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Author Sarah Greyson

Today we have the honor of having a teaser and author info by Sarah Greyson.

 

Teaser:

“Guys wait here. Give Emma and I a minute alone please,” Michael requested, knowing how
anxious everyone was, knowing they only had a few precious minutes.
Michael led Emma into the living room by placing his hand on the small of her back. Just being
near her threw him off center. How could he function in a normal environment knowing how
she affected him? He led Emma to the other side of the room, away from the men and they
both looked out the window. Across the street the wind was battering some tangled wires and
cables.
Michael stood behind Emma wrapping his arms around her waist careful to avoid her injury.
“What is it,” he whispered into her ear.
She felt the familiar tingle down her spine at his breath in her ear. She pushed back, closer to
his chest. “Promise me something before you go . . .” she begged Michael.
“Anything,” he whispered inhaling her earthly scent.
“Promise me that . . .” Emma stared at her feet. How could she tell Michael everything she felt
for him? There weren’t words to explain what she was feeling, and she had an extensive
vocabulary. She didn’t even know how to put words to her feelings, because she never
bothered to name them or recognize them before. Words written by Gustave Flaubert from his
novel titled Madame Bovary came to her mind, “. . . human speech is like a cracked kettle on
which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt
the stars.” The quote precisely summed up her feelings for Michael. She had no way to express
them.
“What is it? You are starting to worry me,” he whispered against her neck.
Gathering her courage and her assertiveness, she asked, “Promise that you will come back to
me.” Michael exhaled the breath he didn’t realize he was holding. “Emma, that is one promise I will
gladly make.”
“But you have to keep it, Michael,” she said, fighting back the teardrops. If she looked at him now, she
would lose it. He turned her around and met her glistening eyes. She saw the emotions reflected back to
her. Tears streamed down her check, and he thumbed them away.

 

~*~ABOUT THE AUTHOR~*~

Sarah lives in Virginia with her husband, two children, and four spoiled animals. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications with a concentration in Professional Writing and her Master’s Degree in Education.

When she is not writing or spending time with her family, she loves reading sizzling romantic suspense novels that make her blush. She loves a glass of pinot grigio, back-yard barbecues with friends and family, and helping her kids with their homework (in that order).

Her interests span all genres: from Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury to Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen to Slave by Shari Hayes to The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV. Sarah’s favorite genres are contemporary romantic suspense and erotic suspense; the types of novels she crafts. While the concepts are familiar and comfortable, she brings her own unique story and personality to everything she writes. She loves the feeling of crafting a spicy, action-packed novel. Writing is her passion. She wants to leave her readers breathless after experiencing the intense ride that is her novel.

~*~BOOK LIST~*~

Closer

~*~SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS~*~

website: https://www.sarahgreyson.com

aboutme: http://about.me/sarahgreyson

Google+: http://bit.ly/1pJtnCc

Twitter: @sarah_g_greyson

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Guest Author Judith White

A Method to Madness is on sale from the 7-14 for Kindle for .99 cents.

It’s January 1943 and things are slow for Sam Flanagan, Detroit private detective. He’s about to call it a day and return to the woman he shares a home with; his eighty two year old grandmother, when in walks Chicago socialite Phyllis Killburn. She’s the daughter of the late tire tycoon, Alden Whitaker, and she’s got troubles. It seems her husband may be stepping out on her with another woman and he’s keeping a big secret as to his involvement with the military. She wants to know what’s going on and she’s willing to pay big bucks for the information. Sam travels to the Windy City and looks up his longtime friend, Harry Blevins, journalist for the Chicago Tribune. With Harry’s assistance, and with the inadvertent ramblings of his grandmother, will Sam be able to put all the pieces together to solve what is happening within the walls of the Whitaker Estate to stop a murder plot? The deeper Sam digs into the case, he uncovers more twists. Does Sam find a method to this madness?

