Sunday, September 30, 2018

Not So Wicked






Not So Wicked by T. A. Moorman

Published October 30, 2018 by GothicMoms Studios

YA Paranormal/Urban Fantasy



Synopsis:


Caught in a realm they know next to nothing about, in a time
where they're hated for not what they are but how they look, these supernatural
teens may find it harder to curve their bloodlust than they thought.



Like most teens, even those with supernatural powers and
abilities, Elvira thinks that her days at Be Prepared High are a colossal waste
of time. Especially Feeding 101, since she's a cursed vampire that was born
without fangs. She and her friends view most of the classes as useless since
they never plan on venturing to the human realm. Why would they when Underlayes
was made specifically for every factions' safety, where they could roam free
day or night with not a care in the worlds.

But just like her parents always told her, sometimes you're
put into situations you can't control.

Elvira's life takes an unexpected turn when a wizard hell
bent on misplaced revenge kidnaps her and several of her friends. Not only does
she send them with a one-way ticket to Detroit, Michigan, she sends them to a
time when the tension amongst the races is at its highest. And having to deal
with race issues is the one thing that has never even been so much as a thought
to any of them and is the one course not on the roster.

But will everything they've learned in school be enough to
keep them alive? What will they all do when racism stares them in the face?
Most importantly, how will they get back home?












Chapter
1


Once
upon a time... Really? I'm not starting my story off with that lame ass cliché. Fat chance. Not when my story is anything but
classic. You can think of this as the life and times of a teenage vampire. A
real one, not one that sparkles as though we were sprinkled with some type of
fairy dust. Oh! And we’re born, not made by just being bitten, consuming blood
from another vampire, or any other legend you may have researched somewhere. The
bitten one is the most ridiculous theory any of us have ever heard of. I mean
really, think about it, if everyone ever bitten by a vampire were to turn into
one how could they ever go back for seconds on the same victim, er donor? Could
you imagine how large the vampire population would be? Anyway, you wanna hear
my story? Just sit back, grab a pint of blood, or milk, and have a listen.
First
off, I don't live in your dimension, I live in a separate one called
Underlayes. Where the things that go bump in the night – werewolves, vampires,
mermaids, sirens, witches, and so much more – truly are real. Underlayes has
regular neighborhoods just like Earth does, we don’t live in a ton of dug out
caves, or cryptic looking castles; besides the royals anyway. We used to live
amongst you guys, but that was way before my time, and a story way too long and
boring for me to bother with repeating. Just know that we all truly do exist
and a very few of our number walk alongside you still. So, you may want to
think about that before you lay down at night after bullying the school nerd or
your shy co-worker. If they're the silent and quiet type they're more than
possibly plotting your untimely demise and deciding what side-dish you'd go
best with. Or what curse to place on you. Something my Mom should have thought
about a long, long time ago.
Me?
The names Elvira, yea, Mom and Pops have a sick and twisted sense of humor.
Which when you come to think of it is actually a very good thing, since Mom was
dumb enough to piss off a witch when she was preggers with me and my brother,
Dracula (yup, again with the humor), Drake for short. During one of her many
mood swings dear old Mom went completely off on an already pissed off witch;
something about the witch crossing in front of her, and Mom thinking that would
make us come out cross eyed (and you thought your mom was superstitious, Ha!).
