Grace Burrowes-Scottish Victorian Book Tour and Giveaway

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The MacGregor Trilogy by Grace Burrowes

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The MacGregor Trilogy

 

The Bridegroom Wore Plaid
The MacGregor Trilogy #1
by Grace Burrowes
Release Date: December 1, 2012

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HIS FAMILY OR HIS HEART–ONE OF THEM WILL BE BETRAYED…

Ian MacGregor is wooing a woman who’s wrong for him in every way. As the new Earl of Balfour, though, he must marry an English heiress to repair the family fortunes.

But in his intended’s penniless chaperone, Augusta, Ian is finding everything he’s ever wanted in a wife.
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Mary Fran and Matthew
The MacGregor Trilogy #1.5 (Novella)
by Grace Burrowes
Release Date: July 2, 2013

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Matthew Daniels is an English Colonel who has been sent home from the Crimea in disgrace. Mary Frances MacGregor is a Scottish widow who loathes everything about the English military, and yet both Mary Fran and Matthew know more than they want to about being lonely and isolated, even amid family. They yearn to understand each other too, but old secrets and divided family loyalties threaten to cost them their chance at shared happiness.

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Once Upon A Tartan
The MacGregor Trilogy #2
by Grace Burrowes
Release Date: August 6, 2013

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Hester MacDaniel is recovering from an engagement gone awry by summering at her brother’s holding in the Highlands, and looking after her brother’s young step-daughter, Fiona. Tiberius Flynn, heir to the English Marquis of Quinworth, appears on Hester’s doorstep claiming he’s Fee’s paternal uncle, and he’s been sent by her English relations to make the girl’s acquaintance. Tye believes his brother’s dying wishes compel him to take Fee south with him, but he doesn’t plan on Hester capturing his heart, even as she fights him tooth and nail for custody of Fiona.

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The MacGregor’s Lady
The MacGregor Trilogy #3
by Grace Burrowes
Expected Date of Release: February 4, 2014

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Asher MacGregor has returned from years wandering the Canadian wilderness to assume an earldom he’s avoided, and to seek a bride he does not want. He’s saddled with an additional family obligation in the form of Boston heiress Hannah Cooper, whom he is to escort about the London ballrooms so she might find an English husband.

Hannah is no more interested in settling in Britain than Asher is in returning to the New World, and yet their sympathy for one another soon turns to passion. With Hannah anxious to return to the family she’s trying to protect in Boston, and Asher bound to his earldom in the Highlands, they must trust in love to span an ocean of differences and difficulties.

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Grace BurrowesNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes is the author of the acclaimed Windham Family Series, The MacGregor Trilogy and The Lonely Lords Series. Her debut novel, The Heir (2010), as well as The Bridegroom Wore Plaid (2012) were both included as Publishers Weekly Best Books of their respective years, in the romance category. A practicing attorney specializing in family law, Grace lives in rural Maryland, where she is working on the final book in the Windham series, Lady Jenny’s Christmas Portrait (October 2013) and third MacGregor story, The MacGregor’s Lady (February 2014), and many more books. Visit her website afor more information about all of her books, exclusive extras and her lively blog.

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Sourcebooks and Grace Burrowes are offering a giveaway at each tour stop including The Reading Cafe. One winner will receive a print copy of THE BRIDEGROOM WORE PLAID and ONCE UPON A TARTAN. That’s correct-ONE winner will receive both books

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3. Giveaway runs from August 21 to August 31, 2013

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Seduced by Cari Quinn and Taryn Elliott-Blog Tour and Giveaway

Seduced by Cari Quinn and Taryn Elliott-Blog Tour and Giveaway

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A 5 part series about the meteoric rise of the band Oblivion. From the depths of despair to worldwide success, from the pinnacle of passion to the edge of madness, one thing always remains…the music.

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SEDUCED
A PREQUEL to the NA rock star series Lost In Oblivion
By Cari Quinn and Taryn Elliott
Release Date: July 15, 2013

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Twenty-three year old Nick Crandall has one focus in his life: Oblivion, the band he formed with his best friend Simon Kagan. With gigs coming up and the band members lacking focus after losing their drummer to rehab, they’re out of ideas. Until Oblivion’s bassist, Deacon McCoy, poses a surprising suggestion.

Bring in someone new. Two someones.

One You Tube video gone viral later, Oblivion is poised on the brink of stardom. With their new hot drummer chick — who comes in a package deal with a talented guitarist who happens to be head over pick in unrequited love with her – it seems like everything’s falling into place. Or will the band Nick and Simon have fought to keep together disintegrate before their eyes?

Four guys & one woman + more success than they ever bargained for = trouble, of the sexiest kind.

Get Seduced by this novel-length introduction to the band Oblivion. This preview occurs before the four forthcoming books about each of the band members. Sometimes getting lost means finding yourself…

Reader Advisory: Seduced is an upper-level NA romance appropriate for mature audiences over 18 due to graphic sex and drug references

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Rocked
Book 1 Lost in Oblivion
by Cari Quinn and Taryn Elliott
Release Date: September 2013

RockedOnstage he’s Demon, the unsurpassable bassist.

Offstage he’s the Peacemaker, the mastermind who keeps his volatile band from imploding.

Opening for their idols on their first ever tour, Oblivion is living the dream. That dream becomes a nightmare when Oblivion draws more attention than the headliner and egos clash. Frustrated at being shoved out of his mediator role by their new manager, Deacon McCoy loses himself in brutal workouts only coming up for air long enough to refuel—and that means hunting down the catering truck at odd hours.

Especially the deliciously cute chef who excites his taste buds as much as his body.

The child of roadie parents, Harper Pruitt has heard every pickup line twice. To her, musicians are one step above the scraps on her cutting board. All she wants is to get enough experience to run her own catering company, but Deacon and his bottomless and surprisingly gourmet stomach is too tempting to resist. Before long, she finds herself wanting to experiment with him outside the kitchen.

When Harper sees that Deacon’s sense of responsibility is doing him serious damage, she realizes he’s far from the typical rock star. But as the band’s fame grows, she wonders if she can love a man who doesn’t know how to let anyone in—even her.

