Friday, May 31, 2013

Release Day Blitz: Call Me Crazy by author Quinn Loftis



Hello, Blogosphere!

Do we have a treat for you on the blog today :D Author Quinn Loftis has written yet another AMAZING sounding novel, and honestly we can't wait to read it! We not only have the cover, the synopsis, and the book trailer, but we also have an EXCERPT from the novel to share with you all! This book is out today, so make sure you grab yourself a copy of what should be another AWESOME hit from Quinn ;) 


Synopsis

“I’m looking out from inside the chaos. It must be a one-way mirror because no one seems to be able to see back inside to where I am. The looks on their faces, the judgment in their eyes, tells me everything I need to know. The most frustrating part about the whole messed up situation is that even though I’m the one that they stare at in shock, I am just as shocked as they are. I know no more than they do of why I lose control. What they don’t know is that I am more scared of myself than they could ever be.” ~ Tally Baker

After a devastating turn of events, seventeen year old Tally Baker is admitted to Mercy Psychiatric Facility where she is diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. She has come to a place where she honestly believes that her life is over. Her mind tells her that she will never smile or laugh again, that she will never be normal again. It is in this unlikely place that she meets two people, different in every way, yet both critical to helping her realize that she has so much more living to do.
Candy, a cantankerous sixty year old Mercy Psychiatric patient, is hell bent on driving everyone as crazy as she is. Candy shows Tally that, regardless of her diagnosis, the ability to push on and live her life to the fullest is her choice and hers alone. In the midst of Tally’s oftentimes humorous, sometimes heart-wrenching, escapades with Candy, a new patient is admitted to Mercy—a Native American woman named Lolotea. Along with this new patient comes a daily visitor, her son, Trey Swift. At first glance, it is obvious to Tally that he is incredibly handsome and unbelievably caring. But what she learns through her second glance, and many thereafter, is that there is much more to Trey than he ever lets on. It is during these daily visits that Trey and Tally build a friendship far deeper than either of them truly realize. With Trey, Tally feels for the first time since being admitted that someone is looking at her as a person and not as a disease. Trey begins to make it clear that he wants more than friendship, but she knows that she can never give him more. How can she, when she won’t even give him the truth?  Tally doesn’t tell Trey that she is a patient at Mercy, and she doesn’t ever plan to. Her plans go up in flames when she finds out that Trey is a new student at her school, the school where her brokenness was found out in the floor of the girl’s bathroom in a pool of her own blood.

Call Me Crazy Trailer



Excerpt 


   “Crap Candy,” I growl at my snickering companion as I rub my side and glare at her. “What was that for?”

  “A better question would be why were you hunkered down under the table drooling over Kemosabe?”

   I frown at her. “That’s tacky don’t you think?”

   “I’m sixty years old and crazy; I can do tacky if I want,” she snorts at me.

   I can’t really argue with her there. Like pregnant women, old, crazy ladies pretty much get a free pass on crassness and eccentricity.

   “So come on,” she pats the chair that I had so quickly vacated, “tell Candy all about it.”

   I roll my eyes. “He just took me off guard, that’s all,” I lie smoothly.

   Candy isn’t buying it. “He was hot, just admit it. Hot and he got you bothered.”
   I cringe. “Candy, you calling a guy young enough to be your grandson hot is just not right.”

   “Psht,” she flips her hand at me. “I’m old, not blind or dead. Besides, I didn’t say I wanted to jump his exotic bones.”

   I groan as I bang my head against the table. “Where do you learn these terms? I mean it’s not normal for someone your age to blurt out crap like that.”

   “Did you just use the term normal in a sentence describing me?” She raises her brow surprisingly at me.

   I laugh. “Good point.”

Author Bio

Quinn lives in beautiful NW Arkansas with her husband, son, Doberman and cat (who thinks she is a ninja in disguise). She is beyond thankful that she has been blessed to be able to write full time and hopes the readers know how much all of their support means to her. Some of her hobbies include reading, exercising, crochet, and spending time with family and friends. She gives all credit of her success to God because he gave her the creative spirit and vivid imagination it takes to write.


Links

Website: http://www.quinnloftisbooks.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QuinnLoftisBooks?fref=ts

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthQuinnLoftis

GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5014564.Quinn_Loftis

Friday, May 17, 2013

Release Day: Dreamwalker by M.G. Chester

Hello Everyone!

Today on the blog we want to wish a Happy Book Birthday to M.G. Chester! Her new MG/YA fantasy novel, Dreamwalker released today and you should sooooo check it out...like ASAP :D 

Here's the wonderful cover: 


Book Description:

If there’s one thing thirteen year old Kate loves, it’s a good book. Her new favorite series, Quallen’s Quest, follows the Faerie prince in the land of Kallaryn as he goes from one adventure to another. When Kate awakens in Prince Quallen’s secret cave, she’s sure she’s dreaming. Events unfold and adventure follows as Quallen promises to help her get back. Is she really in Kallaryn and if that’s the case, will she ever be able to get back home?

Add it to your Goodreads TBR list here
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17914435-dreamwalker

Where to Buy:



Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Cover Reveal: Silent Orchids by author Morgan Wylie

Hi Everyone!

Today on the blog, we've got something extra special for you all :D We're super EXCITED to be able to share the cover of author Morgan Wylie's novel, Silent Orchids, which is book one in The Age of Alandria series!!!!! The cover design was the collaborative genius of Phatpuppy Art and The Bookish Brunette.



ABOUT SILENT ORCHIDS:
A dying realm.

The ancient evil of the Droch-Shúil has been unleashed.

