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Untameable Heat Launch Party and Tour

 

“Untameable Heat” is two separate novellas with a unifying theme (Untameable Heat, of course). We decided to celebrate together with parties and an awesome tour, Rafflecopter giveaway, the works! Check out our tour stop calendar and join us on our event page for prizes, fun, and great reads

July 11 – Mommasez - http://ccclubbs.com

July 12 – Kelly P’s Blog - http://kellyatx.blogspot.com/

July 13 – A.R. Von DreamZ of Dragons - http://www.dreamzofdragons.blogspot.com

July 14 -

July 15 – J.M. Griffin - www.jmgriffin.co / Katy’s interview – From Mia’s Desk - www.miadarien.com

July 16 -

July 17 – Buffy’s Ramblings - kennedy.blogspot.com

July 18 – Kaden’s interview – From Mia’s Desk - www.miadarien.com

July 19 – Sapphire Kande Contest- www.sapphirekande.blogspot.com

July 20 – Sadrina –  Books and Their Worldly Realm

July 21 – Butterflies, Books & Dreams - http://butterlfiesbooksanddreams.blogspot.com/

July 22 – Chantel Rhondeau - www.chantelrhondeau.com

July 23 – Susan Arden - http://www.eroticdreamscapefantasies.blogspot.com

July 24 – Krystal Shannan - http://www.krystalshannan.com/blog.html

July 25 – Ravenz Reviews Contest - http://www.ravenzreviews.blogspot.com/

July 26 – Danita Minnis - http://danitaminnis.danitaminnis.com

July 27 – The Romance Troupe Contest- http://www theromancetroupe.blogspot.com

July 28 -

July 29 – Jill Prand - http://jillprand.blogspot.com/

July 30 -

July 31 – Becca Edwards Contest- http://beccaannesbookreviews.blogspot.com/

 

 

#Sunday Sneak Peek: “Untameable Heat: Kaden’s Reprieve”

Kaden’s powers were of no use here, ineffective until he reached the surface.

He climbed quickly but carefully, the suffocating scent of sulfur and decay causing him to labor for each breath. Falling thousands of miles was the last thing he needed. It would take him an entire day to wake up and heal from the injuries, leaving him even less time. Everything always came back to the curse, and he wondered why he still bothered year after year, century after century. He sighed, mumbling to himself in ancient Arabic. “Don’t think, dammit. Just climb out of here and get on with it.”

Dariel’s #Sunday Sneak Peek: “Ashanti’s Becoming” Summer Quickie (WIP)

Ashanti dropped the scroll with a gasp. Someone had seen her, looked directly into her eyes. Not just anyone, but a man who made her mouth water. Her mother didn’t know about it, but she’d been peeking through a tiny hole she made through her bedroom wall since her seventh birthday.

She’d seen many men to compare this one to, and her body’s reaction when their gazes met was undeniable. In fact, the fluttering of her heart, the accordion vibrating in her lower abdomen, and her apparent lapse in judgment since she still sat there in shock, unable to move, gave her pretty strong evidence of his surprising  effect on her.

Ashanti reached down and picked up the scroll she’d dropped, rose fluidly from her perch on the hill situated over the village, and cast a cloaking spell to help her blend into the darkness.

Four Star Review of “Dark Sentinels Book Two: Torin” From TRR

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The struggle between the werewolves and the scientists who want to experiment on them continues in the second Dark Sentinels book, TORIN.Torin DuMont is a Sentinel for the werewolves that live in the protected Wild Lands in Florida. He is forced to seek the help of real estate attorney Stephanie Bates when land developers try to get their hands on Wild Lands. Torin and Stephanie, while appearing to be hostile towards one another, can’t seem to stop thinking about one another. And when Stephanie’s own problems put her in danger, she finds herself in need of Torin’s protection.Despite their best efforts to maintain a professional relationship, their mutual attraction can’t be denied. Even more disturbing than the land developers is the fact that Torin has to figure out why Wild Lands wolves keep disappearing. Torin learns of the problems other packs have had with Super Human, the scientists who want to experiment on shifters, and calls for support. Sable comes in to help Torin and his group, and at the same time helps Torin deal with his attraction to a human.

