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Take Chances by K. C. Sprayberry Blog Tour

 
Good Morning! My name is KC Sprayberry. Kay LaLone of I Love Books has let me hijack her blog today. The purpose is to tease all of her very dedicated readers with information about my soon-to-be-released YA coming of age novel, Take Chances.
 
It's an author interview. I'm pretty sure that by now, all of you won't believe how much I hate being in the public eye, but I do!
What are some of your favorite things to do?
These aren't related to writing, which of course is my most favorite thing to do, but I really do have a life.
a.   Family get togethers, where there is a lot of fabulous food, good times, and laughter.
b.   Singing along to my favorite song when I'm driving. Yeah, I look like a nut, but I'm a safe nut!
c.   Getting so involved with a new novel that I can see, hear, smell, and feel everything that's going on.
d.   Playing tug of war with my dog. She usually wins, but she's much younger than me.
e.   Finding new friends, getting to know them, learning they're a lot like me. New friends are our best bet against stagnation, but old friends are like a comfortable blanket – you can't go wrong with them because they know everything about you.
Do you have a favorite author? Favorite book?
Yikes. This question always fills me with dread. I hate condensing this down to a single person, a single book. My tastes in reading are varied, I'll read anything good. That's a huge area, but I do have those who I'll read over and over again.
a.   Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. Yes, the series is finished, but I can't get enough of this one. Jordan spun a beautiful, active young adult series. Some will say it's far too old for young adults, but it's not. Even my teen enjoys this series. Often, I'll have to fight him for the next book when we're rereading it at the same time.
b.   Stephen King – anything, absolutely anything by Stephen King. I've been a fan of his since I bought Carrie many, many years ago. He was this great but as yet unknown writer. I just he knew would be a fabulously famous writer. I wasn't wrong.
c.   P.A. Estelle (aka Penny Estelle). I discovered this multi-talented woman after I signed my contract with Solstice Publishing for Softly Say Goodbye. She's fabulous. Her stories get right to the heart of things, and best of all, for a huge history buff like me, she makes history fun to learn.
What are some of your other favorite authors to read?
This falls into my escape mechanism. I love Lisa Gardner's suspense novels, Mary Higgins Clark's mysteries, Donna Alice Patton's sweet stories for children, and Ann Rule's true stories.
What do you think of critique groups in general?
I think critique groups are very important to writers. We are a lonely crowd, we tend to live within our stories, so we don't catch the big problems, and a lot of the little ones. I own and manage two online critique groups, one strictly for children's writing, while the other runs from middle grade to adult books.
A good critique group can help you fill in plot holes, pick up on when  you're going on and on about a trivial point that does nothing for plot movement, or just let you know that you're on the right track. I firmly believe in a critique group for all manuscripts.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Five years from now, I pretty much see myself where I am now. Writing new stories that come into my head, hoping my publisher(s) will love them, and watching people tell me their views of what I've done. A nice dream is that at least one of my books is a popular movie, and the general public is clamoring for more, more, more, but even if that doesn't happen, I won't stop writing. There are still so many stories to tell!
Blurb:
 
Julie Bond grew up in Europe as a military brat. She found her very first permanent home in Landry, GA as a teen going into high school. Almost four years later, she's having pre-graduation jitters and flashing back to an incident of school violence she experienced in Europe. She attempts to convince herself that it can never happen again, but continually finds herself flashing back to that day no matter how hard she tries.
The people around her present any number of problems for Julie, and she's hard put to keep from drowning under all the issues. Then Michael--a cool guy she's had a crush on for the last three years—returns from traveling the US as a photographer, and Julie now has one more thing to distract her as she prepares to leave high school. One thing she firmly believes in: no one will ever invade her classroom with violence again.
Once again, the impossible happens. Once again, she's in a classroom with a madman holding a gun. Once again, she must survive.
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Teaser Excerpt:
"Don't think we'll ever do anything else. I won't let that happen."
As the last sentence slips out of my mouth, a sense of unease falls over me. I look around to see if someone dropped their books or is having a panic attack.
Thoughts of my parents first assignment in Germany comes to mind. Again. Twice in one day. I try to shove the images away, but they stay.
 