The Orchids have been silenced… but for how long?

Daegan, elite of the Ferrishyn warrior tribe of Faeries, is charged with a mission to find the Sol-lumieth, a mysterious new power that could change the fate of all in the realm of Alandria. But he is conflicted by his purpose, and he cannot trust the motives of those he serves. He has too many questions and they must be answered.

Kaeleigh, a girl abandoned as a small child just outside Missoula, Montana, is now 18. She is trying to discover who she is and where she belongs. In her heart, she feels she has family out there… somewhere. Desperate to unravel the mysteries of her past, she embarks on a journey that will forever change her along with her two best friends, Finn and Chel—who have secrets of their own.








ABOUT MORGAN WYLIE:
Morgan Wylie has been writing on and off throughout her growing up years, but started seriously working on her first novel in the Spring of 2009. 7 months pregnant with her first child, she didn't start off with a lot of focused writing time. But Morgan had an epiphany, if you will, and the story flashed before her so she began to write. And she’s still writing. Her debut Young Adult fantasy, SILENT ORCHIDS, will be out this summer.

LINKS:
Twitter: MWylieBooks
Blog:www.morganwylie.blogpost.com
Web: morganwylie.net
Friend Morgan on Facebook or Goodreads


Monday, December 31, 2012

Jillian Dodd Day!


 Jillian Dodd
An Exceptional Person and Author


How do you say thank you to a person and author that you've never met, have only chatted with on Facebook and Twitter, and already own all of their books? Write up a blog post about them of course :D 

Today is BIG day on the blog and we have a special mission in mind...to PIMP the ever-so-amazing woman, Jillian Dodd and her wonderful novels!
Jillian has no idea that us and 98 other authors are going to blog about her today, or that book bloggers have jumped on board too to help us thank her for what she's done for us.

Jillian Dodd is a best selling author of some really awesome young adult fiction. Her writing is pure escapist entertainment, which has found thousands of fans…but more about that it a minute. In the short time we've "known" Jillian, we've seen her offer incredible support for other authors, reach out and help bring traffic to wonderful book blogs, and always be extremely kind and generous to her readers.

So why exactly are we telling you all this?

On the 21st of December, 99 authors were part of a promotional activity to sell 99 e-books for 99 cents. Jillian had come up with a marketing plan while chatting to other writers about the best way to bring their books to the attention of the reading public. So when we were invited to participate in this AWESOME opportunity, we immediately jumped at the chance.

Like a General, Jillian assembled the troops while issuing clear step-by-step instructions on what we had to do, how and when we had to do it and we all responded in a good and timely manner. We never felt overwhelmed with all the information being thrown around and we're pretty sure that we have Jillian to thank for that!

By the end of December 21st, ten of us were in the top 100 in the Kindle store. By this time Amazon had come aboard to assist in the 24hr price drop and helped us with the Kindle Daily Deal and the majority of us found our rankings soar. Many of us sold hundreds of books. Many were in the top five of their specific category genres. Readers were ecstatic, authors were excited and Jillian stayed up with virtually no sleep for forty-eight hours to make sure the whole thing went smoothly.

And let us tell you, it was a thing of beauty!

But back to her books!

Did you guys ever watch Gossip Girl? Or Beverly Hills 90210 in the early days? Well, if you enjoyed those, you’re going to love the steamy Keatyn Chronicles. Readers have gone wild for Keatyn and her complicated life, never mind her even more complex love life.
Book one is Stalk Me and it has garnered over 138 five star reviews.

Here’s the blurb:

Gossip Girl meets Hollywood in this steamy new series by That Boy author, Jillian Dodd.

Keatyn has everything she ever dreamed. Her life is following the script she wrote for the perfect high school experience. She's popular, goes to the best parties, dates the hottest guy, and sits at the most-coveted lunch table.

She's just not sure she wants it anymore.

Because, really, things aren't all that perfect.
Her best friend is threatening to tell everyone her perfect relationship is a scam.
Her perfect boyfriend gets drunk at every party they go to.
It's exhausting always trying to look and act perfect.
And, deep down, she isn't sure if she has any true friends.

To add to the drama, her movie star mom has a creepy stalker.
A hot, older man flirts with her and tells her they should make a movie together.
And she's crushing on an adorable surfer. Dating him would mean committing social suicide.

So she writes a new script. One where all the pieces of her life will come together in perfect harmony.
But little does she know, there's someone who will do anything to make sure that doesn't happen.

Book two of The Keatyn Chronicles is Kiss Me. Since it’s release on the 26th of November, it has 157 five star reviews.
Here’s the blurb:

I’ve always written scripts for my perfect life.
But no way could I have ever scripted this.
My life is so far from perfect, it’s not even funny.
All because of a stalker.

I’m at a boarding school, where I have to lie about who I am.
I can’t see my family.
I’m tutoring a hottie god that tortures me with his smile.
The most popular girl already hates me.
But there’s this boy.
This hot, sweet, sexy boy.
So I’m going to stop trying to script my life and just live it.
Because who knows how long I have left.

Jillian's books might be categorised under young adult, but we can highly recommend them for anyone who loves to be entertained by a truly memorable character and adores very well-written escapist entertainment.



Links: Jillian Dodd website http://jilliandodd.net/

Links: Jillian Dodd facebook http://www.facebook.com/jillian.dodd.3

Links: Jillian Dodd goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4833990.Jillian_Dodd?auto_login_attempted=true

C.A. Kunz, mother and son author duo of YA Paranormal/Fantasy and Dystopian novels.