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INFECTED WATERS:
A TITANIC DISASTER
by Alathia Paris Morgan
Infected Waters by Alathia Paris Morgan
Month: September 2016
This heart-wrenching story had me in tears, smiling…For those who love historical fiction with real grit and honesty, I highly recommend this book.
My book is continuing in the top 1% for sales in the Amazon Kindle Store and is #20 in top 100 for the literary-fiction-historical category. And it is now in the top 100 for the Literary fiction an…
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Lyssa Layne is first, and foremost, the proud momma to her precious daughter, AR. In addition to working full-time and being a mommy to AR, she is also an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan, a runner, blogger, and an infertility survivor.
Having watched one too many medical dramas and being inspired by author Rachelle Ayala, who introduced her to the world of indie writing, Lyssa decided to try her hand at writing a romance story. Her attempt turned into the Burning Lovesick series. You can find Lyssa’s own interests throughout her stories although all stories are fictional.
Fresh out of paramedic school, Saylor Warner can’t wait to start saving lives. At sixteen, she watched the man who raised her be gunned down while she stood by, unable to do anything except shed tears and watch her uncle die. It’s taken her six years to be able to fulfill her calling of helping others but the day has finally arrived and she’s anxious to get started.
Jonathan “Beck” Beckerdyte isn’t exactly what you’d call a people person. He’s spent the last six years trying to stay out of the public eye but now, his calling has led him into the field of civil service. Less than excited about his new job riding in a rig all day and attending to medical emergencies, Beck deals with it because he’s made it his mission to watch over Saylor Warner… except Saylor doesn’t know that.
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The Truth Seekers by Mavvy Vasquez
THE TRUTH SEEKERS
by Mavvy Vasquez
Genre: Victorian Historical Romance
He wants to change the world; she wants to embrace it.
Welcome to the world of the Victorian upper class: a vibrant, strictly ordered society that encourages gentle, intellectual pursuits but condemns those who reject its conventions.
In a community created to celebrate the Arts, gothic novelist Geoffrey Hawes finds himself coerced into lecturing to the idle rich. Reluctant to abandon his solitude, he must concede or risk offending his wealthy patrons. Bitter and disenchanted with the privileged and wealthy, Geoffrey hides his scorn as best he can, but he refuses to let the social conventions of the time determine the course of his life.
The last thing he expects to find in this rarefied world is someone who understands his unconventional views. Budding artist Miranda Claridge, the Governor’s intelligent and vivacious daughter, uses her unique perspective to open Geoffrey’s eyes to all that is beautiful and good in the world. Wise beyond her years, she is able to see beyond the trappings of society to the wonder of small, every day details, but unlike Geoffrey, she is unwilling to reject the conventional duties of rank and family. Her calm acceptance of her life’s predetermined path frustrates and bewilders the fiery, passionate Geoffrey, but she does not hesitate to challenge his beliefs with equal determination. In the midst of their many heated debates on the mores of the upper class, this unlikely friendship blossoms into a passionate, impossible love. Although Geoffrey does not deny his longing for Miranda, he cannot convince her to abandon what she believes to be right. In order to win her, he will have to sacrifice his own pride and convictions. To find a solution, they must discover where their true destinies lie. In a battle between principles and passion, can there be a victor?
Frustrated, Geoffrey left the assembly and returned to his lodgings. He gravitated once more to his balcony, gulping in great gusts of air in an attempt to clear his head. Now that he was away from Miranda Claridge’s intoxicating presence, he searched for some rational thought that would rid him of this impossible infatuation. It proved to be a futile effort. When at last he conceded defeat, he saw that each interaction with her had but served to increase the strength of the unbearable yearning, and that the kindest course of action to take for himself would be to remove himself from her presence altogether.
However, the next day he discovered that the temptation to see her once more was too great to resist, and he found himself standing in the Claridges’ well-appointed home before many more hours had passed. A drink had been pressed into his palm, and he gripped it like an anchor while he watched Miranda’s elegant figure float into the room. She wound her way through the throng with practiced ease, smiling and dispensing the appropriate welcoming sentiments to her parents’ guests. He suspected that the words falling from her lips with such aplomb were insincere at times, knowing as he did the personalities to whom they were addressed, but no indication of her personal opinions was revealed by that smooth mask.
