Judgment (Debt Collector #16) by Susan Kaye Quinn

Judgment

Debt Collector #16

Judgment by Susan Kaye Quinn

Series: (Debt Collector #16)

ebook, 64 pages

Expected publication: December 1, 2014

This is Season Two of Debt Collector*

Recommended: start with Season One.

*pre-order of the full season available

Contains mature content and themes.

OPTIONED FOR VIRTUAL REALITY BY IMMERSIVE ENTERTAINMENT
2014 Semi-Finalist in Science Fiction in the Kindle Book Awards

What's your life worth on the open market?

A debt collector can tell you precisely.

In this gritty urban fantasy, debt collectors take your life energy and give it to someone more “worthy" … all while paying the price with black marks on their souls.

In order to save her friends, Wraith has to do the one thing she dreads most of all: reveal her true self.

My thoughts about Judgment ~~

I love this series and now that #16 is about to be published, I'm kind of sad that it's about to end. If you have not read The Debt Collector, you really should! It is amazing! I am looking forward to reading it all over again when the season is complete.

The intensity of the dilemma that Wraith is in just ramps up with each episode. This is definitely a story that you will not want to stop reading.

'It's like I'm colliding all the parts of my life that I've tried so hard to keep separate for so long ... and it's just as much of a mess as I thought it would be. 

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Judgment is approximately 16,000 words or 64 pages, and is the sixth of nine episodes in the second season of The Debt Collector serial.

It is recommended that you start with the first season, but each season is a complete story for that debt collector and can serve as an entry point to the series. There are five planned seasons in the Debt Collector series, the first four each from the perspective of a different debt collector with the fifth season bringing all four together. 

Reading Order

Season One - Lirium

ON SALE - Normally $4.99 - now $2.99

Debt Collector Season One

Episodes 1-9: Delirium, Agony, Ecstasy, Broken, Driven, Fallen, Promise, Ruthless, Passion

Season Two - Wraith

Pre-order now - releases 12.15.14
Debt Collector Season Two

10 - Wraith (10.20)

11 - Specter (10.27)

12 - Meance (11.3)

13 - Temptation (11.10)

14 - Shattered (11.17)

15 - Penance (11.24)

16 - Judgment (12.1)

17 - Corruption (12.8)

18 - Atonement (12.15)

BOX SET (Vol 10-18) - (12.15)

About the Author

Susan Kaye Quinn grew up in California, where she wrote snippets of stories and passed them to her friends during class. Her teachers pretended not to notice and only confiscated her stories a couple times.

Susan left writing behind to pursue a bunch of engineering degrees, but she was drawn back to writing by an irresistible urge to share her stories with her niece, her kids, and all the wonderful friends she’s met along the way.

She doesn’t have to sneak her notes anymore, which is too bad.

Susan writes from the Chicago suburbs with her three boys, two cats, and one husband. Which, it turns out, is exactly as a much as she can handle.

Connect with Susan

Website | Goodreads | Facebook | Twitter

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Interview with Heidi Garrett and Billie Limpin, Authors of Cupcakes & Kisses

Cupcakes & Kisses

Cupcakes & Kisses by Heidi Garrett and Billie Limpin
Paperback, 352 pages
Expected publication: December 2, 2014

One bite of her luscious cupcakes and you just might fall in love…

Nineteen-year-old Glynna Balcora’s super power is baking. A young witch, she’s lived her entire life tucked away in the quaint city of Spokane, WA with her domineering aunt and sweetheart of a grandmother. It’s not an ideal situation. Although Glynna loves her grandmother dearly, and treasures the special times they spend in their magical greenhouse, Glynna’s aunt keeps her niece on a tight leash using threats of vague enemies.

Since Glynna graduated from high school a few a months ago, her aunt’s be-home-before-dark curfew seems more ridiculous every day. It isn’t doing much for the young witch’s social life, either. With encouragement from her best friend, Glynna sneaks out one night to go to a bonfire party at the lake. There she has an unexpected encounter with Spokane’s most eligible bachelor, Ashton Bass. Glynna’s been crushing on Ashton since she was five years old. But when they share their first kiss, thunderstorms and lightning follow… and Glynna’s aunt realizes it’s time to tell the young witch the truth about who she really is.

