Book Blitz {Excerpt & Giveaway} For No Apparent Reason by S.K. Derban

 

For No Apparent Reason

by S.K. Derban

Release Date: 11/10/13

Touch Point Press

273 pages

 

Summary from Goodreads

 

A focused law student, romance has been absent from Madison’s life. She has successfully planned each phase of her life and resigned to the fact that there will be plenty of time for love after she passes the bar exam—that is, until the single act of seeking shelter from a spring downpour dramatically alters the course of her life.

 

Madison is lured away from the security of law school into a world where she learns about the destructive nature of greed. Thrust in a maze of money laundering and murder, Madison experiences the value of true friendship and witnesses the healing power of love.

 

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Excerpt

 

About eighty yards away, FBI Agent Court Braxton guided his company-issued sedan along the gentle curve of the residential street. He glanced ahead and observed a man and woman looking upwardly at the sky. Not knowing either Jeremiah Coltrane or Madison Leigh, he continued to observe the couple as they turned to head in the direction of his car. However, the woman instantly captured Court’s attention when the gap between them narrowed, and without realizing it, Court stopped pressing the accelerator. He held his breath, mesmerized as he watched absolute perfection walk closer. No matter what it took, Court Braxton made the instant decision to learn more about the woman who was causing his heart to race and his palms to perspire.

 

Madison took a passing glimpse at the darkly colored automobile as it crept along the street. She thought the driver might be lost and was slowing to ask directions. It was then that a sudden flash of lightning instantly diverted her attention.

 

About the Author

 

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, S.K. Derban moved to London within the first three months, and remained in England until the age of five. Her father, an American citizen, was a decorated veteran of the second world war. Derban's mother, born and raised in the United Kingdom, was involved with the London Royal Ballet Company, and a great fan of the arts. Even after returning to the United States, Derban's life was filled with a love of the theatre and a passion for British murder mysteries.

 

S.K. Derban has always remained passionate about writing, and is thrilled to finally share her work with others. Her personal travel and missionary adventures also help to transport readers virtually across the globe. When writing, Derban relies on all aspects of her life, from her faith in the Lord, to her love and knowledge of the arts.

 

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Book Blast ~ Three Day Book Blast for Team Tomás - Saints team series #2 by Ally Adams

Title: Team Tomás

Series: Saints Team Series # 2

Author: Ally Adams

Audience: New Adult (college age +)

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Format: E-book

Publisher: Atlas Productions

Cover by: Atlas Productions

Editor: Sally Odgers

Words: 74,000 words ebook

ISBN: 978-0-9943762-0-6

ASIN: B010IGD67O

Date Published:  1 July 2015

 

Blurb

 

“I’ll remember, until my dying breath.”

 

Tomás Carrera didn’t expect Alice Peterson to rock his world.

 

Growing up with a single mom and as the eldest of five siblings, Tomás has had to be responsible all his life. Now his super star soccer status has provided for his family and allowed him to let his hair down… and that’s just what he’s doing.

 

Signed to the Santa Ana Saints, Tomás is catching up for lost time with fast women, a fast Ducati motorcycle and a bevy of adoring fans. That is, until he loses his heart to Alice and is torn with wanting her and his independence.

 

Next in the series: Team Nik

 

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Excerpt

 

Open your eyes... no, no wait. Okay, deep breath, ready... almost. I might have had a bit too much to drink last night, fine then I was pissed, but so was Tomás, I think. Actually I can’t be sure about that either because Tomás ‘Pez’ Carrera—the gorgeous goalkeeper for the Santa Ana Saints soccer team—has a lot more experience than me at having a drink or ten. And now I was lying in a room that definitely wasn’t mine; in a bed with someone next to me; and, it was time to turn and face the music. On the upside, at least I was still wearing my underwear.

 

God please let it be Tomás next to me—I’ll go to church every Sunday for a month, honest. Good grief, now I was attempting to bribe God... I had sunk to a whole new low. It was the hangover or at least I think I had a hangover... can you get a hangover from four or five margaritas? I wasn’t a big drinker and I had never really been absolutely shit-faced drunk so a hangover would be a first.

