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A World Without Heroes (Beyonders) #teasertuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!

We have enjoyed Brandon Mull’s “Fablehaven” series, and I finally got around to starting on his “Beyonders” series. So, from the first book, “A World Without Heroes“, here is my teaser:

“I would not blame either of you for being reluctant to adopt this quest as your own,” the Blind King avowed. “You were both drawn here by forces beyond your understanding.”

Brandon Mull, A World Without Heroes (Beyonders), Kindle page 97

Don’t forget to take a look at my trailer for “Looking Over Your Shoulder“.

Description and link to Amazon:

Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable—until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank to a place unlike anything he’s ever seen. In the past, the people of Lyrian welcomed visitors from the Beyond, but attitudes have changed since the wizard emperor Maldor rose to power. The brave resistors who opposed the emperor have been bought off or broken, leaving a realm where fear and suspicion prevail.

In his search for a way home, Jason meets Rachel, who was also mysteriously drawn to Lyrian from our world. With the help of a few scattered rebels, Jason and Rachel become entangled in a quest to piece together the word of power that can destroy the emperor and learn that their best hope to find a way home will be to save this world without heroes.

Trailer for “Looking Over Your Shoulder”

Book trailers are the bit thing in marketing novels these days, so I finally decided to take a run at creating one for “Looking Over Your Shoulder“. I don’t think it’s too bad for an amateur!

Take a look and see what you think:

http://pdworkman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Looking_Over_Your_Shoulder_Trailer.mp4

Teaser from Queste #teasertuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!

I am still reading Initiation right now, but rather than quoting from it again, I’ll give you a teaser from Septimus Heap Book Four: Queste, by Angie Sage. We love the Septimus Heap series, and did you know that Angie Sage is soon launching a new series, TodHunter Moon?

Here is my teaser:

The door opened a little wider and Marcellus peered out anxiously. His housekeeper was off for the day and she had told him it was about time he learned to answer the door. He had ignored Marcia’s first two rings, telling himself that if the bell rang a third time he would answer it. Wondering what he had gotten himself into Marcellus opened the door wide…

Angie Sage, Septemus Heap Book Four: Queste, Kindle page 432

And just a reminder to take advantage of the Smashwords “Read an eBook Week” and pick up “Looking Over Your Shoulder” for free with the coupon code contained in this post.

Description and link to Amazon:

There’s trouble at the Castle, and it’s all because Merrin Meredith has returned with Darke plans for Septimus. More trouble awaits Septimus and Jenna in the form of Tertius Fume, the ghost of the very first Chief Hermetic Scribe, who is determined to send Septimus on a deadly Queste. But Septimus and Jenna have other plans—they are headed for the mysterious House of Foryx, a place where all Time meets and the place where they fervently hope they will be able to find Nicko and Snorri, who were trapped back in time in physik. But how will Septimus escape the Queste?

Queste, like all the books in the Septimus Heap series, is filled with nonstop action, humor, and fantastical adventure as Septimus continues his journey of Magykal self-discovery.

“Ruby” Available on Kindle and Paperback!

I kept telling you “it should be out next week”, and scheduling changes kept pushing it ahead, but “Ruby, Between the Cracks” is finally out!

It is available on Kindle through Amazon or paperback at Amazon or my CreateSpace store!

 

If you asked Ruby, she’d tell you she’s happy with her life.  She’s tough and independent and doesn’t depend on anyone else.  The road that has led her here has not been easy, and she’s blocked a lot of it from her memory.

But things aren’t as rosy as she would have everyone believe, and the road ahead of her is filled not only with gangs, drugs, and depression, but other challenges that Ruby hasn’t even imagined.

— You know it’s a great book when you have to keep reminding yourself that the characters are not real people.  I really cared about Ruby, and she gave me some bad moments.  I desperately hoped her story would have a happy ending.

— ”Ruby” exposes the complex and brutal relationship between mental illness, poverty and abuse … a page turner I had to finish

— “Ruby” really put me through the wringer and I actually had to put it down a few times because I needed to return to reality … There was no chance I was going to stop reading until I knew how the story ended! … I seriously can’t wait for book two!

 

Smashwords Read a e-Book!

Smashwords is doing a big promotion March 2-8, with lots of free (or discounted) eBooks available!

Click on the sidebar icon, or the image below to go to the Smashwords page for “Looking Over Your Shoulder“. Buy it with the coupon code RW100 to download it for free!

Smashwords Read an e-Book Week!

Smashwords is doing a big promotion March 2-8, with lots of free (or discounted) eBooks available!

Click on the sidebar icon, or the image below to go to the Smashwords page for “Looking Over Your Shoulder“. Buy it with the coupon code RW100 to download it for free!

Teaser from Initiation (Changels) #teasertuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!

One of the books that I am reading right now is Initiation (Changels), Part One of Book One, Serendipity, by Peter King. It is Young Adult fiction; Amazon description at the end of this post.

So, without further ado, here is a teaser from where I am currently reading:

On the other hand it was a risk because we had been betrayed by someone we knew. If it was one of them I’d have to escape.

