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Creak by Elizabeth Morgan

13 Sunday Sep 2015

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Today we have a guest post by long time Tea Society member and Vampire Month regular, Elizabeth Morgan. She is here to present to us her latest release – erotic suspense novel Creak. I’ll leave her to tell you all about it.10723079_929879940405806_557017422_n

“What happens in Silver Creek…stays in Silver Creek.”

After spending the summer as a recluse due to a bad break-up, Nicole Saunders agrees to go to The Heat Wave Festival with her best friends, Kacey and Tyler.

Along with three other friends, they plan to take a shortcut through the small town of Silver Creek. The last thing any of them expect is to become lost and end up pulling into a motel for the night.

The Creek Motel is isolated and the last place Nicole wants to be, especially after meeting the glacial owner. But her discomfort is soon forgotten as she finally gives in to her feelings and asks Kacey and Tyler to spend the night with her.

This should be bliss, but it quickly turns into a nightmare when she discovers that one of their friends has mysteriously disappeared from her locked room in the middle of the night.

Worried, Nicole presumes the worst, but she will soon discover that isolation can be the perfect stage for those who have something to hide…and that Jayne’s disappearance is more disturbing than any of them could have guessed.

This title contains explicit language and scenes of a sexual and/or violent nature which some readers may find disturbing.

Buy Links:
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Creak-Elizabeth-Morgan-ebook/dp/B014LZJV3G/ref=sr_1_16?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1440865613&sr=1-16&keywords=Elizabeth+Morgan
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creak-Elizabeth-Morgan-ebook/dp/B014LZJV3G/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1440865472&sr=1-1&keywords=Elizabeth+Morgan
ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-creak-1876668-356.html
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/572894
Barnes&Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/creak-elizabeth-morgan/1114301340?ean=2940152122718
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/creak/id1035056199?mt=11
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11259833_929880420405758_1520929928_oExcerpt:
I pressed my head to the wood, mentally preparing myself for the hard stare of a nosey redhead, but when I turned round, I found an empty bed.
“Jayne?”
No reply.
I walked over to the bathroom and pushed the door open only to find the small room empty. My unease began to twist further as I looked round the room. The dishevelled covers and pillows confirmed that I wasn’t going crazy and that she had been in bed, but her case appeared to be missing. I pulled the door to the built-in wardrobe open, hoping like hell she was playing a childish prank to get back at me for my absence, but found it empty, and strangely cold.
A knock on the door caused my heart to flutter. “Who is it?”
“It’s Shauna.”
I walked over and unlocked the door, pulling it wide. “Is Jayne with you?”
Her brow furrowed. “Er, no. I actually came to see her.”
“She’s not here.”
“Well, where is she?”
“I don’t know.” Guilt stabbed at me. “I, er—I kinda couldn’t sleep so I went and had a few drinks and then crashed with Kacey and Tyler last night.”
Shauna arched a perfectly plucked eyebrow. “You guys got wasted last night? You should have told us. We were so bored.”
I shrugged. “We thought you two would want some ‘alone time’.”
She snorted. “Oh, heck, Craig’s good, but he’s not that good. Trust me. Getting wasted would have been a nice break.”
I looked round the room. “I locked the door behind me, so how did she get out?”
Unease began to rapidly turn in my stomach.
“Maybe she climbed out of the window?” Shauna walked over to the window and pulled the curtains open—a single panel of glass had been welded to the frame. “Okay, maybe not.”
My gut twisted. “Oh, God, what if something’s happened to her? What if someone broke in and—”
“Nikki, be serious. You would know if someone had broken in. The window would be smashed, or the lock on the door would have been broken.” She walked over to the bathroom doorway and glanced inside. “And your bathroom window is as small as ours is. So, no one got in.”
“What if the lock was picked? What if—”
“Are you seriously suggesting that someone picked the lock, kidnapped Jayne, and then locked the door behind them? That’s insane. Plus, ten minutes with her and they would have brought her straight back.”
I wanted to find this ridiculous. I wanted to believe that Jayne had somehow gotten out and was playing a trick on me as payback, but my gut wasn’t buying it. Something was very wrong.
“Jayne was locked inside this room. Tell me how the hell she got out?”
“I have no idea, but I’m sure there is a logical explanation.”
She looked doubtful, and the sight made me all the more sick.
“Something’s happened to her. I don’t know what, but—” The steady humming of wheels caught my attention. I turned and looked at the window, watching as Sarah’s shadow moved across the closed curtains. “I saw someone outside Kay and Ty’s window last night. I don’t know who it was. One of the other guests, or maybe the owners…and they have spare keys, don’t they? Technically, they would be the only other people able to get into this room—”
Shauna appeared in front of me. She grabbed my arms and looked me dead in the eyes. “Nikki, you’re talking crazy, and it’s starting to freak me out. I don’t know what happened, but let’s not jump to conclusions. There has to be a reasonable explanation for this.”
She let go of my arms and glanced round the room once more as if there was some corner I had forgot to check. “Just get ready and go get Tyler and Kacey.” A faint smile fluttered on her lips as she looked back at me. “Craig and I will go check at reception and ask the owners if they’ve seen her. Okay?”
I nodded. “Yeah, all right.”
“Just relax. She could have gone for a walk or something,” she stated before disappearing from sight.
Perhaps, but that still didn’t explain how she got out of a locked room.

