Double Cover Reveal The Edge of Darkness & The Grace in Darkness

 The Edge of Darkness

I loved to dance, but I don’t anymore.

I was in an accident I don’t remember… or maybe I don’t want to remember.

Either way, every day since, has been… an adjustment and I’m left with a constant reminder that nothing is forever.

Now, my life is a tangled web of darkness filled with deceit, hate, betrayal and lies. I don’t dwell on the past, I don’t regret and I don’t remember… I survive. But then I met Ryland Dare and he changed everything. He reminded me that life’s worth living and that remembering isn’t always a bad thing.

You don’t know true darkness until you've felt light…

On the outside looking in, some would say my siblings and I have had a pretty easy life. But beyond the fancy cars, the huge house and endless social events, is where the truth really lies. Power hungry father, defeated mother and fake friends? Yeah I have one of each. Then Araya Noelle comes along and shows me what I’ve been missing. She thinks I changed her life, but really, she saved mine.

At the edge of darkness, you must

Dare to HOPE

DARE to LOVE

DARE to LIVE

The Grace in Darkness

Every part of me yearns for Ryland and there hasn’t been a day that’s gone by that I don’t question if I made the right decision. Adjusting is something I should be used to by now but how can I do that when life has other plans?

When darkness consumes you, only true light can free you

Remembering how I existed before Araya came into my life and turned everything upside down has been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I can’t stand to be round anyone and the feeling is mutual. But I’m ready to take back what’s mine. I’m ready to be whole again. But every decision has a choice and every choice has a consequence.

To find the grace in darkness, you must

Dare to be BRAVE

Dare to be STRONG

Dare to be ALIVE

ABOUT MELISSA ANDREA

I find it hard to sum up my life in a paragraph, but I'll try.

Reading has always been a passion for me and writing is as instinctive as breathing. Every inhale is an idea; every exhale a creation. Flutter, The Discover Series was my debut release and since then I have written a contemporary romance, The Edge of Darkness. The only thing I do better than writing? Making beautiful, sassy and independent, girls. My daughter's will always be my greatest accomplishment, my biggest fans and my every inspiration. I live, breath and would die for them! I've been married to one of the greatest men in my life for 7 years and I love him more than chocolate (you know shit just got real :), Justin Timberlake and Friday's. Without him my website would be a mess and I would probably being paying more taxes than I should be. He is a jack of many trades and this is just my opinion but I like to think besides my daughters, I'm his second biggest accomplishment. (Does anyone else hear a horn tooting?)

I was born in Denver, Colorado -but I will always think of sunny Arizona as my home. I don't have a big family, but I'm close with my sister, brother & my mom. My mom is my hero, my inspiration, and I couldn't have asked for a more amazing person to be raised by. She has supported me throughout this crazy adventure and I'm lucky to have her on my side!

6 Things You Should Know About Melissa:

1. I'm a tornado with lipstick! Translation: I'm very girly, but I can get down and dirty with the best of them.

2. I adore the color pink!

3. I love things that sparkle (including vampires!)

4. I like even numbers (hence 6 things about me, not 5)

5. I'm loyal to a fault but I like to see the good in everybody. Don't mistake my kindness for weakness though because my bark is not always bigger than my bite :))

6. I don't like calling readers 'fans'. When it come down to it, I am all YOUR biggest fan! MWAH!

I will never be able to thank every reader, every blogger or every author who has helped me in one or a million ways since I published but I will try every chance I get. Y'all are the reason I am here and every comment, every message, every review makes me feel like I have a reason to be. So to the moon and back, THANK YOU!

Okay, so this was a little longer than a paragraph.

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The Edge of Darkness

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17728782-the-edge-of-darkness?from_search=true

The Grace in Darkness

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18133222-the-grace-of-darkness

AUTHOR LINKS

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/m.andrea.author

Twitter: https://twitter.com/melissa_andreaa

Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/melandrea01/

Blog: http://melissaandrea.com

Rose of Thorne

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Blurb:

When a drunk driver tragically orphans Skylar Rose at the age of sixteen, she leaves her dreams behind and takes on the daunting task of helping her elderly grandmother raise her young sister. While other girls her age were living a typical carefree life, she was picking up double shifts at a local café and struggling to pay the bills. 

Always putting her sister’s needs and school first, Skylar has never had time to date or develop relationships. Now a senior in college, she has her sights set on an amazing internship opportunity. The last thing she needed was for a sexy distraction like Sebastian Thorne to walk into her life. 

