Title: Playmaker
Series: Breakaway #3
Author: L.P. Dover
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 27, 2018
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Shadow by the Bridge by Suzanne Zewan
Shadow by the Bridge by Suzanne Zewan
Publication Date: November 1, 2017
No Frills Buffalo
eBook & Paperback; 368 Pages
ISBN-13: 9780998881188
Genre: Historical Mystery
11-year-old Fritz Reynolds recalled his father telling him that man is the only creature who can find amusement in killing. Little did he realize that those words would become the theme for his teenage years growing up in the rural hamlet of Linden, New York. In this coming-of-age story, Fritz takes us back to a simpler time when neighbors gathered at the general store to listen to radio shows, drank barrel-aged cider, and worshiped at the Baptist church every Sunday. All was picturesque in his close-knit farming community until terror was unleashed on them.
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About the Author
Suzanne is coordinator at Genesee Valley Educational Partnership and is an adjunct professor at Buffalo State College. She has a M.A. in English and Creative Writing and a M.S.Ed. in Career and Technical Education. Other publications include a poem in Jigsaw (2014), a short story and two poems in Jigsaw (2016), and a short story in Amaranth Review (2016).For more information, please visit Suzanne Zewan's website. You can also find Suzanne on Facebook and Twitter.
Interview with Suzanne Zewan
Do your characters seem to hijack the story or do you feel like you have the reigns of the story?
Great question!
At times, while writing Shadow by the Bridge I do feel that on a couple of occasions, the characters hijacked the story. So, I had to step back and think about the scene, and if it kept bothering me because it didn’t feel right, I had to go back and either delete it or revise it until it felt right.
Convince us why you feel your book is a must read.
“Linden Triple Slayer Eludes Net: Authorities are Determined Mysterious Linden Murderer Shall Not Escape Justice,” The Daily News headline read on March 12, 1924. Shadow by the Bridge is a story of a young boy who lived in the rural farming community of Linden, NY during the most horrific years the area had ever seen. The story takes readers back to a simpler time when neighbors gathered at the general store to listen to radio shows, drank barrel-aged cider, and worshiped at the Baptist church every Sunday. All was picturesque in the close-knit community until one of their own unleashed terror on them.
Chilling. Suspenseful. Heart wrenching. Tragic...
Have you written any other books that are not published?
No. However, I am currently writing a young adult paranormal thriller.
Pen or type writer or computer?
Always a computer. I can type so much faster than I can handwrite.
Anything you would like to say to your readers and fans?
I appreciate all who are willing to give a new author a chance. Over the past several years, I worked hard to learn how to tell a good story, write well, and create a page turner. I hope my book doesn’t disappoint.
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Breakwater by Errin Stevens
Author: Errin Stevens
Narrator: Sean Posvistak
Publisher: Errin Stevens
Released: Jul. 17, 2017
Series: The Mer Chronicles, Book 2
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
Genre: Romantic Fantasy
The sirens of Griffins Bay are in trouble, and the recent slew of royal suicides looks to be the least of their worries.
For one, unless a blood relative of the queen shows up, no one's around to staff the monarchy. Well, except for a whack-job bureaucrat and he seriously won't do. Worse is the community unrest threatening siren society, a problem caused by too many humans in the pool, which means Simon and his off-limit girlfriend will have to run and hide if they want to make more of their flirtation...
The solution doesn’t inspire confidence at first, but the Blakes have everything at hand to set their world to rights - namely, a hidden queen, a dead prince, and a facility for human manipulation. Once they find their sea legs, they'll restore order, distribute smart phones, and drive that conniving bureaucrat to a grisly, satisfying end.
Errin Stevens writes paranormal romantic suspense stories from her home in Minnesota. When not wrestling with unruly narrative - or reading literary and commercial fiction like a fiend - you’ll find her poring over seed catalogues (winter) or gardening (the other three days of the year).
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Sean is an aspiring game developer who's used his years of work on Youtube to excel at audiobook narration.
