RELEASE BLITZ: "I Am The Alpha" by A.J. Downey & Ryan Kells

Book: I Am The Alpha
Series: The Moon Forged Trilogy: Book 1

Authors: A.J. Downey & Ryan Kells

Release Date: 8/4/2015

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The pack has ruled over its territory, the wilds of Washington, for a generation, but that has all crumbled with the murder of the Alpha. William Reese is determined he will heal the pack by taking leadership, but in doing so he pits himself against enemies he may not be able to beat.

Chloe has been pulled from her home and thrust into a world she never knew existed, a world her father was careful to keep hidden from her. She is now threatened with a gruesome death by terrifying creatures from legend. 

Somehow William and Chloe must find a way to work together to stay alive against the forces determined to see them dead.

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Author A.J. Downey 

A.J. Downey is a born and raised Seattle, WA Native.

She finds inspiration from her surroundings, through the people she meets and likely as a byproduct of way too much caffeine.

She has lived many places and done many things though mostly through her own imagination... An avid reader all of her life it's now her turn to try and give back a little, entertaining as she has been entertained. She lives in a small house in a small neighborhood with a larger than life fiancé and one cat.

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Author Ryan Kells

A California native and avid reader, for Ryan, making the transition from reader to writer was simply the next logical evolution. 

He enjoys a number of genres from paranormal suspense to dystopian post-apocalyptic. All of his work contains a romantic spin with a decidedly erotic flair.

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COVER REVEAL: "Wrath" by LP Lovell and Stevie J. Cole

Title: Wrath

Series: Wrong #2

Authors: LP Lovell & Stevie J. Cole

Cover Design: SM Piper

 Release Date: August 25, 2015

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Jude Pearson could just as well kill me as kiss me most days. He was my captor, my living hell, and yet, he became my saviour, my heart. Stupid. He’s heartless, conditioned to feel nothing, and so I ran... straight into the clutches of his enemy. Joe Campbell wants Jude to suffer, and I just became a pawn in a very dangerous game.

Joe has broken me in every way, everything that I once was stripped away, and in it’s place is festering hatred and a rage so cold I feel nothing else. I have one purpose. Revenge.

Jude

Love makes you weak, it makes you irrational. She was collateral, completely innocent when she was unwillingly dragged into my corrupt world. With the damage I’d already caused her, I couldn’t let her love me, so I let her go, and now...he has her.

No matter where she is, she will always be mine. This man has taken every-fucking-thing from me, and he has the last thing that matters to me. I will kill him. Slowly. Joe Campbell better run because the devil is fucking coming for him.

Sometimes two wrongs can make a right.

Rage.

Hate.

Revenge.

Our Wrath binds us, but it may also break us.

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LP Lovell

Lauren Lovell is an indie author from England. She suffers from a total lack of brain to mouth filter and is the friend you have to explain before you introduce her to anyone, and apologise for afterwards.

She's a self-confessed shameless pervert, who may be suffering from slight peen envy.

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Stevie J. Cole

Stevie J. Cole is a secret rock star. Sex, drugs and, oh wait, no, just sex. She’s a whore for a British accent and has an unhealthy obsession with Russell Brand. She and LP plan to elope in Vegas and breed the world’s most epic child.

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SALE BLITZ: "Try Again Series" by Stephanie Smith

Title: Wherever You Will Go

Series: Try Again #1

Author: Stephanie Smith

Genre: Contemporary Romance

 Release Date: August 4, 2014

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Brooke Willis had everything she ever wanted: a happy marriage, volunteer placement at the art gallery, and the promise of starting a family with the man of her dreams.

Saxon Reed had everything he ever thought he needed: a successful career, nice cars, expensive apartment, and more money than he knew what to do with.

After losing her husband Brooke insists on taking over his company to keep his dreams alive. Struggling in an industry she knows nothing about, Brooke turns to Saxon, her husband’s best friend and business partner, for guidance and support. Their mutual grief, and Saxon’s need to look after his best friend’s wife, creates a connection beyond just business.

Can Brooke take over the company and find a new life without saying goodbye to the past? Can Saxon protect and care for Brooke without scaring her away?

What happens when your heart doesn’t listen to your head? When lines are crossed and boundaries are pushed?

“Life goes on, whether you choose to move forward and take a chance in the unknown or stay behind, locked in the past, thinking of what could've been. I don’t want to live in the past anymore. I’m so lonely; there’s nothing for me here.”

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Title: Whatever You Do

Series: Try Again #2

Author: Stephanie Smith

Genre: Contemporary Romance

 Release Date: January 14, 2015

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How do you trust someone who is everything you’re trying to avoid?

Harper Lindell is having a bad day. You know, if a bad day consists of getting fired from your cushy job and then catching your boyfriend red handed playing hide the salami.

Sick of meeting the same guys over and over, Harper decides to try her luck at Internet dating. How bad could it be? Right?

