Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Sliding Beneath the Surface Blog Tour / Chapter & Review


Sliding Beneath The Surface
The St. Augustine Trilogy
Book 1

Fog

I shut Lobo’s door behind me without putting on my jacket and took a big breath of cold air. Standing there for a second, I felt like I had been running hard. God, my heart pounded so hard I thought it might split wide open, and that stupid headache throbbed even more. I hated leaving Carla like I did, but the time to get out of there had come.

Being away from Lobo was such a relief. With my eyes closed, I took another deep breath and let it out slowly. All that had gone on that afternoon rushed through my mind like a flooding river. Instantly, those panicky urges to turn around and run away while walking towards Lobo’s place with Carla popped up in my head. I opened my eyes again only to see that everything had gotten a lot darker than it was seconds before. A massive fog bank had somehow moved in over Matanzas Bay and already covered most of Lobo’s dock. As I watched, the rest of the dock disappeared into all that gray stuff as if it had never been there. Rapidly, a smaller wave of fog rolled over the tip of the peninsula and headed right for me at a speed fog should never move. It all happened so fast, I had no time to think or act. Long fingers of mist reached for the porch, and before I knew it, a cold wetness surrounded me.

“What the hell?” I whispered to myself. Talk about freaky. Yeah, it scared me—so much that I even turned around to go back into the house. Believe it or not, right then, facing old Lobo seemed better than dealing with that awful, weird fog. When I turned around though, I couldn’t find the house. All I could see was fog in every direction. Even so, I knew the front door had to be there directly in front of me, right? I mean I hadn’t moved more than a couple of feet away from it, so I stretched my arms out and slowly stepped forward.
After walking maybe five or six steps, I still hadn’t found the door or any part of the house. I know what you’re thinking. You’re sure I must have been hallucinating all of that or something. I don’t blame you. To be perfectly honest, I thought the same thing at first, but that cold, wet fog was very, very real.

“Carla!” I shouted, but my voice sounded muffled. “Lobo?” I yelled. At any second, I expected one of them to open the door and answer me. No such luck. I kept shouting anyway.

When I finally gave up yelling my lungs out, the absolute silence startled me. Like a thick blanket of insulation, the fog no longer allowed any sound in from the outside world—no birds chirping, no noises from boats out on the bay or traffic in the neighborhood. Nothing but total silence. I swear, it was so quiet I actually heard my heart beating. As I listened though, I noticed a darkness creeping into the fog. I’m telling you, it just got darker and darker as I stood there frozen in fear, with my head still aching. In less than a minute, I was in total blackness with only the feel of cold, wet fog all over me. Strangely enough, I also smelled something like pine needles. Pine trees. Pine needles. Something like that.

I didn’t know what to do. Lobo’s words about spirits and danger still swirled through my weary brain, reviving the memory of that deep blackness I had seen at the bottom of his carved ivory ball. For a moment, I wondered if I was dreaming somehow, but the feel of that cold fog all over my body told a different story. I turned around several times, hoping to see or hear something, anything. When that got me nowhere, the panic really started to build. Even in the cold, I could feel sweat trickling down my back and under my arms. I had never felt so alone.

“Wait. Wait a minute,” I said out loud, closing my eyes even though there was nothing to see. “Take it easy and think.” After sucking in a couple of deep breaths of cold air, I put on my jacket. Funny how that helped. Doing that one little thing for myself also calmed me down a little. Even my headache eased up a bit.

No matter what, I said to myself, you still have to be on Lobo’s porch. All you have to do is get down on your hands and knees and feel your way across the wood floor until you find the door. Why didn’t you think of that before, idiot?

To be Continued...

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My Review

Sliding Beneath the Surface was amazing! It actually incorporated history into a great plot and made you want to learn more about what happened at St. Augustine’s. He makes a 15 year old boy, Jeff, goes through more then any other boy should. But luckily for Jeff he has a great friend Carla them together makes a pair for this paranormal ride that they each go on. I found myself laughing at so many parts at this book. Carla is also Jeff’s crush so it only makes this book more interesting!

With this being this author’s debut book I am amazed that he did so well! I will be reading more of this author’s work. I will be anxiously awaiting the next book in this series. And I will be buying more of this author’s books.



