Pick Up Some Awesome Books For From Awesomegang
Published: Sat, 04/02/16
Today's newsletter is sponsored by AwesomeBookPromotion.com. Find new authors and some amazing books on the site. If you are an author you can submit your book to AwesomeBookPromotion.com and use coupon code AWESOME to save $15 off your submission.
Where Awesome Book Readers Meet Awesome Writers
Space Cruiser Musashi
An action-packed, explosive, sexy space adventure!
The Valorians are a race of psionically-evolved transhumans who believe they are God’s Chosen… They have begun a jihad across the galaxy, burning the minds of all the “infidels” they encounter.
One Republic starship, answering a routine distress call, stumbles across their plans. The RCS Musashi is an antique ship—a last-chance posting for the unmotivated and undisciplined in the Fleet.
But their captain, aging war hero Harrison Kane, believes that his crew of misfits can summon their talents to become the very best.
A disgraced XO…
an insubordinate bad-girl helmsman…
an arrogant and possibly psychotic telepath…
an engineer who relates emotionally only to machines…
a genetically engineered Marine Sergeant who strives to become a samurai warrior…
They will have to band together to stop the Valorian threat…
And stand together even when their own government stoops to betray them to appease the enemy.
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
Dad and long time struggling SF and fantasy writer hoping to delight my audience.
Jim Bowie and the Goddess of Love: Cascadian Ventures Novella One by Linda B. Myers
About Jim Bowie and the Goddess of Love: Cascadian Ventures Novella One by Linda B. Myers
Can the Pacific Northwest be saved from evil?
Find out now for just 99 CENTS!
Sale Saturday April 2 through April 9
Cascadia, a humanoid spirit created by First Female, leads a fast paced quest through history, mythology and sex education in this first fantasy in Cascadian Ventures, a series of magical reality novellas. She is trained in the use of lust by the hot goddess Helen of Troy, the art of the knife – and other things – by the eager Jim Bowie, and the nasty nature of humans by her female familiar.
Along with the help of a logging crew, a magic blade, a flying bear and a brave horse named Blue, Cascadia takes on a truly bad dude in her debut attempt to craft a better kind of human.
Buckle up for this sexy, scary, lighthearted trip through human emotion and behavior set in the Pacific Northwest and realms beyond.
This Fantasy book is available in these Formats: eBook
The Stonegate Sword by Harry James Fox
About The Stonegate Sword by Harry James Fox
This tale is about a lore-man named Donald. He has been schooled in the old writings, which are the surviving works of the 21st-century culture. From this sheltered background he is forced to learn to be a warrior. He falls in love with Rachel, then loses her when she is kidnapped by a band of mercenaries. Because her captivity was his fault, he sets out alone to search the Rocky Mountains in wintertime to try to rescue her. In the process he finds himself in the centre of a war. An invading army is on the move, and conquest is their intent.
Recent review:
A wonderfully told story of character, faith, and military action set in the future…which seems like the past!
Harry James Fox scores with a unique story that blends the past with an apocalyptic future to produce an adventure of character, faith, and military action.
The “old way” (our time as we know it) ended, and what now exists is a world of swords and shields, reminiscent of Medieval times. The Black Prophet is the ultimate evil, and the lands he controls know oppression, heavy taxation, and ruthless enforcement by the Raiders. The lands outside his reach have an easier life, but the Prophet is always trying to expand his territory.
The beginning of the story details how the lives of two dissimilar characters (Donald and Phillip) are damaged irreversibly by the Prophet. As the book follows these two lives, they eventually come together when both are fighting on the outnumbered side of good. Only solid military prowess and planning, coupled with technologies from the old way which are not fully understood, can hope to defeat the Prophet’s armies. Donald finds his love, Rachel, but she is captured by the Prophet’s minions due to his bad judgment. His heart forces him to set off alone to rescue her in the mountains of winter, in the face of an invading army.
Book is well written, and the author shows his command of the English language well. It also has an obvious Christian influence, in a way that is refreshing but not heavy-handed. It is obvious the author researched heavily into cavalry warfare from Medieval times, and the book “feels” very real. It is not a short read, but is worth the effort and sets up well for a sequel.
