Saturday, June 15, 2013

FAE BOOKS 3K LIKES GIVEAWAY JUNE 15- JULY 15

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Hi guys! This is Sarah from FaeBooks.co.uk here. Fae Books is a great place to discover books, Authors, writers, other bloggers and to enter the giveaways that I always have going on. We're all about everything "Bookish" as I say. So stop on over at one of my links below, I'd love to get to know you. You can find the site at www.FaeBooks.co.uk You can add me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SarahFaeBooks You can find me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/FaeBooks I'm on Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/FaeBooks  and you can Like the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ptsdblog Fae Books has hit and surpassed the 3000 Like mark on Facebook, so I'm celebrating with a fabulous giveaway for everyone! I'm inviting you to join in the celebration and enter the giveaway below.  Please check out all of the Author & Blogger links below, to see who has kindly donated prizes to this for you awesome book lovers to win! Start/End Dates & Times The giveaway starts at 12:00am GMT (UK) 15th June 2013 and ends at 12:00am GMT (UK) 15th July 2013


  There are prizes from: Author Tricia Drammeh Author Victoria Simcox Author Brandi Salazar Indy Book Fairy Blog Author S. CuAnam Policar  Author Ashlynne Laynne Blogger Brenda Tashia Author Steve Cypert Author Simon OKill Author Michelle Muto Author Victoria Sawyer  Author J.H. Walker  Author Candace Knoebel Jessica Loves Books Blog Author JJ DiBenedetto Author Kelly Anne Blount Author S.L. Dearing Author Tina Hammond Author Deliza Rafferty Author Felicia Tatum Author L. J. Baker  Reader's Candy Blog Author Allison Cosgrove  Author Brandy L Rivers  

Prize Donator Info:   ~~~~~~~~~~~  Author Tricia Drammeh Tricia Drammeh is a wife and mother of four children who lives in the St. Louis area. Her published works include The Claiming Words and The Fifth Circle. She is currently working on her seventh novel. When Tricia isn't writing, she can be found devouring books, interviewing up-and-coming authors, and drinking vast amounts of coffee. Amazon  Goodreads 
   

~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Victoria Simcox  Victoria was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, to an Austrian immigrant mother, and a Dutch immigrant father. She now resides in Western Washington with her husband and 3 children. Her other family members are, a Chihuahua, named Pipsy and 2 cats, named Frodo and Fritz. For the past 12 years, she has home-schooled her children. Besides being an author, Victoria is also an elementary school art teacher. Victoria enjoys writing, reading, painting watercolors, hiking, good movies, and hanging out with her family and friends. Victoria is the author of The Magic Warble.  Amazon Goodreads  


