Pages

Saturday, August 31, 2013

1,000 Likes Giveaway!

A ginormous Thank You to all of my Amazing Likers!
This is for you!! 
Enjoy!
Huge hugs & Thanks to my 
fabulous Author Pals & Friends who so generously donated


K.B. Miller                         Jennifer Malone Wright            Chantal Bellehumeur
Imogen Rose                      Willow Cross                        Cindy Springsteen
Aneesa Price                      Cat Miller
Anne Denton                      Jaz Primo
Stacey Rourke                    A Jacob Sweeny
Kassandra Kush                  L.A. Jones
T Hammonod                     Cambria Hebert
Julie Cassar                        Angela Orlowski-Peart
Katherine Polillo                 Mary Ting  
Alexia Purdy                        Cameo Renae 
S.K. Whiteside                     Gillian Joy
Venessa Kimball                  Kelley Grealis
Allyson Gottlieb                   J.B. Hartnett
Lucian Barnes                      Kim Carmichael
Margaret Taylor                    M. R, Polish
Jennifer Miller                       Angella Corbett
Alexandrea Weis                    Kelly D. Abell,
Rissa Blakeley                       Reading For Fun 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

*All Physical Prizes awarded in this contest are limited to US residents only. All ebooks are Worldwide. All winners are only eligible for 1 prize. 

Friday, August 30, 2013

The Things We Can't Change: Part Two ~ Review

The Things We Can't Change 
Part Two: The Struggle
  August 24, 2013

Blurb:
Evie and Zeke just want to forget.

Now that her secret is out and Tony is unable to come near her, Evie just wants to heal and move on. But with Tony’s last words embedded in her brain and guilt dominating her mind, she’s finding it hard to release the hold Tony still seems to have over her. She’s getting worse, sinking deeper, and no one seems able to help.

Zeke wants to forget it all and not feel a thing. After Cindy’s accident, his resolve to care for nothing and no one is stronger than ever. Desperate to separate himself and escape feeling, he’s thrown himself into the bad crowd he always used to avoid sinking into, doing more smoking and drinking and graffiti than ever. But nothing seems to stop the nightmares.

When Zeke goes too far and is caught, Evie’s dad is able to step in and offer a deal to repay Zeke for saving Evie; go to juvie, or work all summer for the Parkers. Seeing anything as better than juvie, Zeke agrees to work for the Parkers. What he didn’t count on was the close proximity to Evie, the only person who seems to give him feelings that he’s not sure he wants to push away. What Evie didn’t count on was Zeke still being the only person aside from her dad who makes her feel safe.

 Get your copy of TTWCC: Part 2  HERE!

           ~            ~           ~          ~
 My Review:
5 stars 
 MORE more MORE Please!!!!, August 27, 2013

I am soooo loving this series, & just can't get over it! Just so you know ... It's a BIG deal for a book to bring me to tears, & still have me coming back for more. Scratch that ... BEGGING FOR MORE! I truly think every teen should be encouraged to read this series! Kassandra has done a magnificent job in portraying this topic without going into the darkest of dark overload. I also love the note from the author at the back. It is always nice to hear how & why they feel the way they do about their stories.
FYI ~ This story is based on a very sensitive subject, & does tug those heart strings like no other ... BUT it is Soooooooooo Worth Reading! And YES this coming from the chick who really does not care to read about abuse & the emotional turmoil that many deal with on a regular basis. Yet, I still give this 5 Stars (although I would give it many more if it was allowed!)



Add these to your Goodreads today!
Photo: Your first official TTWCC teaser! :]


The Things we can't change Part One:The Prologue will be 100% FREE all the time!





           ~            ~           ~          ~


About this author:
Welcome :]
Third person feels.... impersonal, so lezz just keep it real ;]

My name is Kassandra, one of the few rare gems who spell the name with a K. I like to read, write, and lay in the sun. Since I live in sunny Florida, I'm usually doing all three at once. I dream of returning to my hometown, Columbus, Ohio, but in the meantime I make do with placing most of my stories there. I come from a huge family dominated with girls and have a dopey, mostly-Black-Lab dog named Phineas. I tend to like fictional men better than real ones, and sometimes it's quite the hassle trying to keep up with all my book-relationships ;] Someday, though, I'm sure true love will strike me down, but until then, I'll share all my book boyfriends with you.