Review by Rob Ballister Military Writer’s Society of America
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Get This Fantasy Book From Amazon.
Visit the Author’s Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Author’s Twitter page.
Author Bio:
Harry James Fox is from the USA, born in Colorado. He was raised on a cattle ranch in the western, mountainous part of the state. In many ways, his early life was much more like the 19th century than the 20th. He can’t remember not being able to ride, since he was thrown on a horse’s back when he was still crawling. His parents taught him to be self-reliant and responsible, and brought him up in the Christian faith. In some ways it was a hard life, with lots of bumps and bruises and early responsibility. There was no modern conveniences. But he would not trade that early life for another.
He served in the US Army and spent a tour Vietnam during the war. Nearly 48 years ago he married his love, Carroll, and they have two sons and six grandchildren. He spent a career in natural resource management with the U.S. Department of the Interior. Upon retirement, they served as missionaries and lived in the Philippines and Thailand for awhile, then he decided to spend more time with writing, which always was an interest of his.
He likes the outdoors, playing with grandchildren, patriotic parades, horses, coffee, Earl Gray tea, green chiles from New Mexico. He doesn’t like chocolate, sweets, long speeches or needing reading glasses.
The book was an award-winning finalist in the 2015 International Book Awards.
The Cafe Birds: Boxed Set by Alicia Hope
About The Cafe Birds: Boxed Set by Alicia Hope:
This boxed set contains the complete 5 book series, and will appeal to readers who’ve enjoyed stories like Karen Joy Fowler’s THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB, and Carole Matthews’ THE CHOCOLATE LOVERS’ CLUB.
Five women calling themselves the Café Birds meet regularly to share the ups and downs of life, love, and bird ownership over skinny and not-so-skinny cappuccinos and cake. Each of them has a goal, be it absolution, reinvention, a second chance to make things right, or finding real love. And each has obstacles to overcome.
Paige’s marriage to a PTSD-afflicted soldier and her newly established business both hover on the brink, but will the solution to one push the other over the edge? A devastating discovery rocks the foundations of Caitlin’s world, thrusting her into the arms of an unconventional – did someone say imaginary? – new friend. Faced with an overly generous helping of secrets, a bad-tasting batch of guilty conscience, and a disagreeable serving of gluten intolerance, dinner party doyenne Megan has a lot on her plate. As does widowed single parent Nita, who takes drastic steps when she feels her life has come adrift and puts more than just her fastidiousness to the test. And gorgeous ‘match of the day’ Grace appears permanently typecast as trophy girlfriend to a succession of shallow suitors, a situation that can’t go on forever – not if her friends can help it!
A no-fail recipe: in five pretty cafés, blend women friends and their modern day dramas with to-die-for coffees and scrumptious cakes and serve. Bon appétit!
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
Alicia Hope lives in one of the most beautiful parts of Australia, surrounded by rainforest, rare birds, butterflies and marsupials. She shares her forest home with an author husband, Frank H Jordan, and her much-loved feathered muses, their two pet birds.
A bass player, scuba diver, bird, cat and horse lover, Alicia recently left her career in human resources to concentrate on writing contemporary fiction, stories featuring credible characters in realistic situations and (mostly) Australian settings. The Café Birds is her first foray into chick lit and was so much fun to write, it won’t be her last!
Hers are feel-good reads to curl up with on a rainy afternoon – or any time.
She suggests accompanying her books with a barista-quality espresso and a generous slab of fine chocolate, and wishes her readers, ‘Bon appétit!’
Sarah Winters: Finding A Path
About Sarah Winters: Finding A Path:
Sarah Winters is standing at the crossroads of her life’s path.
A major life decision needs to be made.
She has graduated from High School and now is the time where the real business of career direction starts. Her father, John Winters, is a founding partner of one of Chicago’s most prestigious law firms and her mother, Wilma Winters, is a prominent Realtor of inner city commercial and residential properties.
