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Twelve Days of Christmas: Day Two

The Why:

I’ve decided that I wanted to do something nice for the authors that have given me paperback review copies or have let me edit their work. So, in the hopes of getting them some more exposure and reviews, I’ve come up with a “Twelve Days of Christmas” giveaway. Every day until Christmas, I’ll be giving one paperback that I’ve reviewed &/or worked on. I do ask that you consider reviewing the book that you win, as this can always help the author and future readers!

The Book:

Midnight Magic: Be Careful What You Wish For!Today’s book is Midnight Magic: Be Careful What You Wish For by Nancy Di Fabbio.  The book follows Mattie, a horse crazy teen. Living in the small town of Gull’s Nest, she passes her summer days dreaming of owning her own horse and envying the rich girls that flocked to the town with their own horses to spend their summers riding and relaxing. But when Mattie takes a trip to see her Granny T and discovers a painting of Figure, a black horse with intense eyes, things start to change. She learns several lessons, including ‘Be careful what you wish for.’

This is a good book for anyone who loves horses and believes in a little magic. You can check out my review, then enter to win!
Continue reading Twelve Days of Christmas: Day Two

FMB Blog Tour: Maven Fairy Godmother

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Welcome to my stop on the FMB Blog Tour for Maven Fairy Godmother! If you like fairytales, check this one out!

Maven_cover_333x500Title: Maven Fairy Godmother: Through the Veil

Series: Maven Fairy Godmother, Book 1

Author: Charlotte Henley Babb

Genre: Fantasy,

Publisher: Muse It Up Publishing Company

Ebook

Pages: 279 / 101k words

Purchase:

MuseIt Up | Amazon | Smashwords | B&N |

Book Description:

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w dream job–fairy godmother–presents more problems than she expects when she learns that Faery is on the verge of collapse, and the person who is training her isn’t giving her the facts–and may be out to kill her. Will she be able to make all the fractured fairy tales fit together into a happy ending, or will she be eaten by a troll? Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: Maven Fairy Godmother

Twelve Days of Christmas: Day One

The Why:

I’ve decided that I wanted to do something nice for the authors that have given me paperback review copies or have let me edit their work. So, in the hopes of getting them some more exposure and reviews, I’ve come up with a “Twelve Days of Christmas” giveaway. Every day until Christmas, I’ll be giving one paperback that I’ve reviewed &/or worked on. I do ask that you consider reviewing the book that you win, as this can always help the author and future readers!

The Book:

Noah Zarc: Mammoth TroubleToday’s book is Noah Zarc: Mammoth Trouble by D. Robert Pease. This is one of the first books I reviewed on my site. Noah Zarc is about a twelve-year-old paraplegic boy who travels throughout space and time on a mission to repopulate Earth with animals from all suitable time periods. With his family – Mom, Dad, brother Hamilton and sister Sam – Noah pilots the ARC (Animal Rescue Cruiser) while trying to stop Haon from preventing the re-population of all the animals on Earth.

I was lucky enough to have Noah stop by for an interview. If you’re interested in finding out a little more about Noah, check it out.

I’d also like to note that the sequel, Noah Zarc: Cataclysm is now out! I have my review up for that book as well. Continue reading Twelve Days of Christmas: Day One

FMB Blog Tour: Awakenings

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 Welcome to my stop on the FMB Blog Tour for Awakenings! Enjoy the excerpt below to find out more about this book!

KH-Awakenings-432x648Title: Awakenings

Series: In the Arms of the Law, Book Two

Author: Kacey Hammell

Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense, Erotic,

Publisher: Decadent

Ebook

Pages: 150

Purchase:  Decadent Publishing | Amazon | All Romance eBooks | B&N (Nook) |

Book Description:

On the trail of a killer, and with her old flame back in her life, Detective Alicia Knowles is forced to face the past as she tries to make decisions about her future…

Detective Alicia Knowles once believed there was good in everyone. Not anymore. After a harrowing experience, her life had changed and she was a very different woman. Now more dangerous, she moves through the darkness of her once sunny world, unsure what to do with her pent up feelings of fear and anger.

Even her new boss, Cole Douglass, makes her feel out of control. One night, years ago, he made her feel things she’d never felt with any other man. This time it can only be business between them.

With her latest case, however, temperatures flare.

Their passion is rekindled as the search is on for a missing child and a murderer on the run. Can Alicia protect her heart from the most dangerous power of all…love? Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: Awakenings

FMB Blog Tour: The Ballad of Squirtina

The Ballad of Squirtina

Welcome to my stop on the FMB Blog Tour for The Homeschoolers: The Ballad of Squirtina.

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Title: The Homeschoolers: The Ballad of Squirtina

Series: The Homeschoolers Book 1

Author: Henry Circle

Genre: Young-Adult

Publisher: Sea Star Publishing

Ebook

Pages: 110

Purchase: Amazon

Book Description:

A mortifying episode of in-school diarrhea sends witty and skeptical Christina Begoni flying into the arms of a holy-rolling homeschool group where she meets “Teenage Sex Incarnate,” David, and his alarmingly sweet sister, Sunny. The group is complete when they are joined by two other hardened public school students, Christina’s mustachioed younger brother and one deliciously rowdy redneck bully for a raucously funny and often gripping adventure on the Mississippi River. Will Christina be able to fight the wild river, a gun-toting grandpa and her own hilariously heathen ways to hold this group of unlikely friends together? Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: The Ballad of Squirtina

FMB Blog Tour: Soul Sisters

 Welcome to my stop on the FMB Blog Tour for Soul Sisters! Check out the excerpt below!

