Reader's Shadow Issue 1 December 2012

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CONTENTS… Pages 1 - 2: Welcome letter Pages 3 - 5: Playing The Genetic Lottery Spotlight, Focus on Schizophrenia and Contest Pages 6 - 8: Read 2 Review’s Blogiversary contest Pages 9 - 10: Rogue Hunter: Inquest Spotlight and Merchandise Pages 11 - 13: Spectral Read-A-Thon Pages 14 - 15: Trapped On Draconica Spotlight and Tour Promotion Pages 16 - 17: Upcoming Events with Read 2 Review Pages 18 - 19: The Tribe's bride (The Necklace Chronicles) Spotlight Pages 20 - 21: If I Fail, A Jake Carrington Mystery Spotlight Pages 22 - 23: Normal For Norfolk Spotlight Pages 24 - 25: The Pit Stop Free Book Promotion Pages 26 - 27: Violation and Steps To Heaven Spotlight and Discount Offer Pages 28 - 29: Page Turner Blog Tours Promo & Upcoming Tours Pages 30 - 31: A Prescription For Delirium Spotlight for December Release Pages 32 - 33: Becoming Milla Blaire: Anomaly Spotlight and Contest Pages 34 - 35: Dance Of Shadows Promotion for February Release and Interview Page 36: Illuminate-Alive, She Cried Book Promotion Page 37: Murder On Mars Promotional Poster Pages 38 - 41: Vampire Blood Essay Page 42: I.O. Book Tours Advertising Page 43 - 44: The Wolf's Mate Book 4: Michael & Shyne Spotlight http://read2review.com/

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Page 45: Promo for The Lonely Book Club Page 46: As the World Ends Review Pages 47 - 48: Irresistible and Neptune’s Tears Spotlight Pages 49 - 50: Current Tours & Publicity for Tribute Books Page 51: Playing Havoc Book Promotion Pages 52 - 53: Seven Point Eight The First Chronicle Spotlight And Free Book Promotion Pages 54 - 56: Seven Point Eight The Second Chronicle Prologue Page 57: Application form to be in next issue Page 58: Feedback form We hope you enjoy this issue of Reader’s Shadow!

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Read 2 Review I never really know what to say when writing a thank you letter. In truth this is a thank you letter as well as a welcome letter. Welcome to the first monthly Read 2 Review magazine. We have achieved so much over the last year in part due to your continued support. Thank you.

We have been on some amazing adventures through the past year. There have been some incredible highs and yes a couple of lows but through it all our readers have supported us and we continue to gain more readers every day.

We have always strived to provide the best service that we can. We do this because we love reading and working with the authors who make many people happy. We've been given a staggering amount of support through the past year from the millions of books donated for review. We do promise to get there eventually! To the authors who have joined us for spotlights, guest posts, interviews and much more. Everyday offers a new exciting adventure one that we are glad you've been a part of over the past year.

When I started Read 2 Review my main goal was to offer the best service I could to any author who asked. I hope that this year I have done that. The goal going forward is to get bigger and stronger, to work with even more authors and to provide an even better service for everyone we work with.

I am proud of what Read 2 Review has achieved this year. It has been hard work but it hasn’t felt like work because I have loved every minute of it. Again, I want to thank you for being part of this amazing adventure.

This magazine that you are reading right now will be running on Read 2 Review site each month starting in November 2012. We are hoping for authors to be part of it with spotlights, guest posts, interviews, discount offers and much more. There is an application form at the back of this month magazine to apply to appear in next month’s edition. We really want not only to feature authors but bloggers and publishers too. If you’re interested please get in touch by using the form on the last page. Again, we want to make this the best experience we possibly can for everyone involved. Also, if you have any suggestions to improve the magazine please contact us. You can always, unless we’re on holiday, get us at our admin email.

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This gripping new novel explores the impacts of Schizophrenia on patients and the people who love them.

Caitlin Kane knows more about the impact of schizophrenia than most people could imagine. Both her parents were afflicted with the devastating mental illness, a disease that tends to run in families, and Caitlin and her brother grew up trying to navigate the chaos of living with two schizophrenics. Her tumultuous childhood left Caitlin determined to forge a peaceful and serene life for herself. Now 32, she is living her dream. Married to her best friend, she and her husband are raising two bright young children in the suburbs of Seattle. While her unusual upbringing has left Caitlin with emotional scars, she enjoys the love and support of her extended family and her challenging career as a pediatric nurse. But no matter how hard she tries, she can't shake the obsessive fear that the family illness will strike again, robbing her of

her mind or stealing away the sanity of one or both of her children.

Prologue: Every morning when I first wake up I wonder and I worry. Before getting out of bed, before registering my full, aching bladder, before remembering what day it is and what responsibilities await -- I assess myself for signs of the disease. I roll my eyes around the room, looking for phantoms that may have appeared while I was sleeping.

For odd, moving sights, like my dresser transformed into a rolling automobile or roaring lion. To make sure that the clock radio on my nightstand or the framed photos on the bookshelves haven't cloned themselves overnight and morphed into twins or even triplets.

Then I listen carefully. I hear Jason

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Then, once I'm sure I'm not hearing any unusual, strange sounds, I ask myself---silently so not to wake my sleeping husband----a series of questions.

Who am I? What's my address? Where do I work? How old are my children?

What's my husband's name? Who's the president? Only after the correct responses to the first five pop into my mind, and I chuckle to myself after answering "Calvin Coolidge" to the sixth question because I know good and well that Barack Obama currently resides in the White House, do I know I'm safe for another day. If I still have my sense of humor, and apparently my faculties, I've still escaped it.

Escaped the mental illness that afflicted and consumed my mother, my father and my brother. Escaped the schizophrenia that robbed them of their minds and me of a childhood.

I know that at 32 my chances of developing schizophrenia are miniscule and keep shrinking with every passing month. Despite that, I'm still obsessively terrified of developing the devastating mental illness that was an ever-present part of my formative years. It's shaped who I’ve become, and I've worked for more than half my life to recover from its impact. My father, mother and brother all lost the genetic lottery, and their misfortune continues to ripple through my life even today.

My name, at least the name I go by now, is Caitlin. That's the name I chose for myself 18 years ago when I fled my childhood home of horrors. I cast off

the name on my birth certificate for the new one in hopes of casting off the madness that was my family.

Chapter One: There are a lot of popular misconceptions swirling around about schizophrenia. Some people, especially those who are fortunate enough not to have had first-hand experience with this devastating, disabling mental illness, think schizophrenics suffer from a split, or two vastly different personalities. I imagine they picture someone like a benevolent, beloved school teacher who bakes cookies for the neighbours in her spare time turning into a vicious profanity spewing crone who butchers small cuddly animals with her bare hands during episodes. Others, who are steeped in popular culture, believe all schizophrenics are geniuses, like the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash. These kinds of misconceptions are annoying, but not surprising, considering there are so many mysteries about schizophrenia that have yet to be solved. Despite billions of dollars worth of research, scientists have not yet pinpointed the causes of schizophrenia, although they believe a combination of genetics, brain chemistry and brain abnormality are involved. They do know that there is a hereditary basis for the susceptibility of the disease, meaning that schizophrenia often runs in families. Unfortunately, it runs in mine......

Purchase links Some facts about Schizophrenia: * Schizophrenia affects 1 out of every 100 people; including both of Caitlin's parents. * A devastating mental illness,

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About Terri Morgan: Terri Morgan is a book junkie and freelance writer from Soquel California. She reads at least 3 books a week, and gets nervous if she doesn't have new reading material available.

When not reading, she is often found writing. Over the past three decades, her work has appeared in hundreds of different magazines, newspapers, newsletters and on websites. The author of 4 non-fiction books for young adults, and the co-author of four additional non-fiction volumes, Terri released her first novel, Playing the Genetic Lottery, as an e-book in late 2011. She is preparing to publish a paperback version in early 2012.

Playing The Genetic Lottery Contest The Read 2 Review November Magazine and Blogiversary Giveaways!

Terri Morgan has joined us this month for an amazing giveaway exclusively for the November Magazine!! Terri has donated three copies of Playing The Genetic Lottery.

To be entered for a chance to win one of the three copies all you have to do is send an email to us with the following details…  Name  Email Address  Preferred eBook format (E.g.

Kindle, Pdf…)  Why you think it is important to bring to light conditions like Schizophrenia Good Luck to all who enter!

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READ 2 REVIEW WANT TO SAY A MASSIVE THANK YOU!!