Cupcakes & Kisses is the first book in a playful New Adult Romance trilogy. Read my thoughts, posted yesterday, about this fabulous book here.

Today I have the extreme pleasure of having both of the authors of this fun series here at The Book Bag! I asked them a few questions about how they met and what it's like to write a story with someone else. The idea of writing a book is something that I cannot even comprehend. Kudos to authors! Writing by oneself would be challenging enough, let alone writing with someone else.

Hang on to your hats, everyone! You are in for a crazy, fun ride with this interview!

Welcome Heidi and Billie! First of all, how did you two meet?

HEIDI: We met on Goodreads. Yes, really. It was kind of… Fate. (Yes, with a capital “F”!) A strong wind from the Philippines blew across the South Pacific Ocean and then up to the Northwest coast of the U.S. Mmmm… It brought the scent of: CUPCAKES!!!

At what point did writing a book together come up?

HEIDI: Billie is an awesome book blogger. I asked/begged/pleaded with her to help with the blog tour of my first Once Upon a Time Today novella. She graciously offered to interview me. OMG! It was so fun. Here is an excerpt: WARNING: We went a little nuts, and as usual, threw proper grammar and punctuation out the window, cause sometimes: YOU JUST MUST!!!!

BILLIE: Oh! I did not anticipate that Ms. Heidi really did enjoy my interview that much and got… uhhhhmm a little carried away with words?!! (which, I should not be all too surprised because this Half Faerie really… really loves to talk (or write?!) like me?! Hehe. So, since my heart cannot take cutting or editing any part of our "little" chit-chats! May I present to you Part 1 of my LONGEST INTERVIEW EVER! Lol. Okaaaaaay… Now let’s get to know Ms. Heidi Garrett on a more personal… and uhmmm fun & interesting level? And see if she can take on my challenge: One Question = One Word Answer. Minimum words?! Oh, this will be VERY interesting!

See more at: Beautiful Beautiful Blog Tour : An Interview with Author Heidi Garrett - Part One

Then Billie asked question number three! What is your strongest… and uhmm, most attractive feature? (Oh?! Maybe I should ask your husband Jerry this question? Hehe.)

HEIDI: So, I asked Jerry. Cause, you know, I want to know what he says too. He says my sense of humor. (Not my beauty, sob! I’m such a girl, lol.) Anyway, I say: “Am I really that funny?” He makes a face, like I need to go do anything but answer these questions! But I persist! “Honey, is my sense of humor really that strong?????” (Me asking, like kind of desperate and whiny, cause I’m not sure that’s such a great thing! Like is it Sexy? or Romantic? or Swoony?)

He says, “Your sense of humor is different. I think a lot of people like it.”

Then I think of Bones and Booth (You know, of the TV show on Fox) and I think about how much they make me giggle and laugh, and then I think, you know, that’s kind of sexy and hot! Hmmm… I can make him laugh and smile, and when he does, his whole face lights up… Okay! I can live with that! (No divorce! Yay!) (We can continue our Happily Ever After:D)

See more at: Beautiful Beautiful Blog Tour : An Interview with Author Heidi Garrett Part Two

So… AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, after this interview, I kept thinking about how Billie and I played off each other and how fun that was! I’d really never thought about writing a romance book before that. I write books with romance in them but not A Romance. But I kept reading Billie’s book reviews… ROMANCE!!!! And then I thought… what if we could write A Romance together? Would it be possible? Then I got kind of nervous. It’s probably like asking someone on a date: What if they say no? You hate that! What if I ask, and Billie thinks I’m crazy? Am I? Heehee. And I think, no. I’m not crazy, and if I don’t ask her, she can’t ever say YES. So I gathered my courage and sent Billie an email and my question: Do you want to write with me? Maybe a story about a sexy, sassy witch? was buried deep in a looooong email… Maybe she can’t find it? Then she can’t say NO! Uh-oh, but no YES, either. Bites nails.

