Reader Girls Blog

ReaderGirls would like to welcome author Desiree Holt and the tour for her latest book,   Downstroke,  to our blog today. Ms. Holt wants to share her thoughts on how she writes and has also provided an excerpt of what promises to be a sizzling adult read (with a sizzling cover). The Giveaway can be found after the blurb. Jazzing the creative juices  by Desiree Holt It seems like it was forever since I sat down to write my first book, but in reality it was only seven years ago. Wow! Time sure flies! When I realized that my 100th title was about to be released I thought, Holy cow! Did I realy write all of those? And it really doesn’t seem as if my brain is slowing down.  I think from the beginning my problem has been, not a lack of ideas but too many. I could hardly decide where to start or which plot to develop first. There are so many things that interest me and flip a switch in my brain. I live in the Texas Hill Country, surrounded by ranches and–w...

Choosing a pick for Waiting on Wednesday  lately has been very hard with the slew of fantastic sounding and looking (can't forget to mention the covers) books scheduled for publication this year. Our choice this week is Breath of Angel (The Angeleon Circle, Book One) by Karyn Henley. Check out the blurb for yourself and see if this isn't a Must Get title. Summary: The stranger’s cloak had fallen back, and with it, a long, white, blood-stained wing. When Melaia, a young priestess, witnesses the gruesome murder of a stranger in the temple courtyard, age-old legends recited in song suddenly come to life. She discovers wings on the stranger, and the murderer takes the shape of both a hawk and a man. Angels. Shape-shifters. Myths and stories—until now. Melaia finds herself in the middle of a blood feud between two immortal brothers who destroyed the stairway to heaven, stranding angels in the earthly realm. When the feud turns violent and Melaia becomes a target, she find...