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Book Hooks Blog Hop ~ Sanguinary ~ Summer’s End Book Party ~ #MFRWauthor #MFRWhooks

Welcome to this week’s Book Hooks, hosted by Marketing for Romance Writers!

Check out my book Sanguinary below. Be sure to join the Summer’s End Book Bash Party ~ click on the link to join the Facebook party (it’ll be all day September 29) for tons of prizes. We’ll have more than 40 authors giving away books and prizes all day long!

Then be sure to hop to the rest of the Book Hooks blog hop to find great new authors!

Only fifty years left before vampires rule the world.

LOVE IS STRONGER THAN BLOOD

When Dallas police detective Cami Davis joined the city’s vampire unit, she planned to use the job as a stepping-stone to a better position in the department. But she didn’t know then what she knows now: there’s a silent war raging between humans and vampires, and the vampires are winning.

Against Reese’s advice and best judgment – and he should know, he’s a vampire – Cami is going undercover, determined to solve a series of recent murders and discover a way to overthrow the local Sanguinary government to help win the war for the human race. Reese will not let her be pulled under by a darkness she cannot oppose… his love will not allow it.

Excerpt

It hit me, hard, that no matter how I twisted it around in my head, Reese was going to be more than just an informant to me. I didn’t know if I could trust him, this cowboy-vampire I had been thrown together with. But something about him sang to me, like a tune just out of hearing, almost recognized—a song of protection and death. And I wanted to dance to it, almost as much as I wanted to escape it.

The department wouldn’t force me to stick it out, wouldn’t expect me to team up with a vampire for anything more than the most superficial of connections.

It helped to know I could walk out at any time.

But I also knew I wouldn’t.

I was certain that Reese would help us find and stop whoever was killing these women.

 

 

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About the Author

Margo Bond Collins writes urban fantasy, contemporary romance, and paranormal mysteries. She lives in Texas with her daughter and several spoiled pets. Although writing fiction is her first love, she also teaches college-level English courses online. She enjoys reading romance and paranormal fiction of any genre and spends most of her free time daydreaming about heroes, monsters, cowboys, and villains, and the strong women who love them—and sometimes fight them.

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Mystic Mayhem, by Sally J. Smith and Jean Steffens

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Mystic Mayhem
A Mystic Isle Mystery

Sally J. Smith and Jean Steffens

Humorous Cozy Mystery – Gemma Halliday Publishing



Melanie Hamilton is not your average artist. She brings home the bacon by inking tattoos at New Orleans’s Mansion at Mystic Isle, a resort in the middle of the bayou that

caters to fans of the peculiar and paranormal, but her true passion comes alive

when she volunteers restoring Katrina-ravaged landmarks. Between her day job,

her restoration work, and selling her paintings in Jackson Square, Mel’s life

is more hectic than Bourbon Street on Fat Tuesday. But when a guest of the

resort, a millionaire’s widow, is poisoned, and Melanie’s close friend is

arrested for the murder, things go from hectic to downright dangerous.

Mel joins forces with the resort’s delish manager, Jack Stockton, to prove her

friend’s innocence. Soon they find themselves dealing with séances, secret

passages, the ghost of the millionaire himself, gators, swamp rats, and a

sinister killer who proves that not everything is what it seems in the

Louisiana bayou.

Come on along, and get your creep on.

Buy links:       Gemma

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The Inspiration for our Mystic Isle Series

The Magic Castle in the hills above Hollywood

Boulevard is the headquarters and private clubhouse for the Academy of Magical

Arts, Inc., a worldwide organization devoted to the art of magic. Its

membership consists of magicians as well as those who just love magic. If you

ever have the chance to go there, DO. It’s mysterious, haunting, spellbinding,

and a little creepy.

The Magic Castle was the inspiration for

Mystic Isle Mysteries, our new series debuting September 15th from Gemma

Halliday Publishing. Our series takes place in the bayou near New Orleans,

Louisiana on Mystic Isle where The Mansion at Mystic Isle is now open and

taking guests. It’s a place similar to the Magic Castle only Mystic Isle is

dedicated to all that’s magical and paranormal. Its guests experience the

skills of magicians, mediums, fortunetellers, astrologers, and much more. Of

course, none of it is real—or is it?



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Séances were held in a small but lovely room where Miss Marple might serve tea. Burgundy drapes swagged corner to corner. Blue flames flickered low in the fireplace courtesy of a special-effects chemical log Fabrizio swore would bring up the ambiance. A medium-sized round table sat smack in the middle of the room, seven chairs around it and a purple cloth covering it. The lights were low. So many candles were lit that the place was warm enough for bread to rise.

