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Welcome to this week's good news...

A swag and a half of good news this week...

CONTESTS

Carolyn Wren's novella Diplomat’s Daughter (The Protectors Series #1) is a finalist in the inaugural Romance Writers of Australia's Ella Award!

Kylie Griffin's Vengeance Born has won the 2012 Alternate Reality section of the Cover Cafe's cover contest. It was one of one hundred entries in this section! You can see the reader's comments here.

BOOK COVERS & RELEASE DATES

Eleni Konstantine's Snoop, her paranormal noir novelette, will be released 6th December, 2013 with Musa Publishing.
SNOOP's rule of investigating: Never take the paranormal at face value.
Daisy Luck is a SNOOP - Sanctioned Nationalized Officer Of the Paranormal. Her latest case involving a vampire and a gremlin has her private eye senses in a spin. Throw in yummy Detective Maroney and her life couldn't get more complicated - or could it?


Keri Arthur's Darkness Splintered will be released November 5th, 2013 from Signet.

Risa has angered several powerful people, and she’s starting to feel the pressure from all sides. She also finds herself under the scrutiny of the vampire council, some of whom consider her a monster who should be destroyed. But they offer her a bloody bargain: Take on the lethal head of the council and others will support her.
As the search for the keys to hell heats up, Risa realizes that she has no choice. For the sake of the people she loves, she must find the keys—and get rid of Hunter—before the next gate is opened and brings the world closer to all hell breaking loose....


T.F.Walsh's debut release, Cloaked in Fur, comes out in e-book format with Crimson Romance on August 5th, 2013.

 As a moonwulf, Daciana never expected to fall in love with a human. Hell, she never imagined that she’d abandon her pack, endanger everyone around her, and break the worst rule possible. But she did.
A rogue werewolf is killing Daciana’s friends, and she sets on capturing the creature.  She’ll do whatever it takes to stop the beast. The police and her boyfriend, Inspector Connell Lonescu, are starting to question her involvement in the murders, which is endangering the pack’s secret existence. But when the pack alpha kidnaps Connell, revealing the awful truth about the creature and its connection to the pack, Daciana must choose between saving the man she loves and saving her pack family from certain death.


Troll Mist Morning:When Worlds Collide #1 by Carlie Simonsen was released on June 2nd, 2013.

 

Troll-Mist Morning is the story of a teen who goes the extra mile so his mum can feel safe. Early morning starts, and standing around in the mist in the middle of winter, however, are one thing; trolls are another. When magic returns to the world and the trolls come, too, how is Daniel going to get his mum to see sense? Troll-Mist Morning is the first book in the series exploring what happens When Worlds Collide.

The Lies We Tell is Elizabeth Dunk's contemporary romance released on August 1 with Escape Publishing.

Ten years ago, Todd Lansing stood over his father’s grave, his heart thumping out curses on Sia Collins for causing his death. When he returns to Oberon and sees Sia again, his heart thumps with a different emotion, one he fights with all the anger he still feels.
Sia didn’t commit the break-in that ended up killing Mr Lansing, but to admit that would send her father to jail. She has rebuilt her life in the small town, atoned for her accused crime, and carved out a niche using her talent with paint to reach out to the community, raise funds, and support her family.
When Todd finds out the truth, he can’t understand why Sia won’t speak out and clear her name, and it threatens to tear them apart. With her relationship with Todd on the line, will Sia choose loyalty or love?


Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat by Ellie Moonwater was released on 8 June 2013 and is currently available at Smashwords, Kobo, Kindle, iTunes and Nook. It is available as an e-book and print-on-demand paperback.

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat is an erotic romance set in a time when magic has returned to a mundane world, of travelling across the Fields of Time, and of an enemy ruthless enough to betray his brother and attempt to dominate an unsuspecting world. It contains elements of ménage, light bondage and explicit sex scenes set against a backdrop of the modern world and Egyptian myth.


C.M.Simpson's Shadow's Fall:Shadow's series #3 was released on June 1st, 2013.

Shadow’s Fall is the third and final novel in the Shadow series trilogy. This tale contains strong elements of horror, following the path of a small group of heroes who must work together to prevent an ancient evil’s escape.

C.M. Simpson's Magick on the Forest's Edge was released on 8 June 2013 and is available at at Smashwords, Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iTunes.

Magick on the Forest’s Edge is a fantasy short story, where two children investigate a magical alarm, and face the consequences of trying to do the right thing against great odds.

Imogene Nix's The Blood Bride was released from Total-E-Bound this month.

Hope and Xavier must fight for their lives and those of the innocents in a battle for good and evil. But will it be enough?
Hope just wants to be an ordinary nestling. She went to college and escaped, but now she’s back and there’s a secret everyone is keeping from her.
Xavier is the new master of the nest, ready to welcome home the daughter of the house who he has never met. He’s unprepared for the woman who steals his breath and enchants him.
Now Hope and Xavier must fight for their lives and those of the innocents. After all, it is only by overcoming the rogues that they will have a chance of a timeless future together. But will it be in time?

REVIEWS

Lick by Kylie Scott has been receiving some favourable early reviews. The first is a 5/5 rating from Worlds of Wonderment.

"Lick is filled with enough angst, drama and blush inducing scenes that will not disappoint. Lick is a one sitting read that will have glued to the pages and forgetting about everything around you; bodily functions, housework, children and needy pets will fall by the wayside whilst you finish this book. I love the way Kylie tells her stories and can’t wait for book two in this series."

Full review here.

The second is from My Book Chatter who gave it 5 stars:

"For those of you who have read Kylie Scott's other books (Flesh, Skin, Room with a View:Hot DownUnder, Colonist's Wife) you’ll know about her talent for writing snazzy one liners and snarky, tongue in cheek conversations that have you swooning, giggling, and panting with lust. For those of you, who have yet to experience Kylie’s ninja writing skills, prepare for a great ride... Lick is an experience in awesome..."

Full review here.

And Natasha is a Book Junkie gave Lick 4.5 stars:

"... this book goes from being great to becoming awesome. The perfect blend of steamy chemistry between the characters and believable emotional growth, this is a story that will keep you in a constant state of ‘I-need-more-more-more’. More of the delicious love scenes, more of the intensity between the characters, more of the angst."

Full review here.


Imogene Nix received a 4 cup review from Coffee Time Romance for The Plan.

"It makes for intense, hot interactions and proves that love will find a way."

Full review here.










Shona Husk received a review from Tea & Book for The Outcast Prince.

"Shona Husk writes these deliciously dark fairytales... There is just something about her perspective that compels you to like her characters....This book was most excellent.. [she] writes a wicked fantasy...teasing us on one hand and torturing us on the other. In depth, detailed and delightful..."

Full review here.