I enjoyed all of the new characters that were introduced and was happy to get some follow up on the status of Sable and Akila’s relationship from the first book. The brother/sister relationships are almost as fun to read about as the romances in these stories. The author does a great job expressing the love/irritation relationship of siblings. This was a great continuation of the Dark Sentinels series and I hope I get to read more.





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Dariel’s #Sneak Peek Sunday Excerpt: “Gideon’s Light” Blurb

This one is with my publisher as we speak, and should be released later this year. Here’s the blurb.

“The Alerians – Dark Progeny: Gideon’s Light” Blurb

Iris Johnson is a brilliant astrophysicist who has always believed in keeping her emotions under wraps. Adopted as a baby, she has never felt truly loved. After a terrible accident and a failed relationship, she has sworn off men, content with working long hours and stargazing.

Born nearly 200 years ago, Gideon is an Alerian warrior, a descendant of angels, and in his world the ratio of men to women is 500 to 1. Willful, insubordinate, and impetuous, he is one of the most feared seekers – elite law enforcers – because of his exceptional ability to kill.

Severely injured in a battle, Gideon’s contact with Iris awakens desires he’s never known. To save her, he will have to make impossible choices, commit a cardinal sin, and break the law he has sworn to uphold and defend.

Meet My Fridays With Friends Guest: Simon Okill

Hi, Everybody! I’d like to introduce you to my new friend and fellow author, Simon Okill. He’s my Fridays with Friends guest tomorrow at my blogger spot, and he agreed to an interview. Also, I requested pics and info about his awesomely funny urban fantasy novel, “Nobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe” and a bit about his current works in progress (WIPs), so stop by tomorrow and get to know a little more about him

I live with my wife, Shirlee Anne and our cat, in a pretty coastal town in South Wales, UK. We both love Stephen King and had read many of his books and enjoyed their transition to the screen. Due to our love of books, my wife and I dabbled in writing for some years as a hobby. We were approached by a film company to write a paranormal TV series. We struggled most nights and all through weekends to come up with 22 episodes only for the company to go bust. Then after an accident at work, I was forced into early retirement due to disability. I used my newfound skills as a writer to help with my depression. We decided to use our TV series episodes as templates for film scripts and novels. My writing became more serious as certain A-list actors expressed interest in my scripts and my debut novel Nobody Loves a Bigfoot Like a Bigfoot Babe was accepted by Christopher Matthews Publishing after so many British publishers turned it down.

WIPs:

Bigfoot Episode 2 – it’s a secret!

Eternally Yours Part 1&2 are my next two novels following the tumultuous life of a female amnesiac vampire treated in an asylum in France 1925.

SSteppenwolf is a supernatural retelling of WWII involving the Occult Warfare department run by Himmler. Think Indiana Jones searching for a werewolf.

Scripts:

‘Flip Side’ is one of my most exciting screenplays to date with its unusual slant on a supernatural gangster story that encompasses music and dynamic dance sequences to portray the action. The script has been optioned by Tasha Bertram of Brodie Films and Stuart St Paul has come on board to direct and co produce this fascinating piece of work.

‘Nightmare Circus’ is a supernatural revenge mystery script set in the Australian outback.

‘Dark House’ is set in Massachusetts, US, where a lonely female artist must overcome her agoraphobia to escape from three kidnappers holed up in a house haunted by a witch finder’s hanging tree.

‘Circus of Blood’ is a horror script set in Rome AD79 where two citizens go on a dangerous quest to kill a brutal serial killer. Their adventures end in Pompeii.

‘Hunter’s Moon’ is a contemporary supernatural western script set on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.

The Last Warlord is set during WWII and tells of Major Stewart of MI6 who must find the Nazi’s secret Atlantis base in Antarctica or the entire world will be doomed

Thirty Five 5* Ratings – On Goodreads I have been voted Best British Fantasy Author – Best Amazon Breakthrough Novel – Best Fantasy Creature Feature Book.

