Wandering Thoughts of a Writer: book feature

Showing posts with label book feature. Show all posts

BLURB:

Katie realizes now what she wants more in life; something money can’t buy, and that is family, love, and happiness. With every ounce of her wellbeing, she will do whatever it takes to keep Ben and his values true, no longer pressuring him to give into her desires, even though things in life throw a curve ball. It’s easier said than done when living with the temptation.

But what happens when the tables turn and he gives into her, and she is the one denying him now? Will she give in and succumb to his sinful desires, or will she hold her ground and refuse him?

That’s what dreams are made of. What your heart desires, and how you are willing to fight to make those dreams come true. Just believe in the power of your dreams and dare to dream them.

EXCERPT:

We are both being blind folded and my hands are being tied behind my back. Oh, this cannot be good. Next thing I know, I am being felt up with hands on my legs and arms. The music keeps playing, and I am getting all hot and bothered and antsy as I feel myself shift in my seat. Then I feel light kisses all over my face and neck.

I have no idea what is going on, yet it feels so good. I am wiggling in my chair, only thinking of Ben. I have to keep thinking that this male who is trying to seduce me is just giving others a show. But that thought goes out the window when I feel lips on mine. Just butterfly type kisses at first. I pull back, not expecting him to kiss me on the lips. What male dancer does that? They aren’t supposed to do that, are they? His scent is different. But then the lips are on me again, and I’m not sure what to do. They are soft and familiar. I kiss back and literally give in, letting out a moan. I know this is Ben. I know his kisses anywhere.

He is straddling me, and gyrates a couple of times and I feel his erection as he reaches behind me to untie my hands. I bring them up to his body, feeling him through his clothes. Then he undoes my blindfold as I open my eyes to see his smiling face.

How in the world did I get so lucky with this guy? I grab him, kissing as we start making out. Then the DJ announces, “Enough you two; get a room.”

We laugh. Ben grabs my hand and pulls me to the back room, shuts the door, and shoves me against the door, kissing me frantically. Panting heavily.

“I want you right here and now, baby, before I spontaneously combust,” he whispers in my ear.

About the Author

Growing up in a small Midwestern town in WI, it is next to nothing to dream about other places along with who to marry, how many kids to have, and what to be when grown up.
So many hopes and dreams have my imagination running wild. My greatest dream came true when I became a wife, a mother of three, and grandmother of two, with hopes of more grandchildren in the future.
I am a sucker for a good love story. Love to read and listen to others tell about their love stories.

#desires, #excerpt, #romance, book feature, 0 Comments

Blurb:

Max West is a widower raising Phoebe, his four-year-old daughter. Phoebe has to live with the fact that the day she was born is also the day of her mother's death. As her fifth year without her mother approaches, Phoebe finds solace in her godmother, Amy Riley, and her daughter, Grace Crawford, another single parent family.
Amy Riley is a successful fashion designer who spends most of her days raising her four-year-old daughter, Grace, while her wayward boyfriend is travelling the world making the next best film. As the fifth year without her best friend looms she finds comfort in her ex-boyfriend, Max, and his daughter, Phoebe.
These two “broken” families have a tough week to face as the dreaded day approaches. However through their past, present and debatable future will their choices affect the outcome both parents clearly want and are simply denying? Or will Phoebe and Grace lose the only “whole” family they have ever known?

Author Bio:

Born and raised in London, England Naya Nikki is a trainee teacher who has spent most of her life writing various short stories and one novel to keep her creative streak tame. She signed her first contract with InkSpell Publishing to publish her first book ‘Familiar Ties’, when she was 19 and has consequently written two other short stories for them as well. She graduated with an undergraduate in English with Creative Writing which allowed her to write short stories and build on her portfolio of writing. She is now training to become a primary school teacher while trying to keep up her writing. When she is not at work, Naya loves nothing more than spending time with her family, as well as meeting her friends for gossiping sessions over some hot chocolate.

#contemporary, #family, #suspense., book feature, decisions, love, 0 Comments

Past Sins Blurb:

A suspense/thriller.

Steven Hatfield, an attorney for the law firm of Carter and Bryant will do whatever it takes to become a partner of the firm. Not even the scumbag client's that he represents would dream of doing some of the things that he has done. When his firm is hired to represent the beautiful actress Tanya Udry for the murder of her husband, the opportunity that he has been waiting for has finally arrived.

