The Book Nymph PR: May 2015

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Now Recruiting for the Liquid Lust Blog Tour

Thursday, May 14, 2015

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Forging the Pieces by, Nefretiti A. Morant

Forging the Pieces

by, Nefretiti A. Morant

Chance Jennings finds himself on an unexpected and enlightening journey. This reminiscent itinerary forces him to re-evaluate the life he's worked so hard to build. Abandoned by his father and raised by a single mother Chance's humble and dysfunctional beginnings only made him more determined to succeed. With a drive to achieve he builds one of the leading IT firms in the technology field. His mansion in one of Atlanta's most prestigious neighborhoods, boasts seven bedrooms, ten bathroom, and an onsite bowling ally . His wife Janell is intelligent and drop dead gorgeous. His son and daughter are smart, healthy and adorable. From the outside peering in, his life appears to be perfect.

Suddenly faced with an ego shattering dilemma, Chance finds himself at a crossroads. In the company of a mysterious and interesting stranger Chance is faced with one very important question; "Do you know who you are?" As he struggles to delve between the pomp and materialistic things he has filled his life with; Chance must decide if he will continue to falsely let money determine his happiness, or will he let love guide him to a more noble passion.

This thought invoking novel will delight your imagination and ignite a haunting nudging at your core as you two, will be left wondering if; You truly know who you are?

Author Bio

Nefretiti A. Morant was born in the United Kingdom to Barbadian Parents. Nefretiti always loved reading and writing poetry. In 2004 she graduated from The University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelors in Psychology. Nefretiti worked for New York City's Department of Social Services for ten years before deciding to pursue her passion for writing full time.

In 2012 Armed with lots of ambition and a desire to create beauty with her words she started a poetry blog on her popular website; www.nefretitim.com. Within three years she built the publish powerhouse E-books By Nefretiti, Jamani Publications; writing eight books and publishing ten. Offering realistic, inspiring and feel good reading; she has has solidified her brand within the literary and internet community.

Nefretiti’s inspiration for writing comes from her belief in positive thinking and her desire to inspire individuals from all walks of life. The Queens, New York native currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and two children.

Amazon Author Page

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Quick Fire Q&A With Author, Julie Cross

Quick Fire Q&A

With Author, Julie Cross

1. Coffee of Tea

Coffee! X 10

2. Favorite Book

Little Women

3. What is your ideal vacation?

Either NYC completely unscheduled or the beach (also completely unscheduled because who wants an agenda at the beach)

4. Favorite character from any of your books?

Omg...I can't pick, right? It's choosing a favorite kid. For my narrators, they always represent a current state of mind for me morphed into a fictional character so they each hold a special spot in my head and heart. And the love interests are made to match these narrators.

5. Which actor would you pick to play that character in the movie?

For Jason Brody, I think the actor who plays (played?) Jake on GLEE would be perfect. For Annie, I think Gabriella Wilde from the movie Endless Love is a great fit. So long as she can run fast :)

Julie Cross is the International Bestselling author of the Tempest series, a young adult science fiction trilogy which includes Tempest, Vortex, and the final installment, Timestorm (St. Martin's Press). She's also the author of Letters to Nowhere (8/13), a mature young adult romance set in the world of elite gymnastics, as well as several forthcoming young adult and new adult novels with publishers like Entangled, Sourcebooks, HarperCollins, and St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books.

Julie lives in Central Illinois with her husband and three children. She's a former gymnast, longtime gymnastics fan, coach, and former Gymnastics Program Director with the YMCA. She's a lover of books, devouring several novels a week, especially in the young adult and new adult genres. Outside of her reading and writing credibility's, Julie Cross is a committed--but not talented--long distance runner, creator of imaginary beach vacations, Midwest bipolar weather survivor, expired CPR certification card holder, as well as a ponytail and gym shoe addict. You can find her online via twitter, her personal website, email, facebook, Goodreads, or co-moderating the YAwriters section of reddit.

Life loves a good curveball…

Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas's life is completely upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she's living in Missouri (too cold), attending an all-girls school (no boys), and navigating the strange world of professional sports. But Annie has dreams of her own--most of which involve placing first at every track meet…and one starring the Royals' super-hot rookie pitcher.

But nineteen-year-old Jason Brody is completely, utterly, and totally off-limits. Besides, her dad would kill them both several times over. Not to mention Brody has something of a past, and his fan club is filled with C-cupped models, not smart-mouthed high school "brats" who can run the pants off every player on the team. Annie has enough on her plate without taking their friendship to the next level. The last thing she should be doing is falling in love.

