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Just in time for Halloween, win a copy of Screams in the Night: Tales of Terror ! It's a scary . . . I mean simple thing to enter, all you have to boo . . . I mean do is follow (not in a stalker kind of way) any of the authors of the story using the Rafflecopter below.

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Begins Monday, October 15, 2012

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  Watched

Sixteen-year-old Stephanie Beasley has it all. She's a top student, head cheerleader, popular, with a great boyfriend. But she also has it.
It stands in the corner of her bedroom in the dark of night, watching, waiting. Always waiting. Until it follows her out of her room for the first time ever, bringing her terror to a new level.
Soon, Steph is losing sleep, unable to function, stressed about when it will make its move. And when it does, she'll be forced to do anything she must to protect those she loves.
Our Own Worst Enemies Zombies suck. Seriously. For the past year they’ve been making Callie’s life a living hell, and things are only getting worse. With the undead population on the rise and supplies becoming scarce something needs to give.When rumors of an enclave that’s safe and well stocked reach Callie and her neighbor Josh, they decide to brave the dangerous streets in search of some long lost peace.
Will it turn out to be everything they’ve ever dreamed of, or will it be, as Callie fears, too good to be true?   A Tale of Two Cemeteries
It's 2012 in Deadworld, and the ghosts are hungry for a good human haunting. All Charlie Quinn wants to do is keep his cemetery in business and live a normal, honest ghost life. But Julian McNabb, the ruthless owner of the cemetery across the street, always seems to steal his business.


All of that changes when a teenage pop sensation dies and joins Charlie's cemetery, and Charlie discovers that Julian's success has come by some costly means. It's up to Charlie's haunting company and their new employee to keep their business afloat, and stop Julian from taking any more lives.

  The Seance
 Curious fun turns to terror when two young women conjure a playful spirit from history’s dark side.

  Scarecrows: The Jilted Bride

 Stepping in last minute as best man, because the suit fit, identical twin Jensen faces more than just his recent ex-girlfriend. With anger management issues and parole violations, Jensen lets loose on the straw-stuffed wedding crashers and unavoidably ruins the rented tux.   Wonderful and Bountiful All Karen wanted to do was visit her parent's graves, but now she is trapped inside the church, surrounded by ghosts that want her body so they can live again.
Will she escape with her body and see her husband Stan again?     Simon Says Michael comes from a family of serial killers. They kill those on The List because "Simon says" to. However, Michael has had enough. He wants out.But not doing what Simon Says may have severe consequences.

So, what are your favorite book characters doing for Halloween? Enter to win a new novel that highlights exactly that, PLUS an amazon gift card! Click here! 

 The Reluctant Bachelorette by Rachael Anderson

Unknowingly cast as the bachelorette for her town’s charity event, Taycee Emerson wants out. Especially when she discovers her old teenage crush, Luke Carney, is one of the bachelors and it's up to the viewers--not her--to decide which bachelors stay or go.

Coerced into participating, Taycee does what any self-preserving girl would do. She launches a subtle attack on Luke’s good name with the hope of getting him voted off the show. Unfortunately, Luke's an eye-for-an-eye kind of guy, and when he discovers what she's up to, it means revenge.

But when their pranks go south, will they screw up any chance they have at a future together, or will they be able to forgive and forget and prove that love really does conquer all?
My thoughts:The Reluctant Bachelorette is a fun, easy read. I enjoyed every minute of it. It is my first experience with author Rachael Anderson: It won't be my last! I loved the idea of the Bachelorette concept to save the town. It made for some funny situations. To have the viewers decided who will win was a great concept. When her childhood love is added to the show, it makes for some fun fodder. Poor Luke! He has no idea Taycee had a mad crush on him when she was only 14. He's back from college now, longing for the quiet life as the town's vet. Too bad he's not going to get it. Taycee's friend Jessa is hilarious, although after what she does to Taycee, I'd be a bit wary of friending her! This is a wonderful, clean read and I highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys love and laughing. I'd give it FIVE stars!
About the Author: Rachael Anderson is the author of four contemporary romances: Divinely Designed, Luck of the Draw, Minor Adjustments, and The Reluctant Bachelorette. She's the mother of four, can't sing, doesn't dance, and despises tragedies. But she recently figured out how yeast works and can now make homemade bread, which she is really good at eating.

