âWhen the odds are stacked against you, you donât run and hide. You step up and give life the middle finger.â
Author: Becca Lee
Title: A Perfect Love
Series: Perfect #2 (Can be read as a standalone)
Cover Design by: LM Creations
Edited by: Hot Tree Editing
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Jo is confident her life is about to spiral out of control and change irrevocably. What she doesnât expect is just how far her world will tilt. Floundering and confused, she discovers life and love isn't always knee deep in hearts and flowers. Sometimes, lifeâs middle finger is pointed firmly in the air.
Liam never expected perfect, but from the moment he said "I do", he knew he had it. What he doesnât expect, is life throwing crapballs the size of Ayres Rock at him! Sometimes, lifeâs aim is a little too accurate.
When Mother Nature steps in and throws their world into disarray, Liam and Jo need to decide just how far theyâre willing to go to find their perfect love.
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âWhat did Liam say? Howâd he take it?â
I snorted, spraying a few crumbs on her bed. She raised a brow at me. âWell, he passed out, and I think he may have even knocked himself out, as well, after that by banging his head.â
She laughed, holding on to her ribs as she did so. âHoly shit. Really? I wish I could have seen that. What did you do? Is he okay?â
âI threw frozen veggies at him.â
Ella laughed again. âAwww, your maternal instincts are kicking in.â
Reaching for another cookie, I looked at her and guffawed. âThatâs what I thought. It has to count for something.â Continuing to look at me, Ella remained quiet. I knew she was waiting for me to continue. âHe was as freaked out as me. Now he keeps having this weird smile on his face and looking at my stomach and me. Last night, I woke up needing a pee to find him beneath the blanketsâ¦â I laughed at her raised eyebrows.
âDo I want to hear this story?â
âI would have been bloody ecstatic if he was going down on me, but the weirdo had his ear to my stomach and was lying perfectly still. After I realised I wasnât going to get lucky, I asked him what the hell he was doing. You know what the dork told me?â Ella pursed her lips, a slight smile playing at the corners. âHe was listening. What the hell did he think he was going to hear, for Christâs sake?â There may have been a part of me that was just slightly touched by his dorkiness. It was ridiculously sweet, and yes, weird as hell as I was only barely pregnant, but the knowledge that he was actually beginning to get excited about being a dad made me feel a bit gooey inside.
âDid your ovaries just spasm?â
âWhat?â
âI swear my ovaries just went into a spasm or something. That has to be the sweetest thing Iâve ever bloody heard, and from Liam, hard-arse extraordinaire. Damn, I may just need to call up Preston and see if he can pop by for half an hour.â
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Spending the last few years near the Queensland coast, Becca is rarely out of the sea or off the beach. Dragging her long board with her and her overworked Kindle Fire, Becca enjoys her three addictions: reading, surfing and ogling surfers, one of whom is her husband of ten years.
She can still be found regularly on the beach with her family. Becca tends to leave the surfing to her boys; she's far too busy immersed in her own writing or, of course, with her head still buried in a new read.
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LEGACY OF A DREAMER, Allie Jean, Paranormal
Chantal Breelan is plagued by horrible nightmares too realistic to ignore. Her past has been a mystery, and the foster system isn’t providing any answers. Starting a new life alone at eighteen is a challenge, especially when things that go bump in the night appear out of the shadows, and her dreams begin to breach reality. Darkness surrounds her from all sides, but is it only evil that hides in the shadows, or are the answers to her past lingering just beyond?
ZOMBIFIED, Maggie LaCroix, Paranormal Fantasy
Monsters know their place: vampires are sexy; zombies just decompose. But Maggie La Croix’s Zombified conjures up an entirely different kind of undead raised by good old-fashioned Voodoo. Take Henri—still gorgeous, over one hundred years after his death. And now a hurricane has set him free from a curse.
Enter Josie, a reporter with her eyes on Henri. But falling for a man without a heartbeat could get her more than a broken heart. It could get her zombified.
THE SIX, K.B. Hoyle, Fantasy
Darcy Pennington feels like she is an insufferably average thirteen-year-old, but when a change in her dad’s job forces her to attend Cedar Cove Camp, she unwittingly stumbles upon a magical gateway. Along with five other teenagers, she will travel to a world called Alitheia. The “arrival of the Six” was prophesied long ago, but will she have what it takes to save Alitheia?
