Cover Refresh & Cover Reveal

Title: Cherishing Destiny

Series: A Dangerous Destiny #1

Author: Noelle Blakely

Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance (not erotica) Dystopian Fantasy Adult Content (F/F, M/F/F, mild bdsm)

Publisher: Self Published

Format: Ebook

Length: approx 95k

Buy Links: Amazon | Smashwords |

Book Description:

Alexander Lake and his beautiful wife, Aurora are wealthy, privileged and powerful.  They are also Vampires and have enjoyed peace and prosperity in cooperation with humans for over two hundred years.  In one fateful night, the earth is transformed in a solar event that alters not only the planet, but the surviving inhabitants, as well.  Sara, a Human employee, is thrown together with the Lakes in a struggle for their mutual survival.  When the trio is joined by Sara’s step-brother Ryan, a Were-wolf, the group develops into an unusual family whose love for each other must see them through attacks by marauding Hunters, the schemes of Vampire elders and the age old prejudices of Wolf Clans and Human factions.  They have no idea that fate isn’t finished with them yet and, along with the rest of the new world, they will witness the dawn of a new age in evolution.  That is, if they can survive it.

 

WARNING:  18++ (NC-17) This book contains Adult themes of erotic intimacy between consenting adults, including F/F, ménage, & mild BDSM.  

Title: Following Destiny

Series: A Dangerous Destiny #2

Author: Noelle Blakely

Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance (not erotica) Dystopian Fantasy Adult Content (F/F, M/F/F, mild bdsm)

Publisher: Self Published

Format: Ebook

Length: approx 95k

Release Date: April 30^th 2013

Book Description:

The world has become dark and dangerous, especially for the children born after the Solar Storm.  The Vamphyrs, the human Changelings, and even the Were clans’ children are all exhibiting the effects of an evolutionary leap as they mature to adulthood.  Destiny is no exception.  She must learn to deal with her evolved gifts as well as her awakening Vampire desires without the guidance of her mother, Aurora, who remains a prisoner of the witch, Mother Zhukov.  The father of her heart, Ryan, and the father of her body, Alex, may sometimes clash, but the safety and security of their extended and very non-traditional family is paramount and they make the difficult decision to continue West.  Ryan will make the children into warriors and Alex will ensure that their minds are just as deadly sharp. Destiny and the rest of her generation find that they are not so different from their ancestors when their needs and desires awaken with force in their maturing bodies.  Destiny must learn to face love and rejection, lust and regret and still survive some of the most dangerous times in her young life. In the end she may find what she seeks, but she may also make a discovery that will forever alter the lives of them all.

18+  This book contains adult themes of erotic intimacy and graphic violence.

** Cherishing Destiny only 99 cents at Smashwords until the release of Following Destiny**
 

About the Author:

Noelle Blakely lives on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains with a patient husband and a spoiled little dog.  She enjoys auctions and renovating homes.  She spends most days writing and blogging and preparing for "Grandparenthood."   She claims that her somewhat warped imagination is the product of influences such as Stephen King, Clive Barker, Jacqueline Carey, Frank Herbert and so many others.  But, as much as she loves Fantasy, SciFi, Horror and Paranormal, she will admit to being a sucker for sappy love stories and has been known to watch Jane Austen movies more than once in the same month. 

Blog | Website | Facebook | Twitter: @NoelleBlakely | Goodreads |

GIVEAWAY INFO: The giveaway is tour-wide.

•  Starting Prize Level is a $20 Amazon Gift Card. If you Follow, you can help to increase this prize up to a New Kindle or an Amazon Gift Card of equal value (a $69 Value).
  
  

  - At 300 Noelle Blakely Facebook Likes, 200 Google/ Google+ Share My Destiny Blog Followers and 1300 Twitter Followers, the prize will increase to $30 Amazon Gift Card.

