My First Book Review on Secondhand Shoes

 

William Kendall, at Speak of the Devil, has posted a review. It brought tears to my eyes. Go here to read

Having the novel out there, even in paperback, is surreal. Personally, I’ve sold almost every book I’ve bought at cost. I started out with thirty-two and now have ten left. My marketing plan is to plant seeds without shoving it down peoples’ throats. So I’ll be doing some fundraisers within the next couple of months. Next month, I’ll be hosting a book party at Sweetman’s little eyewear shop. And once I know when for sure it will be up for the Kindle, I’ll be having a blog party and giving away free ebooks.

Let me know if any of you are interested in helping out. Just say so in the comment box. Hoping to have a date soon.

Hugs and chocolate,

Shelly

Book Review: Hungry For Your Love

This is what’s on the back jacket (the most important stuff):

Romance ain’t dead…it’s undead. In this thrilling zombie anthology, horror fans will finally get their fill of zombie-on-zombie action, zombie-human love, and zombie smut. Because why should all the vampires have all the fun?

The book was edited by Lori Perkins. She’s the editorial director of www.Ravenousromance.com and president of L. Perkins Agency, a New York literacy agency that specializes in horror, fantasy, erotica, and pop culture. She is the author of four non-fiction books and has edited a dozen anthologies.

On with Shelly’s review:

I picked up this book for $14.99. Bought it for the love of Stacey Graham. Found it interesting. Sometimes found it hard to get into. Couldn’t imagine sweetman as a zombie. My Virginia would probably freak and completely shut down if a zombie d… entered her.

Like the little diddy above says, its about zombie-on-zombie action, zombie-human-love, and zombie smut. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, if you’re into dead decaying bodies having sex, read it. If you’re into dead decaying bodies having sex with humans, go for it. If you’re into kinky-zombie sex, hurry, get yourself a copy. Maybe your Mojo will live on, too.

My favorite anthologies involved humans getting all hot and bothered after they blew out some zombie brains or, the one only sweet zombie romance minus the sex parts. Here’s a list of my favorites:

Romance Ain’t Dead by Jeremy Wagner: This ones about a wife whose head gets bonked by a speed boat during a midnight dip. Hubby and the family doctor perform Voo-doo and bring her back as a zombie. The perfect Stepford wife for you fellas.

Eye of the Beholder by Stacey Graham: This is a sweet romance of two zombies meeting. The main character is worried about how her suitor sees her. So, so sweet.

Captive Hearts by Brian Keen: This one’s about revenge. The main character, still a human, feeds her boss’s body parts, one by one, to her quadriplegic zombie husband (employers beware…treat your employees with care).

Apocalypse as Foreplay: Loved it! Two humans get hot and bothered while battling an army of zombies.

Inhuman Resources by Jeanine McAdams: Too funny! Main character is hired only to find out she’s lunch (This is why potential employees need to interview their employers).

Last Times at Ridgemont High: A high school boy finds himself trapped in a high school with a human school teacher and a cheerleader. Everyone else has gone zombie on them while they get it on.

That wraps up my review for now. Check out my interview of Stacey Graham.

That’s all for now folks!!!

Happy blogging, reading, and writing!!

Shelly

 

My Thoughts on the Book: Among Other Edens by Guinevere Edern

Genre: Horror/Paranormal Fantasy

This is on the back of this book:

“Bend your blood to my mouth.”


…and he does, yielding toward my urge to take the blood that comes. I push further, his blood warm, taking my mouth, my tongue, my chin, and the flesh of my neck, and I am so thankful he gives himself to me like this. In flesh, in blood, in my mouth, into my throat and into my soul at last, flowing, streaming into me.

And I drink, I drink, and he pushes me closer to him, holding me captive to his release, the pressure of his stare urging me to take this vital fluid. And I do, God forgive me but I want this and tilt my head slightly, better access there. I swallow each essential drop as it leaves his body, entering mine in a long, slow drink.

Removing the hand from its position at the back of my head, he traces a pathway down the side of my neck, slow to my shoulders where it rests, grazing the surface of my skin, and splintering white light through the blackness.

The other hand lies against my breastbone, massaging that strip of flesh running between. He is reaching in and in, searching for, finding, and finally touching my soul.

Murder, lies, suicide, and betrayal. There is an entity in Evelyn Edern’s head and it’s unearthing a past best forgotten. Is Evelyn mad, or are her thoughts just pure evil.


The writer of this story, Guinevere Edern, takes you on a picturesque journey through Wales while she tells you the story of Evelyn Edern.

The main character, Evelyn Edern is a twenty year old woman who lives at home with her mum. Right away one empathizes with her situation being thought of as “Evil Evie”, subjected to abuse, both physical and mental, and given to a role of Cinderella. Her mum keeps her busy scrubbing and cooking.

Evie has a love for literature and is in possession of the book entitled, “History of English Literature.” It is in this book that she comes across the name Taliesin who she admits, doesn’t exist. She also has love for John Keats poetry.

Prone to heavy sleeping pill use, she wishes for death to take her. But, Taliesin, who refers to himself as “The Storyteller”, comes to her, a Knight in Shining Armor that resides in her head.

I don’t wish to give the story away, but I’ll finish with this last tidbit. The writer did a fabulous job leaving me to wonder if the poor girl went mad from her sufferings and needed an escape, or perhaps a demon was trying to take possession of her, and at times I found my self wondering if Taliesin was real.

To date, I still wonder since this is the first book of a series. I’m looking forward to reading the next one “Strange Heaven”. You can find an excerpt at: www.AmongOtherEdens.com.