#Tour: Creation (The Chronicles of Ara #1) by Joel Eisenberg, Steve Hillard

 "We have identified the catalyst of human inspiration. You are not supposed to know this. Nor this: Its essence is corrupted.

What then, of our creators?

 The most perceptive - and most obsessive - among them have long understood that their influence could be dangerous, a sort of privileged comprehension that the end of the world may well converge upon the inspiration that fires them and the imagination that enables them ..."

So begins "The Chronicles of Ara", an eight-volume fantasy epic written by Joel Eisenberg and Steven Hillard that explores the origins and repercussions of artistic creation.

Ara, the muse who inspires all of artistry and invention, has suffered a classic tragedy. In her grief, she manipulates a return to "dragon-scorched earth," a time before time once chronicled by the mystic S'n Te as "The Pre-Genesis Era".

 In "Creation", retired author J.R.R. Tolkien is asked to validate the existence of an alleged "lost" book of his greatest literary influence: "Beowulf". Violent backlash from this event will force an imminent re-evaluation of some of history's most influential literary works and authors, whose words and lives have, apparently, warned us of the muse's grave intention all along ...

#Update #TimeOffWeek! with #Giveaway via @CrossroadReview

From being sick last week and then everyone else getting sick. I have decided to take off this week.  So this week I will not be posting anything other than this. BUT! This is a weeklong giveaway!!  So make sure you enter.   What do you win?   Well I have made up 15 book packs. So there will be 15 winners!!  This is open to everyone!!  

@CrossroadReview #NightOut with #Author @JulieMorganBook with #Giveaway

Tonight I have the great opportunity to hang out with Best Selling Author Julie Morgan!  Where are we going?  Well to watch Dracula of course!   So tonight you have the opportunity to ask a questions.  Just comment with what they are!  1 lucky commenter will win an eBook copy of Southern Roots! 

#Tour of Trust Me, I'm Lying by @mesummerbooks

Trust Me, I'm Lying
by Mary Elizabeth Summer
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date: October 14th 2014
Rate: *YOUR RATING*

Synopsis:

Fans of Ally Carter, especially her Heist Society readers, will love this teen mystery/thriller with sarcastic wit, a hint of romance, and Ocean’s Eleven–inspired action.

Julep Dupree tells lies. A lot of them. She’s a con artist, a master of disguise, and a sophomore at Chicago’s swanky St. Agatha High, where her father, an old-school grifter with a weakness for the ponies, sends her to so she can learn to mingle with the upper crust. For extra spending money Julep doesn’t rely on her dad—she runs petty scams for her classmates while dodging the dean of students and maintaining an A+ (okay, A-) average.

But when she comes home one day to a ransacked apartment and her father gone, Julep’s carefully laid plans for an expenses-paid golden ticket to Yale start to unravel. Even with help from St. Agatha’s resident Prince Charming, Tyler Richland, and her loyal hacker sidekick, Sam, Julep struggles to trace her dad’s trail of clues through a maze of creepy stalkers, hit attempts, family secrets, and worse, the threat of foster care. With everything she has at stake, Julep’s in way over her head . . . but that’s not going to stop her from using every trick in the book to find her dad before his mark finds her. Because that would be criminal.

#ReadOn 66 Oct11 4pmET. @CrossroadReview #Authors @demitrialunetta @christinafarley @romilybernard @amychristinepar https://plus.google.com/events/c92bhg8ttl7ph8p5ogl5cu76mlk

This week we have 4 authors who are all celebrating their second book in their series! So join us and enter to win both book 1 and 2 of the books shown!  4 winners in all and its open to everyone!  #ReadOn 66 Oct11 4pmET. @CrossroadReview #Authors @demitrialunetta @christinafarley @romilybernard @amychristinepar https://plus.google.com/events/c92bhg8ttl7ph8p5ogl5cu76mlk

#Review of Shadows by Jules Nelson

Take a trip back in history.. to a small farm in Michigan... and meet Emma Fern Wells. Emma lives a peaceful life. Her days are filled with caring for her Da and two brothers. She has no time to socialize. At 18, most of her friends are already married. Emma has accepted that she has little chance of being courted with her heavy workload. And, even though, she feels content with caring for her loving family, Emma is lonely.
But the day a young man rescues Emma from a scoundrel in town, everything changes. Soon her life is filled with laughter, joy -- and worry. When Emma’s family notices these changes in her, it brings forth troubles of their own.
As Emma struggles to follow God’s will, she comes to realize that God does not simply guide us by events along our path...
...sometimes you are guided by the shadows...