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Monday, January 13, 2014

Giveaway and Book Review of Cloaked in Fur

Book Review of Cloaked in Fur
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ABOUT CLOAKED in FUR
Urban Fantasy with Strong Romance.




 As a moonwulf, Daciana never expected to fall in love with a human. Hell, she never imagined that she’d abandon her pack, endanger everyone around her, and break the worst rule possible. But she did.


A rogue werewolf is killing Daciana’s friends, and she sets on capturing the creature. She’ll do whatever it takes to stop the beast. The police and her boyfriend, Inspector Connell Lonescu, are starting to question her involvement in the murders, which is endangering the pack’s secret existence. But when the pack alpha kidnaps Connell, revealing the awful truth about the creature and its connection to the pack, Daciana must choose between saving the man she loves and saving her pack family from certain death.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: T.F.  WALSH
T.F. Walsh emigrated from Romania to Australia at the age of eight and now lives in a regional city south of Sydney with her husband. Growing up hearing dark fairytales, she's always had a passion for reading and writing horror, paranormal romance, urban fantasy and young adult stories. She balances all the dark with light fluffy stuff like baking and traveling. 

She writes young adult and adult fantasy fiction.

CLOAKED IN FUR, a paranormal suspense novel, is her debut novel from Crimson Romance.

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EXCERPT:
My emotions tore between apologizing and confessing everything, yet all I managed to do was stare at his bare torso.

“Your institute has been issued passes to travel into the woods, and Vasile has yours. I can give you a lift there.” Connell cleared his throat and took my cup to the sink. “You’re awfully quiet.”


Heat exploded across my skin, and I climbed to my feet. “My mind is a swirl of thoughts, but I can’t pin any of it down. I’m devastated that my neighbor is dead, the police suspect me, and even worse, I feel you slipping away from me. So, what am I supposed to say?”

Instead of collecting me into his embrace and kissing me, Connell stood there like one of those God statues in museums that wore almost nothing, but were sculptured to perfection. I wanted to forget everything the day was about to bring and beg Connell to
make love to me until I passed out.

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Review: 

Rohang, the period in which moonwolves (young werewolves) spend time away from the pack before becoming full-fledged members of the pack and being bound to turn at will, becomes a way of life for one young woman.  She doesn’t want to return to the pack because she has found true love.  She wants to stop the transformations and live life as a human alongside her true love.

Will a dracwolf (wolf/werewolf forbidden child), misunderstandings, and a crazy alpha stop her from finding happiness?  Can she ever tell her human the truth?  Will he understand and accept her?  These questions are answered in this fabulous read.

The story evolves in such a way that you are always on the edge of your seat wondering who is involved, why people are dying, and if Daci and Connell can make things work  despite their differences.

I give this story 4 out of 5 clouds.


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Book Promo for The Pygmalion Hypnotist



Book Promo for The Pygmalion Hypnotist
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Blurb/Synopsis


Hypnotist, Darren Braid, is getting ready to launch a new line of erotic hypnosis CDs. A potential publicist suggests that he collaborate with her other clients, wannabe film producer Scott Sunderland and his discovery Liza Hill. Her plan calls for Darren to hypnotize Liza and transform her into a dominatrix. Sunderland will film the transformation and produce a series of BDSM videos.

But shortly after Darren begins hypnotizing the starlet, repressed memories of her childhood abduction begin to surface. Investigating further, he and FBI Agent, Kristen Parker, discover that Liza had been stolen as a child and sold to a ring of pedophiles. While they help Liza deal with her trauma and build her self-esteem, they discover she can identify one of the FBI's most wanted, a sadist who mentors pedophiles in hidden regions of the internet. The FBI has never identified this man offline, but finding him is their only hope of tracing Liza's origin. To find her birth mother, Darren and Kristen must help Liza control her fear and face the man who tortured her as a child. 

Excerpt

"Braid!" Kristen Parker pounded on his apartment door. She couldn't hear anything inside, but it was almost 10 pm. He had to be in there. "Braid, I'm not going away. Open this door."

After pounding for several minutes, Kristen finally heard the bolt being drawn. She didn't wait for him to open the door. As soon as it was unlocked, she pushed her way inside.

She caught a glimpse Latoya Douglas standing by the sofa before reeling on the hypnotist. "You should have told me."

"Told you what?"

"Liza. You should have told me she's being abused."

"I didn't see anyone abuse her, did you?"

"No, of course not. But he is, and you know it. Or you wouldn't have told me to watch her. Sunderland has got her so messed up, she afraid to even form an opinion, let alone express one."

"Maybe, but her problems could just as well be the result of past abuse. Unless we see it, or she complains, there's no way to know for sure.

Kristen gaped at him until she remembered that he had been a psychology professor as well as a hypnotist. He might actually know what he was talking about.

Kristen fumed as she turned away. But Latoya's presence brought her up short. The slender black woman wasn't moving. She stood completely still. She wore high heals and a black lace corset, which left her shoulders complete bare. The lace was cut high over her thighs, and dipped low in front of her breasts. Hypnotized and frozen, Latoya was a statue of elegant sensuality.

Kristen had experimented a bit with other women, but always preferred men. She had the sudden feeling that Latoya Douglas could change that. She swallowed hard as she tore her eyes away.

"We have to do something."

"Tell me what happened. First, do you want something to drink?"

Kristen nodded. "Beer, if you have it." She sat down on the sofa and tried to avoid looking at the sexy statue two feet away.

Darren went to the kitchen and came out with an open bottle of beer. Kristen took a large swig then related her experience with the starlet.

"I was afraid of that. Her self-esteem is so badly damaged that she's afraid to make even small decisions. It makes her totally dependent on Sunderland."

