10 March 2016

The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses by K.N. Smith Book Tour with #Giveaway! @knsmith_author @iReadBookTours #YAfiction #action #paranormal

The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses is an action-adventure story about five teen boys who are mysteriously exposed to a foreign energy source that gives them extremely heightened senses. Sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell become hypersensitive gifts that forever change the world!

The story chronicles their effortless interrelations and later exposes the testing of their deep bonds, and introduces the reader to an array of supporting characters who alter the boys’ lives forever. The Urban Boys offers young and mature readers central themes of loyalty, responsibility, honesty, fear, and triumph, which become artfully integrated with cinematic-level action and high drama.

We wonder, will they pass the test of fate, and will each of us pass the test of our very own lives? Intriguing, intelligent, and full of action, The Urban Boys offers a memorable, emotion-packed, thrilling ride for traditional and digital readers of all ages! (first in a series)

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Praise for The Urban Boys:

"An energetic YA adventure debut with stellar action sequences. Smith's writing is intelligent and often lyrical. Her exuberant prose never fails to dazzle."- Kirkus Media

"Author K.N. Smith uses her mastery of the written word to weave an entrancing, yet powerful tale of adventure that keeps you turning pages in an unquenchable desire to find out what happens next. The author's matchless prose details cinematic fight sequences and fully developed characterizations especially in a final, stupendous scene that will take your breath away and leave you limp with spent emotions. Five stars for this imaginative and inspiring story, sure to be as appealing to general audiences as it will be to the YA crowd!" 5-stars - Publishers Daily Reviews

"I LOVE to read, but live a hugely busy life. It gets more complicated upon that rare occasion when a book is so captivating, so enthralling, that it is impossible to walk away. With only definitive hours in a day, something has to give. For me, that was sleep! And it was worth every sacrificed minute. “The Urban Boys” was the grand slam home run and exceeded my wildest expectations and I would bet, maybe yours, as well. Totally new concepts and a rich crew of characters – good, bad and ugly… and suspenseful twists that keep you guessing, and such beautiful, strong writing! A must read for fans of YA action/adventure/fantasy!!" 5-stars - Indie Book Reviewers

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Author's Bio:

K.N. Smith is an American author and passionate advocate of childhood and family literacy programs throughout the world. She continues to inspire students of all ages to reach their highest potential in their literary and educational pursuits. Her creative, lyrical flair sweeps across pages that twist, turn, and grind through elements of paranormal and action-adventure in diverse, exciting, edge-of-your-seat narratives. She lives with her family in California.

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Can this unlikely couple find answers before someone gets killed?

Publication Date: April 28, 2015

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance

Series: The Seeker Series, Book One

Ally Moran has always just known about things—things she shouldn’t really be able to know…

Suddenly when she starts having vivid visions about a former friend who is in desperate trouble, the adults in her life think she might hold the key to an ancient mystery.

Jack Ruiz has a troubled past, but is trying to make a fresh start at a new high school…

He just wants to keep his head down and graduate, hopefully before he turns 20. The last thing he needs is to get involved with a feisty redhead and her psychic visions.

While Jack valiantly attempts to keep Ally at arm’s length, she is equally determined to be a part of his life. Who will win this battle of wills?

More importantly…

Can this unlikely couple work together to find answers to Ally’s visions before someone gets killed?

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Black Water Tales: The Unwanted
JeanNicole Rivers
Publication date: March 31st 2016
Genres: Adult, Horror

In the remote, eastern European town of Borslav there is St. Sebastian orphanage, a place where people discard their unwanted children. For the American, Blaire Baker, it’s the perfect place to volunteer her services. Paired with a cheerful volunteer nurse, Blaire is enthusiastic about the possibilities, but is quickly discouraged when she encounters the nefarious nature of the staff and the deplorable conditions of the facility and the children.
Upon arrival, one of the children informs Blaire, “There’s something in the basement.” It isn’t long before strange things begin happening, including Blaire’s flashbacks of the accident that killed her parents. The children soon suffer injuries that Blaire, first, fears may be the deeds of the callous workers but she soon thinks the abuse may originate from a source that is less than human, something unwanted.
The unwanted is coming but in order for Blaire to fight it, she must dig into St. Sebastian and herself in search of truth. Blaire wants nothing more than to help the children, but when discovers the tragedy that happened in the basement and learns that the same evil forces are still at work, it will be Blaire who needs help…There’s something in the basement.