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TWISTED
Lost in Oblivion #2
by Cari Quinn and Taryn Elliott
Release Date: December 2013

Sexy coupleHe’s always saved her. Now she’s going to return the favor…

Gray Duffy never thought he’d end up as the co-lead guitarist of Oblivion, one of the hottest rock bands in the country. Even better? He’s sharing the experience with his best friend, Jazz. Since the day she’d showed up as his family’s new foster kid, Gray has protected her. Loved her. And not just platonically either. After all these years of wanting her in his bed, he still doesn’t know what it would be like to have her mouth on his.

Except for that one time. The time he’d shared her with Nick. The best worst night of his life.

Now they’re living their dream. They’re making music together and spending every waking moment trapped in tight quarters. With success at their fingertips, the time is right for him to finally make his move toward the woman he needs.

He just never figured he would lose control. Or that she would find out.

They’ve loved each other through everything. But what if this time love just isn’t enough?

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PENTAX ImageCARI QUINN

USA Today bestselling author Cari Quinn wrote her first story—a bible parable—in 2nd grade, much to the delight of the nuns at her Catholic school. Once she saw the warm reception that first tale garnered, she was hooked. Now she gets to pen sexy romances for a living and routinely counts her lucky stars. When she’s not scribbling furiously, she can usually be found watching men’s college basketball, playing her music way too loud or causing trouble. Sometimes simultaneously.

Website: http://cariquinn.com/
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Taryn ElliottTARYN ELLIOTT

I’m from the great state of New York–upstate NY, thank you very much. My family consists of a brother who takes care of keeping the snarky side of me alive and a dog that is more spoiled child than mutt. My writer-friends are the glue that keeps my crazy ideas more in the sane category, and my non-writerly friends are the reason I’m not a complete hermit. I can’t go a day without laughing and I truly do fall in love with each and every one of my leading men as I write their book. Music is life and every story has its own soundtrack.

Website: http://tarynelliott.com/
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Cari Quinn & Taryn Elliott’s FB Group – Word Wenches Reader Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/346424552124487/

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Cari & Taryn are giving away an ecopy of SEDUCED to one lucky commenter at every participating tour stop including The Reading Cafe.

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5. Giveaway runs until August 30, 2013

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Paperback of Cari Quinn’s Unveil Me:  HERE for Amazon details

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July. 28 – August 31

7/28- Miscellaneous Thoughts of A Bookaholic
http://miscellaneousthoughtsofabookaholic.blogspot.com/

7/28- KT Book Reviews
http://ktbookreviews.blogspot.com/

7/29- Scorching Book Reviews
http://scorchingbookreviews.blogspot.com/

7/30- Reading Between the Wines
http://www.readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.com/

7/31- United by Books
http://unitedbybooks.blogspot.com/

8/01- Book Monster Reviews
http://www.bookmonsterreviews.com/

8/02- Book Lovin’ Mamas
http://booklovinmamas.blogspot.com//

8/03- Ramblings from This Chick
http://ramblingsfromthischick.blogspot.com/

8/04- Kelly P’s Blog
http://kellyatx.blogspot.com/

8/05- Inside the Pages of A Book
http://www.insidethepagesofabook.blogspot.com/

8/06- Mama’s Reading Break
http://www.mamasreadingbreak.blogspot.com/

8/07- Why I Can’t Stop Reading
http://whyicantstopreading.wordpress.com/

8/08- Scandalicious Book Reviews
http://www.scandaliciousbookreviews.com/

8/09- True Story Book Blog
http://truestorybookblog.com/

8/10- Literal Hotties Naughty Book Reviews
http://literalhottiesnaughtybookreviews.blogspot.com/

8/11- Mythical Books
http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.com/

8/12- Books, Books and More Books
http://booksbooksmorebooks.blogspot.com/

8/13- Babbling About Books
http://kbgbabbles.blogspot.com/

8/13- The Reading Cafe
http://thereadingcafe.com/

8/14- Sassy Book Reviews
http://sassybooklovers.blogspot.com/

8/15- Mad Hatter Reads
http://madhatterreads.blogspot.com/

8/16- Lily Element
http://lilyelement.blogspot.com/

8/17- Manga Maniac Café
http://www.mangamaniaccafe.com/

8/18- CS Maxwell Blog
http://www.csmaxwell.blogspot.com/

8/19- Wicked Readings by Tawania
http://www.wickedreadingsbytawania.blogspot.com/

8/19- Let’s Get Romantical
http://goodromancenovel.blogspot.com/

8/20- Bibliophile Mystery
http://bibliophilemystery.blogspot.com/

8/21- Salacious Reads
http://www.salaciousreads.com/

8/22- Inner Goddess
http://www.innergoddessforum.com/

8/23- Books-N-Kisses
http://www.books-n-kisses.com/

8/24- Cocktails and Books
http://www.cocktailsandbooks.com/

8/24- Salacious Reads
http://www.salaciousreads.com/

8/25- Literal Addiction
http://www.literaladdiction.com/

8/26- Romance Junkies
http://www.romancejunkies.com/rjblog/

8/27- Flirting with Romance
http://flirtingwithromance.blogspot.com/

8/28- Dalene’s Book Reviews
http://www.dalenesbookreviews.blogspot.com/

8/29- My Secret Romance
http://www.mysecretromancebookreviews.com/

8/30- Toot’s Books Reviews
http://tootsbookreviews.blogspot.com/

8/31- Close Encounters with the Night Kind
http://closeencounterswiththenightkind.blogspot.com/

8/31- Reader Girls
http://www.readergirlsblog.com/

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The Darkest Craving by Gena Showalter-Blog Tour and Giveaway

The Darkest Craving by Gena Showalter-Blog Tour and Giveaway

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The Darkest Craving (Lords of the Underworld #10)
by Gena Showalter
Release Date: July 30, 2013

 The Darkest Craving

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Having endured weeks of torture in the bowels of hell, Kane wants nothing to do with his beautiful rescuer, Josephina Aisling. The half-Fae female threatens to awaken the demon of Disaster inside him—a beast he’s determined to kill, no matter the price.

Josephina is hunted by a brutal enemy—her royal family—and Kane is her only source of protection. He’s also the only male to ever set her aflame, and even he succumbs to the heat. But as they navigate the treacherous world of the Fae, they are forced to make a choice: live apart…or die together.

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Long ago, twelve immortals warriors – each more dangerously seductive than the last — stole and opened Pandora’s box, unleashing the evil from within. Now they carry that evil within themselves. Violence, Pain, Death, Disease, Disaster, Misery, Doubt, Promiscuity, Defeat, Lies, Secrets, and Wrath. When a powerful enemy returns, they will travel the world in search of a sacred relic of the gods – one that threatens to destroy them all.

