Angela Rae Harris- Stolen Time Book Tour – Guest Post, Review & Giveaway

 

Stolen TimeBook .5
The Time Series
by Angela Rae Harris

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Description:
Tragedy has made Keaira wise beyond her twenty years. Forced to work for the General, a commanding man who blackmailed his way into her life, she was ordered to study self-defense and master knife throwing. In the hidden community of Shifters, falcons are considered weak, a fact which may ultimately save her life. To escape his cruelty, she will need to call upon her quick-witted falcon side, but the General has other plans – ones which involve his only son, Carson.

When unexpected feelings form between Keaira and Carson, the General quickly moves his pieces into place, launching his quest to take over the world. If she wants to survive, Keaira must stay one step ahead in the General’s deadly game and discover his weaknesses. Even if it means risking her life and the lives of those she cares about most.

With war on the horizon, sides are being drawn. Deadly secrets must be exposed. Time is running out for Keaira and all of mankind.


Review:

Stolen Time by Angela Rae Harris is the start of her The Time Series, and is a novella.  Stolen Time is also Harris’s debut novel.  The general (main bad guy) is a real nasty piece of work, he is a master manipulator.

The heroine starts out as a real shy girl. Her boyfriend is totally into her, and she seems a little skittish, but Keaira is very wary, and we find out why throughout the book. I love the twists throughout the book.

Hmmmmm !!!!  There are a few points of view, and it does get tend to get a little confusing, but pretty quickly, you start to get the hang of it.  I liked this story, even if it was a little jumpy at times. I’m hoping for more books in the series, as I think it has great potential.  But it needed a bit more !!!  

I also think it is a great read for young adults, with a great twist on a genre I love.  I just discovered that the first full novel will be released in the spring of 2014, Present Thought.  Looking forward to seeing where Harris will take us in that book.

Reviewed by Julie B.

Copy provided by Publisher

 

Idea behind Stolen Time

It all started with the birth mark I have on my arm.  I’ve always thought it looked like a paw, one big circle and three smaller ones above it. If I could have a superpower, being a shifter would be at the top of my list. I was never sure what animal, although, it had to be a cat because that is what my birth mark reminded me of.

About eighteen months ago Carson, and the idea behind Stolen Time, visited me in my sleep.

That made me think, “What if the mark meant something?”

When Carson’s ability came to me and he shifted into a mountain lion, everything connected. To think that there are people out there with the capability to turn into an animal at will, intrigued me.

Carson visited me every night for weeks. I was losing sleep. With two little ones that go non-stop during the day, sleep was a valuable thing for me. I started to write down the stories that Carson was acting out when I was supposed to be getting some shut eye. 

I kept telling myself that I wasn’t an author. I just needed to ignore my ideas and try to sleep. That worked. Eventually I sat down at my computer and typed the ideas that filled my head. It wasn’t organized, just a jumbled mess of scenes and character descriptions. Using that, I wrote my first chapter and I had the best night of sleep in months.

The story wanted to be told and after a few months of sound slumber, the night time visits started up again. I had to sit at my computer and write again. In a sense, I write so that I can sleep.

You never know where your ideas will come from. When you choose listen to it, wonderful things can happen.

Now if only I could figure out how to get my three year old to sleep through the night.

Thank you for having me!



Angela is an author, a wife, mother of two, and a part-time assistant office manager. She loves nights when her husband cooks. Her two kids keep her hopping and help her tap into her well of creativity and imagination.

At thirteen, Angela read Harry Potter and was reacquainted with books. She reads everything from Steven King to Will Hobbs. She started writing after her youngest was born. The characters started to visit and wouldn’t let her sleep until she wrote down their stories.

She’d love for people to get lost in her books.

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