Iris Blobel
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Princess of the Light
N. N. Light
Genre: Urban Fantasy Romance, Christian Fantasy, Inspirational Fiction
Blurb:
Gabriel, the Archangel and Messenger of God - yeah that Gabriel, visited Mary Miller. He told her, as the key she is destined to spread the Light and vanquish the Darkness. Her first assignment is to restore the soul of the Walking Man. Sounds simple enough until she’s thrown in the face of evil, and then Joe Deacons enters her heart. This battle just got a lot more complicated. She must complete her mission without losing all she loves.
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Author Bio:
N. N. Light was born in Minnesota, lived in Southern California only to move to chilly Ontario, Canada to marry her beloved husband MR N. She is blissfully happy and loves all things chocolate, books, music, movies, art, sports and baking. She has been telling stories since the age of five and her mantra is to spread the Light. Most of the time you can find her on Twitter or getting new ideas on how to spread the Light on Pinterest. She is a proud member of ASMSG, Independent Author Network and Marketing for Romance Writers.
Part of the proceeds of Princess of the Light will go directly to food banks in order to feed the hungry and help those in need. With only 7,500 books sold, N. N. Light will be able to set up a monthly endowment for the local food bank.
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Excerpt:
"Can I help you with something, sir?" The woman's voice quivered slightly and she leaned a little, as if she suddenly needed the wall for support.
Whoa, I couldn't help but think. I frankly felt like a moth to the flame. All I wanted to do was have a reason to get closer to her. The fact that her eyes seemed to shine with an actual light didn't help matters. I had never felt such an automatic attraction before, and I wanted to lean closer and see what was going on with her eyes.
She was either looking at me like I was the only man in the world—and quite possibly the sexiest one—or else my open gawking had freaked her out. Either way, I couldn't have told her which it was, because my mouth felt like a cotton ball container.
"Yes," I managed to rasp to her. "Where is your Architecture section?"
"Are you looking for anything in particular?" Yes. You, I wanted to say. "I could look to see if it is in stock." Oh. Are there more of you somewhere?
The sound of her voice was starting to make my heart pound.
She had an earthly beauty about her. There was nothing extraordinary in her features, yet something about her just seemed to glow.
I felt my breath quicken. Joe, what's the matter with you? Get a grip. You've seen girls before.
I shook my head to clear my thoughts without worrying what I looked like and said, "Please forgive my manners, but what is your name?"
"Mary." That just became my favorite name.
"I'm very pleased to meet you," I said as I extended my hand to her. "I'm Joseph. Please call me Joe."
She hesitated for a moment before she shook my hand. Electricity bolted up my arm that I wasn't prepared for. I wondered if she could hear my heart beating. Pretty sure these emotions weren't winning me any bro-code points.
Her face was flushed and her eyes brightened with interest. Let go of her hand, Joe, I tried to coach myself. If I didn't let go of it soon, I might never be able to.
So I quickly let go of her hand but immediately regretted it. The whole room suddenly seemed cold and empty.
She probably thinks you're some kind of wacko. Stop staring. You're a logical guy... Be reasonable here. Besides, she's probably married. I ran my fingers through my hair and tried to remember what we were just talking about. I looked up to see her glance towards the entrance. If she asked me to leave, I wouldn't blame her.
Cover Reveal: Rarity by D.A. Roach #CoverReveal @daroach12books
Title: Rarity
Author: D.A. Roach
Genre: YA Romance
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Brogen Mathers can’t deal with teen drama...
As an empath, she is constantly bombarded with other people’s energies. Despite coping techniques taught by her psychologist mother, it’s often too much to bear, forcing her to avoid most activities a typical high school junior would enjoy.
Jay Wilken won’t let his past define him...
A dead mother and an alcoholic father brought Jay to Stanton, but he doesn’t want pity. His good looks, charisma, and friendly nature quickly win over the whole student body, but he has his eye on one girl...Brogen.
Brogen can’t believe anyone could be so genuinely nice. It has to be an act, right? But when Jay literally saves her from deadly jaws, she has to admit he’s exactly what he appears, and he’s worth risking the potential emotional upheaval.
“Drama” might as well be Becca Grant’s middle name...
Another newcomer to Stanton, Becca’s blonde beauty and abundant attitude shoots her straight to the top of the popularity charts—and she believes Jay belongs right there beside her. Accustomed to getting exactly what she wants, she launches a relentless mean-girl campaign to shake up Brogen and claim Jay for her own.
Everything changes with a devastating diagnosis...
When Jay learns he has a rare and potentially fatal disorder, he keeps it secret and begins to push Brogen away to spare her future pain—which is exactly the sort of opening Becca is waiting for.
As Jay’s well-meaning deception unravels,
Brogen realizes there is much more than her heart at stake... But how far is she willing to go to fight for someone she loves?
