Blog Tour: Reclaiming Souls by Arielle Caldwell

Blurb:
     
When a person dies, sometimes, they are given judgment and sent straight to heaven or hell. Most sit in purgatory while a select few are given a second chance at life. If they screw up and awaken the monster that sleeps dormant inside us all, it’s my job to reclaim their soul and set the balance of nature right again. My name is Devalynn Rose. After my death, I have been tasked as a Soul Collector.
                                                     
Kale swept into my afterlife when he got his second chance. While watching his judgment, I cannot unlock my eyes from his. I am left stunned with feelings of déjà vu.

Kellin is also a Collector. We connect on a deeper level and I can’t help the feelings that overwhelm me for him.
                                                     
Reclaiming souls is a faulty system that desperately needs repair. I am left with two options...to lose my memory and reform the system or keep my memory and nothing changes. With time ticking away, I need to make a choice...but which one?

Follow Devalynn as she fights her way through her afterlife and tries to save those that mean the most to her.

It didn’t take long for my heart to stop beating. My eyes closed for the last time and death became me...but it wasn’t the end of my life. ~Devalynn

Excerpt:

I followed him to the edge of everything, where the stars began and the pavement ended. I stopped, frozen to the spot.

“It’s okay, you won’t fall. Nothing is going to happen to you,” he reached out for my hand as he jumped out and onto a star. I landed on one behind him and he was right. I didn’t fall.

“This is beautiful,” I huffed out as I followed behind him and jumped from star to star.

“Just wait, it gets better,” he yelled back to me.

I jumped onto a small one, my foot barely fitting on it. I wobbled and put my hands out to balance me. We did this for a while. Before I knew it, we were completely surrounded by nothingness. There were some planets around us and we sat on one of the moons as it circled around. For the first time all day, I felt relaxed and completely calm.

“So, do you like it?” he cocked his head to the side, gauging my answer as he rested back on his elbows.

“I love it. Thank you for bringing me here. I needed this. No one around, nothing to bother me; I don’t have to think about working.” I laid back on the ground of the small moon and watched the stars swirl around above us. I counted three shooting stars within just seconds of each other. “Do you like it up here?”

“It beats being down there, that’s for sure. Why?”

“I don’t know, just wondering. I want to remember earth and what it was like to be alive but I can’t.”

“Dev, you have to stop beating yourself up over it.”

“I know.” He laid down next to me and held my hand. There we were; two unbeating hearts, two souls, two people just floating around the solar system. I never wanted to leave that moment.#

About the Author:

Arielle Caldwell participated in NaNoWriMo in November 2013. Reclaiming Souls is the finished product. It’s a New Adult Paranormal novel. Make sure to follow her on Facebook or Twitter to keep up with upcoming release dates! Also, be sure to check out her website or reach her through email.

Buy Links:

Amazon US: http://amzn.com/B00IOVUVY2

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1496022106

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/reclaiming-souls-arielle-caldwell/1118861165?ean=2940045729031

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/413251

Blog Tour: Forever Love by Deborah Armstrong

New Novel Blows Readers Away with a Whirlwind of Unlikely Romance
Literally and figuratively a match made in heaven tickles hearts of romance fiction fans

CALEDON, Ontario – – Author Deborah Armstrong graces bookshelves with love and affection as she intertwines romance and wit in Forever Love. In this endearing romance fiction, Armstrong touches on one of the most daring decisions of a man—or woman. She snaps readers back to the reality of love at first sight against obsession in this adventure-romantic drama.

Davina Stuart, farmer and bestselling author of Second Harvest, shares a flight to Los Angeles with Hollywood's latest heartthrob, Quinn Thomas. Three hours of in-flight speed dating and Quinn’s in love.

Davina is not so sure. She’s older and wiser. She’ll settle for a one-night stand but he wants more. Davina’s cows and her children are her life. She’s not so sure about Hollywood and its glamour. Blue jeans, cowboy boots and her pickup truck are more her style. Quinn is tired of the plastic starlets, his empty bed and his lonely heart. He’d give up everything, including his career, for the love of a woman, his woman.

Armstrong’s book follows their whirlwind romance as the widow of two years, who thought her time for romance was over, finds love with a man who has to have her in his life, to love her forever. Armstrong invites readers to witness how Davina learns to face her fears, and how Quinn perseveres to win the heart of his one true love in Forever Love.

About the Author

Deborah Armstrong is a firm believer in genetics. She attributes her love of the English language, reading and writing to her parents. She is thrilled to have passed on her love of books (with the help of her husband, also an avid reader) to her children. Armstrong lives with her husband, three children, two cats and five hundred cows on their dairy farm in Ontario, Canada. When she’s not writing or working on the farm, she enjoys reading, traveling, watching movies and spending time with her family and friends. Armstrong enjoys strong coffee, chocolate milk and single malt scotch in no particular order.