 

Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, Detroit’s hotspot for jazz—it’s there that Sam runs into his childhood friend, Johnny Delbeck, and Johnny’s got a problem. A little over three months ago, Johnny and his wife, Grace, took in her niece. Myrna Lou Stevic had been nothing but trouble for her mother, Grace’s sister, and her step father. Grace thinks she can turn the girl’s behavior around by getting her into a new school and getting her involved in the church youth group. One Monday in April, the seventeen year old was sitting on the porch of the Delbeck’s Dearborn home one minute, and in the next, she was gone. Did she just walk away on her own—something she’s done in the past—or did something more sinister occur? This is what Johnny hires Sam to find out. Five days before Easter 1943, Sam tries to ensure her presence for the holiday. But when he starts asking questions, the picture others paint of this girl isn’t pretty, and it’s obvious there are few who really like her. The Detroit private detective wants to solve Johnny’s problem—and he wants the ending to be a good one. Can he find the girl and return her to the home in Dearborn, safe and sound?

 

She waltzed into his office on a hot Saturday in July. She wanted Sam to exonerate her husband of the charge of murder. But the murders occurred over nineteen years ago…and that wasn’t the worst of it! It happens that her husband was Carlo ‘the Confessor’ Andolucci, the once notorious Purple Gang member. Sam knew this name all too well…Carlo Andolucci had brought devastation to the Flanagan family. There was no way he’d take on this case to help this woman…or would he? Once he discusses the matter with others, he begins to hear a side of Andolucci he didn’t know. Had Sam held on to a belief that was wrong all these years? Only by rethinking his decision to take on this case will answer that.

Coming out soon….

 

 

About the author

Biography Judith G. White holds a degree in secondary education with a major in history from Western Michigan University. She currently works part time at The Henry Ford, America’s Greatest History Attraction, where her life has been enriched by meeting dignitaries, entertainment personalities and leaders in business and industry. She’s traveled throughout the lower forty eight states and toured Great Britain. History, reading, playing word and trivia games and, of course, writing, is what she likes best. She makes her home in a southern suburb of Detroit along with her husband, Jim; two children, Brandon and Erin; and two dogs, Sadie and Orie. Beginning with reading Nancy Drew at an early age, Judith loves the mystery genre and hopes her detective, Sam Flanagan, will be just as endearing to the public.

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Musa Publishing

Have you heard of Musa Publishing?  Let me tell you about them you will be as surprised as I am.

Musa Publishing started on 2011 with four digital publishing professionals. They have made the dream a reality. Now that the reality is here, Musa has become the home to debut YA novelists and NYT/USA Today bestselling authors, award-winning books and literary chapbooks, the latest in speculative fiction to the lost treasures of an American science fiction pioneer—and all at reasonable, affordable prices. So whether you’re an author, looking for a home for your latest book, or a reader, looking for the best digital fiction without paying an arm and a leg for it, Musa has something for you.

And finally, Musa is committed to not only publishing new talent, but giving our writers, interns, and staff the knowledge and information they need to successfully negotiate the industry. We teach our authors how to promote themselves online and offline, giving them skills that every author from the Big Six to the tiniest micro-press needs in order to sell their books. We have created a master class program, where authors, agents, and other industry professionals teach everything from ‘how to write a proper query’ to ‘how to spot a scam agent or publisher’. With the tremendous sense of community already built among the Musa authors and staff, writers find that they aren’t negotiating the book industry all alone, but as a member of a tight-knit Musa family who stand at their sides, promoting and encouraging and congratulating them the entire way.

We currently have twelve imprints and one more on the way. Some genres are YA, YA-GBLT, Romance, Historical, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, and Paranormal, Speculative fiction, Erotic romance and much more. We have something for all readers. We offer specials and you can find more about those on our website. A few imprints have their own blog as well.

Penumbra is our Speculative Fiction Digital Magazine. Each issue comes out each month and right now, we have Penumbra eMag Volume 1 FREE. Please come check us out here.

So come by and check out some great books and you might just find a great new author and publisher.

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Author Christina Mercer

*~ABOUT THE AUTHOR~*~

Christina Mercer is an award-winning author of fiction for children and young adults. She took Writer’s Best in Show at the 2012 SCBWI CA North/Central Regional Conference, was a Semi-Finalist in the 2010 Amazon Breakout Novel Award Contest, and won Honorable Mention in the 21st Annual Writer’s Digest Self Published Book Awards. She holds a degree in Accounting from California State University at Sacramento and a Certificate in Herbal Studies from Clayton College of Natural Health. Christina resides in Northern California enjoying life with her husband, two sons, four dogs, and about 100,000 honeybees

                                             ~*~BOOK LIST~*~

Arrow of the Mist series

Honey Queen

~*~SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS~*~


Twitter


Amazon

Goodreads

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Guest Author Jeff Horton and his books

Recent Works:

Jeff’s novel, Frontiers, released in May of 2014, is the second novel in the Cybersp@ce Series. Jeff is currently working on a screenplay for his first novel in the series, Cybersp@ce.

