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It's Friday and we're hosting today's stop on the Five Tour , presented by Dark Mind Tours . Enjoy reading an excerpt from this paranormal YA and enter the contest. Thanks for stopping by! Five (Elemental Enmity #1)  by Christie Rich YA paranormal*paperback & e-book, 314 pages*Published August 10th 2011 Purchase: Book #1 is FREE on many sites! Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Goodreads  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Smashwords Rayla Tate’s life is about to turn vertical…again. As if it wasn’t bad enough her mother disappeared under questionable circumstances leaving Rayla to be raised by her aunt in a horrendously small town. Her overprotective guardian is determined to ruin Rayla’s life. She refuses to let Rayla out of her sight or out of the state. Provincial living might be what her aunt demands of her purposely sheltered niece; but, Rayla has other ideas. In a desperate attempt to follow her dreams she flees the safety of her home and runs away t

THE EDGE OF NEVER by  J.A. Redmerski  New Adult  Contemporary Romance* Release date: November 15, 2012  Purchase: Amazon  | Barnes & Noble ***Special Price: the book will be available at a $1.99 promotional price on the release day only (Nov. 15) and will go to regular price on 11/16.***   Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett had always been one to think out-of-the-box, who knew she wanted something more in life than following the same repetitive patterns and growing old with the same repetitive life story. And she thought that her life was going in the right direction until everything fell apart.  Determined not to dwell on the negative and push forward, Camryn is set to move in with her best friend and plans to start a new job. But after an unexpected night at the hottest club in downtown North Carolina, she makes the ultimate decision to leave the only life she’s ever known, far behind.  With a purse, a cell phone and a small bag with a few necessities, Ca

Indie Author of the Month, KaSonndra Leigh, is guest posting today. Welcome, KaSonndra. Hello lovely bloggerly friends. I’m so excited to share the story behind the creation of Hacienda Moon’s official book trailer with you today. Please take a look at it and then we’ll spend a moment talking about the five elements of Gothic Paranormal Romance that we had to cover in this video.  Five Elements of Gothic Paranormal Romance Found in the Book Trailer 1) The Fear element – I’ll go ahead and get this one out of the way. Gothic Romance is about fear. But most of it is mildly psychological. Translation: you won’t be reading about any Texas Chainsaw Massacres in these pages. It’s important to remember that Gothic Romance is just what the genre’s name implies – dark, odd, and unusual romantic situations complete with screaming females, and ridiculously handsome heroes and tyrant oil tycoons (with sexy pouty lower lips). **eyebrow wag** 2) The Mystery – Well, you know