THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB discussion

Hi all,

If you're a fan of action/adventure fiction you might enjoy my book The Forgotten Land about a group of Australian special forces who spark a time portal and find themselves in 10th centry Viking Denmark. Join them as they struggle not only to survive, but to find a way home.

It is currently published as an e-book and the paperback will be out in 10 days or so.

For Kindle owners, you can download the book here:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Forgotten-L...

For people who have other ebook readers you can download the book here:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

Keith wrote: "Hi all,

If you're a fan of action/adventure fiction you might enjoy my book The Forgotten Land about a group of Australian special forces who spark a time portal and find themselves in 10th centry..."

great plot!!!

Now that the book launch for my memoir The Reading List: Literature, love and back again is fast approaching, I am giving away two copies! Please visit my blog www.the-reading-list.com for details on how to enter this giveaway...

Only until the fifteenth!!! Free download of SACRED SIN, a modern love story, at Smashwords and affiliates.

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

Sacred Sin

'PEOPLE, PUBS AND ENLIGHTENMENT' is free on Amazon Kindle downloads until Monday 16th January. A lot of laughs mixed with some 'New Thinking'.

My 2nd book Sirene is having a "Sirene Saturday" freebie promo day on Amazon tomorrow (Jan 14th). I only finished it in October and it has received good reviews from friends and strangers alike. Although some of the humour is rather British/European in tone, I think most people would find it amusing.

The Way of the Sword and Gun - Book 2 of The Malja Chronicles is now out! Post-apocalyptic fantasy -- think Xena meets Mad Max.

My ebook 'People, Pubs and Enlightenment' is free to download from Amazon onto Kindle until Monday 16th January. 200 pages of laughs and a little Eastern Philosophy!

Free today
http://www.amazon.com/London-Revelati...

“How cruel nature is to women. If no man takes her in her first blooming, so quickly she withers away.”

Must say- I continue to be amazed at the wonderful writings of our James Mason Member writers!!

rgb wrote: "People interested in mythopoeic fantasy doubling as social commentary and satire might enjoy:

The Book of Lilith

The book retells the myth of Lilith as it has never been told befor..."

Oh my, a most interesting concept. In my book, The Evangeline Heresy, I have loosely based the character of Ana Lagori on the Lilith myth and Earth related goddess myths. I will look forward to reading your work.

Thayer wrote: "rgb wrote: "People interested in mythopoeic fantasy doubling as social commentary and satire might enjoy:

The Book of Lilith

The book retells the myth of Lilith as it has never bee..."

Facinating concept. Must have taken quite a bit of research

The Last Prophet, a novel based on the book of Revelation in the Bible and set during The End of Days, is FREE TODAY and TOMORROW on Amazon. Download a copy and give it a read!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Prophe...

Jeff wrote: "The Last Prophet, a novel based on the book of Revelation in the Bible and set during The End of Days, is FREE TODAY and TOMORROW on Amazon. Download a copy and give it a read!"

A superb book!!

Thanks, Rick! Hopefully plenty of folks will take advantage of this FREE promotion and download it this weekend! The Last Prophet is currently #3 on Amazon's Best Sellers in Religious Science Fiction & Fantasy list.

SACRED SIN by Virginia Llorca is available for free download on Smashwords .(A modern love story)

http://smashwords.com/books/view/85160

(I hope that link is right because I drew it from my mind. You can always do a name,title search if you are interested) I was going to take it down today, but the next one is not ready to put up.

It works.

"This Little Piggy Belongs to the Devil" $.99 Kindle special continues for the rest of January.

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Piggy-Be...

Hi,
I take it this is the right place to link to my book, Flux. It's selling quite well in the UK at the minute (on Kindle only a the minute) but getting sales in the US is proving tough.
Here's the blurb

Iain is looking forward to the weekend when a number nineteen bus shatters his body, but broken bones are the least of his worries.

In this disturbing yet darkly funny novel, Iain’s near death experience is not a vision of exquisite godliness with light at the end of a tunnel. Instead he experiences a place of darkness and heat, inhabited by foul creatures, the sounds of suffering and a beast.

