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Greta and the Goblin King (Mylena Chronicles #1)

by Chloe Jacobs

Release Date: 12/11/12

Entangled Teen

Summary from Goodreads:
While trying to save her brother from a witch’s fire four years ago, Greta was thrown in herself, falling through a portal to Mylena, a dangerous world where humans are the enemy and every ogre, ghoul, and goblin has a dark side that comes out with the eclipse.

To survive, Greta has hidden her humanity and taken the job of bounty hunter—and she’s good at what she does. So good, she’s caught the attention of Mylena’s young goblin king, the darkly enticing Isaac, who invades her dreams and undermines her will to escape.

But Greta’s not the only one looking to get out of Mylena. An ancient evil knows she’s the key to opening the portal, and with the next eclipse mere days away, every bloodthirsty creature in the realm is after her—including Isaac. If Greta fails, she and the lost boys of Mylena will die. If she succeeds, no world will be safe from what follows her back...

Greta and the Glass Kingdom (Mylena Chronicles #2)

by Chloe Jacobs 

Release Date: February 2015

Entangled Teen

Summary from Goodreads:
The sequel to the Hansel & Gretel retelling Greta and the Goblin King ups the stakes of danger and romance. As conflict surges across Mylena, the tough Greta struggles to save those she loves.

Against all odds, Greta and the Goblin King miraculously survived the battle against the evil Agramon. Greta should be happy to be alive and ready to claim her place in Mylena by Isaac's side. Yet nothing is the way she thought it would be. The battle against Agramon left a dark magick inside Greta that will eventually kill her. Isaac hasn't been the same since he almost went Lost. And there are whispers of a rebellion brewing throughout Mylena...

Determined to save Mylena from a bitter civil war, they travel to the mysterious Glass Kingdom to form an uneasy alliance with the deadly Faerie race. But when an unexpected disaster tears Greta and Isaac apart, she must make the journey on her own. Along the way, she discovers a conspiracy stretching back to events she never thought she would have to revisit, betrayal from allies whose loyalty she never questioned, and an enemy vying to control all of Mylena.

Follow Greta into unexpected romance, explosive secrets, and shocking betrayals that will leave her and all of Mylena forever changed in the stunning second installment of The Mylena Chronicles.

About the Author

Chloe Jacobs is a native of nowhere and everywhere, having jumped around to practically every Province of Canada before finally settling in Ontario where she has now been living for a respectable number of years. Her husband and son are the two best people in the entire world, but they also make her wish she'd at least gotten a female cat. No such luck. And although the day job keeps her busy, she carves out as much time as possible to write. Bringing new characters to life and finding out what makes them tick and how badly she can make them suffer is one of her greatest pleasures, almost better than chocolate and fuzzy pink bunny slippers.

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Where Dead Bodies Lie (The Body Dowser Series, #1)

by Kat Cazanav 

Release Date: 12/16/14

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For as long as I can remember, I have been told to follow three important rules;
Always guard my ability
Never share my secret
And pretend to be normal.

However, those three little rules don’t make my life easier. I still find dead people and deal with strange visions. Not to mention, an attraction to a boy who doesn’t exist. Whenever we cross path’s he mists away like smoke on a mirror. He drives me crazy, that Kaff Cooper.

As a flock of dead crows fall from the blackened sky, Kaff becomes the only one who can see the truth straight to the dark underbelly of who I actually am.

My hands feel the pull to extract the forsaken, the lost, the forgotten. It comes as naturally as breathing and there is no stopping it. 

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A few more steps into the shadows and the lightness of a feather brushed against my cheek.

Instinctively, I turned around, expecting to see someone but instead I lost my balance and stumbled forward, arms extended to catch my fall. I landed on my knees, my hands scraped by broken twigs and rocks. I shifted my focus from my hands to a crumbling neighborhood further off in the distance. Barely visible through heavy fog, the dilapidated buildings had a rippling effect. There was no clear explanation for it, but looking back on that moment later, I realized the nausea, dizziness, little black dots floating across my eyes, even the black crows passing overhead, were all precursors to what was about to happen.

