Heart Stopping Opp: #Giveaways & book tour w/ @TaraTaylorQuinn @HarlequinBooks & @PrismBookTours WIN a Kindle Fire!

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We're thrilled to be organizing a big six-month promo for Tara Taylor Quinn to celebrate her five 2016 releases!!

Tara will be releasing three new Harlequin Super Romance titles in her Where Secrets Are Safe series, a Harlequin Bestselling Author Collection release with Heather Graham, and her third Harlequin Heartwarming release. Guest authors Heather Graham and Claire McEwan will both be joining her on two different legs of the promotion.

Check out the tours and giveaway below...

Info for Bloggers

All bloggers who participate in any of the tours, will be able to enter to win 1 of 6 - $5 Amazon eGift Cards/PayPal Cash.

There is still time to join four of her tours that are part of this promotion! More information on the sign-up form below. 

The author of more than 70 original novels, in twenty languages, Tara Taylor Quinn is a USA Today bestseller with over six million copies sold. A 2015 RITA finalist Tara appears frequently on bestseller lists, including #1 placement on Amazon lists, and multiple showings on the Publisher’s Weekly Bestseller list. She has appeared on national and local TV across the country, including CBS Sunday Morning.

Tara is a supporter of the National Domestic Violence Hotline. If you or someone you know might be a victim of domestic violence in the United States, please contact 1-800-799-7233.

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Heart Stopping Tara Taylor Quinn Tours & Giveaways

LOVE BY ASSOCIATION & WILD HORSES TOUR & GIVEAWAY

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Giveaway runs through March 12th

TTQ PRE-ORDER/PURCHASE KINDLE FIRE GIVEAWAY

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Kindle Fire with Six Pre-loaded TTQ Books (books 1-6 from Where Secrets are Safe series)

US only
Ends August 31st

To Enter: Submit your receipt online for your pre-order or purchase of any of Tara Taylor Quinn’s five releases being promoted on her Heart Stopping Tour (Love By Association, His First Choice, The Promise He Made Her, Strangers in Paradise: Sheltered In His Arms, and For Love Or Money). Enter as many times as you purchase. One book purchase equals one entry (one receipt per entry and must be uploaded at time of entry).

TTQ HARLEQUIN MY REWARDS POINTS GIVEAWAY

1st Place: 25,000 Harlequin My Rewards Points – equivalent of 5 free books, reader’s choice of any book published by Harlequin/MIRA/Carina Press.
2nd Place: 15,000 Harlequin My Rewards Points – equivalent of 3 free books, reader’s choice
3rd Place: 10,000 Harlequin My Rewards Points – equivalent of 2 free books, readers choice

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The Latest and an Invitation to post on Colorimetry!

Times are changing! Since I started working full-time, I haven't had much time to post on Colorimetry. So... drum roll please... my distraction can be YOUR whipped cream -n- cherry!  :-D

I'm looking for book readers interested in sharing on Colorimetry with me!  

Book reviewers - if you don't have a blog, *sweeping bow* mi casa es tu casa!  If you do have a blog, *sweeping bow* please allow me to promote it!

Guest posters - are you writing great content? are you hoping you are writing great content but you're not sure?  I'll be taking submissions and the more creative and... uh... sarcastic, the better!

If you want  to know more, you can email me directly or sign right up!  At the very least, we'll get to email more and I'd love that!

Mistress of the Wind by Michelle Diener - Tour Sign-Ups OPEN!

New Tour/Bookblast Sign ups NOW OPEN!

 There will be a BOOKBLAST on December 17th.  We will give away a $50 Amazon Gift Card and 5 copies of Mistress of the Wind (ebook or print, international.)

For the TOUR, December 29 - January 17:

We will have a Launch and Grand Finale Blast.
There are a limited number of Guest Posts about inserted mythologies, music, etc.
Interview questions!
REVIEW the new fairy tale retelling!!
Tour-wide giveaway!

