Promoting and Socialising with authors discussion

Hiya everyone,

This thread is for writers who have novel(s) there are planning on getting reviewed. All you need to do is leave the details for the proposed book. You can only enter one book at a time. Any duplicate books will be removed. So list your books with the format below:

Title:
Genre:
Blurb:
Contact Link:

I'll start by listing my book.
Title: LS: The Beginning
Genre: Fantasy/Romance/YA
Blurb: A handshake between strangers has never held so much promise for discovery.

When Stephen Wilson meets Lisa Morgan at his new school in Sloutenville, it is the simple act of extending his hand in greeting that flips both of their worlds upside-down. With the gesture, both discover that in some way they are connected, and that they share the ability to manipulate the elements, fire and water. Though their abilities vary, they share the gift of telepathy allowing them to communicate without words, which creates a bond between them stronger than either had expected.

As the two begin to spend more and more time together David, Lisa’s ex, becomes wild with jealousy, lunching multiple attacks on Lisa. In the fight against the dangers that await them around every corner, Stephen and Lisa soon discover that they are up against much greater odds than they had originally known, and that their struggles are far from over.
Contact Link: To get a copy of this book for review visit my blog HERE and leave a comment with your email address.

Great idea. I have my book out w/ a few ppl, but you never know how long reviews will take. So here goes:


Title: The Superiors
Genre: dark urban fantasy
Blurb: Two hundred years after a stronger, faster, nearly invincible race takes over the earth, the Superiors rule humanity with scorn and an iron fist—or iron fangs. Though Superiors raise humans simply as livestock to sate their hunger and sustain their immortal lives, Draven Castle, a discontented, lower-class Superior, will never have the funds to purchase his own human.

One night Draven captures Cali, a human runaway, and defies society’s strict laws by feeding on her. The continuing consequences of this one small criminal act forever alter the course of his mundane life. Draven returns Cali, but she has already ensnared his interest. He tries to protect her but finds himself helpless to stop other vampires from feeding on her, so he vows to purchase her, no matter the cost. Soon he begins to take more and more risks to ensure her safety and gain possession of her. But can he risk everything for the chance to own one human girl?

contact link: just message me on goodreads, i check several times a day! :)

thanks to anyone interested in my book! You can find it on goodreads, amazon, barnes & noble, smashwords. Message me if you'd like a coupon.

Lena

The Superiors

I am always looking for ways to promote my books. This is a great idea to try and connect readers and reviewers.

Title: Hidden Threat
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: December 30, 2010

Summary:Cali Stanton has one goal in life, being a doctor. She does not intend to run the family business. But when her father gets injured and tells her that she’s the only one he trusts, Cali finds herself behind his desk at Stanton Enterprises.

Matthew Andersen and his brother Jason have spent the last two years managing security at Stanton Enterprises. But when someone threatens the company and its CEO, challenging Matthew’s abilities, what seems like an easy task, becomes a big problem.

Cali and Matthew must fight their growing attraction for each other to avoid a potentially damaging office romance. As the threats continue, they must work together to keep the company running and discover who is behind the threats.

But when things escalate to violence and Cali becomes the latest target, things get personal. Can Matthew find the Hidden Threat before it’s too late?

If you are interested in reviewing my book, you can contact me at shayes@thewriterscoffeeshop.com or my marketing agent donna@thewriterscoffeeshop.com.

I have two books people might like to review.

1.

Title: Sounds of Soldiers
Genre: Science Fiction

Blurb: Five years ago the United States began to self destruct. As momentum toward a nuclear civil war grew at home, US covert kill teams- and then the military- rampaged through Europe attacking imaginary enemies. The USA found itself at war with former allies. Great Britain closed its borders and stayed mostly neutral.

Robert Jones didn’t get on the train out of Paris after it was bombed. He chose to stay on the continent and make a name for himself covering the conflict with reports on his blog. He saw the first blows, witnessed nuclear explosions lighting up the Mediterranean and was present for the final acts.

Now the borders have been reopened and Robert Jones is back from the war. He has returned to Manchester to reconnect with friends and family, to investigate the changes the city has gone through and to find out what life was like away from the warzone. He’s striving for a new, peaceful life, but there are still some ghosts and secrets from his time on the continent which are ready to come back and shake it up.