  
  

  - At 400 Facebook Likes, 300 Google Share My Destiny Followers and 1400 Twitter Followers, the prize will increase again to $40 Amazon Gift Card

  
  - At 500 Facebook Likes, 400 Google Share My Destiny Followers and 1500 Twitter Followers or more, the Grand Prize will be a New Kindle Reader or Amazon Gift Card of Equal Value (a $69 Value)

  
  Minimum requirements for all three venues must be reached for the level to increase, so make sure to use all of your entries.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Reaper's Novice Book Blast +Free Download

Hello friends! Hope your Easter weekend is going well. I'm giving away one signed paperback of my YA urban fantasy, 2 Reaper's Novice Magnets and book of choice from Book Depository. Reaper's Novice ebook is free for download today, 30th March 2013 on Amazon

 Magnets

 Paperbacks - These arrived yesterday and they are sooo pretty. My girl, my inspiration to create part of Ana's character in Reaper's Novice - playing the violin.

 For a chance to win the above, here is the rafflecopter.  Good luck and have fun everyone! :) Happy Easter!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Angela Brown's Frailities of the Bond Book Blitz

Happy Sunday, friends! Today I have a good friend of mine, an author I met during A-Z challenge 2012. Very talented and über-cool. :)  Maybe I present to you her novella...

Short blurb - In Frailties of the Bond, it only takes one bite to change a life.

Two teens...
Two lies...
Their paths collide...
When one bite changes a life.

Longer description – 

NEO – Network of Extraordinaires and Otherworldlies:

Those who answer the call from NEO play their part in maintaining balance in our ever-changing times. With power-hungry malcontents, jealous gods, and even those with misguided good intentions, the fate of our world has oft been held in the hands of unsung heroes such as those that are members of NEO.

But before NEO, these heroes and heroines had lives, loves, issues and interests that didn’t involve saving mankind.

In Frailties of the Bond, it only takes one bite to change a life…

After a hiking trip gone wrong, sixteen-year-old Luca should have been dead. Since then, he’s drifted from one school day to the next, annoyed by the looks of suspicion. When a vampire attack claimed his mother and forced his first shift into animal form, Luca set out for Texas, vengeance bound, only to discover so much more when Aimee crossed his path.

Flesh-born of vampire parents sixteen years ago, Aimee shouldn’t exist. Magic, though, made dreams come true for an undead couple desperate for a child all their own. But this magic came with a price, a cost Aimee discovered after one forbidden bite.

Excerpt

Luca veered into the woods for his normal scenic route home. Broad tree trunks stood tall, a legion of nature’s soldiers deeply rooted and strong. He closed his eyes briefly, skin tingling. He sensed another presence. He’d felt it before, but it felt almost tangible this night.

The setting sun crept from its throne in the sky leaving a trail of golden fingers splayed out over the familiar cliff side in the distance. For a moment, Luca smelled the scent of apricots. His heart skipped a beat. His mind wandered back to the red letter…then further back to that fateful day.

A twig snapped nearby. His ears perked and he paused mid step. Glancing around, he spotted a raccoon shaking itself free of a small heap of fallen leaves. He let go of a breath he hadn’t realized he held. Whoa, maybe I’m thinking about Vivie a little too much.

He turned his mind to other things, like the trouble he’d face when he got home. He forgot to call his mom and tell her he was going to the gym. No telling how pissed she was.

Arriving home, he took the steps two at a time, focused on digging his keys from inside his bag. He reached one hand out, grasping for the door knob.

Instead, nothing but air.

He finally looked up, startled at the sight before him. The door didn’t stand ajar or slightly open.

It. Was. Gone.

My Thoughts:

Frailities of the Bond is wonderfully a wonderfully written book. We enter Luca's word, see him suffer after losing a friend. Leaving school he comes home to find his mom being sucked dry by a vampire. Revenge and anger rule Luca's emotions. It was really great to follow him on his journey of finding out who he really is. Was great fun meeting the other characters as well. 

This is a wonderful beginning to the introduction to the NEO, and I look forward to reading the next novella in the series. 

Rating: 4/5

Buy links: Amazon US, Kobo,B&N

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17406766-frailties-of-the-bond

About the Author:

Born and raised in Little Rock, AR, Angela now calls Central Texas home.