This past year has been amazing and we couldn’t have done it without our loyal readers and the fantastic authors, bloggers and publishers we have had the privilege to work with. It’s been incredible.

We have reached in excess of 70,000 unique visitors which is just amazing.

We always strive to bring the best to you and we hope that this year has been as good for all of you as it has been for us!

Turner Book Tours. Perfect timing for Christmas.

So without further ado we bring to you our BLOGIVERSARY 2012 CONTEST! Good luck to all who enter!!

USA/Canada Prize Bundle:

So we got to thinking what should we do to celebrate? Our Blogiversary contest was thought up and we are proud to bring it to you today! We have an amazing 40 prizes in each of our prize bundles, one for USA/Canada and one for International. With amazing books from an amazing host of authors! Please check the prize bundle for details of what is avaliable.

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CLICK HERE TO ENTER The full prize list for the USA/Canada prize bundle looks like this, please click on the titles for more information… * Becoming Milla Blaire: Anomaly by Candice Stockstell (Limited Edition Draft Prints) * Treasure Me By Christine Nolfi (print) * Drive By by Jim Carrington, Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas, This is Not Forgiveness by Celia Rees (signed copy), promotional material of posters/ postcards donated by Bloomsbury Publishing *Thrones Of Desire: Erotic Tales of Swords, Mist and Fire by Mitzi Szereto (Print) *A Prescription For Delirium by Noree Cosper (Print) *Playing Havoc by Steve Morris (print) *Juniper Crescent by Tony Graff (print) & poster of the main character, Oksanya. *Damaged Right Out Of The Box by Alan Felyk (eBook) *Killer Bytes by Alan Williams (eBook) * Dani Spevak Mystery Box Set (Codename: Dancer & Pointe Of No Return) by Amanda Brice (eBooks) * One Hundred Years of Vicissitude by Andrez Bergen (eBook) * A Stiff Kiss by Avery Olive (eBook) * Henrietta The Dragon Slayer by Beth Barany (eBook) * Bev Pettersen Box Set (Jockeys and Jewels, Color My Horse and Fillies and Females by Bev Pettersen (eBooks) * She Belongs to Me by Carmen DeSousa (eBook) * City Of Champions by Daniel Stanton (eBook)

* David Russell Box Set (Self’s Blossom, Explorations, Further Explorations, My Dream of Madonna/An Ecstatic Rendezvous) by David Russell (eBooks) * The Empire (print) and The Rebels by Elizabeth Lang (ebooks) * Gerald and the Wee People by Greta Burroughs (eBook) * Illuminate-Alive, She Cried by Jamie Haden (winners choice of eBook version) * Death Knell (Print) & When, Were, & Howl Episode 1 by Jeanette Raleigh (eBook) * Neville Landsowne Box Set (Doodling and Scribbling) by Jonathan Gould (eBooks) * KaSonndra Leigh Boxset (When Copper Suns Fall, Hacienda Moon,Dark Seraphine & When Silver Moons Rise) by KaSonndra Leigh (eBooks) * Kathryn Meyer Griffith Box Set (Witches-Revised Author’s Edition,Egyptian Heart, Evil Stalks The Night-Revised Author’s Edition, Dinosaur Lake) by Kathryn Meyer Griffith (eBooks) * The Lurking Man by Keith Rommel (eBook) * Rogue Hunter: Inquest (ebook) & Merchandise by Kevis Hendrickson * Louann Carroll Box Set (Gemini Rising and A Shadow of Time) by Louann Carroll (eBooks) * The Zombie Story by M.M. Shelley (ebook) * If I Fail, A Jake Carrington Mystery by Marian Lanouette (winners choice of eBook format) * A Ranger’s Tale & Serenya’s Song by Misty Parker (eBooks) * At What Price by Penny Estelle (eBook) * The Wolf’s Mate Book 4: Michael & Shyne (eBook) OR a book from backlist by R.E. Butler $5 Gift card for Amazon * Playing The Genetic Lottery by Terri Morgan (ebook)

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Read 2 Review * Where There Were No Innocents & Overload by Thomas Drinkard (eBooks * Tribute Books Box Set (The Color of Snow by Brenda Stanley, Night Sky by Jolene Perry, Knee Deep by Jolene Perry, Until Next Time (The Angel Chronicles #1) by Amy Lignor, Gilded Wings (The Angel Chronicles, #2) by Amy Lignor, Spectral by Shannon Duffy, Owlet (Society of Feathers #1) by Emma Michaels, The Priest and the Peaches by Larry Peterson, Back to Bataan by Jerome Charyn) (eBooks) donated by Tribute Books * Violation by Wendy Cartmell (ebook) * Bone Dressing by Michelle Brooks (smashwords coupon) * Winner’s Choice of ANY book (up to $10) from Amazon.com (eBook/Mobi) Donated by Suzie Welker * Read N Win Tour Package (authors only) donated by Page Turner Book Tours * Feature pages in Reader’s Shadow (Please be aware that if you don’t live in the USA or Canada and enter this contest your entry will be invalid) International Prize Bundle:

CLICK HERE TO ENTER The International Prize list is almost exactly the same as the one for USA/Canada except for the following changes: * Dark Ride & Cracks by Caroline Green (print) donated by Piccadilly Press In place of: *Thrones Of Desire: Erotic Tales of Swords, Mist and Fire by Mitzi Szereto (Print) This is due to postage restrictions.

(Please be aware that if you aren’t an International entrant and enter this contest your entry will be invalid)

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LUST AND FURY COLLIDE IN A GALAXY ON THE VERGE OF WAR. Fearing retribution from ruthless gangsters over an unsettled debt, intergalactic bounty hunter Zyra Zanr ventures to a distant world to collect the reward for Boris Skringler, a notorious terrorist, who has been sentenced to death by political rivals of the InterGalactic Alliance. When she fails to secure his release, she decides to break him out of prison. Zyra soon finds herself an unwilling participant in events that lead to a climactic showdown between the most powerful worlds in the galaxy.

Skringler gives way to lust, unravelling her plans. Will Zyra give into her passion and allow Skringler to go free?

Or will she surrender him to her enemies to stop an impending war?

The fate of billions depend on whether she chooses life for a killer or the death of her lover.

Torn between her desperation to rid herself of the threats to her life and her guilt in agitating the conflict between two galactic superpowers, Zyra is horrified to learn that the lives of an entire world of people hinge on her ability to return Skringler to his captors. However, her distrust of

Kevis Hendrickson is an aspiring filmmaker who has penned three fulllength novels, one novella, one epic poem, and eight short stories.

Hendrickson lives in sunny Miami, Florida U.S.A.

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Zyra Zanr Poster Available in different sizes and paper type.

'One Sword' Stein Mug Available in different quantities.

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Tribute Books Presents their first Read-A-Thon, come and join in the fun!

It’s here! The official sign up for the ‘Spectral’ Read-a-thon! A 15-day celebration of Shannon’s book – as we re-read it together and focus on a couple of chapters every Monday through Friday from November 1st through November 21st. All you have to do to participate is purchase ‘Spectral’ and read along with us.

We’d love for you to leave comments on our daily posts at the ‘Spectral’ blog and tweet us under the #Spectral hashtag and leave shoutouts to Shannon at @ShannonDuffyLit – and of course, we’ll have giveaway surprises for those who follow along.

Sign up at the linky below, and help us spread the word. If you don’t have a blog, use Facebook, Twitter or Goodreads. Having a blog is not required. Be sure to grab the button at the top of this post.

Sign up HERE Prizes:

from Shannon 'Spectral' romance cards, bookmarks, t-shirt, necklace

from E! Entertainment Television's Ken Baker 'Fangirl' paperback

from Rachel Harris 'My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century' 1 eBook (international), 1 paperback (U.S.), 12 signed bookmarks (international)

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from Kelly Hashway 'Touch of Death' swag: compact mirror with the 13th sign of the zodiac, bookmarks, stickers

from Emma Michaels 'Owlet' bookmarks and stickers

from Amy Lignor 'Until Next Time: The Angel Chronicles, Book 1' eBook

from Brenda Stanley 'The Color of Snow' eBook

from L.M. Preston 'The Pack: Retribution' paperback

from Michael Loring 'Dehumanized' Kindle eBook

from Pavarti K. Tyler 'Two Moons of Sera: Volumes 1 and 2' eBook

from Laxmi Hariharan 'The Destiny of Shaitan' eBook

from Meradeth Houston 'Colors Like Memories' eBook

from Beverly Stowe McClure 'Rebel in Blue Jeans' paperback, a tiny stuffed puppy and bookmarks

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from Eric Devine 'Tap Out' paperback

from Larry Peterson 'The Priest and the Peaches' eBook Let’s hit the road with Jewel!

