Author Spotlight – K.G. Stutts – Mirror Image

 

 Blurb:

Madison Mackenzie Rhodes, Maddie for short, would call her life “comfortable.” She works in a call center, lives with her best friend of fifteen years, and spends most of her free time with her family. Her entire world is turned upside down when she finds out that she is a clone, created to hide the secret that we are not alone in this galaxy. Her counterpart, going by the nickname Mack, works for the Intergalactic Security Commission, which works with a coalition of other planets that protect each other and create technology. When an enemy rises from within the ISC that targets both Maddie and Mack, they must work together to save their lives as well as the planet.

My Review:

In the spirit of full disclosure I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Maddie’s life takes a very unexpected twist, in this refreshing spin on the life of a clone.I was hooked from the beginning. Maddie by far stood out most in my mind, though I adored Seth and Logan as well. The only thing I didn’t care for was the open ending. Yes a series needs a good continuation thread, but it felt like many threads were unclosed. K.G. Stutts knows how to deliver an enthralling story and capture reader’s heart. Great debut novel from a promising author.   Author K_G_Stutts

Cover Reveal – M.L. Stephens – Bare Essentials.

 

 

 

Bare Essentials Quotes & Author Links:

He was the kind of trouble she steered clear of. But damn, trouble never looked so good. He was sin and she wanted to taste.
She was an inferno he couldn’t douse, a tornado he couldn’t outrun.
“You didn’t let me finish.” Sensual assertiveness steamed from his pores, encapsulating her in a masculine sauna of intense promise as his low growl pulsed in her ear. “I wasn’t expecting such an incredible woman to want such an imperfect man.”
He was the kind of trouble she steered clear of. But damn, trouble never looked so good. He was sin and she wanted to taste.
He commanded her like she was his guitar, his instrument of passion. And he knew precisely when and how to pluck each string and strum each chord to make her body sing along in perfect harmony.
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Author Spotlight – K.A. Salidas – Complication

Narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Magistrate, Mira travels west, toward the coast. With three weakened human fugitives accompanying her, she searches for the mythical land of Sanctuary. After encountering a pack of wolf shifters, headed by the charismatic—and brazen—Stryker, Mira learns that Sanctuary is real after all. Caldera Grove: home of the Otherkin. Hidden in the mouth of a dormant volcano, it has protected its residents from humans since the early days following the great cataclysm. For Mira— a vampire— Caldera Grove is a land of peace; an escape from the relentless persecution of the humans who once enslaved her, and an end to the daily struggle and bloodshed of being a gladiator. For the humans accompanying her, Caldera Grove means death. Humans, greedy and untrustworthy creatures, are destroyed before they can penetrate its borders. To plead her case for entry into Caldera, Mira must abandon her companions, albeit temporarily, and follow Stryker into the heart of the city. What she finds within Caldera Grove presents her with an unenviable decision between her own desires for freedom and peace, or honor and the human companions who risked it all for her.

Katie Salidas is a Super Woman! Endowed with special powers and abilities, beyond those of mortal women, She can get the munchkins off to gymnastics, cheerleading, Girl Scouts, and swim lessons.  She can put hot food on the table for dinner while assisting with homework, baths, and bedtime… And, she still finds the time to keep the hubby happy (nudge nudge wink wink). She can do all of this and still have time to write.

And if you can believe all of those lies, there is some beautiful swamp land in Florida for sale…

Katie Salidas resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mother, wife, and author, she does try to do it all, often causing sleep deprivation and many nights passed out at the computer. Writing books is her passion, and she hopes that her passion will bring you hours of entertainment.

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Author Spotlight Krystal Shannan – Taking Nicole

Vegas Mates, Book 4

By

Krystal Shannan

The last thing Nicole Demakis remembers was getting in the car with Sarah’s kidnapper and driving away. Now she faces the cold hard truth. The kidnapper, an agent of the Council, is her mate. But he refuses to claim her, and the Council may take everything away before she even has a chance to convince him to trust her.

 

Aaron Katsaros was ordered to deliver Nicole to her grandparents, the Antipas royal wolves. It should’ve been an easy task. Clean. No hiccups. But this infuriating woman, this wolf, his mate…is one hiccup after another and she’s arousing him to the point of pain. With his sister’s life hanging in the balance, he refuses to allow his passion to cost him the only family he has left.

 

Can he find a way to save his mate, or will he be forced to watch another claim the woman he loves?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Krystal Shannan goes to sleep every night dreaming of mythical realms with werewolves, vampires, fae, and dragons. Occasional a fabulous, completely human story slips into the mix, but powers and abilities usually crop up without fail, twisting reality into whatever her mind can conceive.