~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Brandi Salazar  Brandi Salazar started writing poetry, short stories, and novels at a very young age, weaving tales to share with her friends that were geared toward making them laugh. Today her writing habits reflect that, ranging from mystery/suspense/thriller to paranormal and YA romance, and no matter how different her works may be, you can always find a healthy dose of action, romance, and humor. Under the pen name J.C. Valentine, she also writes erotic romance fiction. A longtime resident of Ohio, Brandi lives with her husband, three children, a dog and five cats that keep her very busy. She holds a degree in Business and has plans to continue her education so she can one day become an editor to authors everywhere. When she isn’t crafting her next novel, toiling away at schoolwork, or hanging out with family, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair with her nose buried in a book. Amazon Goodreads ~~~~~~~~~~~ Indy Book Fairy Blog Blog Link
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~~~~~~~~~~~Author S. CuAnam Policar  S. CuAnam Policar was born in Brooklyn, NY, but now lives in Washington State. The Mother of three makes time to write, usually late at night. An avid reader, she not only writes but helps promote other authors with blog tours and reviews of their books. She is Pagan but respects all religions and believes everyone should celebrate their similarities and not care about their differences. When she has the time, she enjoys playing video games, horseback riding, singing, and writing things other than her Legend of Xosha seires. She absolutely loves to make new friends, so don't be afraid to pop by and say hi on facebook!  
~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Ashlynne Laynne Ashlynne Laynne has always had a soft spot in her heart for vampires but grew tired of the garlic fearing, sun-loathing creatures of old. An avid horror movie fan, she tends to enjoy media and music that is of a younger, more eclectic nature. This was the catalyst for her writing The Progeny. The vampire/witch pairing is unique and different when most books pair vampires with werewolves. Ashlynne loves writing on the edge—combining the erotica and romance genres—and thinks of Ascher and Shauna as the wicked, damned version of Romeo and Juliet. She is currently working on book four of her Progeny Series, book one of her upcoming Rocker Series, and an untitled novella WIP. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, reading and spending time with her family. She juggles the hats of wife, mother, full time employee and part-time writer, hoping to write exclusively one day soon. Find and follow here online on Twitter. Check out her Manic Readers page, Blog and Website, or leave her a note in her Reader Email. Ashlynne lives in North Carolina with her husband and teenage son. Amazon Goodreads   

  ~~~~~~~~~~~  Blogger Brenda Tashia I'm an 20 year old avid reader who loves promoting authors work. Blog

  ~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Steve Cypert Steve is the second child of seven born in Los Angeles, California to a wonderful mother and father. Born into the LDS faith, Steve served a 2 year full-time LDS mission at the age of nineteen in the northern half of Ohio. At twenty-four he moved from his parents’ home in Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, Utah to try out life on his own. 2 decades later he still lives in Utah, where he found and married his beautiful wife, Katie. Today they live in South Jordan, Utah with their bald little 6 month old son, Ozzie and their very hairy son, Duke - a three year old Shih Tzu.    Goodreads Amazon

  ~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Simon OKill Simon Okill lives with his wife, Shirlee Anne and their cat, in a pretty coastal town in South Wales, UK. After a serious accident at work, he was forced into early retirement due to disability. Simon used his newfound skills as a writer to help with his depression. His writing became more serious as certain A-list actors expressed interest in his scripts. He is presently working on a vampire novel, Eternally Yours and the script, Flip Side.   Amazon Goodreads  

~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Michelle Muto Michelle has always loved storytelling. When she was a child, her favorite stories were of monsters and things that lurked in the dark. Telling stories often frightened her classmates and got her into a lot of trouble with her teachers. They had no sense of humor. As an adult, Michelle traded her love of writing for the corporate life where she was an IT professional. Today, she's doing what she loves best - writing and storytelling. Michelle grew up in Chicago, but currently lives in NE Georgia with her husband and their two dogs. She loves scary books, funny movies, sports cars, chocolate, dogs, and changes of season. Amazon Goodreads  

~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Victoria Sawyer "Passionate about writing, graphic design, creativity. Fueled by the light and dark. Beauty, color, euphoria, artistic frenzy, depression, panic, anxiety." What you see on the outside is not what you get on the inside. On the outside, Victoria Sawyer is polished, confident, put together, but on the inside things are a bit different. She's creative, thoughts whirling, anxious, alternately depressed and happy or self-critical and confident, energetic, charismatic, cranky and panicked. She has suffered from panic attacks, anxiety and depression since the age of 10 and has been writing for just about as long. Her love of writing started as journal entries as therapy and eventually morphed into a melding of fact and fiction. Sometimes writing drives her to drink or drinking drives her to write or sometimes it's depression, anger, mental illness or love. Amazon Goodreads  

~~~~~~~~~~~ Author J. H. Walker J.H. grew up in Central America. She now lives in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies with her photographer husband and many, many books. In addition to her never-ending study of human behavior, she's a political junkie and a certified tree hugger. Rewrite Redemption is her debut novel. Amazon Goodreads  

~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Candace Knoebel Music defines a huge part of who I am. I find myself relating moments of my life to music lyrics more often than not. Actually, I find myself wishing that music would play at epic moments in my life...kind of like this one; becoming an author! Number one all-time fave band is Thirty Seconds to Mars. I waited for 10 ½ hours just to be front row to see them in concert and of course it rocked. I also love Paramore, John Mayer, Mute-math, Adele, Band of Horses...the list could go on forever and ever. I love dancing, rocking out in the car to music, spending time with my children and husband, laughing with my bestie, and cooking. I also love watching Tobuscus on you-tube. Books that pull at my heart-strings: Harry Potter Series, Jane Eyre, The Catcher in the Rye, and The Twilight Saga. Amazon Goodreads

  ~~~~~~~~~~~ Jessica Loves Books Blog
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~~~~~~~~~~~ Author J.J. DiBenedetto   J.J. (James) DiBenedetto was born in Yonkers, New York. He attended Case Western Reserve University, where as his classmates can attest, he was a complete nerd. Very little has changed since then. He currently lives in Arlington, Virginia with his beautiful wife and their cat (who has thoroughly trained them both). When he's not writing, James works in the direct marketing field, enjoys the opera, photography and the New York Giants, among other interests. The "Dreams" series is James' first published work. Amazon Goodreads  

~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Kelly Anne Blount Kelly Anne Blount was born in Madison, WI. After attending university, she moved to Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands to teach elementary school. While living there, she met the love of her life and was married in a beautiful ceremony on the Caribbean Sea. After returning stateside, Kelly started to pursue another passion, writing. She recently wrote her first young fantasy adult novel in between teaching preschoolers with special needs and taking care of her husband and their five furry rescues. Kelly also enjoys reading in her free time. Her favorite genres are YA fantasy, MG, paranormal romance, and the occasional thriller. Amazon Goodreads  

