Fireblood (Fireblood #1) by Trisha Wolfe Cover Reveal

Fireblood: Fireblood #1
By Trisha Wolfe
Release Date: 2013
From Spencer Hill Press

Book Description from Goodreads:
To save a kingdom, Zara must choose between a prince who could be the answer and a rising rebellion that threatens to take control.

When Zara Dane is chosen to marry Prince Sebastian Hart, son of the man who ordered her father’s capture, Zara knows she must fight to save everything she loves from ruin.

Being betrothed to the prince means a life trapped behind the towering stone walls of the Camelot-forged realm. Under the watchful eye of the prince's first knight, Sir Devlan Capra, changing her future becomes difficult.

When an unlikely rebel reveals the truth about the deadly secrets that fuel King Hart’s twisted world, Zara’s path to rescue her father becomes clouded by deception. The Rebels clear her path by forcing Zara’s hand with an ultimatum: sway Prince Sebastian to join the Rebels, convincing him of his father’s evil nature, or they will take him out.

But Zara is uncertain about a future under the Rebels’ command and where the prince’s heart truly lies. She must decide who to trust, what to believe, and what she’s truly fighting for before the king destroys all of Karm, including her heart.

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I’m the author of the YA Steampunk/Paranormal Romance DESTINY'S FIRE (Omnific Publishing) and the upcoming YA Sci-Fi Utopian FIREBLOOD from Spencer Hill Press, November 2013. My published short stories have appeared in YA literary journals, Fantasy magazines, and anthologies. I’ve written four books in the past two years, and I’m currently working on a new YA Sci-Fi project.

I’m the creator of YA Bound, a promotional blog for the Young Adult genre. Also a proud member of YALITCHAT.ORG, SCWW, and The Apocalypsies.

And I’m also a business owner, partnered with my partner, my husband. When I’m not busy doing all of the above, I’m a wife and the mother of a gorgeous teen boy who's the sounding board for my male characters.

Check out my website TrishaWolfe.com for more on my books and short stories. Follow me on Twitter @TrishWolfe

Emerge by Lila Felix Review, Interview and Giveaway

Jenna has spent too long being complacent and accepting. Her mother and step-father constantly belittle and berate her for simply being alive. She passes through life keeping everyone and everything at arm’s length because it’s just not worth the questions or the pity party. She takes what they dish out and just tries to survive.

She has thought up a million different ways to get away from them, but lacked the motivation and the sheer will. Like a fast moving tornado, her motivation comes in the form of a boy who cares for her as none other has and who shows her a glimpse of hope, a glimpse into a life she never thought she could have.

But is her new motivation enough to get her out…

MY REVIEW

5 OF 5 CARLOS'S

Emerge is one of those stories that will stay with you forever. You are so drawn into Jenna's story that you are right there with her feeling her pain and feeling her love. She is a strong character that knows right from wrong and lives with all the wrongs that were done to her. Despite her family trying to bring her down she laughs and smiles and keeps her spirits up and in the end something totally epic happens to her and she shines like the star she is.

Jenna lives her life on eggshells. She never knows who she is going to come home to. Her mother is bipolar and she has her different personalities and when she comes home she has to be careful not to upset her mother because there will be hell to pay. So Jenna comes home and takes care of her sister and goes to work. She avoids her mother and step father by going to school and keeping out of trouble. That is until she meets Carlos.

Jenna's English class is combined with another class and they meet up in the drama room. There she meets the guy of her dreams. She sees him across the way and can't stop staring at him. She is caught staring at him but he only smiles at her and thus the beginning of her first relationship with a boy. Carlos and Jenna start up a friendship that grows more and more each day until they have a relationship. Carlos is such a gentlemen never forcing her to do anything and never asking anything from her. As their relationship gets stronger Jenna gets stronger and realizes that she does not have to live with the abuse she has to endure everyday because she is eighteen and she can go off on her own.

