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Dear llbookreview,
My new chick-lit/mom-lit novel, THIN RICH BITCHES, is now available on Amazon.com as an eBook. THIN RICH BITCHES is an uproarious romp through the minefield of female one-upmanship! I would love to gift you a copy if you would like to read it.
Here is the link to the book on Amazon.com if you’d like to take a look:
http://www.amazon.com/Thin-Rich-Bitches-ebook/dp/B007JCSNDI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334415024&sr=8-1
I am a graduate of Colby College, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Boston College Law School.
I look forward to hearing from you and thank-you for your time!
Janet Eve Josselyn
Status – Pending Consideration
Hello!
Thank you for offering such a great service for self-published authors. I am submitting my first novel Decoy, a paranormal romance ebook. I have included links to Amazon and Smashwords, both of which offer previews. If selected, I can provide the preferred electronic format.
I greatly appreciate your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Michaela Debelius
Lieutenant Noel Casey is taken aback by her newest military assignment. Her usual routine of vaccine development is interrupted when she’s assigned to analyze Killian, a genetically engineered soldier designed for exceptional strength and intelligence. She’s not accustomed to working with human subjects, especially a person created for warfare, and Killian’s indifference is making it difficult to see past his robotic demeanor.
When Noel is attacked outside Killian’s containment quarters, he is forced to intervene. The altruistic act instantly transforms their relationship, though neither will admit to the shift in sentiment. The predator is now the protector in Noel’s eyes, and she’s thrown off by her growing captivation.
As if her infatuation with a virtual stranger isn’t enough of a distraction, she begins having terrifying nightmares. Her cryptic dreams appear to harbor an elusive warning as she watches them materialize into existence, proving the nightly visions foretelling. She starts to suspect the military base is concealing far more than an experimental soldier, and she can’t shake the feeling Killian is the axis of the chaos. Noel must decide whether she’ll accept the unconvincing explanations offered by her peers, or reject her comfortable environment for an unimaginable truth. With her premonitions pointing towards a violent outcome and her irrational draw to Killian becoming impossible to ignore, she realizes the choice has already been made for her. Noel’s understanding of science is about to be shattered.
http://www.MichaelaDebelius.com
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Decoy-Noel-Casey-Novel-ebook/dp/B007TRQ5PQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335972375&sr=8-1
Smashwords (all formats):http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/151379
Status – Pending Consideration
I would like to submit my novel, Soul Retribution, for your review. In this novel, Amanda is compelled to seek out Adam, the man responsible for deceiving her mother during a spell gone awry, and sacrifice his soul to save her mother’s. Soul Retribution takes you through Amanda’s journey as she struggles to execute her plan, despite her conflicting emotions, and give her mother the serene eternity she deserves.
Soul Retribution
H.B. Salzer, Author
ISBN-10: 1475050178
ISBN-13: 978-1475050172
Trim size 5×8
Paperback, 200-pages
Publisher: Createspace
Publication Date: March 21, 2012
Available: Amazon, Ingram
List Price: $8.95
Sample pages are available at:
http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Retribution-H-B-Salzer/dp/1475050178/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1336186955&sr=8-2
Thank you for your time and consideration!
Status – Pending Consideration
Far Horizons (originally published in hardcover, now on Kindle)
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Far-Horizons-Emigrants-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B007Z3QVGW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1336235781&sr=8-3
The Highlands of Scotland, 1819: On the eve of his departure for the New World, Allan MacDougall asks his beloved Harriet to wait for his return, when he will be established and able to marry her. When his father discovers his intent he insists it is dishonourable, and so Allan must free Harriet from her promise even as he vows to remain faithful himself. Through years of hardship, heartache, tragedy, and betrayal, Allan and Harriet cling to the love that first brought them together–yet it is the treacherous doubts of their own hearts that could prove to be their undoing, and drive them farther apart than ever.
Far Horizons is a sweeping saga that will take you from the Highlands of Scotland to the untamed Canadian wilderness and the bustling streets of Boston. Based on actual events, it celebrates the strength of a promise and the enduring power of love. Written by USA Today bestselling author Kate Hewitt, and Book One of The Emigrants Trilogy.
Status – Pending Consideration
Annalisa’s Highway Blues is a light contemporary romance that asks the question, “Can a prom queen learn to drive an 18-wheeler and, during her first week on the road, capture the heart of a handsome young Chicago industrialist?” The answer is “yes, but…”
Despite their contentious first meeting, Mike Cindik is absolutely captivated by this exotic, strange-talking, truck driving Louisiana girl and he pursues her across the Midwestern interstate system with great difficulty and determination (guilt and fear, too, since he’s engaged to a manipulative and influential debutante).