 

As a child, her parents encouraged her interests in Ancient Greek and Roman mythology and all things historical and magickal. As an adult, the interests only grew. She is a child of Neverland and refuses to ever stop believing in fairies. She is guilty of indulging in and being a Buffy the Vampire Slayer groupie as well as an Angel fan. For those of you unfamiliar with the world of Joss Whedon, you are missing out!

 

She also makes sure to watch as many action and adventure movies as possible. The more exciting the better. Yippee-Ki-Yay… If you don’t know the end of that phrase, then you probably don’t like the same movies.

 

She enjoys reading romance in all genres, but especially paranormal. Her favorite book is ACHERON by Sherrilyn Kenyon. But really, if it has a ‘Happily Ever After’, she’s on board!

 

Krystal writes stories full of action, snark, magick, and heart-felt emotion. If you are looking for leisurely-paced sweet romance, her books are probably not for you. However, for those looking for a magickal ride, filled with adventure, passion, and just a hint of humor. Welcome home.

 

Krystal Shannan

Putting Magick in Romance one Soul Mate at a Time.

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Author Spotlight Dariel Raye- DS Prequel

New Release Bash: “Dark Sentinels Prequel” by Dariel Raye

 

In response to readers’ questions and requests, there’s a new addition to Dariel Raye’s award-winning “Dark Sentinels” series! “Dark Sentinels Prequel” is LIVE. Here’s the cover and blurb for the new release as well as information about other available books in the series.  

 

“Dark Sentinels Prequel”

Sometimes a girl has to go the extra mile to capture the man she loves, especially when she’s a sentinel wolf shifter from Washington state with no possible mates for miles.

 

Orphaned in childhood, Dr. Syreena Adler learned at an early age to depend on her twin brother, Sable, and herself, but phone conversations with a Georgia sentinel she’s never seen spark unexpected desire.

 

Southern red wolf sentinel Cord Velasquez has spent his life atoning for the death of his entire family. He wants a life with Syreena, but when she surprises him with an impromptu visit, the realization of his greatest fear seems inevitable.

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Dark Sentinels Book One: Sable 

 

Sable, a sentinel wolf shifter, is captured and locked in his wolf form until Akila, a veterinarian, tries to tame him and unleashes a 6’5″ baby blue-eyed surprise.

Dr. Akila Marshall is a veterinarian with a calling – save as many stray animals as possible. The only child of wealthy, yet distant parents, she’s convinced that love is not for her. Until…

 

Sable’s search for his twin sister leads him to Akila. Born into a rare species of wolf shifters whose main purpose is protecting others, he has always been forced to fend for himself, but Akila’s loving, protective nature draws him – and not a moment too soon. Together, they must learn to trust each other enough to overcome a new, deadly enemy.

 

 

“Dark Sentinels Book Two: Torin”

 

When greedy land developers set their sights on Dark Sentinel land, Torin turns to attorney Stephanie Bates for help, but she’ll need his protection to stay alive long enough to save his land.

 

Real estate lawyer, Stephanie Bates, has risen to the top of her field through meticulous sacrifice and goal setting. She has no time for distractions – and that includes pets, messy relationships, and loose ends.

 

Torin DuMont is a forensic scientist who chose the profession to avoid dealing with people as much as possible. Raised by a stepfather who hated him, he’s been forced to live a life of solitude, fueled by anger and distrust. When wolves and shifters start turning up dead, Torin must battle an enemy bent on destroying those he was born to protect. His greatest challenge, however, is Attorney Bates and the surprising effect she has on his heart.

 

Prequel – Amazon       Sable – Amazon     Torin – Amazon       Paperback – Amazon

Prequel – B&N            Sable – B&N          Torin – B&N                       

 

 

Jordan’s Wings – Amazon     

Here, Kitty Kitty anthology- Amazon     UH: Kaden’s Reprieve-Amazon

                                          Jordan’s Wings – BandN       

Here, Kitty Kitty anthology – BandN       UH: Kaden’s Reprieve-BandN

                                              Here, Kitty Kitty Paperback

 

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About the Author

Dariel loves books, animals, and all things paranormal. Dariel has written articles for The News Item of Mobile, and Black Health Magazine of Atlanta. A classically trained pianist and vocalist with a degree in piano and vocal performance and a master’s in counseling psychology, she completed studies for a Ph.D. with the exception of her dissertation. She is presently writing a shifter romance series, “Dark Sentinels,”  two Nephilim series with vamp-like heroes, “The Alerians” and “Children of Cain,” several erotic paranormal/fantasy romances inspired by blog flashes, and an erotic fantasy newsletter serial. Lives with a very spoiled Dobie/Coonhound and a passel of black cats. To learn more about Dariel and her books, visit her blog and join her newsletter.