Links

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deboraharmstrongauthorofromance

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/debdee99

Website: http://www.deboraharmstrong.ca/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6467157.Deborah_Armstrong

Blog Tour: Snow by Kathryn Hewitt

Overview

For every decision made there is a consequence that is certain to follow. Whether the consequence is beneficial or distressing, it must exist.

Rain continues the story of Ruth three and a half years after the miraculous event that changed her life forever. Now a mother of a toddler, Ruth is found moving herself back in to the college dormitory for the second year.

Feeling as though she isn’t worth the love of a good man, Ruth sabotages her relationship with James; the man she believes is her one true soul mate. Unable to accept his love and grace, she sends him away believing it is the right thing to do. But Ruth has much to learn about love and grace. Like she felt with James, so she feels about her faith; undeserved and unworthy.

Lost in a state of depression and feeling the effects of a raging storm, Ruth is desperate to find something of solidity to grasp ahold. After a traumatic sexual assault, she finds herself in a depression much deeper than she’d ever imagine. Feeling as though only bad things happen to bad people, she sets course a path of self destruction, determined to drown herself in the shame she believes she deserves.

It’s been said, When it rains, it pours. And for Ruth, that statement couldn’t ring more true. When storm after storm brings pelting rain and raging winds into Ruth’s life, she gives up on ever regaining the innocence she’d once had. Blinded by depression and desperation Ruth can’t see the shelters continuously being provided for her. Though she turned her back on her faith, the One who extends mercy, gives Ruth the grace she desperately needs. Now, Ruth must find her way back and cling to the faith that saved her once before.

Novel invokes thought-provoking questions on controversial topics:

Coincidence or Divine Creation?

Snow: by Kathryn Hewitt

Kathryn Hewitt, a breakout author, writes a compelling, thought-provoking novel that collides harsh realities with inspiring interventions.  Women and young adults will reflect on their own convictions of the controversial topics of abortion and the presence of a Supreme Being. Grab a box of tissues and prepare for a tear-jerking novel that will leave a smile on your face and a heart filled with hope.

Camden, SC-2012- Kathryn Hewitt’s own life-altering experiences inspired this fiction novel. Snow is a glimpse into the life of a teenage girl who struggles to balance maintaining sexual abstinence and pleasing her possessive boyfriend. Women and young adults everywhere will be devastated by circumstances, angry with characters‘ decisions, and heart broken for the unseen before being filled with awe and wonder at the miracles appearing just at the right moments.

At such a time as the present, Snow addresses the controversy over abortions in a way that represents both perspectives. Whether one is pro-life or pro-choice comfort can be found as this novel provides a new vantage point and offers an alternative. Readers must make their own decision regarding premarital abstinence and abortion, but this novel will give them a perspective of divinity and it’s presence in their everyday lives. The reader will be left to wonder, was it coincidence or divine creation?

“The author gives details in the story that most parents or teachers would not go into with a young teenage girl (especially a virgin), but I think is necessary with all that teens face in school these days. You can't generalize, sometimes the dirty details is what they need.” M. Morgan amazon.com reviewer

“Should read for all girls and women.” amazon.com

“The honest account girls need.” amazon.com

Title: Snow Author: Kathryn Hewitt Publisher: Westbow Press: A division of Thomas Nelson Publication Date: 5/2012 ISBN: 1449749445      
Retail Price: $22.95 (paperback) $37.95 (hardcover) $3.95 (eBook)
Distributions: Wholesale through Ingram and Westbow Press. Amazon.com, bn.com, booksamillion.com, etc.

About Kathryn Hewitt- Kathryn Hewitt was born and raised in the small town of Camden, South Carolina. Because of her own experiences, including becoming a teenage mother at fifteen, Kathryn knows the value of life and the blessings it contains. Understanding the importance of making wise decisions, Kathryn passionately seeks to instill that wisdom into the minds of every young lady she encounters. Kathryn married in 2005 and is a stay at home mom with her four sons. She and her family currently live in the same town she grew up.

For more information about Snow, please visit www.kathrynhewittnovels.com.  To schedule an interview or a speaking engagement please contact Kathryn Hewitt at 803-243-4245 or khnovels@yahoo.com.

Addenda includes book cover image, author photo, photography release form, author bio, novel overview and summary, and author Q&A.

Blog Tour: Cutless Anne by H.L. Wampler

H. L. Wampler, a Pittsburgher all her life, has been pushing her way toward the publishing dream for the past five years while raising her twin boys. She also blogs as The Pittsburgh Housewife and contributes to Pittsburgh Sporting News during hockey season.