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Mistress of the Wind
by Michelle Diener
Paperback, 350 pages
Expected publication: December 23rd 2013 by Michelle Diener

Bjorn needs to find a very special woman . . . 

The fate of his people, and his own life, depends on it. But when he does find her, she is nothing like he imagined, and may just harbor more secrets than he does himself.

Astrid has never taken well to commands. No matter who issues them . . . 

She's clashed her whole life with her father, and now her lover, the mysterious man who comes to her bedroom in darkness and disappears to guard his mountain by day as a bear, is finding it out the hard way. And when he's taken by his enemies, no one is prepared for Astrid's response. 

It is never wise to anger the mistress of the wind . . . 

A captivating and magical retelling of the fairy tale East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

Michelle Diener writes historical fiction. Her Susanna Horenbout & John Parker series, set in the court of Henry VIII, includes In a Treacherous Court, Keeper of the King's Secrets and In Defense of the Queen.

Michelle's other historical novels include Daughter of the Sky, The Emperor's Conspiracy and Banquet of Lies (loosely connected to The Emperor's Conspiracy).

Michelle's first fantasy novel, Mistress of the Wind, is set for a December 23, 2013, release.

Michelle was born in London, grew up in South Africa and currently lives in Australia with her husband and two children.

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Triskele Books - planning a WEEK of Interviews and Giveaways! Sign up for the Grand Finale!

Triskele Books and Prism Book Tours presents...

A Week of Interviews and Giveaways!

November 16 - 22 Preview

16 – Literally Jen - Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat

17 – Beck Valley Books - Ghost Town by Catriona Troth

18 – Deal Sharing Aunt - Overlord, The Rise of Zenobia by JD Smith

19 – The (Mis)Adventures of a Twenty-Something Year OldGirl - The Boxset from Gillian Hamer

  

20 – Brooke Blogs - Boxset by JJ Marsh

  

21 – Colorimetry - Triskele Trail

22 – Grand Finale

Don't miss a day! 

Consecutive Interviews

Plus...

Each author is offering signed prints and ecopies of their books! 

Make sure you receive the Grand Finale to post on November 22nd!

Alliance by LM Pruit #CoverReveal Glitterary Girl Media Book Tour Sign Up

Exciting news! The best-selling Winged series from author L.M. Pruitt is getting a makeover as well as an exciting NEW addition. Each book will have all new covers. On top of all that Alliance is almost here. You all are getting a sneak peek at the next thrilling book in the series! You can purchase her books here

AMAZON * BARNES AND NOBLE

 About The Series:

Winged

I fell from the Talmadge Bridge the week before I turned thirty. I was given a choice: Go to Heaven. Go back to my life in Savannah. Or spend eternity fighting evil under the direction of the archangels. I chose the demons--and the angels. I chose the Winged. 

Uprising

In the last year, Joanne Watson has died, fallen in love, fought demons and earned her Wings. None of that compares to what's coming next.... Life as a member of the Winged isn't perfect--or easy. There's always some new camp drama. There's always a demon ready for a fight. There's always death. And now there's the Resistance.Joanne must choose again, this time between her fellow Winged and their burning desire for change or the archangels and the eternal vow she made. Even in the afterlife, one truth remains--everything ends

Lost

In the last year, Joanne Watson has survived repeated attempts on her life, wholesale slaughter, and the dissolution on the cornerstone of her new existence. And the hard times are only beginning. As the line between right and wrong, friend and foe, and good and evil continue to blur, Joanne is forced to face another irrefutable fact. The most dangerous demons to fight are the ones you can't see.

 

Hunt

The last six months have seen more death and destruction than any could have predicted. And the war is only beginning. With the fight taking Joanne and her friends from city streets to abandoned farms to the center of the earth, only one thing is certain. The hunters are now the hunted.

