Jo Michaels Blog: 12 Days of Review Requests

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

12 Days of Review Requests - Day Two

Happy Tuesday and welcome to the 12 Days of Review Requests fun here on the Jo Michaels blog! If you missed the opening post, be SURE and check it out here. It has the Rafflecopter entry form for the Kindle HD6. Each day, I'll post links to all the books pitched the previous day and a short recap of what I'm looking for you to put in the comments. Then, I'll have the Rafflecopter winner from the previous day, and the entry form for the current one along with the prizes. Let's get going!

I had a little snafu with Rafflecotper (wouldn't export the excel) so if you put a link to a sample yesterday, please send to me via PM either on Facebook or Goodreads. SORRY!

Books marked with an astrisks and in BOLD are winners.
(That doesn't mean your book wasn't chosen, only that it wasn't chosen today)

Bound by Duty - Stormy Smith - Amazon Kindle $2.99
Shadows on Snow (A Flipped Fairy Tale) - Starla Hutchon - Amazon Kindle $2.99
Dry Stories - Kate Baggot - Amazon Kindle $3.56
From the Wreckage - Michelle G. Miller - Amazon Kindle FREE
An Unlikely Goddess - Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar - Amazon Kindle $0.99
The House at Zaronza - Vanessa Couchman - Amazon Kindle $2.99
8 Weeks - Bethany Lopez - Amazon Kindle $3.99
Click. Date. Repeat. - K. J. Farnham - Amazon Kindle $3.99
Kinetic: Book One of the Kinetic Trilogy - C. M. Zimmer - Amazon Kindle $2.99
Six Months to Get a Life - Ben Adams - Grab a sample on Drive here!
Family Planning (Choices Book 3) - Beth Carpenter - Amazon Kindle $0.99
***The Tree of Everlasting Knowledge - Christine Nolfi - Amazon Kindle $0.99
The Release Club 1 - Misty Provencher - Amazon Kindle $0.99
Moonlight - David Rose - Amazon Kindle $1.69
View from the Sixth Floor: An Oswald Tale - Elizabeth Horton-Newton - Amazon Kindle $2.99
Facade: A Vampire Love Story - R. M. Webb - Amazon Kindle $0.99
The ABCs of Dinkology: Life - A. E. Stueve - Amazon Paperback $8.91
Of Mice and Money - Winifred Morris - Amazon Kindle $0.99
The Cure - Stephanie Erickson - Amazon Kindle $2.51
Siren - Jennifer Melzer - Amazon Kindle (Pre-order) $3.99 Grab a sample on Drive!
Ataxia and the Ravine of Lost Dreams - Rachel Barnard - Amazon Kindle $0.99
Queen of Someday - Sherry Ficklin - Amazon Kindle $5.99
Fragile Creatures - Kristina Circelli - Amazon Kindle $2.99
Pariah - Casey L. Bond - Amazon Kindle $3.99
Destiny Finds Her - Miranda Lynn - Amazon Kindle $2.99

Congratulations to Christine Nolfi! Your book has been tweeted, shared on Pinterest, added to my Goodreads TBR for the event, and shared on Facebook.

PITCH your book in the comments. Put your LINK in the Rafflecopter entry form. Tell me why you think I'll like it, why I should check it out, and a little about the story. DO NOT give me a synopsis. I can get that from Amazon. Make it personal or make it funny. I care not. I'll be grabbing a sample of every book pitched and go from there.

Please specify if you're entering as an author, a reader, or both. Author only entries will be removed before a winner is chosen.

IF you have a pre-order, please upload a SAMPLE to Google Drive and give people with the link permission to view. Put that link in the Rafflecopter form.

I strongly encourage you to check out the works of your fellow Indie authors. Chat in the comments, talk each other up, make friends!

Book reviewers! You're welcome to play along, too! Meet and greet authors. Get new books to read and review. It only works if we all work together.