During a long recovery Iain becomes plagued by nightmares and premonitions, shadowy apparitions, a magpie, and a vile old man. They all have a message, that something wants Iain and it won't give up easily.

Iain’s friends do their best to cheer him up in the best way they know how, until the unexpected events of one sunny afternoon mean that he is on his own, caught up in the age old battle of good versus evil. Flux

Thanks for reading
Mark

Today is the last day of the FREE download for The Last Prophet!!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Prophe...

Jeff wrote: "The Last Prophet, a novel based on the book of Revelation in the Bible and set during The End of Days, is FREE TODAY and TOMORROW on Amazon. Download a copy and give it a read!

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Rick kindly suggested I tell you about my book,

The House on Blackstone Moor.

Before I do that I want to mention the inspiration for it. I read that gothic romance was passe. I didn't buy that. I did research, went on message boards and realized there is still a big market for it.

Of course much of gothic romance consists of reprints of much-loved older books.

I found too that much of what's new in the genre is actually paranormal romance with some dark romance and romantic encounters.

My feelings were I wanted to write gothic romance in as pure a narrative as I could, but i intended to make the story far darker than such a story would have been years ago. In other words, my novel would not have been acceptable to readers/publishers of 'gothic romance' novels years ago.

My publisher, Vamplit has said about my novel: 'this is not paranormal romance with racy bit's this is real gothic horror as it would have been written centuries past.'

from the blurb:
'This is a tale of vampirism, madness, obsession and devil worship as Rose Baines, only survivor of her family’s carnage, tells her story.

Fragile, damaged by the tragedy, fate sends her to a desolate house on the haunted moors where demons dwell. The house and the moors have hideous secrets, yet there is love too; deep, abiding, eternal, but it comes with a price, her soul.

It is not predictable, btw.

on sale at Smashwords.
all ebook formats

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/338...

and in paperback at:

http://www.drivethrufiction.com/product_...

The sequel came about due to demand and interest in the tale.

The sequel I am currently writing (for release in 2012), concerns a demon's confession he has written to the woman he loves. It is an accounting of all of his sins.

It is dark and goes much further than the original book.

Book Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff_h8ldXa...

L.J. wrote: "Hi all! My debut urban fantasy/paranormal romance novel, Guardian Of Fate, just came out in December. Here's the blurb:

Fear of death is all too common. Visions of it chill the b..."

Carole wrote: "Rick kindly suggested I tell you about my book,

The House on Blackstone Moor.

Before I do that I want to mention the inspiration for it. I read that gothic romance was passe. I didn't buy that. ..."

facinating posts LJ and Carole! both books sound like true winners to me!

thanks so much, Rick!

Desi (D.B.) wrote: "Hey all! It has been awhile since I have cruised on through here but I wanted to let you know that I have opened my site up to guest posting and interviews if anyone is interested in some free prom..."

Wonderful to hear from you again Desi- great site you have!

I would like to introduce my book, The Evangeline Heresy, to readers who enjoy paranormal mystery and/or suspense, but who might also be looking for a character developed beyond the familiar offerings of the genre.

While the story utilizes a feminine mythology, it does not rely solely on that attribute. I like to think of the book as a corridor of many doors, where the reader is invited to explore each possible opening.

Thank you for this opportunity to share my work.

Hi, everyone. Just wanted to let you know that my young adult adventure novel "Shadows in the Brook" is now available as an ebook on Amazon and Smashwords. It's the story of a young woman's life and adventures on her father's trap line.

http://www.amazon.com/Shadows-in-the-Brook-ebook/dp/B006YTKTPC

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/124007

Make Your Mark Publishing has released my second book, Stress-free Marketing: Practical Advice for Newly Published Authors. Truly, if you are struggling to market your work, this book will help.
Free to Amazon Prime Members, $ 2.99 for Kindle Owners
http://www.amazon.com/Stress-free-Mar...

For up to the minute advice, visit my bloghttp://adviceforauthors.wordpress.com

My Slipstream / Urban Fantasy novella entitled Winterland is FREE for Kindle through the end of this week.