Bio:
 
KC Sprayberry started writing young, with a diary followed by an interest in English. Her first experience with publication came when she placed third in a Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge contest while in the Air Force, but her dedication to writing came after she had her youngest child, now a in his senior year of high school.
Her family lives in Northwest Georgia where she spends her days creating stories about life in the south, and far beyond. More than a dozen of her short stories have appeared in several magazines. Five anthologies feature other short stories, and her young adult novel Softly Say Goodbye, released in 2012. During 2013, more young adult stories have been released: The Ghost Catcher, Who Am I?, Family Curse … Times Two, and Amazon Best Seller, Canoples Investigations Tackles Space Pirates.
 
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Hello! Here's the day you were waiting for, through Sunday, September 29. You can pick up my other YA coming of age books, Softly Say Goodbye and Who Am I? free on Amazon:


Softly Say Goodbye
Who Am I?   Thank you Kay LaLone of I Love Books for hosting me today. Tomorrow you find the next Teaser Tour on Sabina Bundgaard of Sabina's Adventures in Reading .

Plotting a Romantic Suspense Novel

Plotting a Romantic Suspense Novel
 
I love mystery plots. I love suspense more. Throw in M/M romance and I’m there.
There’s just something about getting inside the villain’s head that I love. In a mystery, you don’t get that, at least not until the “Colonel Mustard in the drawing room with a knife” scene at the end.
With suspense, it’s action-reaction-reaction-reaction. There’s always something happening.
Plotting a romantic suspense novel can be a challenge: playing the villain against the heroes, letting the heroes make progress and experience setbacks in the case, bringing the romance into the picture. I’d say it’s trickier than romance alone (which is tricky enough as it is).
I start with a concept. This is essentially a very short version of a logline. It doesn’t contain anything about the characters—just the plot idea.
From there, a villain. Yep, he’s first. For me, that’s a necessity. In the WIP he happens to be a rather twisted sociopath—this is my favorite type of villain.
Next is the first protagonist. This is the guy who’s going to be the one most intimately involved in the case. In the WIP, it’s a doctor who is accused of murder and sets out to prove his innocence.
The third character is the second protagonist. He’s also involved in the case, and the romantic foil for the first guy. In the WIP, it’s the cop who is investigating the murder.
After I’ve got this triangle of characters, I give each his own unique set of secondary characters. These will have minor parts to play. They may mix briefly, but I don’t want them to take over the story line.
NOW the plot. This is greatly simplified:
I start with the villain and the motivation for the crime—a real inciting incident. This is all backstory, but it’s necessary to understanding what’s going to happen. It might be something that happened years ago; it might be motivated by revenge.
The villain commits the crime. I like to plan what clues might be found.
The investigator enters the scene, and the story starts. His interviews and interpretation of the evidence lead to more conversation. His romantic foil enters next to lay the foundation for the romance.
Clues either advance the investigation or turn out to be dead ends (red herrings). The heroes get better acquainted.
Sensing or hearing about progress, the villain fights back.
The heroes regroup and react. This grows organically out of knowing the characters and how they might react. The hero’s flaws come in handy here. The two protags are now getting closer—maybe intimate by this point.
The villain tries distraction. Danger is exciting. Max it out.
The heroes discover the critical clue and head out for a confrontation with the villain.
Climax.
Denouement. Happily ever after, or happily for now.    
Here’s the blurb for High Concept, my new M/M romantic suspense:
 
Denver homicide cop and shooting survivor Beck Stryker lives to solve the case that left him with PTSD, chronic pain, and killed his co-investigator four months previous. Now his career hinges on his ability to work with the man who shut down his advances two years ago.

After last parting ways with Beck, psychiatrist-turned-FBI profiler Zach Littman never anticipated seeing the detective again. Being sent to Denver to work on a series of killings that have continued after the only suspect died is bad enough. Discovering the detective in charge is Beck leaves Zach gritting his teeth and girding his loins.

The last thing either of them needs is romantic entanglement with a fellow investigator, but danger is a powerful aphrodisiac. The case heats up, and friction between them ignites a fire neither can ignore, first at work and then in the bedroom. As they zero in on the plot behind the murders, the crosshairs zero in on Beck and Zach.
 
EXCERPT
Beck reached his desk and lowered himself into the chair. A pile of reports sat waiting for his attention. Ridiculous. He was a homicide detective, not a secretary. This was a waste of his skills. Field cases waited, infinitely more interesting and requiring a detective’s intuition.

Across the room, Van met his gaze and looked away. Beck spun his chair toward the windows behind him. Sheets of water rippled down the windows, blurring the building across the street.

