Cover Reveal: Cutlass by Ashley Nixon

I am so-o-o-o excited about this new cover!!! 

I loved the original one she had for this book, and when I found out that she was needing a new cover reveal, I found it hard to believe that she could top it. 

Ladies and gentlemen, I was wrong. 

The new cover is absolutely AMAZING!!!!

Author Ashley Nixon held a launch party about a month ago to show off her new book.

Here is the old cover:

Pretty amazing right? It looks even better in person! 

For those of you who missed the launch party, here is what this book is about.

Synopsis: 

Notorious pirate Barren Reed has one thing on his mind: Revenge against the man who killed his father. So kidnapping his enemy's fiancé seems a perfect plan…until he actually does it. 

Larkin Lee is more than a pretty face and fiancé to a powerful man. Her fierce personality is enough to make any pirate want to push her overboard.

But when the King of the Orient comes to Barren with a task—to find the Bloodstone, a powerful gem thought only to exist in legend, Barren sees another opportunity to destroy his enemy. Together, Barren, Larkin and a crew of pirates set off to find the stone, only to discover it caused the death of Barren’s own mother and Larkin’s, too. As his strongest allies turn into his greatest enemies, and the life of the girl he kidnapped becomes more important than he ever dreamed, Barren’s quest for revenge becomes a fight to save the Orient.

Ashley is amazing! Let me introduce you to her:

Author Bio:  

Ashley was born and raised in Oklahoma, where the wind really does sweep down the plains, and horses and carriages aren't used as much as she'd like. She has a Bachelor's in English Writing and a Master's in Library Science and Information Technology. When she's not writing she's either working out or pretending she's Sherlock Holmes. Her obsession with writing began after reading the Lord of the Rings in the eighth grade. Since then, she's loved everything Fantasy--resulting in an unhealthy obsession with the 'geek' tab on Pinterest, where all things awesome go.

Ok, are you ready to see the new cover?

It's pretty amazing, you are sitting down right?

Here it is!!!!

What do you think??? I absolutely adore it!!

I would love to hear your comments though! Please post them below!

If you would like to read this fabulous book for yourself, check it out here:
http://www.amazon.com/Cutlass-Ashley-Nixon-ebook/dp/B00JUI2QJ6/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415715570&sr=1-1&keywords=cutlass+by+ashley+nixon

But wouldn't it be even better to WIN a copy? You can enter to win a paperback copy of the book with it's new cover here:
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Book Tour: Heart of the Sea by Jasmine Denton

Book Blurb:

A devastating curse, an ancient witch, and a dangerous love...

How far would you go to save the life of the person you love? In another lifetime, Mykaela made a deal with the devil—a powerful sea-witch Narissa who used her to steal the souls of drowning victims. Mykaela can keep her lover Dylan alive by helping Narissa gain ultimate power using those souls.

Mykaela’s been reincarnated to pay her debt to the witch. To ensure her obedience, Narissa turns the teen’s life into a hellish battlefield by hurting her friends and putting her mother into a magical coma. The supernatural has been on her side up until now, but when someone close to her takes a trip down the dark side, old wounds are opened. Can they break the curse before she loses everyone she holds dear in this lifetime?

Author Bio:

Jasmine Denton has trouble confining herself to one genre, so she writes books that often include (but aren't limited to) fantasy, sci-fi, thrillers, paranormal romance, contemporary romance and issue-based.
You can find Jasmine on facebook, twitter and pinterest.

Links to social media sites for the author:

 http://twitter.com/jasmineldenton

 goodreads.com/jasmineldenton 

jasmineldenton.wordpress.com

https://www.facebook.com/jasmineldenton?fref=ts

Links to where book is sold:

 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NMI50DY

all books are also available at
 worldcastlepublishing.com

Snippet:

“What do you think it means?” She smiled at him, reaching out to take his hand. “I think it means you’re definitely not evil.” She gave his hand a squeeze. “And I’m really glad you were here for me tonight.”

Main Character Casting! Selected by author Jasmine Denton

Nina Dobrev

as Mykaela, because Mykaela has a

 past life and the actress would need to portray that well.

Zac Efron

as Dylan 

(He may be getting a little old to play a teenager but he’s so fun to look at!)

Book Tour Schedule

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Book Tour: Bleeding Kansas by Dave Eisenstark

Book Blurb:

When they came for him, he knew what he had to do...run!

Quaker farm-boy James Deeter escapes west ahead of Union Army recruiters, "aiming to look manly aboard my Appaloosa horse, long hair flying free from under a wide-brimmed, rawhide sombrero, a couple of six-shooters on my hips and a plains rifle dangling from a brass-tacked saddle."

Instead, Deeter lands smack in the middle of the bloody guerilla war along the Kansas-Missouri border, an even greater affront to human decency than the Civil War itself, and a shock to Deeter's pacifist upbringing.

To save his life, Deeter rides with rebel leaders William Quantrill, "Bloody Bill" Anderson, and the teen-aged James and Younger brothers.