Through the help of a neighbor and Carlos Jenna gets away from her abusive mother and starts a life with Carlos by her side. To me Carlos is what a man really is. He takes care of her and loves her and expects nothing back in return. He loves her and encourages her to do whatever it is she wants in life. This story tugged at my heart and I so love loved it! This is one of those romances where you say WOW can I please clone the main male character.I recommend it to everyone! Happy Reading and get some tissues because once you see how a man is supposed to treat a woman you will be crying like a crazy person!

INTERVIEW WITH LILA FELIX

Today I would like to welcome Lila Felix author of Emerge. This is a story about love, loss and redemption. Lila thank you for stopping by to hang out with A Diary Of A book Addict readers. I read your book in one day and I have to say I laughed and cried and screamed when I read the epilogue. I just absolutely loved it and I am so grateful you stopped by today to answer some questions for your fans!

Why did Jenna stay so long with her mother? Why didn’t she just go live with her dad?

This is tough. I think that sometimes when people have been living in an abusive situation for so long that they just start to accept it as normal. It’s a sad situation, but I think Jenna had just given up on having anything better. Jenna’s Dad, and this wasn’t in the book, gave up custody of her in court when she was little. I think she was still a little hung up about that, which is why she didn’t seek him out sooner.

When Jenna first saw Carlos in class what was she really thinking about him?

You mean other than she wanted to climb in his lap and kiss the Drama Class right out of him? Well, she saw something in him that she had never seen before. She saw the first glimpse of someone who didn’t expect anything in return for his love. She saw comfort and compassion and security. It was all new for her, but she recognized it immediately.

When Carlos first spoke to Jenna was she afraid to talk to him?

Let’s put it this way; she was so nervous that her voice was even shaking. Poor Jenna, at one point her innards were shaking like a Chihuahua on meth. She was afraid that whatever hope she had she would kill with one conversation. She had no self-esteem.

How long did Carlos like Jenna before he saw her in the Drama class?

That boy tortured himself for months after he saw her get onto the bus through the school gates. He took different walkways around school and scoped out lunch spots and even started asking random people if they knew her. He drove himself ape crap about it.

Why did Carlos have to work so much? Where were his parents and brother?

Carlos shared an apartment with his brother Saul because they didn’t want to live with their Dad and Step-Mom anymore. And Saul wasn’t…um…keeping up with his share. So Carlos worked and worked and worked. Also, a cool thing about Carlos, that Jenna didn’t discover until later, was that his mom lived in Central America and sent money to her every week to help out. Makes you love him more, huh?

What was going through Carlos’s mind when Jenna told him she was going to visit her father?

Well, a lot of things. He wanted her to see her Dad, he did. But it was also hard knowing that she would be so far away and that her Mom would be close and he was too far away to do anything if something happened to her.

Can you tell us 7 random things about Carlos and Jenna that we did not get to read about?

1. Carlos and Jenna are closet Metallica super fans. Their song is “Nothing Else Matters”

2. Carlos has a serious watch fetish.

3. Jenna is deathly afraid of live fish and dead whole fish. Their eyes freak her out!

4. Their first two babies were preemies.

5. Jenna will not let anyone but Carlos touch her feet…ever.

6. Carlos has a tattoo of a thunderbird on the back of his thigh that Jenna didn’t see until…um…later.

7. There is always ice cream in their refrigerator, always.

Where is your favorite place to write?

In my big ugly pink old chair. It’s so ugly but so comfy.

Do you have any other books in the works right now? I have to say Emerge is a re-read for me because I loved it so much!

Ugh…that makes me just giddy! Yes, I am working on Perchance right now, which might have a sequel called Perhaps. It’s about Cooper and Remi but that’s all I’m going to say for now. I am shooting for an early October release. I’m excited for everyone to read this one!

Lila thank you so much for stopping by and answering my questions. I am looking forward to reading more from you and also if you could let me clone Carlos I would greatly appreciate it because I need me a Carlos in my life!

