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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

The Second Man by Emelle Gamble - Book Tour - Review - Giveaway - Enter Daily!


Hello lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Emelle Gamble and her new book, “The Second Man”!  For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card.  Also, come back daily to interact with Emelle and to increase your chances of winning!

Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you lots of luck in this exciting giveaway!


The Second Man
by Emelle Gamble

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GENRE: Romantic Suspense

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BLURB:

Jill Farrell’s college reunion is coming up, but she wants no part of it. The man she once loved, Swedish exchange student Max Kallstrom, is rumored to be attending, but that doesn’t tempt her as Max disappeared from her life the night before the graduation, and has never been heard from since.

When her ex-husband, Andrew Denton, knocks on her door and announces he wants to make nice, and, “oh, by the way, one of their class alumni might be a murderer”, Jill’s resolve to avoid the event hardens.

Jill shuts Andrew’s efforts to reconnect down, and tries to put Max out of her mind.

And that’s that, until a second man knocks on her door, and the emotions of a time long ago overtakes her. Max Kallstrom tells Jill she’s the reason he has come to California. He asks her to please let him explain why she hasn’t heard from him for fifteen long years.

She’s willing to listen to what he has to say, but immediately realizes that her memories must guide her through a wrenching and dangerous few days. While her heart remembers a handsome young lover, she and her classmates are all different people now, and the reality of a murdered friend proves she can’t trust everyone.

What’s not so clear is if she should trust anyone . . . especially Max Kallstrom.

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EXCERPT THREE:

Was that a noise in the garage?

The sound of muted rustling did not fit the normal night sounds. She took a step closer to the garage exit opposite the front door. Slowly she leaned forward to listen, but all was quiet.

Tell me I didn’t forget to close the garage again. She visualized coming in from errands earlier, but could not remember if she had hit the button before she stepped inside.

She set her laptop and paperwork on the kitchen table, turned on the teakettle, and headed resolutely back to the foyer. I’ll open it a crack, confirm everything is closed properly, and then sit down and get to work.

She turned the knob and pushed the door open, and flipped the light switch. Her car was parked, and the garage was closed. But there was a cardboard box sitting on car’s passenger side trunk.

The top was open and several books were piled next to it.

“What the devil?” She stepped down onto the concrete and headed for the box.

“Hello, Jill,” the killer said.

She yelped and grabbed her throat.

A man rose from the crouch he was in beside the washing machine. He grabbed Jill with one hand, and aimed a gun at her head with his other. “Stand still and be quiet. I won’t hurt you unless you scream.”

Shock and bitter anger nearly brought her to her knees as she registered who he was, and what a massive betrayal he had pulled off. Furious, she slapped at the gun and twisted out of the man’s grasp, and turned to run.

Before she completely filled her lungs with air to scream, his pistol cracked against her skull and knocked her to her knees.

There was black, and then nothing.

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REVIEW:


Wow!  I am a total crime solver and it is very rare when I incorrectly guess the killer and this book is one of those few times that left me stumped and shocked all the way through the last page!  I hate to admit that; especially since I pride myself on being such a crime solver lol – but this book definitely kept me guessing!

After hosting Emelle on the blog earlier this month and reading her guest post about the one that got away – I knew this was a must read book and I couldn't wait to check it out!  

This book is about the main character, Jill Farrell who is dealing with some major life ups and downs – everything from her mother suffering from Alzheimer’s and getting her comfortable into a nursing home, to having her best friend, Carly talk her into attending their college reunion, to running into her college crush – the guy who got away – and then add in drama, love, oh and murder! 

There is so much more to this simple romantic, mystery read!  I really liked the characters as they are relatable and complex.  Jill is easy to love and if you’re like me you will definitely find yourself rooting for her and her happiness. 

The pace of the book is steady, but full of excitement and suspense.  This book is well written with lots of detail, well thought out and constructive plots, filled with twists and unexpected turns!  This book will keep you guessing to the very last page and wanting more!

I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone interested in reading an exciting, suspenseful, edgy, and romantic book filled with love, murder, mystery, plot twists, second chances, and so much more!

**Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.**

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AUTHOR BIO & LINKS:


Emelle Gamble became a writer at an early age. At six years old, she was bursting with the requisite childhood stories of introspection, and this itch to tell tales evolved into bad teen poetry and tortured short works that, thankfully, never saw the light of day, or an editor’s red pen.