~~~~~~~~~~~ Author S. L. Dearing
Shannon L. Dearing was raised in Westlake Village, California and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. She attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, then spent several years studying at Los Angeles City College's renowned Television/ Film program. She has worked on several film projects in many capacities: directing, writing, First Asst. Director, Etc.. She is a book reviewer for the Big Blend Magazine and Champagne Sunday's radio show as well as the GMTA Literary Community and has a review list on her blog, ...And Everything in Between. Shannon has been writing since grade school. Over the years she has written several screenplays, poems,plays and short stories. She recently completed and published her first novel, The Gathering: Book One of the Lia Fail Chronicles and has a short story in the anthologies, Apocalypse: An Anthology of Readers and Authors & Paranormal Anthology with a TWIST, published and edited by Cynthia Shepp. In 2011, Shannon wrote Surviving the Undead, her first play and her first time directing, it ran for two weeks and was well received. She currently lives in the the San Fernando Valley of Southern California.   Amazon Goodreads  

~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Tina Hammond
T. Hammond lives in Spokane, WA with her goofy, neurotic, long-coat German shepherd, Dexter; he's noble and brave, until someone turns on the microwave, then she has 100lbs of quivering dog trying to hide behind her chair or bury his head under a pillow (Little known fact: a 100lb German Shepherd CAN fit under a coffee table). Writing is not a calling so much as it is a compulsion. No one is more surprised than she is when characters take over the plot and dialog, and (re)direct stories in directions she had not (consciously) intended. She is fully convinced that the writer is the tool a story uses to tell its tale. Some tools, of course, are more appropriate for the job than others. Here's hoping, you feel she did her stories proud. T. has a Bachelor's Degree in Organizational Management from Whitworth University, and a Master's Degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University and before becoming a writer she was a bookkeeper, technical/manual writer, Call Center Manager and the owner of a freshwater aquarium store, Guppy Tales.
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~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Deliza Rafferty Deliza Rafferty is a new erotic romance writer (spicier than traditional romance without hardcore BDSM - always hot, sometimes humorous!) located in Hollywood. "Deliza" means "gives pleasure" and "Rafferty" means "rich and prosperous." With a name like that, what else could she do? Well...legally, anyway? Rafferty has written all sorts of stories, poems and songs for personal enjoyment since she was a little girl, but has been writing "dirty dramas" secretly since her first real kiss in middle school. She's spent most of her "real" career in the music business and draws from her unique first hand experience to bring to life her current series, The Savannah Rossi Chronicles. She is venturing into sharing her musings publicly for the very first time and is excited that modern day technology allows her to do it at her leisure and maintain control of her work. Amazon Goodreads  

