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June 29, 2014
Spotlight On: Never Upon a Time by Meredith Jade
You’ve always hated her. But you might not know the whole story.
Edith may not be brazen and enchanted like her twin sister, Ember, but in a world of dying magic, perhaps her simple desires are enough. After a Selection Banquet gone awry, Edith is left without a suitor or a plan. Befriending a little white fox and occupying herself with a philanthropic project outside castle walls, Edith soon rebuilds her morale and musters enough courage to reach out to her estranged twin sister. But Ember’s been harboring an evil secret — and thwarted love and jealousy can turn acts of merit into classic stories of wickedness in this new twist on an old tale.
Available July 1 via Amazon.
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June 28, 2014
On Killing Vampires ~ Legally Undead ~ Sneak Peek Sunday
Welcome to this week’s entry in the MFRW Sneak Peek Sunday Blog Hop! Take a moment to read the excerpt from Legally Undead, below, then HOP to check out the rest of the sneak peek entries!
Legally Undead (Vampirarchy Book 1)
June 27, 2014
Spotlight On: Finding Our Way (Werewolf Wars Novel #3) by Bethany Shaw
Finding Our Way
Paranormal Romance/Suspense
Werewolf Wars Novel #3
Published – June 10, 2014
Author Bethany Shaw
Cover Design by:
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Bad things happen in threes. For Nora Jamison, this couldn’t be truer. Her grandmother just passed away, her best friend is in trouble, and she just hit a man with her car. It cannot possibly get any worse. Wrong! Nora quickly finds herself thrust into a world she never knew existed. Werewolves are real, and they are after her and the mysterious stranger she hit. Running for her life, she ends up on a ranch in Texas. Stuck in a new, unfamiliar world, she gets to know the man that helped rescue her. Daniel McKinley is different than anyone Nora has ever met. Despite his rough exterior, Nora can tell there is more to him than meets the eye. However, Nora has a tiny secret of her own. She can only hope that when Daniel learns it he will still look at her the same way.
Daniel McKinley has always been a loner. His father trained him to be an alpha through brute force—not through people skills. Now that Daniel’s older brother is alpha instead, he has become even more of an outcast. Despite their differences, the wolf in him craves the acceptance of his brother—his alpha. While trying to prove himself, he is involved in an accident that draws a human into the line of fire. Unwilling to see an innocent hurt by the enemy wolves after him and his pack, he vows to protect her. Nora is kind, caring, and strong. His past is dark and he fears if she learns too much it will scare her away. Although, he tries to keep his distance, there is something about her that draws him in. Can he keep Nora safe and earn his brother’s trust in the process?
*Finding Our Way is the third book in The Werewolf Wars Series.*
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Bethany Shaw has lived in Ohio her entire life. She is happily married to her husband of nine years and together they have two wonderful children.
They also share their home with three dogs and two cats. Most of the time, she has at least one of her pets by her feet while she writes.
Writing has always been a passion of hers and she is thrilled to pursue her dreams. She enjoys reading romances, young adult and fantasy.
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Also by Bethany Shaw
Out of the Shadows
Werewolf Wars #1
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Lark Davies is the sole guardian of her younger sister, and the owner of The Cookie Jar. When she’s not working, she spends her free time at the Harris ranch. She knows that they are werewolves, but it doesn’t matter. They are her family. When Devon Harris shows up at the ranch, Lark finds herself instantly drawn to him. However, Devon makes it clear that he wants nothing to do with her. But when enemies attack the ranch, Lark and Devon find themselves working together to save the people they love most. Their mutual attraction intensifies the more time they spend together. Lark has known werewolves existed for some time, but she never knew how dangerous they could be.
Devon Harris has lived under his stepfather’s tyranny for too long. When his stepfather forms an alliance with a dangerous werewolf pack, Devon knows it is time to leave. He and his younger siblings seek refuge at his Uncle Rick’s ranch. There he meets the fiery human Lark. Devon instantly feels the attraction to Lark. With a war between the packs on the horizon, Devon tries to keep Lark at arm’s length. As battle lines are drawn, and Lark is sucked further into his world, Devon can no longer ignore Lark’s allure. Can Devon protect his family and keep her safe? He can only hope.
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Werewolf Wars #2
Gene Harris is a new alpha. Although, he has been training for this his entire life, nothing could have prepared him for the brewing werewolf war. Enemies are everywhere and Gene must fight to protect his pack. Gene’s morals are called into question when he is offered amnesty for his pack in exchange for their newest member, Natalia. Gene wants to protect his pack, but he also believes in doing the right thing. There is a mystery surrounding Natalia, one that Gene wants to uncover. She is mesmerizing, beautiful, and an alpha female. The more he gets to know the timid she-wolf, the more he falls for her. Together they must fight for their freedom and the pack. Failure is not an option.