After the shooting, Beck’s ex-lover had made it clear as still water that there was nothing left between them. At least Van had understood the pressures of the job, the danger, both on the street and in the department. Homicide was a macho division, and the other detectives were unlikely to accept an alternate orientation. He and Van had agreed to keep their relationship under wraps. Had they had a relationship or just been fuck buddies?

Nights in a soft bed, Van’s hot tongue everywhere until Beck squirmed with need. A firm grip on his cock, stroking.

“What would you like tonight?”

Heat rushed to his groin. Mind-blowing sex—no doubt about that—but was that all they’d had?

They’d never eaten at a restaurant unless it was out of town. They’d never taken a vacation together. Van liked sun and sand and room service; Beck preferred snow and skiing and grilled steaks at the lodge. And they never stayed over at each other’s places.

Sure didn’t sound like a relationship. Hell, when he’d been lying in the hospital with his shattered shoulder pinned together, wondering if his hand would ever work again, he’d turned to Van expecting emotional support, and his lover had gunned down the only thing Beck had left.

Van had left nothing at Beck’s apartment except travel brochures.

The first time Beck had risked his heart, and he’d gotten blown away for his trouble. Staying secreted in the closet precluded Van paying attention to a disabled boyfriend. “It would look strange if I spent extra time with you,” Van had said, and he’d been careful not to visit more often than any of the others. At that point, Beck had wished his injuries had been more severe, that the bullet had hit a few inches to the right and down, preempting Van’s assault on Beck’s heart. Death had sounded better than total bereavement.

Anger had overtaken depression in short order. The first thing he’d done after arriving home was deep-six the tropical-vacation brochures littering the kitchen counter.

In the ensuing weeks, Beck had fought through the pain of physical therapy and the loss of the relationship.

As Beck’s psychologist, Jay had helped him work through most of that. And the painful inquiry about the shootings.

“Hey.” Soft brown eyes gazed down at him, wary, not welcoming. The familiar scent of Van’s bay rum aftershave reached Beck, and his stomach clenched.

“Well. What can I do for you, Detective Gates?”

Van plopped a folder on his desk. “Got a computer request that needs your expertise.”

“Don’t think I can help you.” Beck picked up a pen, tapped it on the folder. “I’m not a computer expert.”

Van’s full mouth thinned, lips pressed together. “It’s a search for vehicle license plates. Need it for the murder book.”
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Website: www.whitleygray.com
 
Blog: http://whitleygray.blogspot.com/2013/09/high-concept.html
 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whitley.gray Thanks, Whitley, for stopping by my blog today. Great article. I will put High Concept on my reading list. Sounds like an iteresting book.   

My Review Of Dream Child By J. J. DiBenedetto

 
Dream Child
"I would give anything to take this away from her.  I would gladly go back to having the nightmares myself – the very worst ones, the ones that had me waking up screaming in a pool of my own vomit – rather than see Lizzie go through this..." 
As a resident at Children's Hospital, Sara can handle ninety hour workweeks, fighting to save her young patients from deadly childhood diseases.  But she's about to be faced with a challenge that all her training and experience haven't prepared her for: her four-year-old daughter has inherited her ability to see other people's dreams...
"Dream Child" is the suspenseful third novel in the "Dreams" series.
 My review of Dream Child. I give this book a five star review. "There's a reason you're having these dreams, and why I have them, too. It's because we have to fix whatever is wrong that we see in the dreams," Sarah says to her daughter, Lizzy, a four year old who has dreams like her mother.
The dreams can be frightening especially for a four year old, but also very disturbing. Sarah sets out to right the wrong. Nice blend of the dream world with the real world. Thanks, J. J. for a great read. Now on to read Dream Family.

