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All Hallows Eve and the veil between the worlds is a nought but a thin wisp of lace. 

Fierce faced lanterns carved out of pumpkins are guarding our portals to keep the ghosties and ghoulies at bay.

 Tis Friday. Tis said, the best day to bring thy true love to thee. Dare I? Should I? Dust off my broom… Drat, but I don’t own a broom.  Ah well, the Dyson will just have to do, vroom, vroom …and bring my true heart’s desire to me?

Could it work?

I have my ingredients assembled.

 

Toadstool √

 

Toad sweat √

 

Herbs – Magical… Um, spice rack, spice rack…  Ah, here we go. √

Scotsman’s beard clipping (he wasn’t too pleased when I plucked it, but needs must) √

Single Rose √

Three Wild Rose Petals √

Magick Crystals (actually sea salt, but sure it will work) √

Northern Lights (thank God for my vroom broom) √

Right, last ingredient, one large glass of blood red wine.  Slurrrp!  Now, shall we see?

True love and me,
Let him fall on bended knee,
I summon him to my side,
That he may take me to be his destined bride.

Tis said that when you see the flame flickering, a spirit is near...  Tis working!!

My own dear heart draws near!!

Aw, he’s here!

 

 

 

Cover reveal – Mandy Baggot : Security!

The new Bond film, Skyfall launches tomorrow - but why wait until then for a military intelligence hottie? Let me introduce you to the lead male in Mandy Baggot’s new romantic thriller, Security ~

Before Bond, meet Regan...Nathan Regan

 

~ and reveal the eye-catching 007-style

book cover!

 

 

Lies hurt, but the truth can get you killed

Autumn Raine is a pop vocalist at the very top of her game. She’s a style icon, the paparazzi’s darling and everyone wants to be her friend. But when her safety is threatened, her whole life starts to unravel.

Enter Nathan Regan, an ex-elite soldier who is assigned to protect her. He’s a good man doing bad things but what drives him? Passion? Madness? Or grief? Demons from his past are threatening to consume him. Can he win the fight alone or will he have to admit he needs help?

As the threat deepens, Autumn starts to find out who she really needs in her life. Is there still room for personal assistant Janey or rapper boyfriend Rockweiler? When everyone around her is feeding her lies, how does she work out the truth? Does her record producer know more than he’s letting on? What is her mother, the British Foreign Secretary’s involvement in the situation? And can Autumn put her faith in a forty-something Jamaican woman who handles an automatic weapon as expertly as she cooks?

Eluding kidnap and trying to stay alive, can Autumn find the strength to be the person she longs to be? And can two people, poles apart, forge something strong enough to survive anything?

Security is coming from Sapphire Star Publishing on 4 April 2013! If you can’t wait until then to find out more watch the teasing trailer!

 

 

Find out more about Mandy’s books at www.mandybaggot.webs.com or check out her author page with Sapphire Star Publishing http://www.sapphirestarpublishing.com/mandybaggot

 

Collect the Bond film titles and WIN a signed paperback copy of Strings Attached!

FIVE paperback copies of Mandy's novel Strings Attached are up for grabs! All you have to do is collect the Bond films. On each of the websites featuring the Security cover reveal there will be Bond film mentioned (NOT Skyfall). Once you have all the titles, drop Mandy an email mandybaggot@sapphirestarpublishing.com and you will go into the draw for one of the books! Easy! Here are the website links you need, but hurry! Competition closes 1 November 2012! 
 
 

Mandy Baggot http://mandybaggot.webs.com/apps/blog/

Kim Nash http://kimthebookworm.blogspot.co.uk/

Stephanie Keyes http://www.stephaniekeyes.com/the-blog/

Melanie Robertson-King http://www.melanierobertson-king.com/wp02/

Nicky Wells http://nickywellsklippert.wordpress.com/

Sharon Goodwin (Jera's Jamboree) http://jerasjamboree.wordpress.com/

Rachel Lyndhurst http://www.rachellyndhurst.com/

Carol (Dizzy C's Little Book Blog)http://dizzycslittlebookblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Sheryl Browne ~ Live and Let Die

Bonnie Trachtenberg http://www.bonnietrachtenberg.com/bonnies-blog

Richard Holmes http://richardfholmes.org/

Kate (Me, My Books and I) http://memybooksandi.wordpress.com/

Sue Fortin (Love Reading, Love Books) http://lovereadinglovebooks.wordpress.com/

Lindsay Gentles (TTP Book Reviews) http://www.turningthepages.ca/

Eve Chong (Eve's Chicklit Reviews) http://www.chicklitevexx.blogspot.co.uk/

Pauline Barclay http://paulinembarclay.blogspot.co.uk/

A L Jackson http://aljacksonbooks.blogspot.co.uk/

Loveahappyending http://loveahappyending.com/  

Louise Graham http://lougrahamiiblog.wordpress.com/

Trashionista http://www.trashionista.com/

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Stephanie Keyes talks about Sexual Tension!

