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Excerpt from Marked, Valeterra Series Book 1
Marked, Valeterra Series Book 1 –
A BBW Paranormal Romance is on Amazon for $.99 and is available on Kindle Unlimited
For ten years, the people of Valeterra have watched a plague sweep across their world, killing nearly every supernatural creature in its path. As scientists from both the human world and Valeterra work on the way to stop the plague, the Valeterrian government is working on the way to repopulate their world with babies born immune to the disease.
In her thirties, single, and a bit of a bigger woman, Valerie has given up on ever finding love. She’s resigned herself to running her bookstore and growing old with only her baby sister. When a strange woman comes to her store with a story full of parallel universes, supernatural creatures, and plagues, and a proposal for how Valerie can help save Valeterra from extinction, Valerie is sure the woman is insane. Valerie’s opinion changes, though, when she loses her livelihood. Sad and angry, she throws caution to the wind and embarks on a journey that she fears will either kill her or break her heart.
Jackson lost his first mate over fifty years ago. He knows his world is in peril. He knows his pack is on shaky ground, but all the alpha wants to do is wallow in his grief. When he discovers that his second mate is a human woman who is also immune to the virus sweeping Valeterra, he has some hard decisions to make. He doesn’t want a new mate. He also knows that he can’t deny his second chance at love and the first real chance his world might have at eventually recovering from so much death.
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Shifters Furever by C.D. Gorri
Shifters Furever Box Set by CD Gorri
Set # 3 in the Paranormal Romance That Rocks Box Set Collection
Including: Snow Angel, His Winter Mate & Home For The Howlidays
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About The Set:
"Finding love is never easy, but when a Shifter does, it lasts a lifetime!"
Snow Angel
Dr. Rayne Davis is dedicated to her patients and Packmates, the only thing missing from this Wolf's life is someone to share it with. That’s all about to change when she takes off for a weekend getaway and finds herself at the door of the one man who'd caught her attention, but managed to get away, Cael Evangelos.
His Winter Mate
Claire Freemont finds herself stuck with the one man she’d rather avoid, Mike Bellamy. He lost is wife and unborn child years ago, but his heart still bears the scar. If only she could stop her attraction to the taciturn bar owner! When a severe winter storm shuts down the local roads and highways Claire is left stranded!
Will Mike turn her out into the cold or will things heat up?
Home For The Howlidays
Cassie DeMarco is headed back home after failing to hit it big in the city. Her humiliation triples when her well-meaning stepmom signs her up to attend the “Singles in Maccon City Annual Holiday Ball” to find that special someone to share the season with.
Dr. David Evangelos made ER Chief at just thirty-four years old. He has money, a house on the beach, a sports car that he loves, and a promising future in Maccon City. But there is one thing he’s missing, a mate to share it with!
Mistletoe and magic conspire to bring these two together in this steamy holiday short!
Beauty is the Beast by Jennifer Zamboni $2.99 New Release
Beauty is the Beast:
Beasts Among Us - Book 1
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Gretchen is a 24-year-old-hairstylist with secrets: She likes to chase squirrels and howl at the moon. She’s also not really 24.
When one of her coworkers turns up dead in the salon, she suspects that the murderer isn’t entirely human. When another stylist is murdered, and then another, she goes on the prowl. A circus with a secret side show catches her attention, as does her former pack, and a group of visiting vampires.
Her only outlet is her music, but that will only keep her wolf on a leash for so long with a killer on the loose.
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Excerpt from Captive, a BBW Paranormal Romance
Captive
Supernaturals Book 3
A BBW Paranormal Romance
The loss of her job, her husband, her home, and her quiet life has Talia dreaming of a life she’s only read about in paranormal romance novels.
An inherent need to find his mate and settle down has werecoyote Bane hoping that the human who’s just entered his life is the one for him.
Peace is all Casen, the king of the werewolves, wants but with half his pack yearning to be the warring pack they once were, he’s sure it won’t come in his lifetime.
Max is determined that the war between his people and the coyotes continues even if it means kidnapping and torturing a group of coyotes and the human with them to make it happen.
The Fates, on the other hand, have their own agenda for these four, and their desires are all that matter.
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Buried in the Bitterroot Mountains of western Montana, lies an explosive secret buried in myth, legend and terrifying science fiction. In this highly-rated series, discover if Rachel can survive uncovering the keys to the mysteries hidden in the mists of the mountains.
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Strain of Resistance
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I was twelve years old when the world ended.
