E.J. Wesley’s Cover Reveal Party, Devon Cooper’s Free Book, and Other Things Today

 

Blood Fugue, Moonsongs Book 1 by E.J. Wesley Cover Reveal Party

Author E.J. Wesley is throwing a blog party to celebrate the release of his new book cover and wants you to join in the fun. Jump over to his blog to learn about how you can win some awesome prizes, including $50 toward a cover of your own and advance reader copies of Blood Fugue.

The Rocking Cover!

 

 

 

Cover work by Sketcher Girl, LLC - http://sketchergirlstudios.com/

What's the Story About?

“Some folks treated the past like an old friend. The memories warmed them with fondness for what was, and hope for what was to come. Not me. When I thought of long ago, my insides curdled, and I was left feeling sour and wasted.”

Jenny Schmidt is a young woman with old heartaches. A small town Texas girl with big city attitude, she just doesn’t fit in. Not that she has ever tried. She wears loneliness like a comfy sweatshirt. By the age of twenty-one, she was the last living member of her immediate family. Or so she thought…

“We found my ‘grandfather’ sitting at his dining room table. An entire scorched pot of coffee dangled from his shaky hand. His skin was the ashen gray shade of thunderclouds, not the rich mocha from the photo I’d seen. There were dark blue circles under each swollen red eye. A halo of white hair skirted his bald head, a crown of tangles and mats. Corpses had more life in them.”

Suddenly, instead of burying her history with the dead, Jenny is forced to confront the past. Armed only with an ancient family journal, her rifle, and an Apache tomahawk, she must save her grandfather’s life and embrace her dangerous heritage. Or be devoured by it.

BLOOD FUGUE by E.J. Wesley, is the first of the MOONSONGS books, a series of paranormal-action novelettes. At fewer than 13k words, BLOOD FUGUE is the perfect snack for adventurous readers who aren’t afraid of stories with bite. Available wherever fine eBooks are sold September 2012. 

Join the Party!

The Open Vein, E.J.'s blog - http://the-open-vein-ejwesley.blogspot.com/

E.J. Wesley on the Twitter - https://twitter.com/EJWesley

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Free book download:

Devon Cooper is offering her book, Bad Day, today for FREE.

Click here to download

Blurb:

Have you ever had a day that, no matter what you do, nothing seems to turn out right? In fact, a bad day would be an understatement? Angela works at a consulting firm in a high rise building downtown. Frank, a construction worker, is working on the top floor of the same building, and is deathly afraid of heights. Angie and Frank are strangers, who, under a different set of circumstances, would never speak to each other. When the fire alarm goes off, and the elevator they’re in gets stuck, their day takes a different turn. Sam is Frank’s friend and boss, and he has to make his way down the sixty flights of stairs when the fire alarm goes off. With an old sports injury, he’s not sure he’s going to be able to make it. He has no way of knowing where Frank is, and since he left his cell phone in his truck, he can’t even call his wife Joanne to let her know that he’s ok. Worry plagues Joanne when she can’t get a hold of Sam. When Joanne finds out that the high rise building has had a bomb threat called in to it, she freaks out with worry. Her life is Sam, and she has to find him. When the police check their list to see if he exited the building, his name isn’t there. Could their day get any worse?

And Nicole Pyles, has self-published her first short story,Underneath My Clothes, I Am Naked Too. You can download it for 1.99.

Click Here To Download the Story

Before I go, I ask that you all hop over to Siv’s blog, Been There, Done That. She’s been promoting a very cool blog and bookfest coming on Labor Day, Meylinda’s Labor Day Blogfest and Bookfest.

Click Here for more information.

Also, Martin T. Ingram, over at Three Cents Worth is collecting stories for a time travel anthology. Go check it out for more information! I may even try my hand at this.

Hugs and chocolate,

Shelly

I’m Doing a Threesome Today

FOOLED YAs! NOT REALLY! But I got your attention. Right? Today, I’m doing three mini book reviews. I intended to do these a while ago but it was around the time Glowstick came to live with me. Well, to let you know, he’s back with my daughter and she’s still doing outpatient rehab. Things aren’t exactly the way I want them, judges look at grandparents like they’ve got ten heads, and DCF... well…whatever. That’s all I have to say about that.

So on with the book reviews…

I heart me this first book --- like twenty-five hearts. It’s the second book in the Sabrina Strong Series.This book is soooo hot it sizzles. Lorelei introduces us to more hotties.

Sabrina’s got herself some problems. Men. Vampire, werewolves, an incubus, and a Nephillim. Like they say, you can’t live with them or without them. But here, I think she could dump a few and would probably like to. Some want her dead. Some want her in their bed. Some want to marry her and get her pregnant with some super-hybrid-baby. But her heart belongs to one person. A shape-shifter but he died. Oh my…

You can find Lorelei’s book at Amazon .

Pricing:

Paperback sells for $16.95

Kindle Edition sells for $6.95

Second Book

This one get’s Shelly’s TFF Award --- what does TFF stand for? That’s my secret but I’m sure you can figure it out. It’s hilarious, delightful, and original.

The story Patricia created revolves around three characters. Agnes, Yves, and Ann Marie.

Agnes is an art journalist for a mainstream art magazine in L.A. She’s got serious issues with her newest assignment. French artist. French men. French anything. Her published piece and odd behavior gets her fired. After, she sells everything and hops a plane to Spain. Those were intentions anyway.

Yves is a French artist living in Paris, France but his inspiration has dried up. And his live-in lover/muse is driving him crazy. Ann Marie. He’d love to dump her. And she’s doing everything to make him settle down and conform to her standards. This does not include painting.