 

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Shocking Discoveries

Wow!

Not sure how to feel about my latest discovery….

Some site {in India} has pirated my Christian short story #NeverForget

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Interesting way to start the year, huh?

Honestly, part of me is shocked that it’s gotten out there far enough for anyone to attempt this, especially this soon. The other part of me is deeply upset. That particular story is based on an actual event from my childhood. How could anyone try to steal something like that?

Now, I could get furious, but that would only raise my blood pressure and add unneeded stress. Instead I’ve decided to look at it this way: I’m officially a successful author now, since people are trying to steal my work, which  is something that happens to all successful authors at least once during their career. I’m going the DMCA notice route and will see what happens.

In brighter news #MuseOnline took #2 in #PreditorsandEditors poll for  Online Writers workshops. WTG team!

#MFRWOrg took 3rd for online workshops. WTG team!

#CoffeeTimeRomanceandMore tied for #3 in the same poll. WTG Team!

#CritiqueCircle was tied for #4 in the same poll.  WTG team!

Wow, all four are places I am an active member of. Only at CC I’m not a staff member. I’m surrounded by hardworking, talented writers.

Readers sound off: How did you react the first time you found one of your stories pirated? How did it make you feel?

Cover reveal – Krystal Shannan – Waking Sarah

WAKING SARAH

Vegas Mates, Book 3

Council threats and Renata’s deadly attack leave the Vegas pack scrambling to regroup…

 

Heartbroken over the death of her fiancé and tortured by a voice in her mind that’s haunted her since childhood, Sarah McLain learns her true ancestry after attending her best friend Margaret’s wedding. Can the pack save Sarah from the darkness that threatens to overwhelm her? Or will the wolf inside drive her over the edge before they can show her being a supernatural being is a good thing?

 

Chris Michaels is in charge of training the new latent werewolves at the O’Hearn mountain inn, now known as Woodhaven. His focus is tested when he finds out the beautiful but sad redhead, Sarah McLain, is his trainee.  The connection he feels to her is strong but not magickal, and his wolf claims it foolish to listen to his human instincts.  Can Chris heal her broken heart in time, or will he lose the woman he knows is perfect for him.

WAKING SARAH – COMING NOVEMBER 3^rd – KRYSTAL SHANNAN

~Short Excerpt~

PROLOGUE

 

Sarah’s mind drifted as her friend Margaret recited her vows and became Scott O’Hearn’s wife. She stood silently holding the bridal bouquet. They were calla lilies. She would have been carrying calla lilies two weeks from today. They were her favorite and Brad always got some for her on her birthday.

Her thoughts moved to the unworn wedding dress hanging in the back of her mother’s closet. When she glanced up at Scott, the look of adoration he had for Margaret nearly broke her heart all over again. Brad would have looked at her like that. 

Margaret had practically begged her to stand as her maid of honor. Sarah wanted to be here for her friend’s wedding. She really did. But neither Margaret nor Sam knew she’d been engaged to Brad. None of them knew she and Brad had picked out a wedding date. Or that it was two weeks from today. September twenty-second. They hadn’t had the time to tell anyone…

She shook her head and sniffed quietly, clearing the image from her mind.

Now, he was dead. That future they’d both been so excited to share with their friends had been stolen.

Nearly six months had passed since she’d gotten a life-altering knock on the door from two Houston police detectives. Sorry to inform you, but life-as-you-know-it has just ended. That’s not what they’d said, but it might as well have been.

She’d dropped out of college and come home to Vegas to find one Sam already married and Margaret in a rapidly-becoming-serious relationship and now married as of today.Margaret had told her earlier that day she’d wanted to get married in May, but somehow her big bear of a fiancé convinced her September would be better weather. Of course, Margaret had also shared they’d had a few snafus getting the inn up and running again, too. It was an older building. So the extra time had been needed to accommodate the repairs needed to house everyone.

Sure.

She’d listened to Margaret ramble on, but most of it had fallen on deaf ears.

The happiness in the room was suffocating. She should be happy for her friends, but she wasn’t. Then she felt guilty. Their lives weren’t perfect. Both Sam and Margaret had both recently lost their fathers. She couldn’t imagine losing her Dad, but right now the only thing her mind kept circling back to was that they both had their soul mates.

Hers was gone.

The forests outside the inn called to her soul. Dark thoughts of disappearing into the forest forever crossed through her mind. It was a big mountain. Her dreams over the last few days here had tortured her sleep and she’d doubled up on her prescription just to make it through the night. The pills helped silence the voice, but no treatment or therapy had ever successfully gotten rid of it.

She was so tired of the pain.

