Tuesday, December 8, 2015

12 Days of Review Requests 2015 - Day 4

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 iPad Mini. 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!


 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)

Marla Bradeen - The Amicable Divorce: A Chick-Lit Novel 3.99
Laila Raimes - Tiny Tragedies - The Sundry Files: An Alt World Book 3.99
***Sahara Foley - The Secret of Excalibur 2.99***
Andi O'Connor - The Lost Heir (The Dragonath Chronicles Book 1) 4.99
Jules Dixon - Rest, My Love: Triple R Series 2.99
Colleen O'Felein - Eerie 2.99 (preorder Dec 15)
Heidi Angell - Angel's Dance (Clear Angel Chronicles) (Volume 2) 10.99 (paperback)
Kirsten Blacketer - An Irresistible Shadow (Shadow Guardians Book 1) 2.99
Morgan Reeves - Free to Fly (Never Ever After Book 1) 2.99
Jen Bradlee - The Prince of Whispers (Wicked Whispers Trilogy Book 1) 2.99
Mary J. Williams - If I Loved You (Harper Falls Book 1) 0.99
M. H. Soars - Wonderwall 2.99
***Suzanna Lynn - The Bed Wife Chronicles - Collector's Edition 4.99***
Casey L. Bond - Reap (The Harvest Saga Book 1) FREE
Christina Benjamin - The Geneva Project - Truth FREE
Corrissa James - So Wills the Heart: Book 4 in the Great Plains Romance Series 2.99
Angel L. Woodz - Bed of Thornes (Bed of Thornes Trilogy Book 1) 0.99
Intisar Khanani - Sunbolt (The Sunbolt Chronicles Book 1) 1.99
Laila Raimes - Shifter Fates: Elle's Claim 1.00
Shawn McGuire - Break My Bones (The Wish Makers Book 2) 3.99
***Andi O'Connor - Awakening (The Dragonath Chronicles Book 2) 5.99***
Nanette Day - Skeleton Dance 0.99
Brea Behn - Wolves in the Woods (Wolves Series, Book #1) 1.99
Heidi Angell - Elements of a Broken Mind (The Clear Angel Chronicles Book 1) 4.99
Sylvia Stein - Chasing Clarity 2.99
Terri Bruce - Hereafter (Afterlife #1) 0.99
Casey Hays - Breeder: Arrow's Flight Book #1 FREE
Bonnie Phelps - My Rodeo Man (The Texas Kincaids Book 1) 3.99
Christina Benjamin - The Geneva Project: Prequels - The Christmas Gift (Short Story) 0.99
Sahara Foley - It Lives in the Basement 2.99
RJ Blain - The Dawn of Dae (Dae Portals Book 1) FREE
Angel Woodward - Holiday's Presence FREE
Aaron-Michael Hall - The Rise of Nazil: Secret of the Seven 3.99
Mary J. Williams - If You Only Knew (Harper Falls Book 3) 4.99
Jules Dixon - Winter Wishes (Holiday Hotties) 0.99
Marissa Campbell - Avelynn: A Novel 9.99
Rachel Wagner - Curse of the Sphinx 2.99
Violet Haze - A Woman's Affair 4.99
Tamar Hela - The Wrong Fairy Tale: Spirit Lake Series Book 2 3.99

Congratulations to Andi O'Connor! 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.

**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 Tia Silverthorne Bach! Be sure to thank her 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
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28 comments:

  1. Sarah KingDecember 8, 2015 at 9:08 AM

    Hi Jo, I'd like to pitch my historical fiction novel, The Gisburn Witch. This is my debut novel, and it is the story of Jennet Preston, a woman who finds herself caught in the midst of one of seventeenth-century England's most notorious witch trials. This story spent many years existing as little more than a small, conceptual seed in my mind, ever since I came across Jennet Preston during my undergraduate dissertation research and found myself asking that all-important first question for any aspiring historical fiction writer: what is her story? Years later, I decided finally to delve into that story, to look beyond the academic and to find the woman at the heart of a series of traumatic and devastating events.

    The Gisburn Witch is a story of forbidden love, of friendship and ultimately of betrayal, but it is also a story about the choices we make and where they can lead us; timeless themes which apply no matter what age we live in. As a work of historical fiction, it takes a refreshing look at the lives of ordinary folk, intertwined with superstition and poverty, and worlds away from the courts of kings and queens. It has been described by reviewers as a 'haunting, fascinating story' and a 'a real historical tragedy with people full of their own hopes, weaknesses and flaws'. I'd love you to read it and see what you think!

