Winners for Zoe Winters and Kimberly Kinrade Kindle Fire Giveaway

The winners are as follows:

First Prize: Signed copies of Zoe Winters’ and Kimberly Kinrade’s books (all the books pictured above): Alexandra Z. (email addy starts with “vair”)

Grand Prize: Signed copies of all books plus an Amazon Gift card for $200 (to purchase a Kindle Fire or whatever the winner would prefer instead.): Valerie L. (email addy starts with “just.v”)

Blogger Prize: (the blogger with the most comments on their post): Signed copies of all books: Gracen Miller (Road to Hell blog)

If you didn’t win but thought books from either of our authors looked good, then please support them and their work! Information again for the authors and where to find their books is below:

Learn more about Zoe Winters's Preternatural Series here: 

http://zoewintersbooks.com/books/

Book 1: Blood Lust


Book 2: Save My Soul


Book 3: The Catalyst


Book 4: Life Cycle

Dark Mercy (novella)

And more about Kimberly Kinrade's Forbidden Series here:

http://kimberlykinrade.com/books/forbidden-series/

Book 1: Forbidden Mind

Book 2: Forbidden Fire

Book 3: Forbidden Life (coming Oct. 2, 2012)

About Zoe Winters

Zoe Winters writes quirky and sometimes dark paranormal romance. Her favorite colors are rainbow and clear.

To receive updates on new releases from the author, send an email to: zoewintersbooks AT gmail DOT com with "Subscribe" in the subject line. Newsletters go out only when there is an actual new release or a big contest. Your inbox will not be cluttered, newsletters won't go out more frequently than once a month, and you may unsubscribe at any time.

You can visit the author at: http://www.zoewintersbook.com

Be sure also to visit http://www.theriantype.com for some fun supplemental material.

Twitter Page

Like her on Facebook

Amazon Author Page

Goodreads Author Profile

About Kimberly Kinrade

Kimberly Kinrade was born with ink in her veins and magic in her heart. She writes all things paranormal and fantasy, including award-winning young adult and children's books.

Visit her at http://KimberlyKInrade.com

Also visit http://IPIAcademy.com to participate in a fun fan-based site with swag and info on all things paranormal. You even get to be a secret agent!

Twitter Page

Like her on Facebook

Amazon Author Page

Goodreads Author Page

Book Blurb Blitz & Giveaway: CRIMSON FOOTPRINTS by Shewanda Pugh

CRIMSON FOOTPRINTS

By Shewanda Pugh
Publisher: Delphine Publishing
Release Date: August 14, 2012

When an insecure, bi-racial woman begins a cloak-and-dagger love affair with a Japanese American man, she is intent on keeping her bigoted family in the dark—albeit with devastating consequences. On the night of her brother’s murder, Deena Hammond stumbles upon Takumi Tanaka, lost and on the wrong end of a .32. After rescuing him from the certain fate driving through the hood in a Porsche will bring, a sweet kind of friendship begins. A balm for her grief. Maybe, Deena likes to think, it happened the day her white mother killed her black father. Or maybe, it was always a part of them, like DNA gone bad. Whatever the case, Deena knows that her family would never approve, hell, never acknowledge her fast-growing love for Takumi. And had he never made love to her that way, in that unraveling, soul-searching sort of way, she could’ve done the same. But love’s a devil that way. So, their game begins. One where they hide what they are from everyone. Anyone. And Tak understands this—for now. After all, Deena’s career hinges on the favor of her mentor and boss, his hard-ass of a father. And the Hammond family is already stretched thin with grief. Yet, each step Deena takes toward family and career brings her closer to an acceptance she’s never had. And away from him.

 ~Excerpt~

“I wish that I didn’t want my family’s love so bad. I wish I could be one of those people who wore leather jackets and didn’t give a damned.”

Tak shot her a look. “You’d be musty if you wore a leather jacket in this heat.”

Deena grinned. “You know what I mean.”

He shrugged. “Who doesn’t want a decent family, Dee? It’s not much to ask for.”

