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Audio Blitz ~ The Invasion by Jonathan Yanez & Apryl Baker

6/28/2019

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Title: The Invasion Trilogy

Author: Jonathan Yanez & Apryl Baker

Genre: SciFi, Military/Space Opera

Publisher: Podium Publishing

Narrator: Chris Ciulla

Publication: June 27^th, 2019

Hosted by: Lady Amberâ€™s PR

Blurb:Fight for your freedom. Fight for your planet. Fight for your life.

What should have been a relaxing hunting trip for Sergeant AJ Cole, his kid brother Remmy and two Marines from his unit turns into an all-out brawl with enemies from another planet.

An invasion is being planned in the secluded woods of West Virginia. Ravagers from a distant world have set up a gateway allowing them to move their forces through space. Earth is their next conquest.

When push comes to shove, Earth's Marines are shoving back and taking the fight to the enemy. Outnumbered and outgunned these Marines will look to each other for the will to go on. Allies will be found along the way, as well as a haunting prophecy for one of their own.

Book Links:

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So who am I?

Well, Iâ€™m the crazy girl with an imagination that never shuts up. I LOVE scary movies. My friends laugh at me when I scare myself watching them and tell me to stop watching them, but who doesnâ€™t love to get scared? I grew up in a small town nestled in the southern mountains of West Virginia where I spent days roaming around in the woods, climbing trees, and causing general mayhem. Nights I would stay up reading Nancy Drew by flashlight under the covers until my parents yelled at me to go to sleep.

Now, I live in a small town in West Virginia where I entertain my niece and nephew and watch the cats get teased by the birds and laugh myself silly when they swoop down and then dive back up just out of reach. The cats start yelling something fierceâ€¦lol.

I love books, I love writing books, and I love entertaining people with my silly stories.

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More animal than man, he bleeds caffeine and... Ah, I'm just kidding. It sounded cool though right?

I'm Jonathan, a former personal trainer turned full-time author and part-time model.

I could go on and on about how many books I've written and awards I've won and blah, blah, blah but I'd rather use this time for you to get to know the real me.

I write because that's what I was born to do and I freaking love doing it. Because of awesome people like you, I get to do it full time.

Connecting with fellow lovers of the written word is important to me so please join the Pack via my website at www.jonathan-yanez.com where you can grab an exclusive story or hang out with us at www.facebook.com/groups/1944447962437071/

Hope you decide to stay in touch,

Jonathan

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Sales Blitz ~ Frenzy Box Set by Casey L. Bond

6/27/2019

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Title: Frenzy Series Box Set

Author: Casey L. Bond

Genre: YA Paranormal

Editor: Stacy Sanford/ The Girl with the Red Pen

Cover Designer: Marisa-Rose Robyn of Cover Me Darling

Models: Daniel Wells and Becca Bryant

Hosted by: Lady Amberâ€™s PR

Blurb: After the world was ravaged by a viral apocalypse, Blackwater is one of the only colonies that remains. The survivors came together to create this safe haven. Nestled between a fierce river and a cityâ€™s flood wall, the well-being of its residents hangs on a long-established treaty with the night-walkers. Sounds simple enough, but lately, the people of Blackwater have been dying, and the humans believe the night-walkers are to blame.

Porschia Grant starves for more than her parentsâ€™ affection. Forced to enter the rotation, she will be given extra food rations in exchange for becoming a vampireâ€™s breakfast and dinner for a week. The rotation has an extra responsibility as well: leave the colony and enter the dangerous forest to hunt for food. A night-walker will protect the hunters from the infected that roam the woods. But with the treaty hanging in the balance and tension between the humans and vampires rising, anything could happen in the darkness.

What would you do if your only chance at survival might kill you?

This box set contains six books in The Frenzy Series: Frenzy, Frantic, Frequency, Friction, Fraud and novella Forever Frenzy.

Hunger is deadly...