She took her first stab at writing a novel in an adult education class in Mobile, Alabama when her kids were in bed for the night. As ‘M.L. Gamble,’ she published several romantic suspense novels with Harlequin Intrigue. She now publishes novels of Ordinary Women in Extraordinary Situations with SoulMate Publishing and Posh Publishing …works ranging from women’s fiction to thrillers and romantic suspense.

Always intrigued by the words ‘what if’, Gamble’s books feature an ordinary woman confronted with an extraordinary situation. Emelle celebrates the adventurous spirit of readers, and hopes each will enjoy the exciting and surprising journeys her characters take.

Emelle lives in suburban Washington D.C. with her hero of thirty years, Philip, and two orange cats, Lucy and Bella. Like all good villains, the cats claim to have their reasons for misbehaving. Her children are happily launched on their own and are both contributing great things to society, their mother’s fondest wish.

Emelle welcomes any reader interested in emailing her at emellegamble@aol.com and hopes they will visit her website, www.EmelleGamble.com or her Author Emelle Gamble FaceBook page.

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AMAZON BUY LINK:


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ADDITIONAL BOOKS BY EMELLE & BUY LINKS:

Molly & Cruz
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Secret Sister
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Dating Cary Grant
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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Emelle Gamble will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.


**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase made I may receive a small commission to help support this blog.  This does not cost you anything, it just helps pay for all those awesome giveaways on here.**

This contest is sponsored by a third party. Fabulous and 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.

Mystic Mistletoe Murder by Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens - Blurb Blitz - Giveaway - Enter Daily!


Hi lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Sally J. Smith and Jean Steffens and their new book, “Mystic Mistletoe Murder!”  For other stops on their Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images on this post.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card.  Also, come back daily to interact with Sally and Jean and to increase your chances of winning!

This book is on sale during the book tour for ONLY $0.99!!!  See below for more details.

Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you lots of luck in this exciting giveaway!


Mystic Mistletoe Murder
by Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens

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GENRE:  Mystery

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BLURB:

'Tis the season at The Mansion on Mystic Isle, and Melanie Hamilton, resident tattoo artist at the resort renown for its supernatural atmosphere, can feel the holiday spirit everywhere in the Louisiana bayou. The festive mood runs deeper than just the tinsel, mistletoe, and twinkling lights, as the milk of human kindness is flowing with gift giving, good cheer, and donations. But when Papa Noël turns up as dead as the Ghost of Christmas Past, and all the bounty from a recent charity drive is stolen, Melanie turns to Jack Stockton, the handsome resort's general manager, to help her find the killer and get it all back.

Who wanted Papa Noël dead and why? Was it the bag of loot they were after, and Papa just got in the way? Or was it a more personal attack on the jolly man in the red suit? Not only does Mel find herself in a fight to prove one of her co-workers innocent, but she's also in a race against a ticking clock to save the life of a sick child. Before long, she closes in on the killer—or maybe it's the killer closing in on Mel!

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EXCERPT ONE:

Poor Jack ran frantically from place to place, picking up the robes off the ground and pleading with the Ravens to take them from him and put them on. His frantic voice carried up the hill on the chill breeze. "Please, please, people. This just isn't…isn't…what management had in mind when we encouraged you to celebrate the holidays in your own way."

It only took another minute or two for the rest of them to get naked. Poor Jack finally gave up, opened his arms, let all the robes fall back to the yellowed grass, and turned around. That was when he noticed me. He lifted his arms in a what-the-heck-can-I-do gesture and began to trudge back up the hill.

When he joined me, he put one arm around my shoulder and placed his other hand over my eyes, blocking the view, which had begun to get a little out of hand with all the mistletoe being passed around.

"I'm hoping they'll get cold pretty soon and give it up," he said.

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AUTHOR BIOS:


The USA Today Best-selling writing team of Sally J. Smith (right brain) and Jean Steffens (left brain) make up equal halves of one totally functional writer’s mind. Creative and intuitive and organized and systematic? What could be better than that?

The two desert dwellers work together side-by-side, literally finishing each other’s sentences, putting together their novels faster and more efficiently than they ever could individually.

When their heads aren’t together over a manuscript, you’ll find them with their families, at a movie, the yoga studio, the mall, or out-to-lunch—in the food sense, not the spaced-out sense, well…most of the time. Their current series include Jordan Welsh & Eddie Marino Novels, Mystic Isle Mysteries, Danger Cove Pet Sitter Mysteries, Aloha Lagoon Gabby LeClair Mysteries, and Digby Sloan Mysteries. Visit our website, look around, and sign up for our newsletter. We love hearing from our readers and always answer our e-mails – see below for links.

