Monday, October 21, 2024
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Now Available as an Audiobook! G8, The 8th Species, Book 2, A Contemporary Sci-Fi/Paranormal Romance
Now Available as an Audiobook!
Now Available as an Audiobook!
G8
The 8th Species, Book 2
Contemporary Sci-Fi/Paranormal Romance
Word Count: 46.2K
$3.99 e / $10.99 p / $14.95 a
Length: 4 hrs, 23 min
Hear a Sample
When a fire at Docenti Labs sent everyone running, Ingrid Shyne was told to wipe the computers and get out, but she couldn’t leave the babies behind. How could anyone? She escapes with them, hiding out at her parents’ place, but she knows she can’t keep the infants forever. They’re Chimeras, created in a lab like the other “children” who escaped, and they need to be with those who understand them. When she reaches out, she’s welcomed with open arms, especially by one in particular.
Ingrid can’t wait to share all the firsts with G8—first love, first changing of the seasons, first holiday season, first birthday celebration. It breaks her heart that he and his family have been deprived of the joys in life she’d always taken for granted. But all of this could be taken away before they ever get a chance to experience any of it.
The sheriff soon calls G8 up to begin work in his new deputy position and aid them in investigating the abandoned labs, along with the help of Ingrid since she worked there. But they quickly realize their lives are at risk. For good reason. They’ll need everyone’s special abilities, along with local law enforcement, to protect themselves as well as the second generation of Chimeras.
Warning: Contains no wrong moves, surviving, eggs with beans, healing, a classic Chevy, BOOM!, and two people refusing to give up hope for love and a life together.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Friday, October 18, 2024
Please Welcome Celia Breslin as She Tells Us About Her Paranormal Romances, Black Hills Wolves
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Halloween Treat: Grandma Eddie’s Caramels
From Celia Breslin
If you like to make things from scratch for Halloween, try my grandmother’s recipe for the best caramels on the planet!
RECIPE:
1 can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 cups white sugar
2 cups white Karo Syrup
1 stick of butter (1/4 lb.)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix together the first three ingredients (milk, sugar, syrup) in a large bowl.
Melt the butter in a large heavy kettle, pour in the mixture and bring to a boil.
Stir continuously while mixture boils until it reaches the temperature of 245 degrees Fahrenheit on a candy thermometer (can take up to 25 minutes).
Note: If mixture overcooks, candy gets too hard.
Once the 245-degree temperature is reached, remove kettle from stove.
Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract, then pour mixture onto a large, buttered cookie sheet or flat pan.
Cut to your preferred size.
Wrap with your preferred wrapper. (My grandmother used wax or parchment paper)
Happy Halloween!
Black Hills Wolves
by Celia Breslin
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Date of Publication: March 27, 2015
ISBN: 978-1-61333-803-2
ASIN: B00T2E7ZEY
Number of pages: 85
Word Count: 29,737
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
Book Description:
Human-wolf hybrid Darci Diamond spends every full moon locked in auntie’s basement in Southern Oregon. Her excruciating shifts terrify her, the last one causing her heart to stop beating. Seeking a cure, she journeys to Los Lobos.
Ross Luparell returns to the struggling Tao pack, using his millions made in the tech industry to build homes for pack families in need. He never imagined he would also find his one true mate. But when a hybrid with the biggest green eyes he’s ever seen lands on his doorstep in the middle of a wicked summer storm, there’s no denying it. She’s the one.
She wants a normal human life, free from pain-filled shifts. He won’t give up on her Wolf, and will do whatever it takes to help her accept her true nature. But can he convince her to trust him with her heart?
Black Hills Wolves
Celia Breslin
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Date of Publication: September 18, 2015
ISBN: 9781613338940
ASIN: B0148W4RHW
Number of pages: 114
Word Count: 32,200
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
Book Description:
British Alpha wolf Jake Marsden spends his days among humans, pursuing a lucrative music career and avoiding his pack’s politics. When his current DJ tour takes him to the US, he stops in Los Lobos to visit family, and runs into the one Wolf he never wants to see again—the mate who rejected his claim.
While visiting her brother in Los Lobos, free-spirited Lexi Luparell is shocked to encounter the Wolf she’d denied when they were teens. Now she must face her guilt for the cruel way she spurned him all those years ago, make amends, and admit the truth. Jake was right all along—they’re meant to mate.