The blurb: Summoned into her dying mother’s coma, recovering addict Eunice Ames must traverse a surreal, apocalyptic dreamscape in search of three generational spirits who have imprisoned her mother’s soul.

Last three days of free Death in a Scarlet Gown, Lexie Conyngham, Smashwords, with the secret code XZ69F!

And the proof of this book has just arrived with me for Createspace Print on Demand at Amazon, so if you want to wait for the paper version, it shouldn't be long now!

Fluxis free today so grab it while you can.
Thanks
Mark

VERY VERY impressed as usual by the diverse and magnificent work of our James Mason Member writers!!

My book is FREE for the next 4 days at Amazon. Young And Naive, Learning To Fall http://amzn.to/zkyL5b

Get yours while it is free.
Growing up in the Nebraska orphange Bobbi always knew some day she would search for the people who had abandoned her. What she found at the Amigo Inn was devastating. Two brothers at the inn fall in love with her as she searches to find her mother. Along the way she succeeds in making a name for herself and her horses, but also suffers a lot of heartache. Nobody would have thought the little redhead girl back in Nebraska would become a household name.

Marla wrote: "My book is FREE for the next 4 days at Amazon. Young And Naive, Learning To Fall http://amzn.to/zkyL5b

Get yours while it is free.
Growing up in the Nebraska orphange Bobbi always knew some day s..."

great sounding book!!

My friend's book is on Amazon as an e-book now! It's also avaliable on the US Amazon site. Only 77p or $1.17!

When an accident on the newly-established Martian colony places the lives of the colonists there at grave risk, ageing astronaut David Longrie is persuaded to pilot a patched-up spacecraft on a rescue mission. But space has its own perils, and soon David and his crew are fighting not just for the colonists' lives, but for their own survival.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Punchers-Chan...

Batsap wrote: "My friend's book is on Amazon as an e-book now! It's also avaliable on the US Amazon site. Only 77p or $1.17!

When an accident on the newly-established Martian colony places the lives of the colon..."

great plot! by all means invite your friend to join and post about book- very nice of you to post about a friend's book!

Wow, a lot of interesting stuff in this thread (I have so much to catch up on!)

I'm going to do a bit of a double-plug if that's all right... :)

The first part in my sword & sorcery serial is up on Amazon. It's a novella so it's a fast, fun read with plenty of peril, banter and mead.

Or if steampunk is more your thing, my novella "A Hidden History of Stones; Or How the Sinking Jenny was Sunk" is in "Her Majesty's Mysterious Conveyance".
Her Majesty's Mysterious Conveyance

"Victoria’s England, Victoria’s London. It is a time of great change for the Capital. A time of industry and enterprise, sweat and smoke. But even as this century rushes to catch up with its own progress, a greater change is coming. Deep within the River Thames, something that has been asleep for hundreds of years is stirring. For the crew of the Sinking Jenny it is just another piece of salvage dredged up from the ancient mud, and not even a particularly valuable one at that, but the Stone holds the knowledge of Kings and Queens, the secrets of every man and woman, and the lies that all children keep in their hearts. For Captain Hardy, the mysterious Mr Rymer and their young apprentice Bill, the Stone is the beginning of a nightmare."

My thriller Call down the Hawk can be borrowed free by Amazon Prime members through the lending library. And if you want to buy it for your Kindle, watch out for the free promotion day coming up this week.http://www.amazon.com/Call-down-the-H...