Peter King, Initiation (Changels), Kindle loc 1053

Description and link to Amazon:

A mansion on remote Aotea Island off Auckland New Zealand has burned down. Twenty people are missing but only one, 14-year-old Sam Kahu, has been found. Detective Sue Williams soon discovers Sam is unusual. He tells her he’s psychic. Then, by saving her life, he proves it. But he also tells her he has his own UFO…

A gritty and compelling story about an apparent orphan with a troubled past who meets a young lesbian police-woman in crisis. The two abandoned souls draw strength from each other to explore the mystery of why Renwick House burned down, but only Sam knows how deep and incredible that mystery goes.

The first part of Serendipity, book one of the Changels Genesis trilogy, a colossal global adventure about genetics and destiny woven among actual events 2007 to 2009.

Excerpt from “Ruby” #SampleSunday

You may already have heard about Sample Sunday, but if you haven’t, it’s a really neat thing that occurs within the Author Community. The basic platform of Sample Sunday, is an author will share a sample of their work on their blog, so you can stop by and get a taste of their writing. They will then also share the information on Twitter to help spread the news.

If you use Twitter, you can use the search #SampleSunday to find these mentions (or click this search link).

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I haven’t participated in Sample Sunday before, but now it seems as good a time as any!

If you know me personally, you may know that I observe the Sabbath on Sunday, so I try not to do work on Sunday, including promoting my work. But with the wonders of technology, I can write my post earlier in the week and schedule it for automatic publishing on Sunday.

It looks like Ruby will be ready for publication this Monday, so it seems appropriate to post an excerpt from it:

Ruby turned over again and cuddled closer to Mike. She was cold, almost shivering. They must have been having trouble with the building’s boiler. Mike didn’t seem to notice the temperature. Ruby tried to tuck her feet under his legs to warm them up, but he shifted and moved away in his sleep. Ruby curled up in a ball. There was a noise in the hall outside the apartment, and she strained her ears trying to hear what it was. There were voices, but it was late for anyone to be out. Ruby sat up. It sounded like the voices were right outside the apartment door.

There was a crash. Ruby jumped, and so did Mike, beside her.

“What was that?” he hissed, sitting up and fumbling on the bedside table, knocking things off. There was a blinding light in Ruby’s eyes, she couldn’t open them. She covered her eyes with her hand.

“Get your hands up, Mikey!” a harsh voice screamed. Ruby tried to squint through her fingers to see what was going on. All that she could see was the light pointing at her eyes. She tried to shade her eyes from the light and turned aside to look at Mike. He was frozen, one hand on the nightstand, grasping for a gun that he must have knocked to the floor. He was as white as the sheet on the bed, his eyes wild.

“Mikey, Mikey … didn’t you hear me? I said get your hands up!” the voice screamed.

Mike slowly raised his hands. The light divided in two and one of the lights moved towards them. Mike started to lower his hands.

“Keep’em still,” the voice warned. He approached on Ruby’s side of the bed. Ruby cowered back, trying to avoid him. She could just barely see his outline, his shadow, behind the light. He reached towards her. Ruby tried to avoid his grasp. He wrapped his fingers around her long, blond hair and jerked her towards him.  Ruby winced in pain and couldn’t resist.

“This your girlfriend? She’s very cute.”

“Leave her alone,” Mike said shakily.

The hand in her hair jerked again, hard. Ruby choked back a cry. The light that the man was holding went out. Then there was a gun pressing against her temple. Ruby held her breath and tried not to blink her eyes, hoping that she wouldn’t cry.

“How’d you like us to kill her, Mikey?” the voice taunted. “What do you think of that?”

Mike swore quietly.

“Please …”

For more, you’re just going to have to get the book! Watch for it next week!

 

“Deviation” free Feb 21-22

Looking for something new to add to your Kindle bookshelf today?

Download “Deviation, Breaking the Pattern” for free Friday and Saturday only.

“You’re a good kid, Henry.”

Everyone knew that he was a good guy; geeky, responsible, hard-working.  Henry has had a lot to deal with in the past.  Now, as he should be focusing on his schooling and preparing himself for the future, he is hindered by abuse, the challenge of raising his baby brother while dealing with his mother’s deep depressions, and the return of a ghost from the past Henry has tried his best to forget.

But it seems that Henry can’t avoid the nastiness of life.  As hard as he tries, it’s one more disaster after another as his life spirals out of control.

Can Henry escape the darkness, or is he doomed to be consumed by it.

—I was caught up in the twists and turns of the plot from the beginning of Deviation and was still surprised at the end.

—This book could actually happen. That is what makes it so scary! I am really looking forward to the next book in the series.  I am thoroughly intrigued and want to see what happens next.

—“Deviation” will play on your emotions and feed your doubts as you follow Henry though his many troubles and trials.

Teaser Tuesday!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

I’m sure it is probably against the TT rules to use your own book, but I’m going to anyway. After all, it’s my blog! So, I am grabbing a copy of “Deviation, Breaking the Pattern” and randomly opening to:

Henry turned. A cop. Big, heavyset, in uniform. Henry swallowed and broke out into a sweat. His heart raced, and he looked for some escape route. He swallowed again. There was no need to run away. He wasn’t doing anything against the law.

PD Workman, Deviation, Breaking the Pattern #1, p. 167

The Kindle version of Deviation is going to be free this Friday and Saturday! Don’t miss it at Amazon.com!