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If interested, please email [email protected]. Here's a blurb:
A lynching on a secluded bayou. A strange boy with supernatural powers. Rogue science.
It falls to small-time environmental lawyer Geoff Waltz to unravel the deadly conspiracy that connects these mysteries. Withdrawn from life and work since the death of his wife, Geoff wants only to secure a quick settlement from a petrochemical company he has sued for polluting the fragile bayou along the Texas-Louisiana border. But the lynching victim worked for him. And the odd, beautiful boy is his client’s grandson. Soon, with the help of private investigator Marisol Solis, he learns that there is something more sinister going on at the bayou than a chemical spill—secret work at a hidden facility that stretches the bounds of known science.
Secret work worth killing for.
But who is behind the conspiracy? And what is its ultimate goal? Mad science for mere profit? Or do the shadowy figures at work in the facility have a grander aim—to transform the world into a dystopian nightmare?
Geoff and Marisol’s race to answer these questions takes them to New Orleans, a maniacal hit man on their trail. As the conspiracy nears fruition, the boy—the special, unearthly boy—emerges at its epicenter. And could be its next tragic victim.

Jessica


J. wrote: "I am a reviewer looking to fill my time with book reviews. Please check out my blog at www.reviewsthatbite.blogspot.com and send me a message if you are interested
Jessica"

J. wrote: "I am a reviewer looking to fill my time with book reviews. Please check out my blog at www.reviewsthatbite.blogspot.com and send me a message if you are interested
Jessica"

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All best,
Steve

Need some reviewers for a short work

It is free to read online! :) Thank you!


Thanks Florence! Appreciate it! :D

Some language (but nothing you wouldn't hear at a junior high), no erotica (okay, cat erotica but no human erotica), some violence, some philosophy, fair amount of irreverence.
happy to provide free reviewer copies in your preferred format - just let me know!
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John
John McDonnell

I'm seeking reviewers for my debut novel, There are Reasons Noah Packed No Clothes. Details below.
Genre: Literary/Teen/Coming of Age
Back Cover Text:
You need your eyes, don't you?
So does Richard Issych. Two weeks ago he overdosed. Now he's fighting for his life, finding threatening notes like that one on his nightstand.
"There are Reasons Noah Packed No Clothes" is the story of 19-year-old Richard Issych, who wakes to a harsh new reality inside an inpatient unit. Now Richard's journey turns into one of revelations and struggling through his own reasons for being as he discovers new meanings for redemption, sacrifice, hope, love-and the will to live.
In the end, what are the reasons Noah packed no clothes? Richard can only imagine. But it has something to do with a size 3XL bowling shirt with the name "Noah" stitched over the pocket.
There are reasons . . . everyone uses his own dictionary.
There are reasons . . . some new heavens come from some new hells.
There are Reasons Noah Packed No Clothes
GR book page: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...
Amazon book page: http://www.amazon.com/There-Reasons-N...
Please IM here on GR if you'd like an epub to review (I have a few paperbacks if you'd prefer that). It would be appreciated if reviews could be posted on Goodreads, Amazon, your blog, etc.
Thanks!

My name is Gary Markwick and I am looking for reviewers who like self help books.
Mine is called "Now it Begins" and is practical and spiritual with ancient learning sand short stories. The book is split into 10 distinct phases.
As the world is changing fast, a great shift of universal energy is taking place. Some of us are aware of this and are ready to move forward and leave behind an old world that has suffered from greed, selfishness, anger, blame and hatred. This means, raising our vibration of energy from within and connecting with one another on a higher and faster frequency that is happening now on this planet. For some this is inconceivable and for others, the transformation has already begun."
My website for the book is
www.garymarkwick.com
Best wishes
Gary