The Reluctant Bachelorette Blog Tour - October 1st to 28th

October 1st
I Am A Reader, Not A Writer - Tour Kick Off

October 2nd
Multiple Blogs - Book Blast - $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway
Rats & More, Gobs & Gobs of Books, The Secret Writer, Strange Daze Indeed, Doodle Bug Reviews, Live to Read, Simple Wyrding, The Young Folks, Ice Fairy's Treasure Chest, Lovely Reads, Confessions of a Frugal Mind, Stacy Juba, Julia Crane, Libby's Library, Literary Winner, Mallery's Deals, Celticlady's Review, My Little Review Corner, Country Mouse City Mouse, Romanceaholic, The Jolly Blogger, My Photopage, A Dream within a Dream, The Solitary Bookworm, Minding Spot and lots more....

October 3rd
Murphy's Library - Review
Wordpaintings Unlimited - Review
Peace from Pieces - Interview
Reviewing Shelf - Review

October 4th
Getting Your Read - Review
A Book a Day - Review
Aobibliosphere - Excerpt

October 5th
WTF Are You Reading - Review
Author M.R. Buttars - Excerpt
YA Between the Lines - Interview
Froze8's Blog - Guest Post

October 6th
Older Mommy Still Yummy - Excerpt
PARAFANTASY - Review & Interview
Cuzinlogic - Guest Post
Author A.D. Duling - Excerpt

October 7th
Day by Day in Our World - Review & Guest Post
Books & Needlepoint - Review
SweepingMe - Guest Post

October 8th
The Lucky Ladybug - Review & Guest Post
That Artsy Girl - Review & Guest Post
Jenni Reviews - Guest Post
Books Are Magical - Guest Post

October 9th
Acting Balanced - Review & Interview
Lena Sledge - Guest Post
Karey White - Review & Interview
Four Sisters & a Book - Review

October 10th
Me & Reading - Guest Post & Review
Home Maid Simple - Review
Read This Instead - Review
These Words Tell a Story - Guest Post
The READioactive Book Blog - Review & Guest Post
Up All Night Reviews - Review

October 11th
Cupcake's Book Cupboard - Review
Ever & Ever Sight - Review
Bibliophile Please - Guest Post

October 12th
Book Readers - Excerpt
Walking on Bookshelves - Review & Excerpt
A Casual Reader's Corner - Review
Where Fantasy & Love Take Flight - Guest Post

October 13th
Imaginary Reads - Review & Guest Post
Kaisy Daisy's Corner - Review
Mommy Adventures with Ravina - Review
Lori's Reading Corner - Guest Post

October 14th
The Book Belles - Review
Lisa's World of Books - Review & Interview
My Devotional Thoughts - Review

October 15th
Rowell Reviews - Review
The Reading Nook - Review
Caroline Clemmons - Excerpt & Interview
Clean Romance Reviews - Interview

October 16th
Literary Time Out - Review
Book Munchies - Review
Books Down My Pillow - Review

October 17th
My Guilty Obsession - Review & Guest Post
Parsimonious Pash - Review
At Random - Review & Guest Post
Lyrics without the Chord Changes - Guest Post
Rachelle's Writing Spot - Review & Interview

October 18th
Bookworm Lisa - Review
MK McClintock - Interview
Clean Teen Fiction - Review
Every Free Chance - Review
What to Read - Review

October 19th
Bookhounds - Review
Books Beside My Bedside - Review
LivLovLifeReviews - Review

