BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Amaranthine by Nina R Schluntz

Amaranthine

The Heart of Decompose

By Nina Schluntz

Genre:Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Romance

Synopsis

Dragons, unicorns, fairies, zombies… and Santa.

At the center of it all stands Dee, a man immortalized in legend as Decompose. An ongoing war between unicorns and dragons has led to the creation of a plague… a deadly infection Dee is the host for. Not quite human, but not a unicorn either, Dee and the plague form a symbiotic relationship, resulting in immortality of the undead kind.

Every ruling Empire has desired control of Decompose. Controlling the infection means control of the people. An intervention of an old rival, Santa, results in Dee going missing. When he resurfaces decades later, Dee has one goal: locate the mythical cure to his plague.

However, complications of the heart force Dee to decide whether he truly wants to find the cure and give up being Decompose.

Author Bio

Nina Schluntz is a native to rural Nebraska. In her youth, she often wrote short stories to entertain her friends. Those ideas evolved into the novels she creates today.

Her husband continues to ensure her stories maintain a touch of realism as she delves in the science fiction and fantasy realm. And their kitty, a rescued Abyssinian, is always willing to stay up late to provide inspiration.

Visit her blog; mizner13.wordpress.com for information regarding previous and upcoming publications. She also posts book and movie reviews for a wide variety of genres. 

Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nschluntz

https://www.facebook.com/amaranthine.mizner

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Naked Storyteller by Laura Michelle Thomas

The Naked Storyteller
By Laura Michelle Thomas
Genre: Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Comedy

Book Description:

Harry Tyke is a flabby, divorced grade-six teacher on the verge of a monumental mid-life crisis when he unexpectedly ends up in a storytelling workshop taught by a creative, free-thinking teacher-turned-storyteller named Olga. The workshop awakens Harry’s long dead romantic side and hurls him into stories from his past, including his decision to give up on his dream of being a novelist to please his parents, a decision this classroom-weary teacher can no longer live with as he sags into his fifties.

Questioning contemporary ideas of what makes a happy and productive life in an increasingly digital world, this romantic comedy––set in Vancouver, Canada––will have you cheering for this unlikely leading man from start to finish.

About the Author:

LAURA MICHELLE THOMAS is an author with an opinion on just about everything she thinks is wrong with contemporary life in North America (which, in her opinion, is just about everything). Harry Tyke, the 52-year-old protagonist of The Naked Storyteller, is who Laura might be if she wasn’t the author of her own life and had a beard. When she’s not writing and telling her family to buzz off and let her work, she’s runs a very busy website through which she fosters the development of young writers around the world through free annual writing contests, young writers conferences and other inspirational stuff. With the assistance of her team of junior bloggers, editors and artists, Laura has the privilege of being publisher and senior editor of an international e-zine for young writers called jaBlog! To find out what novel project Laura is working on now, please visit her website (www.laurathomascommunications.com) and click on “Novels by Laura Michelle Thomas.”

Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PollyWantstoBeaWriter

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LauraThomasComm

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7329741.Laura_Michelle_Thomas

Purchase Links:

(iTunes) https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-naked-storyteller/id909123422?mt=11

(Kindle Amazon.ca) http://www.amazon.ca/Naked-Storyteller-Laura-Michelle-Thomas-ebook/dp/B00MO0DF9W

(Kindle Amazon.com) http://www.amazon.com/Naked-Storyteller-Laura-Michelle-Thomas-ebook/dp/B00MO0DF9W

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Millionaire Within Us by Chris Carley

The Millionaire Within Us
By Chris Carley
Genre: Business Memoir

Synopsis

A down and out, fired factory worker, Chris imagined a better life for herself. With a small $79 loan from her father, she took her people skills and her hard-earned marketing skills to levels no one could imagine. Starting with handmade flyers, in just 3 years she became a millionaire in network marketing. Since then she has gone on to make over millions in an industry that few fully understand.

Author Bio

Chris Carley has earned over $20 million dollars working from home and has a life style that has allowed her to golf and hang out with Donald Trump and meet people like Barbara Walters, Katie Couric, Former President Bill Clinton and President Ford and so many more.  Movie stars have filmed or been photographed in her home. George Clooney, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Lui, Drew Barrymore, Arnold Swartznegger, Bruce Willis.   

Yet it wasn't always this way. She started off as an uneducated, overweight, depressed, in a bad abusive marriage, fired airplane factory worker that had to borrow $79 from her father to get started. 

With hard work, perseverance and a vision of what she wanted in life she turned it all around and has taught thousands of others around the world to do the same. 

Social Media/Purchase Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/topearnermentor

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8347152.Chris_Carley

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Millionaire-Within-Chris-Carley-ebook/dp/B00LBFELM6

Website: http://www.chris-carley.com/

The author is generously offering 2 signed paperback & 2 hardcover copies of The Millionaire Within Us to 4 different winners via the Rafflecopter code below:

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BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Necromancer by Alex Stargazer

The Necromancer (Linaera the Great, Book #1)
By Alex Stargazer

Genre: Dark Fantasy, High Fantasy, Young Adult

Book Blurb

‘I am Neshvetal. My name carries the bitter taste of death; my magic brings it to my enemies; and my laughter sings with the howling wind.’