Author Bio:
J.J. (James) DiBenedetto was born in Yonkers, New York. He attended Case Western Reserve University, where as his classmates can attest, he was a complete nerd. Very little has changed since then.
He currently lives in Arlington, Virginia with his beautiful wife and their cat (who has thoroughly trained them both). When he's not writing, James works in the direct marketing field, enjoys the opera, photography and the New York Giants, among other interests.
The "Dreams" series is James' first published work.
LINKS:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dream-Series/107699179403603?ref=hl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JJDiBenedetto
Website: www.writingdreams.net
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/J.J.-DiBenedetto/e/B00BW6L9GK
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/starkllr
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7006618.J_J_DiBenedetto?from_search=true
 
Buy links:
Amazon:
·         Dream Student: http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Student-Dreams-J-J-DiBenedetto/dp/1482716275/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377701093&sr=1-2
·         Dream Doctor: http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Doctor-Dreams-J-J-DiBenedetto/dp/1482745542/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377701093&sr=1-4
·         Dream Child: http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Child-Dreams-J-J-DiBenedetto/dp/1482745569/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377701093&sr=1-3
·         Dream Family: http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Family-Dreams-J-J-DiBenedetto/dp/1482745593/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377701093&sr=1-5
·         Waking Dream: http://www.amazon.com/Waking-Dream-Dreams-J-J-DiBenedetto/dp/1490938842/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377701093&sr=1-1
 
Smashword:
·         Dream Student: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/331929
·         Dream Doctor: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/296975
·         Dream Child: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/296978
·         Dream Family: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/296980
·         Waking Dream: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/349800
 
Barnes & Noble:
·         Dream Student: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dream-student-jj-dibenedetto/1114915766?ean=2940044622265
·         Dream Doctor: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dream-doctor-jj-dibenedetto/1114915801?ean=2940044391864
·         Dream Child: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dream-child-jj-dibenedetto/1114915810?ean=2940044391871
·         Dream Family: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dream-family-jj-dibenedetto/1114915811?ean=2940044390263
·         Waking Dream: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/waking-dream-jj-dibenedetto/1116739842?ean=9781490938844

My Review Of The Keeper: Revenge By OL Romas

Title: The Keeper: Revenge
Series: The Keeper Series
Genre: NA Mystery/Thriller (no sex or cursing)
Author: OL Ramos
Tour Organizer: B3 Tours
 
Synopsis:
Elizabeth is a brilliant loner with a troubling secret she doesn't even know. As if the trauma of her mother being abducted before her eyes as a young girl wasn't enough, the small town she lives in thinks she’s crazy. That all changed when she met Michael, a mysterious and handsome man who identified with her like no one else before. Michael’s long time friend Vincent visits and drops the bombshell of a lifetime on Elizabeth and her world becomes completely unraveled. 
 
Vincent’s information has revealed the world for what it is; a place where the impossible is real, and myths and legends walk slyly in shadow. A world that Elizabeth will learn she too is a member. Now, the three are caught up in a thousand year long conspiracy they never could have imagined. The three must rely on one another and the secret connection they all share if they have a chance to survive.
 
Book Links:
The Keeper: Awakening (Book 1) on Amazon
The Keeper: Awakening on Smashwords
The Keeper: Awakening on Goodreads
The Keeper: Revenge on Goodreads
The Keeper Series on Facebook
 
Elizabeth McBeth a.k.a. Liz, Izzy, Lizzy
Age: 19
Height: 5’4”
Weight: 120 lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Blonde
Traits: Extremely perceptive and intelligent. Liz possesses a very strong conviction of what is right and wrong. It is this sense of ethics that has her constantly questioning what is right and wrong. A little insecure and a bit of a whiner, Liz is very brave. Always willing to put herself in danger in order to help out others.
Elizabeth McBeth is just what you would expect from any girl next door. She’s sweet, caring, and honest. She’s even got one of the sharpest young minds in the country. But she also has a secret that she has to live with. The horrible truth about her mother’s disappearance ten years ago… the whole reason why she studies the paranormal and goes out at night. Her mother’s disappearance has gravely hurt her life. She has to take care of her father, constant trips to the shrink and everyone looking at her like she’s a kook. Her life was pretty much going status quo until she met Michael while working at Jack’s Place Bar and Grill.

Michael Clark a.k.a Michael the Ironskin
Age: Approximately 535 years old
Height: 6’8”
Weight: 308 lbs while in his human form
Eyes: Jade green
Hair: Black
Traits: Michael is a man from a different era. As a man who was originally born in Italy, he maintains the values of his upbringing. Honesty, honor, fair play and an emphasis on strategy; all of these are held in the highest of regards for the decorated werewolf. His nature and the role he plays in conserving nature’s balance make him very careful in choosing his friends. Michael is truly one of the most selfless beings ever to walk the Earth, but his role forces him to keep his existence a secret.
Michael is a mystery to Liz, who is just tugging away layers from his handsome facade, desperately trying to uncover his secret. But what Liz doesn’t know, what she couldn’t possibly even suspect is that Michael is a werewolf. But unlike fictional werewolves, Michael is responsible for the order and balance of nature. It is Michael’s sole responsibility to make sure that the world of man and the world behind the veil, where the true world lies, never cause chaos to one another. But chaos follows Michael’s closest friend, Vincenzo Della Rosa, wherever he goes…

