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Excerpt from the alluring paranormal romance Accepting Fate (Others of Seattle Book 3) by Brandy L Rivers

Excerpt:
Mike couldn’t tear his eyes away from the woman as she walked to the bar. Petite, curvy, and wearing a smile full of confidence. His dick woke up for the first time since Isa ended their fucking-friends situation.He could sense the woman’s essence calling to him from across the room. This party was packed with Others. He’d avoided mingling with their kind for so long, he couldn’t tell what most were. However, the new arrival felt a lot like Tremaine, which made her a mage. Same as Toryn’s look-alike, and several other people in the room.Her magic sparked his, but he didn’t care. He needed a distraction and she was the one thing taking his mind off Isa.With a drink in hand, she crossed the room, her honey-colored eyes locked on his. “Dance with me.” It wasn’t a question.He nodded, took the last sip of his beer and set it down on the nearest table.She gulped down her drink and placed her glass beside his bottle.Her eyes lit with desire and there was a command in her voice. “Come here.”“With pleasure.” He moved closer and her hands landed on his shoulders before he wound his arms around her waist. Soft skin over lean muscle he wanted to explore.“I’m Gwen. You?”One corner of his mouth lifted. “Mike. What brings you here?”Her brow arched as she took a look around. Mischief danced in her eyes. “You’re not what you appear, are you?”He frowned. “What do you mean?”“You’re hiding something.”Shaking his head slowly, he lied through his teeth. “I have no clue what you’re talking about. And you didn’t answer my question.”She let out a tiny laugh. “A co-worker convinced me coming here tonight was a good idea. I didn’t think so, until I saw you.”He relaxed slightly, but felt the sparks dance along his spine as she tiptoed up, her breasts pressing into his chest. Desire erupted, and all he could think about was sweeping her off her feet, and carrying her to the nearest bed.She whispered against his ear, “Relax, Mike. I have all the time in the world to learn your secrets, and I have a feeling it will be worth the wait.”“Don’t know about that. Not much interesting here.”“I sense a beast lurking under the surface. That’s exactly what I’m looking for.”Mike moved back, and Gwen looked up at him with a curious glint. “Too fast?”“Beast?” His alarm bells pinged off the charts. She knew something about him. Sensitives had never been able to tell what he was in the past. Even when his magic bled through, everyone thought he was a simple human.“Don’t tell me you aren’t going to be wild when I get you home and strip you down.”Desire stared back at him. Maybe he was being paranoid. Or maybe she knew what tiger’s tail she was pulling. Maybe the feisty mage would be safe.Swallowing back his apprehension, he taunted, “Depends. Are you wild?”“With the right man, you bet. You may be him.”“Perhaps.”“Let’s get out of here. You can get to know me.”

Blurb:
Accept fate, or it destroys you...
Michael Nights hides his true nature. To protect his first love, his magic broke free, terrifying Amanda so badly she left. That day convinced him he was the monster she claimed. Horrified by the damage he could cause, he’s vowed to keep his power locked away.
Gwen Fate meets Mike at a party. One look and she’s captivated. Inherently curious, she wants to discover all of his secrets. What she learns compels her to help, whether or not he wants to embrace what he is.
Amanda deLuna has changed, but was it for the better? She arrives back in Seattle and offers Mike what he always wanted.
After finally learning to control his power, Mike will have to choose.
The life he wished for? Or his fate?



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About the Author:
I've always loved books, especially about monsters and magic, so I started writing. I'm working on a prequel and the next few books in the Others of Edenton series, and I have a head full of stories to share.

I'm a stay at home mother with a wonderful husband who lets me write and write to my hearts content.

For more about me and my books, please visit. http://brandylrivers.com or facebook http://facebook.com/brandylrivers

Cover Reveal for Dark Shadows of the Past (The Greek Isles Series Book 4)

This is the amazing cover of “Dark Shadows of the Past”—another awesome work of art by my fantastic designer, Shari Ryan!