From ice and fire he was born; but death is his master now.
His children—decaying and sadistic, merciless and cruel—smile as they grow ever more.

The Dead are rising. Will you join them?

A tale about death and life, magic and ordinary people; the Necromancer is a story for the brave and the strong of heart. Read it—if you dare. For it is often in the darkest times, in which the heroes emerge...










Author Biography


Hello! I’m called Alex Stargazer. That’s not my real name. And no: I’m not going to tell you. I like a little mystery.

What I will tell you: I’m sixteen. I have a passion for fantasy; and a soft spot for romance. I like to write about anything fantastical (elves are a favourite; dragons too) and my favourite book’s either Narnia or Northern Lights—never could decide, poor vacillating me.

Anyway: give my stuff a read. You might like it. No, really; I got fans. (If you listen carefully at night, you’ll hear them whispering my name. They’re shy, are my fans; but they’re a determined lot.)

PS: if you want to know more, email me at alexstargazerwriterextraordinaire@outlook.com. Yes, the address is deliberately long; I don’t like stalkers. They scare me.




Links

Site: alexstargazer.blogspot.com
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23436152-the-necromancer
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexStargazerWE
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Neshvetal-the-Necromancer/385388791623891?ref=bookmarks
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O8CF290

BOOK BLITZ: Valentine’s Day is Murder by Carolyn Arnold

Valentine’s Day is Murder
By Carolyn Arnold
Genre: Cozy Mystery

Book Synopsis

Jimmy finally takes a vacation--and a chance on love--only to be abducted. His female companion originally thinks he had cold feet about their relationship, but Sean and Sara know there’s more to it. Jimmy isn’t the type to just up and disappear, let alone leave a lady stranded.

Setting out on their private jet, Sean and Sara reach the tropical paradise of Ocho Rios, Jamaica with sightseeing as the last thing on their minds.

With a gold coin being their initial tie to Jimmy’s kidnapper, Sean and Sara even speculate about the involvement of pirates. Yet as the hours pass, and there’s no word from Jimmy’s captors, Sean and Sara will need to figure out the real motive before it’s too late.

With help from their friend, Adam, back in Albany, the pieces come together and not a moment too soon.

Strap in for an adventure that will take you to the beautiful island of Jamaica and have you wanting a piña colada.

About the Author

CAROLYN ARNOLD is the bestselling author of the Madison Knight series, the Brandon Fisher series, and the McKinley Mysteries. Her love for writing dates back to her teen years, but her passion was reignited in 2006 when a fellow employee said "tell me a story." Since then Carolyn has never looked back.

Her writing has since been compared to New York Times Bestsellers such as JD Robb, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton, Michael Connelly, Tess Gerritsen, and more.

Carolyn was born in 1976 in a rural town of Ontario, Canada, and she currently lives with her husband and two beagles in a city near Toronto.

For more information on the author visit 

https://carolynarnold.net/

Amazon – http://ow.ly/G4Yl6 

Amazon UK – http://ow.ly/G4Ynv 

Barnes & Noble – http://ow.ly/G4Ype 

iTunes – http://ow.ly/G4Yqv 

Kobo - http://ow.ly/G4YrU 

BOOK SPOTLIGHT & REVIEW: Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth

Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth By Ross Eliot

Genre: Memoir, LGBTQ/ Trans Nonfiction, NW History

Synopsis

This narrative begins in 1998 when, in his early twenties, Ross Eliot relocates to Portland, Oregon and eventually the basement pantry of a grand house owned by Dr. Babette Ellsworth, an arcane history professor.  

Her past unfolds in stories, from the 1928 kidnapping in central Washington carried out by a mysterious wealthy French woman, to life in occupied Europe during World War II with the Czarist assassin of Rasputin a frequent houseguest. The professor’s later life experiences in America only create more intrigue, from teenage prostitution to her late-life sex reassignment, involvement with the Catholic Church and connections to Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, whose cult perpetrated a notorious 1984 bio-terror attack in Oregon. 

Eliot cares for Dr. Ellsworth until her death in 2002 before an entire class of students, however, the shroud covering her story has only partially raised and murkier secrets than ever suspected emerge. Part memoir, part mystery, part history lesson– this true tale binds drama from classic Greek tragedy together with revelations worthy of the most bizarre fiction. From gender and sexuality to religious theory and existential philosophy, it’s an unorthodox love saga between pupil and mentor, yet also for the city of Portland where they live.

My Review

BABETTE! A new favorite and magnum opus! This brilliant piece of Pacific Northwestern literature really packs a punch! This story begins with a trip down the I-5 corridor from Seattle to Portland, Oregon, & Ross’ hard landing in the Rose city and the sublime diversity of its population.  The development of his relationship with the intriguing Dr. Ellsworth and her alternate take on life, love, history, and gender identity are beautifully woven into this piece.  Added to that is his rich descriptions of the vastness of human experience available to anyone with the moxie to LIVE life instead of just observing!  All sung with color, tumult, & joie de vivre, to a tune drawn from many important and powerful pieces of classical prose.