~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Felicia Tatum Felicia Tatum was born and raised in Tennessee. She always loved reading, and at the age of twelve began writing. Her passion for creating stories grew and in May 2012, she finally wrote her first novel, The White Aura. She still lives in Tennessee with her daughter and her kitty. She loves cooking and books. Animals are some of her best friends. She watches a lot of Disney channel and often dreams up new book ideas. She's currently writing the second book in series. Amazon Goodreads  

~~~~~~~~~~~    Author L. J. Baker L J lives on the Jersey Shore with her husband, four kids, two cats, and an inherited dog from hell (a.k.a. the sewer gremlin). Though writing has always been her first passion, she got a degree in psychological counseling and worked in the mental health field for awhile, which she finds very helpful in dealing with her crazy family. She is a lover of all different types of music and books, switching between genres so wildly it sometimes makes people wonder if she has multiple personalities. She is most likely to be found writing romance stories of all kinds (contemporary, erotic, new adult, young adult, fantasy, etc.) and has just finished writing her first book, Save Me. When she's not writing, she prefers to spend her time reading, taking photos, or spending time with her family. Amazon Goodreads  

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~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Allison Cosgrove Allison Cosgrove was born and raised in a suburb of Toronto, Ontario. A married mother of three daughters, she runs her own business by day and creates her own worlds by night. She enjoys spending time with her husband and daughters hiking in the woods or sitting by the fire reading a good book. She has had the love of reading and writing detective mysteries from the age of twelve but it has only been since the birth of her youngest that she has gotten serious about crafting some of her own works for others to enjoy. She credits her family and friends with being the driving force that has given her the strength to breathe life into her books.  Goodreads Amazon  

~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Brandy L Rivers I've always loved books, especially about monsters and magic, so I started writing. I'm working on a prequel and the next few books in the Others of Edenton series, and I have a head full of stories to share. I'm a stay at home mother with a wonderful husband who lets me write and write to my hearts content. Goodreads Amazon  


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Friday, June 14, 2013

Cover Reveal Blossom By:Jennifer Martinez






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Synopsis:
My name is Maia. I'm a princess, a fae princess to be exact. But I don't want to be. See,
my whole life, I've always been the center of attention, and I've never understood why.
Give me boring, ordinary, and simple any day. It's hard enough trying to work my way
through high school. Add running a kingdom to that? Yea, not so much.
Magic, mystery, fairies. I just want to pass driver’s ed.





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Author Bio:

One day while slaving away at her monotonous day job, Jennifer Martinez found her true calling. Like a firefly in the night, the pages called to her. Once she caught the bug there was no stopping it. Her fingers flew furiously across the keyboard winding tales of love, mystery and anger. She snapped out of her reverie to find herself still behind the desk but at least she knew who she was… Author Jennifer Martinez.I like to think of myself as a beautiful conundrum. When I am not writing, I can be found surrounded by my amazing family and 4 dogs or volunteering at a local animal rescue. I love who I am and don’t mind at all when I get strange looks from people. I am a tattoo covered, child and animal lover who looks forward to destroying peoples preconceived notions of what “someone like me” would be interested in. You only live life once… you may as well make it interesting.I love to get lost in a good book and hope that everyone will get lost in mine.
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

SCHOOLED TWO BLOG TOUR AND 2 GIVEAWAYS!


“They’re baaack!”  The raunchy, witty gang from Schooled is back again

but this time what they lack in full-out graphic erotica, they more than make up for in humor, sarcasm, sexual innuendo, and believe it or not, emotional angst. 

Now that Janelle Garrity’s reputation has been slandered all over her hometown, and the locals are referring to her as “Professor Pedophile,” she has a lot of cleansing of her good name to tend to. But that won’t stop her from still getting down and dirty with her sexy boy toys, Briggs Alexander and Leo Cling. Both men taught her about that four-letter word, lust. But, can they further her education and teach her even more about that other four letter word, love? Briggs and Leo both possess secrets that Janelle never saw coming. Will those secrets be too much for her, causing this teacher to dismiss class early? Or does Janelle Garrity, teacher extraordinaire, have that special ability to turn all situations into a “teachable moment” for everyone involved? 

Inquiring and dirty minds want to know; will Janelle hold on to that hunky football star, taking him all the way to the end zone? Or will Janelle choose the romance-reading intellectual as her other half? The Final Lesson Plan will give you all the answers, and you won’t even have to cheat.

