Monday 26 September 2016

Book Blitz: Lost Wolf by Stacy Claflin!

Lost Wolf
by Stacy Claflin
(Curse of the Moon, #1)
Publication date: July 17th 2016
Genres: Paranormal Romance, Young Adult
   She’s hiding a dark secret. It already killed her once.
    Victoria can’t wait to start college, but there’s a hitch—she can’t remember anything before arriving on campus. Her memories spark when she sees her ruggedly handsome math professor, but she senses something horrific. The shock on his face affirms her fears.
    Toby is an alpha wolf who never thought he’d see his true love again—not after she died in his arms. Nothing could have prepared him for her walking into his class. But to his dismay, not only has she forgotten what happened, she doesn’t even know who she is.
    He’s determined to do whatever it takes to restore what they’ve lost. Can Toby help Victoria recover her memories, or will he lose her forever?
EXCERPT:
    Beads of sweat broke out along my hairline. I wiped them away, tightened my ponytail, and ran faster along the dirt trail, jumping over exposed roots and ducking under low-hanging branches. Pine trees, firs, and alders turned my path into more of an obstacle course than a trail.
     A twig snapped behind me.
     I glanced back, but didn’t see anything. Probably just a raccoon.
     My sneaker hit a root and my arms flew in front of me. I landed on my hands and knees, and slid down an incline. Rocks and branches dug into my skin until I crashed into a huckleberry bush.
I stood and dusted myself off. Blood dripped from my legs. I pulled twigs, dirt, and small rocks from the cuts.
      “Nice work, Victoria,” I muttered to myself.
      Sasha had said I shouldn’t have gone into the forest for my first jog. But having just moved to the beautiful Olympic Peninsula, I wasn’t about to join a club when I had the great outdoors. Birds chirped all around and a stream bubbled nearby. It was like the woods were telling me I’d made the right choice.
      Another snap.
      “Who’s there?” I sounded a lot braver than I felt. My heart thundered against my ribcage and I whipped my head around. My roommates had said the woods were safe, but I was also trusting people who had been strangers only a couple days earlier.
Why had I gone into the woods alone? Wasn’t that how half of all horror movies started?
I thought of Sasha running on a treadmill, flirting with cute college guys. Maybe she was the smart one.
       Footsteps.
       “Hello?” I called.
       Nothing. The birds had even stopped singing.
       “Is anyone there?”
       The footsteps came closer.
       My pulse drummed in my ears. I fought to breathe normally.
       A small gray and black wolf stepped out from behind the tree. He made eye contact with me.
       I didn’t move a muscle, holding its gaze.

Author Bio:
    Stacy Claflin is a USA Today bestselling author who writes about complex women overcoming incredible odds. Whether it's her Gone saga of psychological thrillers, her various paranormal romance tales, or her sweet romance series, Stacy's three-dimensional characters shine through.
      Decades after she wrote her first stories on construction paper and years after typing on an inherited green screen computer that weighed half a ton, Stacy realized her dream of becoming a full-time bestselling author.
       When she's not busy writing or educating her kids from home, Stacy enjoys watching TV shows like Supernatural, Pretty Little Liars, and Once Upon a Time.
      Join Stacy's newsletter to get three free novels. Register here to get your books right away: http://stacyclaflin.com/newsletter/

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Friday 23 September 2016

Getting to Know the Authors: Featuring Katie McGarry!

Bio:
    KATIE MCGARRY was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, and reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.
    Katie would love to hear from her readers. Contact her via her website, katielmcgarry.com, follow her on Twitter @KatieMcGarry, or become a fan on Facebook and Goodreads.
Links:
https://www.amazon.com/Katie-McGarry/e/B008RFNSB8

She has written:
      Pushing the Limits (Pushing the Limits, #1), Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2), Crash into You (Pushing the Limits, #3), Take Me On (Pushing the Limits, #4), Nowhere But Here (Thunder Road, #1), Crossing the Line (Pushing the Limits, #1.1), Breaking the Rules (Pushing the Limits, #1.5), Red at Night, Walk the Edge (Thunder Road, #2), Chasing Impossible (Pushing the Limits, #5), Untitled (Thunder Road, #4) and Long Way Home (Thunder Road, #3).

Now on to the mini-Interview! 
1) What do you want a reader to gain from reading your works?
    I write books to show that no matter how dark the circumstances, there is always hope.

