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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Spotlight: Rarity by D.A. Roach

Rarity, YA fiction
by USA Today Bestselling Author, D.A. Roach

"I let you in. I never let anyone in. Then, as fast as you drew me in, you pushed me away. And now? Here I am…without you and drowning….”

Brogen Mathers can’t deal with teen drama…

As an empath, she is constantly bombarded with other people’s energies. Despite coping techniques taught by her psychologist mother, it’s often too much to bear, forcing her to avoid most activities a typical high school junior would enjoy.

Jay Wilken won’t let his past define him…

A dead mother and an alcoholic father brought Jay to Stanton, but he doesn’t want pity. His good looks, charisma, and friendly nature quickly win over the whole student body, but he has his eye on one girl…Brogen.

Brogen can’t believe anyone could be so genuinely nice. It has to be an act, right? But when Jay literally saves her from deadly jaws, she has to admit he’s exactly what he appears, and he’s worth risking the potential emotional upheaval.

“Drama” might as well be Becca Grant’s middle name…

Another newcomer to Stanton, Becca’s blonde beauty and abundant attitude shoots her straight to the top of the popularity charts—and she believes Jay belongs right there beside her. Accustomed to getting exactly what she wants, she launches a relentless mean-girl campaign to shake up Brogen and claim Jay for her own.

Everything changes with a devastating diagnosis…

When Jay learns he has a rare and potentially fatal disorder, he keeps it secret and begins to push Brogen away to spare her future pain—which is exactly the sort of opening Becca is waiting for.

As Jay’s well-meaning deception unravels,

Brogen realizes there is much more than her heart at stake…

But how far is she willing to go to fight for someone she loves?

Find D.A. Roach's other novels here:

https://www.amazon.com/D.A.-Roach/e/B00AQNBVH2/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

Monday, January 7, 2019

Book Blitz: Shrill Dusk by Helen Harper

Urban Fantasy

City of Magic, Book 1

Release Date: January 4, 2018

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Charley is a cleaner by day and a professional gambler by night. She might be haunted by her tragic past but she's never thought of herself as anything or anyone special. Until, that is, things start to go terribly wrong all across the city of Manchester. Between plagues of rats, firestorms and the gleaming blue eyes of a sexy Scottish werewolf, she might just have landed herself in the middle of a magical apocalypse. She might also be the only person who has the ability to bring order to an utterly chaotic new world.

This is the first book in The City Of Magic series.

About the Author

After teaching English literature in the UK, Japan, and Malaysia, Helen Harper left behind the world of education following the worldwide success of her Blood Destiny series of books. She is a professional member of the Alliance of Independent Authors and writes full time, thanking her lucky stars every day that's she lucky enough to do so!

Helen has always been a book lover, devouring science fiction and fantasy tales when she was a child growing up in Scotland.

She currently lives in Devon in the UK with far too many cats - not to mention the dragons, fairies, demons, wizards, and vampires that seem to keep appearing from nowhere.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Promo: Our Frail Disordered Lives by Mary M. Schmidt

Blurb:

Larry Kavanaugh is an ordinary kind of guy. He’s got a nagging wife and two kids, both annoyingly gifted. No matter what he does, there is no end to what his family needs. What’s a regular, everyday guy to do? Well, he cuts a few corners, obviously – one very big corner. He sells his soul to the Devil.

Maybe it’s not the actual Devil, but Larry is ready to make a deal with one of the Devil’s minions. He meets some demon whose name he can’t remember. Funny, it was right on the tip of his tongue, a name of something you step on. Roach the Demon has sort of good intentions. He just wants a re-write of Dante’s Inferno with himself as the star.

Roach goes after Larry as a rogue operation. He needs to make a point to his boss, Satan, so he uses the body of a human to follow Larry around and stir up trouble. He offers Larry an airtight guarantee that nothing could possibly go wrong. After all, Larry does not feel like he has much to lose – or does he? Even Roach might be in over his head this time.