The ground rumbled and opened up, like a woman spreading her arms wide to take me in. There was only one frightening explanation for this and as absurd as it seemed, it made sense.

Body dowsing. Someone was waiting for me in the limitless black hole beneath my feet.”

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Book Blitz {Excerpt & Giveaway} After I Fall by Amity Hope

After I Fall

by Amity Hope 

Release Date: 12/15/14

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When EmLynn’s dad loses his battle with cancer, the last thing she wants is to move across the country to live with her Mom. Her mom left her dad years ago to start a new, improved family with her new, improved husband.

When Eric finds himself in the middle of a mess of someone else’s making, the last thing he wants is to be dumped into the foster care system. He’s spent most of his life on his own, so he doesn't see the point of having a pretend family now.

A chance meeting has them both thinking that maybe their new town of Roseville isn’t so bad. But as they grow closer, an unknown enemy, along with a tangle of secrets and a web of little white lies, may just be enough to make their newfound love unravel completely.

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Jace had the type of obnoxiously chiseled features that could land a guy on the cover of a magazine. His smile was too fake, too perfect. Teeth straightened by braces and whitened at the dentist’s office. His eyes could be his best feature. They were an icy shade of blue, offset by his deep tan this time of year. But they looked cold. When he smiled, it never reached his eyes. His honey blond hair appeared to be shellacked into place. He was also too tall, too thin and lanky for my taste.

Sitting feet away from each other, it was hard not to compare the two.

Eric, on the other hand…

I quickly flicked a glance his way even though I already had his features almost memorized. His smile was adorable, a bit lopsided, compounded in cuteness when his dimple decided to make an appearance. His hair was rumpled and unlike Jace’s, it begged to have someone run their fingers through it. He wasn’t model perfect but he had the wholesome, sweet, boy-next-door look to him that I suddenly realized I preferred. He was a few inches shorter than Jace but much better built. His arms looked like they were made for wrapping around a girl.

Yeah. No doubt about it. I was definitely a boy-next door kind of girl.

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A little bit about me...

I live in beautiful northern Minnesota with my two sons, two cats and our Rottweiler.

If I'm not writing, or spending time with my kids, I'm most likely reading.

My next planned releases are:

After I Fall in mid-December

Avenge (Malice #2) will be out late January.

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Blog Tour {Excerpt & Giveaway} Begin Again by Brittney Mulliner

Begin Again

by Brittney Mulliner

Escaping her past, Aubrey Tate moves to Southern California for a fresh start with her older brother, Brandon. Starting over at a new school seems easy with her cousin, Mckayla, and her two best friends at her side, but handling the new guys is another matter. Aubrey ends up in the middle of three rivals that each want her to themselves. Mike claims her first and declare himself her friend and protector. Luke is the school heartthrob that stops Aubrey in her tracks, speechless. Gage is the mysterious, dark outsider that Aubrey can be herself around. How will she navigate her new life while she's still haunted by her past?

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I grew nervous as the number of unfamiliar faces increased quickly. I tried to busy myself helping Diane clean up the mess we made in the kitchen, but she shooed me out and told me to go make friends. Unsure what to do, I headed toward the fire and took a seat away from everyone else. I started looking around for Mckayla when two unnaturally beautiful girls walked up to me and sat down on either side of me. The tall modelesque blonde smiled at me like she expected me to know who she was.

“Hi, you’re Aubrey! We’re so excited to finally meet you! Mckayla told us all about her amazing cousin and we’ve just been dying for you to get here! I’m Talia and this is Alexis, we’re Mckayla’s best friends. I’m so glad we are now an even number group. I was getting really tired of the threesome jokes.”

I smiled at her then turned toward the brunette that looked about my height and had an amazingly toned body that screamed she was a natural athlete. She was just as beautiful as Talia, but seemed much less intimidating. She smiled back and nodded toward a group of guys on the other side of the fire.