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About the Author:

Elizabeth Morgan is a multi-published author of urban fantasy, paranormal, erotic horror, f/f, and contemporary; all with a degree of romance, a dose of action and a hit of sarcasm, sizzle or blood, but you can be sure that no matter what the genre, Elizabeth always manages to give a unique and often humorous spin to her stories.
Like her tagline says; A pick ‘n’ mix genre author. “I’m not greedy. I just like variety.”
And that she does, so look out for more information on her upcoming releases at her website: http://www.e-morgan.com
Away from the computer, Elizabeth can be found in the garden trying hard not to kill her plants, dancing around her little cottage with the radio on while she cleans, watching movies or good television programmes – Dr Who? Atlantis? The Musketeers? Poldark? American Horror Story? Heck, yes! – Or curled up with her two cats reading a book.

Where to find Elizabeth Online:
Website: http://www.e-morgan.com
Blog: http://www.xxxxmyworldxxxx.blogspot.co.uk
Twitter: @EMorgan2010
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/ElizabethMorgan
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.morgan.944
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/elizabethm2012/boards/
TSU: https://www.tsu.co/ElizabethMorgan
Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.co.uk/elizabeth_morgan
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‘Final Empire’, the Conclusion of the Amazon Bestselling series, Includes Art from Marvel, DC, Image, and IDW Talent

19 Sunday Oct 2014

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The Arena Mode Saga is drawing to a conclusion with ‘Final Empire’, the third and final book of the bestselling sci-fi/superhero series by Canadian author Blake Northcott.

The 300+ page novel will be available on Kickstarter beginning October 18th, and will include illustrations throughout by a number of notable artists:

  • Natasha Allegri (Adventure Time, Fionna and Cake)
  • John Broglia (God Complex, Unmasked)
  • Joe Corroney (Star Wars, Star Trek)
  • Derek Laufman (Batman Black & White, Marvel vs. Capcom)
  • Mark McKenna (Star Wars: Old Republic, Justice League)
  • Steve McNiven (Death of Wolverine, Guardians of the Galaxy)
  • David Nakayama (Deadpool cover artist)
  • Roc Upchurch (Rat Queens)

As well as illustrations from Thor Mangila of Iron Age Comics, and YouTube personality Comic Book Girl 19.

“I know it sounds cliché, but the Arena Mode series has truly changed my life,” says Northcott. “Without these books, I don’t know where I’d be today. I owe everything to the amazing artists who have contributed to the series, and the fans who believed in this crazy idea.”

Combining a novel with comic book art has paid off for the author: the first two books in the trilogy – ‘Arena Mode’, and the sequel, ‘Assault or Attrition’ – made waves in 2013 by generating more than $65,000 USD in Kickstarter pledges. They featured art by an all-star line-up of comic book heavyweights, including Dave Johnson, Barry Kitson, and Dan Panosian.