Annalisa Rochon is pretty but humble, with traditional family values and a naughty streak. Life on the road is full of danger, hard work and loneliness, but she has to do it for six months to help her parents (who think she’s a flight attendant) through a financial crisis. She really doesn’t need a guy like Mike Cindik (cute, rich, kind of nice and completely out of her league) complicating her life, which is screwed up enough. The pesky fairy tale dream persists, though, and generates a series of unlikely adventures, misadventures, romantic misses and near misses for two people from vastly different worlds who are actually quite right for each other.
I recently published Annalisa’s Highway Blues in paperback through CreateSpace. It’s also available in Kindle format. The link address is http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RZHRRS. I think you would enjoy pulling for Annalisa, and I’m certain I would be thrilled to have you review my novel. I could send it in any format, but would prefer to send a physical copy because I think it’s so darn cool to have one.
Status – Pending Consideration
Dear LL Book Reviewers,
My review submission is for my short horror novel The Aberration.
Description: When a freak storm engulfs a flourmill, the workers learn quickly that there is much more to fear than just heavy rain.
Something else arrives with the storm -macabre creatures that alter their shapes and features with every attack. In order to survive the night, the employees will have to rely on a man whose sanity is questionable. For he claims to have faced the same attacks before, over ages of time. He calls it an Aberration. A doorway that opens to a realm of nameless evils. What lies beyond wants to smother our world in darkness and perverse terror. It grows stronger with every passing moment, and all that stands between it and our world are the workers trapped in the building. Each person will be pushed to the very precipice of madness as reality distorts and the bizarre beings mount their attack. In the end, survival may not be enough to survive the Aberration… The Aberration is a tale of mounting horror that will leave readers guessing until the very end.
The Aberration blends creature feature horror with psychological terror, creating a story that both haunts and satisfies fans of both. I can submit the book as a hard copy, Kindle gift, or PDF. Thanks for your consideration, and I look forward to hearing back from you.
Sincerely,
Bard Constantine
Amazon page with list of books: http://www.amazon.com/Bard-Constantine/e/B005DPD1ZI/
Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/bardofdarkness
Status – Pending Consideration
Hello, I would be delighted if you could review my book Pure Healing. Below is a blurb. PDF is ready to send.
In the world of Pure Ones, where sexual intercourse with anyone other than one’s Eternal Mate leads to a slow, painful death within thirty days, love comes with the warning label “fall at your own peril.”
Rain, the Healer of this immortal race, is the only exception to the rule. In order to harness and accumulate enough energy to heal severe wounds, she must take a Consort once every ten years and draw strength from his blood and body through sexual exchange. As the war with vampire hordes wears on, few Pure-males who are strong enough to serve as her Consort remain.
Valerius is one of the few. As the Protector of the race, he is by far the strongest candidate Rain could hope for. Despite their instant attraction ten years ago when they first met, Valerius has staunchly avoided applying to be the Healer’s Consort. The brutality and violence he suffered as a Roman sex slave in his human life ate away at his soul, leaving a raw, gaping wound of anguish and self-doubt, which two thousand years of stoic, solitary existence has not been able to heal.
As the decadal rite draws near, as threats from their nemesis intensify, and as Rain’s strength drains with every healing act, Valerius beats back his inner demons and gives himself to the Healer unconditionally. Rain chooses Valerius despite her fear that her desire and need for him would lead her to repeat the mistakes of the past with her first Consort. To avoid that tragedy, Rain stipulates from the beginning that Valerius cannot fall in love with her, for she cannot love him in return. Even though the consequence is death, this is the one promise Valerius cannot keep.
As Rain and Valerius battle their personal pain and fears, they must decide whether they let their histories and duties dictate their destiny or whether they risk all for a chance at everlasting love.
Status – Pending Consideration
Hi,
Over the past three years, I have published a series of dystopian novels, called The A-Men trilogy. Details and links are below. These books would be a great read for adult science fiction and dystopia readers, video games players and lovers of future noir literature and films.
Book #1: THE A-MEN
Publisher: Matador; 1st edition (29 Mar 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1848763432
Hardcover (US edition)
http://www.amazon.com/Men-John-Trevillian/dp/1848763433/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293058095&sr=8-1
Kindle (US edition)
http://www.amazon.com/The-A-Men-ebook/dp/B004HYHJIG/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_2_1?ie=UTF8&m=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ
Unabridged audiobook
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/johntrevillian
Story blurb:
Jack is a man with no memory awakening in a dark and dangerous metropolis on the eve of its destruction. The only clue to his former life: a handwritten note in the pages of a book of faerie tales entitled Forevermore.
Marked for death in a peace-keeping force sent to quell the riots, he finds sanctuary and survival with other renegades on the streets of Dead City. Battling to survive they form the infamous A-Men, misfits who have a unifying dream: to be special. Yet that is until their paths cross with Dr Nathaniel Glass and his mysterious experiment locked deep beneath the Phoenix Tower.