  

ABOUT L.M. Pruitt

L.M. Pruitt has been reading and writing for as long as she can remember. A native of Florida with a love of New Orleans, she has the uncanny ability to find humor in most things and would probably kill a plastic plant. She knows this because she's killed bamboo. Twice. She is the author of the Jude Magdalyn series, the Moon Rising series, and Taken: A Frankie Post Novel. Her current series, WINGED, is about the choice one woman makes after dying. The first four books in the series are available now. Ms. Pruitt is releasing the next book in the series, ALLIANCE, November 2013.

L.M. Loves to hear from her readers ... Look her up on any of the following:

lmpruitt.org/ TWITTER FACBOOK 

  Now what you've all been waiting for... the sneak peak at Alliance:

Alliance

The Fallen have one goal--storm the gates of Heaven and reclaim their heritage.

The Winged have one mission--to prevent it all costs.

From North America to Africa, Europe to South American, the stage is being set for the final battle, the one to end all worlds, and with it comes an ugly truth.

Keep your friends close--and your enemies closer.

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New Tour Sign Ups OPEN - Don't Mess With Mother Earth! The Tour for Gemini Rising - Ethereal Fury by Jessica O'Gorek

Don't Mess with Mother Earth

BEWARE! THE PLANET IS WOUNDED... THE GEMINI ARE RISING AND OUR TIME ON EARTH IS LIMITED...

 

The Tour for Gemini Rising - Ethereal Fury

Tour Details:

November 11 - December 20
Review eCopies available
Warring themes:

       1 - Respect our Planet

       2 - The Fury of Mother Earth

There will be: Launch, Grand Finale & Tour-Wide Giveaway: Signed book + Swag (US/Can)

Book & Author Details:

Gemini Rising - Ethereal Fury
by Jessica O'Gorek

Paperback, 263 Pages

Published April 13, 2013 by Cogent Publishing

Angry at the human race and its methodical destruction of her resources, Mother Earth recruits souls who have just left their bodies to serve Her, and turns them against humanity. Gemini, a clan of paranormal beings, picked from these possessed humans, emerges. A powerful, rising force proceeds to carry out Mother Nature’s plan to systematically destroy towns, cities, states… and eventually, the world. 

Amidst the chaos, a forbidden relationship between a human girl, Violette, and Onyx, a lead Gemini, begins. They will both find themselves in the middle of a revolutionary war that will either save, or destroy our world

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Chapters 1-3

Jessica O'Gorek

I was born in Chesapeake, Virginia on April 19th, 1979. I was raised within the American Indian religion and was taught great respect for the earth and all its living beings. Powwows, sweat lodges, vision quests, you name it, I’ve done it. I was the weird kid who would confront kids on the playground in elementary school when they squished a bug. I would very sincerely tell them what they were doing was morally wrong and then I would pray for the bug to come back as a butterfly in its next life.

​I grew up admiring my father, Barry Weinstock, as an author. He took me around the country to different places so he could research and write his Wilderness Survival books. One of his greatest works, “The Path of Power,” was written with a great medicine man, Sunbear. When I was twelve I started hand writing novels. My first one was two thousand pages. My dad always encouraged me and would rave about my writing. He gave me the confidence I needed to keep writing and follow my dream. My daughter, who is twelve, is currently working on her first novel. I hope to continue the legacy.

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New Prism Book Tour - An Incurable Insanity 10.21 - 11.1 "The Exotic Tour"

The Exotic Tour... of An Incurable Insanity by Simi K Rao

October 21 - November 1

The details:

This tour will take place from October 21 - November 1
Grand Finale November 1-5

Tour-Wide Giveaway: $100 Gift Card plus books

Review eCopies available.

Every stop can receive a splash of the exotic on this tour...

The Exotic Tour:

1. #Dawat - Recipes!  (Literally translated, "an invitation to come eat")  Authentic Indian recipes from the book by Simi available to share!!

2. #Shakti - Power! The "ideal woman" is quiet until she isn't. Explore the clash of cultures that creates the rich background in An Incurable Insanity!

3. #Desi - Culture!  The marriage ritual is beautiful and meaningful. What does it mean when he applies the vermilion powder to her hair?