    Thank you for the opportunity to pitch my novel to you. Sarah.

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    1. UnknownDecember 8, 2015 at 9:58 AM

      I absolutely adored this novel! Good luck, Sarah!

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    2. Jo MichaelsDecember 8, 2015 at 2:12 PM

      Welcome to the crazy, Sarah! After penning my own Historical Fiction novel, I have a new appreciation for what goes into a telling like this. :) Fell in love with the genre!! Yours sounds amazeballz. I can't wait to dive in :) Thanks for the pitch, and I hope you have a lot of fun around here :)

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    3. UnknownDecember 8, 2015 at 2:42 PM

      This looks fantastic, Sarah!
      I've added it to my TBR list on Goodreads!
      In gratitude,
      Marissa xo

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    4. sarah kingDecember 8, 2015 at 3:40 PM

      Thank you everyone for your kind comments! Enjoying looking through all the other pitches - such good fun!! What a great idea this event is, Jo, well done!!

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  2. UnknownDecember 8, 2015 at 9:53 AM

    Hi Jo! I'm back! Today I'm pitching the second book in my YA fantasy series. The Geneva Project - Secrets. It's a short pitch because I don't want to give away any spoilers.

    Geneva learns to be careful what she wishes for the hard way. After finally uncovering her unbelievable family secret in an ancient book, she realizes some secrets are better off left buried forever. What she learns changes her life forever and now she must make a choice - to fulfill her destiny or run from it?

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    1. UnknownDecember 8, 2015 at 9:59 AM

      I picked up The Geneva Project yesterday. Can't wait to get to it!

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    2. Jo MichaelsDecember 8, 2015 at 2:14 PM

      I love how their names are numbers! Welcome back, Christina :) This sounds like an exciting continuation!! EEP!! :) How fun is this?

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  3. Syl SteinDecember 8, 2015 at 10:21 AM

    Hey Jo,

    I am back pitching on Chasing Clarity: Copyright 2015

    Mia Gerard has lost so much with her love Leo Dancy being gone now after a tragic accident. Mia is a dancer who has so much promise. However with the loss of her love all seems lost for her. Suddenly she has a chance to attend The New York Dance Academy of Performing Arts and begin again. Once she arrives she begins on a new path and friends. She is shaken when she meets Henry Watson whom is from the UK and is a painter. He befriends her and suddenly Mia's world begins to feel familiar and also different. Will Mia take a chance?

    Sylvia Stein

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    1. Jo MichaelsDecember 8, 2015 at 2:58 PM

      Howdy, Sylvia! Love this story <3 There's so much of you in there. I can feel it. So much passion for the subject :) Have some fun, and good luck ;)

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  4. Syl SteinDecember 8, 2015 at 10:22 AM

    A big thanks to author Tia Silverthorne Bach. Thank you!

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  5. Andi O'ConnorDecember 8, 2015 at 11:09 AM

    Thank you so much! I'm so honored :) I hope you enjoy it! (but I would suggest starting with book 1, otherwise you'll be a tad lost ;) )

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    1. Jo MichaelsDecember 8, 2015 at 2:59 PM

      Maybe I will, maybe I won't. ;P hehehhehehhehehe! Congrats again :)

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  6. chickangellDecember 8, 2015 at 11:19 AM

    Hello Jo,

    I am back with a bit more information on the Clear Angel Chronicles, more specifically Detective Grant Anderson. He is a handsome workaholic, who deals in death every day. In Elements of a Broken Mind we see a damaged detective desperately trying to catch a serial killer. He is lonely and logical, which is why he is so distrusting of Clear. In Angel's Dance, we get to see more of how he became so broken, and his vulnerable side as he enlists Clear to help him find his daughter.

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    1. UnknownDecember 8, 2015 at 2:45 PM

      I love an underdog!
      In gratitude,
      Marissa xo

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    2. Jo MichaelsDecember 8, 2015 at 3:00 PM

      I love an underdog, too, Marissa!