Fabrizio was already there, looking nervous as a crawfish next to a pot on the boil. He knew, and I knew, and he knew I knew he wasn’t exactly what you’d call a genuine medium, but I had to give him credit. He looked like one, every inch, from the top of his turbaned head to the bottoms of his white patent-leather boots. His long face glistened with perspiration.

“Fabrizio,” I said. “Why don’t we blow out a few of these candles? Your makeup and eyeliner are going to run.”
He nodded, and I set about doing it. The poor guy had to be pretty warm. His long-sleeved white jumpsuit was layered under a full-length sequined white cape. A cross between the Great Houdini and Liberace.

Within a few minutes, Mrs. Cecile Elway and company arrived. Five in all, just like at dinner the night before. There were low murmurs of appreciation as they glanced around the room, taking in the whole experience.

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About the Authors:
Sally J. Smith and Jean Steffens, are partners in crime—crime writing, that is. They live in the Valley of the Sun in Arizona, awesome for eight months out of the year, an inferno the other four. They write

bloody murder, flirty romance, and wicked humor all in one package.
Website:  http://www.smithandsteffens.com
Email: smithandsteffens@cox.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Smith-and-Steffens/406147242823342?fref=ts
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/search?q=SmithSteffens&src=typd




Two great giveaways going on right now !!

#1 Giveaway:  http://www.smithandsteffens.com/signup.html
To celebrate the release of MYSTIC MAYHEM on September 15, Jean and Sally are giving away an awesome New Orleans Café du Monde basket full of goodies from the Big Easy—13

ounces of French Roast coffee, 13 ounces of Chicory Coffee, a box of their

world famous Beignet Mix, and two gorgeous Café du Monde mugs to put you in the

mood while you’re visiting Mystic Isle. Entering’s a breeze. Just go to the

ABOVE LINK between now and September 30, & sign up! Winner to be selected

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Happy Release Day! Damned if I Do, by Erin Hayes

They killed my sister and infected me.

Now I have to pick up the pieces before I die.

I’ve spent the last five months trying to find the bastard who did this. Yet, even with the help of a hot amnesiac vampire named Jude, I’ve had zero luck.

Until now. And it could change everything. Even though I grew up in a family that hunted the supernatural, there were still things I didn’t believe in.

Now I have to hurry for the slim chance that I could save us all. Because when you fight against immortal vampires, you’re the one who’s running out of time.

 

Excerpt

My vampy sense tingles again, alerting me to the presence of a familiar vampire behind me. I groan on the inside and flick my cigarette into the fire.

“Really?” I ask, half playfully, half in a bad mood.

I’m still wired from my fight with the other vampires and seeing Meghan, so I can use the excuse to pummel him a few times.

I spin on him, throwing punches in a halfhearted warning. My right shoulder aches with the movement.

As usual, whenever I do this, he matches each of my movements with the same intensity.

We spar for a bit, Harker against vampire, before he pins me against the wall, pressing his strong body against mine.

“You’re chipper tonight, Harker,” he tells me, a cheeky grin pulling at his lips. He raises an amused, pierced eyebrow.

I roll my eyes at him and push him off me, trying to hide the blush from my cheeks. He was so close to me, I feel a bit too intimate with him at the moment. I turn my attention back to the mini-bonfire. Yes, he’s a vampire, but I’ve known him for five months now and I know he won’t hurt me.

“Pissed off doesn’t look good on you,” he tells me.

“I’m always kind of pissed off these days, Jude.”

“What, my lead wasn’t good?” he asks.

“That’s what remains of them. In there.” I nod to the dumpster, then I gesture to the college student still passed out against the wall. “They were having hemoglobin a la carte. And, no, I didn’t get any information from either of them. They would rather die or do something stupid before they would ever want to help me.”

Jude curses under his breath. “Next time, Harker. You’ll get something next time.”

I let out a shuddering breath. “You’ve been saying that for the past five months, Jude. It’s not going to fucking happen. Anthony is like Bigfoot, except he hides better. I won’t ever get to him in time.”

Because I’m dying and my expiration date is coming up.

“You’ll figure something out, Harker.”

“Not soon enough.”

Jude grabs my shoulder and I look back at him in surprise. “Yes. You. Will,” he says, punctuating each word. His blue-eyed gaze keeps me rooted to my spot, even though I try to shrug off his empty promises.