Tak paused to pluck a seashell from the sand. Chipped and polished by time, it shone under the glint of a fast setting sun. “I don’t know the answers,” he said. “But they seem to be in things like this,” he held up the shell.

She frowned. “I don’t follow.”

He shrugged. “Well think about it. What’s a shell? It’s just a—a hard, protective outer layer.” He hurled it in the ocean. “The same is true with family. They’re an outer layer, a protection from the world. At least that’s what they’re supposed to be.” He paused. “Think about what happens when you screw with an animal that has one of those hard shells. What does he do?”

“He goes into it.”

“Right. He retreats.” He thumbed the shell thoughtfully. “Now imagine if you were to rip the shell off a turtle and expose him. What do you think you’d find?”

Deena cringed. “Something soft and hurting.

“And dead, if not close to it. So, our hypothetical turtle, who’s able to stand our shell transplant, needs another shell, another form of protection. And so do you.” Tak handed the grooved and sand-polished subject to Deena. She looked down at it.

“So, how’ve I been surviving all this time? What’s my shell?”

Tak grinned. “Tell you what. I’ll let you know when I crack it.”

Copyright by Shewanda Pugh

Author Bio –

Shewanda Pugh is a native of Boston’s inner city, though she now lives in sunny Miami, Florida. She has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Alabama A&M University and a Master’s in Writing from Nova Southeastern University. Fueled from a young age, her passion for crossing societal boundaries like race, class and culture, is the inspiration for both her cluttered bookshelf and her writing. When she’s not busy obsessing over fiction, she can be found traveling, nursing her social networking addiction or enjoying the company of loved ones.

Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Author.ShewandaPugh

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShewandaP

Follow on Twitter: @ShewandaP

Blog: http://shewandapugh.blogspot.com/

www.shewandapugh.com

Giveaway:

Shewanda will be awarding a $10 Amazon gift card to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour. The more comments you leave the better your chances of winning.

To Enter:

Leave a comment or question for Shewanda and include your email address.

Be sure to visit the other blogs on this tour. Click HERE for a list of participating blogs. Good luck and thanks for stopping by.

Bout of Books 5.0 Goals

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal.  It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 13th and runs through Sunday, August 19th in whatever time zone you are in.  Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition is between you and your usual number of books read in a week.  There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional.  For all Bout of Books 5.0 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. -From the Bout of Books 5.0 team

This is my first read-a-thon and I work full time during the week so I probably won’t be breaking any reading records. But I thought this would be a great opportunity to finally finish some series that I started a while ago.

Time Devoted to Reading

My plan is to read as much as I can during the work week and then about 5-6 hours during the weekend.

My Goals

• Finish reading the Millenium series and the Demonica Series
• Visit and comment on at least 5 blogs a day
• Complete at least half the mini challenges

Books to Read

• Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione
• Sin Undone by Larissa Ione
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
• Make You Cry by D. Cristiana (I added this novella on Saturday)
• Backwoods by Cara McKenna (I finished this on Sunday)

 

Updates

Monday
 
I read 68 pages of Ecstasy Unveiled

Completed 2 mini challenges

Challenge #1: Passing Books hosted by Reading in Texas and The Space Between

Tell us what happens to your books after you have read them.
Answer: I usually give them away to a friend or they just take up space on my book shelves.

Challenge #2: Literary BFFs hosted by Auggie Talk

I would choose Rhiannon Murphy from J.A. Saare's Rhiannon's Law series. In the last book, THE RIPPLE EFFECT, she was pretty hard headed and could have used a BFF to knock some sense into her.

Tuesday

I only read 10 pages of Ecstasy Unveiled today. While I haven't gotten a ton of reading done, I am enjoying being back in the Demonica world. I suspect the bulk of my reading will happen on Saturday and Sunday. I expect to finish both Demonica books but may not be able to finish The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

Total number of books I've read:
Books:

Challenges - I completed one challenge today

Challenge #1: Limericks hosted by Curiosity Killed the Bookworm

My favorite books have made me cry

Most often because a character will die

The best authors write a story that makes me feel

The best stories can seem ever so real

Sometimes I’m sad that it’s all a fabulous lie.