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I was born in the tiny, but lovable town of Centralia, IL which has a two screen movie theatre, one high school and still celebrates May Fete, so I had no choice, but to develop a fantastic imagination. Since childhood I have been writing everything from short stories to songs, but I have always aspired to compose a novel. Black Water Tales: The Secret Keepers is my first novel and the first book in what will be a series of thriller novels.
Philosophy was my study in college and I received a Bachelor of Arts in the subject from Florida International University. Writing is one of my most favored artistic pursuits, but my love for the arts does not stop there, I am also a vocalist and actress and participate in local theater in Houston Texas.

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Tease Me Thursday for March 10th!

Welcome to Tease Me Thursday for March 10th! Take a look below at this week's choices!

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09 March 2016

Something Like You and I by Yareth Vergara Spotlight!

Arriving to the boring small town of Sweet Home, Oregon. Katherine feels trapped in a big white house in the middle of nowhere. Filled with people she’s not use to. All the different personalities in one house start to bother her. Feeling claustrophobic and unable to relax, she decides to leave the house, and run to some place she can be alone. After a long time of looking for the perfect place, she finds a beautiful spot under a tree in a lake not too far from the big house. Katherine wonders why a place so enchanting can be so desolated. She begins to visit the lake every day, just to be away from her crazy family for at least a couple hours a day. The lake becomes her hiding spot. Somewhere where she can just be herself. Somewhere where she can relax by doing the little things she loves the most. From reading, to painting, or just by listen to her favorite music without any interruptions. A place where she can cry without anyone hearing her, a place where she can just listen to the sweet sound of silence. Until one day she realizes that she might not be the only one trying to escape reality. After going to the lake one afternoon and meeting Alex, Kathrine has no idea what’s about to come next.

I enjoy writing a bit too much, I love developing new characters, and stories behind them. My dream is to maybe someday become a successful writer, even though sometimes it seems like something very hard to accomplish. I will still continue writing forever, even if it’s not professionally, just because it brings joy to my life. I have a book called Something Like you And I.
I feel very proud of it, and really do love it. I like receiving feedback, good or bad, as long as is constructive criticism.

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Celticlady's Reviews is Pleased to Feature Author Adrienne Vaughan today!

Marianne Coltrane is a feisty, award-winning journalist who is far from lucky in love. Taking herself off to the wilds of the west of Ireland to recuperate, she literally runs into Ryan O'Gorman, the most conceited, infuriating man in the world.
He's an actor who's just landed the biggest role in movie history and he loathes journalists. One thing they do have in common is they both think their chance of true love has passed them by...but fate has other ideas!
Sexy, moving and funny, this heart-warming duo and cast of colourful characters will stay with you, long after the last page leaves you smiling.

Escaping to a remote Irish isle, journalist Marianne Coltrane had not bargained for a tumultuous affair with movie star Ryan O'Gorman.

When Ryan leaves to pursue his career, Marianne remains to care for those who need her most, but Ryan soon realises he cannot live without her and returns to woo her back.

Tricky enough without his problematic ex-wife or the contract he cannot break, but when a good deed puts all they treasure in jeopardy, it's time to take stock and fight for what matters most ...or is time running out for this charismatic couple and everything they hold most dear?

Book II in the Heartfelt series.

Finally free to be together on the remote Irish isle of Innishmahon, campaigning journalist Marianne Coltrane and her movie star partner, Ryan O'Gorman are looking forward to life away from the bright lights of Hollywood and the constant pursuit of the paparazzi.

However, when nature conspires to keep them apart and Ryan puts both his own and his son's life at risk, Marianne finally realises how determined he is they should be a family. She now needs to put aside her own, deep rooted fear of commitment and come to terms with the sinister secrets buried within her family history.

