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October 12, 2018
Alix (The Coven's Grove Chronicles Book 1) $0.00
Alix (The Coven's Grove Chronicles Book 1)
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Alix hadn’t always been gifted. In fact, she hadn’t been or done much of anything until after she’d turned sixteen—that’s when things had really gone to shit. Her mother was murdered, her father...well, no one knew where he was. That left Alix on her own in a selfish world filled with people who didn’t give a damn.Nine years of hell had passed since her sweet sixteen and the discovery of her gift. So far, she’d managed to handle everything the world had thrown at her. Everything until Troy Sullivan strolled into the tattoo parlor where she worked.She had known men before, sure, but none of them could hold a candle to the man that walked up to the counter looking to get some art done. As fate would have it, Alix finds herself on the run with the would-be man of her dreams while a band of fanatics, hell bent on finding her, give chase.
Survival: Survival Series Prequel
Survival: Survival Series PrequelFREE with Kindle Unlimited or 99¢ to buy.
Some days, the only plan is survival...
When Sarah escapes from her brutal abductors, she promises to return to rescue her twin sister, but with the walking dead invading Fort Worth, TX, she is forced to rely on a competitive coworker who made her work life hell for years. With her coworker weakened by cancer treatments, her sister still imprisoned, and zombies looking for an easy meal, Sarah’s only plan, if she can pull it off, is Survival.
SURVIVAL is a 14,000 word (approx. 45 pages) short story and was originally published in the Let's Scare Cancer to Death anthology.
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Author Bio:
Rhonda Hopkins is the award-winning author of The Consuming and The Survival series. She writes horror/sci-fi, paranormal romance, young adult urban fantasy, mystery, and romantic suspense.
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Excerpt from Survival:
Sarah Jamison’s gaze met her twin’s fear-filled blue eyes. “I—”
“It’s no use. The cuff is too tight. You’re going to have to leave me.” Dana put her free hand on Sarah’s, stilling their frantic motions.
“No. I won’t leave you. Maybe I can . . .” She turned, taking in the empty basement—the cement walls, exposed pipes, and her sister handcuffed to one of the metal cylinders. A small amount of light trickled in through the one lone window, but there was nothing she could use as a weapon. Unless . . . . She strode over to the dangling pipe from which she had managed to extricate herself earlier. Grabbing the unattached end, she tried wresting it clear of its fittings, her own wrist dangling handcuffs which clinked against the metal with each pull. Rust and time made it impossible to remove.
“Sarah—”
“No.” Tears ran down her face. “I can’t leave you, Dana.”
“You have to. It’s the only way we’re both getting out of here. You have to go for help.”
Sarah knelt beside her sister who reached out and wiped her thumb across her cheek, brushing the tears aside.
“I’ll be okay until you get back. I won’t give them any excuse to throw me out to those . . . .” Dana choked back the word they had both been avoiding, choosing another instead. “Creatures.”
Realizing there was no way she could take on all three kidnappers without a weapon, Sarah accepted she had to have assistance to save Dana. Hugging her sister, Sarah kissed her cheek. “I love you, Dana. Be strong. I’ll be back just as soon as possible.”
Heavy footsteps reverberated on the stairs. Dana pushed Sarah away. “Go now. Before it’s too late.”
Stretching upwards, she tried to raise the window, but it wouldn’t budge. She took off her T-shirt, wrapped her hand, and knocked out the glass, ducking as shards rained down on her. Pain shot through her palm all the way to her shoulder, but adrenaline fueled her and minimized the hurt. She unwound the red fabric and smoothed it hurriedly across the sill.
The door crashed inward as one of the men who had captured them ran into the room. “What’s going on here?” He took in the situation and bee-lined for Sarah, grabbed her legs and pulled her down from the window. Grasping one arm, he backhanded her across the face. The edge of his ring ripped across her forehead; the pain almost blinding. Blood gushed from the wound.