October 20th
Why Not? Because I Said So - Review & Guest Post
From the TBR Pile - Review
Promiscuous Diva - Excerpt

October 21st
Young Readers at Home - Review & Excerpt
Sweeping the USA - Excerpt

October 22nd
Krazy Book Lady - Guest Post
Crafty Zoo with Monkeys - Guest Post
Tifferz Book Review - Review

October 23rd
Martha's Bookshelf - Review & Guest Post
Books R Us - Guest Post
The Book Bug - Review & Interview

October 24th
Romance Bookie - Review
Wall to Wall Books - Review
A Purrfect Read - Promo Post

October 25th
whoopeeyoo! - Review
Going Crazy Wanna Go? - Guest Post
Laurie Here - Review

October 26th
Love. Without You - Guest Post
The Housework Can Wait - Review & Guest Post

October 27th
The Busy Bibliophile - Interview & Review
What's Beyond Forks - Interview & Review

October 28th
The Bookish Mama - Review
Monique Morgan - Guest Post & Excerpt
Jean Book Nerd - Guest Post




Links:

FB fan page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rachael-Anderson/174521852685105
Website:
http://rachaelreneeanderson.blogspot.com/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/rachaelreneeand
Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3229576.Rachael_Renee_Anderson
Amazon author page:
http://www.amazon.com/Rachael-Renee-Anderson/e/B003357K70/


Tour Giveaway - October 1st to 31st:

Grand Prize
    Print copy of The Reluctant Bachelorette (Ebook for International winner)
    $15 Amazon Gift Card
    Copy of the DVD Sneakers (US only)

Print copy of The Reluctant Bachelorette

3 Kindle Ebook Copy of The Reluctant Bachelorette


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Open to anyone who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent's permission. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.  If the grand prize winner is not in the US they will receive only the  Amazon Gift card & a Kindle copy of The Reluctant Bachelorette.  The Sneakers DVD would then be awarded to the winner of the print copy  who must live in the US.

A 10 star review for Souls in Peril today!! Thank you so much Jenny of Black Words-White pages!

I hired Giselle of Xpresso Reads to design a new header for my blog! She did such a great job. I am really happy with it. She only charges $25 dollars and is really easy to work with (and quick)! I highly recommend her if you are looking for a blog face lift! (The girl in the header is the creation of Ljilja, whose digital work I LOVE!)  Thanks Giselle! It is so beautiful!

Here are the winners!!
The grand prize goes to: Brandy Rocha
And the second place winner is Jamie Canosa! Congrats ladies! Send me your addresses ASAP and I'll get the packages mailed off ! Thanks to all that entered!

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Looking for an editor?? I recently hired a TERRIBLE editor to work on Souls in Peril. She was just starting out, and in college, so I thought I'd help her out. DISASTER! It took a month and all she did was insert commas. Really? A month for 200 commas? Yeah, What a waste of time and $$$.
Juli Caldwell, a friend and fellow author, started an editing business called Firefly Editing Services so I thought I'd give her a try next. What did I have to lose but time and more $$$, right? Not only was she quick, but she did an outstanding job! I can recommend her with confidence! She fixed errors, along with tense problems. She even pointed out a few problematic story line issues that I easily fixed by adding a line or two. In other words, she did what an editor should do!!
Editors matter, especially for Indie writers. Last month I had Unlovable re-edited by two different editors. Sara, the woman writing the screenplay for Unlovable, wanted me to change a few things in the novel for the movie, minor things like having turn Maggie 18 at the start of the story. Since I had to make these change I decided to have Unlovable re-edited and polished up after some readers mentioned finding typos. It is amazing what you think is a polished manuscript is in fact still flawed. Your eyes see what you meant to write, and their eyes see what is actually there! I can't emphasis enough the importance of hiring a good editor, and choosing one with a solid reputation.
Lesson learned!
Thanks Juli, and thanks to the many good editors that make us authors look semi intelligent!

