FREE Kindle eBook + GIVEAWAY: Return to Audubon Springs by RoseAnn DeFranco ~ Contemporary Romance

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Return to Audubon Springs Book Blast!

Today I am featuring Audubon Springs, a contemporary romance by RoseAnn DeFranco. The book currently holds 5 prestigious stars on both Amazon and Goodreads! To add to the fun, the author is also hosting a giveaway which, you can find below!

Best of all-- You can get it for FREE right now on Amazon 

during this book tour!

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About Return to Audubon Springs

When Emma Grant returns to her family's Audubon Springs beach house to fulfill the stipulations of her father's will, she has every intention of forcing her former lover out of the house for good. She's never fit into her wealthy family and would prefer avoiding her past, but with her brother threatening to reveal her young daughter, she has no choice.

Rafe Iuliano has other plans. The wealthy Grants tried to bribe him out of Emma's life years ago, but he's determined to prove once and for all that a master carpenter is worthy of Emma and the house.

Their ridiculous and steamy battle for the house reignites the love and passion that bloomed between them years ago. But when Rafe discovers she's kept their daughter a secret for two years, can he overcome anger and pride to claim his family and the love of his life, or will the deception drive a final wedge between them?

Excerpt

“This is your fault!” Emma shouted.

“My fault?” Rafe blinked through the thick coat of flour. “You’re the one who started this.”

“Me?”

“Yeah, you—Miss Macrobiotic Princess!” They used the barstools for support, and pulled themselves up from the slippery floor. “You’re immovable just like your mother.”

“And you’ve got about as much depth as a toenail. For the life of me, I can’t remember why I was ever with you.”

With a predatory look in his eyes and gait, Rafe advanced. In two long strides he pinned her to the counter, his hands grasping her hips. “Don’t!” His voice, low and dangerous, and his near proximity overwhelmed, charging her body with a jolt of electricity rendering breathing impossible. His gaze locked on hers for an eternity, then without warning, he dipped his head and licked lavishly at the syrup on her chest and neck.

Need and heat consumed her at his touch, fraying what was left of her nerves. She dropped her head back, shivered, and her knees buckled. He held her steady, fully pinned against the counter and continued to feast on her neck. Then with a shake as if waking from a dream, he stepped away, taking his heat with him.

Emma swayed and gripped the counter. Goose bumps rose on her flesh at the storm brewing in his eyes.

“Say or do anything you want to push me out of this house, but don’t ever say you don’t remember.”

About the Author: RoseAnn DeFranco

RoseAnn DeFranco grew up in upstate NY with her nose in a book and a song in her heart. Following the pursuit of a musical theatre career in NYC, she turned her creative energy to writing romance. RoseAnn blogs about her writing experiences with her critique partners at www.the violetfemmes.com. A NJ shore transplant, she enjoys time spent at the beach with her family. She would love to one day live in a quaint shore town like the fictional town Audubon Springs from her BROTHERS OF AUDUBON SPRINGS series.  More information about these Contemporary Romantic Comedies can be found at www.radefranco.com.

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99 Cents! Aqua Blue by Marian L. Thomas! Clean Fiction for Women

A friendship that begins to unravel. A young man fleeing the tragic loss of his mother. A romance that crosses the boundary of hatred and proves that love is stronger than the color of skin. Find it all in, AQUA BLUE. It is now on sale for 99¢ November 5th- November 12th!

The Genre:Clean Fiction for Women

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About Aqua Blue

In 1968 a child was born. Her father's eyes boast a beautiful green and her mother was born with hazel. Yet, Aqua Blue was brought into the world with neither.

Haley wishes her parents would forget her. Her mother wants to control her, her father constantly beats on her and Haley, however, just wants to dance on Broadway. Will her dreams cost her more than she ever expected?

Jonathan Jacob Benjamin Brown is running from the memory of a mother he loved. His journey will thrust him into a world filled with secrets so shocking, he must determine whether he will forgive or walk away.

As they each step foot into the intoxicating city of New York, their dreams are standing before them with open arms. Yet, in order to embrace the possibilities, they must first learn to live, love, and breathe.

What People Are Saying About this Book:

"Aqua Blue is an emotionally gripping story that will keep readers turning the pages as they travel back in time to the turbulent 60's to meet characters whose forbidden romance is sure to mark a place in their hearts, long after they close the book."~ Rhonda McKnight, Author of Black Expressions Bestsellers, What Kind of Fool and An Inconvenient Friend.