Sebastian Thorne had been an entitled and reckless nineteen year old when he got behind the wheel of his new sports car that night. When his night of indulgence goes tragically wrong, Sebastian hesitantly turns to the one person, he knows can make everything go away…the one person he hates ..his father.

Now twenty-six, Sebastian is the young enigmatic and powerful CEO of his late father’s design company, Thorne Enterprises. With both millions in the bank and a new woman on his arm almost every night, the world never knew the dark secret he carried inside. Still plagued with nightmares from the night of that horrific accident and having to leave the beautiful girl behind, Sebastian vows to find the one that haunts his dreams. Sometimes the choice of revisiting our past opens the door to a future that we never thought possible.

Haunted by their past, these two want nothing more than to have their life given back to them. But what do you do when the person who gave you back your life, was the very one that took it from you in the first place?

* BOOK 2 THORNELESS will follow VERY VERY SOON!! Contains sexual content and abusive situations. Recommended for readers 18+ years.

Author Links

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Bio:

Mia fell in love with the literary world at a very young age and began putting her active imagination to pen and paper by the age of six. Over the years, she has filled up numerous shelves with her notebooks and journals of her favorite stories. Twelve years ago, Mia began drafting The Thorne Series and through encouragement of a close friend, decided to finally take the leap of faith to bring her dream to life. She openly admits to having a hopeless infatuation with her Kindle and suffers from the one-click book addiction (No intervention required). 

Mia is currently a stay at home mom who has mastered the fine art of making a PB&J sandwich in between laundry and shuttling kids to ballet and swimming. In her spare time (“What spare time?” She laughs), she enjoys photography, traveling, and having a girls night out with her pals. She enjoys the simple things in life, such as sleeping more than 3 hours per night and 10 minute showers without being interrupted by children yelling “mommy” from the other side of the bathroom door. 

Mia Michelle resides in Tennessee with her soul mate and husband of 18 years and their 2 beautiful young children. She is currently working on her Masters in Counseling and drafting her new series. 

Rose of Thorne Playlist

Demons- Imagine Dragons

I’d Die Without You- PM Dawn

Fix You- Coldplay

Love Song- Adele

Sweet Love- Chris Brown

No Ordinary Love- Sade

Kiss Me- Ed Sheeran

Angel- Massive Attack

My Valentine- Paul McCartney

Wicked Games- The Weeknd

Lil’ Freak- Usher featuring Nicki Minaj

Who’s That Chick? – David Guetta featuring Rihanna

If I Lose Myself Tonight- One Republic

Kill and Run- Sia

Arms- Christina Perri

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Her Love Ran Crimson

Maddie has been through more tragedy than most people would ever see in their life. She has given up on living, and only living to breathe. With nobody on her side, she has been marked as the cause of her mother’s death and lives with this guilt every day. She is close to giving up until she sets her eyes on the one person who doesn’t look at her with disgust.

Jase is the new guy in school, he was transferred to a new school after moving out of his fathers house into his mothers. But Jase knows about Maddie and knows about her past. He thinks he can keep this a secret and help protect her. When the truth comes out will they be able to survive their worlds being turned upside down? Will their connection be strong enough to make it through? Sometimes love isn't enough...






Her Love Ran Crimson by Zoey Foster
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Everything that I thought was going to happen in this book did not. I was 30% into it and had no idea how this book was going to play out. About 40% into the book I thought I had an idea, I really thought "I got this," I know what is going to happen right......WRONG. I did not see the events playing out the way they did. I am so happy that I was wrong. Not telling you what I thought was going to happen, that would just ruin the book for you.

Zoey did a wonderful writing this book and keep me the reader on my toes. The way the events played out in this book were unexpected and flowed. This is her debut novel and I think she hit the head on the nail.

Maddie has a lot of dark secrets that unfortunally everyone knows about. I feel for her, to have the worst of you put out there for everyone to see and to just ignore the facts that are there, she needs help. Maddie is in self preservation mode and meeting Jase is pulling her out of that. She needs to keep him at arms length just so she keep her plan in place.

Jase has his secrets too, he may be the knight in shinning armor...but like I said there are secrets. Yet Jase is so SWOON WORTHY (hell yes i made that reference), he really is. I love that he is so caring and yet does not push Maddie with her emotions. He's not of those crazy Alpha male guys, Jase is one of the most normal characters written.

I can say that there was not a moment that I did not enjoy reading. Maddie and Jase's characters were written really well. I could feel there emotions as I read.The whole part of me thinking that I know what is going to happen and I was dead wrong...Well I would like to say "well played Zoey, Well played.