Hi everyone! A special thanks to my host for having me as a guest today!

 

Ah! Now that got your attention, didn’t it? Sorry for the blunt title.

 

About a month ago, I got feedback in my local writer’s group that I needed more “sexual tension” in my second book. So I thought I’d discuss sexual tension in writing and the challenges in getting it right.

 

When I started out with my book The Star Child, I assumed that there was no need to include any sexual tension in it. Why? It’s for kids! Why would I ever need to include any such thing? After all, I didn’t know the first thing about, well, um, tension in highschool. Why would my readers?

 

Then the truth hit me. Sexual tension is normal and it happens, particularly when you put your characters into situations, where they’re in conflict. Especially, when you are writing teen characters. That doesn’t mean that the book needs to be a sexual romp with teens doing who knows what, but it means that the “tension” piece should have an integral role.

 

If you’re a parent, I hope I haven’t scared you off from introducing your teen to The Star Child. Stay with me for another paragraph. Tension can be in the form of a touch on the cheek, a hug. In The Star Child, it comes in the form of an intense kiss after a long separation.

 

You don’t even need to write in the details of a S-E-X scene, should your story go there, which mine hasn’t. Write about the romance around it and then let the readers’ minds fill in the rest.

 

My host, Sheryl Browne did a great job with this in her own book Recipes For Disaster. Throughout the entire book, you don’t actually “see” anything. You experience the tension through the thoughts of the characters.

 

I went back to the drawing board and wrote in the desired tension. All that I can say is that I actually blushed when I had to read it at my writer’s group, but it was worth it. I got a thumb’s up.

Thank you, Sheryl, for hosting me today! If you’d like to learn more about my book, The Star Child, check out the information below!

 

 

About the Book

 

The world is about to be cloaked in darkness. 
Only one can stop the night.

 

Kellen St. James has spent his entire life being overlooked as an unwanted, ordinary, slightly geeky kid. That is until a beautiful girl, one who has haunted his dreams for the past eleven years of his life, shows up spinning tales of a prophecy. Not just any old prophecy either, but one in which Kellen plays a key role.

Suddenly, Kellen finds himself on the run through a Celtic underworld of faeries and demons, angels and gods, not to mention a really ticked off pack of hellhounds, all in order to save the world from darkness. But will they make it in time?

The Star Child Trailer

Giveaway!!  

Inkspell Publishing is giving away free books, posters and bookmarks!

Win your copy of The Star Child here!

 (Posters and paperback open to US and UK only.  Ebooks are international)
 

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Buy Links ~

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, All Romance eBooks : http://bit.ly/ShtG4J

Amazon.co.uk  http://amzn.to/UT6lwb 

 

About the Author

 

Stephanie Keyes holds an undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems as well as a Master's in Education. A seasoned, facilitator, Mrs. Keyes worked in Training and Development for an international telecommunications corporation for twelve years; spending the first eight years of her career as a Software Trainer and Technical Writer and the last four working in Human Resources and Employee Development. 

 

 

In May of 2012, Mrs. Keyes left the corporate world to focus on her family and her writing full-time. She also operates a freelance graphic and instructional design business, Sycamore Road Design. 

 

Inkspell Publishing released her first novel, The Star Child, on September 21, 2012. She is now currently at work on the second book in The Star Child Trilogy, The Fallen Stars. Keyes lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, two children, and Riley the dog. 

 

Contact Stephanie

Website: www.stephaniekeyes.com
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stephanie-Keyes/150860604966160
Twitter: www.twitter.com/StephanieKeyes 

       

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To celebrate the release of her fabulous Halloween Special Novella ~ How Do You Voodoo? ~ Janice Horton is cooking up some fun and casting some spells!

Don't miss out! Click on the badge above and head on over to Janice’s blog to sign up and get a list of magical ingredients to cook up a spell of your own!

Janice will be posting a list of all blogs participating on the day! It's going to be FAB!

 

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