Cover Reveal: Dark Winter by John Hennessy

 

 

Dark Winter

Author: John Hennessy

Release Date: October 9, 2013

Cover Design by PhatPuppy Art 

 

Description:

Romilly Winter is no ordinary heroine, just a reluctant one.

She has a gift. She can see the future. But can she see far enough? The world in which she lives is under attack – the dead are rising, and evil follows her at every turn.

Will she be able to save herself – and the world?

 

From the Diary of Romilly Winter, October 14th. 

"I’ve had two years to prepare for this. In that time, I have never told a soul. Of course, my Nan knew. She’d bequeathed me the mirror, after all. 

Now, maybe tonight, tomorrow, in a few days, the event that I don’t want to happen with all my heart, will come to pass. I’m not ready. I know I’m not ready, and yet, it will happen nonetheless. 

Nan had this thing in her possession for nearly seventy years. She had told me I simply had to be at Rosewinter, prior to my sixteenth birthday no matter what objections my parents raised. She said I was ‘special’, and was the only one equipped to deal with what was coming. 

The problem is, I don’t feel special, I just feel…different, and in all probability, that isn't going to be good enough. 

In just two days time, I will be sixteen years old, and if anything my Nan said is remotely true, I will be lucky to survive that long…"

My first book was published in 2011. Whilst I am working on a follow up, I've been interested in all sorts of genres, and I will pretty much read anything.

In 2012, I completed a first draft of an epic fantasy novel and hope to release it in 2013. Closer to release in 2013 is 'Dark Winter' - a paranormal horror aimed at the YA/NA market. 

If that's you, and you are planning to / have read the book (s) let me know, I'll always be happy to hear from you.

Author Links:

Good Reads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6869934.John_Hennessy  General Blog: http://johnhennessybooks.blogspot.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_JohnHennessy

 

Buy Link: Amazon 

 

 

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Cover Reveal: RecruitZ by Karice Bolton

 

 

RecruitZ (Afterworld Series #1)

Author: Karice Bolton

Expected Release Date: October 2013

Cover Design by PhatPuppy Art 

Description:

Scientists are the new rock stars. The infection has been contained for nearly three months, and the world is celebrating. But humans are still dying. Rebekah Taylor has seen it firsthand. Her husband was killed right in front of her by the very creatures that humans were told they no longer had to fear.

Rebekah is determined to find out who is responsible for the death of her husband and the obvious cover-up. Fueled with revenge, she begins to find answers that lead to one frightening conclusion. The apocalypse might be over, but the battles are just beginning.

  

Karice Bolton is a paranormal romance/urban fantasy author living in the Pacific Northwest. All three books in The Watchers Trilogy are available now, Awakening, Legions, and Cataclysm. Lonely Souls, which is the first book in her new series Witch Avenue, was released in June 2012!

Author Links: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Amazon 

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Cover Reveal: Girl of Fire and Lightning by Harrison Paul

 

 

Girl of Fire and Lightning (Kaybree the Angel Killer #3)

Author: Harrison Paul

Expected Release Date: August 13, 2013

Description:

While Kaybree continues to defend the city against the Angels, she also investigates her mother's secret society.  She wants to believe that her mother will use the Witch's power for good, and wants to trust her heart and conscience to Galen.  But are the Angels oppressors as he claims, or are they trying to prevent her mother's inventions from destroying the world?  Kaybree's fate hangs on her ability to trust Galen, but as he takes charge of the city's defense and navigates its political currents with a manipulator's touch, she wonders which face he shows is his real one.

When the next Angel prepares to send a legion of monsters against the city, she journeys into the depths of the forest to stop the attack.  The battle for humanity begins, and Kaybree must learn the truth of her mother's inventions or risk plunging the world into darkness and ruin.  As she confronts the true villain responsible for the Angel attacks, she must also make a decision that will determine the future of all Nordgard.

 

 

About  the series:

 

Kaybree is a teenage girl from Nordgard, an alternate history Scandinavia where mythical beings called Angels have protected and gu

ided mankind for millennia--until they started attacking fifteen years ago.  Her mother's organization, the Vormund Order, defeated the first Angel attack and has been guarding the borders by the forest ever since.  

When Kaybree is called to the city and discovers her ability to transform into a being of fire and lightning, she realizes she is her mother's secret weapon against the Angels.  Her mission is to defend humanity from their former protectors while her mother perfects a series of inventions meant to create a better world for everyone.  But she soon realizes the situation isn't as simple as her mother wants her to believe.  The Angels want to protect humanity as well, and her mother's inventions--or Kaybree's own dangerous powers--could be the reason for their attacks.  

Joined by her friends--a bard, a scholar, a reindeer, and a mysterious border guard--Kaybree must battle the Angels while investigating her mother's organization and studying the ancient relics that allow her to use her powers.  She knows that there must be a way to reconcile with God's holy messengers, and is determined to find the truth before a war erupts that could end civilization.