They can be found in all my novels, and I hope I speak the truth when I say I have a little something for everyone; mystery, romance, paranormal, real-life, drama and epicness. You can find information about my past, present, and forthcoming books in both my blog and Facebook links. I absolutely love to hear from readers, so be sure to drop me a line so I can thank you personally.

I'll leave you to read now, but welcome to my world; a place where true love exists, everyone gets a happy ending, magic is real, God is love, and it's perfectly acceptable to skip sleep, food, and company in order to finish that last chapter.

Oh, and the men are extremely good looking ;]
~ Kassandra

           ~            ~           ~          ~
Stalker Links:

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Coffin Girls ~ Review


Coffin Girls (Elegantly Undead) 

Published July 18th 2012
Blurb: 
A sexy, female vampire with secrets. A sinfully-handsome witch prince on a mission. A formidable Vampire Council with something to hide. A vampire descendent from the original Coffin Girls, Anais runs a successful event and wedding planning business from her majestic New Orleans plantation house. To the Vampire Council, she is seen as an exemplary hostess and household head of a misfit bunch of vampires. When Yves, her maker and head of the Vampire Council requests her assistance in hosting the mysterious, yet dashing Prince of Witches, Conall, she has no option but to accept. But Anais is the keeper of secrets; secrets that can kill. Protective of her family’s undiscovered uniqueness, Anais is guarded, yet intrigued by the enigmatic witch prince. Conall and Anais are drawn together when confronted with fatal encounters and an unimaginable destiny… if she’s willing to accept it and fight.
Get your copy of Coffin Girls HERE!
♥      ♥      ♥   ♥  
My Review:


5 Stars


A mini vacation to a magical world awaits you!, January 26, 2013
A mini vacation to a magical world awaits you!
If you like a good action packed paranormal romance story then you are sure to love this! It's full of vampires, werewolves, witches, fae & magick!! The characters are awesome & totally rockin' the paranormal world! The Coffin Girls are full of spunk & life! Their home, their world felt real, inviting, & so full of life. It absolutely addicting!! I adore Conall, Raulf, Sylvain, & Niul. Anais is a very lucky gal! I am so excited to see what the Goddess has in store for them all! I thoroughly enjoyed my mini vacation to this magical world Aneesa transported me to!! When I read 'The End' I felt like Anais had while saying goodbye...that's all you'll get out of me...you will have to read it to find out what that's mean!! I will be awaiting our next journey with the Coffin Girls (WHICH I ASSURE YOU CAN'T GET HERE FAST ENOUGH)!
♥      ♥      ♥     
 More Aneesa Price Awesomeness!
♥      ♥      ♥   ♥  

 Author Biography:


Aneesa Price writes romance and lives it with her university sweetheart and husband. After having surmounted the challenges of being in a bi-racial marriage in the newly democratic South Africa, she now attributes her marital bliss to purposefully added spice and passionately resolved differences. After living in a variety of cities in South Africa, as an expat, she’s ready to explore the world with her husband and two daughters. 

Aneesa completed her internship in counseling psychology and went on to work first as a therapist and then in Corporate Finance in on projects and in organizational change. This diversity in experience, coupled with her understanding of the human psyche, is translated into her writing through the creation of believable, flawed characters with the innate ability to overcome adversity. 

She writes to give her readers the gift of experiencing the new and fascinating, something she strives for herself when she explores new places, reads, cooks with her kids or goes picking for antiques with her husband. She welcomes new connections so feel free to 'friend' her on facebook or follow her on twitter.



♥      ♥      ♥   ♥  

Stalker Links:


♥      ♥      ♥   ♥  
Giveaway!
♥      ♥      ♥ 
Because Aneesa Price Fans Rock you can win!
 For a chance to win this set of magnets ...
Like, Follow, & Share Aneesa's Awesomeness!
♥      ♥     


Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Betraying Innocence ~ Cover Reveal

                  Betraying Innocence
                    by Airicka Phoenix


Releases Oct 31, 2013
Publisher: Fire & Ash Publishing
 Genre: Young Adult, Horror Romance

Formats: ebook, paperback

~ ~ ~ ~
Blurb:
Roseanna - Ana - French was happy with her life. Sure she had to move to a strange new town and live in a creepy new house that had inexplicable cold spots, but she could live with that. What she couldn’t deal with was the relentless tapping inside the walls at night, the sinister shadows in the halls or the spirit crawling its way beneath her skin. 

