Nerd Blast – The Howling Heart

NB

 

About The Howling Heart

(Releases 8/8/13)

SONY DSC

Paige Donovan is an ambitious college graduate who aspires to reach the top of the corporate ladder. She’s climbing fast when given the promotion of a lifetime at a prestigious fashion magazine in New York City. Her bright future comes to an unexpected halt after news of her father’s death. She inherits his old cabin in the Colorado Rockies and just when she thinks her luck couldn’t get any worse, she has a car accident in the mountains and awakens in the small, remote community of Black River. Soon she’s engulfed in the mystical world of Varulv—wolves descended from 12th century Scandinavia and blessed by Norse gods with the ability to appear human. Paige is desperate to return home, but never expects to fall for her rescuer, Riley Gray, a charming young werewolf from England who offers her an alternate future with his pack. Now she must choose between the career she’s always wanted and the love she’s always dreamed of.

 

About April Bostic

April Bostic is a New Jersey-based romance author who enjoys unleashing her creativity and letting her imagination run wild. Her love of romance books inspired her to become not just a reader, but also a writer. In December 2008, she self-published her first novel, a contemporary romance with a supernatural twist entitled “A Rose to the Fallen”. Her first short story, “Right Here, Right Now”, released in January 2012 is an erotic romance with a dash of S&M. The following year, she released two more short stories: a romantic urban fantasy inspired by the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche entitled “Eros, My Love”, and a sexy romantic comedy entitled “Love Addiction”. After five years, she will release her second novel, “The Howling Heart”, in August 2013, a paranormal romance that delves into the mystical world of werewolves and Norse gods.

 

Giveaway

Rafflecopter Giveaway

Check out the Giveaway Prizes!Nerblast Howling Prize

1 Winner will receive a Signed Copy of The Howling Heart by April Bostic.

1 Winner will receive a Brand new, one-of-a-kind sterling silver earrings with Swarovski crystal teardrops similar to the ones Paige wore in the story. At 2 1/4 inches long, the little antique heart locks are ready for your hero to unlock with a key!

Must be 18+ to Enter

USA Giveaway

 

You can connect with April at the following links:

April’s Website

April on Goodreads

“Ghost Memory” Release & Story Blast

Ghost Memory Sm2

Today marks the release of the Thulukan Chronicles short story prequel, “Ghost Memory.” Please come join me on Facebook on Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 4 PM Pacific time. I’ll be giving away a few prizes, including some free copies of the story as well as two $5 Gift Cards. Hope to see you there!

Facebook Story Blast & Release Party

About “Ghost Memory”

La Fi is not having a normal day. She broke someone’s nose, embarrassed her fiancé, Thulu, and now a dead guy is on her doorstep. Although seeing the dead is not unusual for the young medium, since she and Thulu regularly deal with the supernatural. Thulu can find anything that’s lost and the amnesiac ghost is missing money, along with his memory.

Peter Swanson used to stash money throughout his San Francisco home. Now he can’t remember his hiding places, and his aging partner needs the money. That’s not normally a problem for Thulu, but some of the money is missing from the house. Thulu and La Fi must broaden the search for cash long gone, and that could prove tricky in more ways than one.

“Ghost Memory” is A Thulukan Chronicles Story set in the Relics universe. Bonus Material includes Chapter 1 from the novel Relics, Book 1 of The Thulukan Chronicles.

 

You can buy Ghost Memory (A Thulukan Chronicles Story) at Amazon and Smashwords.

 

 

 

Meet the Author In Person

MG Event Logo - banner small

I’m very excited about returning to Southern California this weekend. I spent 22 years in SoCal. I went to high school there and got my degree from CSU Fullerton. I spent years on the SoCal stage performing for a dinner theatre and children’s repertory theatre in Orange County.

I’m going to be signing books and giving a reading from Relics this Saturday, July 13th at 2:30 PM at  Mysterious Galaxy in Redondo Beach. If you live in SoCal, stop on by and say hi!

I’ll be holding a raffle and giving away a couple of prizes, including a Relics commemorative charm item such as those pictured below. I hope to see you there!

 

photo

Blog Tour with a Difference! GWR Rocks!

