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Our Sunday Swag Supplier: Luminous Beads

If there's anything I love, it's a good giveaway.  As part of the book world, giveaways have become my life.  I love the excitement of the fans, I love making people happy, and I love being creative.  One of the best ways to do that is to offer fans a little something more.  That's why I am always looking for  new and different swag. 

 Today...Luminous Beads!Simple said...they are gorgeous.  I checked out the store and had to tear myself away after looking at five pages of beautiful bling.  The book bling...to die for.  And because I know you love some good story swag, Kimberly of Luminous beads has kindly agreed to donate something super special.  

Our first post ever was the new release of Katie Ashley's Don't Hate the Player...Hate the Game.  It only makes sense that our first Swagtastic Giveaway would feature a Katie Ashley inspired piece.  This one is from the books The Proposition and The Proposal.

Here's everything you need to know about Luminous Beads:


Luminous Beads started in February 2013. My best friend (Carol) is a huge crafter and lives in Ocean City Maryland. We grew up together in Long Island New York. Been friends for over almost 30 years.

She told me about these new beads she found and couldn't find anyone else that was really using them. I asked her to send me a bracelet because I really wanted to see them for myself. I love the colors and the luminosity of them, so I knew she was on to something. We decided to start a business together hence Luminous Beads.

This is my first time making jewelry and I'm obsessed! I love creating new pieces. I have always been creative and have had little ventures since a young girl making macrame plant hangers and my mother would sell them at her Mary Kay meetings back in the day. LOL

I have always been a huge reader, but reading romance was what I would do on vacation. All the books that I read were how-to-books, spiritual books and motivational books.

Then March 2012 a girlfriend of mine told me that I had to read Fifty Shades of Grey. I never read a book like that and it forever changed me. I have been a book whore ever since, looking for the next fix. I've read over 300 books since last year. I always loved to write, and wanted to take a crack at it but fear gets the best of me. People have told me I have a gift but who knows. Just being around these unbelievable authors was so enlightening I just may try.
I heard about this book signing event called "Wicked Girls Weekend" here in Orando. I had no one to go with but decided to go anyway. I had just finished R.k. Lilley's Up in the Air series and was obsessed with Mr. Beautiful. OMG! So I wanted to make a bracelet for Rebecca since she was going to be there.

And so the journey began that I ordered some charms for Rebecca's books and for Fifty Shades of Grey. I made a few bracelets sold them at the event and then gave Katie Ashley and Raine Miller a book charm bracelet. They were so happy and of course I was delighted to meet them.

Katie approached me a few weeks after the event and asked to work with me to create a bracelet for The Proposition & The Proposal.  Rebecca told me that if I send her a bunch of bracelets she will sell at her book signings. I'm more than thrilled. Both of these women are incredible, funny and very down to earth. The author I would like to make swag for would be Raine Miller, her and I have a girl romance and will forever be bonded over something that I'm not sure if I can ever say. But let's just say I gave her an education. LMAO. I know she has her own swag and don't know who she deals with but I'm hoping one day she will ask me. Her swag is beautiful and her packaging is to die for!! Class act lady all the way!


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Spotlight: Sudden Hope by Mira Garland

Blurb:




When your nightmares become reality and you can’t wake up,
what do you do?

Celeste is a normal teenage girl.

After the loss of her father, her life seems to be in
constant turmoil.

She realizes her worst nightmares are occurring while she's
still awake.

Just as it looks like her life is on the right path, things
go terribly wrong and leave her in a spiraling whirlwind of emotion.

Trying to find her father’s killer and dealing with an ex
that will do anything to get revenge, she feels like she is falling.

The only thing that is holding her together is her support
system, her friends and Danny.

Celeste loves Danny more than life itself, although now just
feels as if it's not the time to be with him. He is the answer to her dreams.
He is her one true love and most importantly her sudden hope.

Only life isn't fair and doesn't play by the rules.
















Author bio: 




I was born in Jackson, MI but now live on Long Island in NY. I have four beautiful daughters whom I live and breathe for. I began writing as a hobby, but realized very quickly that it was an outlet to explore my deepest dreams. I love to read and have a problem with honesty when I write reviews, although I do not have a problem if you tell me I'm wrong about it. My debut novel is “Sudden Hope” and will be released in April of 2013.




Welcome to my reality and I hope all your dreams come true.






Author Interview:




What made you want to be a writer?




I
really always enjoyed writing and one day just decided to start the adventure.




How did you come up with the idea
for this book? 




A talk with my daughter actually. She and I are very close and I
was having a conversation with her and she said “Wow mom that would make a
great book.” Sudden Hope was born.




Who is your favorite character?
 Why?




Jenny. She is everything a best friend should be. I think everyone
should have a Jenny in there life.