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An Incurable Insanity
by Simi K Rao
Paperback, eBook, 376 pages
Published October 8, 2013 by Tate Publishing

Her heart fluttered when she heard the sound of the key turn in the lock. She quickly adjusted her maroon silk sari with the yellow border, the one that had caught his eye, and waited eagerly for his footsteps.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... Yes, exactly seven steps before he stopped, hesitated for a few moments, then removed his shoes one by one and arranged them neatly side by side on the shoe rack.

She smiled. He had been mindful of taking his shoes off every day now. "I am not used to it, but I will if you want me to. It's probably a good thing to do anyway."

As he settled down, he would pick up the TV remote and, without looking at her, would say in his smooth baritone, "So how did you spend your day, anything interesting?"

Shaan Ahuja found himself bowing to tradition and agreeing to an arranged marriage to the beautiful Ruhi Sharma. He went through the motions but had no intention of carrying through on his vows. His last foray into matters of the heart with an American girl had left him scarred and unwilling to try again. Thoroughly disillusioned and disgruntled he wasted no time in making his intentions clear to Ruhi on their wedding night. But, he was completely unprepared for what his new wife had in mind.

Goodreads * Tate Publishing * Blog * Barnes & Noble * Amazon

Simi K. Rao was born in India and has been living in the United States for several years. The inspiration for An Incurable Insanity came from what she has seen transpire among and within the immigrant community. Some of the experiences included are her own; some have been garnered from friends and casual conversations with acquaintances...



I am a physician–and to many I may appear serious and solitary. But once people get to know me better, they often think that I am frank, down to earth, with quite a quirky sense of humor. And that is what I bring to my writing—read and you shall see.

I was born in the dead center of India, but had the privilege of spending time both in the north and south. Therefore I have been able to sample and absorb to some extent the vastly diverse cultures and languages of both these regions (the very quality that imparts tremendous richness to our country’s heritage,) —a phenomenon perhaps not seen anywhere else in the world.

After immigrating to the United States in my early twenties and spending several years in this country, whenever I travel back to my homeland now, I find that I appreciate my roots a lot more. Still there is so much to see and learn, that a lifetime won’t suffice.

A Casual Fling with the Keyboard

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Arbitrate by Megan Thomason - Tour Sign Ups are OPEN! Teaming up with @toobusyreading

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I Am a Reader, Book Blasts & Blog Tours present...

Megan has made blogging life easier by coordinating with I Am a Reader and Prism at the same time. :-D  I know, she needs a tweet for that.

Kathy is organizing the tour and I am creating the Grand Finale. If you signed up for this tour over HERE, then you don't need to fill out this sign up form again. You're already on it.  If you're not already signed up... maybe check your pulse?  I don't know, just sign up already.

You'll receive all your information via Kathy at I Am a Reader for this tour. You can ask me questions, if you like and we can speculate together. It'll be fun!

No, I'm not serious.  Sorry.

Here's the scoop, copied over from Kathy at  I Am a Reader:

Book Blast – October 29th – 31st

Tour Kick Off – November 1st

Blog Tour – November 4th to 15th

Tour Finale – November 18th

BookBlast

If you are willing to put up a book blast spotlight post about this book anytime from please fill out the form below.

In exchange for putting up a book blast post you can have a spot on the rafflecopter for your facebook fan page or twitter.

Please do not sign up unless you are committed to putting up a post between October 29th – 31st.  Arbitrate will be free during these days.

Blog Tour

The blog tour will begin on November 4th to 15th. There will be a shared Rafflecopter Giveaway. Ebook review copies will be available in Mid-October.

Arbitrate:

Remember The Second Chance Institute (SCI). Earth’s benevolent non-profit by day, Thera’s totalitarian regime by night. They’ve stepped up their game on Earth and on Thera—infiltrating political parties, preying on the downtrodden, and planning offensive maneuvers. The SCI’s abuse of their charter leads to Arbiter oversight and bitter consequences.