 

Cybersp@ce (January-2013)

CYBERSP@CE is a fast-paced, sci-fi espionage story, with ingredients of international intrigue, artificial intelligence, action, suspense, and romance. Set mostly in the Nevada desert, Cybersp@ce includes cyber warfare between nation states, the fantastic virtual world of an alien computer, and the hunt for one of the world’s greatest spies.

From inside their home located outside the small town of Corona, New Mexico in 1947, a young boy and his parents, while watching a freak lightning storm, hear a loud crash, after young Henry Summers witnesses an alien spacecraft falling from the sky.

Many years later, Nick Reynolds is appointed as the head of a Cyber Command taskforce established to deal with the increasing cyber warfare threat from China. Soon afterwards a new, disturbing type of cyber attack emerges, just as Nick learns that an imminent massive Chinese cyber attack against the United States infrastructure might be imminent. When the evidence suggests that the threat is real and that the attack will kill millions of people, Nick discovers that his team will not have enough time or the technical resources to stop the incredibly advanced attack when it comes.

Nick soon learns of another top-secret project, however, one which might offer a way to stop the attack and spare the lives of hundreds of millions of people.

Dr. Henry Summers works with his scientist daughter, Kate, inside Area 51 at Groom Lake, Nevada. After years of trying to reverse-engineer an alien spacecraft, the team has a breakthrough when they discover how to interface with an alien ship’s computer, by using a cybernetic helmet to enter a fantastic, virtual world.

 

Frontiers

Now Available (May 2014)

FRONTIERS: BOOK TWO IN THE CYBERS@CE SERIES

*A Dream to Unite Humanity…*

Scientists discover the technology to successfully construct Earth’s first interstellar spacecraft, code named Frontier. Hank Reynolds, a gifted and courageous test pilot for the United States Air Force, is assigned to test

pilot humanity’s first interstellar spacecraft on a historic flight to Alpha Centauri. Under the command of the fledgling Earth Space Alliance the spacecraft will carry human beings to the stars, and beyond.

*A Plot to see it Fail*

Someone doesn’t want to see this happen and will stop at nothing to see it fail–including murder… When Frontier is sabotaged, it leaves Hank stranded and alone to die in the Alpha Centauri system. With their dreams

crumbling around them, will they be able to discover who is behind the plot to steal the alien technology, and to murder those closest to it?

Frontier, Earth’s first starship built on alien tech, is on it’s maiden voyage to Alpha Centauri. Someone wants him to fail, someone wants him dead.

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Book Trailer:

Guest Post

Frontiers: Book Two in the Cybersp@ce Series

ISBN: 9781629890869

Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeEEMY...

Amazon:

Below is a little about the FRONTIERS, along with some interesting plot elements from the book, and some corresponding facts, which I hope your readers will find interesting!

FRONTIERS: BOOK TWO IN THE CYBERS@CE SERIES

*A Dream to Unite Humanity…*

Scientists discover the technology to successfully construct Earth’s first interstellar spacecraft, code named Frontier. Hank Reynolds, a gifted and courageous test pilot for the United States Air Force, is assigned to test pilot humanity’s first interstellar spacecraft on a historic flight to Alpha Centauri. Under the command of the fledgling Earth Space Alliance the spacecraft will carry human beings to the stars, and beyond.

*A Plot to see it Fail*

Someone doesn’t want to see this happen and will stop at nothing to see it fail–including murder… When Frontier is sabotaged, it leaves Hank stranded and alone to die in the Alpha Centauri system. With their dreams crumbling around them, will they be able to discover who is behind the plot to steal the alien technology, and to murder those closest to it?

Some Plot Elements & Facts Related to Frontiers:

• In Frontiers, scientists build humanity’s first spacecraft capable of interstellar flight, which a craft that can travel faster than the speed of light

o Fact: While Einstein’s theory of relativity suggested Faster than Light travel (FTL) is not possible, many theories have been put forth as to how we might get around this galactic speed limit. Just think warp drive or wormholes.