"Welcome to the sun-tortured streets of Arizona, a place where the darkest secrets get snagged on barbed wire and justice is as deadly as it is patient, a place where something supernatural is afoot and redemption comes at a bloody price.
Terrified people are making startling confessions to Hack, a complete stranger, and are never seen again.
A crew of hardened criminals preys upon those who prey upon others, thriving in a world where brutality is routine.
Nick, a troubled young man, sheds his addiction to alcohol via a headfirst dive into that world of crime.
Welcome to Nick and Hack's world. Welcome to a World of Vacancy."
Thanks!
www.charlesschmidtbooks.com

MY HERO IS MY MONSTER
Ava is only four when her life is destroyed by a "Hero" who turned into the monster in her bed every night." Each night she cries to her mother, pleading for her to stay, only for her mother to turn a blind eye.
"Ten years of abuse culminate in Ava's attempted suicide as her father is lead away in handcuffs."
Please let me know if you would like to review, it is a short read and I have an unlimited supply of PDF for anyone willing to review.

My book Typhoon Season is an emotionally challenging work of literary fiction. If you're looking for a different read – a book that doesn't let you like the protagonists but hopes you can understand him – give it a try.
If you're interested in review, let me know and I can arrange to get it to you.


My book Typhoon Season is an emotionally challenging work of literary ficti..."
June wrote: "Hi, my book is a Memoir,
MY HERO IS MY MONSTER
Ava is only four when her life is destroyed by a "Hero" who turned into the monster in her bed every night." Each night she cries to her mother, ple..."


I would love for a review myself, and I could review yours as well if you do have the time of course.
Thanks

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author page - https://www.facebook.com/AuthorChrist...



Here's my latest release. Abby believes the clickings she hears in the fillings of her teeth are messages from aliens. She's right.


Authors, do you have..."
Hi Karen,
I wondered if you would be happy to review my thriller/crime novel with a legal slant, The Eighth Square. Happy to send you a paperback copy or pdf - I have so few reviews on goodreads anmd would like to chnage that.
Here is a teaser:
Jack Lauder, a man of simple pleasures, was a successful lawyer who enjoyed nothing more than climbing in the mountains and a good old competitive game of chess. But he is about to be dragged into a deadly world of deception, where truth and fiction become inseparable, and the life he knew will be changed forever.
The battle for his sanity begins when his wife, Rachel dies after a tragic climbing accident during a snowstorm. He found it hard to mourn her loss because her body was never recovered. Now, the question of her existence taunts him as she continues to appear before him. His sense of reality is on the verge of collapse, but right now that is the least of his worries ...
Somebody has a very personal vendetta against Jack and he must put all the pieces of the puzzle together to figure out why he is being framed. He finds himself caught up in a web of drug-smuggling and murder. In a haze of confusion, Jack will have to think several moves ahead to survive this hostile game against an opponent who will stop at nothing until Jack is annihilated.
Link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
Thank you so much Karen!
Take care, Clive

Clive, are there two Karens, or were you asking me (Karen A. Wyle, messages 174 and 175)? If so, all the names on here may have gotten you confused. I was one of the authors looking for reviews, not a reviewer.
Clive wrote: "Indie wrote: "Are you a book reviewer with a love for indie books? Post your blog address and genres you read on this post! Authors, feel free to contact these lovely people and connect!
Author..."

I wondered if anyone out there would be happy to review my thriller/crime novel with a legal slant, The Eighth Square. Happy to send a paperback copy or pdf - I have so few reviews on goodreads and would like to change that.
Here is a teaser:
Jack Lauder, a man of simple pleasures, was a successful lawyer who enjoyed nothing more than climbing in the mountains and a good old competitive game of chess. But he is about to be dragged into a deadly world of deception, where truth and fiction become inseparable, and the life he knew will be changed forever.
The battle for his sanity begins when his wife, Rachel dies after a tragic climbing accident during a snowstorm. He found it hard to mourn her loss because her body was never recovered. Now, the question of her existence taunts him as she continues to appear before him. His sense of reality is on the verge of collapse, but right now that is the least of his worries ...
Somebody has a very personal vendetta against Jack and he must put all the pieces of the puzzle together to figure out why he is being framed. He finds himself caught up in a web of drug-smuggling and murder. In a haze of confusion, Jack will have to think several moves ahead to survive this hostile game against an opponent who will stop at nothing until Jack is annihilated.
Link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
Thank you so much!
Take care, Clive