Remember Kira Donovan. Broken, burdened, and evading those who wish her harm, Kira enlists the Arbiters’ help when forced to return to the clutches of the SCI and her angry, estranged love.

Remember Blake Sundry. Exiled, determined, and packing an agenda, Blake seeks assistance on Earth and Thera to use his newfound knowledge to bring down the SCI.

Remember Ethan Darcton. Overworked, emotional, and holding a grudge, Ethan hunts down his stolen property, but finds himself in awkward territory, stuck between the Arbiters and the SCI.

Full of action, competing agendas, romantic entanglements, humor, twists and turns, arbitrate is Megan Thomason’s third installment in the award-winningdaynight series after daynight and clean slate complex (a daynight story).

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Sail Away on a Fairy Tale Adventure Tour... with Hero by Alethea Kontis

Setting Sail on a Fairy Tale Adventure...

Sept 23 - Oct 4

Celebrating the release of Hero on Oct 1st. Yes... review eCopies available via NetGalley.

Guest Posts avail... theme of Sailing on a Fairy Tale Adventure. Details TBD. Special requests considered.

There will be a tour-wide giveaway of SIGNED copies of both Hero and Enchanted plus delicious swag to complete a Fairy Tale Gift Basket (sans actual basket. "Basket" just sounds nice, doesn't it?)

The details:

Hero
To be published October 1st, 2013

Rough and tumble Saturday Woodcutter thinks she's the only one of her sisters without any magic—until the day she accidentally conjures an ocean in the backyard. With her sword in tow, Saturday sets sail on a pirate ship, only to find herself kidnapped and whisked off to the top of the world. Is Saturday powerful enough to kill the mountain witch who holds her captive and save the world from sure destruction? And, as she wonders grumpily, "Did romance have to be part of the adventure?" As in Enchanted, readers will revel in the fragments of fairy tales that embellish this action-packed story of adventure and, yes, romance.

Goodreads

Kirkus Review:

The cover is terribly wrong—again—but Kontis’ return to the Woodcutter family is still mightily entertaining.

This story focuses on Saturday Woodcutter, whose sister Sunday from Enchanted (2012) is now queen. Saturday is a big, strong girl who has not figured out her magic, except that the ax she was given as an infant has turned into a sword that strengthens and heals. Tossing away a magic mirror endangers her whole family, especially her changeling brother, Trix, and she goes off to find and save him. She’s mistaken for her lost brother, Jack Woodcutter, by a blind witch whose eyes he stole and who imprisons Saturday. The witch also keeps captive a man named Peregrine, magicked by the witch’s daughter into taking her place. Peregrine does his best to keep busy and sane, while dressing as a woman and trying to both serve and outwit the witch. Peregrine and Saturday are a wonderful couple, as they spar, miss signals and exchange roles, aided by Betwixt, a chimera also held by the witch. There is hardly a fairy-tale or gender trope that Kontis doesn’t turn on its head, and readers don’t need to know about Hercules cleaning out the Augean Stables to find Saturday’s impossible task of cleaning the witch’s bird’s nest both hilarious and revolting.

Whether Kontis tells the tales of other Woodcutter children or not, readers will await her next with joyful anticipation. (Fantasy. 11-18)

The first in the series (no review copies avail from me, but ok to review on the tour):


Enchanted

Published May 8, 2012

It isn't easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday’s only comfort is writing stories, although what she writes has a terrible tendency to come true.

When Sunday meets an enchanted frog who asks about her stories, the two become friends. Soon that friendship deepens into something magical. One night Sunday kisses her frog goodbye and leaves, not realizing that her love has transformed him back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland—and a man Sunday’s family despises.

The prince returns to his castle, intent on making Sunday fall in love with him as the man he is, not the frog he was. But Sunday is not so easy to woo. How can she feel such a strange, strong attraction for this prince she barely knows? And what twisted secrets lie hidden in his past - and hers?