Mixing dark future, noir and urban fantasy, join The Nowhereman, Sister Midnight, Pure, D’Alessandro and the 23rdxenturyboy as they fight for their lives on a non-stop ride into a nightmarish world of ultra-violence. If the world’s going to end, pray it doesn’t end like this.
Book #2: THE A-MEN RETURN
Publisher: Matador; 1st edition (29 Mar 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-1848766198
Hardcover (US edition)
http://www.amazon.com/Men-Return-John-Trevillian/dp/184876619X/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_2
Kindle (US edition)
http://www.amazon.com/The-A-Men-Return-ebook/dp/B004VFO1ZA/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=A7B2F8DUJ88VZ
Story blurb:
Four years have passed since the destruction of the Phoenix Tower and with it the infamous A-Men. The once-great Dead City is now a no-go zone; abandoned and forgotten. Living in this nightmarish underworld Jack is a twisted shadow of his former self, a lone survivor in a world of warring ganglords and their crazed disciples.
Yet something is stirring in the sanctuary of the near-space starstations; a realisation that its governing sentience is dying and the one thing that can save civilisation fell to earth a long, long time ago.
From unrelentingly visceral to outrageously comic, this is a harsh and poetic twenty-second century noir fable. Yet beneath the hardboiled action is a philosophical journey of one man’s rebirth in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Book #3: FOREVER A-MEN
Publisher: Matador; 1st edition (29 Mar 2012)
ISBN-13: 978-1780880907
Hardcover (US edition)
http://www.amazon.com/Forever–Men-John-Trevillian/dp/1780880901/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324199447&sr=1-4
Kindle (US edition)
http://www.amazon.com/Forever-A-Men-The-ebook/dp/B0078NRSPC/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_4
Story blurb:
The conclusion to The A-Men trilogy. Switching Dead City for the crystal arks of the thirteen corporate colonies, Jack comes face to face with the full extremity of D’Alessandro’s master plan. Awakening as godking in the fantasy realms of Forevermore, effectively trapped within the pages of his own faerie tale book, he realises his only chance at redemption is to reform the A-Men for one last amazing adventure.
With the help of Pure, Dingo the Wonder Dog and the blind, psychic detective Arken Ellis Winterman, Jack finds his path leads inextricably back to D’Arkadia, his family’s deserted starstation, for a final confrontation with the terrible past he has tried so desperately to escape.
An astonishing final chapter to the A-Men trilogy, this is a story of the realisation that nothing is forever, and of identifying what is important before it is far, far too late.
Status – Pending Consideration
Hello,
I’m a professional journalist whose work has appeared in publications such as Sports Illustrated and the Miami Herald. I’m now tossing my hat into the fiction ring with my new ebook detective novel, Pascal’s Wager. Currently seeking people to do reviews. If you’re interested in reviewing it on your site, I can send a digital copy in mobi, epub or pdf, whichever you prefer. Below, I include a brief synopsis and bio. I also include links to Smashwords and Amazon where reviews have been published. Thanks.
Destined for a brilliant career in academia, Pascal Silver instead decides to be a risk taker. Packing up his unfinished philosophy dissertation he moves to Las Vegas to pursue his dual goals of winning the World Series of Poker and the only slightly less daunting task of finding the meaning to existence.
Low on cash, Pascal is forced to take a part-time job at a private detective agency. Now, with his boss out of town, into his life walks the gorgeous Allegra LaPierre. She asks Pascal to find out who murdered her father, casino owner “Houston Phil” LaPierre.
Using his uncanny poker skills, Pascal can tell everyone involved with Houston Phil has something to hide, including his ex-stripper widow, his knucklehead son, Bruce, and his old business partner, Fat Johnny, who’s in debt to a local gangster. Complicating matters, Bruce LaPierre is suddenly found dead in his office and the number one suspect is Allegra. Though all the evidence points to his client’s guilt, Pascal falls back on the famous wager of faith put forth by his illustrious namesake. He chooses to have faith in Allegra, not just because he’s gone head over heels for her, but because it’s a good bet.
But when representatives of the Chicago mob show up and tell him to drop the case, Pascal has to take his greatest gamble yet. With Allegra’s life hanging in the balance, he’ll need to pull off the biggest bluff he’s ever attempted to get her back alive. Even if he does, he’s still left with the question “Who killed Phil?” a question only he is shrewd enough to answer.
Mark Jacobs is a freelance writer, martial arts instructor and semi-professional poker player who regularly plays for more money than he can afford to lose. His written work has appeared in publications such as Sports Illustrated, Men’s Health and TimeOut New York. The author of the acclaimed instructional text, The Principles of Unarmed Combat, he currently serves as a monthly columnist for Black Belt Magazine. Pascal’s Wager is his first novel.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/143520
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007MEVLSC
Status - Pending Consideration
I would like for you to consider reviewing my historical novel MAYA LORD.