Lexi would love to explore the mate concept and her overwhelming attraction to virile, alpha Wolf Jake, but he wants nothing to do with her. How can she break down his defenses when she’s the reason he built them in the first place?
Jake dates only human women now. Lexi had her shot at being his mate, and she threw it away. But when her life is threatened, he may have to rethink his position and do whatever it takes to claim his one true mate.
Black Hills Wolves
Celia Breslin
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Date of Publication: June 3, 2016
ISBN: 9781683610458
ASIN: B01GKB9WMO
Number of pages: 108
Word Count: 36,400
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
Book Description:
Tech mogul and workaholic Wolf Evan Luparell has little time for distractions but takes a break for his brother’s wedding in South Dakota. When asked to escort another wedding attendee from the airport to Los Lobos, he agrees. Then he meets the curvy spitfire, and she ignores him.
Designer and Wolf Mina Carver didn’t mean to be rude to the handsome, glowering man claiming to be her ride, but she was busy working. Now she must endure a ride to the Black Hills with the cranky but sexy Dominant Wolf. Unexpected mating energy sparks between them, but still—should she dismiss, or kiss him?
Kisses win and they agree upon a no-strings fling. But with each wedding activity throwing them together, and their powerful chemistry and mate compatibility complicating matters, can two workaholics truly have their fun then walk away?
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Celia Breslin lives in California with her husband, daughter, and three feisty cats. She writes urban fantasy, paranormal and sci-fi romance, and has a particular fondness for werewolves, vampires, the Fae, and cyborgs. When not writing, you’ll find Celia exercising, reading a good book, hanging with her family, or indulging her addiction to fantasy TV shows and movies.
Website: http://www.celiabreslin.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celiabreslin/
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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Please Welcome Angie Barton as She Tells Us About Her Fantasy Novel, Immortal Wounds, Immortal Wounds Series, Book One
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SPOOKY COOKIES
I LOVE baking, especially around the holidays!
Every October I make these amazing double chocolate chip cookies and it’s easy to say that they are a hit with both children and adults! They are soft and chewy with just the right amount of chocolate, but it’s the candy eyeballs that are the star of the show!
INGREDIENTS
• ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup dark brown sugar, packed
• optional: black food coloring
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup + 2 Tbsp. Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 Tbsp. milk
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I use semi-sweet)
• Candy Eyeballs for topping the cookies
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350˚ F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Using an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugars. You can add black food coloring at this time to get a deeper shade of black in the cookies. Beat together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Blend in the egg and vanilla, scrape down the bowl if needed.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in the mixer on low speed just until mixed. Mix in the milk on the lowest speed and fold in the chocolate chips.
3. Roll about 2 tablespoons of dough into balls and place on the baking sheets. Flatten slightly. Top cookies with candy eyeballs.
Place cookie sheet in freezer for 10-15 minutes.
4. Bake for 10-11 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. ENJOY!
Immortal Wounds Series
Book One
Angie Barton
Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Magical Realism
Publisher: Angie Barton
Date of Publication: April 22, 2022
ISBN: 979-8990647206
ASIN: BOD9XTF25K
Number of pages: 392
Word Count: 93,000
Cover Artist: Donnell McKenzie
Tagline: Did Isobel make an error in landing in the wrong time, or was it part of her destiny?
Book Description:
After witnessing the brutal deaths of her mother and husband, Isobel overhears a confession from one of the murderers, a ruthless vampire who claims to be her father. For fear that she and her unborn daughter’s death could come next, Isobel uses the only magic she possesses and summons a portal to take her two hundred years in the past to revisit an ancestor in Scotland who she believes may know the truth of her parentage. However, in her haste, Isobel lands in the wrong century. Before she realizes her mistake, she stumbles upon a family: a ferocious Highland warrior and his two sisters.
Isobel could not have prepared herself for what she discovers during her stay: the vampire who claimed to be her father, alive three hundred years in the past! With the help of Meg, the youngest sister, and Mariam, both women’s ancestor, Isobel finds herself belonging in a world she never dreamed of—one entangled with vampires and webbed with revenge, curses, and a prophecy that has dictated all of their lives for the last four hundred years.