Yet when Ryan's own devastating secret is revealed, and their world is turned upside down, Marianne has to call upon more than determination to see them through. She has to believe in love with every fibre of her being, because if she cannot, it could mean not only the end of their relationship, but even life itself.

Adrienne Vaughan has been making up stories since she could speak; primarily to entertain her sister Reta, who from a very early age never allowed a plot or character to be repeated – tough audience. As soon as she could pick up a pen, she started writing them down. It was no surprise she wanted to be a journalist; ideally the editor of a glossy music and fashion magazine, so she could meet and marry a pop star – some of that came true – and in common with so many, still holds the burning ambition to be a ‘Bond Girl’! She now runs a busy PR practice and writes poems, short stories and ideas for books, in her spare time. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and a founder member of the indie publishing group The New Romantics4. Adrienne lives in Leicestershire with her husband, two cocker spaniels and a retired dressage horse called Marco. The Hollow Heart is her debut novel. The sequel, A Change of Heart, is currently being scribbled down at every available moment.

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Intrusion, A Relative Invasion by Rosalnd Minett Spotlight!

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Paperback: 258 pages
Publisher: Uptake publications (June 12, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0992716764
ISBN-13: 978-0992716769

"A powerful and compelling narrative with strong and relatable characters. (It) offers an evocative portrayal of England’s war-time home front,” Harper Collins.

In 1937 London, there's fear of war in Europe. For five-year-old Billy, his threat comes as he is introduced to his frail and artistic cousin. Kenneth is adored by adults for his porcelain looks and toothpaste smile, but is a psychological bully. Smaller than Billy, although older, he displays the same emotions that now allow Hitler's rise to power - envy over strength, desire for new territory.

With emotionally distant parents, bullying uncle and manipulative cousin, Billy starts to stutter. He retreats into imagining he owns the precious Cossack sabre of his father’s colleague. This icon sustains Billy through Kenneth's manipulations, through separations, hardships and eventually, the dreadful reality of war. Unexpected challenges lie ahead and Billy must learn to meet them.

Rosalind Minett (writing name) trained as a dancer, gained a place at RADA, but academic life took over. She studied in Birmingham, Sussex and Exeter universities before enjoying a career as a chartered psychologist.

The inner life of her characters determines their fate in her stories, whether humorous, historical or criminal. She relishes quirkiness, and creating complex characters, whether these are in their prime, older or extremely young.

To avoid the expected author mugshot, she uses an ironic avatar - Girl Before Word Processor - (with thanks to Picasso). Its two faces suggest her two selves, the serious and the irreverent. They also refer to the watcher and the seen, the inner and the outer person.

Rosalind's collection of satirical short stories, Me-Time Tales: tea breaks for mature women and curious men, has its own blog where the characters do the talking: http://fictionalcharacterswriting.blogspot.com

A Relative Invasion is a trilogy about a boyhood rivalry that mirrors the tensions in Europe during WWII.
Book 1, Intrusion.
Book 2, Infiltration.
Book 3, Impact.

Crime Shorts is an e-book series. Kindle:
No. 1 Oyster: a boy with potential.
No. 2 Homed: who is guilty, child or adult?

Forthcoming novels, psychological dramas -- The Parody and Speechless.

Rosalind lives in the West Country and loves scenery, sculpture, theatre and fine art, all of which can be found in and around Bath.

She blogs at http://www.characterfulwriter.com/, where she comments on other writing and other art forms as stimuli for writers.

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Review of The Renegade Queen by Eva Flynn!

This is the true story of Victoria Woodhull and the love of her life, James Blood.

Adored by the poor, hated by the powerful, forced into hiding during their lifetimes and erased from history after death, the legend of their love lives on.

It’s 1869 and Victoria has a choice to make. She can stay in an abusive marriage and continue to work as a psychic, or she can take the offer of support from handsome Civil War general James Blood and set about to turn society upside down. Victoria chooses revolution.