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Casey Bond lives in West Virginia with her husband and their two beautiful daughters. She likes goats and yoga, but hasn't tried goat yoga because the family goat is so big he might break her back. Seriously, he's the size of a pony. Her favorite books are the ones that contain magical worlds and flawed characters she would want to hang out with. Most days of the week, she writes young adult fantasy and paranormal fiction, letting her imaginary friends spill onto the blank page.

Casey is the award-winning author Frenzy series and fairy tale retellings such as Riches to Rags, Savage Beauty, Unlocked and Brutal Curse. Learn more about her work at www.authorcaseybond.com.

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Lynn's Review ~ The Revenged Queen by Zachary Ryan

6/27/2019

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The Revenged Queen
(High School Queens bk 2)
By Zachary Ryan
Available on AMAZON

No one knows the real Marked Queen, but now everyone wants to know her. In this sequel to the insatiable first novel, High School Queens, you will die to know more about your favorite dirty little Queens.
As we say goodbye to the Johnson Prep Seniors, the scandals and lies that exposed them in the beginning are back with a vengeance.
The Marked Queen thought she had the last laugh at prom. Now, it seems a new girl is coming for her crown. With a new title, The Revenged Queen, she was out for blood and her prime targets—the ones exposing everyone’s dark and dirty little secrets. As we dive deeper into this scandalous and humorous world of prep school teens, we learn that everyone is a hustler with a secret and a Hollywood sob story.
Can Danielle keep her new illegal activities to make money under wraps? Was Calvin going to have a warm welcome as he outs himself as gay? Was Delilah going to take the knife from Danielle out of her back and stab her with it? Was Bethany going to enjoy her rule as queen bee or fail spectacularly? And was there more to Jordan than being just a slutty, party girl?
As the scandals pile up in front of them, their secrets will be exposed… And each secret is even more delicious than the last.

~REVIEW~

If you thought author Zachary Ryan was catty in The Masked Queen, he is full on lioness in The Revenged Queen. Despite having their dirty laundry aired for all the school to see at prom, these players have not learned their lesson. Nothing stays secret at Johnson Prep! With escort services, drugs, and abortions the second installment is grittier and uglier than the first with a shocking ending that left this reader slack-jawed and salivating for more.

I do have one issue with the series. I noticed in book 1 that the author is not very descriptive. There is loads of dialogue but few words given to set the scene. That is even more evident in book 2. I prefer more description and world building but that's just me.

MEET THE AUTHOR

Zachary Ryan grew up in a black-and-white box in Maryland, before moving to Chicago to start a new life. There, he found that he was accepted for his misfit status—and learned that it’s perfectly normal to spend your twenties feeling lost and confused.

After a disastrous sexual encounter, Ryan stumbled on a group of true friends, or “soul cluster,” that he connected with. Through his writing, he hopes to help other broken souls out there find comfort amid the chaos.

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Lynn's Review ~ Dark & Devious Things by Kelly Martin

6/26/2019

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Dark & Devious Things
by Kelly Martin
Available on Amazon

Now that Abel Hale and Elise Morgan have been forced to hunt ghosts for Silas Ford's television show, things are about to get all kinds of freaky.

Their first case involves Shonda King, a mother in Kentucky whose friendly childhood ghost has turned into an adult nightmare. Shonda, terrified for the safety of her family, wants Abel and Elise to get rid of the ghost-- by any means necessary.

Sarah, though, is much more powerful than Abel and Elise realize. She's a doppelganger who can make herself into anyone-- anything.

When you have as much baggage as Abel and Elise have, that is not a good thing.

Locked down for forty-eight hours, can Abel and Elise fight through all of Sarah's tricks? Or will their two days of terror be enough to end their partnership-- and their lives-- forever?

~REVIEW~

This spine-tingling thriller left me peeking over the top of the book to see what made that noise and slowly sliding back down into the covers to hide. I love it when a story gives me chills Dark and Devious Things did that and more! This series is Supernatural and Ghost Adventures meets The Conjuring. If you love a suspenseful ghost story this one is for you.

Kelly Martin

Kelly Martin lives in a possibly haunted house in a small southern town. While she'd like to say paranormal things have only happened to her at her home, it would be a lie...