Thank you Tee! Carlos is one of a kind and meant only for Jenna. But I firmly believe that there’s a Carlos out there for everyone!

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Chasing McCree by J.C. Isabella Blog Tour Stop

Chasing McCree
By JC Isabella
Release Date: 04/14/12
E-book only (Print soon)
182 pages

Briar Thompson had it all. The right clothes, the right friends, the right car. Being popular was all that mattered. Her parents were rich and treated like royalty throughout the community. She thought her senior year of high school was going perfectly, until the night her drink was spiked at a party by one of her so called friends.

That was the night she met Chase McCree.

Chase wanted to go back to Montana. To the ranch and the wild, wide blue sky that went on forever. He wanted nothing to do with flashy cars or spoiled rich kids. But he found himself head over boots for the quirky cheerleader who turned her back on her social status. She befriended him when no one else would.

Shunned and hurt by the people who were once her friends, Briar flees with Chase to his family ranch in Montana. There she discovers another world, and apart of herself she never knew.

The cowboy wasn’t like anyone she’d ever met. The cheerleader wasn’t like anyone he’d ever met. Apart their lives didn’t seem to make sense, but together, they were chasing forever.



MY REVIEW

5 OF 5 COWBOYS

Chasing McCree is one of the best books I have read this year as far as romance goes. From the moment I started reading it I could not put it down. I am so glad I am a part of this blog tour hosted by YA Bound! I am going to try and do this review without spoilers in it.

Chase McCree is in Florida staying with his mother trying to give the city life a try. The only thing is Chase is not used to the city. He is a country boy through and through. Lord I love me some cowboys and country boys. I swear there is something in their blood that makes them polite and loyal to the ones they love. Chase decides that he would give his mother a shot and move up to Florida to spend time with her.

The only thing is he hates Florida because there is nothing to do in Florida but go shopping and hang out with friends. Not interested in any of that Chase decides he would rather gouge his eyes out instead of living here in Florida. That is until one day he is out riding his horse Ash and he stumbles upon a drunk cheerleader. Chase being raised with southern manners can't leave her there in the park all alone and drunk. SO he brings her home and takes care of her. Chase is not sure if they can be friends but he hopes they can be.

Briar is an only child who is spoiled rotten. She has had everything handed to her and she is oblivious to reality. That is until she goes to a party at her friends house where she learns some things about her so called friend and boyfriend. She leaves the party drunk and someone is chasing her and she runs for her life. She ends up running to the school soccer field where she meets Chase. She is drunk but yet she knows she can rely on Chase and trust him not to hurt her or take advantage of her.

The two become friends and decide to spend time together. But what is Briar to do when she has these self absorbed friends? Chase is a down to earth guy who wants nothing more than to return home to his cattle and true family. What will Chase do once he gets to know Briar? Will he return home and forget about the girl that brings sunshine into his life? Or will Briar ditch him for her friends? Come along for the greatest teenage love story ever!

Goodreads link:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13602913-chasing-mccree

I'm J.C. Isabella, and I love to write. I've been writing for about ten years now. Mostly it was just for fun, for me. But my friends liked my work, so I decided to self publish. I hope you enjoy the rest of my site, and the books I have written.

The reason I chose to write romance, is because I love a happy ending. In YA there are so many lessons to be learned, so many firsts to be had. Why not write about first kisses, first crushes, or trying to explain to your father you were bitten by your boyfriend, who happens to be a werewolf?

One thing I will always promise in my books is a happy ending. I've always hated getting to the end of a really great novel, and feeling let down because it didn't end the way I thought it should. So about ten years ago, I decided to write a book. I remember it was about these kids who hijack a boat to find buried treasure in Mexico....

Needless to say, my writing has come a long way since my teen years, and I know I have room to improve, but I feel guilty having these books sitting in my computer, with no one to read them. So I'm putting them out for the world to see!

