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SUMMER/WINTER MADNESS SALE   I live in Australia, so we're dragging out the scarves and beanies for winter, while the northern hemisphere is dragging out their hats and bikinis. Whether its summer or winter, it's a great time to catch up on your reading.   To celebrate the release of the final book in the "Welcome to the Apocalypse" trilogy, I'm putting books 1 and 2 on sale.     For all of May and June Grab books 1 and 2 of the "Welcome to the Apocalypse" trilogy for 99c through Smashwords   Book 3 is 99 everywhere. Use these coupon codes     Welcome to the Apocalypse Book 1 Promotional price: $0.99 Coupon Code: BD86R Expires: June 30, 2018       Welcome to the Apocalypse Book 2 Promotional price: $0.99 Coupon Code: XC29Q Expires: June 30, 2018       Welcome to the Apocalypse Book 3 Amazon US    B&N    Kobo    Smashwords Amazon UK    Amazon AU  Angus & Robertson    

A month ago I wrote about writing and publishing a trilogy as the books were written, which is what I did for Welcome to the Apocalypse trilogy. You might like to read that post here . I mentioned in my post that are basically two ways to self-publish a trilogy. One book at a time or in what is called a rapid release approach - each book in the trilogy is published about a month apart. I invited Mirren Hogan to talk about writing and publishing a series in rapid fire.   Mirren: My reason for choosing to write and publish a few months apart: I did it for a few reasons. Firstly because I wanted to have all the books written before I edited anything. I had the momentum, and wanted to work with the trilogy as a whole. Anything changed in book 1, might impact book 2 and 3, so it made sense to me. In addition, many readers these days like to read like they watch TV. They don't want to wait a year for book 2. They like to binge.   Mirren: What did I learn f

Stockpile for your summer/winter reads This year has been incredibly busy. I'm looking forward to July when I hope things slow down and I can catch up on my growing reading pile. But at least I'm stocked up for winter (yes, the chill is coming to Australia). I'm participating in a sci-fi & fantasy bonanza sale. You too can stock pile for your summer or winter reads (depending on which part of the hemisphere you live in) with some amazing science fiction and fantasy titles reduced to 99c MAY 21 -27 ONLY so hurry!! Be sure to check all titles first to make sure they're 99c at time of purchase. All links are for Kindle books, please check other sites for price at time of purchase. Choose from Go to Action & Adventure  | Go to Space Opera  |  Go to Hard SF  |  Go to Military SF Go to Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic  |  Go to Cyberpunk & Steampunk  |  Go to SF Romance Go to Epic Fantasy and Sword & Sorcery  |  Go to Urban Fantasy  |  Go to Horror Go to

It's my absolute pleasure to take part in Rachel's virtual book tour. Please extend a warm welcome and be sure to read through to the end. This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions . Rachel Dacus will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. Would you give up everything, even the time in which you live, to be with your soul mate? That’s the question my heroine, May Gold must answer in this time travel love story. And she has to answer it in three short weeks, on a tour of Italy. A college adjunct teacher, she often dreams about the subject of her master’s thesis—17th century sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini. In her fantasies, she’s in his arms, the wildly adored partner of the man whose passionate art invented the Baroque style. But in reality, May has just landed in Rome with her teaching colleagues and older

  This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions . Jess will be awarding a $25 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour . Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.   UNBREAKABLE BOND by Jess Bryant    GENRE : Paranormal Romance   BLURB: Sometimes fate gets it all wrong.   Zoey Kent has lived with that fact ever since she turned eighteen and learned that the man she loved could never be hers. He’s a born shifter, a wolf, and she’s a mere human. Fate doesn’t care if on paper they’re a perfect pair. She isn’t his fated mate and she’s resigned herself to the knowledge that someday, she’ll have to watch Michael mate with another. It’s never crossed her mind that there might be someone else out there for her, that she would be the one to mate another, to choose another over everything she’s ever known or wanted. Sometimes fate gets it all right.   Rafe Hudson left hi