Reading Order:
The Darkest Fire
The Darkest Night
The Darkest Kiss
The Darkest Pleasure
The Darkest Prison
The Darkest Whisper
Heart of Darkness (Anthology)
After Dark (Anthology)
The Darkest Passion
The Darkest Lie
The Darkest Secret
The Darkest Surrender
The Darkest Seduction
The Darkest Craving

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GenaShowalter2Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of the White Rabbit Chronicles, Otherworld Assassins, Angels of the Dark, Lords of the Underworld, and several of other series.  She has written over thirty novels and novellas.  Her books have appeared in Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazine, and have been translated in multiple languages.  

Connect with Gena:

Website | Facebook | Twitter | GoodReads

 

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GRAND PRIZE: $100.00 gift card to Amazon

RUNNERS-UP: Two (2) runners-up will receive a paperback of THE DARKEST CRAVING

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Kiss Across Chains Book Tour and Giveaway with Tracy Cooper-Posey

Kiss Across Chains Book Tour and Giveaway with Tracy Cooper-Posey

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KISS ACROSS TIME
Kiss Across Time, Book 1
Genre: Time travel, MMF ménage romance, contemporary and historical settings
Format: eBook and print
Short novel length

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Kiss Across Time*KISS ACROSS TIME will be FREE from July 24 – 28 for Kindle*

A single kiss can change more than one life…or two.

Taylor Yates is fired for insisting the Fifth Century Arthurian poet, Inigo Domhnall, existed. When she hears Domhnall’s lyrics in a death metal song, she engineers a meeting with lead singer, Brody Gallagher. An unintended kiss sends them spinning back to the poet’s time, when Saxons were pillaging King Arthur’s Britain.

Brody’s all for kissing her again. More, he wants her to kiss his friend and lover, Veris, to see what will happen. When Veris’ kiss sends them back to the time of the Vikings neither man is willing to let Taylor simply walk out of their lives.
But Brody and Veris are more than lovers and sexual playmates, as Taylor learns when they investigate the kisses that send them across time. The secrets they share have the power to completely alter her life.

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KISS ACROSS SWORDS
Kiss Across Time, Book 2
Genre: Time travel, MMF ménage romance, contemporary and historical settings
Format: eBook and print
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Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000026_00025]Taylor Yates never dreamed growing up she would end up happily living with two drop-dead sexy vampires and time-hopping through their thousand years of personal history. Her life is complete…or is it?

When she finds herself at the seige of Jerusalem during the first crusade, Veris doesn’t know her at all and doesn’t want to. Worst of all, he and Brody are total strangers, and Taylor drives a wedge in deep between them by trying to seduce Veris at their first meeting—not something a lady of the day does if she wants to keep her head.

Taylor and Brody must woo Veris using the customs of medieval England, win his heart and his full commitment before Jerusalem falls in four days time—or when they return to their own time, their lives as they know them will be gone…

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KISS ACROSS CHAINS
Kiss Across Time, Book 3
Genre: Time travel, MMF ménage romance, contemporary and historical settings
Format: eBook and print
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Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000026_00025]It is four years since Taylor and Brody almost lost Veris during the First Crusade. Now they know how to control time jumps, they have settled into a very nearly perfect, nearly human life, raising their daughter Marit.

When Brody defies Queen Tira to protect Marit, the three of them jump back three days in time to collect evidence the queen set up Brody for a drug bust in retribution. The jump sends them back to Brody’s personal nightmare: Fifth century Constantinople.

While Brody survives as a flogged slave, Taylor masquerades as the wife of an aristocrat and searches for Brody to release him. They must wait for Veris to find them before jumping home and Taylor watches each brutal chariot race, wondering if this will be Brody’s last. Brody once died in the Hippodrome and he is human this time, too….

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Tracey Cooper PoseyTracy Cooper-Posey is an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author.  She writes erotic vampire romances, hot romantic suspense, paranormal and urban fantasy romances.  She has published over 50 novels since 1999, been nominated for five CAPAs including Favourite Author, and won the Emma Darcy Award. 

She turned to indie publishing in 2011. Her indie titles have been nominated four times for Book Of The Year and Byzantine Heartbreak was a 2012 winner.  She has been a national magazine editor and for a decade she taught romance writing at MacEwan University. 

She is addicted to Irish Breakfast tea and chocolate, sometimes taken together.  In her spare time she enjoys history, Sherlock Holmes, science fiction and ignoring her treadmill. An Australian, she lives in Edmonton, Canada with her husband, a former professional wrestler, where she moved in 1996 after meeting him on-line. 

Catch up with Tracy at her:

website | Amazon | All Romance eBooksSmashwords | Kobo | Facebook | Twitter.

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July 1 – July 31

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Grand Prize:  $30 Amazon GC
2nd Prize:  $15 Amazon GC
3rd Prize:  a signed paper set of Kiss Across Time (North America) or an eBook set if international winner.
Runners-up:  6 runners up will receive eBook sets of Kiss Across Time.

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Montana Mustangs Book Tour and Giveaway with Danica Winters

Montana Mustangs Book Tour and Giveaway with Danica Winters

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The Nymph’s Labrynth
The Nymph Series #1
by Danica Winters
Release Date: December 31, 2012

The Nymphs Labrynth

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A world shrouded in mystery and intrigue, the Sisterhood of Epione must not be exposed.

Shape-shifting nymph Ariadne Papadakis is tasked with keeping the truth of the group’s existence and their ancient mysteries far out of reach of the American archeologist, Beau Morris and his troublemaking son, Kaden. When forgotten and forbidden passions are awakened, Ariadne is forced make a choice—fall in line and continue to be overrun and pushed down by the sisterhood, or follow her heart and put Beau and Kaden’s lives in danger.

Can she have the man she loves or will the pressure and secrets of her past keep her from her heart’s desire?

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Montana Mustangs
The Nymph Series #2
by Danica Winters
Release Date: May 2013

Montana Mustangs

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A nymph: a woman with the ability to seduce at will, shift to protect, but cursed with the fate to have the man she falls in love with die a tragic death. As one of these ill-fated nymphs, Aura Montgarten has spent her lifetime drifting from one place to another hiding from love. Until she meets Dane.