November 1: Chapters 1, 2 & 3 November 2: Chapters 4 & 5 November 5: Chapters 6 & 7 November 6: Chapters 8 & 9 November 7: Chapters 10 & 11 November 8: Chapters 12 & 13 November 9: Chapters 14 & 15 November 12: Chapters 16 & 17 November 13: Chapters 18 & 19 November 14: Chapters 20 & 21 November 15: Chapters 22 & 23 November 16: Chapters 24 & 25 November 19: Chapters 26 & 27 November 20: Chapters 28 & 29 November 21: Chapters 30, 31 & 32

magical powers claiming to be her guardian . . . and warning of imminent danger. Despite the obvious sparks between them, Jewel discovers a relationship is forbidden, and the more she learns about dark, brooding Roman, she begins to question who she can even believe — the family who raised her, or the supposed sworn protector who claims they’ve been lying to her all along.

As she struggles to uncover who her family has really been running from, she is forced to hide her birthmark that reveals who she is. With new realities surfacing, unexplained powers appearing, and two tempting boys vying for her heart, Jewel battles to learn who she can trust in an ever growing sea of lies, hoping she’ll make it through her seventeenth birthday alive.

Sign up HERE Spectral by Shannon Duffy Convinced she’s a part of the witness protection program, sixteen-year-old Jewel Rose is shuffled around the globe with her family like a pack of traveling gypsies. After arriving at lucky home twenty-seven, she stumbles upon a mysterious boy with

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Trapped On Draconica Touring November 2012! Come and check it out!

Ben is just your typical teenager – loud, obnoxious and always getting himself into hot water. Coming from a troubled household, it’s no wonder Ben’s been on the wrong side of the tracks lately. Ben thinks that his troubles can't possibly get any worse.

How wrong he is...

Mysteriously teleported to the world of Draconica, the homeland of the Dragons, Ben gets caught up in an invasion by the Baalarian Empire – who are hell-bent on capturing him.

But what did Ben ever do to upset them?

Little does Ben realise that his role in this battle is far more vital than he realises – and that his coming here was no accident. So he embarks on a journey that will change his life forever.

Written by Dan Wright and featuring anime artwork by Alexis M. Centeno, Trapped on Draconica is an epic fantasy adventure that takes you on an incredible journey that you want to visit again and again.

With no idea how he got here – and with intentions only on getting home, Ben embarks on a fantastical journey.

Joining forces with the Dragonkin sisters Daniar and Erowin, Ben must help them take down the Empire before their dark grasp tightens across the land. http://read2review.com/

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19th Nov – Unwritten – Character Interviews 20th Nov – Sasha Summers – Guest Post (my love of Greek Mythology)

Be sure to make a note of the dates and check out the sites to take part in this tour. Read 2 Review are proud to be joining Dan on the 25th November.

21st Nov – Sheena Freitas – Guest Post (Manga influences)

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22nd Nov – Michelle Horst – Guest Post (subject tbc) 23rd Nov – Alana Woods – Alana Woods - Interview 24th Nov – TBC 25th Nov – Read2Review - Science Versus Magic Dan Wright is also hosting two awesome contest to go with the tour… * Each stop will be giving away a limited edition eBook; you will need to check the blogs for their contests on the dates mentioned above. This limited edition will feature a preview for the second book in the series.

Dan lives in the UK, his hometown being Canterbury, Kent. A huge fan of both Fantasy and Manga, he has a style that combines both within his writing, which lets him tell stories that are both dramatic and tongue-in-cheek at the same time. Dan also runs his own website, blog and even a wiki page that goes into detail of the world of Draconica. He is also a book reviewer, which he does independently and on his website and at Read2Review.

Authors who have inspired Dan are Douglas Adams, J.R.R Tolkien, Harlan Ellison, Alan Moore, Joss Whedon and Hiromu Arakawa.

* Dan will also be hosting a simply amazing prize bundle, through Rafflecopter, links will on the sites.

This prize bundle will include the following…

- 1 X Signed copy of Trapped on Draconica - 1X One page mini-comic extra - 1X Trapped on Draconica T-shirt - 1X Signed piece of artwork by Alexis M Centeno herself.

- 1X Artwork book showing character sketches and an interview with the artist.

- 1X Scrapbook containing teaser artwork/character profiles for the sequel novel Legacy of the Dragonkin.

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We have a lot to come during November 2012 and we want you to enjoy the events with us!

November 1st: * Read 2 Review’s 1st Year Blogiversary Contest * Reader’s Shadow Issue 1 comes out * Partner In Crime Tour: Dangerous Past by A.F. Ebbers (Guest Post and Spotlight)

* Cruel Justice by Mel Comley (Spotlight) November 8th: * Halloween Heat by Rachel Firasek (Spotlight) November 9th: * Ali Sparks joins us

November 2nd: * R.E. Butler joins us for a Guest Post November 3rd: * Soul Screams by Sara-Jayne Townsend (Spotlight) November 4th: * Terri Morgan joins us for a Guest Post

November 10th: * Sign up for The Tide Breaker Virtual blog tour hosted by Page Turner Book Tours November 11th: * Sign up for Shadow Man (Lash Series, Book 2) Virtual blog tour hosted by Page Turner Book Tours November 12th:

November 5th: * Book And Trailer Showcase Tour: Aria: Left Luggage by Geoff Nelder (Spotlight) November 6th: * Blood Bond by Heather Hildenbrand (Spotlight)

* Great Minds Think Aloud Tour: Mirror Bound by Leanne Herrera (Spotlight) November 13th: * Further Blogiversary Contest Promotion November 15th:

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Read 2 Review * Partner In Crime Tour: Sasha Plotkin's Deceit by Vaughn Sherman (Spotlight) November 17th: * Book And Trailer Showcase Tour: Make Old Bones by Leslie S. Talley (Spotlight)

We are always on the lookout for new and exciting posts to feature on Read 2 Review. We would love for you to join us! We also like to promo any blogger events that are happening. If you would like to join us at Read 2 Review please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you!

November 19th: * Great Minds Think Aloud Tour: Phantom Dreams by T.K. Harris (Guest Post) November 20th: * Book And Trailer Showcase Tour: City Of Thieves by Audrey Cuff Ed.D. (Review) November 25th: * Trapped On Draconica Tour: Trapped On Draconica by Dan Wright (Guest Post) November 27th: * Partner In Crime Tour: Murder Takes Time by Giacomo Giammatteo (Review and Guest Post) November 28th: * Book And Trailer Showcase Tour: A Man To Trust by Cheryl Yeko (Blurb Blitz) As correct and up to date on October 29th.

Read 2 Review’s Must Read Programme…

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We have tailored the plan to push your books on several different social media networks and also promote you heavily on our website.

We will never charge you for the team reading and reviewing a book, however with our ever growing book list we have introduced a priority read and review section to this plan. This we feel will help to push book sales and encourage people to try your work.

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“I really enjoyed reading The Tribe’s Bride. I loved the history throughout the storyline of the book. The element of time travel added another level of suspense. I found the book very interesting and easy to read! I cannot wait for the next one!” Erica Ortega, R.E. Butler's Website When a university job interview goes south, Carrie Wade isn’t certain that she’ll ever find work in her field of ancient Native American Culture.

Knowing the only job waiting for her is waitressing at a coffee house, Carrie indulges in a post-disappointment shopping trip. An old necklace in an antique store window catches her eye and she immediately feels as if she cannot walk away without owning it.

The very last thing she needs to do is squander her savings by investing in a necklace that may have, at one time, belonged to one of the tribes she studied…but she can’t help herself.

When she tries on the precious necklace at home, she passes out and wakes up in

the tent of the necklace’s original owners, three Native American tribesmen from the late 1600s. Will she be able to get back home to the future or will she find out that the one place she was always meant to be was back in time as the tribe’s bride?

This novella contains m/f/m/m interaction, three handsome brothers that will do anything for each other and their woman, and a magical necklace that brings them all together.