It’s hard though. Jude isn’t someone you can “shrug off,” no matter how hard you try. I’m not one to go for bloodsuckers, but Jude is possibly the best specimen of vampire or human to ever walk the Earth. When they warn girls about bad boys, they have someone like Jude in mind.

 

Buy Links

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1MgBDZ3

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1KIObZe

 

Add to Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25770904-damned-if-i-do?from_search=true&search_version=service

 

About the Author

Sci-fi junkie, video game nerd, and wannabe manga artist Erin Hayes writes a lot of things. Sometimes she writes books, like the fantasy mystery novel Death is but a Dream, the sci-fi middle grade book Jacob Smith is Incredibly Average, and the Her Wolf paranormal series.

She works as an advertising copywriter during the day, and she moonlights as an author. She has lived in New Zealand, Texas, and now in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband, cat, and a growing collection of geek paraphernalia.

You can reach her at erinhayesbooks@gmail.com and she’ll be happy to chat. Especially if you want to debate Star Wars.

http://erinhayesbooks.com/

https://www.facebook.com/erinhayesbooks/timeline

https://twitter.com/erinhayes5399

 

Falling in Deep: 14 Tales of the Sea ~ Pre-Release Sale Price: $.99

All summer long the authors of the falling in deep collection have been launching unique mermaid tales for you to enjoy. Maybe you grabbed one by your favorite author, or tried a couple, or maybe you were hoping we’d do something like this…for a LIMITED time, ALL the Falling in Deep novellas will be available in one massive, 900 page, anthology! That’s a lot of seashells! And to thank you for loving our mermaids so much, we’ve set our Pre-Order and Release Week Price at 99 cents!

We aren’t going to off this collection for long, it’s a LIMITED release, so do grab it before Ink, Kate, Skyla, Tara, Gaire, Anya, and all the other mermaids swim away!

From mermaids to sirens, Miami to Athens, dark paranormal romance to

contemporary stories with steam to folktales, the fourteen award-winning and

best-selling authors of the FALLING IN DEEP COLLECTION are bringing you mermaid

tales like you’ve never seen before.

Scales

by Pauline Creeden


Ink:

A Mermaid Romance by Melanie Karsak


Of

Ocean and Ash by A. R. Draeger


Deep

Breath by J. M. Miller


At

the Heart of the Deep by Carrie Wells


The

Mermaid’s Den by Ella Malone


The

Water is Sweeter by Eli Constant


The

Glass Mermaid by Poppy Lawless


An

Officer & a Mermaid by Blaire Edens


How

to be a Mermaid by Erin Hayes


Cold

Water Bridegroom by B. Brumley


Immersed

by Katie Hayoz


Siren’s

Kiss by Margo Bond Collins


To

Each His Own by Anna Albergucci




The Falling in Deep Collection

 

SCALES BY PAULINE CREEDEN
Verona is a bottom feeder. She is the one mer in her

clan who is considered the ugliest and least intelligent. Growing up with the

constant bullying and abuse wasn’t the worst of what her kind had in store for

her. At seventeen years old, she must now endure “The Reckoning.”

The scales will measure her worth to her clan. Will she

endure thirty days as a land-walker to gather information and knowledge to

appease her clan and return a valued member? Will she wait three years, until

she is twenty, and find a mer of her kind to accept her and marry her? Or will

she suffer exile for the rest of her life?

INK: A MERMAID ROMANCE BY MELANIE KARSAK
A mermaid princess

destined to wed a handsome king…
It sounds like a fairy

tale, but the reality is far murkier.
Ink, Princess of the

Florida Atlantic mers, is slated to wed the ancient enemy of her tribe, the

King of the Gulfs. After years of war that led to countless mer deaths, as well

as the genocide of aquatic shapeshifters and the freshwater mers of Florida,

Ink’s marriage will bring lasting peace.
Or so it seems.
Mere hours before she’s

supposed to leave the ocean for her customary year as a drywalker, Ink meets

Hal, an alligator shifter who warns her that a storm is brewing. There is

malicious intent behind Ink’s marriage—and worse, meeting Hal has also caused a

storm to rage in Ink’s heart. Nevertheless, loyal to her tribe, Ink will put

aside her feelings and journey to Miami to marry the decadent King Manx.
Ink soon learns that her

only hope of surviving the crashing force swelling around her is to tap into a

power deep inside—a forbidden power that might destroy them all.

OF OCEAN AND ASH BY A. R. DRAEGER
Of Ocean…
Cast into the sea at birth, human-born Ia found her

adoptive family among the merfolk. While her underwater upbringing was

peaceful, Ia’s blood-heritage and the strict societal rules of the merpeople

lead her to wonder of the world above the waves. 

