SWAT for Dummies by Gail Koger - Book Tour - Blurb Blitz - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

SWAT for Dummies

by Gail Koger

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GENRE:   Action / Adventure / Comedy / Romance

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BOOK BLURB:

Just call me Calamity Jane, wherever I go, trouble soon follows.  Which makes my job as a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy a bit hazardous. From chasing down a bank robber to dealing with a cat burglar, or handling Sun City’s seniors who are crazy as June bugs and horny as hell.  

My personal life is complicated.  Off-duty I’m a ballroom dancer. Detective Sergeant Dante Delgado is my new dance partner. My relationship with him puts me in the crosshairs of a dirty cop with homicidal tendencies. Can we stop him, or will we become his next victims?  

Law enforcement isn’t for the fainthearted. Are you brave enough to enter my world?

Author’s note: I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher for way too many years and this novella contains some of the wilder incidents that occurred.  Yes, sex on the sidewalk is based on a true incident.

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EXCERPT ONE:

I took his hand. I was curious to see how well we danced together. I smiled as energetic salsa music filled the club.

Dante spun me around him and pulled me into a tight embrace. My skin heated wherever he touched me, and my girly parts were yelling yee-haw. One moment, we were doing the Cuban salsa, and the next, the Texas two-step. I was amazed at how perfectly we moved together.

A light touch and we were dancing the tango. Dante’s large hands skimmed down my back, grabbed my hips and up I went. He twirled me around his shoulders and lowered me down his body.

I rubbed against his crotch in a sinuous slide.

“Minx,” Dante whispered and promenading me to the right, then the left.

I focused on the slow, delicious glide of his body against mine, on the sensual havoc he wreaked with a single touch as we switched to the Texas two-step, then back to the tango.

Dante dipped me. The carnal need in his eyes instantly made my panties wet. I watched in delight as he lowered his head until our lips met. 

One second his lips brushed against mine. The next, Dante slid me between his legs and slowly pulled me back up. The bulge in his pants got bigger. I danced backward, tapping my heels on the floor, and breaking into the flamenco. 

Without hesitation Dante did the flamenco too. His every movement was elegant and sensual as his boots drummed a primeval rhythm. Feeling sexy as hell, I clapped my hands rhythmically and joined him.

Dante wrapped an arm around me, pulled me close and ended the dance with a kiss.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Author bio: I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher for the Glendale Police Department and to keep from going totally bonkers – I mean people have no idea what a real emergency is. Take this for example: I answered, “9-1-1 emergency, what’s your emergency?” And this hysterical woman yelled, “My bird is in a tree.” Sometimes I really couldn’t help myself, so I said, “Birds have a tendency to do that, ma’am.” The woman screeched, “No! You don’t understand. My pet parakeet is in the tree. I’ve just got to get him down.” Like I said, not a clue. “I’m sorry ma’am but we don’t get birds out of trees.” The woman then cried, “But… What about my husband? He’s up there, too.” See what I had to deal with? To keep from hitting myself repeatedly in the head with my phone I took up writing.

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CONNECT WITH GAIL:

Website:

http://www.gailkoger.com

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Askole

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Colettiwarlordbooks

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/gkoger58

BookBub Author Page:

https://www.bookbub.com/authors/gail-koger

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1598719.Gail_Koger

Amazon Author Page:

http://www.amazon.com/Gail-Koger/e/B001K838BY

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Gail will award a randomly drawn winner a $20 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card (Winner’s Choice!!!) via Rafflecopter during the tour.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase is 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 fabulous community outreach projects and 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.

One Love For Liv by Marianne Arkins - Book Tour - Book Review - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hey, lovelies!!  It gives me great pleasure today to host Marianne Arkins and her new book, “One Love For Liv,” here on FAB!!  For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $10 Amazon Gift Card!!  Also, come back daily to interact with Marianne and to increase your chances of winning!!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Wishing you all lots of good luck in this fabulous giveaway!!

One Love For Liv

by Marianne Arkins

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GENRE:   Romance

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BOOK BLURB:

Liv is out to prove her high society fiancé is cheating on her. Can she do it without breaking a nail—or falling in love with Mike, the mechanic?

Olivia "Liv" Leigh, wealthy socialite and spa owner, suspects her fiancé of cheating on her. Drastic steps are required to discover whether appearances are deceiving. And if those steps require a bit of stalking, a change of appearance, a hippo-sized dog named Spike, and sacrificing her manicure to clean house for a sexy-but-sloppy man whose neighbor is determined to break several of the strangest Guinness World Records, why should that be a problem?

Mike Peck, a happily single auto mechanic, is more than content sharing his bachelor pad with piles of laundry, dirty dishes, and a sneaky ferret. But when a half-crazed woman in a bad wig shows up on his doorstep, what's a nice guy to do?

Why, invite her in, unknowingly help her in her search for the truth and, in the process, fall head over heels with a woman who's never been less his type.

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EXCERPT ONE:

Liv leaped back and slipped between two parked cars, squatting down to hide for a moment until she realized she couldn’t see anything. She duck-walked up a few cars until she could lean down to peek underneath and watch Daisy’s feet to note when she moved on.

Utterly focused on the sight before her, she had no warning before the driver’s door beside her swung open, clipping her sharply on the head. She flew backward, sprawling into the street and thumping her skull on the pavement. Tires squealed nearby as a moving car whipped around her flattened body.

“What the—?” From a million miles away, a man shouted in surprise. She heard the thump of footsteps but couldn’t seem to open her eyes. “Hey, lady.” A huge, heavy hand shook her shoulder. “Are you okay?”

Something warm and wet swiped her face, both reviving and disgusting her. She kept her eyes closed and limply swatted at it. Her hand hit fur. “Ugh.”

“Spike, back off.”

Spike? What was going on? She gave a low moan and tried again to force her eyelids to obey her will, finally succeeding after a Herculean effort. A tanned face covered in five o’clock shadow and smears of black grease swam in front of her. Next to him, its neck surrounded by a studded black leather collar, sat the biggest brown dog she’d ever seen. The creature had drool suspended from its mouth and it looked as if it had swallowed a sneaker with the laces hanging out. Dear heavens, was that what had licked her?

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MY BOOK REVIEW:

Wow!!  I absolutely loved this book!!  "One Love for Liv," is a fun, sweet, charming, romcom read filled with realistic characters, entertaining storylines, and amusing plot points!!

I could not put this book down nor did want to as I quickly devoured this book in just one sitting!!

I really liked main characters Liv and Mike.  I instantly connected with Liv as she was easy to relate to and I felt a kinship with her. I loved her smart, sweet, silly, sassy, and spirited demeanor.  She was a very entertaining character and I found myself having many LOL moments at her expense!!  Everything from Liv and Mike’s adorable meet cute, the hilarious moving slipper, the meeting of Rhett, the mysterious ice cube tray trick, the cooking and cleaning debacles, etc. had me ROTFL and I was glad to have been reading this book at home lol!!  I really liked Liv and Mike together and enjoyed watching their relationship develop over the course of the book.

I really enjoyed the author’s unique ability to thoroughly describe scenes filled with realistic themes and relatable characters, therefore, allowing for the reader to stay fully immersed in the story.

This book is a super quick read, comprised of sixteen short chapters spanning across 206 eBook pages.

Currently it seems this book is not part of a book series.  Therefore, this book can easily be read as a standalone.

For readers that like neat and tidy endings, this book’s HEA is tied up with a bow and is sure to leave readers completely satisfied.

All in all, I really enjoyed reading this book and would absolutely recommend it!!  I think all sweet romcom readers will be sure to like this book too!!  So, add it to your TBR List and get to reading – you won’t be disappointed!!

**Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book and have voluntarily provided an honest, and unbiased review in accordance with FTC regulations**

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AUTHOR BIO:

Marianne is originally from California but currently living in the lovely state of Utah with her daughter, two dogs, two cats and one adorable foster hamster. She can’t imagine a world without romance or not having stories rattling around in her brain. There are nights when she dreams a complete story and watches it acted out in her head. Those are the times she wakes up and grabs for a notepad to jot down the important parts – without turning on the light – and hopes it’s coherent in the morning. She’s a member of the Romance Writers of America and heavily involved and indebted to her group of writing friends.

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CONNECT WITH MARIANNE:

Website:

https://mariannearkinsauthor.com

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Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1452737.Marianne_Arkins

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Amazon Author Page:

https://amzn.to/3FNG263

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

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Amazon CA Kindle eBook:

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Amazon CA Paperback:

https://www.amazon.ca/One-Love-Liv-Marianne-Arkins/dp/1605040185

Universal – Books2Read:

https://books2read.com/OneLoveForLiv

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Marianne will be awarding a $10 Amazon Gift Card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase is 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 fabulous community outreach projects and 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.

The Warlord's Stormy Skye by Gail Koger - Book Tour - Blurb Blitz - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hi, lovelies!!  It gives me great pleasure today to host Gail Koger and her new book, “The Warlord's Stormy Skye,” here on FAB!!  For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

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

Thanks for stopping by!!  Wishing you all lots of good luck in this fabulous giveaway!!

The Warlord's Stormy Skye

Coletti Warlord Book Series

Book 17

by Gail Koger

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GENRE: Sci-Fi Romance Comedy

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BOOK BLURB:

My name is Skye McAllister, I’m a psychic witch and a healer. My life is a rollercoaster ride of craziness. My unique electrical powers have a bunch of alien males eyeing me like I’m prime rib at an all-you-can-eat banquet.

If that wasn’t bad enough, a crazy old witch transformed herself into a half-human Kotsor spider and is trying to kill me with hexes, magical bombs, and her zillion hatchlings.  Have you ever tried to disarm an enchanted bomb with space Neanderthals trying to claim you as their mate?  It’s a good way to die.

To keep me alive, Zarek, the Coletti Overlord, assigned me a partner.  Vorian is a badass War Commander who is used to people obeying him immediately.  Like that’s going to happen.  I will admit he’s sex on two legs, and so damn pretty. But if I let my hormones dictate my actions, we’d be bound for life. Not happening.

Once we rid the galaxy of Mallox and the evil spider lady, I’m ditching his fine ass.

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EXCERPT TWO:

“This is a battle zone. Why are you not wearing your helmet?” Vorian demanded.

I sighed. Ever since Ella rescued me from Domagal, my life had been in a freefall. Zarek had made it very clear I belonged to the Coletti Empire now and Vorian was my partner aka jailer. The first chance I got I was ditching the bossy War Commander. “Because I’m listening for the boom,” I snapped.

“What boom?”

My eyes popped opened when I realized nothing had exploded. “I’ll be damned! We’re alive!”

“Was there some doubt?” Vorian retracted his helmet.

A slightly hysterical laugh escaped me. “You could say that, but hey, my luck held.”

There was a short disbelieving silence, then Vorian drawled ominously, “You do know how to disarm magical bombs?”

“Sorta.” If I told him I was winging it, he’d probably freak.”

Vorian’s eyebrows shot up. “What kind of answer is sorta?”

“You can’t handle the truth.”

“Try me,” Vorian growled.

“Okay. I’ve never deactivated bombs before.”

The War Commander stared at me for a long moment. “I see. Has Ella ever defused a magical bomb?”

“Nope. We’ve never had a witch go rogue either.”

“How many booby traps are left?”

“Four.” I rolled my shoulders, trying to ease my tense muscles. “And to make things even more exciting, these suckers are tricky little devils to disarm.”

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AUTHOR BIO:

I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher for the Glendale Police Department and to keep from going totally bonkers – I mean people have no idea what a real emergency is. Take this for example: I answered, “9-1-1 emergency, what’s your emergency?” And this hysterical woman yelled, “My bird is in a tree.” Sometimes I really couldn’t help myself, so I said, “Birds have a tendency to do that, ma’am.” The woman screeched, “No! You don’t understand. My pet parakeet is in the tree. I’ve just got to get him down.” Like I said, not a clue. “I’m sorry ma’am but we don’t get birds out of trees.” The woman then cried, “But… What about my husband? He’s up there, too.” See what I had to deal with? To keep from hitting myself repeatedly in the head with my phone I took up writing.

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CONNECT WITH GAIL:

Website:

www.gailkoger.com

Email:

gkoger58@q.com

Facebook Personal Page:

https://www.facebook.com/gail.koger.3

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Twitter:

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BookBub Author Page:

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Goodreads Author Page:

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Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79313414-the-warlord-s-stormy-skye

Amazon Author Page:

http://amzn.to/2tpb5SP

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon US Kindle eBook:

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Amazon CA Kindle eBook:

https://www.amazon.ca/Warlords-Stormy-Skye-Coletti-Warlord-ebook/dp/B0BSJCG1YF

Barnes and Noble NOOK eBook:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-warlords-stormy-skye-gail-koger/1142974624

Kobo US eBook:

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Kobo CA eBook:

https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/the-warlord-s-stormy-skye

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Gail will be awarding a $20 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card (Winner’s Choice!!!) to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase is 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 fabulous community outreach projects and 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.

Last Chance by Darren E. Watling - Book Tour - Book Blast - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hi, lovelies!!  It gives me great pleasure today to host Darren E. Watling and his new book, “Last Chance,” here on FAB!!  For other stops on his Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $15 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card!!  Also, come back daily to interact with Darren and to increase your chances of winning!!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Wishing you all lots of good luck in this fabulous giveaway!!

Last Chance

by Darren E. Watling

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GENRE:   Sci-Fi / Comedy

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BOOK BLURB:

The earth's epilogue was a forgone conclusion.

Our World selects seven of the best human beings that man, woman, and other could put their faith in, to ensure human existence, each displaying traits of a master in his/hers/its field.

However, not all traits are in the best interest of humankind.

Out of this World places seven hospital patients on a Plan B shuttle. Life was difficult on Earth. A new planet presents new problems. The ex-Fruit and Nut Friendly Psychiatric Hospital patients are up for the challenge.

Into the Other World—The Twist. Not only a mid-1900s dance, it is also associated with a lemon, a warped shape, a frame of mind, a warped frame of mind, a face you pull from sucking lemons and an end of story, unexpected finish, not to be given away, glancing at the back cover.

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EXCERPT TWO:

“In this year, 2125, alcohol is still promoted and consumed in large quantities by a generous portion of the world. In the years before, an organisation who called themselves The AAF tried to stop this crippling society drug. They originated in Ireland but were quickly run out of their own country. Next, they travelled down under, all the way to Australia, looking to set up a base camp for their plight. They were quickly run out of there too. (Some say the Aussies were pissed, while running the AAF out of the country). They bounced from country to country, finally setting up shop on the shores of the Arctic. The AAF would fight for fifty years. To give credit where it is due, the AAF held a sensible argument and for an extremely brief moment, a famous politician was subconsciously almost contemplating giving consideration of thought to what they were saying. They spoke of the excessive numbers of Alcoholic Anonymous meeting places. (One can conclude there are an excessive number of alcoholics). They drove the point of the number of alcohol-related road deaths. They touched on the alcohol-related child abuse cases and fired up at the mention of alcohol-fuelled wife bashings. The hospitalised, the alcohol-responsible cancer patients, the effects it has on the liver, kidneys and almost every other vital organ needed for existence. They fought a long, good, worthy fight, but alas, they were extremely outnumbered. The dream of the world adopting the same attitude as religion was lost, buried somewhere under the Vodka bottles with the members of the AAF that drank themselves to death in protest.”

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AUTHOR BIO:

Born Darren Edward Watling, Subiaco, Western Australia, 1966. Darren excelled in English, maintaining ‘A’s, throughout his schooling and wrote a play, ‘Laughing Gas’, for his school at the age of 10. Credited with one small, published article, Darren found inspiration and reward, arriving at his latest piece, ‘Last Chance’.

He completed an apprenticeship, as a fitter, at Princess Margaret Hospital, while continuing his passion for short story writing.

Traveling Australia for three years on a private bus gave Darren a beginning to the experiences and continued, humorous outlook he has on life.

Darren approached his mother Jill Stubbs Mills and asked for her blessing to take her short story, ‘Deception’, and rewrite it into a novel. (The feedback from her publisher about her story was exceptional). Jill agreed to her son’s request. Sadly, Jill now suffers with dementia, but, keeps her sense of humour.

Various forms of employment, including a movie extra, a welder on a crocodile farm, a drummer for a touring band and currently a roof plumber, gave Darren considerable ‘fuel’, for a fired up, comedic novel.

Darren has had several passions over the past 56 years while walking this Earth. Drums, Karate, tennis and continuing today- comedic writing.

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CONNECT WITH DARREN:

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Twitter:

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Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23000374.Darren_E_Watling

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63139396-last-chance

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon US Kindle eBook:

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Amazon CA Kindle eBook:

https://www.amazon.ca/Last-Chance-Future-Apocalypse-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B0BK38PQ1Q

Amazon CA Paperback:

https://www.amazon.ca/Last-Chance-Future-Apocalypse-Trilogy/dp/0228882869

Amazon CA Hardcover:

https://www.amazon.ca/Last-Chance-Future-Apocalypse-Trilogy/dp/0228882877

Barnes and Noble NOOK eBook:

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Barnes and Noble Hardcover:

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eBay Paperback:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/404074259007

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Darren will be awarding a $15 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card (Winner’s Choice!!!) to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase is 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 fabulous community outreach projects and 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.

Forever Askole by Gail Koger - Book Tour - Book Blast - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Gail Koger will be awarding a $25 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card (Winner's Choice!!!) to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.

My name is Ella McAllister, I’m a psychic witch and a healer. My life is kinda nuts. Not only do I have the Coletti hunters chasing me, but now I also have a very determined Askole High Commander after me. Why? I shot his ship down and it crash landed, and it blew up. Yep, itty-bitty pieces everywhere. My bad, but his ship was a dead ringer for a Rodan Marauder, and it was my civic duty to blow the enemy spacecraft out of the sky. Wasn’t it? Any hoo, I healed his owies and boogied.

I thought that was the end of it, but oh no. For some unknown reason, Sariel, the Askole High Commander, decided I would make him the perfect mate. As if. I think the blow to his head made him completely bonkers.

Sariel informed me the mating dance had begun and there was nothing I could do to stop it. The idiot had obviously never dealt with a witch before. I didn’t have the time to play games with him, so I did a little abracadabra alakazam and ran.

Sigh. The persistent Askole found me. Now I have a decision to make. Keep running or surrender to the High Commander. He is a damn good kisser.

Would the mating dance bring two lonely souls together? Who knew?

EXCERPT THREE:

Sariel abruptly changed the subject. “I had armor made for you.”

That got my attention. “Did you?” Since I was heading for the Wild West of the galaxy, body armor would come in handy. “What’s the catch?”

Amusement lit Sariel’s eyes. “So suspicious.”

“You bet your ass I am. What’s the catch?”

“A simple kiss and the armor is yours.” Sariel’s big hand cupped my ass.

Geeze, he was like an octopus. I removed his hand. “That’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Uh huh.” The sneaky bastard was planning something, but what? I kissed his chin. “There you go. Where’s my armor.

Sariel laughed. “A real kiss with tongue.”

I really wanted that armor. I pressed my lips to his and took small, careful tastes of his mouth. I didn’t want to impale myself on his fangs. Yep, Sariel definitely tasted like cinnamon. A wild, edgy excitement tore through me as our tongues tangled in a slow, sensual dance.

Sariel caught my chin in his hand and the hot friction of his mouth had me vibrating with pure, undiluted need. He was a fever in my blood. I burned for him. I had a sudden, overpowering need to fuck Sariel blind. No! No! No! This was bad on so many levels. I had to stop this before I did something stupid. “Stop! You’ve got your kiss. Where is my armor?”

“Obstinate to the end. Your former lover has much to answer for.”

AUTHOR BIO:

I was a 9-1-1 dispatcher for the Glendale Police Department and to keep from going totally bonkers – I mean people have no idea what a real emergency is. Take this for example: I answered, “9-1-1 emergency, what’s your emergency?” And this hysterical woman yelled, “My bird is in a tree.” Sometimes I really couldn’t help myself, so I said, “Birds have a tendency to do that, ma’am.” The woman screeched, “No! You don’t understand. My pet parakeet is in the tree. I’ve just got to get him down.” Like I said, not a clue. “I’m sorry ma’am but we don’t get birds out of trees.” The woman then cried, “But… What about my husband? He’s up there, too.” See what I had to deal with? To keep from hitting myself repeatedly in the head with my phone I took up writing.

CONNECT WITH GAIL:

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GIVEAWAY:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase is 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 fabulous community outreach projects and 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.

The Cannibal's Guide to Fasting by Dana Hammer - Book Tour - Guest Post - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hey, lovelies!!  It gives me great pleasure today to host Dana Hammer and her new book, “The Cannibal's Guide to Fasting,” here on FAB!!  For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

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

Thanks for stopping by!!  Wishing you all lots of good luck in this fabulous giveaway!!

The Cannibal's Guide to Fasting

by Dana Hammer

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GENRE:   Comedic Horror

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BLURB:

Igor Fenenko, a former research scientist, is a scary, scary man. Not only is he a massive bodybuilder with a spider tattooed on his face, he has also been infected with Pestis Manducans — viral cannibalism. Igor tried to resist indulging, but his research specimens smelled so delicious. Who did it hurt, really, to nibble a corpse?

Caught, disgraced, and sent to a ‘rehabilitation’ center, Igor is now forced to live in a government-mandated Containment Center. He spends his days pressing wildflowers, growing blueberries, and doing his best to avoid human meat. More than anything, he wants a cure for the virus that has ruined his life.

Igor’s brother, Karl, is also infected with Pestis. But unlike Igor, he does not live in a Containment Center. He lives down by the river, where he runs a cannibal rights group. At first, the group seems harmless enough, if a bit creepy and overzealous. But when Igor discovers their evil practices, he is forced to intervene.

Aided and opposed by rich eccentrics who have their own agendas, Igor must use brains and muscles to find a cure while fighting the urge to turn brains and muscles into a delicious lunch.

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EXCERPT TWO:

Igor’s home is a single-wide trailer in a “community” that the government has set up for former cannibals. Decent, lawabiding, non-infected folks do not want man-eaters to live in their neighborhoods, but they won’t go so far as to demand executions for the infected, and so the forced cannibal community was born.

For a time, the infected were held in prisons and jails, until those became too overcrowded, and the state was forced to find other solutions. Now, the official plan of action is this: identify the cannibals, send them to a treatment center, and then house them in secure, guarded communities with their own kind.

Igor’s community is one of the nicer ones. The trailers are small but clean, and the neighborhood is kept tidy and quiet. Each trailer even has a small patch of lawn, for residents to use as they please. Igor uses his for fruit and vegetable gardening. Some other people plant flowers, and some of them plant nothing at all, but fill their yards with furniture or above-ground pools.

Other communities aren’t so lucky. Igor is grateful for his home, despite the security guards who occasionally take their jobs a bit too seriously. Despite the constant scrutiny of the inspectors, despite the fact that his ID lists his address as “High Risk Containment Center” and that any time he has to show that ID to anyone, he gets glares or looks of disgust or flat refusals of service. He is grateful, because without it, and without a job, and without anyone willing to take him in, he would likely be homeless.

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GUEST POST:

Stuff in My Office

As a writer who lives with two extremely disorganized and messy family members, it’s important to me to have a dedicated space where I don’t have to deal with other people’s garbage, dishes, dirty socks, and demands. Hence, my “office”. I say “office” but it’s really just a roll-top desk that I’ve situated in a corner in the kitchen. Maybe if you all buy enough copies of my book, I can level up my living situation and have a real, dedicated office, full of rich mahogany and art and shit. But for now, it’s a corner in the kitchen.

Here are a few things that are always in my office. They are there because either A) I love them, or B) I find them necessary. I’m going to tell you about five of them.

1.)  Notebooks

Any writer will tell you about the importance of notebooks. I have stacks of them, thanks to my supportive mother-in-law, who sends me large quantities of them in the mail. I also tend to buy them whenever I see them on sale somewhere. They are so random. For instance, I have five notebooks that have Marilyn Monroe on the cover. Why? Who knows?  Some are beautiful, with floral designs, and suede covers. Some of them are cheap paper notebooks with cats on them. It doesn’t matter, my stack of notebooks is the best thing in my office, and I don’t know what I’d do without my notebooks.

2.)  This specific cup

This is my favorite mug for tea. It’s the perfect size and shape. Again, it was a gift from my mother-in-law. I find it very hard to write without a beverage. Tea is my beverage of choice. I am drinking black tea as I write this.

3.)  Frida Kahlo shot glasses

These are not for drinking. I don’t take shots every time I sit down to write. (Not anymore.) These were a gift from a friend, and I keep them on my desk because I like a reminder that pain and disability are not barriers to creating art. Frida Kahlo suffered from debilitating pain for most of her life, and she created some of the greatest surrealist art ever painted. Sometimes I get upset and discouraged because of my lupus and all the medical dramas I have to deal with. Frida cheers me up.

4.)  INCENSE

You guys. If you haven’t written with incense burning, you are not living your best life. It doesn’t matter what you’re writing or why. You can be writing total trashy garbage, or a grocery list, but if incense is burning, you’re basically a sage, meditating in a temple, all full of wisdom. I know some people don’t like incense because they “don’t like strong smells” or they “have asthma” or they “aren’t hippies”. But honestly, if you can, burn incense while you write. Hell, burn incense if you don’t write. Just do it.

5.)  Badly drawn drawings

During the “stay inside” part of the pandemic, I decided that I would learn to draw. I’ve never been able to do it, and I thought, hey, now’s the perfect time to try. It’s been over two years since then, and I still haven’t learned to draw well. But I do it anyway, because it’s fun. So I have stacks of these weird little drawings that I shove in a drawer. Here is one for your enjoyment. You’re welcome.

And those are five of the things in my office. There are many more things, but they are boring, or they have personal identifying information on them, and cannot be put on the internet. Thanks for reading!

Love,

Dana

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AUTHOR BIO:

Dana Hammer is a novelist, screenwriter and playwright. She has won over forty awards and honors for her writing, few of which generated income, all of which were deeply appreciated. She is not a cannibal.

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