Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Tour Kick Off - Romantic Tales: Bedtime Stories Episode 4




Genre: Romance, Erotica, Fantasy and PNR.
Date Published: 3/29/13


Romantic Tales: Bedtime Stories has a little of everything. From your everyday Contemporary Romance (The Getaway) To your Hot and Heavy Rockers turned Werewolves (Crave) and your Sci-Fi/Paranormal with Erotic overtones…. (The Genesis Project) Each Episode will entice its readers, draw them in. A quick Bedtime story before they dream, keeping them pleasantly satisfied while peaking their interests for next month’s installment. All for 99 cents. During the interim there will be previews of next month’s Episode…

    
In Season 2 of Romantic Tales: Bedtime Stories the Authors have all added a little something more. Ms. Ross continues with Mike and Juliet’s Contemporary Romance, in Nothing Else Matters. This story takes place after the wedding. Ms. Eden takes you on a journey three thousand years plus into the future where female assassins get down to business in Red Hawk Mercenary Group: Ghost. Ms. Langston brings you into a world of Contemporary Romance where a woman can go online and order the man of their dreams in Mail Order Groom. 


Read a book before bedtime and fall in love with Romantic Tales.


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Tigris Eden:

There is really not much to say... I love to write, read, and listen to music. My attempt at a music career sadly ended at the Apollo one warm night in May! LOL (Side note: I was not booed just outdone by two munchkins rapping to Biggy Smalls but they were good!)

 Military brat extraordinaire; have traveled to a lot of interesting places. 

 The very first time I put pen to paper in story fashion, was in 6th grade. It was called The Case of the Missing Pepperoni. 

 It was a cute mystery where all the ingredients and shop appliances came to life when the store owner closed up for the evening.
Ty Langston
As a child, multi-published author Ty Langston loved to read about dragons and knights so much that one day, her grandmother told her to "just write about them." So she did. From that day forward, she never left home without her pen, a notebook, and some kind of music playing in the background. Her love of reading expanded from fantasy into science fiction, and eventually into paranormal romance and erotica. She enjoys different works from George Martin, Anne McCaffrey, Stephen King, and Jackie Collins. But some of Ty's favorite writers are from the world of TV and film: namely, Tudors creator Michael Hirst, and the late John Hughes. Ty has a certificate in Broadcast Journalism along with a degree in Business Administration. She is single and enjoys spending time with friends and family.


Riley Ross

To date I haven't published anything yet but I love to write wrestling fan fiction, romance and light erotica. I will be married for fifteen years this month to my best friend and Prince Charming all rolled into one. I am mommy to two Syberian Huskies.

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Cover Reveal: Blue Lines by Toni Aleo


Blue Lines - Cover Reveal
Toni Aleo
Contemporary Sports Romance
Date to be Published: August 13, 2013
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Synopsis: 

Opposites do more than just attract in Toni Aleo’s latest Nashville Assassins novel about a very bad boy and the good girl he can’t resist.

The instant Piper Allen sees Erik Titov, she wants him—wants his rock-hard body, sure, but the strength and mystery that lies behind that superstar hockey jock demeanor, too. So when he sidles up to her at a bar and slinks his arm around her waist, she’s lost. What follows is the wildest night of her life . . . followed by inevitable heartbreak the next morning. And then, a few weeks later, a very big surprise: two blue lines on a pregnancy test.

Only a check to the head could make Erik fall for a nice girl like Piper. But since their crazy-sexy night together, he’s been trying to forget about her alluring body by falling into bed with every woman in Nashville, and it’s not working. So when Piper shows up at his house with a baby-bomb to drop, it doesn’t take much for Erik to suggest the nuclear option: marriage. While it’s supposed to be all for show, the second they say “I do,” the ice between them starts to melt into sizzling steam.

About the Author:

My name is Toni Aleo!
I am a wife, mother, and hopeless romantic.
I have been told I have anger issues, but I think it's cause of my intense love for hockey!
I am the biggest Shea Weber fan ever, and can be found during hockey season with my nose pressed against the Bridgestone Arena's glass, watching my Nashville Predators play!
When my nose isn't pressed against the glass, I enjoy going to my husband and son's hockey games, my daughters dance competition, hanging with my best friends, taking pictures, and reading the latest romance novel.
I love things that sparkle, I love the color pink, and did I mention I love hockey?

