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31 October 2017

[Cover Reveal] SAVAGE by LA Fiore @lafioreauthor @TheNextStepPR

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Savage Final

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: November 17, 2017

Cover Photographer: Scott Hoover

Cover Designer: Melissa Stevens

They call him a monster.
Pale blue eyes as cold as ice that see right through you.
He’s hard.
He’s damaged.
He’s dangerous.
He lives in a castle fit for a fairy tale, but he’s no prince.
He’s savage.
He’s brutal.
He’s a killer.
By an act of fate, our worlds collide.
They call him a monster, but he is my salvation.

L.A. Fiore is the author of several books including Beautifully Damaged,
Collecting the Pieces and His Light in the Dark. Her favorite movie is Star Wars, a love her son shares. They hope to build their own Millennium Falcon one day. She would like to meet the Winchester Boys to thank them for enlightening her on the versatility of salt as not just a food enhancer, but as protection from supernatural threats. And she thinks it would be interesting to be a zombie, to get an idea of what life is like as a brain-addicted fiend so she can be their voice to tell their side of the story. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and kids, their two spoiled cats and their awesome dog.

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[New Release] FIRED by Cora Brent @CoraBrent @IndieSagePR #Giveaway

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Publication Date: October 31, 2017

Genre: Contemporary Romance

In this fiery series debut from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Brent, a workplace romance might prove too hot to handle. Still reeling from a nasty divorce, Melanie Cruz’s pride takes another beating when she loses her enviable job at an upscale resort. After a flurry of unsuccessful interviews, she finally—desperately—accepts a job managing a small chain of family-owned pizzerias in a quaint downtown Phoenix neighborhood. The job also comes with Dominic Esposito, her overbearing but ridiculously handsome boss. Falling for him might be the last thing she expects, but maybe it’s the one thing she needs. As hard as they try to resist, Melanie and Dominic embark on a romance as hot as a brick oven, and Melanie has every reason to believe that maybe, this time, she’s finally found “the one.” But Dominic has a secret—one even his family doesn’t know. And the scandal could threaten everything he and Melanie have worked for…in business and in love.

Cora Brent

Cora Brent was born in a cold climate and escaped as soon as it was legally possible. Now, she lives in the desert with her husband, two kids and a prickly pear cactus she has affectionately named ‘Spot’. Cora’s closet is filled with boxes of unfinished stories that date back her 1980’s childhood and all her life she has dreamed of being an author. Amazingly, she is now a New York Times and USA Today bestselling writer of contemporary romance and begs not to be awakened from this dream.

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[Cover Reveal] VILLAINS & VODKA by Alta Hensley @AltaHensley @LWoodsPR

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Release Date: DECEMBER 5th

My life is one long fevered dream, balancing between being killed or killing. The name Harley Crow is one to be feared. I am an assassin. A killer. The villain. I own it. I choose this life. Hell, I crave it. I hunger for it. The smell of fear makes me hard and is the very reason the blood runs through my veins. Until I meet her… Marlowe Masters. Her darkness matches my own. In my twisted world of dancing along the jagged edge of the blade… She changes everything. No weapon can protect me from the kind of death she will ultimately deliver. *Villains & Vodka is a dark billionaire romance. If you don’t like a splash of shock, a dash of taboo, and a heavy dose of sex, then don’t take a sip of this TOP SHELF cocktail.

Alta Hensley

Alta Hensley is a USA TODAY bestselling erotic romance author who has had #1 top-selling books in dark, contemporary, BDSM, erotic science fiction, humor, suspense and historical. She writes the hot, dark, and dirty romance. Being a multi-published author in the romance genre, Alta is known for her dark, gritty alpha heroes, sometimes sweet love stories, hot eroticism, and engaging tales of the constant struggle between dominance and submission.

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30 October 2017

[Cover Reveal] ON THE WAY TO YOU by Kandi Steiner @KandiSteiner @jennw23

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Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publishing Date: November 16th, 2017

Photographer: Lauren Watson Perry with Perrywinkle

What makes you happy?
That was the question Emery Reed asked me the day we met, and I couldn’t give him a single answer. I could have said my dog, or my books, or yoga — but I just stared.
And then, I got in his car.
It was crazy to take a road trip with a stranger, but after years of standing still, he was my one-way ticket to a new life, and I wasn’t going to miss it.
We shared the same space, the same car, the same hotel room — and still, we were strangers.
One day we’d be laughing, the next, we wouldn’t speak. Emery was surrounded by impenetrable walls, but I wanted in.
Discovering his journal changed everything.
I read his thoughts, words not meant for anyone’s eyes, and the more I learned about him, the harder I fell. It turned out nothing made Emery Reed happy, and I wanted to change that.
I earned his trust by violating his privacy, and as wrong as it was, it worked — until one entry revealed a darkness I never knew existed, a timer I never knew was ticking.
Suddenly, what made me happy was saving Emery from himself. I just didn’t know if I could.

Kandi Steiner is a Creative Writing and Advertising/Public Relations graduate from the University of Central Florida living in Tampa. Kandi works full time as a social media specialist, but also works part time as a Zumba fitness instructor and blackjack dealer. Kandi started writing back in the 4th grade after reading the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her “freedom of press.” She took particular interest in writing romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic (like most girls brought up on Disney movies). When Kandi isn’t working or writing, you can find her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys beach days, movie marathons, live music, craft beer and sweet wine – not necessarily in that order.