They are an established power couple well known in the city’s elite circles of wealth, politics and high society.
They expect big things for their only child and both parents want Sarah to follow their aspirational lead.
Sarah is unsure, she knows that when she makes a decision she’ll give it her all and will aim for the top and be the best in her field; it’s all she knows how to do. Her academic success has ensured her a place in any of the Ivy League colleges.
But try as she may; she can’t decide.
Sarah takes a gap year to travel to Europe and hopefully a revelation will strike her like a bolt of lightning, revealing to her a pre-ordained destiny and career direction. Well, that’s the plan anyway, or alternatively, she’ll happily resign herself to wandering international Youth Hostels until she discovers her passion and purpose in life.
That’s when she meets Leon.
Is Leon a good Samaritan, a godsend in her desperate hour of need? Is he Sarah’s long awaited kindred spirit and soulmate she wants to spend the rest of her life with, or something else more sinister?
Sarah Winters is a novella story of a young woman’s desire to find balance and purpose in her life. For Sarah, finding a career to pursue and falling in love is the best of both worlds.
All Rights Reserved Jason A. Briggs Copyright ©2016
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
Jason A. Briggs grew up in the city of Melbourne and Central Victoria, Australia. He studied Law at the University of Melbourne and twice received a national law award from the Law Council of Australia.
Jason is the Principal Lawyer for Jason A. Briggs Lawyers based in Melbourne: who prides itself on helping people in need and has been involved in some controversial cases with successful outcomes. Jason enjoys world travel, reading, fitness, movies and music.
Eye of the Storm
“There is no heartbeat . . . ” Those four words will stay with me forever.
Sadly about thirty percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage, and many of those women who have suffered this loss often grieve in silence.
This short novella details the experience of one woman’s loss during the early stages of a pregnancy. McGrath tells her story with full transparency, sharing all of her raw emotions and baring her soul through an incredibly difficult time.
This short account provides a heartfelt perspective on a subject that is sometimes still considered taboo.
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
Rachel McGrath grew up in Redcliffe, just by the seaside in Queensland, Australia. In her earlier years she studied business, and worked in both Melbourne and Brisbane, before moving to the United Kingdom in her early thirties.
She currently lives just north of London, in a Hertfordshire village, where she met and married her husband, and has a professional career in human resources. Rachel has always had a passion for writing both fiction and non-fiction.
Since her early teens, she has created many short stories as well as smaller pieces that have never been published. Finding the Rainbow is her first published work, a memoir capturing a difficult time in her life. She is passionate about sharing this with a wider audience.
Odyssey In A Teacup
A tut-tutting, big-breasted, modern-day gorgon; a humourless schoolmarm with an unfortunate name and freakishly long, yellow incisors (yeesh)—these are the kinds of people Ruth Roth regularly encounters. Add in daily dealings with an acerbic mother who squawks like a harpy, a father with a dodgy moral compass and a God complex, a bitchy mirror, and Ruth’s existence feels like a Greek tragicomedy.
The idiocy of daily life makes sense to Ruth when she develops a fascination with ancient mythology. She learns that the deviant gods and spectacular monsters of bygone myths are alive and well in the backwoods of our psyche; that there’s always one who escapes suppression and can have the whip hand in our lives. Ruth’s is one of the most unwelcome societal presences—the goddess of obscenity. And talk about ugly!
Ruth can relate to this immortal. Not in looks; Ruth is quite comely. But she feels unwelcome in her own family (she gatecrashed her mother’s womb only two months after her brother vacated it). Despite being labelled the ‘black sheep’, or maybe because of it, Ruth takes on her nemeses, bravely and brazenly (her dirty goddess doesn’t give a rat’s about social niceties). But our heroine is war-weary. And the yearning to fit in somewhere—anywhere—eventually undoes her. We must look on helplessly as Ruth loses her soul.
She wants it back, though!
Just as well the mad characters in her mind and experiences won’t quit. Just as well Ruth never loses her wry wit. And where her nearest and dearest attempt to keep her shrunken into a wholesome package of conformity, Ruth’s two closest girlfriends simply won’t allow it. And then there’s Ralph Brill.