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The Gigolo’s Bride (The Necklace Chronicles, Book 2)

A Midwesterner by birth, R.E. spent much of her childhood rewriting her favorite books to include herself as the main character. Later, she graduated on to writing her own books after "retiring" from her day job as a secretary to become a stay-at-home mom. When not playing with her kids, wrestling her dogs out the door, or cooking dinner for her family, you'll find her typing furiously and growling obscenities to the characters on the screen. Her bestselling series, The Wolf's Mate, The Wiccan-Were-Bear series, and The Necklace Chronicles are available now.

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Amazon USA Sold into slavery.... Only one person can truly set former sex slave Eden Atarn free: his soul mate.

Taken from her planet.... When Ashleigh Turner receives a beautiful necklace as a gift from a secret admirer, she has no idea who it came from. When another delivery shows up at her home, instead of finding out who sent her the necklace, she finds herself transported onto an alien spaceship as it speeds her away from earth.

Will she be what he needs or find herself a slave as well... On a planet where forced prostitution is a punishment and young adults are sold by their families for money, Ashleigh must decide if she can be what Eden needs when she comes face to face with what he once was. Will she always want to go home, or will she find that the place she longs to be most is in Eden's arms?

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Are rules really meant to be broken?

Jake Carrington finds out the hard way and the answer is no! Dating Chloe Wagner was a huge mistake, and Jake should have known better—he’s investigating the murder of Chloe’s sister. Now Chloe is the number one suspect in that murder. If she’s convicted, Jake could lose not only his rank, but his job. If that’s not bad enough, he’s got a stalker on his hands, someone who’s threatening his fledgling relationship with the lovely Mia. Things are getting just a little too personal for comfort!

Mini excerpt: On days like this, Jake questioned if there was a God. He held the broken, lifeless body of the infant girl in his arms, tears running down his face. He didn’t try to hide them. Jake’s emotions reflected in the eyes of everyone. His partner Louie turned

away and kicked the chair. Jake knew this horror would live with each of them for the rest of their lives.

Keith Amara, the morgue assistant, tapped Jake on the shoulder. “I’ll take her.”

“She didn’t have a chance.” Jake handed her to Keith.

“No, she didn’t.”

He lay the child on the stretcher with such care that Jake’s respect for Keith increased immensely. Jake reached down and pulled the sheet up over the baby to conceal her from the morbid crowd that waited in the street below.

He never understood the fascination of the onlookers at each crime scene. He believed they hoped to view the body so they could talk about the gruesome details, get their fifteen minutes of fame. Some would offer up a silent

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Jake composed himself. Turning to face the suspect, he fisted his hands at his side to contain his fury. The line of the law could be blurred here, Jake understood. Each officer wanted a piece of the creep. Knowing he had to keep a tight rein over the situation, Jake held his voice level when he spoke to Washington. He saw no humanity in the suspect; his act alone proved Washington had none. Looking into Washington’s eyes he observed they were dead, like the child he’d killed. He wore a dirty, wrinkled cotton T-shirt with stained jeans. The front of the jeans showed a large, wet patch where Washington pissed himself. The only thing this creep cared about was his next fix.

Jake walked to the body, reached down and uncovered it, and forced himself to look at the baby again. Her head, crushed in on the left side, reminded Jake of a broken hardboiled egg. He could estimate the amount of force that was required to cause such a wound, yet the baby didn’t die immediately. She had lain there suffering until one of the older children snuck out of the apartment and got a neighbor to call the police.

did miss her cherished friends terribly; she's thankful, they are still friends today. The four of them refer to each other as the cradle to the grave friends.

At the age of eight she wrote every day, whether it be a poem, a short story or in her journal. An eighth grade assignment got her published. Though she failed the assignment, the nun was impressed with her poem. It was supposed to be a four line poem, but she couldn't still her pen. The Beach her first official published work is still her favorite though much longer than four lines. It was the nun who submitted the poem for her to the local paper. Thus, the writer was born.

Marian's first book If I Fail, A Jake Carrington Mystery released on September 7, 2012; and will be followed up in January 2013 with the second book in the series, Burn in Hell, A Jake Carrington Mystery. Each book's a mystery with romantic elements, because to quote Marian, "Life is both mysterious and romantic."

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The quirky new crime novel by Mitzi Szereto and Teddy Tedaloo!

Website Available in print and for download on the Kindle and Nook e-readers Blurb: Pub landlords are being murdered in Norfolk!

Thelonious T. Bear, ursine photojournalist, leaves behind the big city life of London to take an assignment in the Norfolk countryside, where he hopes to find the real England. Instead he stumbles upon gastro-pubs, crazed Audi drivers and murder. As the hapless Thelonious keeps ending up in the wrong place at the wrong time, he attracts the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Horatio Sidebottom of Norfolk Constabulary CID, who’s determined

to tie Thelonious to the crimes. Add in a pair of hoods from London’s East End, celebrity TV chef Paolo Louis Black, and plenty of oddball local characters and it all adds up to a madcap journey through England’s most quirky county, where everything is normal for Norfolk!

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Read 2 Review Amazon France Amazon Germany Amazon Spain Amazon Italy Amazon Japan Barnes and Noble Bookworld Australia About Mitzi: MITZI SZERETO is an author of multigenre fiction and non-fiction, blogger for ERRANT RAMBLINGS: MITZI SZERETO’S WEBLOG, and creator/presenter of MITZI TV, which brings you all things quirky and London.

Her books include THRONES OF DESIRE: EROTIC TALES OF SWORDS, MIST AND FIRE; PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: HIDDEN LUSTS; RED VELVET AND ABSINTHE: PARANORMAL EROTIC ROMANCE; IN SLEEPING BEAUTY’S BED: EROTIC FAIRY TALES; GETTING EVEN: REVENGE STORIES; DYING FOR IT: TALES OF SEX & DEATH; WICKED: SEXY TALES OF LEGENDARY LOVERS; SILK SHEETS: COLLECTED STORIES OF MITZI SZERETO; THE NEW BLACK LACE BOOK OF WOMEN’S SEXUAL FANTASIES; EROTIC FAIRY TALES: A ROMP THROUGH THE CLASSICS; the EROTIC TRAVEL TALES anthology series; THE WORLD’S BEST SEX WRITING 2005; and the M. S. VALENTINE erotic novels. She also has a number of titles available exclusively for download on the Amazon Kindle and Nook ereaders.

Her work has been translated into several languages. Mitzi has pioneered erotic writing workshops in the UK and mainland Europe, teaching them from the Cheltenham Festival of Literature to the Greek islands. She’s also lectured in creative writing at several British universities. She’s been featured in publications ranging from the Sunday Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, Times, Observer, Toronto Star, The London Paper, Company Magazine, Dare Magazine, Family Circle, Writing Magazine, Scarlet Magazine, and Forum, to Bravo UK Television, Telecinco TV 5 (Madrid), Talk Radio Europe, Newstalk Ireland, FM4 ORF (Vienna), and BBC Radio. Her anthology Erotic Travel Tales 2 is the first anthology of erotica to feature a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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Normal for Norfolk is his first novel.

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The Pit Stop by Carmen DeSousa, a FREE mini mystery with a paranormal edge.

When what seems like a normal pit stop turns to more than just gas and food, a lost couple finds themselves searching for the truth of a twentyyear-old mystery that may cost them their life.

Links: Download you FREE copy of THE PIT STOP now: Amazon Amazon UK iTunes Smashwords Author Bio: While Carmen DeSousa does not write "Christian" books, she does share her characters' Christian beliefs. Her characters are real people who come with real flaws; no perfect people allowed.

overflowing with romance, mystery, suspense, and of course, tragedy. After all, what would a fairytale be without a tragic event setting the stage? All of her novels are sensual, but not erotic, gripping but not graphic and will hopefully make you cry, laugh, love, and hope.

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The Pit Stop (This Stop Could be Life or Death) Prologue The ancient train-car looked innocent enough, but the lack of surrounding cars gave Gino Canale pause as he opened the door of his silver rental. The GPS Sheila and he had been using had directed them off the highway in search of gas. But there were no gas stations around, just this one structure in the outskirts of this Northern California town.

Sheila opened her door, but he waved her off. “Stay in the car. Let me check this place out.”

As usual, she did what she wanted and jumped out anyway. “I have to go. I’ve had to go since that last exit you ignored.”

“Fine,” Gino replied, walking toward the entrance, Sheila on his heels. He listened for sounds, but heard nothing.

“What do you think?”

“I think I need a bathroom—bad!”

