 When a new book is finally released, readers can hold the finished product of hours and days or more of hard work. But more than that, they hold the passion and drive of an author.
With Mr. Mark Love, he not only created one book with Jamie Richmond as the lead. This feisty young woman doesn't want to get in the way of her detective boyfriend but she is naturally curious and has a knack for solving crime! Bet you are ready to see what the book is all about.... A discovery of priceless artwork leads Jamie on a collision course with danger. Jamie Richmond used to live a nice, quiet life. But last fall she witnessed the shooting of a police officer and figured out who did it. Then this winter saw her best friend targeted by a stalker and kidnapped. Yep, Jamie solved that one and came to the rescue. Now it’s summertime and the living is supposed to be easy. All she wants to do is write her novels and spend free time with Malone, the guy who has been by her side since all this craziness began. But that’s not likely to happen. Jamie’s father was a very successful sculptor who tragically died more than twenty years ago when she was just a child. What she remembers about him is little more than bits and pieces. A storeroom filled with crates of his work is discovered in an old converted factory. This potential fortune in artwork has been waiting all these years. Jamie recruits Malone and a few close friends to help her unpack the crates and bring her father’s gifts out to the light of day. News of this discovery leads to a robbery. Now Jamie is determined to figure out who is behind the crime. EXCERPT: This sculpture was titled “Fleeing Beauty”. It was a woman caught in the act of running. Tendrils of slender marble in various lengths and thicknesses extended from her head, as if they were locks of hair billowing out behind her. Part of her face was obscured, turned against her shoulder as if attempting to hide her features from whoever was chasing her. The woman’s body was voluptuous, full of dangerous curves. There was something haunting about this piece. The guys became quiet, which was unusual. Linda slowly moved around it, taking pictures. “Holy shit,” Ian muttered. “Watch your language,” Malone said, cuffing him lightly on the back on the head. “How did he do that?” Ian said, taking a step away. “She looks real.” “She looks alive,” Malone said. “Check the file,” I suggested. None of us could take our eyes off the sculpture. We spread the file out on the worktable. There were pictures of a woman standing in front of a drop cloth. She was blonde, with an impish smile on her face. She could have been in her early to middle twenties. It was impossible to tell how tall she was. Her figure was eye catching, with a tiny waist and round hips. Most of the pictures showed her in a one piece bathing suit. There was one where she wore a sheer negligee. There were shots of her standing on a pedestal, others with her arms outstretched, and still others where she was looking over her shoulder. In a couple of photos he must have used a fan to blow her hair back. “She’s a doll,” Ian said. “Jamie, I think this is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen,” Linda said softly. “You’ll get no argument from me.” BUY LINKS: AMAZON B&N ITUNES ALLROMANCEEBOOKS KOBO I love book series! When I fall for a character, it's fun to see what happens to him later or to his brother, best friend or even sister! Today Stephanie Keyes releases her Into Faerie box set. The set includes all three novellas (Into Faerie, A Faerie Wedding and The Last Protector) that take place in her award winning and best selling series....The Star Child Series. From Award Winning Author Stephanie Keyes, the Star Child Novellas are complete in one set. Travel with Kellen and Calienta as they plan their wedding in After Faerie. Get to meet Kellen’s best friend, Gabe in The Last Protector, and find out what happens when Gabe learns the truth about his life in Faerie Wedding. Each story is a small part of the Star Child world and give readers another look inside these brave friends and their lives. BUY LINKS: AMAZON KOBO B&N ALL ROMANCE EBOOKS ITUNES  Stephanie Keyes is the author of the YA Fantasy series, The Star Child, which includes The Star Child, After Faerie, The Fallen Stars, The Star Catcher, and The Last Protector. The Boy In The Trees, part of the Blood In The Shadows anthology, released in November 2015.
The Star Catcher won first place in the 2014 Dante Rossetti Young Adult Novel Awards—Mythological Category. The Star Child was a finalist in the 2015 BTS Magazine Reader's Choice Awards. Keyes was also selected as a 2015 Rutgers University One-On-One Plus Conference mentee. She's an active member of SCBWI. Steph lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Mr. Keyes, her boys, Hip-Hop and Bam-Bam, and dogs Duncan MacLeod and Princess Riley. Steph is a hopeless romantic and Whovian who's shamelessly addicted to Nutella and spontaneous singing. Seeing a new cover is the most exciting part of the story process. It's where the author finally sees their image come to life. I love sharing this new adventure of a fabulous new book by one of my favorite people with you!! So without further ado.... When Hollywood-critic Andie Foxglove and rising star Guy Wilder become entangled in a torrid romance, they quickly find themselves caught in the spotlight – and it’s none too welcoming. Andie doesn’t believe happily-ever-afters exist in the real world, and when she finds herself caught between two opposing forces – her integrity and the entertainment industry – she doesn’t she has a choice but to do the right thing: end their romance before she ruins his career, and hers. Determined to beat the odds, Hollywood’s favorite preternatural lady killer will have to beat his own demons – and the odds – to convince her that, contrary to her academic opinion, sometimes stars can be untangled. Even a bad romance can have a happy ending. Now available for pre-order.... AMAZON KOBO
Wolf's Blade
The Paladins 1
Clare Dargin
Contemporary, Paranormal, Shifters, Wolves
Heat Level 4,Words 32,000
Content Notes Intense, Extreme Violence, Non-Sexual Physical Assault
Publication Date 12/28/2015, Liquid Silver Books
Samantha Dixon rescues a wounded wolf shifter in the woods near her home … and unwittingly gets drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a murderer.
