Perhaps What You Need Is A LINGERING TOUCH...

Please help me to welcome author Cassandra Chandler to the blog with her book, LINGERING TOUCH...

What a gorgeous cover, eh?

Blurb ~

The memory of his touch has never left her heart. . .or her body.

The Summer Park Psychics, Book 3

Finn Connelly can see the past by touching objects, even read people's thoughts. This power allows him to be the best private investigator in Summer Park. Until his abilities spiral out of control, leaving his thoughts and emotions inextricably entangled with those of others.

The only one who can help him regain control is the last person he trusts. Jazz Zhou, the woman who broke his heart.

Jazz is still reeling from nearly losing her closest friends to a serial killer-a man she brought into their lives. When she learns Finn is psychically bound to the ghost of one of the killer's victims, she grabs the chance to atone for past mistakes.

As their investigation takes them to the killer's hometown, they realize the threat to Jazz's friends isn't over-and neither is their relationship. But the more Finn uses his powers, the more he loses himself. And soon even Jazz's touch might not be enough to help him claw his way out of a murderer's memories.

Warning: Contains a heroine with a take-no-prisoners attitude and a hunky private eye with a touch that will leave you begging for more. And alligators. Lots of alligators.

Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29632855-lingering-touch

You can buy LINGERING TOUCH here:
Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2ahkxiK

B&N Nook: http://bit.ly/2alQy71

Kobo: http://bit.ly/2avVVzV
iBooks: http://apple.co/2ahaDcj
Google Play: http://bit.ly/2azPBZn

Author Bio ~

Cassandra Chandler has studied folklore and mythology for her entire life and been accused of taking fairy tales a bit too seriously. Raised in a household where tarot readings and viewing auras were considered mundane, she spends her time writing and trying to appear normal. At least the writing is working out.

Her romances range from sweet to scorching, set in extraordinary worlds and driven by characters searching for a deep and lasting love. She has always seen the starry sky as a destination rather than a matte painting, though her primary residence is on earth.

You can follow her thoughts on writing, life, and mostly writing at www.cassandra-chandler.com (updates every Wednesday!) or see her real-time ramblings on Twitter (@casschandler). She loves to hear from readers through email at author@cassandra-chandler.com!

Links ~

Website: https://cassandra-chandler.com/
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2aPeNIX
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Cassandra-Chandler/e/B00V5713T4/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cassandra-Chandler-1592663104310558/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassChandler
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/casschandler/

Please help me to welcome Michelle Dooley Mahon with her novel SCOURGED...
Blurb ~

Beginning in the 60's, the tandem narrative unravels the memories of life in a small Irish town - narrated by the Scourge of the title - MDM - and her Mother Siobhán - in a series of flashbacks. It comprises sections of black comedy, nostalgia, memories and epiphanies - that document the personalities, history, and archive of an ordinary family, who through the bastard of disease that the Scourge calls "death by a thousand cuts" becomes cathartic, redemptive, and ultimately uplifting, as we become extraordinary in our ability to cope.

It also shines a light on an illness that is rarely discussed in this detail. Written over 4 years, "Scourged" takes the reader on a journey from early diagnosis, the stages as the patient declines, the family's implosion, the morphing of the Scourge from wide eyed child into Enfant Terrible - then through obese depressed recluse, morphing into the creator of Shellshock – One Woman shows .

Siobhán has always been my inspiration. The first thing I ever wrote about Siobhán was a short story called "Mothers Day" and following her hospital admission, a play called "Brigids Women" - named for the ward Siobhán spent 7 months in.

After a decade of dementia, 6 years of which were spent in a small room in a Nursing Home, and after bravery that was described by medical personnel as "heroic and humbling" Siobhán was called home during a hurricane on the last day of winter, St Brigids Day. Her Months Mind Mass was held 7 weeks later, on Mother's Day. The book has been called groundbreaking and remarkable by a readers panel. I feel my Mother has helped me write it, and that I have given her back her voice, which was sadly silenced, and also given her back her place in the world, which she longed to see. I will use her own artwork - which she painted as a child- on the cover, with her signature.

Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28472794-scourged-by-michelle-dooley-mahon

Buy links:


Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2avRwNj (Free for Kindle Unlimited Subscribers)

Author Bio ~

Michelle Dooley Mahon currently resides in her hometown of Wexford, where she has been writing since she was a small child. She has travelled to England, Wales, Germany, Sweden and Spain, cherrypicking jobs, homes and men like a child in a sweetshop.

She created a blog called Random Mayhem outlining some of the tamer incidents of her checkered life to date, which garnered so many views they asked her to come out and perform for them. She was then wheeled out at Cacá Milís Cabaret at Wexford Arts Centre where her story "The Haemorrhaging Humourist" ( about a clown who bleeds to death in a cabin on a cross channel ferry) caused gasps of hilarity and shock.