 
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Doug Dillon
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Species Intervention #6609 Series by J.K Accinni



Species Intervention
by J.K Accinni

Baby (Species Intervention #6609 Book One)

Publication Date: August 26, 2012

Book Description (taken from amazon)

A deeper, darker E.T. A tear jerker featuring the love of an alien creature and the lives he touches.
The series "Species Intervention #6609" spans two hundred years, encompassing tender love between divergent species, political downfalls and violence of unspeakable order. It is an unfortunate tale of Armageddon and the despairing hope of redemption.
In Baby, Netty is a naive teenage farm girl given in marriage to an older brutal opportunist disguised as a successful citizen during the years of Prohibition in Sussex County, New Jersey. After years of enslavement, Netty flees into the night from her rapist husband, traveling back to the farm worked by her parents, where she rescues an unfamiliar damaged creature she finds in a cave in the woods of her childhood, falling in love with the enigmatic creature she names Baby. Together they find happiness and fulfillment despite the changes to Netty's body wrought by the proximity of the unusual creature. 
When a handsome Italian stranger comes into Netty's life, complications ensue as she falls in love while trying to hide the bizarre and wondrous changes to her farm and her body. Netty, Baby and Wil strive to conquer obstacles thrown in their path by life, succeeding wildly until the heart-rending and astonishingly brutal climax to their story.

Echo (Species Intervention #6609 Book Two)


Publication Date: August 26, 2012
Book Description:                                                                                                Netty’s influence transcends a full century as the United States evolves to a point of politically driven economic collapse. The year is 2033 as a young mother, abused by her shiftless husband, heroically decides to remove her two sickly children, Scotty and Abby, from the mean streets of their government subsidized tenement town of Short Hills, New Jersey to the hills and old farmland of Sussex County. There they unite with a Latino family that adopted Jose, a young boy from Costa Rica, traumatized at the age of seven by the brutal murder of his parents and the kidnapping of his infant sister. The two families unite to pool finances, creating the love and bonds that will enable them to survive the psychotic attention of Armoni, a soul damaged beyond redemption, discovery of Baby’s miraculous offspring, Echo; and their subsequent body changes. Through the efforts of Echo who develops an unexplained passion for the curly haired dog, Barney, they flee the clutches of Armoni after the murder of Armoni’s sidekicks by Echo, to Sarasota, Florida, one of the last remaining  enclaves of wealth in the U.S. 
Scotty learns to utilize Echo as a co-conspirator in his intrigue to thwart the efforts of heinous people that prey on the lives of creatures in their environmentally rich new home, where the insidious miscreant, Armoni, tracks them; dragging along Ginger Mae, a New York City prostitute looking for opportunity with her mute child, Daisy; bringing brutality and violence to all. 
Having fallen in love, the young Abby and Jose draw close, only to be separated by the transcendental Netty, who tries to use Abby as a conduit in her plan to rescue as much wildlife as they can before despicable political events bring on the specter of Armageddon.

Armageddon Cometh (Species Intervention #6609 Book Three)

Publication Date: August 26, 2012
Book Description
Under the guidance of Netty, Abby concocts her plans to abduct the wildlife at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Sarasota. She enlists the help of the handsome Italian yacht captain, Cobby and his son Kane, forcing her to expose the changes to her body, including her hidden wings. Hiding her plans from Jose, he departs on his own mission to find his adopted mother and sisters, leaving Abby to draw closer to the charming and capable Captain Cobby.
Young Scotty embarks on a romance with a young rich local girl named Chloe who suffers from the mysterious death of her mother and the constant absences of her father.
Life moves expeditiously toward the climax at Chloe’s father’s mansion on Bird Key as strange connections and revealed identities collide with political intrigue and murder, leaving Chloe and Jose traumatized. Joining them in the frantic dash to a yacht moored on the key enabling them to make their escape, wildlife and all, to Tampa Bay, is Kenya, a sassy and striking young pregnant black girl; and Peter, their trusted attorney that falls victim to Armoni and Ginger Mae’s plot, leaving him dangerously scarred and emotionally ruined. During their escape to Tampa Bay ahead of the cops and devastation from the sky, it becomes clear that Scotty might be the mysterious One, as foretold by Caesar, the iconic Siberian tiger that attaches himself to Echo and Scotty.