It tells the fact-based story of the first two Spaniards to encounter the Maya civilization in 1511. Initially held together in captivity, they take different courses in response to this exotic new culture, ending up on opposite sides of the Conquest of Mexico. One of them is considered the father of the first Mestizo family, the ethnic group that makes up the majority of the Mexican population.
While providing a factually accurate portrait of sixteenth-century Maya civilization, Maya Lord examines an underlying theme of the impact of culture on personal identity. There is more information on the book, including a trailer and an excerpt, on my Website.
Maya Lord is available on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/Maya-Lord-ebook/dp/B005DSDKNS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336663329&sr=8-1
I can provide it as a Kindle .azw file, PDF, or paperback.
Regards,
John Coe Robbins, author
Status – Pending Consideration
Dear LL Book Review:
I would like to request a review for Teen Guide to Sex and Relationships. It’s a non-fiction advice book I co-authored with an NYC teacher.
I’ve included some information on the book below:
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TITLE: Teen Guide to Sex and Relationships
CO-AUTHORS: Matt Posner and Jess C Scott
SUMMARY: Teen Guide answers the important and confusing questions young people have about their bodies and their hearts. It’s an advice book from two authors who care about young people and want to help them work through the tough issues that will be on their minds as they move through an emotionally complex time of their lives. Every question is answered in a conversational way, as if the author were sitting next to you speaking from the heart.
GENRE: Teen Health/Sexuality | 75,000 words
WHY YOU SHOULD REVIEW THIS: It’s a Q&A book that seeks to help young people navigate the modern-day minefields of love, relationships, and sex.
TABLE OF CONTENTS / PREVIEW: https://www.smashwords.com/extreader/read/159152/2/teen-guide-to-sex-and-relationships
INFO / EXCERPTS: http://jessINK.com/teenguide.htm
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I’d be happy to send you an eBook copy of Teen Guide for your review (multiple digital formats available).
Just let me know if you need any more information.
Thanks for your time and consideration!
Jess.
missfeyATgmailDOTcom
Status – Pending Consideration
We would be most pleased if you would accept to review the novel Soldier, Lily, Peace and Pearls (synopsis below). We can provide you copies in paperback or e-book format (mobi, e-pub or PDF).
Book title: Soldier, Lily, Peace and Pearls
Author name: Con Cú
Genre: Literary Fiction
Synopsis:Soldier, Lily, Peace and Pearls spans many countries and many
people’s lives. It begins in Vietnam and Cambodia when the victory of
the Communist forces in 1975 result in the persecution of almost
everyone associated with the former US-backed governments. Quan, a young
boy from a rich Chinese-Vietnamese merchant family, is sent to a
collective farm near the border with Thailand. There tragedy befalls him
and his sister Hue. In Saigon, a young girl, Minh Chau, is imprisoned
with mother and sister, while their father is sent to a re-education
camp for former South Vietnamese officers. Three years later, Quan and
Minh Chau meet in a refugee camp in Malaysia where Quan becomes Minh
Chau’s protector for life. This is only the beginning of an intricate
tale of intense suffering and joy, which takes the protagonists on
separate paths to Canada, where a soft-spoken university student helps
Minh Chau’s family adapt to their new home before setting off on
adventures and tragedies of his own in Rwanda and the Middle East.
Booktrailer: http://youtu.be/MpNNpUq-Lp4
Sincerely,
Ian Shaw
Deux Voiliers Publishing
e-mail: deuxvoiliers@gmail.com
website: http://www.deuxvoiliers.com
Status – Pending Consideration
Hi LLBR,
My name is Terry J. Newman.
Greetings from across the pond.
I should like to ask you if you would write a review of my first (indie) novel, “Drayling”.
Drayling is speculative fiction/dystopian sci-fi and runs to 80,500 words. It was published, in paperback, in March 2011 by Pen Press, and has recently (March 2012) also been made available as an ebook on Kindle.
A Brief Synopsis
The small district of Drayling, in Southern 25th Century Britain, is typical of communities throughout the country, and its citizens live in harmony and contentment.
Following the death of the head of the national government, however, there is a significant shift in approach – which forces a small group of ordinary people to conclude that they have no alternative but to take radical action to protect their way of life. This is their story.
Not wishing to spoil the read, suffice to say that this is a different kind of science fiction book – for the intelligent reader.
To quote from the back-cover synopsis, “Reality collides with fantasy and philosophy as they embark on a mission of suspense, danger, deceit and death – with far-reaching ramifications.”
The brief “bio” at the end of the book reads, “The author lives with his wife in Sussex (England). He is a member of English Heritage, The National Trust, Brighton & Hove Albion Supporters’ Club and Mensa.”
Possibly helpful links:
Amazon link is:
http://www.amazon.com/Drayling-ebook/dp/B007M2GGIO/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_kin?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333550191&sr=1-1
Goodreads link is:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13083340-drayling
I would be delighted to send you a mobiPocket or .pdf copy of Drayling (whichever you prefer) if you would write a review.
