, but the thought of what he looks like without anything on does delicious things to my body. I try to burn the sensation of what he feels like into my memory.
When we finally pull back for air, we stop to look at each other. And then we laugh.
“Holy shit.” I put my hand to my mouth, for the first time embarrassed that I’ve been trying to swallow him whole for the last five minutes. “Hi.”
He grins back. “Hi.”
I don’t hear him so much as read his lips, which I can appreciate now that my mouth isn’t sealed against them. His head slants as though he’s pondering some deep thought, like maybe how he spent the last few minutes locking tongues with a crazy girl who doesn’t even know him.
And then my world slows down as I realize who he is.
Holy shit. It’s the sexy guy from the pizza place.
Jax.
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Lex Martin writes new adult novels, the sexy kind with lotsa angst, a whole lotta kissing, and the hot happily ever afters. When she's not writing, she lives a parallel life as an English teacher. She loves printing black and white photos, listening to music on vinyl, and getting lost in a great book. Bitten by wanderlust, this native Texan has lived all over the country but currently resides in the City of Angels with her husband and twin daughters.
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TITLE: FINDING DANDELION (a stand-alone novel in the DEAREST series)
AUTHOR: Lex Martin
RELEASE DATE: July 11, 2014
GENRE: NA contemporary romance
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SYNOPSIS:
When soccer all-star Jax Avery collides with Dani Hart on his twenty-first birthday, their connection is instantaneous and explosive. For the first time in years, Jax isn’t interested in his usual hit-it and quit-it approach.
But Dani knows better. Allowing herself a night to be carefree and feel the intensity of their attraction won’t change anything when it comes to dealing with a player. So when Jax doesn’t recognize Dani the next time he sees her, it shouldn’t be a total shock. The fact that he’s her new roommate's brother? That’s a shock.
Dani doesn’t regret that night with Jax, just the need to lie about it. Since her roommate has made it clear what she thinks about her brother’s “type” of girl, the last thing Dani wants is to admit what happened.
Jax knows he’s walking a fine line on the soccer team. One more misstep and he’s off the roster, his plans to go pro be damned. Except he can’t seem to care. About anything… except for the one girl who keeps invading his dreams.
Despite Jax’s fuzzy memory of his hot hookup with his sister’s friend, he can’t stay away from her, even if that means breaking his own rules. But there are bigger forces at work–realities that can end Dani’s college career and lies that can tear them apart.
Jax realizes what he’s losing if Dani walks away, but will he sacrifice his future to be with her? And will she let him if he does?
FINDING DANDELION, the second book in the Dearest series, is a stand-alone novel. This New Adult romance is recommended for readers 18+ due to mature content.
EXCERPT:
Reid and Ashley disappear as I get lost in his kiss. We stand there while bodies crash around us to the music, and I’m caught against him like a wave breaking on the beach.
I don’t know what possessed me to kiss this guy out of the blue and pretend that we were somehow together. Right now, I’m blaming the three apple martinis. I just couldn’t stand one more interaction with Reid where I stammered like some kind of loser.
Am I imagining it or did I just tell off my ex? It’s hard to think clearly when I’m pressed up against this beautiful creature. I trail my hands up along his tall frame, dipping the tips of my fingers against the hard ridges and planes of his chest. He looks good in clothes, but the thought of what he looks like without anything on does delicious things to my body. I try to burn the sensation of what he feels like into my memory.
When we finally pull back for air, we stop to look at each other. And then we laugh.
“Holy shit.” I put my hand to my mouth, for the first time embarrassed that I’ve been trying to swallow him whole for the last five minutes. “Hi.”
He grins back. “Hi.”
I don’t hear him so much as read his lips, which I can appreciate now that my mouth isn’t sealed against them. His head slants as though he’s pondering some deep thought, like maybe how he spent the last few minutes locking tongues with a crazy girl who doesn’t even know him.
And then my world slows down as I realize who he is.
Holy shit. It’s the sexy guy from the pizza place.
Jax.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Lex Martin writes new adult novels, the sexy kind with lotsa angst, a whole lotta kissing, and the hot happily ever afters. When she's not writing, she lives a parallel life as an English teacher. She loves printing black and white photos, listening to music on vinyl, and getting lost in a great book. Bitten by wanderlust, this native Texan has lived all over the country but currently resides in the City of Angels with her husband and twin daughters.
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July 31, 2013
Kirchhoff Publishes First Novel
By Terrence Arnold
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Heather Kirchhoff, like many young people, enjoys reading, especially about paranormal topics. Vampires, aliens and other genres spark the imagination of the seventeen-year-old Lafayette County C-1 High School junior. What separates Kirchhoff from her peers is that she is taking her love of reading and transforming it into a love of writing.
Kirchhoff's work was selected to appear in an anthology of paranormal fiction entitled Apocalypse and edited by Cynthia Shepp. Her short story Save Me is about a young girl who hides out and tries to stay alive during an alien invasion that devastates the world around her. Published in November of 2012, the book is available as a download or in print form.
"The story took just two days to write," said Kirchhoff, "it just came to me." Kirchhoff said the editor of the collection was surprised at her age. She added that the other stories in the collection are very good, including the stories Lotion and Shelf Life.
Kirchhoff's story was selected for the anthology from among a number of entries. The collections editor Shepp put down ground rules for submissions-the story had to be told from the point of view of a survivor-protagonist of an apocalyptic event. The survivor has only a few items that they can carry in a backpack and their wits to help them survive. They were to show how their character would survive in this hostile environment.
