Saturday, April 6, 2013

Spotlight on Author Leesia Champion



    What can we say about Leesia Champion? Well, we can say that she is hard working. She is a down to earth, country girl from Sparta, Tennessee. She currently lives in Quebeck, Tennessee.

    What inspired Leesia to write? She remembers reading the Dick and Jane books in school and it hit her that she was actually reading, instead of telling stories with the picture. She was so excited that she told her Father that she could read. He said, "One day you will be able to write books, instead of just reading them."

    What does Leesia like to do in her spare time when she's not working? First and foremost, Leesia enjoys writing and reading. She enjoys horseback riding, and named her walking horse mare, Writer's Block. She has three dogs, a shitzapoo, and 2 blue heelers. She has a cockatiel that is older than dirt, named GiGi.

    What about family life? Leesia is married to her very patient husband, who puts up with her crazy ideas for books with a bewildered shake of his head. He often asks her where do you get this stuff. She has one son, who she loves more than anything.

    Why does Leesia like writing paranormal and horror you ask? Most of her stories come from dreams. She has been plagued with nightmares since childhood, and she morbidly loved them and fed them with her vivid imagination. As she grew older she decided to put the dreams into book form for others to enjoy.

    If there was one wish that she could make it would be to help every needy child in the world. She often gives to children when they don't have snack money, or field trip money. Her one wish would be to make enough money from writing books to be able to set up a foundation for her local school systems so that no child would go without snack, ice cream, field trips or any other thing they may need.

    She would also like to be able to help abused women by inspiring them. Her message to any abused woman is this. "You can get out. You are beautiful. You are not alone. There is help out there, the first place to start is the police department."

    "If you have a dream, don't give up. You are awesome and you can do anything that you set your heart on. Write!"

You can find Leesia at the links below.


Thursday, March 28, 2013

Spotlight on Author Kelley Grealis





Allison Carmichael wakes from a car wreck with no memory of the past three years.  She doesn’t recall her husband’s death or how she alienated her friends, and she definitely doesn’t remember anything about her new boyfriend Vincent Drake – a charismatic man with a penchant for rare and unique possessions.  In fact, the only things familiar to Allison are her seemingly common ailments – insomnia, lack of appetite, erratic body temperature – which have gone undiagnosed and are worsening.

But Vincent knows exactly who, and what, Allison is – a mortal descendant of the first vampire.  He is a vampire who has watched over Allison and her ancestors since the biblical times of Cain and Abel ensuring their secret is kept.  Once he realizes Allison’s symptoms are accelerating and transforming her, he’ll stop at nothing to have her.

Allison discovers that she is a descendant and the first of her kind to exhibit signs of vampirism.  She must decide between risking her mortal death if she cannot control her symptoms or fully transforming into a vampire and damning her soul for eternity.  A decision made even more difficult when Allison discovers that Vincent has manipulated her life, and everyone in it, so that he can have the one thing no one else in the world has – the first descendant-turned-vampire.

THE DESCENDANT – A Vampire Tale of Biblical Proportions





Author Bio
Kelley Grealis was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio.  She has a B.A. in Accounting from Baldwin-Wallace College and a Masters of Business Administration from Cleveland State University.  She has loved all things vampire since she was a little girl, and it was that passion combined with thirteen years of Catholic schooling, that inspired her to write THE DESCENDANT.  She lives in a Cleveland suburb with her husband and two cats.  She is currently working on THE SEARCH, Book 2 in The Descendant Vampire Series.

When she’s not writing or at her day job, Kelley enjoys riding her motorcycle, traveling, hanging out on the shores of Lake Erie with her husband, and gardening.  To connect with Kelley, please visit http://www.kelleygrealis.com.










Links
Website:  http://www.kelleygrealis.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KelleyGrealis
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/KelleyGrealis
Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6436838.Kelley_Grealis
Blog:  http://www.myarttoinspire.com/kelleygrealisblogs
Independent Author Network:  http://www.independentauthornetwork.com/kelley-grealis.html
Amazon US:  http://www.amazon.com/Kelley-Grealis/e/B008I3D9OA/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1356561354&sr=8-1
Amazon UK:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Descendant-ebook/dp/B008GET9KE/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359592904&sr=1-5
Smashwords:  https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/KelleyGrealis
B+N:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-descendant-kelley-grealis/1111525937?ean=9780615612362
Universal Amazon Link:  viewBook.at/B008GET9KE

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Spotlight on Cyndi Harris and her new book, Hell Bound Angel



Synopsis:

Hybrid demon, Lucien, never really had much to live for. Since birth, Lucien had been trained to believe that he was only good for one thing.

Killing.

That was, until he gave it up. 

Being born and bred in Hell, he had nothing to look forward to but his dreams. There lied his ideal violet eyed woman, who performed anything his erotic mind could come up with. That was until his boss demands he goes to Earth to bring back a ruthless demon hell bent on destroying the world. Given only three days to complete the task, Lucien is sent back to Earth only to land smack dab in the middle of a battle between the very demon he is sent to drag back to Hell, and the woman he only thought existed in his dreams.

Athena, a Guardian Angel trained to be a Demon Assassin, wanted to kill Lucien the moment he ruined her shot at killing the ruthless demon she’d been tracking since the moment she’d been sent to Earth. The only thing that stopped her was the fact that Lucien had thrown himself in the way, taking a bullet that was meant for her. Not only saving her life, but leaving her totally and utterly confused.

As battle lines get drawn between Heaven and Hell, and passions run high between Lucien and Athena, will they find means to complete each task while fighting their undeniable lust for each other? Or will being together and losing everything mean more than anything else?

Buy Links:

Amazon:

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/AngryPrincess23

Excerpt:

“Morals don’t really apply on things like you.” She ground out, and he shot to his feet furiously and he almost got a bullet for his vast movement.
Bawling his fist at his side, he stared into her violet eyes. Rage filled his and she saw that she’d struck a nerve. For some reason he seemed to take offense every time she insulted the demon race. Wasn’t like a demon to care, they usually gleamed at the harsh words thrown their way.
“I’m not a thing.” He said through clenched teeth.
He’d gone through centuries of bashing and there was no way he was gonna stand for it right now. Glaring at her intently, he swallowed his fury and studied her instead. She was the exact replica of the girl he’d constantly dreamed of as of late and that was eerie to say the least. He had to find out who or what she was.


Bio:
A mother of two, and author of too many haha. I love reading and writing Paranormal Romance. When I pick up a book that's published and see an idea I have started working on I smile because I know I'm in the right line of business. My goal is to tickle the fancy of all those who love to read, but most of all it's for me. I can't put a pen or laptop down because my brain is always brewing up a new character or scenario. So if you're like me and love to read and even write indulge into my world.

Where to find Cyndi:
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/AngryPrincess23