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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

BOOK BLITZ: Revelation:The Todor Trilogy, Book One by Jenna Newell Hiott


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Revelation: 
The Todor Trilogy, Book One

By Jenna Newell Hiott
Genre: Fantasy

Book Synopsis

Do you love fantasy adventures? Let Revelation take you on a magical journey that will leave you questioning your own reality.

>>>"Careful, this book is addictive."

In a land where magic was created through the spilling of blood, turmoil is looming. Grief and despair flood the land of Todor, and its creators--the omniscient Deis--consider destroying it altogether. That is, until a single spot of joy attracts their attention: the idyllic village of Aerie. Believing in the hope found there, the Deis give Todor one more chance. They place three infants within this village who are unknowingly tasked with ending Todor’s suffering and saving all creation.

˃˃˃ "You will fall in love with these characters!"

As the three chosen ones grow, they discover that their beloved village is a haven of secrets, and nothing is as they believe. Can Gemynd, Soman, and Numa move beyond the secrets of Aerie in order to learn the truth about themselves and the world they thought they knew? With impending war, passionate love, and the heartbreak of separation facing them at every turn, will they do what is required to save Creation?

˃˃˃ "Newell Hiott's gripping style of writing completely immerses the reader in the story."

An imaginative fantasy debut from Jenna Newell Hiott, Revelation combines intrigue, passion, and magic to create a mythic tale like no other. The first book in the epic Todor trilogy, Revelation introduces readers to a unique fantasy realm, intelligent and layered with hidden truths, it will stay with you long after you’ve read the last page.


Author Bio:


Author, healer, all-around kook, Jenna Newell Hiott boasts of having a limitless imagination, unless it’s nap time. While many of us had an imaginary friend as children, Jenna had an entire imaginary family—complete with a second set of parents and three siblings—all of whom lived in a make-believe world of Jenna’s own creation. One could say she’s been writing fantasy fiction since she was old enough to use words. And she never outgrew it. Out of this hyperactive imagination, Jenna created the land of Todor: a world of magic, intrigue, and power plays.

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Monday, December 29, 2014

BOOK BLITZ: Hunter’s Haven By Linda Thackeray



Hunter’s Haven
By Linda Thackeray

Genre: Dystopian/Action
Publication Date: December 25, 2014

After taking revenge on a drug lord and his crew for murdering his sister, John Hunter is a wanted man.  It’s 2030 and in the aftermath of the great plague, John makes his way to Haven, craving sanctuary and peace but instead runs into a rogue religious group who wants to play God even as they run rife with corruption.  But they haven’t counted on meeting big bad John who’s meaner than they could ever be.  And just when they think they’ve put him out of their misery, he’s resurrected from his hospital bed and hell hath no fury like a hunter scorned…who’s become a devil with a cause!

HUNTER’S HAVEN is an action packed thriller that grabs you by the throat and won’t let go until the end of the book. To miss this incredible adventure would be criminal! Get your copy today and enjoy the read of a lifetime

Author Info:

Linda Thackeray is a freelance writer who has only started to self-publish in 2014. When she isn't writing, she works in the publication of safety standards at a recognized national body. Linda has been writing in numerous genres over the past twenty years, including science-fiction, romance, dystopian and fantasy.

At present, she is working on republishing the very first book she ever wrote 'Children of the White Star' while a sequel to the Avalyne series is being edited. She will soon begin work on the second part to 'The Guardian' series.

In her spare time, she is an active member of the Author's Cave, writes reviews on Amazon and also indulges in the occasional Play By Email Role Playing Game.  She lives in the coastal town of Woy Woy, meaning Big Water, in New South Wales, Australia with her long-haired ginger cat named Newt and spends more than normal time thinking bout Michael Fassbender.


Twitter: @Scribe31oz



Sunday, December 28, 2014

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: FROM THE FILES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARCANE Spring Blessings by S.C. Houff

Spring Blessings
First Book in the From the Files of the Department of the Arcane Series
By S.C. Houff

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Synopsis

Asher Stone didn't want to be a hero. After spending two years recovering from an isolating drug habit, his life was getting on track. He had a girlfriend who he loved very much. He was holding down a job and had a repaired relationship with his mother. One day, Asher was attacked by a manticore that escaped the clutches an order of magi and his world gets turned upside down. Now, Asher is dealing with old temptations and new problems and a destiny that he has to embrace or the fate of the world will crash down on him. The only thing Asher can hope is that Blessings and Hope do spring eternal in this first book in a series.