Callum Blake is on the trail of an evil man who would be king of all wolf kind, no matter the cost … it’s up to Callum to stop him.
How can Callum fulfill his duty to protect his pack and save the woman who is destined to be his mate?
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Clare Dargin is a multi-published romance author. She has written for several publishers in different genres, including erotic romance, military romance, contemporary, paranormal, and sci-fi. She lives in the mid-west, and when not surfing the web, she is hard at work writing her next romance novel. You can find her on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and Amazon.
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THE BOYFRIEND DEAL
by Charity West
Contemporary YA
Evernight Teen Publishing, 97 pages
When Hadley’s ex-boyfriend becomes something of a stalker, she decides it’s time to take drastic measures – and kisses the first boy who walks past her locker. But she isn’t prepared for the kiss, not at all, or what happens afterward.
Tyler Robbins, the captain of the football team, is every girl’s dream guy. He has something of a reputation though for using girls and tossing them aside, not that it stops them from flocking his way. All of that changes the moment Hadley’s lips touch his.
When Tyler proposes that Hadley pretends to date him as a way to save them both – him from his mother and her from her ex-boyfriend – Hadley is reluctant to give it a try. In the end, she agrees, but she’s nowhere near prepared for the journey she’s about to embark on.
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Excerpt:
Seeing Hunter head my way, a determined, slightly psycho look in his eyes, made me panic. I did the only thing I could think to do. I grabbed the first boy I saw and kissed him like my life depended on it, but as my body pressed against my unsuspecting target and my lips crashed against his, three things became very apparent to me. One, the boy knew how to kiss; his lips were divine and the hands going around my waist weren’t so bad either. Two, I was slightly in over my head, as he pressed me back against my locker. And three … well, I was still reeling from one and two. Three would have to wait for later.
“If you wanted me to kiss you, Red, all you had to do was say so.”
My eyes popped open and I stared in open-mouthed shock at the boy who had just made me melt with his kiss. Tyler Robbins. The one boy I should avoid like the plague. The only boy who had the power to completely devastate me, rip out my heart and stomp on it, and do so without any true effort on his part. I’d had a major crush on him since pre-kindergarten. Perhaps crush was too tame a word. When you’ve obsessed over a boy since the age of four, it escalated things beyond crush level.
He winked at me and moved along down the hall, as if the earth hadn’t just moved, as if lightning hadn’t just struck, as if … well, you get the point. He was everything I’d ever wanted, and the one thing I’d never have. Tyler flitted from one girl to another. He didn’t have a flavor of the month; he had a flavor of the day. Or maybe it was a flavor of the hour. Except for Alicia Thompson. She was his on again off again girlfriend for the last two years, and she was a total witch. The last time they’d broken up, she’d egged the car of his next conquest.
It took me a moment to realize Hunter was standing beside me, looking both livid and hurt all at the same time, but really, the entire thing was his fault. If he hadn’t cheated on me, then turned stalker, my lips never would have touched Tyler’s. Then again, maybe I should be thanking him. Now I could cross off a major item on my wish list. I’d been dreaming of kissing Tyler Robbins since the first time I saw him, on my very first day of school. Of course, that was before he started crushing on the snotty girl in our class, then I just wanted to pelt him in the face with a mud pie at recess.
“Why are you doing this, Hadley? Tyler Robbins? Don’t you know he’s going to use you and toss you aside like yesterday’s garbage?”
“Yeah, because there’s no one around here who hasn’t already done that, right? In case you missed it, Hunter, we broke up. You have no say in who I do or do not kiss. If I want to make out with him in the janitor’s closet, that’s my business and not yours. And stop stalking me! I’m not taking you back. Not now, not ever.”
I snatched the books out of my locker, slammed it shut, and took off down the hall. I could feel his gaze boring into my back, and I wasn’t not going to lie, it seriously creeped me out. But what could I possibly do about Hunter? My own family thought I should give him another chance; every girl in school was praying I wouldn’t, and no matter what I said to the boy, he wouldn’t take no for an answer.