I try not to take myself too seriously. I'm not an editor, nor am I a total wiz when it comes to grammar or language. I try my darndest though, and I hope to give people an enjoyable read that is nice a break from reality.

I put a lot of work into what I do, and I appreciate people reading my work. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

BUY LINKS:
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-McCree-ebook/dp/B007UASYB0/ref=la_B0068PE42G_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347233042&sr=1-1

Barnes & Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasing-mccree-jc-isabella/1110615346

WHERE TO FIND J.C.

Website: http://www.jcisabella.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/jcisabellabooks

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/JC-Isabella/249262975154372

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5158465.J_C_Isabella

GIVEAWAY:
Author is giving away e-book copies of Chasing McCree and the short story, A McCree's Star Spangled 4th.
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FOLLOW ALONG THIS BLOG TOUR FOR SOME GREAT REVIEWS AND OTHER PRIZES:
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*** Cover Reveal *** DEMON ROYALE (Dreamer Slayer Series #2), by Jill Cooper

AToMR Tours Presents Today's cover reveal for the Young Adult paranormal mystery, DEMON ROYALE (Dreamer Slayer Series #2), by Jill Cooper. Expected release is October 10, 2012.


The only thing worse than dying, is running away…

Since becoming employed by a supernatural protection agency, Natalie Johnson’s life has been more interesting than ever. While most teens are working on their summer tans, Natalie works on slaughtering the undead lurking just outside her town’s borders.

The workload takes more than just a toll on her love life, it dampens her spirit and her health, as the town is plagued by a mysterious murderer intent on stealing the residents’ souls. Natalie’s investigation is hampered by her declining health and the sicker she gets, the more inadequate she feels.

Guilt over her inability to act, weighs heavily on Natalie’s shoulders during a time when her strength is needed more than ever. As some of those closest to her begin to lose faith, she must make the hardest stand yet to save the soul of the one person she can always count on:

The Slayer.

Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jill-Cooper/319251368110396

Twitter: www.twitter.com/jillybug

GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15753987-demon-royale
www.demonroyale.com

Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-zOZ1xOgvk&feature=youtu.be

If you want to link to Dream Slayer it's: http://www.amazon.com/The-Dream-Slayer-Series-ebook/dp/B007ZRYPV6

Milk Carton People: The Journey by Sally Franklin Christie‏ Blog Tour Stop

Title: Milk Carton People: The Journey
Author: Sally Franklin Christie
Genre: Suspense, Thriller
Publisher: Eternal Press
Paperback/Ebook
Pages: 132

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Book Description:
Milk Carton People is a paranormal thriller about people who suddenly find themselves invisible, able to observe things but unable to participate. Do they go mad? Maybe they find others. It is quite possible that there is no point in being invisible.

This is a book that plays on the very thin line of sanity and pure despair. The characters act and react to the new challenges and the reader gets to go along for the ride.

MY REVIEW
5 OF 5 MILK CARTON'S

WOW Milk Carton People is one of those books that gets you thinking about things you would not ordinarily think about. People go missing everyday, where do they go and how did they get there. This book explores one case where a woman with a handicap falls asleep one minute and the next minute she wakes up in a totally different world. Where is she? How did she get there? Is she dreaming? How does she get back to where she belongs?

Ruth will have to depend on others to help her. Along her journey she will meet a man named Charles. Is Charles good or bad? Why is he so negative? Will he harm her? Nothing is quite as it seems and Ruth will have to fight her way back to what she had known. What really happens when someone disappears? Do your loved ones report you or do they go on about there daily routine?

Milk Carton People explores what happens after you go missing and how disparity is a constant present in your life and your sanity is questioning everything you have ever known. This is one psychological thriller I would recommend everyone to read. One day you could be sitting somewhere and the next you could be missing. Will your family care enough to look for you or will they resume life as if you never existed? Come along for a thriller of a ride and find out what happens to Ruth and Charles!

Excerpt
I’m going to wake up, now, and go about my day with my cup
of coffee. By the time I get to work, the whole thing will disappear
like all dreams. I won’t even remember it.