Banner

 

I’m in the middle of this fun Excerpt Tour and Giveaway for Relics and wanted to give a shout-out to Donna at GWR for a unique idea that is loads of fun!

The Way It Works

I have fifteen fabulous blog stops: three each day of a five day tour. Each stop has a small excerpt from Relics, and if you read them in order they combine as a scene from my book.

Each stop also has chances to win one of the prizes from my Giveaway. Plus you can read each excerpt and enter the Giveaway all the way up to July 12th! Be sure to enter and good luck to all!

Prizes!

4 Winners! You can win one of the following prizes:

1 – $20 Amazon Gift Card
1 – Signed Print Copy of Relics
1 – eBook Copy of Relics
1 – Signed Relics Bookmark

The complete list of each blog can be found HERE.

Book Blast Giveaway – The Devil Drinks Coffee

DDC_Front small

Today I’m super excited to join Book Nerd Tours with my very first Book Blast! And what a fab book it is! Check out this fun offering from author Angela Corbett, writing as Destiny Ford!

About The Devil Drinks Coffee

A cow suicide, a revolving door rescue, and the birth of a bright purple pig are starting to make Kate Saxee wonder if taking a job in her small hometown of Branson Falls, Utah, was such a great idea. As The Branson Tribune editor, Kate covers local news, which, more often than not, involves her accident-prone mom. Nothing truly newsworthy has ever happened in the quiet town until local teen Chelsea Bradford turns up dead in a Branson Falls lake.

The police rule Chelsea’s death an accident, but Kate suspects there’s more to the story—and she’s not the only one. Two of Branson’s most eligible bachelors are determined to help her solve the crime—among other things. But the small town social network is faster than Twitter, and gossip about Kate’s love-life is quickly branding her the Branson Falls hussy.

As Kate learns more about Chelsea, she discovers that plenty of people are trying to cover up the real story behind the girl’s death—including Chelsea’s parents. Now Kate has to juggle work, men, her mom’s most recent disaster involving a low-speed John Deere Combine chase on the freeway, and fend off the Mormons heaven-bent on saving her soul—all while solving Chelsea’s murder. Dealing with this is going to require a lot of coffee, chocolate frosted donuts, Neil Diamond’s greatest hits, and a slew of words not on the town approved imitation swear list.

 

Nerd Blast

About Angela Corbett (writing as Destiny Ford)

Ang

As a child, Angela Corbett’s most prized possession was a set of read-along books. She used to follow along with the narrator on the stereo and dream of when she would be able to read by herself. Her childhood reading habit led her to consider her future career. However, after consulting with her parents, she realized she had already exceeded hobbit height and since fairies and dragonslayers were tricky jobs to get, she decided she wanted to create worlds of her own. She started writing poetry in elementary school and worked as a journalist in high school and college, but could never leave her love for writing fiction behind.

She is a graduate of Westminster College where she double majored in communication and sociology. She has worked as a journalist, freelance writer, and director of communications and marketing. She loves classic cars, traveling, and escaping in a good book. She lives in Utah with her incredibly supportive husband and their five-pound Pomeranian, Pippin, whose following of fangirls could rival Justin Bieber’s.

Eternal Starling is her debut novel and the first book in the Emblem of Eternity trilogy.

You can find Angela on:
Her Website
Twitter
Facebook
Goodreads

 

 ON SALE!

The Devil Drinks Coffee by Destiny Ford is on SALE for 0.99 on Amazon from July 1-3! Just click the link below:

The Devil Drinks Coffee (A Kate Saxee Mystery)

 

GIVEAWAY!

 This  GIVEAWAY is International! Click the Rafflecopter Link below to enter for a chance to win great prizes:

 

 

4 Winners will receive 4 E-copies of The Devil Drinks Coffee by Destiny Ford.
2 Winners will receive 2 Signed Copy of The Devil Drinks Coffee+Swag by Destiny Ford.
1 Winners will receive a $25.00 Amazon Gift Card.
Must be 13+ to Enter
International Giveaway

Excerpt Tour & Giveaway – July 1 – 5

Banner

 

Excerpt Tour & Giveaway

A GWR Publicity Tour

I’m going back out on a new blog tour with a special giveaway on July 1 – 5. This one is different and features excerpts from Relics! Be sure to stop by each blog for another chance to win and a sneak peek at each excerpt!

