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Monday, June 3, 2013

Untethered Realms Spotlight: Angela Brown


All this month I'm spotlighting my fellow authors from our Untethered Realms group. First up is Angela Brown, author of the recently released Frailties of the Bond and Neverlove.

I read Neverlove a few months ago and it was a fabulous read. You can find my review of the book here. I haven't read Frailties yet, but I know anything Angela writes will be great. So without further ado, here is all the scoop on Angela and her work.





FRAILTIES OF THE BOND is the first in a series of novellas and short stories introducing heroes and heroines of the secret organization, NEO – Network of Extraordinaires and Otherwordlies.

Those who answer the call from NEO play their part in maintaining balance in our ever-changing times. With power-hungry malcontents, jealous gods, and even those with misguided good intentions, the fate of our world has oft been held in the hands of unsung heroes such as those that are members of NEO.
But before NEO, these heroes and heroines had lives, loves, issues and interests that didn’t involve saving mankind. 

In Frailties of the Bond, it only takes one bite to change a life

After a hiking trip gone wrong, sixteen-year-old Luca should have been dead. Since then, he’s drifted from one school day to the next, annoyed by the looks of suspicion. When a vampire attack claimed his mother and forced his first shift into animal form, Luca set out for Texas, vengeance bound, only to discover so much more when Aimee crossed his path.

Flesh-born of vampire parents sixteen years ago, Aimee shouldn’t exist. Magic, though, made dreams come true for an undead couple desperate for a child all their own. But this magic came with a price, a cost Aimee discovered after one forbidden bite.

Buy links: Amazon USAmazon UKKobo, B&N






NEVERLOVE is a special project spawned from a blog-challenge-turned-blog-opera, the Abby and Basil affair. It is the first in the Shadow Jumpers series.


For seventeen-year-old Abigail, one rash decision leads to an unexpected chance for redemption. At V'Salicus Academy, a unique institute where she trains to become an agent of heaven, she struggles with the pain of her past, the changes of the present and accepts a loveless future until her path – and heart – crosses with Basil’s.

Basil's off-chance slip of the tongue binds him to a life of servitude to the Devourer, the master of hell. His existence has no upside until a chance meeting with Abigail brings new perspective.

Keeping the truth of their present lives from each other brings disaster when secrets are brought to light and the life of Abigail’s mentor is put on the line.

Can Abigail and Basil save her mentor and salvage their love amid the chaos? Or will they lose it all, destined forever to NEVERLOVE?




About the author:





Born and raised in Little Rock, AR, Angela now calls Central Texas home.

Reading and writing have been lifelong passions. It was around the time she gave birth to her forever-love, nicknamed Chipmunk, that she really took writing seriously. After all, how could she teach her child to follow her dreams if she hadn't tried herself?

As a YA fantasy/sci-fi reader and author, she favors the magical, mysterious, the darker side of life...even harbors a secret fright for things that go bump in the night.

Find Angela here:

Amazon author page


Sunday, June 2, 2013

Sample Sunday: Polar Night Excerpt



 
As the plane took off and flew through the snow, Danny couldn’t stop thinking about Aleksei Nechayev, his deathly cold hands, and his cobalt blue eyes with their unflinching gaze. Danny had been around more rapists, murderers, kidnappers, and general human garbage than he could count, and none of them had ever given him the chills. None of them had caused him to feel a rush of terror that took him completely by surprise and floored him.

He leaned his head back on the seat and tried to figure out what was so different about Nechayev. Unbidden, his mind drifted back to Amanda Fiske. She had described her attacker as unusually tall and blond, with dark blue eyes that were filled with evil.

Danny scowled, remembering how his mother used to warn him that drinking too much alcohol would addle the brain. Maybe he had finally done it and his brain was addled. What else could explain where his mind was now going?

Addled brain or not, he couldn’t deny what was now suddenly so obvious. Amanda Fiske may be crazy, but her description of her attacker had been spot on.

She had described Aleksei Nechayev.

Find supernatural thriller Polar Night at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Amazon UK, Kobo, and Smashwords.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

The 2013 WordCount Blogathon

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Hello and Happy June!

I'm participating in Michelle Rafter's 2013 WordCount Blogathon, which means I will be posting every day this month. That is the goal, at least! The last time I tried to blog every day of the month I made it through a whopping seven days, but I actually have a plan this time so I'm hopeful that I will make it to at least day eight. :D

One of my goals for the month is to share posts relating to my interest in animals and animal rescue issues. That was something I had in mind when I first started this blog, but I've really strayed from it over the past few years. This summer I plan to start a spin-off blog to highlight rescues in my area, so I am going to get that started here on this blog during the Blogathon. 

I'm also looking forward to highlighting the amazing writers who make up Untethered Realms, the writing group I had the pleasure of joining last month. And of course I will be participating in the usual bloghops and helping to spotlight other writers while also sharing a bit more about my novel Polar Night.

So that's my plan for what I hope will be a busy and productive month. But I'm not able to get started just yet, as I will be in the car and driving back from Martha's Vineyard when this post goes live. I'll be back to my regular blog visiting on Monday, June 3 and I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone then!


The Aquinnah beach on the Vineyard - where I wish I still was! :D