She turned away from the little tree and took a few steps down
the sidewalk. She intended to turn back toward the book store
again, to somehow retake control of her destiny. As if turning
back would give everyone one more chance to tell her it was all in
fun and she was such a good sport.

Just then, a woman in an electric blue colored coat, walked
right into her.

“Excuse, me,” Ruth began and stopped speechless. For one
long, drawn out, slow motion, nightmare second, her vision was
obscured by a brownish red filter which blurred everything before
her. She felt hot, sticky, and confined. A cloying odor of spoiled
hamburger made her gasp for clean air. She tasted copper pennies
in her mouth. At the same time Ruth heard a gurgling noise and
a squeak and as the whole event suddenly ended she heard a plop
like pudding falling from a spoon back into the bowl.

A sudden cold sweat competed with stomach acid lurching
into her throat. Ruth swallowed it back and turned to watch as
the woman in electric blue continued walking down the sidewalk
without breaking stride. Ruth watched the woman in the electric
blue coat disappear around the corner.

“No,” Ruth said aloud with authority. “No,” she repeated
louder, hoping make it all go away. “This did not happen.”

She walked to the nearest building and stood close to the cold
bricks in the shadows.

I have to go home.


Eternal Press Staff Member
Biography
Marketing Manager

Sally Franklin Christie has spent her life achieving incredibly average goals. Her challenges and choices have led to into the world of organizing for social change, civil rights and helping people navigate in a world filled with physical barriers and discrimination. She photographs and paints landscapes, when she isn’t at the computer researching, networking and writing. Special interests include Missing Children and Adults, Astronomy, Character Traits and Criminal Thinking.

A home schooling mother of children born eleven years apart has added to her liberal arts education. She's had plenty of time to practice and refine the art and craft of writing coupled with opportunities to learn the marketing aspects of writing. She interned for a spell at WOW-Womenonwriting.com and currently has a position as a moderator at The Writers Chatroom. Various published articles appear in places like Pangia Magazine, Creations Magazine and other almost forgotton places. She writes one novel a year as a NaNoWriMo Participant and keeps a more serious project simmering year round.

Links to the Author:
Website | E-mail Address: sally@sallyfranklinchristie.com | Twitter: SallyChristie | Facebook

Book Trailer link:
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Under the Moon (Goddesses Rising #1) by Natalie J. Damschroder Blog Tour Stop

Their power gives them strength...and makes them targets.

Quinn Caldwell is the epitome of a modern goddess. Her power source is
the moon, her abilities restricted only by physical resources and lunar
phase. She runs a consulting business and her father's bar, serves on
the board of the ancient Society for Goddess Education and Defense, and
yearns for Nick Jarrett, professional goddess protector and the soul
mate she can never have.

But someone has developed the rare and difficult ability to drain a
goddess of her powers, and Quinn is a target. With the world thinking
Nick has gone rogue (whatever that means) and that Quinn is influenced
by "family ties" she didn't know she had, keeping themselves safe while
working to find the enemy proves harder each day.

But not as hard as denying their hearts...


Natalie J. Damschroder became a writer the hard way—by avoiding it.
Though she wrote her first book at age six (My Very Own Reading Book)
and received accolades for her academic writing (Ruth Davies Award for
Excellence in Writing for a paper on deforestation her senior year in
college), she hated doing it. Colonial food and the habits of the
European Starling just weren’t her thing.

Shortly after graduating from college, however, she found her
niche—romantic fiction. After an internship with the National Geographic
Society, customer service for a phone company just wasn’t that exciting.
So she began learning how to write the books she’d loved to read all her
life. Four books and six years later, she finally sold. 

Now she struggles to balance her frenetic writing life (how else can she get all
the stories in her head on paper?) with her family, the most supportive
husband in the world and two beautiful, intelligent, stubborn,
independent daughters (the oldest of whom has become a writer). She
somehow also fits in a day job and various volunteer positions in and
out of the writing industry.