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Driving to his apartment, my stomach is in knots.  I’ve made my decision, a decision that took nearly two months to make.  The bottom line is:  I fell in love.  I wasn’t supposed to, but I did.  I fell in love.  Unfortunately, I fell in love with both Briggs and Leo.  Head over heels, googly-eyed, take my breath away love with both of them.  Sounds cliché, I know, but I did.  Sadly enough, I couldn’t choose both of them; I had to make a decision.  Like Sophie’s Choice.  Holy Hell, not that hard, but hard nonetheless.  I made the decision; it was crazy hard, heart-breakingly hard.  Gut-wrenchingly hard. 

Today is the day.  I’m going to tell him that it’s him. I love him, and I already cannot imagine my life without him.  I think he’s going to be shocked; after all that we’ve been through, he doesn’t think he stands a chance, shouldn’t stand a chance.  Granted, he screwed up a few times this past month, making me question if he could really be the man that I needed him to be, could really take care of me and love me like I deserved to be loved, especially after all of the heartache I’ve endured.  It’s him though; I think I always knew it was him.  I was just too afraid to admit it.  I’m not sure people think we’re right for one another, but this time, with him, I feel it.  This is the real deal. This time, I’m thinking forever.

I put my car into park, get out slowly, and walk up the steps to his place, noticing how hot the handrail is in the late July sun.  It burns my hand, like I’m getting too close to the fire.  Icarus. No, not Icarus, this is not going to turn out badly; this is not going to crash in a fiery spiral downfall. I’m not afraid anymore.  Let it burn me; I’m strong enough now to handle anything, endure physical and emotional pain both, and still come out on top.  That much I know for sure now.

I take a deep breath and knock, hoping he’s awake. There’s no answer.  I knock again, a little louder with urgency this time.  After waiting a few minutes, I hear footsteps.  My heart flutters as I hear him approach, and I immediately think back to how much we’ve been through this summer, this past month.  The door opens and…
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Ok... so I read Schooled and Schooled 2. And I'm just going to review both of them together.

Schooled and Schooled 2 Review-

I have to say that I loved these books and I am SO glad I got the chance to read them.

I was a little curious as to why the first book was reading ALL ABOUT sex, but the second book there were no sex scenes at all. It left out all the detail (obviously on purpose), but why? Not that it's bad or wrong in anyway, I was just curious why you would go from one extreme to the next.
I loved that the second had multiple POV's!! However, I'm not sure how I feel about the very beginning and the first POV from each of the guys that they were 'speaking to the reader'. I've never really seen that done before. Also after each of the guys' POV's it's notified that it goes back to Janelle's POV.
Now on to the actual story... I freaking LOVED it. At first I didn't really know what to think about a teacher hooking up with former students. I only say this because I didn't read a synopsis of these before I read them, so I had no idea what I was getting into.
The first chapter of the first book had me hooked. I laughed out loud with the whole 'coming in the toilet' thing and I instantly hated Lauren and Marcus! 82 days!!!! How does that even happen???
The supporting characters were fantastic! By the second book I was starting to get pissed at Char for not being there for Janelle as much as I think she should've been. I started to catch on to what was happening with her as soon as she was getting mouthy with Jasper and it was pointed out that nobody ever did things like that.
Backing up a little bit I totally did NOT expect things to go the Sarah route. The first book was PACKED full of sex.
I was a little iffy about Janelle just sitting back and letting everyone make decisions for her while she sat on the couch drinking, but I have no idea how I would react in a situation like that.
Briggs was freaking HOT! I love the blue eyes! I also thought that it was awesome that he had no idea what he was doing sexually until being taught how and then he turns into this sex machine.
Leo?? LEO! I think I was Team Leo from the moment she answered the door to the pool house the very first time. He is the 'per-fucked' man in my eyes! Although I think he should have been a little more honest with Janelle about Megan and the bracelet, especially after she knew.
I could totally see how some would be Team Briggs though too. I mean sex machine, sports god, rich..... those eyes! the guitar! And the 'strings attatched' suprise... SO adorable!!
I loved that ultimately Leo was himself. And dealt with things so muturely. I mean I would ubber-pissed if my 3rd of July day/picnic was bombarded on, but he just sucked it up and played with the kids.
I also loved that he wasn't willing to really 'share' her. He loved pleasing her, but he had it right.

I would recommend these books again and again. They're were great!

Is there going to be anything else related to these books??
What about Char's full story, or Sarah, or maybe even more of 'Beast #2' What about Lauren?? Who's was it? And who the EFF is Kayla???

I need some answers here!! Feel free to email at ashleighfode@hotmail.com with anything else to review.

Thank you for writting such wonderful books. I'm ecstatic that I got a preview!

Book Bitch Ashleigh
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THERE ARE 2 GIVEAWAYS BELOW ONE IS A GRANDPRIZE WITH A RAFFLECOPTER
2ND IS RAN BY US AND IS A E-BOOK FROM THE AUTHOR
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A surprise pop culture box
1st prize 100 dollars worth
2nd prize 50 dollars worth




Prize Two:
                                                                 ONE ebook to each blog 
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