Monthly Archives: June 2014
Sizzling Paranormal Romance
June 29, 2014 | Filled under Paranormal |
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Milly Taiden is at it again with a sexy paranormal romance, A Mate’s Bite: Book 2 of the Sassy Mates Series. It already boasts an impressive 4.5 star rating with over 80 reviews. You don’t want to miss this one.
A Little About A Mate’s Bite:
Romance. Quick one liners. Fun. Sass. Sexy. Erotic. Join the Sassy Mates for another full ride in the bestselling series and find out which of the Sexy Four gets to be Karla’s mate.
About the Author:
Milly loves to write sexy stories. They’re usually either paranormal or contemporary with a large dose of heat. Her paranormal stories can be anything from wolf-shifters (her favorites) to witches, demons and anything in between. She was born in the prettiest part of the Caribbean known as the Dominican Republic. Currently, she lives in New York City with her hubby, the bossy kiddo and their little dog “Needy Speedy”. Don’t ask. Drop by and visit her! She loves to meet new readers!
Website: millytaiden.com
Facebook: facebook.com/millytaidenpage
What Readers Are Saying About A Mate’s Bite:
“Larger than life Karla is amazing! I love her spunky attitude. I love the fact that she is a real woman. She’s not toothpick thin, she embraces her body the way it is. She’s not intimidated by her crush Nate. She takes what he gives and tries to walk away. Only he won’t let her. Of course not, he’s a Wolfe. Which in and of itself means sexy.You may want to have a bucket of ice near you while reading this book!” –Amazon Reviewer
“I gave this book a 5 star rating and to be truthfully honest I don’t believe 5 stars is enough, I have read multiple romance novels and have never come across a series/book like this. It is everything and more, book one is awesome but book 2 is unbelievable.” –Deanna Knope
“You have to love a man who opens his whole life for a woman. The sex is hot, the story fabulous and I want more already!!!” –Kindle Customer
If you haven’t grabbed your copy of the sexy paranormal romance, A Mate’s Bite – do it today.
10 Kindle Books to Add to Your Collection
June 28, 2014 | Filled under Kindle Books, Uncategorized |
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10 Kindle Books you must add to your collection today. You’ll be glad you did.
From his base on the riverboat BELLE CHASSE, former Navy SEAL Glenn Kenney mounts a search for the man who brutally murdered Kenney’s ex-wife. His search brings him into confrontation then collaboration with Detective Sergeant Connie Mellor of the New Orleans Police Department. The manhunt stretches from the banks of the Mississippi River to the depths of the Caribbean Sea and uncovers a brand new kind of sunken treasure.
Vigilante detective Emily Stone continues her covert pursuits to find serial killers and child abductors, all under the radar while shadowing police investigations. Emily searches for an abducted nine-year-old girl taken by ruthless and enterprising slave brokers. Following the clues from California to the garden island of Kauai, she begins to piece together the evidence and ventures deep into the jungle. It doesn’t take long before Emily is thrown into the middle of murder, mayhem, and conspiracy. Locals aren’t talking as a serial killer now stalks the island, taking women in a brutal frenzy of ancient superstitions and folklore. Local cops are unprepared for what lies ahead. In a race against the clock, Emily and her team must identify the killer before time runs out.
Lyrissa is a woman on a mission with a haunted past. Peggy is a woman in a new world on a quest. The Agency and the Guard both want Peggy. Will Lyrissa help the Queen and the Guard for a healthy sum or will she find the courage to let Peggy leave so they can both go home?