When a body washes up on the shore of a rural Montana lake, police officer Dane Burke is faced with the task of finding the killer—even if it means he will be forced to put his life and heart at risk by working with a drifter. As the truth of Aura’s Mustang-shifting nymph ways are revealed, Dane learns exactly the amount of danger he and Aura are in, but can’t force himself to leave a case unsolved when the truth is just outside his grasp.

When the killer decides he needs to take another victim—Dane—Aura must choose between their forbidden love and her immortal life. Can there be life without love or is death her only choice?

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Danica WintersDanica Winters is a bestselling author who is known for writing award-winning books that grip readers with their ability to drive emotion through suspense and often a touch of magic.  When she’s not working she can be found in the wilds of Montana working on her patience while she tries to understand the allure of various crafts (quilting, pottery and painting are not her thing).  She always believe the cup is neither half full nor half empty, but it better be filled with wine.

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Other Titles by Danica Winters:
Love Under the Christmas Tree
A Christmas Miracle
The Vampire’s Hope
Curse of the Wolf
An Angel’s Justice

Coming Soon from Danica Winters (2013):

Winter Swans, The Nymph Series #3 (Crimson Romance)

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Blog Tour-June 20 to July 20, 2013

7/07- Literal Hotties Naughty Book Reviews (series spotlight & reviews)
http://literalhottiesnaughtybookreviews.blogspot.com/
7/08- Reading Between the Wines (series spotlight)
http://www.readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.com/
7/09-  The Reading Café (series spotlight & reviews)
http://thereadingcafe.com/
7/10- Sassy Book Lovers (series spotlight)
http://sassybooklovers.blogspot.com/
7/11-  Vampires, Werewolves & Fairies Oh My! (Interviews & reviews)
http://vampireswerewolvesfairiesohmy.blogspot.com/
7/12-  You Gotta Read Reviews (interview)
http://yougottaread.com/
7/13- Confessions of the Paranormal (series spotlight)
http://confessionsoftheparanormal.blogspot.com/
7/14- Page Flipperz (series spotlight)
http://pageflipperz.blogspot.com/
7/15- Book Lovin’ Mamas (interview)
http://booklovinmamas.blogspot.com
7/16- Night Owl Reviews (guest post)
http://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Blog/Articles/Montana-Mustangs-by-Danica-Winters
7/16 – Riverina Romantics (series spotlight)
http://riverinaromantics.blogspot.com/
7/17- Nette’s Bookshelf (series spotlight & reviews)
http://nettesbookshelf.blogspot.com/
7/18- Toot’s Book Reviews (series spotlight & reviews)
http://tootsbookreviews.blogspot.com/
7/19- Cocktails and Books (series spotlight)
http://www.cocktailsandbooks.com/
7/20- Mimmi’s Musings (series spotlight)
http://mimmismusings.blogspot.com/

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TWO runners-up will get a copy of An Angel’s Justice?

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Vampire Elite by Irina Argo-Interview and Giveaway

Vampire Elite by Irina Argo-Interview and Giveaway

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Vampire Elite (Book #1)
by Irina Argo
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: June 1, 2013

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TRC: Hi Irina ad Jo-An and welcome to The Reading Café. Congratulations on the June release of VAMPIRE ELITE book one in your Vampire Elite series. We would like to start with some background information. Would you please tell us about IRINA ARGO?

Irina ArgoIrina Argo is the pen name for Irina Kardos and Jo-An Torres.

Irina lives in a pretty dark world: by day she’s a clinical psychologist at a juvenile correctional facility, where she deals with the extremes of human behavior on a daily basis; at night, she cares for her husband, who was paralyzed several years ago. Writing has always been her passion, and now it’s what brings light into her life. She is originally from Russia, where she worked as a TV journalist.

Jo-An is a Leo, a lioness emerging to follow her dream: to write a book of her own. As the owner of a costume shop for many years, she was able to satisfy her creative nature and allow it to flourish. She believes that anything is possible if you believe in yourself. She currently resides in

TRC: What difficulties or challenges do you face writing as a team?

Irina is a romantic, beauty, tranquility, joyfulness.

Jo-An is an A,B,C, black and white personality, but with an intense creative nature – I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but somehow it seems to work. She revs it up, I tone it down, then we reach a happy medium.

TRC: Was there any particular premise or scenario that one or the other focused on such as characters development or storyline flow?

Irina/Jo-An: Reality – we wanted to make them totally believable – that they live among us.

TRC: Has there ever been an issue where there was no compromise and therefore a character or premise had to be scrapped?

Irina/Jo-An: We don’t believe so. We compromised on everything. We would scrap when our editor strongly disagreed.

VAmpire EliteVAMPIRE ELITE is your June 2013 release in the Vampire Elite series. Would you please tell us something about the premise?

Irina/Jo-An: A millennia-long war between two immortal races is about to come to an end. Long ago, the Vampire Elite began capturing the immortals called the Amiti, attracted by their unique blood properties. Now most Amiti live in underground cells, forced to serve as vampires’ bloodstock. The few surviving free Amiti, preparing a final strike, have declared the Amiti Queen a traitor. Her execution makes possible the rise of a new Queen, her young daughter Arianna, who will inherit her mother’s mystical powers. Working with the Keepers of the Key, Arianna may be able to eliminate the vampires, once and for all, from the face of the earth.

The new Queen is the last hope to save her people, and she’s ready to fight to the last drop of her blood. But the King of the Vampires has other plans. What neither expects is the passion that erupts between them.

Vampire Elite is an epic story of a bitter conflict between two races, and the effect of that conflict on everyone living in its grip. The characters are driven to love and betrayal, vengeance and sacrifice in a world without easy black-and-white answers. Based on an ancient Egyptian legend, packed with action and intrigue, Vampire Elite will pull you into the entrancing world of immortals and open new portals into their hidden universe.

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TRC: How many books do you have planned for the series?

Irina/Jo-An: Three minimum, the second book is already in a rough draft stage and the story continues to evolve.

TRC: How thoroughly do you plan out your characters and story before you begin the first draft?

Irina: They just come into me, there is no pre-development. I write what I see and feel emanating from the character. Irina: We don’t plan it out, it just flows through my mind and I put it to paper as it comes to me. I don’t even know what is going to happen next, and am as surprised as the readers will be as they turn each page.

