Book Spotlight - Prince of Mulberry: Butcher Boys & Gold Digger Girls by John Martello

Prince of Mulberry: 
Butcher Boys & Gold Digger Girls

Description
Butcher Boys & Gold Digger Girls is an ebook, orInteractive Novel (INovel) with live internet links! Unlike conventional print novels and movies,the reader controls how much historical research and visual stimulation he needs to understand and envision the characters, scenery, and plot events.

Genre: private eye murder mystery/historical fiction

Link: https://sites.google.com/site/johndmartello/

About the Author

John Martello lives in New York City. His literary mission is to help revive the old gumshoe murder mystery genre by setting the story in early 20th Century New York City adding live internet links!

Book Spotlight - Wetion by James Allan Krause

Wetion

Description

Wetion is an imaginative tale about the importance of communication in our survival. From the time of Adam and Eve, the storyline describes the defining moments of 2,000 generations since. Readers will experience early Africa, ancient Babylonia, Europe’s coming-of-age and the allure of early America. Come ponder the history of writing, and its role in the making of laws, lore, class and cures - enlighten it will!

Memories of our ancestors’ most profound experiences are stored in our brain cells. Addy Blair has been told it is possible to release these by consuming edible substances native to each of the places his ancestors once inhabited. Accompanied by his wife Evelyn, he spent three months collecting the suitable ingredients from each region shown on his chart. Upon returning home, he added smidgens of each sample to the salad prepared for the evening meal. A theory was proven when the minerals in the ingredients triggered the release of his lineage’s defining moments, those that occurred over a period of thousands of years. During one very deep sleep following the meal, the memories were unleashed.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Links to Book: Amazon
Wetion Soundtrack: Amazon


About the Author
James Allan Krause, PhD, is from a family of accomplished writers. The author has completed degree programs in France, Germany, Canada, and a PhD in the USA. The author works as a writer, songwriter, playwright and on-line educator. Wetion is the author's fourth book and first in a series of five e-book musicals planned.

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Book Tour - Fall by Cindy Paterson ~ Guest Post & Giveaway

Fall (Senses Series #3)

Cindy Paterson

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Date of Publication: May 7th 2013

ISBN: 978-0-9917327-1-5

Number of pages: 244 approx.

Word Count: 98,000

Cover Artist: Mark Paterson

Book Description:

“He’s destroying me—us. I need him like my

next breath, yet I’m suffocating.”

An unrequited love that has ripped her to

pieces.

Delara has loved Waleron for over a century.

Their intense chemistry is sensual, gripping,

irresistible. But tragedy struck, and after sixty-one years of believing he was dead, Waleron

returns a tortured man. He claims the man she loves is dead, yet the undeniable sexual tension

still pulls them together.

“I am no longer the man you love, maitagarri. I am incapable of it.”

Waleron has given his oath to protect the Senses. He will sacrifice everything for them. But there

is one Senses he has vowed to protect more than any other—Delara. He will do anything to make

certain she is safe, even if it means he must deny her the love they once shared.

She is the hunted.

Delara’s life is in jeopardy and Waleron will do anything to protect her. But he never suspected

that Xamien, the man he brings to help protect her is way more important to her than he ever

knew.

Torn between two men and hunted by another, Delara must fight her hardest battle—herself.

About the Author:

I am Xamien’s secret lover. Well, in my head I am and since I’m single this is completely allowed.
Some of you may ask, who is Xamien, don’t worry you will meet him soon enough, but no falling in
love with him. He is all mine.

Writing books is a fantastic way to have adventures that are impossible to have otherwise. I mean do you really want to fall in love with Waleron? He is so unstable and would never pick up after your dogs or clean the litter box. Not to mention the fact that he is always out killing disgusting grave robbing bug
people.

Curling up with a good book and losing yourself to another time and place is the greatest reward.
Being able to feel a character’s emotions, their fears, pain and love. Now that is incredible. I relish in the books that stay with me long after they have ended. This is what I strive for in my writing. To give the readers, and myself, an escape into another world, my world. 