Seven 5* and Two 4* reviews on Amazon

Info Links:

Http://www.christophermatthewspub.com/bigfoot/

www.independentauthornetwork.com/simon-okill.html #IAN1

Http://tassyoneill.wix.com/the-phantom-bigfoot

http://facebook.com/simondokillwriter

http://twitter.com/simonokill

https://www.amazon.com/author/simondokillwriter

http://goodreads.com/tassyoneill

Happy May Day : Beltane Blitz Scavenger Hunts

 

Come over and join us for The Romance Troupe Beltane Blitz!  Only 3 days – May 1st – 3rd, so don’t miss a day. It’s a blog hop, e-party, and giveaway! Lots of ways to win! 

1. Click on each blog link and enter to win individual blog prizes and one of the two grand prizes! Each time you visit a blog and leave a comment with your email address, you increase your chances to win. Win books, gift cards, and swag!

 

2. Join our scavenger hunts! Each day, we’ll feature 3 to 5 books and ask a question about each one. To help you out, we’ve added a link where you can find the answer. When we announce the scavenger hunt for each book (join our Facebook events page for announcements), the first person to post the correct answer on The Romance Troupe Google community page wins the random prize for that scavenger hunt!  ”Jordan’s Wings” and “Torin” are featured in the scavenger hunts for chances to win more prizes!

 

3. Play other fun games like BookGo and WordGo for additional chances to win random prizes!

 

4. Join The Romance Troupe’s blog, sign up to follow us by email, join our Goodreads group, or better yet, we’d love it if you did all three while you’re there! Let us know by leaving a comment with your email address there, too.

 

Okay, so here are the grand prizes and you can see what each author has for you on their blogs

 

1st Grand Prize – $50 Target Gift Card

2nd Grand Prize – $30 Visa Gift Card

May 1 – 3, 2013

Individual blog prize winners and grand prize winners will be announced May 5th.

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The Romance Troupe blogs are listed there, too.

 

 

 

Make sure to Join our Facebook event page and set it for announcements and notifications, and play games with us, including the scavenger hunts on our Google community page.

Dariel’s #Sunday Sneak Peek: “The Alerians – Dark Progeny: Rehobeth’s Passion” (WIP)

She swiped tears from her burning cheeks, her breathing heavy, anger setting in, emotions long stuffed away rising to the surface. Beau sat up, pricked his ears, and a hoarse whine left his open mouth as he watched her from his pallet. Barely a month after returning to her home town to care for her mother, Max found herself packing again before she’d completely unpacked. She threw her things together in two-hours, left her apartment and moved across town to the historical home her mother left to her and her half-sister. She dug under a pile of underwear, silky pinks, blacks, blues, and prints, Beau looking over her shoulder, and pulled out a flannel gown with blue flowers. Ugly as sin, but it would keep her warm.

Dariel’s Satin Sheets Review: “Dangerous Temptation” by Catrina Barton

Dariel’s Satin Sheets Review: “Dangerous Temptation” by Catrina Barton

Product Details

File Size: 454 KB
Publisher: Catrina Barton; One edition (March 29, 2013)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00CASSGDI
Text-to-Speech: Enabled 
X-Ray: Not Enabled 
Lending: Enabled

Seventeen year-old orphan Kaitlin Sinclair’s world gets turned upside down when she’s forced to move half way around the world to Indonesia with her uncle she never knew existed. Things get worse when the demons she left behind in America follow her to the land of intrigue. 

Her uncle forces her to attend a celebration where she meets Cadmon Quinn, a mysterious, captivating stranger, who reveals that he knew her parents. She uncovers secrets that in the wrong hands could destroy his endangered clan of were-tigers.

When Kaitlin dives into a foreign culture, full of mystique and dangers everywhere she turns, keeping her heart safe might prove as impossible as staying alive!

 

Dariel’s Review:

I received a copy of “Dangerous Temptation” free of charge in exchange for an honest review. Normally, YA or New Adult stories are not in my repertoire, but when I read the first five chapters of Barton’s white tiger shifter series book one, I was eager to find out how the story would end.