Victoria Woodhull

But revolutions are expensive, and Victoria needs money. James introduces Victoria to one of the wealthiest man in America”"Commodore Vanderbilt. Along with her loose and scandalous sister, Tennessee, Victoria manipulates Vanderbilt and together they conspire to crash the stock market”"and profit from it. Victoria then parlays her fortune into the first female-owned brokerage firm.

When her idol Susan B. Anthony publishes scandalous rumors about Victoria’s past, Victoria enters into a fierce rivalry with Susan to control the women’s movement. James supports Victoria's efforts despite his deep fears that she may lose more than the battle. She might lose part of herself.

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Victoria starts her own newspaper, testifies to Congress, and even announces her candidacy for President. But when Victoria adopts James's radical ideas and free love beliefs, she ignites new, bruising, battles with Susan B. Anthony and the powerful Reverend Henry Beecher. These skirmishes turn into an all-out war, with Victoria facing prejudice, prosecution, and imprisonment. Ultimately, Victoria and James face the hardest choice of all: the choice between their country and their love.

Eva was raised on bedtime stories of feminists (the tooth fairy even brought Susan B. Anthony dollars) and daytime lessons on American politics. On one fateful day years ago when knowledge was found on bound paper, she discovered two paragraphs about Victoria Woodhull in the WXYZ volume of the World Book Encyclopedia. When she realized that neither of her brilliant parents (a conservative political science professor and a liberal feminist) had never heard of her, it was the beginning of a lifelong fascination not only with Victoria Woodhull but in discovering the stories that the history books do not tell. Brave battles fought, new worlds sought, loves lost all in the name of some future glory have led her to spend years researching the period of Reconstruction. Her first book, The Renegade Queen explores the forgotten trailblazer Victoria Woodhull and her rivalry with Susan B. Anthony.

Eva was born and raised in Tennessee, earned her B.A. in Political Science from DePauw in Greencastle, Indiana and still lives in Indiana. Eva is a member of the Authors Guild and the Historical Novel Society. Eva enjoys reading, classic movies, and traveling. She loves to hear from readers, you may reach her at eva@rebellioustimes.com.

My Thoughts

Victoria Claflin, later Victoria Woodhull who with no formal education, except for a few years, grew up in poverty and where Victoria and her siblings had to earn money for the family. Born of a father who was a con artist and a mother who was off in la-la land most of the time, Victoria and one of her siblings had to put up with their father's tyrannical behavior. Her father also sexually and physically abuses Victoria and her sister Tennessee and forces Victoria to perform as a clairvoyant. At the age of 15 Victoria marries a man who is a doctor, but it is soon revealed that he is a hopeless alcoholic, unfaithful to his marriage vows and unreliable as a husband to Victoria. She gave birth to a son who was mentally challenged, probably due to her husband's alcoholism. She also had a daughter.

Victoria became a woman's advocate and a proponent of free love which made her an outcast in Victorian times. One tough lady, though, she persevered and became a newspaper publisher, dabbled as a philanthropist, a lady stockbroker with her sister Tennessee, public speaking, all before women had the right to vote. She lobbied so that woman could vote. She had very influential friends such as Commodore Vanderbilt and also made many enemies including other women. She was often at loggerheads with Susan B. Anthony. She presented her views in front of a congressional committee stating that women already had the right to vote from within the 14th and 15th amendments

During this time she met and fell in love with James Blood, a Civil War Commander of the 6th Missouri Volunteer Infantry in the Union Army and Victoria's second husband. This marriage was a match made in heaven for them both but things don't always go as planned.

Most significant was her run for the first woman president. As we know, she didn't win but she paved the way for a lot of women's rights that we enjoy today. On the eve of President Grants election, Woodhull published an article in her newspaper aimed at exposing popular preacher Henry Ward Beecher as an adulterous hypocrite. In retaliation, she was sent to jail where she was charged along with Tennessee for sending obscene literature through the mail. Her and sister were eventually exonerated. Because of the backlash from the charges she was called Mrs. Satan and forced from her home. At the end of the story, she leaves the US and moves to England.