Natalia ‘Talia’ Alvarez was abruptly thrown into the werewolf world when she was taken prisoner by the Gulf packs. After nearly a year in captivity, Natalia was rescued and brought to the Harris ranch. She is a new mother and her only wish is to protect her infant son. The thought of trusting other wolves terrifies her. However, Talia knows her only chance at freedom is to team up with Gene. There is something about the other alpha that calls to her—she wants him—needs him. Trusting Gene will be either the best decision or the worst mistake of her life.
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June 26, 2014
Box Set: Ten Brides for Ten Heroes
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Ten Brides for Ten Heroes spans the gamut of the ever-popular wedding romance genre—from heart-warming laughter to thrilling adventure, from sweet to steamy. This 10-book bundle features novels by New York Times, USA Today, and National bestselling authors. So get ready to toss the bouquet and say, “I do!” as ten brides risk it all to find their happy ever after.
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Here Comes the Bride by Theresa Ragan—New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
Return of the Runaway Bride by Donna Fasano—USA Today bestselling author
Wedding Fever (Serendipity Falls Series) by Patrice Wilton—National bestselling author.
Destination Wedding (The Decorah Security Series) by Rebecca York—New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
The Army Doctor’s Wedding (The Army Doctor’s Series) by Helen Scott Taylor—Award-winning and national bestselling author
Single & Searching by Rita Herron—National bestselling author
Wedding Surprise (Holiday Babies Series) by Mona Risk—Award-winning and national bestselling author
Summer of Love by Annie Jones—Award-winning and national bestselling author
Tomboy Bride (The Dance ‘n’ Luv Series) by Alicia Street—Award-winning and national bestselling author
Love Me Tender (The “Elvis” Series) by Mimi Barbour—National bestselling author.
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June 25, 2014
Spotlight On: Just Another Manic Monday, by Jennie Marts
Book Synopsis
Is finding your long-lost love worth losing your life?
Edna Allen’s Monday goes from mundane to murderous when she opens the front door to find the love of her life standing there. A man she thought had died years ago… after being accused of murder.
John Collins is back, bringing with him a charming smile, a dog named Havoc, a second chance at love…and a threat of death. Danger surrounds this former bad-boy, and even after a lifetime apart, he still ignites a spark in Edna. A spark she thought she’d buried decades earlier.
As Edna relives their summer romance, where more than the weather was hot and steamy, she falls in love all over again and evokes memories filled with drama, passion, action, and murder. Now these soul-mates must face the truth about what happened in the past and find the killer hunting them in the present. And Edna, with her sarcastic wit, a pocket stun-gun, and a few hare-brained schemes, is ready to fight for the man who still makes her pulse race.
But does she dare risk her heart again to now protect the man whom she couldn’t save back then?
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A Word From The Author
Thanks so much for hosting me on your blog today! I am excited to introduce you to the Page Turners Book Club.
I write romantic comedy and my series is set in the small town of Pleasant Valley, Colorado. It’s centered around a wonderful group of women in a book club. The women range from their teen years to their eighties and each book features a different woman and her story.
Every book has romance, friendship and mystery because in Pleasant Valley, dating can be deadly. These women are easy to fall in love with as they search for romance and clues while eating really great desserts!
Just Another Maniac Monday- Book 3 in the Page Turners series released this week. It’s Edna’s story and this character is a funny, sassy eighty-year-old who considers herself an expert on murder due to her extensive knowledge of CSI and crime-show television episodes. She gets the surprise of her life when her Monday morning game shows are interrupted by the arrival of John Collins, the love of her life…a man she thought had died years ago after being accused of murder.
John Collins is back, bringing with him a charming smile, a dog named Havoc, a second chance at love…and a threat of death. Danger surrounds this former bad-boy, and even after a lifetime apart, he still ignites a spark in Edna. A spark she thought she’d buried decades earlier.
This book flashes back to the sultry summer of 1955 as Edna tells the love story of her and Johnny and more than the weather gets hot and steamy. But the past has a way of catching up to you and a deadly threat has followed John to Edna’s door. Edna, with her sarcastic wit, a pocket stun-gun, and a few hare-brained schemes, is ready to fight for the man who still makes her pulse race.
Falling in love all over again, Edna must choose to risk it all to save the man she loves. But is finding your long lost love worth losing your life?
You can find Just Another Maniac Monday and all of the Page Turners books on Amazon:
I am so excited to share an Edna’s story with you.