Author Bio

S.C. Houff was born in the backwoods of Southwestern Virginia to a small town lawyer and a recovering radical.  She has been a telemarketer, a part-time educator and occasional bodyguard but now is working on writing.  She has started working on her very first novel which is fun for everyone.  When she is not writing she’s perusing her other love which is history.  She also is an avid fan all things nerdy and fun.  

While she’s not received any accolades for her writing, S.C. Houff is a two time Geography B champion.








Tuesday, December 23, 2014

BOOK BLITZ: Sensual Intelligence (An Introduction to Your Body's Language) by Natalie Geld

SENSUAL INTELLIGENCE
An Introduction To Your Body’s Language
Author: Natalie Geld
Genre: Nonfiction, Self-empowerment

Book Summary

Are you AWARE of the language your body expresses, and how it affects your RELATIONSHIPS and experience? How can you develop the INTIMACY you crave when you are dissociated from YOUR OWN BODY?

When you touch behind your knee, or touch your belly – you touch your heart, and your entire life’s experience. Your flesh and blood is your diary, recording emotional events on its cells. Your body talks in subtle and profound ways; often out of alignment with the words you speak. To be effective in your life, the quality of this communication matters!

Sensual Intelligence draws from innovative research to show you how to experience your body from within to heal pain, feel more pleasure and love, a fully embodied spiritual life, and greater joy, empathy and confidence. You’ll explore the skin you’re in with an exquisite and UNIQUE HANDS-ON TOUR from head to toe. You’ll think about your body differently, even with daily activities like sitting.


• Release painful holding patterns to unlock vital energy using surprising and fun sensory experiences

• Feel the power of loving touch to immediately relax your nervous system so you feel connected and whole


Feel good in this skin you’re in. Don’t wait for love... CREATE.

A must read for anyone with a body!



Author Bio

Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Natalie Geld cares deeply about human evolution and improving our experience of living. To integrate frontier science with medical and clinical communities, she co-founded the Society for Mind Brain Sciences and is producer/ director of the PBS series and university curriculum “The Feeling Brain: Exploring the Science of Emotions.” A passionate explorer of the integral nature of energy, Natalie spends hundreds of hands-on hours in the human anatomy lab, and is co-author, with cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Bernard Baars of a book about our brain’s interactivity by Oxford University Press.

Natalie lifts the skirt of consciousness for 212 countries in her blog, WhyAreWeWhispering.com

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LINKS TO SENSUAL INTELLIGENCE

Touch your ears and you touch your heart. Everything’s connected.
Sensual Intelligence on Audible – Audio Book 
Narrated by Author, Natalie Geld $6.95
bit.ly/SensualiqonAudible

Audio Book also available on iTunes

Sensual Intelligence on Amazon – Kindle Edition $3.99

Sensual Intelligence on Barnes & Noble – NOOK Edition $4.49

eBook Edition also available on iBOOKS and additional Amazon sites worldwide.

Monday, December 22, 2014

BOOK BLITZ: The Defenseless (Brandon Fisher FBI Series Book 3) By Carolyn Arrnold

The Defenseless (Brandon Fisher FBI Series Book 3)
By Carolyn Arrnold

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Does the thought of animal abuse make you angry?
In "The Defenseless" it moves one man to murder.

The first victim was poisoned. Three others are still missing. One more turns up dead. But there is one connection that ties them all together.

This case has FBI Agent Brandon Fisher and the team in Colorado to stop a serial killer targeting men who beat charges of animal abuse over twenty years ago. With the method of murder changing to match what his victims had allegedly inflicted on the defenseless, the team questions who is on the side of justice--them or the murderer. After all, their unsub is seeking retribution on behalf of the victims who have no voice.


While facing this moral dilemma, Brandon’s loyalty to the bureau is also tested. But Brandon is up for the challenge--anything to get his mind off his pending divorce and the upcoming holiday. Being thousands of miles from home, the forbidden relationship between him and Paige becomes more tempting, but is he willing to risk all that he’s worked for?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CAROLYN ARNOLD is the bestselling author of the Madison Knight Series, Brandon Fisher FBI Series, and McKinley Mysteries. Her writing has been compared to New York Times Bestsellers such as JD Robb, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton, Michael Connelly, Tess Gerritsen, and more. She lives with her husband, and two beagles in a city near Toronto.