The Renegade Queen is a fascinating look at the life of one of the most influential woman along with Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other brave women who put up with being ostracized in a man's world. Without these women, we would not be enjoying the equal rights we have now. Every woman should read this story. Not only is this a fictionalized story of a great influential woman but it is also a love story between Victoria and James. A love story that is a bit heart wrenching. I look forward to reading the next installment of this debut historical novel by Eva Flynn.

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Inevitable Love by JC Santo

Series: Navy Love

Genre: Military Romance

Tour Dates: March 9, 2016

Sometimes the things we fight hardest against are inevitable in the end.

Hunter Stevenson wasn't interested in wasting nights with bed warmers, he had a daughter to take care of and a life to build. Leaving behind the mother of his four year old child and her incessant partying, Hunter moves closer to his family to help provide Sawyer some stability.

Tessa Daniels didn’t share the ‘typical American dream’ like most girls. A husband, 2.5 kids and a white picket fence weren’t the things she wanted for herself. She had a plan laid out, which included a career in the Navy and being surrounded by her best friends. She was perfectly content with her carefree, fun lifestyle and her casual relationships, but all of that changed when she met him.

What neither of them expected was a nosy brother and best friend with some serious matchmaking skills. The two have an instantaneous pull towards one another, they can’t fight the spark even though they both do. Until one drunken night, Tessa throws herself at Hunter, only to face an agonizing rejection. However, Hunter’s gentlemanly facade doesn’t last with the sassy sailor girl, his alpha attitude quickly emerges in the midst of their sexual tensions.

Hunter refuses to be another one of Tessa’s casual hook-ups, and won’t allow her to run away from the idea of ‘them’. No matter how many obstacles stand in their way of a happily ever after. Now he must convince Tessa that their inevitable love is worth fighting for.

Can their newfound love survive the stress of an impending deployment and Hunter's past pushing it's way back into his life?

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What the f*ck am I going to do without her for eight months? And Sawyer, God, Sawyer's already so attached to Tessa, how is her leaving going to affect her? This is why I haven't done relationships in so long. Everything becomes ten times more complicated when you add a child into the equation.

This girl has completely wrecked me. I'd love nothing more than to pick her up and carry her back to my house and never let her leave. Damn her career. Damn this deployment. I just want to be with her.

I already knew it, but laying here with her tonight confirms it, I can't live without Tessa Daniels.

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JC Santo is a true southern girl born and raised in Central Texas. Until her husband's Navy career sent them to Norfolk, Virginia. That's where she has been for the past 5 years being a wife and stay at home mom to 3 boys. In the rare occurrences she gets free time it's usually spent reading a good book. Three things she will never turn away are tattoos, cupcakes and arbor mist!

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Title: Dark Vortex Series: Mated by Magic #1 Author: Stella Marie Alden and Chantel Seabrook Book Blast! #VortexBlast @stellamariealde @ChantelSeabrook

Can love and lust exist together in an exhilarating magical combination?

Publication Date: March 9, 2016

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Series: Mated by Magic, Book One

For the survival of his clan, Jack Fialko needs to mate with a witch of equal power before the end of the solstice. He finds the perfect woman, except for one serious flaw. She has no idea how to engage in the dangerous magical foreplay–the duel for sexual equality. The task of training her in two days seems insurmountable, especially while other warriors are trying to kidnap her.

Zoe is a warrior-healer hybrid. The trouble is, she has no idea what that means. It’s all a harmless game until one night a dominant, brooding, sexy-as-sin warrior touches her and ignites a shameless craving to mate. Zoe must decide if the scorching chemistry between them is worth fighting for.

Can love and lust exist together in an exhilarating magical combination? Or will their bond combust?

WARNING: Book contains mature themes, steamy, sexual scenes and graphic language.

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Stella Marie Alden's career paths have varied. She's been a librarian, a classical clarinetist, recording studio engineer, broadcast electronics repairman, and now she architects software programs. She lives in Bergen County, NJ with her life-long hero and their two cats. Her two girls are grown but ever supportive. You go Mom!

Chantel Seabrook currently resides in London, Ontario, with her husband and two daughters. She is passionate about writing and enjoys reading fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. Chantel has a four-year Anthropology degree from Western University.

They met online, and the rest, well you just need to read to believe it.

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