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    3. Jo MichaelsDecember 8, 2015 at 3:03 PM

      Welcome back, Chick! :) Because I'm in the throes of writing a psychological thriller from the killer's POV, I have to ask what kind of research you came across while writing this? Were you delving more deeply into the detective or the deranged murderer? Inquiring minds are dying to know! :) Thanks for coming back! <3

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  7. ThatHelaChickDecember 8, 2015 at 11:54 AM

    How exciting! I already won a prize! Thanks again, Jo. :)

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    1. Jo MichaelsDecember 8, 2015 at 3:03 PM

      Right?!?! I was like, TAMAR!! Haha! Kidding!! Congrats! Hope you love it :)

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  8. AngeliqueDecember 8, 2015 at 12:51 PM

    Hi Jo!! :D
    So, let me try this again. I have never been great at reading instructions.... neither is Adam, by the way. Adam is the rich, know-it-all bachelor in my sci-fi novel, Eden's Serum. He pretty much has it all, only he doesn't.... because he's not immortal and he's yet to meet a woman that can challenge him to think outside of his own little box. Money can buy the first one, but not the second. That is why I think you'll like it... watching his friendship with Evelyn unfold... to wondering who Adam can trust.. its got a little bit of everything, murder, mystery, intrigue and some clean romance.....
    Too bad Adam didn't know all that before he took the Serum.. he's about to pay dearly.

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    1. UnknownDecember 8, 2015 at 2:46 PM

      Great pitch. Love the last line! I'm certainly intrigued. :)
      In gratitude,
      Marissa xo

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    2. Jo MichaelsDecember 8, 2015 at 3:06 PM

      LOVVVVE the pitch! Thank you so much for coming back and shooting me that link to the sample :) YAYYYYYY!!!! I can't wait. Love the premise of this book :) woohoooo!!!

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  9. UnknownDecember 8, 2015 at 3:05 PM

    Hi everyone!

    I'm back for round two. *cracks knuckles* :D

    I'm often asked why I picked 869 Anglo-Saxon England for my debut novel, Avelynn. After all, it's not a time period normally covered in romance novels. My first response is usually... 'Well, men with swords, of course." There is something inherently sexy about an alpha male wielding a great, big, powerful... sword.

    The second part of my answer involves the time period itself. When the Normans conquered England in 1066, women lost all hope of power and industry. They were meant to be seen not heard. But in 869, women still had a modicum of power. They could own land, bequeath their possessions to anyone of their choosing, and even appeal for a divorce. In fact, there was a real historical queen of the period who ignored the edicts of her powerful father and eloped for love. There was also a valiant shield maiden who ruled an English kingdom and fought Vikings at the head of her army. With Avelynn's fiery personality, I knew she would fit in perfectly.

    But a straight up historical just wouldn't do. I needed to add an element of mysticism and magic to the mix. In 869, magic was still very much alive in Anglo-Saxon England. The nobles went to church and prayed religiously, but the common folk still visited sacred pools and left tokens of appeals to the old gods. Avelynn is in line to be a high priestess. A role that, if discovered, would see her buried alive.

    I'd love for you to read Avelynn and discover the fascinating, sensuous world of Avelynn's Anglo-Saxon England. And of course, there are hot Viking men with swords. ;)

    In gratitude,
    Marissa xo

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    1. Jo MichaelsDecember 8, 2015 at 3:10 PM

      ROFL!! What a wonderful pitch, Marissa! :D I'm slowly working my way through the samples (crazy eye issue that's left me half blind for a few days), but this one—and one other up there—just got chucked to the top of the list :) Thanks for all the participation, too! Hope you find some great reads this month :)

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    2. UnknownDecember 8, 2015 at 3:22 PM

      I'm sorry about the eye. You wouldn't know anything was slowing you down, though. You go, girl!

      Happy to be here. Even if it does mean my kindle is going to explode, lol.

      In gratitude,
      Marissa xo

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    3. Violet HazeDecember 8, 2015 at 6:30 PM

      Sounds like a great story. My first love was historical romances, and although I've read more Victorian and Regency, I also love earlier stuff and with a mix of magic sounds even better! So I'm gonna go check it out. :)

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  10. Danielle Mathieson PedersonDecember 9, 2015 at 12:08 AM

    My TBR shelf has grown so much!

    Round two.

    My book: Lasera ~ Book One of the Mer Archives.

    Boy saves girl from drowning. Girl thinks she's going crazy because boy is merman no one else can see. Boy and girl grow close. Girl has to save merman from the swimming pool the evil guys trapped him in. Free Willy meets Little Mermaid. Kinda.

    Thanks for the craziness that is this! Love it! :D

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    1. Jo MichaelsDecember 9, 2015 at 8:47 AM

      :) LOL! Free Willy and Little Mermaid! Loves it! I'm off to read. So much to sample, so little time :)

      Glad to hear you're picking up some great reads. Hope you make some new friends while you're hanging around waiting for results. hehe

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