She jerked away from him and took on the fighting stance she had been taught, feet set apart at shoulder width. Sarah grabbed the dangling cuff in her hand and put all her force in the punch to the man’s jaw. His head snapped backwards. Before he could react, she stepped back and struck out with her right foot, making contact with his left knee. The crunch of breaking bone and his scream told her she had done some major damage even before he fell to the floor.
The other two kidnappers pounded down the stairs.
“Sarah! Go!” Dana screamed.
She grabbed the window sill and pulled herself upward and through the opening; glass slivers cutting her where the shirt didn’t cover. She yanked her legs through, turned and gave one last look at her sister and saw her mouth, “I love you.”
Two men crashed through the open doorway. One ran for the window as the other stopped to check out their injured friend.
Sarah took off running around the abandoned building to the parking lot in front. Her black Expedition was one of three cars parked there. The abductors had taken their keys and cellphones, so she fell to her knees on the pavement beside the left rear tire and reached into the wheel well. Her fingers fumbled for the magnetic box and she issued a silent prayer of thanks when she found it. She got in the car and hit the locks just as the man they called Ron sprinted around the side of the building. The inside light illuminated the car’s interior, giving away her location. Her shaking fingers pulled the key from its container. She managed to insert it and start the car in one try. Ron banged on the passenger window with one hand, the other pulling on the handle. He yelled and hurled obscenities as she squealed away from him and onto the street.
October 8, 2018
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Abby is a plus size woman, struggling to learn to love herself despite the mental and physical damage her ex did to her.
Dimitri Sullivan, the son of a local shapeshifter pack’s alpha, is trying to find a way to break the curse a powerful witch placed on him after he had a one-night stand with her.
Mave will stop at nothing to ensure Dimitri stays cursed even if she has to break every law of the supernatural world to do so.
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Outcast, Supernaturals Book 2, A BBW Paranormal Romance.
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Outcast is also available on Audio at Audible.com & with Wispersync! Read by Margi Stephens
Leigh Alexander has lived every day of her life feeling like an outcast amongst her family and the small-minded people of Pine Hollow, a secretive community to which her parents belong. When Danielle, Leigh’s younger sister, asks Leigh to come home for her wedding, Leigh’s torn between wanting to be there for her sister and saving herself from people who’ve despised her all of her life.
Knowing she’ll regret her decision, Leigh gives into her sister and goes home for what she hopes is the last time. Leigh assumed people would ignore her, for them to shun her, for them to point out all the ways she didn’t belong all because she wasn’t a size perfect. What she hadn’t guessed she would do was fall for Ryan Hart, a man, who she will soon discover, knew all of the secrets her family and the town of Pine Hollow refuse to tell her.
Revealing the truth about Pine Hollow and the rest of the supernatural world is forbidden. To save Leigh’s life, though, Ryan will tell her everything about who she is, or more importantly, who she isn’t, even if it will forever change her life and the lives of every person in Pine Hollow.
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October 5, 2018
Stone Heart (The Gargoyle Protectors Book 1)
Stone Heart (The Gargoyle Protectors Book 1)Amazon Pre-Order $0.99An unknown entity, an unexplained power source... Earth was in danger.
Gargoyles, a winged humanoid race of warriors, had spent thousands of years ensuring the survival of the planet. Rhodack Gahnoth, leader of Clan Gahnoth, demanded his gargoyles defend the realm against a new threat. Sending his most trusted warrior to investigate the unexplainable, he was left speechless when the warrior returned with a little wisp of a female with golden hair by the name of Rina Smith.
Her powers were the strongest of any being, and something was hunting her down. To make matters worse, she was under a powerful spell, believed herself to be human, and she was Rhodack’s mate.
Once the spell was removed, Rina’s true identity was revealed, and no one was more shocked than her. She would need a crash course in the world of paranormal to bring her up to speed. One thing she didn’t need help with was her attraction to the tall, brooding gargoyle. He didn’t hide the fact he wanted her. Her hesitance was met with his persistence.
