Forces of Nature Book Tour

So yesterday kicked off the Forces of Nature Blog Tour with MPTB Tours. I'll be appearing on several blogs throughout the week. Feel free to stop by to show these great blogs some love. Also I have the rafflecopter giveaway here. And with that I feel an explanation is in order.

 Some of you might know I held a giveaway for the release of Better Nature. It didn't go so well because I wasn't around to promote it much. The same time as the book released, I was out of town for a death in my family. If I had thought of it in my grief, I probably would have pulled the giveaway. The only reason I had anything happening for my release at all was because I have amazing friends who helped take over for me. But the end result is both prize packs I had were not given away. So if you want to win one of those two prize packs or a third new one, there's a Rafflecopter below for you to fill out. :) I apologize to those of you who entered before, but know all entries have automatically been transferred to the new giveaway....

 SO onward and upward. Check out these great blogs all week long!

August 12
Kelly P's blog
Scandalous Book Blog
Jess Resides Here

August 13
Dalene's Book Review
Books Keep Me Sane
Amy Evans

August 14 
Book 2 Book
Books Forget Me Knot
Interpretations of a Part-Time Bibliophile
Paws & Prints

August 15
Indy Book Fairy
Reviewing What I'm Reading
My Bookopolis
Deal Sharing Aunt
Paulettes Papers

August 16
Write Away Bliss
TeamNerd Reviews
A Book And A Lattee
Brook Blogs
Books, Authors, Blogs
Andrea Heltsley Books
Life With Leslie
Rose & Beps Blog





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Forces of Nature Cover Reveal

I'm so excited that the reveal is finally here. Keeping this to myself has been one of the hardest thing I've ever done. But now I finally get to share these new beauties with you and I couldn't be more excited! And to go with the new covers, we have brand new blurbs, too! :)

Average, plain-bodied Amelia Hoffman has resigned herself to a life of mediocrity, unable to escape the shadows cast by her all-too-perfect siblings. Worse, her feelings for her brother’s best friend are getting stronger.

Everything changes after the brutal murder of her close friend.

Suddenly, Amelia’s life is transformed and she is thrust into a wondrous and frightening new world of myths and legends. As she explores this new world hidden within the layers of her own, secrets are revealed. When her body miraculously changes overnight,  Amelia is forced to hide in her home for her own protection. But as danger circles closer, Amelia has to figure out who is committing the ruthless homicides.

Otherwise, she could be next.

Nothing seems right in Amelia’s new life. On the run with new names, her family has finally settled into a lavish life in North Carolina. Her relationship with Nate is strained almost to its breaking point, and she has no friends. As Nate pulls further away, a handsome stranger sweeps into her life.

Then evil comes for her again.

After her brother is kidnapped, they discover someone is draining demons for a deadly new drug that turns its users into mindless zombies. The drug ravages up and down the east coast, and all humanity is in danger. To make matters worse, an old enemy is back for revenge. With the help of her family and friends, Amelia must deal with her past.

Or they won’t have a future.

No matter how she tries to deny it, Amelia Hoffman has a destiny. An evil plot threatens to destroy humanity and the future lies in her hands. To make things even more difficult, she is distracted by college, family squabbles and trying to decide between two men she loves.

But destiny won’t be ignored for long.

When an explosion tears through the Library that houses the entire history of the Otherworld, Amelia is thrust into action. She has to fight through the tension tearing the Otherworld apart to rally an army. As the danger grows, Amelia must rise to fulfill the prophecy.

Or the whole world could fall. 

Spring Into Books Giveaway Hop

Welcome to the Spring Into Books Giveaway Hop, hosted by eReadingonthecheap.com & Beck Valley Books.I have always been a reader, as well as a writer, so this was a theme I could really get behind.

I have a prize pack of books that I read around the time I started writing Natural Selection, so they definitely had an influence on my writing. I am offering Rachel Vincent's Soul Screamers Volume One, Amanda Hocking's Switched, Book One of the Trylle Trilogy and LJ Smith's Dark Visions. I am also adding both of my own books to sweeten the pot, as well as some swag. All these books are new paperbacks, and are Young Adult paranormal.