Wednesday

I only read 26 pages last night.
Total pages read: 130
Books: Ecstasy Unveiled

I participated in the Twitter chat tonight. Then I completed the two challenges. Now for some more Lore and Idess.

Challenges

Challenge #1: Book Word Search hosted by The Musings of ALMYBNENR

I like word searches so this was a lot of fun. I worked on it during the Twitter chat. It took me forever to find "Storm".

Challenge #2: Match the Zombie Book Cover hosted by The Busy Bibliophile

I don't read zombie books so I had to guess at all of these covers. My score was 6/13. "You win the Bronze Medal in Zombies". The quiz was fun though. Those are some crazy covers and titles!

Thursday

I read 77 pages of Ecstasy Unveiled. I read during my lunch break and for an hour before bed. I'm more than half way done.

Total pages read: 207
Books:

I didn't have time to do any challenges today. Maybe tomorrow.

Friday

I read 38 pages today.
Total number of pages read: 245

I plan to finish reading Ecstasy Unveiled tomorrow and starting Sin Undone.

I completed one challenge today and it was a fun one. 

Challenges

Challenge #1: Book Spine Haiku hosted by bookgoonie

 

My Haiku:

Ecstasy Unveiled
Melt Into You, Rogue, Alpha
The Last Girl; Hush, Hush

Saturday

I finished reading Ecstasy Unveiled today. 
I also read a novella, Make You Cry by D. Christiana
Total pages read: 435
Books: 2 

I participated in the Twitter chat this morning. There was a lot of encouragement and kind words from everyone.

Challenges:

Challenge #1: Music hosted by My Not So Real Life

In this challenge we are to choose a book that we've read his year and pair it up with a song that evokes the mood of the book. I've chosen The Reckoning by Alma Katsu which is a dark gothic story about un-requited love. I was listening to a lot of Evanescene while reading this novel so I'm going to pair it up with one of my favorite songs of theirs, "Bring Me  to Life". 

 

Challenge #2: Page 99 Test hosted by My Seryniti

I've chosen page 99 of Sin Undone by Larrissa Ione, the next novel that I'm going to read during this read-a-thon. I thought the beginning of page 99 was intriguing from what I know about Sin she's pretty fearless and it sounds like this installment of the series will be full of action.

Con could practically hear the smile in the male's voice. "You're weakening, succubus. Don't take to long to roll over."
    Very slowly, Sin mashed te end button, still looking at the BlackBerry's screen. "Asshole," she muttered.
     Con realized he was gripping the steering wheel hard enough to put a bend in it, and forced himself to ease up. "How many assassins might be after you?"
     Her fingers formed fists in her lap and she turned to fix him with a penetrating stare. "All of them," she said. "They've all turned on me."

 

Sunday - Final Day and Wrap Up

Number of books I've read today: I started reading Sin Undone today. 
I finished reading Backwoods by Cara McKenna

This was my first Bout of Books and I had a good time. It was fun. I didn't finish all the books that I set out to read but the ones that I did read, I enjoyed a lot.

In total I read 3 books.
I participated in 2 Twitter chats.
I participated in  8 mini-challenges.

Thank you to Kelly and Amanda for all their hard work and to all the bloggers who hosted the mini-challenges and giveaways.

Fifty Shades of Pleasure Giveaway

Image from Claudia D. Christian's blog.

Hi Everyone. One of my favorite authors, Claudia D. Christian has a giveaway over at her blog. She is offering a copy of FIFTY SHADES OF PLEASURE: A BEDSIDE COMPANION: SEX SECRETS THAT HURT SO GOOD by Marisa Bennett.  It looks like a fun book that you could add to your erotic collection.

Click HERE to stop by Claudia’s blog for a peek inside the book and to enter her giveaway. Contest ends on August 20, 2012. Good luck!