What Rhodack wanted, he claimed.
Because of who she was, a war that had no place on Earth would spill into the realm. It would be up to Rhodack and his gargoyles to meet this new enemy head-on. Rhodack vowed to protect Rina, but as fate would have it, she wouldn’t need his protection after all—he would need hers.
Human 76: Fragments of a Fractured World
Human 76: Fragments of a Fractured World
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Human 76 is a collection of stories from fourteen authors who will take you on an unprecedented journey in the company of Ghabrie through a fractured world. Brutal villains and heartrending heroes will thrill as Ghabrie makes a lasting impression on those she meets on her desperate quest through a stark post-apocalyptic world to find and rescue her lost sister. Lisa Shambrook explains: inspired by a post-apocalyptic photo of my daughter, Human 76 was put together by a group of authors who wanted to write about her character. We created a world and with Michael Wombat skills we put together a unique anthology that will keep you on the edge of your seat! All proceeds go to the charity Water Is Life. Human 76 is available from Amazon and Lulu in paperback or eBook.
October 4, 2018
Resistant Anniversary Party - Getting ready to mail prizes.
I spent a few hours last night while my husband was sitting with my FIL at the hospital getting all the prizes ready to go in the mail. :) :) Lilith helped. :) :) :)
September 30, 2018
Resistant Anniversary Party - Last Day!
Good morning everyone. I just wanted to stop by to remind all newcomers to the party that the giveaways will end at midnight tonight my time. I'll post the name of the winners in each thread, and I'll message each winner. All prizes that I have mail will most likely go in the mail next weekend. Our post office is closed due to mold, rumor has it, so I have to go to the next town over. I hope everyone had as much fun playing as I did. I really need this break, and you all were awesome. Oh, before I go, I wanted to reveal Shore Haven's cover with you all. I love it. It was created by the lovely Lynn Lamb. Lynn, come and take a bow. :) : ) :) Here are the links to the giveaways.
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September 28, 2018
Resistant Anniversary Party -- Giveaway #6
Come, join Resistant's anniversary party. Giveaway #6 is live. All week I'll be giving away different prizes, ranging from paperbacks to necklaces.
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The Devil's Dires by Ellis Leigh
The Devil's Dires Volume One
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On Sale from 09/25 through 10/06
Get the first four books in The Devil's Dires series in one bundle.
There’s no escaping a Dire Wolf on the hunt...
Long thought to be extinct, the Dire Wolf shifters have been hiding in plain sight—hunting, tracking, and killing those who threaten their beloved Omegas. Each wolf will have to fight off an enemy in order to save not only his mission but his soul mate.
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Savage Surrender
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Where Hope Dares by Rebecca Bryn
Rebecca Bryn lives in West Wales with her husband and rescue dog where she paints the fabulous coastal scenery in watercolour and writes historical, contemporary, and post-apocalyptic fiction with a bitter-sweet twist.
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Set in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco sometime between the Great Flood and the Second Coming, descendants of survivors of a global catastrophe are rebuilding civilisation. Raphel and his wife, Kiya, are storyteller and healer to their remote peaceful village, but a raid by a warmongering religious cult from the north leaves many dead, and Kiya is captured to fulfil an ancient prophecy. Raphel sets out on a thousand-mile journey across the mountains to rescue the woman he loves, but his only aids are a headful of stories and Abe, an eccentric old man who has his own secret agenda decreed by a long-dead pope. As they travel into danger, Abe must decide if he will put his friends’ lives above mankind’s immortal souls, and Raphel must dig deep to find his courage and to tell stories to bring humanity to the inhumane.
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Where Hope Dares was my debut novel although it wasn’t my first to be published. I still remember the initial line of my original draft written some twelve years ago. ‘Jem frowned and scanned the horizon.’ I had little idea where the story was going as the line was typed on a whim, but it gave me a flavour of the journey Kiya and Raphel would make, taking me along with them for the ride. Jem no longer frowns or scans the horizon, in fact, Jem is in another book altogether now, but that as they say, is another story. In this tale of love and betrayal, it was Kiya and Raphel, and Abe, of course, with whom I fell in love.