MORE, T.M. Franklin, Paranormal
Haunted by terrifying nightmares and certain she’s being watched, college student Ava Michaels finds an unlikely ally in Physics tutor Caleb Foster. But Caleb isn’t quite what he seems. In fact, he's not entirely human, and he's not the only one.
Together, the duo faces a threat from an ancient race bent on Ava’s capture, and possible extinction. As Ava fights to survive, she learns the world’s not what she thought.
It's a little bit more.
THE SILVER CRESCENT, Debby Grahl, Paranormal
An ancestor’s tale of betrayal, murder and a stolen fortune in silver leads Elise Baxter to Max Holt’s Victorian inn.
She is reluctantly, though irresistibly, attracted to Max. Leery of loving again, Max lets passion overrule caution, tumbling them into an erotic encounter.
Guided by ghosts and opposed by an evil presence, the couple searches for the treasure. But there are others who will stop at nothing to unlock the mystery of the Silver Crescent.
THE MEMORY HEALER, Julie Filarski, Paranormal
When Beth Montgomery reluctantly agrees to carry out a psychic assessment of Carrington House, she is transported to another era, where she sees a date on a calendar that fills her with dread.
Back in the present time and sensing an eternal bond with the irresistible Dr Matthew Jamieson, she wonders whether he was once the darkly handsome but unfaithful Samuel Methven. Beth must regress to the tragic events of 1895 to learn the truth.
HUNTED, Lorenz Font, Paranormal
Disease is ravaging the vampire community in New York City’s underworld. Harrow Gates is sick, alone, and hunted. When Pritchard Tack offers him a new beginning, he is in no position to refuse.
Jordan is a young vampire whose only focus is revenge. In her search for her family’s killer, she meets a man who threatens to pull her heart away from her sworn mission. Is love strong enough to override her thirst for vengeance?
MOUNTAIN CHARM, Sydney Logan, Paranormal
“True love and sweet whispers, till death do us part;
Send someone to love my Appalachian heart.”
At the age of thirteen, Angelina Clark followed in the footsteps of her ancestors by casting an Appalachian love spell, which promised she would blossom into a beautiful and gifted woman who would find her true love. A young Angelina had been thrilled to participate in the sacred ritual, but through the years, her father’s untimely death and her mother’s failing health have shaken Angelina’s magical faith to its core. As her twenty-first birthday approaches, she refuses to practice her supernatural gifts and no longer believes in the love charm.
REDEMPTION, Lindsey Gray, Paranormal
Life is for living. Afterlife is a chance at redemption. As the only remaining female vampire in existence, Lily attempts to make her way towards her ever after. But with best friend Becca, new beau Ian, human husband Ryan, Archangel Peter, and a host of demons all standing in the way of Lily's chance at a peaceful eternity, how can she possibly survive?
CONVERGENCE, J.D. Watts, Paranormal
Daniella Rossi is a nineteen-year-old college student who sees the world quite differently than those around her. From infancy, she was aware of the beings that walked among her kind who were not like them, as well as her own personal Guardian who watched over her. Dani always knew she was different, but she never dreamed the full scope of her importance. When a new male Guardian comes to replace her lifelong friend and companion, will Dani be able to accept him as she deals with a world full of the other Children of Creation, Angels, both good and evil?
OBVIOUS CHILD, Warren Cantrell, SciFy
In 2015, Sam Grant is chosen to take part in a contest that will choose the world’s first time traveler. There’s just one problem—Sam doesn’t want anything to do with the contest. Yet his deliberately profane public appearances and sabotaged interviews only boost ratings. Now stuck, Sam must plot how he’ll get out of the contest, or if he should embrace it all and become the most famous person in history.
GHOSTWRITER, Lissa Bryan, Paranormal
Unemployed, with her savings dwindling, Sara Howell thinks things are looking up when she lands a ghostwriting job and rents the affordable island home of her favorite author, Seth Fortner, who mysteriously disappeared in 1925.
Strange things happen, making Sara wonder if Seth ever left. When she finds an old trunk of Seth’s letters, she delves into a world she never imagined, filled with love and a family curse it seems only she can break.
THE STARS ARE FALLING, Michelle Birbeck, Paranormal
Jenny’s life revolves around surviving university, watching the stars, and staring at her housemate, Dale. But as the night sky glows with the light of falling stars, Jenny’s classes and crush seem unimportant. The Stars are retaking Earth, saving mother nature by eliminating the problem. Together, Jenny and Dale can save the world and the human race, but surviving long enough to convince the Stars of that is perilous and may kill them both.