But baseball isn't just a game. It's life. And sometimes, it can break your heart…

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Whatever Life Throws at You

Whatever Life Throws at You

Book Feature

Book Description

Publication Date: October 7, 2014 | Age Level: 12 and up | Grade Level: 9 - 12

Life loves a good curveball…

But baseball isn't just a game. It's life. And sometimes, it can break your heart…

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 10 Up—Bone cancer ended his professional baseball career during his rookie season, but when Jim Lucas is offered the opportunity to become a pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals, life changes overnight for his 17-year-old daughter, Annie Lucas. Annie quickly learns the other side of pro baseball--families that smile and appear wholesome before the camera, but hardly speak to one another off camera, with media constantly in tow looking to catch players' kids doing something wrong. Annie finds true friendship in Lenny London, the daughter of a Royal, and Jason Brody, a 19-year-old rookie pitcher with a scandalous past. When Annie's father discovers that she and Jason have been secretly dating for months, he orders Annie to end all communication with him. In the end, Brody proves himself to Annie's father and their relationship earns his seal of approval. While characters are likable and the plot allows readers an all-access pass into the lives of professional athletes and their families, the numerous anf frank sex scenes between Annie and Jason make this a pick best suited for older teens.—Nicole Knott, Watertown High School, CT

Review

"Wow. This book. AMAZING! I'm going to try my best at putting words together to tell you how much I loved this book. I just want to scream at everyone and say READ THIS BOOK!! That should work right? LOL." - Raenell (Book Babes Unite)

"I'm so glad I found this one, and once again I'm reminded of my love for baseball players... there's just something about them! If you're looking for a wonderfully told romantic drama in the NA/YA genres, definitely grab this one as soon as you can. I'm positive you'll love it as much as I did!" - Jaime Arkin (Fiction Fare)

"An addicting and gritty story about family, friendships, falling in love, and choosing to follow your own path. Whatever Life Throws At You is a story that combined my love of sports, and YA romance in a way only one other YA author, Katie McGarry, has done." - Mundie Moms

"Loved this one! Great characters, great plot! I need me some Jason Brody!" - Princess Bookie

"I seriously almost typed "she knocked this one out of the park!" before catching the horrible baseball pun. How how about we just go with this was an awesome read! instead?" - Allison (Allure of Books)

Monday, May 11, 2015

Para Portage of Emily by, Muffy Wilson (Reading)

The Para-Portage of Emily Book Blitz & Giveaway! (Top 10 Writing Tips)

The Para-Portage of Emily

Book Blitz & Giveaway!

Top Ten Writing Tips ~ Muffy Wilson

Never start with a prologue or the weather, but start.

Don’t worry if your first draft is any good, just start.

Write every day, at the same time for the same length of time. Self-disciple is only routine. Start.

Write what you would like to read, from your heart. And start.

Allow yourself to change your mind. Change is a reflection of inspiration. A new perspective

Name your work immediately and give it life, honor, position, credibility, purpose..

Keep notes of anything favorite or interesting: names, titles, phrases, descriptions, music.

Each new voice requires a new paragraph. If you must, only use “said”. Anything else wastes ink pretentiously.

Be kind to yourself. Your work may not be great or Nobel material, but it is yours. Accept that your voice will change and evolve, but it is still yours.

Just start…..

The Para-Portage of Emily

The Shadow Seduction Series

Muffy Wilson

@SexyMuffyWilson

Emily Macque, a young, beautiful junior partner in her father’s law firm, is but a heartbeat away from love or destiny. Duty brings Emily to a frozen Island estate two hundred and fifty miles north of Chicago. Devotion requires she delve into the property history to settle an estate probate. Death lures her into the arms of the shadows seduction created by the flickering light and dark shadows.

What flames the timeless passions spanning the decades? Love, desire or obsession?

Colin Jorgenson, once a Great Lakes mariner, is a strong man haunted by love and loss. How long will he return each night, gripped by desire, hoping to find the woman he has loved for a century?

Beneath the pristine Island beauty, passions hungered, lingered in the ardent darkness. His passions, fueled by decades of loneliness and longing, could no longer be denied. Will they face eternity together or love in secret as dark things are to be loved between the shadows and the soul?

Loved it!

I just finished The Para-Portage of Emily. Quite the page-turner!!

I was gifted a free copy by the author and found it to be a cleverly woven plot with descriptive characters you won’t soon forget. I’m not one to give out spoilers,

but if you like paranormal intrigue, hot romance, and mystery, you will love it. Looking forward to more works by Muffy Wilson as I’m sure they will be just as brilliant.

~ By Love To Read

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“Tell me what you know about Mariner’s Maiden please, Kirby.”

Kirby took a long draw on his beer before he began his narrative.