A novella about what happens when a technothriller goes horribly wrong, Sounds of Soldiers is part travelogue from the future, part war story satire, and takes a look at how the civilians usually ignored by the big war fantasies cope and survive.

2.

Title: Slashed
Genre: Horror

Blurb: Warden’s Lodge has a blood soaked history dating back to before the Civil War. After a violent massacre it has stood empty for over twenty years. The locals keep their doors locked and are never far from a gun, fearing what they think lives in the lodge.

When eight teenagers turn up, determined to have a party in the lodge despite the warnings, blood can’t be far away.

In one long, violent night the lodge is going to claim more lives.

A house with a grisly history.

The killer who calls it home.

Eight teens planning a party.

But who’s hunting who?

If you leave me a message on Goodreads it should get emailed to me. I can get electronic copies of both books to anyone who's interested in reviewing them.

Good idea! Like everyone else, I am always looking for reviews!
Title: Blood Warrior
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy.
Blurb:
When murderous vampires attack her home, 17-year-old Alexa is forced to leave her mother for dead in order save her sister. She soon learns that she is the last known member of an elite race of supernatural Warriors, and is thrust into a world full of vampires and werewolves who all seem to regard her as some sort of savior. Meanwhile, Alexa battles a monster within herself that seeks to gain control; a monster that seeks blood.
The hidden city she finds herself in appears perfect, but Alexa's instincts tell her that all is not right within its walls. When she is asked to attend a school of fighters, whose exams consist of gladiatot-style competitions, she must decide who she can trust among the smiling faces. And, when she meets Kayden, a vampire she feels undeniably drawn to, she must decide if she can trust herself.
Blood Warrior is available here for $.99 but if anyone is interested in doing a review I would be more than happy to send a free file. Thanks!

DARK LULLABY
Horror

At a trendy Turkish tavern one Friday night, astrophysicist Gabriel Diaz meets a mysterious young woman. Captivated by her beauty as well as her views on good and evil, he spends the next several days with her. Soon, however, he begins to notice a strangeness in her–her skin’s abnormally high temperature, her obsession with milk products, her child-like and bizarre behavior as she seems to take pleasure in toying with his conscience.

The young woman, Kamilah, invites him to Rize, Turkey, where she claims her family owns a cottage in the woods. In spite of his heavy workload and the disturbing visions and nightmares about his sister’s baby that is due to be born soon, Gabriel agrees to go with her.

But nothing, not even the stunning splendor of the Black Sea, can disguise the horror of her nature. In a place where death dwells and illusion and reality seem as one, Gabriel must now come to terms with his own demons in order to save his sister’s unborn child, and ultimately, his own soul…

Dream Realm Awards Finalist!

Contact: mayra.calvani@gmail.com

For cover art, please check: www.MayraCalvani.com

"Shifters" due out in March 2012
Speculative distopian YA fiction
The school was meant to advance kids towards their careers faster, but secretly the motivation is to weed out people with "corrupt" DNA. A group of friends finds out about the conspiracy and use reality shifting to their advantage as they fight for human justice.
contact me at hlilburn.telus.net
Thank you!

Remembering Tomorrow
Contemporary Fantasy (YA friendly)
Just released!

In a final stand of old growth timber, a stranger is found shivering in a patch of new snow on a hot summer day. The world has changed from the one he knew; society has stumbled and the rural areas have lost their connection to the rest of the country. Over the last sixty years, a culture has grown amidst the myths of the world before, developing its own beliefs around the ever present cycles of nature. Those who live within the shadows of the ancient trees have never seen a television or an electric light, they have never watched a plane climb into the sky or listened to voices echoing from a radio.

The nightmare Alexander escaped from, that left him shivering with fear in a blanket of summer snow, is not ready to let him go. The echoes of another world slip into the mortal realm in the jealousy of an immortal lover who seeks to possess the one man who has ever told her, “No.” He has always held out for the love he once knew, the woman whose memory gave him strength through the years spent in the realm of the fae, never submitting to the immortal Nakayla’s icy embrace. And now he has escaped to find Megan, the woman he loves, living in another lifetime, surrounded by a world he doesn’t know.

