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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Featured Book with Author Interview and Giveaway: Other Than by Mia Jo Celeste

We are super excited to be part of the Book Tour for OTHER THAN, a thrilling gaslamp fantasy by Mia Jo Celeste. The new audiobook version is now available. Check it out!
Other Than
Genre: Gaslamp Fantasy, Paranormal Historical Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Publication Date: January 27, 2017
Other Than #PNR A purgatory as dangerous as Dr. Moreau’s Island with zombies and romance.
It only takes one drink from the Water of Immortality to kill Evie Woods—halfway. Trapped in undead flesh, the world’s last skin-slider wakens on an island purgatory where a cursed spring bubbles with immortality, and zombie cannibals crave living flesh.
Her only hope of escape rests in the hands of the one man who would see her fail. Bound to her by cords stronger than death, Lord Victor Lowell is both the man of her dreams, and her darkest nightmares. Contrary and intractable, Victor preys on others to maintain his angelic charisma and preternatural prowess. Drawn to the compellingly gallant and vulnerable soul behind his mercurial humors, Evie can only watch as protecting her forces Victor to sacrifice yet more of himself to the ancient evil long tethered to his soul.
Trapped in an ever-escalating war they can’t stop, Victor and Evie fight time for a cure, but as the long days pass blackness tears at Evie, ripping her thoughts from her one memory at a time. Victor will to do whatever it takes to prevent her from deteriorating into a rotting husk, even if it means dooming himself, but Evie won’t surrender his soul without a fight. Battle lines drawn, the soul mates resolve to find redemption or die trying.

Interview

We are pleased to have this exclusive interview with the author of Other Than, Mia Jo Celeste. Enjoy!
  1. Who is your favorite romance hero or heroine and why? What qualities do they possess that make them memorable?
    I can’t pick one. It changes depending on the book I’m currently reading. I just finished Pure by Julianna Baggott, so I’ll pick Pressia for my favorite heroine and Bradwell and El Capitan was my favorite heroes. I like Pressia’s determination, Bradwell’s loyalty to his friends and his beliefs and El Capitan’s character growth from villain to hero.
  2. Who was the first romance author and book you read?
    Kathleen E. Woodiwess’ The Wolf and the Dove.
  3. What do you hope readers take away from your work?
    That people can always turn over a new leaf and begin again. I’m a strong believer in second changes and in starting over, so many times my characters are on that journey. Most often, they succeed. We all have a broken place in our past and I write the story of its mending.
  4. What is your favorite hobby and why?
    Reading. I love stories.
  5. What was your inspiration for your stories?
    Oddly enough, real life. Stuff that happens to me and to others around me inspires ideas which become story material.
  6. How would you describe OTHER THAN in only three words?
    Rivetingly Dark Redemption
  7. What is your favorite amusement park ride?
    I love rollercoasters, especially sitting in the front seat. For a few seconds while you wait for the back of the coaster to get up to the top, you hang over the edge and get to look down at the track and far, far down it goes, before you plunge downward.
  8. Tea or coffee and how do you take it?
    I like hot tea. All different kinds. I’m always looking to add to my favorites.
  9. Hot dogs or Hamburgers?
    Hamburgers on the grill.
  10. Favorite all time movie?
    Star Wars. The first one.
  11. Chocolate or vanilla?
    Vanilla for ice cream. Chocolate for candy, cake and everything else.
  12. How many states have you lived in?
    I’ve only lived in three different states, but I lived in five different countries.

Tour Schedule

Follow the tour from April 15 - 27, 2019.
Visit each stop daily and discover more features, excerpts, reviews, interviews, fun facts and more! To check the latest tour schedule, visit the Other Than Book Page at Book Unleashed.
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About Mia Jo Celeste

Mia Jo Celeste
Mia Jo Celeste comes from a family of writers and English teachers, so it was no surprise when she chose to pursue both careers. She grew up watching horror movies and reading romances. To her, the two genres go together like salty and sweet in kettle corn.
Social media links: Facebook | Twitter | Amazon Author Page | Goodreads

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Friday, December 7, 2018

Featured Book with Excerpt and Giveaway: Leopard's Daughter by Stephen J. Tillman