Miss Witch decided to do her one better and really did curse us both. I was
granted with the gift of being the only vampire known of with NO FANGS! Since
Underlayes doesn't have hospitals bagged blood isn't exactly just lying around.
Why not just bite down extra hard you say? Probably because that leaves a big
chunk of meat in my mouth and vampires can't digest meat; we have a strictly
all liquid diet. Why not just slit someone's wrist and pour it in a cup you
ask? If you were on an all liquid diet, would one glass a day keep your hunger
pains at bay? NO! And draining someone completely dry doesn't work either,
unlike how they portray things in your human movies, blood clots up pretty
quickly when it hits air; unless pumped up with nasty anti-coagulants which
leave a horrible aftertaste and makes the blood nearly impossible to digest. So
the blood shortage on your neck of the veil? Feel free to blame that on us, Mom
and Dad had to feed us somehow during the experimental processes of properly
bagging and storing the blood the way humans do. But no worries, they haven’t
had to raid your neck of the realms in a long time now. The alchemist’s studied
the components your scientists used and now have it down pact.  
I'm
not really sure if Drake's curse is worst or pretty much just as bad. Him? He
goes into a full-blown shock at the very sight of blood; fainting spells,
seizures, black outs, the works. Though lucky for him rarely all of those at
once. Lucky for Mom and Dad, he could still at least savor the taste and smell
of it. But talk about being seriously dependent upon someone else, hard to
nourish yourself when you can’t even look at your food. And as a baby? You try
putting a blindfold on an infant, especially one with fangs, and let me know
how well that works out for you. Ah, but it made for some fangtastic pranks
when I was thirteen, which also ended in a lot of punishments. But they were so
worth it!
So
that’s us, Elvie and Drake, two of the only known vampires forced to live on
bagged blood. Though Drake may get lucky one day and be able to savor a neck or
two, as long as he keeps his eyes shut tight and doesn’t dribble.
Can’t
we just break the curse you ask? Ask Aunt Flo that one. Did I fail to mention
the witch in question was, and still is Mom’s best friend? She’s also a witch
with more power than she can handle who needs to watch what she says at ALL
times. The curse was supposedly never intentional and trying to undo it has
proven pretty much impossible.
 Mom, Trinity Alkaev, is a beautiful creature
with a body neither skinny nor large, but what one describes as buxom
perfection. Also, one of the most patient females you will ever meet, and a
truly ferocious beast, fangs and all, when pissed. Dad, Borya Alkaev, is the
strong not so silent type, with a chiseled chin and sculpted cheekbones in
which I heard would give Michaelangelo a run for his money. Born after the
creation of Underlayes, he’s only two hundred years old, so I never understood
how he ended up with such a thick accent as if he just left the great
Motherland of Russia. The exact opposite of Mom when it comes to patience, but
the best dad any set of unorthodox twins could ask for. Neither of them were an
only child, but both are the youngest and only surviving children from both of
their respective lines. Many died before the dimension of Underlayes was made,
some during the move. And Aunt Flo, I’m not even getting into that one. And as
far as looks go Drake and I are a perfect combination of the two, with the
exception of the fact that I have no fangs.
THUD. CRASH. SCREAM.
What
in Hel’s name was that?
“Elvira
Esfir Alkaev!” Moms blood-curling screams vibrated through the floorboards,
“How many times do I need to tell you not
to leave your blood bags lying around? Get down here and help me clean up this
mess. And carry your brother to his room!”
Well
there you have it, the usual beginning of a day in the house of Alkaev.
“Now
young lady!”