Writes Shepp of Kirchhoff's story, "Save Me by Heather Kirchhoff was written by a high school student. Her story was vivdly described, emotionally heart-wrenching, yet a feeling of hope was still kept throughout. Hers is a story of family betrayal, surviving under extraordinary circumstances and new love. It was a wonderful story!"
Kirchhoff has just published her first full-length novel, The Last Night, which tells of a young protagonist Sarah. "After Sarah's boyfriend dies, everything changes for her," said Kirchhoff. The book si 221 pages and is avaiable through Amazon as a download.
Kirchhoff said this novel took her about six months from start to finish. "I kind of knew how it was going to end, but nothing else," she said of having an outline as she wrote.
Kirchhoff said she has learned about herself and has gained confidence in writing and expressing herself through this work. "It's fun," she added. The writing process, she observed, "takes me someplace else for a while." It is often random events in life, maybe a song on the radio, that inspires and influences her.
The process for self-publishing is there for authors who put in the work to create a novel or work of non-fiction. Amazon has a process for getting a new author's work uploaded, formatted, and ready for download by customers. Kirchhoff will get a percentage of every copy sold.
Along with reading and writing, Kirchhoff said she enjoys music, including rock and country, as well as getting outdoors hunting and fishing.
Her next work is already begun, Kirchhoff said. It will involve a theme on magic and she hopes to have it completed by the end of September of this year. Quite an ambitious deadline, but this young author seems keen on meeting it.
Kirchhoff's father Todd said he is extremely proud of his daughter and "what she's accomplished in such a short time."
Her mother, DeAnn Dillon says she and her husband Chris are very proud of Heather. "She always has a book. If she's not writing, she's reading," she said. Dillon credited her daughter's middle school teacher for getting her interested in books and said her daughter is determined to be a writer and is following her dream.
June 26, 2013
Reviews
In cast you missed them, here's the two reviews I got so far. The first one was from the author of Home Wrecker, Brenda Perlin. Hers really make me giddy.
"The pain this young girl experiences seems real. The losses she suffers is relatable on so many levels. This girl feels alone in the world, is bullied and misunderstood. She could be any of us. I could feel the pain she was in and the internal struggle she was dealing with. I got so caught up in the story that I didn't want to put it down. It was written with so much real life emotion. I want to applaud the author for writing such a moving yet vulnerable story about a teenager that has to deal with modern day problems. Sadly, so many teens keep their sorrow to themselves. Sometimes no one finds out about the suffering until it is too late."
And the next one is from Twinkle Varshney, which also made me giddy.
"Teenage author Heather Kirchhoff's The Last NIGHT is undoubtedly a spellbinding,original and captivating masterpiece enticing readers from the starting till the very last line.
It is the story of a teenage girl Sarah Hill belligering from the beefy feeling of being sucked back into the murky hell she belonged to before she started dating her Now- Dead boyfriend Ryan.
Already coping through tangled relations and anathematized past, the young girl's grief is waxed, she yearns to see her boyfriend and if possible to change the past, to go back into time and prevent his suicide , but too late for that she has to confront the ailing and vitriolic present.
It not only questions the social issues like bullying and suicide but expresses how it jeoparadize and traumatize people and their lives.
The flow of emotions..the pain,sorrows teenage feels...the misery of being alone, ununderstood, awaif like an outsider, bullied, loosing a lover your soumate and self accusation for being incapicitive to save his life....every emotion seems real, lively and relatable. Suffering of teens, challenged by life, imprisoned deep inside, neither said nor expressed, dissolving them inside and out are brought up so felicitly that they touch the soul.
It is not only in the making the character come alive or in the realistic feel given by obssesive attention to every emotion where the reader finds the book's main virtue.
I adulate the author for her extoling work orecticing the reader not only to read it again but to love it and live it!!!"
These two girls really made my day as well as Kate Marie Robbins, author of Indigo, who gave The Last Night a five-star review.
June 9, 2013
Progress
I'm almost done editing it, only about four chapters to go, and then it'll be off to my betas! I can't believe how far I've come with this story, I'm really excited about that.
My debut novel will be out July 2nd-not that far away! I can't wait to share Sarah's story-or hear what anyone thinks. Though, I must admit, I'm a little worried about formatting. I have a feeling I'm going to mess it up, but hey, I have to try, right? Besides, how hard can it be? Either way, I'm excited to even be in this process-it's a dream come true.
In case anyone was curious, here's the summary for The Last Night:
After Sarah Hill's boyfriend dies, everything changes. Caught up in her grief and desire to see him again, Sarah is challenged in moving on. She's sucked back into the world Sarah was in before they started dating-being invisible, bullied. She slowly begins to pull away from everyone, unable to do it anymore. Then one day her reality comes crashing down all around her, pushing Sarah to the edge...
I'll try to update a lot more. I'm now off to do some more editing.
February 11, 2013
Success!
After I finish TLN I plan on starting research for my series; I really need to start over for that one. I personally think the first book is boring and doesn't make sense at all so I've decided to rewrite it, but in order to get all of my facts straight I need to do some research on magic.
I had to put Meagan's story on hold so I could get my single novel written and send the message out. I was inspired to write it in hopes of making people see how one decision can really affect and hurt everyone else. I hope this story will shine the light on suicide and bullying and how it affects not only one person, but everyone. I hope that people who reads this and is struggling will see how their actions will only hurt others, and to inspire them to live and get help. There's always another way.
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