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Leopard's Daughter
Series: Were-Leopard Series Book 1
Genre: Crime, Fantasy
Publisher: Azure Spider Publications
Publication Date: September 15, 2018
Spine-tingling were-leopard fun
Leopardís Daughter is a markedly original crime novel with elements of the occult. In a world where vampires and werewolves exist, but are extremely rare, Bobby Sandar, his wife, Olivia, and their two oldest children are were-leopards. Bobby and Olivia are Secret Service agents. Following Bobbyís death, Olivia feels the need for a fresh start. She takes a job as a detective in the sheriffís department of a rural western county. Oliviaís first assignment is to go undercover as an exotic dancer in a nightclub run by gangsters. She has to battle mobbed-up criminals, a terrorist leader who is aware of Oliviaís history and abilities, and human traffickers to save her family and herself.

Excerpt

“Bud says to take her to the conference room,” Luccinni said. He hung up the phone. “He said to make sure she isn’t wearing a wire, and tie her up. He’ll be here as soon as he concludes his business downstairs with the A-Rab. It’ll take thirty to forty minutes.”
“Cal, you go in the conference room first,” said Luccinni, who seemed to be in charge. “Make sure you can see her at all times, and have your gun on her. You’ve seen her perform. You know how quick and strong she is. Colleen, you walk very slowly into the room. I’ll be right behind you, and I won’t hesitate to shoot. In fact, any sudden moves at all, and both of us will let you have it.”
When the three of them were in the conference room, Luccinni said, “Now take off your clothes. Move slowly.”
“Is this how you get your kicks?” Olivia asked as she started disrobing. She acted reluctant, but was relieved at the turn of events. Naked, she might be able to change before she got shot. It was extremely unlikely that any of the bullets were silver-plated. She knew she had to make her move before they could tie her up.
“This just makes it easy to see if you’re wearing a wire, babe,” Luccinni said, “but I got to admit, seeing you with no clothes is a bonus. Slide the duds over to Cal. He’ll check to make sure there’s no concealed wire.”
After examining Olivia’s clothes, Stevens said, “No wire here.” He looked her up and down and added, “Man, I wouldn’t mind getting a piece of that.”
“How about it, bitch?” Luccinni said. “You do us on the conference table, and we’ll try to convince the boss not to have you whacked after he’s done questioning you.”
“Sure, boys, sure,” Olivia said, even though she knew he was lying. “We can all be friends here. I’ll climb up on the table.”
“Move slow!” Luccinni commanded.
Olivia got on the table and lay on her back with her knees up and spread wide apart. The two men looked at each other, silently deciding the order in which they’d service her. Luccinni was the winner. He handed his gun to Stevens, unzipped himself revealing a full erection, and climbed on the table. He touched her nipples and genitals, and Olivia allowed herself to shiver. Luccinni grinned and prepared to mount her. As soon as he was poised over her body ready to begin penetration, Olivia changed. Luccinni jerked upward as he suddenly found himself looking into the snarling face of a leopard instead of an attractive woman. That was the final moment of his life. The leopard grasped his throat in her jaws and ripped. Blood spurted and Luccinni was dead.
Stevens stared in disbelief, momentarily unable to move. Then he opened fire, emptying his gun at the leopard, knocking her to the side, but unable to kill her. Stevens started for the door. The leopard leaped on Stevens’s back. She clamped her jaws on the back of his neck and crushed his spinal cord.
The leopard changed, and Olivia found herself on the floor on her hands and knees, breathing hard, feeling sore where the bullets had bounced off the leopard’s body. After about thirty seconds, she stood up and went over to Stevens. He was paralyzed from the neck down, but still alive. She found a couple of spare magazines on his body, loaded his gun, used one bullet to finish him off, and started down the stairs, not bothering to put on clothes.