Q&A with Author Sean Posvistak
- When did you know you wanted to be an audiobook narrator? How did you wind up narrating audiobooks? Was it always your goal or was it something you stumbled into by chance?
- This was a suggestion from my mom. I was having trouble making ends meet at the time trying to pursue my personal passions, so she suggested a slightly different field of work that also took advantage of my voice. People always said I had a "radio voice", so I figured I'd give it a shot. Turns out that wasn't just my family being nice. Who knew?
- What type of training have you undergone?
- I was producing videos on Youtube for years before I started narrating audiobooks. It helped me refine my delivery style, and gave me plenty of opportunities to learn how to not suck from professionals like TotalBiscuit and Jim Sterling. Practice really does make perfect, in my case.
- How do you manage to avoid burn-out? What do you do to maintain your enthusiasm for narrating?
- Remind myself of my overwhelming need to eat.
But seriously: I used to work retail. This is paradise compared to that, because I get to set my own hours. Being able to work when you feel like it and still make ends meet is a dream, and keeping in mind how fortunate I am to be able to do that is what keeps me going. Because I sure as hell ain't going back to OfficeMax.
- Remind myself of my overwhelming need to eat.
- What about this title compelled you to audition as narrator?
- I love fiction. Don't get me wrong: I can't complain about the steady paychecks the instructional books I usually get provide, but my heart belongs to exciting narratives meant to invoke a mood other than just self-help in you. I like getting lost in a world. I like going on a journey with pleasant characters. And I like bringing them to life in the way only a narrator can.
- How did you decide how each character should sound in this title?
- I pulled from real-world sources. Art imitates life, so I figured basing the voices on the delivery style and people I knew would give it that edge.
- Do you read reviews for your audiobooks?
- Of course! Feedback is the only way I'll improve. It's already hard enough to get noticed on the great expanse that is the internet, so when someone thinks you, specifically, are worth the time to explain what you're doing right and wrong, I find it’s worth it to listen.
- What type of the review comments do you find most constructive?
- There are plenty of types of commenters, but my favorite are called "The Talkers". As in, the people who can write more than one sentence breaking down exactly what about your delivery style they like or don’t like. That kind of information is immediately useful, be it positive or negative.
- If you could narrate one book from your youth what would it be and why?
- Nate the Great. That was the book that introduced me to the concept of detectives and made me a huge fan of the genre. I have so much respect got those with an analytical mind, because I can't even beat a Phoenix Wright game, let alone solve a real-world mystery. Plus, they remind me of my personal hero: my grandfather, who actually spent his life solving real-world mysteries on the California Highway Patrol.
- What bits of advice would you give to aspiring audiobook narrators?
- Do it.
I'm not being facetious; that's the best thing you can possibly do, and you will get that advice from anybody even remotely worth their salt. Keep recording. Keep improving. Keep learning and honing your craft. That's the only way to get better at this. Study those
who have already gone down that road. And bear in mind: even those guys are still learning. That's how they STAY at the top of their field.
Also: buy a huge jug for storing water in. You'll thank me later.
- Do it.
- What’s next for you?
- The whole point of me moving to Ohio was to live the dream and start a game development company with my friends. We're saving up and planning this out, and soon, we'll have everybody living in the same building and making something awesome together. But until then: way more audiobooks. Even more than last year. 2018 will be the year of Sean Posvistak.
- Bonus question: Any funny anecdotes from inside the recording studio?
- Studio? Hardly. All those samples you heard were recorded in a bedroom with blankets held up on the walls by Command hooks for noise cancellation. My pop filter is propped up
on the tripod of my camera. And here's the part that's really gonna tick off my fellow VO artists: they were all recorded on a Blue Yeti. I've used a Shure SM7B, and the only thing a sample size of 4 people could tell was different was that the Shure had slightly
better noise cancellation.
Moral of the story? Don't think you can't afford to do this job. You can get clever. You can find neat tricks as you experiment with the tools available. And you might have been
lucky enough to be born with a voice that just works better on cheaper hardware.
