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September 17, 2014
Summer’s Over…
I’m at Geeks today, experiencing a partial virtual vacation. Drop by for some fun! I’m also over at Mother. Gamer. Writer. with a Creature Feature. There’s a giveaway, plus you can learn a little bit about the V’alkara from Wonderfully Wicked…according to Kalila Montgomery. She might be a little biased. 
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September 16, 2014
Meet my Characters from Beautifully Burned
Here’s your official invitation to join me at Seeing Night Book Reviews on the Wonderfully Wicked tour. Would love to see you there!
I was tagged by the fabulous Celia Breslin for the Meet my Characters blog hop. Destiny, the sequel in The Tranquilli Bloodline Series comes out in November, so get it on your calendar!
I turned the questions over to Daxen and Ella from Beautifully Burned, the upcoming sequel in The Wicked Series, because I’m too busy. Eating bon bons and important stuff like that. Let’s spy on them together, shall we?
“Are we fictional or historic people, Dax?” Ella flips the paper with my questions over his Kindle screen and resumes pouring ginger ale into a glass. The fizz fills the bar’s morning quiet.
“Historic.” He plops his elbows on the gleaming counter. His teeth flash in a rare smile. “In a memorable, red-letter sort of way.”
She sucks in a breath, her gaze on him. “Holy wow.”
“What?” He leans back in the stool and crosses his arms. “Forget I adopted a sense of humor, bartender?”
“Nope.” Ella breaks her ogle-fest and clears her throat. She strangles a damp rag to dab at a spill of ginger ale. “Question one covered. And we’re in present day, mostly at my bar, Dany’s.”
“And Alderwood, the home of the V’alkara brotherhood. Where we should be right now.” Dax’s blue eyes narrow. “Staying here is risky. Rogue V’alkara are looking for us, never mind the Faction.”
Ella tosses the rag in his face. “You’re a pain in the butt. Just because you’re the friggin’ Blue V’alkara and need dreamcasters–”
“Which you are.”
“Up for debate. –doesn’t mean you can interfere with people’s lives. Like mine. I was totally fine and dandy before you crashed into my bar.”
He cocks one dark eyebrow.
She splashes some o.j. into the glass. “I’m not saying my life was perfect, but before you, I only had to worry about single-handedly making enough money to keep the bar afloat and my sister safely out of the state system. Easy peasy.”
“And your nightmares, Danyella?” he asks softly.
She ducks to grab something beneath the counter. Her features are calm and composed as she smacks a jar of maraschino cherries down beside the paper. “What about your search for your dreamcaster, Daxen? Think you’ll find her before those murder attempts succeed?”
They stare at each other. The air shimmers like a heat wave. A car passes beyond the windows in a temporary hum.
Ella pops the jar lid. She drops three maraschino cherries into the glass and slides it toward Dax. “Guess we’ll have to read about it when the book comes out, Blue.”
Check out some more delicious characters created by Rhenna Morgan, Traci Douglass, and Mairin Fisher-Fleming next week on September 23!
September 10, 2014
My Cracked Bucket List
Happy Wednesday, people! It’s the first week of the Wonderfully Wicked blog tour, and today I’m at at Supernatural Snark, where I’m giving fun stuff away. Drop in and win!
And, as usual, I’m also at Geeks in High School, talking about filling up my goal bucket. I hope you stop by and share what’s on your life to-do list.
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September 8, 2014
Three-Week Giveaway…and Blog Tour
Hi, everyone! In case you don’t receive my newsletter (feel free to sign up on the sidebar) or happened to miss it, here’s your official invitation to join me on my Wonderfully Wicked blog tour set up by the amazing ladies from Kismet Book Touring. I’m giving random stuff away at every stop, so chances of winning are high. I wanted the purpose of this tour to focus on giving back to readers and bloggers. An author NEEDS readers and bloggers, and there are no words to properly express how much I appreciate everyone who has taken the time to read Wonderfully Wicked and the bloggers who have helped get the word out. YOU ROCK!
I’m giving away pink mini Mag lites, chocolate covered coffee beans, ebooks of Wonderfully Wicked, kitty cat self-defense keychains, book marks, fuzzy socks – and the T-shirt is freakin’ amazing! The “I am loved” glows in the dark…how cool is that? There’s a prize pack up for grabs, a $50 gift certificate to an e-vendor of winner’s choice, and random giveaways of the items in the photo.
Here’s the tour schedule (keep it close, people) – hope to see you there!