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Meet the Author:

Paranormal Romance author, Krystal Shannan, lives in Texas and is married to the love-of-her-life. They have a spunky young daughter who believes in fairies. Krystal professes to loving shoes, but avoids wearing them at all costs. She teaches in the public schools and writes as much as she can in her free time. If any more spare time can be squeezed from her day, she enjoys reading romance in all genres, but especially paranormal. If it has a ‘Happily Ever After’, she’s on board!

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Cover Reveal – A Witch’s Curse – M.L. Stephens

Synopsis:

Hecate didn’t dabble in dark magic. Watching her lover die at the end of another man’s sword changed that. In a single act of vengeance, she turned her lover’s killer into a werewolf and cursed him for eternity. It was A Witch’s Curse to rival all others and it was her last act as a goddess.

Drago despised being a werewolf spent thousands of years searching for an antidote, only to discover that the witch who cursed him, also had to cure him. Unfortunately, that witch died lifetimes ago. Undeterred, he continued to search. Two years ago he found Hecate’s remains lying in a crypt hidden deep within the Louisiana Bayou. Today, he watched a coven of witches bring her back to life.

He killed her lover. She damned him for all time. Can two souls who are destined to be eternal enemies, learn to forgive enough to live again?

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Talk about shocked!

Blub:

A fifteen year-old Christian girl, on the brink of losing her faith in mankind as a whole.. until one old man’s kindness and generosity changes her life forever.

Excerpt:

Why does the whole world have to take a shot at me? I rubbed my tight shoulder and stomped on a bug, grinding it under my foot. Go away you nasty thing.

My shoulders hunched and my chin fell to my chest, eyes closed as something heavy settled in my belly. Great, now I’m attacking little critters? I swallowed in an attempt to hold back the tears that stung my eyes. One hand gripped the wooden rail to keep me from falling to my knees as the depression closed in around me, making my stomach toss like waves.

Please God, there has to be at least some decency out in the cruel, harsh world. I can’t take it anymore. Help me be rid of my bitterness. My constant anger has left me miserable.

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I’m still in shock. Tonight at church hubby and I met a preacher who has spent the last five years in Scotland spreading God’s word, training ministers, ect.
I told him about my Christian slice-of-life.

He’s going to buy it, download it and start using it in his sermons.

I’m shocked and humbled he wants to use it in his sermons. My heart is still pounding and my palms  have grown sweaty. Wow! Never expected this or anything close to it. I’m tempted to cry.

If nothing else that will certainly spread the word. Just goes to show you that God truly does work in mysterious ways. And that you never know what will happen. Plus I received an awesome review of N.F. today from Dariel Raye.

Sound off: Have you ever had anything like this happen with one of your books? How would you react?

Read Your Labels!

Okay, this is a serious post and plain terrifies me to know these have been on the market more than thirty-five years now.

ASPARTAME:

Found in most dietary food and drinks and even some of our “healthy” food and drinks. Including most chewing gums.

Aspartame may trigger, mimic, or cause the following illnesses:
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Epstein-Barr
Post-Polio Syndrome
Lyme Disease
Grave’s Disease
Meniere’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease
ALS
Epilepsy
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
EMS
Hypothyroidism
Mercury sensitivity from Amalgam fillings
Fibromyalgia
Lupus
non-Hodgkins
Lymphoma
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

Click here for a full list of known side effects.

Preventative measures.

1. Remove all sugar-free products with aspartame from your diet.
2. Learn to ‘read’ your body. Begin recording any health changes.
3. Get a hair analysis.
4. Be happy with yourself.
5. Detoxify.
6. Restore depleted nutrients.
7. Exercise and get plenty of rest.
8. Eat 75% raw foods at every meal.
9. Drink water, water, water.
10. Get control of your life.

Beware of most sodas and sweeteners. {Particularly Equal, Nutra Sweet and Swwet-N-Low.}

Avoid most chewing gums.

Always check your ingredients labels.

Think your children are safe? Better check the labels on your toothpaste and most bottled waters for  FLUORIDE.

Click for a list of it’s hazardous effects, including tooth decay.

Both components were originally created as chemical warfare and will crop up in your ingredients labels more frequently than you think. Talk about terrifying!  The scariest part? Most people don’t know. They see the labels, but don’t think about what harmful damage those ingredients can {and have been proven to} cause.

Alternative method.

My family and I went back to old fashioned Baking Soda and water. Are teeth have never been healthier or stronger. Heck of a lot cheaper too.

Readers sound off: Am I conspiracy theorist? Or an informed citizen? Let’s hear your opinions. Now that you’ve been made aware, do you plan to continue to use these items, or will you be more cautious and read your ingredients labels?

Reference Articles:

http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.html

http://www.angelfire.com/az/sthurston/fluoride.html