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I've ramped up my social networking efforts and I now have a Facebook Page for Debuts & Reviews:

See that ugly number at the end? That can go away once I have 25 people connected to my page. So I'd be thrilled if I can get 25 people and have a nice, neat Facebook page address. So please just go ahead and click it, and then click that Like button. This window will even stay open, for your convenience.

Of course it will...

Here are some debut authors who have novels that became available through Carina Press in the past few weeks. From this point on, Carina debuts of the genres that I usually cover will appear in my regular debut showcases.

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On her Trail

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Carina Press

Romantic Suspense � 3.19 ()

After five years of covering seedy Eastern European politics, Laura Thorsen returns to Canada only to run afoul of the mob. When they try to kill her over an explosive...

Start Your Day with Serial! That's the name of the awesome Shannon Delany's book blog tour for her novel, 13 to Life: A Werewolf's Tale,  and today is her turn to stop here! Shannon's debut novel (and first in her YA paranormal series) 13 to Life started as a winning cell phone novel written in serial segments. During the tour you can read bits of the book in order. Miss a day? Hop to Shannon's blog and check the link to the blog tour calendar in...

Excuse me for writing another authorial post, but I have my cover for The Sevenfold Spell! And since it's final, I can post it. Behold!

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Let's scrutinize it, shall we?

First, the spinning wheel. When I filled out my cover art fact sheet, I noted that the spinning wheel is the most important visual element. Talia and her mother do their spinning in the cellar, because spinning wheels are outlawed and they must spin in secret. The artist came up with the cobwebs on her own, but I ...

I've been musing over how much this blog should cross over the line from review blog to author blog. Things have been proceeding apace with Carina Press, and I'm just bursting with stuff to say, but my efforts to get a newsletter installed on this blog has met with failure. So I'll just write stuff here, for now.

I've been working hard on revisions. They've taken up almost all my spare time, but I learned a ...

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Web of Lies

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Pocket Books

MM Paperback � $7.99

Before writing this review, I went back and read my , which I wrote in January. It was decidedly lukewarm.

This review will not be lukewarm. I thoroughly enjoyed Web of Lies. I have been reading Ms. Estep's books from the beginning, and with this novel, her writing has achieved a higher level of polish, altogether.

Reformed assassin Gin Blanco is trying very hard to be just another restaurant ...

[image error]Happy release day to Shannon Delany for her debut novel, 13 to Life! Check out that bookmark!

Shannon has done a great job publicizing her novel, and I've even gotten in on the action. She'll be by here on Friday to tell us the unusual means by which she achieved publication. She is also serializing part of her novel as part of her blog book tour, and we'll be including a snippet here.

In the meantime, here's all the info!

13 to Life
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Young Adult Paranormal
Trade...

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Allie Beckstrom series by

Reviewed by Deborah Blake

Allison Beckstrom knows better than most that using magic comes with a cost. She's a Hound—someone who traces illegal spells back to their casters—and she's paid the price in lost memories and two-day migraines. But she isn't about to give up the career she loves, or the chance to stay independent from her influential (and slightly shady...

A friend wrote with news of a great milestone as an author, but I can't say anything yet, because I'm not authorized. Yet. So congratulations, _____!! You know who you are!!

Just finished reading an urban fantasy, of all things (for me). Astute readers will guess which one it is, based on recent posts. I will have a review very shortly. Plus, Deb has a multiple-book review for us, and I have a review that I've been sitting on because it was too soon to post it until about now. ...

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Please welcome Joely Sue Burkhart as she tackles a rather difficult subject for some of us–writing sex scenes.

Joely always has her nose buried in a book, especially one with mythology, fairy tales, and romance. She, her husband, and their three monsters live in Missouri. By day, she's a computer programmer with a Masters of Science degree in Mathematics. When night falls, she bespells the monsters so she can write. Find her on her website, Twitter,