I have been writing since I was twelve. My parents, sorry mom and dad, would send me to my room for an hour every night to do homework, and instead I wrote stories. Oops, guess that is why I did so bad in math. 

I have never stopped writing since then and never will. It’s like an addiction, but a good one. I adore stepping into the shoes of a character and deciding their fate. The characters are why I write. I want to fall in love with them (even the bad ones), so that I care about what happens to them in a story. If I can’t care about the characters then why bother with the story. 

I live in Toronto with a menagerie of pets that keep me on my toes.

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Guest Post

Natural Horsemanship

About twelve years ago I had a horrific horse accident. It was with my horse Spring who at the time I’d trained and owned for eight years. I competed with her in eventing for many years. For those who don’t know eventing, it is three disciplines, dressage, cross-country (galloping over natural fences) and jumping. I was pretty fearless until that day twelve years ago.

It was a beautiful fall day and I was going out for a ride on the trails with a couple of friends. We just left the stable and were walking along a path we’d been down a thousand times before. But on this day something happened and none of us know why. There was no birds flying in my path, no bees this time of year to sting her, no loud noises. My horse just went up on her hind legs and flipped over backwards landing on top of me.

I remember nothing except waking up in the hospital several hours later.

But what I took from this accident changed my way with horses and I’m indebted for it. I rode my horses, loved them, spoiled them, but what I never did was truly understand them. It led me to natural horsemanship or as some may call it ‘Horse Whispering’.

In FALL, I wrote a scene with Xamien and his two Andalusion horses and how he interacts with them. He shows how it is about respect, patience and trust—a partnership. Xamien is an Alpha male and tends to get whatever he wants, but with the horses he has earned their trust. Xamien has become the horse’s leader. Not out of force, but out of respect and understanding. That is the type of leader that a horse will follow anywhere. A horse that ‘wants’ to be with you. And having that is what makes natural horsemanship the most remarkable journey to experience.

Humans are naturally direct-line thinkers as we are predators while horses are prey animals. So, we have to start to think laterally in order to become ‘one’ with our horse.

It begins on the ground, which was the first shock. I mean who goes to the barn and doesn’t ride their horse? Well, it became me. I spent months with my horse just playing with her out in the fields or in a paddock. I had to forget everything I’d learned since I was a child about horses. I had to forget the ‘normal’ and learn how to communicate with my horse as another horse would.

Boy, the natural guys make it look easy. It’s not, but it is fun and it is so worth it. Having my horse run to me because it wants to spend time with me, having her loose in a field with other horses and she will follow me or do whatever I want with a simple body language cue from me. We run together and she stops when I do. I back up one step, she backs up one step. I give her a nod and a finger point and she goes sideways. There are no ropes, no bites, no bridles, no tying heads down, or strapping mouths shut. It is the truth.

It is raw. It is beautiful.

Today, I have two of Spring’s babies (although not babies anymore). They’re like the horses in my novel, Andalusions and they’ve only known the natural way. We have an incredible bond, a partnership.

Currently, I’m teaching Nashoda (my grey mare like Xadea in the book) how to lie down. I’m figuring it will be much easier to get on.     

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Betrayal (The Transformed #2) - Stacy Claflin

Ebook received from the author in exchange for an honest review

Description

Alexis returns to her family after being abducted by the powerful Moretti’s. She’s much more confident now that she’s learning to embrace her role as the long-awaited Sonnast.

She stumbles upon evidence that Francine is acting upon her threat to wage war. When she returns to school, a handsome new teacher takes an unusual interest in her. She believes he’s hiding something because there appears to be a link between the pending war and the teacher’s secret.

Alexis has decided between the two guys that she loves, but the other one isn’t ready to give up so easily. He’s determined to win her over at any cost, even if he must risk his life.

When Alexis finally reunites with her birth parents, she discovers a heavily guarded secret about herself which is connected to a deadly curse. Once again her entire world is turned upside down. She’s been misled and betrayed, but she won’t take it sitting down. She’s going to fight for what’s hers despite the obstacles or the consequences.