Gino reached for the knob, but before he could turn the handle, the door screeched open as if the wind had pushed it. A faint sound of bells on the door sounded over his head. “Hello?” he called. His voice faded into the stillness of the store. The only noise came from the creaking of the wood planks below the new Crocs his wife had talked him into buying. “Is anyone here?” he called again.

A crackling sound started up behind the counter. Someone had turned on an old AM radio. The music that emanated was reminiscent of old 50’s style music his grandfather loved.

“Afternoon,” a man called out in a hoarse voice, popping up from behind the register. “You kids aren’t from around here, are ya?”

“Uh, no, sir,” Gino stuttered, not sure why he couldn’t find his voice. “We’re heading to a wedding, and we just ran low on gas and were wondering if there was a gas station around here.”

The man chuckled. “Son, you don’t need gas. You got a full tank.”

Gino shook his head. “Excuse me, how would—” Sheila tugged on his arm and gave him the look he knew all too well; they’d stopped a hundred times on this trip. “Sir, is there a restroom my wife could use?”

“Round back, but she doesn’t have to go.”

“Joe?” An older woman stepped through a doorway on the other side of the room.

Gino gasped and grabbed Sheila’s hand, pulling her toward the door. “Let’s get out of here.”

“But—” “Trust me. Something isn’t right.”

The old man stepped around the counter. “Just a couple of lost souls, Martha.” As the man moved toward them, Gino could feel beads of sweat dampen his forehead, but the man just opened the door, allowing them to leave.

“We’ll see yens back here soon.” He lowered his head and looked Gino deep in the eyes. “Don’t you recognize me, son?”

Gino pushed Sheila through the doorway toward their vehicle.

“What the heck are you doing, Gino?”

Gino’s heart pounded in his chest. “That was my Grandpa Joe. He died twenty years ago.”

“You made me want more.

Downloaded The Pit Stop.”

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“As for Crane himself, he’s a charismatic leading man who clearly has the legs to support a whole franchise. Crane is one of the more interesting new genre protagonists I’ve encountered in quite a while and he’s just one of a cast of wellrealised characters.” Chris Algernon, Indie Book Spot Violation is the new Sgt Major Crane Novel. Crane is unwillingly dragged into an Aldershot Police investigation after a young girl is raped and murdered, because witnesses describe the attacker as a young soldier. Can Crane stop the rapist before he strikes again, whilst simultaneously working on his own case - the repeated rape and bullying of a soldier on Aldershot Garrison?

Amazon About Wendy Cartmell: I was a Primary School Teacher before leaving England to settle in Spain nearly five years ago. I previously worked in Sales, Marketing and Public Relations for large and small companies. I now

write crime novels featuring Sgt Major Crane a detective in the Special Investigations Branch of the British Army, based on Aldershot Garrison. My inspiration for Sergeant Major Crane was my love of crime writing and my husband’s 22 years of service in the British Army.

My children's books featuring Professor Letters and Wilhelmina the Witch are also now published in ebook format on Amazon.

I attend a lively Writing Group who unashamedly meets at beautiful beach side cafes on the Costa del Sol.

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A young soldier murders his wife and six year old son and then commits suicide, after recently returning from Afghanistan. As Crane investigates he finds the soldier had links with a local church. As the body count rises, events take a darker turn and he wonders what the churches are offering - salvation, or slaughter?

breath, the book beginning with a double homicide/suicide and continuing into the investigation smoothly. It becomes apparent quickly that though it may seem on the surface that the young soldier had a domestic dispute gone horribly wrong, that there may be something much more sinister afoot.

Enter Sgt Major Crane, an observant, intellectual investigator that digs further into what everyone is willing to write off, (at first), as an open and shut case. A very well written book. I am impressed with the author's ability and am convinced that she is on par with the literary giants of this genre.”

ZenCherry, Author and Book Reviewer “STEPS TO HEAVEN - Moreish! I found this novel fast paced & moreish! It was very descriptive in all areas & the characters easily visualised. Sgt Major Crane is like a terrier - not letting go until he finds out the truth & his detective work is very thorough.

Looking forward to the next in the series” Dixie, Spain

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The Tide Breaker by Sonya Watson Blurb: Once upon a time, there was a sixteen year-old girl that lost both her parents under unusual circumstances.

Abrianna was lonely and found some comfort in the arms of her boyfriend, Michael. Life turned grim when she realizes that a man, who was once the enforcer of fate, wanted her to die. The disgraced enforcer had taken great steps to ensure Abrianna’s death and planned to do this by enlisting the help of humans and creatures without their knowledge. Evil had washed over the land the humans named Dainesville.

Abrianna had the power to heal the land and when she did she would return prosperity to the lives of the townspeople. When the time came for Abrianna to stand alongside her halfbrother, Stephen, to fight the coming evil she did so without hesitation. Life ended. Darkness fell. Love faded. The End? Amazon UK Amazon USA

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However, was unable to pursue it since she lived in a country where writing was impractical. She rediscovered the art during third year at York University.

Kinesiology, the program she was enrolled in, was no longer simulating and found herself questioning her purpose in life. This led her to poetry and poetry led her to writing novels.

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A Prescription for Delirium will be released on December 1st, 2012.

Ninety years ago, Gabriella di Luca promised to protect the family of her dying lover. She failed to keep that promise. She was too far away to stop the devil that murdered the eldest Van Helsing son. Years later, Gabby learns the devil has resurfaced. She arrives in Hampton, TX, determined to stop the devil before it can lay a bloody hand on the remaining three brothers.

However, madness is spreading through Hampton. She suspects the devil is using this madness to test a drug which has a side effect of demonic possession. Gabby rushes to end the source of the madness only to fall victim to it. For a woman cursed with eternal life, dying is no threat.

However, Gabby must stop the devil's plot or risk losing her most precious possession: her mind.

Edited by Kevin Hosey and Evelyn Welle Published by Cliffhanger Books

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Suspenseful, heartwarming and scary as hell, they’ll grip your heart and haunt you for days.

PARAMOURTAL includes this story: The Flower of Hell by Noree Cosper: When Gabriella, a demon hunter, meets the very handsome Dimitri, it rekindles long forgotten desires. But those desires may get them killed.

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Anomaly, is the first of three books in the Becoming Milla Blaire: Sci-fi Thriller series.

What if you learned that everything you've ever believed was a LIE...What if the TRUTH could destroy the entire world?

Milla Blaire, a stunning beauty recovering from the scorn of life under the limelight, gets the hard-core truth about the laws of Cause & Effect, when she sets off cross country for a VIP event, but instead ends up in another world. There, she learns that some beauty is beyond skin deep when she comes face to face with the unknown and uncovers a shocking truth of existence.

En route, she encounters Aden Dilees, a mysteriously handsome heir with less than graceful charm. With Milla’s celebrity status and Aden’s unacceptable arrogance, it’s no wonder why they get off to a bad start. But when forced to endure each other’s company on a turbulent flight, they Check out the Video Trailer at the official Becoming Milla Blaire Website

undoubtedly fall in love… and into the realm of a parallel universe.

Once on solid ground, the confusion sets in. Aden's identity is revealed as an elite member of a secret society with an unimaginable secret and Milla gets a make-over that she’ll never forget. A slew of paranormal occurrences follow leaving her to question her own sanity, but when she witnesses a supernatural event, she becomes the hunted... and the truth begins to unfold.

Allies and enemies arise, and love is on the line. Milla Blaire doesn’t know what to believe or whom to trust, but she must make a choice. As she gets closer to uncovering the truth, one thing is for certain. Chaos is inevitable when the limelight interferes with the unknown.

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Publication Date: 14th February 2013 Paperback and eBook Price: £6.99 Vanessa doesn’t believe that her sister is a runaway. She wouldn’t leave her family behind without saying a word.

The only way Vanessa can discover the truth behind her mysterious disappearance is to follow in Margaret’s footsteps, but to do so she risks her sanity and maybe even her life . . .

Vanessa Adler is one of the talented few to get a place at the acclaimed New York Ballet Academy. Between backbreaking rehearsals for the school’s production of The Firebird she desperately tries to find out what happened to her sister before she vanished. There are rumors that the pressure of performing the lead role, the same role Vanessa is now rehearsing for, drove her mad. Other girls have gone missing too. Can the role be cursed? Vanessa’s new relationship with leading-man Zep only seems to complicate things further. What is he hiding from her and can she really trust him?

Black Swan meets Gossip Girl in this thrilling first book in a new series.

Sexy, sinister and full of secrets, readers will be hooked on Dance of Shadows from the first page. Look out for the sequel in 2014.