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Tour Kick Off - Meet and Greet - Princess Miri by Cerys du Lys


Erotica/Erotic Romance (Medieval Fantasy-ish)
Date Published: 3/10/13

Princess Miri is a bitch and the heir to the throne and she might have accidentally fallen in love with a monster. 
It's common knowledge that everyone hates Miri, which is why it surprises her when her rival gives her a  pet troll servant for her eighteenth birthday. Thump, as Miri names the husky monster, will do everything  she asks. Or that's what she thinks. 
When her demands lead to experimentation and sexual teasing, Miri realizes this isn't quite the case. One  disobeyed order ends with a bang, literally, and her and Thump in an unclothed, carnal mess atop her now broken bed.  A troll coupling with a human? Disgusting! 
She should be furious! Irate! And maybe she is, but she's curious, too... 
She never thought she could open up to anyone before, always believed she needed to act harsh and stern in  order to ascend to the throne. Unfortunately for Miri, while she discreetly explores her taboo sexuality with  Thump, someone's plotting to exploit her shameful secret and ruin the Princess's reputation... 
Alluring, erotic, and playful. This provocative story of a Princess and her troll will delight you, entice you,  and keep you excited long after you're done. 
This book is intended for mature audiences
    




Reading Addiction Blog Tours MEET and GREET

 #1 – Do You See Writing as a Career?

Yes.  My books are actually my main source of income at the moment, though I do have a side job I do for fun once a week, too.

#2 – What was the Hardest Part of Your Writing Process?

The hardest part for me is always my editing.  I'm sort of a perfectionist, so I had to train myself to just stop after a certain amount of time, or else I'd probably keep working on the same thing over and over and over again(maybe not that bad, but...).  Saying that, I still edit everything I write at least two times.

#3 – Did you have any One Person Who Helped You Out with Your Writing Outside of Your Family?

My best friend, Jessie, is probably the person who's helped me out the most for everything ever(but writing especially).

#4 – What is next for your writing?

I honestly never know exactly what's next.  I always just kind of go with the flow.  For now, I'm writing a "book two" of my Billionaire's Ultimatum series that's called The Billionaire's Paradigm.  It's going to be approximately 6-9 "parts"(each part being approximately 70-80 paperback book pages).  I usually can finish each part of a story like this in about a week, but I tend to take a week off and work on something different as a distraction so I can get back to other stuff with a fresh angle, too.  I'm always writing something, though.

#5 – Do you have an addiction to reading as well as writing? If so, what are you currently reading?

I love to read!  I don't read as much as some people, but I can usually get through about three books a month(plus I read all of my own stuff, but I don't know if that counts?  I enjoy it, still).  Currently, I was reading Fifty Shades Freed, but I just finished it and am feeling bereft because there aren't any more Ana/Christian stories, so I'm taking a small break.  I have no idea what I'm going to read next yet.

DESCRIBE Your Book in 1 Tweet:

Princess Miri is a bitch and the heir to the throne and she might have accidentally fallen in love with a monster.

This or That?

#1 - iPd or Mp3?

MP3?  But I don't actually own any, haha.

#2 – Chocolate or Vanilla?

Probably chocolate.  Preferably dark chocolate, but I guess it depends what it is.

#3 – Mashed Potatoes or French Fries?

Mashed potatoes, definitely.

#4 – Comedy or Drama?

Ugh... comedy, I think.  This one is rough.

#5 – Danielle Steel or Nicholas Sparks?

Oddly, I've never read anything by Danielle Steel, so I'll go with Nicholas Sparks.

#6 – Fantasy or Reality?

Fantasy!  I think it's more fun.

#7 – Call or Text?

Texting is really fast, easy, and convenient, so I'll go with that one.

#8 – Public School or Home School?

Personally, I attended public school, but I'm a huge proponent for home schooling.  I think it's something that every parent should seriously consider, but I understand how difficult it can be.

#9 – Coffee or Hot Chocolate

Coffee, definitely.  A good dark roast one.

#10 – eBook or Paperback?

Almost all of my books are eBooks, and I love the freedom it gives you, but most of my books are paperbacks right now and I keep buying the things even though I have a Nook(I always forget about it), so I'll go with paperback.




