Double launch day! 'The Dream' and 'Into The Light!' and a 48hr giveaway!
My excitement for my book launch today has been doubled because I am launching on the same day as my good friend and fellow author, Darcia Helle.
For those of you who might be new to my blog, I'll explain a bit about how I connected with Darcia.
Last summer I was invited by Darcia to join BestsellerBound.com as a resident author. Up until that time I didn't really know Darcia, except that I was a friend through Goodreads and maybe some other networking sites. I was very impressed by her website and blog so I agreed to join her and Stacy Juba in launching BestsellerBound. That message board is now very popular with independent/small press authors and readers. If you haven't already been there to have a look, please do join us. We love meeting new authors and readers.
A few months ago I found out that Darcia was busy writing her new novel, 'Into The Light'. As I was planning to release my new novel, 'The Dream', it made sense to launch the books together, especially as they are both books that feature ghosts!
More about the books:
The Dream:
Blurb: Lynne cannot shake her feelings of dread; her dreams tell her she is making a terrible mistake, she must not marry Adam. But, how can she believe the dream? Lynne and Adam have shared their lives for three years now. She is certain she loves him. It is not that love, which her dream warns against. It doesn't matter that she loves this man she will soon marry. If she marries him, the voice in her dream says her soul mate will die. Her true love will perish. Soon, Lynne's world is transformed and becomes almost unrecognisable, except for the déjà vu. Time doesn't seem to mean much anymore, and things are not quite as they seem. As her world spins out of control, Lynne must sort out what's real and what isn't to fulfill her destiny.
Link to the book trailer: The Dream - Book Trailer
Where you can read a sample: Goodreads
Where you can buy it! Lulu.com for the paperback version. Save 30%!
The paperback version will also soon be available on Amazon and B&N and other such sites. You can also order it from any bookstore or library quoting the ISBN: 978-0-9564101-5-3
Ebook!
Amazon Kindle
Journal-Store
Smashwords.com Where you can download in any format to suit your ereader.
Into The Light:
The blurb:
Max Paddington refuses to go into the light until he finds his killer. This presents a dilemma, since Max is even less competent as a spirit than he was as a live person. No one sees or hears him and he can't manage to get anywhere or do anything on his own.
Joe Cavelli is a private investigator, living an ordinary life. Then one day he walks across a parking lot, gets yelled at by a ghost, and his life only gets stranger from there.
Max and Joe team up to find Max's killer. In the process, they form an unlikely friendship and change each other's lives in ways they never expected.
Link to the book trailer: Into The Light - book Trailer
Where you can read a sample: Darcia's Blog
Where you can buy it! On Darcia's website (print copy pay via paypal): The Book will also soon be available on Amazon and other good book stores. You can order it from any bookstore or library quoting ISBN: 978-1463640200
Ebook version on
Amazon Kindle
Smashwords
Contest!
Darcia Helle is currently hosting a giveaway where you can enter to win a print copy of both our books! It runs until Wednesday 20th July, so be quick, this is a 48hr giveaway! Here's the link to the contest: Giveaway!
Enjoy the books!
For those of you who might be new to my blog, I'll explain a bit about how I connected with Darcia.
Last summer I was invited by Darcia to join BestsellerBound.com as a resident author. Up until that time I didn't really know Darcia, except that I was a friend through Goodreads and maybe some other networking sites. I was very impressed by her website and blog so I agreed to join her and Stacy Juba in launching BestsellerBound. That message board is now very popular with independent/small press authors and readers. If you haven't already been there to have a look, please do join us. We love meeting new authors and readers.
A few months ago I found out that Darcia was busy writing her new novel, 'Into The Light'. As I was planning to release my new novel, 'The Dream', it made sense to launch the books together, especially as they are both books that feature ghosts!
More about the books:
The Dream:
Blurb: Lynne cannot shake her feelings of dread; her dreams tell her she is making a terrible mistake, she must not marry Adam. But, how can she believe the dream? Lynne and Adam have shared their lives for three years now. She is certain she loves him. It is not that love, which her dream warns against. It doesn't matter that she loves this man she will soon marry. If she marries him, the voice in her dream says her soul mate will die. Her true love will perish. Soon, Lynne's world is transformed and becomes almost unrecognisable, except for the déjà vu. Time doesn't seem to mean much anymore, and things are not quite as they seem. As her world spins out of control, Lynne must sort out what's real and what isn't to fulfill her destiny.
Link to the book trailer: The Dream - Book Trailer
Where you can read a sample: Goodreads
Where you can buy it! Lulu.com for the paperback version. Save 30%!
The paperback version will also soon be available on Amazon and B&N and other such sites. You can also order it from any bookstore or library quoting the ISBN: 978-0-9564101-5-3
Ebook!
Amazon Kindle
Journal-Store
Smashwords.com Where you can download in any format to suit your ereader.
Into The Light:
The blurb:
Max Paddington refuses to go into the light until he finds his killer. This presents a dilemma, since Max is even less competent as a spirit than he was as a live person. No one sees or hears him and he can't manage to get anywhere or do anything on his own.
Joe Cavelli is a private investigator, living an ordinary life. Then one day he walks across a parking lot, gets yelled at by a ghost, and his life only gets stranger from there.
Max and Joe team up to find Max's killer. In the process, they form an unlikely friendship and change each other's lives in ways they never expected.
Link to the book trailer: Into The Light - book Trailer
Where you can read a sample: Darcia's Blog
Where you can buy it! On Darcia's website (print copy pay via paypal): The Book will also soon be available on Amazon and other good book stores. You can order it from any bookstore or library quoting ISBN: 978-1463640200
Ebook version on
Amazon Kindle
Smashwords
Contest!
Darcia Helle is currently hosting a giveaway where you can enter to win a print copy of both our books! It runs until Wednesday 20th July, so be quick, this is a 48hr giveaway! Here's the link to the contest: Giveaway!
Enjoy the books!
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Jul 18, 2011 06:13AM
Congratulations for the launch Maria! I am looking forward to reading the book soon....:)
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This is quite exciting! I hope everyone grabs a copy of The Dream. Maria really made me think about fate and the things in our lives that are predestined.
Love the new website, Maria. (Purple is my favorite color). Congrats to you and Darcia on your releases!
Congratulations Maria and Darcia on the launch of your books! :-)
Rakhi wrote: "Congratulations for the launch Maria! I am looking forward to reading the book soon....:)"Thank you, Rakhi! Hope you enjoy it :)
Darcia wrote: "This is quite exciting! I hope everyone grabs a copy of The Dream. Maria really made me think about fate and the things in our lives that are predestined."
Thanks, Darcia, yes, I think when I was writing 'The Dream' I did want to explore whether anything could be changed by going back in time. It was fun to write. :) 'Into The Light' is such a brilliant book, it's very thought provoking too, and fun to read, so I hope everyone will buy a copy of that too!
Jennifer wrote: "Love the new website, Maria. (Purple is my favorite color). Congrats to you and Darcia on your releases!"Thanks, Jen! Yes, I love purple too :)
TheSecretWriter wrote: "Congratulations Maria and Darcia on the launch of your books! :-)"Thanks Calum, have a good holiday! Let me know when you get back so I can send you my guest post for your blog :)
I am a fan of both Maria & Darcia, I love their work. Now they each are stepping a bit out of their genre and I intend on grabbing up both books! Congrats on the launch ladies!
Congrats to you, both! Two more for my TBR list:-) Maria, I love your trailer!
Thank you, Cynthia!! That's lovely to hear :)
Both sound like great reads. Love books with ghosts.