“I’m glad we found you before someone else got ahold of you. Mckayla is crazy busy being the super hostess, so we’re here to introduce you to people and keep you safe from any of those guys. She didn’t explain in detail, but Mckayla mentioned you’ve had guy trouble lately so she thought it would be best if we acted as buffers from them tonight.”

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Brittney had been an avid reader since she can remember. Her parents' form of punishment for her growing up was taking away her books and making her go outside to play. She was born and raised in Southern California, with a brief hiatus in Arizona. She loves the beach, exercising, sleeping in, and cookies. She is an obsessive dog lover, although her affection currently has no outlet. Something that she is planning on remedying soon. She currently lives in Utah while she and her husband finish college.

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Blog Tour {Spotlight/Promo & Giveaway} Life AD 2: M.I.A.: Missing in Atman by Michelle E. Reed

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ABOUT LIFE AD 2: M.I.A.: MISSING IN ATMAN

Title: Life AD 2: M.I.A.: Missing in Atman

Publication date: December 16, 2014

Publisher: Month9Books, LLC.

Author: Michelle E. Reed

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Dez is finally hitting her afterlife stride. She hasn’t missed a meeting or session in forty-two days, and she’s put the adventures and danger of her first days at Atman behind her. Life after death is becoming tolerable, yet nothing is quite what she’d hoped. Confusion over her feelings for Charlie, residual resentment over losing Hannah, and a continuous stream of unwanted assignments leave Dez restless and argumentative.

In a missed encounter with Crosby, her prying gaze lands upon a single entry in the datebook on his unoccupied desk. These few, hastily scribbled words reveal an enormous secret he’s keeping from her. Possessed by a painful sense of betrayal, she once again sneaks off to Atman City, determined to find answers to an unresolved piece of her life.

It begins as all their adventures do, but as light falls into darkness, a stop in an unfamiliar neighborhood sets forth a chaotic series of events. Dez will have to fight for her very existence, and will face painful, irreparable loss in an afterlife teeming with demons wielding ancient powers.

In M.I.A.: Missing in Atman, the second book in the Atman City series, Michelle E. Reed continues the story of Dez Donnelly, pushing her to her limits and surprising readers at every twist and turn of the vast world that is Atman.

Death was only the beginning.

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Michelle was born in a small Midwestern town, to which she has returned to raise her own family. Her imagination and love of literature were fueled by a childhood of late nights, hidden under the covers and reading by flashlight. She is a passionate adoption advocate who lives in Wisconsin with her husband, son, and their yellow lab, Sully.

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Blog Tour {Excerpt} Fury From Hell by Rochelle Campbell

Title: Fury from Hell

Author: Rochelle Campbell

Series: From Hell Series (Book 1)

Genre: Paranormal/Cop Thriller (with dashes of Horror & Suspense)

Publisher: Self Published

Release Date: Sept 9 2014

Edition/Formats Available In: eBook

Blurb/Synopsis:

Fury From Hell is a paranormal thriller about good vs. evil.  Here, the good is in the form of Detective Jennifer Holden, a homicide cop that is haunted by her own personal demons of a murder she committed when she was just a teenager.  The trauma she suffered at the hands of social agency after agency hardened Jennifer into a staunch atheist making her gun and her bank account the only things she truly believes in.

We meet Detective Holden, shortly before she begins working on her first solo murder case.  The victim is Kyma Barnes who was brutally raped and killed. As Kyma’s soul leaves her body, a demon being called by a coven of dark witches at nearby Prospect Park, is drawn to the dying woman by her death throes. Fury Abatu offers to avenge Kyma’s death. The price?  The dying woman’s soul.  Kyma gives it gladly to ensure the man who killed her pays dearly.

At the crime scene, Jennifer becomes possessed by Fury Abatu.  Hosts usually die a violent death within weeks of the initial possession. Detective Holden does not know she is possessed…

With her own demise on the line, Jennifer must fight for her life and her very soul – something she’s not sure she even believes in – to rid herself of the dark force surrounding her and her friends.