Hive (Species Intervention #6609 Book Four

Publication Date: December 15, 2012
In the rush to the Tampa Airport, Abby meets a small group of elephants from the famous Elizabeth Siggins Wildlife Foundation fleeing the political horrors of Africa. Putting them under her protection and that of the Hive, she meets Tobi, the elderly matriarch of the small herd who will sacrifice herself to save a human and in return is rewarded with the ultimate gift the Womb can bestow.
As the bedraggled group race to the Hive for protection, saving a few desperate souls as they go, the first bomb arrives. As the survivors and the wildlife struggle to adjust to the new pecking order in the Hive and the revelations of their own origins, a woman and her two grandchildren live through the hellish horror and complete breakdown of civilization above ground as they struggle to reach the Hive where her husband awaits.
Horror visits the struggling survivors as they learn the Earth will not support habitation for at least another one hundred years. But the biggest shock comes from the Womb as it extracts a huge penalty from the hapless people, tolling the demise of the human race.

My Opinion:

This series was a little weird I have to admit,but I love this series! Netty goes through alot in every single series. There was a part of the book that I was completely shocked by and did not see it coming at all! I loved the relationship and the love between Echo and Barney. It was heartbreaking when Barney was left alone to face the bombs, I was on the edge of my seat the entire time during that part wondering if Barney was going to make it out alive or die in the bombings. This series shows the dark side and unhaman us humans can be.  Especially the way animals are treated it was unbelievable. There was also bad language and some of the scenes in this series I do not recommend you let anyone under the age of 16 years old to read it.  Scotty's life changes probably as much as Netty's and Abby's. This series made me cry, it made me laugh, it made me angry. This series is a must read and I anxiously await to read The One!

Star Rating:
4.5 out of 5

Author's Amazon Page

http://www.amazon.com/J.K.-Accinni/e/B0092SCD24/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

The Illumine Series( book 1 and 2) by Alivia Anders


The Illumine Series (book 1 and 2)
by Alivia Anders

Publication Date: October 5, 2012

Books Description (taken from amazon):



Book One: Illumine

The electrifying beginning to The Illumine Series!


Every action comes with a price.
Let the flames begin.

For the past five months Essallie Hanley has been trying to forget about the frightening murder of her boyfriend. Haunted by vivid nightmares and hallucinations of the event she does anything she can to pretend she's like every other normal girl in High School. 

Only Essallie is far from normal. Able to conjure blue fire and a shimmering silhouette of wings from her body, she seeks the only known solace left to her name; her first home in Belfast, Maine. 

But she soon realizes that her return home is only the beginning of a long and twisted road taking her as far from her humanity as possible, with Kayden, the demon originally summoned to slaughter her, leading the way. Unable to touch her but oddly curious, he joins Essallie in her search to find out just what she is. But neither of them were prepared for the secrets they've begun to unravel, secrets that will change Essallie and everyone around her forever. 

Book Two: Obumbrate

Some secrets are dangerous to keep.
Some secrets are too dangerous to tell.

Essallie Hanley just wishes her life could go back to normal. But what's normal when you carry the burden of knowing you're a half-angel created for war, that the only person who can help you is a demon still waiting to kill you, and that your only chance for salvation rested in a boy who died in front of you? 

If Essallie had turned her back on everything she'd learned, she could have made the most of her fractured life. That is, until Kayden told her that she's a ticking time-bomb; that at any given moment her blood could betray her, her veins burning her alive from the inside out until nothing but ash remains. 

Desperate to find answers, and possibly find her only chance for survival, Essallie heads back for New York City, back to the place where it all began. With every answer comes a price, and with every price the risks and rewards become greater. But when Essallie soon finds herself the target of an unknown hunter determined to have her, all appears to be at wits' end. Until Ari, a man claiming to be Nephilim, steps in. Charming, gentle, and boldly brave, he seems to be exactly what Essallie needs.

Could Ari be the missing piece of her puzzle, or is he the promise of her demise?

I was given these books by the author for my honest review! 

My Opinion:

This series is going on my top ten list that is my favorite of all time! It took my breath away sometimes and I am anxiously awaiting for book 3, I might have to stay on the edge of my seat waiting on it! Essallie had my full attention the entire time of book one. Alivia Anders is a very talented author, she made the characters seem so real and all of them had so much emotion and was describe beautifully. This review will be one of those where I only talk about the writing skills, and how the plot and everything else was because if I keep typing about these books I will give away to much that's how amazing this story was. Aliva had an amazing idea about this plot and she executed it perfectly! Read the books you won't be disappointed! As for me I will be waiting by my kindle for the day book 3 comes out. 

