Sunday, February 28, 2016

On Tour: Dark Transmissions by Davila LeBlanc


 

Inside the Book:

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Title: Dark Transmissions Author: Davila LeBlanc Release Date: March 1, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Genre: Sci-fi/Space Opera Format: Ebook/Paperback

It is the late 23rd century. For engineers Jessie Madison and her husband David, a routine maintenance contract on board the orbital mining station Moria 3 has become a nightmare. Upon awakening from cryo-stasis, they learn a horrifying truth: while they were asleep, machines rose up against humanity...and won. Marooned and at the mercy of the station’s malicious artificial intelligence, OMEX, David and Jessie rig an emergency transmission to broadcast into the darkness, desperately hoping someone is still alive to hear it... Navigating the fringes of explored space in the Covenant Patrol vessel the Jinxed Thirteenth, Captain Morwyn Soltaine picks up a distress signal from a space station. But it’s broadcasting in Ancient Humanity, a language that has been extinct for several millennia. Even more incredible: there are two survivors on board. Morwyn’s rag-tag crew of reformed criminals mount a rescue op, unaware of the dangerous foe awaiting them. As the past and future collide, a routine mission becomes a deadly game of wits.
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Meet the Author:

Davila LeBlanc spent his college years studying print journalism but quickly found himself working as a writer and performer in the comedy circuits of Montreal. During this time his goal became to break into the world of professional writing. He would get his first opportunity when he co-created and sold the hit animated television series The League of Super Evil. This was his first foray into the world of production and an important first step on his road to becoming a writer. After working on various television shows, in 2013 Davila decided to take a year off from children's animation to focus on writing his first novel, Dark Transmissions. He is an avid reader of science fiction and fantasy and wants to add his own voice to the genre that inspired him. Davila currently resides in Ottawa where he is working on several other writing projects.

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Tour Schedule

Monday, March 7 - Guest blogging at Write and Take Flight
Tuesday, March 8 - Interviewed at I'm Shelf-ish
Thursday, March 10 - Book featured at Chosen By You Book Club
Friday, March 11 - Interviewed at Harmonious Publicity
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Monday, March 14 - Book featured at Voodoo Princess
Tuesday, March 15 - Guest blogging at The Writer's Life
Wednesday, March 16 - Book featured at Please Pass the Book
Thursday, March 17 - Interviewed at The Review From Here
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Monday, March 21 - Book featured at A Title Wave
Tuesday, March 22 - Interviewed at As the Page Turns
Wednesday, March 23 - Book featured at Book Cover Junkie
Thursday, March 24 - Guest blogging at The Literary Nook
Friday, March 25 - Interviewed at Deal Sharing Aunt
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Monday, March 28 - Book featured at Live Love Book Blog
Tuesday, March 29 - Interviewed at Literal Exposure
Wednesday, March 30 - Book featured at The Dark Phantom
Interviewed at We Do Write
Thursday, March 31 - Guest blogging at Lori's Reading Corner
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

On Tour: The Book of Forbidden Wisdom by Gilliam Murray Kendall


 

Inside the Book:

The Book of Forbidden Wisdom

Title: The Book of Forbidden Wisdom Author: Gillian Murray Kendall Release Date: March 8, 2016 Publisher: Harper Voyager Impulse Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Format: Ebook/Paperback

In a world of blood and betrayal, love is the only redemption… But that knowledge can only be reached by means of magic and a journey, by way of a confrontation with feelings that are hard to understand—or bear. On Angel’s sixteenth birthday, her younger sister, Silky, wakes her to prepare her for a marriage to Leth, a man she likes but does not love. Trey, her oldest childhood friend who is secretly in love with her, watches helplessly. But Angel’s brother, Kalo, interrupts the wedding ceremony. He wants her dowry, and he also believes Angel can lead him to The Book of Forbidden Wisdom. In a world where land is everything, this book promises him wealth. In the night, Kalo goes to Angel’s room to threaten her, but Trey has rescued both Angel and Silky, and the three of them—joined by an itinerant singer—themselves seek The Book of Forbidden Wisdom. While Kalo believes the book contains land deeds, they believe it harbors great power. Always just a step ahead of Kalo, Angel, Silky, Trey, and the Bard finally arrive at the place of The Book. But things have changed now: Angel knows her own heart at last. Confronted by evil, at the end of the known world, Angel and her companions turn and fight. Together. And in so doing, they find that love contains a power of its own.
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Meet the Author:

When Gillian Murray Kendall was a child, she spent multiple years in England while her father researched his biography of Richard III and her mother wrote children’s books. She thrived. She had stumbled into a wardrobe, and her enchanted world was England. That sense of belonging-in-the-strange shaped both Gillian’s life and her writing. In the 1980s, the months and months she spent in Africa waiting in lines for kerosene and milk and rice or camping while being circled by annoyed lions was a new normal, while Gillian found the once-familiar Harvard, with its well-stocked grocery stores, alien and unknown. She saw things in a way she could not before. Recently Gillian spent two years in Paris, where learning a new culture, a new strangeness, resulted in the writing of her first book, The Garden of Darkness, and the beginning of The Book of Forbidden Wisdom. She heartily recommends being knocked off one’s feet by the world. Gillian teaches English literature, primarily Shakespeare, at Smith College and is married to biologist Robert Dorit. She has two sons, Sasha and Gabriel.
 

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Tour Schedule

 Monday, March 7 - Interviewed at I'm Shelf-ish
Tuesday, March 8 - Book featured at We Do Write
Wednesday, March 9 - Guest blogging at Queen of All She Reads
Thursday, March 10 - Book featured at Chosen By You Book Club
Friday, March 11 - Book featured at Hot Off the Shelves
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Monday, March 14 - Guest blogging at Mythical Books
Tuesday, March 15 - Book featured at A Title Wave
Wednesday, March 16 - Book featured at Bound 2 Escape
Thursday, March 17 - Interviewed at The Writer's Life
Friday, March 18 - Book featured at Voodoo Princess
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Monday, March 21 - Book featured at Fallen Over Book Reviews
Tuesday, March 22 - Guest blogging at Literal Exposure
Wednesday, March 23 - Interviewed at PUYB Virtual Book Club
Thursday, March 24 - Book featured at The Literary Nook
Friday, March 25 - Book featured at Deal Sharing Aunt
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Monday, March 28 - Book featured at Book Cover Junkie
Tuesday, March 29 - Book featured at Confessions of an Eccentric Bookaholic
Wednesday, March 30 - Book featured at My Bookish Pleasures
Thursday, March 31 - Book featured at Around the World in Books
Book reviewed at Books are Love


Friday, February 26, 2016

On Tour: Sin and the Millionaire and Every Vow She Breaks


 

Inside the Book:

Sin and the Millionaire 

Title: Sin and the Millionaire Author: Lucy Farago Release Date: February 2, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Romantic Suspense Format: Ebook

What happens in Vegas might stay in Vegas, but when an innocent woman is pinned with someone else’s lethal mistake, the bright lights of Sin City threaten to dim for good… At seventeen, Lizzy’s first love swindled her out of a small fortune in lottery winnings, and her own small business—forcing her to strip to keep loan sharks at bay. That’s what led her to Vegas. Now she’s agreed to cater a Valentine's Day party for her friend and soon-to-be business partner, Duncan. What she doesn’t know is that the shy, wealthy tech wiz is secretly in love with her. Lizzy also doesn’t expect to be hauled in by the cops when the two of them are accused of murdering Duncan’s gold-digging (almost) ex-wife… Lizzie should have learned the first time that mixing business with pleasure isn’t a good idea. For the record, she doesn’t sleep with friends. But as she and Duncan race to clear their names and find a killer, might they also discover they’re more than friends—just in time for the most romantic day of the year?.... “Sin on the Strip is as suspenseful and sexy as the title promises. Don’t miss this one.” --Cindy Gerard, New York Times bestselling author “Lucy Farago has an eye for detail, a heart for romance, and a voice as layered as her plot and characters!” --Roxanne St. Claire, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
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Meet the Author:

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Lucy Farago knows there is nothing like a happy sigh at the end of a good book. With the encouragement of her loving husband, she wrote her first manuscript. An unpublished historical, it sits in a file on her computer, there to remind her how much fun she had learning the craft and becoming part of an industry whose books make you believe anything is possible. A big fan of Agatha Christie, she set out to write her first romantic suspense novel. Thrilled to be a published author, Lucy also teaches yoga, enjoys cooking, and saying what other people are thinking. In her fantasy world, her beautiful Siberian husky, Loki, doesn’t shed and her three kids clean up after themselves . Alas, that fantasy will never see fruition.
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Inside the Book:

Every Vow She Breaks
Title: Every Vow She Breaks Author: Jannine Gallant Release Date: March 1, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Ebook

A Promise Can Follow You To the Grave… Claire Templeton is drawn to the majestic beauty of the California Redwoods in the hopes of capturing an unexplained phenomenon on camera. What she doesn’t expect is to run into her first love, Jed Lafferty, the boy she worshipped as a child, the man she’s never been able to forget. Carefree, fun-loving Jed doesn’t believe in fate, preferring to make his own luck. But when he runs into the little girl who used to follow him like a shadow, now an irresistible woman, he can’t help feeling the odds are turning in his favor. Letting Claire walk out of his life the first time might be his single biggest regret. But when strange gifts and cards left for Claire turn sinister, it’s clear someone else from her past isn’t ready to let go . . . “Jannine Gallant is an exciting new voice in romantic suspense.” —Mary Burton, New York Times bestselling author “Well developed, realistic characters. Entertaining family dynamics. Jannine Gallant gives you a satisfying read.” —Kat Martin, New York Times bestselling author “Check all the windows and doors before you go to bed because the relentless, obsessive stalker in Every Move She Makes will have you looking over your shoulder long after the lights go out.” —Nancy Bush, New York Times bestselling author  photo addtogoodreadssmall_zpsa2a6cf28.png photo B6096376-6C81-4465-8935-CE890C777EB9-1855-000001A1E900B890_zps5affbed6.jpgB&N292865-apple-ibooks-logo

Meet the Author:

Jannine-Gallant-300x225 Write about what you know. I’ve taken this advice to heart, creating characters who live in small towns and plots that unfold in the great outdoors.I grew up in Gasquet, a tiny town in Northern California, where as kids we swam in the river, ran wild in the woods, and rode our bikes every-where we wanted to go. Now I live in Tahoe City with my husband, two daughters, and dog, Ginger. When I’m not busy writing or being a full time mom, I enjoy taking Ginger for hikes in the woods around our home.Whether I’m writing romantic suspense, contemporary, or historical romance, I try to bring the beauty of nature to my stories.I graduated from U.C. Davis with a double major in history and creative writing. Though I’ve worked in both the restaurant and ski industries, I never wanted to be anything but a writer. After many years of pursuing my passion, I’ve finally achieved success, proof positive that dreams do come true!
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Tour Schedule

Tuesday, March 1 - Books featured at The Review From Here
Thursday, March 3 - Books featured at Harmonious Publicity
Friday, March 4 - Books featured at Literal Exposure
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 Monday, March 7 - Books featured at My Bookish Pleasures
Tuesday, March 8 - Books featured at The Literary Nook
Wednesday, March 9 - Books featured at Confessions of an Eccentric Bookaholic
Thursday, March 10 - Books featured at From Paperback to Leatherbound
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Monday, March 14 - Books featured at A Title Wave
Tuesday, March 15 - Books featured at Bent Over Bookwords
Wednesday, March 16 - Books featured at The Dark Phantom
Thursday, March 17 - Books featured at My Bookish Pleasures
Friday, March 18 - Books Featured at Voodoo Princess
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Monday, February 22, 2016

On Tour: Charlotte and Loving Lies


 

Inside the Book:

Charlotte 
Title: Charlotte Author: Virginia Taylor Release Date: February 2, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook

A marriage most inconvenient… After losing his first love in childbirth, Nicholas Alden knows with a great certainty that he must never be a father. But to be a husband is a very different matter—mandated by South Australian society, necessary for his family name. So when he meets beautiful social climber Charlotte, he believes he has found a wife he can keep at arm’s length. He is terribly wrong. Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Charlotte hopes Nick can prop up her reputation long enough to secure a suitable match for her beloved cousin. She assumes that is all she can ask of her new husband—until they succumb to a night of uninhibited passion. Her heart is won in his embrace, but he doesn’t know the truth of her scandalous parentage. If he did, all would be lost. Still, somehow, Charlotte dares to hope that her match of convenience could become something more. It is a reckless gamble, but the prize—a marriage of blazing lifelong desire—is one worth any risk…
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Meet the Author:

Virginia Taylor Virginia Taylor is an Australian writer of contemporary romantic comedy, romantic suspense, historical romance, short stories, and children’s stories.
After a stint at the South Australian School of Art, I worked for an advertising agency,  re-trained as a nurse/midwife, and then married the man of my dreams. Two children later, I began writing romance. While awaiting publication, I painted and designed various theatre sets with a fellow School of Art graduate.In 2013 I sold my first novel-length story.
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Inside the Book:

Loving Lies by Tina Donahue
Title: Loving Lies Author: Tina Donahue Release Date: February 16, 2016 Publisher: Lyrical Press Genre: Historical Romance Format: Ebook

Deception knows no limits. Passion knows no bounds. When she is kidnapped, Senorita Isabella knows the men have been sent by her uncle in a murderous attempt to control her family’s fortune. But when she is rescued by a dashing and mysterious warrior, Isabella can’t imagine why a stranger would risk his life for her—until she discovers her rescuer believes she’s someone else…. Fernando de Zayas loves nothing more than the cry of battle. Defying death is his way of life. But when he discovers his betrothed has been kidnapped, he rushes to her aid—never suspecting that spirited beauty would soothe his warrior heart… With her uncle’s minions close on their heels, Isabella finds herself drawing closer to Fernando. But as the desire between them builds, her secret could keep them apart forever…  photo addtogoodreadssmall_zpsa2a6cf28.png photo B6096376-6C81-4465-8935-CE890C777EB9-1855-000001A1E900B890_zps5affbed6.jpgB&N292865-apple-ibooks-logo

Meet the Author:

Tina Donahue is an award-winning, bestselling novelist in erotic, paranormal, contemporary and historical romance for Kensington, Ellora’s Cave, Samhain Publishing, Siren Publishing, Booktrope, and indie. Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, Romantic Times and numerous online sites have praised her work. Three of her erotic novels (Adored; Deep, Dark, Delicious; Lush Velvet Nights) were named finalists in the 2011 EPIC competition. Sensual Stranger, her erotic romance, was chosen Book of the Year 2010 (erotic category) at the French review site, Blue Moon reviews. The Golden Nib Award at Miz Love Loves Books was created specifically for her erotic romance Lush Velvet Nights. Deep, Dark, Delicious (erotic romance) received an Award of Merit in the RWA Holt Medallion competition. Take Me Away (erotic romance) captured second place in the NEC-RWA contest. And The Yearning (erotic paranormal) was honored with an Award of Merit in the RWA Holt Medallion competition. She’s featured in the 2012 Novel and Writer’s Market. Before penning romances, she worked in Story Direction for a Hollywood production company.
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Tour Schedule

 Monday, February 22 - Books featured at Holland Reads
Tuesday, February 23 - Books featured at Mary's Cup of Tea
Wednesday, February 24 - Books featured at Bound 2 Escape
Thursday, February 25 - Charlotte reviewed at Review All Books
Friday, February 26 - Books featured at E-Romance News
Saturday, February 27 - Books featured at Mythical Books
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Tuesday, March 1 - Books featured at 3 Partners in Shopping
Thursday, March 3 - Books featured at Harmonious Publicity
Friday, March 4 - Books featured at Literal Exposure
Sunday, March 6 - Charlotte and Loving Lies reviewed at Fascinating Quest
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Wednesday, March 9 - Books featured at Deal Sharing Aunt
Thursday, March 10 - Charlotte and Loving Lies reviewed at Our Families Adventure
Friday, March 11 - Books featured at Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews
Saturday, March 12 - Charlotte reviewed at Chick with Books
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Monday, March 14 - Books featured at A Title Wave
Tuesday, March 15 - Books featured at Bent Over Bookwords
Wednesday, March 16 - Books featured at The Dark Phantom
Thursday, March 17 - Books featured at My Bookish Pleasures
Friday, March 18 - Books Featured at Voodoo Princess
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