Announcing the official release of my new novel Souls in Peril. Senior Max Sanchez has it all. He's the star pitcher for Port Fare High's baseball team. He's dating the head cheerleader, Emma McKay. He also has a great group of friends.
Junior JD Miller's life isn't nearly as good. Unlike Max, JD struggles with making friends. He's a social misfit. And he's being bullied at every turn. JD is also barely surviving.
A tragic accident changes everything and Max is thrown into JD's world. Will he survive? Will JD? Will Emma's love for Max survive? How will this all affect these Souls in Peril?
To celebrate, I am having a huge giveaway package from seven authors. There will be TWO lucky winners!! The GRAND PRIZE winner will receive:A Paperback copy of my new novel Souls in Peril and swag...but there's more!







A (one) Souls in Peril inspired key-chain and  a (one) bookmark

 AND WIN...












A $10 Gift card to Amazon, AND WIN ....







A Paperback copy of Pete and Tink, a novella by me.









Pete Pancerella loves two things in life: Video games and Spongy Crèmes. He’s happy, content, and he’s also a geek. All that is about to change when his mother wishes upon a star and Tink answers the call. But will it take more than a five-and-a-half inch faery to whip this manga-loving goofball into shape?
AND WIN...



A paperback copy of  Unlovable  by me, and swag.

Seventeen year-old Maggie Brown is truly the poster child for Heroin Chic, complete with jutting bones and dark-ringed eyes. But drugs are not Maggie's problem... her mother is.Maggie’s struggling with her growing feelings for the new guy at school, Seth Prescott, and fears he is just another person who will let her down, like everyone in her life has done thus far.
Seth Prescott is an undercover cop assigned to Port Fare High, and despite his job, he’s developed strong feelings for Maggie.
Seth’s working tirelessly to flush out the sadistic drug peddlers that have invaded the small town of Port Fare, New York, while Maggie fights to stay alive as the search turns deadly.
Seth and Maggie’s romantic journey is one of humor, heartbreak and self-discovery as their world is about to change forever. (Soon to made into a movie!)  AND WIN...
A paperback copy of Geek Girl By Cindy C Bennett.
"Think I could turn that boy bad?"
My two best friends--my only two friends, really--follow my gaze and laugh.
"Trevor Hoffman?" Beth scoffs. "No way, Jen."
"I bet I could," I say, shrugging.
"Why him?" Beth asks. "Why not any of the other nerds sitting there with him?"
"Because," I say slowly, "he isn't your typical run-of-the-mill geek. Trevor Hoffman is different. He would be a little more difficult to take down--more of a challenge, you know?"
Jen's teenage life of rebelling and sneaking out is growing stale. In an effort to combat her boredom, Jen makes a bet to turn Trevor, a nice geek, into a "bad boy." Unexpectedly, she is pulled into Trevor's world of sci-fi movies, charity work, and even--ugh!--bowling. Jen discovers that hanging out with Trevor isn't so bad after all.
But when Trevor finds out about the wager, all bets are off. AND WIN...
An eCopy of Red and the Wolf by Cindy C Bennett.

A sudden increase in the violence and frequency of wolf attacks in the forest surrounding Piera has all of the residents on edge.Ruby: Three years ago, Rafe left their tiny mountain burg of Piera, leaving Ruby Hood behind to mend her shattered heart. Dealing with the fear created by the powerful and intelligent wolf would be enough for anyone, but now Ruby has to contend with more heartwrenching news . . . Rafe has come home.
Lowell: Rafe's brother, Lowell, has befriended Ruby in his absence. He's almost as gorgeous as Rafe, and nearly as charming, but the problem is . . . he's not Rafe.
Rafe:  Rafe had no choice but to leave three years earlier, in spite of sharing an earth shattering kiss with his lifelong best friend Ruby. Now, he's back . . . and he's willing to fight for what he wants.