• In Frontiers, the development of the interstellar spacecraft also results in the creation of an alternative energy source, helping to stave off a rapidly dwindling world supply of crude oil.

o Fact: HSBC estimates the world will run out of crude oil with 40-50 years.

• In Frontiers, several principal characters discuss how critical it is that the advanced technology be unveiled carefully and methodically to the world, or else the world could suffer catastrophic consequences.

o Fact: The Drake Equation, as it has become known, which was first presented by Drake in 1961, is a probabilistic argument used to estimate the number of active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy. Drake’s equation takes into account that a number of such civilizations will end up destroying themselves with their own technology.

• In Frontiers, a public announcement confirming the existence of sentient alien life causes quite a stir among some segments of the world’s population.

o Fact: Studies like one by Paolo Musso, a member of the SETI Permanent Study Group of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences studies, and others, see no conflict between Christianity and the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence.

Thank you so much for allowing me to discuss Frontiers with your readers!

New Beginnings

Available in 2014

The Universe. For the first time in human history humanity now has the technology to leave Earth and traverse the galaxy. The Earth Space Alliance has decided to select a world suitable to human colonization, and attempt to settle the first planet outside of the Sol system, which has been the cradle of human civilization since the dawn of creation.

When Nicole Reynolds is selected to lead the search for a new world, and to establish Earth’s first interstellar colony there, she soon discovers the challenge to be far greater than she’d ever imagined. After an extremely rare resource is discovered on the new world, she must risk everything, including her life, to establish a foothold for humanity on a strange, alien planet.

 

Jeff W. Horton

Contact Information

Novels:

• New Beginnings

• Frontiers

• Cybersp@ce (1/1/2013)

• The Way of Nacor: Tales of Eden (9/1/2012)

• The Last Prophet (2011)

• The Dark Age- Survivors of the Pulse (2011)

• The Great Collapse-Survivors of the Pulse (2010)

Author Contact Information:

Email: jeff@hortonlibrary.com

Website:

Facebook Page

Twitter

Goodreads Page

Amazon Author Page

Blog

Shelfari

Librarything

AuthorsDen

Pinterest Page

Google

You Tube Channel

 

Background:

Jeff Horton was born in North Dakota, the youngest son of a career Air Force master sergeant. A voracious reader growing up, he read the Bible, and stories by many popular authors including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Michael Crichton, Tom Clancy, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Jeff Horton is an author of Christian Fiction, writing within several different genres, including science-fiction, fantasy, and apocalyptic thrillers.

His first novel, THE GREAT COLLAPSE: SURVIVORS OF THE PULSE, a story about the coming of the pulse and the end of civilization, was published in 2010. THE DARK AGE-SURVIVORS OF THE PULSE, the sequel to The Great Collapse, was published in 2011, as was THE LAST PROPHET, a fictitious story about the life of John March, one of the witnesses sent by God to warn humanity about the Antichrist, and the End of Days. Released on September 1, 2012, THE WAY OF NACOR: TALES OF EDEN is a children’s tale about four children, Rachel, Michael, Jesse, and Eli, who find themselves lost and stranded on a strange alien planet, struggling to find a way home. Jeff Horton’s fifth novel, entitled CYBERSP@CE, is a techno-thriller, in which the world is brought to the brink of nuclear war after a string of deadly cyber warfare attacks against the United States. CYBERSP@CE, published in 2013, is the first book in the CYBERSP@CE SERIES. The other two novels in the series, FRONTIER: BOOK TWO IN THE CYBERSP@CE SERIES and NEW BEGINNINGS, are expected to be available in 2014.

When he’s not penning his next novel, he enjoys reading, going to church, and spending time with his family. Jeff Horton is a member of the North Carolina Writers Network.

For more information visit www.hortonlibrary.com or his blog at www.anovelsperspective.blogspot.com.

 

 

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The Bondage Club by Alexandrea Weis Cover Reveal & more

A Teaser from The Bondage Club

By Alexandrea Weis

The veil of evening was reaching across his office window when Hunter’s cell phone on the side of his desk rang. Checking the caller ID, he frowned when he saw that the number was blocked.

“This is Hunter Donovan,” he barked into the phone.

