The Crescent and Giveaway

The Crescent by Jordan Deen
Young Adult, Paranormal
190 pages; published January 14th, 2010

Becoming a werewolf is not an option for seventeen-year-old Lacey Quinn, but death can be a strong motivator.

Lacey is so focused on her future that everyday life has passed her by. Counting down the days to her eighteenth birthday, Lacey is almost home free. But when she falls for the mysterious Alex Morris, she lands in the middle of an ancient war between two enemy wolf packs. Tempting dreams, tantalizing lies and a dangerous love triangle ensues leaving Lacey heartbroken and confused.

Lacey's fate rests in the hands of Alex and Brandon, but both are pulling her strings for their own agendas. Even as she slips further into the dark world of werewolves, Lacey struggles to find the truth and save the only family she's ever known.

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A cool breeze shook Mom’s rose bushes and the few hedges that surrounded one side of the patio. But when the wind stopped, the bushes didn’t. I froze staring into the darkness trying to see the threat that was waiting just to the side of my family home. I held my breath trying to decide whether or not to make a run for it. I couldn’t hesitate much longer. Rising slowly from the swing, I lingered again trying to judge the distance between the swings and the safety of the kitchen door.

Can I make it before it gets me? IT! Coming outside again tonight was a bad idea.

 Jordan Deen is an Award-Winning Young Adult and New Adult Author from East St. Louis, Illinois. Her debut novel, THE CRESCENT was a 2010 Reader's Favorite Award Winner. Her second novel, HALF MOON released in 2011. BREAKING LAUREN is her third novel and was a finalist in the Texas Literary Awards. The sequel, LOSING LAUREN will be released on 12/5/2013.

She can usually be found curled up in her favorite chair with a book or her laptop. She is the proud mother of one crazy little boy and an even crazier teacup Yorkie.

Jordan is Indie published, as well as traditionally published with Black Rose Writing.
'Life is about the journey...'

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Top Fantasy/ Sci-fi Book Trailers & Giveaway

Everyone knows I, Kenya Wright love book trailers.

The few bits of free time I have, I go trudging through youtube book trailers for the good ones.

Here's a few that I enjoyed. Please enter the giveaway below where the winner chooses one of the ebooks from the listed book trailers!

My Top Five Book Trailers for October!

1. REBOOT

I love how the heroine looks all cute girl but oddly hard-core at the same time. I've seen many good and bad reviews for it on Goodreads.

Has anyone read this?

2. The Rising

I don't know. This looks like it fits the YA Urban Fantasy formula--kick ass good-looking chick against dominant group of some sorts. I did very much enjoy Kelley Armstrong's Bitten so I may give this a chance.

3. The School of Good and Evil

I know what you all are thinking. . .
Kenya girl you only read sexy books. Not true. 
I'm the biggest Harry Potter Fan ever. EVER!!

Plus, the trailer ROCKS!

4. The Returned

This one creeps me out so much that I want to try it.

5. Spellcaster

So what do you all think? 

Have you already read or heard of any of these books?

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My Writing Space: Barbie Sex, Maps, Candles

I often wonder what an author's writing process and space looks like. 

For the next couple of weeks, we'll be presenting popular authors writing spaces and holding giveaways!! 

Woop Woop! 

Today, I'll start with my writing space and will be giving away a Lavender Basket.

Okay. Here we go.

Let's be mature about this, people!

Many don't know this, but I use Barbie Dolls to act out my sex scenes.

NO Barbies are ever harmed during this stage of my writing.

Sometimes I'm not sure if the anatomy restricts a particular position so I check with my dolls.

But it isn't only just Barbie Sex that helps me really figure out how to write scenes, I disrespect ART too.

Now when I say disrespect it, I'm being realistic about my drawing capability which is pretty nil. 

Drawing the clothes that characters wear in Chameleon

Maps for Santeria Habitat

Book #3 for Santeria Habitat Series

Painting I did for a current Work in Progress called 
"Of Winds and Leaves"

I also Set the Mood

Pot of Lavender

I burn at least three candles as I write.

I love to keep little inspirational things around me to keep me moving forward.

For the past two months I've been wearing this hat as I write, kind of like a way of stepping through a portal into my book's world. . .Hey, Don't Judge Me!

Writing References are a must while I write. I'm always stopping and flipping a book open for help.

This is my trusty Six book. If one book goes missing, then I search the house for it and won't even write (unless I'm under a deadline).

That's as wierd as it gets for me! For all of you writers out there, what does your writing space look like? Feel free to send some pictures so I can post them on here! 

For all you readers, what does your reading space look like? 

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Welcoming the Fall Blog Hop: International Giveaway for Any Summer or Fall Book

We are welcoming the change of season with a Welcoming the Fall Blog Hop, hosted by Good Choice Reading.

For our readers that means...FREE STUFF! We love giving stuff away.

You can pick any book that has a first-time publication during this fall or the summer. Yes, I realize this is supposed to be a fall giveaway hop, but I want to give you guys a broad selection. If you pick a fall book that's not published when the giveaway ends, we'll pre-order it for you, or we'll order it on or around the release date. If you choose a summer publication, on the other hand, we can order it for you right away. So you have options.

Here are some fall-release books that I, personally, am really excited about.


But you're not limited to these books! You can pick any summer or fall release, as long as your choice is fiction, has a sales price of no more than $25, has a publication date between June 21 and December 20, 2013, and meets the availability criteria provided in the following paragraph. If your choice is not published yet, don't worry if the pre-order page isn't up yet. We'll keep looking for it in the future, so go ahead and choose it anyway.

For U.S. residents: If you win, you may choose an ebook from an ebook vendor of your choice, or you may choose a print book available from Amazon or the Book Depository. For non-U.S. residents: If you win, you may choose an ebook from an ebook vendor of your choice, or you may choose a print book available for shipping to your location from the Book Depository.

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For more great giveaways in this blog hop, check out the other participants:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FLOOZIE ALICIA "Netflix" Giveaway!!

Floozie Alicia's Birthday is today, so we're giving away a Netflix 12 month subscription gift card!!

(Officially her birthday was yesterday but I felt it would be more convenient for me to celebrate it on today.)

Alicia at 2. What happened? Why does she look like a Troll now? 

Many don't know this (or care), but Alicia is my sister-in-law, who I've been forced to deal with for over ten years.

Alicia, A Six months pregnant me, and my husband right after a Miami Heat game!

So today we're going to do a big Birthday Giveaway of Alicia's favorite things. First, here's a few facts about Alicia!

She's an author!

We call her Chi Chi and she's a reasonably decent aunt of my three kids!

Chi Chi with my youngest Banyan

With my son and oldest daughter.

Additionally, there's a good chance that she can whip your A$$!

She's probably imagining that the board is my face.  :-/

Now let's get into the reasoning behind the Netflix Giveaway Stuff!

You see. . .Chi Chi is a huge GEEK!

When she's not writing, she's on Netflix watching these shows:

If she isn't watching a show, then she's eating SweeTarts, SweeTarts Gummies, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, Skor or Heath bars and looking at her fav movies!

So for me it made total sense to give some special Winner a Netflix subscription in honor of Alicia (aka Chi Chi)'s Birthday!

Speaking of her nieces and nephew. Happy Birthday Aunt Chi Chi!

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