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[New Release] VEIL OF DARKNESS by Derek Adam @TBayMedia #Trailer

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Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: October 30th, 2017

There’s a world just beyond the veil… in the dark, out of sight, and out of reach for most. That is where they live.
Spirits, demons, and creatures of myth.
For decades, one organization has sought to uncover the secrets of harnessing the power on the other side of the veil for its own misdeeds.
And for decades, a group devoted to protecting life and the natural order has worked to counter the efforts of evil.
Emma is the perfect guardian, living in isolation until called on, accompanied by a tenacious Siberian husky bonded as her familiar and companion. Her life and existence is devoted to one end – using her unique abilities to maintain the balance and bring an end to that which does not belong.
Luca is a paranormal expert capable of seeing beyond the veil and communicating with the other side. With his spirit companions, Sutter and Virgil, he’s called on to investigate an unusual event that will forever change him, and the small border town he once called home.
After a chance encounter, Luca will awaken something in Emma that will force her to face her most difficult struggles, and inspire a whole new reason to fight.

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Derek Adam

Derek is a retired Emergency Medical Professional and has been a lover of telling stories his entire life, having made the transition from “filthy liar” to “sexy author” about the same time silver hairs started showing up in his face (and other places.)

In the early days, he attempted to write science fiction and high fantasy, but discovered it was more fun to write about people touching other people’s tingle-places (smut is cool.) while mixing in action, explosions, and plenty of WTF moments.

He’s also a gamer, gym rat, snow hater (despite living in Michigan), life liver, stunt double for Hulk, and he considers himself to be aggressively unfancy.

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27 October 2017

[20 Questions] SJ Hermann @Writing_Novel

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When is your birthday?

July 20th

Where did you grow up?

In a Northwest suburb of Chicago.

Are you a morning person, or a night person?

Night.

Why did you choose to write for the genre that you do?

I find that writing supernatural / paranormal gives you a wide range of places to go. There are no boundaries.

What is your favorite season or holiday?

Halloween.

If you could go anywhere in the universe, where would you go, and why?

If there is an edge to the universe, I’d go there. To see what is on the other side.

What is the wallpaper on your cellphone?

Mystery Science Theater 3000

What is one thing that most people do not know about you?

I’m a big SpongeBob fan. Of the first three seasons.

What is the most attractive, and the first thing you notice, about the opposite sex?

Hair.

What kind of drunk person do you turn into when you drink?

Funny.

If you could be any color in the big box of crayons, which one would you be?

Black.

What do you put on your pizza?

Bacon. Sausage.

What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

Chocolate.

Who would win in a fight: Batman or Spiderman?

Batman.

Do you believe in Ghosts? Aliens? Big Foot?

Yes, yes, and yes.

So, the Moon Landing, did it actually happen?

LOL. Of course it did.

If only one of your books could be turned into a movie, which one would you choose and why?

Morium. I wrote the script and it is now in the hands of a producer. As far as why, because it has a strong moral basis to the story and would be different then other teen angst movies recently out in theaters. I am also in the process with another scriptwriter to turn another one of my books into a series.

Who is your favorite author, and/or what is your favorite book?

Stephen Kind. World War Z.

Do you ever google yourself?

Yes.

What is one food, or drink, that you could NEVER give up?

Chocolate Milk.

What was the hardest scene, or book, for you to write?

Love scene.

What is your most favorite quote or lyric?

Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true. Springsteen, The River.

Do you sing in the shower?

If you want to call it singing.

Do any of the scenes in your books come from personal experience, or actually events, and are you willing to tell us about one?

Some of the main characters in my books are me in one form or another. Morium has one instance where a character has gum thrown into his hair during class in High School. That happened to me during my Freshman year.

If you were on death row, what would your last meal be?

Lobster.

Are you a Clutter King or a Neat Freak?

Clutter King.

Would You Rather...

See but never smell, or hear but never taste?

Smell.

Have the hiccups for the rest of your life, or always feel like you got to sneeze but never actually do it?

Feel like I’m going to sneeze.

Know when you are going to die, or know how you are going to die?

When.

Be alone for the rest of your life, or forever be surrounded by annoying people with bad body odor?

Alone.

Be forever itchy, or be forever sticky?

Sticky.

Be able to teleport wherever you want, or be able to read minds whenever you want?

Read minds.

Know the history of everything you touch, or be able to speak to animals?

Know the history.

Live your worst day ever, over and over again, for one year; or lose one year of your life completely?

Lose a year of life.

Be permanently transported 200 years into the future, or be permanently transported 200 years into the past?

200 years in the past.

Looking Forward...

What are you currently working on?

Screenplay for Splintered Love for a series. A Christmas short story, and my first stand-alone novel.

What other plans do you have with your writing?

To go darker in my storytelling. Maybe write one story with a happy ending.

When is you next book possibly going to release?

Spring of 2018.

More About SJ Herman!

S.J. Hermann is a writer of paranormal, science fiction, horror, and urban fantasy novels. He has the same taste in movies, television shows and books. He currently resides in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, where he attends college to earn a certificate in graphic or web design. When he is not thinking of stories to write, he is an award winning artist. You can view his artwork HERE.

Hermann is an avid rollercoaster fan who has ridden over forty different coasters throughout his life. If there is a hockey game on television, you can bet that he will be watching, especially his favorite team the Chicago Blackhawks.

He is a fan of the Walking Dead and will read or watch anything about zombies. Max Brooks and Stephen King are his authors of choice.

S.J. Hermann and the MORIUM Trilogy are Anti-Bullying Advocates.