Release~Dark Moon Rising by Michelle Dekkar & #Giveaway

Dark Moon Rising 

 by Michelle Dekker 

Genre: Fiction

Release Date: June 27, 2015

SYNOPSIS

When The Dark Moon Rises For The Second Time

 Gimini Will Be Turned. 

One Dark, One Light,

 Together Forever Alex Hernandez has everything except her freedom.

 When the Dark Moon Rises for the second time 

Alex and her twin brother Xander

are bitten by Raven, a powerful supernova.

Xander turns full supernova while Alex gets stuck between two world.

Her family disappears leaving only a piece of riddle behind.

Armed with one piece of the riddle, 

she goes in search of them.

 Her search leads her across the European Continent. 

 During her travels she is tested mentally

and physically beyond what she thought she could ever do.

Death is determent to claim her but her love

for her family makes her resilient to its clutches. 

 If this is not enough. 

She has to navigate her heart through a vampire

 and werewolf love triangle while facing her inner daemons

 and saving the human race from a fate worse than death.

EXCERPT

He pulled her into his arms. “You are safe.” He soothed. She pushed her face into his chest and held on tight. “Do you want to talk about it?” “I had a bad dream.” “Sounds to me as if it were more than just a nightmare.” He stroked her hair, pulled back his hand. Red sticky liquid covered it. “You’re bleeding.” “I am?” She touched the wet patch. “Damn.” He turned her, pushed her head down, flipped her hair over and inspected the cut. “I think we should get it checked out.” “It’s just a cut.” She pushed away. “I’ve looked worse.” She reminded him.

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MEET THE AUTHOR

Michelle Dekker is a South African born first time author. She lives with her husband and three four-legged children on the Kwazulu Natal South coast. When she is not writing, she enjoys a good book, movie and the outdoors.

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Author Spotlight ~ Laura Daleo

LAURA DALEO

Laura Daleo was born and raised in San Diego, California where she majored in Fine Arts at Mesa College. She is best known for her love of animals and shares her home with five humorous Basset Hounds, Edie, Lucy, Stuart, Morgan, and Dexter, her toughest critics. Laura has held positions in several industries, Restaurant, Telecom, Biotech, Research, and Retail. Throughout Laura's professional career, she crafted her writing skills by taking courses and by joining a writer's critique group and Writers Digest. She enjoys anything paranormal or urban fantasy related, and writes in both genres for adults.

INTERVIEW WITH LAURA

What made you want to write? 

A passion inside me to tell stories.

What genre(s) do you write in and why? 

Paranormal and Urban Fantasy. I love creating vampire or supernatural characters and dropping them into a modern day setting.

What was the first book you ever wrote, no matter how young you were? 

In seventh grade, I wrote The Murder.

What is your favorite out of all of your books, published or not? 

The Vampire Within

And what makes this your favorite? A certain scene, character, plot? 

The main character struggles to understand what’s happening to him and his determination to find the answer.

What is your daily routine when it comes to your writing?

 

 Unfortunately, Monday – Friday, I’m at my day job so I fit writing in a little bit here and there. The majority of my writing is on the weekends.

What is something that you struggle with when it comes to writing? 

It’s so much easier to tell a story rather than show a story, but we’ve all heard the phrase show don’t tell. Sometimes I do struggle with showing.

What is your favorite thing about writing? 

Creating characters and entering their worlds.

Where do you get your ideas for writing?

I have a very active imagination. Ideas are constantly popping into my head. I can’t turn it off.

Who is your author inspiration and why? 

Anne Rice. In my opinion, she is the “Queen” of vampire story telling. No one has even come close to her vampire Lestat character. I want to be the next Anne Rice.

What is your favorite book of all time and why? 

Interview with a Vampire. It was such a different take on the vampire ledged and it started off with a great hook that kept me turning pages until the end.

Where do you see your writing career in 5 years? 

I hope to be a bestselling author, with a large fan base anxiously awaiting each release.

Some of Laura's works:

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4.9 STAR Rating!!

Currently working on the sequel to Immortal Kiss, Bound By Blood.

These are unpublished works that I have in my queue to revive and modernize: 

The Vampire Within (2004)

A City of Vampires (2007)

The Soul Collector (2010)

Future works for creation are: 

The Ten

The Old Ones

Vampire Amon

Anything else you want to share with us?

I’m also an animal advocate. I have 5 basset hounds and 1 bird at home. They are my furry kids.

Where You Can Find Laura

Amazon

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GoodReads

Twitter

I'm so glad that I was able to speak with Laura. I currently have a copy of Immortal Kiss to review, and am looking forward to reading it soon. Be on the watch for that post coming soon!!! 

The Token Huntress

The sun's light dimmed many centuries before; now in the year of 2341 rampant vampires now stalk their victims in a half-lit world. Humanity has been overtaken by a new society: one comprised of vampires, the supernatural beings that hunt them, and the remaining humans they fight over. The laws and rules that once bound our world have long since been lost. Now, the Hunter Guild struggle to stay one step ahead of the Vampire Council.

Esmore, Token Huntress, has exceeded all expectations at only 18 years of age. She is fearless leader to her team, and she is relentless in her pursuit of the enemy. There is only one problem: Esmore is struggling to repress the growing darkness that seduces her from within. Esmore takes another step into the darkness when she encounters a teasing, tantalizing -- utterly unignorable -- vampire.

The lines between right and wrong are blurred further as Esmore gives into her temptation, and her reality becomes deliciously tainted both with evil and with lust. 

The Token Huntress (Book 1 in the Series)
Page Length: 257 Pages
Published: Crystal Publishing
Price: $3.99 or FREE with Kindle Unlimited
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Review of The Homecoming Masquerade (Girls Wearing Black: Book One) by Spencer Baum

I bought both the book and then the audio upgrade since I love audiobooks. From the beginning, I was hooked on this book. This is not your typical high school book nor your typical vampire book. It has a new twist on both of them and boy did it work! This book has a bit of everything: vampires, coming of age, spy network, Washington DC power plays, a tiny bit if romance sprinkled in, high school jealousies, and the top 10%. It is a well rounded book that touches on so many different directions while at the same time weaving them all together so you don't get lost. It's very well done, and the narrator was very good as well. I recommend this book. I cannot wait to continue this series!! Another 5 STAR BOOK!!

Book Synopsis from Amazon:

In a posh suburb of the nation's capital, at the most exclusive high school in the world, the vampires who secretly run the government have created a game for America's daughters of privilege. Show up to Homecoming in a black dress and you have entered yourself in a contest where the winner becomes a vampire, and the loser becomes the winner's first victim.

Only the wealthiest, most connected students can hope to win, so when new girl Nicky Bloom wears a black dress to Homecoming, everyone assumes she has a death wish. They don't know that Nicky has her own agenda. As the dance continues into the night, they will find out that Nicky Bloom is far more than she seems.

Author Bio from Amazon:

Spencer Baum is the author of 7 novels, including the bestselling Girls Wearing Black series. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife and three children.

His web site is www.spencerbaum.net

His email is spencerbaum75@gmail.com.  He would love to hear from you!

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