“When I first opened Aqua Blue I was pulled in to the main character's desire to explore the world outside her small town. I won't give it away but right from the start you know something major is going to happen to the two best friends -- and their traveling companion -- that will change them and their relationships. Once you start reading this novel, you won't want to put it down!” ~ Faith Knight, Author of the Real Book on How to Cook

" Mrs. Thomas,I truly enjoyed reading your novel. The book always kept me wondering what would happen next. Please do a sequel.~ Johnnie Stewart, Between Friends Literary Club, Memphis, Tennessee

About Author Marian L. Thomas

Author Marian L. Thomas, is no stranger to the world of fiction. With three dramatic and engaging books to her credit: Color Me Jazzmyne; My Father's Colors and Strings of Color, this award-winning author continues to weave colorful stories of emotion and realism, that crosses all boundaries and finds a home in the heart of today's female reader. This has become her trademark.

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Excerpt Tour & Giveaway: Selkie's Song By Clare Austin

Welcome to the 

Excerpt Tour & Giveaway for

Selkie's Song

By Clare Austin

Book #3 in the Fado Trilogy

About Selkie's Song

They call her Selkie. Muireann O'Malley often felt she was born of the sea but refuses to let sentimentality stand in the way of her crusade to protect the shore she has wandered since a small child. A patch of West Clare, Ireland, and a derelict building are all that stand between the cliffs she loves and the callous grip of progress.

Tynan Sloane should be content with success, but a dream beckons. O'Fallon's Pub in historic downtown Boston is for sale and Tynan wants to make it his. An unexpected inheritance of land in the west of Ireland could provide the financing he needs. He doesn't expect his quick trip to sell the land to rekindle youthful passion.

Fifteen years ago, they had an adolescent crush. Now disparate ambition and a legend as old as Ireland herself stand between them. Will love and myth collide to bring them together or tear them apart?

Exclusive Excerpt

At a large corner table with bench seats, a tall,

grey-haired crag of a man sat tuning his guitar. Across

the way sat a fiddler with fingers so stubby, if Ty hadn’t

known others like him, he would have wondered how

those hands could coax milk from a cow let alone a

tune from a violin. Simon O’Flaherty, like a man

wrestling an octopus, fitted together the puzzling mass

of tubes and reeds of uilleann pipes.

Soon jigs and reels flowed one into another. More

musicians came and the crowd grew to stretch the

walls. Ty regretted having given up his seat. He leaned

a hip on a barstool and sipped the remains of his pint.

“Can I get you another?” The publican reached for

his glass to refill it.

Ty knew he should wave him off, claiming he’d

had his limit, but he felt a need to fit in here, soak up

the camaraderie, feel his roots. “A whiskey. Thanks.”

He studied the room. Cait was looking fine, and he

wondered if he had drunk her pretty over the last hours.

Fishermen, their faces ruddied by the wind and the sea,

talked of the catch, the price of salmon, the weather.

Farmers chewed over the breeding of sheep or cows

and if the rain would come or go to make a good

harvest.

Snatches of gossip—whose land was for sale, high

taxes, would Connaught beat Wicklow, who’d been

seen walking out with whom. And everyone, it seemed,

had a comment on the front page of today’s newspaper.

“Feeney was madder than a bag of cats…It’s

throwing apples into an orchard to try to reason with

him…Give Turlough’s girl some credit…Ah, now,

what she needs is a husband and a house full of babies

and she’ll forget about her seals…” Each one had his or

her solution to the problems of the village, if not the

world.

About Author Clare Austin

A word about the author...

Clare Austin submitted her first manuscript to a publisher at the age of eight years. She wishes she still had that rejection letter.

Many years and not a few stories later, with characters knocking at the inside of her cranium and begging to be released, Clare’s romantic comedy, Butterfly, was published. There followed a suspenseful sequel, Angel’s Share, and Hot Flash, a women’s fiction/romance for mature women and the men who love them.

Clare lives in the beautiful Rocky Mountains and enjoys her horses, playing her violin, and traveling to Ireland every summer.

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Clare will be awarding a print (US only) or digital copies (international) of the first two books in the series, Butterfly and Angel's Share to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour.

To enter the giveaway, simply post a comment below! 

You can earn additional entries by following and commenting on the rest of the tour at: 
Goddess Fish Promotions: Selkie's Song Tour

Book Blitz: Visions by Laura N. Anile ~ Paranormal

Visions

The Gifted Series ~ Book One

By Laura N. Anile

About Visions

What would you sacrifice to save a stranger?

When Isabel Cartier, a career-driven lawyer determined to rise to the top, begins to experience premonitions of strangers in potentially life-threatening situations, she must decide what she is willing to do—and sacrifice—in order to save the people in her visions.

As her premonitions progress, the level of risk to her own life escalates, and she’s thrown into a mysterious world that will put more than just her career in jeopardy.

It is only when her life spins out of control that she is able to take chances that she never thought possible—including opening her heart to love.

There's Matt, the handsome stranger she saves from a terrible accident. But will she ever see him again? Then there's Jeremy, her thoughtful neighbor who's down on his luck. Both will shape her path and leave her breathless. But it’s another man, who she sees in her visions over and over again, who will leave her questioning everything. Does he have nine lives, or is it up to Isabel to figure out the parameters of a game she doesn't quite understand in order to truly save him?