 

Kaitlin is a strong, memorable heroine paired with a strong, compassionate hero, and that alone is a winning combination. At times the story seemed to meander a bit, but considering the genre, a young woman learning her strength and purpose, the loose ends eventually cleared to a satisfying conclusion.

 

Add detailed fight scenes, a number of intentional and unintentional antagonists, and you have an enjoyable read. Plenty romance for any romance lover, and enough of a cliff hanger at the end to anticipate book two in the series. I congratulate Barton on her debut, a good start to a writing career worth watching! 4.5 rounded up to 5*****stars for the strength of the exceptionally developed female lead.

 

 

Dariel’s Review: “Soul Meaning” by A.D. Starrling

Thanks to Bewitching Book Tours, I found another great author with another great book! “Soul Meaning” is A.D. Starrling’s first book in the “Seventeen Series.” Join us tomorrow at my blogger spot for her interview and an inside look at this fantastic new author. There’s also a Rafflecopter giveaway you might want to enter

Dariel’s Review: “Soul Meaning” by A.D. Starrling

Product Details

File Size: 556 KB
Print Length: 420 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B008L8IU8C
Text-to-Speech: Enabled 
X-Ray: Not Enabled 

 

My name is Lucas Soul.

Today, I died again.

This is my fifteenth death in the last four hundred and fifty years.’

The Crovirs and the Bastians. Two races of immortals who have lived side by side with humans for millennia and been engaged in a bloody war since the very dawn of their existence. With the capacity to survive up to sixteen deaths, it was not until the late fourteenth century that they reached an uneasy truce, following a deadly plague that wiped out more than half of their numbers and made the majority of survivors infertile.

Soul is an outcast of both immortal societies. Born of a Bastian mother and a Crovir father, a half breed whose very existence is abhorred by the two races, he spends the first three hundred and fifty years of his life being chased and killed by the Hunters.

One fall night in Boston, the Hunt starts again, resulting in Soul’s fifteenth death and triggering a chain of events that sends him on the run with Reid Hasley, a former US Marine and his human business partner of ten years. When a lead takes them to Washington DC and a biotechnology company with affiliations to the Crovirs, they cross the Atlantic to Europe, on the trail of a French scientist whose research seems intrinsically linked to the reason why the Hunters are after Soul again.

From Paris to Prague, their search for answers will lead them deep into the immortal societies and bring them face to face with someone from Soul’s past. Shocking secrets are uncovered and fresh allies come to the fore as they attempt to put a stop to a new and terrifying threat to both immortals and humans.

Time is running out for Soul. Can he get to the truth before his seventeenth death, protect the ones he loves and prevent another immortal war?

 

Review

I received a review copy of “Soul Meaning” free of charge in exchange for an honest review. “Soul Meaning,” book one of A.D.Starrling’s “Seventeen Series” is aptly categorized as a supernatural thriller. Let me start by saying the first book in any series is challenging to say the least. The author has to balance introducing readers to a new world with dumping too much information and confusing or boring them too death. Well, Starrling came pretty close to finding a perfect balance here. This book has something for the paranormal, sci-fi, fantasy, and science fan.

Back in the day, “Highlander” was one of the few shows I taped to make sure I didn’t miss an episode. Starrling took me back to those fond memories with Soul, and added a feudal plot twist not present in the Duncan McLeod stories (Crovirs vs. Bastians). Filled with non-stop action and adventure, detailed fight scenes and an intriguing lead character, not to mention the rich mix of supporting characters, this is definitely a page turner.

Did I mention how much I enjoyed it? “Soul Meaning” is well worth the time of any reader who enjoys reading for entertainment and doesn’t mind learning and thinking along the way. Starrling’s well-researched environmental and historical facts enrich the story and make it even more real. My only complaint if I must have one is that it got a little wordy at times, but the writing style is fast-paced and I loved the characters. I could very easily see a movie-making deal in the future. Rich and savory. I look forward to the next installment. 4.5 rounded up to 5***** stars. Great job!