Having created a monster with their applause, Michelle then wrote a One Woman Show called "Before I Forget" (a reference to her Mother's Alzheimers which she documents honestly in a way that is harrowing yet hilarious, poignant and nostalgic) She has been described as a philosophical wordsmith.

While inflating the helium balloons for her one woman show she took a call from the director of the Kultivera Institute at Kraftverket in Sweden to inform her she had been awarded the Dylan Thomas Literary Residency. She funded her Swedish Sojourn in July by writing and performing another show called Seas Suas which also sold out, which shows there is no accounting for taste and nowt so queer as folk.

She opened the Wexford Spiegel Tent at the Wexford Opera Festival on October 22nd which was also her birthday. She called this show - "The Eff Word" – for numerous reasons, but mostly because she was 50 on that day. She also created a page called Alzheimer Association of Ireland on Facebook about her Mother, documenting the implosion of a family dynamic through the ravages of dementia, and a play in 3 acts called Brigid's Women about Siobhan's 7 month stay in a hospital ward called St. Brigids. Siobhán died this year, on St Brigids Day.

Scourged - A Memoir, is her debut novel.

She lives in Wexford with two dogs called Walter and Ernest.

Links ~

Website: http://www.shellshock.ie/
Newsletter: http://www.shellshock.ie/index.php/mailing-list
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2ah6B3z
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.d.mahon
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shellakeypookey

Werewolves, witches... oh my!


We're turning the summer spooky with some fantastic paranormal novels. From August 1st - August 31st, we'll be hosting our favorite paranormal authors along with an amazing contest.


Rock Star Lit is pleased to announce the Page-Turning Paranormal Contest for the Summer of 2016!


Enter below to win ebooks, signed books, gift cards, paranormal DVDs, Tarot Cards or a Psychic Reading!


Featuring these great authors:

Faye Avalon ~ BEAST UNTAMED

JL Merrow ~ BLOW DOWN

Missy Jane ~ BORN OF MAGIC

Jenna Ryan ~ DARK LILY

Tina Donahue ~ DISCIPLINING THE BEAST

Claire Davon ~ FIRE DANGER

Cassandra Chandler ~ LINGERING TOUCH

Marie Treanor ~ THE DEAD OF HAGGARD HALL

N.J. Walters ~ WOLF IN HIS HEART

Brenda Huber ~ DEMON OF VENGEANCE





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Want to heat up your summer? These hot, sexy cowboys can help you with that!

From July 27th - August 31st RSLit is hosting a Summer Cowboy Roundup featuring this summer's hottest cowboys and a GREAT contest.

Rock Star Lit is pleased to announce our Cowboy Round Up Contest for the Summer of 2016!

Enter below to win ebooks, signed books, gift cards, a custom necklace, or a kickin' pair of Cowgirl Boots!

Featuring these great authors:

Mia Hopkins ~ COWBOY PLAYER

Jillian Neal ~ FOREVER WILD

Em Petrova ~ KICKIN' UP DUST


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And here's another great giveaway from Rock Star Literary! 

Love a great mystery? So do we! This summer we'll be hosting a Wonderful Who Done It contest, featuring great prizes and all of our favorite mystery authors.


Rock Star Lit is pleased to announce our Wonderful Whodunit Contest for the Summer of 2016! Enter below to win e-books, signed books, gift cards, a grabbag of mystery print books, or a Special Edition game of Clue!

Featuring these great authors:

Richard Laymon ~ ALL HALLOW'S EVE

Sarah Ballance ~ DANGEROUS ILLUSIONS

Flo Fitzpatrick ~ SCARECROW'S DREAM

Eve Devon ~ HEART OF STEEL

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Today I am helping to host a giveaway from Rock Star Literary. 

Need to cool down this summer? We have some Cool Contemporary Reads handy for that!

From August 1st - August 31st, RSLit will be holding a Cool Contemporary Reads contest featuring our coolest (okay hottest) contemporary authors and a TERRIFIC contest prize.

Rock Star Lit is pleased to announce our Cool Contemporary Reads contest for Summer of 2016! Enter below to win ebooks, signed books, gift cards or a beach bag filled with cool items! 

Featuring these great authors:

Candice Glimmer ~ FANTASY GIRL

Linda Winfree ~ ALL I NEED

Melanie Jayne ~ YOU ONLY

Jett Munroe ~ IN THE LINE OF FIRE

Susan Mallory ~ DAUGHTERS OF THE BRIDE

Erin Ashley Tanner ~ DEVIOUS LITTLE LIES

Crystal Jordan ~ GATLINBURG GETAWAY

Susan Stoker ~ RESCUING EMILY

Carly Phillips ~ GOING DOWN EASY

Falguni Kothari ~ MY LAST LOVE STORY

Robin Lovett ~ RACING TO YOU

Roxy Mews ~ LOVE SHACK

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~ You'll Identify With This Book So Much It'll Be Like A REUNION FOR THE FIRST TIME!