My Opinion

After reading the first book in this series (Deception) and being left on a huge cliff hanger I couldn't wait to read the sequel and see how things played out. Once again Stacy Claflin has engrossed me in her world and kept me transfixed for hours as I couldn't put the book down unless it was imperative.  

Betrayal picked up where Deception left off straight away and I was thrown instantly back into Alexis's world. It was great that the story took off so quickly as it captured my interest and didn't relent until the end. One of the issues I had with Deception was there were too many cliches in the romance between Cliff and Alexis and I was pleased to find that all though they are still madly in love their relationship came across more believable and less cheesy. The emotions felt right and it made it easy to relate and sympathise with them. As well as this the love triangle that continued was developed brilliantly and I found that my opinions of the characters have shifted from what I thought of them which is great as it shows Claflin has done a good job in their evolution. The book had its ups and downs in terms of emotions, at some points I was laughing and others I was feeling sad for the characters - I love books that can do that!

Although I didn't feel there was as much action in this book it didn't stop it being interesting and the scenes where there was it was fast paced, tense and described with the senses well. The stroyline continued to be unpredictable like in Deception and filled with twists and turns. I won't reveal who or what is introduced as it will ruin the suspense I felt when reading it for you guys but the characters who come up I wouldn't have guessed in a million years. As well as this they all tie into Alexis's life well and I couldn't fault the structure or plot - it was linked really well and was solid.

When reading Deception, although it was a vampire novel it was still pretty original to me due to the nature of Alexis's change and the vampire hierarchy. For me Betrayal lost some of the originality around the mid-way section with the introduction of a new species which I have read about a lot before. Thankfully though these characters took a back seat in the book and after a few chapters the story picked up again and became unpredictable and original once again. Even though they were less original they were still interesting to read about and it was slightly different so I did enjoy the book regardless.

Overall for me Betrayal bettered Deception and after Claflin left the story on yet another impossible cliff hanger I am dying to find out what happens in book 3 when it's released! I would definitely recommend this series to YA paranormal lovers.

4.5

               

Book Spotlight - The Metamorphosis of Elissa Brown by Rebecca Lawrance

The Metamorphosis of Elissa Brown

Description

Folk have been heard to say, 'There's madness in my family.' How would you feel if you found yourself saying, 'There's monsters in my family,' or even, 'Supernatural beings?'

Elissa Brown is an average, orange haired teenager who deems herself a geek. She lives with her Grandmother in a small village surrounded by sea and roaming hills. Her mother is dead leaving nothing but a few oddments and a smelly book of tales full of strange beings and stories of magic, love and loss.

Her heart yearns for the boy next door. Her love is unrequited until she stumbles into a world where romance becomes reality and the monsters of fairy tales are just a strand of DNA away, waiting for a catalyst to unleash them.

Buy Link: Amazon

About the Author

I always considered myself an artist who loved telling stories through pictures. For a short period of time I was an exam invigilator and the one thing that stopped me slipping into an abyss of abject boredom was my imagination. After three hours watching students, heads bowed, busily writing for their futures, I realised that I had envisioned a feature length film of my own creation, from start to finish, in my mind's eye. I came too from my internal reverie to find a poor student waving frantically, desperate for the toilet.
From then on I was obsessed with writing. I found a treasure trove of stories on browning paper, scrawled with my own childish script. Reading them I was filled with a mixture of pride that I had been an ardent writer from such a young age, and sadness that I had forgotten this storytelling passion and left many tales unfinished.
I still love drawing, especially with my children, but I am over the moon I have told a story from start to finish. Many challenges barred the way. I lost thirty thousand words when my computer crashed and I've had two children necessitating writing this novel in the wee hours of the night and in the quiet time before dawn and their rising.
The second book in this series is already underway. The time it takes me to write it depends on my little ones going to bed and being quiet until morning - here's hoping!