She was beautiful and alluring, it was true. But he hated to see her like this. The light in her eyes was dimmed, almost unperceivable, and her gentle smile was too restrained, allowing no hint of unladylike wit to mar the smooth lines of her face. Even as he winced at this façade she had assumed, he found that he could not look away. He watched her progress while she moved in his direction. So absolute was his focus on his inward struggle, so lost was he in the dark byways of his conflicted mind, that when at last she made her way to his side, he was startled to find her there before him. Recalling himself, he met her frank appraisal with a frown.
“It was good of you to come,” she said, her voice ringing with the cultured timbre that had been bred into the members of their class.
“I did not wish to disappoint you,” he replied in a bitter tone.
Miranda laughed, and the sound rang false in his ears. “My goodness, you do appear cross this evening!”
“Don’t,” he growled at her. “Don’t you dare play the gracious hostess with me.”
There is no doubt in my mind that Ms. Lawrence can pull off a historical romance with flair and grace, and she delivered a wonderful period piece, surpassing my expectations.
The Truth Seekers is a mix of elegant prose, laugh out loud Victorian courtship and larger than life characters. Ms. Lawrence did not hold back on vivid descriptions, thought provoking dialogues and believable conflict. I can keep talking about the many reasons why The Truth Seekers is an excellent novel, but I urge you to read it and make your own judgment. This is not just a recommended read, it’s a must read. –Lorenz Font
I fell in love with period stories when I was younger and that love stayed with me, so when I was given the opportunity to read this novel, I jumped at the chance. I have always been somewhat wary about how well an author could pull off a period story, but that was not the case with this author.
From the first page, I was drawn into the story and at many points in the book, I felt as though I was actually with the characters. That’s a rare thing for me and it goes to show how extremely talented and hardworking this author is. Everything down to the finer details were spot on and not once did I feel as though there were any errors in the timing or language of the book.
The characters, Miranda and Geoffrey, were very easy to relate to and I think they will be the couple that will stay with me for a very long time and I will happily re-read this book over the coming years.
Thanks to this author, my love affair with period romances will continue and I can’t wait until she releases something else that I can read with so much love and passion. –J.C. Clarke
As a self-proclaimed bibliophile, I’ve always enjoyed a variety of books. In my lifetime, I’ve read, and enjoyed mind you, many of the greats: Shakespeare, Poe, D. H. Lawrence, Austen, and Hawthorne, to name a few. Dickens was always a little tedious for me, to be honest. Of course, I’ve enjoyed the more modern writers such as King, Stephen Donaldson, Diana Gabaldon, and Anne Rice, as well. The point I’m trying to make is that I have an appreciation for the written word, and when I sat down with Elizabeth Lawrence’s The Truth Seekers, it didn’t take long to realize another great was in my hands.
How often does a reviewer find themselves having to Google information before penning their review? This is the level that Lawrence took me to with her novel. The whole time I was reading about Geoffrey Hawes and Miss Miranda Claridge, there was something that was eluding me. Victorian romances I’d read in the past were always enjoyable, but there was something . . . more . . . about The Truth Seekers. Something that resonated within and told me how unique this modern day offering of a style gone by was. Then it hit me with the power of this passage:
For one long moment, he was paralyzed by his complete astonishment. Then, in a sudden surge of activity, he was on his feet and running. He burst out onto the street, his lungs heaving in great, greedy gusts of air as he dashed past tourists and street vendors, heedless of the cries of irritation that followed his mad, careening flight. His relentless pace was that of a desperate man whose last opportunity for salvation was about to slip through his fingers as he raced up the steps of Miranda’s lodging house and beat upon the door. He was at first unable to make himself understood by the answering servant, and the delay caused by this miscommunication was agony to him. At last he ascertained Miranda’s whereabouts and charged up the stairs to her rooms without any thought for the propriety of his behavior. He flung her door open, not bothering to knock, and it crashed open with a thunderous reverberation. ~The Truth Seekers
While the hero’s point of view is common enough in modern day romances, it was not the norm for that period in history. I googled it; because I started second guessing myself! What a bold and brilliant move by Lawrence.