Tate Washington wasn’t looking to meet anyone. Still dealing with the consequences of his one serious relationship, all he’s interested in is revamping his family’s behind-the-times café.

He didn’t plan on seeing the beautiful receptionist from Argo again, walking into his life to use his café as a dating hub, and using him as a BFF.

Can Harper really trust Tate, who is everything she thinks she needs to steer clear of?

Can Tate wait while Harper works through her insecurities and fears?

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Title: How My Heart Breaks

Series: Try Again #3

Author: Stephanie Smith

Genre: Contemporary Romance

 Release Date: September 3, 2015

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Is love really enough to put the past where it belongs?

Lana Washington chooses to hide. She hides from life. Hides from her abusive ex-husband. From the fact that everyone she loves eventually she loses, but when Lana’s house catches fire she is forced out of the predictable comfort her life has become.

Jake Weston had led a simple life, ever since he was called home from war for a family emergency four years ago, leaving only him and Hallie. Then one phone call throws his neatly-pieced world upside down.

Jake wasn’t supposed to be there. This wasn’t his problem. But as soon as those piercing green eyes focused in on him, he knew he was done for.

Can Jake hold onto his secret, all the while still holding onto Lana?

Will Lana be able to let go of the past and the hurt that binds her to her lonely existence?

Or will one small white lie ruin it all?

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Stephanie is a Happily Ever After addict.

Loving mushy romance, books, movies and music since she was young, and constantly daydreaming up stories and plots, Stephanie decided to put them on paper.

Living in South Australia with her own alpha male and two princesses she spends her days reading, writing and playing with the girls out on their property.

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RELEASE BLITZ: "Kaycee's Tattered Spirit" by K.C. Rice

Title: Kaycee's Tattered Spirit

Series: Tattered #1

Author: K.C. Rice

Genre: Erotica

 Release Date: August 3, 2015

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What do you do when you find yourself in love with two men at the same time? One being your husband the other a faceless stranger.

That’s what Kaycee wonders to herself, when she meets Mason on an online media sight. Things just seem to click between them, they soon become fast friends. But it doesn’t stop there, she’s not quite sure how it happened, she didn’t intend for it to, but she’s fallen in love.

Their chats become erotic and fire burns deep inside her, awakening a side of her she never knew even existed. Mason brings out her true feelings and desires, making her realize what she’s been missing.

But what about Shane, her husband? Their love was a fairy tale, until he became controlling and abusive. Kaycee once again becomes tattered and bruised by Shane’s actions over the years and now as his demeanor worsens all the rips and bruises, she’s experienced to her spirit deepen.

She’s ready to make a break, but fearful of what will come if she steps away from the only life she’s ever known. Kaycee must decide. What should she do? Where should she go? Will Mason be there for her and with her in the long run, or will she be left alone?

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K.C. Rice, known to her family and friends as Kathy Rice, is a self-proclaimed sophisticated red-neck, born and raised in Frankfort, KY. Married twenty-six years to her first love, mother of three, and Grandmother, "Nana" of two. She enjoys the simple things in life. She's always had an overactive imagination as a child, and has yet to outgrow it. She loves spending time in front of a blank canvas, painting landscape scenes with oils. And just recently decided to share her imagination with others, by trying her hand in creative writing.

Her first book, Deadly Passion, debut on June 18, 2014. A suspense romance, about a homicide detective trying to solve a triple murder case, a sexy, unexpected, unwanted partner, and her own death threats. All while trying to keep her libido in check, which is very difficult considering her body refuses to cooperate. When she decides to become human bate for the murderer, has she bit off more than she bargained for? Can her sexy new partner save her?

Book 2- Anguish- Wil's Story, Went live September 9, 2014- the sequel to Deadly Passion- This story depicts Wil's past and present struggles, as he fights to prove to himself and those he's lost that he isn't a failure. He takes it upon himself to go on a covert operation, in an attempt to rescue a brother in arms - in the process does he find himself or lose everything.

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BOOK REVIEW: "Midnight Burning" by Karissa Laurel

Midnight Burning

By Karissa Laurel

Genre: Urban Fantasy

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Solina  Mundy  lives  a  quiet  life,  running  the  family  bakery  in  her  small  North  Carolina hometown. But one night, she suffers a vivid nightmare in which a wolfish beast is devouring her twin brother, who lives in Alaska. The next morning, police notify her that Mani is dead. Drivento learn the truth, Solina heads for the Land of the Midnight Sun. Once there, she begins to suspect Mani’s friends know more about his death than they’ve let on. Skyla, an ex-Marine, is the only one willing to help her.

As Solina and Skyla delve into the mystery surrounding Mani’s death, Solina is stunned to learn that her own life is tied to Mani’s friends, his death, and the fate of the entire world. If she can’t learn to control her newfound gifts and keep her friends safe, a long-lost dominion over mortals will rise again, and everything she knows will fall into darkness.

