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I received a book for participating in this virtual tour.        Today I’m pleased to welcome James Hayman , author of The Cutting . His guest post here today is part of the book’s virtual tour, courtesy Pump Up Your Book Promotion . In The Cutting : Detective Sergeant Michael McCabe moved from New York City to Portland, Maine, to escape a dark past: both the ex-wife who’d left him for an investment banker, and the tragic death of his brother, a hero cop gone bad. He sought to raise his young daughter away from the violence of the big city . . . so he’s unprepared for the horrific killer he discovers, whose bloody trail may lead to Portland’s social elite. Write What You Know That’s probably the oldest cliché ever about writing. Practically guaranteed to pop up somewhere in virtually every “How to write a terrific novel” book ever written.” But how can you write what you know when the story you want to write is a suspense thriller about a homicide cop who has to track down a sadistic

Congrats to lucky winner- Kay! For the last couple of months, author Kylie Brant has been guest posting here to coincide with the release of the three books in her Mindhunters trilogy! She’s stopped by and kept us entertained with her experiences with writing her wonderful suspenses. This month marks the release of the last of this trilogy, Waking the Dead . About this book – When the body of a woman is found in rural Buffalo Springs, forensic investigator Ramsey Clark is called in. Ramsey believes in evidence, not superstition. But, when another murder rocks the town, Ramsey begins to wonder if a killer is playing on everyone’s fears-or a prophecy is being fulfilled. November 3 marks the date for the last of my Mindhunters trilogy to hit the shelves. Each book in the back-to-back trilogy features a different investigator from a private forensics firm, headed by the legendary ex-FBI profiler, Adam Raiker. Seven sets of skeletal remains have shown up in a remote cave in the Oregon wil

Speakaboos ( www.Speakaboos.com ), a publisher of exceptional digital content for kids, recently released storybook favorites read by the cast of ABC’s “General Hospital,” as well as educational activities and games. Featuring stories read by Kelly Monaco, Rebecca Herbst, Jason Thompson, and Greg Vaughan, Speakaboos continues to provide a dynamic and educational online destination for children. All stories and activities are available on Speakaboos.com for free, and may be downloaded for offline and mobile viewing. Currently in beta, Speakaboos already offers over 75 kids’ stories and songs such as Arthur, Goldilocks, The Ugly Duckling, Old McDonald and Aesop’s Fables with audio provided by talented actors and musicians such as Kevin Bacon, Nick Cannon, John Krasinski and Kelly Ripa. At least fifteen percent of Speakaboos’ revenue is contributed directly to charities supporting children’s causes. Storybook releases include: Billy and the Brown-Out read by Greg Vaughan Bluebeard r

Congrats to lucky winner – RACHAEL! A Precious Jewel Synopsis : For Priscilla Wentworth, the path leading to Sir Gerald’s bed had been as filled with misfortune as it suddenly seemed charmed. But Priss couldn’t allow herself to believe she’d ever be more to a man like Sir Gerald than a well-cared-for object of pleasure. Now, despite Gerald’s deep distrust of marriage, neither scandal nor society’s censure can keep them apart—only the fear of trusting their hearts. I always like to describe myself as a writer of love stories rather than as a writer of romance. The two terms may appear to be more or less synonymous, but I see a definite distinction between them. I believe that love is far more powerful than romance and that we can sell ourselves short as writers if we are content to write romances at the expense of telling true love stories. A great deal, of course, depends upon how those two words are defined. Romance is that wonderful aura that surrounds a couple as they meet (even if

CONGRATS TO LUCKY WINNER – KAREN!         Readers, please join me welcoming Pat Bertram, author of Daughter Am I who’s guest blogging here today! In Daughter Am I , when twenty-five-year-old Mary Stuart learns she inherited a farm from her recently murdered grandparents-grandparents her father claimed had died before she was born-she becomes obsessed with finding out who they were and why someone wanted them dead. Along the way she accumulates a crew of feisty octogenarians-former gangsters and friends of her grandfather. She meets and falls in love Tim Olson, whose grandfather shared a deadly secret with her great-grandfather. Now Mary and Tim need to stay one step ahead of the killer who is desperate to dig up that secret. Often writers will tell a story and then go searching for the facts, which can be a challenge, but I wrote Daughter Am I to fit what I knew about bootleggers, gangsters, and the mob. I had to research cars, because what I know about vehicles wouldn’t fill a carb

Readers, please join me welcoming Caridad Piñeiro, author of Sins of the Flesh who’s guest blogging here today! Synopsis : Caterina Shaw’s days are numbered. Her only chance for survival is a highly experimental gene treatment-a risk she willingly takes. But now Caterina barely recognizes herself. She has new, terrifying powers, an exotic, arresting body-and she’s been accused of a savage murder, sending her on the run. Mick Carrera is a mercenary and an expert at capturing elusive, clever prey. Yet the woman he’s hunting down is far from the vicious killer he’s been told to expect: Caterina is wounded, vulnerable, and a startling mystery of medical science. Even more, she’s a beautiful woman whose innocent sensuality tempts Mick to show her exactly how thrilling pleasure can be. The heat that builds between them is irresistible, but surrendering to it could kill them both . . . for a dangerous group is plotting its next move using Caterina as its deadly pawn. For many years I used t

I received a copy of the book for participating in this tour. Join Diana Rumjahn, author of the children’s picture book, Charlie and Mama Kyna (Booksurge), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in October and November on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion ! Diana Rumjahn received her bachelor’s degree in social science from San Francisco State University and has worked at the university for over the past two decades. She is currently an administrator at College of Creative Arts, where she received the “Star of the Month Award.” She wrote, directed, filmed, produced and edited the international award-winning film Going Home, which has been shown worldwide. Charlie and Mama Kyna is her first published book. You can visit Diana on the web at www.dianarumjahn.com . After Charlie the frog accidentally breaks his mother’s vase, he runs away from home. Charlie and his new best friends Leo and Joe, live in a little orange tent outside Mrs. Cupcake’s bakery. A homesi