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Whiskey Lullaby

 Julie Walker thought she found true love with Jase. Until he betrayed her in the worst way, with one of her best friends. Devastated and heartbroken she runs away,leaving behind her family and friends. She starts a new life filled with secrets.

When Julie meets Dean, she thinks he is the answer to all her prayers, but Dean isn’t who she thinks he is.

Jase Gibson is a player. Even when he had the girl of his dreams, he still played. When he lost Julie, his life fell apart. He turned to whiskey and women, to fill the void. But, only Julie will ever make him whole.

Nine years later, Julie's back home, but shes not alone. What will happen when all of Julie's secrets are uncovered?
Jase vowed that if he ever got her back, he would do right by her and never let her go. Will he let Julie's secret keep them apart?

When Julie's ex-husband refuses to be her ex, Jase must choose to help her or hang on to his anger.
Jase and Julie have to find a way to give their whiskey lullaby a happy ending.

Expected Publication Date: September 30, 2013

Buy Links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Whiskey-Lullaby-Love-Songs-ebook/dp/B00F0TWIIS/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1378496022&sr=8-5&keywords=whiskey+lullaby+kindle

Barnes & Noble:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/whiskey-lullaby-dawn-martens/1116871346?ean=2940148723585

Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/whiskey-lullaby

iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id694101994

Goodreads Link:  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18192905-whiskey-lullaby

Series Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/lovesongsseries

Author Bio:  Dawn Martens: I'm Dawn. I co-wrote a two books (Chase and Kade) with fellow author Chantal Fernando, in the Resisting Love. We went solo on three of the books, she wrote Ryder, and she is writing James, and I'm writing Derek.

Also working on a book currently with my friend Isabella Bearden, called A Second Chance!

AND I'm currently writing a book with good friend Emily Minton called Whiskey Lullaby. 

I drink too much, Swear too much, and Read too much. Yes I read too much. I don't have a filter, and I tend to speak before I think. 

I'm a beta reader for many authors, I'm on a few authors ARC list, because apparently I'm THAT awesome. ;) And I also Edit. Not a professional, but I do help a few with that.

I have two children, 5&2, and have another on the way. They bug the shit outta me, but hey, that's what kids are supposed to do. ;) Married since 2007. He's amazing, but he's also a bigger pain in my ass than my kids are.

I love to read. and I love being able to write stories that *I* want to read!

I couldn't do this without the help of some very special friends!

Author Social Media Links:

https://www.facebook.com/martens.dawn

http://www.goodreads.com/Dawn_Martens

http://dawnmartens.blogspot.ca/?zx=b52a169373dab8c2

About the Author:

I'm Emily.  I am the proud mother of two lovable but irritating teenagers. I have been married for over twenty years, but I would gladly trade my husband for Tatum Jackson any day!

If you are wondering who that is, you need to read Sweet Dreams by KA now. Kristen Ashley is my queen!

I love to read.  I am a complete mommy porn junkie!  I have more books on my kindle than most people could read in a lifetime, but I will get to them all eventually!

I am also an avid blogger.  I love to share my favorite books and pimp my favorite authors.

I just finished writing my first solo book, Windows.  I hope you all enjoy it!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Emily-Minton/586124878106489

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7171978.Emily_Minton
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorEmilyMint
Blog: http://authoremilyminton.blogspot.com/

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Embrace

Evan Allen is a handsome, athletic, southern gentleman who now attends Georgia Southern University for no good reason.

After what he expected to be the romantic gesture of the century, Evan is looking at no friends, a year of ineligibility on the football team, and no girl.

He's starting over alone and doesn't know quite how to proceed. Certain members of The Crew refuse to let him face things by himself, taking him under their wing, and it doesn't take the ladies long to notice him, either. 

Sometimes life doesn't go as you had planned. Sometimes it goes better.

Embrace it.

Embrace, the second book in the Evolve Series by S.E. Hall, follows the characters from her debut New Adult romance, Emerge.

Embrace by S.E. Hall
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed Evans story. My heart hurt for him when Laney chiose Dane in the last book. Evan was a little to nice and that was slightly trouble some in the begining. As I got into the book more I became to understand him better. The Crew was there for him to help him move on and be happy again.

Whitley was so sweet in this book. She really seemed like the right person to be there for Evan. I found it enjoyable to get multiple POV's in this book from Laney, Dane and Evan. It really blended in the book.

