Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Giveaway: The Theory of Opposites by Allison Winn Scotch

Thanks to Rebeca Schiller of Get Red PR, I am giving away 3 copies of The Theory of Opposites.

 Book Description:

 What happens when you think you have it all, and then suddenly it’s taken away?

Willa Chandler-Golden's father changed the world with his self-help bestseller, Is It Really Your Choice? Why Your Entire Life May Be Out of Your Control. Millions of devoted fans now find solace in his notion that everything happens for a reason. Though Willa isn’t entirely convinced of her father’s theories, she readily admits that the universe has delivered her a solid life: a reliable husband, a fast-paced career. Sure there are hiccups – negative pregnancy tests, embattled siblings - but this is what the universe has brought, and life, if she doesn’t think about it too much, is wonderful.

Then her (evidently not-so-reliable) husband proposes this: A two-month break. Two months to see if they can't live their lives without each other. And before Willa can sort out destiny and fate and what it all means, she’s axed from her job, her 12 year-old nephew Nicky moves in, her ex-boyfriend finds her on Facebook, and her best friend Vanessa lands a gig writing for Dare You!, the hottest new reality TV show. And then Vanessa lures Willa into dares of her own - dares that run counter to her father’s theories of fate, dares that might change everything…but only if Willa is brave enough to stop listening to the universe and instead aim for the stars.

 About Allison Winn Scotch:


 Allison Winn Scotch is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels, including Time of My Life. She lives in Los Angeles with her family. You can find her online at allisonwinn.com and on Twitter at @aswinn.

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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Giveaway: The Blooding of Jack Absolute (Jack Absolute #2) by C.C. Humphreys

Thanks to Liz Kelsch of Sourcebooks, I am giving away one copy of The Blooding of Jack Absolute.

Book Description:

London 1759 and Jack's life is easy. A scholar at Westminster School, a master with cricket bat or billiard cue, the leader of a gang of bucks about the Town, he has both a girl he worships ...and a courtesan teaching him the more basic arts of love. Yet he plans to give up all carousing, sit the examinations for Cambridge, find a career in any field he chooses. If he can just stay out of trouble for one night... From the billiard halls and brothels of London to a clash of Empires on the Plains of Abraham, Jack life is forever altered by the tragedies of that night. 

Through duels, battles, frantic escapes and a brutal winter spent in a cave in Canada, Jack learns the truth of his father's words... as well as a dozen things to do with a dead bear. A year on, the schoolboy will vanish, a man appear. But first he must learn to kill. To come of age, Jack Absolute must be blooded.

a few interesting facts about Humphreys and Jack Absolute…

·         Humphreys portrayed Jack Absolute, the leading character of Richard Sheridan’s play The Rivals, on the London stage and loved it so much, he dedicated a three-book series to the character when he began writing
·         Humphreys is a former actor whose roles have included Hamlet and the voice of Salem the Cat in “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch”
·         Humphreys is a fight choreographer and an accomplished swordsman


About C.C. Humphreys:


C.C. Humphreys is a novelist, fight choreographer, and actor who played Jack Absolute in The Rivals for a six-month run in London in the mid-1980s. When he became a full-time writer a decade ago, he decided to transform his leading man into a title character. Humphreys has written seven historical fiction novels including The French Executioner, which was runner-up for the CWA Steel Dagger for Thrillers 2002. The Jack Absolute series features three books: Jack Absolute, The Blooding of Jack Absolute, and Absolute Honor.  

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Giveaway: No Escape by Mary Burton

Thanks to Deb Tobias of Joan Schulhafer Publishing & Media Consulting, I am giving away on copy of No Escape by Mary Burton.

 Book Description:

 He Was Taught How To Kill

Even behind bars, serial killer Harvey Day Smith exudes menace. Psychologist Jolene Granger has agreed to hear his dying confession, vowing not to let the monster inside her head. And Harvey has secrets to share—about bodies that were never found, and about the apprentice who is continuing his grisly work…

And Now He’ll Teach Them

He buries his victims alive the way his mentor Harvey did, relishing their final screams as the earth rains down. And as one last gift to the only father he knew, he’ll make the most perfect kill of all.

