Spooktacular Seductions blog tour stop with guest post and giveaway @RoanePublishing
Good day and happy Monday! Halloween might be over but it's always a good time to read some creepy and scary stories. We bring to you today an anthology of paranormal romance short stories, Spooktacular Seductions, published by Roane Publishing. Reader Girls asked the authors what their favorite scary movie is. Their answers are below. Read on to find out what each individual story is about and enter the tour-wide giveaway. Have a great day!
Paranormal romance anthology
Publisher: Roane Publishing
Release
Date: October
31, 2014
Bewitching
Gypsy by Linda Carroll Bradd
Fiona Mikolas is an outcast, branded by her fiery
red hair and a purple birth mark—both signs of the devil. Two years earlier,
she survived an influenza outbreak that claimed her peddler husband, Gregos,
and her baby son, Tito. Now she lives a solitary life, traveling a circuit of
southern states in America and selling healing potions. Until the night of All
Hallow’s Eve, when her lonely life is changed by the arrival of two strangers
in her camp.
Beaten and robbed, rancher Hagan Fletcher stumbles
toward the light of a campfire in south Texas, intent on finding a way to
retrieve his stolen stallion. When he awakens, he’s forgotten his name and how
he came to be in the company of an exotic beauty. Fiona’s ways are a mystery
but when her quick-thinking saves his life again, he looks deeper beneath the
surface to who she really is.
Garden of
Souls by Michelle Ziegler
Something, or someone, pulled Miranda to purchase
the old carriage house. It was a great deal, most likely because of the
cemetery or the unexpected resident, Thomas. The ghost she finds within the
sanctuary of her new home should have scared her. Instead she finds herself
falling in love with him.
Now, a few days from Halloween, Thomas continues to
push her to live her life. He wants one night though; the one night of
magic for the dead. Torn by her love for Thomas and her need for reality
and human contact, Miranda takes a chance with Sean. Someone who’s alive. The
guilt is eating away at her. Sean’s nice and he hasn’t run off yet, pushed away
by her craziness. Miranda knows she can’t split her herself.
Choosing her heart’s desire doesn’t seem possible,
but living and loving another seems like a life riddled with pain.
If This
Be Madness by Echo Shea
Don’t let me go…
Those are words that break her. When the person you
love most is gone, how do you let go?
And, more importantly, who will you be once you do?
Ghost of
a Chance by Lily Carlyle
After years of having her college boyfriend Sean as
an ex with benefits, Julie believes he is finally, irrevocably out of her life.
Forever. And it breaks her heart.
Until one night he shows up at the neighborhood
hangout—with a mysterious job, luxurious car, and fabulous digs. Not to mention
a new determination to woo Julie.
Even as her mind says no, her heart—and other parts
of her body—is saying yes, yes, yes!
Do You
Believe in Ghosts by Anne Higa
Jeff Austin-LeGrange has been fleeing from the
remnants of his dark and haunted childhood his entire life. The past always
catches up to us, and his is no exception.
Alice Hopkins, Jeff's high school sweetheart, has
tried to forget him and tried to move on. You never forget your first love.
When Jeff's mother dies and Alice's father falls
ill, the two are forced to confront their mutual history and their deepest
desires. One thing is sure: neither of their lives will ever be the same again.
Perhaps, the past can be overcome. Perhaps, it is not too late to believe in
miracles. Perhaps, more than one couple will be reunited this Fall.
Who can say? With a little magic, anything is
possible.
Encantado by Havva Murat
Spending Friday night in an abandoned amusement park
sounded like an awesome idea to motherless, teenage track star, Remy
Bordeaux—empty rides with no queues, and time alone with his best friend’s
alluring sister, Rafaela, was sure to make for a memorable night.
But Friday night at Six Flags became memorable for
all the wrong reasons when the park turned out to not be so abandoned after
all. Rafaela goes missing after getting cozy with Remy, and everyone thinks
that Remy is responsible, even his best friend.
It will take another trespassing trip to Six Flags
for the truth of Rafaela’s disappearance to be revealed and for the riddle of
Remy’s birth to be unraveled.
Where
Angels Tread by Christy Thomas
Loralei takes extreme measures to prove her cheating
husband has forsaken their bows by seeking confirmation from a fortune-teller.
The truth revealed is that she’s been unfaithful in a six hundred year old
spiritual marriage.
Samael, the Angel of Death must assist a young
girl’s soul in ascending to heaven. An unexpected encounter with his estranged
wife distracts him and the precious soul is lost.
Working together to save the endangered soul, they
find the price to reach her is higher than they both anticipate.
Spooky
Hollow Café by Lisa A. Adams
Aggie Pierce owns a quaint little
spot, the Spooky Hollow Cafe'. Tourist come from all over the nation to
her confections diner for the entertainment. Real live interacting
ghosts make appearances once a day, you just don't know when.
But, when a ghost's crush becomes
an obsession, just how far will a hero have to go to save Aggie's life?
Favorite 'spooky' book
and movie
Linda Carroll-Bradd
I read The Exorcist (only in the daylight hours) and saw
the movie afterwards and was deliciously scared both times. I have to admit my
younger self was braver. Once I had a child, I couldn’t watch that genre of
movies because I kept thinking, what if that happened to my son?
Christy Thomas
The ‘spookiest’ book (not my
favorite) was Stephen King’s ‘It’. I was cursed by so many nightmares when I
read that story, I admit I couldn’t finish it. I don’t recall ever failing to
finish a book other than this one.
The spookiest movie was an episode
of Twilight Zone called ‘Living Doll’. The idea of an inanimate object having
an evil consciousness and the ability to move and do things were absolutely
horrifying.
Havva Murat
Two books instantly
come to mind from my teen years that I devoured and re-read many times: The
Immortal by Christopher Pike because it fuses the world of ancient Greece with
the world of two girls on vacation in Greece in the 90’s and I’m a sucker for
mythology, and The Sleepwalker by R.L. Stine because the cover is imprinted on
my brain and I was slightly terrified by the idea of waking up outside in a
nightdress. Loved teen thrillers from the 90’s all around. As for movies, I was
terrified by both ‘Vacancy’ (2007) and ‘The Strangers’ (2008) and really loved
the premise on ‘The Village’ (2004).
Michelle Ziegler
Goodness this is tough.
Does Hocus Pocus count as a spooky movie? If not, let’s go with Maybe This Time by Jennifer Cruise for book and The Others for movie. I love Maybe this
Time because it can creep you out and make you laugh, and it has a great
romance. It’s right up my alley on ghosts. The Others is creepy
because of its twist. I won’t give you a spoiler, but you feel for the
characters. Mostly you feel worried they are being haunted.
Anne Higa
Paranorman. I loved the
graphics, the voice acting, but overall the twist it made to the genre with good
humor and fast-paced plot. I still get a bit teary-eyed toward the end. Even
though it is creepy, it is also encouraging and hopeful overall.
Echo Shea
I've always loved R.L.
Stine's "Goosebumps" series, but my favorite and most scary, was
"A Night in Terror Tower". I remember reading this book in bed, the
room darkened except for my book light. The reason this book stood out with me
is because unlike most of his books **Spoiler Alert** the children never
got out.
Lisa A. Adams
My absolute favorite “spooky”
movie is Jeepers Creepers. We watch it ever Halloween. And truthfully, it took
me about four years to even make it through the entire movie. Now, of course I
love it. And still get creeped out by it!
Lily Carlyle
My favorite spooky movie is Night of the Living Dead, because it’s
campy more than really scary or gory. Plus, it was filmed in Evans City,
Pennsylvania, not far from where I grew up, so it’s a hometown favorite. Psycho is a close second.
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte is my favorite “spooky” book, even if it really is a romance.
Bronte conjures such an atmospheric setting.
There is a tour-wide giveaway of one $10 Amazon Gift Card &
paperback copy of Spooktacular Seductions
Thank you for having us!
ReplyDeleteWhat Michelle said... :) Thanks for the questions, too. I wish I could remember the name of my favorite scary movie. It was a ghost story and I saw it two or three times, but then it just disappeared and I never remembered the name. It was a very cool, supposedly true story. "Haunting of..." I still can't remember if that's even right. :) Thanks again for showcasing "Spooktacular Seductions."
ReplyDeleteAnother big thank you for hosting us on Reader Girls. Hope you enjoy the stories in Spooktacular Seductions : )
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting us Reader Girls. It seems odd that I wrote for the Halloween Anthology, but I don't do scary. My scary movie selection came from one I watched two decades ago. The few scary movies I watch now I wait until I'm in a comedic mood where I can laugh when the insane lunatic goes after the teenagers with the chainsaw.
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