What I needed was a boyfriend. Someone who wouldn’t be intimidated by Hunter, who would stand up to him and tell him to back off and leave me the heck alone. What I needed was a jock, but no self-respecting jock was going to be seen with a band geek like me. And I wasn’t even in the marching band, the semi-cool band geeks because they kept the audience revved up during football games. I played the flute, but I wasn’t coordinated enough to walk and play at the same time. Not without landing on my face at any rate.
I sat through first period in kind of a daze, not really hearing anything the teacher said. I managed to write down my assignment and shuffled toward the door when the bell rang. It seemed I wasn’t the only one in a daze and ready to leave Mr. Bertram’s math class because everyone bottlenecked at the doorway. As I was squeezing my way through, someone grabbed my arm and I found myself plastered against Tyler for the second time that morning.
Startled, I looked up at him, wondering why his hands were on my waist, and more importantly, why was he looking at me like that? You know, in that you’re the only girl in the world kind of way. Not even Hunter had ever looked at me like that. He didn’t say anything, not at first. He just stood there smiling down at me. I took a moment to admire his perfectly gelled hair and--sniff—his heavenly scent. I had no idea what type of cologne he wore, but if I could wrap myself in that scent—preferably by way of his arms being around me—then I would die happy.
Author bio:
Charity West is a young adult romance author who has always had her head in the clouds. She had her first crush when she was four, and it lasted for six years. Then she quickly fell head over heels for another boy, until she had to move away and leave him behind. Jumping from one boy to another, she finally found a keeper when she was twenty, and she’s been married to him ever since.
By the time Charity was twelve, she was sneaking her mother’s Harlequin romances and reading them in secret when she was supposed to be asleep. Teased throughout middle school and high school for the bodice ripper covers on the books she openly read in class, she knew that one day she wanted to write her own happily-ever-afters.
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Hastings' Dead
by Rohn FederbushAmazon Genre: Mystery / Romantic Suspense Release Date: November 10, 2015 Length: 136 Pages What's a guy to do when people don't see things his way? “Hastings’ Dead” is set in a small Michigan town, where a University of Michigan student, Range Goloso, has promised her father she’ll return to teach grade school. In college Range falls in love with Ben Adler, a New York based law student who can’t very well start a lucrative practice without a substantial client base. She defends a local artist accused of pushing his girlfriend off the church bell tower when she wanted to leave town. Actually Range is upholding her town’s reputation and realizes her dreams of settling down in Hastings might be dead.
Hastings' Dead - Excerpt
Hastings, Michigan – Summer St. Rose of Lima’s Bell Tower David Dahlton encouraged his best girl to follow him up the narrow staircase. “Diane, you’ll love the view.” Diane Pettergill shook her head. How many times must she wear herself out following him up creaking staircases to capture yet another view of their hometown? “Who’s going to look at your pictures?’ David sat down on the top step, realizing he had a problem. Photography would rescue him from farming drudgery without leaving the secure confines of Hastings. “Maybe I’ll publish a book someday.” She smiled at him. “That’ll be the day.” “Don’t you want to see our town become famous?” He noticed he hadn’t thoroughly cleaned the mud from his shoes. Maybe Diane was reacting to the smell of recycled pig food. “I’m more interested in our future than this stupid town’s.” “You don’t want to live here after we marry?” David’s mind spun out of control. He thought she loved him, wanted to have his babies and see them grow up in town. “Wouldn’t you miss your parents and your sister?” “Betty said you wouldn’t listen.” Diane tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear. “We could visit, you know.” Their life wouldn’t be the same. “We’d be strangers to everyone—even to our own folks if we stayed away too long.” “You are a stick in the mud.” Diane turned her back on him. He listened as she slammed the side door to the tower. David climbed up to the landing under the bell. Hanging over the side nearest the front door, he called to her. “Come back. I don’t want to lose you.” Diane stopped her retreat down St. Rose’s front walk. She stood with her back to him. Then shaded her eyes as she looked up. “I’m not ready to say goodbye either.” “Wait for me.” He wanted to ring the bell for the celebration in his heart. Instead he took several hurried photographs in each direction. He’d need to come back to get more shots. They’d known each other since childhood. Out on Route 43, only a corn field separated their farm houses. Both their families were among the first settlers of Hastings. Once he reached her, Diane apologized, offering her hand. “I’m sorry. I know you love to take pictures. But, don’t you want to photograph the entire world?” “It’s been done.” David dropped her hand. “I want the world to love our town as much as we do.” “What makes you think I’d be happy in this dinky burgh?” “Dingy?” “Small. I said dinky.” Diane stretched her arms out. “I want to unfold my wings. Do something important before I die.” That’s when David got the idea he couldn’t share. “Okay,” he lied. “I promise this will be the last time you ever need to climb a flight of stairs for me to click my camera in all four directions.” “I knew I could convince you.” Diane smiled. “College will be more fun, together.” David followed her up the stairs again. However as soon as they had both reached the landing, David lunged at her. He knocked her down against the west ledge, away from the view of any onlookers in town. For a second he wanted to turn her around to get a good look at her fear, but he decided she might survive and ruin his life. “Let’s see how far you can fly with those important wings of yours.” David watched her all the way down. In the struggling three-story fall, her body flipped over. Diane stared right into his eyes until she hit the very hard pavement in the parking lot.