Title: Soul Sisters

Series: Soul Sisters Trilogy, #1

Author: Janiera Eldridge

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal

Publisher: Mystic Press

Ebook/Paperback

Pages: 134

Purchase:

Amazon (Kindle)

Amazon (paperback)

Smashwords (various digital copies)

Barnes & Noble (Nook)

Paperback (Createspace)

Book Description:

Soul Sisters is an urban fantasy novel about African-American twin sisters Ani and Dana who have a rather unique secret: one sister is human while the other is a vampire. While the sisters have lived peacefully with each other for many years one fateful night will change both their lives forever. When a drunken man tries to attack Dana (the human sister) Ani (the vampire sister) protects her sister with all of her ferocious power.

However, when the vampire’s leader Donovan finds out about the public display he calls for the sisters to be assassinated for disobedience. Ani and Dana now are in for the fight of their lives to protect each other as well as the lives of their dedicated friends who have joined them on their mission for survival. If Dana and Ani can make it through this time of uncertainty, Ani can take her new place as vampire queen. Soul Sisters is expected to be a trilogy; The book also features a multicultural cast of characters that brings a new edge of chic to the vampire world. Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: Soul Sisters

FMB Blog Tour: Golden Chariot

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Welcome to my stop on the FMB Blog Tour for Golden Chariot! I was lucky enough to get a copy of this book so check out my review! Oh, and there’s a giveaway for 15 eBook copies of Heroes Live Forever and Journey in Time by Chris Karlsen + a $50 Amazon gift card to a randomly chosen commenter. Ends Dec. 26th.

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Golden Chariot

Series: Dangerous Waters, Book 1

Author: Chris Karlsen

Genre: Romance, Suspense, Thriller,

Publisher: Books to Go Now

Ebook

Words: 96,700

Purchase: Amazon | B&N | KoBo |

Book Description:

Myth, murder, and money clash in this gripping undersea adventure.

The rare discovery of a ship sunk during the time of the Trojan War has been found off the coast of Turkey, near Troy. Charlotte Dashiell is an American nautical archaeologist and thrilled to be part of the recovery team. The wreck may contain proof of her highly controversial theory about the Trojan War.

Charlotte is present when the Turkish government agent assigned to guard the site is murdered. Her possible involvement and a questionable connection to a private collector of black market relics bring her under suspicion. Atakan Vadim is the Turkish agent sent to investigate her. Unknown to either of them, the smuggler behind the murder plans to steal a valuable artifact and frame Charlotte for the theft…after they murder her. Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: Golden Chariot

Review: Golden Chariot

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Golden Chariot by Chris Karlsen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another (The Iliad)

Charlotte feels the pull of Hektor as if he were speaking to her, begging her to prove his existence. From this feeling comes an obsession (though she wouldn’t call it that) with the Trojan War and her research topic. Hoping to find evidence to support her theory, she embarks on the archeological recovery of a ship from that time period off the coast of Turkey. However, the agent assigned to guard the sight is murdered and the replacement agent, Atakan, must find his killer — even if it is Charlotte.

Fine details of ancient pottery, statues, figurines, and other relics are brought to light in this tale of intrigue, murder, and passion, which, along with the dive and wreck images, give a life to the surroundings in which the characters play. The characters themselves are full of quirks and different ways of looking at things, which also gives them a “realness” that the reader can relate to even if they’re not familiar with archeology or the Trojan War.

Golden Chariot keeps a solid pace and offers a refreshing twist at the end, the realizations that the characters come to seem to be dealt with in a way that showing just how far they have come.

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FMB Blog Tour: The Vampire’s Hope

Welcome to my stop on the FMB Blog Tour for The Vampire’s Hope! Don’t miss my review and an excerpt below!

Title: The Vampire’s Hope

Series: The Vampire’s Hope Book One

Author: Danica Winters

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense,

Publisher: BTGN

Ebooks

Words: 11k

Pages: 40

Purchase: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | All Romance | kobo |

Book Description:

Ellie Smith, an emotionally stunted dancer, finds more than she bargains for after her human life is taken by the vampire, Master Liam.  Once inside the Vampire’s underground lair, the Keres Den, she meets Ian, an immortal Viking warrior, who is infiltrating the soulless prison.  (New Paragraph) As Ellie begins her training, she learns that the dark tunnels around her are filled with even darker secrets.  As the truth of her existence come to light, she is faced with a choice—does she let her past dictate her future, or can she begin to feel again? Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: The Vampire’s Hope

FMB Blog Tour: Feedback

Welcome to my stop on the FMB Blog Tour for FeedBack! I have a special flash fiction piece for you today, as well as a giveaway! But first, the stats:

Title: Feedback

Author: D L Richardson

Genre: YA Paranormal

Publisher: Etopia Press

Ebook

Words: 65,000

Release Date: 10/5/2012

Publisher: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | OmniLit |

Book Description:

Ethan James, Florida Bowman, and Jake Inala need organ transplants. When they receive the organs of a dead CIA agent, Dylan Black, they take on more than the task of completing the mission of deactivating bombs that threaten millions of lives. Kidnapped, their lives under threat, the memories stored in the CIA agent’s mind begin to awaken within each of them, except the one piece of information they are abducted for – the location of the bombs. Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: Feedback