Thanks and regards,
Terry J. Newman
Status – Pending Consideration
Please consider my just-published ebook for review. . . .
SUCCUBUS by E. Saul Fintushel
a Kindle ebook
Synopsis: A demonic seductress seeks to subvert civilization
one lover at a time. Drawing on actual ancient documents, including The
Witch Hammer, a medieval witch hunters’ guide, and the mysterious Alphabet
of Ben Sira, this modern tale follows the efforts of a wizened old conjurer
and his ravaged daughter, with the help of a Rom magician, to finally
exorcise the ravening succubus.
You can view a videoclip of a dramatic reading of a section of the book at my author’s page :
https://www.amazon.com/author/fintushel
Me: I’m a fiction writer with scores of stories in magazines like ASIMOV’S and AMAZING, many reprinted in Best Of collections and other anthologies, plus the novel Breakfast With The Ones You Love (Random House). I’m also a contributing editor of Tricycle Magazine. I write my own material as a performance artist as well and have won two fellowships for it from the US National Endowment for the Arts.
Status – Pending Consideration
Hi there!
I’m Bryan Serwatka and I’ve just written my first novel, Memorial Day. I’m 26 and am originally from Texas but I’ve lived the last four years in England. By trade I’m a musician and perform in Leeds-based band Backyards – backyards.bandcamp.com – but writing is something I’ve recently thrown myself into with nothing but naiveté and obsession. I’d be thrilled if you chose to review my book, but I’d be just as happy if anyone out there is interested enough to read it. Take care!
Bryan Serwatka
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0082ZQFTK
Memorial Day // 57k words // General Fiction with LGBT/romantic themes
The Central Texas military community has always known the painful sacrifice of losing loved ones at war, but America remembers the area for its harrowing tragedies: the 1991 Luby’s Cafeteria massacre in Killeen, the failed ATF Waco siege in 1993, and the 2009 mass shooting on the Fort Hood military base. At the end of another school year and the beginning of another long Texas summer, three individuals find their fates entwined as each desperately tries to break the patterns of their pasts.
Young high school teacher Tom Woodbine meets a recent divorcée named Andy in a chance online encounter that will forever change him. Nearby, one of Tom’s former students, Susan Ortega, finds herself held captive by a life of burden and devastating loss. A tale interwoven with dreams, déja vu, and reminiscence, Memorial Day follows a week in the lives of Tom, Andy, and Susan as they freely surrender to the possibilities of the present.
Status – Pending Consideration
I would like to know if you would be interested in reviewing a non-fiction from indie press Divertir Publishing called “Tears for the Mountain.” It is about a 2010 medical mission trip to Haiti following the deadly earthquake there. The team was tasked with delivering 20,000 pounds of medical supplies to area hospitals and along the way encounters the UN, gangs of roving bandits, and a notorious Haitian warlord. Proceeds from the book are going to the orphanage in Haiti where the team was based.
Please let me know if you would be interested and I can supply you with an e-copy. We will certainly link any reviews, interviews, or other press from our website to yours. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration.
US Paperback can be purchased here: http://www.amazon.com/Tears-Mountain-Chris-Rakunas/dp/098429306X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337108604&sr=8-1
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Tears-for-the-Mountain-ebook/dp/B006X28JYS/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&qid=1337108604&sr=8-1
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tears-for-the-mountain-chris-rakunas/1108231145?ean=9780984293063
Paperback anywhere else in the world: http://www.bookdepository.com/Tears-for-Mountain-Chris-Rakunas/9780984293063
Status – Under Consideration by Eric
Hi there,
My debut novel Drusilla Blood, a gripping occult thriller where the past and present weave together in a tale of passion, intrigue, murder and the supernatural, has just come out on Amazon and so I am busy promoting it at the moment and wondered if you would have the time to review it? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Z152G4
It is adult fiction, rather than YA, has a great ‘monster’, black magic, two kick ass heroines, humor and a strong twist. If this is something you are interested in; let me know and I will send you whatever format you prefer PDF, mobi etc),
Blurb:
‘God, have pity. Help us.’
Edith screamed as her head was forced back by the maelstrom that roared around them. She fought to close her eyes, to shut out the snarling face feasting upon Jago’s swollen tongue.
The ceremony was not going well…
1911: Edith Sanguine holds a playful séance that goes terribly wrong.
Present day: Drusilla Blood, a disgraced archaeologist with a disastrous love life, plunges into a raging fire at a pagan festival and escapes the searing flames miraculously unharmed.
Two young women, separated by generations, now share a sinister fate; possession by an ancient being, a sadistic and powerful entity bent on destruction. They must fight a primeval battle against the beast within them, and their deteriorating sanity. Can Drusilla end the malignant legacy that Edith set in motion, hindered by those that wish to control its power for their own ends?