Were there any aspects of this book
that were difficult for you to write?  Why? 




Yes. There were many parts
that I actually cried while writing. Memories are not always a good thing.




Do you have any tips for aspiring
writers? 




Don’t stop. EVER. Most importantly write for yourself. Don’t let
anyone tell you you can’t do it or that your not good enough. If someone does
finish your work and prove them wrong.




What are some of your future
projects? 




Book two will be out at some point. Lea and Anthony’s Story. Also
Jenny will get her story too. I have something else outside of the YA world I have been messing around with but we will have to see how that goes...






Goodreads link:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7011786.Mira_Garland




Facebook Fan Page:

 https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Mira-Garland-Author/219966164795420




Blog:

 http://www.mirasgreatbooks.blogspot.com/




Amazon Author Page:

http://www.amazon.com/Mira-Garland/e/B00CG7U0WI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1




Buy link:

http://www.amazon.com/Sudden-Hope-Series-ebook/dp/B00CFXP9U6/ref=la_B00CG7U0WI_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367519942&sr=1-1

Cover Reveal: More Presents from T.H. Dillon

BLURB:

  After creating the erotica title “The Little Purple Book of Passions”, and its paranormal romance sister-title “The Little Black Book of Paranormal Passions”, author Thomas Hunter Dillon has gone his separate ways. He now returns to his specialty: erotica! After writing erotic scenarios privately for women for nearly a decade, T.H. Dillon has now entered the publishing world in hopes of bringing his unique and erotica voice in literature to a much broader audience. 





















SYNOPSIS:

  If the introductory chapter from LPBP (Your Present) struck a chord with you….then you’re in for a treat with “More Presents”. Thomas Hunter Dillon is hard at work for you once more. With his unique voice and style, he strives to bring you, the reader, to edge of ecstasy and back again with a combination of sexy, erotic, narratives, directives, and short story scenarios. Whether you fall into a fantasy scenario and feel the chill-inducing sensations of lust……or whether you sit back and listen to the directives of a man whose only desire is to make you tremble and whimper for more…….there is sure to be something for everyone in “More Presents from T.H. Dillon”. Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend…but T.H. Dillon will keep you cumming back for more! 









 Thomas Hunter Dillon is the typical All-American male, having grown up in his Midwestern home of Madison, Wisconsin. At 6’4” and just over 300lbs….you wouldn’t expect to find such a man writing erotica. Throughout his 20’s, T.H. Dillon mostly wrote erotica privately for various women. Publically he never began writing until a college professor encouraged him to apply his talents to the school newspaper. After doing well for himself on a nationally recognized student newspaper, he remained hesitant to really branch out with his abilities. Now, at the age of 34, he has finally embraced his desire to write and tell entertaining stories. Though he writes in other genres as well, he strives to be a fresh, entertaining, male voice in the world of erotic literature. 




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Katie Ashley: Don't Hate the Player...Hate the Game

For Noah Sullivan being the best friend to a douchebag and player like Jake Nelson has never been easy. It's been a rocky road since kindergarten when Jake duct taped Noah to his chair before recess. With just six weeks to high school graduation, Jake accidentally blows his drunken ass up on his grandfather's tractor, and Noah finds himself immersed not only in a whirlwind of grief, but on a quest to find a mystery girl from Jake's past.



While cleaning out Jake's room, Noah and Jake's dad make a startling discovery. Instead of the obligatory porn collection or pot stash, they find a ring, but not just any ring. Its half a carat of commitment in a platinum setting-proving even man whores have taste. After Jake's mom pleads with Noah to find the girl who meant so much to Jake, Noah begins a modern day Grail quest to track the girl down.



Since Jake was a notorious player with a legendary collection of trophy panties, Noah finds himself in over his head. There are the usual suspects like Avery, the Ice Princess Jake dated for appearances, or Presley, the school mattress Jake dated for convenience. But the trail begins to point to the most unlikely of suspects: Maddie, the Valedictorian and choir girl who was trying to help the unmotivated jock graduate--the girl who also has surprisingly caught Noah's eye and meddled with his heart.



Hanging out with Maddie shows Noah a different side of Jake--one that was deeply human and surprisingly douche-free. And the more he tries to solve the mystery of the ring and of Jake, the more Noah starts to discover about himself and of love.




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Katie Ashley is the New York Times Best-Selling author of The Proposition. She lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her two very spoiled dogs and one outnumbered cat. She has a slight obsession with Pinterest, The Golden Girls, Shakespeare, Supernatural, Veronica Mars, Designing Women, and Scooby-Doo.

With a BA in English, a BS in Secondary English Education, and a Masters in Adolescent English Education, she has spent the last eleven years teaching both middle and high school English. As of January 2013, she is a full-time writer.

She also writes Young Adult under her real name, Krista Ashe.




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