Stars: 
5 out of 5

Buy link:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Illumine-Series-Books-ebook/dp/B009MQM9HK/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1357093342&sr=1-4&keywords=alivia+anders
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Wingless and Damned by Dawn White


Wingless and Damned
by Dawn White

Published by:
Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing

Book Description:
Alexander is the Alpha wolf of the Neuri werewolf tribe, set to destroy anything associated with the dreaded strigoi. Lea is a magnificent Fae -- or so she believed but she soon discovers she may not be after all. With Alexander, Lea’s and basically the worlds fate is in the hands of the mated pair. They must act fast and not just on the revenge they so desperately need. Can their love save us all? As Lea and Alexander’s souls hang in the balance they come to realize we are all a little Damned.


I received this book from the author for my honest review!

My Opinion:

When I was asked to read this book and review it I first looked it up on amazon and read the reviews. There were alot of 5 star reviews and the description it didn't quite seem like something I would like to read about. But I give every book a equal chance to catch my attention and this one did very quickly. Lets all admit that this kind of book genre isn't very popular well the paranormal part is.There was some parts of this book that I was confused about because of the wording but other then that I thought it was memorizing. The love between Alex and Lea was dreamy.  With the history behind this book, I think made what it is and helped the plot a lot. This author has a promising future, one that I look forward to reading. 

Stars:
I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars

Buy Link:


http://www.amazon.com/Wingless-and-Damned-ebook/dp/B009J7N6Q0/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

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Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16100006-wingless-and-damned


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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Guardian Series by Gillian Joy


Forever and Guardian 
by Gillian Joy

Guardian Book Description (taken from amazon)

Headstrong and determined, Hannah always knew that she would become the Guardian. She was the keeper and the protector of all supernatural. What she didn't expect was that it would mean she would have to endure the agonising death of her mother first hand as their supernatural connection brings her to her knees, or that it would mean that she could never be with the man she loved.
Blond haired, blue eyed Gabriel was her handsome childhood friend, but would circumstances prevent her from ever being able to explore her true feelings for him?
Jesse, the dark alluring but incorrigible vampire would give anything to be with her, but as the guardian Hannah is forbidden to fall in love with the supernatural.
With her life in turmoil over her conflicting emotions about Gabriel and Jesse and her frustration at being unable to exact revenge for her mother’s horrific death, Hannah flees her life in an attempt to start over. But can we ever really escape from ourselves? 
There is no escaping destiny no matter how hard she might try and Hannah must learn to reconcile her commitment to her family with her responsibility as the Guardian and her duty to her heart.

Forever (Guardian) Book Description (taken from amazon)

Hannah’s life has never been easy, despite her strong willed determination and her extra “gifts”, it's still always been hard work keeping an entire world full of the supernatural under control, but having achieved a small semblance of control over most of the custas, Hannah was hoping to be able to slip back into her life of normalcy. Wishful thinking when you're the guardian of all supernatural. 
With all the issues she’d had to endure in her past, she'd never had to worry about the mermaids before, so why would they choose now to suddenly start haunting her dreams and her life. Then there are the fairies to contend with as well, just when she manages to get one aspect of the crudelitas under control, the others decide it’s time to start causing problems.
All Hannah wants is some quiet family time and a chance to reflect on her feelings for Gabriel but instead she's thrown back into the thick of the supernatural world, and this time it threatens to invade the quiet family life she has worked so hard to establish. There's no running away this time, she has to front the challenges head on, but forever can be a long time if you can't be with the one you love.

I was given these books by the author for my honest review!
My Opinion:

I knew from the very beginning before I even started this book I knew I would like it, why do you ask? Because it has everything I love to read about in it vampires, witches, werewolves everything! There is Hannah who knew what she wanted to be,but sadly lost her mother. She also has her hot childhood friend Gabriel who she's has feelings for but without revealing to much about the book she can either be with him or not. Then there is Jesse who is a hot vampire who is in love with Hannah and you can just tell that he would do anything for Hannah. The only problem with Jesse being what he is is that Hannah isn't allowed to be with him. That's just all in the first book! There is so much that happens in the first book that makes you think how can this author write another? What else could happen to Hannah and everyone but she does! Forever is the squeal is I have to say I was completely wrong! Most squeals aren't as good as the first book but that isn't the case here. In this book, I feel so bad for Hannah she worked so hard for the life she has now and it might be destroyed. I hope that this series will continue and I will be anxiously awaiting to read it. Gillian Joy is one talented author and is a raising star in the paranormal genre!  I would recommend this book to anyone who like myself love to read about vampires, witches, werewolves heck anything paranormal with a hint of romance. 