Hitting Back
Hitting Back is the third book of The Dark Retribution Quartet. As in Book 1, Wrath and Remembrance, and Book 2, Comparing Scars, the title gives the reader a large clue as to one of the principal themes of the book, in this case getting even no matter what. Once again we are treated, through vivid description and authentic dialogue, to a rich and nuanced portrait of working class Newcastle upon Tyne in Northwest England. Although I’ve traveled rather extensively in the United Kingdom and been near Newcastle, I’ve never actually been to the city. Nevertheless, so good is the writing that, having read the three books, I feel like I know the city and its environs well. Like the protagonists of Books 1 and 2, Jack Parrish and Jake Callan (who make cameo but important appearances in Hitting Back) protagonist Lenny Durning is a rich, complex and interesting character. Unlike Parrish and Callan, Lenny is a vicious and thoroughly despicable criminal. Like Books 1 and 2, but more overtly, the story of Book 3 is about the fight between the forces of good and evil: this time for the soul of Lenny. This reader flinched at Lenny’s actions but had to keep turning the pages. The end of the book was reward enough and set me up for the climax of Book 4, a read to which I look forward.

Had to share this as it was a nice surprise.
I was checking Barnes and Noble the other day to see if 'Ice King' was listed on B&N, via Smashwords. I then found the review. Unfortunately I am unable to thank the reader as I have no idea how to contact Wordscourge

wordscourge

Posted December 17, 2011

The best tale under sail.
A salty story of sailing ships and the turning of the slave trade out of Liverpool in the 1700s. Woodland has created a new hero to straddle the poop-deck next to Hornblower. True love, false love, a father and son at odds, a quest for an anti-slavery trade, and an evil and grasping pair of villains, also father and son, sets this big story fair and square in the cracking good tale category. The wind that lifts it further is Woodland's meticulous research and clear, evocative prose. The whole idea is so original and captivating I'll be looking out for the sequel.

Hi everyone! I write Christian fiction/suspense, and my debut novel, Sin, Secrets, and Salvation is now available. I write an uplifting Christian blog that currently has information about my book.You are welcome to check it out, join and follow! Click on the video and watch the trailer. Links are there to purchase it in either e-book, or paperback form.
Go to: http://LynnHobbs.blogspot.com
Here is the blurb from the back cover:
Dave Penleigh belittled his wife Susan, until she could no longer tolerate the mental abuse. A Christian wife, unequally yoked with a non-Christian husband, the only unshakeable part of her existence is her deep faith in God, which sustains her despite the trials she faces.
Mysterious events arise to plague her, causing turmoil within her own family. "Good ol' boy" politics have her locked up. Finally, Susan obtains her divorce. Through prayer and strong faith, she is determined to be a survivor and rebuilds her life with gusto. Unusual events occur again with greater momentum. Is someone stalking her?
A new man enters the picture. What surprises are uncovered as she ties the loose ends together?
Scripture, prayer, and intrigue round out this Christian fiction/suspense novel.

Hope you enjoy it! Sign up for the giveaway now in progress here at Goodreads!
I am busy writing the sequel, River Town, and will tell you the main character moves to another state. That is the only hint!
Thanks for inviting me to this group! :)

Geoff (Scouse) wrote: "Had to share this as it was a nice surprise.
I was checking Barnes and Noble the other day to see if 'Ice King' was listed on B&N, via Smashwords. I then found the review. Unfortunately I am unable..."

Looks good to me, Geoff. Ice King is now on my TR list.

Geoff (Scouse) wrote: "Had to share this as it was a nice surprise.
I was checking Barnes and Noble the other day to see if 'Ice King' was listed on B&N, via Smashwords. I then found the review. Unfortunately I am unable..."

congrats on the wonderful review!!!

Hi all,

I'd love to post up some info about my ebooks here. If you like a bit of a laugh, these may be for you.

Doodling is the story of a man who falls off the world (because it's moving too fast) and the strange adventures that then befall him. I like to describe it as Douglas Adams meets Lewis Carroll.

Flidderbugs is part political satire, part fable, part funny little story about a bunch of insects with some strange obsessions.

I also have a new ebook coming in April, titled Magnus Opum. It's an epic fantasy with a twist - Tolkien meets Dr Seuss.

Hello Fellow James Mason members!

I hope you'll forgive me the little shameless self-promotion, but I needed to let you know:

The ebook versions of my two novels (Book 1 and 2 of the Family Portrait series) are available FOR FREE on Amazon for two days (Thursday, 1/26, and Friday, 1/27). These are stories about love, art, and family. They take place in Switzerland, Italy, Peru, New York, and Guadalajara, Mexico.
Titles: An Uncommon Family, Love of a Stonemason



More information here: http://christa-polkinhorn.blogspot.com/

Christa wrote: "Hello Fellow James Mason members!