A gripping occult thriller where the past and present weave together in a tale of passion, intrigue, murder and the supernatural.
Drusilla Blood: Part One of the Blood Trilogy.
Praise for Drusilla Blood:
‘A terrific read, a fresh take on the paranormal genre’ Orion.
Loved the detail and energy of Drusilla Blood’ Sphere
Loved the atmosphere and the way Miriam Cooke mixes the contemporary and the historical.’ Macmillan
The second book in The Blood Trilogy will be out at the end of the summer 2012.
Links:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Z152G4
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007Z152G4
And my website is
http://www.miriamcooke.co.uk
My background: I am a writer, archaeologist and a broadcaster in the UK for BBC, National Geographic, Discovery and Channel four and five, and so Drusilla Blood is layered with influences from my archaeology background and my interest in ritual and folklore and society’s fascination with the supernatural.
Thanks a lot,
Miriam Cooke
Status – Pending Consideration
“Hungry” is a novel about a twenty-seven year old man who survives a horrific accident by eating his friends. Through this event, he gets his 15 minutes of fame; television shows, magazine articles, etc… He returns home, finds a job at the city morgue, and tries to settle back into life (i.e., drinking, drugging, sexing). After receiving an invitation to attend a mysterious meeting, he becomes entangled with a secret cannibalistic society, and his life quickly turns back to shit. He’s forced to ask some pretty serious questions about himself, and about the world around him… not to mention bring the bastards down.
I wrote this book with a healthy three-fingers of dark humor, chased with another finger of foul language. I don’t take pleasure in offending people (this is not a shock-lit thing, and if I ever meet Tucker Max, I might have to kick him in the balls and scurry quickly away…), but sometimes the story leads you to places you don’t expect to go. In my opinion, rough language can be used to tell a story just as well as flowery language.
Links:
hard:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/daniel-parme/hungry/paperback/product-20068108.html
electronic:
http://www.amazon.com/Hungry-ebook/dp/B007W5PC3G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335113576&sr=8-1
disco:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sY2rjxq6M
Thanks for your time, and best wishes.
Daniel
Status - Under Consideration by Nick
Hello LL Book Reviewer:
I would like to request a review for my upcoming release: Latitudes – A Story of Coming Home, due out June 30 from the independent Hope Mountain Press.
Synopsis – LATITUDES – A story of one boy overcoming dysfuntion, dislocation and distance…
When Father and Mother, a highflying young American lawyer and his party-hard bride, fall prey to the self-destructive lure of alcohol and sexual liberation, Will and his sisters pay the price in divorce and kidnappings that take them back and forth between the rain forest hideaways of coastal Latin America and the placid suburbs of Long Island.
Will identifies with the oppressed workers laboring in his father’s fast food restaurant and longs for American freedom.
Father remarries the daughter of a local aristocrat, and Will is sent off to the hothouse world of a New England boarding school.
Swimming in a sea of Fair Isle sweaters and LL Bean boots, Will discovers a core of resilience in himself that allows him to survive, thrive, and ultimately embrace the flawed and varied worlds he inhabits.
Will reconnects with Mother, sinking into a New York City world of Irish bars and one night stands he cannot save her from.
With a little help from friends, and a high school Shakespeare class taught by the school’s closeted gay athletic trainer, Will begins to see the possibility of finding his true path…
Latitudes charts the birth pangs of a quest for self and soul — from a tropical childhood to a coming of age on the road.
Although there are no live links to the book yet, I do have Kindle formatted and print versions available for advance reviews, as well as regular PDF formatted copies. Just let me know which is best.
More information about me and my previously published work can be found at the author link also listed above:
http://www.anthonycaplanwrites.com
and at my blog, The New Remembrance:
http://thenewremembrance.blogspot.com
Thanks for your consideration. Love your site.
Anthony Caplan
Status – Pending Consideration
Olives – A Violent Romance
Alexander McNabb
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0065HHZG4 (Includes synopsis, reviews and book preview)
I’d like to submit Olives – A Violent Romance to you for review.
Olives is a novel set in Jordan. It is a spy story and a love story, a stranger abroad story and a thriller. It brings the Middle East to life, even as it weaves a path through passion, betrayal and death.
The Scenario: The fragile peace is holding. Behind the scenes, the Israelis are competing for dwindling water resources as Jordan and Palestine face drought. Daoud Dajani has the solution to Jordan’s water problems and is bidding against the British for the privatisation of Jordan’s water network.
When journalist Paul Stokes befriends Dajani’s sister, Aisha, British intelligence agent Gerald Lynch realises Paul offers access to the man threatening to drain Israel’s water supply and snatch the bid from the British.