mtater.blogspot.com. Look forward to any and all authors that I can. Thank you for the opportunity in advance."
Hi Michelle,
I wondered if you would be happy to review my thriller/crime novel with a legal slant, The Eighth Square. Happy to send you a paperback copy or pdf - I have so few reviews on goodreads anmd would like to chnage that.
Here is a teaser:
Jack Lauder, a man of simple pleasures, was a successful lawyer who enjoyed nothing more than climbing in the mountains and a good old competitive game of chess. But he is about to be dragged into a deadly world of deception, where truth and fiction become inseparable, and the life he knew will be changed forever.
The battle for his sanity begins when his wife, Rachel dies after a tragic climbing accident during a snowstorm. He found it hard to mourn her loss because her body was never recovered. Now, the question of her existence taunts him as she continues to appear before him. His sense of reality is on the verge of collapse, but right now that is the least of his worries ...
Somebody has a very personal vendetta against Jack and he must put all the pieces of the puzzle together to figure out why he is being framed. He finds himself caught up in a web of drug-smuggling and murder. In a haze of confusion, Jack will have to think several moves ahead to survive this hostile game against an opponent who will stop at nothing until Jack is annihilated.
Link: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
Thank you so much Michelle!
Take care, Clive

I'm Nikki Lynn Barrett. I'm an author, but I also run a book blog/review site. Storm Goddess Book Reviews reviews indie books, of all genre. We have a team of about 20 of us. You can submit requests via the site.
www.stormgoddessbookreviews.blogspot.com
I am also a debut author. My Contemporary Christmas book just came out in November, and would love reviews for it.
Here is the blurb: The magic of Christmas has been lost to Jacob Winston. At the suggestion of his ill sister, Jacob takes a job as a Secret Santa at the mall, hoping to restore his Christmas spirit. Even that doesn't seem to work, until a special little boy ambles up to make a very special wish...
Cheyenne Jensen is struggling to raise her two kids without the help of her ex-husband who refuses to acknowledge his daughter's existence and doesn't provide for the son he does. This Christmas is shaping up to be as heartbreaking as the last, until her son Ben's kind actions lead a stranger to them.
Ah, but it's Christmas time and the magic has begun.
When Jacob and Cheyenne meet, neither can deny their immediate attraction to one another. As situations arise that require they spend more time together, their feelings grow stronger and stronger.
With Christmas fast approaching, the pair learn what matters most in life. Now, if only they could ditch the ghost of Christmases past.
Maybe this holiday will bring some wishes come true- for everyone after all.
Thanks! and have a great day.

I'm looking for some more reviews for my YA/Fantasy novel. Message me if you're interested and I'd love to send you a copy:

Forgotten Fox is the first novel in the series The Celestial Saga.
In the world of Temis, where the Familiars have separated themselves from the other humans, eighteen year old Aruna finds herself exiled from home for not conforming to society, something that she did not even have control over. She is thrust into a dangerous wilderness where she is lost and alone. But she meets George, a mystical fox that grows a second tail after an encounter with a vicious animal.
As Aruna searches for a new home, accompanied by her fox, her undeniable destiny lies before them and pulls them into the ancient war of the Celestials, the demi-gods that once ruled the wild.
Even while they are pitted against these higher beings, and a family that Aruna can no longer trust, they continue the search for a place that they can call home, and people that they can call family.