For eight years I've survived in this hellhole once known as earth. Fighting the alien parasite that mutated most of the population into blood-thirsty freaks, while the rest of us became the lunch special on their alien menu.
Now things are changing and not for the better. The parasite is evolving. Becoming smarter, stronger, and deadlier.
They've already stolen everything from me. My home. My family. Even the man I loved. No more. It's time for this to end once and for all.
My name is Bixby, and I'm the resistance.
Mature themes. 17+ Rating.
Reviews:
I Freakin' LOVED This Book!
ByCindy Lou Hernandezon
March 12, 2016
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Finally, a completely original take on the end-of-the-world scenario, and not one tiresome zombie in sight! I loved Bix! I cheered for her, cried with her, and cussed with her. This was a well-crafted story with complex, like-able characters (well, some of them weren't so like-able). The storyline kept me guessing, and I found it hard to put down. I'd recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a different sort of apocalypse story. You won't be disappointed!
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ByMichelleon
April 16, 2017
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This book had me from the first sentence. "I was 12 years old when the world ended." Might be the best opening line of a book ever! From then on we are taken on a wild ride into the new world with Bixby, Luke and co. I loved every word, felt like I lived through each moment with these characters. An absolute stand out in this genre, you will not be disappointed.
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Author Update
Author Update:
I'm not going to say weekly because I don't remember when the last time I posted an update.
My FIL went back into the hospital a few weeks ago. This time his foot was infected. He has MRSA. The surgeon cut a bit out of his ankle around his Achille's. I'm learning to administer IV antibiotics, and my husband is learning care. The wound is too open, too deep, and showing too much of the inside of his foot for me to stomach.
Yes, I know that's ironic. I write fiction. I could do half that stuff in real life.
My FIL also started hallucinating this weekend, among other things. Watching someone do that is interesting. We don't know if the hallucinations are from medication, kidney failure, dementia, possible mini-stroke, or what, but life has been interesting, to say the least.
I'm trying to write. Trying to edit. Trying to do a lot of things, but I'm not making headway in any of it. I fear that if my FIL's hallucinations are mini-strokes, that he'll keep having them until we lose him, so it might be a while before I get back to the swing of things.
I will keep you posted the best I can on how things play out over the next few months.
BTW, the photo doesn't mean anything. It was just a filter on my phone, and I loved it.
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Alix (The Coven's Grove Chronicles Book 1) $0.00
Alix (The Coven's Grove Chronicles Book 1)
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Alix hadn’t always been gifted. In fact, she hadn’t been or done much of anything until after she’d turned sixteen—that’s when things had really gone to shit. Her mother was murdered, her father...well, no one knew where he was. That left Alix on her own in a selfish world filled with people who didn’t give a damn.
Nine years of hell had passed since her sweet sixteen and the discovery of her gift. So far, she’d managed to handle everything the world had thrown at her. Everything until Troy Sullivan strolled into the tattoo parlor where she worked.
She had known men before, sure, but none of them could hold a candle to the man that walked up to the counter looking to get some art done. As fate would have it, Alix finds herself on the run with the would-be man of her dreams while a band of fanatics, hell bent on finding her, give chase.
Survival: Survival Series Prequel
Survival: Survival Series Prequel
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Some days, the only plan is survival...
When Sarah escapes from her brutal abductors, she promises to return to rescue her twin sister, but with the walking dead invading Fort Worth, TX, she is forced to rely on a competitive coworker who made her work life hell for years. With her coworker weakened by cancer treatments, her sister still imprisoned, and zombies looking for an easy meal, Sarah’s only plan, if she can pull it off, is Survival.
SURVIVAL is a 14,000 word (approx. 45 pages) short story and was originally published in the Let's Scare Cancer to Death anthology.
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Rhonda Hopkins is the award-winning author of The Consuming and The Survival series. She writes horror/sci-fi, paranormal romance, young adult urban fantasy, mystery, and romantic suspense.
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Excerpt from Survival:
Sarah Jamison’s gaze met her twin’s fear-filled blue eyes. “I—”
“It’s no use. The cuff is too tight. You’re going to have to leave me.” Dana put her free hand on Sarah’s, stilling their frantic motions.
“No. I won’t leave you. Maybe I can . . .” She turned, taking in the empty basement—the cement walls, exposed pipes, and her sister handcuffed to one of the metal cylinders. A small amount of light trickled in through the one lone window, but there was nothing she could use as a weapon. Unless . . . . She strode over to the dangling pipe from which she had managed to extricate herself earlier. Grabbing the unattached end, she tried wresting it clear of its fittings, her own wrist dangling handcuffs which clinked against the metal with each pull. Rust and time made it impossible to remove.