Blackmailed by Lynch into spying on Dajani, his movements seemingly linked to a series of bombings, Paul is pitched into a terrifying fight for survival that forces him to betray everyone around him. Even the woman he loves.
@alexandermcnabb
Web: alexandermcnabb.com
Book: http://www.olivesthebook.com
Status – Pending Consideration
I would like to request a review of the Fresh Ink Group’s newest book, Jazz Baby, by author Beem Weeks. The book is Historical Fiction, and is set in 1920′s New Orleans. All of our books are required to be professionally edited, to assure the reader of a good read. A brief synopsis follows:
While all Mississippi bakes in the scorching summer of 1925, a sudden orphanhood casts its icy shadow across Emily Ann Teegarten, a pretty young teen.
Taken in by an aunt bent on ridding herself of this unexpected burden, “Baby” Teagarten plots her escape using the only means at her disposal: a voice that makes church ladies cry and angels take notice. “I’m gonna sing jazz up to New York City,” she brags to anybody who’ll listen. ’Cept that Big Apple—well, it’s an awful long way from that dry patch of earth she used to call home.
So when the smoky stages of New Orleans speakeasies give a whistle, offering all kinda shortcuts, Emily soon learns it’s the whorehouses and drug joints promising to tickle more than just a young girl’s fancy that can dim a spotlight . . . and knowing the wrong people can snuff it out.
Jazz Baby just wants to sing—not fight to stay alive.
Some links you may find of use:
Book Page on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Baby-Beem-Weeks/dp/1936442108/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1337352606&sr=8-2
Book Page on the Fresh Ink Group Website (Book Excerpts in PDF format are also available on this page):
http://www.freshinkgroup.com/books/jazzbaby
You can also find free short stories from Beem Weeks on his FIG Author Page:
http://www.freshinkgroup.com/authors/beem-weeks#beem-weeks-stories
Status – Pending Consideration
Hi,
I was hoping to interest you in reviewing my new novel, Enfold Me, which will be launched on June 5. I’d be pleased to discuss doing an interview or giveaway.
All the relevant info below:
Book Title: Enfold Me – A Novel of Post-Israel
Author name: Steven Greenberg
Format: Kindle (advance copy in MOBI/PDF)
Publisher: Self
Publication Date: June 5, 2012 (Amazon)
Genre: Fiction, Dystopian, Post-Apoc, Psychological Thriller/Suspense, Science Fiction
Word Count: Approximately 101,000
Blurb:
Written by an Israeli and IDF veteran, Enfold Me is the dark story of a man’s search for clarity in a chillingly-realistic post-Israel Middle East.
Precipitated by a massive earthquake and Iranian-led attack in the indeterminate future, the fall of Israel rips Daniel Blum from his rural life and successful career. Torn from his family and deeply scarred, he journeys from the terror of Iranian-controlled Northern Liberated Palestine, through Egyptian-controlled, earthquake-ravaged Tel Aviv, and to the ruins of the Israeli biological research complex in Nes Ziona.
Daniel is accompanied by George Farrah, with whom he shares a dark secret in their mutual past. George has been tasked with eliciting Daniel’s assistance in a mission crucial to the future balance of regional power. Together, Daniel and George wrestle to balance the bonds of country, ethnicity, family, and scientific ethics – shadowed all the while by the elusive details of the personal tragedy that haunts Daniel’s every step.
Find me: http://enfold.me, http://facebook.com/enfoldme
Excerpt: http://enfold.me/enfoldme/excerp/ (HTML/MOBI/PDF)
Bio:
Born in 1967, I am a professional writer living and working in Israel. I am also a full-time, work-at-home Dad for three amazing young children, and the lucky husband of a loving and very supportive wife.
Born in Texas and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I emigrated to Israel only months before the first Gulf War, following my graduation from Indiana University with a BA in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. My “welcome to Israel” gifts came from Saddam Hussein, in the form of Scud missiles which dropped not far from my home in Haifa, and from the government of Israel, which provided me with a gift-wrapped gas mask at the airport.
If you’re interested, please be in touch and I’ll send you a pre-release copy.
Thanks in advance for your consideration!
Sincerely,
Steven Greenberg
Status – Pending Consideration
Don’t let the title of my book, Gravedigger’s Moon, throw you off; it’s not a horror story but rather a mystery/suspense novel whose title I hope you will find appropriate as the narrative unfolds. The story itself follows the path of two men, Benjamin Holt, an ethical lawyer whose only motivations are to do the right thing, and a somewhat sympathetic loser, Alan Kane, looking for what he perceives as his just due, ethics be damned. Their paths cross on a search for the sole heir to Holt’s recently deceased client. A more detailed synopsis and an excerpt is posted on my website and on my Amazon page.
Gravedigger’s Moon is my second book available on Kindle. I wrote, formatted, and published it myself. I also composed the cover art with the help of a friend who knows her way around PhotoShop. I also had help with the editing. Sometime I’d like to talk about the rewards of doing it all yourself–it’s been a lot of fun.
