Sanctum Cover Reveal

Title: Sanctum (The After Light Saga #2)

Author: Cameo Renae

Genre: YA Post-Apocalyptic/Dystopian

Publisher: CHBB

Cover Design: Regina Wamba at Mae I Design Photography

Hosted by: Lady Amber's Tours

Blurb: The Arvy threat worsens each day. They continue to destroy the hive’s vital fuel resources, leaving us with one option— evacuate to the largest government bunker, located in South Dakota. The injured hive members are moved as first priority, but a disastrous event occurs on the way to our drop-off zone. We find ourselves in a ghost town, surrounded by spiteful, revenge filled Arvies. Chaos ensues and our death toll rises. Just when we think the end has come, unsuspected help arrives. We are rescued and brought to an underground bunker. They call it Sanctum. With no way of reaching outside help, we must depend on each other to reach our pick-up zone, thirty miles away. If we don’t make it in time, we will be left for dead. Time is ticking. My name is Abigail Park. I am a survivor.

My family is what keeps my heart beating, and my world a happy place to be. I love reading great books that whisk me away from reality, even if for a little while. :) Writing is my passion. I love creating new worlds and new characters, and taking wondrous adventures with them. In My Dreams & Hidden Wings were both recently published through Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing. Descent (A Hidden Wings novella) will be released May 15, 2013, and Broken Wings (Book 2 in the Hidden Wings Series) will be released June 1, 2013. One day I will find my magic wardrobe, and ride away on my magical unicorn... ♥ Until then... I'll keep writing! ;)

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Absolution Blog Hop

Hey Everyone, Welcome to the Absolution Blog Hop!

This is to celebrate the upcoming release of book 3 in the Cursed Trilogy, Absolution by Georgina Hannan!

Snippet: 

“Do you have any famous people in your family?” Daisy asked, trying to draw more from this closed woman. Julie laughed, but it wasn’t a laugh of humour. It was a laugh of pity. “Why, of course, my dear. I am from a good family with a perfect background, so of course, we have famous ancestors.” Daisy once again didn’t know how to react. She was sure the woman was belittling her, but she didn’t have the experience to handle it. How dare she assume I’m not from a good family? “Oh well how peachy for you. I’m glad I’ve never had to deal with the pressure. I have been fortunate enough to live my life the way I want to.” Daisy tried to sound sophisticated that statement, and the corners of Julie’s mouth curled up ever so slightly. “There is nothing wrong with a little pressure, child,” she replied, reverting to calling Daisy a child. “Would you care to enlighten me about this famous person?” Daisy said, continuing to use the same language as Julie. She wanted to prove she was just as important as she was. How is that true? I'm in her house interviewing her; of course I'm not as important as her! Julie began wittering on about a duke in her family who had freed their county of poor people. The more she spoke, the more Daisy wanted to punch her in the face, scream at her, and tell her how unfair her family was and how much destruction they caused. Daisy replied only when she had to and with small noncommittal comments. It was clear to Daisy that Julie thought a lot of her family, however she had no idea the ramifications her family had on so many lives. There was only so much she could listen to before she knew she had to end the conversation and leave before she said something she might have regretted. “That’s fantastic. Anyway I must be going, lots to write up here. May I visit again for a tour and maybe see your family tree?” Julie just nodded and waved at the maid that was waiting by the door. "Show her out," she said and returned to her writing. Once Daisy was back at the hotel, she collapsed on the bed with a sigh. "Why did you ever want to be a part of that horrid family?" Daisy said to Mary, who was watching from the corner. She didn’t react.

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Tyler sat on his bed alone, desperately trying to call Daisy. It was ringing, but she wasn’t answering. Please talk to me Daisy, I'm sorry x Love you, T xxx That’s it. I’ve blown it. I’ve lost her. I'm alone again, he thought as he threw his phone down onto the bed in frustration. Just then, there was a knock on the front door. He opened the door and didn’t have time to think or react. Misty pushed him against the wall in the most passionate kiss she could muster. Once his brain had grasped the situation, he pushed her away. “What the hell?” he said as he struggled to pull himself together. He’d be stupid not to admit to himself how beautiful she looked. She was tall and slender, and her red hair was in ringlets around her shoulders. She looked flawless. “I’m fed up of playing games. I know you want me,” she replied as her lips pulled up in a seductive smile. Tyler shook his head. He did want her—she was undeniably sexy—but he was in love with Daisy. “Misty I’ve been leading you on. I know that now. I was craving the attention.” She smiled and closed the gap between them, placing her hands on his chest. His back was against the wall. He had nowhere to go. He was struggling to keep his composure. 

Blurb: 

Daisy was pushed to the limits and finally agreed to end the curse surrounding her family. However, her agreement forces her to face some of the hardest choices of her life, and she stands to lose more than just her sanity. Can she handle the choices? Can she end the curse without ruining someone's life---or her own? 

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Absolution by Georgina Hannan

Release Date: MONDAY 16TH JUNE 2014

Cursed Trilogy is available on Paperback & eBook at many stores including;

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• Nook

Cursed Trilogy by Georgina Hannan Please check out Georgina and her work using the links below:

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Erin the Fire Goddess:The Beginning

Please spread the word that the first book in my series is free to download.

Amazon UK
Amazon US
Smashwords
Barnes & Noble
Lulu

It is also available through the Apple store and much more.

Open for Auditions

So I decided to take tentative steps into the whole audio world. 