She is an active member of the Horror Writers Association and an international #1 best selling author in horror, paranormal, contemporary, historical, young adult, and mysteries. All of Kelly's books have one thing in common-- imagine the real world is tilted slightly on its side. You don't really know what's going on, what's missing, but there is a tilt, a hum you can barely hear, telling you that something is off.

Email Kelly Martin at kelly @kellymartinbooks.com (no spaces). Visit her website at www.kellymartinbooks.com

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Release Blitz ~ Unspoken by Christine Pope

6/26/2019

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Title: Unspoken

Author: Christine Pope

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Cover Designer: Lou Harper - Cover Affairs

Editor: Katherine Tomlinson, Story Authority

Publisher: Dark Valentine Press

Publication Date: June 26^th, 2019

Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR

Blurb:

Her rescuer. Her protector. But not his Chosen.

Two years after the Dying, Amber McCoy is still living rough, foraging in the ruins of the world to survive. The pickings are slim, but not as slim as the dating pool. Sheâ€™s the last living soul in San Marino, California.

Except for them. Angels? Devils? All she knows is, one of them attacked her. And another one saved her, piercing her with night-black eyes and growling a single word â€” run. Since doing just that, sheâ€™s been utterly alone.

Idris, a djinn elder, is inspecting the lush, green grounds of his new estate when he encounters the young woman he saved, still impossibly fragile-looking and skittish as a wild doe. Luring her with the promise of comforts sheâ€™s been denied for too long, he begins the delicate process of convincing her that she has nothing to fear from him.

As these two lonely creatures spend more time together, each touch strengthening the current of desire humming between them, Idris is acutely aware that this idyllic time canâ€™t last. Soon Amber will be forced to choose between two pathsâ€¦neither of which can ever lead to his arms.

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USA Today bestseller Christine Pope is the author of the paranormal romance Witches of Cleopatra Hill series and the Djinn Wars series, among many other books (sixty and counting!). Researching UFOs brought her to magical Sedona, Arizona, where she now makes her home. Find out more about her books at christinepope.com.

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Yes, it was the girl heâ€™d saved, but so very changed, he wasnâ€™t sure whether he would have recognized her if it hadnâ€™t been for her eyes. Before, she had been slender, but now she was thin, the bones of her porcelain-pretty face sharp, bluish shadows under her enormous eyes. Her pale hair was straggling and dirty, pulled back into a messy ponytail. And instead of the short skirt and form-fitting top sheâ€™d worn as she ran away from him on that warm afternoon two years ago, she had on a baggy pair of the blue pants mortals called jeans, along with a shapeless shirt and workmanlike boots on her feet.

Her hand lifted from the doorknob, went to her throat. â€œWhatâ€¦?â€ The word came out in a rusty whisper, and she shook her head and started over, voice a little stronger this time. â€œYouâ€™re real?â€

â€œYes,â€ Idris replied, a pang of unexpected pity moving through him. â€œWhat is your name?â€

â€œAm-amber.â€ She stumbled over the syllables, as if it had been a long time since sheâ€™d had to say her name aloud.

And of course it had been. A whole two years, merely an eye blink for a djinn, but probably an eternity for a woman alone.

â€œYou have been here all this time?â€ he asked, making sure he kept his tone gentle.

â€œYes,â€ she replied. â€œEver since that time you rescued me.â€ Her head lifted, and he thought he saw color flare in her pale, thin cheeks. â€œIt was you, wasnâ€™t it?â€

â€œIt was,â€ he said simply.

â€œWhy are you here?â€

A good question. He could give her an answer, but that would only lead to more questions. And yet, as he had just told himself, he had plenty of time to answer those questions, as long as they were not too uncomfortable. â€œThis is my home now.â€

Her eyes widened, and she glanced down the hallway past him to the open, skylit main room of the visitorsâ€™ center. â€œHere?â€

He couldnâ€™t help smiling a little. â€œWell, not here exactly. The main house.â€

â€œYouâ€™re living in an art gallery?â€

â€œIt was a home once, and is a home again now. Let me show you.â€

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Freebie Book Blitz ~ Shift by Karina Espinosa

6/25/2019

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Title: Shift

Author: Karina Espinosa

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Cover Designer: Covers by Christian

Editor: Daniella Brooks

Publisher: Black Quill Publishing

Hosted by: Lady Amberâ€™s PR

Blurb: It's hard enough being an undergraduate student, an intern at Downtown Manhattan's police station, and a bouncer at a local bar. Add her now ex-boyfriend who recently dumped her for the school's resident bimboâ€”oh, and she's a werewolf.

