CHALLENGING DESTINY Release Party!

Welcome to the Challenging Destiny Release Party!!

I'm so excited you could join us!
Be sure to enter the giveaway at the bottom of this post!

I'd liked to thank the staff at The Wild Rose Press for helping make this day possible. A special thanks goes out to my editor, Eilidh MacKenzie, whose guidance through the editorial process was invaluable. I'd also like to thank my Street Team, Colyer's Clan, and all the authors and bloggers who are celebrating with me today. I'm truly honored to have such wonderful people participating in the event. 

Some of the party guest listed below have excerpts and guest posts on their blogs, so be sure to check them out!

Special thanks goes out to:

Veronica Rundell - Excerpt, April 1st 

Jen - Excerpt, March 27th

Nicki Elson - Excerpt, March 27th

Jennifer Lane

Debra Anastasia

Lisa Rayns

Susan Quinn

Alex J. Cavanaugh

Angela Brown

Kechell Jackson

Marian Cheatham - Excerpt, March 28th

Katie O'Sullivan

CarolOates - Guest Post

ChelseaHunter

Toni Lesatz - Excerpt, March 30th 

Stephanie Ward - Excerpt, March 27th

Joana Arteaga - Guest Post, March 27th

Gina Scarcella
Kat Ross
Heather Reid
Dorothy Dreyer

About the book:

CHALLENGING DESTINY
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Kindle Release Date: March 27, 2014
Worldwide Release Date: July 11, 2014

Synopsis:
Logan Ragsdale and his younger sister, Ariana, have been marked, chosen to be unwilling participants in a war between angels and demons.

Logan can sense something's not quite right. Like an unexpected chill on a summer's day, he can feel the unseen closing in. He's had these feelings before and, each time, someone close to him died. He's afraid this time it might just be Ariana.

Logan's fears are soon confirmed when he discovers their new friends aren't human, but rather representatives from Heaven and Hell sent to Earth to ensure he and Ariana accept their roles in an ancient prophecy. Demons want Logan to open the gates of Hell. Ariana has the power to stop them, but if she chooses to side with Heaven to spare the lives of thousands of innocent people, she'll damn her brother for eternity.

Together, they must derail the biblical event if they hope to save themselves and the future of mankind...but what price are they willing to pay to keep the other safe?

Read CHALLENGING DESTINY today!

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Fun gifts to celebrate today include:
$10 Amazon Gift Card
Challenging Destiny Swag Package
Challenging Destiny Bookmarks

Challenging Destiny Swag Package

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Cover Reveal: SHADES OFAVALON

My pub sister and fellow Darkly Delicious YA author, Carol Oates, has a double reveal for us today. Shades of Atlantis, book one in the series, has a new look, and it's hot! It goes nicely with the cover for Shades of Avalon, book two. Don't you think?

Shades of Atlantis 
synopsis:

Since the death of their parents, Triona Pryor and her brother, Ben, have lived with their aunt and uncle in Camden, Maine. Now in her senior year of high school, Triona loves her family and friends, but she has always felt that she didn't quite fit in...in Camden, or anywhere else.

Enter Caleb Wallace, the devilishly handsome man who has recently moved to Triona's small town.

While their attraction to each other is instantaneous, it also proves to be dangerous...and deadly. When tragedy strikes, Triona flees to London for solace and to start her life anew. It's there she discovers from an unlikely source that her family has been keeping secrets from her - secrets about not only her birthright, but her ultimate destiny as well.

Armed with this knowledge, Triona finds herself thrown into a whole new world and into a battle to save the lives of everyone she loves.

Read SHADES OF ATLANTIS today:

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Click here to add SHADES OF ATLANTIS to your TBR list.

Shades of Avalon 
synopsis:

Ben Pryor grew up as an average kid in Camden, Maine, unaware of the supernatural storm brewing in his Celtic blood. However, at nineteen, as the last born in the royal line of the beings that once ruled Atlantis, Ben has eagerly embraced his newfound abilities and birthright.

When Caleb, his sister’s mate, goes missing under suspicious circumstances, the prime suspect is the last remaining member of the overthrown corrupt Guardian Council.

With the discovery that an old acquaintance has been keeping secrets and the future Ben was so sure of shifting before his eyes, the situation becomes more complicated, the ransom for Caleb too high.

In the sequel to Shades of Atlantis, Ben will delve deeper than he ever imagined into the magical old ways of the Guardians, the secrets of Excalibur, and the truth behind the legend of King Arthur

Click here to add SHADES OF AVALON to your TBR list.

Author Carol:
Carol Oates came into the world on Christmas morning, in an elevator. Raised just across the street from the childhood home of Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, it was only a matter of time before Carol’s love of all things supernatural would emerge.

