The Treasure of Isian by Serena Clarke

The Treasure of Isian  is the first book in The Isian Series. Prince Garin is a brave, proud, adventure-seeking prince. Elani is his most trusted servant and she would do anything for him. Their quest to find the mystical Treasure of Isian is immediately interrupted and they find themselves confronte…

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WHITE HART by Taryn Tyler

Gawain of Orkney has not been to Camelot since before his father led a rebellion against King Arthur. Now that the war is over Gawain is sent to attend Arthur's wedding as a token of peace.  The night of the wedding Arthur bids Gawain to hunt a white hart -- a beautiful deer of unearthly purity.…

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Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card from Forte by JD Spero!

Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card from FORTE by JD Spero About FORTE Back in New York City, piano filled Sami McGovern’s life, but moving upstate has changed everything. Thanks to the coach at Skenesboro High, Sami’s volleyball skills blossom like magic. But success comes at a cost, and the same sports drin…

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Werewolf Academy Book 7: Chosen by Cheree Alsop - GIVEAWAY

Werewolf Academy Book 7: Chosen To win a free e-copy of Chosen please leave your email in the comments below.  Alex knew choosing the path of the lone wolf wouldn’t be easy, but challenging Jaze Carso for the chance to bring the Werewolf Academy to the public would prove to be much harder. Alex has t…

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Cover Reveal for The Watchers: Flood and Fire

If you loved the covers for Knight of Light and Hidden Fire , you're going to LOVE the cover for Flood and Fire ! The Watchers: Flood and Fire Aura must recover a lost Watcher who is essential to winning the war against the Shadow Legion, before the enemy finds him first.

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Inspiration for The Watchers

There are terrifying things in the world. Perhaps there is truth behind the tales of the monster in the closet and under the bed. They are the creatures in the dark places that wait for us to let down our guard. Stories and parallels have been used since the beginning of time to teach children and…

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Snow Roses by Taryn Tyler

After her father's death Snow shuts herself away in her grief cluttered chambers but she is plagued by more than painful memories. She will never be safe unless she forgets how her father really died. At last she escapes into the woods with nothing but a small knife.  Rose leaves the sleeping vi…

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Roses Are Red, by J.B. Kantt

Synopsis After her foster mother’s unexplained death six months ago, fourteen-year-old Isla Timearth just wants things to go back to normal for her and her twin brother, Monty. But “normal” can only go so far for a closed-off girl with abandonment issues and an anxious boy that gets frequent n…

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Product Review Natural Reader

Now you have no more excuses that there is no time to read. My publicist, Laura Wakins, suggested this program to me and I totally love it. Natural reader is a FREE text reader. Meaning if I buy an ebook I can pop it into the program and it reads the book to me. I just finished editing book #3 of T…

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Product Review Dragonfly Soap

I bought this soap at a farmers market from the maker herself, Katherine. She was so sweet and didn’t think I looked old enough to have kiddos. After showing her pictures of my babies, I got a Mother’s Day discount. We got three bars. One was a patchouli, oatmeal and goats milk bar. I’ve been usin…

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How To Tell A Good King From A Bad King

On my most recent Narnia binge I noticed something about the way the kings of the two armies lead during the final battle in Prince Caspian . King Peter picked up his sword, even though he was already battle worn, and rushed the enemy with his people following behind him. On the Telmarine side, the k…

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Carving Out A Niche - Marketing Books

Another Publishing Parallel – Marketing I’m going to make this story easy and have it take place in the writer world. Once upon a time in the magical kingdom of Writer Haven there was a great famine. The famine became so great that many writers gave up. Some citizens of Writer Haven started wars w…

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Lets clear this up - Publishing Terms

Traditional Publishing or Commercial Publishing Traditional publishers are  investors in a product. The product just happens to be a book. Most often they purchase the rights to produce the product from the author. Agents are often involved to negotiate sales and terms of contract. Subsidy Publishing o…

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Publishing Scams and Dishonest Contracts --- Be a NINJA with Author Self Defense Skills

Okay authors, something serious here. I'm going to expose a few publishing scams, but there are so many ways to scam an author that I can't list them all. You need to have author self defense and self control. My number one advice is this: HAVE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS. 2. A publisher isn'…

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