How To Die

Everything about this investigation is unnerving Jo, from Harvey’s fascination with her to the fact that she’s working alongside Texas Ranger Brody Winchester, her ex-husband. Harvey’s protégé is growing bolder and more vicious every day. And soon the trail of shallow graves will lead them to the last place Jo expected, and to the most terrifying truth of all…

 About Mary Burton:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Mary Burton has been intrigued by investigative work and the people who do it since Virginia, her home state, was stung by a string of serial killings that spanned more than twenty years.  Not surprisingly, many of Mary's suspense novels are fueled by the acts of multiple killers and the people who pursue them, as is NO ESCAPE, her latest and the second in a trio of stories set in and around Austin that began with THE SEVENTH VICTIM. Her third Austin-set novel, YOU’RE NOT SAFE, will be published in April 2014.

The author of twenty novels and three novellas, her earlier novels include I'm Watching You, Dead Ringer and Dying Scream, set in her home town of Richmond, and Senseless, Merciless and Before She Dies, set in Alexandria.

Mary's research has led to meetings with key members of law enforcement, to seminars and classes, and to the firing range.  She is a graduate of the Henrico County Citizens Police Academy and the Richmond FBI Citizen's Academy, and has attended Sisters in Crime's Forensic University program and the Writers Police Academy in Jamestown, North Carolina.

A Richmond native whose family roots run as deep as the nation's, Mary has lived there for most of her life.  She graduated from Virginia's Hollins University and had a career in marketing before deciding to write full time. Her first manuscript, a historical romance, was published in 2000.
She is a member of Thriller Writers of America, Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, for which she is president of the Central Virginia chapter. She travels often for signings, speaking engagements and other appearances.  She is a frequent speaker regarding writing and genre fiction, and continues to present her "Unraveling Romantic Suspense" workshop and her day-long program "Writing Your Book...The First Step."


Mary is currently at work on her next novel, set in Nashville, and anticipating the November publication of her new Union Street Bakery novel, Sweet Expectations, written as Mary Ellen Taylor.  

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Friday, November 15, 2013

Giveaway: Commodore by Simon Sobo

Thanks to Jocelyn of Kelley & Hall Book Publicity, I am giving away 3 copies of Commodore.

 Book Description:

 As a poor Staten Island farm boy Cornelius Vanderbilt would watch the ships come from all over the world to Manhattan. He knew the name of every ship. His illiterate father scoffed at his dreamy ways. By 16 the bitterness between them had grown to the point that Cornelius wanted out. He planned to sign up for an ocean going ship. . Instead his mother offered $100 for a used sailboat he had seen. He brought people to Manhattan, earning enough to repay his mother tenfold in a year.

Asked by a Knickerbocker gentleman about his 5th grade education, Vanderbilt shot back, "If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else." Fair enough- contained by a fine education, bottled into a well spoken somewhat scholarly persona, might have killed the golden goose, the source of his power, his shrewd rarely resting mind.

He could seem the ignoramus, squawking at the fancy folk, spitting into a spittoon or on the ground, as a young man among the other longshoremen.

At 19 others thought he was at the top of his game, the owner of three schooners, his reward for daring during the War of 1812. Using his $100 sailboat to bring supplies to the American forts, he thought little of the danger from the British navy. What he cared about was the incredible money being offered. By the end of the war he could marry his first cousin Sophia from the next farm. With his schooners he could comfortably support a family.

Sophia was soon disappointed. He sold them all. He told her he saw the future. It was those clanking monster boats, spewing fire and ashes, which were beginning to appear on the Hudson. Steamboats. He got a job working as captain on a small steamboat in New Jersey, earning a fraction of what he had made with his schooners. His boss owned a run down tavern, at the end of a dock in New Brunswick, where his steam boat stopped. The place smelled like cat piss and beer vomit. He and Sophie, turned it into Belonna, a comfortable, decent inn where travelers spent the night on the way to Philadelphia. With one of her 12 children on her teat, each child became hard working assistants. It took them 10 years to save enough for their first, then ten more years for the Vanderbilts to own 100 steamboats.

He took the first vacation of his life at 60. He had passed Astor to become the richest man in America. He built the North Star, a yacht, said to be more lavish than the Queen of England's royal yacht. His triumphant tour of the European capitals was widely reported all over America. The USA was hardly sixty years in existence. Here is a comment from the New York Herald. "The sovereigns of Europe have looked upon our increasing power with mingled surprise and alarm--surprise at our progress, and alarm lest the lesson it silently inculcates might be learned by their own oppressed subjects." The Scientific American weighed in, "Queen Victoria, Czar Nicholas of Russia and Napolean III will get some of their conceit knocked out of them by a private citizen of New York."