                        *Warnings: Language. 


Other Novels by Airicka Phoenix.

Upcoming Releases:
Winning Jewels
Dark Betrayal
When Night Falls
 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 

Upcoming Releases, 2013:
FINDING KIA
WINNING JEWELS
DARK BETRAYAL
WHEN NIGHT FALLS
- See more at: http://www.anchorgrouppublishing.com/authors.html#sthash.ldk4sWph.PPs8S6MS.dpuf
Upcoming Releases, 2013:
FINDING KIA
WINNING JEWELS
DARK BETRAYAL
WHEN NIGHT FALLS
- See more at: http://www.anchorgrouppublishing.com/authors.html#sthash.ldk4sWph.PPs8S6MS.dpuf
                                                         About the Author:
Airicka Phoenix is the best-selling author of The Touch Saga, Games of Fire, Octavian's Undoing & The Lost Girl Series with short stories in Whispered Beginnings: A Clever Fiction Anthology and Midnight Surrender Anthology. She also writes adult paranormal & contemporary romance under her alter ego, Morgana Phoenix.

 

For more about Airicka, also on how to win giveaways, read author interviews and reviews, visit her website.

Stalker Links: 
Facebook 
, Amazon, Fanpage, 
Goodreads 
, LinkedIn, Design Page,
Twitter (@AirickaPhoenix)
 See more at Anchor Group Publishing.




Cover Reveal ~ Finding Forever

Finding Forever by Melisa M. Hamling

~ Releases August 30, 2013 ~
Cover designed by Cora Graphics.
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult

Blurb:
"Through the splinters of glass, I see his face, the one who has this hold on me, on my soul, and I know he holds the key to something I have yet to learn."

Be careful what you wish for, you may just get it. Morgan Master’s is about to find out that what you wish for doesn’t come in a perfect little package.

Plummeting off the side of the mountain wasn’t the escape Morgan had planned. Or was it? Disconnected from who she was, where she came from, Morgan knows she’s in a hot mess when the lines blur between two worlds. What is real and what is imagined? Her inner struggle to find herself and to learn the truth, leads her into the arms of Ben, the perfect little package she once wished for, but doesn’t remember it.

Ben is Morgan’s solace, her guide through her state of confusion, offering comfort and love to degrees she is certain she has never known before. Longing to stay in the heavenly bliss, something keeps pulling her back, a little at a time.

When Morgan’s world crumbles, she endures weeks of heartbreak. She must decide between this life, or go in search of the unknown, in search of reestablishing the love she had for the man who helped her survive. What must she sacrifice to find him? Does he really exist? What will she uncover when she goes in search of Finding Forever?



Add Finding Forever to your Goodreads TBR here!


~    ~    ~           ~    ~    ~

 Read Finding Forever's Chapter 1 ~ teaser HERE!


~    ~    ~           ~    ~    ~
 
About the Author:
Melisa M. Hamling

I grew up in Colorado and moved to Nebraska in the latter half of my teen years, where I've remained. I have a great family and my father is James Dean. Yep! The James Dean. Okay in name only, but I still love to say it. I have the best husband ever! He's not afraid to do the laundry, or the dishes, and dang. He's had to survive four females and a whole lot of hormones. Poor guy! We have three beautiful daughters, and our only sons, Robby and Bentley, are of course, cats. They refuse to acknowledge their furry background, and so continue to live as humanly as possible.

Most of my work experience has been in healthcare giving me the opportunity to work with a variety of people, ranging from newborn to elderly. My true passion is writing. I'm captivated by stories that delve into facets of the human behavior: affliction, fidelity, passion, betrayal, and redemption. I prefer to take my characters through a physical journey where they learn something about themselves or take them to new and exciting places, but there is always romance involved.