From an early age, Steven Hatfield has always been an ambitious person, never letting anything or anyone stand in his way from getting what he wants; not even his own family. After graduating from law school, he landed the job of his dreams at the Chatman and Bryant Law firm. Determined to become a partner of the firm, he will commit some of the most horrendous acts against those he feels is standing in his way.

Shortly after his own wife’s murder, the opportunity that Steven has long awaited for falls right into his lap when his firm is hired to represent the beautiful actress Tanya Udry for the murder of her husband. When his rival Joseph Linder and his family dies from an unfortunate house fire, Steven is thrilled when he is asked to be the lead lawyer on the case, knowing that this trial could very well land him the partnership that he has so longed for.

Steven knows that he'll do whatever it takes to win the case, and he is thrilled when one night a stranger walks into his office with information that guarantees him the win. Unbeknownst to Steven, this same stranger who helps him win the case that takes him to the top of his career, will set into motion a spiral of events that will cause Steven’s “Past Sins” to catch up to him.

About The Author:

I am a 49 year old proud mother of 4 who has been with my husband, the love of my life, for almost 22 years now. I have lived in Ohio for most of my life. I love to read and cook as much as I love to write. I have written and published 3 ebooks and I’m in the process of working on my 4th one now.

Where to connect with the author:

http://www.facebook.com/kdwilsonauthor

Twitter: Twitter name is Shelluch

Blog: http://www.kdwilsonauthorblog

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/shelluch

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/pub/shellie-uchtman/a4/339/68a/en

Shellie's books are sold at Smashwords and Barnes and Nobles:

http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/kd3547

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/past-sins-kd-wilson/1104562021

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/broken-trust-k-d-wilson/1004752354

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/whispering-woods-kd-wilson/1116890389

#suspense #thriller murder, book feature, Mystery., 2 Comments

Check this book out. It sounds really good.

Book Blurb:

For the first thirteen years of her life Karla Hall never knew what was going to happen next. Her mother moved her from town to town, following whatever loser boyfriend she had at the time and drinking away what little money she made in whatever dead-end job she could fine. Her mother was a mean drunk and Karla was always her target. The boyfriends were worse.

On her fourteenth birthday Karla’s life takes a drastic turn. Her mother is arrested for soliciting drugs, the current boyfriend takes off and Karla is all alone in a dump of an apartment with no food and no money.

Caught shoplifting food, Karla is taken into the system and that’s where she meets The Peterson’s. They’re an upper-middle class couple who cannot have children of their own and they offer Karla a stable home, a new beginning.

Now Karla is trying to adapt to this new life and praying she gets to keep it.

Amazon pre-order link: http://www.amazon.com/New-Beginning-Second-Chance-Book-ebook/dp/B00NLEFYQC

Author Bio:

Hello everyone. I want to take a minute to introduce myself. I’m a 34 year old mother of two beautiful daughters, ages 11 and 7, and they are my life. I live in Tennessee, about 25 miles East of Nashville and have lived here most of my life. I love Tennessee.

I started reading when I was four years old and have always been an avid reader. In July of 2013 I started editing professionally and I love it. I always saw myself as a fixer, not a creator, until one day I was at work, not editing but my other job, and an idea for a story popped into my head, and I couldn’t get it out. That’s how A New Beginning was born.

alcohol, book feature, broken family, drugs, fiction, new life, second chance., struggles, YA, 0 Comments

Summer is in Dallas, even though she doesn’t want to be.

But when she sees her grandparents for the first time in a long time, she

decides she might as well make the most of it and enjoy her time on the farm.

And the appearance of Barrett, the sexy farm hand who is doing whatever it

takes to keep one of the horses comfortable as she battles disease, definitely

makes the early mornings and long days worthwhile. But Barrett has a few

secrets hidden in the closet and Summer’s not sure if things will work out if

Barrett can't open his heart and come clean. Plus, everyone around her warns her

away from him. But Summer can’t help the attraction she has toward the

gorgeous, mysterious cowboy.

http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Dallas-Diamond-Davenport-ebook/dp/B00MWMR0AM

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Summer-Dallas-Diamond-Davenport-ebook/dp/B00MWMR0AM

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22876853-summer-in-dallas

Dream Cast:

About the Author:

Diamond Davenport is new to the indie community. She is an avid reader and writer. She enjoys reading romance novels and erotica novels.

Her first book Summer in Dallas is a romance novel. In her spare time she likes to cook, garden and hang out with her family. Her new hobby is to sit in front of the computer and write. She has fallen in love with the fictional world!

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/diamond.davenport1987?ref_type=bookmark

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8431420.Diamond_Davenport

blog tour, book feature, cowboy, love, new release, romance, 0 Comments

How far into the hollow would you go?

