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Friday, August 2, 2019

I Am a Runner by Maria Papalia-Meier & Pamela Ackerson


I
am a Runner:
The
Memoirs of a Sepsis Survivor
by
Maria Papalia-Meier & Pamela Ackerson


Genre:
Inspirational Memoir

You’ll
never be able to run again.”


From
running half marathons to being the sickest person in the hospital,
Maria Papalia-Meier fought the river of death, and won.

Life
changing moments, amputations, and negative thoughts refused to keep
her down. With her rock-hard stubbornness, positive self-empowerment
and persistence, she grabbed hope and unflinching faith to face the
life handed to her. Her story offers an honest, tough-love approach
to defeating pre-determined opinions, and self-imposed limitations.
She refused to give up or give in.

Maria
Papalia-Meier is a runner. She has awoken stronger…better.

This
is her story.




**On
Sale for only $2.99 until July 16th!!**




Maria
Papalia-Meier

is a fighter. She may have been KO'd, and down for the count, but she
proved them wrong. 
I
am a Runner
 is
about surviving sepsis, a coma, and amputation. Maria has a BBA
with an emphasis in Human Resources, and has worked for Fed-Ex for
twenty years. As an athlete she has many accomplishments. Before her
battle with the river of death she'd competed and ran in multiple
5K’s. She was told she'd never run again. She proved the naysayers
wrong. Her athletic accomplishments include running in a 5K, and a
1/2 Marathon. 









Wife,
mother, author, and time traveling adventurer. Born and raised in
Newport, RI where history is a way of life,
Pamela
Ackerson

now lives on the Space Coast of Florida, a hop, skip, and jump from
Orlando, where imagination and fantasy abounds. With the love of
reading, she graduated to writing non-fiction, historical fiction,
time travel, and children's preschool/first reader books.









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the tour HERE
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Hell On the Highway by Stephanie Nichole


Hell
On the Highway
The
Raven Boys Series Book 2
by
Stephanie Nichole


Genre:
MC Romance 

Jude
is used to doing everything on her own. There are two people that she
knows she can rely on, her father and best friend Kai. However, her
father’s failing health has her barely managing financially.
Between nursing school, medial bill co-pays and everyday life she’s
struggling. Her only saving grace is racing. When she gets an inside
invite to the elusive Brody Raven drag races she knows she can’t
refuse.
Brody
Raven is the youngest and wildest of the Raven brothers. They own and
operate a local bar as well as the Raven MC. However, Brody loves to
drag race and it’s no secret that he runs an illegal drag racing
set up behind the bar.
Brody
isn’t prepared for Jude and his cocky, undefeated attitude catches
up to him behind the wheel of his car. However, losing is the last
thing on his mind once he lays eyes on Jude but she has a secret, a
big secret, that could completely tear them apart.


**read
as a standalone **











Twin
Flames
The
Raven Boys Series Book 1

by
M.A. Lee

Ivy
Allan left home and never looked back. Ivy believes she has enough
distance between her dark past to be able to live as the new Ivy- the
girl no one knows. However, when she arrives at college and befriends
wild-child Lacy, her journey to a new life is distracted by a Raven
Boy. 
Jameson
Raven only loved one thing; his motorcycle. Being every girls wet
dream, Jameson  is a legend in the motorcycle club world. Never
taking life too seriously, this cocky bad boy didn't care about
anything or anyone other than his clubhouse. But, that all changed
the day he met Ivy. 
 After
a chance encounter with Ivy, Jameson finds himself intrigued by the
mysterious girl who seems unaffected by his appeal. Only, Jameson
won't take no for an answer when it comes to Ivy. 
What
begins as a troubled friendship quickly evolves into a wild and
steamy romance. With an enemy of the Raven Boys set out to destroy
the Raven Clubhouse Jameson and his brothers will stop at nothing to
save their clubhouse and their family name. With Ivy's help, Jameson
discovers what is really worth fighting for. And both Jameson and Ivy
are willing to get burned in the process of finding love. 