Nervous? You bet.

So I thought I would make a blog to get the word out that I am looking for auditions.

Now because I am British and my books are set in Britain I would like the narrator to narrate with a British accent. This does not mean you have to be British. It just means that if you are not British but are good with accents then you can still give it a try.

There is not harm in trying right? It is just little old me sitting behind my computer screen listening to all auditions. Well this is how I have it in my head - I haven't received one audition yet (boohoo.)

All you need to do is click the audition link, download the script from the book and then follow the simple steps to audition.

So what are you waiting for? 

I want to thank every single person, in advance, who gives it a try. Thank you so much.

Click here to audition

Helloooooo

Just thought I would pop in and say hi *waves hand enthusiastically*

I haven't been feeling too great lately. I have had a virus for the last two weeks and apparently this virus can last up to 3 to 4 weeks :(

Anyways I came online and something compelled me to update Pinterest. I don't get the website but I know people go on it and if anyone wants to explain the reason for it instead of putting up pretty pictures then please let me know. I just put pictures up of my latest books and swag for people, beyond that I am lost.

Then I decided to add a link on my blog for Pinterest, then I got carried away moving things about and adding a contact form - at the bottom. I also added the last two books in my EtFG series, and for the life of me I can not figure out why all the images are appearing at different sizes. Help anyone?

Then once I was done I took a wander over to Google plus, another site I rarely visit but it gets regular posts from me through other websites, which is kinda cool :D I also saw I have had nearly 65k visits, which made me go wow. I know there will be people with so much more. I still find it humbling that people pop by to visit my blog etc. All you guys are great and I thank you for your support.

Oh as well as a virus I have quit smoking too. It is still early days so everything is still touch and go. So there are times when I am screaming, but because of this virus I have been sleeping sporadically and my throat has been agony so I think of that as a small push into not smoking either. I have smoked for a very long time.

Another thing about being ill, I talk and talk and talk about...... errr random stuff. Ah see now that suits the title of my blog perfectly :p

I am struggling to even read let alone write so I am behind.

I hope everyone is keeping well and soon I will be back to writing. Sorry for the delay and thank you for stopping by <3

Bullying

Bullying is wrong on so many levels and having been a victim of bullying it churns my stomach to see others being bullied.

As a lot of you are aware my daughter Erin was being bullied when we moved to the place we live now. It was horrible to have a feeling of such helplessness. I was back and forth to the school, I was contacting the other children's parents and I was also having meetings with the teacher but the bullying continued. 

After a few years an incident happened where a couple of students targeted Erin in front of a teaching assistant and this teaching assistant was obviously not happy so went straight to the teacher. This teacher was instrumental in stopping the bullying, but Erin was a shell of her former self. She went from being a popular girl at her old school to this insecure young girl with no confidence, who wouldn't say boo to anyone. 

This is the reason I wrote Erin the Fire Goddess. I wanted Erin to believe in herself and stand up to bullies.

It wasn't until last year, in her final year of primary school, that Erin's teacher commented that Erin was lacking in confidence etc. So I explained what had happened to make Erin feel this way. Of course this teacher was unaware. But she took it upon herself to help Erin's confidence grow

It is now 2014 and my beautiful daughter is not only a clever and confident girl but she does not take any stick from bullies.

Now why have a decided to make this blog now? Besides my hatred of bullies? Well today I logged into Erin's Facebook, which I do regularly to play games - yeah yeah I should be writing :p 

Anyway there is this young girl and for a while now I have been seeing her statuses about people picking on her etc. Before now I just read them and did nothing, probably like so many other people out there. But today when I logged into to Erin's Facebook I saw the girl had put a status during her lunch break at school saying how she has tried to change the person that she is in a hope that these people would stop but nothing is helping. This broke my heart and I could not sit there and ignore it. So I private messaged the young girl and I explained who I am and how I think she should just ignore these people and just believe and be true to herself. Obviously by the reaction I got from her I had put a smile on the young girls face. To me that was all I needed. If this small message helped this girl somehow then I feel as though I have done something worthwhile.

Bullying is so common and it makes my blood boil. Some people do not even realise that they are bullying, and sometimes I feel that that can be worse.

What I am asking of people is this...... if you see anyone being bullied do NOT sit back and try and ignore it because you do become as bad as that person. Do something about it. Even if it is to tell the victim that you are there for them.

If it is you that is being bullied then please please please talk to someone. I beg you. You do NOT deserve to go through this. You are an amazing individual <----- see that word there, yes individual. No two people are the same. We are all unique and different in our own ways and we should embrace that and be happy with who we are. Other people don't like it? Tough. That is their problem not yours. Sometimes people can't handle other peoples awesomeness.

Nichola Thomson singing

Last night my best friend uploaded a video to Facebook that had her daughter Nichola singing on it. Now I have heard Nichola sing years ago and I have always thought she has such a lovely voice. Over the years her voice has become stronger. At one point she was even going to audition for Britains Got Talent but chickened out at the last minute. The reason? She does not have the confidence. 

Nichola is a beautiful nineteen year old girl from Edinburgh and I feel that the world needs to hear her voice and that she needs to realise just how talented she really is.

The video are pictures of her nephew and I think the song works perfectly. I actually love this song and even prefer Nichola's version than the original. Let me know what you think either on here or YouTube and please feel free to share and spread the word.

Nichola singing YouTube link