Vincenzo Della Rosa a.k.a. Vincent, The Traitor
Age: Exact age is unknown, even to him. Approximately 1700 years old
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 205 lbs
Eyes: Sapphire blue
Hair: Golden blonde
Traits: Loud, condescending, sarcastic, and sometimes even outright insulting, Vincent is a force to be reckoned with. His time alive has made him very distant, even a little cold. But his aloof nature is a stark opposite of what he is really like inside. He is a fiercely loyal man who always puts others ahead of himself. His great insecurity comes from a great failure in his life, one that he may never forgive himself for….
Vincenzo Della Rosa, Vincent to everyone but his friends, isn’t your everyday hero. He’s sarcastic, lazy, and a shameless alcoholic. But what Liz, and even Michael, will learn is that Vincent himself hides behind those traits to mask a very deep pain. A pain that Liz is inexplicably connected to. This truth will make Vincent’s other secrets, including the fact that he is a 1700 year old vampire, seem small in comparison. But even with all of that in mind, if Vincent is the most powerful of his kind, why doesn’t he rule all of vampire society? The world might not be able to handle the truth.Such great characters. I loved this book. I give this book a five star review. Liz is flung into a supernatural world and finds herself fallig in love with a vampire and a werewolf. The guys are in love with her and feel it is their duty to protect her. I like how the guys don't force her to chose. All three of them become good friends and work together to save the day.

 EXCERPT At this point, I’m not even sure I want to go anywhere. This place looks great to me. But should I give in to temptation? Or should I take some time and weigh my options? It’s just a kiss after all, right?      “I can sense your hesitation,” Michael says as he moves away from me. “But…in all honesty, I can’t take it anymore. I don’t want to resist you anymore.”      Michael moves back to my face and gives me a slow gentle kiss on my lips. His kisses are tender and gentle. I grab the back of his head and refuse to let him go. This is one of my favorite scenes in the book.         Book Links: The Keeper: Awakening (Book 1) on Amazon The Keeper: Awakening on Smashwords The Keeper: Awakening on Goodreads The Keeper: Revenge on Goodreads The Keeper Series on Facebook     Author Links: OL Ramos on Goodreads OL Ramos on Twitter 

Cover Reveal For Surfacing The Rim By Venessa Kimball

 
Blurb:
 
The impending galactic event that will invade and evolve our world is upon us and our salvation lies in the hands of Jesca and her fellowship of Dobrian guardians. The sadistic Sondian fellowship’s inhumane corruption of our world is spreading like wildfire, redrawing lines between allies and enemies. Jesca’s fortitude is put to the test when she must make crucial decisions in battle and in love. She must choose between the predestined link that she shares with one man and the unresolved attraction she holds for another.
Will Jesca have enough courage to surface the rim of this reality?

*The Piercing the Fold series is intended for Mature Young Adult and Adult readers due to the the paranormal and unorthodox scientific concepts addressed throughout. This series contains a rich mixture of the paranormal, science fiction, romance, adventure, and suspense. *

In 2010, Venessa Kimball was struck by an idea, a story, that needed telling. Having always been passionate about the written word, Venessa embarked on writing what would become her debut novel, Piercing the Fold: Book 1; a mature young adult/ adult crossover, paranormal, science fiction series. July 2, 2012, Venessa Kimball independently published the first book in the Piercing the Fold series. Book 2, Surfacing the Rim, released March 14, 2013.
In August of 2013, Venessa joined the publishing house, Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly. The Piercing the Fold series will be re-published with them beginning with Piercing the Fold: Book 1 on September 3, 2013. Surfacing the Rim: Book 2 will be re-published on September 24. 2013 and Ascending the Veil: Book 3 will be released for the first time on October 18, 2013. The final book in the series, Book 4 (Title TBD) will release in 2014.
As for the future, Venessa is already filling her Work-In-Progress folder. Two of her future projects are contemporary fiction and will reflect her diversity as a writer in other genres. When Venessa is not writing, she is keeping active with her husband and three children, chauffeuring said children to extracurricular activities, participating in charitable 5k and 10k races(crazy...but she loves to run), catching a movie with her hubby, and staying up way too late reading.
www.VenessaKimball.net
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Open Gates by D. T. Dyllin Cover Reveal