About the Author:

When you become a Mom, you begin to put yourself last, and your
combat boots begin to collect dust. Going to your child's PTA meetings in full
Gothic, especially industrial, regalia is pretty much frowned upon. Especially
by your own children, and your teens would die of a heart attack. But, one
should not have to completely stop being themselves, uniqueness is greatness.
So all of that darkness is put into words in her books, and designs in her
jewelry sold in her Gothic Moms Dark Charms shop on Etsy and Rebels Market.

Single mother of five beautiful children, but by
far more than just that. T. A. Moorman is an artist, a former violinist, a
seamstress, a crafter, a writer, a blogger, a reviewer, a dark confidant and a
darkly dangerous, fiercely protective friend. She still hopes to one day find
her Dark Knight in shining armor, since Prince Charming would never be able to
handle her. And currently broke, so go buy something of hers and tell everyone
you know how much you love this book.

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Friday, September 28, 2018



LIVE: BARLOW WICKED THROTTLE MC
Title: “Barlow”

Series: Wicked Throttle MC #2

Author: Esther E. Schmidt

Cover Design: Esther E. Schmidt

Cover model: Marcin Grobelny

Photographer: Reggie Deanching of RplusMphoto.com

Release: September 28, 2018

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There’s a legend amongst members of the Wicked Throttle MC. Something that’s rooted deep into their DNA. Once a soul finds its other half, there is no going back. Only one option; Love and claim at first sight.
DEA Agent, Tracy Neeson’s life changes instantly when she meets Barlow face to face for the first time. For it’s not everyday someone captures your heart and saves your life on the same day.
With Barlow’s dark past he’s hesitant to start something that’s bound to shatter when his background is revealed. Yet, sometimes you have to reach for love before you fall. Will Barlow follow his heart? Or will he end up losing it and get Tracy killed in the process?
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Who We Were...
Two awkward teenagers - the loner and the nerd, trying to find our place in the world. Paired in wood shop, we knew nothing of each other, except that we wanted to know everything. Then one life altering moment changed it all and we were left with shattered dreams and broken hearts.
Who We Are...
Two grown men - braver and smarter than we used to be, trying to heal the damage from that irrevocable moment. Even though the past was behind us, dead and buried long ago, we found it impossible to move on without ripping open the scars of our deep wounds.
With twelve years of unanswered questions fueling our desperate need for the truth, we must figure out if who we were will destroy who we are.
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Her passion for writing didn’t start until more recently. When she was home on maternity leave in early 2012, she read her first romance novel and her head filled with the passion, angst and laughter of the characters who she read about it. It wasn’t long before characters of her own took shape in her mind. Their lives took over Melissa’s brain and The Love Series was born.


Thursday, September 27, 2018






Title: Once Upon a Scandal
Series: Royally Screwed #6
Author: Madison Faye
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Cover Design: Coverlüv

Photo: Wander Aguiar
Release Date: October 1, 2018





Blurb

Once upon a time, a nobody met a prince.
Then she met his best friend, a second prince.
Then she learned they like to share, and
that’s when things got interesting.
That’s when things got downright scandalous.

My life has never
been a fairytale. Absent parents, a grandmother gone too soon, and a job working
the kitchens for the most heinous bitch in the Kingdom of Bandiff.

But that’s before I
sneak into the hottest royal ball on the planet. That’s before I waltz right
into them.

The McDermott
Princes. Princes, plural. There’s two of them – both gorgeous
beyond belief, alpha as hell, and more tempting than sin. Both with their eyes
on me and both with that look that says that I’m theirs.

Two princes, one
baker. This might sound like too many cooks in the kitchen, but they say they
like to share. They say they’ll tear their whole kingdom down to make me theirs. They
say they want to make me their Queen.

Pretty soon,
breaking into a royal ball is the least of my problems.

This is a disaster
waiting to happen. It’s filthy, and oh-so-wrong. It’s a royal scandal of epic
proportions, and I’m right in the middle of it.

…I’m right in the
middle of them.

Maybe this is a
fairytale after all. Ever heard of the cook who found a crown? How about two
crowns? Two big, dominant, mouthwatering, pulse-quickening crowns.

I’ve never found a
happy ever after. Now, I think I’m about to find two of them.






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Title: Delivering History
Series: Freehope #4
Author: Jenni M Rose
Genre: Contemporary Small Town Romance
Release Date: September 24, 2018







Blurb

Pregnant with her
sister’s baby, her love-life isn’t even on the radar.

Just when Alexa
Walker has given up on finding her happy-ever-after to focus on her career as
the Bad Girl of Sweets, in walks Dylan James, steaming cup of coffee in his
outstretched hand. Alex has never been the nice sister. 
She’s the snarky
one. The skeptic. Unapproachable. 
That’s probably why
everyone was so surprised when she offered to carry a baby for her sister,
Beth. Making up for a decade-long feud is bound to take some sacrifices and
after finally burying the hatchet, Alex is ready to put her best sisterly foot
forward. 

Upper crust, old
Boston money, and part of the infamous Boston Billionaires Club, Dylan doesn’t
have a lot of free time and he definitely doesn’t have time to hang around a
coffee shop that’s not even in his neighborhood, waiting for the Bad Girl of
Sweets to deliver her weekly confections. He doesn’t have time until he sees
her and knows he needs to make the time. She’s fiery and fierce, witty and
bright, and that was only their first introduction. Suddenly, chocolate croissants
aren’t all Dylan’s craving.

Dylan isn’t exactly
sure what he’s getting into with Lexi Walker, his Bad Girl of Sweets, but he
knows he’ll take her any way he can get her. Pregnant with someone else’s baby
or not.