“Do you always answer the phone in such a cheerful manner?” a seductive female voice reprimanded.

“That depends on who this is.”

“Cary told me of your little meeting today, and your interest in my next book. You don’t waste any time do you?”

Hunter’s heart skipped a beat. “Well, well, Ms. Slut. Nice to hear your voice again. I hope your time at the Book Expo was worthwhile.”

“You were the highlight of my trip, Mr. Donovan.”

Hunter smiled as he sat back in his creaky desk chair. “I’m so glad. I was beginning to think you didn’t like me.”

“Have you ever met a woman who didn’t like you?”

The question made Hunter chuckle. “Which answer will get me your next book, Ms. Slut?”

A high-pitched tinkling laugh came through the speaker of his iPhone, making Hunter’s stomach flutter ever so lightly. “I like a man who doesn’t waste time with sweet talk. Check your email. I just sent you the manuscript. It’s called The Bondage Club, and if you’re interested, e-mail me a contract, and I will look it over.”

“Can I ask what it’s about? I mean, with a title like that I can guess, but….” His voice faded as his curiosity rose.

“There are many different kinds of bondage, Mr. Donovan, that don’t involve ropes, chains, or even handcuffs.”

Hunter gaped at his cell phone. “I don’t get it.”

“Love can be a form of bondage,” she explained. “We can get tied to someone just as easily as we can be tied up by someone. The book is about bondage in all of its forms.”

“Then I look forward to reading it.” He paused as he thought of an idea. “But why not come to my office? We can discuss the details of the contract over lunch,” he pursued with a hint of insistence in his voice.

“I don’t think so. Lunch with you would be dangerous.”

Hunter coyly smiled. “For which one of us, Ms. Slut?”

“I’m not your type, Mr. Donovan.”

Hunter’s body rippled with the hint of a challenge. “You never know; if Donovan Books handles your novel, we may grow on each other.”

“I hope not. Getting involved with the man who publishes my book would complicate matters. I’m also a very demanding author. I might get on your nerves after a time.”

“I have a lot of demanding authors. You would fit right in.”

“Do you usually try and date your authors, or will I be the first?”

He fingered a corner of the manuscript open on the desk before him as his imagination began to wander. “You would be the first. I never date clients.”

“I heard a nasty little rumor to the contrary, about your brother and Monique Delome. They were engaged and then she up and married some Texas oil man. Lucky girl.”

“Lucky to be rid of my brother,” Hunter returned, pushing the manuscript in front of him to the side.

“Oh, do I detect a note of sibling rivalry, Mr. Donovan?”

He leaned back in his chair and turned his eyes to his arched window. “Rivalry, nah. More like deep-seated hatred. And if I’m going to bare my soul to you, you should start calling me, Hunter.”

“Let me guess, Hunter.” Her voice was throaty and delicious, spurring on his desire. “He stole your Legos when you were six and you have never forgiven him.”

Hunter ran his hand over his face, feeling the conversation was getting a little too personal. “Never mind my brother. Let’s talk about you.”

“I make it a practice never to talk about myself. The less people know about me, the better.”

“I don’t agree, Ms. Sl….” Hunter crinkled his brow. “What else can I call you? Ms. Slut is too—”

“Call me Smuttie, if you like.”

“Smuttie…don’t you have a real name?”

“Smuttie is all you need to know.” The sound of voices in the background broke in. “Let me know what you think of my manuscript, Hunter. I’ll be waiting to hear from you.” Then the line went dead.

Bio/Links:

Alexandrea Weis is an advanced practice registered nurse who was born and raised in New Orleans. Having been brought up in the motion picture industry, she learned to tell stories from a different perspective and began writing at the age of eight. Infusing the rich tapestry of her hometown into her award-winning novels, she believes that creating vivid characters makes a story memorable. A permitted/certified wildlife rehabber with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, Weis rescues orphaned and injured wildlife. She lives with her husband and pets in New Orleans.

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Giveaway, Feature and more with Author Amy Noelle

 

 

 

The Hot Corner

By

Amy Noelle

She doesn’t know what his game is, but she hopes she’s strong enough this time to play without getting burned.

 

Release Date:

26th June 2014

Genre: Romance/Contemporary

Published by:

The Writers Coffee Shop

Available from: Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and TWCS PH

Summary:

Professionally, Danielle Pierce is making a name for herself writing biographies of famous athletes. Her personal life isn’t going as swimmingly, and she’s back on the market after calling off a recent engagement.