Yelena Black holds an MFA in fiction from Columbia University. Dance of Shadows was inspired by her love of ballet. As a child, she studied dance and fell in love with the art form despite not having much in the way of innate dance talent. Her talents lay elsewhere—with words and books and storytelling. Though she never pursued ballet professionally, her interests in dance and performing—and in all things dark and spooky—have blended together in her paranormal debut, where she is able to do pirouettes vicariously through her characters. She lives in New York with an aloof black cat.

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For me, the world of ballet is this old, ancient place tucked away in the modern world. Every time I went to the ballet, I felt like I was stepping back in time. It’s so regimented and rooted in tradition: the positions, the costumes, the mastery of the human body. I loved how elite and mysterious it was. I think this book was a way for me to explore that. The music played a huge role for me. I still remember the first time I listened to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. It was so bizarre and unnerving and chaotic. Later, when I heard the story about its premier in Paris, and how the audience erupted in a mad rage when the music began and the dancers came on stage, I knew I had to write about it.

What kind of research did you do for this book?

This book was fun to research because it mostly involved watching old recordings of ballets and wandering around New York. I also listened to the scores that Vanessa dances to in the book every day while I wrote, and did a lot of reading about ballet and its history. I also spent a fair amount of time snooping around Lincoln Center.

Have you ever tried ballet?

Yes, though I’m almost ashamed to even talk about it. I was a disaster. I couldn’t even put my hair in a bun. It was just a floppy mess of bobby pins.

Very embarrassing. I was so bad that in our winter performance of the Nutcracker, they had me and a few other less graceful dancers just walk on

stage with horns and then walk off. I eventually quit when they told us we had to learn to do the splits by New Years.

Do you see yourself, or anyone you know, in any of your characters?

Definitely. All of the characters have a little bit of myself in them, and TJ, Blaine, Steffie, and Justin all share similarities with my friends. When I took ballet lessons, I had a male teacher who was charming but firm, like Josef, and who shares a lot of his physical characteristics. Though ultimately, all of the characters are singular.

What were your favorite books when you were Vanessa’s age?

I read a lot of Kurt Vonnegut, and a lot of horror stories. Poe, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King. I also really enjoyed 19th century novels. Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters. Jane Eyre was one of my favorites because it had equal parts romance and mystery, just like Dance of Shadows.

If you were directing the film version of Dance of Shadows, who would you cast in a few of the main roles?

I’d love to see Emma Stone as Vanessa.

Zep is hard . . . maybe Taylor Kitsch?

And Chace Crawford as Justin?

What’s next?

I’m working on the sequel to Dance of Shadows, which I’m really excited about. I actually think it’s even better than the first. It has a lot of surprises, and an amazing scene at the end that I cannot wait to write.

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Purchase Paperback Purchase on Kindle Seventeen-year-old Talisa Santiago, the pregnant Native American shifter and granddaughter of a shaman is about to begin the self-discovering journey of a lifetime, taking her from the only place she truly remembers and putting her on sacred land. The trials and tribulations there lead her into what can only be described as truly illuminating. She also finds herself in a love triangle, one that throws her life into utter chaos.

Leaving her to learn not only how to deal with her shape shifting abilities, a new baby and now two men who will both tug at her heart in very different ways. Who will she decide to live with and what will it mean for the rest of her journey?

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Jamie Haden is the author of SPIRIT SEEKER and ILLUMINATE-ALIVE, SHE CRIED. Her episodic fiction, THRALLDOM, will be featured on Big World Network to read and listen to beginning November 2012. VERA, a Post-Experimentalism story, will be available October 28, 2012 by Bartleby Snopes. Jamie has a bachelor's degree in philosophy and taught middle school in WV, KY, and NC. She lives near the seashore in NC with her husband and three daughters. Please visit her at her website.

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The Story of Vampire Blood Author’s Revised Edition by Kathryn Meyer Griffith A rerelease of my 1991 Zebra paperback romantic vampire novel Damnation Books Buy Link All Kathryn Meyer Griffith’s Books available at Amazon.com help. What do I do next? I want to be one of the big dogs running in the big races. I want to make the big bucks. Be famous like you. (Ha, ha. I was so naïve in those days!)

In 1990 or so I’d just got done releasing my first three paperback novels with Leisure Books, a romantic historical (The Heart of the Rose 1985) and two romantic horror books (Evil Stalks the Night, 1984 and Blood Forge, 1989), and because I wasn’t making much money on them, was looking, as most so-called restless young authors were doing, to move up in the publishing industry.

So I wrote snail mail letters to three established authors of the day – Dean Koontz, Stephen King and Peter Straub – asking for a little advice and a little

Well, Stephen King and Peter Straub never answered my letters but one rainy fall night I got a phone call from Gerda Koontz (Dean Koontz’s wife) and she said Dean had gotten my letter and wanted me to have a name of a brand new agent who I should call or write to and say I was recommended by him. If I thought it strange that Dean Koontz himself wasn’t actually talking to me I was told by Gerda that he was a shy man and had had a particularly hard couple of months because of family problems (I think it had something to do with his father in a nursing home or something, but can’t exactly recall now) and he’d asked her to call me. She often did that for him, as well as helping him with the business side of his writing career. He (through her…and I got the impression that he was actually nearby telling her what to say the whole time) said I had to have an agent (I didn’t have one) and then he gave me the name of an ambitious one, Lori Perkins, just starting out and his advice on what I should do to advance as a writer.

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I took their advice and contacted that agent and she agreed immediately to represent me on my fourth book, Vampire Blood, no doubt, because I said Dean Koontz had recommended her to me. Name dropper! But Vampire Blood was the reason I’d contacted those famous authors in the first place. I thought it was the best book I’d done so far and wanted it to go to (what I thought at the time) would be a better publisher than Leisure Books, which contracted and hog-tied their writers with a horrible ‘potboiler’ one-size-fits-all ten year contract with low advances and 4% royalties. Yes, I got a whole whopping 14 cents a book in those days, but, I must confess, they did print thousands of paperbacks each run and had a huge distribution area. I thought I could do a lot better. Anyway, Lori Perkins wanted me to send her the book and she did like it and eventually sold it, and then three others zip-zip-zip right after, to Zebra Books (now known more as Kensington Publishing) at 6% royalties and double the advances I was used to getting. They slapped a sexy blond vampire with a low dress on the cover and a hazy theater behind her. Lovely colors. I thought it was an eye-catching cover. I was so happy. I thought I’d made it! Again, so naïve.

Vampire Blood. A little story about a family of vicious killing vampires who settle in a small Florida town called Summer Haven and end up buying and fixing up an old theater palace to run, and pluck their victims from, and a divorced, down-on-her-luck exnovelist and her worn-out father, who along with friends, help thwart them.

Now to how and why I wrote it.

My husband and I lived in this small Illinois town, Cahokia, at the time and there was the neatest little hole-in-the-

wall theater in a nearby shopping center we used to go to all the time…run by a family of a sweet man, Terry, and his wife, Ann, and sometimes their three children, two teenage boys and a girl named Irene.

Such a friendly, but odd couple. The run-down theater was their whole world it seemed. The kids helped take in the tickets, pop the popcorn and sell the candy snacks.

Now the minute Terry and Ann found out, in one of our earliest conversations, that I was a published novelist they were my greatest fans.

Terry went right out and bought all three of my books and they all read them. Terry always thought they’d make great movies. Next time my husband and I went to the little theater Terry and Ann greeted us like old friends, so delighted to see us, and refused to take a dime from us for anything. We got in free whenever we went from then on. Now in those days my husband, my son, James, and I were pretty broke. I worked as a graphic designer at a big brokerage firm in downtown St. Louis (across the Poplar Bridge from our Illinois town) but my husband was in between jobs.

We lived on a shoestring. Hard times.

So I always was so tickled that we could get into the local movies for free.

We went a lot, too, as we loved movies, especially science fiction and horror films.

One night I was watching Terry and Ann and their joy in running that little theater, with the kids bustling around doing their jobs, and I got the idea for Vampire Blood. Just like that! Use them and the theater as a backdrop for a vampire novel. Hey, wouldn’t it be neat, I off-handedly mentioned to Terry one night, if I wrote a book about a family of vampires that was trying to pass as a real human family, the man and woman wanting so badly to fit in

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Vampires she doesn’t believe in at first.

I was very happy with the book when it was done and dedicated it to Terry and Ann when it came out in 1991. Terry and Ann were thrilled, too.