Monday, September 8th - A Bookish Escape - Review & Guest Post
Tuesday, September 9th - Curling Up with a Good Book - Guest Post
Wednesday, September 10th - Supernatural Snark - Author Interview
Thursday, September 11th - Krista’s Dust Jacket - Review
Friday, September 12th - Parajunkee - Guest Post
Monday, September 15th - Nocturne Reads - Review & Interview
Tuesday, September 16th - Seeing Night Book Reviews - Review & Guest Post
Wednesday, September 17th - Mother, Gamer, Writer - Guest Post
Thursday, September 18th - Her Book Thoughts - Review & Interview
Friday, September 19th - The Book Swarm - Author Interview
Monday, September 22nd - Bewitched Bookworms - Review & Interview
Tuesday, September 23th - A Dream within a Dream - Review
Wednesday, September 24th - A Thousand Words, A Million Books - Review & Interview
Thursday, September 25th - Alison Can Read - Guest Post
Friday, September 26th - What’s Beyond Forks - Review & Guest Post
September 3, 2014
Alice in Wonderland Marketing…Style
Happy Wednesday, everyone! I’m at Geeks today with a reblog post from the fabulous Deborah Riley-Magnus on marketing for authors. Swing on by for some great info!
August 29, 2014
Giveaway & Cover Reveal – The Artisans by Julie Reece
I’m thrilled to be a part of Julie Reece’s cover reveal for her upcoming release, The Artisans. Julie is my agency sister and a total sweetheart, and her story sounds phenomenal. Stick around to the end – there’s a giveaway!
Welcome to the Cover Reveal for
The Artisans by Julie Reece
presented by Month9Books!
Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post!
They say death can be beautiful. But after the death of her mother, seventeen-year-old RAVEN WEATHERSBY gives up her dream of becoming a fashion designer, barely surviving life in the South Carolina lowlands.
To make ends meet, Raven works after school as a seamstress creating stunning works of fashion that often rival the great names of the day.
Instead of making things easier on the high school senior, her stepdad’s drinking leads to a run in with the highly reclusive heir to the Maddox family fortune, Gideon Maddox.
But Raven’s stepdad’s drying out and in no condition to attend the meeting with Maddox. So Raven volunteers to take his place and offers to repay the debt in order to keep the only father she’s ever known out of jail, or worse.
Gideon Maddox agrees, outlining an outrageous demand: Raven must live in his home for a year while she designs for Maddox Industries’ clothing line, signing over her creative rights.
Her handsome young captor is arrogant and infuriating to the nth degree, and Raven can’t imagine working for him, let alone sharing the same space for more than five minutes.
But nothing is ever as it seems. Is Gideon Maddox the monster the world believes him to be? And can he stand to let the young seamstress see him as he really is?
The Artisans is a delectably rich, layered and dark YA Southern Gothic inspired by Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s classic Beauty and the Beast.
“The Artisans has all the elements I love – spooky intrigue, strong friendships, and a romantic tension to be savored.” ~ Wendy Higgins, New York Times bestselling author of the Sweet Evil trilogy.
Title: The Artisans
Publication date: May 2015
Publisher: Month9Books, LLC.
Author: Julie Reece
Born in Ohio, I lived next to my grandfather’s horse farm until the fourth grade. Summers were about riding, fishing and make-believe, while winter brought sledding and ice-skating on frozen ponds. Most of life was magical, but not all.
I struggled with multiple learning disabilities, did not excel in school. I spent much of my time looking out windows and daydreaming. In the fourth grade (with the help of one very nice teacher) I fought dyslexia for my right to read, like a prince fights a dragon in order to free the princess locked in a tower, and I won.
Afterwards, I read like a fiend. I invented stories where I could be the princess… or a gifted heroine from another world who kicked bad guy butt to win the heart of a charismatic hero. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that? Later, I moved to Florida where I continued to fantasize about superpowers and monsters, fabricating stories (my mother called it lying) and sharing them with my friends.
Then I thought I’d write one down…
Hooked, I’ve been writing ever since. I write historical, contemporary, urban fantasy, adventure, and young adult romances. I love strong heroines, sweeping tales of mystery and epic adventure… which must include a really hot guy. My writing is proof you can work hard to overcome any obstacle. Don’t give up. I say, if you write, write on!
Connect with the Author: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads
Complete the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win!
(Winners will receive their book on release day)
August 27, 2014
My Take on Outlander…So Far
Okay, if you know me at all, you’ve guessed this was coming: how I feel about Outlander the Starz TV series so far. I can sum it up pretty much like this…
Swing by Geeks and talk some Outlander with me!
