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First Sentence Friday - Encounter at Shalana

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My weekly meme. Wanted something fun to do for a little bit and thought it would be fun to go through one of my books and pull out the first line from each chapter each week. So here is the next one. Chapter Eight Kristy stewed in her room.

Q&A and #Giveaway: Children of Avalon Series by Meredith Bond

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AIR: Merlin’s Chalice, Water: Excalibur’s Return & FIRE: Nimuë’s Destiny Children of Avalon Series Books 1-3 By: Meredith Bond Meredith stopped by to answer a few questions about her Children of Avalon Series. What was the spark or initial idea that started your book? First of all, Angelia, thank you so much for having me here today. I really appreciate it! The idea for the Children of Avalon series was to describe the beginning of the world I created in my Regency Fantasy Romance, Magic in the Storm. In that book I created a people I call the Vallen. They're a magical people who are tasked with using their magic to make the world a better place (think Benjamin Franklin, Mozart and Einstein). I wanted to explore how this world began and came up with a prophecy from the great wizard Merlin and a magical chalice in which he left all of his powers when he was entombed into an oak tree by Nimue, the Lady of the Lake. His prophecy states that his desce

Movie Monday - Movies you Watch Over and Over

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I'm a chronic movie re-watcher. If I like a movie I have to watch it more than once. And if I love a movie well all bets are off and it probably won't be too long until I know almost every line. Think the Rocky Horror phenomenon. So, I was just thinking what movies can I basically recite almost every line? There are actually many more, but I'll leave it with these five. What's a movie you know so well you can recite the lines right along with the characters?

Midsummer's Eve #Giveaway Hop

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Welcome to my Midsummer's Eve Giveaway Hop. I'm giving away a copy of Horse Charmer to one lucky winner. This giveaway is international. US residents can pick between a print or ebook copy of Horse Charmer. Non-US residents can have an ebook copy of Horse Charmer . Check out the rest of the hop with the Linky below. At sixteen years old, Cassia would rather spend her days in the royal stables than in the royal court. But as the eldest child of King Robet and Queen Sarahann she obediently performs her duties as the Princess of Karah. Her safe world changes forever when her father is murdered in the neighboring kingdom of Vespera. Cassia grapples with his loss as her mother prepares her for her new role as queen. Her first task - she must travel to Vespera to marry a prince she barely knows to fulfill the treaty her father signed just before his death. Nothing is as simple as it seems with political intrigues and unusual powers shadowing Cassia on her search t

First Sentence Friday - Encounter at Shalana

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My weekly meme. Wanted something fun to do for a little bit and thought it would be fun to go through one of my books and pull out the first line from each chapter each week. So here is the next one. Chapter Seven Kristy fumed as Glenn docked the Gryphon into the Unicorn ’s shuttle bay.

First Sentence Friday - Encounter at Shalana

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My weekly meme. Wanted something fun to do for a little bit and thought it would be fun to go through one of my books and pull out the first line from each chapter each week. So here is the next one. Chapter Six The Gryphon cruised over the Rutledge development.

First Sentence Friday - Encounter at Shalana

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My weekly meme. Wanted something fun to do for a little bit and thought it would be fun to go through one of my books and pull out the first line from each chapter each week. So here is the next one. Chapter Five Kristy’s room was incident command since her new passengers made it impossible to hold any type of meeting in the common area.

The Monster Within Monster Giveaway

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Squee! There's one month until the release of The Monster Within! That means it's time to celebrate! And what better way to celebrate than by having a giveaway? But before we get to the giveaway, check out the cover and blurb for The Monster Within. The moment seventeen-year-old Samantha Thompson crawls out of her grave, her second chance at life begins. She died of cancer with her long-time boyfriend, Ethan, by her side—a completely unfair shot at life. But Ethan found a way to bring her back, like he promised he would. Only Sam came back wrong. She's now a monster that drains others' lives to survive. And after she kills, she’s tortured by visions—glimpses into her victims would-have-been futures had she not killed them. Barely able to live with herself and trying to make things right, Sam ends up a pawn in a vicious game of payback within the local coven of witches. But when the game reveals what Ethan had to do to save Sam, she must make a choice

Rereading Books

Rereading books. Maybe not all of us reread books, but I know a lot of you do. Sometimes you just want something familiar. Reimmerse yourself in the world or the characters. Here are my favorite books to reread: To Die For by Linda Howard An Accidental Goddess by Linnea Sinclair The Last Victim and One Summer by Karen Robards After Caroline and Amanda by Kay Hooper Family Man and Soft Focus by Jayne Ann Krentz Sweet Baby by Sharon Sala Shadow Game by Christine Feehan When I was heavy into Nora Roberts I reread Sanctuary, Montana Sky, and Born of Ice over and over. I can remember rereading Battlecry Forever by Joanna Campbell,  the Hart & Soul Series by Jahnna N Malcolm, the Secret of the Unicorn Queen series, and of course many Nancy Drew Files over and over when I was a teenager. What are your go to rereads?