If you haven't joined my 2015 Review Team, do that here.

**Kindly remember, there's no guarantee your book will be reviewed by me. You will get a purchase if your sample interests me, and I'll try my best to read it. But if I find I can't give it more than 2 stars, I won't write the review. I've had a few I couldn't finish and it led to me not giving a review.**

Now it's time to announce the winners from yesterday's giveaway!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Today, we have a prize pack from Kristie Cook and a book from me! Be sure to thank Kristie for her donation to this event!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

I look forward to your pitches today!

Well, that's all for today, folks! Until next time, WRITE ON!

Jo

47 comments:

Bethany Lopez AuthorDecember 9, 2014 at 9:45 AM
A one night stand at a college party changed the course of Samantha's life. Three years later, she's going to school, working, and raising her two-year old daughter alone. Still carrying baby weight, and dealing with constant stress, the last thing Sam feels is sexy.
She meets Judd in a bar one night. A baseball player on scholarship and obvious player, Sam blows Judd off, figuring they have nothing in common. But when Judd's pursuit of her makes her feel like a young, sexy woman, for the first time in ages, she decides to see how the other half lives, just for a while, and doesn't tell Judd about her "situation".
When he finds out the truth, will he still view Sam the same way, and if he does, can two people at different stages in their lives find a way to make things work?

Indelible
New Adult Romance
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Heather MullinsDecember 9, 2014 at 9:47 AM
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my work with you. I would love for you to choose my book and meet Angelo and the gang. My debut novel In Dreams is a Paranormal Mystery that throws the reader into a world full of twist and turns, death, and most importantly closure. Hope Copper is viciously murdered and Angelo Baldoni is given the case. When Hope jumps into Angelo's dreams she begins to relive her death and leads Angelo down a path he is not ready to go down yet. As a reader you are drawn into their lives and hope that things work out. This edge of your seat read will have you screaming at your kindle and begging for more! Thank you again for this chance and I hope that you enjoy Angelo as much as I have enjoyed writing him.
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Rachel BarnardDecember 9, 2014 at 11:00 AM
The beast is already inside of him - but can he keep it from taking control? Zosimos was consumed by an overwhelming desire for power and was transformed into an embodiment of evil. Only his mother could accept him for what he was, but she couldn’t keep the villagers from driving him off into the forest. For ten years. Zos was alone with his inner turmoil, letting his emotions seethe in the evil that had taken hold of him. As he grew from a ten-year old boy to a young man, his malice toward the town of Frey grew. Back in the village the myth of the beast’s existence built up until the villagers were convinced that the only thing that could hold the beast at bay was a yearly human sacrifice.

Every year the sacrifice disappeared in the forest, but Zos never saw any of them. This year he happened upon the sacrifice, and she was in trouble. His human nature overpowered the beast inside and Zos saved the young girl from her fate, but now he can’t let her go. Unable to return to the village, she will come to know the young man who is her captor. Zos grew up with thoughts of revenge, but when he is close to her he is reminded of who he used to be and who he could become.

From once upon a time to happily ever after, At One’s Beast highlights the struggles of two young adolescents who have fallen prey to chance evil circumstances. Will Zos be able to control the beast inside? The people of Frey will have to rally together to rid the town of evil once and for all, but in the process will they destroy everything that is good in their world?

YA Fantasy/Fairy Tale
At One's Beast
Publication Date: 7/24/14
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Kait NolanDecember 9, 2014 at 11:46 AM
To Get Me To You is a contemporary romance David vs. Goliath story with a side of sweet tea.

Councilman Campbell Crawford is a man on a mission--save his hometown's dying economy while retaining the small town charm that has defined Wishful for decades. When a Big Box store shows up wanting to build, Cam knows they aren't the answer. Determined to go to the mattresses against them, he forms an unlikely alliance with award-winning marketing exec Norah Burke. Romance sparks between them as they fight to convince the town that there are other forms of salvation that will retain Wishful's unique character. Can Cam make the town see GrandGoods for the threat it is? And will Norah be willing to give up her corner office and power lunches in order to stay once the fight is over?