And Ash…
When a storm lands Ia ashore, she discovers her body

has transformed into the human she would have been. Taken in as property by a

callous plantation owner, Ia works alongside the slaves until she can make her

way back to the water. There is nothing Ia wants more than to go home, that is,

until she meets a handsome, troubled man named Matthias, who has a touch that

can be as kind as his tongue is harsh.
Torn between two very different lives, Ia must choose –

stay in his world and risk her life for a love untested, or return to the

familiar arms of the underwater world that raised her and risk losing what may

be the greatest love she will ever know.
Will Ia’s choice lead to her happiness or her

destruction?

DEEP BREATH BY J. M. MILLER
Before disappearing at sea, Marissa Pruitt’s father—a

once revered marine archaeologist—walked the line of insanity, claiming to have

seen a mermaid during an ordinary dive in the Gulf of Mexico. He abandoned his

life and career, completely obsessed with chasing the truth.

It’s been years since his death, and Marissa is still

tormented by countless unanswered questions. When she finds dive coordinates

and a stone pendant hidden in her father’s things, she asks for help from his

old protégé and sets out to give her father one last goodbye and maybe find

closure for her troubled heart. Instead, she finds the truth he’d been searching

for all along, with a life and love she never could have imagined. But there’s

a price to see it all, one set by betrayal and paid with an anchor at her feet

and salt water in her lungs.

AT THE HEART OF THE DEEP BY CARRIE L. WELLS

Oceanographer Luke McAllister races to figure out why

the ocean depth is changing off Florida’s Treasure Coast. But before he and his

crew discover what’s transforming the deep, he stumbles upon an even greater

mystery. Leagues below the waves, he swear he sees…a mermaid?

Anya isn’t allowed to get close to humans. But when a

golden-haired researcher gets too close to her island, she can’t afford to stay

away.

Together, this unlikely pair will seek to discover

what’s causing shifts in ocean floor. While their new alliance is forbidden,

Anya will risk everything to save her beloved ocean. The only problem is, she’s

not sure what’s really luring her in, her love of the sea or the tempest Luke

has stirred in her heart. Either way, Anya knows that the dangers facing the

sea are nothing compared to what will happen to her when her father learns

she’s broken the merfolks’ most sacred law.

Can Anya and Luke discover what lurks at the heart of

the deep before it’s too late? 

THE MERMAID’S DEN BY ELLA MALONE
Laura and Tom Flynn

married after she fell for him hook, line, and sinker — literally. Finding

Laura in his fishing net had been a shock for Tom, but one he came to embrace

as they quickly fell in love. For fifteen years, they have lived and worked by

the sea, and Laura hasn’t thought once of what she left behind when she chose

to marry Tom. She doesn’t regret giving up her mermaid form. It wasn’t a

sacrifice. It was a good decision, and one she made to survive.

Now, with Tom missing at

sea, Laura faces a decision she swore she’d never consider. In order to search

for Tom and his crew, she must become a mermaid again and face the demons of

the deep that she eagerly dodged when trading in her tail. Or she can stay on

land and continue her life, but without Tom.

Does she enjoy her future

alone, without the man she loves, or face her fears and her past in the ocean?

Either way, nothing will be the same for her again. 

HOW TO BE A MERMAID BY ERIN HAYES
All Tara ever wanted was to be a mermaid.

So she takes a year off between high school and college

to don a fake tail and tour aquariums across the country in a professional

mermaid troupe.

Everything’s great until she meets a gorgeous real-life

merman named Finn. Suddenly, what she thought was a dream turns out to be a

nightmare — she’s turning into a mermaid herself. For real.

Yet when she returns to the sea to seek out Finn and

reverse her transformation, she finds herself in the middle of an impending war

between the land and sea. Tara may have always wanted to be a mermaid, but now it’s

sink or swim. In order to survive, she has to learn how to be one, too.

THE GLASS MERMAID BY POPPY LAWLESS
Kate
I’m the last mermaid.
I’m back on shores of Lake Erie, but the cold waters

are silent. There is nothing here for me but ghosts and the beach glass that

litters the rocky shore. Long ago, I lived below the waves. Now, I am the sole

survivor, and at long last, my mermaid glamour is leaving me.
Every day, I walk the beach. Every day, I wonder what

happened to my people. The little pieces of colored glass that wash ashore give

me simple pleasure. They are gifts from the lake, reminders of home. I fashion

them into trinkets: necklaces, earrings, bracelets. They are beautiful things.

