Witch-Game Book on SALE!!!!

CRUSHED is on SALE!!!!  0.99 cents!!!

 

Summary:  The Noah sisters rule Titan High with their beauty, brains, and magical powers. 

Each year they play a secret game: Crushed. The girls pick their targets carefully and blow enchanted dust into the boy’s faces, charming them. The girls give the boys commands, tasks to perform. If the boy completes the task, the witch's power grows. At the end of the year the girls call their spells back and test them to see how much power they've gained. The witch with the most power wins a year's worth of saved up allowance from her sisters. 

This year Kristen chooses the wrong boy to mess with after Brittany dares her to Crush him. Ordinarily Kristen wouldn't dream of doing something so risky, but she's in a bad mood and isn't thinking clearly. Right away she senses something is wrong. Instead of staring at her with puppy dog eyes, Zach Bevian (also known as tall, dark, and scary) glares at her, a look that could kill. Then he hesitates when she gives him an order. Something is definitely wrong.

After being Crushed, Zach goes home to the family mansion and lets his anger ripple off him in deadly waves. The house shakes. Zach is also a powerful witch, but he has another dark secret. It involves his impulsive and mentally challenged sister. 

Kristen almost dies that same day. Someone is trying to kill her, but she has more suspects than evidence. If the spell didn't take, it's possible Zach is trying to put her out of his misery. Or it could be her jealous sister Brittany. Or is there another witch at the school a witch in hiding?

Zach decides to play along and pretend to be enchanted rather than risk exposing the truth about himself. If Kristen is going to play games with boys, maybe she should be taught a lesson. He sets out to show her the error of her ways. Then he gets caught up in a murder plot. Should he save her life or let her enemy get rid of her?

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REAPERS!!!

Hunter Excerpt #2:

The reaper threw back its head and shrieked as a cloud of black smoke twisted up its body like a huge snake. The robe began to disintegrate. Threads turned to smoke. An invisible entity ate at the robe and the reaper until nothing was left but a bad memory.

HUNTER AVAILABLE on HALLOWEEN!!!

COUNTDOWN TO RELEASE OF HUNTER

A lot of you have been asking when Hunter (the follow-up to Bait) will be released. It will be out on Halloween (barring incidents beyond my control). Here is the cover:

That is Nick Gallos on the cover!!!

Here is a short excerpt:

Disbelief fueled Nick's anger. He should have known it wasn't going to be that easy. Lifting his hand, he sent a powerful ball of flaming energy at the reaper. The ball struck its chest. An explosion rocked Nick back on his heels and set a stack of books on fire. He lifted his arm to shield his face.

Squinting, he stared at the red and orange flames while waching for movement. Killing a reaper wasn't easy, but hopefully he'd managed to get rid of it for a few minutes, long enough for him to get away.

No such luck.

The thing came roaring out of the fire.

Nick spread his legs wide for balance and prepared for a hit.

The rogue reaper yelled, "Return to the Realm. You are needed there."

WEREWOLVES!!!!

Who doesn't love a character that can shift into a wolf? They have been showing up in books and films for years. Sometimes they melt into a wolf. Sometimes they turn in the blink of an eye. Then there are the painful shifts like on Vampire Diaries and An American Werewolf in London.

Werewolves can be huge or the same size as when they are in human form.

Sometimes they have powers.

A werewolf bite can turn a normal person into one like them.

Sometimes a scratch or a bite from a werewolf can kill a vampire.

The myths on our furry friends are wide and varied. How do you like your werewolves?

All Things Supernatural

As we take a break between vampires and werewolves, let's talk about Supernatural. It is the best show ever!!!  If you haven't given it a try, do yourself a favor and rent the DVDs or tune in on Tuesdays.

What is so AWESOME about Supernatural?

1. Sam and Dean (two super hot guys)
2. The black Chevy Impala Dean calls Baby
3. Bobby. He calls them Idjets.
4. An angel in a trench coat
5. Funny lines like "Dude, you fugly."
6. Death loves to eat fried pickle chips.
7. The Trickster enjoys playing jokes on the boys.
8. The brothers fight like... well, brothers.
9. Stay in the ring of salt when Dean tells you to.
10. The Ghost Facers

In other words, there are  million reasons to watch.

Look at that face! Isn't that enough of a reason to watch?