The inspiration for the story was born of my love for this fragile blue-green globe that spins its way around our sun. It is so beautiful and so extraordinary, and mankind has treated it with little respect, not understanding that Earth is all we are and all we have, and that it takes so little to destroy an ecosystem, to upset the balance. I tried to envisage a world beyond a certain catastrophe, enough said – no spoilers – and decide who might best survive. The research gave me sleepless nights, the possibilities are frankly terrifying, and there are lessons we should be learning. In Where Hope Dares, I have woven a story of war, religious bigotry, prophecy, faith, hope, love, courage, and endurance. They say love conquers all: in this story that is certainly true.
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Reviews:
‘Where Hope Dares is an epic book that delves into the lives of the characters, their cultures and the lands they come from. Abe and Kiya are central and indispensable to the story as it unfolds. Secondary characters, like Raphel and Alaric are well drawn, believable, some likable and some brutish. I rooted for Kiya throughout the story.
As I read I tried to visualise how the novel would end, needless to say my prediction was wrong but the author brought this fabulous story to a great conclusion. Rebecca Bryn doesn’t just tell a tale, with Where Hope Dares she makes the reader a part of it. This has to be said of the proverbs used in a clever fashion to bring out the best in the chapters they pertained to, they were also thought provoking
Kiya is forced to take a journey, not just physically but emotionally and spiritually, the author leads you tentatively along the same path as her. I don’t like overly descriptive novels and I surmised that I may find it in this book because of the journey they had to undertake. Again I was wrong. Bryn is descriptive but not overly, she is concise and imaginative. I immersed myself in it.
The Afterword by Philip Stephen Knight BSc was an added bonus for me. It is interesting and delves into climatic changes and geographic details of the journey and lands inhabited before and after Abe. I read Where Hope Dares with Kindle Unlimited, but this is one epic read to keep on your e-reader or better still, on your bookshelf.’
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‘Where Hope Dares is voluminous yet gripping from the very beginning. It takes place in the future of planet Earth, but has an ancient feel to it. It felt as though I was reading a myth or a legend. Though there are many subplots, it’s mainly a love story between Kiya, a gifted healer and Raphel, a talented storyteller. Their beautiful relationship is interrupted by Kiya’s captivity and sexual sacrifice, but the connection between them is so strong and powerful that none of the outside evil can bring them down.
I found this to be a breath-taking adventure. Some part were tough for me to read, and the overall mood is dark and dramatic, but very captivating. I liked the idea of the future / past synchronicity, and how the author depicts the future of humanity as a reference to the ancient times. It makes you think whether history cyclically repeats itself.
I also enjoyed the spiritual tone to it, and the nicely weaved in ecological messages. I could feel the expertise and diligent work of the author, and sensed how much she worked on developing the story’s world and the characters. Hats off to her work! I think this book will please readers who like epic, dramatic dystopian novels with a strong message.’
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‘I loved this book! It has everything: characters you want to bond with, compelling plot and of course the main theme, which treads through the narration – love conquers all. Only love can unite us, better us and helps us survive.
Probably thousands of years since the world, as we know it now, has gone, and the new civilization started a new circle of life. Too bad that not all the people adapted the peace-loving way of life of Kiya and Raphel’s village. The blood-thirsty Northmen came to their land, led by their leader Alaric, the Chosen, who is searching for a woman to fulfil his High Priest’s prophesy. Alaric rapes and kidnaps Kiya to bring her back to his land, but Kiya’s husband Raphel follows the northern giant to bring his beloved back home… Their way will not be an easy one, filled with pain and anguish along the way, but it’s their love that can turn even the most merciless killer onto their side.
This book is so engaging because it makes the readers contemplate their choices in today’s society, and many messages in the story resonate with today’s world issues. Wonderful job!’
