Book Tour: Laurel Heights by Denise Moncrief

Laurel Heights Book Blurb

A dark cloud of deceit hovers over her family tree...

Left an estate by an aunt she’s never met, Laurel Standridge takes possession of Laurel Heights, hoping it will be the safe haven she needs to recuperate from her ill-fated relationship with Rand Peterson. Secrets long buried rise to the surface when her cousin James is murdered and dumped on the highway just outside the gates of Laurel Heights.

Her past trails her to the mountains of Arkansas...

Caught in an obligation Chase Peterson feels he cannot ignore, he agrees to help his brother Rand take back the property he believes Laurel stole from him, but Chase remains at Laurel Heights after he discovers Laurel took nothing of Rand’s away with her except nightmares, fading bruises, and a broken rib.

Unexplained disturbances shatter her hopes of a normal life...

Are the strange bumps, thumps, and bangs reverberating through the night caused by the murderer of Laurel’s cousin James, someone Rand has sent to exact his revenge, or a disturbed soul existing in another dimension, trying to communicate with the living? Drawn together by the intrigue surrounding Laurel Heights, Chase and Laurel become hopelessly entangled in a relationship that goes deeper than lust. Can their love survive the haunting of Laurel Heights?

Author Denise Moncrief Bio:

Suspense, She Writes

Where the road to happily ever after takes a suspenseful detour. Fast paced twists and turns that keep you turning the pages. Romantic happily ever after moments that take your breath away. Paranormal romantic suspense that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Want to know a little bit more about Denise? She's a Southern girl who has lived in Louisiana all her life, and yes, she has a drawl. She has a wonderful husband and two incredible children, who not only endure her writing moods, but also encourage her to indulge her writing passion. Besides writing romantic suspense, she enjoys traveling, reading, and scrapbooking.

Accounting is a skill she has learned to earn a little money to support her writing habit. She wrote her first story when she was a teen, seventeen handwritten pages on school-ruled paper and an obvious rip-off of the last romance novel she had read. She's been writing off and on ever since, and with more than a few full-length manuscripts already completed, she has no desire to slow down.

You can connect with Denise at:

http://www.denisemoncrief.com

http://www.facebook.com/DeniseMoncriefAuthor

http://www.twitter.com/dmoncrief0131

http://www.amazon.com/author/denisemoncrief

Book Buy Links:

Victoria House

Amazon $2.99 http://amzn.com/B00O5CUHUM

Smashwords $2.99 TBD
Barnes & Noble TBD

Laurel Heights

Amazon $2.99 http://amzn.com/B00N0795WY

Smashwords $2.99 https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/471791

Barnes & Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/laurel-heights-denise-moncrief/1120310149?ean=2940046138290

Snippet #2

She wrapped her fingers around the grip of the baseball bat she kept next to her bed and hoped she wouldn’t have to use it. Confronting an intruder with a hollow piece of aluminum seemed like a lame defense. She had been considering purchasing a gun, but hadn’t done so yet. Maybe it was time. She’d have to buy one under the radar because she didn’t want anyone doing a background check on her. Acquiring a shotgun shouldn’t be too hard. It seemed everyone in Arkansas owned a firearm of some sort.

Haunted Hearts Series main character casting!!!

Laurel Standridge

would be played by...

Kate Hudson

Laurel ran away from an abusive relationship, but has plenty of backbone. Not only does she stand up to Chase, but she fearlessly confronts the bad guys. She has dark blonde hair, long enough to put in a ponytail, but she usually allows it to curl around her face.

 

Chase Peterson

would be played by...

Bradley Cooper

Chase is a handyman, construction worker. Long hair, but not too long. Keeps it in a short ponytail when he works. His has a rugged face and a strong jaw. He's an ex-cop, ex-con with plenty of baggage in his past. His rough around the edges persona is quickly softened by Laurel

Mitchell (Gray) Grayson

Would be played by...

Chris Hemsworth (YES!!!!)

Lieutenant with the Hill Count Sheriff's Department. Hollywood handsome with a symmetrical face. Piercing blue eyes. Gray is a man whose compassion and loyalty to his friends has landed him into a world of trouble. With so many secrets to hide, he can't handle one more.

Victoria (Tori) Downing

would be played by...