Evan is always the true gentleman and there are a few "dates" that he goes on and they are really funny. The one thing that bothered me from the last book was a situation that happened with Evan and Kaitlyn, I really was not sure if anything happened. I got my answer, I was a little unsure of Evan in the book, but now I know that he really is a good guy. Anyways, great read.

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HER Cover Reveal

I am SUPER excited to be a part of this!  So here is the Cover Reveal of HER.  Isn't she PRETTY?  This is the follow up to HIM, Will's POV.  Finally we get to understand what's in his head. 

  Book: HER Author: Carey Heywood Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date: October 26,, 2013 Hosted by: Book Enthusiast Promotions

You know her side of the story, now learn his. "It was useless. I felt branded beneath my skin by a girl who left without even saying goodbye." When Will Price was assigned a partner for a sixth grade class project he had no idea she would become his best friend. After years of friendship, she eventually became so much more. Then, one day she left with no explanation. Will’s life shattered right before his eyes and he was left alone to pick up the pieces. Floundering, Will must figure out a way to carry on, to find a way to exist without her. Seven years later, a chance encounter leaves him desperate to get her back. He has one week to make her his again. Not everyone gets a second chance with the love of their life and Will is determined to never lose her again.

  New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author. I make up stuff and write it down. Here are some things that make up who I am, in no particular order; Books, Swedish Fish, Rivers, Kids (I have some), Husband (I have 1), Dog, Wuss, Reader, Elephants, Mermaid Shows, Belgian Chocolate, Plastic Rings, Fizzy Water, Abs (I don't have them...well yes, I have them but they're nothing to look at I meant Abs that I like to look at), Twitter (@careylolo), Making up Words, Chair Dancing, Old Movies, Cartoons, Belgian Waffles, Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, People, Kayaks, Screen Porches, Laughing, Colored Paperclips, Junky Green Laptop, Golden Rule, Falling in Love, Jumping in Puddles, Spellcheck, Windy Days.

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Karina Halle Ashes to Ashes Cover Reveal

It’s been two months since Perry Palomino and Dex Foray’s relationship reached a new turning point, two months since Perry started a new life in Seattle, and two months since their Experiment in Terror show took on a new partner, ex-Wine Babe Rebecca Sims, and a newfound level of success. But whenever there is light in their lives, the madness still has a way of coming back in.

When the team is sent back to the stormy Oregon coast to investigate a haunted school, Perry wants to use the opportunity to reconnect with her family and reintroduce Dex into their lives. Only Perry’s not the only one who’s reaching out – her grandmother Pippa has started appearing to her with disturbing warnings and Perry’s presence at the school has ignited a chilling new wave of supernatural phenomenon. Once used a century ago as a sanatorium to house children dying of tuberculosis, the school’s past residents are slowly coming back to life and with one thing on their mind: They want someone to play with, someone to join them.  Forever.

Even when dead, some children get whatever they want.

And they want Perry.
A little about the Experiment in Terror series:
The Experiment and Terror series is a sexy and scary romantic series about the ghosts that haunt us and the ones that hold us back.

After filming a creepy experience in her uncle’s dilapidated lighthouse, 22-year old Perry Palomino becomes a YouTube and internet star overnight. She attracts the attention of Dex Foray, a producer and cameraman for a site that specializes in various webisodes, who convinces her to be a host for a low-budget ghost hunt­ing series. The only problem is, neither Perry nor Dex are entirely “with it” — I mean, they see ghosts, after all. And when the duo isn’t wrestling with the very notion of reality, they’re grappling with a working relationship that’s deepcut with sexual tension and the ongoing question of will they or won't they? 

Book #1 (Darkhouse) is FREE on Amazon, Smashwords, and Nook.
LINKS to Darkhouse:

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/58699

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Darkhouse-Experiment-Terror-1-ebook/dp/B0050Q6HQK

Barnes & Noble:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/darkhouse-karina-halle/1101078677

Series Reading Order

Book Number	Title	Goodreads Links
Experiment in Terror #1	Darkhouse	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11356211-darkhouse
Experiment in Terror #2	Red Fox	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11710500-red-fox
Experiment in Terror #2.5	The Benson	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13129155-the-benson
Experiment in Terror #3	Dead Sky Morning	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12322385-dead-sky-morning
Experiment in Terror #4	Lying Season	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13061289-lying-season
Experiment in Terror #5	On Demon Wings	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13442031-on-demon-wings
Experiment in Terror #5.5	Old Blood	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13599714-old-blood
Experiment in Terror #5.7	The Dex Files	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15746858-the-dex-files
Experiment in Terror #6	Into the Hollow	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13617933-into-the-hollow
Experiment in Terror #6.5	And With Madness Comes the Light	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16159713-and-with-madness-comes-the-light
Experiment in Terror #7	Come Alive	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16143338-come-alive
Experiment in Terror #8	Ashes to Ashes	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17608219-ashes-to-ashes
Experiment in Terror #9	Dust to Dust	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17608220-dust-to-dust