All Jaycee Hiller wants to do is survive eighth grade. Mostly that means hanging with her friend, Stu, avoiding the cheerleading squad, secretly
crushing on Nate Fletcher, and playing her favorite video game, Hero’s Sword.
When she receives a new video game controller, Jaycee finds herself magically transported into the Hero's Sword video game world. Survival takes on a whole new meaning. No longer battling with a plastic joystick, Jaycee picks up a real sword and bow & arrow and readies herself for battle.
Can she save Lady Starla's rule in Mallory, keep herself in one piece, and maybe even learn something about surviving middle school?

I'm Looking for reviews for my Dark Fantasy novel "A Prescription for Delirium."

Ninety years ago, Gabriella di Luca promised to protect the family of her dying lover. She failed to keep that promise. She was too far away to stop the devil that murdered the eldest Van Helsing son. Years later, Gabby learns the devil has resurfaced. She arrives in Hampton, TX, determined to stop the devil before it can lay a bloody hand on the remaining three brothers.
However, madness is spreading through Hampton. She suspects the devil is using this madness to test a drug which has a side effect of demonic possession. Gabby rushes to end the source of the madness only to fall victim to it. For a woman cursed with eternal life, dying is no threat. However, Gabby must stop the devil's plot or risk losing her most precious possession: her mind.
If you are interested please send me a message or email me at [email protected].
Noree

Book Description: D005 has been a part of a secret government program known as the Delta Project her entire life. She has been genetically modified to be stronger, faster, smarter and to heal faster. Trained in hand-to-hand combat, weaponry and battle tactics, she has been worked to physical and mental exhaustion every day of her life. Raised without love or care of any kind, she has no idea what it means to be happy – to be free. And now she has run away. But then she wakes up on the rocky shore of the Missouri River with no memory of how she got there, or why there are bullet wounds, scratches and bruises riddling her body. Her entire past has become a blank sheet except for a recurring nightmare of her running through the woods with dogs chasing her and voices shouting at her that she can never hide. As she struggles to understand the kind of life she has never had, emotions she has never felt before, and the mystery of her past, she is helped by Brianna Hartman and Reid Phelps – the two teenagers who discover her. When she goes to live with Brianna at the Hartman Ranch, she must also learn to deal with Bri’s brother, the gruff Cormac Hartman, who is running from his own past. He seems to hate her from the word go, but when she discovers his crude attitude is just his way of dealing with the hurt he is feeling, she decides to make it her mission to draw him back into life. Then a mysterious stranger comes to the ranch and her new world comes crashing down around her as her past comes back to haunt her
If you are at all interested and can read PDF files, please message me or send me an email at [email protected]
Thanks,
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here is a link to my book, though if you want to review I can gift it to you!
book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ARP7Z42
videos from book: http://www.chloezola.com/video


Dead Reckoning is an historical adventure of piracy, love and revenge in the Caribbean in the Seventeenth Century.
Leo is born in Spanish Panama in 1659. When he is 12 years old he witnesses the violent rape and murder of his mother by three of the Caribbean’s most feared pirates: Tarr, Blake and Hornigold, and swears revenge at all costs.
Gabriella is trapped in an abusive marriage to a ruthless Dutch slave trader, who is in business with the same English cut-throats. She risks all to escape with her life.
Follow their exciting story as they face threat and challenge on the Caribbean Seas and pursue their quest of revenge; a quest that leads to a terrifying conclusion. But whose head is in the noose?
Thank you and Happy New Year!

OTHER PEOPLE'S HORSES is available in mobi, epub, and pdf formats. Paperback to come mid-January. Email me at [email protected] to get your copy!