Did Isobel make an error landing in the wrong time, or was it part of her destiny?
Award winning author, Angie Barton, published her first novel, Immortal Wounds, in 2022. Angie’s love for writing centers around the fantasy genre, but she also enjoys writing thriller and romance. Her passion for reading, which led to her love of writing, began in elementary school with the Scholastic Book program. Her parents, who are life-long avid readers, have been a huge influence on her reading. Therefore anything and everything Angie could get her hands on she read.
Angie has been an early childhood educator since 1986 and hold a B.S. in Child Development. Her love for literacy has continued throughout her career, not only for herself, but also with the children she has cared for and taught. What Angie is most passionate about is helping others discover the excitement that reading brings. Her greatest desire in writing is to create and bring joy and entertainment to everyone she touches.
Currently, if Angie isn't reading at least three books at a time or working on a rough draft for her next book, she can be found outdoors gardening, woodworking, or relaxing by her pond. She shares that she's a Capricorn, tried and true, drinks way too much tea, and that her "to be read" pile of books can spike at any time.
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Monday, October 14, 2024
The Fibonacci Numbers in Nature
Scientists have discovered the Fibonacci numbers in nature, particularly flowers, where every blossom reflects those geometric mathematical equations in perfect symmetry.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
New! EYE SCREAM, In 13 Deliciously Terrifying Flavors by Linda Mooney writing as Gail Smith
New!
EYE SCREAM
In 13 Deliciously Terrifying Flavors
by Linda Mooney writing as Gail Smith
Word Count: 24.7K
$2.99 e / $6.99 p
Stories include:
Chocolate - Chocolate can kill a dog. That gave Weston an idea.
Butter Pecan - It's been a long time since Iris indulged in her favorite
flavor.
Pistachio - Mr. Finchner swore he had to eat pistachio ice cream every day...or
else.
Cookies 'n Cream - Claudia accepts a last-minute babysitting job.
Vanilla - Fr. Barnabas is called to an orphanage to discover which child has
been possessed.
Rocky Road - Lyle risked visiting that one house on Halloween.
Strawberry - Three close friends go looking for a night of fun.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Birthday Cake - Tad has a unique way of celebrating his girlfriend’s birthday.
Butterscotch - They were a perfect match in every way.
Neapolitan - Her future depended on which flavor she chose.
Mint Chocolate Chip - All because of a million- dollar life insurance policy.
Coffee - She couldn't remember why she'd forgotten how much she loved that
flavor, until it was almost too late.
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
Please Welcome Kay Freeman as She Tells Us About Her Gothic Romantasy, Other Worlds
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Luna Lord’s Recipe for Healthy Carrot Muffins
for Humans and Werewolves
Ingredients:
¾ cp of gluten-free flour
½ cp of almond, rice or banana flour
⅔ cp dark brown sugar 2 tb raisins (optional)
2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda pinch of salt
2 large eggs
⅓ cp of melted butter or choice of oil 1 tb of vanilla extract
4 medium carrots, grated (about 2 cups)
½ cp crushed pineapple
Directions:Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray
muffin tins or line muffin tins with paper liners if using.
Whisk all dry materials together. In another medium lightly whisk the egg, then whisk in the butter or oil and vanilla extract
Quickly and lightly fold the wet ingredients into the dry ones with a rubber spatula. Stir in the carrots and pineapple until everything is evenly mixed. The batter will appear thick. Divide it up into the muffin tins, evenly. Bake until brown and toothpick comes out clean, approximately 30 minutes. Take out of tins after five minutes and cool on rack. These are great warm but they can be eaten cool as well. These freeze well too and can be reheated in the microwave.
Muffins are about 180 calories a piece,
approximately, and calories will fluctuate depending on oil and flour chosen.
Kay Freeman
Genre: A Gothic Romantasy
Publisher: Kay Freeman LLC
Date of Publication: September 1, 2024
ISBN:979-8-9901068-3-3
ASIN: B0D4T2FDHL
Number of pages: 202
Word Count: 77, 320
Cover Artist: Consuela Parra
Tagline: Run with Wolves or Fly with Immortals? A Love Story Written in Blood.
