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Mirror, Mirror 
(Dark and Deadly, a novella series, volume 1)

On Kindle and Nook

Lust's passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes. 
~~The Marquis de Sade

Possession? Obsession? Reincarnation? 
Or a fifteen year old sadistic psychopath?

***WARNING***
Adult content, sadistic and visually graphic murder scenes
 where blood is spilled for the sheer pleasure of spilling it, 
and death is merely a dispassionate objective.

 

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

...so over-the-top evil....

...very compelling and thought provoking.

...advancing both plot lines in perfect tandum,
 ...almost poetic, fantastic.

...very intriguing- and yet so creepy.

...love the writing style here; it's very provocative and very engaging.

...holy crap- she's [  ]? This just got more interesting.

... Man, I really enjoy Erzsebet's psychotic rages! Is that wrong? 

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Cover by Jeni Decker-Lopez, author of:

 The Dex Morneau series

The Peacock Mirror

I Wish I Were Engulfed in Flames

  

The Other F Word

  Coming to Amazon this summer

  

 COVER AND ARTWORK IDEAS

 

This one features the main character, Dekram, and the Nesohc. Dek and Nes are friends who are attracted to one another. 

 

Layol, Dekram's best friend, and  my favorite character in the book because she makes me laugh.

 

THE OTHER F WORD is about a fairy girl who deals with intolerance, friendships, forbidden attraction, betrayal, and her race's expectations.

These are some of the characters in the book:

In the chair on the far left is Detaf, the boy the elders have chosen for Dekram. Layol is below him.

Under Layol is Egar, the head of the Fire fairies, a real bad-boy. He's a villain in the story.

Over Egar's left shoulder, with the skull on his chest is Bacs, beside him is Mirg. Mirg makes me laugh too because she's always talking about death, decay, and gory stupid stuff.


Next to Mirg is the main character, Dekram, the only halfbreed in Wandermere. Her father is Air, her mother Water, and from the beginning, the other children dislike her and the elders seem to have big plans for her future.

The purple fairy, under Dek, is Soahc and she is the meanest girl in Wandermere. She takes up with the Fire fairies and does all sorts of bad stuff.

Last but not least,  in the lower right hand corner is Nesohc, the fairy that Dekram is forbidden to have a relationship with.


Here's the first chapter:

Dead Girls Never Shut Up

Toni's grandmother is a psychopath. 
Her sister is a ghost. 
Her boyfriend is possessed. 
And she has no idea who she is.

Being a teenage girl is tough enough without a summer vacation full of necromancers and ghosts. And things get worse when Toni's sister, Sara, dies and instead of walking into the light, stomps directly away from it, totally pissed because she didn't die in her skinny jeans. That's when Sara finds out that a seer ghost is out to possess Tony, and Granny has a gift for talking to dead people.

Granny's not going to be the last necromancer in the family, but with the death of her promiscuous granddaughter, her only option is Toni. Sara's not having any of it, especially since the guy Granny has enlisted to help is the same guy that assisted in Sara's demise. 

Toni needs help! But protecting her is really complicating all Sara's ghostly fun on the other side!

Can death stop a twin? Maybe not, but Granny knows DEAD GIRLS NEVER SHUT UP.

Find it on Amazon

Check out the first two chapters:

What are you reading?

There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.

 ~Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith

Nook, Kindle, paperback, and hardcover. I read them all.

 

 

Susan Stec

  Here's what I've just finished reading: 

 Beautiful cover, beautiful book

What an amazing world Ms. Middleton has built in WATCHER. Full of intrigue, unusual characters with special gifts and a little girl that captures your heart from the moment you meet her; a very special little girl with and amazing gift. Watcher can become one with the foliage around her. Imagine being part of a mighty oak, or being able to travel through the grass like a soft breeze.

The minute the holy man, Goran, finds the little girl, Watcher, he's on his way to reaching the prophecy that plagues him, and the reader is on a journey they will not soon forget. Middleton's attention to detail, beautiful visuals, and well penned characters make following Goran on his quest, a very entertaining pleasure. I kindled this one.

  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AXVCA0E/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img

 

 

A five star review! I so much enjoyed this book. I was hooked from the first page. Brom, inspired by Barrie's Peter, and a line in the original novel; "'I forget them after I kill them,' he (Peter) replied carelessly" brings a darkly tale and an often frightening but whimsical Peter into present day with colorful language, the streets of New York, and a very magical and vivid, Avalon. This is definitely NOT Walt's Peter. The battles are bloody and real, the characters crude and vile, magical and cunning. The children mesmerized and so totally lost. Every page is wickedly entertaining. I kindled this one.

http://www.amazon.com/Child-Thief-Novel-Brom/dp/0061671347/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353010767&sr=1-1&keywords=the+child+thief 

   

 

Loved the premise of this series and can't wait to see what Phoebe's sisters will bring to the Trilogy. Fristoe adds originality to the young adult genre with the Matlin triplets, born on the day of their mother's death, and all destined to have extraordinary gifts. Chloe will see the future. Lily will be a healer. And Phoebe will know when someone is lying.

Phoebe takes center stage in the first book in the Trilogy. Imagine being a teen who can tell when her friends are not telling the truth? Problem is, while her sister's gifts have always been noticeable, Phoebe's has not presented itself yet, and when it finally does, Phoebe's life will never be the same.