D.A. Roach has been telling stories since she was a young girl in the suburbs of Chicago. In college she met the man of her dreams, her happily ever after, and married him 2 weeks after graduating. They have 3 kids together and a pet cockatiel named Gimli. D.A. did not find a love for books until after college. Her parents were immigrants from Lithuania and found tv and radio easier ways to hear stories so they did not do much reading or encourage it. But once she finished college and D.A. had free time, she discovered how amazing it was to get lost in a story.
D.A. is a full time mom and wife. When she is not doing domestic things (laundry, bills, etc) she is writing, reading, creating mixed media art, and helping beautify her kids' school landscape. Oh, and she is ALWAYS listening to music. Her favorite authors include Rebecca Donovan, Richelle Mead, Larissa Ione, Stephanie Meyer, E.L. James, and Sylvia Day. Reading great works from authors like these has motivated D.A. to write her own stories. She hopes to make positive changes in the world with her art and writing.
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Get hooked on "New Beginnings" 13/05/15 #MFRWHook #romance #99cents
Happy
"Book Hook" Day
Let's have some
"New Beginnings"
"New Beginnings"
is set in Australia, in the wonderful State
Tasmania.
I hope you get hooked by this Snippet
Blurb:
Twenty-two-year-old Sophie Levesque has been guardian to eight-year-old
sister Mia since their mother's death a few years ago. Luck comes their
way when they inherit a small house in Hobart. Problem is though, they
don't know or have never heard of Clara Bellinger, the testator, and
Sophie is afraid it's all been a mistake.
As Mia settles well into her new school and life in general, Sophie is not only occupied by her search of what connected her to Clara, but also her new studies and the two men, who suddenly have become part of her daily life - Mark O'Connor, the lawyer representing Clara's estate, and Zach, the hunk from across the road.
As Mia settles well into her new school and life in general, Sophie is not only occupied by her search of what connected her to Clara, but also her new studies and the two men, who suddenly have become part of her daily life - Mark O'Connor, the lawyer representing Clara's estate, and Zach, the hunk from across the road.
Today's hook :-)
As she pondered on that for a moment, she began to think about what life could be like with this inheritance. Different. Better. Another sigh escaped as she returned her gaze to the man behind the desk. “You can’t just leave your assets to just anybody, can you?”
“Miss Lever—”
“Levesque,” she helped him.
Their eyes met. “
Are you refusing the bequest?” he asked hesitantly, and she clearly noticed how one of his eyebrows arched upward.
Staring blankly with her mouth open, she could feel the panic running through her veins with every thump of her erratic heartbeat. An uncomfortable silence fell over them for a moment. Then she quickly said, “No. No, of course not. We’re accepting.” She turned to look at her younger sister. “We’re actually looking forward to seeing it.”
And with one swift movement, he stood and went to a little cupboard near the window and retrieved a bunch of keys. “Would you like me to take you there?”
As she pondered on that for a moment, she began to think about what life could be like with this inheritance. Different. Better. Another sigh escaped as she returned her gaze to the man behind the desk. “You can’t just leave your assets to just anybody, can you?”
“Miss Lever—”
“Levesque,” she helped him.
Their eyes met. “
Are you refusing the bequest?” he asked hesitantly, and she clearly noticed how one of his eyebrows arched upward.
Staring blankly with her mouth open, she could feel the panic running through her veins with every thump of her erratic heartbeat. An uncomfortable silence fell over them for a moment. Then she quickly said, “No. No, of course not. We’re accepting.” She turned to look at her younger sister. “We’re actually looking forward to seeing it.”
And with one swift movement, he stood and went to a little cupboard near the window and retrieved a bunch of keys. “Would you like me to take you there?”
only 99cents
4 Stars:
An interesting introduction to these two sisters. Their relationship is
gorgeous, and they care for each other fiercely. Set in Southern Tasmania,
what a wonderful place to start a whole new life and find out just how your
life got to be the way it was and begin to heal. I enjoyed the story and
the setting very much.
4 Stars:
This was a very enjoyable read and it left me wanting just a little bit
more. I highly recommend it.
4 Stars:
Sophie and Mark are an irresistible match from the beginning. While getting
closer and connected to them individually as the story progressed, I
couldn't help but want them to be together. This author has a way of
endearing her characters and it is easy to fall in love with them. An
intriguing story with emotion, love and hope. A very enjoyable read! I
received a copy in exchange for an honest review.
My Cover Reveal for ~~ I think I love you ~~ Book #3 in the Australian Sports Stars Series
Title: I think I Love You
Author: Iris Blobel
Genre: Contemporary Sports Romance
Release Date: 7 July 2015
Markus
DeLeon and Sarah Winter’s lives couldn’t be more different…
After
three years away as the goalkeeper for an English soccer club, Markus has been
happy to be back in Australia. He’d missed his family and friends, including
Sarah. He’s known her since childhood, and often protected her from the teasing
of other children and the troubling consequences of a broken home.
When
they attend their friends’ wedding, a new light is cast on their friendship…
Sarah
is fresh out of a bad relationship, and Markus has always been the one she can
confide in. Maybe it’s the magic of the wedding—or how stunning he looks in a
tux—but the attraction between them intensifies in ways they’d never imagined.