This book should appeal to readers who love small town romances and stories of the Deep South. :) Thanks for the opportunity!
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Kate BaggottDecember 9, 2014 at 12:06 PM
Alcohol is a wonder drug. Alcohol is a horror story. Dry Stories is about walking that line between the party and the disaster when you are trying to save a friend from himself. Are stories a way of dealing with recovery from alcoholism one word at a time?
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Rachel ColeDecember 9, 2014 at 12:55 PM
Eleven-year-old Drew Montgomery has not, does not, and will not ever want a stupid old rabbit. All they do is sit in their cages, eat carrots, and poop. Then his annoying little sister blackmails him into hiding a bunny in his closet. She knows what really happened to his "stolen" bike and she's threatening to tell. Now Drew’s in a real jam. If his "No pets!" parents find the rabbit or, worse, his sister blabs the truth, he'll be grounded till grade seven for sure.

And if that’s not enough trouble, two girls at school drag him into a prank war that goes from bad to worse--and it's all the rabbit’s fault. Plus, the weirdest girl in his class wants to be his science partner. If she tells him she wants to be his girlfriend, he just knows he’s gonna die.

Drew must find a way to outwit the mean girls, wiggle out of the blackmail deal, and get rid of the rabbit before it destroys his bedroom and his life.

The Rabbit Ate My Homework is a contemporary humorous middle grade novel which will appeal to kids and adults (who still remember being kids) alike.
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StephanieDecember 9, 2014 at 1:44 PM
Everyone thinks they want to be a mind reader, but what if you couldn't control it? Would you really want to know every thought coming from every person around you?

Mackenzie Day is overwhelmed by the cacophony of noise that constantly surrounds her. That is, until someone from The Unseen approaches her and offers to help her learn to control her gift. But at what cost?

Full of secrets, The Unseen seem like they just want to help Mac, but something doesn't quite fit, making her leery of what they're hiding.

Who are they? What do they do with their mind-reading abilities? In the end, just how far will Mackenzie go to be part of The Unseen?

Title: Unseen
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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AnonymousDecember 9, 2014 at 2:15 PM
“Now and then a wish takes on a life of its own.” Despite the dark, warning tone in her voice and locked-on-target stare, Desiree seemed almost elated. “Once a wish has started, there’s no stopping it. No matter what happens, no matter what path things head down, I cannot stop it.”

I shivered again and suddenly felt very exposed.

“Also, I cannot, under any circumstances, interfere with the course of the wish. Even if this turns out to be one of those wishes that take the wrong branch, you have no choice; you’ll have to follow it to the end.”

What really happens when you get what you wished for?

For Mandy it means accidentally bringing her imaginary childhood friend to life only to have her try and steal everything that’s important to her. Add to that a hippie-genie with an attitude problem and “be careful what you wish for” takes on a whole new twist!

STICKS AND STONES is a YA novel that blends contemporary settings and issues with magical elements
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Sheldon LefkowitzDecember 9, 2014 at 2:57 PM
Here is the pitch for my second novel, SIR LYLE'S DIG:

Quarter Finalist--2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award!

SIR LYLE’S DIG
In 1950, explorer Sir Lyle Ashford wrote a famous letter to the Times of London in which he boasted of finding “…a bigger cache of treasures in Egypt than existed in King Tut’s tomb.” Two problems; Ashford was known to lie about sites and secondly, after that dispatch, no one ever heard from him again.

Over sixty years later, archeologist Gavin Beechman uncovers the entrance to an unknown burial crypt high above the Valley of the Kings. In the deepest chamber, Gavin makes a discovery that electrifies the archeological community, the body of Sir Lyle. What he does not find are any artifacts, critically important clues to the nature of the tomb. He feels compelled to track them down, a hunt that will take him on a journey from Egypt to the quiet, country lanes of the United Kingdom.