Within the pages of Remembering Tomorrow we discover that the myths of our past are intimately tied to the environment of the present. We find that hatred and rage are powers that can rival those of love and sacrifice. As the story builds to a tension-filled climax, lives are lost, the bonds of magic are severed, and we discover that sometimes losing the battle is the only way to win the war.

Please visit my website at http://www.virtual-coffee.com/ for more information (and to read the first three chapters online), or contact me at books@virtual-coffee.com for a free ebook coupon. :)

Thank you!

Not a novel but reads like one
Hamburg 1947: A Place for The Heart to Kip
Twenty-two years old and ready for peace, Harry Leslie Smith has survived the Great Depression and endured the Second World War. Now, in 1945 in Hamburg, Germany, he must come to terms with a nation physically and emotionally devastated. In this memoir, he narrates a story of people searching to belong and survive in a world that was almost destroyed.
Hamburg 1947 recounts Smith’s youthful RAF days as part of the occupational forces in post-war Germany. A wireless operator during the war, he doesn’t want to return to Britain and join a queue of unemployed former servicemen; he reenlists for long term duty in occupied Germany. From his billet in Hamburg, a city razed to the ground by remorseless aerial bombardment, he witnesses a people and era on the brink of annihilation. This narrative presents a street-level view of a city reduced to rubble populated with refugees, black marketers, and cynical soldiers.
At times grim and other times amusing, Smith writes a memoir relaying the social history about this time and place, providing a unique look at post-WWII Germany. Hamburg 1947 is both a love story for a city and a passionate retailing of a love affair with a young German woman.

The Companion of Lady Holmeshire

English Victorian Historical Fiction

Emma, a foundling infant, grew to become a servant in the household of the Countess of Holmeshire. In time, she was chosen to become the companion of the lady and was sent for training and refining. When she returned, she was taken along to London teas, dinners and a ball where she- basically a servant- received much rude treatment by snobbish aristocrats. She had eyes for the son of the countess, the young Earl of Holmeshire- but it was deemed hopeless; he was above her class and was engaged by arrangement to a London lady. Throughout the book, men in tatters are following Emma while strange gentlemen are following the Earl's fiance. This is a Jane Austen type story, a light, clean read, with mystery like that of Charles Dickens.

If you like this kind of book and wish to review it, please contact me for an ecopy at kescah at comcast dot net.

Title: A Life Lived Ridiculously

Genre: Women's Fiction and Humor

Blurb: When a girl with obsessive compulsive disorder falls in love with a sociopath, she must fight for her sanity and her life.
Maxine’s brain is stuck. Everything around her feels wrong and the only way to fix it is to check, double-check, rearrange and count everything. What Maxine can’t fix though is her parents’ constant nagging over the absence of a husband. A humiliation that is further compounded when her younger brother runs off with Miss Perfect. Then she meets Sam, a smooth-talking charmer with the weight of the world on his shoulders, and enough terminal diseases to wipe out a small village. Maxine decides that Sam is her salvation, never mind that his life is more depressing than a Greek tragedy, and others are urging her to get away from him. The problem is that Sam has Maxine under his spell. Will Maxine escape from Sam before it is too late?

Contact Link: Drop me an email at arc74@ridiculouslife.net. I can either email you the book as a pdf or mail you a hard copy. Just let me know in your email.

Thanks so very much.
Looking forward to hearing from you

Annabelle
www.ridiculouslife.net

Need reviews of my newest short story.


Title: The Very Thought of Him
Genre: Contemporary Erotica

Dara's in a slump. Her smalltown workaday life is beginning to wear her thin. Bored one night, she encounters Kelly's ad online, and something is ignited in her. She flirts and he responds. The only question is, can she muster the courage to step away from what's safe?

Contact: either a PM at GR or through e-mail: jessa_callaver@aol.com
You can find the short story online at Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords.com, Kobo, Apple, Sony, and Diesel.

Title:Sweet Sleep (The Children of Ankh series )
Genre:YA Paranormal Fantasy
Blurb:Bloggers contact infor for new series coming out May 2013
Contact Link: kcormack4u@gmail.com