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FMB Blog Tour: Consumed By Love

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Welcome to the Consumed By Love Blog Tour stop! Don’t miss my review and read through for the giveaway!  

Title: Consumed by Love

Author: Pavarti K Tyler

Genre: Dark, Horror, Erotic

Publisher: Fighting Monkey Press

Ebook

Words: appx 5000

Purchase:  Amazon

Book Description:

Consumed by Love is the story of a couple who must face one partner’s supernatural transformation. This short piece is written in the style of a classic horror story with a dark take on the addictive nature of love.

Giveaway:

Follow this link to find the giveaway:  http://fmbblogtours.blogspot.com/2012/06/tour-schedule-consumed-by-love-by.html

About the Author:

Pavarti K Tyler is an artist, wife, mother and number cruncher. She graduated Smith College in 1999 with a degree in Theatre. After graduation, she moved to New York, where she worked as a Dramaturge, Assistant Director and Production Manager on productions both on and off Broadway.

Later, Pavarti went to work in the finance industry as a freelance accountant for several international law firms. She now operates her own accounting firm in the Washington DC area, where she lives with her husband, two daughters and two terrible dogs. When not preparing taxes, she is busy penning her next novel.

Find the Author:

My blog is all ages | My Tumblr is 18+ only | My Fan Page needs your likes | My Twitter likes friends | My Google+ is random |

This tour was put together by FMB Blog Tours

Something Wicked Comes!

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Welcome to my book giveaway for Something Wicked Comes! Thanks to Rainy for putting this together.

It’s the perfect season to highlight books that go bump in the night or transform into something dark. And with that in mind, I’ve chosen to give away a book from one of my favorite authors: Patricia Briggs! Continue reading Something Wicked Comes! →

Women of Strength

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The month of October will be celebrating womanhood! The strength, beauty, and inspiration that women hold and provide to the world everyday. Women carry many titles: mothers, daughters, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, best friends, nieces, granddaughters, chef, laundry person, nurse. Women are the nurturers, the quiet strength that holds a family together, and beacons of love for everyone who needs it.

TeamNerd Reviews is teaming up with family, friends, reviewers, bloggers, and authors throughout October to bring some inspirational and powerful stories of great women.

In addition to the many posts that will be coming in throughout the month, they will be throwing a fun giveaway!

 One lucky winner will receive the following:

–FOUR different purses

–ONE copy of TEEN VOGUE MAGAZINE

–ONE copy of ENVY by GREGG OLSEN

–ONE copy of BETRAYAL by GREGG OLSEN

–ONE copy of FATED by ALYSON NOEL

–ONE copy of EVERLASTING by ELIZABETH CHANDLER

Continue reading Women of Strength →

Blog Tour: Sheltered

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Welcome to my stop on the Sheltered Blog Tour! Check out the excerpt below!

Author: Debra Chapoton

Websites: www.edgeofescape.blogspot.com

www.bigpinelodgebooks.com

Title: Sheltered

Purchase Links: Available in Paperback and Digital

Amazon Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Sheltered-Debra-Chapoton/dp/1475249993/ref=sr

Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008TQ0PB6

Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sheltered-debra-chapoton/1112412513?ean=2940014940177

Blurb for Sheltered:

Living together unsupervised, five troubled teens confront demonic forces and are compelled to deal with their problems in distinctly different ways. Paranormal meets psycho meets Goth in this story of a supernatural haunting and budding love.

High school junior, Ben, hacks into his step-father’s real estate holdings and provides rooms in an old two-story house to various outcasts: the schizophrenic kid, the angry Goth girl, and the homeless girl who worships him. When Megan needs a place to live she comes to the rooming house with a different set of problems and the ability to confuse and attract Ben.

One by one strange and mysterious occurrences stretch the teens’ beliefs in the supernatural. How they deal with demons, real and imagined, has tragic as well as redeeming consequences. Continue reading Blog Tour: Sheltered →

FMB Book Blitz: Bad Juju

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Welcome to my stop on the FMB Blog Tour for Bad Juju!

Title: Bad Juju

Author: Dina Rae

Genre: Dark, Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, Young-Adult, (R-Rated although teens would love it)

Publisher: Amazon

Ebook

Words: 93,000

Purchase: TBA

Book Description:

Lucien Nazaire flees his Haitian homeland and meanders around the United States for decades.  He settles in a Wisconsin trailer park filled with elderly tenants.  He meets Jake, his teenage neighbor, and hires him for odd household jobs.  As their relationship progresses, Lucien invites the boy into the world of Voodoo.

Jake LaRue lives in foster care with his abusive uncle.  The Voodoo lessons give him a sense of power within an otherwise helpless situation.  Although the boy is a loner, he feels an instant connection with his classmate, Henry, and introduces him to Lucien.

Henry Novak has Asperger’s Syndrome.  He fixates on historical events, most recently the 2010 Haitian earthquake.  Like Jake, he becomes passionate about the dark side of Voodoo.  They learn how to cast spells on those they hate and lust, leading up to dire consequences.

Several months after the Haitian earthquake, Henry convinces his family to volunteer with their church in the island’s reconstruction.  Their mission turns into a nightmare when he mysteriously walks off of the campsite.

Bad Juju is a balance of horror, romance, and literary fiction intended for ages fifteen and up.   Research about the Voodoo religion, shapeshifting, zombies, and possession and themes of redemption and loneliness emerge throughout the plot.

This tour was put together by FMB Blog Tours

Blog Tour: Quinn Checks In

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Welcome to my stop on the Making Connections Blog Tour for Quinn Checks In. Enjoy the two excerpts I have for you below!