 

I consoled myself that it had been a night of firsts, but I kept one of the firsts for another time. Damn it. I took a shallow breath so I didn’t wake the person next to me. Just get it over with.

 

I rolled over slowly and... what the fuck?

 

 

 

 

 

About The Author

 

Ally Adams is a journalist who lives in coastal Victoria, Australia with her husband and furry friends. She is a literature major, romance reader and writer.

 

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Blog Tour {Spotlight} The Angel's Name by Selena Rivera

 

 

Book Info

Title- The Angel’s Name

By- Selena Rivera

Genre- Erotic Romance

Publication Date- June 24th, 2015

 

Blurb

 

When songwriter Rebecca Evans moves to Tennessee to pursue her career in writing music for a country singer, she meets cowboy football player, Bobby James, who becomes an angel in her life. But she's worried that she must leave her world behind. Her grandma would never understand. Will Rebecca take a chance on a new life with the man she loves? Will it be the right choice?

 

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About the Author

 

Selena Rivera lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada . A self-proclaimed "Country Girl" at heart, she loves country music. She also likes to sing and dance and has an interest in astronomy. By day, she is a busy secretary. Her life struggles have pushed her to fight for her dreams. She's an artistic person and has been writing since the age of 12. Above all she wants to share her world with everybody.

 

Author Spotlight

 

Please tell us about yourself using 3 adjectives, 1 quirk and a pop culture addiction.

Sweet, Honest, Sensitive.

 

Quirk: Writing anywhere possible. Hahaha

 

Pop Culture Addiction: My iPhone does that count? hahaha Facebook :P

 

Top 3 Pet Peeves

Judging people, intimidation and making the other person feel stupid etc. all those three are stuff I can’t stand.

 

Who do you consider the most swoon-worthy man/woman in the literary world? How about on TV/in the movies?

Most swoon-worthy man my Bobby-James (He’s the type of guy I like :P What? Is It bad hahaha?)

 

On TV Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca

 

Top 5 Favorite Things

Singing, dancing salsa, writing, speak with my friends, family gatherings.

 

What are your thoughts on book covers- in your opinion do they make or break a book?

They make a book!

 

What’s the last song you listened to?

Blake Shelton- Sangria (What can I say I adore that song)

 

How do you come up with character names?  How do you come up with novel titles?

It’s names I love. The Title comes with the blurb I believe when I chose that title it fitted with the characters stories. After all when we find love don’t they become our angels?

 

Do you have any advice for anyone that would like to be an author?

Never give up even if it’s hard and there’s writer's block in the way write.

 

This or That-

*Morning or Night? Night

*Vanilla or Chocolate? Vanilla

*Summer or Winter? Summer

*Ebook or Paperback? Paperback

*Fantasy or Paranormal? Fantasy

 

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Book Blitz {Guest Post & Giveaway} Aurelious Forty; Volume One by Dianna Beirne

Aurelious Forty; Volume One

by Dianna Beirne

Release Date: 12/20/14

252 pages

 

Summary from Goodreads

 

Aurelious Forty has led a lonely, troubled life. He stays disconnected from the world around him with no family and no friends. He lives merely to exist…to survive.

 

Aurelious’ life changes in an instant when an impulsive decision forces him to abandon everything he has ever known. Choosing to follow strangers into a new world, he discovers he was born with a gift so strong, so unique; it could give him the power to change humanity.

 

But the shadows of his childhood are long and dark and run through every fiber of his soul. Can Aurelious break the chains of his past and use his gift for good? Or will the nightmare of his tormentors set him on a path of revenge so fierce it could destroy us all?

 

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A Deeper Look at a Main Character: Aurelious Forty

 

Aurelious is, at times, a bit of an enigma. He is a very emotional character and while he shares his emotional experiences with the reader, he tries desperately to hide them from the characters that he interacts with on the page. He is typically unsuccessful in masking his own emotions from those around him though he’s generally unaware of how unsuccessful he is because he’s fairly self-absorbed, at least in the beginning of the book. Enigma.

