May Entry # 8 Frail Blood

Title: Frail Blood

Author: Jo Robertson

Cover Artist: Lyndsey Lewellen

Publisher: Jo Robertson

Buy Link: Buy Frail Blood Here.

Blurb:

“Frail Blood” is an historical romantic thriller.

California, 1909. A woman straps a pistol to her ankle, walks to her lover’s home, and shoots him. Her motive? After an affair of four months, he jilted her for another woman.

How would an attorney defend the woman in light of her outright confession? Would an all-male jury view her actions with repulsion or pity?

The climate of California in the early twentieth century when women couldn’t vote and men held the real power, where immense wealth rested alongside poverty, held a paradox of contradictions.

The bare bones of this true California court case sparked the idea for the fictional story of Alma Bentley, attorney Malachi Rivers, and Emma Knight, the woman who helps him investigate the case.

When jaded lawyer Malachi Rivers engages newspaper editor Emma Knight to aid him in the case of Alma Bentley, he has no idea they’ll eventually unmask a vile web of family deceit, wickedness, and treachery. Constantly putting herself in harm’s way, the feckless Emma uncovers dark secrets that lie behind the wealthy facade of the Joseph Machado clan.

With her strong opinions, Emma tests Malachi’s patience even while he’s strongly attracted to her. She disagrees with every aspect of his trial strategy, but he defends his client the only way he can – by insisting that a woman, a naturally frail creature, is incapable of committing such a heinous crime.

Emma wants to experience true passion and detests the false notion that women are inferior to men in any way. Even while she confronts Malachi at every turn, she falls ridiculously in love with him.

Readers of historical fiction and mystery/suspense, as well as historical romance, will enjoy the elements at play in this slice of life, fictionalized story of California.

May Entry # 7 A Million Wishes

Title: A Million Wishes

Author: DeAnna Felthauser

Cover Artist: Regina Wamba

Publisher: DeAnna Felthauser

Buy Link: Buy A Million Wishes Here.

Blurb:

Mikayla Johnson… Growing up in a poor, abusive household after her father is killed in a car wreck; Mikayla had very few things in life that gave her joy. Her writing, the old oak tree, her big brother Callum and her childhood crush Noah. Could he help her heal from her past and give her the family she has always wanted?

Noah Cane… Noah is a Navy seal war hero coming home to the Georgia peach plantation he was raised on to recover from losing his leg in war. His heart was stolen by Mikayla the moment they met under a peach tree where she was stealing peaches off his parent’s property. Can she help him heal from his injuries and give him something worth fighting for?

Join Mikayla and Noah on a whimsical journey of love, passion and the discovery of what they were truly meant to do with their lives. Sit back and enjoy their playful banter and intense loving while they show the town of Sugar Creek what it really means to have a heart of gold.

May Entry # 6 It’s in His Kiss

Title: It’s in His Kiss

Author: Caitie Quinn

Cover Artist: Razzle Dazzle

Publisher: CQuinn

Buy Link: Buy It’s in His Kiss Here.

Blurb:

Jenna’s been letting life pass her by as she works on her career. But, when she needs to do some research of this kissing kind, things may get a little more heated than she expected.
Research has never been so fun.

WARNING: This 11k short has no vampires, shape shifter or scorching sex, but it might make you snort your diet Coke out your nose.

“Cute, witty, sarcastic and just plain fun. Throw in emotional depth and you’ve got a winner!” 5 Heart Review ~ Cheeky Reads, Romance Book Reviews

May Entry # 5 The Lady of Gladstone Manor

Title: The Lady of Gladstone Manor

Author: Jamallah Bergman

Cover Artist: Dawne Dominique

Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing

Buy Link: Buy The Lady of Gladstone Manor Here.

Blurb:

Jackson Belle, the son of a prominent family of landscapers and architects whose work has been the “Showcase of the South”, goes to take what he thinks is a routine job for his father who is soon in bed after a fall. He soon finds himself going to Gladstone Manor, a home well known in town as a house that once would host grand balls and parties for the town. But is nothing more than a shell of its former glorious self. Soon Jackson finds himself diving deep within the mystery of Gladstone Manor and its owner Brooke Langley.

