Thanks to Random.org Len was selected as the winner of Kiss of Night. I'll be emailing Len soon. Congratulations! Thank you for participating. I've enjoyed the week of blog-touring for this book and look forward to the next 2 in the series!
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Kiss on Night Winner
Thanks to Random.org Len was selected as the winner of Kiss of Night. I'll be emailing Len soon. Congratulations! Thank you for participating. I've enjoyed the week of blog-touring for this book and look forward to the next 2 in the series!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Last day for KISS OF NIGHT blog tour
Check out these blogs today for the last day of the blog tour. I've enjoyed seeing everyone's reviews and interviews and guest posts. Remember to leave a comment with an email address to enter to win a copy of Kiss of Night. Winner will be announced tomorrow(Saturday).
October 7
http://books-movies-chinesefood.blogspot.com
http://afewofmyfavoritethings-michelle.blogspot.com/
http://bookzone.atwc1.com
http://proudbooknerd.com
http://www.libslibrary.blogspot.com
Thursday, October 6, 2011
KISS OF NIGHT BLOG TOUR
Check out these blogs for the next stop on the tour:
October 6
http://rbclibrary.wordpress.com
http://www.bibliophilesretreat.com
http://reviewsfromtheheart.blogspot.com
http://itstimetoreadmamaw.blogspot.com/
Check out my review HERE
Go HERE to read my GUEST BLOG POST with Debbie Viguie and enter the giveaway for KISS OF NIGHT
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Guest Post featuring Debbie Viguie-Author of Kiss of Night-and GIVEAWAY
Here is what Ms. Viguie had to say:
I loved reading since I was little and writing seemed to come right after. I would play with my toys and then stop and write about the very adventure I’d just acted out. My teachers and parents saw this desire to write and encouraged me to pursue it. When I was in 6th grade I received my first rejection letter. It wasn’t until many years later that I would walk into a bookstore and see my name in print. I sold more than a dozen books, some to the Christian market and some to the secular market, before I finally sold the book I’d been dreaming of selling for years.
And that’s what I want to talk about.
Everyone has a dream, the thing that seems so wonderful and yet so elusive. For many people dreams seem like impossibilities but I believe that if you work at your dream, and share what you want with those around you, no dream is impossible.
Ever since I was little I loved stories about classic monsters like the Wolfman, Dracula, and Frankenstein’s monster. When I was in high school I read two books that changed my life: Dracula by Bram Stoker and Piercing the Darkness by Frank Peretti. Both books were terrifying in their own way. Both books moved me. I learned that I loved stories of redemption and stories about good struggling against impossible odds to defeat evil. In college I tried to find other books that inspired me as these did. What I wanted most was to read about Christian heroes fighting evil, particularly monsters, and overcoming. I was deeply disappointed that on the rare occasion when Christian characters were introduced in films or novels they were deeply flawed and most had lost their faith.
That wasn’t what I wanted to read. So, one day, I decided that since I couldn’t find the story I wanted to read then I would write it. I remember coming home from class and scribbling down my very first notes for what would ultimately be the Kiss series.
But I wasn’t a published writer and it seemed like an impossible dream that I would ever be able to share these stories with anyone else.
I kept working and eventually I achieved my goal of becoming a published writer. I thought again of my Christian vampire series.
But I wasn’t published in Christian fiction, only in secular, and it seemed like an impossible dream.
I sold more books, got an agent, and sold my first Christian series, a fabulously fun one called Sweet Seasons. Once again I thought of my Christian vampire series and I told my agent about it.
But my agent laughed at me for two minutes straight on the phone without taking a breath. She then told me no one would buy such a thing and I was crazy to think they would.
I sold more books, including more Christian books. I kept working to build a name for myself in the secular fantasy and the Christian mystery genres. And then one day the impossible happened. My agent called and said that after some false starts and dead ends she found a publisher who wanted to buy my Christian vampire series.
And now book one is coming out and I will finally get to share my dream of a Christian vampire series with the world. It took eighteen years.
And I have to say as I hold it in my hands -
It was totally worth the wait.
I have fulfilled a dream that many, many people told me was impossible. And now I want to challenge others to do the same. What dream do you have that hasn’t come true? It’s never too late you know. Consider this. Grandma Moses is one of the most famous and honored artists in American history. She didn’t start painting until arthritis prevented her from holding a needle and doing any crocheting. She was in her upper seventies. She died at the age of 101 and painted every day up until the last three months of her life. Imagine all that she accomplished and how late she started!
What dream do you have? It’s never too late to start. And take it from me, there’s nothing quite like a dream come true.
Thanks so much to Ms. Viguie for agreeing to do this guest post!
Check out my REVIEW here.