From the first page the reader is sucked into Geoffrey’s head; we get to experience all the turmoil of his forward thinking beliefs (always the way with eccentric novelists) and how they almost become his downfall. Through his eyes, Miranda Claridge is seen much like a morning glory: so fragile, yet so full of life and glorious as she opens to the possibilities each new day brings, then withering and closing under the extreme heat of the afternoon, i.e. Society.
I could continue to elucidate how wonderful this novel is. Allow me, instead, to suggest that if you have even the slightest fondness for a well-told romance that will leave you guessing until the end if the ‘guy gets the girl,’ then don’t wait. The Truth Seekers is a modern day masterpiece which will win you over faster than a suitor come calling, and one that I will proudly display next to my cherished copies of Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and The Stand.
Bravo, Ms. Lawrence. Bravo. –R.E. Hargrave
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Mavvy Vasquez is an author of contemporary and period fiction. Also published under the pseudonym Elizabeth M. Lawrence, Ms. Vasquez enjoys weaving together different genres to explore and examine human relationships and dynamics. A lifelong writer and artist, Ms. Vasquez divides her free time between her husband, two sons, three cats, her collection of cozy murder mysteries, and her mildly severe caffeine addiction. Her eclectic background includes intellectual property law, ghosts, ball bearings, opera, government proposals, fabrics, and framing. A native of Lawrence, Kansas, and graduate of Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, she now works from her home in Cleveland, Ohio.
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K.S. Thomas
Mommy of one.
Drinker of #coffee (lots and lots of coffee).
Creator of
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Upcoming Releases For 2016
Forget Me Not
Twelve (A pINK Novelette)
Seven (A pINK Novel, #3)
My newest releases:
Eleven (A pINK Novelette)
If you’ve been reading the pINK series it’s time to officially meet RIOT and MEMPHIS 😀
*****Eleven is a novelette and intended as a prequel to the novel Eight. Both are a part of the pINK series*****
With graduation coming up, Nathanial ‘Memphis’ Turner is feeling pretty good about his future. Maybe he’s not on the fast track to making all his dreams come true, but the road he’s on will get him there eventually. Because she’s on it with him. His love. His life.
Stone ‘Riot’ Rousseau has been the nutty peanut butter to his jelly since she was five, and no matter how hard their parents have tried to keep them apart, there’s never been one without the other.
But that’s all about to change…
“It took eleven years to make her mine for good and eleven hours to lose her forever.” ~ Memphis Turner
And: Holding A Hero
I recently joined up with six other authors to put together a sexy, fun set and now, it’s finally LIVE!
Holding a Hero
When things go wrong…hold on tight and don’t let go. These sexy, larger-than-life heroes—firefighters, cops, bad boys, Rock stars and Navy Seals—will hold you through the night and keep you safe from all harm. Six full length novels and one bonus novella by best-selling and award-winning Romance authors. This set is available for only a limited time. It’s only 99 cents or FREE if you’re in KU!!
Burst Into Flame by Lyssa Layne
For Dr. Katy Garrity, life is a whirlwind, and the New York Fire Department is the heart of the storm. When sparks fly between her and her late husband’s best friend, can they find a way to make it work?
Guilty Until Proven Innocent by Deb Julienne
When a photo journalist gets hit in the crossfire, a cop falsely accused of killing a fellow office must make the sacrifice…only love can set them free.
Unhurt by KS Thomas (See…that’s me :-P)
Joss Kelley will do anything to save her son, even if it means making impromptu marriage proposals to random strangers. It’s just her luck the man who accepts is Derek Tice – An Ex Navy SEAL in need of a new mission and Joss and her son just might be it.
Body, Ink, and Soul by Jude Ouvrard
Nix has finally found the perfect man and the life she wants…until she meets Levi, the charming, tattooed sexy bad boy. Will Nix stay true to her heart or will her body sent her life spiraling out of control?
119 Days by RaeAnne Hadley
Celeste was happily divorced for 5 years but the nights were becoming lonelier. She decided a one night stand could fill a lonely night but her target has something else in mind.
Call Me Cowboy by D’Ann Lindun
Rock star Johnny Cortez is being targeted by a killer, sending him and hunting guide Montana Weaver racing across the Colorado Rockies.
Forever Love by Melissa Keir
Can two former companions become friends again, or will the sparks turn a childhood friendship into a forever love?