Kathleen and Josie Colby stand alone in the boom-town of Skagway. They are newly arrived and penniless amid the violence and greed of the gold miners and those who prey upon them. It is 1899 and the gold rush has transformed Alaska into the favored destination for the dreamers and desperadoes of the world. Strong and spirited, Kathleen will do anything to protect her helpless sister Josie. When it appears that Josie may be placed in an asylum, Kathleen turns to a handsome and plausible man for help. She believes he will marry her and help her care for her sister. But he is not to be trusted. In a drunken rage, he assaults her and leaves her bleeding on the muddy streets of Skagway. With both her parents dead, Kathleen resolves to make her way to New York City, where she believes her father’s parents live. She does not know them, but she cannot think of anywhere else to turn. In a journey full of dangerous adventure, she travels across the breadth of America, on foot, on horseback, and in that astonishing innovation called the passenger train. She and her sister experience first-hand the amazing changes that come with the birth of the twentieth century. Though she begins her journey thoughtless and innocent, Kathleen learns to survive in a savage world. She will shoot to kill if she must in order to protect her sister and herself. A man of many secrets intrudes upon her journey, riding with her as she crosses America by train. He helps her out of trouble more than once, but she refuses to care for him. Will the hardships she has endured forever close her heart to love?
Flaming hair, and a knot on the back of the head would have been enough to discourage most boys, but it only lit the fire under Robert’s passion for inventing. Robert’s first invention was a rocket plane.
The child ran through the dark forest, sobbing, breathless, oblivious to the driving rain that soaked his matted hair and plastered the flimsy shirt against his skin. Jagged streaks of lightning cut across the night sky, creating a stark backdrop for the swaying black oaks silhouetted above him. He ran, stumbled, fell, and ran again, heart pounding in his thin chest, the sound of his own blood roaring in his ears. Cold rain stabbed like prickly needles at his face and bare arms, and clutching fingers of underbrush tore at his clothing. But still he ran, driven not by reason or logic but by basic primal instinct—the instinct to survive.
Hex signs protect the town’s barns and outbuildings. A local tannery spews poison on land and in the river. And babies disappear at birth. Wump Hozer, an orphan and one-time felon who earned his nickname from the sound a crowbar makes when it hits a man’s head, is the custodian of Our Lady of the Innocents parish in Three Bridges, PA. Wump fought all his life against the tannery’s waste, against God, and against the blind eyes of his good neighbors. Childhood memories and strange presentments plague him when a brick wall unearthed at the site of a new restaurant collapses and raw sewage carries hundreds of bones into the pit left behind. It looks like the Devil has made Three Bridges his new playground; a blasphemous bible will tell Wump why.
California Territory, 1848. Gold has been discovered, emptying the village of San Francisco of its male population. Steam-powered technology is still in its infancy. At 19, Englishwoman Sensibility Grey has spent her life tinkering in her father’s laboratory and missing the finer points of proper British life. But when her father dies in penury, she’s shipped to San Francisco and to the protection of an uncle she’s never met. The California Territory may hold more dangers than even the indomitable Miss Grey can manage. Pursued by government agents, a secret society, and the enigmatic Mr. Krieg Night, Sensibility must decipher the clockwork secrets in her father’s final journal, unaware she’ll change the world forever. Magic, mayhem, and mechanicals. STEAM AND SENSIBILITY is a pre-Steampunk novel of paranormal suspense set in the wild west of the California gold rush.
In the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, eight kids must work together to survive. Kirkus Reviews calls The Doomsday Kids: “A strong start to a post-apocalyptic series”. Nineteen five-star reviews.
A story of friendship as two boys struggle to find their way home.
Perfect Page-Turning Summer Thriller
June 27, 2014 | Filled under Thriller |
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Add this one to the top of your summer must-read book list. Dead in the Water by Glenda Carroll is a page-turning thriller, not to be missed. One Amazon reader says, “This is an exciting mystery, wonderfully written, with a complex and interesting central character…The action is fast-paced, with fascinating twists and turns in the plot. Glenda Carroll writes from a deep knowledge of the world of swimming and the San Francisco Bay Area.” –Dan
A Little About Dead in the Water:
Meet Trisha Carson — No money. No man. No mojo.
Trisha is sitting in the hot summer sun at the edge of a cool Sierra lake. She thinks she is a witness to an accidental drowning at an open water swim. What else can it be? An elite athlete doesn’t sprint away from the pack, stop, never to move again. But then, a week later, another swimmer known more for her beauty than athletic ability drives her car off a 20-foot cliff into the Pacific Ocean.
