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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Peter Simmons and the Vessel of Time by Ramz Artso @RamzArtso

Peter Chapter 4 Portland, Oregon October 22nd Afternoon Hours I sauntered out of the school building with my friends in tow and pulled on a thickly woven hat to cover my fluffy flaxen hair, which was bound to be frolic even in the mildest of breezes. I took a deep...

Emma Right – 8 Things You Didn’t Know About Keeper of Reign @emmbeliever

8 Things You Didn’t Know About Keeper of Reign By: Emma Right 1. That I started the story in 2008 and it had taken me six long years to get it onto Kindle and about 17 edits later, and two of these are with professional editors. 2. That my children inspired me to write...

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Birth of an Assassin by Rik Stone @stone_rik

Chapter 6 The trapdoor opened out onto a flat roof that was a little higher than most of its neighbors. Up top, Jez crouched by Viktor’s side and surveyed the other rooftops for signs of life. He took off his sandals and slung the AK over his shoulder. Viktor went ahead...

Dangerously Hers by A.M. Griffin @AMGriffinbooks #LovingDangerously

Jess hates aliens. After the invasion that destroyed Earth, the extraterrestrial bastards sold her to a brothel as a sex slave. She may have escaped but the old memories and fears still linger in the dark corners of her mind. Supposedly Sonis is just the place for her—somewhere...

A Study in Sin by August Wainwright @acwainwright

We had only driven a few blocks when Sam piped up. “You can't be pissed at me if you don't like her,” he said. “If I don't like her or she's some sort of psycho control freak, then there's nothing forcing me to live with her. I'll just tell her that I'll think about...

Living The Testimony by Deidre Havrelock @deidrehavrelock

We testify in accordance with what we know and have experienced. …It’s time to learn and experience more! The first book in this thought-provoking series explained how testimony relates to the Bible; this book will help you understand how testimony relates to living....

#Bargain Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love by Sebastian Cole @sebastiancole3

Beverly Hills Book Award winner, USA Best Book Award finalist, ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award bronze winner, International Book Award finalist, ForeWord Firsts debut literary competition finalist. The story opens with Noah Hartman, eighty years old, lying...

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

#AmReading - Cold Days by Jim Butcher @longshotauthor

Cold Days by Jim Butcher Amazon After being murdered and then brought back to life, Harry Dresden soon realizes that maybe death wasn’t all that bad. Because he is no longer Chicago’s only professional wizard. He is now Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and...

Indiestructible: Inspiring Stories from the Publishing Jungle @MsBessieBell

Tackling the Time Factor by Jessica Bell The biggest problem I had with deciding to go indie was the time factor. With a stressful full-time job as a project manager for the Academic Research & Development department at Education First, it was difficult for me to...

Gringa – A Love Story (Complete Series books 1-4) by Eve Rabi @EveRabi1

Who is your favorite author? Eve Rabi. She is simply amazing. I love her books. She is smart. She is …okay fine, John Grisham. What book genre of books do you adore? I like courtroom with romance. Gritty, earthy stories. What book should everybody read at least once?...

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Breathing for Two by Wolf Pascoe @WolfPascoe

ONE BREATHING LESSONS IN the freshman year of my anesthesia residency, I was given a lesson in breathing by a patient whom I’ll call Otto. Anesthesia residencies come replete with breathing lessons, but Otto was also teaching humility that day, a subject absent from...

Monday, November 25, 2013

#AmReading - The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert @GilbertLiz

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert Amazon A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert...

Sunday, November 24, 2013

The Howling Heart by April Bostic

* * * * Three days after my father’s funeral, I landed at the airport in Denver. I rented a Jeep Wrangler, because I needed a four-wheel-drive vehicle to get up the mountain. The July weather was mild, so I wore khaki shorts, a plain white tee, and beige Vans sneakers....

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Excerpt: Blood Moon (The Huntress/FBI Thrillers) by Alexandra Sokoloff

Chapter Three The house lies on the outskirts of the desert community, lone and isolated. A strong wind blows over the surrounding land, swirling dust demons across the darkness of the fields. In the black of sky, a million stars tremble around the full moon. In the split...

Friday, November 22, 2013

Joyfully Yours by Amy Lamont @Amy_Lamont

Chapter Two Faith trudged up the walkway of her mother’s duplex clutching her two cans of cranberries to her chest. Looking up at the house, her steps slowed. The faded brick and white awnings were exactly the same as when she was a kid. Warmth seeped slowly into her...

#AmReading - Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath @jakonrath

Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath Amazon Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels is having a bad week. Her live-in boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, chronic insomnia has caused her to max out her credit cards with late-night home shopping purchases, and a frightening...

Onio by Linell Jeppsen @nelj8

Chapter 4 For four days, Mel drifted in and out of consciousness. When she was able to swim up from the tendrils of death that held her, she dreamed vivid and horrifying dreams. Once, she sat up with a start and saw a scene from Dante’s Inferno. She saw a huge hairy...

Author Interview – Alana Cash

What genre are you most comfortable writing? Stories.  Fiction or nonfiction, I like to write stories.  If you look at my blog, that’s all there is – stories of my adventures – stories of my friends’ adventures. The genre I have difficulty with is the one I’m...

The King of Sunday Morning by J.B. McCauley @MccauleyJay

  The King of Sunday Morning is a geezer. Not in the traditional sense of the word as in old man. This geezer is a face, a wannabe, a top notch bloke. He is the greatest DJ that never was. He should have been. Could have been. Would have been. Now becoming a has-been....

Thursday, November 21, 2013

#Bargain Human Plus by David Simpson @PostHuman09

PROMOTION: Now you can switch back and forth between reading the Kindle book and listening to the Audible audiobook. Add the professional narration of Sub-Human (Book 1) for a reduced price of $2.99 after you buy the Kindle book of Sub-Human. Listen to Sub-Human Chapter...

Boundless by Brad Cotton @BradCott0n

Chapter 6 NOT TWENTY MINUTES after leaving the motel, young Ruby fell asleep upon her bag in the back seat. As the BMW crossed the border into Colorado just before lunch, Ruby had still not awoken. “When did you know?” Ray asked Duncan. He put down his book and looked...

The Curse Giver by Dora Machado @DoraMachado #TheCurseGiver

Lusielle’s bleak but orderly life as a remedy mixer is shattered when she is sentenced to die for a crime she didn’t commit. She’s on the pyre, about to be burned, when a stranger breaks through the crowd and rescues her from the flames. Brennus, Lord of Laonia is the...

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Birth of an Assassin by Rik Stone @stone_rik

Chapter 4 Colonel Michel Petrichova read the dossier as Jez stood to attention in front of his desk. “At ease, Kornfeld… You said you were as fit as anyone here and it appears you weren’t far wrong.” He looked up over half-framed glasses. “And according to the man I...