{Blitz} FOLLOW (Social Media #1) by JA HUSS with giveaway and review

FOLLOW (Social Media #1)
By @JA Huss
Publication Date: August 27. 2014
Novella (150 pages)
Adult Contemporary Romance

#Women.

I fuck them. I use them. I pay them off. I find another. My demands are never denied. My contracts are always signed. They submit to me. Willingly. Completely. Temporarily. This is how it’s always been.

Until I saw that filthy tweet.

@VaughnAsher My bare pussy. Your tongue. #ThingsIThinkAboutToGetOff

“FilthyBlueBird” thinks she can tease me with hashtags and then hide behind a Twitter handle? She thinks I wouldn’t be more than happy to #RockHerFilthyWorld? She’s wrong.

Her online fantasy is about to collide with her public reality, and it’s about to happen… now.

THIS IS A SERIAL NOVELLA
THAT MEANS ALL ENDINGS ARE CLIFFHANGERS
THIS NOVELLA IS ABOUT 150 PAGES LONG
THIS IS PART ONE OF SIX
BOOKS ARE RELEASED EVERY TWO WEEKS

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22928394-follow?ac=1
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/FOLLOW-Social-Media-JA-Huss-ebook/dp/B00MSBAHES

As I post this, you have 24 hours roughly to get it for only 99cents!!! Price goes up on Monday 9/1!

Early copy received courtesy of the author in exchange for my honest review, which is:

I've been struggling with writing this review because every time I tried, I was basically telling you every thing that happened in the book. Which is dumb. And spoiler-y.

There are a handful of authors out there who write 'erotica' and give you a story along with the sex. A story you WANT to read, you want to follow, and the sex is just like a spicy little bonus, a bonus that allows you to free your inner filthy, kinky self you never knew was lurking there.

JA Huss is one of those few. Erotica? Yes. Sinfully delicious and blush-worthy, yes. A story that isn't just filler fluff to get from one sex scene to another? Yes. Grace leaps off the page and has more than meets the eye. Vaughn is the same and I love how Grace calls him on his pomposity. Is that a word? If not, it is now.

Sex scenes? Hot. Risqué. Secret fantasy you never knew you had? Could be. From the small sample of early reviewers, we all agree on one thing: your panties might just melt and you may need a little date with B.O.B. Just sayin'.

Story? Delicious. Grace Kinsella is a filthy tweeter. She has a crush on @vaughnasher, a hollywood heartthrob and heir to Asher Productions. It's safe to tweet dirty things to him; it's not like he'll ever read them, know who @filthybluebird is, ever meet her face to face, etc.

Vaughn & Grace's interactions are fun. They're not only loaded with sexual innuendos and suggestive remarks, but there's also this feisty attitude Grace has as she laughs at Vaughn's desire to command her. She realizes she leans towards being a submissive, but she's also a thoroughly modern girl who isn't just gonna fall at the snap of his fingers. But she does a little, doesn't she?

There is more to Grace than we know. Vaughn notices it, too. She's hiding something and it seems like it might be something traumatic. Super hot weekend cut short by Grace as she rushes home, with a little bit of being Vaughn-like, a #thanksforthef**k, as she returns home, prepared to forget him.

As usual, JA Huss brings her characters to life. Can't you totally see this happening? The internet anonymity brings out the brash and brave within us, but what would you do when you're suddenly confronted with the object of your tweets?

I have a hard time with serials because I am SO impatient. But JA Huss's newest serial is like...tailor-made for impatient Huss-ies like me. Every 2 weeks, we get a new book. This series, Social Media, will have 6 books total, wrapping up in November. FOLLOW releases on Wednesday, August 27th, with the next book out on September 10. Both are up for preorder already, so SNAP THEM UP before the prices rise! <3 p="">

AUTHOR BIO
J. A. Huss likes to write new adult books that make you think and keep you guessing. Her favorite genre to read is space opera, but since practically no one reads those books, she writes new adult science fiction, paranormal romance, contemporary romance, urban fantasy, and books about Junco (who refuses to be saddled with a label).

She has an undergraduate degree in horses, (yes, really–Thank you, Colorado State University) and a master’s degree in forensic toxicology from the University of Florida. She used to have a job driving around Colorado doing pretty much nothing but shooting the breeze with farmers, but now she just writes, runs the New Adult Addiction and Clean Teen Reads Book Blogs, and runs an online science classroom for homeschoolers.

Author Links:
Website / Goodreads / Facebook / Twitter

My name is Grace Kinsella and I’m a filthy tweeter.

I can turn a hundred and forty characters into living sex. I can string words together in a way that will make you wet your panties with lust. I can make a man blush before he even gets to the hashtag. I am famous for pithy filth.

In fact, my girlfriends and I have an online Facebook group called the Filthy Blue Birds. And we’re not the only ones. The world of pithy filth is booming, friends. There are endless groups like ours. There are legions of shy girls who come alive when faced with the hundred-and-forty-character challenge. And there is a very special place online where we meet, challenging each other to achieve a new level of smexy typing.

I call that Twitter list Dirty Heaven. I made it up, like literally I’m the freaking founder. So Dirty Heaven is my kingdom and I’m the queen.

I’ll stop here to take a bow.

Besides being a list, Dirty Heaven is an online competition that happens on Twitter every Saturday night across the world—yes, we have filthy tweeters from all walks of life. At 8 PM Eastern the FT’s come alive and each league puts up their best and brightest. You get one tweet, one hashtag, and one chance to shine.

I don’t win anymore, it’s simply not fair. I’m now the judge. But back when we were first putting this together my tweets took me to Dirty Heaven time after time after time. That’s back when we used to have the competitions nightly and the group was small. Just fifteen or twenty of my closest online stranger friends. Each competition we had an online muse and we took turns choosing who would benefit from our blush-inducing prose. Sometimes the girls picked models or rock stars.

I only ever had one muse and his name is Vaughn Asher.

Yes, the Vaughn Asher. A Hollywood legend. He started out in the boy band 2 Far Out, then when his angelic voice changed as he hit puberty he graduated into Disney sitcoms. Most child actors would fade after that, never able to make the transition. But Vaughn Asher doubled down on the workouts—gaining the title of Most Envied Body in Hollywood six years in a row from Buzz Hollywood Magazine—and the preteen wannabe turned into an action-hero heartthrob overnight.

Just thinking his name makes me sigh. He’s so freaking gorgeous. That messy dark hair that makes him look like he just rolled out of bed. Those tight abs that just make you want to drag your tongue all over them to see if they taste as good as they look. And that package, boy. He’s never done any nudes so I have to use my imagination, but my imagination is vivid. I have a very clear picture.

Besides, you know what they say about a man’s thumbs, right? Well, Vaughn Asher has incredible thumbs. And large feet. They say that too.

Yes, doing filthy things to his six-foot-two frame has been my idea of Dirty Heaven for almost three years now. I’d like to say I’ve said everything imaginable about him, but that’s not true. I never run out of ideas. It’s like my brain only exists to compose a one-hundred-and-forty-character sentence that will turn him red.

That’s my fantasy. That’s my fairy tale. Vaughn Asher doing things to me that can only be said in a hashtag.

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And introducing the cover reveal for PART TWO - LIKE

LIKE (Social Media #2)

By @JA Huss

Publication Date: September 10, 2014

Novella (120-ish pages)

Adult Contemporary Romance

Description:

#WhatADick

Vaughn Asher. I’ve stalked him relentlessly. I shaped and formed my lust into the perfect dirty hashtag…day after day… weekend after weekend. He was my prince. My fairy tale. My fantasy.

I gave him the best years of my online life and what did he do for me?

Ruined my social media experience one tweet at a time. That’s what.

#Fantastic #BackToNatureFucking

#MissingSomething #You

And now #TheDickWhoIsVaughnAsher thinks he can weasel his way back into this filthy blue bird’s Twitter account? He’s wrong.

His public fantasy is about to collide… ah, fuck it. He’s hot as hell, bitches. I need more than a free sample. This time I want it all and I’ll do whatever it takes to get it.

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Pre-order Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/LIKE-Social-Media-JA-Huss-ebook/dp/B00MS3B3DU

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23002756-like

{Review} Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb

Book Title: Fool's Assassin (The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy, Book #1)
Author: Robin Hobb
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Publishing Date: August 12, 2014
Length: 667 pages
Source: Publisher via Netgalley

'Fantasy as it ought to be written' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
Tom Badgerlock has been living peaceably in the manor house at Withywoods with his beloved wife Molly these many years, the estate a reward to his family for loyal service to the crown.

But behind the facade of respectable middle-age lies a turbulent and violent past. For Tom Badgerlock is actually FitzChivalry Farseer, bastard scion of the Farseer line, convicted user of Beast-magic, and assassin. A man who has risked much for his king and lost more…

On a shelf in his den sits a triptych carved in memory stone of a man, a wolf and a fool. Once, these three were inseparable friends: Fitz, Nighteyes and the Fool. But one is long dead, and one long-missing.

Then one Winterfest night a messenger arrives to seek out Fitz, but mysteriously disappears, leaving nothing but a blood-trail. What was the message? Who was the sender? And what has happened to the messenger?

Suddenly Fitz's violent old life erupts into the peace of his new world, and nothing and no one is safe.

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I do not know how long it has been since I've last seen FitzChivalry Farseer. It's been a long time. I thought he was retired in Withywood and therefore snapped to attention and clicked request so fast at Netgalley when I saw this up for requests.

Do you have those books and characters? Where immersing yourself back into their world is like greeting a long lost friend?

In this case, I kinda wanted to smack Fitz on the arm and wake him the hell up. Haha. Robin Hobb picks up the story here roughly 10 years or so since we left off. Fitz is well ensconced into his role as Holder Tom Badgerlock and his wife Lady Molly. He is grieving, thinking that age is taking Molly away from him as she begins to insist that, despite having gone through menopause several years ago, she is pregnant. Having birthed 7 babies, she damn well knows when she is pregnant. She asks him to believe her, but she is pregnant for two years and Fitz has a hard time hanging onto the charade. Lo and behold, she surprises him when she goes into labor to birth their daughter, a tiny, pale, beautiful daughter they name Bee.

From there, the book continues with life on the farm, intrigue and politics seeping in here and there, and you realize that Fitz hasn't just been hiding in the persona of Tom Badgerlock...he's becoming Tom. And happily. Master Chade, along with Fitz's daughter Nettle, keep trying to lure him back, but he really isn't as mentally adept at picking things up as he once was.

If you're looking for the intense intrigue and action that was present in the other FitzChivalry Farseer books, you will be disappointed. This is the beginning of a new tale with old friends and new enemies and the tale is being woven and laid out. There are hints and instances you should keep in the back of your mind in the beginning as they tie themselves together by the end.

If you're anything like me and get lost in your books, I have no doubt you will be shouting and grimacing every time certain characters come into the scene. *cue eyeroll for Shun NOW*. And I'm not a supporter of being so much a gentleman that you don't turn around and tell a spoiled, little bitch to shut up, that it is YOUR house, she is a GUEST, and she will MIND HER PLACE. Can you tell that I hated Shun? Goes to show you how well Robin Hobb writes, doesn't it? When an author can evoke that much loathing, and on the opposite side for different characters that much care, you know you're in good hands as a reader and will be whisked away.

There is a gruesome town scene that made me choke up and cry. And then FitzChivalry continues thinking about it as it affects him greatly, having the Wit and all. I'm a huge animal lover and scenes of this nature make me want to vomit. I couldn't take it in Crime & Punishment when the horse is beaten even after death and I can't take it in movies, etc. So there were a few pages for me that were totally blurred by tears. I wish Fitz had killed that man, but then he'd probably be in jail so that wouldn't do us any good.

I knew what was coming as soon as Beloved made his appearance. And now...we wait. We wait (im)patiently for the next installment to see what unfurls before us. Quite impatiently. Haha.

I did NOT reread the FitzChivalry Farseer books before reading this one. You don't really have to. There is enough information to know who is whom, flashbacks to bring pertinent information, and the story as it is happening NOW that is important.

May I have some more, please?

{Book Review} WICKED WIND by Sharon Kay

SERIES! The next three days are focused on The Solsti Prophecy series by Sharon Kay. Today's review is book one of The Solsti Prophecy, WICKED WIND. Come read along and meet the Bonham sisters! ~Tiffany

Disclaimer: I received these books directly from the author in exchange for an honest review. The following is my honest opinion and no compensation changed hands!

Book Title: Wicked Win, The Solsti Prophecy #1
Author: Sharon Kay
Publisher: independent
Publishing Date: January 2014
Length:297 pages
Source: author for review purposes

Born with the ability to command the wind, Nicole Bonham dispenses her own brand of vigilante justice in Chicago’s worst neighborhoods. Stealth and surprise are always on her side. 

Lash demon Gunnar prowls Earth and several supernatural realms to help maintain peace among the immortal species. His chance encounter with Nicole creates a hurricane of sparks between them, and he won’t rest until she is his. 

They race to solve a series of supernatural attacks in the city. Nicole’s true identity brings the attention of the crazed demon behind them, even as her passion for Gunnar binds them together, body and soul. 

Nicole has become the one thing Gunnar can’t live without. Yet facing their worst enemy may destroy her. Gunnar must put aside past tragedy and trust that through her ability and their bond, she has brought myth to life.

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I was approached by author Sharon Kay waaaay back in December to see if I would be amenable to a Read & Review of her novel, WICKED WIND. I had to decline at the time because I was so behind in reviews and a little over-committed to blog tours, etc. (I still am a tad behind *I'm looking at you Netgalley list!* and working to be caught up for the rest of this year!). I am SO happy I was finally able to read her books and share my review with you all right now!

WICKED WIND introduces us to the Bonham sisters, specifically Nicole and Brooke, with the third sister, Gin, being mentioned briefly. Nicole and Brooke have these special talents and have decided to put them to good use. After years of marital arts training and beginning to work on developing their elemental powers, these two sisters roam the streets of Chicago, saving women from rape and interrupting gang fights.

Nicole's path crosses with Gunnar's when he watches them diffuse a situation and save a young woman. Then he follows her to a club, inexplicably drawn to her, and introduces himself. When they are outside catching their breaths, they interrupt a purse theft and Nicole uses her power and Gunnar calls her on it. Intrigued and unsure what species she is, Gunnar convinces Nicole to come to his home and meet the elder, Rilan. She agrees and her world is flipped upside down when she learns who she and her sisters truly are.

With plenty of fight sequences and smokin' hot sex scenes, this was a wonderful paranormal romance.  I enjoyed the way the information was presented on Lash demons, the prophecy, the hints at the powers of the Solsti, and yet how things are left a tiny bit vague so that the blanks can be filled in with later novels. Gunnar is a wonderful alpha male with that sexy overprotective instinct and watching him come to terms with the fact that this woman can take care of herself was fun. I liked how strong Nicole was and yet still vulnerable, and how she instinctively turns to Gunnar when she needs help. This is much better than a female heroine who growls at the slightest indication that she might need some brute strength behind her. Nicole is feisty, sultry, smart, and caring. Gunnar is snarly in his protectiveness, sweet to Nicole, and...can a Lash demon be described as giddy? He seems giddy when he figures out that Nicole is his mate. Okay okay...that detracts from the sexiness. Let's go with utterly content.

I look forward to reading more in this series! I have Wicked Waves, Brooke's story, and Wicked Flame, Gin's story to go! But of course...that leads to the question...who is the fourth Solsti since their baby sister died in infancy? 

Sharon Kay writes award-winning fiction and can never get enough reading time. She loves paranormal romance, with romantic suspense following close on its heels. She loves winter and black coffee, and is endlessly inspired to write kick-ass heroines and the men strong enough to capture their hearts.

Sharon lives in the Chicago area with her husband and son, and didn’t expect to write one book, let alone a series. But WICKED WIND and the Solsti series formed in her head one weekend and refused to stay quiet until she put pen to paper. Her characters tend to keep her up at night, as they banter, fall in love, and slay endless varieties of power-hungry demons.

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Twitter: @sharonkaynovels
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{COMING SOON} TOMORROW WENDELL by R.M. Ridley

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My review will be coming soon! I am VERY Excited to read this book! 

{Author Spotlight} GREG T MEYERS -- with an offer for a free book!

Today, I am shining the spotlight on GREG T MEYERS and his book Solar Minimum!

About the book: Approximately every 400 years, solar flares decrease to a minimum causing a substantial temperature decrease on earth, but what else does the lack of solar flares effect? In 2040 the world is about to find out as they begin to learn that the laws of nature and science no longer respond in predictable ways. In the last period of solar minimum (1640), the world was still ruled by myth and tales of magic but what if that was due to the way the world was, not due to global ignorance?

In 2040, Western Europe is on the brink of war with a united Middle East and the United States has grown weary of being the world police. The U.S. tries to remain neutral until the Senate discovers they are already involved but on which side? The mask of political correctness obscures the battle lines and only a small senate committee headed up by the most senior senator Leroy Guiscard eventually sees through it and learns the plot is a global one.

Military domination of the West is becoming meaningless due to the Solar Minimum and it appears the next world war is about to be fought with swords and magic, not technology.

The rich and realistic storytelling of Greg T Meyers will leave you cheering and fearing that the impending Solar Minimum scientists are currently predicting just might have dire consequences for us all.

You can purchase the book at Amazon HERE

Greg T Meyers (1964) was born in the United States and graduated with degrees in Marketing and Psychology but after living in London, England he became fascinated with the European medieval period and spent the last 30 years of his life studying it.

Oddly enough, Greg rarely read fiction until he stumbled upon The Post Captain by Patrick O'Brien while in Panama. Being so drawn in, he read the entire 20 book series in short order and it was then he started entertaining the idea of writing a work of historical fiction himself. When asked what got him started writing Solar Minimum he said he was one day considering that everyone living today had ancestors that lived through the medieval period and that it is all a very real part of each of our individual past. It was then he started fantasizing what would happen if our trouble-ridden world were to plunge back into that period. "While life would certainly be harder, I think we would all be better for it spiritually," says Greg.

Greg began writing Solar Minimum in February of 2013 and finished all 575 pages in a short seven months. Solar Minimum is currently proposed to be a three book series with book two due mid 2014.

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For a limited time, Greg is offering his book FOR FREE at his website: www.solarminimumbook.com/free.php

{Spotlight} In Her Bones by Natasha Kingston, Bearing Gifts series

 

I'm excited for today's spotlight! This is a new (to me) indie author and this series is going to have a novella published EVERY MONTH. Each novella will feature someone who is "gifted" and their adventures and trials! How amazing does this sound?! ~Tiffany


In Her Bones
Bearing Gifts, Book One
by Natasha Kingston
Self published
Published February 3, 2014

"In Her Bones" is the first book in an ongoing fantasy adventure series called "Bearing Gifts". Each installment continues the story of a group of 'gifted' people, caught in a world rapidly changing from the one we know into a place of frightening and ancient magic. 

Vain, fun-loving Violet Muñoz has nothing on her mind but what to wear to her company's Halloween party and how to juggle all her dates...that is, until something uninvited forces itself into her mind. 

Worried and bewildered by what is happening, she feels compelled to ignore her instincts and common sense in favor of complying with this mysterious force, but the results seem to be nothing but trouble. 

Just when she thinks she can continue to live her carefree life and simply ignore this unsettling energy, tragedy strikes, and Violet is forced to confront the reality that nothing in her world will ever be the same. 

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{Blog Tour} BORN IN BLOOD by Alexandra Ivy - with giveaway!

Book Blitz: BULLET TO THE HEART by Lea Griffith with giveaway

No Mercy Series:

No mercy received. None given.

Bullet, Arrow, Bone & Blade

Turn your back, but you may live to regret it.

Four women, weapons of a war they didn’t begin. A bond forged in hell, each would die to protect the others. Until they’re separated and must fight the forces that seek to destroy them. To find their way, they will give any piece of themselves to the battle. Raised on a mother’s milk of hate and revenge, it would take a love stronger than time to bring them back from the edge.

BULLET TO THE HEART
Series: No Mercy, Book 1
Publication Date: 10/3/2013
Publisher: Taliesin Publishing

Book Blurb:

She was born to love then taught to kill. She has become everything but is no one.

Known only as Bullet she was long ago forced to shed the name her parents gave her. Changed, molded and trained to kill with sharp-shooting efficiency she is one of The Collective’s most valuable assets. In a cadre of killers, Bullet is death waiting but her time for vengeance has come.

He was loved and then he lost. He has become a hunter in search of revenge.

Everything was taken from Rand the day a bullet ended the lives of his beloved wife and daughter. He has searched for their killer seven long years and may have her in his hands. Rand has suffered but now the time has come to make The Collective pay or die trying.

Joy and sorrow are two sides of the same coin. Retribution draws them together but before all is said and done they will learn love can either break you or make you stronger.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Lea Griffith began sneaking to read her mother’s romance novels at a young age. She cut her teeth on the greats: McNaught, Woodiwiss, and Garwood. A firm believer that love makes the world go round, she still consumes every romance book she can put her hands on, but now she writes her own.

Lea lives with her husband and three teenage daughters in rural Georgia. Two dogs, a cat, and a Betta fish named Coddy George complete a family always in motion. When not working at the EDJ, she’s usually at her keyboard, using every spare second to write. Science fiction, paranormal and contemporary romance, oh my! Nothing is off-limits when it comes to her writing.

Website: http://www.leagriffith.com/
Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/lea.griffith.58
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/LeaGriffithWrites?ref=hl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeaGriffith
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6913695.Lea_Griffith

TOUR GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

Lea is giving away the following prizes at the end of her tour:

GRAND PRIZE: $25 Amazon gift card

RUNNERS-UP: Three (3) runners-up will each receive an eBook of BULLET TO THE HEART.

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IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THE OTHER TOUR STOPS, HERE'S A LIST SO YOU CAN CHECK OUT INTERVIEWS, GUEST POSTS, ETC! | | |
Lea Griffith's BULLET TO THE HEART Tour Schedule - 9/27 - 10/12

9/27 - Notebook of Books (Spotlight & Review)
http://www.bookishlover.blogspot.com

9/28 - Book Monster Reviews (review & Guest Post)
http://www.bookmonsterreviews.com/

9/30 - Coffee and Characters (spotlight)
http://www.daniellecromero.blogspot.com/

10/01/2013 - Where the Night Kind Roam (spotlight)
http://paranormalromancenovel.com/

10/01 - Tome Tender Book Blog (spotlight)
http://tometender.blogspot.com

10/02 - Kristina's Books & More (spotlight)
http://kristinasbooksandmore.blogspot.com/

10/02 - Books-N-Kisses (interview)
http://www.books-n-kisses.com/

10/03 - Just Romantic Suspense (Book of the Day post)
http://www.justromanticsuspense.com/p/book-of-day.html

10/03 - Mad Hatter Reads (guest post)
http://madhatterreads.blogspot.com/

10/04 - Vampires, Werewolves & Fairies, Oh My! (spotlight & review)
http://vampireswerewolvesfairiesohmy.blogspot.com/

10/05 - Mythical Books (spotlight & review)
http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.ro/

10/05 - Literary Nook (spotlight)
http://literarynook.com

10/06 - Inner Goddess (spotlight & review)
Http://www.InnerGoddessforum.com

10/07 - Books, Books & More Books (interview)
http://booksbooksmorebooks.blogspot.com/

10/08 - Romance Junkies (interview)
http://www.romancejunkies.com/rjblog/

10/09 - Romancing the Book (interview)
http://romancing-the-book.com/

10/09 - Victoria's Gossip (spotlight)
http://victoriasgossip.com/blog/

10/10 - Book Pages and Dripping Ink (spotlight & review)
bookpagesanddrippingink.blogspot.com

10/11 - Sun Mountain Reviews (spotlight)
http://sunmountainreviews.wordpress.com

10/12 - Dalene's Book Reviews (interview)
http://www.dalenesbookreviews.blogspot.com/

10/12 - Coffee Talk (interview)
http://coffeetalkwriters.com/blog/

10/12 - Tiffy-Fit's Reading Corner (spotlight)
http://tiffyfit.blogspot.com/

RBTL presents: IMMORTALIS series tour! Book One: CARPE NOCTEM by Katie Salidas

Title: Immortalis Carpe Noctem
Author: Katie Salidas
Series: Immortalis (Book 1)
Genre: Paranormal Romance /Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Rising Sign Books
Release Date: January 2010

Explore the emotional upheaval that is the transformation from human to vampire. Bleeding to death after brutal mugging on the campus of UNLV, Twenty-five year old Alyssa, is rescued by the cold and aloof, vampire, Lysander. Taking pity on her, he shares the gift-and curse-of immortality. She awakens as a vampire and is soon devastated by harsh realities of her new way of life: An unyielding thirst for blood as well as the loss of her friends, her independence, and her humanity. As if having her humanity stripped away was not enough to make life interesting, Alyssa finds out her "turning," did not go unnoticed by the rest of undead society. Old enemies; an ancient sect of vampire hunters, known as the Acta Sanctorum, as well as a powerful Vampire mistress, each set plans in motion to destroy both Alyssa and Lysander. Only by accepting her new-found immortality, seizing the night, will Alyssa hope to survive. She and Lysander must fight together against two sets of enemies bent on destroying them both.

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This is WEEK ONE of the Immortalis Series tour! Tune in next Sunday for more deliciousness...I mean, book 2, Hunters & Prey! ;) 

A_TiffyFit's Review:
Okay, so first off...this book is FREE. Yes, free. Libre, gratis, frei, vapaa. Go! Snatch it up! 300+ pages of free, delicious, sexy vampires! I'll wait here. *counts down quietly waiting for you to get back* Oh, good. Got your copy? All right!

Katie Salidas is one of those independent authors, quietly storming her way into your heart. Like erotica? ZOMG then check out Submission Therapy. It's only 99c. Or, better yet, spend a few dollars more and get the whole series in one omnibus, Consummate Therapy! Okay, but I'm not here to talk about the hotness that is her and Willsin Rowe's therapy series. I'm here to talk about Alyssa & Lysander.

Alyssa is a born and bred Las Vegas chickadee saved by Lysander after a vicious attack by two low-lifes that left her bleeding to death. Alyssa has a difficult time adjusting to her new status as a vampire, having no time to prepare mentally for such a change. Lysander muddles his way through it as his previous "children" all had a choice. As Alyssa and Lysander fumble their way through the first few days, they are immediately threatened by Lysander's past: his sire, Kallisto, thinks he should still fall under coven rules although he left them ages ago and siring a new vampire is a no-no.

Alyssa is a fairly self-assured young woman who, while initially struggling with the idea of killing to eat, takes her vampirism in stride. But it's only when she can seize the night  that she truly commits to her new life, her new love, and her new friends. Okay, she comes across as a little dumb and immature and impatient, but she's 25. Who isn't at that age? You can't expect her to miraculously have the wisdom of a two thousand year old vampire! There was one instance where I was pissed off and defending her in my head and that is near the end of the book. Hellooooo, she didn't run off and get herself trapped, you know. She was looking for someone to hunt with, took a member of the family with her, and was BETRAYED. She took the fall for that one as if she was dumb enough to go out alone or something and that bothered me! Grrr! lol

This was a great read for me: urban fantasy, vampires, action, touch of romance, adult (not erotica, just adults and their complexities), etc. I thoroughly enjoyed it and read it in one sitting. Okay, two sittings but only because I was starving and needed food to continue my reading without passing out! Not only do you have vampires who are VAMPIRES, but you have this great dynamic of people and personalities that just electrify the pages. As relationships and friendships develop, there is raw human emotion coupled with a reasoning beyond her years that just kinda grab you by the throat and make you keep turning the page. I'm kinda reading these books all out of order as earlier this year I read DARK SALVATION. Now that I have the order of things, I cannot wait to sink my teeth into the next, HUNTERS & PREY.

**P.S. Katie: I lean more towards Gerard Butler for Lysander! Definitely Eric Bana for Nicholas, and after seeing Alexander with Angelina Jolie playing psycho mom, she is SO right for Kallisto! =D **

I had the opportunity to ask Katie a question for a guest post and she was kind enough to respond. And HOLY hotness, wait til you see her casting choices! Ready? :)

Tiffany asked: Do you have not just a playlist, but perhaps theme songs that you associate with the main characters & ideal cast for Lysander, Alyssa, Kallisto, etc.

Katie replied: Hmmm, a playlist, sadly no. I listen to music that fits the mood of the scene I am writing, so there are lots of different songs I’ve used for mood music over the last 6 books in the Immortalis series.

As for a cast of players, Oh that is so much fun!! Here are my dream actors for each important character in the series.

Alyssa - Deborah Ann Woll

Lysander - Sam Trammell

Nicholas – Eric Bana

Rozaline – Julianne Moore

Crystal – Scarlett Johansson

Drew - Chris Hemsworth

Kallisto - Angelina Jolie

Edmond - Ralph Fiennes

Fallon - Michelle Williams

Aiden - Ben Barnes

Brady - Alex Pettyfer

Zuri - Beyoncé Knowles

Ian – Ian Somerhalder

Kitara - Emily Browning

Hmmm, going through that list, it appears I have a thing for Aussie actors and actresses. LoL. I guess I do!

So, for those of you who might have read the series, or even just the first book, what do you make of the list? Any other actor/actress suggestions for me? Leave a comment for Katie with your suggestions, guys! I'll just be over here wiping the drool from my chin...Chris Hemsworth, Ben Barnes, Ralph Fiennes, and Eric Bana in the span of a few seconds was a little much for me! ;) 

ABOUT KATIE SALIDAS

Katie Salidas is a Super Woman! Endowed with special powers and abilities, beyond those of mortal women, She can get the munchkins off to gymnastics, cheerleading, Girl Scouts, and swim lessons. She can put hot food on the table for dinner while assisting with homework, baths, and bedtime… And, she still finds the time to keep the hubby happy (nudge nudge wink wink). She can do all of this and still have time to write.

And if you can believe all of those lies, there is some beautiful swamp land in Florida for sale…

Katie Salidas resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mother, wife, and author, she does try to do it all, often causing sleep deprivation and many nights passed out at the computer. Writing books is her passion, and she hopes that her passion will bring you hours of entertainment.

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TOMORROW COMES MEDIA presents: THE BOXCAR BABY by J.L. Mulvihill

Born in a boxcar on a train bound for Georgia. At least that is what Papa Steel always told AB'Gale. But now, fifteen years later, the man who adopted and raised her as his own is missing and it's up to AB'Gale to find him. Aided only by a motley gang of friends, AB'Gale train hops her way across the United States in a desperate attempt to find her papa and put her life and family back the way it was. Her only guide is a map given to her by a mysterious hobo, with hand written clues she found hidden in her papa's spyglass. Here is the Great American Adventure in an alternate steampunk dystopian world, where fifteen-year-old AB'Gale Steel learns that nothing is as it seems, but instead is shrouded in secrets and mysteries ... and that monsters come in all shapes and forms.

The Boxcar Baby is the first book of the Steel Roots series.'





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About J.L. Mulvihill: Born in Hollywood and raised in San Diego, CA, J.L. Mulvihill has made Mississippi her home for the past fifteen years. Her debut novel was the young adult title The Lost Daughter of Easa, an engaing fantasy novel bordering on science-fiction with a dash of steampunk, published through Kerlak Publishing. The Boxcar Baby, the first novel of her Steel Roots Series, was released by Seventh Star Press in the summer of 2013.

J.L. also has several short fiction pieces in publication, among them "Chilled Meat", a steampunk thriller found in the Dreams of Steam II-Of Bolts and Brass, anthology (Kerlak Publishing) and "The Leprechaun’s Story", a steampunk urban Fantasy found in the anthology, Clockwork, Spells, & Magical Bells (Kerlak Publishing)

J.L. is very active with the writing community, and is the events coordinator for the Mississippi Chapter of Imagicopter known as the Magnolia-Tower. She is also a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Gulf Coast Writers Association (GCWA), The Mississippi Writers Guild (MWG), as well as the Arts Council of Clinton, and the Clinton Ink-Slingers Writing Group.

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A_TiffyFit's Review: I received my e-copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a honest review for a book tour. 

AB'gale, a 16 year old girl, is the Boxcar Baby. She is called that because she was found as a baby in one of the boxcars of a freight train by her Papa. He named her AB'gale because the boxcar was labeled as such. She's commonly called "Abby" or "Abbygale" by others who do not know her. 

One day, Abby's world goes to hell as her Papa has gone missing, not returning from his last job run over five weeks ago. With her grandmama's blessing, she sets off to the big city in search of her Papa. Upon her arrival at the train station, all she received were lies: that they had never heard of such a man nor did he ever work for the train station. However, Abby had noticed her father's yellow steam wagon parked on the lot. These lying men, the station master and his cronies, soon make it disappear after seeing Abby notice it. Unrelated to her search for her Papa, Abby inadvertently helps catch a murderer and his mother. 

Events occur one after another upon her return to the farm. The men of the "System" takes away grandmama and captures Abby. She's then placed in the "working house" where the poor are placed - locked up and forced to labor endless hours in sweatshop factories. Abby's faced with numerous humiliations and abuses at this place, headed by Mrs Marc, a heartless monster of a woman who totally lacks empathy toward any of the girls. Even the girls as young as four are under the abuse and miscare of these horrid human beings called women! 

But, not for long. Not for the high-spirited Boxcar Baby who has been educated by her papa and grandmama. Abby recalls all the lessons she learned and uses them to assist her escape along with her new friends whom she calls her new family. They bonded at this institution and helped one another survive against Mrs Marc and her two vile assistants. 

Along their adventurous escape, the girls meet up with two of the men who lend their hands in assisting Abby in finding her papa. The girls meet others helpers along their route, too, and Abby is constantly reminded not to trust anyone, soon learning why she cannot. However, she and the girls also meet a few who she can rely on and do!

Abby discovers on the road to the find Papa just what kind of man her papa truly is or was. Although she already knew how loving, kind, and caring he was, she learns that there are many number of people out there in the world who believe the same of him as she does. Her papa has helped many of the poor and homeless people in whatever ways he could. He allowed the hobos to ride the train when other conductors/engineers would not. This and other kind acts built a great number of people to believe in him, to revere him, speaking of him with greatest respect. His reputation as a good man is widespread. Abby was proud of her papa and hoped to be just like him. And she shows that she is on that same path while she adventures to look for him.

Abby encounters a few other havocs and mishaps while searching along with some fairytale-like mysteries. Instead of becoming disheartened as others might, she becomes more resolved and determined to find her papa and solve the mysteries associated with his disappearance. Why is the law looking for him? Why was her family thrown off the farm? What were these bad men looking for at the farm? And much more. 

Meanwhile, Joey, her long time friend, is furious at his horrid mother for turning in AB'gale whom he's "always loved." They've been the very best of friends forever. Although Abby doesn't know about his love for her, she cares deeply for him - her emotions aren't defined and labeled as Joey has known, always. But, of course, it's alluded to that she does! ;) 

So! The adventures are to be continued at the end of this book! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Some of the language used is old-fashioned, some is more modern. The girls' innocence and ignorance of some subject matters such as sex is refreshing, although that lends to the ambiguity of the time frame. 

Overall, I would describe this book as thoroughly engrossing and a good read. I'm looking forward to the sequel. I must see this to the end to see if Abby succeeds in finding her papa and what exactly it was that he was involved in that would cause people to seek him out or capture him or make him run. And I need to know what happened to grandmama! And I need to know how the Boxcar Baby is gonna shine; it's obvious that she is special and I want to know why and how the magic plays a part.  Argh on waiting ;) 

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