Introducing author Ami Blackwelder & Teaser Tuesday

Paranormal and SciFi Author Ami Blackwelder will have two new books out soon! 

Ami Blackwelder is a forbidden romance writer in the paranormal and historical romance genre. Growing up in Florida, she went to UCf and in 1997 received her BA in English and teaching credentials. She travelled overseas to teach in Thailand, Nepal, Tibet, China and Korea. Thailand is considered her second home now. She has always loved writing and wrote poems and short stores since childhood; however, her novels began when she was in Thailand.

Having won the Best Fiction Award from the University of Central Florida (Yes, The Blair Witch Project University;), her fiction From Joy We Come, Unto Joy We Return was published in the on campus literary magazine: Cypress Dome and remains to this day in University libraries around the country. Later, she achieved the Semi-Finals in a Laurel Hemingway contest and published a few poems in the Thailand’s Expat magazine, and an article in the Thailand’s People newspaper. Additionally, she has published poetry in the Korea’s AIM magazine, the American Poetic Monthly magazine and Twisted Dreams Magazine.

The Invasion of 2020, the first book in the Shifter Evolutions series is scheduled to be released Sept 1st 2011, (Books 1-5 are out now)

The Invasion of 2020 is the prequel to Shifters of 2040. The Shifter Evolutions begins with the middle book, The Shifters of 2040, and gives the reader the choice for the past or future. This release of the first book in the series, The Invasion of 2020, will allow readers to engage the series chronologically also. 

Readers will enjoying finding out more about Uri Petrov and Dr. Samantha Croon as they discover what exactly brought the shifters to Earth and what sparked human fears. Who was the young Marn and young Raul and what molded them into who they became? 

 Very interesting concept isn't it? To start with the third book and then you decide to go forward or go back. This series is set in Alaska. YAY! 

       

The Shifters of 2040

The SCM of 2030

The Hybrids of 2050

The revolution of 2060

Other Series by Ami:

   

The Guardians of the Gate Series is an elfin romance series set in Colorado. Books 1 and 2, (The Gate of Lake Forest and Prisoners of Pride), are out now with book 3, (An Inquisition of Innocence), scheduled for a 2012 release.

      


The Day the Flowers Died, (Volume 1) is set in 1930 in Munich Germany. It is a historical romance novel.


More books by Ami:
        


Rain: Graphic Novella 
Christianity and Sensibility
The Five Other Senses
The Water Jug
Like A Budding Flower (Poetry)
The Ancient Genesis
Glass Tears (Historical)
She Speaks to Angels (Paranormal)
Midnight (Vampire Dystopian)


Children's Books by Ami
  
Sammy and the Magic Genie
The Moorhen Runt

Coming Fall of 2011

The Mers, a new Mermaid Series set in New Jersey.

Also coming in 2012, ( Titles subject to change)
Don't Speak (Psychic Dystopian)
Ghostly
Exotiqa

  Find out more about her and her books at http://amiblackwelder.blogspot.com              

  

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB ofShould Be Reading. Anyone can play along! 

I will be taking my teasers from The Shifters of 2040  by Ami Blackwelder

Page 13:

 She wanted to inflict as little harm as she could in this inhumane research. But

then, the shifters didn’t remind her much of anything human, or

of anything living.

Page 14:

Melissa turned her head away and refused to watch the deliberate

pain inflicted, to merely learn how much electricity the

SCM needed to wound, stun and kill shifters. Once the shifter

returned to a still state, the shadow regained what Melissa called

consciousness, and the blackness retreated as yellow lights returned.

Page 15:

The room filled with silence and then the shifter who had

vanished spilled out of the wire and reassembled over the hard

floor. The shadow shape metamorphosed into a large white bear,

thrusting wide paws at the assistant. 

I will be reviewing a few of Ami's books soon. Watch for them.


Please leave me a comment with where to find your teaser. If you don't have a blog then please feel free to leave a sentence or two from a book you are reading !

Teaser Tuesday - The Hall brothers and Natasha Larry

Sorry my Tuesday Teaser is going up a bit late. We are having an autism fun day at my house. So far my 4 year old has only flashed 3 of my neighbors while screaming.


Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading Pick a page and a couple of teaser sentences from that page to share.


*  All of the books below I received from the authors with a request to review.  The promise of a good review was neither sought or promised. No compensation other than a copy of the book to be reviewed was offered or received.*


My first teaser is from The Bond Conqueror by Phillip Hall and A. C. Hall. There is a lot of action in this book. Yes I am still reading it - life is getting in my way of reading. I am getting there though and school is starting. *Huge smile* 

From Good Reads:

Charles Bryant seems to have it all. A college professor on the esteemed intellectual planet Academia 7, Charles is something of a celebrity thanks to his branding as “the Bounty Hunting Professor”. But his bounty hunting missions are more than just a gimmick. Charles has spent a decade of his life consumed with trying to track down the last man alive who caused the death of his wife. And now he may’ve found him.

Joined by his number one student Sean Varis and a grieving wife whose husband just may be one of the four worst villains in the galaxy, Charles embarks on a quest across the stars in search of this man, driven by his
need to exact revenge upon him. But as Charles and his allies soon learn, more is at stake than just revenge, as a dark organization has slipped through the shadows of the galaxy and quietly set the stage for their bloody unveiling.

With a rival professor trying to take him down back home, a powerful organization doing all they can to kill him and with every tough guy in the galaxy gunning for a piece of the legendary “Bounty Hunting Professor”,
Charles Bryant and his friends may find completing their mission means more than just locating one man. It means coming face to face with the malevolent force that wants to reshape the whole of the galaxy and living to tell the tale.

The excerpt I chose is located on page 163.

Thinking deeply wasn't among Harbinger's favorite things to do and he tossed the blood soaked coat down and then stood. He walked to the edge of the building and stretched, feeling better now that Isaac was long gone from the area. Harbinger closed his eyes and took a long, deep breath.

His eyes shot open, a scent on the air putting him straight into combat mode. He scanned the dark street below and saw them. Eight well armed, coordinated men, approaching the building fast. There was a ninth man among them, scrawny and clumsy, obviously a civilian.

The harbinger was instantly back into combat mode, all other thoughts gone from his mind as he studied the men below. As they prepared to breach the building Harbinger pulled out his knife and smiled.

The second is from a book I just started, Darwin's Children by Natasha Larry.

From Good Reads:

Life can get pretty complicated for any seventeen-year-old girl, but for a home-schooled telepathic black girl trying to survive in a prestigious private school in small-town Jonesborough, Tennessee, it can be maddening – especially when her telepathic father keeps eavesdropping on her thoughts!

Jaycie Lerner’s family isn’t the usual mom-dad-kid setup. Jaycie’s mom’s MIA, but Allison, her personal live-in ‘trainer,’ is more than a mom, with her own special abilities, like being able to lift cars and run incredibly fast. And Jaycie’s godfather John is more than persuasive – he can literally convince anyone to do anything.

As far as the rest of the world’s concerned, Jaycie’s on the outside looking in. The townsfolk love Jaycie’s pediatrician father, but she doesn’t fit in with ‘normal’ kids, and she doesn’t really want to. Most of her free time is spent training to keep her telekinetic and telepathic powers under control. But there’s one thing she can’t control – and that’s her feelings, especially when her best friend Matt is nearby. If only he knew what she was truly capable of...

Everything seems to be status quo for Jaycie until she receives a cryptic message from a stranger and meets a very unusual girl new to Jonesborough. Then all hell breaks loose!

The excerpt I chose is located on pages 51-52

Jaycie blinked her eyes in surprise. "They would ask people to do something that is wrong? I thought angels were..." She stumbled, trying to think of a word to describe her preconceived notion. "Angelic," she finished lamely.

John laughed. "They have no concept of right or wrong. At least, notion the way we think of it. Like I said, they are a single-minded race. They have no qualms about asking a person to carry out any act, as long as it achieves their goal of restoring balance. And balance can be restored by any means necessary. They may want a child killed, or an elderly woman saved. To them, balance is good and imbalance is evil."