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Karissa Laurel always dabbled in writing, but she also wanted to be a chef when she grew up. So she did. After years of working nights, weekends, and holidays, she burnt out and said, “Now what do I do?” She tried a bunch of other things, the most steady of those being a paralegal for state government, but nothing makes her as happy as writing. She has published several short stories and reads “slush” for a couple of short-story markets.

Karissa lives in North Carolina with her kid, her husband, the occasional in-law, and a very hairy husky. She loves to read and has a sweet tooth for speculative fiction. Sometimes her husband convinces her to put down the books and take the motorcycles out for a spin. When it snows, you’ll find her on the slopes.

Karissa also paints and draws and harbors a grand delusion that she might finish a graphic novel someday.

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BOOK REVIEW:

As much as I love urban fantasy, I still struggle to find something different to read at times. Despite the myriad of authors and books out there, I still search for something new and different. While Midnight Burning isn't different, it's unique. Does that make sense?

We have a woman who has a precognitive dream about her brother's death, and when it comes true she uproots her comfortable life to go and get answers. The first thing I'd like to note is the great descriptive nature of the author. I have never visited Alaska, but I can see the place in my mind. Ms. Laurel really makes you feel as if you're there.

And while the violence that does show up is extremely well-written, it is not overdone in a way that fans will be turned off. It's visual, but not graphic.

I love the Norse mythology inserted into the book (there's a character named Thorin!), and while it has been used before, it has never been used quite in this context.

There are secrets, twists, turns and many gasps as you read this book. It's not just paranormal. There is so much going on, you want to savor every page.

4/5--a really great book!

BOOK REVIEW & GUEST POST: "Mandrean Revenge" by Rival Gates

It has been more than 2 years since Linvin Grithinshield returned from his life altering quest with the Red Sapphire as his prize. Apart from surviving the regular assassination attempts he thought life had returned to normal. Far to the north in the Mandrean Empire, however, trouble was festering. In spite of Linvin’s best efforts, Lord Mandrean the 13th survived their confrontation and has been plotting his reprisal. With his empire on the verge of revolt he needs a show of force to display his dominance. Dispatching Linvin in front of his subjects would fill that role most handsomely. With the help of his evil Necromancer, Mandrean kidnaps Linvin’s Uncle Anvar. The elderly elf is the closest family Linvin has remaining and has been a father figure to him for much of his life. The emperor promises to release Anvar only after Linvin has surrendered himself for execution. Though Mandrean’s word has slight credibility, Linvin is given a terrible decision to make. With little choice Linvin sees no other option but to set out for the empire. He cannot delay as Anvar’s life will expire at the first frost of fall. That will become more troubling by the obstacles he faces along the way.

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GUEST POST (Journal entry from main character's POV):

I cannot believe what has happened. The man who filled the fatherly roll in my life has been kidnapped by the vile Emperor Mandrean and his twisted servant Necromancer. It just does not seem possible. How is Mandrean even alive? After we fought in the mountains two years ago I stabbed him in the stomach and watched him as he bled on the frozen ground. That wound should have been lethal. What does it matter how he is alive? The fact is that he lives and now he has seized my Uncle Anvar. His directions were quite clear. I have until the first frost in their capital of Marinhalk to present myself for execution or Anvar will take the fall in my stead. It is a long and dangerous trek to reach there so time cannot be wasted. I will trade my life for Anvar’s. Be serious, Linvin! Do you really think they will let him go once they have you? He did burn half that city with his magic. You know they will kill you both. So why go at all? If Anvar dies in either scenario, then why follow his lead? Linvin! What kind of talk is that? They killed your father and there was nothing you could do. They killed your mother and there was no way to prevent it. You have a slim chance of saving Anvar. This time you must act! I must find a way to fight my way to fight a path into the heart of their empire, save Anvar and return us home alive. That will be difficult; bordering on impossible. Mandrean will suspect a fight from me and be ready. He will undoubtedly use Anvar or some other leverage to keep me from putting up a struggle. There will be time to plan on the road. Right now, I must be off.

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MY REVIEW:

High fantasy novels are far and few between, and many of them today have very little originality. While in The Sapphire Chronicles have some of the classic influences (how can they not?) these are wholly original novels.
In the third book (I do recommend you get books one and two before you read this, but it's not necessary: they have great recaps), we get reunited with familiar characters who really do feel like old friends.
That's what I love most about this book: you know the characters. They are real; they are there. It's a book where you can hear their voices in your head and even see their expressions.
Gates took what could have been ordinary, and made it extraordinary. It's an adventure the likes of which you haven't been taken on since the first time you picked up Lord of the Rings. Forget George RR Martin. Rival Gates is the man you need to be reading if you love fantasy!

4/5--a great, wild ride!