So Vampire Blood came out and did very well for me, second only to my Zebra 1993 Witches. As the years went by it went out of print and when, twenty years later, Kim Richards at Damnation Books contracted my 13th and 14th novels, BEFORE THE END: A Time of Demons and The Woman in Crimson, she asked if I’d like to rerelease (with new covers and rewritten, of course) my 7 out-of-print Leisure and Zebra paperbacks – and I said a resounding yes!

So…here it is…Vampire Blood…twenty years later, alive again and better, I believe, than the original because my writing then was done on an electric typewriter, with gobs of White-Out and carbon paper (I couldn’t afford copies), using snail mail; all of which didn’t lend itself to much rewriting. And in those days, editors told an author what

to change and then the writer only saw the manuscript once to final proof it.

Who knew what those sneaky editors were slipping in inbetween and before the final book was in an author’s greedy little hands. Hey, and I was working full time, raising a son, living a life and caring for my big extended family in one way or another, too.

Busy, exciting, loving, happy and sad times.

For this new version, Damnation Book’s cover artist Dawné Dominique made me an astonishingly intriguing cover of a lovely vampire (Irene the youngest vampire who turns out to be the most brutal and ancient in the end)…but, thank goodness, without the low sexy top. And my DB editor, April Duncan, helped me make it a better novel.

A lot has happened to me and my family in these twenty years, as well.

Both my parents, and my beloved maternal grandmother, the storyteller of her generation, have since passed away. Many people we used to know have. Old boyfriends, old friends and relatives. I miss them all! I no longer have that agent; she went on to bigger advances and bigger writers. I lost my good job at the brokerage firm, bumped around in lesser jobs for years, always writing in my spare time, and now, at long last, write full time while my husband works way too hard in a machine shop to support us.

Rewriting the book brought back so many good memories…and tears over those no longer here. The theater closed sixteen years ago, the owner believing it’d served its purpose and used up its time. Terry and Ann, heartbroken, were never the same.

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But I’ll never forget those early days and the stories that came with them.

Days of high hopes and far distance future dreams…some of which have come true and some which haven’t.

I’ve never made the big bucks, never gotten truly famous, but now, at long last and to my great delight, all twelve of my older books, from Leisure, Zebra, and The Wild Rose Press are being rewritten and reissued from Damnation Books and Eternal Press between June 2010 and June 2012.

Better than ever after I’d rewritten them. I have plans to write more books and short stories, too, when they’re done. Most importantly, I’m living a good life with a husband I adore and brothers and sisters I love. Writing the stories I was born to write and happy I am. I have my memories. All in all, I’m a lucky, lucky woman.

So, all you writers out there…never give up and never stop writing!

Thank you!

About Kathryn Meyer Griffith: Since childhood I’ve always been an artist and worked as a graphic designer in the corporate world and for newspapers for twenty-three years before I quit to write full time. I began writing novels at 21, over forty years ago now, and have had sixteen (eleven romantic horror, one historical romance, one romantic suspense, one romantic time travel and two murder mysteries) previous novels and eight short stories published from Zebra Books, Leisure Books, Avalon Books, The Wild Rose Press, Damnation Books and Eternal Press.

I’ve been married to Russell for thirtyfour years; have a son, James, and two grandchildren, Joshua and Caitlyn, and I live in a small quaint town in Illinois called Columbia, which is right across the JB Bridge from St. Louis, Mo. We have three quirky cats, ghost cat Sasha, live cats Cleo and Sasha (Too), and the five of us live happily in an old house in the heart of town.

Though I’ve been an artist, and a folk singer in my youth with my brother Jim, writing has always been my greatest passion, my butterfly stage, and I’ll probably write stories until the day I die…or until my memory goes.

My Websites: Myspace (to see all my book trailers with original music by my singer/songwriter brother JS Meyer) Bebo Facebook Authors Den Goodreads Jacket Flap Shout Life Romance Writer And Reader Romance Book Junction E-mail me I love to hear from my readers.

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Amazon UK Amazon USA Michael Gerrick was beginning to wonder if he would ever find his truemate. Fate seemed to smile on him, when he fell hard for the delectable fitness instructor, Shyne. The only problem: three were-hyenas want her for their clan and are willing to do anything to get him out of the way.

Shyne Jackson was smitten with Michael from the moment they met. Swept up by his devastating good looks and sense of humor, she's unaware of the plotting of her were-hyena bosses behind the scenes as they attempt to keep her and Michael

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A short story romance meets doomsday tale by Marian Lanouette!

Review by Kate (Read 2 Review) As The World Ends comes out in December 2012 and I have to say if you don’t get a copy you are missing out on a simply brilliant story.

Without giving too many spoilers the story is set around escaping doomsday, as the title may suggest. The main characters Lauren and husband Rob pack up and head into the mountains where they meet Roan who is also seeking shelter. Roan sets his eyes on Lauren and won't stop until he has her.

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Piccadilly Press go full steam ahead with irresistible new acquisition for Christmas 2012!

In the post Fifty Shades literary landscape, teen readers are hot for “steamies”, the new genre of passionate romance that is setting adolescent hearts racing.

The UK’s most innovative teen publisher Piccadilly Press will be first off the mark in the UK: MD Brenda Gardner has acquired a scorching ‘steamy’, Irresistible and Piccadilly will publish it in December 2012.

‘Irresistible has everything that these readers want’, says Gardner, ‘It’s the

story of Mia, who gets a job in a posh country club during her gap year.

Though a romance quickly develops with fellow worker Dan, Mia finds herself drawn to wealthy bad boy Jamie. She knows that their relationship is wrong, but there’s something so dangerously exciting about Jamie that she just can’t resist.’

‘Irresistible is by debut author Liz Bankes and I am thrilled to be welcoming her to our list. In fact, I haven’t been as excited about a new author since Piccadilly launched

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Irresistible is a great story, Liz’s writing is sharp and her characterisation spot on. More than that, she understands instinctively how to write scenes that will have readers swooning!’

‘Our research with booksellers in the UK indicates just how big the market for “steamies” is and and we want to get Irresistible out as soon as possible.

I am confident that we have a bestseller on our hands.’

Irresistible (eBook) will be published on 6th December, price £6.99. The paperback will be published in April 2013.

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Website About Picadilly Press Publisher of teen queens Cathy Hopkins, Rosie Rushton, Tamsyn Murray and 2012 Romantic Novelist Young Adult Award winner Caroline Green, Piccadilly Press has been putting the sparkle into British children’s publishing since 1983. MD Brenda Gardner has nimbly steered her company for 30 years, keeping the focus always on what children and teenagers want and need. For that reason, this small independent always has one of the UK’s liveliest and most appealing children’s lists.

It's 2218 and Zee McAdams is in her second year as a healing empath at a busy London hospital.

When a mysterious young man arrives for treatment, Zee's hard won calm is pierced.

She will need all her courage if she's to follow her heart.

What would you risk for the one you love?

It is love against the odds.

There is his world, and there is hers.

Especially when David reveals a devastating secret.

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ISBN: 978-1-907728-43-3 Publication Date: July 2012 Price: UK £7.99 Imprint: Pneuma Springs Publishing How do you cope in a complete black-out with no electronic device?

Just how would we cope in the event that every electronic device on our planet was rendered useless in an instant? If all electric power, industry, basic utilities, transport and the very communications that we all take for granted were zapped in a moment, how would life carry on? What skills do we possess to help us rebuild life from its very foundations? Find out how the people of a small island managed to survive.

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The Seven Point Eight Chronicles ‘The Truth Will Set You Free’ Be prepared for a journey, an expedition that draws together fringe science, psychic powers, alternate dimensions, time travel, past lives, miracles, folklore, consciousness, ancient wisdom, conspiracy and nostalgia, in a soap opera for the soul. Welcome to the new paranormal/science fiction series entitled ‘Seven Point Eight’.

Crossing genres and gender appeal, it blends character driven plot with an intriguing story line, full of geeky science underpinning a thrilling and clever plot.

Written in the style of a TV series, ‘Seven Point Eight’ interweaves the

human dramas of love, betrayal, bitterness and above all, courage in a world where everyone must face their own dark shadow. Plus, it asks some pretty existential questions regarding the meaning of our lives and destiny, our karma and dharma, and last but not least, God and the universe.

‘Out of Body to Out of Universe’ ‘Seven Point Eight: The First Chronicle’ lays the groundwork, and sweeps through the 40s, 50s and 60s to modern day in a wild nostalgic, scientific, paranormal ride.