 

There is a lot to love in Aurelious but he makes you work at loving him, he doesn’t give it right away. There are times when you might think it’s easier to dislike him but then he draws you in and you’re reminded of what he endured as a child and you’re proud of how far he’s come.

 

Although he is the main character and the one telling us his story, he isn’t the hero. He is really more of a sidekick who has to learn from the hero and finds himself fumbling along the way, a lot. He fumbles so much that he makes the hero a little less heroic for a minute. But, when he starts to look outside of himself, when he starts to connect with and care for the people around him, when he shows us how much he changes and overcomes, then he does become a little bit more of a hero himself. Or at least makes us question how a hero could be defined.

 

Aurelious Forty struggles. He learns. He grows. He changes. He is an imperfect character, just like the rest of us. And, in his imperfection, he is worthy of being loved, just like the rest of us. As the person who created him, I must confess, I hope people will embrace his flaws and love him.

 

About the Author

 

Dianna Beirne lives in a fantasy world. Okay not really, but part of her wishes she did and, since that’s technically impossible, she writes about fantasy worlds instead. Her first Young Adult novel entitled Aurelious Forty; Volume One quickly turned into her first Young Adult series with the addition of Aurelious Forty; Volume Two and, Aurelious Forty; Volume Three.

 

When not writing, she’s generally daydreaming which morphs into wondering if that last daydream could turn into a book. She has also recently discovered podcasts but doesn’t exactly understand what they are or why they’re different from regular radio shows. So it’s safe to assume that her next book won’t be about a podcast. Instead she’ll just keep listening to the ones that she finds that hilarious because laughing is one of her favorite pastimes and she finds way too many things funny!

 

Prior to dedicating her time to writing, Dianna taught undergraduate and graduate courses about using literacy in the elementary, middle, and high school classroom. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, a Master’s degree in Literacy and a Doctorate in Education specializing in Curriculum and Teaching.

 

Dianna lives in New York and is the grateful mother of a son whom she misses terribly when he is away at college.

 

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Blog Tour {Excerpt & Giveaway} Dragonfriend (Dragonfriend #1) by Marc Secchia

 

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Dragonfriend (Dragonfriend #1)

by Marc Secchia

Release Date: 04/11/15

420 pages

 

Summary from Goodreads

 

Stabbed. Burned by a dragon. Abandoned for the windrocs to pick over. The traitor Ra’aba tried to silence Hualiama forever. But he reckoned without the strength of a dragonet’s paw, and the courage of a girl who refused to die.

 

Only an extraordinary friendship will save Hualiama’s beloved kingdom of Fra’anior and restore the King to the Onyx Throne. Flicker, the valiant dragonet. Hualiama, a foundling, adopted into the royal family. The power of a friendship which paid the ultimate price.

 

This is the tale of Hualiama Dragonfriend, and a love which became legend.

 

*Series Note*

 

Dragonfriend is a stand-alone YA fantasy novel which is set in the same world as the bestselling dragon adventure series Shapeshifter Dragons and Shapeshifter Dragon Legends. It can be read in any order alongside Aranya, Shadow Dragon and The Pygmy Dragon.

 

Excerpt

 

The Roc lifted her five feet and two inches frame with ease. As he manhandled her toward the safety railing which lined the gantry beneath the Dragonship’s hundred-and-fifty-foot hydrogen balloon, Lia saw the unmistakable profile of Ha’athior Island’s double volcanic cone abaft their starboard beam. Ahead and several miles below lay a tiny side-volcano, nestled against its parent like a Dragon hatchling taking comfort against an enormous mother’s flank. After that? Crimson-tinged Cloudlands lapped unbroken from the Islands to the horizon’s skirts, a deathly carpet clothed in immeasurable, brooding majesty.

 

Strange. She had always wanted to experience Dragon flight.

