Jak Barley-Private Inquisitor and the Seven Dwarves Dan Ehl Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 1 Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com “This reminds me of a humorous fable,” I observed while eying Snot, the dwarf, with suspicion. “A priest, a shaman, and a soothsayer walked into a tavern. The innkeeper looks up at the three, pauses, and says, ‘Is this some kind of joke?’” The dwarves […]
Christine Presents: Blind Allegiance
Please welcome Violetta Rand author of Blind Allegiance. Violetta will award a $25 Amazon Gift Card to one randomly drawn commenter. So, don’t forget to leave a comment! BLIND ALLEGIANCE By Violetta Rand 1.What or who inspired you to start writing? My mother encouraged and made us read as children. Early on I developed a love for writing. When I was very young, I’d copy […]
Christine Presents: “There’s an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine — “Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté.” ― Margaret Atwood, Negotiating with the Dead
Well, this is an interesting quote. I’m not sure I agree with it. Meeting authors is fun and intriguing. Why would anyone want to meet a duck? Yes, I know it’s an analogy but… Highland Song Christine Young Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 4 Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com Ayr, Scotland 1514 Lainie MacPherson let the crumpled wanted poster drop to the ground. Her stomach […]
Christine Presents: “Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?” ― Cornelia Funke
The characters on my pages are damn real to me. They take over my life, invade my dreams as well as my waking hours. They even become part of my four mile run. When I jazzercise, I often build stories and think of my characters. As I told my sister once, I’m in my cave almost 24/7. I come out to excursive, eat, and sleep. […]
Christine Presents: Bonded By Blood Vampire Chronicles
Please welcome Arial Burnez author of Bonded By Blood. Arial will be awarding a $15 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card (winner’s choice) to a randomly drawn commenter during this tour and her Virtual Book Tour. Also, at every stop a randomly drawn commenter will be awarded a 5-Star Short Story eBook, Romance Trading Card set & signed Bonded By Blood series post card. […]
Christine Presents: Bobble Head Babes
The Continuing Saga… And what a week it was. My niece from North Carolina, her husband, and two kids visited. We swam, played at the Enchanted Forest, ate, drank and laughed. So much fun, it was hard to send them off Friday morning to see more relatives. Didn’t accomplish much as far as writing goes but plan to finish Highland Sunrise next week. I’m so […]
Christine Presents: “As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.” ― Ernest Hemingway
Highland Magic Christine Young Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 3 Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com Throughout the Highlands she is known as Keely, the witch woman. She is a great healer-a woman whose dreams come true. Ian MacPherson is a man who puts honor, loyalty and duty above everything. Their lives are entwined when Ian is sent by the Scottish King to bring Keely to […]
Christine Presents: Check Out Her Guardian Angel, Friday’s Featured Title
Title: Her Guardian Angel Author: Khloe Wren Email: khloe@khloewren.com Genre: Paranormal Romance Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 4 Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com The last thing Snow Leopard Shifter Dominic expects to find at an accident scene is his mate, the beautiful Adele. But after four years of dreaming of her, there she is, right in front of him. However, winning the heart of his […]
Christine Presents: “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.” ― Albert Camus
Highland Honor Christine Young Excerpt Heat Level: 1 Book Heat Level: 3 Buy at: www.roguephoenixpress.com Scotland November 1512: A heavy frost sat on the frozen earth, and a full moon shone clearly between the heavy clouds dotting the sky. Lady Callie Whitcomb looked over her shoulder as she raced through the deepening gloom toward the lighted tavern ahead. Every shadow, every mournful sigh of the […]
“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer.” ― Ernest Hemingway
Forever His by Chrsitine Young Excerpt Heat Level: Book Heat Level: August 30, 1895 Near Buffalo Creek, South Dakota The sun beat down. Searing heat waves hit the hard packed earth, blistering, charring everything, even the dry prairie grass. Jacob St. John, his arms stretched overhead and bound to a whipping post, no longer counted the lashes tearing into his back, no longer felt the […]