Karina Halle is the USA Today Best Selling Author of The Artists Trilogy (On Every Street, Sins & Needles, Shooting Scars, and Bold Tricks) published by Hachette, the Experiment in Terror series, and The Devil's series published by Diversion.  

The daughter of a Norwegian Viking and a Finnish Moomin, Karina Halle grew up in Vancouver, Canada with trolls and eternal darkness on the brain. This soon turned into a love of all things that go bump in the night and a rather sadistic appreciation for freaking people out. Like many of the flawed characters she writes, Karina never knew where to find herself and has dabbled in acting, make-up artistry, film production, screenwriting, photography, travel writing and music journalism. She eventually found herself in the pages of the very novels she wrote (if only she had looked there to begin with).

Karina holds a screenwriting degree from Vancouver Film School and a Bachelor of Journalism from TRU. Her travel writing, music reviews/interviews and photography have appeared in publications such as Consequence of Sound, Mxdwn and GoNomad Travel Guides. She currently lives on an island on the coast of British Columbia where she's preparing for the zombie apocalypse with her fiance and rescue pup. 

Karina is represented by Scott Waxman of the Waxman Leavell Literary Agency

Author social media links:

http://experimentinterror.com

http://khalle.wordpress.com

https://www.facebook.com/ExperimentinTerror

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Karina-Halle/

www.twitter.com/MetalBlonde

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4785031.Karina_Halle

September Ends

SEPTEMBER ENDS

By

Hunter S. Jones & an Anonymous English Poet

Overweight and dull. That’s how I felt.

My grandfather and brother died. I hid inside a black cave deep in my soul, numbed for a decade on meds, booze, and bad love, married to my glorious career.

My name is Liz Snow, from Atlanta, Georgia, and this is my story.

One hot summer I fell hopelessly in love with successful attorney, Peter William Hendrix III, from Chattanooga, Tennessee. We bonded because of Shelley and Keats. Pete introduced me to the works of modern English poet, Jack O. Savage, It was like The Poet was drawing us together through his blogs and poems, like he had a message for my life and my love with Pete Hendrix. 

I lived it in my heart and soul.

It all went tragically wrong once I learned Pete’s secret.

As September ends I jet to London, England with an unstable mind and a broken heart. Pete Hendrix betrayed me big time. There was no time for revenge. My life was a kaleidoscope of stabbing shards of pain.

London ignored me. Maybe I didn't exist. I was lost and lonely in a flat in Kensington. 

I hear that Jack O. Savage will make a rare public appearance. I wrangle an invitation to the art gallery where he is reading. I was curious. Somehow, he was the cause of my trouble. 

The rock-star-with-words was even more damaged than I.

Jack O.Savage, The Poet became my friend.

Then, an unexpected kiss at a county fair on a perfect English summer's day changed everything forever. Jack the man became my lover. 

Magic.

My elusive dream of a lifelong love began.

If Pete was what I'd always wanted, Jack was what I always needed.

The mystery unraveled as the kaleidoscope of my broken life evolved and I found myself living a rainbow of perfect bliss.

Sometimes when you believe it’s the end, it’s only the beginning.

September Ends is a contemporary romance with erotic and supernatural elements bound together by poetry. It reveals the intricate web of passion and desire which entangles Liz Snow, Pete Hendrix and Jack O. Savage. The story is told through Liz Snow’s diary, Jack O. Savage’s poetry, and from letters sent across the Atlantic. Traveling throughout the lushness of a summertime in Tennessee and Georgia, September Ends journeys into the elegance of London’s West End and is finally settled in the countryside of Cornwall, England, a decade later.

September Ends is a story of sin, redemption and salvation through love

 because love happens when we least expect it.

Hunter S. Jones website:http://about.me/huntersjones1

FB Page: www.facebook.com/HunterSJones101

Blog Site: thehuntersjones.blogspot.com

Twitter: @HunterSJones101

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/6561688.Hunter_S_Jones

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