About Rohn Federbush
Rohn Federbush retired as an administrator from the University of Michigan in 1999. She received a Masters of Arts in Creative Writing in 1995 from Eastern Michigan University. Frederick Busch of Colgate granted a 1997 summer stipend for her ghost-story collection. Michael Joyce of Vassar encouraged earlier writing at Jackson Community College, Jackson, Michigan in 1981. Rohn has completed fourteen novels, with an additional mystery nearly finished, 120 short stories and 150 poems to date.  Today I have Georgia Lyn Hunter on the hot seat. She's agreed to stop by and share a little more about herself and her latest release. 1) What’s your favorite thing to do to relax? Read. Or catch up on favorite missed shows like Mike and Molly, Downton Abbey or Vikings. 2) If you could go back in time to when you were seven years old, what wisdom or advice would you pass on to yourself? Start writing early. That’s one thing I regret starting so late. 3) For what are you grateful? My hubby and my kids. 4) What is the number one lie you tell yourself? How is that working out? I will defnitely start tomorrow…my diet, I mean. I catch glimpses of it, but the darn thing is still so elsuive—LOL. Now about you as an author… Q: What authors had an impact on you growing up and as an adult? A: Grimm Brothers Loved fairytales as a child, and as an adult, Betty Neels—but I used to long for them to kiss. She never gave us that until the very end. J Q: Did anyone in your life influence you or encouraged you to be a writer? A: Yes, absolutely. My daughter. She came across my scribbles a few years ago, and long story short, that got her into reading and me back to wrting seriously. Q: What is your favorite aspect of writing? Your least favorite? A: Working on the draft and seeing where my characters take me. Least favorite: Proofreading, by then I know everything in the book, and hate when I miss errors. Q: Do you have any “must haves” with you while you’re writing? A: Yes, jellybeans, water, and my earphones Q: Do you have a common theme or item that appears in each of your books? A: Yes, my chartacters usually have a fetish for certain foods or candies…most times. Q: What have you learned the most from being in the writing business? A: It’s bloody hard work, yet I wouldn’t change it for anything else in the world.  Tell us about your latest release: (blurb, excerpt, cover)
BLURB: A fading realm, a warrior bound, and the woman who will save them both… Bound to a vengeful goddess, immortal warrior, Reynner, has little time for the fairer sex. The last thing he wants is to be aligned with another female, even if she is the key to finding an artifact and saving his realm. But his stone-cold resistance is tested, his attraction undeniable for the feisty mortal, until she demands the one thing he cannot give her…his trust. Eve Leighton avoids intimacy of any sort after an accident in her teens left her with a painful ability to see into another’s mind through physical contact. When an ice-cold warrior claims she is his world’s savior, she’s intrigued, until she dares a look into his soul and sees a man who’s been cruelly betrayed. She agrees to help him and loses her heart. But the man is an unassailable fortress. With quiet determination, she chips away his barriers and a passion darker than night pulls them under. As his enemies close in on the hunt for the artifact, Reynner must overcome his own personal demons as battles are fought to claim the woman he loves or lose her forever. And Eve has to face her own mortality and fight for a love of a lifetime. Available: AMAZON | iBOOKS | KOBO | SMASH | NOOK Excerpt The sudden hush in the busy little café should have been his first clue shit was about to fly. Wrapped in his thoughts, Reynner savored his dark roasted coffee hot enough to scrape a layer off his throat, when he became aware of the unnatural quiet. Looking up, he got an eyeful of a tall female sashaying toward him, not in the least surprised she’d found him. Again. Lustrous black hair framed a face of sheer perfection, one that made gods and men whimper for her favor. A long, fitted white dress with a slit up to her thigh hugged her body and fell to her ankles. Oh, he understood the awed silence all too well since he’d once succumbed to that same sensual spell. Easing his grip on the mug, he set it aside, wishing he’d taken his coffee to go. A chair scraped on the linoleum opposite him. A moment later, her stiletto heel rode up his leather-clad leg to caress his inner thigh beneath the tablecloth. He shoved her foot off him. In a measured move, he picked up a coin from the change on the table and spun it so he wouldn’t be tempted to reach across and strangle her. “Get lost, Inanna. I'm busy.” “Reynner…” She held out a hand in appeal, her topaz eyes luminescent with tears. “Don’t do this...” Ignoring the Sumerian Goddess of Love and War hadn’t worked in the past, and certainly not now. He cut her an implacable stare. “Don’t do what? Ignore you? Or prefer other females?” Her face darkened at his mention of the women. “Why would you want these weak, pathetic creatures?” Her tears vanished as fast as they appeared. “I'm powerful. I’ll make it wonderful between us again.” Reynner