Dark Shadows of the Past is the fourth novel in The Greek Isles Series to be published soon by Booktrope.
The Plot:
Dazzling Christina is caught in a deadly game of conspiracy, murder, treachery, and vengeance while desperately trying to conceal her real identity. Seductively handsome police detective Dan puts his job and life on the line to protect this feisty enchantress from the threat hovering over her. The non-stop action and steamy romance unfolds in Atlanta, the Blue Ridge Mountains of Northern Georgia, and the island of Cephalonia—the fascinating setting of “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” in the amazing aquamarine waters of the Ionian Sea.

"This book will highly intrigue and enthuse you, especially as the family secrets are many, the mystery intense and the villain is disclosed at the very end." 5 star review

5.0 out of 5 stars A fast-paced, romantic page turner set in the heart of Greek summer, March 13, 2015By Effrosyni Moschoudi "Romance & fantasy author... (Athens, Greece) - See all my reviewsThis review is from: Deadly Secrets (The Greek Isles Series Book 2) (Kindle Edition)This is the second book in the Greek Isles Series and I must say, I thought it was even better than Spellbound in His Arms. Deadly Secrets was simply un-put-downable.

Helena arrives in the cosmopolitan Greek island of Mykonos on a long holiday from London in order to find her roots and hoping to unravel an old family mystery too. In the process, her life and the life of others are put in danger, and she also falls irrevocably in love. This reads in many ways like a Harlequin romance; the dislike between the two main protagonists, the second guessing, the misunderstandings, etc. It is not advisable to read this if you are put off by these elements. But, if like me, you enjoy this type of romance, then do not hesitate.

If anything, this book will transport you to the heart of the Greek summer in the Cyclades; the descriptions of the town of Mykonos are vivid and made me feel like I was back there. This book will highly intrigue and enthuse you, especially as the family secrets are many, the mystery intense and the villain is disclosed at the very end. Angel Sefer’s masterful story-telling will have you guessing all the time, enticing you to keep reading. I know I lost sleep over this, reading far longer into the night than I meant to. A cracking good read!
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"Great to have a different setting for romance story. I really liked the fact that this book was set on a Greek island." 5 star review

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful5.0 out of 5 stars Island Adventure!, March 14, 2015By 1D82 Many (London) - See all my reviewsThis review is from: Spellbound in His Arms (The Greek Isles Series Book 1) (Kindle Edition)Great to have a different setting for romance story. I really liked the fact that this book was set on a Greek island. Very romantic and very different. (And informative - I had no idea that there were so many forests on Greek islands!)

This is an easy read romance, which I liked about it.
I liked the two main characters. Jackie, an investigating journalist is on a mission to save her family, the heirs to the Demiris fortune, who are dying one by one in mysterious circumstances. Police officer Michael is doing his best to help her. Lot's of sexual tension!

The story has many twists including a great one at the end. Most unexpected!
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Excerpt from the original, humorous, and highly enjoyable collection The Cat Wore Electric Goggles by Ian Hutson