**read
as a standalone! **










**Book
3, Entangled Rivals releases in July and Book 4, Burning Hearts
releases in August!!**


Stephanie
Nichole lives in a small town with her family in New Mexico. She
graduated college in 2010 with a degree in business and accounting.
However, her true passion is all things book related. As a student
English and Literature were her favorite subjects. Weekly library
trips with her mother also helped instill her love for books.
Stephanie would look forward to summer most of all, not because she
was out of school but for the summer reading groups at her local
library. After a friend's encouragement she started her author
journey in 2016.



Stephanie
is an avid book, music and old Hollywood movie lover. When she's not
busy reading or writing she's probably binge watching Netflix or
PassionFlix. Some of her favorite authors are: Edgar Allan Poe, Abbi
Glines, Colleen Hoover, Alessandra Torre, K. Bromberg, Tarryn Fisher,
Nicholas Sparks and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Stephanie
also loves to connect with her readers on social media.











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Work Violation by BJ Harvey

Title: Work Violation
Series: Cook County #2
Author: BJ Harvey
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: July 31, 2019

Ronnie Nelson likes to be chased.

Jaxon Cook loves a challenge.

Ronnie wants a man who pulls out all the stops.
Jax doesn’t stop until he gets what he wants.

Seems like a match made in heaven. Until an unexpected development—of the ‘call me Professor Cook’ variety—makes their attraction a lot more forbidden.

Now, committing a work violation has become a forgone conclusion and the chase just became a lot more complicated. 

Lucky for Ronnie, Jax loves breaking the rules.
Lucky for Jax, Ronnie does too.








"OMG!!! Talk about ROMCOM PERFECTION!!!! WORK VIOLATION is BJ Harvey at her absolute brilliant best." - Reading Is Our Satisfaction.

“This book was great. If you’re looking for light, fun, flirty, and a whole lot of steam, it’s right here. Look no further!” – Goodreads review.

“You will swing from rolling around on the floor laughing to swoon worthy moments that will have you weak in the knees and your heart so full.” – Goodreads review.


READ THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS 









BJ Harvey is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Bliss Series. She regards herself as a smut peddler, suspense conjurer, and a funny romance thinker upper. An avid music fan, you will always find her singing some hit song badly and loving every minute of it. She’s a wife, a mom to two beautiful girls, and hails from what she considers as the best country in the world—New Zealand—although she currently lives in Perth, Australia.



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The Gauntlet by Ashley Pagano






The Gauntlet
The Soppranaturale Series
Book One
Ashley Pagano

Genre: YA Fiction, YA Romance, Supernatural, Fantasy

Publisher: Inskpell Publishing

Date of Publication: June 20th, 2019

ISBN: 978-1-949931-15-0
ISBN: 978-1-949931-16-7

Number of pages: 171
Word Count: 40,109

Cover Artist: Najla Qamber

Tagline: Vampires exist. Werewolves exist. Witches exist. Shape Shifters exist. And now . . . Faeries exist. 

Book Description:

Hidden in plain sight, is a mysterious hotel that doubles as a supernatural refugee: The Soppronaturale. 

Each supernatural inhabitant has a specific purpose, job, and destiny. 

All to keep the hotel running and its secrets safe.

Vampires exist. Werewolves exist. Witches exist. Shape Shifters exist. And now Faeries exist. 

The last two Faeries, once unified, could be the most powerful forces on Earth. 

Ommily, newcomer to the Soppronaturale, offensively controls and manipulates the four elements; Fire, Earth, Wind and Water. While Link defensively uses their energy to shield Ommily and himself from even the darkest magic. 

They could protect all others. But first, they have to defeat the Gauntlet.     