It’s a twist of sci-fi confusion that asks some interesting questions. If you had special abilities to travel out of body, what would you do with them? Where would you go?

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A physicist, Dr Paul Eldridge, begins a quest to measure the soul but soon finds himself drawn into the world of the enigmatic Max Richardson, where research is sold to the military at the highest bid.

However, he soon discovers another purpose when an extremely talented young psychic called Tahra enters his life. He devises a project and builds a team to stretch the frontiers of exploration, only to make a realityshattering discovery...

This series is for fans of science fiction, fantasy, the paranormal, big sweeping epics, metaphysics, 'Lost', 'Fringe', ‘Touch’, visionary fiction, conspiracy, ancient knowledge and technology, time travel and past lives.

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Read 2 Review Seven Point Eight: The Second Chronicle Prologue to Odyssey The Ambush The pug-faced Bedford van wove its way through the country lanes, spraying rain and mud as it trudged up the hills. It rocked from side to side on the way back down, projecting an air of innocence early that Saturday morning. A typical feeling of laziness filled the damp air, with country dwellers tucked under their blankets for a well deserved lie in, birds tweeting in the autumnal trees, and the odd farmer preparing his fields after the harvest. The Bedford van disturbed few people. Once it had been powder blue in colour with a distinctive stripe down the side, now it was a flat, olive green, forming a synergy with the landscape. It had quite a full payload; several men in khakis, armed with rifles. There were two up at the front wearing neutral civilian clothes; the driver and unit leader, Hodges. A gruff man, he had a wild crop of mousy hair, a moustache and mutton chop sideburns.

The van passed a bronze Ford Cortina on the lane, driven by a man with unruly fair hair and sideburns. He gave a friendly salute as he pulled in to let them past.

“That’s the husband going to the village shops, on schedule,” Hodges confirmed.

Adrenaline and determination pervaded the van, underpinning the cool and collected demeanour of the team, this reflective silence punctuated infrequently by relevant communication, “The ridge just up ahead should give us the ideal vantage point.”

The driver nodded and pulled over into a lay-by.

“Wait at the rendezvous,” Hodges directed, as he got out and slammed the passenger door shut.

The other men spilled out of the sliding door on the side, tested their radios, then Hodges gestured for them to move. They knew the plan, and the stakes. He slung a rifle on his shoulder, while the driver exited the scene with discretion. The unit now split into pairs, each heading off to different points around the ridge. When they reached the top, they positioned themselves on their stomachs and set up for a clear shot.

Hodges fixed his jaw with a steely resolve and peered through the sight on his rifle.

“Bitch is going down this time,” he muttered.

Like the other snipers, he watched the scene below the ridge unfold. A picture postcard cottage nestled between two barns and surveyed an expanse of fields, many already harvested. Its courtyard entertained a host of chickens pecking at random, while a goat chewed nonchalantly, tethered to a gate post.

Adjacent to the house, rows of proud runner beans entwined around canes, cabbages sat stoutly, and carrots soaked up the rays of impending autumn. A woman tended to these vegetables, appearing relaxed in her surroundings while a little girl exited the cottage, carrying a basket of apples.

She had blonde, curly hair and wore a corduroy pinafore, with a roll neck knit underneath and tights to cover her legs. The sight of his rifle homed in on the girl.

Outside the cottage, the woman watered her vegetable plot, admiring their progress and inspecting for pests.

A chocolate brown Labrador ran through the open door and joined the little girl, wagging his tail, and she responded by stroking his head. Her

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“I’m going to feed the horsies,” the little girl said.

“That’s okay, sweetheart, don’t forget to approach them carefully from the front.”

She eyed her daughter discreetly as the little girl opened the gate to the first field. The horses were grazing in the far corner and she made her way over to them, cautious of startling them as she didn’t want to receive a hefty kick. When she reached them, she stroked their noses and they each received an apple, taking them greedily. All the time, her mother remained aware of her daughter’s movements as she picked runner beans, while the dog waited patiently at the gate, a silent guardian. Then unexpectedly, it barked, causing the mother to pause.

Something upset the horses and the little girl touched the top of her arm, finding a dart stuck in her skin.

She screamed. Whatever it was, it made her disorientated; everything started to spin and a moment later, she collapsed to the ground. The dog began to scratch at the gate, trying to jump it in frustration.

Hearing the scream, her mother froze. A wave of nausea gripped her stomach as she became confronted with every parent’s worst nightmare…a nightmare from the past that had returned to haunt her. Instinctively, she vaulted the gate and spurred by panic, she ran towards her daughter, hoping to find her breathing. As she sprinted across the damp grass, she became aware of a sharp pain in her neck, as if a mosquito had just bitten her. However, she ignored it and knelt by her daughter, her priority.

“Come on, come on,” she whispered in desperation, “wake up!”

This couldn’t be happening. The stalkers had quit, tired of the relentless chase, that cat and mouse where the rodent had always been left unscathed, while the predator had cursed his luck and licked his wounds again and again.

Her family had just become settled, laid new plans, looked to a future free from fear, but that was just a mere fantasy now.

“Please wake up!”

She laid her head on her daughter’s chest, relieved to discover she was still breathing, but her little girl didn’t regain consciousness.

Another sting, this time in her upper arm, reminded her of the danger that lurked.

Not again, please, no more running, no more fighting...

Closing her eyes, she understood what she needed to do, but nothing happened. This couldn’t be.

She sensed an adjustment in her awareness, like someone had changed the channel on TV without asking her.

Her grasp of the everyday world began to blur around the edges, it felt distant, a mere projection on an antique screen. Something was wrong, the game had changed.

A sense of vulnerability washed over her, along with a realisation that they were sitting ducks. To be kidnapped by these people was a fate worse than death. No one could hurt you when you were dead. No one could assault your body, torment your mind, or destroy your faith when you were dead. No one could get you to do their bidding when you were dead.

Gazing back towards the cottage, she prayed that her husband would return, but there was no sign of the car pulling up.

“Come on, come on,” she muttered.

Nothing. No engine in ear shot.

There was only one thing to do. Her

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She lifted her daughter up onto one of the horses and hauled herself up, settling for the lack of saddle.

Gripping with her thighs the best she could, she gave it a kick and looked ahead, her escape route sighted in the distance.

I can do this, she told herself.

All she had to do was reach the neighbour’s house, a sanctuary until her husband returned. What was taking so long?

Something stuck in her thigh, and she glanced down to find a dart, identical to the one in her daughter’s arm. A woozy sensation began to filter around her body and it became harder to grip the horse securely. She didn’t know what poison seeped through her veins, but felt determined that it wouldn’t be her undoing. Despite the ever increasing difficulties, she gave the horse a kick. Their neighbour’s house lay beyond the next field, if she could just hang on…

Back up on the ridge, Smith, the right hand man spat vehemently.

“Shit! She’s not going down!”

“She’s scared this time,” Hodges interjected, licking his lips, “that’s why she’s running. Hit her again. I’ll take the horse out.”

He raised his rifle once more, aimed at the fast moving target and fired, in synchronicity with another shot from further along the ridge.

Smith released his shot, equally eager to subdue their prey.

“We’re going to lose her behind those trees.”

Down in the field, the mother clung on for dear life, darts attacking like bee stings. She swore at least one

hit the horse. All she had to do was hang on a few more minutes…

“Come on!” she urged, hoping the horse had more to give.

Everything began to blur and spin. The horse began to stumble. One final dart to the arm and her grip loosened, muscles unresponsive. She lost control and fell, hitting the ground heavily. The horse staggered and as blackness began to envelope her, she saw it collapse, her daughter falling helplessly to the ground. With the toxin racing through her bloodstream, paralysing her muscles and taking her body hostage, at that moment, she didn’t know if she’d live or die.

Is this it?

Is this the end?

Or just the beginning?

As the darkness claimed her, it not only possessed her consciousness, it took her hope, her heart and her very soul.

On the ridge, Hodges threw his rifle down.

“Finally! Three fucking years I’ve been after this bitch!”

He barked into his radio.

“We need a quick extraction, targets are in the fields!”

He led his unit down the ridge, face ablaze with a glory that he could finally taste. Everything came to those who waited, and the contractor would be immensely satisfied with the delivery.

Seven Point Eight: The Second Chronicle is scheduled for release on 1st December 2012. An excerpt from this forthcoming book is available at Marie’s website.

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