Can Jennifer be saved from the demon?  Will she be able to find the faith to believe in something greater than herself and her material things?

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 November 1st, 12:42 A.M.

With butterflies stomping around in her belly, Jennifer reached the crime scene in under twelve minutes.  The brisk walk made her perspire even though it was a cool night.  There were several officers milling about.  Jennifer walked under the police barricade and headed towards the back of the site where the bulk of cops congregated.

She took a deep breath and said to the nearest officer, “I’m Detective Holden and I’ve been assigned this case.  Who was first on scene?  And what do you know?”

The false bravado seemed to ring true to the officers in the vicinity and they jerked to attention mumbling the name Saks.

Holden was feeling pretty good until they turned, looked around and saw her.

“Oh…Holy Holden.  It’s just you,” said Saks, a rookie barely a year out of cadet school.

Jennifer cringed inwardly at the moniker but kept her poker face intact.  Her already fraying nerves unraveling just a hair more.

“I was first on-scene.  I heard a blood-curdling scream and came running down the block — I was on Hoyt but closer to Schermerhorn.  By the time I got here the perp was gone and the girl — dead and totally jacked up.  I mean unrecognizable.  Her ID says she’s Kyma Barnes and she was a looker.  Perp played with her for quite a while before he did her in.  She’s a bloody mess!”

While he was speaking, Jennifer drifted closer to the body.  Just as he finished, she caught the first glimpse of the victim.  Jennifer’s hand immediately went to her mouth.  Her stomach heaved.

“Six years on the job and she’s like a damned rookie.  Watch it boys, the Detective in Charge is gonna to blow,” said Saks.

Shaking her head from side to side, Jennifer was oblivious to the comment as she tried to get away from the body so she wouldn’t defile the remains any further.  Images flickered shutter-like in front of her eyes.  Her uncle ripping her orange coat with the pumpkin buttons.  Him, above with her knees spread wide. Blinking it all back but losing badly, Jennifer tried to swerve around the body and tripped on the blue tarp flapping in the slight breeze.  She fell just above the victim’s head bashing the side of her own face.  Jennifer was near enough that the victim’s bloody hand was splattered with vomit.

Behind her she could hear the sound of laughter, back slapping and a loud guffaw.  Jennifer blinked and attempted to wipe the filth out of her eyes but an impossible image arrested her gaze — two eyes dripping with blood ensconced in a reptilian female-looking face.

The hallucination was accompanied by a feeling of prickly heat all over her body effectively chasing away her childhood demons.  A loud shriek pierced her ears forcing Jennifer to cover them and shut her eyes.  Then, just as suddenly, the sensation and sound stopped simultaneously.  Jennifer cautiously opened her eyes.  All she saw in front of her was the claw-like hand of her victim, Kyma Barnes.

Fully ensconced in the detective, the Fury pushed up the image of the little gun under the tarp.  Jennifer moved her eyes and saw a denser blackness further under the tarp.  She moved her hand and grasped the gun.

>> Keep it…<<

Jennifer’s mind accepted the command without question.  Still partially underneath the tarp, Jennifer rolled over onto her knees with her back towards the still laughing cops and she pocketed the gun.  The Fury wiped away all of her conscious mind’s recollection of doing so.

“You gonna stay under there all night, Holden?  Even if you don’t have a life, the rest of us do!”

“Come on, Saks, give her a break.  This is a rough one.  The victim was beaten, raped and sodomized.  I had to step away for a minute to get my stomach under control.”

Detective Yearwood bent down and held out a clean tissue to Jennifer.  She took it gratefully and began wiping her face from a sitting position not trusting herself to stand just yet. 

She pushed herself up and looked down at Kyma’s body and saw it as if for the first time in sharp detail.  She went and stood by the victim’s feet and angled her head to take in what she saw.  Grabbing her notebook she noted the angle of the victim’s legs — both still tented but the right one bent outward more than the left.