Stars:

5 out of 5 stars


Buy Links:

Guardian:

http://www.amazon.com/Guardian-The-ebook/dp/B005TKPEH0/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1


Forever:

http://www.amazon.com/Forever-Guardian-ebook/dp/B007KNKV3Q/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1
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Friday, December 7, 2012

The Story of Rachel by K.D. McLean



The Story of Rachel
by K.D McLean

Publication Date: July 27, 2012


Book Description (taken from amazon):
Rachel, a successful reporter has experienced the modern, urban cycle of life – marriage, career building, divorce, then internet dating. She is almost ready to give up on meeting the right guy. She wonders where all of the self assured, interesting men are, do they exist or more likely are already taken. 
At an erotic art exhibit displaying scenes of dominance, bondage and pain, Rachel is intrigued. While there, she meets a man who knows what he wants; he wants her. 
Handsome, and urbane Michael introduces her to a world of uninhibited eroticism, blending pain and pleasure, weaving the two strands into a rope of desire. He teaches Rachel the rules in the Dominant/Submissive relationship - where sexual pleasure can increase if paired with pain. He tantalizes her. She aches for the release his touch brings and willingly submits. She learns of the many flavors of eros in her visit to the private and exclusive club – Pandora’s.
In her yearning Rachel finds new depths of sensuality, and pleasures she never knew she possessed. Michael learns from Rachel's courage in love to confront and break his own bonds of fear.
I was given this book by the author for my honest review

My Opinion:

I find myself reading more and more of these kinds of books everyday. The last couple of books have been romance books and everyone knows my genre is paranormal and paranormal romance but I think I might have to change favorite genres. Rachel and Michael has some chemistry and it shows as soon as they are introduced. I found myself blushing at many different parts of this book and laughing at the fact that I was blushing. This book reminded me a lot of 50 shades because that was the first series I read that had BDSM lifestyle in it. After this series I think I will be reading more of this kind of lifestyle. The way that Rachel was portrayed beautifully and I think that was right on the mark. And with Michael as he introduces a new lifestyle to Rachel is a new Christian Gray but with a little more nice I guess I would put it.  I can not wait to read more of this cute interesting couple! 

Stars:
5 out of 5 Stars!!! 

Buy Link:

http://www.amazon.com/Story-Rachel-Tales-Pandora-ebook/dp/B008QF042A/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Goodreads Page:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16241125-the-story-of-rachel

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6620814.K_D_Mclean
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The Secrets of Car Flipping: A Step by Step Guide For Buying and Selling Used Cars by Cleveland Williams



The Secrets of Car Flipping: A Step by Step Guide for Buying and Selling Used Cars
by Cleveland Williams

Publication Date: September 21, 2012

Book Description (taken from amazon):

The Secrets of Car Flipping is a very detailed and informative look into the world of buying and selling used cars. Car sales is a multi-billion dollar a year business. Buying and selling used cars is not only big business, but also a necessity for millions of people who need transportation. Buying a used car is generally less expensive than buying a new car. Most people buy used cars with the hopes of finding a nice, dependable car at a great price. But many people find out that buying a used car can put them in a situation they regret. Usually that is because they went to buy the car without the right knowledge or guide to help them through the process. There are a lot of do's, don'ts, and things you need to look for when you are buying a used car. You also need to make sure you are getting the best deal possible. With The Secrets of Car Flipping you are given all the information and tools you need to buy and sell cars like a professional buyer. This information is for anyone: the first time car buyer, the family looking for an extra car, or the car flipper trying to find a deal on a good car. This book will make you a more confident and informed buyer.

I was given this book by the author for my honest review

My Opinion:

This book came at a perfect time for me and my family because we were in the process of looking for a new car because our old one broke. So when I got this book in the mail I was so excited to start reading it hoping it would help me and Boy did it! After I got done reading it, I felt I knew a lot more about what to do and what not to do while looking for a car. The part I think that helped the most was the questions to ask the buyer about the car and how to neg. a price on a used car.

I would love to think the author for giving me this book, I would never have found the car I have without reading this book first. I think everyone should get this book if you are looking for a used car. I also believe that it would help anyone with selling a car as well, but my main focus was looking for to buy a car. lol Go buy this book!

Stars:
5 out of 5 stars

Buy Link:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Secrets-Car-Flipping-Selling/dp/1478720832/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354669189&sr=8-1&keywords=the+secrets+of+car+flipping






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