- Studio? Hardly. All those samples you heard were recorded in a bedroom with blankets held up on the walls by Command hooks for noise cancellation. My pop filter is propped up
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Deep in the Hollow The Chindi Series Book 1 by Brandy Nacole
Deep
in the Hollow
in the Hollow
The
Chindi Series Book 1
Chindi Series Book 1
by
Brandy Nacole
Brandy Nacole
Genre:
Paranormal Suspense
Paranormal Suspense
316
pages
pages
Let
me share some wisdom with you. There is evil in this world we cannot
see, not because it is hidden from us, but because our minds refuse
to accept its existence. But once we are able to get past what
everyone says should not be, it becomes our responsibility to stop
the evil we now see.
me share some wisdom with you. There is evil in this world we cannot
see, not because it is hidden from us, but because our minds refuse
to accept its existence. But once we are able to get past what
everyone says should not be, it becomes our responsibility to stop
the evil we now see.
This
insight wasn’t given to me until a year after I lost the most
important person in my life: Bryce Rowan. Now, after another death at
the same spot where he died—the overlook, where the mysterious
lights dance amongst the trees—I begin to wonder if they were
accidents after all.
insight wasn’t given to me until a year after I lost the most
important person in my life: Bryce Rowan. Now, after another death at
the same spot where he died—the overlook, where the mysterious
lights dance amongst the trees—I begin to wonder if they were
accidents after all.
Lucky
for me, I’m not the only curious one in town. Cooper, a ghost
hunter (aka chaser), and his sister Jada have moved to town and are
starting to ask questions.
for me, I’m not the only curious one in town. Cooper, a ghost
hunter (aka chaser), and his sister Jada have moved to town and are
starting to ask questions.
But
the more we find out about this town and the people who live here,
people who I have known my whole life, the more I begin to think
there are those who would rather keep the evil secret, even if it
means we will never be safe, and that more will die.
the more we find out about this town and the people who live here,
people who I have known my whole life, the more I begin to think
there are those who would rather keep the evil secret, even if it
means we will never be safe, and that more will die.
Buried
in the Bayou
in the Bayou
The
Chindi Series Book 2
Chindi Series Book 2
280
pages
pages
Our
lifestyle, son, doesn’t have room for happily ever after.
lifestyle, son, doesn’t have room for happily ever after.
I
know this. My dad drilled it into my head so many times, I used to
chant it in my sleep. Then came Jo. She made it impossible to
remember the danger of teaching an outsider our secrets. After
helping her find peace, I left to keep her safe.
know this. My dad drilled it into my head so many times, I used to
chant it in my sleep. Then came Jo. She made it impossible to
remember the danger of teaching an outsider our secrets. After
helping her find peace, I left to keep her safe.
Jada
and I hit the road to continue our family duty of slaying evil
spirits. With another closed case behind us, we head to the Louisiana
Bayou to solve a murder and find a missing hunter. But as we dig
through the town’s history, we begin to discover this is not a
simple haunting. A darker evil is feeding the spirits.
and I hit the road to continue our family duty of slaying evil
spirits. With another closed case behind us, we head to the Louisiana
Bayou to solve a murder and find a missing hunter. But as we dig
through the town’s history, we begin to discover this is not a
simple haunting. A darker evil is feeding the spirits.
As
the danger begins to mount, Jo appears in my life again. As much as I
want to be with Jo, I must do everything I can to keep her safe. I
have to push her away. Before it’s too late.
the danger begins to mount, Jo appears in my life again. As much as I
want to be with Jo, I must do everything I can to keep her safe. I
have to push her away. Before it’s too late.
Gemini
Brandy Nacole is a writer of urban fantasy and paranormal books
published by Ponahakeola Press. A reader from a young age, Brandy has
always loved folklore and stories of beings that go bump in the
night.
Brandy Nacole is a writer of urban fantasy and paranormal books
published by Ponahakeola Press. A reader from a young age, Brandy has
always loved folklore and stories of beings that go bump in the
night.