A bit about Cutlass Anne:

After setting out to save her sister, Anne Crowley finds herself face-to-face with the notorious John Jacks, the son of a ruthless pirate captain. John Jacks thwarts Anne’s every move yet she finds herself attracted to the infuriating pirate. Determined to find her sister, and resist the charming John Jacks, Anne and her band of pirates must search the high seas for clues to finding her missing sister before she’s lost forever.

Wampler is available for interviews and appearances. For booking presentations, media appearances, interviews, and/or book-signings contact hlwampler@gmail.com.

http://hlwampler.com/

Excerpt:

“This is where you’ll be sleeping,” Flynn said, pushing open a small door.

I peeked inside and was taken aback. The room was no bigger than a closet. The bed was nothing more than a cot with a pathetic little mattress on one side of the room and a miniature writing desk in front of a tiny window. It was dark, drab, and nothing like my room at home. I suddenly had second thoughts about what I was doing.

“Disappointed?” Flynn asked.

“No, it’s fine,” I lied. I was a cabin boy now; I could not expect the luxuries of a governor’s daughter any longer. It was a sacrifice I was willing to make in my journey to find Jane.

Goodreads:  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6454540.H_L_Wampler
Website:  http://hlwampler.com/
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/hlwampler
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/HLWampler

Blog Tour: Stepping Stones to Emotional Resilience by Marquita Herald

Stepping Stones to Emotional Resilience A Guide to Embracing Your Inner Strength
by Marquita Herald

You don't need to be facing a major change or a crisis in your life to decide you want to become stronger and more resilient.

Trials will always be a part of life … a lost set of keys, financial stressors, overloaded schedules, a relationship or health crisis. Even the most longed for changes such as marriage and the birth of a child require adaptability and emotional resilience.

Consider this … how it is that two people can be faced with the same obstacle and while one becomes mired in a web of negativity and feelings of helplessness, the other is able to overcome the challenge and bounce back stronger than ever?

Emotional Resilience is the Key
When we make the choice to look at all experiences as stepping stones for growth and greater long-term resilience, we are able to approach life on a whole new level, and in the process realign ourselves with what is truly important in our lives.

Stepping Stones to Emotional Resilience answers the questions …
* What emotional resilience is and why it matters.
* Is one simply born resilient (or not) and can it ever be developed?
* Is the value of emotional resilience limited to crisis management or can it improve the quality of everyday life in any meaningful way?
* Is it ever too late to begin cultivating the habits of emotional resilience?
* How does one go about changing behaviors and strengthening the capacity for resilience?

“Unlike so many other books that wander in the vagaries of self-empowerment and self-motivation, I found "Resilience" to be not only practical, but applicable to literally every day of life. Stepping Stones is an uplifting and easy read, with some especially poignant quotes. Well done!”~M. Hanks

Published
1st Edition April, 2012
2nd Edition March 2014
Genre: Personal Transformation
Size: 159 pages
Format: Kindle eReader
AISN: B007VEU8FU
Price: $4.99

About the Author:

Marquita Herald is an author, blogger, trainer in personal resilience and founder of Emotionally Resilient Living and Owner of Resilient Living Publications.

Her professional background includes a successful 20 year career in international sales and marketing, followed by a decade as an award winning life and small business coach. 

 Marquita is an avid reading, loves to take spur of the moment road trips, and enjoys the occasional game of golf. She is a lover of all dogs (especially her adopted pal Lucy), and a passionate advocate of grassroots volunteer movements and community service. She is also a world-traveler and her trip of a lifetime is Machu Picchu via Orient Express.

Connect with Marquita Herald

Website

Emotionally Resilient Living

http://www.emotionallyresilientliving.com

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/emotionallyresilientliving

Twitter: http:/twitter.com/MarquitaHerald

Email: m.herald@emotionallyresilientliving.com

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Blog Tour :Other Systems by Elizabeth Guizzetti

Other Systems: Powerful Novel by Elizabeth Guizzetti Exposes Difficulties in Planetary Exploration and Colonization.

Blurb:

Without an influx of human DNA, the utopian colony on Kipos has eleven generations before it reaches failure. Earth is over ninety light years away. Time is short.

On the over-crowded Earth, many see opportunity in Kipos' need. After medical, intelligence, and physiological testing, Abby and her younger siblings, Jin and Orchid, are offered transportation. Along with 750,000 other strong young immigrants, they leave the safety of their family with the expectation of good jobs and the opportunity for higher education.

While the Earthlings travel to the new planet in stasis, the Kiposi, terrified the savages will taint their paradise, pass a series of indenture and adoption laws in order to assimilate them.

