Monday, December 23, 2013

Review Wrap Up: The Reunion by A.A. Pencil



Date Published: 11/12/2013
Mystery/Thriller

C. Moore Catholic High School's 10-year reunion was organized as many reunions are - to reminisce, to see who had made a success of their lives, and in truth, to gossip on who had not.  But this party in the secluded, 1890's mansion once owned by a long dead, paranoid WWII Veteran, was to become anything but typical.  

 After a horrible accident within the mansion, the alumni realize they are locked in and fighting for their lives.  Instantly, tempers rise and fingers are pointed as the number of living alumni begins to rapidly decrease.  Theories range from there being a murderer in the midst to the mansion possibly being haunted by the previous owner's ghost. 

 Who or what is responsible and will anyone make it out alive?  

 Find out for yourself in this combination of a mystery and psychological thriller, with a twisted ending!

To celebrate the release of AA Pencil's debut novel "The Reunion" - During the months of November & December - 1% of the gross sales of all novels with Lavish Publishing, LLC will be donated to the Lupus Foundation of America.  The donation will be made in May 2014 in honor of AA Pencil and National Lupus Awareness Month.

 REVIEWS FROM THIS TOUR
December 4 -My Tangled Skeins Book Reviews - Review
December 8 - Welcome to Our Families Wolves Den - Review
December 10 - Alina Popescu - Review
December 12 - Corey's Book Reviews - Review
December 16 - If There's A Story to Be Told... I'm Interested - Review
December 17 - Must Read Faster - Review
December 20 - Books are Love - Review
December 20 - The Readers Hollow - Review





A. A. Pencil works part time as a school nurse at an all-boys Catholic school in New York City. As a Lupus survivor, she uses writing as a significant part of her therapy and you will see influences from classical writers such as Agatha Christie and Edgar Alan Poe in her work.  When not working or writing, she enjoys cooking, shopping and walking. She has sponsored a child in Mexico for over three years with a children's organization. She currently lives in a borough of New York City with her extended family who are her greatest supporters.





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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Review Wrap Up: Buried Appearances by D.E. Haggerty


Date Published: 12/1/2013
Historical Fiction

Skylar Dewitt has been ostracized her entire life due to her grandfather’s well-known sympathies with the Nazis. But now her grandfather’s body has been recovered in the Netherlands in an area famous for being a Nazi killing ground. Why would her grandfather be buried in a place legendary for assassinations of resistance members? Skylar jets off to Holland in search of answers about her grandfather’s demise. Along the way she finds long-lost family and old friends but will she solve the mystery of what happened to her grandfather? And maybe she discovers something more valuable than resolving any mystery could be: herself.    


 This book has a current Amazon rating of 4.7*'s!
Get your copy for $2.99!

REVIEWS FROM THIS TOUR
December 9 - Pure Jonel - Review
December 15 - Mismatched Bookends - Review
December 18 - Blissful Blog - Review

December 21 - Welcome to Our Families Wolves Den - Review



D.E. Haggerty
I was born and raised in Wisconsin but think I’m a European (a cloggy to be exact). After spending my senior year of high school in Germany, I developed a bad case of wanderlust that is yet to be cured. After high school I returned to the U.S. to attend college ending up with a Bachelor’s degree in History at the tender age of 20 while still managing to spend time bouncing back and forth to Europe during my vacations. Unable to find a job after college and still suffering from wanderlust, I joined the U.S. Army as a Military Policewoman for 5 years. While stationed in Heidelberg, Germany, I met my future husband, a flying Dutchman. After being given my freedom from the Army, I went off to law school. I finished law school and moved to the Netherlands with my husband and became a commercial lawyer for more than a decade. When I could no longer handle the law, we upped stakes and moved to Germany to start a B&B. Three years after starting the B&B, I got the itch to try something else and decided to return to one of my first loves: writing. Between tennis, running, traveling, singing off tune, reading and playing lawyer part-time, I write novels and poetry, blog about everything under the sun and review books. 

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Twitter handle: @denaehaggerty






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Tour Wrap Up: The Borealis Genome


YA Sci Fi
Date Published: 6/4/2013

New novel The Borealis Genome addresses the issue of increased moral ambiguity as scientific technology advances and removes our sense of individuality. The married authors throw engaged characters Tim and Nora into a scientific nightmare where mind-uploading and a weaponized virus allow the minds of the few to control those of the masses. As the population starts turning into mental zombies can Tim and Nora find the source of this mayhem? And can their love persevere through these harrowing times?

The Borealis Genome was recently awarded as Finalist in the 2013 Best Book Awards , and Honorable Mention in the 2013Hollywood Book Festival .


STOPS DURING THIS TOUR
December 9 - Deal Sharing Aunt - Excerpt
December 10 - Chuckles Book Cave - Excerpt
December 11 - Desert Rose Reviews- Interview
December 14 - Books Direct Online - Review
December 16 - Indie Authors You Want to Read - Excerpt
December 18 - Fantasy Book Lane - Excerpt
December 19 -  The Indie Express- Review
December 20 - A Life Through Books - Interview

December 21 - Sun Mountain Reviews - Excerpt



Thomas and Nancy come from very different backgrounds.  Thomas was raised in a military family and lived through the separations of war and the challenges that a family faces when coming back together. Challenges such as injuries and the frailty of the body and shifts in the personality that war bring to a family can force everyone to redefine how they see the themselves and the world around them. Nancy was raised in a family challenged by severe injuries.  Her father was paralyzed and could no longer work causing the family to reform around a new breadwinner when their mother had to take over. 
We chose to write a book shaped around these realities and the challenges that new technologies will force societies all over the world to deal with very soon. Mind uploading, neural networks, and human gene manipulation combined with new medical discoveries may become a new reality that we must all understand and learn what it means to our lives. These are realities today that were only science fiction just a few years ago that will soon have a real and direct affect on our lives.
Tom earned his Ph.D. in Organization and Management in 2012 and has other books including “Trust in Virtual Teams,” and “Agile Readiness.”





                                                  





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Friday, December 20, 2013

Review Wrap Up: Fearsome by S.A. Wolfe


New Adult / Romance
Date Published: 10/1/2013

Jessica Channing’s big city life should be more exciting than sixty-hour work weeks and popcorn nights with her girlfriends, but it’s not. She has worked hard fulfilling her role as a child prodigy and graduating college years before her peers. She’s the good girl, the brilliant girl.
Unfortunately, she’s also the dateless young woman.
That all changes with one phone call. Jess’s rigid, predictable life upends when she must visit a small, obscure town to deal with a relative’s death. This isn’t just any little speck of a town, though. Long lost memories come crashing down on Jess’s world when two men, the Blackard brothers, seem to lure her in. 
Dylan is cover model handsome, and pursues Jess the minute she comes to town. Then there is tall, dark and gorgeous Carson, who hides his own secrets behind his hardened reserve. 
For someone who has been governed by her own obsessive behaviors and fears, Jess lets her guard down and jumps at the opportunity to have an affair with a man she actually finds attractive for a change.\
There’s just one problem. Jess discovers that she can’t have a simple romantic fling because true passion does indeed come with some very big strings attached to it. She will have to own up to her own truths about love and face the two extraordinary men; both troubled in their own ways and both determined to have her.

This novel contains graphic sexual content and strong language. It is intended for mature readers.
439 pages


 This Book has a Current Amazon Rating of 4.4*'s!
Get your copy for $0.99!


REVIEWS FROM THIS TOUR
October 27 - Ali's Books - Review
October 28 - For the Love of Books - Review
November 1 - Books Are Love - Review
November 5 - Never Beg For Mercy - Review
November 10 - Lustful Literature - Review
November 13 - All In One Place - Review
November 14 - Devilishly Delicious Reviews - Review
November 15 - Overstuffed Princess - Review
November 16 - The Serial Reader - Review
November 18 - Scrollin Them Papers - Review
November 20 - Book Freak - Review
November 22 - Reese's Reviews - Review/Interview
November 30 - Mommasez - Review
December 2 - Kimberly Faye Reads - Review
December 4 - Shawna's Survey - Review
December 6 - Zili in the Sky - Review
December 7 - Cruising Susan Reviews - Review
December 8 - Bookishly Devoted - Review
December 10 -Pure Jonel - Review 
December 12 - Books Unhinged - Review
December 13 - Please, Another Book - Review/Interview
December 15 - Extraordinary Reads - Review/Interview
December 15 - Once Upon a YA Book - Review/Interview

December 17 - Wicked Book Addict - Review



S.A. Wolfe
S. A. Wolfe lives with her wonderfully loud, opinionated children and husband. She is a voracious reader and passionate about writing, and when those two activities don’t keep her locked away in her room, she loves hiking mountains as much as she adores all the thrills New York City has to offer.



                                    
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Sunday, December 15, 2013

Review Wrap Up: Bleeding Shame by Nora Black


Sci-Fi / Thriller
Date Published: 9/13/2013

 Has a world altering invention become temptation for murder?
 A vicious killer, an improbable story, and a shattering scientific discovery, mingle to create a cocktail of deceptive intrigue. 

A bright young woman's death has been framed to look like an act of rage during a call-girl rendezvous. A tired, disillusioned cop, her only hope of redemption. Layer upon layer unfold to reveal a conniving conspiracy of global proportions; a conjuring of convoluted wicked twists.
Stacey Cornish has been murdered, and her killer has done very little to hide his identity. When his body washes up on the bank of a local river, Detective Frankie Harlow is unconvinced that the man committed suicide.  However, when his family come under-fire in a series of vicious attacks aimed at dissuading further interest, Frankie knows that there is more to the murder than first meets the eye. Stacey was a biochemist working on a cure for cancer, perhaps her death had something to do with her research rather than the frame-of-facts posed by the killers.
Bleeding Shame is a compelling story that will grab you at the start, pull you along at a breathtaking pace, and shock you senseless with the questions it poses, and the answers it finds. Heart-wrenching, scary and sometimes humorous, it never fails to impress.

This book has a current Amazon Rating of 5 *'s!
Get your copy for just $0.99!


REVIEWS FROM THIS TOUR
December 10 - Paranormal Romance and Authors We Love - Review
December 11 - Alina Popescu - Review/Interview
December 12 - Texas Book Nook - Review
December 14 - A Life Through Books - Review


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Friday, December 13, 2013

Review Wrap Up: For Your Heart by A.L. Davroe


YA Paranormal Romance
Date Published: 10/31/2013

Experience THE BALLAD OF TAM LIN like you’ve never read it before…

It has been seven years since Jeanette Sauderheim followed her best friend into Carver Hall Park...and came out alone. Jeanette has never gotten over his mysterious disappearance nor has she gone back into the park. While that traumatic night still haunts her, Jeanette distracts herself by balancing her time between trying to pass Spanish, hanging out with her friends, and reading the latest manga.

But, when a promise to a friend drives her back into the park, she's forced to re-live the memories of that night. Lost and confused, Jeanette crosses paths with Tamrin, whose violent reaction to her provides yet another reason to avoid the park.

Tamrin, a knight of the Summer Court, has been sent to Earth to guard a garden of roses that hold special meaning to the queen of the Summer faeries. When his distraction at meeting Jeanette leads to her picking one of the Summer Queen’s roses, Tamrin vows to right his failure to do his duty.

However, the equivalent of one of the queen’s roses is a human heart and Tamrin’s reluctance to readily exact the sum from Jeanette sets in motion a spiral of love, betrayal, and magic that could mean damnation for them both.

*This is an Upper YA paranormal romance novel with NA and contemporary fantasy appeal.

This book has a current Amazon Rating of 4.8*'s! 
Get your copy for $2.99! 

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Reviews From This Tour
October 15 - Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock - Review
October 25 - Never Beg for Mercy - Review
November 4 - Pure Jonel - Review
November 5 - Zili in the Sky Reviews - Review
November 8 - Alway's Jo Art - Review/Guest Post
November 11 - Bibliophilia, Please - Review/Interview
November 18 - Desert Rose Reviews - Review
November 21 - All in One Place - Review/Guest Post
November 23 - Just Me, Myself, and I - Review
November 25 - Word to Dreams - Review
November 26 - Overstuffed Princess - Review/Interview
December 1 - Ashley's Bookshelf - Review
December 2 - Once Upon a YA Book - Review/Interview
December 3 - A Bibliophile's Thoughts - Review
December 4 - Mommasez... - Review
December 6 - Sweet Southern Home - Review
December 9 - Books are Love - Review/Guest Post
December 10 - Ali's Books - Review/Guest Post
December 11 - Dalene's Book Reviews - Review/Interview
December 12 - Bookmarks, Spoilers, and Happily Ever Afters - Review

December 13 -  Book Lovers Live - Review/Guest Post


A.L. Davroe writes both YA and adult speculative fiction.  Her debut YA paranormal romance novel, FOR YOUR HEART, releases October 31, 2013.  By day, she lives in Connecticut her two feline hench-creatures. She’s a terrible blusher, has a weak spot for cuddly animals, loves Laffy Taffy and Cadbury MiniEggs, and she’s a huge advocate of alternative healing methods.  She also wears Vibram five-finger toe shoes and corsets...Though not always in the same ensemble. She’s a Capricorn, a Hufflepuff, and a few nuggets short of a Happy Meal.
Twitter: @aldavroe
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Wrap Up: The Seacrest by Aaron Paul Lazar


Date Published: 10/20/2013
Romantic Suspense

They say it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Finn McGraw disagrees.
He was just seventeen when he had a torrid summer affair with the girl who stole his heart—and then inexplicably turned on him. Finn may have moved on with his life, but he’s never forgotten her.
Now, ten years later, he’s got more than his lost love to worry about. A horrific accident turns his life upside down, resurrecting the ghosts of his long-dead family and taking the lives of the few people he has left.
Finn always believed his estranged brother was responsible for the fire that killed their family—but an unexpected inheritance with a mystery attached throws everything he knows into doubt.
And on top of that, the beguiling daughter of his wealthy employer has secrets of her own. But the closer he gets, the harder she pushes him away.
The Seacrest is a story of intrigue and betrayal, of secrets and second chances—and above all, of a love that never dies.

This book has a current Amazon Rating of 4.6*'s! 
Get your copy for $2.99! 


Aaron Paul Lazar writes to soothe his soul. An award-winning, bestselling Kindle author of three addictive mystery series, writing books, and a new love story, Aaron enjoys the Genesee Valley countryside in upstate New York, where his characters embrace life, play with their dogs and grandkids, grow sumptuous gardens, and chase bad guys. Visit his website at http://www.lazarbooks.com and watch for his upcoming releases THE SEACREST (2013), SANCTUARY (2014), and VIRTUOSO (2014).

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