Whenever
she’s not reading or writing, Brandy is spending time with her
family and friends, throwing around crazy ideas, teaching, and
singing like a rock star at a concert for no one else but herself.
She loves plants, but unfortunately is a killer of anything that
requires water but can’t voice (scream) their needs.
she’s not reading or writing, Brandy is spending time with her
family and friends, throwing around crazy ideas, teaching, and
singing like a rock star at a concert for no one else but herself.
She loves plants, but unfortunately is a killer of anything that
requires water but can’t voice (scream) their needs.
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Daughter of Death by Lexi C. Foss
Daughter of Death
by Lexi C. FossPublication Date: February 20, 2018
Genres: Adult, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance
A missing daughter.
A silver blade.
All the clues point to one person: Me.
My name is Evangeline, and I'm a retired assassin who wants nothing to do with the underworld. But an edict from a Demonic Lord forces me to return to the man and the life I left behind.
I have seven days to prove my innocence.
Whoever set me up is going to die.
Excerpt:
He said nothing as he approached me, those black eyes intense and fixated. I stepped back into the counter as he crowded my personal space.
“Xai…” His fingers knotted in my ponytail as he yanked my head back to the angle he preferred.
Oh, fuck… I knew that look. Nothing good ever came from that look.
I flattened my palms against his bare chest, but he pushed right through my physical barrier and took my mouth with a ferocity that screamed possession. His tongue demanded entrance, and when I tried to fight him, he bit my lip hard enough to bleed. On my gasp, he entered and unleashed his desire in a kiss that deprived me of oxygen.
My knees threatened to buckle under his assault. He fucked my mouth the way he did my body, reminding me who we were to each other with a few bold strokes. I melted for him, as I always did, as arousal raced through my system.
God, I missed this.
I missed him.
I hated it. Loved it. Craved it.
My arms wound around his neck to pull him closer, and he reciprocated in kind by grabbing my hip and yanking me into his hard body. The hand in my hair tightened to the point of pain as he devoured my mouth, and I scratched him in response.
Sadistic bastard and his dark yearnings.
He grinned against my lips. “Mmm, do it again.”
I tried to knee him instead, and he spun me around to face the counter, his chest to my back. He dragged his teeth over my neck as he wrapped his arm around my waist to hold me in place.
“Not what I requested,” he murmured as he ground his erection into my ass.
About the Author
Lexi C. Foss is a writer lost in the IT world. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and their furry children. When not writing, she's busy crossing items off her travel bucket list. Many of the places she's visited can be seen in her writing, including the mythical world of Hydria which is based on Hydra in the Greek islands. She's quirky, consumes way too much coffee, and loves to swim.
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Bound by Deception
Trish McCallan
Publication date: March 30th 2018
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense
He broke her heart. She twisted his mind. But in this game of love, nothing is quite as it seems…
Rebecca’s life is haunted by unexpected tragedies. Her lover left her when she least expected it, and her mother’s suicide took everybody by surprise. But when a recent inheritance reveals a secret, Rebecca discovers her mother’s death was actually a cold-blooded murder…
Dante “Rio” Addario swore off his irresistible ex and her web of lies 12 years ago. But the former Navy SEAL turned police detective can’t ignore Becca’s plea to re-open an old case. As he and his ex team up, they discover missing evidence, tight-lipped detectives, and the conspiracy that tore them apart over a decade ago…
With everything they believed thrown into chaos, Rio and Becca can’t ignore their reawakened desire. But if they don’t solve the case soon, the real killer may just finish the job and their love story…
Bound by Deception is the pulse-pounding third book in the Bound By series of romantic suspense novels. If you like simmering chemistry, chilling mysteries, and second chances, then you’ll love Trish McCallan’s twisty tale.
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EXCERPT:
Rio pushed back his desk chair, and stretched his tight shoulders and back. Hunched over that desk all day played hell with his muscles. “Who’s on the jacket?”“Rachel Blaine. You gonna check into it? The daughter is waiting in the lobby.”