When Abby wakes up on Kipos, Jin cannot be found. Orchid is ripped from her arms as Abby is sold to a dull-eyed man with a sterilized wife. Indentured to breed, she is drugged and systematically coerced. To survive, Abby learns the differences in culture and language using the only thing that is truly hers on this new world: her analytical mind. In order to escape her captors, she joins a planetary survey team where she will discover yet another way of life.

Reviews:

Hectate of the Three Nerds & a Book Club said, “There were such complex issues ranging from technological advances, race and social disputes, and figuring out what can really make a family. It took a while to wrap my mind around the time differences, but I came to accept it as a norm.”

The Red Reader Reviews said: I can guarantee when you're reading Other Systems, not only will you be enthralled by the world Guizzetti creates but you'll be right there alongside Abby and her friends.

Denise DeSio the author of Rose’s Will was equally as impressed. She said, “Time and again I kept thinking, "Whoa! How many months, maybe years, of research did she have to do to come up with this stuff?"

Other Systems ISBN: 978-1-937546-01-4 was published by 48Fourteen, is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and 48Fourteen.

For more information, visit the book’s official website: http://other-systems.com

About the Author:  Elizabeth Guizzetti

Seattle, WA – Elizabeth Guizzetti opened a new door to the science fiction genre with a character driven multi-world fiction that grabs readers’ emotions and refuses to let go. Garnering a growing and dedicated readership, Other Systems examines what an actual life of might entail if someone chooses to leave Earth and live on another planet. Hailed as both ‘thought-provoking’ and ‘emotional’, the book is resonating with readers—some who have never read science fiction before.

Inspired by NASA's Kepler mission (the search for other Earth-like planets) the novel explores the shifts in culture and belief systems, the definition of humanity, and family structure as humans for new homes. Finally it asks: Would you go? 

As the author explains, her novel showcases the true power of a determined human mind. “Abby is an intelligent protagonist that grows through the course of the novel. Even though life does not turn out as planned, she uses her mind--not violence--in order to find a way out of her problems,” says Guizzetti.

elizabethguizzetti@gmail.com

Sales Links:

Amazon:

Print: http://www.amazon.com/Other-Systems-Elizabeth-Guizzetti/dp/1937546144

 e-book: http://www.amazon.com/Other-Systems-ebook/dp/B007QQDU94

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/other-systems-elizabeth-guizzetti/1104526463?ean=2940014188180&isbn=2940014188180&itm=1&usri=other+systems

Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Other-Systems/book-lAMz6j8ucEKWQZGgUMpZeQ/page1.html?s=b-OqFgbxpk-4FTmjKzwYAw&r=5

FB Page:

http://www.facebook.com/OtherSystems

Website with deleted scenes and other extras!

http://other-systems.com

Trailers:

Other Systems: Voices from the Stars Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAHQJBjRvgE

Other Systems: The Stargazer Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiIJBPJ1DV8

Blog Tour: Angels of the Knights by Valerie Zambito

BLURB

When Fallon died at the age of sixteen, her life changed forever. 

The hallowed world of Emperica is everything she had ever hoped for as a mortal—immeasurable beauty, unconditional love and light.  But, with affection for humankind still burning within her, she joins the Knight Caste to train as an angel warrior. 

The elders warn her that the path she chose will be a solitary one.  That she will not have the same bond with humans as she once did.  But, as far as she knows, the elders had never met Kade Royce. 

When her duties place her in the path of the handsome former cop, emotions buried long ago rise to the surface and she is powerless to ignore the depth of her feelings for this young man.  Ignoring the risks, she invites him into her world of danger, but soon their lives collide with explosive consequence.  As a result, Fallon realizes with heartbreaking despair that she can no longer hide from the painful truth.  In order for Kade to live, she must destroy him. 

Book Links

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Valerie-Zambito-Author-Page/207290402664749

Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Angels-Knights-Fallon-Paranormal-ebook/dp/B008KP6GJG/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1379775955&sr=1-1&keywords=angels+of+the+knights

Barnes & Noble:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/angels-of-the-knights-valerie-zambito/1111916662?ean=9780615650135&itm=5&usri=valerie+zambito

About the Author

Fantasy author, Valerie Zambito, lives in New York with her family.  After having been involved in a busy sales career for fifteen years, a passionate love for great storytelling, world building, character creation, and all things magic led to the release of her epic fantasy series, Island Shifters, in 2011, and YA paranormal series, Angels of the Knights, in 2012.  Other works include:

Island Shifters - An Oath of the Blood (Book 1)

Island Shifters - An Oath of the Mage (Book 2)

Island Shifters - An Oath of the Children (Book 3)

Island Shifters – An Oath of the Kings (Book 4)

Angels of the Knights - Fallon (Book 1)

Angels of the Knights - Blane (Book 2)

Angels of the Knights – Nikki (Book 3)

Website:  www.valeriezambito.com

Email:  vzambito@rochester.rr.com