Link:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40242779-our-frail-disordered-lives?ac=1&from_search=true

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Join the read-along for this AMAZING series from D.A. Roach!

READING * GAMES* GUEST AUTHORS * GIVEAWAYS* FUN!

Demon Hunters Series Reading Marathon Starts Nov. 1st!

Join Here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/277452312881013/?ti=cl

What is a marathon, you ask? A marathon is a read-a-long of an entire series. For this marathon, my co-hosts and I have divided my YA Paranormal series into three 2-week legs. Readers will read the assigned chapters and then return to the event page to participate in games, contests, and other fun before continuing on.

Schedule:
The main purpose of the event is to read my books. We'll give you a time frame for reaching Mile Markers (check points) and at those mile markers, we will post a few discussion threads or games that reflect the action, plotline, and themes presented in the chapters read. You will also be able to ask me anything about the book and what my thought process was!

Finish line:
Readers who finish the entire series and post reviews for all three books reach the finish line and are eligible for the GRAND PRIZE DEMON HUNTER BOX. This grand prize is packed with paranormal goodies! The finish line party will take place on Saturday, Dec.15th where we'll have some closing remarks, more fun and prizes!

Guest Authors:
A reading marathon would be nothing special if it didn't introduce you to other authors and their "trophies." So, I have invited a few authors to "showcase" their own books.

If you haven't yet downloaded Between the Bleeding Willows, Book 1 Demon Hunters, it will be free Oct. 31-Nov. 4th
buy link: http://amzn.com/B01C4VVPII

Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/Between-Bleeding-Willows-Demon-Hunters-ebook/dp/B01C4VVPII/

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Between-Bleeding-Willows-Demon-Hunters-ebook/dp/B01C4VVPII/

Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/Between-Bleeding-Willows-Demon-Hunters-ebook/dp/B01C4VVPII/

Within in the Darkest Hollows, Book 2 Demon HuntersBuy link: http://a.co/2NaATFH

Beneath a Sinister Moon, Book 3 Demon Hunters
Coming Dec. 4th!

Author Takeovers:
11/2 - Brandy Nacole
11/4 - Alisha Vincent
11/6 - Tricia Copeland
11/13 - AJ Norris
11/18 - Nikki Jefford
11/27 - Jennifer Siddoway
12/2 - JL Clayton
12/4 - Kayla Krantz
12/11 - Tia Silverthorne Bach

Calendar of events: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=9u7qgdh7smt480pagnh300ilv4%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York

Reading Schedule:
Reading Marathon Between the Bleeding Willows Begins 11/1!
Thurs. 11/1 – Read Chap. 1-5 Due on Sunday 11/4 (Checkpt 1)
Sun. 11/4 – Read Chap. 6-11 Due on Thurs. 11/8 (Checkpt 2)
Thurs. 11/8 – Read Chap. 12 -16 Due Sun. 11/11 (Checkpt 3)
Sun. 11/11- Read Chap. 17-21(end) Due Thurs. 11/15 (Checkpt 4)

Within the Darkest Hollows Begins 11/16!
Thurs. 11/16 – Read Chap. 1-7 Due on Sun. 11/18 (Checkpt 1)
Sun. 11/18 – Read Chap. 8-15 Due on Thurs. 11/22 (Checkpt 2)
Thurs. 11/22 – Read Chap. 16-23 Due on Sun. 11/25 (Checkpt 3)
Sun. 11/25 – Read Chap. 24-28 (tend) Due on Fri. 11/30 (Checkpt 4)

Beneath a Sinister Moon Reading Marathon Begins 12/1!
Sat. 12/1- Read Chap. 1-8 Due on Tues. 12/4 (Checkpt 1)
Tues. 12/4 – Read Chap. 9-19 Due on Sat. 12/8 (Checkpt 2)
Sat. 12/8 – Read Chap. 20-29 Due on Tues. 12/11 (Checkpt 3)
Tues. 12/11– Read Chap. 30-40(end) Due on Sat. 12/15 (Checkpt 4)

