Friday, July 19, 2013

Spotlight on Savage Smoke by Kay Dee Royal

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Savage Smoke
Lycan International Investigation Agency Series (LIIA)
Book Two
Kay Dee Royal

Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance

Publisher: Muse It Hot Publishing

Date of Publication: June 21, 2013

Number of pages: 223
Word Count: 58,000

Cover Artist: Suzannah Safi

Book Description:

Chance and his LIIA pack of agents search for rogue Lycan mastermind, Smoke, kidnapper of Lindsey and fifteen other human women he plans to use for procreating his own army.

Trevor, Chance’s right-hand Lycan, wants his mate back, but believes she’s fallen for her captor. Lindsey loves Trevor but believes he’s given up on her.
Will Trevor come around in time to rescue Lindsey and save her from shifting into Smoke’s pack, and will she even want back with Trevor after spending so long apart?

Warning: Sizzling HOT! Lots of two-somes, three-somes, even more-somes, stimulating, arousing, and positively natural…or supernatural.

Excerpt Savage Smoke

So far, Smoke didn’t share Lindsey with other males, but she was aware of the orgies inside the central building. She heard a few women talk of them. Some even liked them, being surrounded by hard-bodied men hung like rocket launchers. Those women went at it without the use of the stimulation drug Smoke used on everyone else.

She was used to the little needle pricks and welcomed them. It made acting the part with Smoke so much easier, believing in her heart Trevor made love to her, but guarding that fact from Smoke by holding Trevor’s name in the secret place, locked safely away. 
Lindsey understood some of the sexual attraction. She had that once, but she couldn’t go there in her mind. Smoke searched her thoughts almost daily and always found if she’d tapped into any memory nuggets of people she loved. He possessed psychic abilities others didn’t. Already, the thoughts of Trevor that had emerged she’d need to bury before Smoke returned.

If an orgy ensued during their pack meeting, Smoke would be preoccupied for a good while. She reached her arm underneath the mattress, where a few weeks ago she saw Smoke slide his journal. Lindsey had fallen asleep with her back to the fireplace. A crack of thunder wakened her in time to witness Smoke closing a journal and placing it beneath the mattress they shared.


              Lindsey touched its leather cover, wrapped her fingers around it, and hauled it out.

About the Author:

Kay Dee Royal writes paranormal, fantasy, and contemporary erotic romance—maybe because it's also her favorite genres to read! She pens tales with wild, rugged heroes and strong, intelligent heroines. She'll give them both a few shadowy secrets, making her stories intriguing and fun. She resides in Southern Michigan with her family (her dogs, her cats, her caged husband... you get the idea). You can reach her at her blog and find the latest on her titles from her publisher, MuseItHot.












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Seeds Of Transition
The Genesis Project Book One
Carolyn Holland
Co-Author: Kef Hollenbach

Genre: Speculative-Fiction, Science-Fiction

Date of Publication: July 19, 2013

ISBN: 978-1482657647
ASIN: B00DB7UERS

Number of pages: 150 pages
Word Count: 54,184
Cover Artist: Shae Thoman

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Seeds Of Transition: Book One - The Genesis Project is full of gripping adventure, psychological thrills, and emotional conflict from start to finish.

As the world’s population approaches 10 billion people, and severe weather extremes impact crop and livestock production, the demand for and price of food is rising. The American government, as well as other powerful individuals, find themselves looking for intelligent, albeit unlikely heroes in the world of academia.

Jarod Farra, a professor of agriculture at Cornell University, quickly finds himself at the forefront of both his longstanding dreams, and perhaps, some of his worst fears. Out of the turmoil and fear of an impending international food shortage, a range of characters come together to perform an experiment that will forever change the world as we know it, and provide new hope for generations to come.

About the Authors:       

Carolyn Holland grew up during the 70’s in the coastal wetlands of North Carolina in a small, rural fishing village. She married right after high school and started her family, in the same community where she grew up. Though life took her to other places, she lived in the Appalachians for a time and later in Alabama, she found herself drawn back to her roots in Coastal North Carolina. With her three children grown now, she resides there still with her husband James Holland, a retired US Marine.

Co-Author:  

Kef Hollenbach was born and raised in Kentucky, USA. Going into business management after graduating from university yielded an eclectic set of experiences ranging from production work to mid-level management to business owner.

The very proud parent of a son and daughter and husband to a deeply appreciated wife, Kef revels in learning new things and visiting new places. With a strong propensity for sharing, he strives to weave his experiences and what he has learned into all of his writing.

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Interview and Giveaway with Mimi Sebastian



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Do you have a specific writing style?