Her agent throws her a curveball she never saw coming when she’s assigned to cover the hottest baseball player—on and off the field—Bradley Reynolds. The Dodgers’ third baseman spends as much time on the covers of tabloids as on the sports pages, dating a string of famous models and actresses.

Dani never thought she’d have to see Brad in person again after he broke her heart in college. Seven years later he selects her to write the story of his life, and she’s stuck. If she refuses, she looks like a coward. If she gives in, he wins. She doesn’t know what his game is, but she hopes she’s strong enough this time to play without getting burned.

 

Author Bio:

Amy Noelle is a thirty-something single woman with three cats. Though she contends that she is not a crazy cat lady, she freely admits to being a crazy football fan. You can find her glued to the couch every fall weekend, cheering on her Seminoles and Buccaneers.

After attending Florida State University for two years, she transferred to Northern Illinois University and graduated in 1997 with degrees in Journalism and Political Science.

She was born in the Azores Islands, Portugal, and lived as a military brat from the west coast to the east coast of the United States, though she’s found her permanent home in Tampa, Florida, for the last decade.

Besides football and writing, her other loves are television, movies, the beach, thunderstorms, and her family and friends.

Connect with Amy Noelle:

Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads

 

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Custom Canvas Artwork Review + Giveaway

I have enjoyed working with #Canvas prints.  You can make your own custom canvas using any pictures you have.  I decided to use a picture that Tommy and I both liked and got a canvas made for our 17 th wedding anniversary a few days ago.

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We both loved how our #Photos on canvas turned out.   It looks really nice as you can see from the picture to the left.  All that is left to do is hang it up on the wall.

The nice part it comes with the hanging hook so all you have to do is take your canvas out and get the hook and hang it up.  Easy as can be.

Easy to find on the internet here and the prices are really good for the product.  Try it for yourself.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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Eye Cream for Reducing Eye Puffiness, Dark Circles, Wrinkles and Fine Lines Around Eyes Review

 

 

 

Lets face it as we get older we all want to look good and try and look a bit younger than our age.  I was happy to try #Adovia mineral eye gel.  Very easy to use you just apply a small amount to the area under and around your eyes.  You let it absorb and go about your day.  I use it every day and can already tell a big difference in my appearance.

Below is my jar and as you can see it last a good bit.  This is after a few days of use.  The nice think I like about the product besides that it does work is what they promise.

Our Promise: Your Eyes will Look 10 Years Younger or Your Money Back! – Reduce Puffiness Under and Around The Eyes – Makes Eyes Appear Years Younger and Radiant!

Gets Rid of Dark Circles Under Eyes – Your Eyes Will Look More Youthful and Refreshed!

Formulated Specifically for The Genltle Area Around the Eyes – this Light Eye Gel Absorbs Quickly into Skin for Deep Hydration

Dead Sea Salt Delivers an Immidiate Infusion of Dead Sea Minerals – Essential for Proper Skin Health and Beauty

Contains Vitamin C which Delivers Powerful Antioxidants Deep Into Skin Cells

 

The price is not bad at $36.00 and you can find it online at Amazon. Be sure to pick up your bottle today.

 

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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Feature, Giveaway & Interview w/ author Zara Keane

Giveaway and Book feature are below the interview.

Interview questions from Babs Book Bistro

Babs….When did you know you wanted to write?

I knew I wanted to write stories from the time I could hold a crayon, but I didn’t start writing romance until university. For a long while, I was Queen of the First Three Chapters—great at starting new writing projects and even better at abandoning them.

That changed during NaNoWriMo in 2009. By the end of the month, I had a 65,000-word rough manuscript with a beginning, a middle, and—most crucially—an end. Once I finished that story, it all sort of fell into place. I developed a writing routine, stuck to it, and wrote like crazy for the next few years.

Babs…..What would you like your readers to get out of your books?

Ideally, I’d like my readers to have a laugh and enjoy a few hours in Ireland. ☺ While Ballybeg is fictitious, it’s based on the towns of Cobh, Kinsale, and Clonakilty in County Cork. All other places I send my characters to are real — Cork City, Doolin, the Burren, Lisdoonvarna, and so on. Ireland and the Irish are steeped in a unique history and culture and I use these aspects to flavor my stories.