Natalie’s published works include 8 romance novels (with four more on
their way!), 7 novellas, and 14 short stories.

Under the Moon by Natalie J. Damschroder Chapter One (part 6 of 7) Bracing one hand on the rough wood planks of the outer wall, Quinn yanked on the warped back door, taking a moment to prop it wide and let in the sunlight and crisp October breeze. Not stalling. Just…setting up. She paused on the threshold to let her eyes adjust to the dim office. Her desk was how she’d left it the night before, with piles of invoices and orders to approve, checks to sign, and client files to review. Dust floated in the beam of sunlight that hit the floor in front of her feet. Quinn forced herself to look deeper into the room to Sam’s desk, usually as full as hers, if more neatly organized. She held her breath as her vision sharpened, and movement turned into Sam’s hand making sharp notations on a printed spreadsheet. He flipped open a file and tapped a few keys on his keyboard without looking up at her. “How long did you sleep?” he asked. Breathing was suddenly easier than anything she’d done so far today. Sam asked her that every damned morning. “Eight hours, thirty-three minutes.” Her perfect internal clock had amused and delighted him at first, then became nagging when he used it to manage her, whether over how long she’d slept, gone without eating, or focused on a client. But that was what he was paid for, after all, and she welcomed the symbol of normalcy. He nodded his approval and kept working. Quinn went to her desk and booted up her computer. Sam said, “You hear from Nick?” “No.” The ongoing lack of contact after the urgency of his call scared her. “Sam, I—” He shoved to his feet and headed out front. “We’re low on vodka. I’ll pull some up.” Quinn sighed and slumped. So much for normalcy. It didn’t get better. Sam worked out front while she stayed in the office. When she went into the bar, he retreated to the back. She stopped trying to talk to him, hoping the space would be a buffer both for their personal and professional relationships, and for her fading moon lust. There was still no word from Nick. Finally, Quinn settled herself in a corner of the bar with her laptop to handle stuff that had piled up over the week, hoping her full e-mail in-box and the routine work, the easy decisions, would keep her eyes off the clock. Requests for appointments and vendor info she forwarded to Sam. Most of the rest was related to the Society. Quinn served as the board’s secretary, and many of her personal e-mails were about the annual Society meeting next week. Those she moved into a folder to address later. The official Society list e-mail was full of political posts, with elections coming up in November, but she skimmed and deleted most of them. She’d gotten into such a rhythm that when Nick’s name appeared, it was a moment before her reaction caught up. The words were innocuous at first, so she didn’t understand the fear filling her until it merged with her ongoing low-level anxiety over last night’s phone call. I plan to ask Quinn to put this on the agenda for the meeting, but I thought you should all know ahead of time, so you can be careful. Nick Jarrett’s gone rogue. Quinn pulled her cell phone out of her pocket to try to reach Nick yet again. This had to be why he was coming here—but what the hell did it mean and what did it have to do with her? A crash on the other side of the room redirected her alarm. She was on her feet before she’d even spotted the source of the disruption. “I’ll goddamn keep drinking if I wanna keep drinking!” An old man, greasy gray hair hanging below a dingy trucker cap, wobbled in front of his overturned chair, arms flailing. Despite his obvious intoxication, his aim was good enough to hit Katie’s tray and send glasses flying. Quinn stormed across the room, glaring at anyone who looked like they might want to join the fight. None of her regulars moved. Most had seen her in action, and they didn’t want to get involved. A few strangers half rose but subsided when they saw her striding to the rescue. Not that Katie needed rescuing. Nearly as tall as Quinn’s five feet ten, the young woman had honed her manner and strength in New York City. By the time Quinn reached them, Katie was quietly telling the drunk how he was expected to behave in Under the Moon. Quinn’s heart rate and footsteps slowed, ready to back up her waitress but also willing to let her handle it. Then the drunk fumbled a switchblade out of his pocket and flicked it open.