“After losing her parents in a terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, fifteen-year-old Honoria escapes New York City to Arnn—a farming town with more legends than residents, and a history of witchcraft and secrets best left buried.

Everyone in Arnn knows the story of Witchwood Hollow: if you venture into the whispering forest, the witch will trap your soul among the shadowed trees. In the lure of that perpetual darkness, Honoria finds hope when she should be afraid, and a past of missing children and broken promises. To save the citizens of Arnn from becoming the witch’s next victims, she must find the truth behind the woman’s madness. How deep into Witchwood Hollow does Honoria dare venture?”

ESCAPE FROM WITCHWOOD HOLLOW is Jordan Elizabeth’s first novel. This young adult fantasy will be published through Curiosity Quills Press on October 29, 2014.

Jordan Elizabeth, formally Jordan Elizabeth Mierek, can’t get enough of the woods, be it splashing through a stream, sitting beneath an ancient oak, or following a path up a hill. Some of those adventures have led to abandoned foundations. Exploring the rocks and crumbling bricks sparked Jordan to imagine who might have lived there before, and that train of thought carried her to a wicked legend and an enchanted hollow. You can contact Jordan via her website, JordanElizabethMierek.com.

You don’t have to wait for October 29^th to explore Witchwood Hollow. Jordan Elizabeth is offering up a free eArc. To enter for your chance to win a copy of ESCAPE FROM WITCHWOOD HOLLOW, you will need to share the cover. This can be on your blog, Facebook, Twitter… Each time you share the cover image, log it into Rafflecoper to record it. It will give you more chances to win. The drawing for the winner will be held on October 20^th.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

book feature, fantasy, giveaway., magic, witches, YA, 0 Comments

The Snake Pit: Jr High Can be Torture is an important piece of work because of its content and subject matter. It’s not an easy, fun read, but is a book that every student, teacher and child advocate should read. Donna is very passionate to do what she can to stop bullying in the school system and MKSP has joined her in her quest.

The Snake Pit: Jr. High can be Torture Synopsis:

Cinda doesn't look like other twelve-year-old girls. A facial defect, and the surgery to correct it has left her face scarred and disfigured. When she walks into Hargrove Junior High for the first time, Cinda knows the other kids won't see how smart she is, or what a good friend she could be. The other kids will see her as a monster, and her life will be torture.

The school cafeteria, or The Snake Pit, as the kids call it, is the prime location for bullying. One pretty girl in particular takes an instant dislike to Cinda. Day after day she is pushed, tripped, and laughed at. Not all the other kids bully her, but only one tries to help.

Charlene Carsten is Cinda's only friend. She tries to stop the bullying, but the other kids won't listen. She tries to tell the Principal, but he only sees what he wants to. She tries to tell the teachers, but they all say the same thing, “kids will be kids.”

When Cinda falls victim to a vicious prank at a school dance, it sets off a series of events that will change the lives of everyone involved.

here is the amazon link : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NJCKFCO/

Author Bio:

Hello everyone! I am Donna Dillon: Author, Illustrator, and M&M connoisseur. I am the author of 5 and 1/4 books thus far. I have been writing in the young adult genre with The Snake Pit and Return to the Snake Pit which both deal with bullying in the public schools, and the children's genre with Why Did It Have to Rain Today? and My Special Christmas Child. My new book is a leap into the thriller/suspense genre, so I'm anxious to finish and see how that goes.

Fun facts about Donna:

Five things people might not know about Donna.

1. I can ride a unicycle.

2. I can write as fast backwards as I can forward.

3. I once played Miss Mona is a stage production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

4. I can't breathe through my nose and I have never had a sense of smell. I can taste, though, don't ask me why, it's a mystery.

5. When I was 22 I was flown out to Hollywood and made a make up commercial for Victoria Jackson cosmetics that you can still catch on TV late at night. I also met Johnny Depp and had my picture taken with Heavy D on that same trip.

author., book feature, bullying, junior high, 0 Comments

One horrible night changed everything.

And now, Paige can’t stop the nightmares. No one can...

Except him.

When Paige Tomlin unexpectedly runs into Eli Stone one day, memories of that awful night don’t come crashing down on her like she thought they would. Instead, memories from when they were young and inseparable surround her.

The boy she rode the bus to school with every day.

The boy who picked her up and drove her around the first day he got his license.

The boy who told her his deepest secrets.

The boy who left her without saying goodbye…

The man who came back for her.