‘Arena Mode’ went on to become the #1 selling novel on Amazon Kindle UK throughout February and March of 2014 (both in the ‘science-fiction’ and ‘superhero’ graphic novel categories), outselling titles like The Walking Dead and Dr. Who – and the Arena Mode books are now part of a high school curriculum in the state of Florida.

Blake also has personal endorsements from some of the most iconic names in the comic industry; including writers Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Wanted) and Mark Waid (Kingdom Come).

“It’s bittersweet to see the series end,” Northcott adds. “I’ve had so many people ask if I’d consider a fourth book, which is so flattering, but at this point I’d rather leave things as they are. I have what I believe is a very satisfying conclusion planned, and I don’t want to ruin the final send-off by overstaying my welcome.”

Blake is not a fan of some of the rumors regarding bestselling series adding more volumes to appease their rabid fan-bases. “Who wants to see a fourth ‘Hunger Games’ or another ‘Harry Potter’? I loved those books too, but they’re done. There’s nothing left to say. Every story organically comes to a close, and forcing it further will just tarnish everything that came before. I don’t want to end up in that category.”

You can find out more about ‘Final Empire’ at ArenaMode.com, and you can follow Blake on Twitter @ComicBookGrrl or Facebook.

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D.A Lascelles is the author of Lurking Miscellany, Transitions (Mundania Press) and Gods of the Sea (Pulp Empires). He lives in Manchester UK. You can sometimes see him writing about Zombie porn on https://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/ but he mostly blogs about books, vampires, science fiction and Terry Pratchett. He is inordinately proud of the fact that one of his Pratchett articles was referenced on the French version of the author’s Wikipedia page.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DaLascelles

Twitter: @areteus

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[Giveaway] Remember the Stars by Natalie-Nicole Bates

07 Thursday Mar 2013

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Today we take a break from Vampire Month to consider some Paranormal Romance. Natalie-Nicole Bates is here to tell us all about Remember the Stars and has a giveaway for us to enter.

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Click the link above to enter the competition to win a $10 Amazon Gift voucher which could be used to buy a copy of Remember the Stars (or, if you already own that, my book 🙂 ). Full details of Remember the Stars are included below along with how you can contact Natalie-Nicole Bates to learn more about her work.

Blurb:

Waking up in the gutter, for Leah Rhodes, life as she knows it has just changed forever. In the dark surroundings of her distant past, a familiar man stands out in the confusion. But Remy Moreland has been dead for years.

It soon becomes apparent to Leah that both she and Remy are trapped in a hell of their own making. Can one night together not only lead to the way out, but to love as well?

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Excerpt from Remember the Stars:

Barefoot, she crossed the dark street and began making her way in the direction of the police station. If she remembered correctly, it was three blocks away. A chill rose on her skin as she tried to remain focused. She concentrated on taking one agonizing footstep in front of the other.

When she crossed over the first street, she stopped to rest beneath a street light. Leaning up against the side of a brick house, she took notice of how eerily quiet her surroundings were. The only sound was her own breathing. There simply was nothing, and no one. Was she truly alone? She wondered.

She shook off the intrusive thought. Of course she wasn’t alone. Remy Moreland was real. Well, the late Remy Moreland was sort of real. Maybe surreal was a better word.

He had spun some tale of purgatory, of languishing between life and death. Then a thought struck her like a blow from above.

What if he was telling the truth?

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Get a free copy of Transitions for review

14 Monday Jan 2013

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I’ve joined the Making Connections group in Goodreads. It is a community which Transitions-AuthorCopyprovides authors with a way to get in touch with readers who might want to write a review of one of their books.

With this in mind, I have set up a giveaway on that group:

Click here for a link to the Giveaway thread

There are ten free copies of Transitions (any ebook format) up for grabs in this giveaway. All you need do is express an interest on the thread above, leaving your email address and what format you want, and a copy will be sent to you.

In exchange for this, you agree to write a review of the book within 4-6 weeks of receiving it which can be posted anywhere you like (Goodreads is a good start but you can also post on the Amazon page or your own blog) and send me a link to tell me you have done it.