If you want to enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter form below. But don't do that and skedaddle. If you scroll past the entry form, you'll find links to many more great giveaways that you're not going to want to miss. All the prizes in this giveaway have a value exceeding $10 and I know I will be entering to win some of them.


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Now that you're all signed up, here's some more great giveaways!

Green Christmas giveaway

Better late than never.... I am proud to be part of the First Annual Green Christmas Blog Hop hosted by Home Grown Families and Just My Everyday Life. Over forty blogs are offering prizes that are eco-friendly, sustainable, upcycled and recycled, as well as items from independent consultants, authors and Etsy. Check out the rafflecopter below to see how you can win. Finding my prize took a lot of head scratching and some advice from friends, but I am offering an organic relaxation basket. Everything you'll need for a relaxing pamper session Amelia would love.

Natural Selection Book Tour Giveaway

Welcome to my blog. Whether you followed me here from the book tour or are a regular reader, you're going to be glad you checked me out, This blog is your ticket to win. At the end of my tour, on November 12, I will be drawing one random winner for the grand prize pack.

Fantasy Friday

It's really sad that the focus of my writing, urban fantasy, is the most neglected of my new scheduled posts, so I will remedy that. Though it is Saturday, I intend to do a Fantasy Friday post today. And for that guest post I would like to discuss a topic a lot of people have mentioned about my writing. Today I'd like to talk about my supernatural creatures.

I do not like reading the same old books. I want new, original and creative. I don't want someone to chew Twilight, Vampire Diaries, and Interview with a Vampire and spit out some regurgitated version of a vampire book. I'm not asking an author to reinvent the wheel, but don't go cliche, and don't give me the same books I'm sick of. A little creativity never hurt anyone. And I'm not saying I won't read vampires, because that's not the case either. I just like to read something new.

Character Monday

Please forgive the late post, in the hustle and bustle of getting ready to leave home I forgot to schedule my blogs. Today I am pleased to welcome Amelia Hoffman with this weeks Character Monday post.

I am honored to be invited to share with you all this lovely September day. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Amelia Hoffman. I'm just about to turn 16 (later this week) and I live in Jacksonville, FL. At least for now. It's been a little crazty for me the last year,  but things finally seem to be calming down now. 

When I first was invited to share a post I had no idea what I should talk about, but I finally found a topic i could discuss. Sotoday I'm here to talk to you about some of the organic things I use, since my body can't handle anything man made. 

Do you have any idea how impossible it is to cut all chemicals out of you life? The hardest one for me has been water, but after many mishaps I discovered the answer to this one is actually very simple. I use regular tap water and boil in a special bottle that passes the vapors through a tube and cools them until they condense back into water again. All the impurities and chemicals that were added are left in that white film on the sides of the now empty bottle. It looks somewhat like a mad scientist's experiment or maybe a moonshiner's still. It's a little easier for me since I have some connestion and get regular shipments from a Gaia colony in Canada  who get the stuff from glacial springs.

Makeup wasn't easy. I was lucky that my mother was really into makeup and taught me everything she knows. There are a couple brands that use natural products, and thanks to the internet they're available everywhere. My favorite brand is Aveda, though I have to read the ingredients because a few of their products have preservatives. I do a lot of holistic things, like olive and almond oil instead of lotion for my skin. If I wanted to color my hair, there are options for that too, most notably henna (though why would I want to make it redder?). There are options to make me look like any other woman in the world, I just have to work a little harder at it. But if you think about it, the ancient Egyptians had both makeup and dye, so there has to be things out there to use. 

Aside from makeup, food has been a major obstacle. I can't think of a restaurant that I can eat at, because the need to mass produce things doesn't allow for things to grow naturally. My food comes from my garden with a little bit of supplementation from an organic market. But it's hard. Even organic food sometimes still uses some man made substances, and I can taste it if the farmer's field was down wind from a farm that sprayed pesticide. 

I tell you what. Kermit the frog hit the nail on the head. It ain't easy being green.

Thank you for stopping by, And thank you Amelia. Hopefully next week I will have our first guest post for character Monday, but we'll see.