To save his soul, he tries not to hurt anybody...

Which works for about a minute.

Can Deeter reconcile his peace-loving faith with his participation in some of the most violent episodes in American history?

Can he even survive?

His horse doesn't think so.

Author Bio:

Dave Eisenstark has been writing professionally and working in the film industry in various capacities for more years than he actually remembers. Nine of his feature film scripts have been produced, including the award-winning comedy Monkey Love (starring Jeremy Renner) and the horror classic Creepozoids.

Like film producer George Lucas, Dave graduated with a degree from USC Cinema; unlike Mr. Lucas, everything else.

Dave's first novel, The Video Killer, is probably vile, tasteless trash, but possibly amusing, and currently available from Spanking Pulp Press.

Dave was born in Kansas, grew up in Kansas, and received his BA in English Literature from the University of Kansas. His interest in the Missouri/Kansas border war stems from that early exposure.

Dave now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, a production sound mixer on major motion pictures. His daughter resides in Beijing.

Yes, he has pets, who asked not to be mentioned.

For all things "Dave," go here:

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 (as yet unused)

BLEEDING KANSAS AVAILABLE AT:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NU7GLIA

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/479091

Snippet:

Warning: 

This is a little gross. 

I don't think it's extremely graphic, but it's a little disgusting and EXTREMELY funny! Which is why I picked it. 

He-he-he-he!

"This is ridiculous!" Bloody Bill repeated and he drew his pistol to reinforce the point. He aimed at Zeke.

"No!" I screamed.

"We ain't takin' anybody don't have all their parts," Bloody Bill stated.

"Now wait a minute," George Shepherd, the one-eyed guerilla leader replied, taking offense, pulling his pistol.

"Aw, Shepherd, I didn't mean you," Bloody Bill said, the closest to an apology anybody ever heard Bloody Bill utter.

"Stop it, all of you!" Quantrill ordered. "Help the boy on his horse."

A couple of guerillas saddled Zeke's horse and pushed him on. He sat there, one foot in the stirrup, ready to ride.

"But if you fall off," Quantrill said to Zeke, "we ain't stopping to put you back on. You understand that?"

"Let's ride to Lawrence," Zeke replied and everyone went "shhh" again.

"Okay, let's ride!" Quantrill ordered.

So we rode out, Quantrill in the lead, me right behind with that guerilla flag like it was a parade. Behind were the other guerilla leaders and their men. Bolten and Frank James flanked Zeke and when he started to slide off his saddle, they pushed him back on without Quantrill seeing it.

The Hansen dogs caught up with us after awhile and to my chagrin, they carried Zeke's leg in their teeth.

"What's that your dogs have got?" Quantrill inquired.

"Looks like a bone," Jesse James said.

"Looks like a leg!" Bloody Bill shouted out. "Hey, Zeke! Ain't that your leg?"

Zeke looked puzzled at the leg. Frank James and Bolten looked puzzled at me.

"You give Zeke's leg to your dogs, Smith?" Frank asked, a little shocked.

"No! I buried it!" I shot back. "And said a little prayer and marked the grave."

"Must of dug it up," Bloody Bill said and started chuckling. In fact, everybody started laughing right then at my expense. I looked at Zeke, knowing he was hurt by his leg showing up like that because I hadn't buried it deep enough. But Zeke was laughing too! Despite the fact he was pale as a sheet and looked ready to die, he thought the whole thing mighty funny. In fact, he laughed so hard, he fell right off his horse.

Character Casting:

One of the neat parts of this Historical Fiction is the fact that some of the characters I am a little familiar with! That part of the reason why I LOVE these kinds of books! So when Author Dave Eisenstark was asked to put together a team of actors he would select to play his main characters, he had his work cut out for him. This is what he gave me.

James Deeter, 18. The lead role.

Richard Thomas 30 years ago (John-Boy Walton), 

Anna Contreras, 18. James's love-interest.

Julie Christie as a teen—beautiful, fresh-faced and innocent, until we learn otherwise.

These next 3 would totally have been considered "brat-packers". 

Dave Eisenstark said, "give them Colt pistols and fast horses, and stand back."

Jesse James, at the time of Bleed Kansas he was only 16!

played by Rob Lowe

Frank James would have been about 20 years old.

Played by Judd Nelson

Cole Younger would have been about 19

Played byEmilio Estevez 

(I found this picture myself. Kinda perfect, right?)

Zack, 18. Deeter's best friend and an entirely fictional character. 

 Like Gary Busey.

William Clarke Quantrill, 26, already a famous guerilla leader at that age. 

played by Jack Nicholson 

Bloody Bill Anderson, 24. 

 A killer, no two ways about it, and flamboyant about it. 

Gene Hackman is who Dave Eisenstark was thinking about when he wrote it. 

Since some of these characters were real people, take a look at the pictures: 

Who do you think they look like? 

Are there any modern day actors you think could look and play the part? 

Leave a comment for the author below!

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