Day Six: VAMPIRES

I ran out of things to put on here about vampires. LOL. They are just everywhere, aren't they? Because of the success of Twilight, there has been an explosion of vampires in the market. For those of you who don't know, I wrote Vampires Rule before this huge popularity of vamps hit the fan. Bad timing on my part. I had a super good agent behind me, and we got a few nibbles at some top publishers, but in the end it was not to be. I was told by a few of the editors that they would have gladly published Vampires Rule if it wasn't for the satuation in the marketplace. So that is why my books are only available online now.

I don't blame the editors for feeling this way. It makes me roll my eyes now too when someone tells me they wrote a vampire book. I'm getting  little tired of them.  HOWEVER, there are exceptions. Some people just have awesome hooks that make you want to read their books even if you are sick of the subect matter. Here are some of the books that I think put a new twist on an old theme:

1. Suck It Up by Brian Meehl: A tongue in cheek story of a young vampire who drinks something called Blood Lite, a soy product that is like blood but doesn't come from humans, and he thinks staking should be a hate crime. I haven't read it. Sounds different.

2.  The Vampire Coalition: This is a series of books available as a box set for a low price. It's about a vampire who forms a group to protect humans from other vampires.

3. The Iron in Blood: This one sounds interesting. A girl gets a blood test and her world turns upside down as she becomes the world's most reluctant vampie, and there are three powerful brothers hunting her down.

The Woodlow Mansion:

Since no one comments, I'm not sure if anyone is even reading this story. I have a lot of other things I could be doing. If you want more, leave a comment. If it turns out more than a few people are reading it, I'll finish it.

Day Five: VAMPIRES

Be sure to take the Bite Me Quiz in the previous post.

The Woodlow Mansion

 

Shannon put Tyler in the first bedroom at the top of the stairs so they would be able to hear him if he needed something. There was a huge bed and an old dresser with an oval-shaped mirror, all covered in dustcloths, which Shannon promptly removed and tossed into a corner. She left him on his own for a moment while she went to the car for a fresh pillow and blanket.

 

Upon her return, she said, "At least most of the filth is on the dust covers."

 

Tyler sat on the edge of the mattress and watched her tidy the room. It seemed like a lifetime since he'd slept on anything larger than a hospital-issue mattress. His insides were wound tighter than a ball of yarn. He didn't feel comfortable in his own skin.

 

"Is there anything else I can get you?" she asked.

 

Tyler looked at her, prepared to say no, but then his eyes drifted to the visible mirror. Something rippled deep in the silvery depths. He wanted to tear his eyes away before the monster revealed itself, but every muscle in his body froze in fear.

 

He saw the outline, an unfinished shape, move closer to the surface.

 

"Are you sure you don't want to eat?" Shannon asked.

 

It wasn't the monster; it was much worse. A ghostly apparition appeared in the mirror and stared straight at him, a smirk on her face. It was his twin sister, Lisa.

 

Part of him wished he was still in the asylum.

 

Tyler wanted to point at the mirror and shout for Shannon to look at it, but he knew from bitter experience what would happen if he did. Shannon would turn to find nothing more than her own reflection looking back at her. She would probably conclude the doctor was right and lock him up forever.

 

He shook his head slowly. "No thanks.  I don't need anything."

 

Lucy lifted a ghostly finger and wagged it at him, silently scolding him for lying.

 

"Well, if you change your mind, just holler," Shannon said as she headed for the door.

 

In his mind, he begged her not to leave him alone in the unfamiliar bedroom. He considered saying the words out loud. Maybe he could tell her he was hungry after all. Or he could ask her to stay while he fell asleep. Surely she would understand if he didn't want to be alone. She'd seen the asylum. She would understand.

 

His lips parted.

 

She closed the door behind her, leaving him alone with his demons... the ghost of his sister.

 

Lucy seemed pleased. Her dead mouth formed a smug smile, and her eyes held a malicious glint the living Lucy hadn't known. But this was not Lucy, not the sister who had loved him. It was the 'thing' in the mirror, and it hated him beyond reason.

 

Tyler jumped up, tore the quilt off the bed, and raced to the mirror. He covered her image, careful to tuck the edges in around the side so it wouldn't slip. The entire time he worked, he kept thinking her hand would shoot out, grab him by the wrist, and drag him into the mirror.