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Orlando, Florida – october 7, 8 & 9 – 2016
Indie Bookfest celebrates Indie, Hybrid, and Traditional Authors and Artists and their freedom of expression. Join some of your favorite Authors for a convention filled with workshops, panels, parties and more! You won’t want to miss the sessions throughout the day, where several panelists will be speaking on a variety of topics relevant to readers, book lovers, and writers.
#Caesarandthebluebells
My friend CindyJ.Smith is up for an award with her Children’s book. Take the time to support please.
Caesar lives on a farm with his owner, Lori. Caesar is a retriever who loves playing in the field of bluebells while protecting the farm. Lori puts two gnomes in her garden for decoration. Caesar thinks something is not right about them. The next May when Lori and Caesar visit their bluebell field, it is destroyed. The fairies are worried. Their queen is missing! Caesar knows the gnomes are involved. Can Caesar find the Queen and fix the mess?
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Thanks Suzanne for this support blog post“One of my favorite reads this year is Christoph Fischer’s book Ludwika, which has been longlisted for the Summer Indie Book Awards 2016, Historical Fiction.Consider voting for Ludwicka for Best Historical Fiction:http://www.poll-maker.com/poll533529x7C28e4CB-22Source: Please Vote for Ludwika! – Suzanne Jenkins
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LIFE & LOVE IN A METRO
I visited Mumbai (then known as Bombay) as a 10 year old for the first time and kept staring at everything in awe. The tall buildings, the trendy clothes, the double decker open buses, sea shore, fancy food items it all seemed to be a part of some fairyland. I wanted to come and be here forever!
That dream was long forgotten till I came here once again exactly after a decade for my first job interview. It was a heady feeling. My first flight (paid by my company), my first solo trip and my first job – the excitement was too much to handle. Perhaps it was during this trip that I fell in love with this city. I loved the way people moved around without a care or worry. They seemed to enjoy life. I loved its smell- salty and fruity it defined independence for me. Since then I kept making frequent trips to this place on some pretext or other and my madness kept increasing with every trip. I was falling more and more in love with it. Those journeys in the metro, people all around yet the feeling of not being in crowds Mumbai always seemed to be celebrating something. For me it was life, Mumbai celebrated life every single moment and I wanted to be a part of that celebration. Add to it the fact that it was considered the Mecca for financial services and hence the ultimate destination for any career oriented investment banker i.e. what I was then. This place topped my wish list of places to live in and work at.
Little did I know that Universe always remembers all that you ask for! In an unlikely turn of events I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder and hence had to quit my high flying career. The Mumbai dreams long shelved, all I cared for now was to be healthy enough to stay independent in every sense. I moved to Mumbai a year ago under unplanned circumstances. Gone was the craving to celebrate life as I struggled to stay afloat. I concluded this is perhaps the growing up phase people talk about. Mumbai was just another crush and I had outgrown it. I had travelled extensively by then and seen places grander, bigger and better than Mumbai. Maybe it no longer had that special place in my heart as now I knew there were better things in the world I could turn to incase I wanted to. But I was so wrong.
Gradually I once again started going out, commuted in the metros albeit rarely and it is there that a deep sense of realization struck me. I loved Mumbai. I always did. As a lover, the fascination and madness was still there. It thrilled me and I am glad I never pursued a career in this city because then I would have married my love and ended up making it a dull boring routine. Those long hours of commuting, hectic work schedules and zero personal life is what all my colleagues always complained. I would laugh at them then challenging that I would never succumb to such boredom. I was in love and what do you expect from someone who is heads over heels in love? But today I beg to differ. Had I also taken up a job here, the spark I feel for Mumbai would have vanished soon because then I would have come face to face with its ugliness. I love its mysterious nature and would want it to remain like this – an endless love affair!
Today when I travel in a metro which is occasionally I can do that with a smile and enjoy it because it is exhilarating for me still. I see everything that one can need to survive being sold in those train compartments from gas lighters, ear buds, sewing kits, make up related things, shoes, bags, clothes, chopped vegetables, snacks, books, toothpicks, first aid kits and what not. Neatly packed in tiny sachets all within affordable prices it feels as if life is being sold in smaller portions. Take one to pull you through 2 days and come back for more! I giggle at my thoughts when a girl standing opposite to me notices my calm demeanor and asks,” Are you new here? You seem to be enjoying this rush.” And I simply smile and nod in agreement.