Excerpt:
One Small Step for Ma'am, One Giant Leap for Ma'amkind 
The Prime Minister’s very knackered, very official Humber saloon positively dwarfed the shiny new Isetta bubble-car sitting next to it at the traffic lights. Mind you, size was all that the Humber had going for it. By the time the signal had changed to green the Isetta was already buzzing away somewhere around Trafalgar Square, and looking for all the world like some tiny spacecraft. The Ministerial Driver managed to crunch the Humber into non-synchro first gear sometime alarmingly well into the green phase, and he eased out the worryingly soft clutch on a mild throttle, not wanting to put a strain on anything in particular. In his experience you could never tell what might just be the final motoring straw.On the back seat of the government “limousine”, Sir Rupert Nelson Wellington-Wilson KG KT GCB GCMG DSO GCVO OM ISO GBE CH BA (Cambs., Failed) VC GC CGC RRC DSC MC DFC AFC and AC-DC (on the quiet) was deep in heated conversation with Fotheringham, the DG of the EBC, in re the NASA of the USA, the RASA of the USSR and the necessary pre-emptive actions of the ESA, to wit, PAEOTRMBAEGT.‘PAEOTRMBAEGT, Prime Minister?’ asked Puttlefrock minor, the especially stupid Minister for Things, from the discomfort of his fold-out seat, hunched up knees and crumpled “to do list” notebook. Puttlefrock was straying far from his more usual comfort zone, in which his only approved function was to say ‘Yes, Prime Minister, three bags full, Mr Prime Minister.’‘Putting An Englishman On The Ruddy Moon Before Anyone Else Gets There. Do try to keep awake, Puttlefrock.’ The Prime Minister selected a boiled sweet and passed the little white paper bag around, rather generously considering the rationing that still lingered about England so long after the Second Great World Unpleasantness. Long, long after everyone else had put up a brand new house of cards, England still had no bananas. ‘Gentlemen, England is being squeezed in the space race between Uncle Ruddy Sam on our west and Uncle Ruddy Stalin to our east. Whoever wins this contest will reap immeasurable rewards for their industry. I intend that the winner, just for a change, shall be us. England is going to put a chap on the moon, and we are going to do so before the month is out.’The Humber coughed as the driver missed a gear, his double de-clutch manoeuvre turning into more of a frantic jab at random pedals than an elegant synchronisation of gearbox cogs. Such things were apt to happen if he allowed his attention to be distracted by the water temperature gauge creeping towards the red or the voltmeter swinging from one extreme to the other whenever he used the indicators. What was under the bonnet owed more to alchemy than to engineering, and the Ministerial fleet wasn’t so much serviced by mechanics as it was revivified on a weekly basis by oily chaps who did stage acts on the side. Those moving parts that needed to remain in close proximity to one another were held there largely by duct tape and fuzzy string, and those parts that needed to ignore each other’s oscillations were kept apart with measured, rationed applications of WD40. Generally, there was more Redex in the tank than there was petrol, which was handy because Redex wasn’t on ration, but it did mean that the exhaust pipe rather gave the impression that it was sucking the life out of a pile of burning tyres hidden somewhere in the boot. There was little to no chance of any government minister being followed about his business - any ne’er-do-well or foreign agent in his wake would have asphyxiated after half a mile.The driver checked (rather hopefully) for the hundredth time that the handbrake wasn’t still engaged, and he silently wondered if England was fiscally capable of putting a model sailing boat on a park pond, let alone a man on the moon.The DG of the EBC harboured similar thoughts about jumping cows and spoons, and he looked nonplussed. ‘We shall do anything required of us in the way of outside broadcasts, that sort of thing, of course. The technical and personnel resources of Alexander Palace are at your complete disposal, Prime Minister.’‘Yes, I know that they are. They had better be. The English Broadcasting Corporation is going to be in charge of the whole mission.’‘The EBCin charge? I don’t understand. Surely the English Space Agency will have control?’‘The ESA is at yourdisposal, Fotheringham, it is you who will put my chap on the moon for us and it is you who will let the entire world know that we have done so.’‘But...’‘No buts. No ifs. I want it done. You have stonking great studios and special effects departments do you not? Nosegay from The Treasury will give you the necessary budget.’ ‘Budget?’ queried Fotheringham, his lips moving without waiting for the benefit of connection to cogent neurological activity.Nosegay shifted on his little fold-out seat with his back to the driver. His trousers had risen up in his discomfort, and one of his socks was plainly made of less stern stuff than the other.‘Two hundred and fifty quid’ squeaked Nosegay, tugging up the errant sock and trying to look even smaller and more obsequious than he already was in so many ways.‘Two hundred and fifty quid?’ muttered the DG of the BBC, wondering absently quite where and how the word “thousand” might have been lost as it crossed the worn floor-carpet of the Humber. The car was big, but surely not big enough to swallow three very important zeros. The DG focused in on Nosegay, as one might peer over one’s spectacles at a housefly that had fallen on its back and was waving its legs in the air like some dreadful interlude act at the Baton Rouge.Nosegay seemed serious as far as the DG could guess, and indeed he consulted several sheets of pink Treasury-watermarked paper. ‘That’s what is left in the English coffers at the moment after setting aside this year’s lend-lease repayment, Mr Fotheringham.’The DG of the EBC turned porter-wine red, and he tugged at his collar. ‘We can’t even put out an episode of the Flowerpot Men for two hundred and fifty quid!’The PM, of course, pretended to have not heard his expostulation, and Nosegay and Puttlefrock put on some semi-amateur double-act, like a couple of caged budgerigars hopping up and down and twittering about spirit of the Blitz and make do and mend and for Queen and Country. Puttlefrock, needing to have the last word at least once a month, ended with needs must when the Devil drives. However good their performances, both of them were left with the feeling that they had just sullied the fresh newspaper beneath them. ...