Babs…..Do you have a current project in the works?

Yes! I’m writing a series of romances set in a fictitious Irish town named Ballybeg. Love and Shenanigans is the first story in the series. I’m currently working on the second draft of Love and Leprechauns, the second full-length Ballybeg novel. I’m also tidying up Love and Blarney, a Ballybeg novella.

Babs…..Do you have a ritual when you are writing? ie coffee, music, food etc

I tend to start each writing session with a cup of coffee. Once I’ve activated Freedom to block out the internet and social media distractions, I fire up Scrivener and get to work.

As I have three small kids, my writing time is squeezed in around their needs, so I have to make the most of my writing sessions.

Babs…..Hobbies outside of writing?

I’m a self-confessed board game geek. I own a ridiculous number of games, especially ones of strategy. I also love learning foreign languages and visiting new countries. Although I was born and grew up in Ireland, I’ve moved a few times since leaving university. I’m currently based in Switzerland.

Babs….What book or books are you currently reading?

I usually juggle an e-book and an audiobook. Here’s what I’m reading at the moment:

E-book: ‘When We Met’ by Susan Mallery

Audiobook: ‘The Son’ by Jo Nesbo

Babs….If you could be one character from one of your books who would it be?

Fiona from Love and Shenanigans is probably the heroine most like me, so it’s a toss up between Olivia from Love and Leprechauns and Clio from the as-yet-untitled Ballybeg Book 4. I admire Olivia’s dry wit and tendency to say exactly what she thinks. In Clio’s case, I’d only like to be her for a day. She’s a grifter with a sense of adventure and a scant regard for rules. It might be fun to be in her shoes for a little while.

Babs…Favorite drink?

Caipirinha.

Babs…..What is your favorite ice cream?

Chocolate.

Babs….What is your favorite food?

Anything with rice.

Babs…Anything else you would like to add? ( links to any blogs/sites to follow etc)

I love to tweet! If you’d like to follow me on Twitter, I’m @zara_keane.

For more information on my books, please check out my website: http://zarakeane.com

Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions and being a guest on the blog.

Thanks so much for having me!

Bio: Zara Keane grew up in Dublin, Ireland, but spent her summers in a small town very similar to the fictitious Ballybeg.

She currently lives in Switzerland with her family. When she’s not writing or wrestling small people, she drinks far too much coffee, and tries – with occasional success – to resist the siren call of Swiss chocolate.

Love and Shenanigans (Ballybeg, #1) — 1 June 2014

Vows in Vegas…

Three days before leaving Ireland on the adventure of a lifetime, Fiona Byrne returns to her small Irish hometown to attend the family wedding from hell. When she discovers the drunken vows she exchanged with the groom during a wild Las Vegas trip eight years previously mean they’re legally married, her future plans ricochet out of control. Can she untangle herself from the man who broke her heart so long ago? Does she even want to?

…True Love in Ballybeg.

Gavin Maguire’s life is low on drama, high on stability, and free of pets. But Gavin hadn’t reckoned on Fiona blasting back into his life and crashing his wedding. In the space of twenty-four hours, he loses a fiancée and a job, and gains a wife and a labradoodle. Can he salvage his bland-but-stable life? More importantly, can he resist losing his heart to Fiona all over again?

Link to excerpt: http://zarakeane.com/?page_id=83

BLURB:
Vows in Vegas…True Love in Ireland.
Three days before leaving Ireland on the adventure of a lifetime, Fiona Byrne returns to her small Irish hometown to attend the family wedding from hell. When she discovers the drunken vows she exchanged with the groom during a wild Las Vegas trip eight years previously mean they’re legally married, her future plans ricochet out of control. Can she untangle herself from the man who broke her heart so long ago? Does she even want to?

Gavin Maguire’s life is low on drama, high on stability, and free of pets. But Gavin hadn’t reckoned on Fiona blasting back into his life and crashing his wedding. In the space of twenty-four hours, he loses a fiancée and a job, and gains a wife and a labradoodle. Can he salvage his bland-but-stable life? More importantly, can he resist losing his heart to Fiona all over again?

GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22063518-love-and-shenanigans

BUY LINKS:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1vt4QW5
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