Who can resist a super hero? They address what we are lacking, provide us with joyous triumphs and power--at least while the movie plays. 
The Commodore would quickly interrupt. "I ain't no hero." And most certainly he wasn't, but if one goes to Grand Central Station on Vanderbilt Avenue in New York and enters the spirit of the place, Vanderbilt's magnificent castle in his hometown, dedicated to his true love, business and enterprise, one might not see a superhero, but certainly this man had an awfully long and good run. 

People couldn't get enough of him in their newspapers. One of their own showed 'em it can get done. One of 'em that wouldn't take nothing from no one. The American dream may be a cliche, but to them that lived it, to the millions who came on a boat with little but the clothes they could carry, Vanderbilt's story is what brought them here. He was their hero in the land of opportunity. A superhero (with the blemishes of a real person)

 About Simon Sobo:


 Simon Sobo has excited the praise of a wide variety of writers, Anna Freud, Pauline Kael, Scott Peck, and Lauren Slater for his astute, non-fiction, literary and psychiatric articles. Amongst others his writing has appeared in Yale Review, Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. Psychiatric Times, Medical Hypothesis, as well as chapters in anthologies such as ADHD Revisited. He is also author of The Fear of Death, a conversation with Freud.

 He has always been drawn to a good story, particularly fascinated by people with soaring hopes and the drive to see them fulfilled. So when the compelling facts of Cornelius Vanderbilt's life, his pathetic beginnings and extraordinary triumphs, grabbed his attention, Commodore was half written. Who can resist a super hero? They address what we are lacking, provide us with triumph and power--at least while the movie plays. The Commodore would quickly interrupt if he were around. "I ain't no hero." And most certainly he wasn't, but if one goes to Grand Central Station on Vanderbilt Avenue in New York, and yields to the spirit of the place, Vanderbilt's final big project, his magnificent castle in his hometown, dedicated to his true love, business and enterprise, one might not see a superhero, but certainly this man had an awfully long and good run. He was the Michael Jordan of his day.

 He did not know how to quit. He refused to not win. People couldn't get enough of him in the newspapers One of their own showed 'em it can get done. One of 'em that spit and cursed and wouldn't take nothing from no one. And managed to keep it going and going. The difference between him and a sports here is that he kept it going well into his eighties. The American dream may be a cliche, but to them that lived it, to the millions who came on a boat with little but the clothes they could carry, Vanderbilt's story is what brought them here. He was their hero in the land of opportunity. A superhero (with the blemishes of a real person). 

 Sobo feels he should have been writing fiction all along. Vanderbilt allowed him a voice that he didn't know existed. Approaching 70 Sobo is now convinced that there will be many more to come.

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Book Tour & Giveaway: Blood Drama by Christopher Meeks

Today, it is my pleasure to kick of the Blood Drama by Christopher Meeks tour.