Ruth’s hot-looking, eccentric cousin and best friend, Ralph is her staunchest ally. Also a misfit in his family, he has his share of problems including a st-t-t-tuttering brutish father, and an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder—Ralph needs to do everything twice, twice.
Ruth relies on his repeated encouragement and the support of her girlfriends as she embarks on an odyssey. A good homoeopathic dose of ancient mythology helps her find her way back through the sludgy shame and irrational fears choking her spirit. Then just when all seems well, Ruth faces an apocalypse …
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
Paula Houseman thought her life was, well … meh. Until she started fiction writing. What gushed forth onto the page made her realise her existence had not been mundane after all; it had been ridiculous!
Sure, she has a serious side. The concept of ‘identity’ had fascinated her for some time, and she exercised it as a graphic designer creating them for others through imagery. Then, at university (majoring in linguistics and sociology), she explored how word usage constructs our identities and realities. Paula applied her findings to an essay on women’s subjectivity, even won the 2007 UNSW United Association of Women Prize. And her honours thesis examined the archetypal significances in the words that shape our collectively authored cancer story.
But while she was digging around in ancient mythology where the archetypes live, Paula developed a kinship with a butt-ugly, potty-mouthed goddess, one who embodied a holy kind of dirty, showed her the absurdity of the human condition, taught her about the value of laughter, and is responsible for the bawdiness in her book, Odyssey in a Teacup.
Autism Goes to School
April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day.
We’re thrilled to announce that this Amazon bestselling novel is also a B.R.A.G. Medallion winner!
After suddenly receiving custody of his five year old son, Ben must learn how to be a dad. The fact that he’d even fathered a child was news to him. Not only does this mean restructuring his sixty-hour workweek and becoming responsible for another human being, but also Kyle has autism.
Enter the school system and a shaky beginning. Under the guidance of a gifted teacher, Ben and Kyle take tentative steps to becoming father and son.
Teacher Melanie Nicols sees Ben as a deadbeat dad, but grudgingly comes to admire how he hangs in, determined to learn for his son’s sake. Her admiration grows to more as father and son come to rely on Melanie being a part of their lives.
When parents receive the news that their child has autism, they spend countless hours researching the subject, usually at night, after an exhausting day. Teachers, when they hear that they’ll have a student with an autism spectrum disorder, also try to learn as much as they can. This novel was written for such parents and teachers – an entertaining read that offers information on autism and strategies that work.
Autism Goes to School is the first in a series of five books, all featuring a child with autism. Autism Belongs is available on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Autism-Belongs-School-Daze-Book-ebook/dp/B0184ZQMI6.
Autism Runs Away will be published in June, 2016.
Bonus Section
At the back of the book are links and references useful to parents and teachers.
What Are Reviewers Saying?
“A gem of a book”
” A true delight – Highly, highly recommended
Just couldn’t put it down”
“Highly informative and extremely helpful – Couldn’t take my eyes off it”
I loved this book from beginning to end – Just plain awesome
I could feel the author’s passion – What a great way to learn about autism
“Entertains, entrances & educates: 3 for the Price of One!”
“This wonderful book is about a Dad, Ben, meeting his autistic son Kyle for the very first time, when Mom dumps him suddenly on his doorstep, saying she can no longer take care of him. Through the eyes of Ben, we get a glimpse of both the challenges and joys of being a parent of a child who sees the world in different ways.”
“Unlike some stories that speak of autistic children, this one brings a wealth of hope and information! As we look over Ben’s shoulder, we see a glimpse of the learning tools currently being used in the classroom today, and we get glimpses of things that could be helpful in the day to day life of an autistic child.”
“I appreciated this story on several levels. First I enjoyed the story of Ben discovering what it means to be a parent, especially a single parent. Second, I enjoyed watching Kyle find his own means of success in this new and upside down world. “
“I enjoyed the glimpse into classroom life and options available today. Finally I enjoyed the quiet romance between Mel and Ben.”