Jaycie looked at him in stunned silence and he sighed. "I wish your father weren't so hell-bent on your having a normal life. There is so much out there you have no idea about. Things you need  to know." He sighed again and looked above her head, seeming lost in thought.

"You can teach me," she reminded him as he looked back at her. She had so many questions but could only manage to ask one. "What should I do?"

John sighed for the third time. "Trust your intuition. It's one of your gifts. But most importantly, remember that they can't force anything on anyone. Angelic Guardians can never, for any reason, interfere with anything in the physical world. They can only ask people to carry out their goals for them. So, you always have a choice."

I hope you enjoy my choices. They are both good reads so far. Different from each other. I think you expect that from me by now.  Leave a comment and let me know where to find yours. If you are not part of the meme, please feel free to tell us where to find your blog. Also leave a quote from a book if you like.

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Review of In My Dreams by Cameo Renae & Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/

Grab your current read

Open to a random page

Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. 

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! 

Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

I have two teasers. If you have been to my Teaser Tuesday post before you probably expect this. :)

My first teaser is from the book I am currently reading. The second is from a book I just finished. The review follows.

The Bond Conqueror by Phillip Hall and A.C. Hall

Published by Hall Brothers Entertainment

Charles turned to look at the man addressing him. It had taken him months to get used to the ghastly mask the man wore. Made of mirrored steel, it was in the shape of a smiling devil. When you stared directly at it you saw your own face reflected back at you on the backdrop of that dark creature. 

In My Dreams By Cameo Renae

Published by CR Creations

 Where am I? 

I staggered, lost in the middle of darkened woods. 

How did I get here? 

An ominous, eerie feeling lingered in the air around me sending chills up my spine.

 In My Dreams (Kindle Locations 15-17). Cameo Renae. 

Good Reads Blurb:

It was happening again. The dreams. The nightmares. It was something seventeen year-old Elizabeth "Lizzy" Hayes thought she'd outgrown; dreams that would come true; detailed premonitions of how people would die. This time she dreams about her boyfriend, Michael Young, and soon discovers that he's been found... dead.
Michael hasn't crossed over because he was murdered, and now his murderer is coming for Lizzy. His spirit won't rest until she is safe, and as a newbie spirit, the easiest way for him to make contact is through Lizzy's dreams. When she dreams, it's as if he hasn't died.
Lizzy must learn to pull on her inner strength to survive horrifying events. Meanwhile, in the spirit world, Michael learns everything he can about his supernatural gifts to help. But will it be enough to save her?

My Review:

From the opening sentences above I was hooked on this book. I started out with  the intention of glancing through as I was reading other books. I ended up not being able to put it down.

When Lizzy was a child father left and as a result,her mother became an alcoholic. Now at 17 Lizzy is living on her own with some help from friends and their families. She visits her mother but cannot handle living with her. Now I know some of you are going that isn't realistic at 17. The setting is in Alaska and I can tell you from living here it is reality for some here. She has her best friend, a job and  a boyfriend she hopes to marry. Life isn't perfect but it looks good.

Then Liz dreams of Michael, her boyfriend. He is late coming to her house and the dream was disturbing. Even more disturbing is she gets voice mail when she calls him. While waiting for him to call or stop by she falls asleep again and dreams of him. This time at the dreams end she can hear a phone ringing. It is Michael's parents with the news he died in an accident. She is devastated by the news but Michael keeps coming back to her in her dreams. A strange lady introduces herself to Liz . She says she is a shaman and has contact with Michael. She warns Liz that Michael was murdered and the killer is after her. Michael also shows Liz how he died. 

There is plenty of supernatural thrills and action in this book. The dream sequences with Michael's spirit, the wolf who is an angel, the good v bad on the spirit level, and Lizzy's "gift". What really got me is the beautiful and strong love between Michael and Liz. The book is haunting in that respect. Once I began this book I read straight through until 4 am. I am hoping that as the book ended with Lizzy's gift of helping guide spirits home that this book is the first in a series. If you love paranormal romance this is definitely a book you want to read. 

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