Strange and unforeseen events bring these three together into a hilarious love triangle.

You can find Patricia Herlevi’s book at Amazon .

Pricing:

Paperback sells for $10.80

Kindle Edition sells for $9.99

The third book

This one gets TWENTY-FIVE SHINY SHELLY STARS. Why give five when you can give more. Right?

Devon Cooper did a genius job creating Bad Day. Who’d ever thought one could find love and lust being stuck in an elevator because of a bomb threat? This story will not only get you laughing but crying. As funny as it is, it’s also sensitive. I highly recommend this book, too.

You can find Devon Cooper’s book at Amazon .

Pricing:

Paperback sells for $14.99

Kindle Edition sells for $3.09

Ooooo! And starting Tuesdays, I’ll be doing ‘What’s Your Nosh Tuesdays’. It’s to help promote the new and Indie author’s books or, a piece you’re working on. So a lot of you will be getting an e-mail from me with interview questions.

That’s all for today folks.

Later in the ink all,

Shelly

Unfortunately, This Blog is Going on Hiatus

Good morning, everyone!

Yup. I have to put my blogging on hiatus. For one, I’ve been given a mission to keep Glowstick safe and some how get my daughter straight (she’s in the above picture with Glowstick).

Within the last 48 hours, new info has surfaced on my daughter. It’s not good. Especially since, I’ve taken the time to get her into the programs she needs.

In her own way, she’s head butting the right thing to do and is choosing her toxic master. I can only hope and pray that this toxin won’t vomit out who she really is. Over my dead body, she loses herself to this demon.

I’ve had to make the decision to file for custody of my granson. Sadly, this will put her at odds with me but the baby is the innocent victim and has no say in his mother’s whims.

And I struggle with this…being at odds with my own daughter.

Today, I was going to post three great book reviews: Agnes Et Yves, by Patricia Herlevi, Bad Day, by Devon Cooper, and Vampire’s Trill, by Lorelei Bell. All three are great reads. Really. I loved each book. All well-written. That’s all I can do for now. Sorry, guys. I can barely focus at this moment.

Also, Lorelei Bell awarded me the Random Acts of Kindness Award, and I can’t even get my brain in order to do this properly, other than to say, thank you.

So for awhile I won’t be posting. I can’t do it all. The work, other peep’s edits, the baby, and getting Secondhand Shoes out. This all really sucks. Family comes first above all else.

But I will keep up with the blog reading/comments and from time to time I will keep you all informed on what’s going on until I can return fully.

Today, I have to prepare numerous documents for the courts that I’ll be filing on Tuesday. A lot of my time will be spent in the law library to aide me in acting as my own attorney on behalf of my grandson.

Glowstick needs me and so does my daughter.

Your prayers, positive thoughts, and aspirations are truly appreciated.

Shelly

Saturdays with Sir Poops: Glowstick Update, Giving out the Sunshine Award, and a Free Book Offer

Glowstick: Me first. I get to tell what I did first.  

HB: But we have more important stuff to cover today.

SPAL: If you share your ball and bone with him then you can share the computer with him. Besides, don’t fight. I’m not feeling all that well to listen to you complain .Let the little guy have his say.

Glowstick: ***smiles*** Thank you, Sir Poops. You’re my buddy.

HB: Me, too. I share my bone and ball with you.

Glowstick: I know. ***he reaches out to Hair Ball*** Okay. I’ll be quick. ***he looks out at the nice people*** Tuesday, my Hanny took me to see my mommy and my daddy. My daddy got out of the big playpen. My mommy is doing outpatient rehab. Daddy needs to, too, but hasn’t made any attempts to go. That’s what the big people in my life say.

My Hanny took my mommy to get her TABE test scores so she can start working on her GED. Hanny told her she needed to get a job, too, before I come back. Mommy got mad. But Hanny’s right. How’s mommy going to buy me diapers and clothes when I come back without one? That’s how I ended up with Hanny because mommy didn’t have money. She was using it on something else. It was bad stuff. That’s what I hear.

Anyway, I miss my mommy and daddy. And I want them to get better so I can see them everyday. But I really like staying with my Hanny and Zadie. And I like the fur-people, Sir Poops and Hair Ball. Oh, and Auntie No-No is cool, too.

Guess its their turn now.

SPAL: Thank you, Glowstick. Today, Hair Ball and me name the winners to the Sunshine Award.

HB: Yup. We’re giving it to our most favorite bloggers. And here they are:

Sam's Story is about a ghost-bird watching over his mummsy. He also writes about other things like freeze-drying your pets which is really creepy.

A Simple Happy Life is about a lady who works with her hubby, has a love for Laura Ingalls-Wilder, antique photos, and a fur-person named Duker. And every now and then Duker blogs.

Pets and Other Critters is about a plethora of info on other fur-people. Sometimes you’ll find a hand drawn funny cartoon. And sometimes the author will tell you about her fur-people.

You can find the questions on last weeks post at The Questions.

And you can find the rules at The Rules .

And we thank Melissa Kline again for the award. She’s a nice lady. You can find her blog at Reflections on Writing .

SPAL: You handled that well. You’re not as stupid as I thought you were.

HB: Well, you’re still a pansy.

SPAL: Whatever. We do have one more thing to share.

HB: Yeah. You can get a free book today.

SPAL: Uh-huh. The author is a newbie, Devon Cooper. You can find the author’s book here Bad Day .

HB: Yeah. Don’t forget it’s free.