All Jaycee Hiller wants to do is survive eighth grade. Mostly that ..."
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The book is a candid and authentic journey through the sometimes glorious, sometimes treacherous terrain of the mind and spirit of a young man seeking to know the world he is floundering in and find his place in it. Eric’s exploration into manhood begins when he makes a break from the expectations of parents, friends, and society and, on a whim, quits university in Boston to head out with his older brother on a road trip across the country to Vancouver. He wants to find out what life is all about. He wants to find something worth living for. He wants to know what his destiny is. From Vancouver, the trip becomes a solo journey to San Francisco, and then on to Guatemala, Central America, and South America.
He is often conflicted between joy and despair as he faces fears, both internal and external, in a self-constructed rite of passage that takes him to the summits of mountains, into the deepest jungles, and into war torn countries. He faces his fears and insecurities, too often with the assistance of drugs or alcohol, on a path that leads to growth and of understanding of what it means to be a man. He discovers that both breath-taking beauty and mind numbing ugliness can exist together in the world. He also discovers that they can co-exist in the person, and more specifically within himself. The reader is taken on a delightful and torturous ride with Eric and is given the rare and privileged opportunity to witness the unapologetic psychology of a young man striving to be more than just a man.
Thanks so much,
John

Anyone who would like to do a bit of vetting beforehand can preview the first twenty-nine pages at my website, located at http://www.sff.net/people/walter.spence. Just scroll to the bottom of the page for the link. I can make ebook versions in .mobi and .epub format available. You can email me at [email protected].
Here is the back cover blurb from the trade paperback version:
The Sleeper has awakened, hear the call!
Houses, witness the breaking of the seal.
To part his flesh, the edge of doom shall fall,
And spill his blood, his purpose to reveal.
Their origins lie in a distant and almost forgotten past. Though humanity refers to them as vampires, they have long had another name for themselves. The Breed.
Since the days of Coloque, the Separation, they have dwelled among us (but not of us), hidden by a protective cloak of ignorance and superstition which has shielded them as their wealth and power have grown. Their society is represented by twelve Great Houses, each a law unto themselves, answering to no one outside of their own familial walls for untold centuries.
Those days are no more.
For a hidden terror has surfaced, threatening Breed and human alike. One by one the scions of House Ember have vanished, swallowed by a secret and frigid darkness now threatening those Houses which yet remain. And their last hope has lain somnolent for decades within the shimmering clouds of a silver dream.
Until now.
For the Sleeper has awakened.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AY7PA2C
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
Thanks a bunch!
Sam

I've got a couple of fantasy novels that I wouldn't mind trading for a review. Feel free to send me an email (scott at scottmarlowe dot com) or message me here on Goodreads and I'd be happy to set you up with the eBook in your favorite format.
Thanks!



I'd love to have a review of my just-released book, Unexpected Legacy. It's a novel with strong romantic elements. Here's the back blurb:
Matt Dalton’s world is spinning off its axis. Without warning, he’s thrown into the world of parenting a teenager. Matt meets his son for the first time when the sixteen-year-old is dealing with the consequences of a tragic car accident. Not only has Brady lost his best friend, he faces disability and scars both physical and emotional.
Determined to do whatever it takes to give his son a second chance, Matt looks to his alma mater to step up and help Brady regain his athletic abilities and sense of self. But sparks fly when he meets the high school principal, the captivating Kate Austen. Kate is ready to take Brady under her wing, but to her that means helping him refocus and find a new passion – using his brains rather than his brawn. Kate fully expects the younger Dalton to come with issues and challenges . . . his father may prove to be the biggest one of all.
Though the chemistry is hard to ignore, Kate fights to keep her personal feelings and professional life separate. At the same time, Matt struggles to gain his son’s trust, and Brady must face the road to recovery and find a way to accept the changes in his life.
There's no graphic sex. A little profanity. Along the lines of a Barbara Delinsky novel. Let me know if you're interested. Thanks!
-darlene