Stana Katic

Tori is a crime scene specialist and a forensics geek. Her long auburn hair and hazel, almost greens eyes capture Grayson's attention. She is strong-minded and very opinionated. She goes toe-to-toe with Gray, but finds she'd rather not fight with him. 

 

 

 

 

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Book Tour: Blood Prophecy by Barb Jones

Book Blurb:

Amber Stone, once a child prodigy, has just become curator of a special collection of Macedonian artifacts for the Seattle Museum of Natural History. Chloe, a prodigy of a different sort, holds a position at the museum focusing on tribal art. The two become fast friends, united by Amber's unsettling dreams and Chloe's unorthodox ways of dealing with them. Two strangers arrive in town, bringing with them a prophecy recorded more than three-thousand years ago, a prophecy that places Amber directly in the midst of a battle that has spanned a millennia.

Author Bio:

Having been born and raised in Hawaii, I loved telling stories ever since I was a child about vampires, werewolves, angels, demons, and witches. I was a little girl who loved scary stories, much to my mother's dismay. The scarier - the better. Hawaii was a perfect place for stories until I moved to Seattle. I decided to turn a love for the supernatural into writing stories to see if others would love them as much as I do. Currently, I live in Florida but since I'm a Seattle girl at heart, my stories take place in the Northwest. I continue to write supernatural stories of vampires, werewolves, witches, and more while enjoying the beaches and sunshine. I also love to help others and give back to my community.

SOCIAL MEDIA

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@TheBloodProphecy_1 (TWITTER)
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Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Queens-Destiny-Blood-Prophecy-One-ebook

Barnes & Noble:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/queens-destiny-barb-jones/1120422798?ean=2940150745094

Also Available on ITunes

Excerpt from the book:

Chloe, Yakima, 1993

Chloe held tightly to her mother’s hand and they walked through the pines. She stepped around the occasional drifts of snow that stubbornly refused to melt even now at the end of March.  Six others walked with them, heading deeper into the woods.  Chloe looked at their feet, trying to match the sound of the needles and brush crackling under their boots to each particular step.  She concentrated on the sounds.  When she was satisfied she could identify each of the walkers by the noise of their footsteps, she turned her attention to their breathing.  Her mother was easy, and she recognized the pattern without having to think much about it.

The others took a little work.  The man ahead and to the right breathed shallowly and regularly, while the one behind them wheezed a little.  The woman next to her mother breathed purposefully, as though every exhalation resulted from conscious intention.  The others—

“Mommy, stop.”  Her mother looked down at her and Chloe began to tug at her arm, pulling her south.  “Come on.”  Her mother looked at the wheezing man and he nodded, so she allowed Chloe to guide her and the others followed.  In a few minutes, the bubbling of the Yakima River reached Chloe’s ears.  In four or five more, the others heard it as well.  She pulled her mother through a last copse of trees and stood at the bank, staring at the water.

“What is it, honey?” Chloe’s mother knelt beside her and studied her face.

“The whitefish is about to die.”  Chloe pointed at the water.

“What whitefish, sweetie?”

“The one right there.”  She was still pointing at the water.  Her mother followed her finger to the water and squinted, but couldn’t make out anything below the ripples of the river.

“How is the whitefish going to die, Chloe?”  It was the wheezer. He’d walked up to where the girl and her mother stood on the bank.  He pointed at the water.  “Will another fish come and get it?” 

Chloe reached out and took the man’s hand, still pointing, and lifted it up, pushing it as far as her reach allowed.  “The sky will kill it.”

The man looked up and studied the sky for a while, then turned his attention on Chloe’s mother.  “Marlene, I’m just not sure.  She feels intently, I know that.  Still, it’s not just…what?  What is it?”

Marlene’s eyes had grown wide and she stared at the sky.  “Look, Tom.”

He looked up.  It was an eagle, and it circled above the river.  Suddenly, it dove, and Tom gasped at the speed of the thing.  In only a second or so, it was flying back upward, a whitefish in its talons.

He looked at Chloe.  “You were right, she has the Sight.”

Author Barb Jones had these images made so we could see her vision for her main characters! 

 

 

This is Amber                         and                                     Chloe

 

      This is Marcus                     and                                 Michael

 

I've never had an author send me images like this, HOW COOL!?!?!? 

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