Reading and writing have been lifelong passions. It was around the time she gave birth to her forever-love, nicknamed Chipmunk, that she really took writing seriously. After all, how could she teach her child to follow her dreams if she hadn't tried herself?

As a YA fantasy/sci-fi reader and author, she favors the magical, mysterious, the darker side of life...even harbors a secret fright for things that go bump in the night.

NEVERLOVE is a special project spawned from a blog-challenge-turned-blog-opera, the Abby and Basil affair. It is the first in the Shadow Jumpers series.

FRAILTIES OF THE BOND is the first in a series of novellas and short stories introducing heroes and heroines of the secret organization, NEO – Network of Extraordinaires and Otherwordlies.


Goodreads author page: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6476148.Angela_Brown

Angela Brown in the Pursuit of Publishness blog: http://publishness.blogspot.com/

Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/Angela-Brown/e/B009JJEX60

Partners in ParanormYA (with Gwen Gardner): http://partnersinparanormya.blogspot.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/neostateofmind

PIP Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Partners-in-ParanormYA/462052430493091

Fallen Stars Trailer reveal

Happy Friday, Friends! :)  Today I have a trailer reveal for Stephanie's seconc book in The Star Child Series, and I LOVE it! For a chance to win Author Swag Pack, the rafflecopter is located at the end of this post.

The Fallen Stars by Stephanie Keyes

Series: The Star Child #2

Publication date: April 12th 2013
by Inkspell Publishing

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Synopsis:

Kellen St. James was just your average seventeen-year-old prodigy, until he eighty-sixed the Lord of Faerie and proposed to the Celtic Goddess, Calienta. But then everything in Kellen’s life gets turned upside-down when he and Cali end up on the run from a seriously irritated group of faeries. The worst part? They have zero idea why they’re being hunted.

Suddenly, Kellen is stuck in the middle of another prophecy that foresees him turning away from Calienta and embracing the dark. He’ll be forced to take sides in a struggle to claim his birthright, while discovering secrets about his father’s past. Meanwhile, his passion for Cali grows stronger, even as the prophecy threatens to tear them apart.

In the end, will Kellen and Cali survive the fates? When the ultimate power is within reach, which side will he choose?

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17293205-the-fallen-stars

The Fallen Stars from Stephanie Keyes on Vimeo

 

AUTHOR BIO

Stephanie Keyes has been addicted to Fantasy since she discovered T.H. White as a child and started drumming up incredible journeys in her head. Today, she's still doing the same thing, except now she gets to share those ideas with readers!

When she's not writing, Stephanie is also a graphic designer, international speaker, teacher, musician, avid reader, and Mom to two little boys who constantly keep her on her toes. In addition, she's best friend to her incredible husband of eleven years.

Mrs. Keyes holds an undergraduate degree in Business and Management Information Systems from Robert Morris University and a M.Ed. from Duquesne University. She is a member of the Society For Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), as well as a featured author in the global group of writers, Love a Happy Ending.com.

Keyes is the author of the YA Fantasy series, The Star Child, which currently includes The Star Child (September 2012) and The Fallen Stars (April 2013), both released by Inkspell Publishing. She is currently hard at work on the third book in the trilogy, The Star Catcher.

Author links:

Website / Goodreads / Facebook / Twitter

< a Rafflecopter giveaway

Official Release Day - Debt Collector by Susan Kaye Quinn

The Debt Collector by Susan Kaye Quinn

From the author of the bestselling Mindjack series comes a new future-noir serial, The Debt Collector. The first episode, Delirium, launches today (3/20).

What’s your life worth on the open market?

A debt collector can tell you precisely.

Lirium plays the part of the grim reaper well, with his dark trenchcoat, jackboots, and the black marks on his soul that every debt collector carries. He’s just in it for his cut, the ten percent of the life energy he collects before he transfers it on to the high potentials, the people who will make the world a better place with their brains, their work, and their lives. That hit of life energy, a bottle of vodka, and a visit from one of Madam Anastazja’s sex workers keep him alive, stable, and mostly sane… until he collects again. But when his recovery ritual is disrupted by a sex worker who isn’t what she seems, he has to choose between doing an illegal hit for a girl whose story has more holes than his soul or facing the bottle alone—a dark pit he’s not sure he’ll be able to climb out of again.