“Sarah—”
“No.” Tears ran down her face. “I can’t leave you, Dana.”
“You have to. It’s the only way we’re both getting out of here. You have to go for help.”
Sarah knelt beside her sister who reached out and wiped her thumb across her cheek, brushing the tears aside.
“I’ll be okay until you get back. I won’t give them any excuse to throw me out to those . . . .” Dana choked back the word they had both been avoiding, choosing another instead. “Creatures.”
Realizing there was no way she could take on all three kidnappers without a weapon, Sarah accepted she had to have assistance to save Dana. Hugging her sister, Sarah kissed her cheek. “I love you, Dana. Be strong. I’ll be back just as soon as possible.”
Heavy footsteps reverberated on the stairs. Dana pushed Sarah away. “Go now. Before it’s too late.”
Stretching upwards, she tried to raise the window, but it wouldn’t budge. She took off her T-shirt, wrapped her hand, and knocked out the glass, ducking as shards rained down on her. Pain shot through her palm all the way to her shoulder, but adrenaline fueled her and minimized the hurt. She unwound the red fabric and smoothed it hurriedly across the sill.
The door crashed inward as one of the men who had captured them ran into the room. “What’s going on here?” He took in the situation and bee-lined for Sarah, grabbed her legs and pulled her down from the window. Grasping one arm, he backhanded her across the face. The edge of his ring ripped across her forehead; the pain almost blinding. Blood gushed from the wound.
She jerked away from him and took on the fighting stance she had been taught, feet set apart at shoulder width. Sarah grabbed the dangling cuff in her hand and put all her force in the punch to the man’s jaw. His head snapped backwards. Before he could react, she stepped back and struck out with her right foot, making contact with his left knee. The crunch of breaking bone and his scream told her she had done some major damage even before he fell to the floor.
The other two kidnappers pounded down the stairs.
“Sarah! Go!” Dana screamed.
She grabbed the window sill and pulled herself upward and through the opening; glass slivers cutting her where the shirt didn’t cover. She yanked her legs through, turned and gave one last look at her sister and saw her mouth, “I love you.”
Two men crashed through the open doorway. One ran for the window as the other stopped to check out their injured friend.
Sarah took off running around the abandoned building to the parking lot in front. Her black Expedition was one of three cars parked there. The abductors had taken their keys and cellphones, so she fell to her knees on the pavement beside the left rear tire and reached into the wheel well. Her fingers fumbled for the magnetic box and she issued a silent prayer of thanks when she found it. She got in the car and hit the locks just as the man they called Ron sprinted around the side of the building. The inside light illuminated the car’s interior, giving away her location. Her shaking fingers pulled the key from its container. She managed to insert it and start the car in one try. Ron banged on the passenger window with one hand, the other pulling on the handle. He yelled and hurled obscenities as she squealed away from him and onto the street.
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***Shifter, Supernaturals Book 1 A BBW Paranormal Romance.***
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Shifter is also available on Audio @ Audible.com & available through the Audible Romance Package. Read by Margi Stephens
Abby is a plus size woman, struggling to learn to love herself despite the mental and physical damage her ex did to her.
Dimitri Sullivan, the son of a local shapeshifter pack’s alpha, is trying to find a way to break the curse a powerful witch placed on him after he had a one-night stand with her.
Mave will stop at nothing to ensure Dimitri stays cursed even if she has to break every law of the supernatural world to do so.
SHIFTER is a full-length, stand-alone eBook.
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Outcast, Supernaturals Book 2, A BBW Paranormal Romance.
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Outcast is also available on Audio at Audible.com & with Wispersync! Read by Margi Stephens
Leigh Alexander has lived every day of her life feeling like an outcast amongst her family and the small-minded people of Pine Hollow, a secretive community to which her parents belong. When Danielle, Leigh’s younger sister, asks Leigh to come home for her wedding, Leigh’s torn between wanting to be there for her sister and saving herself from people who’ve despised her all of her life.
Knowing she’ll regret her decision, Leigh gives into her sister and goes home for what she hopes is the last time. Leigh assumed people would ignore her, for them to shun her, for them to point out all the ways she didn’t belong all because she wasn’t a size perfect. What she hadn’t guessed she would do was fall for Ryan Hart, a man, who she will soon discover, knew all of the secrets her family and the town of Pine Hollow refuse to tell her.