Then I get a Billie’s reply, and it’s like a big HUGE PINK Yes.

So I guess she didn’t skip over that question, heehee. I think we were both over the moon at that point. Junar and Jerry had to reel us in;)

BILLIE: (Yes! I am still wearing PINK! Hee hee! ): Uhhhhmm, Excuse me, for interrupting… but helloooooo?!!!! Who am I to say NOOOOOO to that once-in-a-lifetime offer?????!! Did you know that I jumped up and down, down and up *on repeat* when I received that EPIC email?! I have to read it TEN times just to be sure I am not having one of my… uhm, PINK daydreams?! So, I read it… OH eM Gee! “Do you want to write with me?” Me: Whooopie!! *Jumps up and down, Down and Up on repeat!* See? I am NOT really excited! LOL.

THAT… is the beginning of the “FUN-NEST” (Yes! my word for Fun! Fun! Fun! To the MAX!) writing experience I had with Ms. Heidi!

I enjoyed that little interview I did with Heidi as much as she did. I guess, I love to make people not only smile but giggle or blush? Oh, I think Heidi blushed! Well, you know Heidi‘s a little… “serious” Oh! See? Did you just raise your left eyebrow, Miss Heidi?! Haha! I thought, that maaaaybeee if I “Tickle” her a bit with my, well, not-so-serious questions, she’ll… loosen up? Ohhhh! Don’t give me that look, Ms. Heidi! You DID loosen up? I swear, you giggled? Oh, are you laughing?! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. LOL.

How did the process itself work? Did you write alternate chapters?

HEIDI: I decided up front: Billie is in charge of romance. She also took over names, heehee… Ashton, Tatiana, Lorriene, Leif… and don’t forget Archimedes! Awesome names. I think she came up with Glynna’s name too, but our heroine’s final name, came out of a typo… I think:) There are four BIG ROMANCE scenes. Billie wrote the first draft of each one. Plus, she wrote a lot of the first scene with Ashton and Lorriene!

We had two secret weapons when it came to developing our characters and our plot. (Should we share them? Hmmm… maybe we should keep them TOP SECRET!!!) Facebook Chat and our Super-Senstive-Carefully-Guarded Pink Collaboration document!

BILLIE: Secret Weapons huh?! Oh Don’t forget, Miss Heidi… Our PINK SPELL! Susan, We are PINK witches… ssshhhhh… that’s a well kept secret… *whispers*… and now we are casting our “fool-proof-all-goodness” woodoo-voodoo! *whoosh whoosh* NOW… you are under our SPELL… everything we say, YOU agree.

… Our cupcakes are yum yum? YOU nod.

… Our book is… mmmm… yum yum? YOU (still) nod. Oh! You nod!! See?! You have just been spelled!

Okay, I need to be “ serious” for once!!! Because Miss Heidi’s giving me “ The Look”! Heehee!

The truth is, I am so thankful for the INTERNET! Though, mine here is soooo turtle slow… snail slowwwww… Slowww… sloooooow… but that did not stop us from passing our PINK draft back and forth… until, we’re at the last chapter! It’s like, Poof! Magic?!

Talk about the logistics of making it a seamless story.

HEIDI: Ooh… That’s one of those things:) There is a magic when Billie and I pass back-and-forth a written document. She writes something and I’m like: OMG… I have to play off that. Then I write something, and she has to add something special… make it bubble! Other than that, it’s about the same as any book. The writing itself has to be revised for mechanics and continuity after the first draft is written. Our editor, Vince Dickinson also played a significant role in putting on the final polish.

BILLIE : Agree with everything Heidi said. I think we, working together, just clicked. We’re “writing soul mates”. Heidi inspired me to push more… that I can do more, and I learned a lot.

Writing with her is not like “writing” at all. It’s like, we are conversing/talking to each other as good friends. And you know what’s the best part? We can goof around, have fun (talk a lot about cupcakes and all the sweetest goodies!)… and yes! No pressure whatsoever. We go where that flow takes us.

Would you do it again? I know this is to be a trilogy, so it must be working.

HEIDI: Yes, we will be doing it again when we write Cupcakes & Chaos!

Oh YES!! I agree with everything you said! And I now have this crazy compulsion to like PINK! 

Thank you both so much for being here today and answering my questions. I understand now why I loved this book so much. Your wonderful senses of humor and the way you two just gel together in your craziness comes across in the book and make for a great read. I look forward to reading more of this fabulous series!

About the Authors

Heidi Garrett is the author of the Daughter of Light series, a fantasy about a young half-faerie, half-mortal searching for her place in the Whole. She's also the author of the contemporary fairy tale novella collection, Once Upon a Time Today. In these stand-alone retellings of popular and obscure fairy tales, adult characters navigate the deep woods of the modern landscape to find their Happily Ever Afters.

Heidi is collaborating with Billie Limpin to write The Magic Cupcake series, a special blend of magic, romance, and humor.

Heidi was born in Texas, and in an attempt to reside in as many cities in that state as she could, made it to Houston, Lubbock, Austin, and El Paso. She now lives in Eastern Washington state with her husband, their two cats, her laptop, and her Kindle. Being from the South, she often contemplates the magic of snow.

Connect with Heidi

Website | Facebook | Pinterest | Newsletter

Billie Limpin lives in the Philippines where the sun always shines and people always smile!

A hopeless romantic inside and out, when Billie’s not swooning over a book boyfriend (which she often does!), you’ll probably catch her daydreaming (over a fictional character!). A reader by heart, and now a writer for the first time, she’s thrilled to put her daydreams into written words.

Connect with Billie

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WWW Wednesdays November 26, 2014

WWW Wednesdays is hosted by Should Be Reading

To play along, just answer the following three questions…

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?

• What do you think you’ll read next?

Clicking on the book covers will take you to Goodreads for more information about the books listed below.

What are you currently reading?

 Merry & Bright by Six Authors
Let the Christmas stories begin! 

Zoey & the Moment of Zen by Cat LaVoie (audio-book)

What did you recently finish reading?

Stone of Destiny (The Danaan Trilogy #2) by Laura Howard
I love this series and I have book #3 already just waiting for me.

Penace (Debt Collector #15) by Susan Kaye Quinn
This series is just amazing! 

The Work of Wolves by Kent Meyers

I didn't make it to book club for this discussion but I really love this book. I hope they all did too. 

What do you think you will read next?

Judgment (Debt Collector #16) by Susan Kaye Quinn

A Place Beyond (The Danaan Trilogy #2) by Laura Howard

What's on your WWW this week?

Leave me a comment and

I'll stop by to check out your reads.

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Cupcakes & Kisses by Heidi Garrett and Billie Limpin

Cupcakes & Kisses

Cupcakes & Kisses by Heidi Garrett and Billie Limpin
Paperback, 352 pages
Expected publication: December 2, 2014

One bite of her luscious cupcakes and you just might fall in love…

Nineteen-year-old Glynna Balcora’s super power is baking. A young witch, she’s lived her entire life tucked away in the quaint city of Spokane, WA with her domineering aunt and sweetheart of a grandmother. It’s not an ideal situation. Although Glynna loves her grandmother dearly, and treasures the special times they spend in their magical greenhouse, Glynna’s aunt keeps her niece on a tight leash using threats of vague enemies.

Since Glynna graduated from high school a few a months ago, her aunt’s be-home-before-dark curfew seems more ridiculous every day. It isn’t doing much for the young witch’s social life, either. With encouragement from her best friend, Glynna sneaks out one night to go to a bonfire party at the lake. There she has an unexpected encounter with Spokane’s most eligible bachelor, Ashton Bass. Glynna’s been crushing on Ashton since she was five years old. But when they share their first kiss, thunderstorms and lightning follow… and Glynna’s aunt realizes it’s time to tell the young witch the truth about who she really is.

Cupcakes & Kisses is the first book in a playful New Adult Romance trilogy

My thoughts about Cupcakes & Kisses ~~ 

What can I say? I love everything about this book and I can't wait to read more! 

I have come to know Heidi (virtually, anyway) and I love her stories and her writing style. She makes those words just flow off of the pages. When I saw that she had this wonderful, new series in the works, I just knew I had to read it. Also, I am a huge cover lover and how can you not just love this cover? I know I do. And then the story is about a young woman who bakes magical cupcakes, how awesome is that! Throw in a little witchery, both good witches and bad, and you have the makings of a fun, delightful, and very entertaining story.

'Light is always more powerful than dark, if you believe.'

I love Glynna and her innocence. At nineteen, she starts to learn things, about herself and her family, that have been kept from her and these thing are rocking her world. 

'We're forbidden to mate, but that's not why we don't. The truth is we're not attracted to each other. We Luminas are drawn to love and beauty, truth and justice, dignity and peace. Occultos crave domination, violence, destruction and hate.'

And did I mention the magical cupcakes? Those parts were so fun. What if that could really happen - baking cupcakes and pies that can affect people's moods?

'What did you put in that batch of lemon-raspberry cupcakes? They're delicious, but everyone who's had one is in the mood to kill, including us.' 

Cupcakes & Kisses was such a joy to read with a fun concept and great characters. I can't wait to see where the next book takes me. 

"I've been such a fool to believe that happily ever-afters happen in real life.'

Oh, and you really need to go check out The Magic Cupcake Facebook page. It is filled with yummy cupcakes and they are doing a chapter count-up -- giving us a peek at a chapter a day. It is so much fun to go back and relive the story each day.

Stop back tomorrow for my interview with Heidi and Billie. They will be talking about how they met and what it was like writing this series together. 

About the Authors

Heidi Garrett is the author of the Daughter of Light series, a fantasy about a young half-faerie, half-mortal searching for her place in the Whole. She's also the author of the contemporary fairy tale novella collection, Once Upon a Time Today. In these stand-alone retellings of popular and obscure fairy tales, adult characters navigate the deep woods of the modern landscape to find their Happily Ever Afters.

Heidi is collaborating with Billie Limpin to write The Magic Cupcake series, a special blend of magic, romance, and humor.

Heidi was born in Texas, and in an attempt to reside in as many cities in that state as she could, made it to Houston, Lubbock, Austin, and El Paso. She now lives in Eastern Washington state with her husband, their two cats, her laptop, and her Kindle. Being from the South, she often contemplates the magic of snow.

Connect with Heidi

Website | Facebook | Pinterest |  Newsletter

Billie Limpin lives in the Philippines where the sun always shines and people always smile!

A  hopeless romantic inside and out, when Billie’s not swooning over a book boyfriend (which she often does!), you’ll probably catch her daydreaming (over a fictional character!). A reader by heart, and now a writer for the first time, she’s thrilled to put her daydreams into written words.

Connect with Billie

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest

Be sure to check the sidebar for my current giveaways!

The Unimaginable by Dina Silver and a Giveaway!

The Unimaginable

The Unimaginable by Dina Silver
300 pages
Expected publication: December 1, 2014

From the author of One Pink Line comes a story about letting go of the past and finding bravery in the depths of fear. Set on the sun-soaked beaches of Thailand and the rough waters of the Indian Ocean, The Unimaginable paints a vivid portrait of a young woman on a journey to find herself—and her harrowing fight for survival.

After twenty-eight years of playing by the rules, Jessica Gregory moves from her small Indiana town to Phuket, Thailand. But her newfound routine is upended with the arrival of Grant Flynn, a captivating, elusive man who is sailing around the world while trying to move on from a past tragedy. Jessica volunteers to help crew Grant’s boat, Imagine, on a passage across the Indian Ocean and finds herself falling in love with him as the voyage gets underway. But when disaster strikes, Jessica must summon her courage as the crew is confronted by unspeakable terrors––and, aboard a boat named for such promise, comes the unimaginable.

My thoughts about The Unimaginable ~~

Honestly, I was blown away by this story! It was not at all what I expected from Dina Silver. I previously read her story Kat Fight, which is classified as chick-lit and then this cover is just so beautiful, I figured it was going to be a story along the same lines. The Unimaginable does have a romance story in it but then there is so much more.

Jessica is somewhat dissatisfied with her life and wants to experience more. She leaves all that she knows and everyone she loves to have the adventure that she feels is missing in her life. She definitely finds love and adventure in Thailand!

'On paper my life was good here. I wasn't miserable, and I loved my job and my students, but I always felt out of place. Like I was just biding my time, waiting to be transported somewhere else where people wouldn't roll their eyes at my curiosities and desires to see new things and meet new people.'

The Unimaginable had me experiencing so many different feelings and emotions; shock at how Jessica's mother treated her, nervousness as Jessica takes the plunge and travels to another part of the world, excitement when she meets Grants and develops a relationship with him, trepidation as the Imagine crew sets sail in troubled waters. The voyage is anything but smooth and this is where the story gets so intense that I couldn't read fast enough. This one will have you racing to the end. Whew! 

'What happened next changed me forever. Aboard a boat named for such hope and promise came ... the unimaginable.'

I loved The Unimaginable and love that Dina created a story that has such depth and emotion. I think it really shows her growth as a writer and storyteller. I look forward to seeing what the next great thing from her will be.

  

You can pre-order The Unimaginable from Amazon! 

About the author

A graduate of Purdue University, Dina Silver has spent the past fifteen years feeding her red wine habit by working as a copywriter in the advertising industry. After seeing the bulk of her professional prose on brochures and direct mail pieces, she is delighted to have made the transition to novelist. She currently lives with her husband and son in suburban Chicago. Additionally, she loves talking about herself in the third person.

Connect with Dina

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Dina is offering a Kindle copy of The Unimaginable!

Thank you so much, Dina!!

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Penance (Debt Collector #15) by Susan Kaye Quinn

Penace

Debt Collector #15

Penance by Susan Kaye Quinn

Series: (Debt Collector #15)

ebook, 48 pages

Expected publication: November 24th, 2014

This is Season Two of Debt Collector*

Recommended: start with Season One.

*pre-order of the full season available

Contains mature content and themes.

OPTIONED FOR VIRTUAL REALITY BY IMMERSIVE ENTERTAINMENT
2014 Semi-Finalist in Science Fiction in the Kindle Book Awards

What's your life worth on the open market?

A debt collector can tell you precisely.

In this gritty urban fantasy, debt collectors take your life energy and give it to someone more “worthy" … all while paying the price with black marks on their souls.

Wraith is alive ... but she quickly finds out there’s a price to be paid for living.

My thoughts about Penance ~~

This series just gets more intense with each episode. Wraith has been taken to the edge of death but is brought back. Is her near death, come back to life experience enticing enough to make her cave to Moloch's demands? Now that she has had a taste of what his dream world could be like, can she let it go?

'What am I going to do now? I'm afraid I know the answer: whatever Moloch asks of me.'

There is such evil in this book and characters that you just want to hate. I can't even imagine how Wraith is going to make it out alive and be able to save those she loves.

'...the only this that's ever been worse than dying, has been the possibilty of the people I love knowing the truth about what I am.'

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Penance is approximately 13,000 words or 48 pages, and is the sixthe of nine episodes in the second season of The Debt Collector serial. This dark and gritty future-noir is about a world where your life-worth is tabulated on the open market and going into debt risks a lot more than your credit rating.

It is recommended that you start with the first season, but each season is a complete story for that debt collector and can serve as an entry point to the series. There are five planned seasons in the Debt Collector series, the first four each from the perspective of a different debt collector with the fifth season bringing all four together.