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Jennie Marts loves to make readers laugh as she weaves stories filled with love, friendship and intrigue. She writes for Entangled Publishing and is the Kindle Bestselling author of the Page Turners series, which includes the romantic comedies: Another Saturday Night & I Ain’t Got No Body, Easy Like Sunday Mourning, and Just Another Maniac Monday. Reviewers call her books “laugh out loud” funny and full of great characters that are “endearing and relatable.” She writes from the mountains of Colorado where she lives with her husband, two sons, a golden retriever named Cooper and a Sheltie puppy named Maggie. Jennie enjoys being a member of Romance Writers of America (RWA), Colorado Indie Authors, and Pikes Peak Writers. Jennie is addicted to Diet Coke and adores Cheetos. She loves playing volleyball and believes you can’t have too many books, shoes or friends. Jennie loves to hear from readers.Follow her on:
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Cover Reveal: Falling Angels, by Ami Blackwelder
Title: Falling Angels
Author: Ami Blackwelder
Series: Angelfire Chronicles #2
Genre: Angel/ Romance Suspense
Publisher: Eloquent Enraptures Publishing
Release Date: June 1 2014
Edition/Formats Available In: eBook & Print
Blurb/Synopsis:
Caption:
Enter a World Where Love Knows No Boundaries. A World Where Boundaries are Manipulated. A World Where Manipulation Might End Everything.
Summary:
After Ali Maney becomes Angelfire the stakes are raised and Dameon would like nothing more than her death. While Ali grows closer to Kian, they also find many differences that cause friction between them and after her best friends and brother are drawn into the angel wars, Ali will never look back until the war is over.
Ami Blackwelder is a Paranormal and SciFi author. Her stories range from Tween & YA to Adult. Growing up in Florida, she graduated UCF and in 1997 received her BA in English and additional teaching credentials. Then she packed her bags and travelled overseas to teach in Thailand, Nepal, Tibet, China and Korea. Thailand is considered her second home now. She has always loved writing and wrote poems and short stores since childhood; however, her novels began when she was in Thailand.
Having won the Best Fiction Award from the University of Central Florida (Yes, The Blair Witch Project University), her short fiction From Joy We Come, Unto Joy We Return was published in the on campus literary magazine: Cypress Dome and remains to this day in University libraries around the USA. Later, she achieved the semi-finals in a Laurel Hemingway contest and published a few poems in the Thailand’s Expat magazine, and an article in the Thailand’s People newspaper. Additionally, she has published poetry in the Korea’s AIM magazine, the American Poetic Monthly magazine and Twisted Dreams Magazine.
Places to find Ami
Blog
Places to find Falling Angels
Amazon
Goodreads
Other Books in the Series
She
Speaks to Angels Book 1
Dumah’s
Demons Book 1.5
Falling
Angels Book 2
Angel Codes Coming
June 24, 2014
Spotlight On: Written on Her Heart by Paige Rion
Written On Her Heart – PROMO Blitz
By Paige Rion
Contemporary Romance / New Adult
Date Published:April 23, 2014
Andi Callaway has dreamed of becoming a published author her entire life.
Ford Delaney has always wanted nothing more than to escape his past.
An opportunity of a lifetime. This is what Andi finds when she returns home to Callaway Cove on summer break. A chance to work for her literary idol Ford Delaney is up for grabs, and she’s willing to risk everything—her boyfriend, her best friends, and her education—to get it.
She’s positive this will be the key to reaching her dreams. But the moment she begins working for the reclusive author, Andi realizes there’s more to him than just a name. As attraction builds between Andi and Ford, she begins to discover consequences must come hand-in-hand with something great—which could loosen control over her tightly wound life. And once romantic sparks fly, Andi’s other relationships start to crumble, Ford’s fame comes back to haunt him, and the heat they generate will either forge a powerful, enduring love or threaten everything she holds dear.
EXCERPT
He went to pull away, but Andi caught his hand, holding it there.
He exhaled, breath caressing her skin. “How do you do it?” he asked.
She swallowed, a razor blade in her throat while his eyes searched hers. “Do what?”
His face became distorted and her vision blurred until she wondered if this all wasn’t just a dream.
“Get under my skin,” he whispered.
The second the words left his mouth, he leaned in and crushed his lips over hers, kissing her as though it was going to be his last time kissing anyone. She blocked out the world, blocked out every thought except of him and the warmth of his touch. His fingers trailed over her jaw, her throat, and moved over her cool, damp skin, leaving her breathless.
She tipped her head to the side, deepening the kiss, reveling at how the pain in her throat and the throbbing in her chest vanished with his touch. Never before had she felt this. As if she was soaring and falling at the same time. As if she was witnessing something exotic and rare. As if she could die right now and not care, as long as it was in his arms.
She reached up to him, running her hands through his hair, something she had wanted to do from that first day in his office. He groaned and every nerve came alive with each second his lips danced with hers. All her worries slipped away. She was invincible.