Only Trisha believes the accidents aren’t so accidental. Naively she asks too many questions to precisely the wrong people. Her suspicions are dismissed by friends and family. But her inquiries continue and lead to an expanding web of intrigue, revenge and danger.
About the Author:
If you want to find Glenda Carroll, she’ll be in, on, or under water–and writing about it. She understands water sports on a very personal level since she swims, surfs and sails.
Glenda’s debut mystery, DEAD IN THE WATER is based on personal experience in open water swimming. She’s raced in more than 150 open water events in Northern California, as well as Hawaii and Perth, Australia. For five years, she was the Open Water Chair for Pacific Masters Swimming and was the point person for more than 25 open water swims each season ranging in length from 500 yards to 5K/10K.
She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, Women’s National Book Association and she lives in Northern California.
What Fans Are Saying About Dead in the Water:
“DEAD IN THE WATER is….so well written you just can’t put it down…If you’re like me, you’ll be trying to figure out who committed the murder while you’re working out.” — Lynne Cox, New York Times Bestselling author, “Swimming to Antarctica,” “Open Water Swimming Manual.”
“Carroll combines a skill for mystery writing…with her sports journalism and Masters swimming background by nailing the details of what it’s like to race in open water…I liked Carroll’s characters immensely, but it was the story that kept me up late reading.” — Swimmer Magazine
“(This) is a swim-centric mystery that will keep you turning pages while you think about your strokes. It’s the first open-water-detective-novel that I know of, and it’s great fun to read.” — Lynn Sherr, award-winning correspondent for more than thirty years at ABC News. She is the author of “Swim: Why We Love the Water.”
“It is a great first novel for the author and the main character has secrets to be explored in future books. It is a fast read and will appeal to open water swimmers, athletes and mystery lovers.” — US Open Water Swimming Connection
Action-Packed Thriller Debut
June 26, 2014 | Filled under Thriller |
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Thriller fans, don’t miss what Online Book Reviews calls, “THE SUSPENSE THRILLER DEBUT OF THE YEAR!” Zero Alternative by Luca Pesaro currently has an impressive 4.6 star rating with over 20 reviews. Fans of John Grisham and David Baldacci will love today’s feature.
A Brief Synopsis of Zero Alternative:
Framed, hunted, betrayed…Scott Walker is a fugitive from the quicksands of Finance, with one card to play – DeepShare, a silicon oracle coveted by billionaires, hitmen and hackers. As he fights for survival and vengeance, digging deeper into the dark heart of the global economy, one question torments him: what price will the world have to pay?
ZERO ALTERNATIVE is an action-packed conspiracy thriller that plucks at the base of human nature. When our grip on love, hope and morality starts to slide, the only future worth living is the one we choose for ourselves.
About the Author:
Luca Pesaro was born in Italy in the early seventies, but he has spent a lot of his adult life in the US or UK. After long years gaining a degree and masters in the pseudo-science that is Economics he got bored, jumped the gun and became a derivatives trader in financial markets with several investment banks. Now reformed, he is writing full-time.
Zero Alternative is his first novel and he is hard at work on his second thriller.
He lives in London, is married to an awesome Italian lady and has two children who always manage to annoy, surprise and delight beyond any reasonable expectation.
What Readers Are Saying About Zero Alternative:
“It was eye-opening to see the deeply insane world of trading and finance. The characters were amazingly detailed and life-like and the plot was fast-paced and eerily believable. ZERO ALTERNATIVE will leave you breathless (and a little nervous)!” –Amazon Reader
“Great thriller, packed with action and fast paced, I promise you want to keep reading just to see what twist is around the next corner.” –Niki Mattes
“Zero Alternative was an engaging, interesting, and attention-grabbing book. One that I had trouble putting down from the very first page.” –Aly
Grab the suspense thriller, Zero Alternative today.
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