 

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00DEX58XY

 

 

 

Kaybree Versus the Angels (Kaybree the Angel Killer #1)

 

Description:

 

Kaybree has grown up hearing stories of the Angels, mythical beings who used to defend Nordgard from the creatures of the forest.  After leaving mankind without guidance for centuries, they returned fifteen years ago, leaving a fiery swath of destruction.  

When Kaybree is called to the outpost by the forest, home to her mother's mysterious Vormund Order, she stumbles into the latest Angel attack.  Soon she learns that she has the unique power to fight them: the ability to transform into a radiant being of fire and lightning.  

As she delves deeper into her mother's organization, though, she starts to wonder: why would Angels, holy messengers of God, attack people?  Every answer she finds only sparks more questions.  Because Vormund holds a deadly secret--one that could change Nordgard and the human race forever.

 

Book Links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E6HRG5U 

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18075046-kaybree-versus-the-angels 

   

 

 

 

My Very Own Witch Hunter (Kaybree the Angel Killer #2)

 

Description:

 

Kaybree is a Witch, a being born once a century with the power to break the world--a power which she wants to use to cure disease, alleviate suffering, and build a better world.  But the Angels, mankind's holy guardians, have the sacred calling to eliminate Witches before they can use their power for evil.  

As the Angels continue their mission to destroy her, they begin striking at her classmates.  As the attacks escalate and a Witch Hunt breaks out in the city, she must balance her need to protect her friends with a strict set of rules to keep herself from harming innocents.

But even with good intentions, can a Witch ever use her power for good?  Or is she fated to become the monster that the scriptures prophesy?

 

Book Links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E6HRG5U

Harrison Paul is the author of KAYBREE VERSUS THE ANGELS, the first volume of a young adult fantasy series set in alternate history Scandinavia, where a teenage girl must battle Angels to protect her town. Subsequent volumes are set to be published this summer.

Harrison has worked as a heavy metal musician, a Chinese translator at Nanjing University, a morning custodian, and a math and science tutor. He also served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Taipei, Taiwan. He currently teaches high school Mandarin.

 

Author Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/harrisongrim

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harrisonpaulauthor

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00DEX58XY

Buy Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EGBFVDK

 

 

 

  

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Cover Reveal: Beyond Control by Karice Bolton

 

 

Beyond Control

Author: Karice Bolton

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Expected Release Date: August 2013

Cover Design by PhatPuppy Art 

  

Description:

Gabby’s overcome more than most can even begin to imagine, and she’s barely out of college. With a visible scar that reminds her and the world that she beat the odds, it’s impossible for her to put everything behind her, no matter how hard she tries.

 

As she begins working at her family’s company, she buries herself in the safety of the corporate world. No extra time, no life, no relationships. It’s safe to say she might be a little demanding and overly ambitious. She’s got everything under control, just how she likes it. After all, life is short.

 

Jason’s been trying to piece his life together after a personal tragedy, only it’s not working. He’s thrown himself into his work, but he’s only becoming angrier. He’ll never forgive himself and doesn’t expect anyone else to either.

 

When the back of his vehicle is clipped by an obnoxious limo driver he can’t wait to let the driver have it until he hears Gabby’s voice coming from inside the sedan. There’s something soothing about it, something familiar.

 

The moment she sees him, she knows her life will never be the same. But she doesn’t know why. He’s everything she said she never wanted. He’s cocky, arrogant, and infuriating. With his dazzling amber eyes, dark hair and chiseled features she can hardly remember where she’s going, let alone where she’s been and maybe that’s a good thing. She begins to let him show her what life could be, if she really lived it.

 

Neither want their past to define their future, but sometimes destiny has something else in store. It’s only as their love grows and secrets are revealed that they realize a devastating connection from their past might actually tear them apart.

Karice Bolton is a paranormal romance/urban fantasy author living in the Pacific Northwest. All three books in The Watchers Trilogy are available now, Awakening, Legions, and Cataclysm. Lonely Souls, which is the first book in her new series Witch Avenue, was released in June 2012!

Author Links:

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads

 

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Book Blitz: Volition by Lee Strauss

Volition (Perception Series #2)
Author: Lee Strauss
Expected Release Date: April 16, 2013

Description:

What doesn't kill you...  
Zoe Vanderveen is on the run with her captor turned rescuer, Noah Brody.  

They're in love.  
Or at least that’s what he tells her. Her memories have returned but her feelings are dreamlike–thin and fleeting. Her heart can’t be trusted. Just look at what happened with Taylor Blake.  
Senator Vanderveen’s new team of cyborg agents are in hot pursuit, and a reward for their capture is broadcast nationwide. Record breaking cold and snow hinder their escape. Someone dies helping them.  
And their fight for survival has only begun.