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Excerpt

Better get
this in while you can. In a few months, I
ll be like a keg with legs.
Lexi was
not a big woman to begin with. Not much more than five feet tall, he wasn
t sure how shed carry a baby without looking like
a keg with legs.
He liked
her enough that he wanted to be around to see it.
When it
comes time, I
ll just
roll you down the hall,
he
joked.
She nipped
his jaw, catching a bit of flesh, making him hiss.
Women dont like jokes about their weight.
You did.
Thats different.
Noted, he thought dryly.
My
apologies,
he offered.
But the fact remains.
I
ll take you any way I
can get you, Lex. Pregnant, not pregnant, doesn
t matter. I just want you.He settled her on the bed, laying
her down and working on the buckle of her heels.
“I’ll still want to slide these shoes off your
feet.
He dropped one
to the floor and then the other.
“I’ll still want to peel these pants, that do amazing things for your ass,
by the way, off to see what
s underneath.He
did just that, revealing her short, toned legs, and discarded them with her
shoes.
“I’ll still want
to take this off,
he
whispered, tugging her sweater until she let him pull it over her head,
and spread your hair out behind you
on the bed.
God, when
he looked down at her, all spread out like that, he knew he was a goner. She
was smiling up at him, her black hair spread out like an ink puddle underneath
her head. Even her bra and panties were black, the bra having no straps, just a
band across her chest.
The
underwear were no more than a scrap of fabric.
You just
going to stand there looking at me all night?
she asked, lifting her foot to run a toe across
his chest.
I could,
he admitted, his eyes glued to
her stomach. There was a deep, red mark across her middle, where her pants had
dug into her skin, too tight for the tiny, burgeoning baby bump she sported. It
nearly took his breath away, the significance of what her body was doing. He
spread his fingers across her belly, the little protrusion hard under his hand.
Dont wear those pants anymore,he said quietly. Theyre hurting you.
Fashion is
pain,
she joked.
“I’m
serious, Lex.
He
crawled over her, placing a kiss on the soft skin of her stomach. She even
smelled sweet there, like sugar and comfort.
No more of this.He ran his fingers along the indent and then
met her eyes.
No more.
She wrapped
a leg around him, the silky skin of her thigh against his side.
I cant go home without pants on, Dylan,
she reasoned. But yeah, I wont wear those ones anymore. Too fat
for that.
Not fat,
he argued, his hand splayed
across the bump. Too amazing, he thought.






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Jenni M Rose is
a sometimes writer with an all the time imagination.

Jenni can usually be
found at the grocery store or driving her kids from place to place. More often
than not, she can be seen typing away in the waiting rooms of local gymnastics
gyms or dance studios.

Married mom,
business owner, writer, taxi driver, accidental chicken lady.

Jenni’s hobbies,
aside from writing, include: weeping to the latest episode of This is
Us, 
scouring Amazon for her latest read, and perusing Pinterest for
projects she has no intention of doing.



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Title: The Long Way
Author: Alice Tribue
Genre: Contemporary Second Chance Romance
Release Date: September 27, 2018





Blurb

Life lesson number one… If you find the love of your life, fight for
him.

Life lesson number two… If you’re dumb enough to let the love of
your life go, don’t let years pass without trying to get him back.

Life lesson number three… If he does come
back, don’t help him take over your father’s multi-million-dollar company…even
if your father had it coming.

I fell in love, had it all, and lost it all in the blink of an eye. I
was young, naïve, and not in control of my own life. I was resigned to the fact
that I would never see Sam again. So when I attended a meeting with the unknown
buyer initiating a hostile takeover of my father’s company, I was stunned and
horrified to come face to face with Sam. Only this wasn’t the Sam that I
remembered. Gone was the sweet, romantic, kind boy I loved, and in his place
was a cold, ruthless, and calculating man. Maybe I was right. Maybe I would never
see my Sam again… or would I?











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Author Bio

Alice Tribue is a bestselling author of contemporary romance
novels. She is currently living in New Jersey with her two children and spends
as much of her free time as she can by the beach. She enjoys reading, writing,
and an unhealthy addiction to coffee.




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Sins Of the Father ~ Marie James




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Genre: MC / Dark Contemporary


Series: Ravens Ruin; Book 1

Cover Designer: Letitia Hasser (RBA Designs)







I'm not misunderstood.

I'm not confused about my position in life.

I'm not looking for answers to explain why I am the way I am.

This is the logic others use to try to make sense of me. According to them. there has to be a reason for my apathy. There has to be some sort of explanation for the calculating way I run my Club. There has to be a root cause for my depravity.

They can't wrap their heads around the fact that I'm evil, that I'm darkness personified. Doing so would force them to acknowledge that the Devil has left Hell and is living among them. 

Most people may think I'm Satan, but I answer to Lynch, President of the Ravens Ruin MC, and the Antichrist doesn't have sh*t on me.






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