Popstars, Friends & Lovers: A Dreamer's Tale Cover Reveal!

“The poorest man is not the one with no penny in his pocket, but the one who has no dream.”

– The Burnouts, Class of ‘99

For two weeks Steve Shrader lived a dream. A dream that he didn’t even know existed until he felt it. For two weeks the kid with no mom had good food, clean clothes and sheets and Christmas. For two weeks he had love - in the form of Hello Kitty bandaids and hot soup and his best friend, MG. Then he screwed up, like he always did, and the dream he was living went away.

Now school is over, MG is gone and he’s headed down the same path as all the adults in his life; drifting along, dodging or dealing with one sh*t-storm after another, numbing themselves with cigarettes, drugs and alcohol. But he’s seen a better life. He’s seen what he wants. He wants MG. The question is how to get to her from where he is now.

MG dreams of living large in New York City. (OK, to tell the truth, it’s her mom’s dream, and she is just along for the ride.) But she’s gonna make it work - in a kick-ass, cool apartment, with a glam fashion job and photo shoots with rich friends in magazines – or not. She left everything she was sure of back home in St. Louis and almost everything she thought she knew about Manhattan and life isn’t turning out to be true.

When her false dreams crumble and fall though her hands she’s left with what’s real. A real life with a real job and real love; and it can all be hers if she’s brave enough to believe in herself and go after what she truly wants.

Their love story started in Burnouts, Geeks & Jesus Freaks: a love story, now it continues in Popstars, Friends & Lovers: a dreamer’s tale. MG, the best friend with a talent for trouble, and Steve, the most laid back hero in romance novel history, are back. With old friends from high school and a crazed array of new ones they go for a win in the game called life.

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Chronicles of a Lincoln Fashionista by Aven Ellis Cover Reveal!

Chronicles of a Lincoln Park Fashionista-Blurb

Recent college graduate Avery Andrews is ready to begin a new life in the big city. She’s landed an apartment in Chicago’s famed Lincoln Park neighborhood–and has her eye on the cute commodities trader just a floor above.

If Premier Airlines knew about her fear of flying, they never would have hired her to be their marketing assistant—but it’s not like Avery wants a lifelong career. Right now she simply wants a job to pay her bills…and fund a few little shopping excursions, too.

Her new lifestyle comes with a price tag, as Avery is not only faced with paying a ridiculous rent but finds she’s perceived as one of the vacant, husband-hunting fashionistas who live in the area. Avery resents this stereotype—so she doesn’t want a lifelong career, and she loves fashions she can’t afford, but that doesn’t mean she is empty-headed and spoiled, does it?

When an opportunity to participate in a documentary at work arises, Avery finds a two-fold solution to her problems. She’ll earn extra money for it, and the documentary will show her as a serious career woman, enabling her to shed that husband-hunting fashionista label for good.

When the camera is on, Avery attempts to be a motivated professional woman. But when she is challenged by Deacon Ryan, the videographer assigned to cover her story, Avery finds herself wanting things she was never supposed to want—like a lasting career—and Deacon. And Avery might just gain more from the experience than a perfect career image and extra cash to put in her Tory Burch wallet…

It sounds like a very interesting read, and I enjoyed Aven's Waiting for Prince Harry so I honestly can't wait for this book to release! Go check out Aven Ellis' Website to find out more about this book and her others.

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Hummingbird by Kay Causer

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"She tried to focus through the darkness but it was only a blur of colour." -Kay Causer, Hummingbird

Naomi has been called as a shadow weaver when there hasn't been need of one for 50 years. And yet dark spirits have started getting through and Naomi is needed. But when a shadow guide named Jesse finds her, will he be able to convince her of the truth that sounds like stories? Or will Naomi find herself in an early grave with no real explanation? Find the official description on Smashwords.

At first we are only given quick glimpses into the spirit world and it seems as everything is slowly coming to the reader, allowing them to soak in the information and yet still keep their attention. It isn't hard to get lost in the world as it's set in a familiar one that any person on Earth would at least know of from books and films. But when we start to get a glimpse into the supernatural world that surrounds Naomi it comes in slowly enough to allow the reader to get a grip on this new world within our own but also it isn't so slow that the reader loses interest. It's easy enough to get the necessary information from the book with very little confusion if any.

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Carolyn Ridder Aspenson Feature, Part One!

Carolyn Ridder Aspenson is the Amazon and Barnes & Noble best selling author of Unfinished Business; An Angela Panther Novel, Unbreakable Bonds; An Angela Panther Novel, the novella Santa's Gift, a Cumming Christmas Novella and The Quick Start Weight Loss Program.

An avid fitness buff, Carolyn writes a monthly health and fitness column for Northside Woman Magazine as well as regular weekly news articles for various Atlanta area media outlets including the Forsyth Herald, the Milton Herald, the Revue and News, and the Johns Creek Herald. Her works have also been published in Countyline Magazine and various Internet publications.

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500 Days by Jessica Miller

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"But what if he was just visiting like you and by some weird coincidence he lived here and was right under your nose the whole time." -Jessica Miller, 500 Days

WARNING: This book contains Sexual Content and is not for younger audiences.

Casper has anything he could ever want. Except for the one-night stand that he can't forget. Alex has had a difficult life and prefers to keep guys at an arm's distance, especially because she feels they're nothing but trouble. But when she realizes Casper is the mystery guy from New Years Eve can she find her happiness? Or will she let her past destroy her future? Find the official description on Goodreads.

500 Days is first person perspective and we get both Casper and Alex's perspectives. It was perfect. We get a glimpse into both of their mindsets and it helps develop a connection with both. Although occasionally Casper does some silly things you just want to shake him but he also tries to fix his mistakes. Then there's Alex, there are more than a few times you just want to smack her but you can also empathize with her. She didn't exactly have the best childhood and while that doesn't excuse her behaviour, you can understand it at least. Especially when you can get a look into what her thoughts reveal.

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Birth of An Assassin by Rik Stone Blog Tour!

Hello, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Could you tell us a little about yourself as well as Birth of An Assassin?

What made you write about the Soviet, Post-War time period?

Relatives told me of their parents living in ‘The Pale’ (a barren strip of land where the Jewish population was forced to live – the reality of Fiddler on the Roof). They escaped the czarist pogroms of the late 19^th century. Some came to England, others to the US and Canada.

I looked into Jewish history in Russia and came up with an idea for a story, but it didn’t fit the time of the White Russians, so I trawled through the country's history until coming to the post-war period. Without getting too philosophical here, Jez (the hero) represents the whole of the Jewish population while Otto (the villain) is those people whose prejudice is all-consuming. Apart from it making a fit, I also took away the protagonists religion to demonstrate that it isn’t only about beliefs.

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New Look!!! And a Little Update

Check out my new look!! And Grab button, which is up at the top of this post! Isn't it pretty? Isn't it Springy and....green??? Yes if you didn't know green is my favourite colour. But thanks to the hard work of Debz over at Debz Bookshelf Reading Shy With Aly has a new look! And I'm very appreciative to Debz. I have very little skill with html at all, so it was really amazing for her to create this skin!

If you're looking for a new blog design, you should check out Debz Bookshelf. She is currently doing free blog designs, and Debz is really great to work with! She'll listen to what you'd like(if you know what you'd like) or she'll give you some ideas about what would look good. It was an interesting and stress-free process and I'm really happy with my results. So make sure to give Debz credit for this beautiful new look and I hope you guys enjoy it! 

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