Brooke Langley’s life at Gladstone Manor at one time was wonderful and she enjoyed the many memories she had as a child, watching the many people coming to the parties and balls that her parents would give. But a tragic accident leaves Brooke in seclusion, afraid of what the world outside of the Manor would think of her now. It isn’t until Jackson Belle comes into her life and shows her that someone does care that slowly starts to come out to the world and soon finds true love as well.

May Entry # 4 Shar

Title: Shar

Author: Poppet

Cover Artist: Demon Sleeves

Publisher: Smashwords

Buy Link: Buy Shar Here.

Blurb:

The third book in the Gods and Thurs series

At a housewarming party Tammy meets Shar. Life experience has Tammy wanting to run the other way, but Shar has his own agenda.

Erra, Shar’s twin brother, complicates life. Adding Ina’s jealousy has Tammy running back to Hel, where her support system wait for her.

Sibitti, her black Dacian guard Drako, twin gods, and a strange club called Intoxic – combine to release Tammy from mental bondage, introducing her to a bondage far more tempting and intoxicating.

Taking a journey to her past, Tammy starts living on the edge, more alive now than ever.

 

May Entry # 3 The Sphinx Project

Title: The Sphinx Project

Author: Kate Hawkings

Cover Artist: Deadly Wanderer

Publisher: Katherine Hawkings

Buy Link: Buy The Sphinx Project Here.

Blurb:

Not many people can say their entire existence has been one big lab experiment: poked and prodded by scientists, genetically modified to be the best and endure the worst, subjected to daily tests and trials that would kill a normal human. All Michaela wants is her own life, to be able to go to school, flirt with boys, maybe eat ice cream now and then. So when the chance to escape finally comes, Michaela and her sister grab it, taking their friends with them.

But they weren’t the only ones to find their way out of those labs. Following close behind are another breed of creature, one that doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong, who exist only to feed their own hunger. The appearance of a strange boy who seems too much like them to be a coincidence makes things even more confusing. But as the world begins to literally fall apart around them, Michaela must accept his help, especially when she could lose the very thing she holds dearest: her sister.

May Entry # 2 Words and Graphics – A Collection of Works

Title: Words and Graphics – A Collection of Works

Author: C.O.B.

Cover Artist: C.O.B.

Publisher: Grey Line Press

Buy Link:  Buy Words and Graphics – A Collection of Works Here.

Blurb:

Words and Graphics is a collection of writings – poems, dialogues, short stories, and plain observations and statements – formed into a literary quilt that will warm and inspire. Along with its images, Words and Graphics takes its reader down several parallel paths and then leaves the reader to create their own conclusion(s).

May Entry # 1 Jackie’s Red Mustang

Title: Jackie’s Red Mustang

Author: Tara Newland

Cover Artist: Maggie Hall

Publisher: Whispers Publishing

Buy Link: Buy Jackie’s Red Mustang Here.

Blurb:

Jackie Chase likes her ordered, well managed life. She’s got everything a woman could want and works hard to keep it that way. However, her desire for control is driving her lover away from her.

Stuart Marshall loves Jackie’s quest for excellence in everything she does. Even so, the Las Vegas city planner has begun to feel like he’s on the outside of her life looking in.

After a painful time apart, Stuart reaches out to Jackie requesting she meet with him leading Jackie into a night of speed charged, once in a lifetime encounters, which will change the dimensions of her relationship with Stuart forever.

During a night of high speed passion, Stuart pushes Jackie to the boundaries of desire in a quest to keep the love he can’t live.

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And The April 2012 Cover Contest Winners Are!

The Winners for the April 2012

You Gotta Read Cover Contest are:

1st Place

Title:   Memoir of a Mermaid

Author:   Adrianna Stepiano

Cover Artist:   Adrianna Stepiano

Publisher:   Adrienne C. Stepaniak

Buy Link:   Buy Memoir of a Mermaid Here.

 

 

2nd Place

Title:  Angela’s Coven

Author:  Bruce Jenvey

Cover Artist:  Mike Zambrano

Publisher:  Museitup Publishing

Buy Link: Buy Angela’s Coven Here.

 

 

3rd Place

Title:  Blood And Treasure

Author:  Jennifer Bray-Weber

Cover Artist:  Hot Damn Designs

Publisher:  Jennifer Bray-Weber

Buy Link:  Buy Blood And Treasure Here.

 

 

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