I loved this book, and it will definitely be taking a place amongst my keepers! 

Author Info

Ross Eliot is a writer, roofer, auto mechanic, DJ and commercial fisherman based in Portland, Oregon and Sitka, Alaska. He is best known as publisher and editor of the critically acclaimed counterculture gun politics magazine American Gun Culture Report from 2006-2011 and the current internet journal Occupy the 2nd Amendment.

Links:

www.profellsworth.com

www.facebook.com/babette1928

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1u9mzxZ

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21468432-babette

https://twitter.com/DrEllsworthBook

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Lightning's Child by Michael A. Smith

Lightning’s Child
By Michael A. Smith
Genre: Suspense/Romance

SYNOPSIS:

During an artillery barrage at the Civil War battle of Antietam in 1862, a young colonel lost his leg. More than 150 years later, he lost the same leg in a traffic accident on the Washington, D.C. Beltway! 
Diane Kowalski, a research scientist, examines tissue from the anonymous victim’s severed leg. She discovers a genetic mutation that could make regeneration possible — and increase longevity. 
Diane and Jack O’Sullivan, a private investigator, follow clues that lead them to Thomas Winthrop, founder of a leading genetics research laboratory. They learn that Winthrop has developed a gene therapy to extend his natural “gifts” to humanity. However, Winthrop’s “family” opposes his plan, arguing that it would lead to overpopulation, economic chaos, famine and war. 

Lightning’s Child is a novel about the latest advances in biotechnology that one day may allow the human species to control its evolutionary destiny. It’s also a lighthearted and entertaining story about its colorful characters, as they struggle to achieve purpose, fulfillment and love in their lives.

AUTHOR BIO

Michael A. Smith is the author of six published novels, all described on his Website, www.goodnovels.org.  He began his career as a newspaper reporter, and was editor of the Golden, Colorado Daily Transcript.  He also was Associate Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education, and Press Secretary, Congressman Richard Durbin.  He is a member of the Authors Guild.

Links: www.goodnovels.org

Lightning’s Child is available on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1FU3iXA

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: Co-Creation, Mystery Solved! by Filiberto Amati

Co Creation: Mystery Solved    
By Filiberto Amati
Genre: Nonfiction, Business

Synopsis:

Co-creation is an umbrella concept for many diverse disciplines including marketing and branding. Co-creation is a new way businesses are innovating their creative processes. This book aims at providing the reader with the tools to understand co-creation, by providing a simple yet powerful framework to ask the relevant questions.  
Successful innovation challenges and changes the rules of the game in a sector, so to be ready for that, a business owner needs to be open enough to challenge everything he or she knows. Even better if one goes through the process together with customers and consumers.







Author Bio:

Filiberto Amati is an international business marketing expert, branding guru, small business management consultant and founder of Amati & Associates. (www.Amati-Associates.com).

Link to purchase: https://www.createspace.com/5042474
Twitter - @filibertoamati

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

We’re celebrating Revelation’s FREE kindle download TODAY (click here)!

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.

Links:

http://www.facebook.com/jennanewellhiottauthor

http://www.twitter.com/jennahiott

http://www.jennanewellhiott.com

http://www.amazon.com/Jenna-Newell-Hiott/e/B00J90PD9U/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7696427.Jenna_Newell_Hiott

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.

Website address: http://www.scribe31oz.com/Originals.htm

Twitter: @Scribe31oz

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Scribee31oz

Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/author/lindathackeray

Book link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QF9OAJM

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.

Links

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/doapropaganda

Twitter - https://twitter.com/Citizen_artzen

Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=S+C+Houff&search-

alias=books&text=S+C+Houff&sort=relevancerank

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20789324-spring-blessings

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

CONNECT WITH AUTHOR, NATALIE GELD

Sign up for Nat’s newsletter:

NatalieGeld.com

Connect with her on:

Facebook.com/NatalieGeld

Twitter.com/NatalieGeld

GoodReads.com/Natalie_Geld

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

http://bit.ly/SensualiqKindle

Sensual Intelligence on Barnes & Noble – NOOK Edition $4.49

http://bit.ly/SensualiqNOOK

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

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

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.

Contact, social media, and sales links:

Website: www.ParagraphRanch.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheParagraphRanch

          www.facebook.com/ParagraphRanch (refers to the writers’ retreat)

Twitter: @ParagraphRanch  www.twitter.com/ParagraphRanch

Amazon: www.amazon.com/Paragraph-Ranch-Book-ebook/dp/B00N6UFXR6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410882991&sr=8-1&keywords=paragraph+ranch

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23198108-the-paragraph-ranch

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 

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/980556.Bryan_Alaspa

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

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hannah-Seevers

On Amazon: http://amzn.to/1y8bZhQ

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.

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