Thrown into a world of fear and confusion, they lean on each other for support and survival.

But is the one thing that brought them back together the very thing that will rip them apart forever?

Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon AU B&N Kobo

“Well, I’m a bit fucked up in the head.”

He laughs. He’s actually laughing at me! It wasn’t a joke. I don’t know whether to be pissed off or laugh with him, so I just sit here and wait for him to finish.

“I’m sorry, Paige,” he says, wiping away a tear.

“Seriously? You look anything but sorry.”

“It’s just that you’re the most normal person I’ve ever met, and yet you genuinely believe you’re fucked up.”

“I am. And you of all people should understand why. A lot has changed in the last few months, Eli.”

“No, I get that, but you’re still the same. Exactly the same. Just a little more … grown up.” His eyes graze over my body.

“You don’t even know me anymore.”

“I know enough.” He sinks back into the cushion. “By the way, I’ve always wanted to say thank you.”

“For what?”

“For saving my life.”

Bria Starr grew up in a small town in Minnesota and continues to live there with her husband and two kids. She’s a stay at home mom who is very close with her family, loves junk food, and is always cold. Her favorite things include reading books, writing, listening to music, and watching too many movies.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

HOSTED BY:

author. giveaway., book feature, excerpt, friendship, romance, secrets, survival, Synopsis, 0 Comments

Salem’s Revenge strikes without warning or mercy, ravaging the powerless human race under the forces of united gangs of witches, wizards, and warlocks. During the slaughter, Rhett Carter's foster parents and sister are killed, and his best friend and girlfriend are abducted by a gang of witches calling themselves the Necromancers, who deal in the dark magic of raising the dead. Rhett’s sword-wielding neighbor with a mysterious past saves Rhett from becoming another casualty of the massacre and teaches him the skills he needs to survive in this new world.

Rhett is broken, his normal high school life of book blogging and football playing shoved in a witch-apocalyptic blender. The only thing he has left is his burning desire for revenge. Armed with his new witch hunting skills and a loyal, magic powered dog named Hex, he sets out into the unknown with one mission: hunt and destroy those who took away everyone he ever loved.

But Rhett isn’t just a witch hunter; he has secrets of his own that he has yet to discover, secrets that his enemies will stop at nothing to keep him from.

And discovering the truth about himself is the human race’s only hope.

Add to Goodreads

Goodreads David's Blog Twitter Facebook Tumblr and his Goodreads Fan Group

David Estes was born in El Paso, Texas but moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was very young. David grew up in Pittsburgh and then went to Penn State for college. Eventually he moved to Sydney, Australia where he met his wife. They now live together in their dream location, Hawaii. A reader all his life, he began writing novels for the children's and YA markets in 2010, and started writing full time in June 2012. Now he travels the world writing with his wife, Adele. David's a writer with OCD, a love of dancing and singing (but only when no one is looking or listening), a mad-skilled ping-pong player, and prefers writing at the swimming pool to writing at a table.

author., book feature, gangs, magic, warlock, witches, wizard, 0 Comments

Summer Jones thought she lost Nat Donovan, the boy she had always had a crush on since she could remember, when he went off on a mission to find his father, the founder and CEO of Donovan Dynamics, the billion dollar security and intelligence corporation who is now protecting her from the stalker who has attempted to kill her twice.

He had always been her rock, had always been there for her, but now Nat has disappeared. According to Donovan Dynamics, it was for good.

Could Summer continue on? Could Nat's playboy one-night stand legend brother Drew Donovan live up to Nat's legacy as the family's perfect son, as the one who could eventually run Donovan Dynamics? With Nat gone, could he finally get Summer to commit to him with all her heart and soul?

All the secrets, all the heartaches, come out in Lasting Summer as the Donovans and Summer learn to deal with the truth about Nat, Drew, and Summer that will test each others' love to each other and to family.

Lasting Summer is part of the Loving Summer Series appropriate for age 18+.

Purchase on Amazon

Purchase on B&N

Purchase on Kobo

Website Facebook Twitter

Kailin Gow's life is sometimes more fascinating and stranger than fiction, which is being chronicled in a feature film based on a treatment optioned and in development for a release date of 2018. (IMDB.com - The Colorful Worlds of Kailin Gow 2018). Her true life experiences as a world traveler where she has traveled to over 25 countries, logging hundreds of thousands of miles, absorbing the cultures and collecting stories relating to places and the romance of the land, and incidents in her personal life, has inspired her to write and publish over 170 books with over 30 series.