Book Tour Schedule

November 28 - December 11, 2018
Visit each tour stop daily and discover more features, excerpts, reviews, interviews, fun facts and more! To check the latest tour schedule, visit the Leopard's Daughter Book Page at Book Unleashed.
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About Stephen J. Tillman

Stephen J. Tillman
Stephen Tillman is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Wilkes University, where he taught for forty-two years, and holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Brown University. As most scholars of mathematics, Stephen has always dreamed of writing a novel. Although he started writing fiction relatively late in life, he is still younger than the folk artist Grandma Moses when she began her artistic career. Stephen is an avid reader of mysteries and science fiction and has published short stories in both genres.
Social media links: Facebook

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Featured Book with Excerpt and Giveaway: Plains of Exodus by Robert J Burnett

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Plains of Exodus
Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Azure Spider Publications
Publication Date: October 31, 2018
As refugees in a vast sprawling empire, mankind must find and fight for a new homeland after Earth's destruction. Plains of Exodus chronicles this epic struggle.
Mankindís first contact with an extraterrestrial species didnít exactly go well. The inadvertent destruction of the Earth saw a call go out to the vast and ancient empire for help. Despite the quick response to this plea for aid, the remnants of humanity find themselves refugees in an overcrowded galaxy and at the mercy of an empire whose existence predates mankindís own existence.
Unwanted and unwelcome, humanity languishes in a dozen massive colony ships around an energy poor star.
As a young smuggler Jonah Mctier is one of those fortunate few who has access to this millennia old realm, and it is he who after fleeing a triad of imperial cruisers discovers the answer to mankindís dilemma.
In desperation Jonah finds refuge in a parsecs deep dust cloud where he discovers not only a habitable and empty planetary system but one of the most sought after resources in the Milky Way: a spatial conduit. Except this is no ordinary conduit.
Exploitation of this unique and unknown type of spatial gateway offers an alternative to the slow but inevitable descent into extinction for the children of Adam. Key to this bright future is the need to keep their phenomenal find a secret from the resource hungry empire who would take this discovery for themselves and themselves alone.
To complicate matters Jonah discovers that there is more than one of these gateways, and for humanity to be successful in their quest mankind must hold and eventually destroy all of these rare portals.

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Excerpt

“They are aware of us,” Munna said and looked up with a hopelessness in those wide eyes that had Jonah’s heart sink.
“Continue to the conduit.” He said in harsh tones. “Jamie, open a hailing frequency.”
They moved toward the wormhole as the cruiser continued its implacable advance. Jamie struggled with the unfamiliar technology before calling, “They’re responding.”
“Halt your acceleration at once and identify yourself,” came the high-pitched almost squeaking voice of the commander who appeared on the viewscreen.
For a fraction of a second Jonah didn’t understand the words. Something had caught his eye just before the image of the Taarkylan officer had taken over the screen. Another cruiser? Then the voice repeated its demand, and Jonah turned cold angry eyes to the disheveled alien.
“I am Commander Jonah Mactier. You are in violation of our sovereign territory. Disengage and resume a course out of this area.”
The commander laughed, but the purple eyes shifted uneasily from Jonah to Munna. “You are under arrest, commander. If you do not cease acceleration I will fire upon your ship. You have some serious charges to face. Another ship is already approaching. Do as I command.”
Jonah felt any hope dissipate. The Taarkylan commander saw this and grinned. From what he could see of the cruiser’s interior, the ship had sustained some damage, but Jonah didn’t doubt it was still more than capable of carrying out the officer’s threat. That damned grin.
“Sever the connection.” He told Jamie before saying to Munna, “Keep going.”
Black space replaced the Taarkylan face, and he got a clear view of the second cruiser as it limped toward them. This one had suffered heavy damage as well but what did it matter? Either could see them as drifting debris among other blackened hulks.
The first cruiser was turning to fire; and Jonah uttered a small prayer. My love to you, my wife and baby. We almost made it. Remember us.
“Conduit acquisition,” Munna announced, but Jonah wasn’t listening.
He was about to say how sorry he was for the children when the second cruiser opened fire. Instinctively he closed his eyes but opened them almost at once when no blast struck the ship.
Open-mouthed, he saw the first cruiser spout gas and materials into space—the great ship suddenly listing and drifting away.
It wasn’t dead though, and a long lance of purple light erupted from its damaged hull to strike the attacking cruiser.
“Go,” Jonah screamed to Munna, and the alien acted—starting the program and heading the vessel toward the conduit while the two cruisers exchanged fire once more.