Jo-An: Basically, Irina created the story and asked me if I would read her first draft and give her some feed back. I found myself editing, suggesting scenarios and fleshing it out. It was then that she asked me to co-author the book. I was thrilled and am deeply indebted to her for allowing me to let my creative juices flow and reach my own dream of someday writing a book.

TRC: Would you please tell us how you handle the stress and anxiety of writing deadlines and family life?

Irina: I just take it as it comes and do not stress, what will be will be – I have often stayed up all night to complete a chapter or prepare information for Blogs, updating the Web-Site, designing images in photo-shop.

Jo-An: For me, it is not difficult. I am retired and have a lot of time on my hands as I am not a socializer. I would rather be at home with a good book than at a loud party interacting with a lot of people. The only time it affects me is when I travel and do not have internet access. It makes it very stressful for Irina because her life is so full of responsibilities and she has to find time to work on the book. My husband and I have a monster of a motorhome and when he wants to go – we go, along with our 5 cats. A lot of the time I am not able to get internet access and it does put additional strain on Irina.

TRC: Many authors bounce ideas and struggle with other authors, friends and family. With whom do you bounce ideas and strategy?

Irina: My friends and co-workers.

Jo-An: Only with our editor and each other. None of my friends or family are into the paranormal, so they would be of no help.

TRC: If you could select one reality show in which you were one of the contestants, which show would you chose and why?

Irina: Sorry, I don’t watch TV 🙁

Jo-An: The Apprentice. Every task requires a vivid and creative imagination. I can find ways to do things and make things happen when everyone else is stumped.

TRC: On what are you currently working?

Irina: Updating images, keeping all of the sites current, working with the printer for our paperback copy, interacting with all of the promoters we are working with.

Jo-An: Promoting the book and keeping it in the top ten. Spending hours and hours on the computer writing personal emails, reading up on how to gain exposure.

TRC: Would you like to add anything else?

Irina/Jo-An: We would like to thank you for hosting this tour and hope that it is well attended. And sincerely appreciate your hosting our book on your Blog, and want to thank everyone who visits it …especially those who buy the book and enjoy it as much as we do.

LIGHTNING ROUND FOR IRINA

Favorite Food – Italian

Favorite Dessert – dark chocolate

Favorite TV Show – Lost, True blood, Vampire Diaries

Dark or Milk Chocolate – dark

Favorite Flower – rose

Last Vacation Destination – Peru

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LIGHTNING ROUND FOR JO-AN

Favorite Food – Mexican

Favorite Dessert – Strawberries in thick cream

Favorite TV Show – Duck Dynasty

Last Movie you saw – Silver Linings Play Book

Dark or Milk Chocolate – Dark

Favorite Flower – Pansy

Last Vacation Destination – Bahamas

Thank you Irina Argo (Irina and Jo-An) for taking the time to answer our questions. Congratulations on the new release. We wish you all the best.

To learn more about Irina Argo you can visit the VAMPIRE-ELITE Website or you can connect with them on Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads.

VE website:  www.vampire-elite.com
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/VampireEliteSeries
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheVampireElite
Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7101954.Irina_Argo

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VAmpire Elite

 

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How can you make a choice between saving your people and destroying the one you love?

A millennia-long war between two immortal races is about to come to an end. Long ago, the Vampire Elite began capturing members of another race of immortal beings, the Amiti, forcing them to become their blood suppliers—bloodstock—and locking them in underground cells, where they are treated like livestock. Now, the few remaining free Amiti are making a final attempt to strike back. The Queen of the Amiti has been proclaimed a traitor and executed. Her death makes possible the rise of a new Queen, her young daughter Arianna, who becomes the last hope of her dying race. Arianna totally embraces her mission and is ready to fight for her people to the last drop of her blood but encounters an unexpected challenge—the vampire King Tor. The Amiti Queen and the King of the vampires are drawn into a trap of love where each has to make the ultimate choice: to kill their loved one or risk the extermination of their people.

arina2-dreamVampire Elite is an epic story of a bitter conflict between two peoples, and the effect of that conflict on everyone living in its grip. The characters are driven to love and betrayal, vengeance and sacrifice in a world without easy black-and-white answers.

Based on an ancient Egyptian legend, packed with action and intrigue, Vampire Elite will pull you into the entrancing world of immortals and open new portals into their hidden universe.

You Tube Book Trailer:

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7/01-  You Gotta Read (spot)
http://yougottaread.com/
7/03-  Wicked Readings by Tawania (spotlight)
http://www.wickedreadingsbytawania.blogspot.com/
7/03 – Confessions of the Paranormal
http://confessionsoftheparanormal.blogspot.com/
7/04-  Literal Addiction (spotlight)
http://www.literaladdiction.com/
7/05-  Sassy Book Lovers (spotlight)
http://sassybooklovers.blogspot.com/
7/06-  Froggarita’s Bookcase (interview & spotlight)
http://www.froggaritasbookcase.com/
7/07-  Book Lovin’ Mamas (spotlight)
http://booklovinmamas.blogspot.com/
7/07-  The Reading Cafe (interview & review)
http://thereadingcafe.com/

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Grand Prize:  $25 Amazon gift card (1 winner)
2nd Place:  $10 Amazon gift cards (2 winners)
3rd Place: eBook of Vampire Elite (5 winners)

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J.T.Geissinger’s RAPTURE’S EDGE Interview, Book Tour and Giveaway

J.T.Geissinger’s RAPTURE’S EDGE  Interview, Book tour and giveaway

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The Reading Cafe would like to welcome the author the the NIGHT PROWLER series J.T.Geissinger

Interview

J.T.GeissingerTRC: Hi J.T. and welcome to The Reading Café. Congratulations on the June 18, 2013 release of RAPTURE’S EDGE.

J.T:  Thank you so much for having me! I’m excited to be with you and your wonderful readers today.

TRC: We would like to start with some background information. Would you please tell us something about yourself?

J.T:  I write paranormal romance/urban fantasy, and Rapture’s Edge is the third release in my Night Prowler series. I’m an RWA RITA finalist for Edge of Oblivion, and an RWA PRISM finalist for Shadow’s Edge, the first book in the series. I grew up in Los Angeles, and currently live in a small beach community 15 minutes from downtown LA with my husband. I’m an avid reader, an avid wine drinker, I’m addicted to diet Mountain Dew and Red Bull. I’m also a stray cat magnet. For some reason, they find me anywhere. I recently went on vacation to the Caribbean and every stray cat on the islands made a beeline right for me. Maybe it’s because they know how much I love them…

Rapture's Edge TRC: RAPTURE’S EDGE is the latest release in your Night Prowler series. Would you please tell us something about the storyline?