She is noted as an indie pioneer, as one of the first to publish in 2001. Breaking stereotypes, her books has crossed traditional and indie lines, gaining recognition in schools and libraries, as well as the indie community. Her action adventure young adult fantasy series, The Frost Series, an ALA YALSA Reader's Choice Nominated book series - had been optioned by an international film company and is currently in development as a game and a film at http://www.facebook.com/thefrostseries. Five of her fantasy/action adventure series have been optioned to be made into worldwide games.

Kailin Gow has been known in The World Journal, an international newspaper, to be a phenomenon. She was profiled on the homepage of Amazon.com as an Author Success Story who overcame personal obstacles to become a bestselling author, appeared as one of Amazon's top authors for the Kindle Fire launch release, and is one of the earliest indie authors who have sold over a million books. She writes for Fast Company as a publishing expert, had appeared on a major network Television News as a bestselling author who writes fiction and non-fiction with a social conscious, and has made speeches and appearances across the U.S. and on top 15 national radio regarding self-esteem and issues relating to women.

Kailin Gow was an invited speaker and signing author at Book Expo America (BEA)2014.

Having experienced bullying firsthand and slander as a woman, Kailin Gow is an active advocate against bullying in the workplace and in schools. She has written Shy Girls Social Club Handbook Against Bullying and has helped launch Stories for Amanda where all proceeds go towards the Amanda Todd Foundation against bullying. She has written several books with the theme of abuse towards women and children, especially the steamy international bestselling The Protégé Series, which launched a book club initiative in battered women's shelters and won The Indie Excellence Awards at NIEA for Erotica in 2014.

She holds a Masters Degree in Communications Management from The University of Southern California, and degrees in Drama and Social Ecology.

She resides in the American West with her husband and daughter, but had lived for a decade in Texas, and briefly in England. Besides being a full-time author, she volunteers for many organizations, is active in church helping build homes for the homeless and visit orphanages. A voracious reader, when she is not writing, she loves reading an entire series in one sitting! She spends way too much time on Facebook than she is supposed to at http://www.facebook.com/kailingowbooks, but loves meeting new people from all walks of life.

She has over 30 Series, written under Kailin Gow, and more under her middle grade, women's fiction, and mystery pen names:

***For 16 and up***

The Frost Series - COMPLETED. Bitter Frost Series Consists of 8 full-length novels.

The Wolf Fey Series - COMPLETED. Consists of 2 full-length novels and one novella.

Fairy Rose Chronicles - age 13 and up.

The PULSE Series - Next Book - Blood Ring (PULSE #9), releasing due to readers' demand to continue the series. Consists of 9 full-length novels and one novella.

FADE Series - COMPLETED. ALL Full-length novels.

DESIRE Series - All Full-length novels. Last Book, FRENZY - 2015.

Fire Wars Series - All Full-length novels.

Alchemists Academy - All Full-length novels.

Wordwick Games - All Full-length novels.

Wicked Woods Series - COMPLETED. Consists of 5 full-length novels.

Steampunk Scarlett - All Full-length novels.

The Phantom Diaries - All Full-length novels. Last Book, DARK VICTORY - 2015.

Stoker Sisters - All Full-length novels. Last Book, SISTER OF THE STRIGOIS - 2015.

Beyond Crystal River - 2015 NEW SERIES.

SHADES - 2015 NEW SERIES. This is a high concept psychological thriller.

***For 18 and up (New Adult/Coming of Age)***

Loving Summer - All full-length novels.

The Donovan Brothers - All full-length novels.

Saving You Saving Me (You & Me Trilogy)- COMPLETED. Consists of 3 Full-length novels.

Never Knights - COMPLETED. Consists of 3 Full-length novels.

Rock Hard Love Hard - 1st book, Rock Hard Love Hard is now Available.

Sawyer House Chronicles (Spin-off of You & Me Trilogy) - Coming in 2015

Canvas - Coming in 2015

***For 18 and up (Adult/Steamy Romance)***

The Protege - COMPLETED. 3 Full-length novels.

Master Chefs - COMPLETED. Consists of 3 Full-length novels.

The Blue Room (Spin-off of Never Knights Trilogy) - Romantic Suspense.

Barely Legal (Spin-off of The Protégé) - Romantic Suspense.

The Oyster House - Artistic Romantic Thriller set in Hong Kong and England.

- Coming in 2015.

For information on the series, new series and new book releases, contests, appearances, KG-Convergences, and more, sign up at http://www.KailinGowBooks.com.

Amazon: http://bit.ly/Lastingsummer