Tour Schedule

November 19 - December 1, 2018
Visit each tour stop daily and discover more features, excerpts, reviews, interviews, fun facts and more! For more information, visit the Plains of Exodus Book Page at Book Unleashed.
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About Robert J. Burnett

Robert J. Burnett
After crisscrossing the country on more than one occasion, Robert J. Burnett and his wife Louise are currently living in northern British Colombia where they hope each day that they wonít be burnt up in the massive fires ravaging the province. Coming a close second to these fears are the worries about being eaten by bears. Mosquitoes scare him too.
Robís favourite religion is Christianity, but heís never met a druid or a pagan he didnít like. That said, he doesnít like them if theyíre smelly. Same with bears.
His fondest wish is to be abducted by aliens and taken to their home-world where he will miraculously return to his mid-twenties and be given super powers.
His music likes could be said to be a bit eclectic, ranging from classical to Celtic, especially those composed by non-smelly druids or pagans.
Voted in high school as most likely to lose all his teeth before sixty, he can proudly state that this has not happened as he still retains twelve. It is this ferocious smile, he believes, that scare off most bears.
Today he lives a productive life of non-work, listening to Ancient Astronaut and Hangar 51 shows, a hobby he has cultivated in his expectation of being abducted and taken off-planet. At least he wonít lose his job for failing to show up for work.
As a father to four sons, Rob fervently hopes that all his children will breed and produce offspring who in their turn will support him in his dotage.
Social media links: Facebook

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Thursday, November 22, 2018

New Release with $10 Giveaway: Eye of the Eagle by Sharon Buchbinder

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Eye of the Eagle
Series: Hotel LaBelle Series Book 3
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Publication Date: November 12, 2018
One soars like an eagle. One strikes like a thunderbird. But for both hearts, revenge can be deadly when it's nourished.
Anomaly Defense Director and shapeshifter Bert Blackfeather doesn't need a boss with no experience. So what if she's beautiful or gives him a jolt when she shakes his hand? He never plans to get seriously involved with another woman—not in this lifetime.
Phoebe Wagner, an empath with psychometric abilities and an advocate for the deaf, gets more than she bargained for with Bert. One touch and she relives his IED injuries. So what if he's handsome and hot? She doesn't need to add his secrets to her own. Phoebe's are bad enough.
When his niece goes missing from Hotel LaBelle, Bert goes to Montana to help—and Phoebe insists on going with him. Can these two hard-headed people share their darkest secrets in order to work together? It may be the only way to save an endangered child—and their own hearts when Bert's past rears its ugly head.

Guest Post

Here's an interesting guest post from Sharon Buchbinder on bridging the paranormal with reality.
Bridges between Worlds: Science and the Paranormal
Paranormal events have played a role in my life since childhood. I have always accepted this alternate reality that many others do not experience or recognize. Their disbelief doesn’t dismiss my psychic experiences: dreams that come true, that I think of someone–and that person calls, and that I knew my sister was pregnant before she did. In the 1970’s while a psychology major at the University of Connecticut, I participated in telepathy experiments using the now famous J.B. Rhine Zener cards and other images. My “hit rate” as a receiver was statistically greater than chance occurrence. I lived in a haunted duplex in college and could hear the ghost who lived there (my brother could see her). Curiosity and pragmatism took me down the paths of psychology (BA), neuroscience (MA in Psychology), Nursing (AAS) and finally, public health (PhD).
When I participated in the telepathy experiments in college, little did I know the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) work with psychic spies, remote viewing, and the infamous MK ULTRA behavioral modification program was in full swing. I now suspect the experiments were a CIA recruitment tool for psychic talents. Disbanded for ethical reasons, the full text of the Congressional report on MKULTRA, the CIA’s Program on Research in Behavioral Modification 1977 is available online from the U.S. Senate and as a reprint from the University of Michigan. A large scientifically conducted evaluation study found the results of psychic efforts, such as remote viewing, were positive. However, while the statistics were good, the intelligence wasn’t “detailed enough for practical uses in the field”. The military picked up where the CIA left off. As far as the rest of the world was concerned, the Army, Air Force, and Defense Intelligence Agency discontinued their psychic soldier units a decade later—after the MKULTRA debacle.
In my Eye of the Eagle, Bert Blackfeather is the Director of the Anomaly Defense Division in Homeland Security, Crow Native American, wounded warrior—and an eagle shapeshifter. He works within one of the most science and fact-driven agencies in the country. Yet, he heads a division of remote viewers, empaths, telepaths, clairvoyants, jinni hunters, and other agents with psychic or paranormal talents. Why? Because in my world, after 9-11, based on the top-secret recommendations of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the House Committee on Homeland Security, those units were consolidated and moved into his division. Bert manages these talented agents and deploys them on missions to protect our country from acts of terror, both foreign and domestic. Who knows? Maybe the Anomaly Defense Division I created in 2015 is alive and well under another name!
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Book Tour Schedule

