Hello
lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Denise Alicea and her new book,
“Fireworks”! For other stops on her
Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above.
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this exciting giveaway!
Fireworks
by Denise Alicea
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GENRE: Sweet Romance/Time
Travel
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BLURB:
After Sarah’s grandfather passes away, it’s up to
Sarah to pack up a lifetime’s worth of his possessions as she comes to terms
with her grief. As she goes through his possessions, she finds a picture. The
faded black and white picture seems innocuous at first, but something draws her
towards it. As she studies the picture and the man inside it, she forgets her
grief momentarily.
However, there’s more to the faded picture of a soldier in 1940s New York than she realizes, and soon she unexpectedly meets him—but he hasn’t aged a day. As they get to know each other, Sarah’s feelings begin to grow…
However, there’s more to the faded picture of a soldier in 1940s New York than she realizes, and soon she unexpectedly meets him—but he hasn’t aged a day. As they get to know each other, Sarah’s feelings begin to grow…
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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT:
Hours
later, a huge crash woke her up and she found herself sitting straight up in
her bed. Moving the hair away from her face, she slowly crawled out of bed
slowly and tip toed to the door. Before she opened the door, she grabbed the
wooden bat gripping it firmly as she opened the door. Cursing under her breath
as she hears the door creaking. Seeing a huge shadow in her living room,
readying the bat in her hands Sarah swings it. Instead it slips her hands
flying across the living room with a resounding ding.
“Grenade!”
James shouted as he ducked hoping that his helmet and the object in front of
him protected him. He looked again in the dark, why does this object look like
a sofa. He huddles down to the ground and waits, but nothing happens. Slowly
holding onto his helmet, he gets on his hands and knees only to be confronted
by yellow eyes and a wet nose. It swipes and hisses at him, a cat! James falls
back and hits a table, knocking a lamp into the floor. He turns around and sees
it in pieces.
Cursing
under her breath and no time to call the cops, Sarah charged at him in full
speed. Jumping on him and punching him in the face. “Who the hell are you and
why are you in my home?” Sarah yelled at the tops of her lungs. Blinking, James
took a second after the punch to recover to look at his attacker. Who was this
woman and where was he?
Grabbing
her hands and holding back from his face, “I was fighting Nazis five minutes
ago and now I’m. Where the hell am I lady?”
“You
are in New York and how would you be fighting Nazi’s? It’s 2013 and I know
Nazi’s still exist but not in the form you’re talking about. You got the wrong
house buddy, so I suggest you get up and leave,” Sarah said getting up and
walking away from him to compose herself. Why did he look so familiar? She
found a good lamp, praying that it would turn on and it did. She could see this
man a bit better. He looked like someone who came out of a convention.
James
composing himself the best he could, stood up and could see all around him. He
went from the battlefield and suddenly was in a place that looked like
something out of one of those science fiction books he read. “This is some kind of joke,” he said standing
up and looking around him, in a trance like he was in a dream. “This is all a
dream and I’m going to wake up.”
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GUEST POST:
The Top Three People Dead or Alive That I've Always Wanted to
Meet
All three of these people I would love to have over
for a dinner. Just sit all together and have a conversation about everything I
listed below. Each individual is so complex and interesting. I would love to
see what they thought about certain things in their time along with what they thought
about the world today.
Howard Carter
Howard Carter is the man who found King Tut in the
early 1900's. I love archaeology so I've always wanted to meet him to learn
more about the Egyptians. He's had so information and was such an interesting
person. He never married and lived in Egypt. There are so many questions that I
would love to ask him about Egypt and what drove him.
James Dean
What's there not to like about James Dean? He's
such an iconic actor and an interesting person as well. I would love to ask him
about his roles and his inspiration. From the biographies and books I've read,
he was such a compassionate and opinionated person.
Steve Jobs
I worked for Apple for several years and never got
to meet the man. I just wanted to ask so much about what made him think of some
of the greatest inventions he has helped create.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Born to the great lively city of Manhattan, NY, and raised in quiet
Connecticut. Denise started writing when drawing and painting were not
enough. Deciding to try a new type of medium, she thought to start with poetry.
After her first success and first reading at the age of fifteen. Her writing
began to take on new life with her own worlds of fantasy, time travel, action,
adventure and of course romance. She draws inspiration from her favorite
childhood cartoons and experiences to her current day ones.
A
member of Romance Writers of America and several of its chapters since 2005,
Denise has won two awards for her short stories and several finalist
nominations. She always finds the time to help others through RWA and also her
book review blog, The Pen & Muse Book Reviews.
When
not writing, Denise loves technology, reading (romance, YA, anime, nonfiction,
fiction, Technology, Social Media), watching movies and TV shows.
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AMAZON BUY LINK & INFO:
**Fireworks will be $0.99 during the tour.**
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Denise Alicea will be awarding a $10 Amazon or
Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the
tour.
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Brunette is a registered host of Goddess Fish Promotions. Prizes are given away by the sponsors and not
Fabulous and Brunette. The featured author and Goddess Fish Promotions are
solely responsible for the giveaway prize.
Congrats on the tour, the book looks great and thanks for the chance to win :)
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