“It was years ago, around 1800 Miss Emily, when the original land owner arrived on the Island with settlers from Norway. He’d claimed five hundred acres on this southern point of the Island for himself. He became wealthy in cattle, wheat, timber and cheese. As his family grew and were educated on the Mainland, they moved, one by one, off Island. They were a wealthy, hard-working lot, but needed less and less of the acreage they owned. Much of the original plot was donated to the Town throughout the years. Some sections were sold.

“It got down to the last hundred acres when Colin Jorgenson bought the property, around 1890 or 1900. I am not exactly sure. The main house was much smaller and less grand than it is now, for sure.

“Now, Colin was a Maritime Captain and often he’d be gone for months at a time. He sailed the Great Lakes several times a year with supplies, spices, fancy goods and ‘fortunes of bounty’. That’s what they called it then. It was for sale to rich settlers throughout the Great Lakes. He’d earned all his wealth in trading by the turn of the century. He came and went for several years until, in his mid-thirties, he met and married a much younger woman, Amalya, and came back to the Island with her.”

Kirby sat back, drained his beer and continued. “The property was called Mariner’s Cove then. He spent two years with Island tradesmen rebuilding this house for his wife. To honor her, and before his return to the water, he commissioned a maritime woodcarver to create the figurehead of Amalya you saw yesterday on the tree marking the entrance.

He had the figure of Amalya mounted on the bow of his ship and apparently felt she was always with him in his travels. She died one summer, pregnant with their first child, shortly after his returning from his last trip of the season. He shut himself away in this house—a broken man, left forlorn and alone, to die years later of a broken heart as a recluse. It’s said he returns night after night trying to find his Amalya, his beloved.”

“But that’s just old folklore, Miss Emily, there’s nothing to it but made up stories from the past by gossips and romantics. This place has never been haunted—no one has ever said it was, anyway. Even though he was long dead, this property was held in Old Colin’s estate until your uncle bought it around 1955, I think. I suppose there is more you can find out at the Archives office in the Island library at the town offices, if you want. That’s about all I know and it ain’t much.”

Refusing a second beer, Kirby was off to finish his chores. “Thank you, Miss Emily,” Kirby said as he stood to leave.

Emily walked him to the door with Barkley in tow.

“Oh, there is one more thing” he added. “There is supposed to be a crypt on the property somewhere. I heard tell that Old Colin buried his Amalya in there and when he was dying, he crawled into it to die on her casket. Creepy, but no one’s ever found it to my knowledge—and between me and my dad, we’ve covered this property as caretakers for over fifty years.”

Emily extended her hand in gratitude for the information and company. “Thank you, Kirby. All of that is so very interesting. He must have been deeply in love with Amalya.”

Kirby, a middle-aged man, stood and shook Emily’s hand. He turned to leave, stopped and dropped his head as he hesitated at the bottom of the steps. A simple country man, this time was no different.

“Miss Emily…” He looked up at her rather sheepishly, and stuttered slightly, “Forgive me, Miss Emily, if I offend you. I have been a bachelor all my life and never had a way with women or much of a need for them. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I like ‘em well enough, but I never was able to pick the right words in their presence. If…if you don’t mind my saying…you look an awful lot like those paintings in the house of Miss Amalya.”

“Oh my word, Kirby, how you flatter me! It is purely a coincidence, I assure you.” Emily smiled, as she dismissed the compliment and waved good-bye at Kirby. As he left, she thought about the love shared between these two remarkable people, Colin and Amalya. Amalya and Colin.

She had forgotten to ask what became of the baby…

Fall in Love with the Island and Mariner's Maiden

This is a story to savor. Ms. Wilson's descriptions are poetic and enthralling,

placing the reader in the midst of the story, and the relaxed pace of the story does not lessen the power of suspense. Shrouded in mystery, romance, and eroticism, "The Para-Portage of Emily" is a treat for the senses,

a haunting indulgence. Despite hints throughout, the ending still surprised me, and though satisfied,

I regretted the literary journey's end. Highly recommended. I look forward to more from this promising series. ~ By Jordan Stringfellow

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Muffy, author of erotic, romantic stories about love, sex, hope and passion, was born in San Antonio, Texas, to traditional parents. With two older brothers, she was the youngest, the family "princess," indulged and pampered. She adored her older brothers, following them everywhere and was surrounded by love, stimulation, and pets. Her father was a career Colonel and pilot in the U.S. Air Force which required the family to travel extensively. The family lived in most points between Alaska and France. Muffy spent her formative years in Europe and came of age in France.

Returning from France with her family, Muffy finished high school in Northern California and attended the University of California, Davis, and majored in Business Management.