November 12 - 30, 2018
Visit each tour stop daily and discover more features, excerpts, reviews, interviews, fun facts and more! To check the latest tour schedule, visit the Eye of the Eagle Book Page at Book Unleashed.
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About Sharon Buchbinder

Sharon Buchbinder
Sharon Buchbinder has been writing fiction since middle school and has the rejection slips to prove it. An RN, she provided health care delivery, became a researcher, association executive, and obtained a PhD in Public Health. She is the author of the Hotel LaBelle Series, the Jinni Hunter Series, and the Obsession Series. When not teaching or writing, she can be found fishing, walking her dogs, or breaking bread and laughing with family and friends in Baltimore, MD and Punta Gorda, FL.

Giveaway

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1. $10 Amazon Gift Card
2. First 2 eBooks in the Hotel LaBelle series: The Haunting of Hotel LaBelle and Legacy of Evil
3. Totebag
4. Mug
5. Drink Cozies
6. Romance Trading Cards
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Monday, October 22, 2018

New Release with Fun Facts and Giveaway: Encore by Tantra Bensko

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ENCORE
A Contemporary Love Story of Hypnotic Abduction
Tantra Bensko
Encore: A Contemporary Love Story of Hypnotic Abduction
Series: The Agents of the Nevermind Book 3
Genre: Psychological Suspense, Romantic Suspense, Gothic Novel
Publisher: Insubordinate Books
Publication Date: October 1, 2018
Hypnotized to believe she's his wife.
A troupe in England performs the history of a gem which features in legends of Shambhalla and Atlantis. The troupe's hypnotist, Dune, has made them famous, especially his wife Susan, who is the star.
After the star's disappearance before the show, her standby, Miriam, takes Susan's place. Dune always hypnotizes the standbys to believe they are the actors they replace: the post-hypnotic suggestion ends when the final curtain lands, and they remember their identity. Before the curtain lands, Dune whisks Miriam to a castle.
Meanwhile, Miriam's friend, Colin, who just kissed her for the first time, seeks against all odds to rescue her, though she's told he's a crazed criminal.

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Fun Facts on Encore

Bennu: You might have heard of the carbon-rich asteroid named Bennu which NASA is taking samples from using the spacecraft named OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft to learn about the origins of life on Earth. The asteroid is named after the Egyptian flamingo deity, the original version of the Greek Phoenix bird of rebirth into eternal life.
Osiris is the Egyptian also associated with rituals in initiation rituals into magickal organizations and occult secret societies, still continuing today. Osiris, who arose to bring renewed life in Egypt, is the original of the Greek Persephone, who cyclically returns to initiate spring fertility in Greece. The Osiris mysteries were performed at re-initiation rituals in Egypt each spring in the temples, celebrating his rebirth.
The Agents of the Nevermind books dramatize the tendency of intelligence agencies to interconnect with secret societies with death/rebirth initiation rituals to instill new, loyal secret identities for the members. The Bennu Society, which takes an interest in extreme longevity through vampiric practices, like many such cults, networks with the Agency of the Nevermind in the castle owned by an alchemist who makes New Age elixirs out of a meteoric rock, Moldavite, associated in many cultures with magical longevity.

Book Tour Schedule

Follow the book tour from October 13 - November 2, 2018.
Visit each tour stop daily and discover more features, excerpts, reviews, interviews, fun facts and more! To check the latest tour schedule, visit the Encore: A Contemporary Love Story of Hypnotic Abduction Book Page at Book Unleashed.