EVERYBODY OUT OF THE LAUNDROMAT, I NEED TO THINK!,
Phil G. Glenn, Paranormal
When the ordinary life of Virgil Blaine crosses the path of the even more ordinary Doug Coulthard, it sets off a series of extra-ordinary events. Doug Coulthard is a Filing Clerk and the President of the Unpublished People’s Poet’s Party –Political Unit (UPPPPU) where a catastrophe has just happened; two of his long time members have been published. The UPPPPU goes on a recruiting drive by distributing leaflets, one of which finds its way into Virgil Blaine’s pocket. Virgil Blaine, who is a slight poet himself, attends one of the meetings where he meets Forward Slash who offers Virgil Blaine a job. The offer comes with two things Virgil Blaine has never had; a job and a car and on a whim he accepts. The problem is, through no effort of his own, his position is suddenly elevated. Virgil Blaine says the job is ‘messing with his DNA – Deliberate Non-Achiever’ and he misses his old life and so hatches a plan to get it back…
SEBASTIAN AND THE AFTERLIFE, William j. Barry, Paranormal
Sebastian, an average seventeen-year-old boy, has just paid this debt. He awakes in a surreal world somewhere between mortal life and the afterlife, where the Grim Reaper rules and his loyal agents maintain the law. But not all is peaceful in this mystical realm. Axis Red and his soul pirates threaten the future of all who dwell there.
Sebastian soon finds himself at Sapentia, a high school for the departed. There he makes new friends but longs for his lost love, Sarah, who is still alive in the mortal world. Some things are forbidden; some lines cannot be crossed. What will Sebastian risk to be close to Sarah again?
Continue the adventure with Sebastian and the Afterlife Book II - Agents of the Reaper
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K. B. Hoyle’s Top Ten Tips for World Building an Alternate Universe Any writer of any genre has to be able to successfully suspend the disbelief of their readers. Writers of speculative genres such as Science Fiction and Fantasy have an extra challenge. Not only do they have to suspend the disbelief of their readers, but they have to do so in such a way that an entirely invented world is accepted as plausible, and even desirable. I automatically think of the blockbuster movie Avatar when I consider this topic. The screenwriters built their alternate universe so successfully that there were people in the audience who couldn’t separate fiction from reality. Help and suicide hotlines were set up in the wake of that movie for people who fell into deep depression over their desire⎯and inability⎯to go to Pandora. On the one hand, obviously this is not the desired response one wants to ellicit! On the other hand, I can’t help but admire the skill of the world building that took place in the screenwriting. Not only did their audience buy it, but they bought it and, in some cases, found it more desirable than reality. For my own writing, this confirmed a conviction I’ve long held: People want to be transported, and it’s the fiction writer’s job to transport them successfully. So how is this done? I’ve had to wrestle with this over the past seven years that I’ve been writing, and I’ve come up with some principles to abide by. 1) Ground the alternate universe in reality. Maybe it seems odd to begin this way, but I firmly believe that no writer can create something ex nihilo. We all write from a repertoire of experiences and knowledge we have stored away, even if we can’t remember how, when, or why we came up with something for our stories. So when world building, your alternate universe should be consistent with reality. There are a number of ways to do this, and much of it takes place in the character building I mention below, but I think one of the best science fiction examples is found in C. S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy. In the first book, when the character Ransom disembarks on Mars, he observes trees and mountains that are impossibly tall and skinny with heavy tops. The smaller gravitational pull on Mars allows these sorts of natural formations to exist without toppling over, and Lewis at once succeeds in creating a fantastic foreign environment that simultaneously makes the reader feel like, “Oh sure, that makes sense!” His alternate universe is consistent with reality, consistent with the laws of physics, and suspension of disbelief is achieved. 2) Focus on character building. People your universe with characters real people will relate to and care about. Ultimately, the alternate universe only comes alive through the characters. They are what the reader invests in, and they’re what the reader follows through the story. The reader is a shadow of a character or characters and experiences the world you’ve created through foreign eyes. If you’ve written weak, poorly conceived characters, it won’t matter how much beautiful planning you’ve put into your world building because the reader won’t be able to become immersed in it. 3) Plan ahead. I’m sure I sound like a broken record with this for anyone who’s ever followed my blog, but I really can’t stress enough the importance of planning ahead, especially in regard to world building. If you don’t plan out your alternate universe in detail before you write, your reader might be able to tell, and once they can identify the weaknesses in your world, suspension of disbelief wans. Along these same lines… 4) Do your homework. This is part of the planning process, obviously, but you must discipline yourself to work on the research aspect of your planning. Some of this will be ongoing as you write, but much must also be done before you start. For example, if you’re going to be using genetic manipulation as a major catalyst in your plot, make sure you actually know how genetics works! This doesn’t mean you have to become an expert in genetics, but knowing the basic principles is a must. The same applies to any aspect of your story that is grounded in reality. 