Cerys has charted on numerous best sellers and hot new release lists internationally with multiple books.
 She lives in the Greater Boston area in a small town in New Hampshire. She spends her days writing, reading, learning, and working. And maybe sometimes she flirts with the mailman. Some of her most favorite activities involve understanding and learning about emotions and relationships.
 She adores pondering sexuality and sensualness. Most of her writing delves into this in some way, exploring reactions and relationships between different people. While she enjoys writing erotica and erotic romance, her goal is to also keep a certain literary appeal to the writing instead of something purely pornographic. Every story she writes has a delightful plot along with the more devious and delicious scenes we all want to read.
 She prefers romance settings, with the occasional monster or fairytale. Her secret kinks include reluctance, interesting paranormal creatures, romance(even with monsters), and fun. She loves writing about all of these things, though very strongly acknowledges that fantasies are fiction and nothing more.
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April 27 - Author Ever Leigh - Review
April 29 - Sweet n Sassi - Review
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Tour Kick Off - The Jacobs Project by Samuel J.M. King




Sci-Fi
Collection of Short Stories 
 Jacobs Project and The First Angry 'Man' (a total of 15,000 words)

The mid 22nd century. It is in many respects a world we would recognize. Like our own,  it’s a world with instantaneous, worldwide communications, computers of ever increasing  sophistication and permanent human occupancy of outer space. But it is also a very different  world—a world where the riddle of “artificial intelligence” has been solved and our intelligent  creations live amongst us… And that’s the problem. Technology’s ability to create these marvels has outpaced society’s ability to cope with them.  Imbued with all of the characteristics that make us human, they are none-the-less not human,  and… they are sold in stores to anybody with the means to pay. The ramifications are obvious,  yet for some reason they weren’t seen in advance, and as SYMBIOSIS unfolds, that failure leads  to tragic consequences.


EXCERPT

23 June 2047
Office of Dr. Irwin C. Jacobs, Chairman
MIT Cybernetics Dept.

Irwin Jacobs, renowned cyberneticist, waited impatiently for neurologist Tom Wilson's
answer. "Well?"
Tall and impeccably dressed, Wilson shook his head emphatically. "They'll absolutely tear
you to pieces, Irwin."
"They'll have to catch me first."
The neurologist cast a dubious glance at his squat, balding and rumpled friend. "Well, that
should take all of three seconds," he said, laughing.
"Never mind. What I want to know is whether you'll join me or not. You're the best brain
man in the business, and I could sure use your help. It'll be one hell of a journey."
"Oh, I'm sure it will be—straight into professional obscurity. I just don't understand why
you're going down this path. It's not as if no one has ever experimented with neural arrays
before."
"Ah, but no one else has seen their full potential," Jacobs countered. "Annnd, no one else
has ever built an organic array."
"Right, and there's a very good reason for that. Nobody knows how. And even if you solve
that problem you've still got to interface the damn thing with your electronics. Another near
impossible task. So, I'll ask you again, why go there?"
"You of all people should know, unless you've got a line on hardware that can match the
networking and switching capacity of the brain. Throw in the ability to create new pathways by
rewiring itself, and I'd say you're on to some piece of hardware."
"You're insane."
Jacobs laughed. "Maybe."
"Maybe? You've spent your entire career establishing yourself as the go to guy in AI and
cybernetics. You're throwing it all away."
"What I've spent my entire career doing is failing, forty years of it. Forty years of
developing increasingly complex systems. Forty years of designing algorithms so elegant they're
virtual works of art but ultimately take me farther and farther from where I want to go. The
simple fact is, no matter how sophisticated we make the computers and the programs that run
them, they're still incapable of doing what a six year old child can do… think."
"By think, you mean self aware?"
Jacobs hesitated. His friend's question sounded very much like an indictment. "So?"
"So, nobody serious has thought about doing that for quite a while now, and you know it.
It's no longer the Holy Grail of AI."
"Well, it's still my Holy Grail. It's the reason I went into this field." He lowered his voice and
added, "I really want to do this, Tom. I always have, ever since I was a kid. Getting older hasn't
changed that."


Samuel J.M. King was born in Boston, Massachusetts, grew up on the “South Shore” and
attended high school in historic Plymouth. Tired of school at the tender age of seventeen,
he joined the Marine Corps and after basic training, spent the next eighteen months—you
guessed it!—going to school. A stint at the Naval Communications Training Center in Pensacola,
Florida was followed by nine months at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California
studying Russian. He spent the remainder of his four-year enlistment in Japan.

After receiving an honorable discharge, he attended a computer programming school and
spent a number of years in computer applications, first as a programmer and then as a systems
analyst, designer and project leader. Later, he traded in his application’s hat for a more
technical role, becoming a field software support specialist for Digital Equipment Corporation,
the largest of the late, great mini-computer companies. After moving to New Hampshire, he
studied Computer Engineering Technology at the New Hampshire Technical Institute and went
on to design and program computerized industrial control systems for companies across New
England.

