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Blog Tour: The End Begins: The Nine

Welcome to the Making Connections Blog Tour stop for The End Begins: The Nine! I have an excerpt for you as well as a guest post from author Jeffery Zweig II!  Also, don’t miss the guest post Jeffery did for me!

The End Begins: The Nine

Book One of the Trinity Trilogy

Genre: Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Alternate History
Published by: Self Published: Date: September 28, 2011

Can be found on: Amazon   Smashwords   Createspace

Blurb:

A young alchemist, Cassarah Telmar, thought training at the magic academy was what life was about, until she discovered it’s students powers were being stolen by the Coalition, an ambiguous corporation turned warmongering militia. Cass escapes their program and vows to bring them down.

The key lies on the young James Kesumare’s mind, who is responsible for destroying the gate technology that’s stranded the Coalition and forced them to survive in a backward parallel world. Cass wants nothing more than to destroy them and free her clan, but she’s too blind to see that the end begins for both the Coalition, and herself. She will have to chose between living under their thumb, or dying with freedom. Continue reading Blog Tour: The End Begins: The Nine

Interview: Jennifer Ford

Today I have Jennifer Ford, author of The Waking Dream, here with an interview as part of her blog tour. Here’s her blurb, and then see why she writes what she does.

Blurb:

Two cities. A forgotten past. Destiny comes to call.

Cut off from the outside world by a hostile desert full of savage secrets, the city of Illamar must fend for itself. Late one night, Dante Montero, Commander and Ruler of Illamar, is confronted on his own streets by a mysterious woman bearing an ominous message from a dangerous man known only as Rasheim. Dante and his close friend Kerran, Captain of the Guard, rush to discover the identity of Rasheim and the nature of the threat posed against their city. The closer they get to the truth, the more their worlds begin to fall apart. Both men will have to rely heavily on their friendship as they struggle to comprehend the events happening around them, their past, and even the truth about themselves. They must move quickly and choose wisely, for time is running out as Dante and Kerran discover a secret plot is already underway to destroy their city and kill every last person alive. It seems the answers they so desperately need can only be found in a sequence of dreams, but in a world where nothing is as it seems, even their dreams could turn out to be deadly.

Links:

http://www.outskirtpress.com/thewakingdream

Bio:

Jennifer Ford was born and raised in a small town in Massachusetts. She currently resides in sunny southern Florida. She lives with her cats, of which she says; “They are possessed little terrors at times, absolute darlings at others, and an endless source of entertainment. Only another cat person would understand.” Continue reading Interview: Jennifer Ford

FMB Blog Tour: The Progeny Series

Welcome to The Progeny Series Blog Tour stop! There’s a cool trailer at the bottom of this post, along with a giveaway, so be sure to make it to the end!


Title:
The Progeny

Series: The Progeny Series, #1

Author: Ashlynne Laynne

Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Romance, Erotica, Vampire/Wiccan

Publisher: Novel Concept Publishing

Paperback/Ebook

Pages: 364

Purchase: Amazon Kindle | Amazon Paperback | Amazon Kindle UK | Barnes and Noble Nook | Smashwords | All Romance E-books | Sony e-book

Book Description:

“No fate other than the one I choose.”

The timeless creed, and tattoo, bore by the Rousseau’s— a vampire clan with the purest bloodline of any vampire family. Out of this clandestine group came one who was different, yet the same: Ascher-a half-bloodling— half- human, half vampire.

Ascher questions the purpose for his existence and which world he truly belongs to: the human world or the vampire world. Two months from sealing to Ursula— a prearranged union to a woman he abhors — he’s at his wit’s end. He knows if he calls off the sealing, the Romanian clan will strike with deadly force, but he cannot see eternity with a cold empty shell of a woman like Ursula.

Just when he thought life was complicated enough, he meets Shauna— a beautiful, bi-racial human Wiccan — and immediately develops an unshakable attraction to her. She makes him feel alive and vital despite his origins and Ascher makes a decision that turns his immortal world upside down. Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: The Progeny Series

Blog Tour: Fables of the Flag

Blurb:

Jack Preston, an ordinary kid on his 8th grade trip to Washington DC, finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1720 Massachusetts. Finding a world without cars, phones and other conveniences of modern life takes some getting used to, but he’s even more surprised to meet a young Founding Father, Ben Franklin.

Being a righteous fellow, Ben befriends the confused and tattered Jack and offers him a place to stay. When Jack overhears a seedy plan that will most certainly ruin Ben’s brother’s printing business, Jack vows to help find the culprit before it’s too late.

From the streets of Colonial Boston, to the cargo hold of a huge galleon, Jack realizes he’s on the most bizarre, but important, adventure of his life. As Jack is thrown into a whirlwind of conspiracy, he realizes that much more than a printing company is at stake. An adventure is one thing, but being stuck hundreds of years in the past is quite another. Continue reading Blog Tour: Fables of the Flag

FMB Blog Tour: Chain Reaction

 

Title: Chain Reaction

Series: Phenom League, Book 1

Author: T. C. Archer

Genre: Romance

Publisher: Silver Publishing

Ebook

Words: 65,000

Book Description:

Former Chicago Detective Jordan Pierce put his life on hold in order to protect America’s secret weapon against the Nazis, The Manhattan Project. But he can’t protect himself as his humanity is eaten away by a mysterious disease that destroys him, while at the same time makes him more powerful than any man he’s ever known. Jordan finds out how much the disease has devoured his soul when he falls in love with the woman who might destroy America and tear apart his last shred of humanity.