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Their power gives them strength…and makes them targets. Quinn Caldwell is the epitome of a modern goddess. Her power source is the moon, her abilities restricted only by physical resources and lunar phase. She runs a consulting business and her father’s bar, serves on the board of the ancient Society for Goddess Education and Defense, and yearns for Nickity to drain a goddess of her powers, and Quinn is a target. With the world thinking Nick has gone rogue (whatever that means) and that Quinn is influenced by “family ties” she didn’t know she had, keeping themselves safe while working to find the enemy proves harder each day. But not as hard as denying their hearts…

Look for Heavy Metal, Book 2 in the Goddesses Rising series, in March 2013! Natalie J. Damschroder grew up in Massachusetts, and loves the New England Patriots more than anything. (Except her family. And writing and reading. And popcorn.) When she's not writing romantic adventure for Carina Press and paranormal romance for Entangled Publishing, she does freelance editing and works part time as a chiropractic assistant. She and her husband have two daughters they've dubbed "the anti-teenagers," one of whom is also a novelist. (The other one prefers math. Smart kid. Practical.)

You can learn more about Natalie and her books at her website, Goodreads, Twitter, and Facebook. She blogs with a number of fantastic romance authors at Everybody Needs a Little Romance and just to hear herself talk at Indulge Yourself.

LINKS TO FIND NATALIE AND BUY HER BOOKS:

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12645849-under-the-moon

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Under-Moon-Goddesses-Rising-Book/dp/1937044556/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313966898&sr=1-5

Barnes & Noble:
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http://www.bookdepository.com/Under-Moon-Natalie-Damschroder/9781937044558

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Deceiving the Witch Next Door by Melissa Bourbon Ramirez Review and Author Interview

Storie Bell has a little secret—she’s a witch. But magic hasn’t exactly kept her life from being a complete mess—her love life is non-existent and the town thinks she’s a total nutter. Plus there’s her neighbor Reid Malone who runs hot one minute and cold the next.

Reid Malone can’t wait to escape Bloomington, Texas. Unfortunately, he’s stuck where he is unless he helps his father hide a very illegal secret. The only key to Reid’s freedom lies with the eccentric Storie…and he’ll do whatever it takes to get the information he needs from her.

But Reid’s holding something back. Something big. And if he’s not careful, he’ll find out exactly what happens when you try to deceive a witch…

MY REVIEW

5 OF 5 WITCHES AND COWBOYS

Entangled has done it again! I just love to read their books because I always know I am going to get a vacation of a life time. With DTWND it was no different. Melissa put together a cast of characters that made me laugh out loud so much my children thought I was cracking up.

Storie Bell lord have mercy where to start with her. She has a secret that she keeps close to her heart.She is a witch and she tries to never use her powers or show them to anyone. As it is the town folks think she is crazy as hell so they stay away from her and make her feel like a leper. Then her father passes away and leaves her a gas station and she decides to turn it into a cafe. But Storie being Storie knows there is trouble brewing because she can feel it. The trouble we find out is the Hot cowboy next door Reid Malone. He and Storie almost shared a night together and she has stayed away from him ever since. So when Reid comes back and peruses her like no ones business she is very suspicious of him.

Reid Malone all he wants to do is leave Texas and never come back. He wants to start a new life where he can live like he wants. But he has obligations to take care of his father and when his father asks him for a huge favor he is torn between doing that favor and the person his father wants him to deceive. Reid knows you don't mess with Storie Bell and live to tell it. What is Reid to do in this situation? Follow what his father tells him to do or follow his heart? In the end what he is left thinking is is it worth it to deceive a witch or deceive a heart?

This is such a fun read that will make you laugh and swoon over Reid. Meet some great secondary characters like Harper and Reid's father. Melissa you have rocked it with DAWND!

