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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

The Secrets of Moonlight Cove by A.G. Reid, Barb DeLong, Jill Jaynes, Shauna Roberts, Janna Roznos, Kathleen Rowland - Book Blast - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hello lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host six fabulous authors and their new book box set, “The Secrets of Moonlight Cove”! For other stops on their 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 & Noble Gift Card. Also, come back daily to interact with all these wonderful authors and to increase your chances of winning!

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

The Secrets of Moonlight Cove

by A.G. Reid, Barb DeLong, Jill Jaynes, Shauna Roberts, Janna Roznos, Kathleen Rowland

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GENRE: Sweet Contemporary Romance

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Mr. Valentine Comes to Town by A.G. Reid: A mysterious vacationer—and supernatural entity—Mr. Valentine is matchmaking despite strict instructions from the goddess Venus to leave the people of Moonlight Cove alone.

Maggie’s Mystery Man by Barb DeLong: Who is the reclusive visitor that has rented the entire Bed and Breakfast in the historic Moonlight Cove Lighthouse and who only appears in public in a bad disguise complete with a ridiculous fake wig? Maggie might find the big story that will save her small town paper. Or she might find much more.

Once Upon a Love Letter by Jill Jaynes: Chloe Reiser sees dead people, and now that she’s back in Moonlight Cove to make a fresh start, she’s done keeping it a secret. But how is she going to tell her more-skeptical-than-ever high school crush that his dead father has an important message for him?

Surprise Deliveries by Shauna Roberts: Serious, sensible Mr. Hamasaki left for a trip and never came back. His daughter and an artist must team up to find him.

Second Time Around by Janna Roznos: A woman with her business on the brink may find more than she bargained for in the old Victorian house left to her by her dead sister.

Lily’s Pad by Kathleen Rowland: Lily Holmes knows enough tricks to attract celebrities to her beachside bistro, Lily’s Pad. She knows the rules but breaks one when she falls in love with her valued client, reality T.V. star Scarlett Royale’s man, Creed Taylor.

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EXCERPT TWO:

From Once Upon a Love Letter by Jill Jaynes

Chloe blinked up at the guy standing before her. Her glance slid up over the black leather jacket that accentuated his slim waist and broad shoulders, then settled on his face: green eyes, ruffled auburn hair, killer smile complete with dimple. He’d been a heart-throb basketball star in high school, and her secret (okay, maybe not so secret) crush for her whole junior year. He’d apparently grown into the full powers of his charm.

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AUTHOR BIO – JILL JAYNES:

Jill Jaynes began her love affair with romance when she was a teenager growing up in Southern California, spending many a late-night under the covers with a flashlight and good romance novel. Today she writes stories with happy endings her own way--with a dash of magic that means anything can happen. When she’s not writing, you can find her wine-tasting or hiking with her awesome husband, plotting her next story with her writer-daughter or working at her day job in her spare time.

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CONNECT WITH JILL:

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/JillJaynesRomance/

Website:

http://www.jilljaynes.com/

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14369211.Jill_Jaynes

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AUTHOR BIO – SHAUNA ROBERTS:

Shauna Roberts writes historical fiction, science fiction, romance, and fantasy and is a graduate of the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Her publications include more than a thousand nonfiction articles, three nonfiction books, several short stories, two novelettes, and three novels (Like Mayflies in a Stream, historical fiction, 2009; Claimed by the Enemy, historical fiction with romantic elements, 2014; and Ice Magic, Fire Magic, fantasy with romantic elements, 2015).

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CONNECT WITH SHAUNA:

Website:

http://www.shaunaroberts.com/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/shaunaroberts

Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2127144.Shauna_Roberts

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/ShaunaRoberts5

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AUTHOR BIO – A.G. REID:

A.G. Reid developed a love for romance novels while serving in the military. It helped keep him grounded. He now writes romantic stories with a paranormal twist. Enjoy his short story Mr. Valentine Comes to Town in the romance anthology, Secrets Of Moonlight Cove.

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CONNECT WITH A.G.:

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https://www.facebook.com/AG-Reid-author-565738970277946/

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AUTHOR BIO – BARB DeLONG:

Barb DeLong loves all things romance, animals and light-hearted, so she combines the three into her contemporary and paranormal stories. She has published a short story in Romancing the Pages anthology, Secrets of Moonlight Cove anthology, and is currently working on another short story plus a three-book paranormal romance series.

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CONNECT WITH BARB:

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16049288.Barb_DeLong

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AUTHOR BIO – JANNA ROZNOS:

Janna Roznos writes about the middle-ages: middle-aged women that is! Second chances, life changes and starting over are themes she continues to explore in her writing. Her short story, Second Time Around for Secrets of Moonlight Cove is her first published work.

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CONNECT WITH JANNA:

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/jkroznos

Website:

https://jannaroznos.wordpress.com/

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16049289.Janna_Roznos

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AUTHOR BIO – KATHLEEN ROWLAND:

Kathleen Rowland is devoted to giving her readers fast-paced, high-stakes suspense with a sizzling love story sure to melt their hearts. Some are sweet: Lily’s Pad within the Secrets of Moonlight Cove anthology, but a sizzling hot example is Deadly Alliance from Tirgearr Publishing.

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CONNECT WITH KATHLEEN:

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/kathleen.rowland.50

Website:

http://www.kathleenrowland.com/

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon US:

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Amazon UK:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Moonlight-Cove-Romance-Anthology-ebook/dp/B01M2B1PVG/

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

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Monday, December 26, 2016

Westobou Gold by Hawk MacKinney - Book Tour - Guest Post - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hello lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Hawk MacKinney and his new book, “Westobou Gold”! 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 $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card. Also, come back daily to interact with Hawk and to increase your chances of winning!

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

Westobou Gold

by Hawk MacKinney

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GENRE: Mystery/Suspense

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BLURB:

The Indian Queen would risk torture and worse to keep her secrets from these barbarians in suits of metal and their search for cities of gold. They never found the gold. Empires rose; empires fell, the centuries passed. Legend became fireside myths, but no treasure was ever found. Yet, among the grey-green drapes of wisteria and wild jasmine along the misty shrouded lowlands of bayous and marshes of the Westo River, the folktales persisted.

In the lazed creep of a near-tropical dawnlit the pungent Turkish coffee permeated Moccasin Hollow. Beyond the kitchen door Lucky, Craige Ingram’s German shepherd gnawed a favorite bone. Looted burial mounds seemed a world away until plundered mounds on Moccasin Hollow land brings amateur archeologist PI Craige Ingram into the crosshairs of kidnapping. Stealthy hideaways are concealed in old colonial brick-lined river grottos beneath the big house of Ardochy plantation. Sex-tape underage blackmail and thrill killings on federal land spur a medical examiner’s preliminary postmortem to more than a hired cleaner’s quickie cover-up passed off as drug deals gone sour. Greed tangles a witch’s pigswill of illicit affairs and murder-to-hide-murder. Shady investigators and shadier politics stir an unexpected concoction that threatens the lives of those at Moccasin Hollow in a spiteful plot against ex-SEAL Craige Ingram and the woman he loves.

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EXCERPT TWO:

She hadn't noticed the figure carrying a fishing pole walk into the yard until Lucky’s ears perked, and he bounded off the porch to greet Billy and his stringer of Blue Gills.

At first Terri was startled, “Who're you?” She’d had enough surprises for one day.

Billy hadn't seen Terri. “Oh... hi. I'm Billy, Mister Ingram an’ me are friends. I just caught me a mess of fish for supper. Clean ‘em soon as I get home. You must be his girlfriend. The one he likes so much.” Lucky nuzzled at Billy's hand.

“You’ve certainly got the dog’s approval. That's something not just anyone can do. Craige doesn't invite many to fish on his place.”

Billy grinned, pleased at having such a special invite. “Mister Craige told me I could come fish anytime. He sure has been to lots of places. Done things I'd like to do some day.” He sat down on the bottom step and laid his cane fishing pole next to the steps. “I thought you were awful pretty the day I saw pictures of you on the shelves next to those of that old woman.”

Terri said, “The elderly woman is his grandmother.”

The growl of a pickup truck coming down the drive interrupted them; Lucky bounded out to meet it, as Sam Crawforde swung into the yard. Crawforde turned off the engine, and climbed out dressed in faded coveralls and a pair of well-worn, second hand army boots that were Crawforde’s version of snake boots. “Well now, Terri, you’re a sight for sore eyes. It’s been a spell since I’ve had the pleasure of seeing you.”

“It has been a while.” Terri gave a nod toward Billy, “This is Billy, an acquaintance of Craige’s who fishes here.”

Crawforde asked, “Craige here?”

Terri said, “He’s inside asleep right now. He had a long night.”

Crawforde propped one foot on the bottom step, “I’d like to sit a spell, but I have several things to take care of before heading back to my office. Tell him I dropped by. He might want to come down to the dig and see some of the things we've uncovered.”

Billy, excited, “Find any arrowheads?”

“There’s lots of them,” Crawforde said. “Lot of Indian sites around these parts.”

“My dad had some. All kinds of things, one axe head. Got two bowls. They're broken but we have the pieces.”

Crawforde said, “You know where they come from?”

“My dad said some come from Edisto Island near the shell hills back in the marshes. My uncle has a farm up near Aiken. Sometimes when he plows, he’ll turn arrowheads all over the place.”

“If the broken pottery hasn’t been meddled with, the shards can help date artifacts. Once a site is dug through, it’s spoiled for dating. If you like to know how people used to live, you might want to give some thought to studying it beyond high school.”

“I guess,” Billy sort-of replied.

“You could study all about the Indians.”

“That what you do?”

Crawforde said, “Been doing it longer than you are old,” to him his work as fresh as ever. “You can tell what tribes lived where; where they moved; who they traded with; how they reused every-day things. How their pottery designs changed, different axe heads like you found. They didn't throw away much. Recycled most of what they had. Couldn't run down to the nearest hardware store and buy a new one.”

“We just finished studying about the Cherokees.”

“Sad, the way they were treated.”

Billy said, “Cherokees had newspapers.”

“That kind of stuff interest you?”

“Sometimes.”

“What year are you in school?”

“Senior.”

Crawforde said, “Keep your grades up. College is your next step.”

“USC Columbia. My Dad went there.”

“What's your GPA?”

“Little above a three point.”

“SATs?”

“English 550, math 600”

Crawforde smiled, “Sports?”

“Football, but I like baseball best.”

“You going for a scholarship? Either football or baseball?”

Billy sighed, “Probably not. You got to be a spotlight quarterback or pitcher to get that.”

“What you got to lose by trying?”

Billy thought for a moment. “Nothing I guess.”

“Don’t say no to yourself. Go after what you want. I've served on several university admissions’ boards. When other folks say no to you, treat it as a roadblock to be overcome.”

“Or go around,” Billy said.

“You might be surprised how most people want to help. You won't have problems with USC. If you’d want, maybe one of these days you could come in the field with me. Look at some of the mounds discovered last month by one of the grad students from our department. We covered it back up to protect it.”

Billy's eyes lit up, “I’d like that.”

“Hope nobody dug it up since then.”

“That happen much?”

Crawforde said, “It’s a big problem. What's really sad is how some museums pay big money for cultural artifacts with no questions asked.” Glanced at the sky, time of day was moving on, “Got to get going. Use what daylight's left.” Gave a nod to Terri, “Nice seeing you again.”

Terri watched the pickup disappear through the trees and down the curved drive toward the highway. Summer’s darker green leaves were already tinged yellow-green around the edges along the drive.

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GUEST POST:

Growing up in the open spaces of hill-country southwest with horses and dogs and every critter that could crawl, climb, fly and snarl, Hawk MacKinney is an internationally acclaimed author and public speaker. A retired U.S. Navy officer, Hawk was on the postdoctoral faculties in the states, as well as the Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, and put down “Southron” roots in deep-south Dixie to begin a love affair with characters and places roundabout that was just beggin’ to be writ about.

Hawk writes across several mix-genres that include his mystery/thriller series—The Craige Ingram Mystery Series, and his science fiction series, The Cairns of Sainctuarie, Volume 1 - The Bleikovat Event and Volume 2 - The Missing Planets. His historical romance, Moccasin Trace, was nominated for the prestigious Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction and the Writers Notes Book Award, and is a historical cross-genre prequel love story of the family bloodlines of his protagonist, Craige Ingram, a retired Navy SEAL/part-time private investigator, in the Moccasin Hollow Mystery Series.

ABOUT WESTOBOU GOLD:

The double-double-crosses and greed in Westobou Gold takes Craige Ingram from his South Carolina ancestral home of Moccasin Hollow to the underbelly of dirty backrooms. The violence against loved ones, written as “fiction” is often more gruesome fact than fiction. The treacherous psychotic lives among us. They live by their own rules, and if they perceive a threat, paranoid or real, they become a most deadly predator, leaving one with a sense of naked prey, a John/Jane Doe-on-the-street run to ground…sometimes as close as the head on the pillow next to us. The twists in tales of Westobou Gold, Book 2 of the Moccasin Hollow Mystery Series, is the night-horse haints-and-specters of fear-come-into-daylight, and sucks the reader into the unexpected.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Internationally acclaimed author and public speaker, Hawk MacKinney began writing mysteries for his school newspapers. He served in the US Navy Reserve for over 20 years, and was a tenured faculty member at several state medical facilities, teaching postgraduate courses in both the United States and Jerusalem, Israel. Since retiring Hawk has authored several novels that have received national and international recognition. Moccasin Trace, a historical novel, was nominated for the prestigious Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction and the Writers Notes Book Award. The Cairns of Sainctuarie, his science fiction series, includes The Bleikovat Event and The Missing Planets, with a third book in the works. Hawk’s latest project focuses on The Moccasin Hollow Mystery Series. Book 1 in the series, Hidden Chamber of Death, was released early 2016.

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CONNECT WITH HAWK:

Website:

http://www.hawkmackinney.net/

Facebook:

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Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/698008.Hawk_MacKinney

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33016110-westobou-gold

Amazon Author Page:

http://amzn.to/2gGXBKm

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

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Barnes and Noble:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/westobou-gold-hawk-mackinney/1124806694

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

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

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At the Heart of the Stone by Roxanne D. Howard - Book Blast - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hello lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Roxanne D. Howard and her new book, “At the Heart of the Stone”! 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 $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card. Also, come back daily to interact with Roxanne and to increase your chances of winning!

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

At the Heart of the Stone

by Roxanne D. Howard

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GENRE: Contemporary Paranormal Fantasy Romance

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BLURB:

Dreams are the perfect shelter for our fantasies, safe havens to step inside without changing our daily lives. For Lark Braithwaite, all that is about to change. During the last six months, Lark has dreamt of a mysterious Irish lover who knows what she wants and gives her exactly what she needs. In her waking life in busy London, things aren’t as ideal, as her long-term relationship with Charles, her controlling fiancé, has hit a dry spell.

When Lark is called home to Oregon for her father’s funeral right in the middle of a high-stakes corporate merger, she heads back to face the demons from her past. What she doesn’t expect is to meet her dream lover in the flesh. Niall O’Hagan steps straight out of her fantasies and right into her life, and the powerful connection they share rocks her foundation. Although she's dealing with the bitterness of being betrayed by Charles and his jealousy, Niall soon stirs Lark’s awareness of the superficiality of her existence and reawakens not only her sexuality, but her soul.

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EXCERPT TWO:

She bit her lower lip, trying to get on solid ground, but from the hunger on his face, she shouldn’t have done that. The imprint of last night’s dream was still fresh in her mind, and she went for a bitchier approach, hoping to deter him. “Oh, please, Niall. My dad was more of a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do type of parent. So right now, I need these more than I need to be lectured, thank you very much.”

He shrugged a shoulder, and a wayward dark curl fell over his left eyebrow. “Fair enough. Could I make an observation, though?”

Lark put the cigarette between two fingers and played with the lighter in her other hand, prepared to take it outside. “Could I stop you?”

The corners of Niall’s mouth twitched. He glanced down, and she moved in for the kill.

“What? Oh, I’m sorry, are you intimidated by strong women?”

His gaze shot back up and fixed on hers. “Oh, no. On the contrary; I find it alluring. I find you, in particular, extremely alluring, though it’s unethical.”

Panic shot through her. What in tarnation was she doing? She should tell him she was with Charles, discourage him. But the way his eyes caught the hallway light, turning them a deep viridian, reminded her of their tryst in the cottage. She said nothing, but her nipples peaked and pressed against her shirt like hard pebbles. He glanced down at them and moved toward her until she found herself pushed up against the wall, trapped. She wasn’t an expert at reading people or anything, but I want you might as well have been written on his forehead in permanent marker. He dropped his law books on the floor without preamble and cupped her face in his hands, leaning forward to kiss her, with no uncertainty this time.

Stunned, she dropped her smoking items as his mouth claimed hers. She let out an involuntary whimper as he touched his tongue to hers, and it appeared to be all the encouragement he needed. With a groan, he fisted the lower back of her shirt and tugged her toward him as his other hand sought the side of her neck.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Roxanne D. Howard is a romance novelist who resides in the mid-western United States. Her first award-winning novel, At the Heart of the Stone, was published in February 2016 with Loose Id. Her other titles include Chicks Dig the Accent, and the recently released three-part Costa Mesa Series. Roxanne is a U.S. Army veteran, and has a bachelor's degree in Psychology and English. She loves to read poetry, classical literature, and Stephen King. She is also an avid Star Wars fan, musical theater nut, and loves everything related to marine biology. She is the proud mother of two beautiful girls, several pets, and loves to spend time with her husband and children when she's not writing. Roxanne loves to hear from her readers, and she can be contacted at author@roxannedhoward.com. To find out more, please visit her website at roxannedhoward.com.

**Please Note: Roxanne is the Winner of the Coffee Time Romance Reviewer's Award!! Congrats Roxanne!!**

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CONNECT WITH ROXANNE:

Website:

www.roxannedhoward.com

Email:

author@roxannedhoward.com

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/RoxanneDHoward

Facebook:

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