"We have to get her out of there."

"If you take her away from him now, she'll become dependent on you. She has to decide to leave. And before she can do that, she has to learn to make decisions and trust them.

"What can we do?"

"Exactly what we are doing. I'm hypnotizing her, and you're being her friend. Together, we encourage her to start eating properly and taking care of her health. Then we encourage her to start observing and thinking analytically. It's important to get her to start exercising her own judgement; and then to start trusting her judgement. Start with other actors, then her own acting, then other aspects of her life.

"Eventually, hopefully, she'll be able to see that she can make her life better by relying on her own judgement."

Kristen eyed Latoya's frozen body. "Like your uh, boy-toy here."

"Believe it or not, Latoya is one of the most confident and capable women I've ever met. Her self confidence lets her enjoy being controlled in the bedroom, and taking control in the boardroom."

Darren got a mischievous gleam in his eye. "Her self confidence even enables us to enjoy an occasional threesome." He was obviously teasing. But seeing this stunning black woman like this, completely vulnerable, completely available, Kristen felt tempted; too tempted.


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My Bio
Before writing my first novel, I worked as a technical writer for 17 years. I hold a BS in Engineering and an MS in Technical Communication.

Since 2000, I've been pioneering the art of hyperempiria (creating sensory experience through hypnotic suggestion.)  This is accomplished by integrating hypnotic language patterns, positive affirmations and NLP into the narrative of an audio story. One of my hypnosis programs, The Ultimate Kiss, was nominated for an "O" Award for Outstanding Innovation.
The Pygmalion Hypnotist is my second novel.


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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Book Review of Maisy and the Missing Mice

Book Review of Maisy and the Missing Mice
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Book blurb and cover

 

Title: Maisy and the Missing Mice

Author: Elizabeth Woodrum

Genre: Children’s Mystery


Maisy Sawyer is not your average fourth grade student. She is a detective with a special skill for solving mysteries. She loves black and white mystery movies, cherry lollipops, and her dog, Reesie. When a thief known as The Black Boot steals the school's mascots and her lollipops, Maisy sets out to solve the case. Can she help return the mice to their home in the science lab? Will she ever see her beloved lollipops again? Find out in the first book in The Maisy Files series.






Author Bio

Elizabeth Woodrum is a full time elementary teacher in Ohio. She began writing as early as when she was in elementary school, but more recently began writing material for use in her classroom. From that writing, grew the desire to write books for the general population of children and adults alike. The Maisy Files, a children's series, is the first series that she has published. The series currently has one book, The Missing Mice. Elizabeth plans to add more books to the series, and would also like to publish books for adults in the future.

As a reader, Elizabeth prefers the fantasy genre, but she enjoys realistic fiction as well. Some of her favorite authors include JK Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Rick Riordan, Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and Nicholas Sparks.

Originally from Indiana, Elizabeth currently resides near Dayton, Ohio with her two pets: a cat named Butterscotch and a dog named Reese Cup.

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Book Excerpts

It had all started earlier today at lunch.  Maisy and her best friend, Veronica, had been enjoying their pizza and talking about Veronica’s birthday party that was to take place tomorrow night at an Italian pizza restaurant.  They were excited that Veronica’s mom and stepdad were throwing her party at the Andiamo Pizzeria. It was the girls’ favorite restaurant in town, because it had a lot of fun stuff for kids to do.  It was a regular restaurant, but there were also a lot of games to play in the arcade. Plus, both girls tried to keep pizza as a steady part of their diets.
Maisy and Veronica had only been seated for a few minutes when the principal had come over the intercom with an announcement. Her voice was calm, but it was obvious she was annoyed. “Students, this is Principal Hollendar.  Our school mascots have been stolen from their home in the science lab.  If anyone has any information, please come to the office.  A student reported seeing a black boot disappearing around the corner in the hallway shortly before they were discovered to be missing.  That is our only clue at this time. A reward will be given to any student who helps find and return the mice.”
Veronica was furious.  She tossed her blonde hair over her shoulder and joined the other students in their shouts of anger. Maisy just closed her eyes at the mention of a clue.  She could feel her skin tingling with excitement. She loved mysteries and was excellent at solving them.  In fact, the other students knew of her talent and came to her whenever they had a problem.  They knew she would solve the case quickly and for a fair price.  But, Maisy didn’t work for money.  She worked for cherry lollipops.  They were the second most precious thing to her, the first being her little dog, Reesie.   
Maisy Sawyer was not like the average fourth grade students that attended West Valley Elementary. She had grown to love old black and white mystery movies, the kind that grandparents had watched when they were children back in the Stone Age. When she was on a case, her world seemed to fade to the black and white of one of those mystery movies.  Shades of gray colored everything.  She even imagined her bedroom at home to be her detective agency office.  Most of the time, it had walls painted in bright blue and almost everything else was purple, including Reesie’s dog bed.  But, when she was on a case, the room changed into something from an old movie.  The walls were cracked, the window’s blinds broken and stuck in one position, and it was cluttered with old boxes and furniture.  It was also shaded in gray, black, and white. The window showed a view of a city skyline, instead of the reality of a small neighborhood in a little Ohio town. The one constant between Maisy’s imaginary detective agency office and reality was her little typewriter.  Maisy didn’t have anything against computers, but she liked to type her case notes the old-fashioned way. Maisy couldn’t explain why everything changed to black and white when she was on a case.  She just knew that with her world in black and white, putting together clues to solve a mystery was much easier.

Review: 

This is a cute book about a 4th grade detective.  This is a good book for elementary school readers.  It is a fun read about a girl detective, which is an unusual premise for early elementary school books.  It is fun to have an adventure book with a female heroine.

I give this book 4 out of 5 clouds.


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