 
Title: Open Gates
Author: D.T. Dyllin
Series: The P.J. Stone Gates Trilogy #3
Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance
Expected publication: November 12, 2013 by Dragonfairy Press
Blurb:
Bryn is gone. Jenna isn’t…herself, and the world has been taken over by the alien Riders. The only constant in P.J.’s life is Khol. But even he might not be able to help her pick up the shattered pieces of her life.
P.J. finally gets the answers to all of her questions, but will she be able to handle the truth? And will she be strong enough to face her own destiny when the time comes?
 
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17664771-open-gates?ac=1
 
About the Author
Cynical-Optimist. Chocolate-holic. Sarcasm Addict. Paranormal Believer. Self-Imposed Insomniac. Sci-Fi Geek. Animal Lover. Writer…are just a few words to describe D.T. Dyllin. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and two very spoiled GSDs.

For The Sake Of Revenge by DL Atha

 
Title: For the Sake of Revenge
Author: DL Atha
Tour Organizer: B3 Tours
 
Synopsis:
How far was Tamara willing to go for the sake of revenge? And who would pay the price? She didn’t know as she tipped the bottle of vampire blood up to her lips but she was about to find out.
Stepping off the ferry in Sitka, Alaska was bittersweet for Tamara Semenov. A decade earlier she had abandoned her mother and high school sweetheart, Peter, to marry a man she hardly knew only to find herself in an abusive relationship. Now ten years later, she had escaped with her life but at what cost. Her mother was dead.
Although the police had ruled her mother’s death an accident, Tamara was convinced her estranged husband was to blame and to make matters worse, she knows she is his next target.
While putting her mother’s affairs in order, Tamara finds the blood of a vampire named Adrik, who as a human was falsely accused of raping a wealthy Russian heiress and excommunicated from the Church. For the sake of revenge, he willing condemned himself to vampirism.
Learning that the blood could tie the living to the undead, Tamara seeks out a connection with the long buried vampire in hopes of striking a deal, his freedom for her revenge. Will he be the edge she needs to out maneuver her estranged husband or will she become entangled in a two century old web of revenge?
 
 
  Book Links:
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Author Bio:
DL Atha, having the good fortune to have been raised in rural western Arkansas, resides there still with her husband and three children where together they enjoy the farm life.
She earned her MD in 1999, and currently enjoys the practice of hospital medicine and wound care which she performs full time in a nearby town.
She is currently working on the sequel to Blood Reaction.
For the Sake of Revenge was her first venture into non-medical fiction.
A few of her favorite things are chocolate, anything old but especially old houses, gardening, and horses.
Her least favorite things are getting up early, anything that happens before nine a.m. and constricting clothing.

Author Links:
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My Review Of My Haunting Love By J. S. Wilsoncroft

Calista Rose is a sixteen year old deaf girl who senses something strange in her new home. Soon she meets a ghost named John and becomes smitten with his good looks and charming ways. Little does she know that falling in love with him brings out the true evil that lingers in her home.
 John is holding a terrible family secret. His life was ended at the hands of his vengeful stepmother. The same woman who inflicted pain on his entire family. When Calista moves into his ancestral home she awakens something in him he never could have imagined. A chance at the love he never got to have.
 But falling in love with Calista is anything but easy. Their love awakens not only John, but the evil lurking inside the house.
 In her debut YA novel Jamie Sue Wilsoncroft takes us on an adventure of first love, repentance, and that all important quest to belong.
 
 My Review

I give this book five stars. Excellet ghost story. There were spooky, fearful moments when Calista faced evil. A sad moment that made me cry. My favorite were the tender moments between John and Calista as they fell in love.
 