But
sometimes when risking what you have, you might lose everything…
Following
a passionate encounter, Markus isn’t sure how to handle this new aspect of his
relationship with Sarah, and literally flees the scene for the coast. Sarah is
unsure how to react to his sudden departure, but is soon knocked off course by
misunderstandings and a frightening family emergency.
Markus
realises his mistake and wants to make things right, but he also faces
obstacles. He’s been offered an exciting new job, and an attractive newcomer to
the neighbourhood is eager to claim his attention, though the last thing Markus
needs is another confusing relationship.
Can Sarah and Markus face the fear and
doubt—and the potential loss of their lifelong friendship—to give their love a chance?
Author:
Iris
Blobel was born and raised in Germany and only immigrated to Australia in the
late 1990s. Having had the travel bug most of her life, Iris spent some time
living in Scotland, London, as well as Canada where she met her husband. Her love
for putting her stories onto paper only emerged a few years back, but now her
laptop is a constant companion. Iris resides west of Melbourne with her husband
and her beautiful two daughters as well as their dog. Next to her job at a
private school, she also presents a German Program at the local Community
Radio.
Where
to Find Iris:
My Blog: www.iris-b.blogspot.com
Special Feature: Literary Secrets about Tasmania by @rhyllbiest
Seven
literary secrets about Tasmania
When
Iris kindly asked me to write her a blog post about Tasmania, I knew I could
waffle on for ages about the awesome puppy fun of the dog beach at Kingston Beach,
or the mouth-watering food at Peppermint Bay, or all the fab places to go
truffling for antiques around Hobart.
But
I’m a writer—which means I eat, drink and poop stories—so I thought I’d fill
you in about Tasmania’s secret writing underpants instead. Be prepared for
shock and awe, my fellow readers and writers, as I present to you—seven literary
secrets about the island state that not many non-Taswegians know:
1.
Tasmania
has its own paying market for young adult (YA) fiction with characters from
diverse backgrounds. That’s right, the editors at Visibility Fiction will pay for the
non-exclusive rights to showcase your YA story if your characters are lesbian,
bisexual, gay, transsexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people,
people from racial and ethnic minorities, people with disability, or
neuro-diverse people. And that’s pretty awesome.
2.
Tasmania’s
history, both indigenous and white settler, is a rich source of writing
inspiration. While you may think that penal colony history doesn’t sound any
fun, consider the Flash Mob, a sub-culture of the female convicts (most of who
worked in women’s factories) famous for their intractability. At the Cascades
Female Factory (really a prison) in Hobart, the women with their cropped hair
were forced to stand silently, ankle-deep in muddy water for twelve-hour shifts
at stone washtubs.[1]
A number of the women in these prisons were sent to private homes to work as
servants only to be sent back to the Cascades prison for the crime of falling
pregnant after being raped by their masters.[2] The response of these
women to such injustice, and the hypocrisy of men such as the prison preacher
Reverend William Bedford (a notorious lecher) came in the form of Flash Mob
events designed to torment their keepers and provide entertaining mayhem. In
fact, these women were so wild and difficult to discipline that the man in
charge of them whined:
"I have threatened them, and they have laughed at
me; I have remonstrated with them, they have laughed at me; I have coaxed them,
they have laughed at me; Dr. Bedford and myself have prayed and preached to
them, they have laughed at us; and when it was found necessary to punish, they
frowned, and, I believe, exercised their idle hours in planning rebellion and
revenge."[3]
I
don’t know about you, but I think the Flash Mob sound downright inspiring!
3. Tasmania
has its own writer’s festival! The cunningly named Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival
celebrates all things writerly in September with author readings, book launches
and signings, writing master classes, panel debates, and more.
4.
And
Tasmania has its own writers’
prize.
5.
Richard
Miller Flanagan, winner of the 2014 Man Booker Prize, is totes Taswegian.
6.
Ru-Ro
queen Rachel Treasure grew up in
Tassie. The rural romance author of best-sellers such as Jillaroo, The Cattleman's
Daughter and 50 Bales of Hay (yes,
that’s a play on Fifty Shades of Grey)
says she’s proud to write farm porn.
7.
Another
romance writer in the Hobart area is author Ris Wilkinson, a woman whose
picture should sit under the definition of the word ‘prolific’. Wilkinson, a
former champion swimmer, has written 50 Harlequin Mills and Boon romance novels
as Melanie Milburne, with sales of
more than eight million copies. She also won the 2011 Australian Romance
Writers’ Romantic Book of the Year.
Rhyll Biest is an Australian author writing erotic romance hot
enough to melt your e-reader. Her
stories resemble the United Nations of Hotness, filled as they are
with racy Russians, Teutonic hotties and alluring Aussies. She's also one of
the naughtiest ninjas at the Naughty Ninjas group author site and is one of the tarts on
the Bookish Tarts podcast where she and fellow author Georgina Penney
discuss romance novels in a high-brow yet potty-mouthed way. Her first
full-length novel, Unrestrained, will be released in print in June 2015.
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