LINKS:
Amazon - http://ow.ly/FIWEk
Amazon UK - http://ow.ly/FIYK3 
Barnes & Noble - http://ow.ly/FIWHq 
iTunes - http://ow.ly/FIYI8  
Kobo - http://ow.ly/FIYF2


Website - https://carolynarnold.net/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/Carolyn_Arnold
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCarolynArnold

Thursday, December 18, 2014

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Paragraph Ranch by Kay Ellington & Barbara Brannon

THE PARAGRAPH RANCH
BY Kay Ellington & Barbara Brannon

Genre: Contemporary fiction


Description 

Every writer knows you can’t go home again. But that’s just what is required of West Texas expatriate Dee Bennett-Kaufmann when her mother is badly injured in a mysterious car accident.

Single-again “Dr. Dee” has never been on the "A-team" in her trendy East Coast MFA program. When a prestigious summer fellowship gives her the chance to finally finish her book, salvage her career, and spend some quality time with her college-age daughter, Dee’s certain her luck is about to change. Returning to care for her irascible, widowed mother threatens all of that.

With so much at stake, Dee engineers a series of unorthodox strategies and creative tradeoffs to keep her options in play—and despite herself finds friendship, love, and the power of words in the unlikeliest of places.




Author Bios

Kay Ellington, a native West Texan, has worked in newspapers from New York to California to the Carolinas—and back again to Texas. 
Barbara Brannon formerly led the Publishing Laboratory at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, but got to Texas as soon as she could.



Monday, December 8, 2014

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Rotate the Earth by Bryan Alaspa

Rotate the Earth
Book One: The Drivers

By Bryan W. Alaspa


Genre: Action/Adventure/Post-apocalyptic

Synopsis:

There is no more United States of America. The world is divided between the dirt poor and the filthy rich. There are no jobs. There is no future. No hope. There is only one thing that the world cares about. One chance at happiness.

The Race.

A desperate, dangerous challenge across the badlands. For the winner, it equals a life of wealth, fame, and comfort. But surviving The Race is nearly impossible. If your fellow drivers don't kill you, what's left in the former U.S. might.

They all have their reasons, but only one driver can win it all.




Author Bio:

Bryan W. Alaspa is an author from the Chicago area. He has been writing in one form or another since he sat down at his mother’s electric typewriter in the third grade and wrote his first story. He has written over 20 books and novels. He writes thrillers, suspense, thriller, adventure and mystery stories for fiction. He also writes non-fiction history and true crime books.








Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bryanalaspa
Twitter: twitter.com/bryanalaspa
Website: www.bryanwalaspa.com
Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/Bryan-W.-Alaspa/e/B003W50NPC 

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: a love story in three parts by Hannah Seevers

A Love Story in Three Parts
By Hannah Seevers

Genre: Romance, Literary Fiction

Synopsis:

Justine Holland is living quite a normal life (thank you very much). She's a successful artist, upper middle class, pregnant with baby number one, and twenty-seven. But her cozy life is turned on its head when her husband, Sean, finally realizes what everyone else already has- he's actually in love with his best college mate, Gabriel. Even though everyone says she's nuts, Justine decides that having the enigmatic Czech man around might not be such a bad idea. Who knows? All she does know is that losing either of them isn't an option. Break all the rules, shatter all the traditions. Will it be perfect? Or a perfect disaster...






Author Bio:
An author who blurs lines and pushes envelopes. Hannah hails from Southeastern Indiana, but considers Austin, TX and South Korea home. When she's not saving the world, the author's strapping husband lives with her and their redheaded wondertwins. A Love Story in Three Parts is her first published novel.













Social Media:

Twitter: @hannahseevers

COVER REVEAL: Hark ~ A Christmas Collection by





Hark---A Christmas Collection . . . 

By Justin Bog 

Genre: Fiction, Short Stories



Book Description:

A beautifully written collection of short stories from critically acclaimed Pacific Northwest writer Justin Bog, Hark explores the range of emotions surrounding the holidays. From melancholy to madness, loss and despair to hope and forgiveness, these six tales shimmer with feelings, some we'd rather stuff away, that Christmas can evoke.

Set in colorful locations around the United States, from Anacortes, Washington, to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Sun Valley, Idaho, each tale focuses on people who struggle to make good choices, learn lessons, and maybe even find peace during the holiday season.

A bonus story, Poseidon Eyes, from Booktrope's upcoming reissue of Sandcastle and Other Stories---The Complete Edition, is included.



Add Hark---A Christmas Collection . . . onto your Goodreads Want To Read list: