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 I am thrilled to host Kaylie Austen’s blog tour. Her book Hellhound is on my list of books to read. Check out Ms. Austen here:

website: http://www.kaylieausten.com
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Her bio:

Kaylie Austen was born in India, and raised in Austin, Texas where she attended the University of Texas. Her multi-cultural upbringing fueled her desire for languages, cultures, and travel. Kaylie is perhaps best known for her sudden and infectious laugh. She enjoys anything science fiction and fantasy related, and writes in both genres for adults and young adults.

Kaylie began writing at the tender age of ten, and completed her first novel at the age of sixteen. Throughout her school years, her writing earned trophies, awards, publication in scholastic magazines, and scholarships. Kaylie currently lives in beautiful Washington State with an amazing husband. She loves to hear from readers, so feel free to contact her.

Selene is the Hellhound, a powerful and ruthless descendent of the Greek gods. She is bound by tradition and tied by bloodlines to lead her people against the mortals. Although she is arranged to marry Nathanial, she falls for Demetrius, the self-professed Black Angel, and things take a bitter twist. When she stumbles across the corpses of her father and Nathanial, all eyes move in on Demetrius. Selene must take the assignment to hunt down her accused lover. Facing the untrustworthy cerebral chamber, powerful shape-shifting sentinels, superhuman archers, and a deceitful Council, the Hellhound must work quickly to uncover the truth before she is forced to annihilate her lover.

Please help me welcome Judith Ann McDowell, author extraordinaire. I’ve read her first book in the Rougarou Series and was deeply impressed. I am so humbled to welcome her talent to my tiny blog. Did I mention that her book is going to be made into a movie?

How long have you been writing? About 20-years off and on.

How did you get started? Tell us about your journey to publishing.

 Starting off  I published myself on Amazon, then Karen Fuller of World Castle Publishing read Rougarou—my dark werewolf thriller, liked what she read and published me.

Tell us about your book(s). What inspired you to write it/them?

One night I dreamed of a reincarnated Blackfoot girl named Tia and I got up that morning and began writing Long Ago Memories. Then later I found there was a lot more to the story so I wrote the prequel—Fated Memories. Fated Memories tells the story of Jesse Thornton, the beautiful only child of Eathen a very wealthy cattle baron, who falls in love with a handsome young Blackfoot Indian named Two Spirits in 1903 Montana.

When Jesse gets  into trouble,  her parents send her away to Boston. Too late they realize their mistake.

 Long Ago Memories tells the story of Tia the beautiful daughter of Jesse and Two Spirits. While on a visit to the Thornton Ranch Tia comes across a drawing of a young Indian couple drawn many years ago. In the drawing she sees the face of a man who has haunted her dreams for as long as she can remember and the beautiful young girl standing by his side—looks just like her.

Rougarou: When Jonathan Hindel buys his beautiful Angelia-the issue of Monsieur Devereaux and his mulatto mistress from Devereaux’s embittered widow, he sees a chance to change the course of their destiny. All goes well until the night Angelia stumbles upon Jonathan in the throes of satisfying his lust and hunger on the body of a young girl from the bayous.

Jonathan Hindel has a dark secret;  Jonathan Hindel is a werewolf.

ROUGAROU IS THE BOOK THAT IS GOING TO BE MADE INTO A MOVIE AND HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED BY UNIVERSAL STUDIOS.

Rougarou II: WHEN THE SOUL IS SURROUNDED BY DARKNESS IT IS EASY TO LEAD THE WEAK ON A DOWNWARD SPIRAL, IT IS WHEN THE SOUL IS TOUCHED BY LIGHT ONE CAN PERCEIVE THE REAL FACE OF EVIL

A NEW FORCE HAS COME FORTH TO MAKE SURE THE HINDEL LEGACY REMAINS STRONG. AND WHO BETTER THAN SOMEONE WHOSE DARKNESS IS MORE EVIL THAN THAT OF HIS OWN SON?

ROUGAROU III THE DEVIL’S CHILD:

THE DEVIL’S CHILD WILL NEVER WANT, FOR THE ONE WHO SEES TO ITS NEEDS IS THE ONE WHO FED OFF ITS INNOCENCE.

AT  LONG  LAST LAWRENCE HINDEL HAS ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BECOME INTERESTED IN SOMEONE.  BUT HOW LONG CAN THIS NEW-FOUND LOVE LAST WHEN THE MAN OF HIS DREAMS LEARNS LAWRENCE IS A ROUGAROU?

“A chilling passage into the nether world for readers who explore the dark side of myth. –Ann Rule, Author of Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Don’t look Behind you.

THE HAY FORT:

LET ALL WHO KNOW THE NAME OF THE BEAST

GIVE UP HIS NAME

FOR HE WILL NOT HOLD BACK HIS WRATH

AGAINST A CHILD OF THE MOST HOLY.

 SOMETIMES A PLACE CAN BE SO EVIL IT CAN LINGER IN THE MINDS OF THOSE WHO HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO WALK THROUH ITS DOORS YEARS EARLIER.

 What inspires you to write? Do you have a particular song or mood that carries you through?

 I DREAM A LOT OF MY BOOKS. OR I SIT DOWN AT THE COMPUTER TURN ON MY MUSIC FULL BLAST AND TYPE WHATEVER POPS INTO MY HEAD.

FOR LONG AGO MEMORIES AND FATED MEMORIES I PLAYED A LOT OF INDIAN MUSIC AND JOHN  SCHNEIDER “I’VE BEEN AROUND ENOUGH TO KNOW.

THE ROUGAROU SERIES. PHIL COLLINS “MAMA-KNOCK KNOCK KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR BY THE BAND HEAVEN.

THE HAY FORT. “BLEED FOR ME”- ZAKK WYLDE

Who is your favorite character and why?

ALL MY CHARACTERS ARE MY FAVORITES.

What made you decide to write a book?

WHEN I DREAMED THE FIRST STORY LONG AGO MEMORIES.

Who are the writers that inspire you the most?

I DON’T READ THE GENRE I WRITE.  

Where do you get your inspiration?

I DON’T KNOW. HOWEVER, I DO KNOW THAT WHEN I NEED IT, IT IS THERE.

Childhood Memories

Which cereal do you remember requesting the most?

WHEATIES.

What is your favorite childhood cartoon character and why?

LITTLE LU LU WITH Little ITCH THE WITCH

Favorite super hero? BATMAN

What is the first movie that you saw in a movie theatre?

LASSIE COME HOME

Favorite TV show from younger years?

WESTERNS

In your Easter Eggs did you prefer candy or money? Or were yours hard boiled?

THEY WERE THE REAL  THING AND HARD BOILED

Did you have a childhood pet?

I HAD DOGS AND CATS AND WILD RABBITS

Tell us about your favorite teacher

I NEVER HAD A FAVORITE TEACHER BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS GETTING MY BUTT SPANKED BY THEM. I GUESS I WAS WHAT YOU CALL AN UNRULY CHILD.

Just for fun

Are you a night owl or early bird? What time of the day works best for your muse?

I AM NOT A MORNING PERSON IF IT HAPPENS BEFORE 10:AM I AM CONTENT TO MISS IT. I WRITE DURING THE DAY.

If you were an animal what would you be and why?

NOT AN ANIMAL BUT AN OWL. I LOVE OWLS.   

Favorites: color, food, season, music, movies, books.

COLOR: GREEN-FOOD- ALMOST ALL-SEASON- SPRING-MUSIC-HEAVY MEDAL-BOOKS-POLITICAL.

Links where you can be found?

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Author Interview

I see Destiny walking into the room with a huge grin on her face. I wonder what she is grinning

about. Undoubtedly, she’s here to interview me.

Destiny Phoenix: Tell me a little about yourself.

David R Bennett: Well, I am an author hailing from Spring, Texas just north of Houston. I was

raised here and here I still remain. Also, I am a husband and father of 1. I love the paranormal

works of fiction as well as sci-fi, fantasy, and mysteries. Well, mysteries are a part of most

novels written, in my opinion.

DP: David R Bennett is that pen name or your real name?

DRB: It is pen name that came about from the rearranging of my real initials. I’ve always liked

the name David and the last name Bennett seemed to have an ominous sound to it (probably

DP: How long have you been writing?

DRB: Probably my whole life in one fashion or another. I have always woven a tale or even

DP: What’s the hardest you find when creating your story?

DRB: Probably creating the background for the characters involved, if the first novel in a series.

Otherwise, the not knowing what’s going to happen to my characters.

DP: I assume that when you start you have some idea of what’s going on?

DRB: Rarely, unless I create a bunch of title names and create small blurbs for them. I did do

this for the Destiny Phoenix series. So I have a hint of what’s going to happen in the series.

Exactly how that all comes about is another thing entirely.

DP: Interesting. What method, if any, do you use to curb writer’s block?

DRB: I’ve talked with other authors about this same thing. And, like myself, quite a few feel that

having various projects running at the same time helps to prevent writer’s block. I have a highly

active imagination. Sometimes it’s hard to curb, so I always have more than one project going on

DP: What’s next on your plate?

DRB: Always love to share this part. Always promoting my latest work with those I know. Right

now, I am in the beginning of Alien in the Midst (a sci-fi story about an alien crash landing on

Earth), preparing to tackle Destiny Phoenix and the Cry of the Wolf, and starting Mind Games

about children who gain superpowers after being left for dead in car crash.

DP: Wow. That’s a lot on your plate. How long do you think that the Destiny Phoenix series is

DRB: At least twelve books from what I can figure. Possibly, most likely, more. As for my

others, who knows. Life is difficult and so is everything my characters will go through.

DP: Where does your inspiration come from?

DRB: My inspiration comes from multiple sources. I watch movies, TV, and read books. So

from all of that. And sometimes just right out of thin air on some things.

DP: What genre does your work fall under?

DRB: Trying for YA paranormal fiction. But, really, I try to make the books where everybody

will enjoy it. That was the mission of JK Rowling and I like it.

DP: What genres do you read?

DRB: I probably have something from most genres out there from YA to horror to mystery-

crime to action/adventure to fantasy to space operas to paranormal to sci-fi to romance. Mostly I

DP: Who is your favorite author?

DRB: There are several that have inspired me over the years Margaret Weiss and Tracy

Hickman (Dragonlance series), Michael Stackpole, Timothy Zahn, Stephanie Meyer, JK

Rowling, and even a few contemporaries of mine such as Ann Snizek, Michael Knight, and

DP: What advice, tips, do you have for others getting into the business of writing?

DRB: Write what you want to read, not because it’s the in thing. And use the social media as you

marketing tool and networking with other authors. And, above all, of course, write, write, write

until your story ends. That is the main thing before publishing your work.

Excerpt of The Crimson Clan

“I hope it won’t take too long to find, Sandra,” Destiny says.

“That depends on the power of Sandy’s cell, Des.” Chris mutters. “Try calling her.”

I do as my hunky boyfriend suggests. I dial Sandra’s phone on my brother’s cell.

“Hello?” I hear from the other side of the phone with some panting in between the words.

Quickly, she seems to stop. “Destiny?”

“Yeah, Sandra,” I say. I can hear her gasping for breath. “Where are you?”

“What the hell is going on?” She screams into the phone frantically.

“We’re on the way to pick you up.”

“Can you kinda hurry,” Sandra asks me. “I’ve got these weird pasty freaks on my tail. For

what? I don’t know.”

“Pasty freaks?” I say aloud. That’s when I hear Brandon mutter some curse word and floor

the gas pedal.

“Where are you at?”

“Near the Dillard’s entrance by Four Oaks Drive.”

“Okay, Sandra. Stay calm. We’ll be there in five. Meet us at the west entrance of Dillard’s.”

“All right. Hurry.” I hear the panic in Sandra’s voice.

“Stay calm and peruse the store not to give any suspicions to the workers.”

“K. See ya soon.”

“Certainly.” I say hanging up the phone.

“Destiny, what’s going on?” Chris asks me as I can see the worry in his face. “Are the same

ones after Sandy that invaded my home?”

“The exact same creatures. They want us. You, me, Brandon, and Sandra. They don’t know

about Little Michelle here. Let’s keep it that way.”

“Why?”

“We’re the chosen slayers to bring balance back to this world,” Brandon states. “I was sent to

a boarding school for my protection when I was nine just after the birth of Destiny.”

“That sucks, bro.” Chris says as we reach the Mall.

It did not take us long to figure out where Sandra was. People were rushing out the doors of

Dillard’s in fear. Obviously, these pasty creatures were in the store and have yet to find Sandra.

However, we spot Sandra easily. She managed to mix in with the crowd that rushed out of

the store. We screech to a halt. Brandon pops open the back door for Sandra to jump in.

“Sandy, get in,” Brandon says to his sister.

“Your car?”

“Forget it. We can come back for it.”

The dark haired brown-eyed best friend of mine, who stands at five-foot- four, an inch

shorter than me, hurriedly, gets into the Tahoe. Sandra, quickly, jumps in and shuts the door.

“Chris, Miki, what’s going on?” She says trying to catch her breath.

The white pasty creatures see us peel out around the Mall ring road as we make our escape

after helping Sandra out.

“Hang on!” Brandon screams as one of the wraiths jumps out in front of our car. We run over

it leaving a partially body badly squished all over the road.

“I’ve only heard if these guys before,” Brandon tells us. “I don’t know how to defeat them.”

“Oh, great, we’re screwed,” Chris mutters.

He, then, gets slapped on the shoulder as their little sister sits zoned out holding her legs.

Michelle is totally out of it. This is out of her level of comprehension. Or so I thought.

“Don’t worry, I know to defeat these wraiths.” I calmly, and confidently, say. Where did that

come from?
David R Bennett is an author from Spring, Texas in the

United States of America. He lives with his wife, Brandy, and

his son, Ethan.

David R Bennett is a pen name that comes the reordering of his

initials real initials. He, also, thinks the name has a ring to it.

Not only is he an author, he also is an illustrator. His real

name is what is credited with the cover art to his novels.

He attended Rocky Mountain College if Art + Design in Denver, Colorado where he

earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Advertising Graphic Design. The graphic design techniques

he learned in college he uses to design his covers.

He, also, reads a lot of sci-fi / fantasy / paranormal books. Some of his favorite monsters

are vampires, mummies, zombies, goblins, ghouls, werewolves, etc. He has plans to write a long

string of novels in the Destiny Phoenix series and a series about an alien coming to Earth in the

Alien Survivor series. Both of these series are planned as Young Adult novels.

His favorite horror flick is Resident Evil because it is scary to think that biological

warfare could one day result in human extinction by undead creatures. And his favorite series of

films is Star Wars and is excited about the next film coming out in 2015.

I really enjoyed this book for many reasons. The interaction between the characters was extremely realistic, especially the down to earth dialogue between characters, which often read the way I thought a real person would speak. I love the fact that the antagonist is a werewolf and while you do get a description of him from time to time, you also are allowed to imagine him the way you want to. This is no fluffy werewolf either, it’s the rip your throat out, chew your bones and guts kind, you know the kind that used to keep us awake at night.

The good guys, Jack and Donavan are both extremely likable. You get a good taste of their background stories and that really helps you relate to them. I also like how Jonathan Hindle, the bad guy/werewolf, has enough of a background that fleshes him out enough to feel sorry for him. Sure, he is a werewolf that preys on those that cannot defend themselves, but once upon a time he wanted to be a better person and that totally shows a redeeming part of him, which is very important for villains in any story.

This is an action packed story from start to finish. If you like a good thriller, you will not be disappointed by Rougarou at all. Magic, mystery, ghosts, werewolves, and bloody mayhem!

How long have you been writing?

Since the day someone put a pencil in my hand, which was around age 5, I think.

How did you get started? Tell us about your journey to publishing.

My father introduced me to comic books when I was about six. He allowed me to sit and read them at the table while he sat across me from me and read them upside-down.  He read them to me at night, doing all the voices and narrations, and I tried to draw my own. My mother had a friend who was an x-ray tech and she’d give me the long, yellow papers that were put between x-ray films when they were boxed.  I used those to make my own comics and it was a short step from there to writing my own books.

During study hall, I wrote stories when I was supposed to be doing homework. In high school, I wrote for the school newspaper and  for the newspaper and magazine in college, and finally, when I was an actual adult and out in the Big Bad World, I began writing in earnest. I kept sending in submissions until one of them didn’t come back and a contract arrived in its place.

That story was my novella Vampires are Forever, published by Class Act Books two years ago.

Tell us about your book(s). What inspired you to write it/them?

My current novel is called The Clan Andriescu. It’s a collection of short stories about a family of exiled vampires who meet a young boy named Tony-Paul on a Savannah, GA beach and tell him their story. There are three of them and each story narrates what happened to that particular family member.

What inspires you to write? Do you have a particular song or mood that carries you through?

I get inspired by  all kinds of things…a sound, a phrase, the way a shadow looks as the light shines through my bedroom window and touches the wall…

Who is your favorite character and why?

I guess my favorite character that I myself have created would be Marek Strigoi, ghidaj (leader) of the Strigoisti or the Shadow Clan of vampires. He’s the main character in my series The Second Species which is scheduled for release by Double Dragon Publishing. I just turned in the first edits this week, in fact.

What made you decide to write a book?

As Mr. Spock’s father said, “At the time it seemed like the thing to do.” I don’t think I had much choice in the matter. If you’re a writer, you have to write. I recognized that fact and accepted the challenge.

Who are the writers who inspire you the most?

Jim Bucher, JR Ward, Bram Stoker, Anne Rice

Where do you get your inspiration?

Just about anywhere. All I have to do is use a little imagination.

Childhood Memories

Which cereal do you remember for breakfast?

Hey, I’m a Southerner! I have grits for breakfast! With lots of butter and a side order of cheese toast.

What is your favorite childhood cartoon character and why?

When I was small, it was Tom & Jerry. Now, it’s Archer.

Favorite super hero?

Then, Superman. Now…Wolverine.

What is the first movie that you saw in a movie theatre?

It was called Deadman’s Eyes with Lon Chaney, Jr. It was made in 1945 but I saw it many, many years later at an art revival theater when I was around 6.  My mother was definitely NOT a censor when it came to dragging me at a very young age to questionable movies. It was about cornea transplants which tells you how long they’ve been doing those.

Favorite TV show from younger years?

Star Trek (any series) and Firefly. Looking forward to NBC’s Dracula series this Fall, too.

In your Easter Eggs did you prefer candy or money? Or were yours hard boiled?

Candy.  Cadbury’s chocolate. I prefer my boiled eggs deviled.

Did you have a childhood pet?

I’ve always had pets. Cameleons…June bugs tied on a string…turtles..cats…dogs…horses. Can horses be called pets? For years, we had Alsatian shepherds which we’d been misleadingly told were border collies. It was years before we found out otherwise.  Later, we switched to poodles.  My favorite childhood pet was an Alsatian named Chippewa. My favorite pet as an adult was a miniature poodle named Conan the Barkbarian who thought he was a Yorkie.

Tell us about your favorite teacher

He name was Lucille Comer. She was my 7^th grade teacher and she encouraged every child in her class to express themselves through writing. Every week we had a day when we could read something we’d written. I invariably went in for mysteries though once I actually wrote a vampire-themed story whose heroine was named Batavia.

Just for fun

Are you a night owl or early bird? What time of the day works best for your muse?

Oh night, definitely.  Both my muse and I believe any hour before 3 in the afternoon should be outlawed.

If you were an animal what would you be and why?

Difficult choice…may I get back to you on that one?

Favorites: color, food, season, music, movies, books.

Color: Burgundy

Food: Boiled peanuts (Did I mention I’m a Southerner?)

Season: Late Spring when the weather’s cool at night and not too hot during the day and the flowers are beginning to bloom. Nothing like a spring Southern night with a breeze blowing the smell of honeysuckle through the bedroom window.

Music: Anything by Beethoven

Movies: Anything with vampires, satire, or explosions. If it’s got vampires, satire, and explosions all in one film, that’s even better!

Links where you can be found?
URL: http://www.tony-paul.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonypaul.devissage?ref=tn_tnmn

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/505918625

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5117438.Tony_Paul_de_Vissage

Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B007BDHDZY

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/tonypauldev

Twitter: @tpvissage

BLURB:

The Clan Andriescu…

MARIUS…He can’t understand why the woman he loved in 1968 doesn’t want to re-ignite their affair in 2013…

Marius dropped onto it and waited. For a few moments, she just sat there, studying her hands, quite a different woman from the self-possessed Southern lady who’d hosted the gathering only a few minutes earlier.

Silently, he studied her face. The blonde hair was now almost white, a lustrous gleaming under the incandescent lights of the sitting room. She wore it at the nape of her neck, an elaborate twist of a platinum chignon. The body under the sky-blue crepe gown was thicker, shorter than the slender girl he’d known in Paris, her face finely-creased, skin soft with crepe-like wrinkles and crow’s-feet.

Marius didn’t care. All he saw was Caitlin…his Caity…the girl he’d run away from forty-five years before because he’d begun to care too much.

VALERIUS… Ordered to marry, Val makes the wrong choice. Aneke’s all he wants but she’s human…all right to bite but not to marry…

Val liked America, its style, its joie de vivre, its élan, and especially the fervent vitality of its young people. Yes, indeed, he like living la vida American, and he was quite ready to continue that course for the rest of his immortal life…

…and then big brother put the kibosh on his plan.

 “I’m not ready to get married,” Val protested.

“You’re nearly three hundred and twelve,” Marius answered calmly. “You should have all your wild oats out of your system by now.”

Damn it, I’m not ready. I’ve still got a couple of handfuls of wild oats to be tossed about. Val wanted to argue, but he knew there was no use. The Head of the House had spoken. He had to obey.

COUSIN TIMON…being married to the most famous writer of vampire novels since Anne Rich can be exciting, until Laura writes an expose proving vampires are real.

The studied him as he walked toward her with the most graceful stride she’d even seen in a man. He moved like a dancer. Writer’s imagination briefly overcame her concern. Slender, not much taller than she, his most arresting feature, other than that statue-perfect face, was his hair. It was silky and pale ash-blond, hanging in a thick fall past his shoulder blades. Handsome. A miniature Apollo.

The Clan Andriescu, available from Class act Books, http://www.classactbooks.com/index.php/general-fiction/horror/the-clan-andriescu-pdf-3482013-05-14-03-37-13-detail

Other novels by Tony-Paul de Vissage:

Vmpires are Forever

The Night Man Cometh

The Last Vampire Standing

Blood Will Freeze

The Best Dentist in Orange County

Unpath’d Waters, Undream’d Shores

The Wonderful Mary Ting, Young Adult Author Extraordinaire!~

I have a special place in my heart for the wonderful Mary Ting. She has created such wonderful works that any young adult would love to read. In fact, I will definitely introduce my girls to her Crossroads Saga when they are young adults. Crossroads(Book 1), Between(Book 2) and Beyond(Book 3) are fast reads that will keep you emotionally involved from the beginning. Romantically sweet with adventure and challenge, these books have it all! Today wraps up her tour, so I am reposting an interview that I did recently with Mary. Please check out her author links at the bottom of the page.

1. If you could meet up & chat with one author who would it be and why?

It would have to be Stephenie Meyer because she wrote Twilight based on her dream.  Crossroads is also based on a couple of dreams I had in high school.  She was one of my inspirations to write this book.

2. How long of a process is writing a book? (you can talk about the challenges of getting a book published here if you would like 😉 lol

Ahhh!!!  I say this in a good and bad way.  First, it was so much fun writing about these characters, and many characters are based on people I know.  In some ways, Claudia is a lot like me, so her character was easy to write.  There was one time when I wiped out the last five chapters because my friend thought I could do better.  I’m glad she told me I could, but deleting those chapters brought me to tears. Then there is re-reading, re-writing and re-editing.  Let me just say that I found a new profound respect for authors.
3. Did you always want to become a writer?

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever thought about becoming a writer.  To tell you the truth, I didn’t really enjoy reading.  I read because I had to.  Not until I became a teacher did I find reading truly enjoyable.  I started writing because it was a way for me to heal from the death of my grandmother.  She is also a character in my story-Gamma J.

4. What were some of your “inspirations” for writing this novel

One of my inspirations for writing this novel was my grandmother.  Writing was a way for me to heal.  Another inspiration was my dreams I had in high school.   I can vividly recall all the details of them, which comprises chapter one and two.

5. What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

Besides spending time with my hubby and my two children, I enjoy shopping, watching movies, oil painting and making jewelries.  I also enjoy reading young adult novels.  They help me escape the stress of everyday life.
6. Which character in Crossroads was the most fun for you to write?

It’s difficult to say because many of the characters are based on people I know.  But I can narrow it down to two characters, Claudia and Michael.  Claudia’s character is based on me and my experiences.  The first car, the first job, camping, and yes…I was very sheltered…lol!!!  Michael is also somewhat based on my husband, the protector and romantic. I especially had fun writing about them being together and the chemistry of getting to know each other, knowing that they didn’t have that much time.

7. The end of Crossroads book there is a tiny snippet into the next book, can you give us a fun little spoiler about that next book?   

Austin plays a bigger role and there are more angels on earth.  I just finished up to chapter ten.  It’s still a rough draft but here are some teasers that I have not shared with anyone yet.

“I give you my soul . . . willingly upon thee,” Claudia said reluctantly, as tears streamed down her face.  Aliah gave a deceiving smile and placed his left hand behind her back as if to give her a hug and with the other hand, drove his sword straight into her heart.

“Love doesn’t just go away that easily.  It clings to your heart.  It goes with you wherever you go, even if you don’t want it to.  Love is like the ocean.  Sometimes it’s smooth and sometimes it’s rough, but it’s constant, it never dries out,” I stated, hoping this kind of love is not what he felt for her.  I love you, not her,” he said, inching his way toward me.

Mary Ting resides in Southern California with her husband and two children. She enjoys oil painting and making jewelry.  Writing Crossroads was a way to grieve the death of her beloved grandmother.  It was inspired by a dream she once had as a young girl.

Visit her website  www.marytingcrossroads.com
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/crossroadsbook
Twitter   @maryting

Blog   www.marytingbooks.blogspot.com/

Today we are celebrating with Kathi Barton and her new release Son of Our Blood.

Interview with Kathi Barton

1. What is your favorite genre to read? Do you even have time to read with all the
time you spend creating entertainment for the rest of us? I don’t really read all that
much anymore. And when I do, it’s usually a short story or something I find on
the internet. I wish I had more time but I’m having so much fun as an author that
I can’t seem to pull myself away from the computer long enough to do it. I’ve
nearly given up tv for writing.

2. Do you have a favorite author? That would be like asking me to pick out a
favorite snowflake. Oh my there are so many out there now that I can’t pick.
When I can read a book I have no favorite gene so to name any would leave out a
great many. I’ll just stick to everyone. How’s that?

3. How long have you been writing romance novels? Just a little under four years.
I know right? I have a very good muse and he keeps me busy thus having so
many books out. I have a different writing skill than most. I write more than one
book at a time and many different genre’s.

4. What inspires your creativity? My muse. Sometimes it’ll be something so simple
as a word. Sometimes it will be from something I see someone doing. It could be
a flower or a tattoo as well. Anything and everything brings a little bit of my story
writing to life. And I’m glad for it too.

5. What has been your biggest challenge as a writer? Not really as a writer but being
a writer. I still have a problem with my fans. Not with them but that I have so
many. There are still times when I am surprised when someone recognizes my
name or simply sees me with one of my books. Yes, I carry them around at times
to give away. lol. But to see people reading them…still takes my breath away.

6. If you could be an extra character in any one of your books, which book would it be
and what would your role be in that book? Not the character but to be able to be
with one of them. Duncan. I just love that guy. He cracks me up with the way
he messes up some of his words but his devotion to Aaron and especially Sara
blows me away. I think I’d like to spend a life time with him.

http://www.worldcastlepublishing.com/author-kathi-s-barton.html

http://www.amazon.com/Force-Dark-Nature-Series-ebook/dp/B008LE4A3A/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1

http://www.amazon.com/Force-Dark-Nature-Series-ebook/dp/B008LE4A3A/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1

http://kathisbartonauthor.blogspot.com/

Elissa Daye’s Birthday Bash. They say it’s my birthday, happy birthday to me, wooohooo! It’s also your unbirthday, unless of course I am lucky enough to have the same birthday. I am so thankful for all the readers in the world and so are my friends. Celebrate Spring, being alive, being free by taking home all these goodies!  Feel free to enter to win all these wonderful prizes by clicking here–>>Elissa Daye’s Birthday Bash Giveaway.

Also my second book, In Rapture: Destined Series Book 2, will be free for download onto Kindle all day on May 6th!

My friends, their donations, Book Blurbs and Author Links:

Kathi Barton has donated an e-book copy of Force of Nature. She has a fantastic new book out as well, which I will be featuring May 7^th with an author interview. Kathi is also giving away a bookmark and button.

Book Blurb: CJ’s father, Charles Webber, had been a real bastard all her life. And when her mom died he’d told her that without Becky there to make him acknowledge CJ as his daughter, he was finished with her and she was never to darken his door again. The slap that bloodied her mouth at her mom’s funeral had been more than enough to make his point. So she didn’t, not even to come home to his funeral

Austin Force wanted the property that the prick Webber owned. He wanted it for his pack and the house for his mom to call hers. But Webber dying had him dancing a jig and contacting the lawyer to make an offer. But finding that the man had a daughter and that she was his mate had Austin at his wits end.

Austin didn’t want to be impressed by her. He didn’t want to like her. He wanted her to obey him, whelp a few pups so she wouldn’t be bored and run his house for him. CJ wanted to do as she please which included maybe murdering the Alpha in his sleep. The two of them coming together is wonderfully steamy and sarcastic wit. Austin and CJ will make great alpha’s…or will they?

You can find her at:

http://www.worldcastlepublishing.com/author-kathi-s-barton.html

http://www.amazon.com/Force-Dark-Nature-Series-ebook/dp/B008LE4A3A/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1

http://www.amazon.com/Force-Dark-Nature-Series-ebook/dp/B008LE4A3A/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1

http://kathisbartonauthor.blogspot.com/

Debbi Kump had donated an e-book copy of 7G.

Book Blurb:7G, Apocalyptic Thriller

In the near future, Smartphones will be obsolete. Instead, technological innovations provide virtual computer screens for texting, surfing the Internet, or reading an ebook on lenses worn directly over the eye. With the upcoming conversion to 7G Network allowing instantaneous optical and audio recording, limitless military and civilian applications abound. Yet an unexpected programming glitch proves fatal, spelling disaster for the nation. In the aftermath of 7G, the fates of college sophomore Erik Weber and submariner Alyssa Kensington entwine. Will they escape and manage to survive in a crippled world?

You can find her at:

https://sites.google.com/site/debbiekumpbooks/books
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Debbie-Kump-Author/106841479415271

http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GX31CU

Ronald Paxton has donated an e-book copy of his  book Winter Songs.

Book Blurb: A dark and malevolent force has invaded the normally tranquil world of Shenandoah County, a small, rural community located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Emma Howard is living her dream. She has just graduated from veterinary school and returned to her hometown to accept a position as an equine veterinarian with her friend and mentor, Dr. Adam Waller. Best of all, her boyfriend and fellow veterinarian, Chase Reynolds, has accompanied her. Emma’s dream soon turns into a nightmare as she and Chase become victims of escalating acts of hostility. Someone doesn’t like the fact that Emma is dating a black man and is determined to put an end to it.

John “Cowboy” Howard, retired national rodeo champion and owner of Wild Pony Ranch, loves his daughter and will do anything to protect her. When the sheriff’s office fails to produce results John launches his own investigation and finds himself chasing an elusive and relentless foe. Time is running out and John is forced to consider some questions for which he has no answers. How far will this bigot or hate group go in their harassment of Emma and Chase? Who could be behind this? A greedy developer who has his eye on Wild Pony Ranch? Zealous members of a local evangelical church? A white supremacist group?

Someone needs to find the answers before John’s family and the community are ripped apart.

You can find him at:

www.ronaldpaxton.webs.com

www.facebook.com/ronald.paxton.3

www.linkedin.com

Mary Ting has donated an e-book copy of Between: Book 2 in the Crossroads Saga

The first book, Crossroads is free on Kindle and Nook. Grab it while you can!

Book Blurb: As the alkins head back to Crossroads, Claudia leads her normal life; but not for long. Having a special soul, Claudia attracts danger, and she soon finds out who Gamma asked to watch over her. The Twelve, known as Divine Elders on Earth, are very much involved when they find out that Aliah, one of the God’s first angels, escaped from the Abyss when the gates were opened by Aden. Needing Claudia’s soul to escape the only place Aliah can reside-a place between Heaven and Earth-he sends his demons in search of all Claudia Emersons on Earth. Taking her soul will enable him to be released from Between and cross over to Crossroads, which would give him immense power. As more secrets are revealed Claudia learns about the venators–nephilim, demon hunters. Now two opposing forces must work together in order to save Claudia and humanity from the most dangerous angel ever created. But along the way, trust becomes a big issue. Will love be enough to keep Claudia and Michael together? Who will make the ultimate sacrifice? Who will betray them all?

https://www.facebook.com/CrossroadsBook

tweet: @MaryTing

blog www.marytingbooks.blogspot.com

Alexandrea Weis has donated an e-book copy of Diary of a One Night Stand.

Book Blurb: Resilient and practical, Kara Barton has continually strived to live a respectable life. She went to college, embarked on a promising career as an attorney, married a great guy, and always appeared to be the perfect wife and mother. But all is not what it seems, and the troubling past Kara has been running from her entire life is about to catch up with her. Urged on by her insecurities about growing older, and desperately wanting to feel one more night of passion, Kara agrees to share a tryst in a hotel room with a sexy business associate, Scott Ellsworth. But Scott wants more than one night together, and Kara quickly discovers it is impossible to resist him. Soon Kara finds herself transformed into the kind of woman she vowed never to become, and the secure world she has struggled all her life to build begins to fall apart. Kara Barton is about to find out how a one-night stand can change everything.

You can find her at:

FB https://www.facebook.com/pages/To-My-Senses/113609858681394

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexandreaweis

My website: http://www.alexandreaweis.com/index.html

Elizabeth Seckman has donated copies of Past Due and Healing Summer in either e-book or print copy. Winner decides!

Book Blurb Past Due: Jenna Austin is a young, widowed artist raising a teenage son on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. As the costs of living in paradise rise, she struggles to make ends meet. Life isn’t easy, but she manages.
When her car breaks down, she trudges on. She assumes life can’t get any more complicated than it is. But it can…

Chance brings her nose to well-formed chest with Tres Coulter, the handsome, affluent aid to Governor Hunt. Jenna and Tres share a history; they also share a love they thought long lost. Their lives are about to be altered forever as the deceptions of the past transform the very foundation of the present.

The price of happily ever after may be too steep to pay once the past comes due.

Book Blurb Healing Summer: Ditched at the altar…biopsied for cancer…Mollie Hinkle is having a bona fide bitch of a summer.When life sucks so hard it takes your breath away, what’s a girl to do?

Road trip! Pack a bag, grab a few friends, and leave the past and the worry in the rear view mirror. What wounds can’t be healed by a drive across the Heartland, where quarter flips at cross roads determine the route and the future?

All roads lead to Craig, the second son and bad boy of the haughty Coulter line. Craig has spent his life taking care of number one—himself. He’s not interested in a relationship and he’s definitely not looking to fall in love. But if a morsel drops in his lap, who is he to refrain?

You can find her at:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elizabeth-Seckman-Author/361427683923220

http://eseckman.blogspot.com/

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5806570.Elizabeth_Seckman

Eric Johnston has donated e-book copies of An Inner Darkness, A Light in the Dark, and Children of Time (new release) by Eric Johnston

Book Blurb An Inner Darkness: Noremway Parish, founded 2,000 years ago by the Great Savior Ragas Moliere, is the last bastion of humanity after the war with the demons known as the Darkness. The continued existence of Noremway Parish is imperative to the survival of the human race.

A Forbidden Love

Teret Finley never thought she’d have children. When she took the oath to become parochial vicar, the keeper and teacher of the histories of Noremway Parish, she took an oath of celibacy, but that all changes when a pair of conjoined twins mysteriously appears in the parish cathedral. She becomes a mother to them, and with the help of the parish friar, Decon Mangler, gives them love and warmth.

Rumors begin spreading throughout the parish, rumors that could undermine their entire way of life as Decon and Teret grow close. Is Teret breaking her oath by caring for these children with Decon? There is one person who will stop at nothing until she finds out—Rita Morgan, the parish gossip.

The recent death of Mayor Tomias Waterman has sent the parish leadership into turmoil, and the sheriff, Franz Phoenix, has seized control, using Rita as his lap dog. He finds amusement in her gossiping ways, and puts her to use to tear down Decon and Teret, destroying the foundations of the society, and making room for his own brand of moral corruption.

Can Decon and Teret’s love survive? And if they are found guilty of crimes against society, what will happen to the twins?

Book Blurb: A Light in the Dark: Eighteen years after the events in An Inner Darkness, the twins, separated by time and distance, yearn for something missing in their lives. Julian studies hard to become a friar, while Gaylen, banished to a desert wasteland, determines to stop at nothing until he is again attached to his brother. Julian cannot remember Gaylen, and the people of Noremway Parish have done all they could to ensure he never learns about him.

Julian must confront a mystery after he finds a copy of The Book of Ragas, a culmination of all the history and moral teachings of Noremway Parish, hidden away on a bookshelf in the mayor’s house. Why had he been told all copies were destroyed nearly twenty years ago?

The mystery builds as he finds evidence that both Teret Finley and Decon Mangler are both alive despite Franz Phoenix’s claims that both of them are dead.

Julian quickly finds himself at the center of a 2,000-year-old war, and the only chance he has at survival is a willingness to challenge what he’d grown up believing.

You can find him at:

https://www.facebook.com/authorericjohnston?ref=hl

https://www.facebook.com/HarvesterAscension?ref=hl

https://twitter.com/EJohnstonAuthor

http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/6439796.Eric_R_Johnston

http://www.ericjohnstonauthor.blogspot.com

Judy White has donated an e-book copy of A Method to Madness.

Book Blurb: It’s January 1943 and things are slow for Sam Flanagan, Detroit private detective. He’s about to call it a day and return to the woman he shares a home with; his eighty two year old grandmother, when in walks Chicago socialite Phyllis Killburn. She’s the daughter of the late tire tycoon, Alden Whitaker, and she’s got troubles. It seems her husband may be stepping out on her with another woman and he’s keeping a big secret as to his involvement with the military. She wants to know what’s going on and she’s willing to pay big bucks for the information.

Sam travels to the Windy City and looks up his longtime friend, Harry Blevins, journalist for the Chicago Tribune. With Harry’s assistance, and with the inadvertent ramblings of his grandmother, will Sam be able to put all the pieces together to solve what is happening within the walls of the Whitaker Estate to stop a murder plot? The deeper Sam digs into the case, he uncovers more twists. Does Sam find a method to this madness?

Author Kelly Abell has donated e-book copies of Haunted Destiny and The Lost Jewels of Hera.

Book Blurb Haunted Destiny: Destiny Dove is the only survivor of a tragic car crash that killed her parents and baby brother. A teen uprooted from her home, she is forced to live with her New Age Grandmother whom she’s been taught her entire life to fear. If that’s not enough, Destiny soon discovers she has developed the family gift of being able to see and talk to ghosts, The Shade Sight, her grandmother calls it. Grams Rose will be the one person who can help her understand her haunted destiny.
When Destiny meets hot hunk Jake Turner along with his jealous girlfriend Amy, sparks immediately fly. Jakes sees Destiny as a new kindred spirit, while Amy sees her as a threat and is determined to ruin Destiny’s life at Blake High. But when Amy’s mother, an antiques dealer, buys Amy some old furniture, it comes with a lot more than anyone bargained for. Only Destiny stands between Amy and an ancient ghostly evil so strong it might just take the entire town of Arcadia down with it. When called upon can Destiny forgive and draw upon her new gift to save Amy and a group of local teens from certain destruction?

Book Blurb The Lost Jewels of Hera: Tenacious and tough as nails, archeologist, Kindra Ceres has just unearthed the one clue linking her life’s work with an unknown destiny. The Lost Jewels of Hera, an ancient necklace of immeasurable power, exists—and not just in legend.

The ancient legend states Hera, Queen of the Gods, destroyed the necklace in a fit of jealous rage, and only the Guardian of the stones can restore them to power. Kindra is the key, but her past life is but a distant memory. This presents a challenge for two men determined to protect her…Aiden Flint, a lover Kindra doesn’t remember from her ancient past, and Ryan Colburn, assigned to guard her by Zeus, the King of Gods, himself. Kindra is caught between the one man who stole her heart, and the other predestined to win it.

Cyrus Hayden, a demon sent by Hades, God of the Underworld will stop at nothing to steal the stones and plagues Kindra’s journey with ruthless and terrifying danger. Kindra must discover enough about her past to find and restore the stones to power to stop Hades from destroying the Earth she’s destined to protect. Will destiny or shear will determine the fate of Kindra and her companions? Will she choose or will the god’s choose for her?

Links where you can find her:

www.kellyabellbooks.com

www.twitter.com/kellyabellbooks

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelly-Abell/83527376788?ref=hl

David R Bennett is donating an e-book copy of The Crimson Clan.

Elissa Daye’s Birthday Bash. Join me and my wonderful friends in celebration, of well me. Nah, just kidding! It’s a celebration of all of you! I am so thankful for all the readers in the world and so are my friends. Feel free to enter to win all these wonderful prizes by clicking here–>>Elissa Daye’s Birthday Bash Giveaway.

Also my second book, In Rapture: Destined Series Book 2, will be free for download onto Kindle all day on May 6th!

My friends, their donations, Book Blurbs and Author Links:

Kathi Barton has donated an e-book copy of Force of Nature. She has a fantastic new book out as well, which I will be featuring May 7^th with an author interview. Kathi is also giving away a bookmark and button.

Book Blurb: CJ’s father, Charles Webber, had been a real bastard all her life. And when her mom died he’d told her that without Becky there to make him acknowledge CJ as his daughter, he was finished with her and she was never to darken his door again. The slap that bloodied her mouth at her mom’s funeral had been more than enough to make his point. So she didn’t, not even to come home to his funeral

Austin Force wanted the property that the prick Webber owned. He wanted it for his pack and the house for his mom to call hers. But Webber dying had him dancing a jig and contacting the lawyer to make an offer. But finding that the man had a daughter and that she was his mate had Austin at his wits end.

Austin didn’t want to be impressed by her. He didn’t want to like her. He wanted her to obey him, whelp a few pups so she wouldn’t be bored and run his house for him. CJ wanted to do as she please which included maybe murdering the Alpha in his sleep. The two of them coming together is wonderfully steamy and sarcastic wit. Austin and CJ will make great alpha’s…or will they?

You can find her at:

http://www.worldcastlepublishing.com/author-kathi-s-barton.html

http://www.amazon.com/Force-Dark-Nature-Series-ebook/dp/B008LE4A3A/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1

http://www.amazon.com/Force-Dark-Nature-Series-ebook/dp/B008LE4A3A/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1

http://kathisbartonauthor.blogspot.com/

Debbi Kump had donated an e-book copy of 7G.

Book Blurb:7G, Apocalyptic Thriller

In the near future, Smartphones will be obsolete. Instead, technological innovations provide virtual computer screens for texting, surfing the Internet, or reading an ebook on lenses worn directly over the eye. With the upcoming conversion to 7G Network allowing instantaneous optical and audio recording, limitless military and civilian applications abound. Yet an unexpected programming glitch proves fatal, spelling disaster for the nation. In the aftermath of 7G, the fates of college sophomore Erik Weber and submariner Alyssa Kensington entwine. Will they escape and manage to survive in a crippled world?

You can find her at:

https://sites.google.com/site/debbiekumpbooks/books
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Debbie-Kump-Author/106841479415271

http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GX31CU

Ronald Paxton has donated an e-book copy of his  book Winter Songs.

Book Blurb: A dark and malevolent force has invaded the normally tranquil world of Shenandoah County, a small, rural community located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Emma Howard is living her dream. She has just graduated from veterinary school and returned to her hometown to accept a position as an equine veterinarian with her friend and mentor, Dr. Adam Waller. Best of all, her boyfriend and fellow veterinarian, Chase Reynolds, has accompanied her. Emma’s dream soon turns into a nightmare as she and Chase become victims of escalating acts of hostility. Someone doesn’t like the fact that Emma is dating a black man and is determined to put an end to it.

John “Cowboy” Howard, retired national rodeo champion and owner of Wild Pony Ranch, loves his daughter and will do anything to protect her. When the sheriff’s office fails to produce results John launches his own investigation and finds himself chasing an elusive and relentless foe. Time is running out and John is forced to consider some questions for which he has no answers. How far will this bigot or hate group go in their harassment of Emma and Chase? Who could be behind this? A greedy developer who has his eye on Wild Pony Ranch? Zealous members of a local evangelical church? A white supremacist group?

Someone needs to find the answers before John’s family and the community are ripped apart.

You can find him at:

www.ronaldpaxton.webs.com

www.facebook.com/ronald.paxton.3

www.linkedin.com

Mary Ting has donated an e-book copy of Between: Book 2 in the Crossroads Saga

The first book, Crossroads is free on Kindle and Nook. Grab it while you can!

Book Blurb: As the alkins head back to Crossroads, Claudia leads her normal life; but not for long. Having a special soul, Claudia attracts danger, and she soon finds out who Gamma asked to watch over her. The Twelve, known as Divine Elders on Earth, are very much involved when they find out that Aliah, one of the God’s first angels, escaped from the Abyss when the gates were opened by Aden. Needing Claudia’s soul to escape the only place Aliah can reside-a place between Heaven and Earth-he sends his demons in search of all Claudia Emersons on Earth. Taking her soul will enable him to be released from Between and cross over to Crossroads, which would give him immense power. As more secrets are revealed Claudia learns about the venators–nephilim, demon hunters. Now two opposing forces must work together in order to save Claudia and humanity from the most dangerous angel ever created. But along the way, trust becomes a big issue. Will love be enough to keep Claudia and Michael together? Who will make the ultimate sacrifice? Who will betray them all?

https://www.facebook.com/CrossroadsBook

tweet: @MaryTing

blog www.marytingbooks.blogspot.com

Alexandrea Weis has donated an e-book copy of Diary of a One Night Stand.

Book Blurb: Resilient and practical, Kara Barton has continually strived to live a respectable life. She went to college, embarked on a promising career as an attorney, married a great guy, and always appeared to be the perfect wife and mother. But all is not what it seems, and the troubling past Kara has been running from her entire life is about to catch up with her. Urged on by her insecurities about growing older, and desperately wanting to feel one more night of passion, Kara agrees to share a tryst in a hotel room with a sexy business associate, Scott Ellsworth. But Scott wants more than one night together, and Kara quickly discovers it is impossible to resist him. Soon Kara finds herself transformed into the kind of woman she vowed never to become, and the secure world she has struggled all her life to build begins to fall apart. Kara Barton is about to find out how a one-night stand can change everything.

You can find her at:

FB https://www.facebook.com/pages/To-My-Senses/113609858681394

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexandreaweis

My website: http://www.alexandreaweis.com/index.html

Elizabeth Seckman has donated copies of Past Due and Healing Summer in either e-book or print copy. Winner decides!

Book Blurb Past Due: Jenna Austin is a young, widowed artist raising a teenage son on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. As the costs of living in paradise rise, she struggles to make ends meet. Life isn’t easy, but she manages.
When her car breaks down, she trudges on. She assumes life can’t get any more complicated than it is. But it can…

Chance brings her nose to well-formed chest with Tres Coulter, the handsome, affluent aid to Governor Hunt. Jenna and Tres share a history; they also share a love they thought long lost. Their lives are about to be altered forever as the deceptions of the past transform the very foundation of the present.

The price of happily ever after may be too steep to pay once the past comes due.

Book Blurb Healing Summer: Ditched at the altar…biopsied for cancer…Mollie Hinkle is having a bona fide bitch of a summer.When life sucks so hard it takes your breath away, what’s a girl to do?

Road trip! Pack a bag, grab a few friends, and leave the past and the worry in the rear view mirror. What wounds can’t be healed by a drive across the Heartland, where quarter flips at cross roads determine the route and the future?

All roads lead to Craig, the second son and bad boy of the haughty Coulter line. Craig has spent his life taking care of number one—himself. He’s not interested in a relationship and he’s definitely not looking to fall in love. But if a morsel drops in his lap, who is he to refrain?

You can find her at:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elizabeth-Seckman-Author/361427683923220

http://eseckman.blogspot.com/

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5806570.Elizabeth_Seckman

Eric Johnston has donated e-book copies of An Inner Darkness, A Light in the Dark, and Children of Time (new release) by Eric Johnston

Book Blurb An Inner Darkness: Noremway Parish, founded 2,000 years ago by the Great Savior Ragas Moliere, is the last bastion of humanity after the war with the demons known as the Darkness. The continued existence of Noremway Parish is imperative to the survival of the human race.

A Forbidden Love

Teret Finley never thought she’d have children. When she took the oath to become parochial vicar, the keeper and teacher of the histories of Noremway Parish, she took an oath of celibacy, but that all changes when a pair of conjoined twins mysteriously appears in the parish cathedral. She becomes a mother to them, and with the help of the parish friar, Decon Mangler, gives them love and warmth.

Rumors begin spreading throughout the parish, rumors that could undermine their entire way of life as Decon and Teret grow close. Is Teret breaking her oath by caring for these children with Decon? There is one person who will stop at nothing until she finds out—Rita Morgan, the parish gossip.

The recent death of Mayor Tomias Waterman has sent the parish leadership into turmoil, and the sheriff, Franz Phoenix, has seized control, using Rita as his lap dog. He finds amusement in her gossiping ways, and puts her to use to tear down Decon and Teret, destroying the foundations of the society, and making room for his own brand of moral corruption.

Can Decon and Teret’s love survive? And if they are found guilty of crimes against society, what will happen to the twins?

Book Blurb: A Light in the Dark: Eighteen years after the events in An Inner Darkness, the twins, separated by time and distance, yearn for something missing in their lives. Julian studies hard to become a friar, while Gaylen, banished to a desert wasteland, determines to stop at nothing until he is again attached to his brother. Julian cannot remember Gaylen, and the people of Noremway Parish have done all they could to ensure he never learns about him.

Julian must confront a mystery after he finds a copy of The Book of Ragas, a culmination of all the history and moral teachings of Noremway Parish, hidden away on a bookshelf in the mayor’s house. Why had he been told all copies were destroyed nearly twenty years ago?

The mystery builds as he finds evidence that both Teret Finley and Decon Mangler are both alive despite Franz Phoenix’s claims that both of them are dead.

Julian quickly finds himself at the center of a 2,000-year-old war, and the only chance he has at survival is a willingness to challenge what he’d grown up believing.

You can find him at:

https://www.facebook.com/authorericjohnston?ref=hl

https://www.facebook.com/HarvesterAscension?ref=hl

https://twitter.com/EJohnstonAuthor

http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/6439796.Eric_R_Johnston

http://www.ericjohnstonauthor.blogspot.com

Judy White has donated an e-book copy of A Method to Madness.

Book Blurb: It’s January 1943 and things are slow for Sam Flanagan, Detroit private detective. He’s about to call it a day and return to the woman he shares a home with; his eighty two year old grandmother, when in walks Chicago socialite Phyllis Killburn. She’s the daughter of the late tire tycoon, Alden Whitaker, and she’s got troubles. It seems her husband may be stepping out on her with another woman and he’s keeping a big secret as to his involvement with the military. She wants to know what’s going on and she’s willing to pay big bucks for the information.

Sam travels to the Windy City and looks up his longtime friend, Harry Blevins, journalist for the Chicago Tribune. With Harry’s assistance, and with the inadvertent ramblings of his grandmother, will Sam be able to put all the pieces together to solve what is happening within the walls of the Whitaker Estate to stop a murder plot? The deeper Sam digs into the case, he uncovers more twists. Does Sam find a method to this madness?

Author Kelly Abell has donated e-book copies of Haunted Destiny and The Lost Jewels of Hera.

Book Blurb Haunted Destiny: Destiny Dove is the only survivor of a tragic car crash that killed her parents and baby brother. A teen uprooted from her home, she is forced to live with her New Age Grandmother whom she’s been taught her entire life to fear. If that’s not enough, Destiny soon discovers she has developed the family gift of being able to see and talk to ghosts, The Shade Sight, her grandmother calls it. Grams Rose will be the one person who can help her understand her haunted destiny.
When Destiny meets hot hunk Jake Turner along with his jealous girlfriend Amy, sparks immediately fly. Jakes sees Destiny as a new kindred spirit, while Amy sees her as a threat and is determined to ruin Destiny’s life at Blake High. But when Amy’s mother, an antiques dealer, buys Amy some old furniture, it comes with a lot more than anyone bargained for. Only Destiny stands between Amy and an ancient ghostly evil so strong it might just take the entire town of Arcadia down with it. When called upon can Destiny forgive and draw upon her new gift to save Amy and a group of local teens from certain destruction?

Book Blurb The Lost Jewels of Hera: Tenacious and tough as nails, archeologist, Kindra Ceres has just unearthed the one clue linking her life’s work with an unknown destiny. The Lost Jewels of Hera, an ancient necklace of immeasurable power, exists—and not just in legend.

The ancient legend states Hera, Queen of the Gods, destroyed the necklace in a fit of jealous rage, and only the Guardian of the stones can restore them to power. Kindra is the key, but her past life is but a distant memory. This presents a challenge for two men determined to protect her…Aiden Flint, a lover Kindra doesn’t remember from her ancient past, and Ryan Colburn, assigned to guard her by Zeus, the King of Gods, himself. Kindra is caught between the one man who stole her heart, and the other predestined to win it.

Cyrus Hayden, a demon sent by Hades, God of the Underworld will stop at nothing to steal the stones and plagues Kindra’s journey with ruthless and terrifying danger. Kindra must discover enough about her past to find and restore the stones to power to stop Hades from destroying the Earth she’s destined to protect. Will destiny or shear will determine the fate of Kindra and her companions? Will she choose or will the god’s choose for her?

Links where you can find her:

www.kellyabellbooks.com

www.twitter.com/kellyabellbooks

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelly-Abell/83527376788?ref=hl

David R Bennett is donating an e-book copy of The Crimson Clan.

Elissa Daye’s Birthday Bash. Join me and my wonderful friends in celebration, of well me. Nah, just kidding! It’s a celebration of all of you! I am so thankful for all the readers in the world and so are my friends. Feel free to enter to win all these wonderful prizes by clicking here–>>Elissa Daye’s Birthday Bash Giveaway.

Also my second book, In Rapture: Destined Series Book 2, will be free for download onto Kindle all day on May 6th!

My friends, their donations, Book Blurbs and Author Links:

Kathi Barton has donated an e-book copy of Force of Nature. She has a fantastic new book out as well, which I will be featuring May 7^th with an author interview. Kathi is also giving away a bookmark and button.

Book Blurb: CJ’s father, Charles Webber, had been a real bastard all her life. And when her mom died he’d told her that without Becky there to make him acknowledge CJ as his daughter, he was finished with her and she was never to darken his door again. The slap that bloodied her mouth at her mom’s funeral had been more than enough to make his point. So she didn’t, not even to come home to his funeral

Austin Force wanted the property that the prick Webber owned. He wanted it for his pack and the house for his mom to call hers. But Webber dying had him dancing a jig and contacting the lawyer to make an offer. But finding that the man had a daughter and that she was his mate had Austin at his wits end.

Austin didn’t want to be impressed by her. He didn’t want to like her. He wanted her to obey him, whelp a few pups so she wouldn’t be bored and run his house for him. CJ wanted to do as she please which included maybe murdering the Alpha in his sleep. The two of them coming together is wonderfully steamy and sarcastic wit. Austin and CJ will make great alpha’s…or will they?

You can find her at:

http://www.worldcastlepublishing.com/author-kathi-s-barton.html

http://www.amazon.com/Force-Dark-Nature-Series-ebook/dp/B008LE4A3A/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1

http://www.amazon.com/Force-Dark-Nature-Series-ebook/dp/B008LE4A3A/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1

http://kathisbartonauthor.blogspot.com/

Debbi Kump had donated an e-book copy of 7G.

Book Blurb:7G, Apocalyptic Thriller

In the near future, Smartphones will be obsolete. Instead, technological innovations provide virtual computer screens for texting, surfing the Internet, or reading an ebook on lenses worn directly over the eye. With the upcoming conversion to 7G Network allowing instantaneous optical and audio recording, limitless military and civilian applications abound. Yet an unexpected programming glitch proves fatal, spelling disaster for the nation. In the aftermath of 7G, the fates of college sophomore Erik Weber and submariner Alyssa Kensington entwine. Will they escape and manage to survive in a crippled world?

You can find her at:

https://sites.google.com/site/debbiekumpbooks/books
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Debbie-Kump-Author/106841479415271

http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GX31CU

Ronald Paxton has donated an e-book copy of his  book Winter Songs.

Book Blurb: A dark and malevolent force has invaded the normally tranquil world of Shenandoah County, a small, rural community located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Emma Howard is living her dream. She has just graduated from veterinary school and returned to her hometown to accept a position as an equine veterinarian with her friend and mentor, Dr. Adam Waller. Best of all, her boyfriend and fellow veterinarian, Chase Reynolds, has accompanied her. Emma’s dream soon turns into a nightmare as she and Chase become victims of escalating acts of hostility. Someone doesn’t like the fact that Emma is dating a black man and is determined to put an end to it.

John “Cowboy” Howard, retired national rodeo champion and owner of Wild Pony Ranch, loves his daughter and will do anything to protect her. When the sheriff’s office fails to produce results John launches his own investigation and finds himself chasing an elusive and relentless foe. Time is running out and John is forced to consider some questions for which he has no answers. How far will this bigot or hate group go in their harassment of Emma and Chase? Who could be behind this? A greedy developer who has his eye on Wild Pony Ranch? Zealous members of a local evangelical church? A white supremacist group?

Someone needs to find the answers before John’s family and the community are ripped apart.

You can find him at:

www.ronaldpaxton.webs.com

www.facebook.com/ronald.paxton.3

www.linkedin.com

Mary Ting has donated an e-book copy of Between: Book 2 in the Crossroads Saga

The first book, Crossroads is free on Kindle and Nook. Grab it while you can!

Book Blurb: As the alkins head back to Crossroads, Claudia leads her normal life; but not for long. Having a special soul, Claudia attracts danger, and she soon finds out who Gamma asked to watch over her. The Twelve, known as Divine Elders on Earth, are very much involved when they find out that Aliah, one of the God’s first angels, escaped from the Abyss when the gates were opened by Aden. Needing Claudia’s soul to escape the only place Aliah can reside-a place between Heaven and Earth-he sends his demons in search of all Claudia Emersons on Earth. Taking her soul will enable him to be released from Between and cross over to Crossroads, which would give him immense power. As more secrets are revealed Claudia learns about the venators–nephilim, demon hunters. Now two opposing forces must work together in order to save Claudia and humanity from the most dangerous angel ever created. But along the way, trust becomes a big issue. Will love be enough to keep Claudia and Michael together? Who will make the ultimate sacrifice? Who will betray them all?

https://www.facebook.com/CrossroadsBook

tweet: @MaryTing

blog www.marytingbooks.blogspot.com

Alexandrea Weis has donated an e-book copy of Diary of a One Night Stand.

Book Blurb: Resilient and practical, Kara Barton has continually strived to live a respectable life. She went to college, embarked on a promising career as an attorney, married a great guy, and always appeared to be the perfect wife and mother. But all is not what it seems, and the troubling past Kara has been running from her entire life is about to catch up with her. Urged on by her insecurities about growing older, and desperately wanting to feel one more night of passion, Kara agrees to share a tryst in a hotel room with a sexy business associate, Scott Ellsworth. But Scott wants more than one night together, and Kara quickly discovers it is impossible to resist him. Soon Kara finds herself transformed into the kind of woman she vowed never to become, and the secure world she has struggled all her life to build begins to fall apart. Kara Barton is about to find out how a one-night stand can change everything.

You can find her at:

FB https://www.facebook.com/pages/To-My-Senses/113609858681394

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexandreaweis

My website: http://www.alexandreaweis.com/index.html

Elizabeth Seckman has donated copies of Past Due and Healing Summer in either e-book or print copy. Winner decides!

Book Blurb Past Due: Jenna Austin is a young, widowed artist raising a teenage son on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. As the costs of living in paradise rise, she struggles to make ends meet. Life isn’t easy, but she manages.
When her car breaks down, she trudges on. She assumes life can’t get any more complicated than it is. But it can…

Chance brings her nose to well-formed chest with Tres Coulter, the handsome, affluent aid to Governor Hunt. Jenna and Tres share a history; they also share a love they thought long lost. Their lives are about to be altered forever as the deceptions of the past transform the very foundation of the present.

The price of happily ever after may be too steep to pay once the past comes due.

Book Blurb Healing Summer: Ditched at the altar…biopsied for cancer…Mollie Hinkle is having a bona fide bitch of a summer.When life sucks so hard it takes your breath away, what’s a girl to do?

Road trip! Pack a bag, grab a few friends, and leave the past and the worry in the rear view mirror. What wounds can’t be healed by a drive across the Heartland, where quarter flips at cross roads determine the route and the future?

All roads lead to Craig, the second son and bad boy of the haughty Coulter line. Craig has spent his life taking care of number one—himself. He’s not interested in a relationship and he’s definitely not looking to fall in love. But if a morsel drops in his lap, who is he to refrain?

You can find her at:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elizabeth-Seckman-Author/361427683923220

http://eseckman.blogspot.com/

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5806570.Elizabeth_Seckman

Eric Johnston has donated e-book copies of An Inner Darkness, A Light in the Dark, and Children of Time (new release) by Eric Johnston

Book Blurb An Inner Darkness: Noremway Parish, founded 2,000 years ago by the Great Savior Ragas Moliere, is the last bastion of humanity after the war with the demons known as the Darkness. The continued existence of Noremway Parish is imperative to the survival of the human race.

A Forbidden Love

Teret Finley never thought she’d have children. When she took the oath to become parochial vicar, the keeper and teacher of the histories of Noremway Parish, she took an oath of celibacy, but that all changes when a pair of conjoined twins mysteriously appears in the parish cathedral. She becomes a mother to them, and with the help of the parish friar, Decon Mangler, gives them love and warmth.

Rumors begin spreading throughout the parish, rumors that could undermine their entire way of life as Decon and Teret grow close. Is Teret breaking her oath by caring for these children with Decon? There is one person who will stop at nothing until she finds out—Rita Morgan, the parish gossip.

The recent death of Mayor Tomias Waterman has sent the parish leadership into turmoil, and the sheriff, Franz Phoenix, has seized control, using Rita as his lap dog. He finds amusement in her gossiping ways, and puts her to use to tear down Decon and Teret, destroying the foundations of the society, and making room for his own brand of moral corruption.

Can Decon and Teret’s love survive? And if they are found guilty of crimes against society, what will happen to the twins?

Book Blurb: A Light in the Dark: Eighteen years after the events in An Inner Darkness, the twins, separated by time and distance, yearn for something missing in their lives. Julian studies hard to become a friar, while Gaylen, banished to a desert wasteland, determines to stop at nothing until he is again attached to his brother. Julian cannot remember Gaylen, and the people of Noremway Parish have done all they could to ensure he never learns about him.

Julian must confront a mystery after he finds a copy of The Book of Ragas, a culmination of all the history and moral teachings of Noremway Parish, hidden away on a bookshelf in the mayor’s house. Why had he been told all copies were destroyed nearly twenty years ago?

The mystery builds as he finds evidence that both Teret Finley and Decon Mangler are both alive despite Franz Phoenix’s claims that both of them are dead.

Julian quickly finds himself at the center of a 2,000-year-old war, and the only chance he has at survival is a willingness to challenge what he’d grown up believing.

You can find him at:

https://www.facebook.com/authorericjohnston?ref=hl

https://www.facebook.com/HarvesterAscension?ref=hl

https://twitter.com/EJohnstonAuthor

http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/6439796.Eric_R_Johnston

http://www.ericjohnstonauthor.blogspot.com

Judy White has donated an e-book copy of A Method to Madness.

Book Blurb: It’s January 1943 and things are slow for Sam Flanagan, Detroit private detective. He’s about to call it a day and return to the woman he shares a home with; his eighty two year old grandmother, when in walks Chicago socialite Phyllis Killburn. She’s the daughter of the late tire tycoon, Alden Whitaker, and she’s got troubles. It seems her husband may be stepping out on her with another woman and he’s keeping a big secret as to his involvement with the military. She wants to know what’s going on and she’s willing to pay big bucks for the information.

Sam travels to the Windy City and looks up his longtime friend, Harry Blevins, journalist for the Chicago Tribune. With Harry’s assistance, and with the inadvertent ramblings of his grandmother, will Sam be able to put all the pieces together to solve what is happening within the walls of the Whitaker Estate to stop a murder plot? The deeper Sam digs into the case, he uncovers more twists. Does Sam find a method to this madness?

Author Kelly Abell has donated e-book copies of Haunted Destiny and The Lost Jewels of Hera.

Book Blurb Haunted Destiny: Destiny Dove is the only survivor of a tragic car crash that killed her parents and baby brother. A teen uprooted from her home, she is forced to live with her New Age Grandmother whom she’s been taught her entire life to fear. If that’s not enough, Destiny soon discovers she has developed the family gift of being able to see and talk to ghosts, The Shade Sight, her grandmother calls it. Grams Rose will be the one person who can help her understand her haunted destiny.
When Destiny meets hot hunk Jake Turner along with his jealous girlfriend Amy, sparks immediately fly. Jakes sees Destiny as a new kindred spirit, while Amy sees her as a threat and is determined to ruin Destiny’s life at Blake High. But when Amy’s mother, an antiques dealer, buys Amy some old furniture, it comes with a lot more than anyone bargained for. Only Destiny stands between Amy and an ancient ghostly evil so strong it might just take the entire town of Arcadia down with it. When called upon can Destiny forgive and draw upon her new gift to save Amy and a group of local teens from certain destruction?

Book Blurb The Lost Jewels of Hera: Tenacious and tough as nails, archeologist, Kindra Ceres has just unearthed the one clue linking her life’s work with an unknown destiny. The Lost Jewels of Hera, an ancient necklace of immeasurable power, exists—and not just in legend.

The ancient legend states Hera, Queen of the Gods, destroyed the necklace in a fit of jealous rage, and only the Guardian of the stones can restore them to power. Kindra is the key, but her past life is but a distant memory. This presents a challenge for two men determined to protect her…Aiden Flint, a lover Kindra doesn’t remember from her ancient past, and Ryan Colburn, assigned to guard her by Zeus, the King of Gods, himself. Kindra is caught between the one man who stole her heart, and the other predestined to win it.

Cyrus Hayden, a demon sent by Hades, God of the Underworld will stop at nothing to steal the stones and plagues Kindra’s journey with ruthless and terrifying danger. Kindra must discover enough about her past to find and restore the stones to power to stop Hades from destroying the Earth she’s destined to protect. Will destiny or shear will determine the fate of Kindra and her companions? Will she choose or will the god’s choose for her?

Links where you can find her:

www.kellyabellbooks.com

www.twitter.com/kellyabellbooks

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelly-Abell/83527376788?ref=hl

David R Bennett is donating an e-book copy of The Crimson Clan.