Quinn Checks In (A Liam Quinn Mystery)
By L.H. Thomson

Series: Liam Quinn Mysteries
Genre: Hard-boiled mystery

A synopsis of “Quinn Checks In,” by L.H Thomson:
Liam Quinn is back in his hometown Philly after three years in the pen for forgery. Now the ex-boxer, ex-art student has been given a chance to make amends by working as an insurance investigator, restoring a little of his family’s pride and getting another chance at Nora Garcia de Soria, the woman of his dreams.

But a gallery heist isn’t what it seems, and pretty soon, Quinn is running out of people to trust. The biggest mobster in town, a sweetheart named “Vin The Shin,” is calling him out; a steady string of lowlifes want his head, and the local police think he’s hiding something.

Hey, when trouble comes knocking?

That’s when Quinn Checks In. Continue reading Blog Tour: Quinn Checks In →

Fiction Frolic

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Help Raise 1,000 books for charity and enter to win $200, signed books and swag!

We are excited to share about an ambitious blog tour—Fiction Frolic for All Hallow’s Read—where ten authors from several genres are working hard to raise 1,000 books in three weeks for Books for America.

From October 1st to 19th, donate a new book (or books!) and earn extra bonus points in a huge giveaway that these authors are hosting.

Two winners will each receive the following PRIZES! (Link at the end of this post).

$100 Amazon G.C.

5 signed books from the authors hosting the event

A swag bag

Plus—in honor of All Hallow’s Read, gift a signed copy of one of our books to a friend! Continue reading Fiction Frolic →

FMB Blog Tour: Bad Juju

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Welcome to my stop on the FMB Blog Tour for Bad Juju!

Title: Bad Juju

Author: Dina Rae

Genre: Dark, Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, Young-Adult, (R-Rated although teens would love it)

Publisher: Amazon

Ebook

Words: 93,000

Purchase: Amazon |

Book Description:

Lucien Nazaire flees his Haitian homeland and meanders around the United States for decades.  He settles in a Wisconsin trailer park filled with elderly tenants.  He meets Jake, his teenage neighbor, and hires him for odd household jobs.  As their relationship progresses, Lucien invites the boy into the world of Voodoo.

Jake LaRue lives in foster care with his abusive uncle.  The Voodoo lessons give him a sense of power within an otherwise helpless situation.  Although the boy is a loner, he feels an instant connection with his classmate, Henry, and introduces him to Lucien.

Henry Novak has Asperger’s Syndrome.  He fixates on historical events, most recently the 2010 Haitian earthquake.  Like Jake, he becomes passionate about the dark side of Voodoo.  They learn how to cast spells on those they hate and lust, leading up to dire consequences.

Several months after the Haitian earthquake, Henry convinces his family to volunteer with their church in the island’s reconstruction.  Their mission turns into a nightmare when he mysteriously walks off of the campsite.

Bad Juju is a balance of horror, romance, and literary fiction intended for ages fifteen and up.   Research about the Voodoo religion, shapeshifting, zombies, and possession and themes of redemption and loneliness emerge throughout the plot. Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: Bad Juju →

Review: For His Eyes Only

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For His Eyes Only
For His Eyes Only by T.C. Archer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

She had the impression he had reverted to some Cro-Magnon man, who believed he would take care of her. There was a first time for everything.

Jesse Evans is wanted for selling out her elite Special Ops teammates. Only problem is, she didn’t do it. Now, to get her life back together and keep her only family safe, she has to find out who did sell them out–and make someone believe her.

Throughout the book, the reader–and Jesse–makes guesses about Cole, the man sent to kill her but who ends up helping her… or so she thinks. The action has just enough pauses between it to let readers catch their breath before picking right back up, and man, can Jesse pack a punch. The tender moments are well-done and well-placed, allowing the reader insight into both Jesse and Cole’s character. The attraction between the two, while almost cliche, was done in such a gentlemanly fashion (if such can be said about a man trying to kill you) that it worked well.

Full of twists and identity questions, this fast-paced thriller packs a mean punch and keeps readers guessing.

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FMB Blog Tour: Above the Universe Below

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Welcome to my stop on the FMB Above the Universe Below Blog Tour! I have a great guest post for you, so keep scrolling!

Title: Above the Universe Below

Author: Elias Barton

Genre: Fantasy, Dark

Publisher: Iron Glass Press

Ebook/Paperback

Pages: 332

Purchase: Amazon US (Kindle) | Amazon (Print) | Amazon UK (Kindle)

Book Description:

For two years running (2011 & 2012) Above the Universe Below was was a semi-finalist in Amazon.com’s Breakthrough Novel Award and Publishers Weekly:

“Brilliant writing carries this pleasantly odd tale of an agoraphobic artist, Carder Quevedo… Carder’s road is not an easy one, but readers will be rooting for him in this unusual and beautifully written book.”

An agoraphobic artist in our world but a grim reaper in another, Carder Quevedo hides at home, immersing himself in the paintings which commemorate the strange deaths he’s witnessed. He ventures into public only when necessary, scrambling to his hospital job to extract corneas from deceased donors or darting to the diner to share a meal with Darren, his only friend. That’s Carder’s existence – and he’s content.

Until…

Haika changes that. As the bored, beautiful owner of an art gallery – who also happens to be married – she stumbles into Carder in a chance encounter and soon becomes obsessed with his art. As they forge a quirky, electric relationship, Carder is reluctantly pulled into Haika’s social world of wealth, status and the peculiar characters that come with it. Carder is pushed further to the edge when his teenage niece visits, rebelling against her ultra-conservative upbringing. All the while, Carder’s hidden history threatens to ruin his developing chance at normalcy, and on the opening night of his art gallery show, his past finally catches up to his present and wreaks havoc upon them all. Continue reading FMB Blog Tour: Above the Universe Below →