Muffy entered the work force, independent with a fierce work ethic, and retired at 39 from IBM as a Mid-West Regional Director in the Real Estate and Construction Division. She and her husband moved to a small Island in northern Wisconsin where they owned a historic tavern, restaurant and resort business which they since have sold. They now live a charmed life by the water in SW Florida. Muffy pretends to be a serious real estate business person but, in real life, indulges her private interest in writing sexy novels and sensual romantic literotica ~ Live, Laugh, Love with Passion.

I really enjoyed the Para-Portage of Emily

I really enjoyed the Para-Portage of Emily... a skillfully and imaginatively told tale of love, lost and found. Mysterious twists kept me turning the pages until the end.

Love conquers all, AND it was hot!

~ By Barbara A. Lyle

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Previously Published:

Secret Cravings, Oysters & Chocolate, Decadent Publishing, Ravenous Romance, Yellow Silk Dreams

Coming Soon:

Moonbeams of Unintended Consequences ~ TBA Spring 2015

Cheerleaders in Heat ~ TBA Summer 2015

Other Novels and Contributions:

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Cross Genre Paranormal Erotic Mystery

Should John Grisham and EL James have a secret love child, she would no doubt pen legal thrillers with a luscious layer of the erotic. They would name their child Muffy Wilson and send her to Stephen King for some pointers in the paranormal.

Wilson, in the obliquely titled "The Para-Portage of Emily", interweaves these three diverse genres into a compelling, magic carpet of a novel that takes Emily Macque from Chicago to a bitter island estate two hundred miles north in the frozen sea. Emily is the striking junior partner in her father’s law firm, her mission, to settle the probate on an estate, her destiny to fall into the arms of Colin Jorgenson, a seaman haunted by a past love that torments his life.

Intelligent, well-written, with fully fleshed out characters and a story with more twists than a spiral staircase, "The Para-Portage of Emily" had me gripped until the very last page.

~ By Chloe

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Friday, May 8, 2015

Seven Wonders of the World Blog Tour & Giveaway!

Seven Wonders of the World

Blog Tour & Giveaway!

Are you ready to take to the skies?

Then welcome to Angelic Airlines!

Come join the adventures of Captain Frankie and the Angelic Airlines flying angel as they travel across the world to the Seven Wonders of the World. Captain Frankie is waiting for you to book your ticket, safely stow your bags, and open your eyes to the beautiful places created for all of us to visit in

My First Travel Books.

This is Anna Othitis’s third trip with Captain Frankie and the crew. Originally from Zimbabwe, Africa, her home port is now Wanaque, New Jersey, and she has flown across the world in her travels.

Anna Othitis lived and was raised in the beautiful land and country of Zimbabwe, Africa (home will always be home. She left all of her life long memories, endless charity work and good people behind vowing that she will continue supporting the needy children in her land Zimbabwe, Africa and beyond. After traveling long and short distances from the East coast to the West coast twice she and her family eventually found their sense of belonging and final settling destination in New Jersey, USA.

Her husband George, sons Johnny, Elia and Frankie encouraged her to write her first children's book titled "My First Travel Book", inspired by Frankie (Captain Frankie), who is graduating from his Masters degree in Aeronautical Science and beginning his career as a professional pilot. Anna's favorite saying is "Be Bold Be Brave".

She was inspired to write her children's books with a vision to link up the children Africa and of the world on Angelic Airlines to so many beautiful places of interest and popularity on our wonderful planet Earth with all its beautiful some natural and some man made creations and resources. One of the beautiful natural wonders featured in her books is in her birth land of Zimbabwe "The Mighty Victoria Falls" All of her books educate our children and widen their scope of interest in the amazing surroundings, creations and nature to appreciate and look after our environment for many generations still to come.

Available on Amazon

Reviews!

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational, Entertaining and Nicely Illustrated February 23, 2015

By DianeRoseDuffy

Format:Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

'The Seven Wonders of the World' is a perfect book for children to learn about historical and amazing places that perhaps someday they may have the opportunity to visit in person. In my opinion, this book is educational, entertaining and nicely illustrated. I purchased this book in kindle format and was so impressed that I have purchased a paperback edition. The paperback has been sent as a gift to my daughter who is a school teacher and a mom to a 9-year-old (my granddaughter). I am certain my granddaughter will enjoy this book as well as the students who will undoubtedly love to having it read to them in my daughter's classroom. Great book!

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for introducing your young children to the amazing wold in which we live November 26, 2014

By Thom Stark

Format:Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

Anna Othitis's The Seven Wonders of the World is the third book in her My First Travel Books series. Like the first two volumes, this short entry takes us on a aerial journey with Captain Frankie of Angelic Airlines and his crew, as we visit the seven wonders of the world. It's an educational whirlwind tour of the greatest tourist destinations of the last few centuries. Simply told, lavishly illustrated, this volume is perfect for introducing your young children to the amazing wold in which we live.