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Excerpt:

When she walks into the hotel lobby, my world stands still. As if the earth suddenly stops rotating for a brief, suffocating second. Not just for me, but other men and women seem to pause just to stare at her, too. Huddled businessmen stumble over their words as they cut off their conversations in order to gawk at her. Their gazes follow her curves, from her forehead down to her heels. Their mouths hang open with no regard to impending drool. Wide-eyed women follow her path also, turning their heads just enough to hide their judgmental expressions. Even the teenage bellboy nearly trips over his luggage cart as he catches sight of her. For me, I have to grip the counter to stop myself from swaying and my knees from buckling, fighting the breath that’s caught in my windpipe.
Her hair, like fire, consumes her shoulders in perfect, flowing ringlets. Her eyes are like protuberant green emeralds that capture your soul, if ever your gaze aligns with hers. Her skin is as if it were painted on her face, pulling in the bronze summer highlights from outside. Her smile is one luminous hue of ivory, matching the sagging tissues directly in front of me. Her body is thin yet slightly muscular, bulging or pinching inward in all the right places. Her clothes even look as though they were made specifically for her, hugging her body seamlessly.


About the Author:

Ashley Pagano has always dreamed of being an artist both figuratively and literally. Her love of art was instilled by her mother who always inspired her to be creative either with a paintbrush or with a pen and paper. As far back as she can remember her life was always centered around introspection, storytelling, and imagination.

Because she is so artistic, she took to the idea of creative writing very passionately. Her ability to describe a scene, person, or place, she compares to painting a picture, where she can describe every detail vividly in order to make the reader feel like they’re truly living in the story. Her works of writing usually center around a powerhouse female protagonist (which reflect her own personality), who progresses through many wild and extreme obstacles. Ashley loves to write stories that end with a cliffhanger, that have the reader begging for more and questioning what happens next.

Her most recent novel sets the stage for the paranormal romance of the century and includes ghosts, poltergeists, and demons who just love to get in the way of true love. Ashley has won awards for her design, art, and writing.

Ashley doesn’t believe in down time whatsoever and actually loves having a full “To-Do”list. Ashley is a wife to her wonderful husband, Eric and a mother to a beautiful baby girl named Dakota. She is also a Graphic Designer and a health and fitness coach. Her husband and daughter inspire her to be the best person she can be and encourage her to pursue any of her dreams (no matter how extravagant they may be).




https://www.authorashleypagano.com/blog

Interview with Ashley Pagano

Do your characters seem to hijack the story or do you feel like you have the reigns of the story?  Once I establish my characters, they totally take over the storyline.  For me, I give the reader minor details about each character in the beginning of the story, leaving some mystery.  And as the story goes on and on, I give them more and more, building up the anticipation as I go. By the end, I can only hope that the reader has fallen in love with my characters.  

Convince us why you feel your book is a must read.  Because I believe The Gauntlet has a little something for everyone: action, battles, magic, danger, suspense, hurt, secrets, and a steamy romance.  It’s a fast-paced read that packs a punch with everything needed to keep you well entertained and intrigued. The mysteries that the hotel holds, what happens behind closed doors, the swoon worthy connection between Link and Ommily, the jealousy that can put an end to it all, and the strange abilities of each of the characters will leave you on the edge of your seat.  
She didn't expect to find love.
She didn't expect magic, awe and beauty.
And she certainly didn't expect to find the only other person in the world, truly like her.  
The moment Link and her lock eyes is the moment his world stops and hers awakens.  

Have you written any other books that are not published? As of last week, I sent the second book, in The Soppranaturale Series to Inkspell Publishing.  They loved it, and it will be released next year. It is an amazing sequel to this one.  
Pen or type writer or computer? I usually do all my writing on the computer.  But if I had a type writer, I’d definitely use it!  Thinking about adding one to my wishlist. ☺  
Anything you would like to say to your readers and fans?  I can only hope that they appreciate the imagination that went into this story. I value my fans and readers very much and I wish that they enjoy my stories and spread the word about them.