Skydreamer

Roane Publishing is giving away THREE ARCs of Skydreamer!

Skydreamer

Fantasy / Romance

by Sheryl Winters

Publisher: Roane Publishing

Release Date: March 30, 2015

For fire talent, Jaden Zarie, life is far from a fairy tale. Blisters from any contact with water, check. Sleeping in a shed behind your greedy Uncle's house, check. Ex-boyfriend scouting the bar where you work for one-night stands every night, double check. When Jaden sets off to secure a new life with her two sisters, winning a contest with a huge pile of gold on the line seems like a quick fix. Getting hitched to Draven Winterbourne, King of the Dragon-changers, and finding true love, was beyond anything she could have hoped for. But a friend turned enemy threatens to take it all away. Jaden is thrust into an alternate universe and separated from her new husband and her sisters, she must summon up the courage to start over, alone, knowing she may never see any of them again.

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Once upon a road trip

                                                                           

Eighteen-year-old Angeli doesn't "fit in." She's never been on a single date, and she lives vicariously through an online world of storytelling. With the pressures of choosing a practical future path bearing down, she needs a drastic change. Too old to run away from home, she opts instead to embark on a solo 2-month road trip. But her freedom is tempered by loneliness - and anxiety tests her resolve as she comes face-to-face with her quirky internet friends.

Aside from contracting mono and repeatedly getting herself lost, Angeli's adventure is mired by more unforeseen glitches - like being detained by Canadian authorities, and a near-death experience at the hands of an overzealous amateur wrestler. Her odyssey is complicated further when she unwittingly earns the affections of two young men. One a privileged martial artist; the other a talented techie with a colorful past.

Bewildered by the emotions they stir, Angeli spurns the idea of a doomed long-distance relationship. But she is unprepared for the determination of her hopeful suitors. In the wake of her refusal, one man will betray her, and the other will prove himself worthy of a place in her future.

Angeli sets off in search of a better understanding of herself, the world, and her place in it. What she finds is an impractical love, with the potential to restore her faith in happy endings.

A true story with an unapologetically honest outlook on life, love, faith, and adventure - Once Upon A Road Trip is a coming-of-age memoir.
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Author Bio:

Award-winning author Angela N. Blount is a Minnesota native, transplanted to the deep South--where she currently resides with her understanding husband, their two children, and a set of identity-confused cats. A Registered Nurse by trade, she is also a freelance content editor, former book reviewer for RT Book Reviews, a memoirist, craft blogger, sporadic poet, and webcomic artist.

In her spare time, Angela enjoys reading, coffee shop loitering, and all things geeky.
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Book Links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Road-Angela-Blount-ebook/dp/B00E91R8NS/

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/once-upon-a-road-trip-angela-blount/1117303842?ean=9780989580922

Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/once-upon-a-road-trip

Author Links:

Author Website: www.angelanblount.com

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

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6551820.Angela_N_Blount

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Perilous1

My Review

I’m not quite sure if this is a memoir masquerading as a novel or a novel based on a memoir. It tells the author’s story of a road trip made when she was eighteen and is told in the third person with diary entries in the first person. It ‘s interesting to follow Angeli on her journey of self-discovery although I’m not sure that the diaries offer much more to the story than we could already deduce from the narrative. The interaction with the people she meets through online storytelling and the way she isn’t sure what she’d looking for.are the book’s strength There is no sudden epiphany at the end, rather a gentle realization of giving an opportunity a chance. It may appeal to YA but it didn’t seem to have anything new or different to similar road trip novels I’ve read though I guess I’m hardly the target reader. Nevertheless an enjoyable read that takes the reader through many different parts of the USA and Canada.

4/5

Aoleon the Martian Girl - Part 2

                                                                             

Aoléon and Gilbert receive a special mission from PAX, a wanted criminal and leader of the Martian resistance movement to investigate the Luminon of Mars, who he suspects is planning an invasion of Earth to steal its milk cows. Gilbert has an encounter with the Luminess (the mate of the Luminon) and discovers something strange about her during a procession, and the duo are chased by the Royal Paladin Guard.

At Aoléon’s home, Gilbert meets Aoléon’s family, her sister Una, mother Phobos and father Deimos as well as her overzealous pet Zoot. He is also introduced to Bizwat, a covert operator and Procyon Commando, who uses his Saturn Pizza delivery job as a cover.

Gilbert then gets to visit the Martian Space Academy (Aoléon’s school) where he encounters Aoléon’s nemesis, Charm Lepton and her friend Quarkina, as well as receiving a history lesson on the Martian people by Plutarch Xenocrates. After class, Gilbert and Aoléon get to train in zero-G and Gilbert is treated to a Psi-ball match between Martian Space Academy and Martian Science Academy.

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Meet the Author:

                                                               

Mr. LeVasseur enjoys crafting good stories based on lovable characters designed to translate well to multiple media formats such as books, games, movies, and toys. He lives in New York when he is not commuting between Southern California and Olympus Mons, Mars. His hobbies include writing, 3D animation, musical composition, and intergalactic space travel. He also enjoys various sports such as skiing, running, and exospheric skydiving.