Mackenzie Grey meets her match when she is kidnapped by the Brooklyn Pack and tossed between Sebastian and Jonahâ€”the Alpha and the Beta. Being a lone-wolf in the city is dangerous, and now that the Pack has found her, so can every supernatural being in the Tri-State area. And not even her sarcastic, smart mouth can get her out of this.

When a string of kidnappings involves Mackenzie in supernatural politics, she questions her new acquaintances and finds unlikely allies. Can she escape Pack law and keep her freedomâ€”or will she be condemned to an unwanted path?

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Karina Espinosa is the Urban Fantasy author of the Sins of the Fallen series and the Mackenzie Grey novels. Infatuated with travel, pop culture, and the need to write everything down, she spends much of her days in front of a computer working on her next book, shopping online, and listening to music. With nomadic tendencies, she is currently resting her head in South Florida until the itch to move strikes again. You can usually catch her on Facebook, Instagram and live-tweeting during episodes of Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and Orphan Black. Follow her on social media!

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Audio Blitz ~ Bridges Burned by Chris Cannon

6/24/2019

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Title: Bridges Burned

Author: Chris Cannon

Genre: YA Urban Fantasy

Publisher: Entangled Teen

Narrator: Julie Niblett

Audio Producer: The Audio Flow, LLC

Hosted by: Lady Amberâ€™s PR

Blurb:

Since discovering she is a shape-shifting dragon, Bryn McKenna has seen her world thrown into chaos. Being a "crossbreed" - part Red dragon and part Blue - means Bryn will never fit in. Not with dragon society. Not with the archaic and controlling Directorate. And definitely not when she has striped hair and a not-so-popular affection for rule-breaking...

But sneaking around with her secret boyfriend, Zavien, gets a whole lot harder when he's betrothed to someone else. Someone who isn't a mixed breed and totally forbidden. And for an added complication, it turns out Bryn's former archnemesis Jaxon Westgate isn't quite the evil asshat she thought. Now she's caught between her desire to fit in and a need to set things on fire. Literally.

Because if Bryn can't adapt to the status quo...well, then maybe it's time for her to change it.

The Going Down in Flames series is best enjoyed in order.

NOW AVAILABLE ON AUDIO!

Chris Cannon is the award-winning author of the Going Down In Flames series and the Boyfriend Chronicles. She lives in Southern Illinois with her husband and several furry beasts.

She believes coffee is the Elixir of Life. Most evenings after work, you can find her sucking down caffeine and writing fire-breathing paranormal adventures or romantic comedies. You can find her online at www.chriscannonauthor.com.

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Freebie Book Blitz ~ Homecoming by Apryl Baker

6/24/2019

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Title: The Crane Diaries: Homecoming Author: Apryl Baker Genre: NA Horror/Paranormal Cover Designer: Deranged Doctor Design Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC Publication Date: September 11^th, 2018 Hosted by: Lady Amberâ€™s PR

Blurb:

New Orleans is a city known for its paranormal historyâ€”and itâ€™s the place Emma Rose Crane, AKA Mattie Hathaway, has come home to.

This is a chance for her to start over. In New Orleans, she's welcome, and her abilities to see ghosts isn't so freaky.

But the whole thing would be a lot easier if she werenâ€™t faced with a family she barely knows and starting college, all while dealing with the loss of someone she loved.

Can she really escape her past and be semi-normal? Even with her sister Mary and best friend Eric by her side, it's going to be a wild ride once she agrees to help Mary's new friends investigate a "haunted" house.