The humans seem love them.
Every day, I walk the beach. Nothing ever changes,

until the day he says hello.
Cooper
I’m dying.
It’s not a question, it’s a fact. The cancer is eating

me alive. They told me I have six months to live, maybe less. I came home, back

to Chancellor on Lake Erie, to die. The sunsets are vivid there, and I will

relish every one.
I’ve never seen anything more beautiful than a Lake

Erie sunset until I see her.
All life is as fragile as glass.
What would you sacrifice to save the one you love?

 

AN OFFICE AND A MERMAID BY BLAIRE EDENS
When a slave uprising threatens the life of Syreena,

the daughter of an eighteenth century plantation owner, a servant uses voodoo

to transform her into a mermaid. The spell will be only broken when she returns

to the beach where it was cast. After three hundred years of swimming, she’s

ready to trade fins for legs. The only problem is she can’t find her way home.

Dylan, a twenty-first century Coast Guard Officer, has

sworn off love for the sea. When a wave throws him overboard, Syreena uses her

amulet to ward off the sharks and save his life.

With Syreena and Dylan stranded on a remote cay in the

Caribbean, Dylan has the know-how to build a raft and navigate but his

near-drowning has made him terrified of the water. Syrenna will use every charm

she has to convince Dylan to take her home. 

Even if it means falling in love. . .

THE WATER IS SWEETER BY ELI CONSTANT

When the land becomes a desert, the water will quench

your soul

Orphan Lena McMillan used to think that what she shared

with Truman Kent was real. Now she sees their relationship for what it really

is- controlling and abusive.

She has to choose to die slowly from ‘love’ or say

goodbye to the family she’s always desired. Leaving scares her though, so much

so that dying seems like her only option.

But fate won’t let her quit life and Truman won’t let

her quit his love. Not without a fight.

Under the layers of a lonely childhood and an adulthood

romance gone wrong, a starfish holds the key to Lena’s parentage and the answer

to the mesmeric ocean dreams that haunt her.

If she can find the strength to leave the only life she

knows, Lena will discover the truth. And she will find a new world, one that

will cleanse her of the memories of false love and abuse.

One that will finally lead her home.

COLD WATER BRIDEGROOM BY B. BRUMLEY

Having grown up in San Francisco, Calder Brumen is

drawn to the ocean, and he’s spent his life trying to capture the beauty of the

Pacific on canvas. Over time, he has become obsessed with painting the image of

a dark haired mermaid named Gaire, and Calder struggles to explain his devotion

to these portraits to his best friend. When Calder finds sandy footprints

leading to the edge of his bed, he suspects that the haunting siren is real.

Pursuing the truth, Calder is dragged into a murderous,

underwater plot that could destroy them all. And he must choose – is the

possibility of a lifetime with Gaire worth risking death for himself and

everyone he loves?

IMMERSED BY KATIE HAYOZ
Forget petticoats and demure female behavior. Melusine

Doré prefers armored corsets and knives and slays evil creatures for a living.

The grim and gruesome don’t frighten her; she’ll take on a cyclops or a dragon

and not even break a sweat. But when her rival, the charismatic Levi Cannon,

comes to town, all her buried fears begin to surface. Melusine realizes she is

in danger of something much more horrifying than facing blood-thirsty beasts –

she’s in danger of falling in love. Because love alone has the power to reveal

a secret terrible enough to completely shatter her world.

Set in the muddy streets of 1850s steampunk Chicago,

Immersed by Katie Hayoz is a dark yet romantic fantastical romp. It is a

stand-alone novella, the first in a series of adventures that follow Melusine

on her quest to rid the world of monsters…and her struggle to come to terms

with every monstrous facet of herself.

SIREN’S KISS BY MARGO BOND COLLINS
Her kiss might save the world . . .

Unless his kiss kills her first.

It’s been almost two thousand years since the

mer-shifter Skyla walked the streets of Athens—not since her heart was broken

by a human man and she exchanged the land and sky for the ocean depths. Ever

since, she has lived in the underwater ruins of Atlantis, studying with the priestesses

of the goddess Amphitrite, refining her mermaid powers and ignoring her human

half.

But her studies are interrupted when she is called upon

by the god Poseidon himself to investigate rumors that the world above is being

polluted by the magic of creatures from another realm—and worse, that the ocean

kingdom of the mer-people might be next.

When her inquiries in modern-day Greece lead her to an

American detective asking similar questions, Skyla realizes that the magical

problem she’s been sent to research is bigger than she anticipated—and that one

human’s kisses might be more dangerous to her, and her world, than she ever

could have imagined.

