Authors, Kai Strand & LA Dragoni

Yay – it’s Friday! Friday’s begin the weekend and weekends offer all sorts of READING time! So to help you make your reading decisions, I’d like to introduce you to Xander from his book Xander’s Tangled Web by Susan A. Royal. Welcome to Strands of Thoughts, Xander. Can you tell us a little about you, please?      Good day to you! Can you see me? (waves arms) I’m down here. My name is Xander, and I’m descended from a race of little people called Mipins. I’m easy-going and laid back, and I love the hustle and bustle of city living.      Not so my wife. Suse grew up in the country. She’s a pretty little thing with big, blue eyes and a wide smile that still melts my heart. My looks aren’t what won her heart, that’s for sure. Not with my hooked nose, crooked smile and large, uneven teeth.      Up until last year I was constable for the city of Battington.  Located in Seren Valley in the Kingdom of Regal, it is cradled ...

There just never seems to be enough exciting new middle grade, but A.L. Brown's got us covered. Happy release day, Ms. Brown! FABLE RANGER: SUMMONS  Take care of what you wish for. You just might get it. Twelve-year-old Casey doesn’t think life could get anymore unfair. Plans for her special basketball tournament are tossed aside by her sister’s change in wedding plans. She even has to be a bridesmaid now, with all the lace and silk and - oh the horror! All she wants is an escape, but she never imagined she’d be swept away to a world of Mother Goose rhymes, fairy tales, stories of Arabian Nights, and oh, by the way, all but one fairy godmother is kidnapped. Casey learns she’s been summoned as the Fable Ranger to lead the search and rescue of the missing wish-makers. She also discovers she isn’t the hero they would accept. In the world of fairy tales, damsels aren't meant to swoop in to save the day. Now all Casey wants is to go home, a wish easy to grant...

I am so excited to help show off Into the Fire by Kelly Hashway. This book is most definitely on my list of things to do. Pick up your own copy today and maybe we can read together! Congrats, Kelly! INTO THE FIRE by Kelly Hashway Genre: YA Paranormal Publisher: Limitless Publishing - SYNOPSIS - In one month’s time, seventeen-year-old Cara Tillman will die and be reborn from her own ashes… Her life of secrecy has never been easy. She’s watched her younger brother, Jeremy, burn and rise again in a coming-of-age process called rebirth. And just like her brother, when her time comes, she won’t remember anything from her first life other than she’s a Phoenix—a member of a small group of people descended from the mythical Phoenix bird. The last thing she needs to worry about is falling for the new guy in town—Logan Schmidt. Cara is drawn to Logan in a way she can’t explain, but she’s not exactly complaining. Everything is perfect…except it’s not. Once she’s...

Today, I have the pleasure of revealing the cover for BookFish Books' latest young adult contemporary novel, A Shot of Bourbon by A.C. Land! Before we get to the goodies, let's take a look at what the story is about! Back Cover In the little highway town of Bourbon, Missouri, deadly secrets lurk behind Southern charm.   Seventeen year old Charli Valentine didn’t expect to spend the last few weeks of summer break nursing a broken heart, icing a black eye, and watching her ex kiss another girl. Since being a good girl has gotten her nothing but heartache, Charli decides to give rebellion a try. She pigs out, drinks, and hangs with Luke Parker, the son of the infamous Bourbon Butcher.  But there’s more to Luke than meets the eye. His tough exterior and terrible dialect hide a good person despite his bad boy reputation. No matter how hard he tries to fight it, Luke is drawn to Charli’s innocence and finds her clumsiness too charming to resist. Though they’re from opposi...

Don't miss the book blast for King of Bad. I'm celebrating the 2nd edition of the Amazon bestseller with a week long blast hosted by YA Reads. Be sure to stop by, thank the bloggers for participating and help me spread the word about King of Bad to new readers around the world. Oh - and enter to win an Amazon gift card and a pack of Super Villain Academy playing cards, too! Here's our blog line up for the week: Author Eric Price http://authorericprice.com/blog 2/8 Crossroad Review http://www.crossroadreviews.com 2/8 Elizabeth Delana Rosa https://elizabethdrosa.wordpress.com/ 2/9 Cover2Cover https://chocomeiske.wordpress.com 2/10 The Story of a Writer http://beverlystowemcclure.blogspot.com 2/10 The Book Beacon http://thebookbeacon.com 2/10 Book Lovers Life http://bookloverslife.blogspot.ie/ 2/10 Roxy's Reviews http://roxykade.blogspot.com 2/10 Adventures in Writing http://thhernandez.com/blog-3 2/11 Mythical Books http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.ro/ 2/11 Ro...

Happy February. Thanks to St. Valentine, this is a month often associated with love. And what better way to show your love than with chocolate. Sweets for the sweet, right? I'm afraid to admit this out loud for fear it might change your opinion of me, but I'm not a chocolate fanatic. I go through short bursts of chocoholic phases where I can't get enough of the stuff, but then I come out of it and will turn my nose up at it for months on end. Even I think my Jekyl & Hyde treatment of chocolate is strange, but it is as much a part of me as is my intense love of Triscuits and squeeze cheese. When my taste buds are tuned into the creamy delight, I tend to prefer dark chocolate. I'm even more pleased if it's smothering caramel and nuts or if maybe it's in the form of a peppermint patty. But usually by the time my tasters come back around to letting chocolate in, I'm not too picky - brownie, hot fudge sundae, hot chocolate - it's all chocolate to me a...