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Author Bio:
Dr. Sharon A. Mitchell has worked in schools as a teacher, counselor and consultant for thirty years. Her Master’s and Doctorate degrees focused on autism. She has delivered workshops and seminars to thousands participants including at national conferences.
She is a co-author of the Amazon bestseller The Official Autism 101 Manual (http://www.autism101manual.com/). Hundreds of her articles and responses to questions appear on All Experts.com (http://www.allexperts.com/ep/1010-78033/Autism/Dr-Sharon-Mitchell.htm).
Life Sliding
Save 23% Now.
As his junior year in high school comes to an end, Gavin Bailey realizes his privileged world as the most popular kid in school is a lie. To make matters worse his father, feeling his overly-indulged son needs redirection, sends him off for the summer to assist at a camp for children with special needs.
Suddenly forced to dabble in a world less familiar, Gavin’s past catches up with him at Camp Lift Me Up. An event from his sophomore year comes to the forefront at the same time he encounters a strange girl with multi-colored fingernails who refuses to issue a waiver for his arrogant behavior.
Initially convinced he is the only one suffering, Gavin faces a summer of harsh lessons in reality and eventually determines to make a difference at school his senior year. With the help of old and new friends, he implements a plan to stir up the social order, but will they be able to survive the fallout of what they’ve put into motion?
Cutting. Death. Purging. Bullying. Hate Crimes. In the young adult novel Life Sliding, the struggles of high school are real
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
Native of Metro Atlanta, S.L. Mauldin served in a management capacity for numerous years. After discovering some personal musings from the past in an old trunk, he recounted his affinity for storytelling. Since then, he has penned a few novels and several screenplays, one of which was optioned to become a major motion picture. Currently, in between sleeping and dodging traffic, S. L. Mauldin is editing his recent novel ” Always Here ” while maintaining the hopes of rekindling an appeal to the stories like John Hughes once scribed. Real Issues. Real Life. Real Emotions.
Autism Belongs
April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day.
Manny is not like other children. He doesn’t talk. He doesn’t leave the house. His parents desperately try to arrange their world so that Manny does not get upset. Because, when he does, well, the aggression was getting worse. Too many times Tomas had to leave work to rescue his wife from the havoc of their son’s meltdowns. At ten, Manny was becoming difficult to handle.
Passing by a bakery made all the difference. There, they met people who understand autism, along with its strengths and challenges. They learn ways to help Manny communicate and socialize and to have his needs met. Dare they consider letting him go to school?
Meet Kyle, Ben, Mel and the other characters you read about in the Amazon bestseller Autism Goes to School and see how they’ve grown and progressed.
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Author Bio:
Author Dr. Sharon A. Mitchell has worked in schools as a teacher, counselor and consultant for thirty years. Her Master’s and Doctorate degrees focused on autism. She has delivered workshops and seminars to thousands participants including at national conferences.
Dr. Mitchell is author of the Amazon bestseller Autism Goes to School (http://www.amazon.com/Autism-Goes-School-Book-Daze/dp/0988055333)
and a co-author of the Amazon bestseller The Official Autism 101 Manual (http://www.autism101manual.com/). Hundreds of her articles and responses to questions appear on All Experts.com (http://www.allexperts.com/ep/1010-78033/Autism/Dr-Sharon-Mitchell.htm).
Murder in the Abbey
Murder in the Abbey is a leap across the English Channel into the path of the most ruthless adversary Maggie has faced yet. Situated in the rolling hills of England’s Cotswolds, The Abbey is a country resort that allows its guests to taste the pleasures of rank and prestige from a bygone era—until murder slams face first onto its welcome mat. When the victim turns out to be someone close to both Maggie and Laurent, they leave their vineyard in France to find answers. Once in England, they discover that the tranquil countryside of Shelley and Wadsworth can be every bit as treacherous as the most sinister backstreet of Marseilles. What Maggie also discovers is that if she ever hopes to live with her own guilt over the death she’ll need to find the killer–and preferably before she ends up face down in one of the Abbey’s picturesque fishing ponds.