leaned back in the wooden chair and ran a cool, dismissive gaze over her stunning face and lush body. More flighty promises, but no hint of an apology for what she’d done to him. The thought would never have entered her narcissistic mind. “I enjoy other women.” “You lie.” Reynner shrugged. Picking up the fallen coin, he worked it between his fingers. He just wanted coffee and a few minutes of quiet before he went back on the streets. Instead, he got her. It should have felt good torturing Inanna, but he got no enjoyment, just a prolonged headache that had started over two millennia ago. How could he have known then that stopping at the Sumerian pantheon would so irrevocably change his life? “You’ve become cold and unfeeling. One little mistake and you're still making me pay.” Her sulky voice drew him back. “One little mistake?” His tone made glaciers seem warm. “It was just a teeny-tiny year—” “A year?” His hands crashed on the table. The coin flew and disappeared beneath a chair. “It was a fucking century in Hell!” Inanna jerked back and blinked. Several humans turned their way in curiosity. “Your deception caught me unaware, never forget what I am,” he said, his warning clear. Her eyes flickered. Not from fear, Inanna didn’t believe there was anyone more powerful than her, but with a gleam of sexual promise. She knew all too well what he was, and why she hounded him. Empyreans were a race of beings as old as the celestial angels and just as powerful, but far more carnal. She leaned forward and rested her arms on the table, her low neckline displaying an eyeful of cleavage. “I’ll make it up to you…” Her voice lowered to a smoky promise. “I’ll make you my consort.” He’d rather be imprisoned in Hell again. “You have a mate.” “I am a goddess. I can do whatever I want. Come on, lover,” she wheedled. “It will be good between us again…then I’ll help you find what you seek.” Reynner stilled, his instincts on alert. Did she know where the missing Stone was? But meeting her watchful gaze, he dismissed the thought. No immortal would know for sure. The damn thing hid from them all. Even if she could aid him, he would never accept her help. It always came with a price. Reining in his irritation, he ignored her baiting and turned to take in the busy café. The brunette waitress at the table farther down watched him from beneath her lashes while she served a customer. She’d been sending him all sorts of signals from the moment she’d set his coffee down. Ones he didn’t encourage since he had no interest in females as a whole. Besides, he knew what a jealous bitch Inanna could be. A virulent hiss erupted from opposite him when she spotted the waitress. As if to prove his point, with a flick of her hand, the waitress flew backward, crashing into a table. Chaos erupted, drowning the female’s frightened cry. Two human males rushed to help her. A cat-like smile curved Inanna’s mouth. But her eyes flared with ire as she played with the deep blue lapis lazuli stone set in intricate silver filigree around her neck. “Look at another human tart again, and I will hurt her.” Of that, he had little doubt. Now back to the questions: Q: How did you decide on your story plot? A: I was reading about various pantheons and the one about the Sumerian patheon caught my attention about a goddess who sent her consort to Hell, and wondered what would stop her from sending a spurned lover there? And the villian for Darkness undone was born. Q: How did you choose your characters names and location for your story? A: For the location, I’d been to the Museum of Natural History and loved it. So it was only natural I set the first book in the Warlords series in New York. Names: since the male characters are immortal, it had to be different, unique. While my mortal chardters stayed with more familiar names. Hoerver my heroine’s name must click with my hero’s, for me to write. So that does take some time. Q. Do you have a favorite scene? Why? A. Yep. When Eve find out they have to break into the musuem to “retrive” an artifact, her reaction is priceless. Q. Do you have a character that you identify with? Who and why? A. My heroines, usually. They fights for what they believe in. Author: Georgia Lyn Hunter Genre: Paranormal Romance Series: The Warlords of Empyrea Title: Darkness Undone (book1) About the Author: I’ve been creating stories from the moment I could string two words together. No matter the tale, it always has romance woven through them. Yes, I'm a hopeless romantic. When I’m not writing or plotting new books, I like to read, travel, painting, or troll flea markets where I usually buy things I might never actually use because they're so pretty. After working in a few jobs all art related, a chosen career as a fashion designer, then an art teacher, I finally found my passion four years ago: writing. There really is no other job I’d rather do. Oh, and I live in the beautiful country of South Africa. Author’s follow links: Website Goodreads Flying makes me nervous but I love the ideas of going places and seeing wondrous things. Just imagine your surprise when you meet a teen heartthob or your favorite celebrity at the airport! Okay frankly, anywhere! Would that help you with your nervousness?? It would me! Drama