I hope you'll forgive me the little shameless self-promotion, but I needed to let you know:

The ebook versions of my two novels (Book 1 and 2 of the Family P..."

I've read and reviewed both Christa's books. I gave them both 5 stars and recommend them highly.

Thanks, Lee!!

Hello! I was going to be sociable tonight and do lots of social networking here, and on FB and Twitter. Alas, I am so close to the end of writing the sequel to my debut novel, Sophie's Turn, that I just can't help it... I've got to go on! I am a woman possessed. (Scary, huh?). So, with a new whopper of a contemporary romance to hit you later this summer, feel free to check out Part 1 in the Rock Star Romance Trilogy, Sophie's Turn. I am always available for chat and question (when I'm not obssessed with finishing a book, obviously) so drop me a line or check it out here:

Sophie's Turn

Nicky wrote: "Hello! I was going to be sociable tonight and do lots of social networking here, and on FB and Twitter. Alas, I am so close to the end of writing the sequel to my debut novel, Sophie's Turn, that ..."

Wonderful to hear Nicky!! please let us now more about the sequel!!

Hello everybody,

I am pleased to advise my next book, 'Paul & Sam' will be released next month.

Paul & Sam is a 33,500 word novella which I categorise as a gay romance murder mystery.

Several characters propel the plots, though the story is essentially about Paul and Sam during their mid to late teen years, confronting and overcoming a number of gay issues. The story is set in Sydney against a surfing background.

Story Description

Abandoned by his homophobic parents, 16-year-old Paul lived a frightened, friendless and near destitute life, surviving on odd jobs, welfare support and street cunning. His old surfboard provided his only source of enjoyment and occasional companionship from the fears and rigours of existence.

Saving an injured surfer from drowning the following year brought an unexpected benefit when found by a mature aged runner, abused, dejected and almost suicidal at a beach known for after-hours gay action. The runner, a compassionate family man, overcame Paul’s mistrust and suspicions, to offer aid and comfort at his home.

There Paul met Sam, the runner’s 18-year-old son, a boy with whom he had become infatuated distantly soon after the near-drowning incident. Paul discovered that the surfer he saved, Adam, is Sam’s cousin and best mate and that Sam and his family hero-worshiped him for saving Adam.

He learned about Sam’s grief driven suicidal tendencies following the death of his identical twin brother, Tim. He was astonished to learn the family had searched for him hoping he would consider living with them as a needed companion to Sam, to salve his emptiness and loss. He was further astonished to discover Sam was gay and idolised him.

He also learned the family did not accept the evidence submitted at Tim’s Coronial enquiry, nor the verdict of accidental death. They believed a cover-up occurred at police and higher levels, believing Tim had been abducted and murdered.

Paul admitted his long-held feelings for Sam. After quelling doubts in his mind, he accepted the family’s offer, and Sam’s pleas, to live with them.

Before his death, Tim also hero worshiped Paul. He now applied his psychic abilities to use Paul as his representative to achieve justice for his cousin, Adam, who had been callously run down by another surfboard rider and left to drown. Tim used his psychic communication powers existing with his twin brother, to lead Paul to identify Adam’s offender.

The process reveals a history of cowardice, dishonesty and corruption at family, judicial and police levels and their beliefs of privileged immunity from society’s norms.

Tim then applied his psychic cunning to assist Paul identify the perpetrators of his murder, leading to an emotionally charged court trial.

Paul & Sam has several subplots and twists, as had the true life stories on which many of the incidents of the story are loosely based.

The novella will be published in all email formats by eXtasy Books mid February. I’ll post an excerpt when editing is completed soon.

I hope you find the story's description interesting.

My publisher is giving away a few free hard covers of A VINE IN THE BLOOD right here on Goodreads.
To participate, to here: http://bit.ly/z5qcYO
Just four more days to go.