Blurb:

British science fiction in the classic style – with lashings of comedy and humour thrown in. 

These tales range far and wide, from ghostly alien invasions to sarcastic, know-it-all robotic dogs that speak both Latin and Klingon, from alien interference in the Industrial Revolution to some insane Cold War time travel, from a spot of medieval monastic mind-control to elderly ladies reverting very elegantly to the Stone Age. An Edwardian hunting party becomes trapped in a pure hell of a bewildering variety of alien wildlife on a distant planet, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II loses her dignity when ejected from an alien railway station - HM thought she was making "first contact", the aliens thought HM was busking without a licence. The British Broadcasting Corporation (the BBC) even makes an appearance, and a slightly disastrous goof, when broadcasting England's first Moon landing. 

There’s a little something here for everyone. This book is not entirely comedy, not entirely hard science fiction, not entirely serious, but a mixture of all three things at once. History is thoroughly rewritten without the least bit of respect, and the science involved, while colourful, is thoroughly implausible. Think Ealing comedy written by academics, some of whom were on psychotropic substances, some of whom were quite sober, and you won't go far wrong. 

Contents 
The Cat Wore Electric GogglesOne Saturday, Almost 2,000 Years A.D.VTC = 1:1 +/- H times ATPThe Improvement EngineOne Small Step for Ma’am, One Giant Leap for Ma’amkindThe Unfortunate Fatal Incident at 7 AUTiger, Tiger, Burning BrightShall I be Mother?The Especial Relevance of CowpatsYou fools! You fools! You insensible fools!The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The TruthThe Almost Omnipresent Omniscient MonksAmazon / Amazon UK / Barnes & Noble

About the Author:
Born during tiffin in the sea-side town of Cleethorpes, England, at half-past nineteen-sixty. Whole family immediately moved to Hong Kong where Father worked for the Ministry of Defence, spying on Cold-War Red China by listening in to their radio transmissions. Hutson Minor spoke only Cantonese and some pidgin English and was a complete brat.
At the end of the sixties was to be found on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Still a brat. There finally learned to read and write under the strict disciplinarian regime of the Nicolson Institute and one Miss Crichton. Then spent a year living in Banham Zoo in Norfolk, swapping childhood imaginary friends for howler monkeys, penguins.

Followed, for want of something better to do and for want of a brain, in Daddy's footsteps and found himself working for the British Civil Service in areas much too foul to be named. Was eventually asked to leave by the Home Secretary. A few years of corporate life earned some more kind invitations to leave. Ran a few businesses, several limited companies, then went down the plug-hole with the global economy and found himself in court, bankrupt with home, car and valuables auctioned off by H.M. Official Receivers. Now lives by candlelight in a hedgerow in rural Lincolnshire as a peacenik vegan hippie drop-out, darning old socks and living on fresh air and a sense of the ridiculous.