Revealing the truth about Pine Hollow and the rest of the supernatural world is forbidden. To save Leigh’s life, though, Ryan will tell her everything about who she is, or more importantly, who she isn’t, even if it will forever change her life and the lives of every person in Pine Hollow.
Outcast is a full-length, stand-alone eBook.
Stone Heart (The Gargoyle Protectors Book 1)
Stone Heart (The Gargoyle Protectors Book 1)
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An unknown entity, an unexplained power source... Earth was in danger.
Gargoyles, a winged humanoid race of warriors, had spent thousands of years ensuring the survival of the planet. Rhodack Gahnoth, leader of Clan Gahnoth, demanded his gargoyles defend the realm against a new threat. Sending his most trusted warrior to investigate the unexplainable, he was left speechless when the warrior returned with a little wisp of a female with golden hair by the name of Rina Smith.
Her powers were the strongest of any being, and something was hunting her down. To make matters worse, she was under a powerful spell, believed herself to be human, and she was Rhodack’s mate.
Once the spell was removed, Rina’s true identity was revealed, and no one was more shocked than her. She would need a crash course in the world of paranormal to bring her up to speed. One thing she didn’t need help with was her attraction to the tall, brooding gargoyle. He didn’t hide the fact he wanted her. Her hesitance was met with his persistence.
What Rhodack wanted, he claimed.
Because of who she was, a war that had no place on Earth would spill into the realm. It would be up to Rhodack and his gargoyles to meet this new enemy head-on. Rhodack vowed to protect Rina, but as fate would have it, she wouldn’t need his protection after all—he would need hers.
Human 76: Fragments of a Fractured World
Human 76: Fragments of a Fractured World
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Human 76 is a collection of stories from fourteen authors who will take you on an unprecedented journey in the company of Ghabrie through a fractured world. Brutal villains and heartrending heroes will thrill as Ghabrie makes a lasting impression on those she meets on her desperate quest through a stark post-apocalyptic world to find and rescue her lost sister. Lisa Shambrook explains: inspired by a post-apocalyptic photo of my daughter, Human 76 was put together by a group of authors who wanted to write about her character. We created a world and with Michael Wombat skills we put together a unique anthology that will keep you on the edge of your seat! All proceeds go to the charity Water Is Life. Human 76 is available from Amazon and Lulu in paperback or eBook.
Resistant Anniversary Party - Getting ready to mail prizes.
I spent a few hours last night while my husband was sitting with my FIL at the hospital getting all the prizes ready to go in the mail. :) :) Lilith helped. :) :) :)
Resistant Anniversary Party - Last Day!
Good morning everyone. I just wanted to stop by to remind all newcomers to the party that the giveaways will end at midnight tonight my time. I'll post the name of the winners in each thread, and I'll message each winner. All prizes that I have mail will most likely go in the mail next weekend. Our post office is closed due to mold, rumor has it, so I have to go to the next town over. I hope everyone had as much fun playing as I did. I really need this break, and you all were awesome.
Oh, before I go, I wanted to reveal Shore Haven's cover with you all. I love it. It was created by the lovely Lynn Lamb. Lynn, come and take a bow. :) : ) :)
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Resistant Anniversary Party -- Giveaway #6
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The Devil's Dires by Ellis Leigh
The Devil's Dires Volume One
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Get the first four books in The Devil's Dires series in one bundle.
There’s no escaping a Dire Wolf on the hunt...
Long thought to be extinct, the Dire Wolf shifters have been hiding in plain sight—hunting, tracking, and killing those who threaten their beloved Omegas. Each wolf will have to fight off an enemy in order to save not only his mission but his soul mate.
Set Includes:
Savage Surrender
Savage Sanctuary
Savage Seduction
Savage Silence
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Where Hope Dares by Rebecca Bryn
Rebecca Bryn lives in West Wales with her husband and rescue dog where she paints the fabulous coastal scenery in watercolour and writes historical, contemporary, and post-apocalyptic fiction with a bitter-sweet twist.
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Set in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco sometime between the Great Flood and the Second Coming, descendants of survivors of a global catastrophe are rebuilding civilisation. Raphel and his wife, Kiya, are storyteller and healer to their remote peaceful village, but a raid by a warmongering religious cult from the north leaves many dead, and Kiya is captured to fulfil an ancient prophecy. Raphel sets out on a thousand-mile journey across the mountains to rescue the woman he loves, but his only aids are a headful of stories and Abe, an eccentric old man who has his own secret agenda decreed by a long-dead pope. As they travel into danger, Abe must decide if he will put his friends’ lives above mankind’s immortal souls, and Raphel must dig deep to find his courage and to tell stories to bring humanity to the inhumane.