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
Susan Kiernan-Lewis takes her passions–horses, France, cooking, travel, and writing–and puts them in novels that always involve an adventurous protagonist faced with the challenge of new and often dangerous situations.
Revisiting Evergreen
In the third book in the the Evergreen series, the family of Evergreen’s original owners return to help Kristy Stone honor Stephen Dickerson with a memorial scholarship. Their reunion is problematic, because Stephanie Dickerson Perry is hiding a terrible secret from her past that has led her to separate from her husband Neal. To keep her family in the dark, Stephanie has asked Neal to come with her to Evergreen and pretend that everything is fine between them. Determined to uncover her secret and win her back, Neal agrees. From her first day at Evergreen, Stephanie has the feeling that her ancestors might still be occupying the house. Will the kindred spirits at Evergreen give her the courage to tell the truth and put her marriage back together?
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
I’m a lifelong lover of the written word both as a reader and a writer. My professional writing career began with a weekly newspaper column for my hometown newspaper. I began writing fiction in my early twenties, choosing the romance genre because I enjoyed reading books by Victoria Holt as well as the Harlequin and Silhouette lines. In recent years, I’ve become addicted to cozy murder mysteries and read them in my spare time. Since 2009, I’ve been formatting e-books for “indie” authors and for two publishers as my full-time business, LK E-Book Formatting Service. I live in my hometown with my husband of 20 years. We enjoy taking trips to the N.C. mountains and drives on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The Road To Key West
Books is free for a limited time.
The Road to Key West is an adventurous/humorous sojourn that cavorts its way through the 1970s Caribbean, from Key West and the Bahamas, to Cuba and Central America.
In August of 1971, Kansas Stamps and Will Bell set out to become nothing more than commercial divers in the Florida Keys, but adventure, or misadventure, seems to dog them at every turn. They encounter a parade of bizarre characters, from part-time pirates and heartless larcenists, to Voodoo bokors, a wacky Jamaican soothsayer, and a handful of drug smugglers. Adding even more flavor to this Caribbean brew is a complicated romance, a lost Spanish treasure, and a pre antediluvian artifact created by a distant congregation who truly understood the term, “pyramid power.”
Pour yourself a margarita, sit back, and slide into the ‘70s for a while as you follow Kansas and Will through this cocktail of madcap adventures – on The Road To Key West.
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Author Bio:
Michael Reisig has been writing professionally for 20 years, with 13 novels to his credit. He is a former Caribbean adventurer who eventually became an award-winning columnist and a best-selling novelist. He attended college in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. After college he relocated to the Florida Keys, established a commercial diving business, and traveled extensively throughout the southern hemisphere, diving, treasure hunting, adventuring, and writing about his travels.
Reisig claims he has been thrown out of more countries in the Caribbean Basin than most people ever visit, and he admits that a great many of the situations and the characters in his novels are authentic, but nothing makes a great read like experience…
He now lives in the mountains of Arkansas, where he hunts and fishes, and writes, but he still escapes to the Caribbean for an occasional adventure
Go to amazon.com, or Michael’s website at michael-reisig.com, to learn more about his works.
Sleeping Brides
When Ronnie Whitmore, a compassionate rebel, dies on her wedding day, she is pulled into an otherworldly hideaway, a place where death becomes life. She is joined by four other sleeping brides. Their host, a man known as the Trickster, makes an astonishing proclamation. One of them will be sent back, alive and well, the tragedy that has befallen her no more. To be chosen, the brides must each share their story of love, no matter how cruel, dark, or stirring their story may be.
Ronnie is suspicious. She doesn’t trust that higher powers would disobey the laws of time and destiny so easily, but the choice is clear—speak or perish. She would die an eternity of deaths if it meant being next to the man she loves once more, and so she agrees to play the Trickster’s game.
But only one bride can go back. They must decide between them, and it must be unanimous. With sorrow and with wonder, the brides share their stories, each hopeful she will be chosen, each hopeful she will become more than ashes in a grave.
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
A. E. Scholer
FUN FACTS
Appeared in numerous movies and TV shows as a background actor.