He’s probably a righty; he used his left knee to separate her legs and probably leaned on his left arm to balance.

She leaned over and sure enough found indentations in the hard-packed earth.

“Hey, did anybody take a cast of the indentations on her right side?  We may get lucky and get a print out of that.”

“Holden, of course I did that.  I’m not a rookie anymore,” Saks said in a pained voice.

Still observing, Holden looked at Kyma’s arms and face.  Frozen on Barnes’ ravaged face Jennifer swore she saw satisfaction.  She noted the observation down and continued her investigation.  Squatting down near the bloodied hand over the cement, she inspected it.  There was a lot of blood.  Most of it probably the victim’s but Jennifer’s gut told her some of the perp’s blood was there, too.  The prickly heat sensation ran up her spine and her eyes were drawn to the victim’s breasts.  They looked mangled.  Getting really close, Jennifer pulled out her penlight and directed it around the black and blue aureole.

“Saks, did you get a saliva sample from her left breast?”

“A what?  Are you crazy? He was just twisting and pulling at her and don’t you see the knife marks all over her stomach?”

“Yeah, I do but you didn’t see the minute teeth marks on her breast.  What?  Are you afraid if you look at her breasts too long you’ll get a woody?”

The other cops smirked and a few soft jeers could be heard.  Still very close to Jennifer, Yearwood said, “Good one, Holden.  Get ‘em where it hurts.”

“Get over here and do your job, Saks.  Maybe with real police work we can actually catch the perp you let get away,” Jennifer snapped off her light and stood up.  She felt strong and secure in herself which was a generally unheard of feeling for her.  Jennifer shook it off and looked down at Kyma Barnes’ remains.

“Nasty way to die.”

“It is,” Yearwood responded.

“I’m going to get this bastard,” Jennifer said with a ferocity that made the hair on the back of Yearwood’s neck rise.  He looked at her.  Something about her was…off.

“Holden, you okay tonight?  You seem…different.”

“Different?  Different how?  I’m not the one who likes reading the obituaries every damned day,” she said, her eyes slitting dangerously.

Yearwood took an imperceptible step back and decided to ignore the slight.

“Dunno.  You seem really on top of your game tonight — I’m liking it…a lot.”

Appeased, Jennifer smiled.  Yet, to Yearwood, her smile had a feral quality to it but he decided to keep that to himself.  In a lightning fast move, Jennifer gripped his hand and shook it.  It was a firm, manly, shake.

“Thanks, Yearwood.  You don’t know how much I appreciate your observation.”

He gazed down into her eyes and noticed for the umpteenth time that her eyes had lighter brown flecks in them.  He shoved down his feelings again but felt a slight surge of energy and hope.  His hand was still wrapped around hers and he took a deep breath consciously releasing the soft hand that suddenly seemed so extraordinarily strong.

“Looks like you’ve got this case well underway, Holden.  I’ll let you have at it.”

He stepped back trying to slow his racing heart and hide the growing excitement in his nether region.  He nodded at her and the other officers and walked off briskly heading towards the wire fence.

Jennifer turned back to the scene and looked for more clues that would help her find the man who did this.  While working, it came to her that she had finally found an overriding desire to do her job.  Too stunned to deal with the revelation, she put it on the back burner to mull over later.

Deep inside Jennifer’s psyche, the Fury smiled at Jennifer’s realization.  It was no revelation; it was merely the subtle prodding of the demon.  The Fury hoped this host was ready for what more was to come.

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Writing has been a ‘thing’ I’ve done for well over 20 years.  I started off in journalism and was bitten by the fiction bug in college.  Through a series of fortunate events, I found an awesome Sci-Fi writing mentor – Jacqueline Lichtenberg.  I studied with her for two years and began formulating plots that she approved of…mostly.  Then, one day, I saw a plume of steam rising up from a manhole and the idea of a Fury coming out/through and Fury From Hell was born.

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