 

The touch of cool metal against her back provoked a sudden, final outpouring of strength. Reaching behind her, Hualiama caught her long braid in her fingertips.

 

“Any birthday wishes, little Lia?” chuckled Captain Ra’aba.

 

“Rot in–” she inhaled sharply, choking on blood “–a Cloudlands hell.” Reaching up, Lia jabbed her three-inch long, razor-sharp hairpin into his windpipe, several inches below his left jawbone.

 

He wheezed, “You …”

 

As Ra’aba recoiled, the flailing of his arms tumbled her over the edge. Lia screamed endlessly as she fell through the ruddy beams of a perfect Fra’aniorian suns-set.

 

 

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About the Author

 

Marc is the bestselling author of 12 fantasy novels. Aranya and The Pygmy Dragon are full of dragons, battles and romance, and are set in a unique island-world above the toxic cloudlands. He's also the author of a bestselling African historical fantasy series set in ancient Ethiopia.

 

Current projects: Dragonlove, the sequel to Dragonfriend, and the sequel to The Pygmy Dragon are being drafted.

 

Marc was born Cape Town but now lives and works in Ethiopia with his wife and 4 children, 2 dogs, and a variable number of marabou storks that roost on the acacia trees out back. On a good night there are also hyenas prowling along the back fence.

 

When he’s not writing about Africa or dreaming about dragons flying across the moon, Marc can be found travelling to remote locations. He thinks there’s nothing better than standing on a mountaintop wondering what lies over the next horizon.

 

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I’d like to give away an $50 Amazon gift voucher to folks liking my author page on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/authormarc) This can be open internationally.

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Book Blitz {Giveaway} Haunted Echoes by Emma Bloom

Haunted Echoes

by Emma Bloom 

Release Date: 07/20/15

Summary from Goodreads:

Freak!

Oddball!

Crazy!

Loser!

The world sees Abby as unsavory, making her feel isolated. But she most certainly isn’t alone. Everywhere she turns she hears disembodied voices, sees things move as if by unseen hands. Bullies constantly torment her, threatening what remains of her sanity. Her mother is too busy trying to fix her craziness to see what is truly happening.

Abby is tired of the world around her, and wants nothing more than to escape. When her life spirals out of control, she is invited to Hildebranch Academy, a school for spirited kids like her. Can Abby learn to live a normal life?
 

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About the Author

Author Emma Bloom, that’s me! I was born in southern Illinois and am the youngest in my family. From an early age I found a great love for reading and dreamed of one day creating books that would capture the minds of young readers. I am an avid lover of all things paranormal, even though I admit I’m the first to duck and cover in a haunted house.

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Trailer Reveal for Break the Spell by A.M. Bostwick

Break the Spell

by A.M. Bostwick

Release Date: September 2015

Fiery Seas Publishing, LLC

Summary from Goodreads:

Alone. On the run. Until she came along.

When Allison Evans walks out of high school the last day of her senior year, she has no idea that her carefully guarded life is about to unravel.

Ethan Knight is on the run. Accused of dealing drugs and armed with nothing but a bad reputation and his motorcycle, he takes refuge for the weekend inside the old high school. Thinking no one will find him and no one does.

 

Until Allison. Panicked and left with no other choice, Ethan takes her captive. It should be a nightmare, but together, both of their lives take an unexpected turn. It’s time for them both to stop running from their problems.

 

About the Author
A.M. Bostwick writes Middle Grade and Young Adult novels. Her debut middle grade novel, The Great Cat Nap, earned the 2014 Tofte/Wright Children's Literature Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers. An early draft of her young adult novel, "Break the Spell," was a finalist in the 2013 Wisconsin Romance Writers of America Fab 5 Contest. She took third place in the 2014 Rochester Writers’ Summer Writing Contest for her flash fiction piece, “Paint the Stars.” She holds degrees in both art and earth science. Her young adult novel, "Break the Spell," is forthcoming in September 2015 from Fiery Seas Publishing. A.M. Bostwick lives in northern Wisconsin with her husband, dog and thrill-seeking cat.

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