Win Six books and a Kindle Fire from Zoe Winters & Kimberly Kinrade

Summer is heating up, and we're making it even hotter with a sizzling summer promotion you won't want to miss.

Win a Kindle Fire and six signed paperback books from authors Zoe Winters and Kimberly Kinrade, and get ready to enjoy some sexy hot reads while having fun in the sun.

From August 5-18^th, Winters and Kinrade are giving away two sets of each of their paranormal romance series (all signed) to two lucky winners. The Grand Prize winner will also receive a Gift Certificate for Amazon.com to cover the cost of a Kindle Fire (but we won't tell if you just want to buy $200 worth of books instead!)

Join us in celebrating the launch of the newest in Zoe Winters's Preternatural Series, Life Cycle (how much do we love love love Tamara and Cain? So freaking much!) which now includes one novella compilation and three novels. If hot & steamy paranormal romance is your thing, then you'll fall in love with all the hunks in this series, whether they be demons, vampires, werewolves or mages… they're all so deliciously bad they're good!

Life Cycle is book 4 in the Preternaturals series. However, new readers can read this installment first with no problems. Most of the books work as stand alones, and each book focuses on a different couple. The main theme of the Preternaturals is: “Everybody is the hero of their own story.” Some characters start out villains and become heroes. Some are heroes and turn into villains. Some are heroes to some characters and villains to others.

The series world has multiple dimensions, heaven, hell (which is earth), demon dimensions, and others. Magic, reincarnation, witches, vampires, demons, werecreatures of all sorts (called therians), gods, and angels all play an important role in the Pretverse.

It’s a world where blood is magic, authority is questioned, and soul mates always find each other, no matter how many incarnations it takes.

The Preternaturals contains a blend of snarky humor and angst that fans of the series have come to expect and enjoy.

As an extra bonus for this exciting launch, get signed copies of Kimberly Kinrade's award winning Forbidden Series—a YA paranormal romance/thriller.

"...a thrilling, dark and deeply romantic read that had me sitting on the edge of my seat and eagerly awaiting the next installment." - Refracted Light Young Adult Book Reviews

While light on sex (it is Young Adult after all) it's packed full of romance and a fast-paced thrilling adventure. Think X-Men meets Dollhouse if Professor X has been an evil human trafficking geneticist.

Paranormal teens with unimaginable powers. An evil organization with deep secrets. When Sam, a girl who reads minds, meets a boy who controls minds, she discovers her future isn’t what she thought.

Together they must escape and free the others… or risk losing everything–and everyone–they love.

Learn more about Zoe Winters's Preternatural Series here:

http://zoewintersbooks.com/books/

Book 1: Blood Lust


Book 2: Save My Soul


Book 3: The Catalyst


Book 4: Life Cycle

And more about Kimberly Kinrade's Forbidden Series here:

http://kimberlykinrade.com/books/forbidden-series/

Book 1: Forbidden Mind

Book 2: Forbidden Fire

Book 3: Forbidden Life (coming Oct. 2, 2012)

About Zoe Winters

Zoe Winters writes quirky and sometimes dark paranormal romance. Her favorite colors are rainbow and clear.

To receive updates on new releases from the author, send an email to: zoewintersbooks AT gmail DOT com with "Subscribe" in the subject line. Newsletters go out only when there is an actual new release or a big contest. Your inbox will not be cluttered, newsletters won't go out more frequently than once a month, and you may unsubscribe at any time.

You can visit the author at: http://www.zoewintersbooks.com

Be sure also to visit http://www.theriantype.com for some fun supplemental material.

Twitter Page

Like her on Facebook

Amazon Author Page

Goodreads Author Profile

About Kimberly Kinrade

Kimberly Kinrade was born with ink in her veins and magic in her heart. She writes all things paranormal and fantasy, including award-winning young adult and children's books.

Visit her at http://KimberlyKInrade.com

Also visit http://IPIAcademy.com to participate in a fun fan-based site with swag and info on all things paranormal. You even get to be a secret agent!

Twitter Page

Like her on Facebook

Amazon Author Page

Goodreads Author Page

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