5) Become a resident of your alternate universe. Imagine yourself living in your alternate universe. What would you see? Touch? Smell? Hear? What would you desire to experience? How would you react upon being introduced to this alternate universe? Answer these questions honestly, and then apply the answers to your characters. If you can’t imagine yourself reacting to your alternate universe the ways you have your characters reacting to it, then neither will your readers. 6) Write what you know. Yes, even in science fiction, you must write what you know. Piggybacking on the example of genetics I used above, if you know absolutely nothing about genetics, but you want to use it as your story catalyst, then maybe you should re-think your story. While you can (and should) always do research, you should also start with a basis of something you know or are at least interested in. And if you don’t know anything about it, but are interested in it, then be prepared to put in a long haul of homework. Readers aren’t stupid. They can tell when you’re making stuff up. 7) Treat the alternate universe like a character in the story. Your alternate universe should never be static. Is the world we live in static? No! And neither should your created world be. Treat it like a character in the sense that it should also be dynamic. I’m not suggesting you should give it actual thoughts and emotions (unless that’s your story premise!), but you should imagine how the universe would naturally respond to the conflicts in your stories. 8) Be thorough. Most readers can see through a flimsy, shabbily-crafted alternate world. You must create more than a façade; the reader can’t just look at the world from one angle, but be able to immerse in it and evaluate it from many angles and perspectives. Be prepared to answer tiny, detail-oriented questions from readers who may come to know your work in ways you never anticipated. Are you creating a world where everyone is purple? Be prepared to know, and explain, why they are purple. “I just liked the idea” doesn’t work for the astute reader. Does it help them camouflage into their environment? Does it keep them cool during hot, sunny days? Is it because their blood is purple? Why is this an optimal color for their environment, and what does it say about their identity? These are the sorts of thorough, nitpicky things you must figure out as the writer. And let me tell you, from experience, readers are super impressed when you can flawlessly defend your reasoning behind aspects of your alternate universe! 9) Go big or go home. Like comedy, or performance of any sort, I suppose, you have to be fully committed to your craft to sell it to your audience. Go big, or go home. Demonstrate that you buy your alternate reality, and your readers probably will, too. Be your own biggest champion. Sometimes this involves making risky decisions when you’re figuring out the particulars. More than once when I’ve been writing, I’ve stopped and thought, “This is too much. Either my readers are going to buy it and love it, or they’re going to not buy it, think it’s cheesy, and hate it.” Usually when this happens, I evaluate if I truly think it will add to the secondary world I’m creating. If the answer is yes, then full tilt ahead! 10)Choose your reveal. I’ve saved what is possibly the most important one for the end ⎯ choosing your reveal. A book I use with my creative writing students says one of the primary functions of an author is to be an Enchanter. I would take that one step further and say that an author must be a Manipulator. You manipulate the experience of your readers. You may have crafted the most beautiful, thorough, grounded-in-reality, imaginative world the reading community has ever seen, but if you botch how you reveal that world to the readers, you may as well throw all your hard work in the trash. Choosing voice, perspective, and tense, as well as through which character/characters your reader will experience the unfolding of the world is of crucial importance. Some of you may choose a more in medias res approach, but I like to perform my reveal through virgin eyes. In my first dystopian novel, BREEDER, the perspective is limited (first person present) to Pria, a character escaping a sheltered home to experience the real world for the first time. Because it’s all new to Pria, it’s also all new to the reader, and they experience her wonder and shock at things that other characters find mundane. It’s also a slow unfolding that way, as the reader only learns what Pria learns as she learns it. Imagine how much wonder would be lost from a story like Harry Potter, for example, if the reader got to jump around from character to character and learn things all at once. Be diligent and purposeful in choosing your voice and perspective. It can make all the difference in how your alternate universe is received by your readers!