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J.T:   Rapture’s Edge is book three in the Night Prowler series. It’s set in Paris, and our heroine Eliana is an art thief and competitor in the underground fighting circuit of the city. It’s been three years since she last saw her former lover, Demetrius—standing over her dead father’s body with a gun. In the meantime, she’s been in hiding, planning revenge. She’s caught by the police trying to steal a painting from the Louvre, and Demetrius—who is desperate to explain himself, and still madly in love with Eliana—comes to her rescue. Only she’s not having any of his explanations—she just wants to kill him! Making matters worse, an elite band of assassins have been dispatched by the leaders of the other Ikati colonies to kill Eliana because she could expose their secrets to the human world.

It’s a very action-packed story. A recent reviewer said, “reading this book was like watching an action movie. There were art heists, fight clubs, car chases, prison breaks, secret societies, mad scientists, torture chambers, assassins, gun fights, a kick ass heroine, a bad ass hero and villains so evil they made my frigging skin crawl.” I love it!

TRC: If you could virtually cast the lead characters of Demetrius and Eliana, which models or actors, would best represent your ideal image?

J.T:   Well, D is huge, 6’4 and 230 pounds, so we’d need a really big boy to fill his shoes. And he’s tatted and pierced, so no pretty boys will do, either. Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) would be a great choice, or Tom Hardy when he’s really bulked up like in his role as Bane in Batman or in the movie Warrior. As I was writing Eliana, I imagined her as Kate Beckinsale in the Underworld movies.

TRC: What has been the inspiration behind the Ikati shifters and their fabled storyline history?

J.T:   It all started with a stray cat. One day an incredibly sleek, beautiful female cat appeared out of the blue at my house, demanding a meal. She looks like a miniature panther, all black with bright yellow/green eyes. I fell in love.

This cat has an uncanny ability to disappear. One minute she’s there, looking at you as if she’s just about to say something, the next she’s gone—poof!—as if she was never there at all. It must be a feral cat trick, but it got me to thinking.

Two things occurred to me immediately: one, there are a lot of people who hate cats. Two: the Egyptians revered them. Put those two things together and mix in a big bowl, and you’ve got a race of cat shifters worshipped as gods by the ancient Egyptians who’ve had to hide because they’ve since been hunted by humanity. I spiced it up with some historical nuggets about Egypt, the Inquisition, witch hunts, religion, Rome…it goes on, but you get the idea.

TRC: EDGE OF DARKNESS is the title of your December 2013 release. Would you please tell us something about the premise? Hero/Heroine?

J.T:   I’m so excited about Edge of Darkness. I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever written, and the darkest, and has the most tragic, romantic, beautiful storyline. And it features Christian, a fan favorite from book one, who is also one of my favorite characters of the series. Our heroine Ember is very broken, and the book deals with the theme of how to go on living after terrible loss, and how love can both heal you and tear you apart. Here’s the book description:

Six years after a shocking tragedy left her emotionally and physically scarred, Ember Jones lives a life of quiet isolation in Barcelona. Determined to keep her troubled past a secret, she keeps her head down and her heart locked up tight. Until the day a beautiful, mysterious stranger walks into her life, and her carefully controlled world is shattered forever.

Christian McLoughlin is unlike anyone Ember has ever met. Wealthy, cultured, and utterly charismatic, he also has dark secrets of his own. They succumb to the undeniable pull between them and embark on a passionate affair, but things turn explosive when the truth about Christian and the reason he came to Barcelona is exposed. As their dark pasts collide, the two unlikely lovers find themselves caught in a web of danger and deceit that neither of them might survive.

The Edge of Darkness, where hunter becomes hunted, no one can be trusted, and love is the most dangerous game of them all.

TRC: You blend a paranormal storyline with the reality of the modern world. How do you keep your plot unpredictable without sacrificing content or believability?

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J.T:   Each book features a different couple, which really helps keep things fresh because each story has its own set of conflicts. But there is an ongoing plot thread behind all the relationships that ties the books together, and once we get to the final book, readers will be able to look back and go, “Aha! I see where this all was leading!” There is always a certain suspense of disbelief that has to take place when a reader enters a supernatural world, but it can be tricky combining the supernatural with our own world, so I try to keep the characters as “real” as possible, despite their unusual abilities. And the themes and conflicts are universal, so that helps keep things believable as well.

TRC: How thoroughly do you plan out or research your characters and story before you begin the first draft?

J.T:   My characters always come first. I spend a few weeks getting to know them, interviewing them about their likes and dislikes, their quirks, what makes them crazy, what makes them angry, what makes them who they are. Every person, real or fictional, has a past, and I like to dig deep into my characters’ pasts so I can write about them in an honest way. Even if most of the details are never used, it adds richness and depth to the story.

As far as the plot, I have a general idea of where I’m going and where I want to end up. The rest I leave up to the characters; they tell me what to do along the way. It might sound strange, but they come alive as the story develops, and they begin to tell their own story and I just begin to take dictation and type it all out! Each of my books is set in a real location, so I do a lot of research on the city and surrounding areas. For instance, Rapture’s Edge is set in Paris, and prominently features the catacombs beneath the city, so I did extensive reading and internet research about those areas, among others.

TRC: What struggles or difficulties (e.g. research, logistics etc) did you encounter getting your books and this series to publication?

J.T:   I was very, very lucky. I didn’t decide to write a novel until I turned 40. Then I wrote it, and found an agent who loved it, and she found a publisher who loved it, too, and was willing to take a chance on an unknown author. Then it was a bestseller and both the first and second books have been nominated for prestigious awards. So my advice to anyone looking to make a life change is this: Go for it! You only lose if you don’t try.
Keeping a series going is a bit of a struggle, especially with all the characters and details and plots that can get confused, but it’s a good struggle. The main struggle I have, always, is with self-doubt. I never feel like anything I do is good enough.

TRC: What do you believe is the biggest misconception about you?