August 22, 2014
Vessel by Lisa Cresswell Cover Reveal!
I am so thrilled to be a part of my friend and fellow Georgia McBride Media Group author Lisa Cresswell’s cover reveal for her upcoming book, Vessel! Ain’t it a beauty? Stay with me, people – there’s a giveaway going on at the end of the post!
The sun exploded on On April 18, 2112 in a Class X solar storm the likes of which humankind had never seen.
They had exactly nineteen minutes to decide what to do next.
They had nineteen minutes until a geomagnetic wave washed over the Earth, frying every electrical device created by humans, blacking out entire continents, and every satellite in their sky.
Nineteen minutes to say goodbye to the world they knew, forever, and to prepare for a new Earth, a new Sun.
Generations after solar storms destroyed nearly all human technology on Earth, humans reverted to a middle ages-like existence, books are burned as heresy, and all knowledge of the remaining technology is kept hidden by a privileged few called the Reticents.
Alana, a disfigured slave girl, and Recks, a traveling minstrel and sometimes-thief, join forces to bring knowledge and books back to the human race. But when Alana is chosen against her will to be the Vessel, the living repository for all human knowledge, she must find the strength to be what the world needs even if it’s the last thing she wants.
Title: Vessel
Publication date: May 2015
Publisher: Month9Books, LLC.
Author: Lisa T. Cresswell
Lisa, like most writers, began scribbling silly notes, stories, and poems at a very young age. Born in North Carolina, the South proved fertile ground to her imagination with its beautiful white sand beaches and red earth. In fifth grade, she wrote, directed and starred in a play “The Queen of the Nile” at school, despite the fact that she is decidedly un-Egyptian looking. Perhaps that’s why she went on to become a real life archaeologist?
Unexpectedly transplanted to Idaho as a teenager, Lisa learned to love the desert and the wide open skies out West. This is where her interest in cultures, both ancient and living, really took root, and she became a Great Basin archaeologist. However, the itch to write never did leave for long. Her first books became the middle grade fantasy trilogy, The Storyteller Series. Her first traditionally published work, Hush Puppy, is now available from Featherweight Press.
Lisa still lives in Idaho with her family and a menagerie of furry critters that includes way too many llamas!
Connect with the Author: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads
Complete the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win!
(Winners will receive their book on release day)
August 20, 2014
Pretty Much the Best Geek Video Ever
Happy Hump Day, everyone! I’m over at Geeks today sharing what, in my humble opinion, is the best geek and/or nerd video ever made. Hop on over and share some smiles with me!
August 19, 2014
Cover Reveal – Home is Where You Are by Tessa Marie
I’m so excited to be a part of my agency sis’s cover reveal! Home is Where You Are sounds fabulous! And stick around to the end – there’s a giveaway too!
Home is Where You Are by Tessa Marie COVER REVEAL
Young Adult Contemporary Romance
Anna’s life reads like a check list.
Straight A’s (Check)
Editor of the school paper (Check)
Volunteering time at the local soup kitchen (Check)
Ivy League (So close she can taste it)
Falling in love with a homeless boy (Not on the list)
Dean has a plan too. Survive. After being subjected to his foster father’s violent attacks, Dean made the hard choice to leave. Now he lives on the streets doing everything he can to get by, refusing to let people help him. But when he meets Anna, he realizes not everyone is out to hurt him.
Slowly, Anna and Dean let each other in, blending their two worlds into one. But when a series of events brings Dean’s world into perspective, he pushes Anna away. Not willing to accept the line that divides them, Anna sets out to bring Dean back to her. Her determination and faith in their future puts her on the tracks of danger, and he is the only one who can save her.
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About the Author
Tessa Marie lives in the same town she grew up in on Long Island, NY with her long time boyfriend and their fish. Her debut novel (NEVER) AGAIN, a NA romance, released in Fall 2013 with Berkley (Penguin) and (ONCE) AGAIN released this summer under her real name, Theresa Paolo. She is also the coauthor of the Amazon bestseller KING SIZED BEDS AND HAPPY TRAILS and BEACH SIDE BEDS AND SANDY PATHS, a YA contemporary series. She has a hard time accepting the fact she’s nearing thirty, and uses her characters to relive the best and worst years of her life. She put her love of writing on hold while she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from Dowling College. When she’s not writing, she’s behind a camera, reading, or can be found on Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook.