An excellent book for this relatively new author, one I couldn't put down. Ms. Fristoe, I eagerly await book two in the Touched Trilogy. Nooked this one:
 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lie-to-me-angela-fristoe/1113858399?ean=2940015805413

Anne Rice - The Claiming of Beauty: When I first started reading this, I wasn't sure I was going to finish because right from the beginning the repetitiveness of the cruel, sexually submissive acts put me off. But very quickly, I began to see the masterfully brilliant fantasy world Anne was building and became enthralled with the erotic fairytale she was quickly, quite literally, fleshing out.

 The "Beauty" of the story is how the princess not only becomes aware of how much she loves the part she is playing but how quickly she recognizes it in others. Kudos to Anne Rice for her well written, no holds barred, and deliciously decadent fantasy. Kindled this one:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Claiming-Sleeping-Beauty-Anne-Rice/dp/0452281423/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352822080&sr=1-1&keywords=the+claiming+of+Beauty

  King's 49 page Novella, In the tall Grass, written with Joe Hill, is a fast moving, riveting ride. Although the ending reminded me of Tommyknockers (not one of my faves), the meat of the story had me thinking Bachman was fighting King for first billing in this one.

As always, Stephen King knows how to stir fears with a signature that is always very distinguishable. Kindled it.


http://www.amazon.com/Tall-Grass-Stephen-King/dp/1442359889/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352653611&sr=1-1&keywords=In+the+Tall+Grass

3/19-2013 What I am reading now:

Just started listening to this last night - love the audio version! Saw the movie when it came out (and several times there after), read the book somewhere in the 70s (those years are still a blur) and decided to purchase the audio on Amazon this week. 

I'm a bit quirky when it comes to audio. Either I love it (The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is a good example of an excellent narrator) or I hate it (Ever After by Kim Harrison is a good example of a really bad narrator). I returned that one after trying to listen to the first page... three times!  As you can see in the below post, it put me off reading it. It was such a disappointment because I purchased the book to listen to on a trip to Florida and love Harrison's Rachel Morgan series. Anyway enough about my narration woes. I need to do a whole blog post on the good, bad, and the down right ugly side of audio books and get your thoughts on the subject. We'll get back to this issue.

So, Rosemary's Baby. Did you know Mia Farrow narrates? OMG she does Ruth Gordon's voice perfectly! Come on! Who does Ruth Gordon's distinctive voice that well? I'm thinking no one but Ms. Farrow. Let me just say, it's a real pleasure to have Mia Farrow read me one of my all-time favorites. I definitely recommend the audio!

http://www.amazon.com/Rosemarys-Baby-ebook/dp/B004W8NS5U/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1363716193&sr=8-6&keywords=Rosemary%27s+Baby

1/11/13

  I was sooo excited to get this one on my Kindle with the audio sync. Unfortunately the audio is soooo not Rachael and sooooo horrably wrong and (OMG almost nasal)  that I returned that portion (sigh). It was a bit off putting. I'll jump back into the book shortly... I hope. For now, I can't get the awful voice out of my mind every time I start reading. LOL

 http://www.amazon.com/Ever-After-Hollows-ebook/dp/B0089LOHT2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1363717941&sr=1-1&keywords=Ever+After

   

Check out my Faves in 2012:

THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD series

  They're So Vein:

Susan is 58-years-old and bored with life. Middle age is a daily drudge of sagging body parts and aches and pains. Her fervent prayer that she could somehow recapture her youth comes true one night during a chance encounter with a child-like vampire.

As soon as the other women in her family see the transformation they waste no time in sticking their necks out, hoping Susan will share this new-found fountain of youth.

Suddenly, this newly born group of hot-bodied vamps find themselves thrust into a world controlled by an ancient order of vampires. A world with rules, all of which the ladies pretty much break within hours of becoming immortals. And the little matter of the accidental epidemic of vamped out wildlife isn't exactly endearing them to the powers that be, either.

Five star Amazon review:
What's funnier than an octogenarian who suddenly finds herself undead, with a vociferous appetite for sex and the lingering mentality of a senior citizen? (Except, perhaps, potty-mouthed fifth-grade cartoon kids ( a la South Park), and since there's a cheeky Vampire tyke in the story with a trashy mouth, who's not afraid to use it, the author has covered all the bases.)

 

Gator Baitin':

 Susan's budding romance is taking a back seat in book 2 of THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD series, and her sexy immortal lover, Marcus, is having none of it.

GATOR BAITIN' begins as the team is dispatched to destroy a vamp-gator wreaking havoc at Gatorland in Orlando, only to get sidetracked by a serial killer investigation, a vamp-bull at a rodeo in Kissimmee, and a colorful demon named Rafael. Between bronco busting, dragon riding, Jesus-freak chasing, gator hunting, demon summoning and dead bodies popping up everywhere, Susan's finding it hard to fit in a little romp time.

  

 

Blood, Sweat and Demon Tears:

 

Susan's sister is in one hell of a mess (literally); confined to servitude with the demon, Rafael.

When Rafael gifts JoAnn with an Earth-to-Abyss cellphone so she can communicate with her sister, Susan soon finds out that JoAnn has gone from servitude to concubine, and no longer wishes to come home.

Big problem, JoAnn really loves her new cell phone, and the frequent calls--time really moves like Hell in the Abyss--are driving Marcus and Susan batty!

In their attempt to retrieve JoAnn, THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD team ultimately finds themselves knee-deep in vamp critters, demons, rogues, and a host of new and colorful characters, when the mission takes them from their home in Florida to the streets of New Orleans.