She began experimenting with fiction at school and keeps the notebook containing her first unpublished novel in her desk drawer. Over three decades later, all her stories still begin life scrawled on paper.
When not writing, Carol can be found exploring history with her son. Luckily, he shares her love of old buildings, castles, and tombs.

Connect with Carol

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Cover Reveal for MY TETHERED SOUL by Dorothy Dreyer

Today I have the pleasure of sharing the cover of MY TETHERED SOUL book 2 in the Reaper's Rite series by Dorothy Dreyer. Plus, MY SISTER'S REAPER, book one, has a new look. These covers became public last Friday, but since I already had something scheduled on my blog I decided to share them today. 

MY TETHERED SOUL, Reaper's Rite, Book 2

Synopsis:
It’s been months since Zadie faced her sister’s Reaper, months during which she’s been under her mentor’s magical protection. But now that she’s turning seventeen, that protection is about to run out.

When dark forces lure Zadie to wander at night, she’s manipulated into committing unspeakable acts. With her friends and family at risk, Zadie must try to use her powers to break free from the Reaper’s grasp, or surrender to the Reaper’s Rite, which can only lead to death.

My Tethered Soul on Goodreads

MY SISTER'S REAPER also has a new look. 

Synopsis:
Sixteen-year-old Zadie’s first mistake was telling the boy she liked she could bring her dead sister back to life. Her second mistake was actually doing it.

When Zadie accidentally messes with the Reaper’s Rite that should have claimed her sister Mara, things go horribly wrong. Mara isn’t the same anymore—Zadie isn’t even sure she’s completely human, and to top it off, a Reaper is determined to collect Mara’s soul no matter what. Now Zadie must figure out how to defeat her sister’s Reaper, or let Mara die … this time for good.

Read My Sister's Reaper today:

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Author Bio
Dorothy Dreyer has always believed in magic. Born in Angeles City, Philippines, to a Filipino mother and American Father, Dorothy grew up a military brat, living in Massachusetts, South Dakota, Guam, New Jersey, and New York. She now lives in Frankfurt, Germany, with her husband, two teens, and two Siberian huskies. Dorothy not only writes books with some element of magic in them, but has a fondness for reading those kinds of books as well. She also enjoys movies, chocolate, take-out, and spending time with family and friends. She’s known to make a pretty sweet cupcake when she has the time. She also tends to sing sometimes, so keep her away from your Karaoke bars.

Connect with Dorothy

Website | Twitter | Facebook 

Happy Book Birthday to SPEAK OF THE DEVIL by Shawna Romkey

Happy birthday to Shawna Romkey and her book Speak of the Devil! It's turning one this month!

Blurb: 

What happens when falling in love and falling from grace collide?

After dying in a car accident with her two best friends, Lily miraculously awakens to grief and guilt. She escapes to her dad’s to come to terms with the event and meets some people at her new school who seem all too eager to help her heal. Sliding deeper into sorrow and trying to fight her feelings for two of them, she finds out who…what they really are and that they are falling too.

Can she find the strength to move on from the past, reconcile her feelings for Luc, find a way to stop a divine war with fallen angels, and still pass the eleventh grade?

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To celebrate, Shawns is having a rafflecopter! The grand prize is a 6″Kindle with wi-fi, plus some ebooks! Second prize is an AWESOME swag pack.

All you have to do is enter the rafflecopter below!

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Not only that, but Speak of the Devil is on sale for $2.99 until March 23! 

You can read an excerpt from Speak of the Devil at http://www.shawnaromkey.com.

Bio

Shawna grew up around farms in the heart of Missouri but went to the University of Kansas, was raised in the US but now lives on the ocean in Nova Scotia with her husband, two sons, two rescue dogs and one overgrown puppy from hell. She’s a non-conformist who follows her heart.

She has her BA in creative writing from the University of Kansas where one of her plays was chosen by her creative writing professor to be produced locally, and two of her short stories were published in a university creative arts handbook.  She earned her MA in English from Central Missouri State University where she wrote a novel as her thesis.

She’s taught English at the university and secondary levels for close to twenty years and can’t quite fathom how all of her students have grown up, yet she’s managed to stay the same.  She’s a huge geek and fan of Xena, Buffy and all kick ass women, and loves to write stories that have strong female characters.

The second book in the series, The Devil Made Me Do It, will release in September.

Meet Kira Rose from CHALLENGING DESTINY

"Why the heck, if angels and demons were walking around Earth, weren’t the angels on my side?"

Stop by Darkly Delicious YA to discover the darker side of Kira Rose, a very important character in my upper teen paranormal romance/thriller, CHALLENGING DESTINY. Click here to read the post.

Challenging Destiny releases earlier on Kindle March 27th. 

Worldwide release on July 11th.

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