Having written a prodigious amount of technical documentation, he began to write fiction in
2002. In addition to Symbiosis, he has written a screenplay, as well as several other novellas
and short stories. He currently resides with his wife Donna in the heart of New Hampshire’s
“Lakes Region” where he is working on the final novel of the Symbiosis series: East of the Sun
and West of the Moon.


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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Tour Kick Off - Meet and Greet - Whispered Truth by M.M. Hall


Historical Mystery
Date Published: 3/31/13

In 1911, England hovers on the cusp of change. A new king waits to be crowned. Women and the poor are fighting for their rights. Political turmoil rages throughout Europe. And a promising young artist lies dead in the heart of London.

 Just another tragic death in a city filled with untimely demises. Or so thinks Hargreaves, the gifted, but troubled, Detective Inspector called in to investigate. Haunted by the tragedy of his own past, he is unprepared for the onslaught of long-buried memories and powerful emotions the case brings. Making his task even more difficult is the troubling presence of Daisy Cartwright, a wealthy widow closely connected to the victim, and a woman he feels inexplicably drawn to.

 Untangling the tightly woven threads connecting the victim and the suspects, Hargreaves soon reaches a conclusion, only to have that theory shattered by the revelation that everything he has been led to believe is a lie. Groping through the silence and secrets, he uncovers a cold-blooded killer, and a connection to his own past that leaves him reeling.

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Reading Addiction Blog Tours MEET and GREET

 #1 – Do You See Writing as a Career?
Absolutely! I love writing and the creative process, as well as everything that goes along
with it. No other job has ever given me as much pleasure.

 #2 – What was the Hardest Part of Your Writing Process?
For me, the hardest part is writing the descriptive blurb…you know, the one that goes on
the back cover or on the Amazon page. Condensing over one hundred thousand words
into two or three short paragraphs is absolute torture! I'd rather bang my head against a
wall!

 #3 – Did you have any One Person Who Helped You Out with Your Writing Outside of
Your Family?
I would have to say no. I keep my writing really close to the vest until the story is
complete in its entirety. Then I send it to my editor.

 #4 – What is next for your writing?
I just completed the sequel to a Young Adult series I write. Now I'm beginning the
research and story outline for the next Inspector Hargreaves novel.

 #5 – Do you have an addiction to reading as well as writing? If so, what are you currently
reading?
I am completely addicted to reading! You can find me reading something at just about
any time of the day (or night!). And I'm usually reading two or three books at the same
time. Right now, I'm reading, Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare, Mum's the Word
by Kate Collins, and The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb. Also, I just picked up
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James from the library.

 DESCRIBE Your Book in 1 Tweet:
British historical mystery with an enigmatic Inspector and dark secrets from the past.

 This or That?

 #1 - iPd or Mp3?
Mp3

 #2 – Chocolate or Vanilla?
Vanilla.

 #3 – Mashed Potatoes or French Fries?
French fries

 #4 – Comedy or Drama?
Drama

 #5 – Danielle Steel or Nicholas Sparks?
I have to confess I've never read either, so I respectfully decline to answer. My apologies
to their fans!

 #6 – Fantasy or Reality?
Fantasy!

 #7 – Call or Text?
Text

 #8 – Public School or Home School?
Depends on the school, but I think there are more advantages to public school.

 #9 – Coffee or Hot Chocolate
How about a decaf Frappuccino with soy milk?

 #10 – eBook or Paperback?
Paperback. Always.



M M Hall is the author of Whispered Truth, the first novel in the Inspector Hargreaves series. She also writes as Molly M Hall, and is the author ofReckoning, the first installment in the Dark Prophecy series. She currently lives just outside of Denver where she's at work on her next novel.
She pursued a degree in English Literature at Columbia College and worked in the corporate world for several years before turning to writing full time.
When not reading or writing she can be found listening to music, playing piano, exercising, working on her very inadequate French, or looking for inspiring landscapes to photograph.

Contact Links
Twitter - @mollymhallbooks
Website - mollymhall.com
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April 24 - Playing Jokers - Review/Interview
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April 27 - Bunny's Reviews - Interview/PROMO
April 29 - Darling Chick Reads - Review/Interview
May 1 - Sinful Books - PROMO
May 2 - My Reading Addiction - Review
May 3 - Queen of All She Reads - Review/Guest Post
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May 14 - Bless Their Hearts Mom - Review/Guest Post
May 15 - My Cozie Corner - Review/Guest Post
May 16 - My Devotional Thoughts - Review/Guest Post
May 18 - The Self Taught Cook - Review
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