J.T:   I’ve been told people find me intimidating, which is hilarious. I’m just as neurotic as everyone else. Plus I’m a giant goofball, and will bump into any piece of furniture within a ten-foot radius. Although I do have a very “big” personality, and a tendency to really focus on people and look them in the eye when they’re talking, which one friend describes as “the stare.” Maybe I should have gone into law enforcement or something…nah, I hate telling people what to do.

TRC: Who or what has been the biggest influence in your life and why?

J.T:   My husband, hands down, has been the most positive influence in my life. I was a wild animal in my teens and twenties, a total disaster, and it wasn’t until I met and married Jay that I gained direction and settled down. He is the reason I write romance, because I know from experience that true love exists, soul mates exist, and finding that special person who gets you and has your back can absolutely save your life. Every book I write is dedicated to him because he has saved me in so many ways. Today is our thirteenth wedding anniversary, as a matter of fact! Love you, honey.

TRC: Who is the first person you think about when you need someone to talk with and why?

J.T:   My husband Jay. He’s the smartest person I’ve ever met, and is also the only person I’ve ever met who is unafraid of anything. (Well, except spiders. He really, really hates spiders.) I’m the emotional one, the one who freaks out and over-reacts, and he can cut through all that and get to the heart of the matter and calm me down. He’s just so f*ing…cool.

TRC: If you could select one reality TV show to be a contestant, which show would you chose and why?

J.T:   I DESPISE reality TV. Hate, loathe, detest, all these are too soft for what I think of reality TV. It kills me to see people make such desperate, utter whores of themselves in the pursuit of fame or money. Okay, with the exception of So You Think You Can Dance—but at least those kids have a dream they’re trying to pursue, and dancing is art. The Kardashians, on the other hand—don’t even get me started.

TRC: What are the 5 things you would like to accomplish in the next ten years?

J.T:   This is a tricky question. I am not a goal-oriented person, never have been, never will be. I’m a pantster, I live day to day and let life take me where it will, which is part of the adventure. (I don’t have kids, so I have the luxury of indulging myself.) But I also recognize the importance of planning for the future, in case it comes, which it probably will. So I have a 401(k), blah, blah, blah. I guess I’d just like to keep writing and getting better at it, and there’s a long list of places I’d like to travel to, and that’s about it. If there’s one thing I’ve learned for sure, it’s that life happens moment to moment and the best way to prepare for the future is to be flexible and keep your eyes open for opportunity.

TRC: On what are you currently working?

J.T:   I just finished a story titled The Last Vampire, and now I’m working on book five in the Night Prowler series, Darkness Bound. It’s set in Brazil, so I’m in the research phase.

TRC: Would you like to add anything else?

J.T:   I’d like to say thank you to my wonderful readers!! I feel so honored that you take the time to read my books and share them with your friends, and I am very, very grateful for you. I’m also very grateful to bloggers (yay, Reading Café!) who do such a service for both readers and authors in spreading the word about books they enjoyed.

LIGHTNING ROUND

Favorite Food – Fois gras over fresh oysters
Favorite Dessert – Chateau d’Yquem Sauternes
Favorite TV Show – Game of Thrones
Last Movie you saw – World War Z
Dark or Milk Chocolate – Milk
Favorite Flower – Tie between white peonies or green cymbidium orchids
Last Vacation Destination – sailed around the British Virgin Islands on a chartered catamaran

TRC: Thank you J.T. for taking the time to answer our questions. Congratulations on the release of RAPTURE’S EDGE and the upcoming EDGE OF DARKNESS.

Series Spotlight

Night Prowler Series by J.T. Geissinger

The Ikati is an ancient shape-shifting species of panther, with only a few remaining colonies in the world. Each full-blooded Ikati is blessed (or cursed) with a special ability. Some are telepathic, able to shift into mist and others can walk through walls. And anyone betraying their secrets is punished by death.

 

SHADOW’S EDGE
Night Prowler #1
Release Date: June 2013

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Shadow's EdgeDeep within the primeval forests of southern England, a race of beautiful, savage shape-shifters lives hidden from the everyday world. Bound together by ancient bloodlines and a ruthless code of secrecy that punishes traitors with death, the Ikati send their leader Leander on a mission to capture one raised outside the tribe before she can expose their secret. When Leander tracks the unsuspecting outsider to Southern California, the hardened warrior is prepared for a fight—but not for the effect the sensual young beauty has on his heart.

Jenna spent her childhood in hiding, on the run from someone—or something—her parents refused to discuss. She trusts no one, not since her father’s mysterious disappearance, not since her mother’s sudden death, and definitely not since she began exhibiting strange, superhuman abilities. When handsome, enigmatic Leander appears, promising answers to the mysteries that shroud her past, she knows she shouldn’t trust him either. But their connection is undeniable, and as powerful as the enemy hell-bent on destroying every one of their kind

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EDGE OF OBLIVION
Night Prowler, #2
Release Date: October 2012

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Edge of OblivionThere exists a world beyond our own. It is a world of ancient magic and well-guarded secrets, a world of strict laws and harsh punishments for those who betray them, a world inhabited by the Ikati, a race of gifted people who are so much more than they first appear. Brought together by fate in this world of danger and beauty, two people with dark pasts will meet.

Morgan is beautiful, smart, sexy…and about to die. Convicted of treason against her shape-shifting kin, she is given one last chance at redemption; discover the hidden lair of the enemy intent on destroying every one of her kind, or forfeit her life.

Xander is ruthless, heartless, cold-blooded…and assigned to kill her if she fails in her task. Expecting to feel nothing but contempt for the traitor under his watch, the assassin accompanies Morgan on her search, but as the two race through the heart of Italy while the clock winds down to zero hour, he finds himself drawn into a dangerous web of desire as powerful as it is forbidden. Their passion will test everything they believe in, and endanger the future of the tribe itself.

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RAPTURE’S EDGE
Night Prowler #3
Release Date: June 18, 2013

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Rapture's EdgeSECRETS…In the hidden world that exists beside our own, a mirror world of ancient magic and elegant deceptions, a world of people who are so much more than they first appear, a war is brewing. Most of these Gifted people—the Ikati, a savage, sensual race of lethal predators—are content to hide behind human smiles, disguising their splendor in order to survive. But others are discontent. And they will hide no longer.

BETRAYALS…Eliana lives for two things only: vengeance on the man who killed her father, and seeing his dream of living in the open with humans come to pass. But that dream is far too dangerous for The Hunt, a group of elite Ikati assassins with one objective: eliminate her before she can expose their secrets to the world.