Internationally known television correspondent Elizabeth Colino is confident the startling findings in the Middle East will provide the basis of an award-winning story, but is anxious about interviewing the man whose heart she broke. Following a news conference, Gavin refuses to share any information with Liz so she heads out on her own to fill in the details. She has the enormous resources of her network to back her up, but little expertise in the field of antiquities.

Will Gavin and Liz remain on opposite sides of the search? Who will uncover the truth first, and what will it tell them about Sir Lyle’s death?

SIR LYLE’S DIG will take the reader through Liz and Gavin’s emotional turmoil as they search for something that may never have existed and experience the apprehension of rediscovering what once did.
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Ian CumpsteyDecember 9, 2014 at 3:16 PM
The poets sang of heroes.

Ballad composers used a straightforward language in their verse to tell memorable stories of legend, history, heroes, and trolls. In translating these old Scandinavian ballads into English verse, I have sought to reflect this timeless language.

Read these ballads aloud and relive long gone times in the northern forests or fells.
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Beth CarpenterDecember 9, 2014 at 4:07 PM
THEY CALLED IT MOOSICIDE is a Christmas mystery in set in Alaska. Denali is a little like Nancy Drew, but at ten below zero.

Denali’s having quite a day. First, a moose in the yard almost makes her miss the school bus. Then after school, a frozen body turns up in the same spot. Everyone blames the moose, but Denali isn’t so sure. She and her friends investigate to uncover the real killer.
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Karen YankoskyDecember 9, 2014 at 8:17 PM
Thank you so much for giving us this opportunity!
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT THING YOU'RE DOING: ONE WOMAN'S ADVENTURES IN DATING, PLUMBING, AND OTHER FULL-CONTACT SPORTS, is a collection of nonfiction humor essays that take you on a scenic drive through the life of a forty-somethign reinventing herself after a marriage even Hollywood would call "brief." You'll definitely want to wear your seatbelt, or better yet, a parachute.
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S. Lee BenedictDecember 9, 2014 at 9:55 PM
Hi Jo~

Thanks for letting me tell you about my debut novel, The Heart Thief, a paranormal urban fantasy for young adults. I've been a writer all my life but could never get it together enough to complete a full-length novel. But when my mother passed away in 2011, I was able to channel my grief into something useful. This book.

Loss and grief are major themes in The Heart Thief, an eerie adventure tale set in Rhapp's Barren, also known as The Creep by those who live there. So named because of its reputation for unexplained occurrences. But the residents of this urban district are about to learn its dark legacy runs deeper than they could possibly imagine.

I love the world I've built in The Heart Thief and the cast of characters I've created as well. It really is an ensemble, so to speak, and I believe there's a character for everyone to relate to. It's an epic adventure full of action and suspense, and I'm confident you will enjoy it.

Thank you for your consideration, Jo.
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david.rose1958@gmail.comDecember 9, 2014 at 10:56 PM
Moonlight is a book you can judge by its cover: what you see is pretty much what you get. Two kids kissing under a full moon (and a mysterious little cat in the shadows). It's hard to believe a middle-aged man could be soft-centred enough to write this! If you need some sweetness in your life, this is it, but I have to tell you it's like dark chocolate rather than marshmallow; there's sadness too. Have a box of tissues handy, just in case. You know how they say a book will make you laugh, and cry, and cry out loud? This one probably won't. It'll probably make you teary-eyed, and and make you cry, and maybe even weep for joy. Now, how can you resist an offer like this?
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Jo MichaelsDecember 10, 2014 at 8:21 AM
Comments for today are now closed. You may proceed to day 3 to pitch your book: http://jomichaels.blogspot.com/2014/12/12-days-of-review-requests-day-three.html
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12 Days of Review Requests - Day Two

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