Book Description:
After Luna's world shatters, she seeks refuge in the mystical town of Assisi, Italy. Passions run high in this supernatural realm. Luna is irresistibly drawn to a gothic villa teeming with secrets and danger, owned by a vampire who offers her immortality. Nearby, a werewolf pack leader stalks her in the forest, determined to claim her as his mate. Torn between these new loves and her past one—her famous soon-to-be ex-husband—and her passion for photography, Luna sets out to discover what makes life worth living.
Join Luna on a perilous journey of desire and destiny in a novel that weaves contemporary gothic themes with fantasy. Enemies to Lovers, Beauty and the Beast, and Love Triangle tropes.
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Excerpt:
This
one’s perfect… similar to the model in the Botticelli painting Birth of Venus
and the evil one who took his son. She has a long, narrow face, alabaster skin,
and golden-brown hair that shines in the sun.
Just
like her.
King
crouches, blending in with the low-hanging branches of the donkey killer plant.
He’s been stalking the woman on the bike path since yesterday morning. It’s a
popular path with bikers, connecting the towns of Assisi and Spoleto in Umbria.
It’s December now, though, and too cold, which explains why she is the only one
currently on it. The woman’s faded blue jeans and turquoise flannel shirt make
her easy to track.
Yesterday,
she sat under a sprawling pine tree, its thick branches casting dark shadows on
her face as she wrote a letter. The paper covered her lap. She attacked it with
her pen, each stroke seemed more violent than the last until she tore the
letter into pieces. Her chest heaved and then, after she had calmed down, she
wrote another. When she finished, she read it aloud, her voice breaking as
tears streamed down her cheeks. She begged her boyfriend to send money.
After
pushing her completed version into an envelope, the woman walked to town,
speaking to herself the whole way before she mailed it. Then she trudged back
to her tent in the woods and got drunk, passing out, her desperation revealing
itself once more. King had slept while she slept, only coming to when her movements
awakened him this morning.
Now
she stops to fetch the last of her wine from her backpack and smokes reefer
while she hikes, making her more vulnerable. She’s probably on her way back to
her tent, the one she slept in last night. The flimsy canvas is no barrier or
protection from him or anything else. How silly for her to be out here alone.
Victor
King is alone, too. That’s seldom the case. Most of the time, he travels with
others from his pack, but right now, they’re back in the cave. If they had been
here, King wouldn’t be able to do what he’s about to.
Once
he traps her, he’ll call his friend Matteo, a human. Matteo promised to give
King five million lire for any woman he traps and gives him. King will use the
money to buy food and supplies. There’s been limited food to hunt as it’s
gotten colder, and once it snows, there’ll be even less.
King
had scoped the woods all morning and afternoon. There are no hunters or farmers
who will shoot at him to help the woman. The nearest cottage is three miles
away.
She
picks up her backpack before placing one strap over her shoulder and taking a
few steps. King keeps within striking distance. The jays and blackbirds go
quiet, and the woman senses something wrong and freezes. She turns her head
from right to left, searching the woods.
King
knows she can’t find him.
About the Author:
Kay Freeman spent the early part of her career as a professional artist. She’s shown her work throughout the United States under her professional name, Kay A. Klotzbach. Kay was a full-time art professor in South Jersey for over twenty-three years and was granted a Princeton Mid-Career Fellowship for her teaching and her community based service learning projects.
Kay decided to pursue her passion for writing after her manuscript, Truth Moon, was selected by Romance Writers of America’s RAMP program in 2021, which led to the publication of her debut novel, Truth Moon, by The Wild Rose Press. Kay has gone on to self-publish six other novels.
Kay has won several awards for her writing. In 2022 Hitman’s Honey won third place in Mid Atlantic Author Society’s Romance Contest and in 2024, her novel Leather Man was one of three finalists in Passionate Ink’s Passionate Plume Contemporary Short Category. Her novel The Flower Queen topped Amazon’s Best Seller List, climbing to number eleven in June 2023 in the Historical Romance, 20th Century category. Kay is celebrated for crafting hard-won happily ever-afters that involve spiritual journeys and transformations for her characters.
She also writes a publication for romance authors, What Do Romance Authors Think About, a free newsletter on Substack. Besides her passion for art, reading, and writing, she loves the blues, tequila, and her husband Barry. Kay lives in Wilmington, DE.
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