SEDUCTION…Demetrius is haunted by the memory of the woman he once loved. He will risk everything to save her from the killers on her tail…and convince her, before the ancient walls between two worlds crumble, that only together can they defeat their real enemy, a brilliant, cunning traitor far more deadly than either of them can guess.

About The author

J.T.GeissingerJ.T. Geissinger’s debut novel, Shadow’s Edge, was published in 2012 and was a #1 Amazon US and UK bestseller in fantasy romance and romance series. She has been nominated for the prestigious RITA® award from the Romance Writers of America for best paranormal romance for her second book in the Night Prowler series, Edge of Oblivion.

A life-long lover of reading and a self-professed “book addict,” she didn’t realize her dream of writing a novel until a milestone birthday forced her to take stock of her goals in life. Always believing the right time to commit to putting pen to paper would magically announce itself, it took waking up one cold January morning with a shiny new zero as the second number in her age to kick start her determination.

Starting on that very day, she wrote what would become Shadow’s Edge in a little over four months and submitted it to several literary agents. Nothing happened. Thinking that was the end of that but by no means willing to give up on her dreams of being published, she began work on a second manuscript.

Then, during a trip to Italy in honor of their 10th wedding anniversary and the honeymoon she and her husband never took, she received an email that would change her life. It was from an agent, Marlene Stringer of Stringer Literary, and it contained the three words every aspiring author longs to hear: “I loved it.”

Marlene sold the manuscript to Montlake Romance who published it six months later. Hitting the #1 Amazon bestseller lists within weeks of publication, Shadow’s Edge was book one of the Night Prowler novels. Book two, Edge of Oblivion, was published in October 2012 and will be followed by Rapture’s Edge in June 2013, and Edge of Darkness in fall 2013. There are six books total planned for the series.

Connect with J.T.:

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Blog tour Schedule

 

 

 

 

BLOG TOUR-June 17 to  July 7, 2013
6/30- Literal Hotties Naughty Book Reviews
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7/01- The Reading Cafe
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7/02 – Book Monster Reviews
http://www.bookmonsterreviews.com/
7/02 – Literal Addiction
http://www.literaladdiction.com/
7/03- Buffy’s Ramblings
http://buffy-kennedy.blogspot.com/
7/03-  Penny For Them
http://pennyforthem1.blogspot.co.uk
7/04- Book Lovin’ Mamas
http://booklovinmamas.blogspot.com
7/04- Night Owl Reviews
http://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Blog/Articles/Raptures-Edge-by-J-T-Geissinger
7/05- Spiced Latte Reads
http://spicedlatte.blogspot.com/
7/05- Toot’s Book Reviews
http://tootsbookreviews.blogspot.com/
7/06-Paranormal Fan For Life
http://paranormalromancefanforlife.blogspot.com/
7/07- Vampires, Werewolves & Fairies Oh My!
http://vampireswerewolvesfairiesohmy.blogspot.com/

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Avoiding Mr. Right Book Tour: Guest Post with C.J.Ellisson

Avoiding Mr.Right Book Tour: Guest Post with C.J.Ellisson

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Thanks for having me on the blog today, Sandy! You always do a great job and I’m thrilled to be here.

 
I read all the time and I’m not sure I can list my top ten favorite books, so how about I list my top ten favorite series? These are authors I have followed for years and in most cases have probably bought everything they’ve ever written.
 
1) Zoe Sharp’s Charlie Fox series. The first book is the bloody and fast-paced Killer Instinct, where we first meet Charlie. I can attest each subsequent book gets better and better. Her writing is smooth, the action and fight scenes are stellar, and I have to force myself to put the books down and go to bed at night.
 
2) Charlaine Harris. Yes, we all know her True Blood series, but I’ve read everything she’s written, including her single titles. She’s a fantastic storyteller.
 
3) Patricia Briggs’s Mercy Thompson series. Shapeshifters at their best! I love that she married the hero and heroine and still wrote adventures for them. The trend to screw up the heroine’s love life gets really old after awhile, trust me.
 
4) Jim Butcher. His Harry Dresden books appeal to me more than his high fantasy stuff, but I love his humor and his characters.
 
5) Janet Evanovich. I lived in Jersey for twenty years, do I need to say anything else? Yes, I wish Stephanie would pick a man and settle down (I still think she could have adventures), but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every book Evanovich has done in this series. 
 
6) Katherine Kerr, Land of Devvry series. High/epic fantasy at its best. Check them out if you enjoyed Tolkien’s LotR or Boone Brux’s Bringer and the Bane series.
 
7) Kim Harrison’s Hollow series. She killed off people I would have rater still lived, but her plots are always fresh and fast paced. I’ve enjoyed watching the characters evolve and think she’s done a fantastic job on the books.
 
8) Emma Holly. I’m pretty sure I’ve read over twenty titles of hers. She is the author that inspired me to write graphic sex scenes. I don’t think I’ve ever read a story from her that I didn’t like. From contemporary to fantasy, she delivers a hot read that leaves you gasping for more.
 
9) Laurell K Hamilton — despite my dislike of half a dozen or so of the later Anita Blake books, there is no denying this woman can weave a captivating tale. I’ve read her Merry Gentry and Nightseer books as well. She may not be an auto-buy for me anymore, but I still enjoy her writing.
 
10) P.N. Elrod. I haven’t seen anything new from her in a while, but her Vampire Files stories were unique and well done. An excellent paranormal mystery with great characters and terrific setting.
What are some of your favorite series? And don’t be afraid to dig deep and name some old ones, I sure did!

 

C.J. Ellisson USA Today bestselling author &
author of the 
New York Times bestselling book Vanilla on Top
Book Two in the Wild Side series, Avoiding Mr. Right, is now out!
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C.J.Ellisson
C.J. Ellisson is the USA Today Bestselling author of the NYT Bestselling book, Vanilla on Top, the bestselling V V Inn series, and several erotica shorts. She lives in northern Virginia with her husband, two children, two dogs, and a fluffy black cat who makes her sneeze. Unlike most full-time authors, she’s also battling a severe chronic illness.

C.J. works daily to put her Lupus into remission and continues to fight numerous bacterial infections while her immune system slowly attacks her body. She turned to writing when she could no longer work outside the home and claims the escape of penning contemporary fantasy, erotica, and erotic romance has helped save her sanity.

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