The first ten to post in the thread with the correct details get the free copies. Two of them have already gone out, leaving 8 to go… The group owners moderate everything to make sure it is all fair and above board.

The Making Connections group also has a lot of other cool books up for similar giveaways listed. They are always keen to get more reviewers on board so if you are a Goodreads member, pop along there and sign up.

In a related issue, this is also a reminder that you can now see me on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/DaLascelles

Those of you who use Facebook may want to go to this page and click like…

Wow, three posts in two days. At this rate I’ll be posting more than John Scalzi…

Be gentle… it’s my first time…

03 Monday Dec 2012

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I was recently informed of a positive review of Transitions. Actually, I was informed of Transitions-AuthorCopythis review a few weeks ago, but am only just getting round to posting about it now. With an event to help organise (or at least provide moral support for), real world work to plan and my insane idea to do Nano this year (that’s a whole different post…) I was actually finding it hard to do much serious blogging last month. There was also the fact that the link I was sent to the review does not actually seem to go to a page that includes my review. I was not sure if this meant my review was yet to be published, was lost deep in an archive or was only visible during the third quarter of the full moon when the month has an F in it and is more than 28 days… So, I didn’t want to post anything about it until I got some form of confirmation.

But now November is over, the event was this weekend gone and Nano is also a thing of the past. I do still have real world work to do but my time is a little freer than it was. Ok, I still cannot find the actual review (if anyone can help, I’d appreciate it) but what the hell…

So, the lovely people over at Penumbra Press sometimes review books by other publishers and they decided to pick up mine (the full review is allegedly in their reviews section but I cannot find it). The fragment of the full review that was sent to me is fairly promising, however. It included:

“Throughout this story D. A. Lascelles artfully uses his skills with words to magically paint images in the reader’s head. Not only do places come into clear focus, but the seasons and atmosphere of the locations are also imbued with a descriptive clarity and realistic essence.

Written for paranormal romance fans of all ages, Transitions successfully marries modern day and roman Britain by interspersing the memories and history of roman officer Lucius Gaius with the ordinarily mundane lives of two university students…Transitions is a fair read that will keep you occupied, even if only for a day trip away.”

And the score was apparently ‘3 books’. I am assuming and hoping that this is out of 5 and not, for example, 500 🙂

This is, in fact, the first review I have ever had. For anything. By anyone who was not a friend or family member, anyway. So far both Transitions and Pirates and Swashbucklers have avoided reviews in places like Goodreads and Amazon though Pirates seems to have been marked as ‘to read’ by a lot of people. So, as a first go at the review wheel I am happy with this result. There will likely be bad ones out there too, not that I have found any yet, so it is good to start on a positive note. Plus, my ego is telling me that I should get that first paragraph printed on a T-shirt because I really like it. A lot.

Luckily, I rarely listen to my ego.

Free book!

16 Sunday Sep 2012

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This coming week sees a very special occasion in literature, an occasion that occurs once in every 10 blue moons (often referred to as a decabluemoon) and an event that is celebrated the world over by people in all walks of life*…

Yes, that is right, it is the first anniversary of the start of this blog on the 18th of September.

Almost one year ago (on the 18th September, 2011), I finally bowed to overwhelming pressure from my own ego to make my innermost thoughts public. It is also almost a year ago that my first publication hit the virtual shelves. With my second publication now out there in the world, it seems a good time to do a freebie giveaway.

So, now you can claim your absolutely free copy of The Curse. Just click this link!

What is The Curse, I hear you ask? Well, that is a very good question. When the BBW Romance Writers were getting together to write the Paranormal Romance Anthology that became known as Shades of Love and which Transitions is a part, we also decided to do what is known as a Round Robin story. This is a story where a group of writers collaborate on it. We decided on a broad story idea (a woman cursed with the gift of prophesy) then each of us took turns to write a section each, leaving the next person with a situation to resolve. This was done until we reached the natural climax. Then Judy Bagshaw and myself did a final polish on the story to make it publishable and were forced to learn more than we really wanted to learn about Creative Commons licenses.