Other Books in the Series

In these contemporary psychological suspense novels, unlikely heroes work to expose how intelligence agents fund and perform social engineering. To end coups and proxy wars, the heroes must overcome the effects of gaslighting and discover who they are. Can their lovers help put the pieces together before it's too late?
Glossolalia: Psychological Suspense
Remember to Recycle: Psychological Suspense

About Tantra Bensko

Tantra Bensko
Tantra Bensko, MFA, teaches fiction writing with UCLA Extension Writing Program and Writers.com. She is a manuscript editor with Book Butchers and her own Online Writing Academy. She won a gold medal in Intrigue from Readers Favorites. Hundreds of her stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies. She lives in Berkeley.
Social Media Links: Facebook | Twitter

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

Book Review with Giveaway: The Secrets of Chateau Swansea by R.C. Matthews

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THE SECRETS OF CHATEAU SWANSEA
R.C. Matthews
The Secrets of Chateau Swansea
Genre: Gothic Romance
Publication Date: October 1, 2018
A grisly murder leaves a haunted estate without an heir, and a powerful medium scrambles to find answers from beyond the grave.
Determined to escape the nightmarish memories of her childhood, heiress and psychic Maribeth Sommerset pursues the adventurous life of a psychic investigator, beginning with a murder and the spirits who hover behind at the haunted Chateau Swansea
Meanwhile, devoted steward of the chateau Arthur Dunn plays a dangerous game of deception to shield his employer's good name, landing himself at the top of Maribeth's suspect list.
Amid scandalous secrets and destructive lies, will Maribeth uncover the secrets of Chateau Swansea before the killer strikes again?
Don't miss out on this thrilling Victorian gothic romance!
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My Review

Rating: 5 Stars!
The Secrets of Chateau Swansea is quite an enjoyable read with a very well written plot!
I was blown away by the story, which was tightly plotted and featured unforgettable characters in Arthur and Maribeth. The red herrings did their jobs well; I couldn't guess who the villain is! Just when I thought I had it nailed than something happened or someone said something and my hunches would change. The mystery and romantic conflict kept me riveted until the very last page.
This is my first gothic romance and it won't be my last. Maribeth has a truly unique and interesting background, and I'm interested to see when she first appeared, which is in her guardian's book, I believe.
Though this author may be new to some (including me), I find this definitely worth a read, a story that will surely keep you at the edge of your seats! Thoroughly satisfying and enjoyable!

Book Tour Schedule

Follow the book tour from October 1 - 14, 2018.
Visit each tour stop daily and discover more features, excerpts, reviews, interviews, fun facts and more!
To check the latest tour schedule, visit the The Secrets of Chateau Swansea Book Page at Book Unleashed.

About R.C. Matthews

R.C. Matthews
R.C. Matthews is the author of contemporary and historical romances featuring bold, sassy heroines and magnetic alpha heroes. Warning! The chemistry between her characters is off the charts hot, so read at your own risk. She resides in the Midwest and is surrounded by men: her husband and three sons. During her free time you'll find her watching The Walking Dead, reading a fabulous book or hanging out with her family.
Official website: http://www.rcmatthews.com
Social Media Links: Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

Giveaway

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Devil's Core by R.C. Matthews (eBook) - The first book in a related series in which we first meet the heroine of The Secrets of Chateau Swansea when she is a little girl.
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Monday, July 23, 2018

Book Spotlight with Review and Giveaway: Jersey Ghouls by A.L. Sirois

Jersey Ghouls
JERSEY GHOULS
A.L. Sirois
Genre: Horror
Publisher: Azure Spider Publications
Publication Date: June 15, 2018
A disabled cop and his ex battle giant centipedes and ghouls in a small riverside community that's about to be flooded out.
The rain-drenched riverside town of Sherwood's Landing, NJ is invaded by a species of centipede from Central America armed with psychedelic venom. Former cop Lafferty "Hoff" Hoffman and his ex-girlfriend Beatrice St. John are swept into terror as their neighbors are enslaved by a centipede-generated group mind. Those remaining free must band together to survive the onslaught of ravenous ghouls.