Connect with Brent:   Website  ~  Twitter  ~  Facebook  ~  Aoléon: The Martian Girl 

My Review

I enjoyed the first part of the series as Gilbert meets Aoleon for the first time. This second book, however, takes the story a step further as Gilbert arrives on Mars and experiences a meeting with Aoleon’s parents and a taste of Mars food. In this episode we quickly become immersed in a different world and the clever blending of theoretical science with some mind blowing jargon somehow makes it all seem feasible – probably more so if you are a middle-grader rather than a middle aged adult!

The characters of Gilbert, an amiable lad who doesn’t particularly like school but who has the odd moment of homesickness is particularly endearing, as is Aoleon who is sensitive, fun and the kind of friend everybody would like to have. As Gilbert goes to Mars Space School we encounter some not very nice ‘friends’ of Aoleon’s, who no doubt teens will relate to. A smattering of Greek, a Mars history lesson and some references that will no doubt go over the heads of most younger readers make this a book for everyone. Once again you must see the illustrations to truly get inside the mind of this brilliant author.

5/5

Tall, dark and kilted

                                                              

Fliss Bagshawe longs for a passport out of Pimlico where she works as a holistic therapist. After attending a party in Notting Hill she loses her job and with it the dream of being her own boss. She’s offered the chance to take over a failing therapy centre, but there's a catch. The centre lies five hundred miles north in Wester Ross, Scotland. Fliss’s romantic view of the highlands populated by Men in Kilts is shattered when she has an upclose and personal encounter with the Laird of Kinloch Mara, Ruairi Urquhart. He’s determined to pull the plug on the business, bring his eccentric family to heel and eject undesirables from his estate - starting with Fliss. Facing the dole queue once more Fliss resolves to make sexy, infuriating Ruairi revise his unflattering opinion of her, turn the therapy centre around and sort out his dysfunctional family.  Can Fliss tame the Monarch of the Glen and find the happiness she deserves?

http://viewbook.at/B009SG3EQY 

Hocus Pocus '14 - a collection of spooky short stories 

http://tinyurl.com/Hocus-Pocus14

Boot Camp Bride - Romance and Intrigue on the Norfolk marshes 
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Tall, Dark and Kilted -  A contemporary romance set in the highlands of Scotland
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After teaching my 1000th pupil and working as a deputy head teacher in a large primary school, I decided it was time to leave the chalk face and pursue my first love: writing. In 2006 I joined the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New Writers’ Scheme, honed my craft and wrote Tall, Dark and Kilted, quickly followed a year later by Boot Camp Bride. I love the quick fire interchanges between the hero and heroine in the old black and white Hollywood movies, and I hope this love of dialogue comes across in my writing. Although much of my time is taken up publicising Tall, Dark and Kilted and Boot Camp Bride, I have almost finished my third novel which I hope to publish Spring 2015. Title under wraps ATM – but I will hint that it has a Scottish theme. Plans for a fourth and fifth novel are in the pipeline. I have also co-founded an indie publishing group: New Romantics Press with Adrienne Vaughan, June Kearns, Mags Cullingford. Over the last two years we have written nine books and contributed to an anthology of spooky short stories. In November 2014 we held an Author Event at Waterstones High Street, Kensington, the icing on the cake as far as the New Romantics are concerned - and a fitting way to celebrate our achievements so far. I am beginning to build up a reputation as a speaker on the subject of self-publishing and this is a strength I would like to develop further. 

Lizzie’s Links

Amazon page: http://tinyurl.com/mpcv6bn

www.facebook.com/LizzieLambwriter

www.facebook.com/newromantics4

lizzielambwriter@gmail.com

website: www.lizzielamb.co.uk

blog: www.newromantics4.com

Linked in: uk.linkedin.com/pub/lizzie-lamb/18/194/202/

Goodreads http://tinyurl.com/cbla48d

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/lizzielamb/

twitter: @lizzie_lamb             twitter: @newromantics4

My Review

Forget Heathcliff or Mr Rochester – there’s a new dark, brooding hero on the block by the name of Ruairi, a Highland laird. Lizzie Lamb captures the beauty and mystery of the Highlands perfectly while delivering us a hero to die for. At first we see his brusque, arrogant, domineering side as he struggles to keep his two wayward half sisters in check as well as his scatter-brained stepmother and her half baked plans. When Fliss is invited to the Scottish pile to set up a beauty treatment centre, Ruairi puts her in the same category as his sisters, scheming and manipulative and thinks she’s only there to bag herself a rich husband. Fliss is determined to keep him at arm’s length and to prove that she has a good business head. Will the two of them ever overcome the obstacles? You’ll have to read this gorgeous romantic tale to find out. What more could you ask for, a tall dark kilted hero set amidst the most dramatic Scottish scenery? This book left me feeling just a little in lurve – with Scotland and with Ruairi.

5/5