Melissa Bourbon, who sometimes answers to her Latina-by-marriage name Misa Ramirez, gave up teaching middle and high school kids in Northern California to write full-time amidst horses and Longhorns in North Texas. She fantasizes about spending summers writing in quaint, cozy locales, has a love/hate relationship with yoga and chocolate, is devoted to her family, and can’t believe she’s lucky enough to be living the life of her dreams.

She is the marketing director at Entangled Publishing, is the author of the Lola Cruz Mystery series with St. Martin’s Minotaur and Entangled Publishing, A Magical Dressmaking Mystery series with NAL, and is the co-author of The Tricked-out Toolbox and two romantic suspense titles.

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INTERVIEW WITH MELISSA BOURBON

Today I would like to thank Melissa Bourbon Ramirez author of Deceiving the Witch Next Door to Kaidans Seduction. Melissa you have written several books for Entangled and each one is like having a vacation. Every time I read one I get swept away in a new world with new characters.

What gave you the idea to write Deceiving the Witch Next Door?

Thank you so much! What a huge compliment T

The idea for Deceiving the Witch Next Door came about when I happened upon a real live shop called the Storiebook Café in a little Texas town. I met the original Storie and knew I had to create a story around her shop. I also love magical realism and light paranormal, so to blend the location and concept with these magical element was the perfect blend.

What music did you listen to while writing?

I actually don’t listen to a lot of music while I write, but when I want to make sure I capture the Southern flare, I listen to Sirius XM’s The Highway. I had on some Chris Young and Luke Bryan!

What did Reid think would happen if Storie found out he was deceiving her?

He felt sure he’d never find what he needed to help his dad, and he had a huge desire to help his dad find that important thing.

Why did Reid hide his feelings from Storie for so long?

She ran away, and he went back to college, so it was really a case of not being together and on the same page at the same time.

What does Storie really think about her mother?

Ooo, that’s complicated! What she thought at the beginning of the story and what she thinks at the end are different since she has new revelations about her childhood. Let’s just say that the relationship will continue to develop as we get into book two.

If you could pick one song for Storie and Reid what would it be and why?

I think it would have to be the Chris Young song Tomorrow. They have a moment with that song in the book.

Can you give us three random secrets about Storie and Reid that we did not get to read about?

Let’s see, that’s a tough one! Here we go:

1. Storie sometimes wishes she weren’t a witch.

2. Reid and Storie both want to have four children… and they will!

3. Reid and Storie move into a quaint and charming Victorian off the town square and have big lives in their small town.

Melissa, thank you again for stopping buy Kaidans Seduction and sharing your pearls of writing wisdom with us. You have a huge following and we are looking forward to more books from you.

Thank you SO much! I appreciate every reader, love books, and think you are so amazing for sharing your passion for books with others.

Also by Melissa Bourbon Ramirez: 

Sacrifice of Passion

Texas rancher, Vic Vargas, finds himself facing more than his stubbornly silent son when the chupacabra, a supposedly mythical blood‐sucking beast, starts killing his livestock—and stalking Delaney West, the town’s newly returned veterinary assistant, the sensual woman who ran from the altar and broke his heart twelve years earlier.

Reluctantly, he seeks her help to get to the bottom of the disturbing animal mutilations, only to have her break through to his sullen son...and rekindle the love he’d thought was lost forever. But her refusal to share a terrible secret sends her running straight into the lair of the chupacabra, plunging her back into her worst nightmare, and forcing them both to confront the wrongs of the past—in order to stay alive for the future they desperately want.

Also by Melissa Bourbon Ramirez: Bare Naked Lola
Going undercover is second nature for Private Investigator Lola Cruz, but she’s out of her league when the case of a murdered Royals Courtside Dancer leads her to a local nudist resort. Parading around the sidelines of Sacramento’s professional basketball scene in a barely-there cheerleading outfit is one thing—but parading around in nothing but smile? If she has any chance of hiding this from her traditional family and on-again/off-again boyfriend Jack, she’s going to have a lot more than her duct tape bra and killer dance moves to keep under wraps….