Dog person not a cat person. Favourite colours include faded tangerine and cobalt blue. Fatally allergic to Penicillin and very nearly so to Jerusalem Artichokes. Loves coffee and loves curry. Has tried his hardest all of his life to ride bicycles but simply looks like a deranged, overweight orang-utan on wheels. Favourite film Blade Runner. Uses the word "splendid" far too much.

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My Review on Wizard Weather by Janet Morris

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful blend of fantasy and mythology, full of heroic action, and richly-drawn, fascinating characters!, March 16, 2015By Angel - See all my reviewsVerified Purchase(What's this?)This review is from: Wizard Weather (Sacred Band of Stepsons: Sacred Band Tales Book 3) (Kindle Edition)This iconic novella introduces the Sacred Band concept to modern fiction, and the sensual delicacy with which the author handles these male/female pairs of crack fighters is worthy of note. The warriors who come to the fantasy town of Sanctuary are not the Sacred Band of Thebes, whom we see in a later novel of by Janet Morris called The Sacred Band, but a fantasy squadron who takes the name "Sacred Band of Stepsons." Add one very special Stepson called Nikodemos, and magic happens. This young hero is the book boyfriend of many ladies and gents, and for good reason. Even without Niko, this novella is spellbinding, as Tempus the Black puts together a cohort to take north to war. To add even more spice, this canonical piece of heroic fantasy also introduces Askelon, lord of dreams, and Jihan the Froth Daughter, stronger than any man and spoiled rotten. I loved these Sacred Band of Stepsons books and was happy to see Wizard Weather available as a stand-alone tale. What a great entry point for new readers to this incomparable and bestselling series.
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I’m honored and thrilled to have Spellbound in His Arms featured as the Book of the Moment Club selection for today!

Book of the Moment Club selection for today

"I loved this book! It's full of action, mystery intrigue, and steamy romance, let alone suspense!" 5 star review

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful Loved it!, March 13, 2015By Love To ReadThis review is from: Spellbound in His Arms (The Greek Isles Series Book 1) (Kindle Edition)I loved this book! It's full of action, mystery intrigue, and steamy romance, let alone suspense! Had me on the edge of my seat several times. The author did a great job developing her characters. Looking forward to Book 4. I highly recommend and give it high marks for the thrilling adventure.
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"I was completely mesmerized and carried away by the gorgeous descriptions and scenery" 5 star review

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful5.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful, thrilling, heart-racing!, February 26, 2015By Sara Thompson - See all my reviewsThis review is from: Deadly Secrets (The Greek Isles Series Book 2) (Kindle Edition)Deadly Secrets is the second book in the Greek Isles series, and it is nothing short of amazing. I was completely mesmerized and carried away by the gorgeous descriptions and scenery. I felt as though I was right there on that tropical island. Helena was indeed stunning and Captain Dimitris was exceptionally seductive. Both of these characters captured my heart. Deadly Secrets is a suspenseful, thrilling, heart-racing ride that you will not want to miss. The combination of mystery and romance left me breathless.

"As with anything Greek, there's mystery, danger, and passion in this fast-paced, beautifully written love story" 5 star review

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful5.0 out of 5 stars Great Romance!, March 9, 2015By Hawk - See all my reviewsThis review is from: Deadly Secrets (The Greek Isles Series Book 2) (Kindle Edition)Sefer’s ‘Deadly Secrets’ is set on the beautiful and mysterious Greek Island of Mykonos. As with anything Greek, there’s mystery, danger, and passion in this fast-paced, beautifully written love story. Notwithstanding the heart-wrenching romance between, Dimitris and Helena, the author’s descriptions of the beautiful island compliments the passion and romance between these two strong-willed individuals. Dimitris wants Helena and will stop at nothing to claim her, Helena has to learn to accept Dimitris unreservedly, despite the eerie warnings from her late mother and the prophecies hidden in her grandmother’s diary, before she can submit to him. Will they ever overcome their suspicions and move forward? Get your copy to find out. Great romance!