Rachel Blaine…Blaine…
Becca’s last name had been Blaine…and her mother had committed suicide… could it be… He did the math. Becca had been living with Adam’s family for four years by that summer twelve years ago, which would put her mother’s death around sixteen years ago.
So yeah, this could be her mother’s case.
“What’s the name of the daughter?” Rio forced a casual tone.
“Rebecca Blaine. From Olympia. She says she found her mother’s diary and from the entries, there’s no way the woman killed herself.”
So, it was Becca. And she was right around the corner and down the hall.
Rio sat perfectly still, his pulse and breathing accelerating as an exotic face with dark, slightly titled eyes took shape in his mind. A flash fire of heat hit his blood, rippling out through his muscles, which infuriated him. Damnit, he was not still hung up on the woman. That entire fuck up had happened twelve years ago. He’d shaken that itch way before he’d left SEAL Team 7, and joined the San Diego Police department.
This jolt to his nervous system was curiosity, that’s all. At one point, back in his twenties, Becca Blaine had been an obsession, a craving that had fucked with his head. It was natural to wonder how the years had treated her.
It was also natural, considering what a little troublemaker she’d been, for suspicion to rise. What was she up to? Knowing Becca, there had to be some deeper manipulation at work.
Author Bio:
Trish McCallan was born in Eugene, Oregon, and grew up in Washington State, where she began crafting stories at an early age. Her first books were illustrated in crayon, bound with red yarn, and sold for a nickel at her lemonade stand. Trish grew up to earn a bachelor’s degree in English literature with a concentration in creative writing from Western Washington University, taking jobs as a bookkeeper and human- resource specialist before finally quitting her day job to write full time.
Forged in Fire, the first book in her Red Hot SEALs series, came about after a marathon reading session, and a bottle of Nyquil that sparked a vivid dream. She lives today in eastern Washington. An avid animal lover, she currently shares her home with four golden retrievers, a black lab mix and two cats.
True To You by Jennifer Ryan
A Montana Man risks everything for the woman he loves . . .
Undercover DEA Special Agent Dawson King spent five months in a Montana prison establishing a fake identity to take down a ruthless drug dealer and put him behind bars. Except there’s a wild card . . . the killer’s beloved daughter. Cara Potter may appear to be on the right side of the law, but King has learned the hard way to trust no one—even someone as tantalizing as the coffee shop owner. She’s irresistible . . . but is she also dangerous?
From the moment he enters her life, King makes Cara . . . nervous. The handsome drifter says he wants to get his life together . . . but there is something about him that doesn’t quite ring true. Cara wants to believe in him, yet she holds back despite the way he awakens dormant dreams and leaves her breathless with his sexy smile, steamy kisses, his every touch.
When the explosive truth comes out and she’s betrayed by the ones she loves, Cara must decide—can she trust her heart, or should she listen to her head?
About the Book
True To Youby Jennifer Ryan
Series
Montana Heat
Genre
Adult
Contemporary Romance
Publisher
Avon Books
Publication Date
February 27, 2018
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GIVEAWAY TERMS & CONDITIONS: Open to US shipping addresses only. Two winners will each receive a paperback copy of Montana Heat: Escape To You by Jennifer Ryan. This giveaway is administered by Pure Textuality PR on behalf of Avon Romance. Giveaway ends 3/9/2018 @ 11:59pm EST. Avon Romance will send the winning copies out to the winner directly. Limit one entry per reader and mailing address. Duplicates will be deleted. CLICK HERE TO ENTER!
About Jennifer Ryan
Jennifer Ryan is the New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of The Hunted, McBride, and Montana Men series. She writes suspenseful contemporary romances with outrageous plot twists, deeply emotional love stories, high stakes and higher drama. Her stories are filled with love, family, friendship, and the happily-ever- after we all hope to find. Jennifer lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children. When she finally leaves those fictional worlds, you’ll find her in the garden, playing in the dirt and daydreaming about people who live only in her head, until she puts them on paper.Author Links
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