Excerpt:
My legs shook as I stared up at him. This whole thing was surreal. I wanted to reach out and touch him, but my hands were glued to the side. He was beautiful, more beautiful than any human I had ever seen. I couldn’t hear him, but I could see he was laughing under his breath as his shoulders shook up and down. My mouth dropped in awe as he slowly raised his hands and began to sign.
     “ You aren’t scared are you?” He asked moving his hands gently. I realized I hadn’t breathed since the moment I felt the tap on my shoulder.
 “No,” I signed, slowly raising my hands. My legs shook as I stood not two inched from him….a ghost.
  He tilted his head back and laughed. “Can I help you paint?” He signed without hesitation.
    Flabbergasted, I blinked a few times. “Uh… yeah… sure if you want to,” I replied, staring at him in disbelief. His shoulders shook again as he laughed, enjoying my reaction. John had warned me ahead of time that he was going to show himself to me, but I wasn’t expecting this. It wasn’t because he was so beautiful and handsome, but because he was so human-like. Part of me was waiting for something scary or gory to face me, but he totally blew me away. This was nothing like any of those ghost movies or books I had read.
 
 Jamie Sue Wilsoncroft. Lives in Pennsylvania with her hubby, two children and 3 dogs. She is a professional dog groomer by day and a writer by night. Writing romance novels is her specialty. While this is her first YA novel, Jamie is the author of several other contemporary and NA romance books. You can find her on Amazon and Barnes and Nobel.
 
Follow along with the rest of the stops on the My Haunted Fall blog tour:
 
A Writer’s Perspective ~~ August 30th
 
Write From The Heart ~~~ August 31st
 
I Read Indie ~~~
 
Lust, Love, and Ghosts ~~~ September 3rd
 
My Adventures in Being Me ~~~ September 5th
 
Confessions of a Bookaholic ~~~~ September 9th
 
I Love Books ~~~~ September 10th
 
Tiffany’s Book Hangover ~~~ September 11th
 
Saph’s Book Blog ~~~ September 14th
 
A Writer’s Boost ~~~~  September 15th
 
 
 





 
 
Buy Links
 
Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/My-Haunting-Love-J-Wilsoncroft/dp/0985786663/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377619018&sr=8-1&keywords=my+haunting+love
 
Barnes and Nobel: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-haunting-love-js-wilsoncroft/1115454644?ean=9780985786663
 
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/322662

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Sylvia Donovan is emotionally wounded from the unexpected death of her husband and still haunted by their last conversation: his request for a divorce and his confession of love for another woman.  Her husband gone, her only daughter off to college, Sylvia faces the challenges of learning to live alone and move on with her life.
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Title: Embracing Death Author: D.T. Dyllin Series: The Death Trilogy #2 Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance Expected publication: November 2013 by Dragonfairy Press Blurb: All of Samantha Bevan’s memories have been returned to her. But instead of bringing her peace, they’ve only brought her more turmoil. She now recalls the dark addiction to feeling other people’s deaths and every day is a struggle to control her urges. At least she has Austin to help her… or does she? Samantha will discover that even with her memories, she doesn’t know the truth of her past, and those secrets may prove detrimental to her and everyone she loves. Will she be able to unravel the mystery of who’s been pulling her strings before it’s too late? Or will Austin be the one to suffer from her mistakes? http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18... About the Author Cynical-Optimist. Chocolate-holic. Sarcasm Addict. Paranormal Believer. Self-Imposed Insomniac. Sci-Fi Geek. Animal Lover. Writer…are just a few words to describe D.T. Dyllin. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and two very spoiled GSDs. Website / Twitter / Facebook / Goodreads HTML Complete Post (this HTML will work in both Blogger & Wordpress)
 Title: Embracing Death
Author: D.T. Dyllin
Series: The Death Trilogy #2
Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance
Expected publication: November 2013 by Dragonfairy Press

Blurb:

All of Samantha Bevan’s memories have been returned to her. But instead of bringing her peace, they’ve only brought her more turmoil. She now recalls the dark addiction to feeling other people’s deaths and every day is a struggle to control her urges. At least she has Austin to help her… or does she? Samantha will discover that even with her memories, she doesn’t know the truth of her past, and those secrets may prove detrimental to her and everyone she loves. Will she be able to unravel the mystery of who’s been pulling her strings before it’s too late? Or will Austin be the one to suffer from her mistakes?

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18168194-embracing-death?ac=1

About the Author  Cynical-Optimist. Chocolate-holic. Sarcasm Addict. Paranormal Believer. Self-Imposed Insomniac. Sci-Fi Geek. Animal Lover. Writer…are just a few words to describe D.T. Dyllin. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and two very spoiled GSDs.
Website / Twitter / Facebook / Goodreads