Stalker Links:
 Twitter @melisamhamling

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Hidden Wings ~ Review

Hidden Wings
Blurb:
What happens when Darkness and Light collide?
Seventeen is a life changing age for Emma Wise. As her family's sole survivor in a car crash, she is left with a broken arm, and a few scrapes and bruises. But these are only outward marks; inside, her heart is broken and the pieces scattered. Whisked away to Alaska, to an aunt she's never met, Emma starts over. Secrets unveil themselves and now...she doesn't even know who or what she is. A centuries old prophecy places Emma in the heart of danger. Creatures of horrifying and evil proportions are after her, and it will take Emma, her aunt, and six, gorgeously, captivating Guardians to keep her safe. But, if she can survive until her eighteenth birthday... things will change.
 
Recommended for young adult readers. The Hidden Wings series is a YA Paranormal / Fantasy with elements of romance, suspense, mystery, horror, and humor. 

My Review:
 5 Stars
I Hidden Wings! , March 6th, 2013
If you're looking for a story that will have you begging for more then Hidden Wings is a terrific choice! This is definitely no typical "paranormal romance". You name it & this story's got it. It's action packed & full of life; drama, love, terror, excitement, pain, demons, angels (fallen angels too)...
Poor Emma had no idea what was about to become of he...r life .... or at least what she believed it to be.
Yet even as terrifying as some of it proves to be she pushes on refusing to take the easy route. The next book in this series can NOT come fast enough! She made sure with her ending that we'd be begging for More, More, More!!!
And BTW...I'd have Kade whisk me away any day!
  
~   *   ~   *  ~   *  ~  

 Other books in this series:
 
~   *   ~   *  ~   *  ~  

Author Biography:

Cameo Renae was born in San Francisco, CA, raised in Maui, Hawaii, and recently moved with her husband and children to Alaska.
She loved reading from as long as she can remember, and it was C.S. Lewis' - Chronicles of Narnia - which sparked a fire in her soul and made her want to create her own wondrous, magical worlds and awesome characters to go on adventures with.
In My Dreams & Hidden Wings were both recently published through Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing earlier this year. Descent (A Hidden Wings novella) was released May 15, 2013, and Broken Wings (Book 2 in the Hidden Wings Series) was released June 1, 2013.
One day she hopes to find her own magic wardrobe, and ride away on her magical unicorn... Until then... she'll keep writing!

Stalker Links: 

Monday, August 26, 2013

Cover Reveal ~ Tease

                       ~ COVER REVEAL ~
Tease by Cambria Hebert ebooksm 
 Tease
by 


Cover reveals are so fun aren't they?! I am so thrilled today to reveal my new cover, TEASE, part of the Take It Off series. Without any delay let me show you the goodness! 
~ Cambria





Blurb:
***This is a New Adult Contemporary novel. It is not intended for Young adult readers and contains sexual content and graphic language.***  
You can look but you can’t touch…
Harlow McAlister is a broke college student. When her tuition assistance is taken away she is faced with a choice: admit to her mother she couldn’t hack it on her own or make a lot of money fast. So she gets a good paying job. As a stripper. She thought it would be easy but it turns out being sexy is a lot harder than she thought. When a few mishaps work in her favor she manages to hang on to her job and catch the eye of the Mad Hatter’s best looking bartender, Cam. She’s also caught the eye of someone who wants to do more than look, someone who’s decided that she’s nothing but a tease. As the clothes come off, Harlow finds herself caught between lust and murder. The only thing she knows for sure is that her new risqué job is a lot more than she bargained for. 

Tease wrapAddition information about TEASE
Title: Tease
Series: Take It Off (a new adult contemporary series of stand alone books)
Author: Cambria Hebert
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Format: Ebook and Paperback
Cover Design by: Regina Wamba http://www.maeidesign.com

Other books in the Take It Off series
Torch by Cambria Hebert ebooksm
TORCH - available now!
Get your copy of Torch on Amazon!
TEMPT- coming October 2013!
 ♥   ♥   ♥   ♥

for bio
ABOUT CAMBRIA HEBERT:
Cambria Hebert is the author of the young adult paranormal Heven and Hell series, the new adult Death Escorts series, and the new adult Take it Off series. She loves a caramel latte, hates math and is afraid of chickens (yes, chickens). She went to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major, and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair. She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband and children (both human and furry) where she is plotting her next book. You can find out more about Cambria and her work by visiting http://www.cambriahebert.com

Stalker Links: