Cover Reveal: Fallen (The Debt Collector #6) by Susan Kaye Quinn

Love, love, love this serial novel! 

And .... another amazing cover!! 

Fallen by Susan Kaye Quinn

Series: Debt Collector, #6 

Publication date: May 15th 2013 

Genre: NA Future-Noir

Synopsis

Lirium’s hopes for escape from Kolek’s mob are threatened when Valac seems to be coming unhinged.

Book 1 synopsis

What's your life worth on the open market? 

A debt collector can tell you precisely.

Lirium plays the part of the grim reaper well, with his dark trenchcoat, jackboots, and the black marks on his soul that every debt collector carries. He's just in it for his cut, the ten percent of the life energy he collects before he transfers it on to the high potentials, the people who will make the world a better place with their brains, their work, and their lives. That hit of life energy, a bottle of vodka, and a visit from one of Madam Anastazja's sex workers keep him alive, stable, and mostly sane... until he collects again. But when his recovery ritual is disrupted by a sex worker who isn't what she seems, he has to choose between doing an illegal hit for a girl whose story has more holes than his soul or facing the bottle alone--a dark pit he's not sure he'll be able to climb out of again.

The first three episodes of the Debt Collector serial are collectively the length of a short novel, or 152 pages. These are the first three of nine episodes in the first 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. Episode 4, Broken, releases 4/17/13.

For more about the Debt Collector serial, 
see DebtCollectorSeries.com or Goodreads

Debt Collector (1-3) is on sale!

There really isn't any reason now for you not to go get these books! 

(Was $2.99) NOW 99 cents
Until Friday 5/17
Available on Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iTunes, and Smashwords
and
Amazon UK and Amazon DE

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 

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WWW Wednesdays May 15, 2013

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?

Still Life in Brunswick Stew by Larissa Reinhart

I am reading this for CLP Blog Tours. My thoughts will be posted May 23.

The Healer of Fox Hollow by Joann Rose Leonard

This is a re-read for me, my book club is reading it this month. I loved it the first time I read it and am glad that I am reading it again. I recommend it whenever I can! My thoughts are here.

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

I absolutely LOVE this book! I am now listening to the audio version ~ still love it! 

What did you recently finish reading?

What She Left Us by Stephanie Elliot
Wonderful story! Check out her blog BooKiNG with MaNic

After Math by Denise Grover Swank

Another great story by Denise. Read my thoughts here.


The Forgotten Ones (The Danaan Triology #1)

by Laura Howard.
Loved that there will be more to this story. Read my thoughts here.

What do you think you will read next?

The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo

I am reading this for TLC book tours. It looks interesting. 

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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for my current giveaways!

Winners @ The Book Bag!

I have more winners to announce! 

The first one is for Drink, Slay, Love 

by Sarah Beth Durst

And the winner is ......

Kamla!! 

 Next up for grabs is Delirium ~ Debt Collector 1
by Susan Kaye Quinn

Seriously, 
if you have not read this series yet, 
you really need to get on it!

And the winner is ......

Allison!!

Congratulations to both of you!

Books are on their way! 

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On Tour: After Math by Denise Grover Swank and a Tour Giveaway!

Scarlett Goodwin’s world is divided into Before and After.

Before she agreed to tutor Tucker price, college junior Scarlett was introvert, struggling with her social anxiety and determined to not end up living in a trailer park like her mother and her younger sister. A mathematics major, she goes to her classes, to her job in the tutoring lab, and then hides in the apartment she shares with her friend, Caroline.

After junior Tucker Price, Southern University’s star soccer player enters the equation, her carefully plotted life is thrown off its axis. Tucker’s failing his required College Algebra class. With his eligibility is at risk, the university chancellor dangles an expensive piece of computer software for the math department if Scarlett agrees to privately tutor him.Tucker’s bad boy, womanizer reputation makes Scarlett wary of any contact, let alone spending several hours a week in close proximity.

But from her first encounter, she realizes Tucker isn't the person everyone else sees. He carries a mountain of secrets which she suspects hold the reason to his self-destructive behavior. But the deeper she delves into the cause of his pain, the deeper she gets sucked into his chaos. Will Scarlett find the happiness she’s looking for, or will she be caught in Tucker’s aftermath? ~~ synopsis from Goodreads

My thoughts about After Math ~~

I love that the title of this book, After Math, has so many different meanings in the context of this story. The obvious one of course is the math class that Scarlett tutors for Tucker. But then there is the aftermaths of the lives that they lived before meeting each other, that they are trying to live through everyday. And then of course, there's what comes after the math class.

Scarlett and Tucker are an unlikely pair who get thrown together when she is asked to tutor the star soccer star. But their strained relationship allows them each to be the person they should be and not the person they are perceived to be by others in their lives. This is a great story about realizing that you can just be who you are and that is good enough.

I have read several of Denise's books and have enjoyed them all. She is such a versatile writer who has created stories in a variety of genres. I will always be reading her latest!

About the author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became a nomadic gypsy, living in five cities, four states and ten houses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese which she learned through an intensive Nick Jr. immersion period.

Hidden talents include the gift of justification and the ability to drink massive amounts of caffeine and still fall asleep within in two minutes. Her lack of the sense of smell allows her to perform many unspeakable tasks. She has six children and hasn't lost her sanity. Or so she leads you to believe.

You can find out more about Denise and her other books at her website or you can contact her via email.

Connect with Denise

Website | Blog | Facebook | Goodreads | Amazon

Visit other stops on the tour here!

**Everyone who leaves a comment on the After Math tour page (click here) will be entered to win a $20 Amazon gift card! Anyone who purchases their copy of After Math before June 3 and sends their receipt to Samantha (at) ChickLitPlus (dot) com, will get five bonus entries.**

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The Forgotten Ones (The Danaan Triology ~ Volume 1) by Laura Howard

Allison O'Malley's plan is to go to grad school so she can get a good job and take care of her schizophrenic mother. She has carefully closed herself off from everything else, including a relationship with Ethan, who she's been in love with for as long as she can remember.

What is definitely not part of the plan is the return of her long-lost father, who claims he can bring Allison's mother back from the dark place her mind has gone. Allison doesn't trust her father, so why would she believe his stories about a long forgotten Irish people, the Tuatha de Danaan? But truths have a way of revealing themselves. Secrets will eventually surface. And Allison must learn to set aside her plan and work with her father if there is even a small chance it could restore her mother's sanity.~~ synopsis from Goodreads

My thoughts about The Forgotten Ones ~~

Love, love, love this cover! Yep, that's what drew me in. And then I read a sample of the first chapter and just knew I had to read more. I have to admit that the taste I got from chapter one did not prepare me for what was to come. The Forgotten Ones took me to a world I was not expecting.

I immediately connected with Allison. She is a young woman, trying to get through school while also trying to deal with her mother's schizophrenia. And then things start to change when the father she never knew shows up. There is so much she doesn't understand.

The reader is swept away right along with Allison to another place to try to find out the truth about her past. Can she get her mother back? This is the part of the story that I was not expecting, to be carried away on this adventure. What a great ride!

And..... I discovered, after the fact, that this is book one of The Danaan Trilogy! How did I miss that? I am so excited to read more of this series to see how this story continues.

About the author

Laura Howard lives in New Hampshire with her husband and four children. Her obsession with books began at the age of 6 when she got her first library card. Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High and other girly novels were routinely devoured in single sittings. Books took a backseat to diapers when she had her first child. It wasn't until the release of a little novel called Twilight, 8 years later, that she rediscovered her love of fiction. Soon after, her own characters began to make themselves known. The Forgotten Ones is her first published novel.

Connect with Laura

Website | Goodreads | Facebook | Twitter | Amazon

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