TO EACH HIS OWN BY ANNA ALBERGUCCI
Douglass McGrail is a Scottish water horse—his clan the

deadliest in the British Isle. When the shifter chooses to save—rather than

eat—a young lassie, he never expects her innocent face to mark his memory so

strongly.

Months later, he stumbles onto a perceived attack in

progress and plays the hero once more. He’s shocked to find the victim is the

same lass who haunts his dreams.

Jinny Fairchild is an English miss who’s come to the

Highlands to live with her last remaining family. She is pursued by her

handsome older cousin, Lachlan Brockhouse, but he has a dark side that lands

her in the path of the mighty Douglass McGrail.

Douglass wants Jinny for himself, yet discovers she is

connected to the attacker she denies knowing. He’s determined to find the

truth.

Jinny loves Lachlan, even with his dark side. And she

loves Douglass, even with his dark secret. Her heart is torn, but one thing is

certain—no matter which of these men she chooses, she will be choosing a

monster.

About our Authors

Pauline Creeden, author of SCALES, is an award-winning author,

horse trainer, & overall book ninja.

Melanie Karsak, author of INK, is a steampunk connoisseur,

white elephant collector, & zombie whisperer.

A. R. Draeger, author of OF OCEAN AND ASH, resides in rural

Texas with her husband, Josh, & son, Logan.

J. M. Miller, author DEEP BREATH, writes Young Adult

& New Adult romance novels.

Carrie Wells, author of AT THE HEART OF THE DEEP, crosses

genres, writing everything from newspaper editorials & textbooks to

paranormal romance novellas.

Ella Malone, author of THE MERMAID’S DEN, is a lover of all

wonderful things: cherry blossoms, red lipstick, city skylines, the finest

chocolate, a man’s hands, a woman’s back, vodka, & high heels.

Eli Constant, author of THE WATER IS SWEETER, writes

characters that are real–light and dark and everything in between, and makes

her readers truly think.

Poppy Lawless, author of THE GLASS MERMAID, is a counselor in

the field of mental health & is a trained herbalist. This is her debut

work.

Blaire Edens, author of AN OFFICE & A MERMAID, loves iced

tea with mint, hand-stitched quilts, & yarn stores

Erin Hayes, author of HOW TO BE A MERMAID, is a sci-fi

junkie, video game nerd, & wannabe manga artist Erin Hayes who writes a lot

of things.

B. Brumley, author of COLD WATER BRIDEGROOM, is an award-winning

freelance writer. She lives with her husband, five kids, & three dogs in

West Texas.

Katie Hayoz, author of Immersed, lives in Geneva,

Switzerland with her husband, two daughters, & two fuzzy cats.

Margo Bond Collins, author of SIREN’S KISS spends most of her free

time daydreaming about heroes, vampires, ghosts, werewolves, & the women

who love (and sometimes fight) them.

Anna Albergucci, author of TO EACH HIS OWN, puts inspiration to

paper, weaving her stories into deeply passionate characters that live lives

the rest of us only dream about.

 

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Spotlight On: Christmas Kisses Anthology

Christmas Kisses is a collection from five bestselling and award-winning authors. Set in the snowy town of Echo Ridge in upstate New York, these inspirational romances are sure to delight while you sip cocoa by the fire and listen to Christmas carols.

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Christmas Makeover by Cami Checketts Amazon bestselling author

Chelsea Jamison has been infatuated with Drew Stirling longer than she’s loved playing basketball, high-top sneakers, and the Knicks. Unfortunately, all Drew sees is the kid who kicked his trash in the high school free throw contest and not the girl whose heart breaks into a fast dribble when he’s near.

Drew makes an unexpected visit home to Echo Ridge and their friendship picks up where they left off as they scheme to make a teenaged boy’s Christmas dreams come true. When Chelsea realizes she’s fallen for her best friend, she wonders if there is any hope of a relationship with Drew or if she’s stuck in buddy-status for life.

The Candy Counter Heiress by Lucy McConnell Amazon bestselling & award-winning author

Someday Reese Gates will own The Candy Counter at Kenworth’s; but someday can’t come fast enough when the manager threatens to bring in a national candy provider. Reese secretly takes matters into her own hands hoping to save her parents from additional worry and prove herself capable of running the company. Her deception deepens as she ropes computer guru Andy Edwards into helping her expand the business. Reese wanted to shake things up, but she wasn’t planning on her heart getting caught in the mix by Andy’s stolen kisses. If she can hold it together until after Christmas, then she can reveal her successful online company and her feelings for Andy. Unfortunately for Reese, even the best laid plans can melt like chocolate.

Soda Fountain Christmas by Connie E. Sokol Amazon bestselling author

Keira Kenworth has one focus this holiday season: save her father’s old-time department store from bankruptcy. She is not focused on Tayton Wells, the tall, dark, and genius marketing guru from downtown New York, hired to make it happen. He is as doubtful that her nostalgic connect-the-town ideas will succeed as she is about his numbers-first plan. However, it’s not just their different approaches that cause sparks to fly. Working together on a fast deadline to save the store before Christmas, the unspoken connection between them grows. But will the tough decisions they face drive them back to their separate worlds, or will they lead to the beginning of love?

Christmas Makeover by Heather Tullis Amazon bestselling author

Jonah Owens thought moving to Echo Ridge to open his art gallery would solve all of his problems. The need to sell his grandma’s house adds an unexpected complication. It would be easier if his neighbor didn’t have all those farm animals.

Kaya Feidler’s family has owned their land for nearly a hundred years–long before the neighbors were there. There’s no way she’s giving up the animal therapy business she’s been struggling to make profitable. She gets a temp job helping Jonah in the gallery. Spending time together is a recipe for romance, but can they overcome their own hangups to be more than friends?

Hope for Christmas by Rachelle J. Christensen Amazon bestselling & award-winning author

Anika Fletcher hates Christmas–its promises of good tidings and hope for the future are as tinseled as the ornaments on Kenworth’s Hope Tree. Despite her feelings, Anika wants to maintain her daughter’s faith in the magic of the season and gladly accepts a second job working with the handsome Carlos Rodriguez to restore Kenworth’s old fashioned soda fountain. Carlos is no stranger to hard times and slowly shares his life of light and joy with Anika as they work together. Just as her fragile soul begins to feel hope again, an ill-timed act of charity changes everything. Anika isn’t sure who she can trust or if hope is worth nurturing–especially at Christmas when it’s easy to enjoy a kiss and believe love can last longer than the season.

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Spotlight On: The Foxglove Killings, by Tara Kelly

The Foxglove Killings













by Tara Kelly 




Release Date: 09/01/15




Entangled Teen





Summary from Goodreads:




Gramps always said that when the crickets were quiet, something bad was coming. And the crickets have been as silent as the dead. It started with the murdered deer in the playground with the unmistakable purple of a foxglove in its mouth. But in the dying boondock town of Emerald Cove, life goes on.



I work at Gramps’s diner, and the cakes―the entitled rich kids who vacation here―make our lives hell. My best friend, Alex Pace, is the one person who gets me. Only Alex has changed. He’s almost like a stranger now. I can’t figure it out…or why I’m having distinctly more-than-friend feelings for him. Ones I shouldn’t be having.



Then one of the cakes disappears.





When she turns up murdered, a foxglove in her mouth, a rumor goes around that Alex was the last person seen with her—and everyone but me believes it. Well, everyone except my worst enemy, Jenika Shaw. When Alex goes missing, it’s up to us to prove his innocence and uncover the true killer. But the truth will shatter everything I’ve ever known about myself—and Alex.







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Tara Kelly adores variety in her life. She’s an author, one-girl-band, graphic designer, editor, and photographer. She lives in Sin City with her beloved guitars, sound design master husband, and a fluffy cat named Maestro.

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Better than Chocolate, by J. Lynn Rowan

Carmella Sannarellli is a people pleaser. She can’t say no to anyone, even when it means putting off her own personal goals in the process. So, when her best friend, Sadie Miller, calls with the announcement that she’s broken up with one fiancé and eloping with another in St. Croix, Carmella can’t stop herself from dropping everything and accepting the invitation to stand as maid of honor.

Jilted fiancé, Ryan Wutkowski, has been the third member of the Carmella-Sadie trio for nine years. He fully supports Sadie’s new engagement and upcoming nuptials, knowing it’s the right decision and best for both of them. But when he boards a plane to San Juan for a business conference, Carmella is the last person he expects to find occupying the seat next to his.

Two days in San Juan, then a week in St. Croix—Carmella knows her two best friends are hiding something. But can she figure out what went wrong between them as she battles her own tingly, off-kilter feelings toward Ryan, while dodging advances from a womanizing best man, and confirming for herself that Sadie did make the right decision? When Ryan unexpectedly shows up at the rehearsal dinner and gets himself invited to the wedding, will Carmella finally uncover the secret he’s held since the day they first met?