Visions follows Isabel’s journey to find out if she has the courage she needs to save the people in her premonitions, and how, ultimately, their lives are intertwined with hers.

Genre: Paranormal

Publisher: GlassHouse  Publishing

ISBN: 9780992279028

ASIN: B00FFM1GOW

Number of pages: Approx. 420

Word Count: 124,000

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Visions Excerpt

The child began screaming; a scream that made your blood run cold. Her mother instantly tried to placate her, eventually smothering her mouth when those attempts failed. That only intensified the screaming, agitating the girl more.

The gunman flew into a rage, demanding the girl be silenced before he silenced her. His hand twitched in fury. Could he honestly harm a child? I wondered, as fear crashed over me. The interminable screaming shrilled through the bank as the girl thrashed in her mother’s arms. My skin tingled, the air electrified with trepidation.

The gunman pointed the weapon directly at the child, narrowing his eyes. A growl erupted from his throat as his feeble control shattered and his finger pulled back the trigger.

There was no time left to decide, to think. There was only time to act. Instinctively, I jumped in front of the young girl as I heard the deafening crack of the gun being fired.

I jumped so violently that I awoke, drenched in sweat.

To read a sample, please go to: Amazon

Or you can read Chapter One at: www.lauraanile.com/sneakpeek

About Author Laura N. ANile

Laura has had a lifelong love of writing, which she explored in a successful marketing career before penning her first novel. She is fascinated by the ideas of fate and interconnectedness, central themes in her story. She loves all things humorous, laughs too loudly and finds her own jokes amusing. She has a passion for traveling and exploring the world but has a phobia of suspect hotel rooms with questionable hygiene. And, oh yeah, she doesn’t own any crystal balls.

Visions is her debut novel. She has also written a collection of short stories, entitled Unmasked Secrets.

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GUEST POST: My Writing Inspiration by Author Charlotte Pearson- Mummy Fever Book Tour

Guest Post: My Writing Inspiration

By Author Charlotte Pearson

My Writing Inspiration

My three lovely children are my writing inspiration – I starting writing my book as means of documenting some of the funny things they did, or said and the adventures we had along the way. Time passes so quickly and if you blink you feel as if you have missed something sometimes. My children have also been my reason to stay strong, even when I didn’t feel as if I could be at times. One smile, or giggle or funny comment from them and I already felt better! That innocence is really powerful.

I think I was also inspired to write my book because I felt as if there is so much about parenting that we aren’t told. People around us tend to sugar coat it, and for some people I imagine that is quite a dangerous thing. I know someone who had a child before me and she had this perfect image in her head of what it would be like, how she would feel, what the baby would be like and so on- the reality was VERY different from that and she struggled from day one. He child is now eight and she has only just managed to pick herself up and move forwards.

Parenting is hard – babies don’t come with a manual.

I hope my book reveals the truth about some of this – the funny, the emotional, the embarrassing and the truly wonderful aspects of parenting.

My Writing Style

I’d say my writing style is casual. It won’t be what everyone wants to read but it was how I wanted to write. One of the reviews I have had said “I felt as if the writer was telling me her story over a glass of wine” – that was my favourite review because that is exactly how I wanted it to come across. That was most certainly my intention.

Mummy Fever

Mission Accomplished is written in the form of diary entries and by writing in a casual, diary-like style I was more able to convey certain feelings. Love, joy, worry, anger, fear, despair – as well as hint that in many cases there was more to be said that couldn’t be written down.

Author Bio Charlotte Pearson

Charlotte Pearson was born in Leicester in 1979 and lived with her parents, both teachers and younger brother, Sam. After completing her studies at Lutterworth Grammar School, in 1998 she was accepted to Keele University to study Sociology, Applied Social Studies and later completing a masters in International Relations. She also spent time at the University of Kyoto, Japan. Charlotte now lives in North Wales with her partner and three children. Charlotte wrote Mummy Fever: Mission Accomplished whilst pregnant with her third child and is currently writing the sequel.

About Mummy Fever by Charlotte Pearson

Title: Mummy Fever (Mission Accomplished)

Author: Charlotte Pearson

Genre: Contemporary

It was the best of times … It was the worst of times ... 'Mummy Fever: Mission Accomplished' is a determinedly honest blow-by-blow account of young motherhood that will remind you why you vowed never to have a second child, and why you probably broke that vow two years later. Discover how to open a door gracefully to a perfect stranger half-naked and covered head-to-toe in ... well, never mind, how to grow eight arms, how to fend off the hapless and intrusive advice of your rampaging mother-in-law, how to run a marathon only a few months after you have given birth, and how to deal with an inattentive husband who isn't planning on changing his life at all. But, above all, remind yourself that young motherhood is a time of enchantment, despite the very real challenges, and a love story, at least towards the children.

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