 Book Description:
Publisher: White Wiskers Press  (June 15, 2013)
Category: Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, Crime Thriller
Tour Date: November 12-27, 2013
Available in: Print & eBook, 242 pages
Everyone has a bad day. Graduate student Ian Nash has lost his girlfriend in addition to being dropped from a Ph.D. program in theatre at a Southern California university. When he stops at a local coffee shop in the lobby of a bank to apply for a job, the proverbial organic matter hits the fan. A gang of four robs the bank, and things get bloody. Ian is taken hostage by the robbers when the police show up. Now he has to save his life.
FBI Special Agent Aleece Medina’s analysis of the bloody bank heist drives her into the pursuit of a robbery gang headed by two women. She doesn’t anticipate how this robbery will pit her against both the bandits and the male higher-ups in the FBI while the media heats up during a giant manhunt.
The robbers are about to kill Ian, and all he has at hand is his knowledge of the stage.
Read My Review
Praise for Christopher Meek’s Love at Absolute Zero:
ForeWord Reviews’ BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST
Top-Ten Best Fiction 2011 at Book Chase: “It is impossible not to like Gunnar Gunderson. As he progresses from one disaster or near miss to the next, one views him with a mixture of compassion and laughter.” - Sam Sattler, Book Chase
Winner 2011 Red Adept Reviews Indie Award-Romance: ”The author hit a home run. It’s a very good story, very well told.”- Jim Chambers, Red Adept Reviews
Winner 2011 Noble Award (not Nobel): ”The tension between science and emotion has never been more keenly felt.” - Carolyn Howard-Johnson
“Thermodynamics are nothing; it’s that love thing that is so frustrat- ingly hard to figure out. Love at Absolute Zero is an excellent read that is very much worth considering, highly recommended!”- Midwest Book Review
Here’s what Some of the Reviewers Said From the First Tour of Blood Drama:
“What sets this novel apart from other thriller is the development of the characters.  Not only is Medina more complex than the stereotypical FBI agent found in many suspense novels, but Nash is a new type of victim.  His theater and academic background give him an interesting perspective.  This is definitely a suspenseful, can’t-put-it-down thriller.  Clear your calendar in order to have time to read this from start to finish!”- Tammy, The Self-Taught Cook
“Blood Drama was highly entertaining and extremely enjoyable. It is a combination black comedy and crime novel. The characters of Ian and Aleece are memorable, quirky, and unique. I  reveled in Ian’s quoting David Mamet (or some other playwright or work of literature) to deduce and interpret the information he had to ascertain where the clues were leading them.   Meeks is a gifted writer. He has a pleasing way of propelling the action forward while developing his plot and characters. I enjoyed Meeks Love at Absolute Zero quite a bit, but I liked Blood Drama even more. I’m hopeful that Meeks will bring back Ian and Aleece to solve another crime.”- Lori, She Treads Softly 
“This is one action packed thriller that you don’t want to put down. The author doesn’t waste time with the trivial, he gets right to the action and stays there. Just when you think things are as bad as they possible could get…wrong!
This was different from most thrillers I read in that it also has a little humor, I absolutely loved that aspect of the book.  The characters are well written, they seem like real people, flaws and all. There’s also romance in this book, which gives you a little relief from the gripping adventures.  I liked this book very much and so I will be checking to see what other books this author has written.”- Vicky, I’d Rather Be At the Beach
“This story had me hooked just out of pity for the poor guy, but when things turned from bad to worse I couldn’t put it down. I had to know what was going to happen next. This was far from the typical suspense/thriller. Yes, it does follow the MOs you expect in some areas but the characters make it so unique.  I loved these characters. They were so unique that I could see them as real. They had their quirks and secrets that revealed their flaws and their vulnerabilities Nothing is really too farfetched. Yes, there is one character you might argue is but I live in a huge city. Trust me, it is not farfetched. Can’t say more or I let a big secret slip which is a no-no in reviews.  If you love suspense/thrillers that have some humor, you’ll love this book. Yes, it kept me riveted. You have to read this book. You’ll enjoy it and want more. Plus you’ll learn to appreciate your own days a little bit better.”- Rebecca Graf, A Book Lover’s Library
About Christopher Meeks:
Christopher Meeks first published short fiction in a number of literary journals, and the stories are available in two collections, The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea and Months and Seasons. Recently, he’s focused on novels. The Brightest Moon of the Century is a story of a man who yearns for love and success, covering over thirty years—a tale that Marc Schuster of Small Press Reviewsdescribes as “a great and truly humane novel in the tradition of Charles Dickens and John Irving.” His last novel, Love At Absolute Zero, is about a physicist who uses the tools of science to find his soul mate–and he has just three days. Critic Grady Harp calls the book “a gift.” The new novel, Blood Drama, has him edge into a thriller. Meeks also runs White Whisker Books and publishes four authors.
Christopher at the Red Room: http://redroom.com/member/christopher-meeks
Christopher’s Website www.chrismeeks.com
Christopher on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/christopher.meeks1?fref=ts
Christopher on Twitter https://twitter.com/MeeksChris
Thanks to the author, Christopher Meeks, I am giving away one copy of Blood Drama.  This giveaway is open internationally.  If the winner live in Canada or the U.S. there is a choice of print or ebook.  If the winner is international, s/he will receive an ebook. This giveaway ends on November 28, 2013. Please use Rafflecopter to enter.
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Follow the Tour:
So Many Precious books Nov 12 Spotlight & Giveaway
Rebecca Paperback Writer Nov 13 Guest Post
Library of Clean reads Nov 14 Review
Joystory Nov 15 Review
I’m a Voracious Reader Nov 18 Review
Kate Eileen Shannon Nov 19 Review
Kate Eileen Shannon Nov 20 Interview & Giveaway
Deal Sharing Aunt Nov 20 Review
Celtic Lady Reviews Nov 21 Review
Teena in Toronto Nov 22 Review
The News in Books Nov 25 Review
The News in Books Nov 26 Interview
FU Only Knew Nov 26 Review
Sweeps for Bloggers Nov 27 Review & Giveaway
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