Monday, October 16, 2017

Behind The Door by A. Gavazzoni & a giveaway

Behind The Door

by A. Gavazzoni

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GENRE: Psychological and erotic thriller

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BLURB:

When Lara dies at the hands of a Manhattan lawyer during a sex game, his defense attorney, Carl, hires Simone, a psychiatrist, professor and author of books on sexual behavior to help him buttress his argument that Lara’s death was accidental. To help his defense, Carl’s client has written a detailed account of his steamy, year-long relationship with Lara. Carl gives the text to Simone for analysis. While evaluating the presumed killer’s writing, Simone continues to receive psychiatric patients with sexual disorders and unusual fantasies, and to research strange sexual behavior for her next book. Meanwhile, Simone’s clinical partner, friend and research colleague, Edward, is working with the police to capture a serial killer who is torturing and killing women. From hot and unusual sex and interesting psychiatric patients, to the swing houses of New York and Paris, this fast-paced page-turner is a blend of mystery, suspense, humor, romance and erotica.

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Excerpt:

“Yes indeed, my friend. I’ve seen a lot in my short life. I’ve bent over backward to please. I’ve been a puppet. That wasn’t for me, so one day I decided to stop.”

More than a hint of pain showed in her eyes…unsettling to find in such a young and beautiful woman. Who could have hurt her so much that she’d come to behave as she did?

“I know how it is,” I said. “It’s like apnea. What’s pleasurable at the start of relationships doesn’t last because it’s not real. You’ve decided to be real, once and for all.”

“Apnea?”

I’d finally said something that had surprised her.

“Yes. I like to go diving. Sometimes I dive without air tanks. I hold my breath. It’s called apnea and you can do it for only so long. At the beginning of relationships, people hold their breath. When they can’t do it anymore, they go back to being who they are and relationships end.”

“I adore that description.”

Inspiration to write Behind the Door

First of all, in my opinion the idea for a book comes first from the heart and then the mind fine tunes everything.

During my career, my legal career as I´ve been a lawyer for twenty seven years, I’ve worked with all kinds of people, all them so different, and I’ve met good people and bad, people who inspired me, people who provoked intense emotions within me—from love to hatred and from joy to sorrow. I suppose I’ve taken a little bit of all those people and combined them to form my characters.

Also, I love to observe people. There is no one person like another. They are all unique. They are all inspiring.

I also love to listen to people…when you really pay attention and listen carefully, you can find the hidden meanings and emotions behind the words. There are times when I’ve heard a conversation or even a single phrase and the underlying meaning provoked a whole scene in my mind. A simple phrase can contain all the elements of an entire story.

Behind the Door is also about not judging. I dealt with judgments during my whole life…and I hate them; they are usually so biased, based on “the book’s cover”. I wanted to show that how people behave is often based on their history, their personal traumas and dramas… and everybody has a good side and a bad side—that’s life.

My characters in Behind the Door are a combined mix of traits I found in other people and were created to tell a story inspired by my very fertile imagination and the emotions life brings to me.

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Gavazzoni is a Brazilian author. She just won The Golden Book Award 2017- Readers Choice for her first novel Behind The Door and also an honorable mention at Paris Book Festval 2017  Adriana is a lawyer, a former professor of law and a writer of novels and legal books, but she is also a voracious reader.  She speaks four languages: English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. When she is not practicing law or writing, she enjoys many interests and is a very active person. She loves to dance (Tango) and workout.  She loves to travel, loves good wine, and has been studying astrology for fifteen years. She paints and loves to cook.  She has two poodles -Gaia and Juno -and loves all animals. She is an aunt of four nieces who enjoy to paint and cook alongside their aunt. She lives in Brazil and is in the process of writing her next novel.

LINKS SITE

http://www.agavazzoni.com/

BLOG

http://www.agavazzoni.com/blog

TWITTER

https://twitter.com/a_gavazzoni

INSTAGRAM

https://www.instagram.com/adri_gavazzoni/

FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/A-Gavazzoni-513404948849469/

E-MAIL

adriana@adrianagavazzoni.com