student Hannah Evans isn't kissing any frogs on her path to find Prince Charming. She's determined to share the perfect first kiss -- with the perfect boy -- in the perfect place -- or she's not kissing at all. When Hannah meets a cute ginger-haired boy in first class lounge in the London airport, she knows he's 'The One.' Pop star Theo Callahan is on the road to get as far away as possible from his back-stabbing best friend, and his supermodel girlfriend who broke his heart. Until one shy smile from Hannah has him rethinking all of his travel plans. Theo is smitten, but he's worried she's just a groupie in search of the ultimate selfie. Can Theo learn to trust Hannah in time to share one perfect first kiss, or will Hannah be forced to kiss a frog? PREORDER: AMAZON KOBO Really, it's not enough that you find a hot guy but that you get to spend time with him! Wow.. this is my kind of love story!! According to Iowa DNR (no, that doesn’t stand for Do Not Resuscitate. It stands for Dept. of Natural Resources.) there are NO BEARs in Iowa. Okay, there may be two at any time who have wandered in from other states. But that doesn’t make them Iowan bears. So if you shoot one, you are shooting something that doesn’t exist, so there is no harm no foul. Something that does not exist does not get protected. But if you see one our non-existent bears, it will be a lone male who has wandered in from another state looking for food and an obliging female. Since there are no females here, he will leave in a few days. Unless you shoot said non-existent bear. Which you may. Actual sightings of Non-existent bears in Iowa: IOWA BEARS: https://youtu.be/DPLbNZ8vQBs A 100-200 pound bear was spotted in Dubuque. Another bear was sighted in Mt. Carmel, Iowa (BTW, there are no mountains in Iowa either) A Black bear with two cubs was seen in Wadena Iowa. (Remember there is no evidence of females or breeding going on in Iowa.)  Picture taken of non-existent mother & cubs in Iowa Bear killed on highway near Jesup Iowa. 150 lbs. A very boring video (by a cop) catches 1-2 yr old cub crossing the road. The poor cub almost gets hit which is pretty hard to do given there are only two vehicles on the road. Seriously, pay attention to how empty this road is and how close the little bear came to being hit. https://youtu.be/MRRacm41Ji4 In my story, there’s a 600 pound black bear named Grumpy who lives in the Iowa forest that Meg just bought. And yes, black bears can live for 30 years and weigh up to 600 pounds. My dog, Jess, and I have met a giant old black bear on three different occasions. He was benign on two occasions, but once he stood up when I inadvertently woke him up from his nap on a boulder, and while he seemed mostly confused, he was less than eight feet away and considerably taller than me, so I apologized and slowly walked backwards. And for once, Jess did not bark at him. We just quietly eased away.  Blurb Megan Clarke had a good life until she wins the Mega Times Lottery and discovers the prize comes with a curse. Worse than the many money-hungry suitors, a serial killer has her in his sight. She changes her name and moves to Iowa with plans to buy their last major forest of white oaks and turn it into a State Park. Unfortunately, the Lottery Curse doesn't stop at state lines and someone there wants her dead, as well. Good thing a disturbingly handsome law officer is just as determined to keep her alive. Excerpt The cries of a large variety of birds filled the air in the meadow. “What types of animals live here?” Tess tilted her head. “We’ve got the usual suspects—raccoon, deer, otters, and mink. Up in the hills, I’ve seen the prints of a mountain lion. It may have been passing through, or it may have decided to make this home. I always look for signs of it when I hike, but mountain lions are extremely cautious of humans and normally keep their distance. “How about bears?” Meg asked. “According to Wildlife officials, there are no bears in Iowa.” “None?” she challenged, remembering Andy telling her about a bear. Helen snorted. “We’ve got one giant bear in my woods. Must have come down from Minnesota.” Helen picked up a stick and threw it off the path. “Bears and mountain lions aren’t legally recognized in Iowa, so they have no protection from hunters. I’ve plastered these woods with no hunting warnings, but they show up here anyway. Not much I can do to stop them.” BUY LINK A Fortune to Die For The White Oak-Mafia Series AMAZON Free with Kindle Unlimited ~~~~~~~ About Liza Liza O’Connor was raised badly by feral cats, left the South/Midwest and wandered off to find nicer people on the east coast. There she worked for the meanest man on Wall Street, while her psychotic husband tried to kill her three times. (So much for finding nicer people.) Then one day she declared enough, got a better job, divorced her husband, and fell in love with her new life where people behaved nicely. But all those bad behaviors has given her lots of fodder for her humorous books. Please buy these books, because otherwise, she’ll become grumpy and write troubled novels instead. They will likely traumatize you. You have been warned. ~~~~~~ Mostly humorous books by Liza: Ghost Lover--Two British brothers fall in love with