And then their lips parted and Ford breathed her name. But when she blinked her heavy eyelids open, seconds later, he was gone.
About the Author
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Paige Rion is a contemporary romance author. She’s a mother, wife, blogger, hopeless chocoholic, coffee-addicted, wine-lover. Her debut, novel–a new adult romance–Written On Her Heart, is the first in the Callaway Cove series. The next in the series is to be released this summer. She loves connecting with readers on her blog and social media.
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Spotlight On: Blackjack & Moonlight
Blackjack & Moonlight by Magdalen Braden
Series: The Blackjack Quartet, #3
Publication Date: May 25, 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Sex v. Love?a battle in the courtroom and the bedroom!
Hotshot litigator Elise Carroll doesn?t have time for romance?she wants to make partner at her Philadelphia law firm. Despite her mother?s urging, Elise avoids settling down by keeping her relationships short and sexy. Her idea of a perfect date? Beer and pretzels at a Phillies game.
When Jack ?Blackjack? McIntyre?Philly?s super-sexy new judge?falls for Elise in court, she?s horrified. He ?claims? to be in love with her?but that can?t possibly be true. He doesn?t give up trying to wine and dine her, though, so she devises a new scheme. Like all men, surely he?ll leave after a short and sexy fling.
Only problem?Blackjack refuses to sleep with her! They compromise?she?ll go on his romantic dates if he?ll alternate them with her ?just sex? dates. Their contract works surprisingly well?until Elise can no longer find the line between love and sex.
Can Elise get her life back where she wants it?in a partner?s office? Or will Jack McIntyre use his superpowers to win their contest of wits?
?Hey, it?s my favorite client.? Elise Carroll grinned and dropped her briefcase so she could scoop DeeDee, her secretary?s four-year-old, into her arms.
Kim looked up from a file open on her desk, her cheeks striped by dried tears. ?Can you play with her for a couple minutes??
Uh-oh. More domestic drama?the last thing Kim needed. ?Okay, but I cannot be late for that man.? Elise walked into her office. With the door open, Kim would be able to watch her daughter from across the hall.
?What man, Auntie Leese?? DeeDee asked, her corn-silk hair glinting under the office lights.
Elise pointed at the magazine on her desk. ?Him.?
DeeDee reached for Philadelphia Magazine, the cover showing a handsome man in a black robe. The headline read, ?Philadelphia?s Newest?and Sexiest?Judge? and beneath that, in smaller letters, ?Blackjack McIntyre moves from the US Attorney?s office to his own district court.?
?Who?s dat?? DeeDee inspected the photo.
Elise laughed. ?Just the latest guy to think a black robe makes him right all the time.? She set DeeDee down on the carpeted floor. ?You want to color, sweetheart??
?Sure!?
Elise pulled some paper out of the recycling bin, and after checking what was printed on it, spread it out on the floor, blank sides up. She found the crayons she kept in her desk for DeeDee?s visits.
She checked her watch. ?Oh, lord, look at the time. If I don?t leave immediately I?ll be late for him.? She pointed at Blackjack McIntyre, scowling at her from the cover of the magazine.
Kim grinned. ?I can?t wait to hear all about it. Details, I want all the details. Is he as good-looking as in his press conferences??
?Not you too.? Elise threw the magazine onto Kim?s desk. Jack McIntyre?s blue-black hair and chiseled jaw mocked her from the cover. Superman in a judicial robe. ?I don?t plan to be there long enough to look at him. Five minutes, tops. He grants my motion, and I?m out of there.?
?Oh, please. You know he?s seriously hunky. And the article says he?s not dating anyone at the moment.?
?Well, based on the women he?s been seen with, I?m not his type. Good thing because I have no interest in dating him or anyone else right now. I want to focus on making partner. And you?d better focus on getting your daughter to day care.?
Another check of the watch. Shit. There?d better be a cab downstairs or she?d be late.
On her way back into her office, Elise looked at the papers on the floor. DeeDee had drawn a figure in black. Either it was the Honorable Jack McIntyre or a vampire bat. Hard to tell.
After pairing up lawyers romantically in her head for fifteen years, Magdalen Braden traded in her job as an attorney to set her inner matchmaker free. Today she draws on her past adventures in a Philadelphia law office to write her sexy contemporary romance series, The Blackjack Quartet.
Blackjack & Moonlight, the third installment in the series, was a finalist in the prestigious Romance Writers of America Golden Heart contest in 2012. All four books contain love, romance, and a solid dose of legal humor.
Magdalen connects with readers at her local satellite of the Lady Jane’s Salon? reading series, and with fellow writers at her Romance Writers of America? chapter.
When not writing, she enjoys spending time with her crossword-loving husband, their Rhody-mix dog, and two omnipresent cats in the Endless Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania.
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