The houseâ€™s new occupants are terrified, and the ghost seems to be attacking their little girl, leaving everyone desperate for answers. Emma isnâ€™t sure what to think when she discovers Dr. Lawrence Olivet was also invited to investigate.

Will her gifts be enough to save the family that is currently being stalked in their own home? And when some of her own familyâ€™s long-kept secrets come to light, will her fresh start be over before it even begins?

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So who am I?

I love books, I love writing books, and I love entertaining people with my silly stories.

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Book Blitz ~ Mine Immortal by Kristin Ping

6/24/2019

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Title: Mine Immortal

Author: Kristin Ping

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Cover Designer: Joemel Requeza

Editor: Tim Bullins and Monique Fisher

Publisher: Fire Quill Publishers

Publication Date: May 8, 2019

Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR

Blurb: As part of the Ancient race in the supernatural world, three-thousand-year-old Varcolac Jason Chase, also known as Jericho, knows he has a lot of enemies and allies. But his world is turned upside down when strange dreams about a human girl starts plaguing his nights. It could only mean one thing, and it was something he never expected. Varcolacs get one true mate in their lifetime, and Jason Chase thought his didnâ€™t exist.

After the death of her mother, twenty-four-year-old South African Morgan Freeman heads back to the one place that had always felt like homeâ€”the cruise lines. But this time itâ€™s different. Meeting Jason Chase, the man of every womanâ€™s dreams, was so not part of her plan, but it feels like theyâ€™re a match made in heaven. But something doesnâ€™t feel right. Nobody could be that perfect, right? When the truth finally comes out, her heart is shattered and the world she once knew ceases to exist.

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Kristin Ping is a USA Today Bestselling author who resides in South Africa with her husband, two beautiful girls and her bulldog that tries to eat her house. She has been writing for the past decade and write under many pen names in different genreâ€™s. Her first novel under Kristin Ping is called Hinder, A Benderâ€™s novel that forms part of the Guardian of Monster Saga.

She has reached her USA Bestselling status with her novel The Curse, published by Fire Quill Publishing in 2018. She sold the Italian translations rights that will be published by Hope Edizioni in 2021.

She has published two more novels in the Varcolac Series which will always formed part of the Guardian of Monsters, and hopefully will bring out the third Varcolac novel, Immortal Beloved, soon.

For more information you can go to her website www.kristinpingbooks.com

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JASON

â€œAre you sure about that?â€ I asked. â€œZac, I will break your balls if you tell anyone about this.â€

â€œDude, you are the Alpha. Even if I wanted to, I couldnâ€™t.â€

â€œGood, so donâ€™t even think about it.â€

He chuckled, which pissed me off. None of this was funny. â€œItâ€™s not funny.â€

â€œNo, itâ€™s not. I just donâ€™t understand why you feel the need to shift. Itâ€™s not normal, dude. You can get anyone you want.â€

â€œSo can you.â€

â€œYeah, well, that takes all the fun out of it. No, I like doing it for a different reason.â€

â€œNo, you like fucking around with peopleâ€™s heads.â€

â€œThat too,â€ he said.

â€œSo, all I have to do is clear my mind and it will work?â€

He chuckled.

â€œHave you really never shifted before?â€

â€œNo, Iâ€™m not that messed up.â€

â€œBut you want to shift with your true mate?â€

â€œI need to find out something, thatâ€™s all,â€ I lied. I was curious, and I shouldnâ€™t be. â€œItâ€™s not like Iâ€™m going to do anything to her. Iâ€™m not that sick.â€

â€œItâ€™s fun, not a sickness. You should try it.â€

â€œYeah, Iâ€™ve got responsibilities, Zac. Iâ€™m not a pup.â€

â€œWhatever you say, old man. Enjoy.â€

If only I looked like an old man. â€œWait, before you hang up. Did you check the cages?â€

â€œYes,â€ he whined. â€œOur concern is with you on the cruise ship. Dom is the one you should be worried about, not us. Weâ€™ll be fine. You just concentrate on your shift, and like I said, enjoy.â€ He put the phone down.

Zac was Isaacâ€™s twin and a huge fucking player when it came to the opposite sex.

