The Phantom Paragrapher

  Today's VBT# authoress is Katie Salidas and I welcome Katie back to my site and to visit me again, about this time last year or it might have been March/April round then I had Katie on my old site www.paulazone.blogdrive.com touring with her book "Immortalis Carpe Noctem" as part of BKWalker Books and today we have her sequel as part of Pump Up Your Books Promotions. We have for you readers today , a Synopsis of Katie's book , a Review and a Rating , and of course for all those who would like a tease - a chapter excerpt.                                                                                    Synopsis : Hunter's Prey- Immortalis Book #2- Katie Salidas - December 2010   Becoming a vampire saved Alyssa from death, but the price was high: the loss of everything and everyone attached to her mortal life. She’s still learning to cope when a surprise confrontation with Santino Vitale, the Acta Sanctorum’s most fearsome hunter, sends her fleeing back to t

Today's VBT# is Urban Paranormal Romance author "Martin Sharlow" and his book "Shades of Twilight". For Readers, today we have a special treat : A Review , A Synopsis and a Quick Peek into the book for all those readers who can't wait till they get the whole thing. Synopsis : Shades of Twilight - Martin Sharlow. Melissa has waited her whole life to move out and start her own. This is her first summer after graduating and now she has her own place and a job. Everything she wanted is starting to happen.  Until the accident.  When the most gorgeous guy she has ever seen saves her life, he also forever changes it. What do you do when you find out that life as you have always known it isn’t real, and the man you love is a vampire, out to save you from something worse?   Review: Shades of Twilight -Martin Sharlow. It started as a normal hot summer day , Melissa and her two friends Sarah and Debbie hoping to cool off are spending the day at the local waterin

Today's VBT# is Part 2 of the Darrell King "Mo Dirty" Tour as part of the "Pump Up Your Book" Virtual Tours. Youv'e read the review, now we get inside the head of Urban Fiction author Darrell King with an Interview. Interview With the Author : Darrell King : 1) Tell us about your book Mo’ Dirty? “Mo' Dirty: Still Stuntin'” is a thrilling sequel to my 2005 novel "Dirty South" it pretty continues on with the underworld drug dealing adventures of the infamous crime family of New Orleans, the Lake clan. 2) Are you a fan of the crime/thriller Genre and if so what are some of the books that you have enjoyed in this genre besides your own? I'm a huge fan of African American crime/thriller genre better known as “Urban” or “Street” literature. I enjoy almost anything by K'wan, and Nikki Turner. I also really like novels from the pioneers of the genre, Donald Goines, and James Beckford AKA ”Iceberg Slim". 3) What gives yo

Today's VBT # is Part 1/2 of Darrell King's tour with Pump Up Your Book - www.pumpupyourbook.com Youv'e read the Interview with Darrell King, now check out my review of his book "Mo Dirty-still Stuntin'". Review: Mo Dirty- still stuntin - Darrell King- December 2010 Are you a fan of Urban Fiction especially the African-American life of Urban Fiction or Street Lit as it's sometimes called? If so, then you will definitely enjoy Darrell King's book "Mo Dirty" as the style of language is written in a way that as I have only ever seen African-Americans on TV though I guess the New Zealand equivalent are our Maoris , that it is how I can imagine them talking with their slang and shortened sentences . It is not only the style that comes across but the author has written it into the text e.g "goin' ". In Mo Dirty, we are first introduced to a former ex-con turned pastor who has been killed by a hired assassin named Peter "Whi

Today's book is part of the Good Golly Miss Holly ARC Tours and was one that I have been waiting and literally dying to read and it was OMG Awesome. Today's ARC Tour book is "The Locket" by Stacey Jay. Review: The Locket- Stacey Jay- February 3rd 2011 Every now and again readers, you get that one book that you have been waiting for like "ever" to read and once you do you are glad and excited that you got to read it and even better is the fact that you got to read it before it's release date . You know those stories , that central round a piece of jewellery and that piece of jewellery has magical powers. Well that is what happened in The Locket. This locket has the power to go back and fix mistakes in the past. For Katie, her mistake was that she hooked up with her boyfriends best friend Mitch and just as she thought no-one was looking, somebody did see and ran and told her boyfriend Issac. Now on the day of Katie's birthday and anniversary, sh

Today's book is part of the Good Golly Miss Holly ARC Tours "Cate of the Lost Colony" . Review: Cate of the Lost Colony - Lisa Klein - October 2010 Are you a fan of the historical fiction ? Love authors like Phillipa Gregory or Eve Edwards book "The Other Countess" ? If so then this is the must-read for you. Set in the time of Queen Elizabeth I in the year 1583, Cate of the Lost Colony tells the story of Lady Catherine, one of the Queen's favourite court maidens . The story leads us to her torrid affair with Sir Walter Ralegh and what happens after she is caught. Catherine aka Cate is to banished to the Raleg's colony of Roanoke, in what is to become the New World. Along the journey , Cate becomes torn for love - the love of Walter Ralegh back home in England and her love for Manteo- a Croatoan Indian she meets on the boat ride to the New World. When Cate is confronted and made to choose between Walter or Manteo- who will she choose , the one who

Record Those Thoughts- An Intro To Diary Writing               As the New Year dawns on and hits 1st January, we all set those yearly resolutions that we aim to keep throughout the year. You know the ones, I will exercise once a week, I will not drink alcohol, and I will quit smoking. For me I always plan each year to start a diary and continue throughout the year, unfortunately like many others after the first week or so, I get bored and the resolution fades out of my head till next year. This year however I am determined to put my resolution dreams into action and keep a diary. So, as daylight hits on January 1st 20011, isn't it time for me and you to finally religiously commit to our resolutions. When It comes to what to put into a diary, It can be anything from your deepest thoughts to those crushes you have "the I Heart ( Insert name ) ", to those wild nights of one-night stand passions and inner feelings, it can even include those boring everyday notes remi

We read about missionaries and people going out into the hearts of countries that are dangerous and yet, no matter what happens as long as they have god's faith they are forever strong and nothing can crush them down and destroy their faith and joy in the mission and of course God.                              Review: Passport Through Darkness : Kimberly L.Smith - January 2011 Ever wondered what goes on in the minds of some of these missionaries who risk their lives for God's work , how dangerous that their lives can become at a flick of a switch. For one women Kimberly Smith her life was about to change drastically and take a path that she had never dreamed or crossed her mind before. Kimberly Smith was just like you and me and all the rest of the Godly and Christian women out there. She was an average everyday American Church attendee , a wife and a mother. Believing that she could achieve more with her life for God's work- she dared , yes you read it right . She da