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I'll give you a fair review if you will gift me a copy -- [email protected]
I'm working on a YA sci-fi novel now which is the reason for my interest. It's not finished but I also have other books already published. See my Goodreads page. I would be delighted if you choose to review one of them, but I'll read yours regardless.
Hello, I'm looking for honest reviews of my upcoming New Adult Paranormal Romance/Horror novella, Lisez la Fleur (Read the Flower) ~ Part One: The Beautiful Beginning. I'm offering a PDF copy by email, if the reader will read the book by February 5th, and post a review here on Goodreads, and on Amazon when it's available (release date is February 14th).
Twenty-year-old Lorine Stringfield’s life is about to change forever, and she doesn’t even know it.
Weighted down by the death of her father, her overbearing mother, and the sadness of her little brother, Lorine has less than high hopes for her family’s trip to France. But all of that changes when she is invited to visit the illustrious Chateau du Jumeaux – a premiere nightclub that only the most privileged attend. Lorine jumps at the chance to do something for herself, but gets more than she bargained for when she discovers the terrible truth: the chateau isn’t a nightclub at all, but a feeding ground for perhaps the most ruthless of beings, the creatures known as vampires.
Part one in the Fleur Passages, a collection of novellas to later be sewn into one novel, The Beautiful Beginning starts the epic tale of Lorine. This novella marks the first in a series of ebooks in which readers can take part with "Reader Participation" -- inside of the ebook there is a question directly linked to the next volume in the Fleur Passages, and readers can vote for their favorite answer, to have a say in what happens next!
Genres and information: this novella series is classified as Mature YA/New Adult Fiction, Paranormal Romance, and Old-Fashioned Horror/Suspense; this novella series contains violence, and may not be suitable for younger readers.
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If you're interested, please send me a PM, or email me at AlexandraLanc(at)aol(dot)com with the header "Indie Book Collective: Requesting Review for LLF".
Thank you!

Twenty-year-old Lorine Stringfield’s life is about to change forever, and she doesn’t even know it.
Weighted down by the death of her father, her overbearing mother, and the sadness of her little brother, Lorine has less than high hopes for her family’s trip to France. But all of that changes when she is invited to visit the illustrious Chateau du Jumeaux – a premiere nightclub that only the most privileged attend. Lorine jumps at the chance to do something for herself, but gets more than she bargained for when she discovers the terrible truth: the chateau isn’t a nightclub at all, but a feeding ground for perhaps the most ruthless of beings, the creatures known as vampires.
Part one in the Fleur Passages, a collection of novellas to later be sewn into one novel, The Beautiful Beginning starts the epic tale of Lorine. This novella marks the first in a series of ebooks in which readers can take part with "Reader Participation" -- inside of the ebook there is a question directly linked to the next volume in the Fleur Passages, and readers can vote for their favorite answer, to have a say in what happens next!
Genres and information: this novella series is classified as Mature YA/New Adult Fiction, Paranormal Romance, and Old-Fashioned Horror/Suspense; this novella series contains violence, and may not be suitable for younger readers.
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If you're interested, please send me a PM, or email me at AlexandraLanc(at)aol(dot)com with the header "Indie Book Collective: Requesting Review for LLF".
Thank you!

Most of my sales so far have been in print and have few reviews up on line - I am looking for reviewers to read and comment on these first 3 - Ellen's Tale the first of them has been reviewed here on Goodreads if you would like to see what others have thought so far but would appreciate some up to date reviews -
if you would like to read excerpts http://sefutychronicles-albertaross.b...
thank you

THANKS!


I've got a couple of fantasy novels that I wouldn't mind trading for a review. Feel free to send me an email (scott at scottmarlowe dot com) or message me here on Goodreads and I'd be happy..."
Scott, I would be happy to review one of yours in exchange for one of mine. The first volume of my fantasy trilogy is currently free on Amazon (see the link below) and also on Smashwords if you prefer a format other than Kindle. Or I can email you a copy. Please send yours as a mobi file to [email protected]
Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Light-D...

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Sam, I'll give you a fair review if you will gift me a copy -- [email protected]
I'm working on a YA sci-fi novel now which is the reason for my interest. It's not finished but I also have other books already published. See my Goodreads page. I would be delighted if you choose to review one of them, but I'll read yours regardless.


All the informtion is on my website. If you would like to review it I can provide a coupon for Smashwords.
www.lmsteel.co.uk
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