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Where Hope Dares was my debut novel although it wasn’t my first to be published. I still remember the initial line of my original draft written some twelve years ago. ‘Jem frowned and scanned the horizon.’ I had little idea where the story was going as the line was typed on a whim, but it gave me a flavour of the journey Kiya and Raphel would make, taking me along with them for the ride. Jem no longer frowns or scans the horizon, in fact, Jem is in another book altogether now, but that as they say, is another story. In this tale of love and betrayal, it was Kiya and Raphel, and Abe, of course, with whom I fell in love.
The inspiration for the story was born of my love for this fragile blue-green globe that spins its way around our sun. It is so beautiful and so extraordinary, and mankind has treated it with little respect, not understanding that Earth is all we are and all we have, and that it takes so little to destroy an ecosystem, to upset the balance. I tried to envisage a world beyond a certain catastrophe, enough said – no spoilers – and decide who might best survive. The research gave me sleepless nights, the possibilities are frankly terrifying, and there are lessons we should be learning. In Where Hope Dares, I have woven a story of war, religious bigotry, prophecy, faith, hope, love, courage, and endurance. They say love conquers all: in this story that is certainly true.
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Reviews:
‘Where Hope Dares is an epic book that delves into the lives of the characters, their cultures and the lands they come from. Abe and Kiya are central and indispensable to the story as it unfolds. Secondary characters, like Raphel and Alaric are well drawn, believable, some likable and some brutish. I rooted for Kiya throughout the story.
As I read I tried to visualise how the novel would end, needless to say my prediction was wrong but the author brought this fabulous story to a great conclusion. Rebecca Bryn doesn’t just tell a tale, with Where Hope Dares she makes the reader a part of it. This has to be said of the proverbs used in a clever fashion to bring out the best in the chapters they pertained to, they were also thought provoking
Kiya is forced to take a journey, not just physically but emotionally and spiritually, the author leads you tentatively along the same path as her. I don’t like overly descriptive novels and I surmised that I may find it in this book because of the journey they had to undertake. Again I was wrong. Bryn is descriptive but not overly, she is concise and imaginative. I immersed myself in it.
The Afterword by Philip Stephen Knight BSc was an added bonus for me. It is interesting and delves into climatic changes and geographic details of the journey and lands inhabited before and after Abe. I read Where Hope Dares with Kindle Unlimited, but this is one epic read to keep on your e-reader or better still, on your bookshelf.’
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‘Where Hope Dares is voluminous yet gripping from the very beginning. It takes place in the future of planet Earth, but has an ancient feel to it. It felt as though I was reading a myth or a legend. Though there are many subplots, it’s mainly a love story between Kiya, a gifted healer and Raphel, a talented storyteller. Their beautiful relationship is interrupted by Kiya’s captivity and sexual sacrifice, but the connection between them is so strong and powerful that none of the outside evil can bring them down.
I found this to be a breath-taking adventure. Some part were tough for me to read, and the overall mood is dark and dramatic, but very captivating. I liked the idea of the future / past synchronicity, and how the author depicts the future of humanity as a reference to the ancient times. It makes you think whether history cyclically repeats itself.
I also enjoyed the spiritual tone to it, and the nicely weaved in ecological messages. I could feel the expertise and diligent work of the author, and sensed how much she worked on developing the story’s world and the characters. Hats off to her work! I think this book will please readers who like epic, dramatic dystopian novels with a strong message.’
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‘I loved this book! It has everything: characters you want to bond with, compelling plot and of course the main theme, which treads through the narration – love conquers all. Only love can unite us, better us and helps us survive.
Probably thousands of years since the world, as we know it now, has gone, and the new civilization started a new circle of life. Too bad that not all the people adapted the peace-loving way of life of Kiya and Raphel’s village. The blood-thirsty Northmen came to their land, led by their leader Alaric, the Chosen, who is searching for a woman to fulfil his High Priest’s prophesy. Alaric rapes and kidnaps Kiya to bring her back to his land, but Kiya’s husband Raphel follows the northern giant to bring his beloved back home… Their way will not be an easy one, filled with pain and anguish along the way, but it’s their love that can turn even the most merciless killer onto their side.
This book is so engaging because it makes the readers contemplate their choices in today’s society, and many messages in the story resonate with today’s world issues. Wonderful job!’