He hardly slept with humans, but what he does is worse. He shifts.

Shifting was not what it sounded like. It was a term we used when we tried to gain control over a situation or gather information. I think that ability came from our vampire side, since some of them could really fuck you up when they got in your head.

Zac used it to seduce human women.

He would present himself in the form of a dream, which was what we called shifting.

The reason I wanted to shift with Morgan was because I was curious about her. I couldnâ€™t deny it.

Iâ€™d stepped back the past three days, thinking it would be easier, but I could see that Iâ€™d made her uncomfortable. She wasnâ€™t as bubbly as the first night.

That only piqued my curiosity.

I should just talk to her, but that could backfire. It might make me fall hard for her, and I didnâ€™t want that to happen.

That was why I opted to shift. I could ease my curiosity, and leave her thinking sheâ€™d just dreamed of me. No harm done. Except, it might make things between us even more awkward than they already were.

Just thinking about shifting tonight was turning my stomach into knots.

I didnâ€™t want anyone to know, because I couldnâ€™t lie. My face always told the truth, and I usually admitted to things before I could get caught. I hated that I couldnâ€™t lie, but I figured it came with age. Lying was senseless when you were my age. But I could not tell Morgan the truth. She could never know what I was. So, hopefully, my curiosity about her would disappear tonight.

MORGAN

I left the bar and made it to my bed, grimacing when I saw the time on my clock. Two a.m. These late nights had to stop because they were starting to take their toll on me, but I was happy to have caught up with Kate. Weâ€™d made plans to go to the carnival in Rio de Janeiroâ€”our next port after the one tomorrowâ€”since it had always been on my bucket list.

I fell asleep faster than I thought I would, only to wake up to the sound of my door opening.

A tall figure walked in. I paid no attention as it was probably someone that came to visit Ashley.

I didnâ€™t close my eyes though.

It was weird that I could see him, since I usually couldnâ€™t see my hand in front of me in the darkness of the cabin.

But I could see his outline clearly, just not his face.

My heart started to race. He wasnâ€™t aiming for Ashley; he came straight to me.

I switched on my light as he came to my side and found . . . Jason.

â€œDude, what the fuck are you doing here?â€ I asked with a breathless chuckle.

His eyes widened. â€œThis wasnâ€™t how I had planned this. I think I should just go.â€

I wanted to tell him to be quiet when I noticed that Ashleyâ€™s bed was empty. Where was she? She had been in her bed a few minutes ago. This didnâ€™t make any sense.

â€œDonâ€™t, just . . . â€ I stopped him and sighed. Then I started to laugh again. What was I doing?

He stopped, turned around, and walked back to my bed looking scrumptious.

â€œDo you know how beautiful you are?â€ I clapped a hand over my mouth after the words had tumbled out. What was wrong with me? I never spoke without thinking.

â€œIâ€™m beautiful?â€

â€œCâ€™mon, you know you are. Hey, whereâ€™d Ashley go?â€

He chuckled. â€œIâ€™m in your room and youâ€™re wondering where your roommate is?â€

â€œYes, she has a big mouth and if she finds you here . . . I feel sorry for you if that happens.â€

His body shook with his laughter. â€œWhy? Does she think Iâ€™m beautiful, too?â€

â€œUgh, whatever. How did you even get into my room?â€

He shrugged. â€œIâ€™m a guy with many talents.â€

â€œSo I have heard.â€

I looked at his hand, but it wasnâ€™t shaking anymore.

â€œWhatâ€™s been up with you these past three nights? Youâ€™ve been . . . different.â€

â€œIâ€™m different?â€ he asked. â€œI was just about to ask you the same thing, Minx.â€

I gulped, feeling my throat bobbing up and down. The way he said the nickname I had since I was a little girl was doing strange and wonderful things to my body. I let out a small chuckle.

â€œIâ€™m fine,â€ I struggled to find the right words. â€œIâ€™ve just been struggling to get in bed before two. Donâ€™t know why.â€

I glanced at the clock and saw it was five, then glanced back at him.