About the Book:
Give life another chance. Laugh a little longer. let go of your past. Hold onto what you love. In short LIVE rather than just exist!
Some told, some untold, some heard and some unheard – this collection of stories will make you look at life in a different light and make you ponder over its definition of it till now.
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Quotes from Metro Diaries 2:
All the money his parents earned sadly could never buy a moment’s peace for any of them as they kept drifting away like lost constellations into the space. Together they surely were in a way, but light years away in every manner. There was absolutely no connection between them. They just were like every other thing that existed in the universe… the oceans, the sky, the earth, the stars, the sun and the moon. You couldn’t change anything about them even if you didn’t like the way they were. – The Last Kiss (Metro Diaries Part 2)
You are enough in everything and anything you do in this world. Others are here to serve as a distraction so that they reach their goals before yours and become winners. – The Last Kiss (Metro Diaries Part 2)
At times in life we always see what we are being shown and not what lies behind that cloak of disguise. We believe all that comes our way without doubting that there could be a trick or maybe just a hallucination. – Charlatan (Metro Diaries Part 2)
Life they say is a like a jigsaw puzzle and we are all like those pieces trying to find where we fit in. – Labour of Love (Metro Diaries Part 2)
Perhaps she had forgotten the thumb rule for survival here. There is nothing called yours here. No will, no desire, no dreams, no ambitions….nothing. Not even your name. – The Plummet (Metro Diaries Part 2)
What else do you do when you are a teenager? Life seems to be one long party full of fun and frolic with your best friends all around. You just know your world is full of rainbow colours; sweetness of chocolates filling it and abundant beautiful dresses to doll you up. Love and relationships take a different meaning altogether now making you look at everything around including yourself in newer light. – Love v/s hate (Metro Diaries Part 2)
I always felt I knew what I wanted in life. But today I realized how wrong I was. I was chasing mirages as the reality kept going away from me and now I am left with nothing in hand – Rags to Riches(Metro Diaries Part 2)
People make memories and then reach a phase where memories make people! – Mou Athena (Metro Diaries Part 2)
About the Author:
Namrata is A Lost Wanderer who loves travelling the length and breadth of the world. A published author in various anthologies and magazines she enjoys capturing the magic of life in her words. She is forever in pursuit of a new country and a new story.
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Laura Kitchell – Lady of the Bridge – PROMO Blitz
Historical Romance
Date Published: September 2016
Forbidden love between a warrior princess and an elite samurai makes for an adventure set during the early days of the Tokugawa shogunate. Join this couple in a race across 17th century Japan where political unrest has created dangerous ronin, civil uprisings, and war-ravaged castles. Caught in the middle of the struggle between Shogun’s rise to rule and the old regime, this warrior princess is forced to battle for her life.
In the end, she must choose between family honor and her heart’s desire.
Other Books by Laura Kitchell:
Lady of the Imperial City
Published: May 2015
Historical Romance
Love isn’t forbidden to Lady Kirei as long as it’s with a proper gentleman of Kyō and she doesn’t mind sharing him with his wife. Her provincial upbringing makes her socially unacceptable as a true wife, yet as a lady by birth and a court favorite, her position makes it impossible for her to seek a match below her station. She’s trapped.
When a nobleman of similar provincial upbringing arrives in town and becomes an instant favorite of the emperor, he is sent to Lady Kirei for tutoring on city ways. Lord Yūkan is smitten, but she’s not a conquest to be won. She’s a woman of substance and worth, and she’s off limits.
Despite his unrefined manners, Lord Yūkan’s aristocratic bloodline shows through his fine taste and quick mind. It doesn’t hurt that he’s handsome, too. As he begins to touch her heart, Lady Kirei is ever mindful that they can’t commit, especially when her uncle schemes to make her a consort to a prince.
Will her family’s honor relegate her to the shadow-life of a consort, or can love find a way?
About the Author
Laura Kitchell lives in Virginia. She is a member of Romance Writers of America and Chesapeake Romance Writers. She lived in Japan as a child and has a love and respect for Japanese history and culture.
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Historical Novel Society Conference 2016 #HNSConference16
Last weekend I had the pleasure to take part in my first Historical Novelist Society Conference. The event was held in Oxford and was a fantastic experience. The setting in such a history-laden cit…
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