Reading Order

Season One - Lirium

ON SALE - Normally $4.99 - now $2.99

Debt Collector Season One

Episodes 1-9: Delirium, Agony, Ecstasy, Broken, Driven, Fallen, Promise, Ruthless, Passion

Season Two - Wraith

Pre-order now - releases 12.15.14
Debt Collector Season Two

10 - Wraith (10.20)

11 - Specter (10.27)

12 - Meance (11.3)

13 - Temptation (11.10)

14 - Shattered (11.17)

15 - Penance (11.24)

16 - Judgment (12.1)

17 - Corruption (12.8)

18 - Atonement (12.15)

BOX SET (Vol 10-18) - (12.15)

About the Author

Susan Kaye Quinn grew up in California, where she wrote snippets of stories and passed them to her friends during class. Her teachers pretended not to notice and only confiscated her stories a couple times.

Susan left writing behind to pursue a bunch of engineering degrees, but she was drawn back to writing by an irresistible urge to share her stories with her niece, her kids, and all the wonderful friends she’s met along the way.

She doesn’t have to sneak her notes anymore, which is too bad.

Susan writes from the Chicago suburbs with her three boys, two cats, and one husband. Which, it turns out, is exactly as a much as she can handle.

Connect with Susan

Website | Goodreads | Facebook | Twitter

Be sure to check the sidebar for my current giveaways!

WWW Wednesdays November 19, 2014

WWW Wednesdays is hosted by Should Be Reading

To play along, just answer the following three questions…

• What are you currently reading?

• What did you recently finish reading?

• What do you think you’ll read next?

Clicking on the book covers will take you to Goodreads for more information about the books listed below.

What are you currently reading?

 The Work of Wolves by Kent Meyers
This is book club pick. I have read it at least once already. It's an amazing story! The author is from my home state of SD so it's fun to read something with a few local tidbits thrown in. Highly recommend it!

Zoey & the Moment of Zen by Cat LaVoie (audio-book)
I am just getting started on this one. The narrator seems like a good fit

What did you recently finish reading?

The Look of Love by Sarah Jio
I love her books! This was another great read. My thoughts will be posted soon. 

What do you think you will read next?

Merry & Bright by Six Authors

Let the Christmas stories begin! 

What's on your WWW this week?

Leave me a comment and

I'll stop by to check out your reads.

Be sure to check the sidebar for my current giveaways!

Release Day Blitz: A Fairytale for Mothers by Leslie Gibbons & Elese Morris and a Giveaway!

A Fairytale for Mothers

A Fairytale for Mothers by Leslie Gibbons

Illustrated Gift Book

Illustrated by Elese Morris

Release Day: November 18

When Leslie Gibbons’ daughter was expecting her first baby, she despaired over the lack of mothers and mother-figures in fairytales. She begged Leslie to write a story with a living, loving mother that she could share with her family. That’s how A Fairytale for Mothers was born.

Robyn Lane Books is proud to present this 32-page, full color gift book for mothers, mother-figures, and their children everywhere. It is the story of a mother bird’s love for her chicks, and the generous gift she shares with each one as it is his, or her turn to leave the nest. More, it is the story of how those adult chicks return to share gifts of their own. It is a story you will treasure for years to come, beautifully illustrated in water color.

About the author

Leslie Gibbons was born in the United States, brought up in England and settled in Canada when she was 13 years old. She lives on the North Shore of Vancouver in the shadow of Hollyburn Mountain and a minute’s walk to the sea. There, she shares a little house with her husband, Maurice, two cats and a dog. Between them, they have eight children, who frequently occupy the dining room table with their own families.

About the artist

Elese Morris is a native of North Carolina, transplanted to the Southwest, where she lives with her small family in a house filled with her son’s art. Her best work is usually (and literally) found hidden in her son’s closet, where he hoards all the pictures he likes best.

Anyone who leaves a comment on the tour page - click here - will be entered to win a signed print copy of A Fairytale for Mothers!

Please note this is open to US/CA residents only.

Three winners will be announced.

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