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My Review

Rating: 5 stars
I don't typically read horror stories, but I was intrigued by the "villain" in this story. Centipedes? That's something new.
Jersey Ghouls was captivating; I was drawn in from the first page and I couldn't read fast enough. There are several things going for this story:
  1. Developing storyline. Honestly, I didn't expect much reading in. I thought it'd be a city or town overrun with centipedes and then the heroes/heroines doing stuff to save the day. But it's more than that. The centipedes actually have a mission! (and more, but that's all I'm saying) And that takes things to a higher level.
  2. Unexpected heroes/heroines. Sure, we know about Hoff and his ex Beatrice, but that's because they're mentioned in the summary. But there are lots of unexpected heroes/heroines in the story, like the mother who sacrificed herself to protect her children, or Jessa. There are stories within each individual, and A.L. Sirois gave us a quick, deep glimpse into each.
  3. Great writing style. A.L. Sirois has an engaging style of writing, and the story is well-written and flows really well.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Jersey Ghouls and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to others. I can't wait to read other books by this author.

Book Tour Schedule

Follow the book tour from July 11 - 24, 2018.
Join us and visit each tour stop daily and discover more features, excerpts, reviews, interviews, fun facts and more! To check the latest tour schedule, visit the Jersey Ghouls Book Page at Book Unleashed.
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About A.L. Sirois

A.L. Sirois
A.L. Sirois is a writer, developmental editor, graphic artist and a performing musician. His publication career began in 1973 with the appearance of the short-short story "War Baby" in Fantastic. (It would be called "flash fiction" nowadays.) He has gone on to have fiction in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Fantastic, Amazing Stories, and Thema, and online at Electric Spec, Mystery Weekly, Every Day Fiction and Flash Fiction Online, among other publications. His story "In the Conservatory," from Thema, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. In addition to JERSEY GHOULS, other Sirois works include a children's book, DINOSAUR DRESS UP (Tambourine Press / William Morrow), a graphic novel, THE ENDLESS INCIDENT (2014), and a fantasy novel, THE BOHEMIAN MAGICIAN, published in 2017.
As an artist, he has hundreds of drawings, paintings and illustrations to his credit. Al has contributed comic art for DC, Marvel, and Charlton, and has scripted for Warren Publications. He wrote and drew "Bugs in the System" for witzend #12, the famous comics fanzine started by for MAD artist Wally Wood. He lives in Rockingham County, North Carolina with his wife and occasional collaborator, author Grace Marcus. Together they are writing a Young Adult novel set in ancient Egypt.
Social media links: Facebook | Twitter

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Saturday, July 14, 2018

Book Spotlight with Giveaway: Everything Under the Sun by Jessica Redmerski

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EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN
New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Redmerski
Everything Under the Sun
Genre: YA/NA Crossover, Dystopian
Publication Date: August 28, 2017
Atticus, struggling to conform to the cruel nature of men in a post-apocalyptic society. Thais, fighting to stay out of the hands of men like him. Forced together, they fall in love. But can love survive in such dark times, or is it fated to die with them?
Thais Fenwick was eleven-years-old when civilization fell, devastated by a virus that killed off the majority of the world’s population. For seven years, Thais and her family lived in a community of survivors deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. But when her town is attacked by raiders, she and her blind sister are taken away to the East-Central Territory where she is destined to live the cruel and unjust kind of life her late mother warned her about.
Atticus Hunt is a troubled soldier in Lexington City who has spent the past seven years trying to conform to the vicious nature of men in a post-apocalyptic society. He knows that in order to survive, he must abandon his morals and his conscience and become like those he is surrounded by. But when he meets Thais, morals and conscience win out over conformity, and he risks his rank and his life to help her. They escape the city and set out together on a long and perilous journey to find safety in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Struggling to survive in a world without electricity, food, shelter, and clean water, Atticus and Thais shed their fear of growing too close, and they fall hopelessly in love. But can love survive in such dark times, or is it fated to die with them?
This book will take you on a long, dangerous, exciting journey. These characters will stay with you and you will fall so in love with them! I want to read it again, and again, and again!
That was an epic read. Pure epic! ... Jessica Redmerski... is an absolutely incredible writer. I fall in love with every book she writes, every character, everything.
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Follow the book tour from July 9 - 21, 2018.
Visit each tour stop daily and discover more features, excerpts, reviews, interviews, fun facts and more! To check the latest tour schedule, visit the Everything Under the Sun Book Page at Book Unleashed.