  

I write YA time travel and merfolk chic-lit. I'm a married mom of four, and live in the beautiful Okanagan Valley, famous for beaches and vineyards. I'm fond of Lindt's sea salt dark chocolate and hiking in good weather.I write mature historical and sci-fi YA under the name LEE Strauss. 

Author Links:

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/elle_strauss

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorLeeStrauss

Buy Links:

Amazon
Kobo
Barnes & Noble
itunes
Smashwords

PERCEPTION (Perception #1) is FREE on Amazon!! (http://www.amazon.com/PERCEPTION-Perception-Series-ebook/dp/B0095612HK/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1353124699&sr=1-3)

 

 

 

 

 

Book Blitz: Release by Nicole Hadaway

Release
Author: Nicole Hadaway
Genre: Fantasy/Paranormal
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Publisher: Visionary Press
Cover by PhatPuppy Art

Description:

The old saying goes, “The ends justify the means”...

For vampire Miranda Dandridge, using her supernatural abilities to rescue children from impossible circumstances is her means to be a part of the human world that she loves so much, despite the atrocities of WWII.

For doctor Ben Gongliewski, saving his fellow Jews from the horrific death camps is an end for which he risks his own life every day, hiding his Jewish heritage while feigning loyalty the SS.

Neither Miranda nor Ben expects to find love in World War II Europe, but that is exactly what happens as they work for the Resistance. When the war draws to a close, it seems like the vampire and the doctor are free to start a future together. Yet the two forget just how far the Nazis will go to further their own evil ends.

Desperate times make for ruthless men as loves and lives are threatened, but, Miranda and Ben know that their world cannot go to hell, not by any means…  

Avid reader, lover of education, and total geek, I make my living with my law degree, but love to indulge my creative side through my novels. I've written RELEASE, which is due for re-publication through Visionary Press in January; hopefully soon after will follow RETURN (the sequel) and REDEEM. All follow my main character, the vampire Miranda Dandridge, as she makes her way in the world owned by humans, envying them and loving them, at great sacrifices of her own. Hopefully soon, things will settle down for her, but she's got alot to redeem first... 

Author Links:

Website: http://dandridgehouse.blogspot.com

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Nicole_Hadaway

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalesFromTheDandridgeEstate?ref=hl

Buy Link:
Amazon

 

 

New Cover Reveal: The Color Keepers by Catriona Crehan

 

The Color Keepers

Author: Catriona Crehan

Genre: YA Fantasy

Expanded & Revised Edition Release Date: May 1, 2013

Cover Design by PhatPuppy Art

 

Description:
 
Hoping to have a good change and good ending to go with it, Emily, a 16- year-old girl from Ohio, has moved to sunny California.

Moving to a new town can be scary, especially a new school. So when Sam, the most popular kid there, looks her way, she can't believe this is happening to her.

Everything seems to be working out fine. That is, until her mother buys an enchanted mirror by mistake.

Suddenly, Emily finds herself in a whole new world, full of talking animals, magic and more change than she was hoping for.

With the help of her new crush, Sam, and her annoyingly goofy 12-year-old brother James, Emily sets out to save their world and ours.


Author Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CatrionaCrehan

FB:  https://www.facebook.com/CatrionaCrehan

Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6431246.Catriona_Crehan

Website:  http://catrionacrehan.blogspot.com/

 

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Cover Reveal: Before You Go by Clare James

Before You Go

Author: Clare James

Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance

Release Date: April 1, 2013

Cover Design by PhatPuppy Art

 

 

Description:

Forgiveness is the only option, but can she learn to forgive herself? 

Paralyzed by the past and terrified of the future, Tabitha Kelly is broken. 

After a public sex scandal at her college, Tabby moves to a new city with a new school, convinced she can start over. But she soon realizes the changes are not enough. Tabby must take action to help her heal and move on from the past. 

And though it sounds crazy, she believes a one-night stand is the best way to take back what’s hers. If she can choose where, when, and most importantly, who … maybe she can regain control. 

First, she needs a willing participant. 

She finds more than that when she meets Noah Adler. 

Unfortunately, she can’t go through with it. And when she tries to forget about the plan–and the guy—it becomes impossible. 

Noah quickly weaves his way into her new life and her heart. But as he comes dangerously close to discovering her secret, Tabby’s at risk of losing it all.

  

Clare James spent her childhood, writing, reading, and dancing. Not much has changed since then, except she can no longer get up on toe shoes like she once could. And don’t even ask her to go into the splits because she may never get back up. 

A new adult and contemporary romance writer, Clare loves a happy ending. She lives in Minneapolis with her two leading men—her husband and young son. BEFORE YOU GO is her debut new adult novel. 

Author Links:

Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/clarejamesbooks

Website:  

http://www.clarejamesbooks.com

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