In the 22th Century, the people of the Solar System have banded together against an alien invasion. Unfortunately, they’re losing—badly. As the only Natural remaining in the genetically engineered officer corps of the United Planet’s fleet, Henry Gallant has unique mental abilities that have proven essential to the defense against the Titan invaders. Nevertheless his fellow officers lack faith in him, and worse, he has angered prominent men by speaking truth to power. Despite this, Admiral Collingsworth has given him command of the Warrior, the most advanced stealth warship in the UP arsenal and ordered him to the alien’s main base to spy, intrigue, and disrupt their war capacity. Gallant’s mission leads to risky battles and painful choices, but no choice is more personal, or intimate, than the choice to face your own death. And for Henry Gallant—a flawed young man, in a hopeless situation, against overwhelming odds—a dreadful decision looms before him. He has only one saving grace—he is unafraid. Purchase link: AMAZON
About the author:As a scientist and author specializing in technology innovation, H. Peter Alesso has over twenty years research experience at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). As Engineering Group Leader at LLNL he led a team of computer scientists and engineers in innovative applications across a wide range of supercomputers, workstations and networks. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. and served in the U.S. Navy on nuclear submarines before completing an M.S. and an advanced Engineering Degree at M.I.T. He has published several software titles and numerous scientific journal and conference articles, and he is the author/co-author of seven books. (Website www.hpeteralesso.com) Facebook | Goodreads | Website | Literary Addicts
A world of Romance, Magic, Gods and Fallen Angels... have you entered it yet?
If you've read Dianna Hardy's Witching Pen series, you will have been treated to a mesh of paranormal (often erotic) romance, urban fantasy, and the more fringe 'Godpunk'. Following the journey of three women with hidden powers, it takes unexpected twists and turns, right up until its explosive ending.
But there was one loose thread: Lucifer.
What happened to Lucifer?
Now, you finally get to find out.
We are excited to announce that Saving Eve is available to purchase in both eBook and paperback!
Saving Eve
Amid long, wild grass, a snake slithers, hidden.
Hidden until a man opens his eyes...
Awaking with amnesia in St Mary's Hospital, after a near-fatal freak accident, he is known only as Luc. With the help of Evie Gold, the kind, young woman who found him, he starts a new life - a second chance, a clean slate.
A bond burgeons between them.
But disturbing dreams of dark deeds become waking recountings. A blackness is uncoiling - seductive, familiar and dangerously provocative.
An ancient craving stirs; an old addiction rises.
Nothing is as it seems, and as reality crumbles, Luc finds himself asking, not just who he is, but...
Who is Evie?
From the author of the international bestselling Witching Pen series, Dianna Hardy takes a seed from The Last Dragon, and brings you an existential story of two beings in search of completion.
And if you haven't picked up The Witching Pen series yet, you are seriously missing out. The first book – which gives you just a small taste of the larger-than-life storyline – is FREE at most eBook stores, and the entire series can be bought in one boxed set.
THE COMPLETE BOXED SET of the UK paranormal / urban fantasy romance series that has taken readers by surprise.
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Book One: The Witching Pen
Book Two: The Sands Of Time
Book Three: The Demon Bride
Book Four: The Last Dragon
Plus bonus short story prequel, Wilted
(Also available as individual volumes.)
Elena, a thirteenth generation witch, is the most powerful witch on the planet; Amy is hidden from her true self, and Mary feels the pain of mankind.
On the appearance of a magic pen, three women uncover family secrets and deep betrayal, to discover they are more than they've been led to believe - for better or worse.
Alongside the men, demons and angels who love them, they are thrown into a supernatural world where time becomes muddied, where new and ancient merge, where forged bonds cannot be broken, and matters of the heart are never black and white.
And then, there's the impending apocalypse.
Unique, fun, fast-paced, sexy and passionate, this is paranormal romance that combines the dark with the light, and the sweet with the gritty.
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Dianna Hardy is a UK-based, international bestselling author of The Witching Pen series, and the Eye Of The Storm series. She combines a titillating mix of contemporary and paranormal romance, as well as urban and dark fantasy, into her writing, to bring you stories that are action-packed, fast-paced and not short of heat, with the focus on both character development and the plot. She writes full-length novels and short fiction. You can read all about her and her books one her website: http://www.diannahardy.com or feel free to catch up with her via Facebook.
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