Visit these blogs today as part of the ongoing tour:
October 5
http://www.myfriendamysblog.com
http://ashleysbookshelf.blogspot.com
http://inthehammockblog.blogspot.com
http://overweight-bookshelf.blogspot.com/
http://www.seasonsofhumility.blogspot.com
http://www.tickettoanywhere.netNOW FOR A SPECIAL GIVEAWAY OF KISS OF NIGHT. LEAVE A COMMENT AND YOU WILL BE ENTERED TO WIN A COPY FROM THE PUBLISHER! US AND CANADA RESIDENTS ONLY. LEAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS TO CONTACT YOU.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Kiss of Night by Debbie Viguie-Blog Tour
Susan is in Prague for her grandmother’s funeral. Susan’s cousin Wendy just arrived also and has met up with a guy and wants to go clubbing with him. The minute Susan meets him she feels evilness surrounding him. She tries to persuade Wendy to not go with him. Wendy is determined to leave with him so Susan decides to go with them. Returning from getting a sweater Susan finds that they have left her behind.
Raphael appears and insists that he knows where Wendy and her companion have gone. He too scares Susan but she must find Wendy. Raphael takes Susan to a place where evil reigns. She finds Wendy but Wendy seems to be under a spell. This is all too true. Susan finds that Wendy is under the spell of an evil vampire. Raphael helps the girls escape. He too is a vampire. Changed many centuries before, Raphael has returned to Prague to fight a war between good and evil.
David is a hotel guest in the room next to Susan and Wendy’s. When other vampires come to kill Raphael and the girls he jumps into the fray not knowing what he is getting into.
Raphael needs both Susan and David to help in the war. Susan’s grandmother has left her property in France along with a mystery to unravel. Raphael and Susan travel to France and are followed by the evil vampires and their slave humans.
Can Raphael and Susan learn to trust each other? Susan is attracted to Raphael, but she wonders if his kisses are as knee-weakening as they seem or is he mesmerizing her in order to gain her compliance with his schemes?
I enjoyed this book. I thought it was interesting to see the way the author made some of the vampires redeemable instead of damned. I liked how each chapter began with a verse of scripture about blood. Even though this is advertised as a Christian novel the book does not get overly preachy. It is more about good vs. evil and the question of whether vampires can be redeemed from their past evil. There was lots of action that keeps you on the edge of your seat. I did think that the romance between Raphael and Susan could have been developed more. A few steamy kisses do not a romance make (at least for this reader). My understanding is that this is to be a trilogy, so I am looking forward to seeing what happens next!
I give Kiss of Night:
Come back tomorrow for a Guest Post by the author of Kiss of Night, Debbie Viguie and a GIVEAWAY of the book!
Follow today's tour stops:
http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com
http://www.kittycrochettwo.blogspot.com
http://practicalfrugality.blogspot.com/
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Kiss of Night Blog Tour October 3-7
I will be participating in the Kiss Of Night blog tour that runs from October 3rd thru October 7th. Visit My Only Vice October 4th for my review and then come back on October 5th for a guest post by Debbie Viguie and a give away of her book!
Here is the blog tour schedule:
October 3
http://www.renees-reads.blogspot.com/
http://torilounge.blogspot.com
http://steelergirl83.blogspot.com
October 4
http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com
http://www.kittycrochettwo.blogspot.com
http://practicalfrugality.blogspot.com/
October 5
http://www.myfriendamysblog.com
http://ashleysbookshelf.blogspot.com
http://inthehammockblog.blogspot.com
http://overweight-bookshelf.blogspot.com/
http://www.seasonsofhumility.blogspot.com
October 6
http://rbclibrary.wordpress.com
http://www.bibliophilesretreat.com
http://reviewsfromtheheart.blogspot.com
http://itstimetoreadmamaw.blogspot.com/
October 7
http://books-movies-chinesefood.blogspot.com
http://afewofmyfavoritethings-michelle.blogspot.com/
http://bookzone.atwc1.com
http://proudbooknerd.com
http://www.libslibrary.blogspot.com
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Sixteen Brides by Stephanie Whitson-KINDLE
Five of the women decide to team up and homestead together. They are overwhelmed with the generosity of their neighbors in the community. Each one has a personal reason for starting over. Some with secrets and some with hurts they band together as friends and look for hope in this new venture.
Matthew Ransom lost his wife several years before. His young daughter has been raised by friends. He carries resentment like a burden on his shoulders. He and his cousin Lucas Gray came to Nebraska together. They fell in love with the same woman. Matthews jealousy and Lucas' pride have kept them from forgiving each other. With the arrival of the women it seems it is time to lay aside old resentments. But once again are they going to be fighting over the same woman?
I really did enjoy this story although I had a hard time keeping up with all of the characters. With 5 different backgrounds on the women going on I got a bit confused about who was who. But that is probably because I can't remember my own name half the time! I loved the women's determination to be on their own. To own land themselves. There was humor and some feistiness that was enjoyable in the characters. And a couple of hunky male characters to keep an eye on!
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