Alethea Kontis

New York Times bestselling author Alethea Kontis is a princess, a goddess, a force of nature, and a mess. She’s known for screwing up the alphabet, scolding vampire hunters, turning garden gnomes into mad scientists, and making sense out of fairy tales.Alethea is the co-author of Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark-Hunter Companion, and penned the AlphaOops series of picture books. Her short fiction, essays, and poetry have appeared in a myriad of anthologies and magazines. She has done multiple collaborations with Eisner winning artist J.K. Lee, includingThe Wonderland Alphabet and Diary of a Mad Scientist Garden Gnome. Her debut YA fairy tale novel, Enchanted, won the Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award in 2012 and was nominated for both the Andre Norton Award and the Audie Award in 2013.

Born in Burlington, Vermont, Alethea now lives in Northern Virginia with her Fairy Godfamily. She makes the best baklava you’ve ever tasted and sleeps with a teddy bear named Charlie.

You can find Princess Alethea online at: www.aletheakontis.com.

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Cover Blitz Sign Ups with Prism Book Tours and Anne Elisabeth Stengl

Cover Reveal Blitz

with Anne Elisabeth Stengl

Anne Elisabeth Stengle is releasing the COVER to her new, self-published, illustrated Novella, Goddess Tithe, this September 23rd... this BLITZ is for...

September 23 - 25

We'll be uncovering:

 * Front Cover
 * Back Cover Copy
 * Excerpt from the story!
 * Sneak Peek Illustration
 * New Blog Page with Extra Features

PLUS... ANNE ELISABETH WILL BE GIVING AWAY THREE PROOF COPIES!!!!

You're wondering when I'll quit jabbering and share the Sign-Up form, right? Lol. First... If you want to research a little bit, here's our Grand Finale posts for:

Dragonwitch

Starflower

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Prism Book Tour Sign-Ups - Cassie's Cowboy Crave by Kimberly Krey

I love Kimberly Krey!!!!!

Writing Romance That’s Clean Without Losing the Steam!

If you don't know... this is the beautiful face behind all the Prism Book Tours banners. She was the first author brave enough to sign up for a tour with her book, Evie's Knight, and we've been in-cahoots ever since.

For this tour, I personally think we should quiz Kimberly Krey on her methods for writing clean romance. Topics like... 

  * Romantic Settings
  * First Kiss
  * Creating more Tension
  *

These are things we readers need to know.  :-)  Things Kimberly Krey does remarkably well!!

For this tour:

  * Review eCopies are available
  * Steamy Clean theme posts are in the works
  * Tour-wide awesome Giveaway
  * Launch and Grand Finale posts available



The Details:

Cassie's Cowboy Crave
Sweet Montana Bride Series
by Kimberly Krey
Published July 12, 2013

Twenty-four-year-old Cassie Lovell has a great job, good friends, and an apartment with a killer view. That is, until life is turned upside down. Without the chance to say goodbye, Cassie is forced into a witness protection program on Emerson Ranch. Just when she fears life is doomed, Cassie meets Shane Emerson, the stunningly handsome cowboy who’ll be posing as her newlywed groom. 

Shane Emerson is determined not to fall for the woman he’s agreed to harbor. Especially since the whole thing was his family’s way of trying to get him hitched. So why is it when he takes Cassie into his home, Shane wants nothing more than to turn their make-believe marriage into more than just a sham? 

In a moment of weakness, Shane steals a kiss. 
In return, Cassie steals his heart. 
Yet before they confess their undying love, 
a hidden danger threatens to tear them apart.

*Although this novel is considered clean romance, it does contain passionate kissing and a few mild curse words.

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Kimberly Krey

I'm a writer of contemporary clean romance, a lover of home, family, & friends, & the ultimate hater of laundry.

A few of my favorite things: Diet Coke, Cafe Rio, and novels by Marcia Lynn McClure.

I do not go anywhere without: SoftLips Chapstick and Altoids Smalls. 

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