2) What are your three top suggestions on becoming an author, or being a pleasure writer?
    My top suggestion is to study the craft of writing. My favorite book on the craft of writing is John Truby's Anatomy of Story and my favorite online class on writing is by Margie Lawson.

3) To the youth of today, if you could tell them one thing, what would it be?
     To not give up on your dreams. I'm living proof that dreams do come true.


Thursday 22 September 2016

Book Blitz: I'm Not Afraid of Wolves by Erin Hayes!

I’m Not Afraid of Wolves
by Erin Hayes
(The Cotton Candy Quintet #4)
Publication date: September 22nd 2016
Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult
   Christine would do anything to get away from it all.
After escaping an abusive marriage and heading up a group of brand new performers, she’s tired and in need of a vacation. So when her sister Sara wants her to go camping out in the mountains of Georgia with the girls, she packs her bags for some rest and relaxation. Not even meeting a gorgeous park ranger like Colton Donnelly is going to distract her.
    Except Sara didn’t tell her the real reason for the trip: she’s running away from a terrible secret. One that puts all of their lives in danger.
    Now the vacation that Christine so desperately needed is ruined, but that’s the least of her worries. She has to use her wits and skills to save them all. Because she soon finds out that werewolves are very real. And they’ll stop at nothing to get their claws into her sister.
EXCERPT:
    When the sliding door locked, I turned my gaze onto Sara and watched her, waiting for her to bring up her story. I wanted her to be the one who talked first, if only because I didn’t want to prod her too much if she was traumatized by whatever this was.
    But if she was going to try to weasel her way out of talking to me, she had another thing coming.
    “Wow,” she murmured softly. “Look at that full moon.”
    I picked up a note of fear in her voice. “Yeah,” I said cautiously. “It’s beautiful.”
    “I used to think so.” Sara turned around and looked back at me. Her eyes were wide with fright and the rigidity told me something else was going on with her.
    Finally, my patience snapped.
    “Sara, what’s wrong?”
    “You won’t believe me,” she repeated, using the same phrase she used when we were putting food away.
    I crossed my arms. “I think you’ll be surprised.”
    Sara’s jaw worked. “I think I’m going to need more wine for this.”
    I held up my glass. “Just drink mine.” Don’t think I’m letting you back in the kitchen that easily. She’d run away and hide and hoped I’d forget about it. She wanted to talk about it, but she was too afraid to.
    She took my glass and downed the rest of it in one chug. I raised my eyebrows in surprise.
    “Okay,” she said, as if warming herself up for our talk. “Okay.”
    “It will be all right,” I told her.
    “No, it won’t.” Tears started filling her eyes. “Christine, do you believe in werewolves?”
Beautiful young bride walking on the field of flowers

Author Bio:
    Sci-fi junkie, video game nerd, and wannabe manga artist Erin Hayes writes a lot of things. Sometimes she writes books.
    She works as an advertising copywriter by day, and she's a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author by night. She has lived in New Zealand, Hawaii, Texas, Alabama, and now San Francisco with her husband, cat, and a growing collection of geek paraphernalia.
     You can reach her at erinhayesbooks@gmail.com and she’ll be happy to chat. Especially if you want to debate Star Wars.

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Wednesday 21 September 2016

Giveaway: With Malice by Eileen Cook!

    Whooohooo! It's time for a giveaway! The wonderful Eileen Cook has donated a fantastic physical copy of her new book With Malice for a wonderful giveaway with you guys! A special thanks to her for that! Complete the tasks below for a chance to win these awesome prizes. The more you do, the better your chances of winning are, good luck!
 (This giveaway is only open to inhabitants of the US, UK and CA.)

Blurb:
     It was the perfect trip…until it wasn’t.
     Eighteen-year-old Jill Charron wakes up in a hospital room, leg in a cast, stitches in her face and a big blank canvas where the last six weeks should be. She discovers she was involved in a fatal car accident while on a school trip in Italy. A trip she doesn’t even remember taking. She was jetted home by her affluent father in order to receive quality care. Care that includes a lawyer. And a press team. Because maybe the accident…wasn’t an accident.
     As the accident makes national headlines, Jill finds herself at the center of a murder investigation. It doesn’t help that the media is portraying her as a sociopath who killed her bubbly best friend, Simone, in a jealous rage. With the evidence mounting against her, there’s only one thing Jill knows for sure: She would never hurt Simone. But what really happened? Questioning who she can trust and what she’s capable of, Jill desperately tries to piece together the events of the past six weeks before she loses her thin hold on her once-perfect life.