Showing posts with label Sneak Peek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sneak Peek. Show all posts

Monday, July 22, 2013

Upcoming Review Sneak Peek

About the Author

Born in 1976, Jay Phillips graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in English Lit. He lives in Tennessee with his wife, two children, and a golden retriever named Shippo. A lifelong lover of comic books. Star Wars, Doctor Who, and everything else from the nerd culture, he prides himself on writing fiction that crosses boundaries.

About the Book

Years ago, a gene virus ran rampant across the planet, leaving a small percentage of people gifted/cursed with extraordinary abilities and humanity itself forever changed. Suddenly, there were people with super strength and speed, people who could read minds, people who could teleport themselves from place to place with but a single thought.
Several of these people joined together to form The Seven, the most powerful group of supers the world had ever known. Led by the enigmatic Agent America, The Seven kept the country safe from threats both foreign and internal. The is until the United States government decided the threat of the supers outweighed any protection they could offer.
"They were supposed to be invincible; they were supposed to be our heroes."
After a war between the super powered and the "normals" (as non-powered humans are now referred). The Seven have placed themselves as the nation's rulers, controlling the country through fear and intimidation. But now, someone or something is murdering The Seven one-by-one, singe handedly attempting to make them pay for all the sins they have committed.
To stop a killer, The Seven turn to a man who hates them as much as anyone. An imprisoned many known only as The Detective finds himself in the unenviable position of helping the people he despises in exchange for his freedom.
"A noir detective mystery wrapped around the superhero myth, Kingdom of Heroes is a character driven novel that will leave you guessing and entertained until the very end."

Links

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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Upcoming Review Sneak Peek

About the Author

Check out his "grill"
Nocomus Columbus lives in Saint Louis "I'll probably die in Saint Louis" the author states on his Amazon author page. He reveres Roberto Bolano as "the shit" and while he is writing short stories about whatever he feels like currently, he states that "someday [he'll] be able to write a novel."
"I'm trying to sell books so I can buy a new grill." (Nocomus Columbus)

About the Book

"A friend of mine read this book and called it a cry for help. He called it disturbing. Filth. Really the book is about how different people deal with grief differently. Pain can cause some to go crazy. It causes other to write. Some will medicate. A few will murder. 7,000 words is all you'll find... but maybe you'll find more than that. Who knows?"

Fates intertwine by an unsettling shared even from the past; a troubled solder, a vengeful dreamer, an outcast, and a writer. Each person deals with the pain in their own way; sex, drugs, art, and death. Follow them on their self-discovery and loss.

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Other Works by Nocomus Columbus

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Upcoming Review Sneak Peek

About the Author

Growing up in London, +Michelle Abbott love to read all genres of romance and decided to try her hand at writing. In April, 2013 she self-published "In Chains" from her computer, where she clicks away at her keyboard with no letters upon the keys "because they've all worn off." Michelle also enjoys traveling and seeing new places and occasionally she knits.
"I enjoy writing romance with heroes who begin as the underdog and are protective of their girl." (Michelle Abbott)

About the Book

A dystopian-contemporary romance set in a world where slavery is government run and slaves are fitted with microchips.

Savannah, feeling a turbulent relationship, seeks solace at her brother's country farmhouse. It's there that she meets Kayden; her brother's slave who's considered less than human. These two damaged souls form an unbreakable bond, one that's about to be tested, because Kayden is her brother's property and he will stop at nothing to keep them apart.

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Upcoming Review Sneak Peak: The Sand Bluff Murders by C. M. Albrecht

About the Author

"People say I've got attitude. Attitude they don't like. I get that a lot. The cops and me? We work toward the same end, but we're like water and electricity. They think I cramp their style. They hat that I don't have to play by their rules."
"I usually end up needing a lawyer. I had one. He fell off the back of an ambulance full of mesothelioma patients and got run over by a speeding Cooper. I'm alone and on my own. It's a mean life. I'm used to it."

This is part of the charm that C. M. Albrecht embodies, a clever wit that is actually mild-mannered who loves his mysteries and detectives. He not only writes mysteries, he's a private eye in real life. "When my casebook's empty - and it's empty a lot - I write books."
He sits at his desk and drinks coffee and daydreams. 
He lives in Sacramento, CA where he proclaims to "wear a dark fedora and trench coat even when it's a hundred and five" outside." Mr. Albrecht is happily married to his beautiful wife Irma since 1967. While his head may be in the clouds, she helps keep his feet firmly on ground. (http://www.cmalbrecht.com/)

About the Book

When Jonas McCleary gets the opportunity to join the force in sleepy Sand Bluff, he jumps at it. A cushy job in a little town where nothing ever happens. He can relax and enjoy life, and since Jonas is getting onto thirty, he's hoping with a little luck, to meet Miss Right.
But on his third day in Sand Bluff, another officer, Ackers, finds a body in an alley. Now the only bright things about Harold Ackers is his badge. Ackers thought the guy was drunk and only after he managed to get him to headquarters did someone inform Ackers that his drunk was dead. Albert Mohr, cocky and mouthy, isn't much better, and probably not much brighter, so Chief Raymond Castillo is depending on Jonas, his only real cop with any previous training, to solve this mystery and bring a killer to justice.
Jonas just wishes he had the confidence his chief places in him. But he's going to give it his best shot. As he goes around town talking to people, he meets some strange residents, especially little person, Lester/Jessica, trailer court operator and dog trainer. Lester/Jessica is also a transvestite with a mammoth bodybuilder boyfriend, and of course, there's Larry Peters, the town insurance agent and his wife, town hussy, Twyla. Twyla's got quite a reputation. Jonas also meets Roxie Jenkins whose father runs the local newspaper. Could she just be Miss Right? 

Links

The Sand Bluff Murders Blog: http://cmalbrecht.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cmalbrecht @cmalbrecht

Acclaim for "The Sand Bluff Murders"

"An old-fashioned page turner." (I. Reitmann, Cleveland Courier)

"I highly recommend this book... The Sand Bluff Murders - with its witty narration, charming protagonist and solid mystery plot - is definitely worth the read." (Cafe' Reads, www.cafereads.blogspot.com)

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Other Titles Available by C. M. Albrecht

(Not in chronological order)