â€œTwo,â€ he asked, his voice taking on a strange tone. I glanced at the clock again. It showed it was two.

That was weird.

I looked back at Jason.

â€œUhm . . . what are you doing here?â€

â€œIsnâ€™t it clear? Iâ€™m here for a booty call.â€

I nearly choked on my saliva.

â€œFrom me?â€ I asked, aghast.

â€œYeah.â€ He frowned, â€œWhy, whatâ€™s wrong with you?â€

â€œNothing, but why me?â€

Something about this didnâ€™t feel real.

â€œJust go with it,â€ he said as he got into bed with me. He positioned himself on top of me, then lowered his mouth to mine and kissed me.

Was I really doing this when all heâ€™d said was to just go with it? Was I that cheap?

I shrugged inwardly. It was Jason fucking Chase, the hottest guy I had ever set eyes on. Who cared if I was cheap?

His tongue slipped into my mouth, exploring and igniting things in me that I had never felt before. I inhaled his scent, and it sent sparks down to my lady bits.

As if he could read my mind, he slipped his hand into my panties. I knew I should have stopped him, but something inside me held onto the way he made me feel.

I wanted this.

I wanted him.

I wanted Jason Chase.

JASON

One moment I was ready to leave and then the next I was literally on top of her.

She wasnâ€™t supposed to wake up in her dream, but that just confirmed to me that she was different from any other human woman Iâ€™d ever met. Perhaps it was because she was my mate. Whatever the reason, I didnâ€™t know.

Everything I had been contemplatingâ€”my feelings for her, the plans I hadâ€”all flew out of the window when sheâ€™d looked at me with that bewildered smile on her face.

Did this mean she was into me?

She moaned as my hand slipped over her folds, and I reveled in the fact that I was the one doing this to her. She was driving me crazy with lust. I now knew why Zac enjoyed shifting so much. This way, it felt real, but I couldnâ€™t hurt her.

I could feel it build up as she moaned in my ear. Her warm tongue lapped at my earlobe, making goosebumps flush over my skin.

She was waking things up that hadnâ€™t been awake inside me for a long time.

I felt my fangs lengthen, and though I didnâ€™t want it to happen, I couldnâ€™t stop even if my life depended on it.

â€œI want you so badly.â€ I whispered in her ear, and then the pain came.

I woke up and found myself in my cabin.

Morgan was far from my bed. Her smell wasnâ€™t real.

But the pain, oh the pain was real. What was happening?

I grunted as the pain increased. Hunching over, I clutched my stomach, trying my best not to wake up Belatar, but to no avail.

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Cover Reveal ~ The Red Church by Apryl Baker

6/22/2019

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Title: The Crane Diaries: The Red Church

Author: Apryl Baker

Genre: NA Horror/Paranormal

Cover Designer: Deranged Doctor Design

Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC

Publication Date: July 2^nd, 2019

Hosted by: Lady Amberâ€™s PR

Blurb:

In the swamps of New Orleans sits an old church.

Its history is steeped in blood and death.

For over a century, this abandoned church has inspired fear, and the rumors of the creatures that inhabit it have kept the locals away.

The church has been sold, but work on the property has stalled. Centuries-old fears resurface when accidents start to befall the construction crews and ghosts are seen wandering the derelict stone building. No one dares go back until the property has been cleansed.

The Hathaway Foundation is hired to rid the property of ghosts so that work can begin again, only Emma Crane soon discovers itâ€™s not the ghosts they have to fear, but something far more evil.

There was a reason the church was abandoned, a reason a powerful protection spell was put around the property, and a reason everyone from her fatherâ€™s priest to Silas, her demonic grandfather, is warning her to stay away.

But now that sheâ€™s discovered what roams the halls, she canâ€™t walk away. She canâ€™t be responsible for innocents dying when she might have prevented it.

Sheâ€™ll gather her team and go up against something she thought existed only in books and movies, something even the hunters in the area fearâ€”a primordial evil, a creature that spawned the first vampires.

But can she stop the creature before itâ€™s too late, before its family destroys hers?

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