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CONNECT WITH SALLY & JEAN:

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

**Mystic Mistletoe Murder will be $0.99 during the tour!!**

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens will be awarding a $25 Amazon GC (USA only) to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.


**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase made I may receive a small commission to help support this blog.  This does not cost you anything, it just helps pay for all those awesome giveaways on here.**

This contest is sponsored by a third party. Fabulous and 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.

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

The Woven Ring by M.D. Presley - Book Blast - Giveaway - Enter Daily!


Hi lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host M.D. Presley and his new book, “The Woven Ring”!  For other stops on his Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $10 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card.  Also, come back daily to interact with M.D. and to increase your chances of winning! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you lots of luck in this exciting giveaway!


THE WOVEN RING
by M. D. Presley

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GENRE: Fantasy

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BLURB:

A fantasy reimagining of the American Civil War that pits muskets against magic, massive war machines against mind readers, and glass sabers against soldiers in psychic exoskeletons.

In exile since the civil war, former spy and turncoat Marta Childress wants to quietly live out her remaining days in the West. But then her manipulative brother arrives with one final mission: Transport the daughter of a hated inventor deep into the East. Forced to decide between safely delivering the girl and assassinating the inventor, Marta is torn between ensuring peace or sparking a second civil war.

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EXCERPT ONE:

To her surprise Carmichael blinked uncomprehendingly at the name. It had been rattling around Marta’s head like a Breath in a bottle for the last three months, but to him it seemed meaningless. Then the corners of his mouth curled up, Carmichael finally remembering.

“This is about our older sister? I forgot about her entirely.”

His dismissal of her months of misery infuriated Marta all the more, the girl fighting harder against his grip. Her helplessness stoked her anger further, fanning it into blazing rage.

And with the rage came clarity, Marta suddenly aware of each Breath within her body. There were the usual three all humans were born with, one in the center of the chest to representing the Body, the second in the middle of the forehead for the Mind, and the third at the crown of the head signifying the Soul. But in that moment of clarity, Marta could feel a fourth Breath nestled deep in her chest next to the Body. Were she not so angry, she might have been surprised to find it, to feel it thrumming with its own frequency. It had a resonance, a musical identity all its own that only she could hear.

So she inhaled, filling that Breath with both her air and anger.

The fourth Breath stirred, summoned by Marta’s will and obeying on her exhale. Though its base remained firmly in her chest, she felt it elongate as it stretched through her throat and out towards her mouth. The appendage was entirely new to her, but it felt natural as she experienced each sensation through this fresh limb: the light scrape as it edged over her teeth, the sudden coolness of the air outside her body; the crunch of her brother’s bones as it collided with his nose.

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AUTHOR BIO & LINKS:


Never passing up the opportunity to speak about himself in the third person, M.D. Presley is not nearly as clever as he thinks he is. Born and raised in Texas, he spent several years on the East Coast and now waits for the West Coast to shake him loose. His favorite words include defenestrate, callipygian, and Algonquin. The fact that monosyllabic is such a long word keeps him up at night.

His blogs and short stories can be found at his cleverly titled website: mdpresley.com

Or join him on Facebook at: facebook.com/solsharvest

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

The author is awarding a randomly drawn commenter a handcrafted silver ring.


**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase made I may receive a small commission to help support this blog.  This does not cost you anything, it just helps pay for all those awesome giveaways on here.**

This contest is sponsored by a third party. Fabulous and 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.

Rebellion by Rowan Bishop - Book Tour - Guest Post - Giveaway - Enter Daily!


Hello lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Rowan Bishop and her new book, “Rebellion”!  For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $20 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card.  Also, come back daily to interact with Rowan and to increase your chances of winning!

This book is on sale during the book tour for ONLY $0.99!!  See below for details.

Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you lots of luck in this exciting giveaway!


Rebellion
by Rowan Bishop

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GENRE:  Science Fiction Romance

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BLURB:

Akyra Roux is an up-and-coming Security Operations commander: ambitious, dedicated, and fearless. Her soldiers have a reputation for getting the job done and cracking skulls, earning her a perilous mission to the far fringes of the galaxy.

As soon as she lands, however, Akyra learns the hard way that rival factions have a lot to gain by seeing her fail, no matter what the cost…

Captain Raemus Petrus is the hunky, charismatic leader of the genetically-engineered Titans stationed at the outpost. He has a job to do and battles to fight, and he doesn’t let anything get in his way. However, when Akyra and her team of hot-blooded females land on the planet, his need to protect her and his duty to betray her collide…

Can Raemus, engineered to be ruthless, prove he has enough humanity buried inside his heart to salvage his honor, save Akyra, and ultimately prove his ability to love?

Can Akyra, running from her past, learn to lose control of the one thing holding her back, her own heart?

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EXCERPT THREE:

“You’d give all this up?” Raemus pointed to the cluttered mess of the vehicle maintenance shed they’d been facing the whole time, “for a family?”

Akyra shrugged. “Family isn’t an option anymore.” She rubbed the birth control bolt deep in the skin of her shoulder, the one engineered with a homing beacon that would bring arrest, conviction, and death if removed from her body. “Being really good at fighting for The Church is all I got.” She felt pressure behind her eyes, and her nose began to itch, but she shook it off. “That’s why I’m the best commander I can be.” Akyra rubbed her hands against the intensifying cold. “What’s your excuse?”

Raemus didn’t miss any signs of sadness spreading over Akyra’s body, the slight slouch, the successive blinks, the three irregular deep breaths. “I’m with you,” he said. “I get it. When shooting bad guys gets you through the day, might as well become the best at it.”

She laughed through the frog in her throat. “Yes. Exactly.”

“Well, let’s see… I can let you shoot Levi over there if that’ll make you feel any better.”

She blurted out a big laugh.

Her smile! Raemus thought. Rich and honest. So… real.

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GUEST POST:

Why I love Writing the Titan Romance Series

Theme is the most important commitment to writing any book. Without theme, even the most intoxicating, sexy story can leave a reader feeling unfulfilled by the end—often not even knowing why. Championing important ideas and questions, often those that define us as humans, is an exciting business. For me, it's the joy of writing.

My job is to pick an important question, choose a side, then spend an entire novel challenging the answer until I know it's correct. The best theme for any romance novel is Love Conquers All, and it's my absolute favorite. As a human, I believe love does conquer everything in the end. As a writer, however, my job is to make love work awfully hard to pull it off.

The entire Titan Romance series is a grueling test of love's ability to prevail. And that's going to make for some electrifying, dramatic romance. And what better setting to test the breadth of love's reach then the entire galaxy throughout which a future humanity is struggling?

Don't worry. Love will always conquer all. But it's going to take one heck of a road trip to prove it.

It's also requires the right kind of heroes and heroines to shoulder such a task. We're going to need strong women and big, hunky, confident men. And when I say men, I really mean genetically-engineered warriors of the future!

Alpha males come in a great gamut of shapes and sizes. I'm especially attracted to the idea of alphas as authentic leaders: powerful males who care about their followers, who listen, who trust others, who inspire with their passion, focus, and persistence—but who still get what they want.

No surprise, I find this to be the sexiest combination possible. And if I'm going to spend so many long hours creating a fictitious man to spend time with, why not make him tickle me in all the right places?

The leader of the genetically-engineered Titans, Raemus, knows his followers have chosen him as their leader. He also knows they won't stick around if he only used the nip-and-bark style of an alpha-hole.

The Titan Romance series follows the characters from oppression to freedom, so it'll take the right kind of alpha to lead everyone there. And since the overarching theme is Love Conquers All, the right kind of alpha is going to be an authentic leader.

That said, he's not going to be squeamish about completely obliterating his enemies. Grrrr...

Finally, I grew up under the impression that spirituality and sexuality were diametrically opposed. A lot of us did. Therefore, I wanted to smash them together and see what happened. But, you know, in the distant future. In the first books of the series, The Church of Nova Sol is an oppressive theocracy ruling the galaxy, a religion controlling the galaxy with an iron fist, including people's sexual functions. But as the rebellion begins, people experience both free spirituality and free sexuality. And the merger of the two. Frankly, for me it's a taboo I couldn't resist writing about!

I hope you get a chance to pick up Rebellion, the first book in the series, and give it a shot. If the ideas and themes I mentioned speak to you, then it might just be up your alley!

Lots of love,
Rowan

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AUTHOR BIO:


All her life, Rowan Bishop has thrown herself into both romance and science fiction every chance she could, so it was destiny that she’d fall in love with the growing subgenre of science fiction romance.

Consequently, she stepped away from her retail career to focus on her dream of writing full-time. The new girl on SFR scene, she brings her electrifying love stories and her naughty fantasies to our galaxy.

Rowan Bishop is her penname.

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AMAZON BUY LINKS & SALE INFO:

**Rebellion will be $0.99 during the tour!!**


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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Rowan Bishop will be awarding a $20 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.


**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase made I may receive a small commission to help support this blog.  This does not cost you anything, it just helps pay for all those awesome giveaways on here.**

This contest is sponsored by a third party. Fabulous and 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.