Distantly related to the Royal Family of the Netherlands.
Her grandma is a cousin of the actors Gary and Jake Busey.
Lessons I’ve Learned in Life So Far
1.) Be An Individual
Don’t compromise your own values and beliefs to try to fit in. The status quo is overrated and unoriginal. It’s much more fun to be a rebel, so hold your ground. Don’t let other people decide for you.
2.) Don’t Engage in Gossip
What people gossip about is usually greatly exaggerated to suit the needs of the people telling the story. By nature, gossip is laced with insecurity and jealousy. Happy people have no need for gossip because they’re more focused on their own creative ambitions–like art, music, and education–than they are on promoting negativity.
3.) Think Happy Thoughts
Be it a metal gig, reading a book on a stormy night, or out clubbing with hotties, the definition of happiness varies from person to person. It’s much easier to be happy when you look at the world through its potential–those small things that bring some sort of peace and understanding to your heart.
4.) Don’t Lose Hope
Sometimes, when things go wrong, it’s a blessing in disguise, directing us towards another path or way of doing something that is much more prosperous and true. Not always. But sometimes. You just have to shake off a fall and keep your gaze forward.
5.) You Can’t Please Everyone
When you try to please everyone, it backfires. Not only is it emotionally exhausting, but people become so accustomed to you saying yes, they take it personally when you finally say no.
6.) Know the Definition of Friendship
A friend isn’t someone who only stands by your side as long as you give them what they want. A true friend respects you for who you are and is not someone who will try to tear you down. Ever. Keeping good, honest people around you is much better than trying to win the popularity vote.
7.) Don’t Dream–Act
No matter how big your ambitions are, they will never manifest if you don’t work hard to accomplish them. Even if it seems impossible, even if it may take years longer than expected, even if you fail over and over again, a dream is only gone when you stop trying.
Kissing My Old Life Au Revoir by Eliza Watson
About Kissing My Old Life Au Revoir by Eliza Watson:
Event planner Samantha Hunter is prepared for a few challenges when escorting a group of good ole boy beer distributors to Paris, the city of haute cuisine and fine wines. However, she doesn’t foresee being passed up for a promotion because she is too professional and doesn’t knock back beers with her clients.
Her focus soon switches from landing the well-deserved promotion to finding her free-spirited sister, who lives in Paris and has disappeared, leaving behind family secrets to be uncovered. A sexy puppeteer helps Samantha search for clues to her sister’s whereabouts and teaches her to embrace her inner child. And a funeral-crashing psychic demonstrates the importance of living life to the fullest. It takes Samantha’s life spiraling out of control for her to finally get a life.
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
When Eliza isn’t traveling for her job as an event planner, or tracing her ancestry roots through Ireland, she’s at home working on her next novel, bouncing ideas off her husband Mark, and her cats Quigley, Frankie, and Sammy. Eliza also writes romantic suspense and comedy under the name Eliza Daly and is a #1 Kindle Bestselling Author.
Skinless
Alice and Jonathan have a child, Liam, but Alice’s son brings her no joy. Something is very wrong. When Liam is eventually found to be seriously ill, the diagnosis tears the family apart. Alice is convinced she knows how to help her son, but Jonathan trusts the health care system and is determined to follow medical advice. Finally the only thing that binds the two of them is Liam himself, and the struggle to save him overwhelms them both. Nothing else matters, and their lives will never be the same.
Skinless is a powerful, unsparing and demanding story about a reality that touches the lives of many families.
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Author Bio:
Sandra Gustafsson was born in 1972. Her first book was the autobiographical narrative The Dandelion Kid (2006), presented in readings and conference discussions over the following seven years.
In 2006 LEVA! newspaper listed her among the year’s 100 most inspiring persons.
In 2007 The Dandelion Kid was shortlisted for Stockholm novel of the year.
In 2010 she published the psychological thriller Seared.
In May of 2014 her second psychological thriller The Rival appeared.
In August 2015 her third psychological thriller Skinless was released.
In November 2015 Seared was one of the finalists in the mystery/thriller category in “The Red City Review Book Awards”.