Buy Links: Amazon | ARe | Bookstrand | B&N |

Please check out my review. I’m also hosting a giveaway of this book! To be entered to win, please follow the link below to the Rafflecopter page.

Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: Chain Reaction

Blog Tour: No Good Deed

No Good Deed (Kelly & Umber Series, #1)
Author: Bill Blais
E-Book Published: March 9, 2012
Synopsis: Kelly McGinnis has spent her adult life trying to do the right thing, but as a newly down-sized mother of twins and the wife of a man living with Muscular Sclerosis, she also knows that trying isn’t always enough.
While interrupting a scene of police brutality, Kelly unwittingly releases a real, live demon. After she manages to kill the creature through gut instinct and blind luck, she is approached to join a secret group of demon hunters who reveal an underworld of monsters and magic. Kelly’s mill town upbringing proves an unexpected asset and the pay more than covers her husband’s treatments, but the work begins to undermine her sense of right and wrong as she struggles to maintain her ‘normal’ life.
When she encounters Umber, a compelling incubus with an unexpectedly human story, Kelly learns that the truth is far stranger and more terrifying than she imagined.
Read a Sample Chapter to No Good Deed. Purchase a copy of No Good Deed on Amazon. See my review.

AuthorBio: Bill Blais is a writer, web developer and perennial part-time college instructor. His novels include Witness (winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Fantasy) and the Kelly & Umber urban fantasy series. Bill graduated from Skidmore College before earning an MA in Medieval Studies from University College London. He lives in Maine with his wife and daughter.

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FMB Blog Tour: Halo of the Damned

Book Tour and  Special Excerpt

 

Book Title: Halo of the Damned

Author: Dina Rae

Series: Book 1

Genre: Dark, Horror, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Thriller

Publisher: Eternal Press

Paperback/Ebook

Pages: 291

Words: 89,000

Book Description:

“A chain of advertising agencies, a new breed of humans, and a fallen angel to worship…

Andel Talistokov is known for his slick advertising agencies across the globe. He is a fallen angel that uses advertising as a weapon for Satan’s work. His growing power emboldens him to break several of Hell’s Commandments. Furious with his arrogance, Satan commands him to return to Hell after finding his own replacement. Yezidism, an ancient angel worshiping religion, quietly expands throughout the West. Armaros appears as a guest of honor during their ceremonies. He mates with young women to produce nephilim, a mixed race of humans and angels. They are alone and unprepared for their supernatural power. Joanna Easterhouse, a recovering drug addict, steps out of prison shortly after her mother’s fatal accident. She and her sister, Kim, unravel their mother’s secretive past. Intrigued, they learn their bloodline is part of a celestial legacy. Both worlds collide. Halo of the Damned is a horrifying tale that weaves research together with suspenseful twists and turns.” Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: Halo of the Damned

Blog Tour: The Macabre Masterpiece

The Macabre Masterpiece: Poems of Horror and Gore by Justin Bienvenue

Please see my review, posted here.

SYNOPSIS: An anthology of fifty poems of the creepy, the eerie and the even down right horrific. Five chapters about all things gruesome, strange and unknown. Hell, a look into and take on the underworld as we have come to know it. Blood, the tales of the notorious red liquid from different levels. Creatures, some of histories most beloved and feared monsters each with their own little twist. Creepy, poems of things that leave us shaken and hidden deep under our covers scared out of our minds. Suspense, tales that leave us scared but turning the page and gripping the edge of our seats wanting more. The Macabre Masterpiece, a sure scare, treat and must read for all horror and poetry lovers out there.

EXCERPT: The Spirit of the dead is near, they’ve asked me to bring you all here, I can see it in your eyes, you all look despaired..

The need for bloodshed is done in the back of the shed in the back of the head until the back is red.

Crouching in position posing in perfect posture, on the rooftop of a gothic cathedral sits a monster.. Continue reading Blog Tour: The Macabre Masterpiece

FMB Blog Tour: The Haunting at Blackwood Hall

Title: The Haunting at Blackwood Hall

Author: Barrymore Tebbs

Genre: Historical fiction, Paranormal, Thriller, Romance, Suspense, Mystery

Publisher: self-published

Words: approx. 63,000

Purchase: Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble

Book Description

Blackwood Hall is a house shrouded in silence. Nine-year-old Alice Fenn communicates only through her music. Jonathan Fenn and his sister Judith guard a terrifying family secret. The servants refuse to discuss the mysterious disappearance of a former governess. A drawing room séance attempts to make contact with the spirit of Elizabeth Blackwood. And when a diabolic madman holds the residents of Blackwood Hall hostage to an insidious reign of terror, governess Claire Ashby finds herself in a living nightmare of drug addiction, pagan rituals, and murder.

In the tradition of the great Gothic Romances, The Haunting at Blackwood Hall is a thrilling ghost story brimming with bold new twists on the beloved conventions of a bygone era. Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: The Haunting at Blackwood Hall

FMB Blog Tour: The Mort des Hommes Files

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Book Title: The Mort des Hommes Files

Series: Detecting Magic with Dick Hunter

Author: A. Jarrell Hayes

Genre: Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Humor and Comedy

Publisher: Createspace

Paperback

Pages: 162

Book Description:

“What begins as a routine missing person case for Seattle’s best private investigator, Dick Hunter, turns into a personal vendetta against a cruel murderer. The murderer, Mort des Hommes, happens to be a hell spawn possessing powerful magic. To solve the case, Dick Hunter must join forces with a wacky cast of magic creatures in this wild and fun romp.” Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: The Mort des Hommes Files