AND WIN...
An eCopy of Fateful by Cheri Schmidt.
 A huge fan of Jane Austen, Danielle hopes to find her own Mr. Darcy when she leaves Colorado to attend art school in London. Of course she knows it's silly to wish for that, naive even. But she's met enough males who lacked respect for women, a growing trend it seemed. And at nineteen...well.... However, on only her second night there she gets lost and is threatened by a stalker who proves to be immune to her martial arts training. Before she is completely overpowered, she is then saved by Ethan Deveroux. While Danielle does find the romance she seeks in Ethan, he's no Mr. Darcy. Her hero is held by a spell which fractures their chance at a happy ending. During the day Ethan is closer to mortal than immortal and can date her like any other man. Yet, as the sun sets, the powerful magic of an ancient curse returns and the evil of that spell is revealed. When that magic begins, Danielle's fairytale romance ends because Ethan Deveroux is a vampire.AND WIN...

An eCopy of The Sweetest Kiss by Marie Higgins



Lord Trey Worthington isn’t about to give his heart to a woman. He does not want a marriage like his parents. But when his mother brings a childhood acquaintance into the home to sponsor into society, Trey has to get Miss Faraday trained properly. The more he gets to know Judith, the more he yearns for something he doesn’t dare reach for. Judith is after a faithful husband—something Trey has been convinced most of his life he’ll never become.Judith Faraday is only after one thing—to marry her Naval Officer and enjoy a life full of love. She’s doubtful her dream will ever come true while living as the ward to the dowager duchess. However, the longer Judith is with the dowager’s son, Trey, an attraction blossoms. Judith now wonders if God has different plans for her life, because Trey doesn’t believe in the sanctity of marriage…the very thing Judith cannot do without.
AND WIN...

An eCopy of The Book of Horus: Breathings by IC Fisher




The MythThe Man The Memory of their love .....
Separated by tragedy, the hawk-headed god Horus will stop at nothing to rejoin with the woman that he loves. The bonds of their love transcend all time and space. Even death could not extinguish the flames. Any sacrifice was not too great.
All that mattered is that they could live their immortal lives together.
Side note: Paul Beeley designed my Unlovable cover and  IC Fishers cover :}       

AND WIN...

An eCopy of Fire Gate by Pendragon Inman.


In a world where a Mystic’s torn flesh is worth more than six month’s wages and death-auctions are whispered about in every Okoru city, seventeen-year-old Mystic twins, Wyan and Lor, are determined to change it all—and survive. 







AND FINALLY...

An eCopy of Hatter by Daniel Coleman. 



There’s nothing wrong with a touch of madness. – Cheshire Cat Someday Hatta will save the kingdom. In his mind, at least. But his talents of uncharacteristic kindness and a passion for colors hardly qualify him for such a destiny. In a kingdom that doesn’t need saving, a young man ignorant of social norms is the unlikeliest of heroes. On the other end of the spectrum is Chism, a young Elite soldier who thrives on conflict. How will this rash, obsessive soldier aid the childlike Hatta in his journey? Along the way, the Cheshire Cat, Queen of Hearts, Queen, and other familiar characters emerge to fill their eminent roles as well. Witness literature’s most lovable lunatic’s tangled ascent into madness.




The second place winner will receive:
Paperback copies of Souls in Peril, Unlovable and Pete & Tink. Also a Souls in Peril Key chain and Bookmark!! (See picture above)
Enter today!! Only three entries are mandatory, the rest are for extra points toward winning! Only US winners will receive paperback books. International winner will receive all eBooks. No Swag, bookmarks or key chains for international winners either. Sorry:{  Thank you!!





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And the winner is Sarah Ebbith Cruz Aponte. Email me your address and I'll send you the books! Congrats!

Beginning September 5thEnter to win a paperback copy of Pete & Tink and Unlovable (US only)Hosted by Clean Teen Fiction, One Librarian's Book Reviews  & I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
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