In February 2016 The Rival was one of the 2015 FINALISTS in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards.
Unmarked Vampire
Julian Laurent is not like other vampires. He is yet to receive his racial mark from the Lord of Immortals and as a result, his time studying at the Damned Academy will not be easy. Not only will he have to deal with the scorn of the other vampires, angels, demons and half-bloods at the university, but he will also have to work things out with Mia, an ex-girlfriend he can’t even remember. Julian thinks he knows the full extent of his problems but he soon realizes that there is much more at stake. The subverts are hunting him and want to kill him, and there is a dangerous power growing inside him — the likes of which no one should have. Thanks to another vampire, Ray, he will soon discover what the racial mark really is: a tool used by the Immortal Lord Blake Night to keep the rest of the immortals under his power. Freeing the other students from the influence of the mark will not be at all easy, particularly since Julian feels that he is linked to Blake by some kind of invisible thread. The reality is worse than he could possibly imagine.
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
Author Belinda Laj has always loved reading and she will read anything, although her preferred genre is urban fantasy. Reading and writing allows her to discover new worlds, alternative realities and supernatural creatures. Unmarked Vampire is her first novel and it has spent months as a top ranking book in the Italian Amazon classifications for Horror and Teens Fantasy.
Contact: belindalajautrice@gmail.com
The Gun Trial
☆NEW RELEASE BY TOP SELLING LEGAL THRILLER AUTHOR☆
~~ PRE-ORDER PRICE $2.99 ~~
Guns fire and lives shatter. Media wars and clashing egos drive a legally pivotal, riveting trial against gun sellers. A Dartmouth student’s death triggers a treacherous and deadly legal fight for justice against gun sellers. Only the small Los Angeles firm of Kraus & White will take on the difficult, cutting-edge case against the gun establishment, corporate oligarchs, and hostile media. Amidst internal strife at Krause & White, the lead trial lawyer Sophia Christopoulos and her colleagues battle parochialism and danger in Bakersfield, litigate against well-financed and corrupt opposing counsel, and overcome violent deaths. Fighting for her life and her firm’s survival, Sophia takes the case to its climactic trial in hostile Kern County, California. Scandal and treachery are compounded by demonstrations, deaths, and the the ratings-hungry media. Racial, ethnic, gender, and geographic tensions fuel the already volatile mix. The dramatic conclusion only serves to emphasize the ubiquity and difficulty of gun violence and guns themselves in America.
PREORDER NOW FOR for April 20th! Frist in series LETHAL LAWYERS on Amazon now.
Buy the book, and follow the author on social media:
Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author’s Website.
Buy the Book On Amazon.
Visit the Facebook Fan Page.
Visit the Twitter page.
Author Bio:
After a life time of writing poetry, books, nonfiction, and legal documents, it was author Ray Bradbury’s friendship and encouragement that finally inspired Dale E. Manolakas to pursue writing as a career. He taught her that the characters wrote the book–she didn’t.
Raised just outside Los Angeles by a surgeon father and a homemaker-author mother,
Dale E. Manolakas earned her B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles, and M.A., M.S., Ph.D. and J.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. She is a member of the California Bar, had the privilege of clerking for The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, was a litigator in two major Los Angeles law firms, and a senior appellate attorney at the California Court of Appeals, as well as an Administrative Law Judge.
Visit dalemanolakas.com
If you are a struggling author and want to learn how to do social media better click on our Social Media for authors page.
Are you on Pinterest? Come follow us and we will follow you back.
Come join our Awesome Facebook Group! We have a place for authors and readers that want to talk about marketing books.
Featured Books:
To see the most popular books head over to our Featured Books section.
Author Interviews:
Our most popular pages among authors is our author interviews. Other authors give out tips that help them promote their books. I highly encourage you to fill out an author interview.
Win Book Promotion:
You can take a chance and win some book promotion. Every month we have a contest to win free promotion. http://awesomebookpromotion.com/ebook-promotion/
Happy reading and happy writing
Vinny