Amazon page: http://www.amazon.com/Gravediggers-Moon-ebook/dp/B006LGBZM4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1323791623&sr=1-1
Status – Pending Consideration
REEL LIFE: A Novel, is a must read for anyone who has ever sneaked off to the movies in the middle of a workday (Jackie Townsend/Ripetta Press). The story examines the relationship between two sisters, their dysfunctional family, and a crossroads they face around the issues of motherhood and fertility. What’s unique about the novel is that it filters the sisters’ inner journeys through the prism of films that have marked each stage of their lives, from the false hope of The Wizard of Oz to the dark tones of Blue Velvet to the child-like magic of Shrek, as examples.
REEL LIFE will shock, surprise, and move anyone who understands that sometimes escaping reality offers the clearest path to emotional truth.
Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Reel-Life-sisters-escape-movies/dp/0983791503
Kirkus Review link: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jackie-townsend/reel-life/
Link to read the first chapter: http://jackietownsend.com/books/reel-life-first-chapter/
Thank you for your consideration.
Jackie Townsend
Status – Pending Consideration
I’m interested in participating in a review, an interview, giveaway, guest post or excerpt. My novel is contemporary woman’s fiction/romance set in a school with special needs children.
After suddenly receiving custody of his five year old son, Ben must learn how to be a dad. That fact that he’d even fathered a child was news to him. Not only does this mean restructuring his sixty-hour work week and becoming responsible for another human being, but also Kyle has autism.
Enter the school system. Under the guidance (and bullying) of a gifted teacher, Ben and Kyle take tentative steps to becoming father and son.
Teacher Melanie Nicols sees Ben as a dead beat dad, but grudgingly comes to admire how he hangs in, determined to learn for his son’s sake. Her admiration grows to more as father and some come to rely on Melanie being a part of their lives.
I’ve worked in schools as a teacher, counselor and consultant for thirty years. My Master’s and Doctorate degrees focussed on autism; I also have a son with an autism spectrum disorder. I’m a co-author of the Amazon bestseller The Official Autism 101 Manual (http://www.autism101manual.com/). Hundreds of my articles and responses to questions appear on All Experts.com (http://www.allexperts.com/ep/1010-78033/Autism/Dr-Sharon-Mitchell.htm) . I have delivered workshops and seminars to thousands participants including at national conferences.
I know that when parents, especially mother, receive the news that their child has autism, they spend countless hours researching the subject, usually at night, after an exhausting day. I wrote this book for such mothers – a light novel that still offers strategies and information on autism.
If you are interested in looking at the book, it’s available in Kindle, PDf and a variety of other formats at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/156913. Enter coupon code BE83C upon checkout so you will not incur any cost.
Thanks for your consideration,
Sharon A. Mitchell
Status – Pending Consideration
Hi ,
I am Victor Lee from Malaysia. I have recently published a book titled “Notes To My Older Self – A Young Man Questions The Values of His Misguided Generation” which I feel would be of interest to you. I would like to share it with you and would hope that you give me a review on Amazon.
It is a book about society’s problems and the generation that I am in (twenty-somethings). I believe that the twenty-something years are the most important in one’s life and it is important to start questioning life early. In this book, I wish to share with the reader the many challenges that my generation faces and how to overcome them.
I believe I would be able to share with the reader a perspective on parenting, intimate relationships, finding happiness and many other issues which affects our society.
I wouldn’t want to waste your time if you are not interested. Therefore, do reply me if you would want a copy of the ENTIRE book. I would be more than happy to provide one for you in any format.
Would love to hear from you. Appreciate it.
Amazon (Kindle) Page: http://amzn.to/zBaGKn
Book Website: notestomyolderself.com
Download Book Preview Pack: http://bit.ly/KGBR7V
thanks and warm regards,
Victor Lee
warm regards,
Victor Lee
Status - Pending Consideration
Ooh! Ooh! Pick me, Mr. Kotter!
“What I Did On My Midlife Crisis Vacation” by Debbianne DeRose
Why?
1.) ‘Cuz they’re sayin’ it’s the new “Eat Pray Love”, only funnier. Snarkier and wackier too, I daresay. Get in on the ground floor—it’s likely to get big.
2.) Because I explore the woo-woo stuff (metaphysical, spiritual, paranormal, New Agey) that other people are curious about but don’t necessarily have the means, the time or the gumption to do themselves. Live vicariously, why don’t you.
3.) And mostly because you’ll recognize your own foibles and epiphanies when they’re mirrored back at you. We’re all part of the same ginormous jello mold of consciousness.
Amazon page with summary and searchability: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615526195/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=debbiannecom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0615526195
Author website with excerpts and stuff:
http://www.debbianne.com/niblets
Woohoo!
Status – Pending Consideration