Contains mature content and themes. For YA-appropriate thrills, see Susan’s Mindjack series.

Delirium is approximately 12,000 words or 48 pages and is one of nine episodes in the first season of The Debt Collector serial. This dark and gritty future-noir is about a world where your life-worth is tabulated on the open market and going into debt risks a lot more than your credit rating. You can find out more about the series at the Debt Collector website and facebook page. The Debt Collector newsletter is a special list just for episode releases.

Early Praise

 “The street-smart science of LOOPER meets the cold, just-the-facts voice of DOUBLE INDEMNITY in this edgy, future-noir thriller that will have you holding your breath, looking over your shoulder, and begging for more.” —Leigh Talbert Moore, author of The Truth About Faking, The Truth About Letting Go, and Rouge

“Do you owe more than your life is worth? No worries. A more deserving person than you can benefit from that excess life—and someone else will get paid with it. Enter the Debt Collector.” —Dianne Salerni, author of We Hear the Dead, The Caged Graves, and The Eighth Day (HarperCollins 2014)

The first three episodes of Debt Collector will be released a week apart, starting Wednesday 3/20. The remaining episodes will release every two weeks. Delirium can be found on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, iTunes, Kobo. Or add it to your TBR on Goodreads.

Susan Kaye Quinn is the author of the bestselling YA SF Mindjack series. Debt Collector is her more grown-up SF. Her steampunk fantasy romance is temporarily on hold while she madly writes episodes to keep Lirium happy. Plus she needs to leave time to play on Facebook. Susan has a lot of degrees in engineering, which come in handy when dreaming up dangerous mind powers, future dystopias, and slightly plausible steampunk inventions. Mostly she sits around in her pajamas in awe that she gets make stuff up full-time. 

Book Review: The Star Child by Stephanie Keyes

The world is about to be cloaked in darkness. Only one can stop the night. Kellen St. James has spent his entire life being overlooked as an unwanted, ordinary, slightly geeky kid. That is until a beautiful girl, one who has haunted his dreams for the past eleven years of his life, shows up spinning tales of a prophecy. Not just any old prophecy either, but one in which Kellen plays a key role. Suddenly, Kellen finds himself on the run through a Celtic underworld of faeries and demons, angels and gods, not to mention a really ticked off pack of hellhounds, all in order to save the world from darkness. But will they make it in time?

My thoughts:

The Star Child is a fantastic story YA urban fantasy that delves into the world of Celtic Myths and faeries,.

Kellen St. James life has never been easy, but he hasn't let the events control his life either. Right after graduation he leaves the US for Ireland, and things take flight from there when he finally meets, Calienta, the girl who's been a regular feature in his dreams while growing up.

Through Kellen, we get to know the reason she appeared in his life, join him as he finds his true purpose, his calling.

The Star Child a wonderful read. Ms Keyes descriptions are vivid, the story very well written and fell in love with Kellen and Calienta. It was good to see Kellen finally accepted his purpose, didn't back down, and followed his heart. His love for Calienta. Looking for a story filled with adventure, action and romance? I highly recommend this book! I look forward to reading The Fallen Stars.

Overall: 5 stars 

Monday Music featuring Michael Bublé

Happy Monday!!! Hope you had a wonderful weekend.
So today I wanted to share with you one of my all time favourite singers. Who else than the man himself...





Image from http://www.michaelbuble.com/


Michael is one of those artists I adore. His cover songs are deliciously good. At times I find myself enjoying his versions more that the original ones. Maybe it's his voice, or the kind of magic he infuses in the songs... there is something intangible about it, which is why most of his songs are on my play list for A Need so Insatiable - my contemporary romance. It will be released in Winter 2013.

Call me a romantic, but I LOVE this video, and the words of this song. *swoon*


 Any Bublé fans out there? What's your favourite song? Or any other favourite song from any other artist, band....?