Lately, I’ve become such a pantser because I just don’t have time to sit down and plot! Normally I start a story as a pantser, write scenes that come to me, get the major turning points down. After that, I tend to plot things out more, but revelatory ideas still come to me at the last minute.

How did you come up with the title for your latest book?

That was fun although I tend to struggle with these types of things: titles, blurbs. Ugh. I had a really lame title at first that no one needs to know about J. Then it hit me. This first book is all about seducing Ruby, the necromancer, whether from men, but mostly from her power and Necromancer’s Seduction was born.

Is the book, characters, or any scenes based on a true life experience, someone you know, or events in your own life?

I have a scene where Ruby and her grandmother’s friend discuss a necklace that Ruby’s grandmother gave her. Her grandmother had traveled a lot to exotic places in her quest to understand more about necromancers. She picked up the necklace in Mali. This story relates to my actual travel in Mali when I was in the Peace Corps and the necklace is one I actually purchased in Mali and have. It’s pictured in my Pinterest account. That type of silver necklace is made by the Tuareg tribe. The Tuareg are desert nomads, a very interesting, mysterious people.

What book are you reading now?

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz, and lots of comics, that includes an awesome comic called Revival about a town where all the dead people come back to life, so the town is trying to understand how it happened and how to deal with the “zombies”. Another unique take on zombies.

What books are in your to read pile?

I’m going to beta read a paranormal book by my friend and author, Shanyn Hosier. Otherwise, Eternal Nights by V.S. Nelson, Necroscope by Brian Lumley, The Forbidden by Clive Barker (basis for the Candyman movie), and Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong. (These are just the top of the stack J I’m a shizophrenic reader and tend to read about two or three books at a time.

What is your current “work in progress” or upcoming projects?

I’m finishing Book Two in the Necromancer Series: The Necromancer’s Betrayal. (jumps up and down), while also writing Book Three of the same series. I also aim to self-publish a pirate historical romance I wrote by December called Devil’s Island.

Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?

I’m not the best with descriptions. I have to really work at it. Usually, the dialog comes first with character internalizations, or what I’d say is the meat of the scene. Then I fill in with descriptions and stuff like, she walked toward the door or he grabbed her arm. Ugh. I really hate writing those lines but they are necessary. I try to vary them as much as possible.

Do you have a song or playlist (book soundtrack) that you think represents this book?

Yes. I write books with songs in mind or while listening to music. The soundtrack for Necromancer’s Seduction includes: Burden in My Hand by Soundgarden, This Woman’s Work by Kate Bush, I Walked by Sufjan Stevens, Demon Host by Timber Timbre, and Out of the Blue by Roxy Music.

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The Necromancer’s Seduction
The Necromancer Series, Book One
Mimi Sebastian

Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: ImaJinn Books

Cover Artist: Patricia Lazarus

Book Description:

She has never feared the walking dead. It’s the power required to reanimate the dead that startles her, seduces her. The power that dwells inside her…and is growing.

For Professor Ruby Montagne, being a necromancer has brought her nothing but heartache, and she walked away from that part of her life long ago. However, her quiet existence in San Francisco is shattered when she stumbles upon the body of a slain witch, and the supernatural community insists she transform him into a revenant to track the killer. But his murder was just the beginning, and Ruby soon realizes that the stakes are higher than anyone can imagine—and that revenants have nasty minds of their own.

Now demonic creatures have escaped into the human world, and zombies once again walk the streets. For humanity’s sake, Ruby forms an unlikely alliance with a witch, a zombie, and Ewan March, a demon warrior who sets her senses on fire.

She’s always distrusted demons and Ewan is no exception, but circumstances push them closer together, and Ruby not only finds it harder to resist him, she isn’t sure she even wants to. But she suspects his job of patrolling the portal separating humans and demons conceals a dark and deadly past that may consume them both.

With events spiraling out of control, Ruby unravels a plot that not only threatens the human and demon realms, but puts Ruby’s very soul in jeopardy. Because when the dead walk, no one is safe. Especially Ruby.


About the Author:

Noemi Ghirghi writes as Mimi Sebastian and raised herself on books and the strange and unusual with an unhealthy dose of comics and Scooby Doo. Loving angst-filled romance thrown in the mix, she decided to blend all those elements in a steamy mix in her first Urban Fantasy series, the Necromancer Books. The first book, The Necromancer’s Seduction, debuts July 15, 2013, with ImaJinn Books.