the same young woman. Ancestral ghost is called in to fix the situation. And there’s a ghost cat that roams about the book as well. (Humorous Contemporary Romance) Saving Casey— Cass wakes up in the body of a troubled teen who has burned every bridge imaginable. Her only choice is to turn this life around, but that’s much harder than she ever imagined. Untamed & Unabashed--The youngest of the Bennet sisters, Lydia, tells her story. A faithful spinoff from Pride & Prejudice. A Long Road to Love Series: (Humorous Contemporary odd Romance) Worst Week Ever — Laugh out loud week of disasters of Epic proportions. Oh Stupid Heart — The heart wants what it wants, even if it’s impossible. Coming to Reason — There is a breaking point when even a saint comes to reason. Climbing out of Hell — The reconstruction of a terrible man into a great one. The Hardest Love — Is to love oneself. Sam’s story. The Adventures of Xavier & Vic Sleuth series: (Late Victorian/Mystery/Romance) The Troublesome Apprentice — The greatest sleuth in Victorian England hires a young man who turns out to be a young woman. The Missing Partner — Opps! The greatest sleuth in Victorian England goes missing, leaving Vic to rescue him, a suffragette, and about 100 servants. Not to mention an eviscerating cat. Yes, let’s not mention the cat. A Right to Love — A romantic detour for Jacko. Want to see how amply rewarded Jacko was when he & Vic save an old woman from Bedlam? The Mesmerist — The Mesmerist can control people from afar and make them murder for her. Worse yet, Xavier Thorn has fallen under her spell. Well Kept Secrets — The problems with secrets is that they always come to light, no matter how you wish to silence them. Pack of Trouble — Changes are a part of life, but these changes almost kill Vic. The Darkest Days — Muddled cases make Vic very grumpy. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LIZA O'CONNOR Investigate these sites: Liza's Blog and Website Facebook Twitter  Review:
You would think that winning the lottery would solve any person's problems, but it only causes more problems for Megan Clarke. Now people are trying to kill her and she's not sure who she can trust. First you think that money would make you happy but it doesn't. Ms. O'Connor's stories always feature a happy ending though, so I wasn't worried...although I was pretty nervous for Megan many times. And Megan is entirely very likable, no one would wish death on such a nice person who sets out to find a way to rid herself of the cursed money before it kills her. If you like your books with mystery, suspense, humor and genuinely nice characters who only want to help others... this is a great read. You will not be able to put it down (I couldn't). And as always with a Ms. O'Connor book, I learned a few things along the way... it didn't keep me from playing the big lottery contest but I now know about the curse and how to get rid of it. Go on.... buy it!! You'll love it!! This cover is outstanding. It really draws the eyes. What do you think? Snowboarding means everything to Charlise, but she hasn’t met Sam Miller yet. Charlise is a snowboarder with a promising career ahead of her. Despite the fact that her father hates her risking her life on the slopes that had taken the life of Charlise’s mother she is determined not to give up her career the way her mother did when she fell pregnant. Charlise wants to win medals, lots of them. The last distraction Charlise needs is the American freestyle champion, Sam Miller, who utterly enthralls her with his wit and friendliness. Refusing to risk her career for a relationship, Charlise returns home for Christmas, determined to sort things out with her father. But the holidays culminate in an epic fight, and with a repeat of the painful breakup with Sam. However, new discoveries from her family’s past might change Charlise’s mind about Sam … You can preorder this novella now and it will arrive on your ereader on release day!
Key of Mystery
by KH Mezek
Evernight Teen Publishing, 77K
Paranormal/Vampires/Suspense/Multicultural
“Be careful who you love, it just might kill you.”
When Sera’s father is killed in a horrific accident, all he leaves behind is a mysterious key. Sera places the key on a chain around her neck and vows to avenge her father. Strange characters arrive in town including the otherworldly Night Angels, who claim to be sent for her protection.
Sera falls hard for one of them—exotic, arrogant Peter. But what if his promise of love is only a ruse to gain access to the key? As Sera’s connection to the key grows, so do her supernatural powers. Guided by clues left by her father, Sera searches for the hidden chamber beneath the city, hoping to save what lies within before the sinister mayor and his deadly followers drown humanity in a bloodbath.
Buy Links: Evernight Teen Amazon All Romance eBooks
14+ due to adult situations
Excerpt:
Before my dad’s death and the move to Cliffside, I had known only lies. I hadn’t seen the truth about myself, my family, or my friends. But here on the ground, covered in blood and dirt, and most likely dying, I knew I didn’t want to go back there. I wanted to stay with the truth. The truth hurt like hell, but it was better than being numbed by ignorance.