The whole was topped off with a rather wonderful cover*** (pictured) created by the excellent M.S Fowle who deserves a lot of kudos for her efforts at making our writing look like a ‘proper book’. If you ever have a book you need a cover for, I would definitely suggest you consider talking to her about it.

So, that was how it came to pass that we happened to have a free ebook available to give to you all. Go on, click that link and download the Zip file that contains versions of this book for many different ebook formats. Then try to guess which of the authors wrote which of the bits….

* Well, Ok, it occurs once a year and is probably celebrated by very few people and not the world over** but don’t tell my ego that, please, it does enjoy its little illusions and gets stroppy when it is thwarted.

** Though I do have a special shout out to those of you in Panama, Peurto Rico and the Ukraine who seem very interested in what I am saying here *waves*

*** Actually, she made us three covers, that is how dedicated she is. If I can get permission from her, I will post the other two covers for you to look at ‘what could have been’.

Transitions release

22 Wednesday Aug 2012

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As per my post earlier in the week, I am here to announce that Transitions, my paranormal romance novella, is now officially released in a number of ebook formats!

The link to purchase the novella from the publisher is here:

Buy Transitions now

So, anyone who wants to read this story may now do so for the very reasonable price of $2.99 (what is that in real money? I always get confused by exchange rates…) in kindle, nook and other formats.

 

Cover designer wanted…

05 Tuesday Jun 2012

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I am looking for a cover designer to do a cover for a freebie give away story linked to an upcoming anthology release I am involved in. There are details about what is being looked for on here:

http://areteus.livejournal.com/238703.html

Before you click this, however, a few caveats:

 – Yes, this is unpaid. It is an ebook we are giving away for free. This is the authors of the anthology not the publisher doing this (we are basically self pubbing this). Though I am personally offering a very, very small fee of ‘the price of a drink’, either in person or sent via paypal.

 – There is, however, a chance that you will get your work noticed which may potentially lead to more, better paid work. Full credit is given and there are a few people at least (the authors for a start) who will sing your praises to the high heavens.

 

Zompocalypse update…

24 Thursday May 2012

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I have been quite impressed by the response to my Zombie post from two days ago. It seems to be a popular topic and a lot of people seem very interested in the concept of zombie’s as protagonists. Well, enough to have made yesterday the day of the largest number of views on this blog and get me some great comments both on the blog and in private.

There is an addendum to add to what I wrote however… I actually missed a zombie main protagonist/main character which I failed to mention. I actually remembered this almost seconds after I’d hit send… And what is embarressing about this is that it is by one of my favourite authors – Rachel Caine.

Yes, I had entirely forgotten about Caine’s Working Stiff, part of a new series she seems to be working on in which the main character (and I don’t think I am making any spoilers here…) is dead and reanimated.

Of course, the character in this is not a shambling zombie. In fact, she isn’t even at risk of rotting like many zombies (as I said in the previous post, zombies that want to stay looking good have to invest a lot of time in keeping themselves from decaying). The drug that keeps her alive also stops her from decaying. Her problems only occur when she is unable to take the drug on a regular basis for whatever reason because at that point she dies… The character is basically a normal human with normal human issues (she still needs to eat, still feels emotions, all that stuff) with the added issue that she is dead.

So, is she a zombie? If not, what is she? I am not sure I can quite decide for myself so I will leave it up to you to make your own mind up…

Special Offer on Pirates and Swashbucklers!

27 Tuesday Dec 2011

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A January sale special from Pulp Empires sees reductions in some of their books, including Pirates and Swashbucklers.

Of course, I know that everyone who reads this blog went out and bought copies of this for all their friends and family for Christmas. However, in case you didn’t (or you really need another copy, say to hold up a wobbly table or for toilet paper or kindling) then you can get one from Createspace at a 25% discount. Simply use product code:62QUSQGC to get your discount…

More news here: https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Pulp-Empire/115516358460093

Direct link here: https://www.createspace.com/3681893

Unfortunately, this code only applies to createspace so it is really only convenient to those of you who live in the US. If you order from out of the US, I think the postage costs eat up any discount. However, it may still be worthwhile.