A RAFFLECOPTER GIVEAWAY

You can win one of these four prizes:

1 – $20 Amazon Gift Card
1 – Signed Print Copy of Relics
1 – eBook Copy of Relics
1 – Signed Relics Bookmark

 

July 1

Cu’s Ebook Giveaways

The Eternal Scribe

My Journey to the Living Well

July 2

What Shall We Blog About Today?

Playing For Sweeps

Random Reviews by Leanne

July 3

The (Mis)Adventures of a Twenty-Something Year Old Girl

Cabin Goddess

Lubs Book Chatter

July 4 

Lucy Pireel

LibraryGirl Reads & Reviews

Keeping Up with the Rheinlander’s

July 5

BookGoodies

Ali’s Bookshelf

Girl Who Reads

CMP’s Summer Lovin’ Blog Hop

Blogs, Prizes & Summer Fun!

Win a Kindle Paperwhite, $20 Amazon Gift Card, Books and much more!

cmpbloghop_zps530bcbfc

I love early summer in the high desert. Before the triple digit weather hits and when it’s merely hot, not yet broiling. It’s a time to put the top down on the car more often and listen to oldies like the Beach Boys. A time to put away the hot cocoa, sipped in front of the fireplace and pull out the margaritas and mint juleps.

Summer means taking my poodle, Chloe, for morning walks, which aren’t as beneficial as I might like because she likes to stop and investigate – a lot. Tréa, the chihuahua, is getting to the age where she tires out and can’t make it very far. Her idea of walks means I pick her up and carry her. So she stays home more often than not.

Sometimes I ride my bike, although I admit I’m not getting that done as often as I’d like. Other times, I might go hiking, but again not often enough.

As the temps rise into those triple digits that means more visits to my brother’s house in Las Vegas, where lazy weekends are spent around or in the pool. Hanging out with my extended family and talking about everything and nothing. Sipping on whatever our drink of choice is that weekend.

At the pool, my brother’s chihuahua, Toby, can be seen carefully measuring the distance between the pool’s edge and the nearest raft before taking a leap onto someone’s stomach. He never misses either and enjoys floating from one end of the pool to the other.

Chloe can sometimes be coaxed into the water, but she doesn’t love it quite as much as I thought she might. Poodles are hunting dogs, specifically water fowl and I thought she’d love the water, but it’s more tolerance than love on her part. Of course, if you even mention going into the pool to Tréa, you can count on her to escape into the house and under a bed.

Chloe is ready to go!

Chloe is ready to go!

As you can tell, the dogs are a big part of my life. They travel very well, secure in their car seats, which makes it so much easier to just toss them into the car and go.

But summer isn’t all lounging outside or by the pool. It’s a great time to get some writing done, too. All the days I hide out from the heat, keeping cool inside. I’ve written both of my books over summer and I’m working on my third book in my series, The Thulukan Chronicles.

This summer promises to be as fabulous as the rest and one I can enjoy. You’ll find me by the pool with a margarita.

Leave a comment below and click this link to enter the Giveaway!   

RAFFLECOPTER GIVEAWAY

Grand Prize: A Kindle Paperwhite & some of our eBooks to read on it!

1st Prize: A $20 Amazon gift card, and a Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, more eBooks, bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, and more!

MORE CHANCES TO WIN!

Drop by the blogs below between June 14 & 17 and enter at each stop! Just leave a comment and enter the Rafflecopter!

Shawna Romkey Author Blog
Constance Phillips, A Writer’s Musings
Katie O’Sullivan
Summer Lovin’ – On Olympus…
Kate’s Blog
Kary Rader
Lindsey R. Loucks
Summer Lovin’, postcards, and maybe bookmarks
Jody A Kessler Summer Lovin’ Mountain Style
Author Jean Murray ~ Wicked Romance Blog
Summer Lovin’ Heat
Hildie McQueen’s Author Site
Loni Lynne’s Blog Site
Author Avery Olive Blog
Wendy S. Russo
Cindy Young-Turner
Michelle Clay – The Darkside of Romance
The Marvelous Misadventures of Mrs. T
Shannon Eckrich