“No.” I think I said it out loud, but it sounded more like a gurgle. I tried harder. “Never give you the key.” I gasped. “Never.”
He hissed in anger. “Then I will turn you into undead.”
“No.”
I knew he was bluffing. If he turned me into one of them, he would never get the key. I had to willingly give it to him, with a rational mind, and those undead were anything but rational.
Gore howled like he had on the plateau, and the nail raked across my face, penetrating deep into my skin. He reached down and licked the blood with his long snake tongue, a poison so painful seeping into my flesh that I almost passed out again.
When he spoke next, his tone was venomous, each syllable biting as if they were his teeth. “Clever girl, I will do something better. I will turn your brother into undead. Think on that.”
I made a feeble sound of terror, struggling to get up and unable to move.
He laughed. “You will give it to me now. Or else your brother will end up like this.” He grabbed one of the undead and pulled the grotesque, dead-eyed face down next to mine. Then, he tossed it away like a stick.
This was the end, then. Gore had won. I had to at least try to save my brother, even if Gore's promises were lies. With unbearable effort, I reached up and tried to undo the chain. I couldn’t. I tried to pull it up over my head but somehow, it became tangled in my torn clothes. I was too weak and the problem of removing the key from around my neck overwhelmingly impossible.
“Come, little bitch, quickly.” Gore’s fingers dangled in front of my face, as if itching to undo the chain for me. But he was powerless to do so.
A growing uneasiness rippled through the undead standing in a circle behind him. Low moans rose from cavernous mouths. Any second now, surely Gore would unleash the hoard upon my brother to devour him. Why, oh why, couldn’t I undo the chain?
I grabbed the key and pulled with all my remaining strength, whispering, “I want this. I want to give him the key. I do.”
About the Author:
 Karen Hunt is the author and/or illustrator of nineteen children’s books and the co-founder of InsideOUT Writers, a creative writing program for incarcerated youth in Los Angeles, and the founder of the MY WORLD PROJECT, connecting youth who live in remote, violent and poverty stricken areas around the world through art and writing. She is a 2nd degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, a first degree brown belt in Eskrima, and a boxing and kick-boxing trainer. As a child, she and her family escaped out of Egypt right before the 6 Day War, lived in a 17th century castle in Switzerland and smuggled Bibles into communist countries, to name a few of her adventures. As an adult, she continued her adventures, living between London and a village in Yugoslavia. She writes her YA works under the name KH Mezek. Key of Mystery, book I in the YA Urban Fantasy series, NIGHT ANGELS CHRONICLES, was published February 5, 2016 with Evernight Teen.
Blogs: http://khmezek.com/
NIGHT ANGELS Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/nightangelschronicles/
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Weddings are a family time, a fun time, a stressful time...I should know, I'm planning for my daughter's upcoming wedding. But weddings are also a time of love. And I love Gabe from The Last Protector, and he's getting married...or is he? Gabe Stewart has everything he ever wanted. Mortal Earth is safe. He’s a super-hero Protector whose best friend is within telepathic shouting distance. And then there’s his soul-mate, Singer. He knew right away she was the one he’d been waiting for. But Gabe’s world shatters when Singer professes she doesn’t love him. On top of that, his mother admits she’s been messing with his memory making him doubt everything he’s ever known. And just when it seems things can’t get any worse, his best friend in the whole freaking world, Kellen St. James, wants Gabe to stop being his Protector. Being a Protector is who Gabe is. What will happen if he’s not standing between the prince and danger? When the man who’s sacrificed his freedom is faced with life alone, which path will he choose? Will he remain the last Protector? Or will he finally get the happy ending he deserves? *A Faerie Wedding is a companion novella--intended to be read after the other books in the series. It is a New Adult novel and features adult language and situations. EXCERPT: My feet touched the frozen ground. Singer slid off my back and hopped onto the grass beside me. I shifted back in an instant. With a quick glance down, I straightened my tie. At least I never lost my clothes when I shifted. I had no friggin' clue where they went during the process, but I’d learned not to ask a lot of questions about Faerie-related things. "At least your landings have gotten better." Singer smoothed out her hair. "I would have been pissed if you'd bucked me off, again." Singer had done a header the first time I'd flown her. To be fair, I kind of didn't try for a good landing. Things were different now. Taking her hand, I pulled her to me. "I won't let you fall again. Promise." She started to say something, but I didn't give her a chance. I opened my mouth against hers, tasting her, savoring the feel of her tongue against mine. "Gabe." The way she whispered my name sent shivers crawling over my skin. She bit my bottom lip and I groaned out loud. "You can't start doing stuff like this, Sing. Otherwise, we'll never make it inside." Maybe that wasn't such a bad thing? At least, I wouldn't have to meet her father. Yet. BUY LINKS! |
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