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Meet the author:

Lynn Rowan started writing stories as a small child, usually starring her favorite cartoon characters. Most of her work through middle and high school was filled with typical teenage angst and melodrama, and usually mirrored the books she loved to read. But eventually she found her own author’s voice and decided to seriously pursue a writing career.

Historical fiction remains J. Lynn’s “first love”, but she has enjoyed the journey to becoming an author of romance and chick lit. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Central New York Romance Writers, and the Historical Novel Society. She is also a teacher who tries to instill a love of learning, reading, and writing in her students.

When she’s not writing, J. Lynn enjoys travelling, gardening poorly but enthusiastically, studying various topics in American history for her own expertise, and channeling Julia Child every time she steps into the kitchen.

A native of Oswego, NY, she now lives in Charlotte, NC, with her own Romantic Hero of a husband and the most adorable baby on the planet.

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Happy Release Day! Firewall, by CG Powell

After a whirlwind romance and quick marriage to her prince charming, Mae feels like the walls of her lavish paradise are closing in on her. Just when she’s given a little breathing room, her world comes crashing down.

In Beck’s eyes, no measure is too extreme to protect Mae and their unborn children. After realizing the cost of his zeal is Mae’s happiness, he plans a getaway that will put into motion age-old plans set in place by the gods themselves.

Overshadowed by a demon assassin, Mae becomes the very thing that Beck has tried to safeguard her from. With help from Aphrodite, Beck must reset the device that bonded him to Mae, and give the demon a new target before Mae destroys herself and the world around her.

Can their love survive when all hell breaks loose?

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Meet the author:

CG Powell lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, children, cats and a puppy who terrorizes the above mentioned cats. When not writing, she loves to read, knit and craft.

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Opposing the Cowboy

by Margo Bond Collins

Excerpt

“Work with me,” LeeAnn whispered to the man in front of her. He had only a second for a confused look to flicker across his face before she stood up on her tiptoes, wrapped her arms around him, threaded her fingers through the silky hair just brushing the nape of his neck, and pulled him down to kiss her. It took one interminable heartbeat for him to respond, long enough for LeeAnn to realize that this might have been the worst idea she’d ever had. Or maybe the second worst idea, right after Darrell. And then the stranger took over.

Never trust a good kisser…

Yoga teacher LeeAnn Walker has no desire to see the unspoilt beauty of her grandmother’s ranch violated by a greedy oil company. But unless she finds the paperwork confirming she owns the mineral rights, that’s exactly what could happen. The worst part? The guy spearheading the whole mess is none other than the hot and sexy stranger LeeAnn just kissed to make her ex jealous.

Jonah Hamilton thought his day was looking up until he found out the gorgeous blonde who kissed the hell out of him is the same stubborn woman he came to town for. And she’s not too happy to find out she might be forced to allow drilling on her land.

But Jonah has a job to do, even if LeeAnn tempts him to turn his professionalism into something much more personal…

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About the Author

Margo Bond Collins is the author of urban fantasy, contemporary romance, and paranormal mysteries. She lives in Texas with her daughter and several spoiled pets. Although writing fiction is her first love, she also teaches college-level English courses online. She enjoys reading romance and paranormal fiction of any genre and spends most of her free time daydreaming about heroes, monsters, cowboys, and villains, and the strong women who love them—and sometimes fight them.

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Cover Reveal: Surge by Melissa West

Surge (The Taking 0.5)











by Melissa West
Release Date: 04/05/16
Entangled Teen

Summary from Goodreads:

 

Sixteen-year-old alien Val Stone was born for one mission-kill teenage Randolf “Rolf” Cartier before he fulfills the prophecy, becomes the future American president, and murderers thousands of her kind.

Val is ready to sacrifice herself for the good of the prophecy. She’s learned every detail of Rolf’s life. She knows when he wakes, each step he takes throughout his day, and the exact time when he falls asleep. She’s prepared to strike.

But what she doesn’t know is that Rolf’s been watching her, too. Waiting for her. Ready to overpower her and save himself. Only when the day arrives, doubt overcomes purpose, and suddenly they discover the prophecy was all a hoax.

Now they’re running against the clock, desperate to reveal who created the fake prophecy before the human killing spree becomes the complete wipeout of the human race.



























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Links to Gravity (Book One):

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Links for Hover (Book Two):
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Links for Collide (Book Three)

 

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About the Author

Melissa West lives in a tiny suburb of Atlanta, GA with her husband and daughter. She pretends to like yoga, actually likes to read, and could not live without coffee. She holds a B.A. in Communication Studies and an M.S. in Graphic Communication, both from Clemson University. Yeah, her blood runs orange.



 



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