Noemi spent two years in the Ivory Coast with the Peace Corps and loves to introduce tid-bits from her experiences in her writing. She’s a member of Romance Writers of America and the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal chapter of RWA. A transplant from the beaches of Florida, Noemi now wanders the desert in Phoenix, AZ, and attempts to balance writing with a day career, fantastic family, and household diva: her Amazon parrot.





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Interview and Giveaway with Jennifer Harlow


Do you have a specific writing style?

For whatever reason, I like writing in first person present. I think it’s because they’re my favorite to read. Most people read to escape, to be transported to another world, to be another person. I know it’s why I do. While I have that book in my hands (or pen to paper) I am no longer Jennifer Harlow, I get to be a warrior. A singleton in London. Eleanor of Aquitaine. And since it’s in the present, it’s as if the action is happening right now. Of course what I like to read translates into what I like to write. Fast, funny, scary how a book should be.

Do you write in different genres? If yes, which is your favorite genre to write?

 This is a hard one to answer. For the purposes of publicity I’ve been calling them urban fantasy, just instead of vampires it’s superheroes. But it fits in so many categories: romance, action & adventure, hard-boiled mystery, thriller. In other words, it has something for everyone, even men. I personally gravitate toward books that defy genre or even create their own. I can safely say nothing like this book has come out before, and if I’m wrong let me know because I’d love to read it.

Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

When I set out to write Justice, I just wanted to write a popcorn book with a kick-ass heroine and lots of sweet, sweet action. I succeeded in both but somehow I transcended that. (My subconscious is an awesome motherf**ker.) You should never beat people over the head with morals but having something there under the surface separates the wheat from the chaff. With Justice it became about how apathetic we are as a society when it comes to the suffering of others. There was a case in the 1950s where a woman was murdered and an entire apartment building heard her screams yet did nothing, they didn’t even call the police. I am a firm believer that if you are in a position to help another person, you should. If you think something is wrong, speak up. That came out in the book. 

What is your current “work in progress” or upcoming projects?

This year is freaking nuts. In March I released the first in my Midnight Magic Mystery Series, What’s A Witch To Do?, then in May I self-published Justice which was a huge undertaking as I had to do everything from getting an ISBN to covers and formatting. Next, in early August, the third F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad book Death Takes A Holiday is published, and I’m working on getting the second Galilee Falls book Galilee Rising out by the end of the year. Four books, one year. I’m exhausted.

Can you share a little of your current work with us?

Prologue
The wolves are at the gate.
I count thirty police officers on my security monitors, including SWAT, all armed to the gills led by him. I always knew this day would come. It has been almost twenty years in the making, but now it’s here…this must have been how Nero felt as he played that fiddle. My Rome is burning. Soon my freedom will be gone and yet I could still manage a tune.  First things first.
Waverly, one of my loyal employees these two years, runs into the study. His fear does not inspire confidence. “Sir, what are we supposed to do? The police and—”
“Stop sniveling for one,” I say, taking a sip of my Scotch. I will miss this.
“Did Grace—”
The bullet I put between his eyes stops the rest of that sentence. I don’t have time to answer a million questions. Company’s coming. I down the rest of my drink as I run the electromagnet over my computer. Cleaner than the day I bought it. Must leave things tidy. I’ve already set the timers in the file cabinets. Thirty more seconds before, like Nero, all that remains of my empire is ashes.
The bombs detonate as I walk down the hall, no louder than gunshots but still rocking the walls sprinkling dust on my paintings. I wonder what will happen to my art. Probably sold for victim reparations. The Degas alone will cover the cost of the library we destroyed today. Smith and Rees are waiting in what is left of my living room. Just looking at it, especially what’s left of Bradley under that bloody sheet, I feel embarrassed for myself. I never lose control like that. I don’t know what I was thinking. I suppose I’m paying the price now.
“Sir, where do you want us?” Smith, a five year veteran of my service, asks.
I turn over the couch with a sigh. “Gentlemen, I want to thank you both for your loyal service through the years. You have both been invaluable. I wish things could have gone a different way. I apologize.” I fire a single shot into Smith’s forehead. Poor Rees is too shocked to even draw on me before he meets the same ending. The loose ends are no more. The rest is in the hands of the fates.
The last of my security doors fall, the sound of steel hitting marble echoing through the room. I cross my leg, wipe the speckles of dust off my costume, and put a smile on my face. The bane of my existence, the man I hate, who has consumed my life for years, super-speeds into my living room as if he owns it. And the press calls me arrogant.
            “Alkaline,” he says beneath that dark mask.
“Justice,” I say with a nod. We stare at each other for a few seconds, even now locked in battle. “Grace?”
“She’s safe. You can’t hurt her or anyone else ever again.” He pauses for dramatic effect, or to savor his victory. “Will this be easy or hard?”
For a moment, I consider an attack. It always gives me almost orgasmic pleasure when my fist hits his body and he cries out in pain. One last taste for the road? No, I quell this urge. My body has not completely healed from our fight a few hours ago and quite frankly, I need a break. Being the scourge of the city is exhausting. “You may take me to jail now.”
As I’m led out past the frightened police and gawking bystanders, I keep that smile on my face. Not because I’m arrogant, not to save face, because…I may have lost this battle, but the war has just begun.
Then Rome will truly burn.

Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?

Descriptions. I learned the basics of writing during my screenplay years, so dialogue and pacing are like second nature to me now, (helps that I’m a wise ass too). Descriptions, not so much. I either put in too much or too little. I hate writing them because I know I’ll have to go back a trillion times in the editing process to fix them until they’re readable. Show not tell is the bane of my bloody existence. I’ve written ten books, and I still have a problem with it.

Who designed the cover of your latest book?

I couldn’t be more pleased with the cover for Justice. When I first got the proof from Damonza I was blown away. I seriously think it’s a work of art, like I want to have it made into a painting and hang it on my wall. The man is the best in the business for a reason.

Do you have any advice for other writers?

Never. Give. Up. Getting to this point took me ten years, and I still have a long way to go. I’ve lost count of how many rejection letters I’ve received in that time, and they still keep coming. But I just didn’t give up. Remember The Help was rejected sixty times. Harry Potter fifteen. Just write, read, and write some more. If you want it bad enough and are willing to work for it, it will happen. I am proof of that.

Do you have a song or playlist (book soundtrack) that you think represents this book?

I grew up amid chaos. Even at night there was always some noise in the house so I don’t do silence. I always listen to music when I write, so at my website www.jenniferharlowbooks.com I include the playlist of every book. They’re either songs I listened to when I was putting pen to paper or a song that just fits in with the theme. Music really does add more to the writing experience, much like a movie score. So check out the website, you may just find your new favorite song.


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Justice
Book One of The Galilee Falls Trilogy
Jennifer Harlow

Genre: Urban Fantasy (Superhero)

Publisher: Devil on the Left Books

Date of Publication:  5/13

ISBN: 978-0-9893944-0-6 ebook
ISBN: 978-0-9893944-1-3 print
ASIN: B00CTY1QZ8

Number of pages: 320
Word Count: 100,000

Cover Artist: Damonza


Book Description:

It’s hard being a regular police officer in Galilee Falls, a city with the highest concentration of superheroes and villains in the country. It’s even harder watching your best friend, the man you’re secretly in love with your whole life, planning to marry another woman. Detective Joanna Fallon has to contend with both. When the vilest supervillain in the city’s history, Alkaline, the former crime boss who can shoot acid from his wrists, escapes from the maximum security prison, the whole city is gripped by panic.

Leading the pursuit is Captain Harry O’Hara, Joanna’s boss and secret lover, and the city’s champion superhero Justice, who caught the villain last time, much to Joanna’s chagrin. Before her father was murdered in a mugging twenty years earlier, Joanna worshiped the hero, but when he disappeared and failed to save her father, that adoration turned to contempt for all supers.

After Alkaline attacks too close to home and targets Joanna as his next victim, tough-as-nail Joanna has to contend with her increasing fear while struggling to choose between her life-long crush and her new-found love.

At turns vulnerable and fierce, equally mordant and winsome, Joanna is an earnest yet emotionally damaged heroine, who despite the tough breaks of her childhood sees the good in people and vow to protect her beloved city at all costs. An ass-kicking petite firecracker with no superpowers of her own, she charges after supervillains unflinchingly, never losing her wit even when facing her toughest fight. With a coy blend of whimsy and vivid imagination, she delivers both humor and thrills in an action-packed and edgy blend of comic book cool, fantasy-noir, and bitter-sweet romance.

About the Author:

Jennifer Harlow spent her restless childhood fighting with her three brothers and scaring the heck out of herself with horror movies and books. She grew up to earn a degree at the University of Virginia which she put to use as a radio DJ, crisis hotline volunteer, bookseller, lab assistant, wedding coordinator, and government investigator. 

Currently she calls Northern Virginia home but that restless itch is ever present. In her free time, she continues to scare the beejepers out of herself watching scary movies and opening her credit card bills. 

She is the author of the Amazon Best-Selling  F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad and Midnight Magic Series. For the soundtracks to her books visit www.jenniferharlowbooks.com.


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