About Jessica Redmerski

Jessica Redmerski
Jessica Redmerski is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, international bestseller, and award winner, who juggles several different genres. She began self-publishing in 2012, and later with the success of THE EDGE OF NEVER, signed on with Grand Central Publishing/Forever Romance. Her works have been translated into more than twenty languages.
Jessica is a hybrid author who, in addition to working with a traditional publisher, also continues to self-publish. Her popular crime and suspense series, In the Company of Killers, has been optioned for television and film by actor and model William Levy.
Social Media Links: Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

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Three Everything Under the Sun (signed paperback) with signed bookmarks and post cards (US and Canada only)
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Friday, June 22, 2018

Featured Interview with $25 Giveaway: Untamed Hearts by Colleen O'Connell

Untamed Hearts
UNTAMED HEARTS
Colleen O'Connell
Genre: Historical Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Publication Date: June 4, 2018
Two destinations lead to one destiny
Fleeing her wavering feelings for her fiancé, Taryn Ashford boards a westbound train to visit relatives. Her journey awakens unbridled passion with the dangerously handsome, Jared King. When Jared is accused of murder, she is faced with providing him an alibi at the risk of her own reputation. Did he use her to save himself or can she trust her heart – and him - to discover the truth? A truth they must work together to reveal.
Gunman, shooter, the brand is Jared King’s life. His skill with a gun creates an existence forever searching – searching every face for the bounty hunter in constant pursuit, for the settled life he is certain he will never find and for one woman’s love. Taryn Ashford jeopardizes his need to remain emotionally detached. She represents the happiness denied him, but if he pursues her, will he risk both their lives?

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Interview with Colleen O'Connell

Today I have the pleasure of hosting an interview with Colleen O'Connell, author of Untamed Hearts. Hope you enjoy this!
  1. What's your daily routine when you are working on a book?
    My ability to be more creative occurs in the evenings so I tend to do more writing at night. Like any writer, there are times when the dreaded, ‘writer’s block’ takes hold. Those are the times I take a break knowing it is useless to fight it. To minimize the potential for the block, I try to end my writing for the day by stopping when I know what the next sentence or scene is going to be. It helps if I can pick back up the next day with a quick start without the need to stare at a blank page as though waiting for it to talk to me.
  2. Have you always aspired to be an author?
    Writing was always something I enjoyed, but it wasn’t as though I knew I wanted to be a writer when I was a child. It developed naturally out of my love of reading, thoughts of how I would have made changes in the plot after finishing a book and then ultimately attempting to see what I could do if I tried my hand at developing my own stories. Once I starting writing, I knew this is what I wanted to do.
  3. What was the biggest challenge you had to overcome to get to where you are now?
    The biggest challenge was pushing through the rejections of work submitted. After all the hard work of actually completing a manuscript and then the seemingly endless process of trying to send it out for consideration only to receive the generic rejection letter was certainly frustrating. It seems trite, but it is true that persistence pays off. What I learned was that each rejection (after a few disheartened tears) only strengthened my resolve to work that much harder to make the story better. I had continually received positive feedback on the storylines I submitted. It was a matter of fully understanding the technique of writing.
  4. What keeps you passionate about being an author and continuing to write books?
    I constantly have plots filtering through my mind. I may only have an idea about a general storyline, but I love creating the characters that will bring the story to life and finding out how the story will develop as I write. There are times I’m writing a scene and suddenly an aspect of a character will surface that I hadn’t considered. Even as the writer, I find myself surprised with the different turns the story takes from my original conception. That is what holds my interest-the anticipation of what comes next.
  5. If there is one thing you can tell readers on why they should pick up this book, what would it be?
    I believe readers will find a few unexpected twists. I don’t like when plots are too predictable. I keep that in mind when I write. When I’m reading a book, I like being pleasantly surprised when I anticipate something occurring in a scene and then it takes a different direction. I know it makes me want to read more. I hope readers experience the same with Untamed Hearts.

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Join our upcoming book tour from June 12 - 25, 2018.
Join us and visit each tour stop daily as we share more features, excerpts, reviews, interviews, fun facts and and other extras about the book! To check the latest tour schedule, visit the Untamed Hearts Book Page at Book Unleashed.
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About Colleen O'Connell

Colleen O'Connell
Colleen has been an avid reader her entire life and has a particular love of the historical romance genre. Having enjoyed reading romances early on, she began writing them herself when she wanted the stories to take a different turn and determined the only way to achieve it was to craft her own. She currently lives in Northern Kentucky and has a background in Human Resource Management.

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