“What a marvelous story.”

~Coffee Time Romance and More

Reviewer’s award

(5 Cups)

~*~

“Compelling, page turner. Put your worries aside for a

few hours and enjoy what this story has to offer.”

~RT Book Reviews

Please welcome back today's guests, Pat Casiello and Kathie Clare, writing as K.M. DAUGHTERS. They were here last month with their wonderful FILL THE STADIUM, today they are returning to share a little bit more about themselves and their REUNION FOR THE FIRST TIME, a contemporary romance, releasing today! Isn't that a sharp cover?

Now ladies, let's get right to it. Please tell us where you live.

Kathie lives on the Outer Banks in North Carolina and loves living there. Pat lives in the Chicago suburbs and loves living there as long as it’s not winter.


Now please share with us a little about your families. Married? Kids? Pets?

Pat is married and has two daughters, a stepson, two granddaughters and one grandson.

Kathie is married and has two sons, four granddaughters, one grandson and one Boston terrier.



Sounds like quite the groups! If you could be any animal, what animal would you choose, and why?

One of Kathie’s dogs. They are treated like royalty.



I see! When trick-or-treating as a kid, was there any kind of candy that you didn’t like to get?

You mean there’s some kind of candy I wouldn’t like?


Too true! Foolish question! Here's a fun one...if you owned a CB radio what would your "handle" be?

Daughter1 and Daughter2.


Ahh. Should have known. Name your favorite children's story.

Kathie – Twilight Twins by Michael Lynch and Pat – Slippers With The Turned Up Toes by Michael Lynch



I never heard of either of those. May have to check them out. What was your nickname growing up or now?

Kuruku and Lightbulb



Never had those answers before! Who was your hero when you were a child, and what did you do to be like them?

Our Dad. We write stories like him.



What is your biggest pet peeve?

Dishonesty.


What one thing (modern convenience) could you not live without?

Television.


It is pretty entertaining, isn't it? One more for ya...what are your three favorite smells?

Lilacs, Lily of the Valley and CHOCOLATE.


Thus the candy comment! Thank you for joining us, ladies! Now, let's find out more about REUNION FOR THE FIRST TIME...

Blurb ~

College reunions are the worst--except when they lead to love.

Lizzie Moran is desperate to help her best friend’s husband recover from grief-stricken despair after her friend passes away. But their love was unlike anything Lizzie has ever seen. A love she knows will never happen for her, considering the bad choices she’s made.

Jack Clark is ready to take whatever measures necessary to yank his brother out of the abyss he’s fallen into after his wife’s death. And when he meets the lovely Lizzie who has the same goal, he is perfectly willing to put aside their differences, for the sake of his brother.

Tensions escalate when Jack and Lizzie are forced to attend a reunion together—and the fact that Lizzie’s former fiancé, the man who dumped her the same day her parents died, will be there doesn’t help. But an unlikely matchmaker has a plan—and if it succeeds, Jack and Lizzie might just realize they are meant for each other.

Excerpt ~

…He shook her hand, just skimming her knuckles with his fingers, a pleasant connection. So this is the famous Lizzie, now he was sorry for not meshing.

Beguiling smile, tender eyes, legs even better close up. On the skinny side, but appealing curves where it counts. Plus she obviously cares about Charlie and that means a great deal.

“Oh. Jack finally.” She brushed her bangs out of her eyes. “Mari told me so much about you. Nice to meet you.”

She bent her head and surveyed the floor.

“Looking for your dog?” He turned toward the back of the house joining in the search.

“Ah, yes. Marty. Marty!” she blasted.

Good lungs.

His ears vibrated. The dog tore from behind him toward Lizzie with jubilant owner worship yips. Lizzie scooped up the little dog and let her lick the side of her cheek unhindered. Made Jack want to be a Boston terrier.

Love that last line!

Author Bios ~

K.M. Daughters is the penname for team writers and sisters, Pat Casiello and Kathie Clare. The penname is dedicated to the memory of their parents, “K”ay and “M”ickey Lynch. K.M. Daughters is the author of 13 award winning romance genre novels. The “Daughters” are wives, mothers and grandmothers residing in the Chicago suburbs and on the Outer Banks, North Carolina. Visitors are most welcome at http://www.kmdaughters.com

You can buy REUNION FOR THE FIRST TIME at: 

https://www.amazon.com/Reunion-First-Time-K-Daughters-ebook/dp/B01G4J2G8E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466171356&sr=8-1&keywords=Reunion+For+The+First+Time