Exciting weekend!

My nerves are all a buzz. There are two exciting happenings in the world of Angela Carlie this weekend. I've had to reach deep to find the patience not to spill the beans on the first event, which is the cover reveal for my debut adult novel, JENNY'S BLUE VELVET. More on this below.

On Sunday, Fred and I are going to run in our first half marathon. This is something we've been working toward all year. This time last year we ran our first 5K. The goal for this run is to just finish. Now, Fred is much more of a runner than I ever will be. I'm just so excited to cross that finish line! I bet it'll feel amazing!

Xpresso Book Tours has done a wonderful job at organizing the cover reveal for JENNY'S BLUE VELVET. Steven Novak is the fabulous cover designer who made this cover possible. When I received the list of bloggers participating, I was surprised how many signed up. I figured that maybe a handful would be interested, but exactly sixty-nine bloggers are participating. Sixty-nine is a lucky number, right? Well, I think it is... Take a moment to check some of these awesome bloggers out!

www.faerietalebooks.org
http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.ro/
http://staceywallacebenefiel.com
www.readyourwrites.blogspot.com
http://sharemydestiny.blogspot.com
http://momwithakindle.blogspot.com
http://adreamwithindream.blogspot.com
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http://red-reader.blogspot.com
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http://www.whirlwindbooksandreviews.com/
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http://reviewinginchaos.blogspot.com

Have you checked 'em out? Aren't they cool? Well, even though you've probably now seen the cover, I'd still like to share it here. This is the moment we've all been waiting for!  hehe

Introducing...
The One...
The Only...
JENNY'S BLUE VELVET

Jenny's stuck.

She's tried just about every occupation she can think of and will be digging out of student debt for a very long time, but has nothing to show for it. Her everyday routine feels like a prison. And her marriage? Well, let's just say it's been a little one-sided lately and the money she threw down on the toys from Lover's Erotic Store was well worth it and then some.

Jenny decides her next big step is to become a romance writer. Romance books are flying off the virtual shelves, after all. This will be her big break, her escape from the prison, and a way to freedom. Self-publishing is all the rage these days. She'll be a best seller in no time.

When Jenny makes friends with a woman named Cassandra from the gym, she instantly decides that her new friend will make a perfect main character in her upcoming book. After the first chapter, real life begins to resemble the fiction she's writing. Her friendship blossoms, sex with her husband turns into a daily feast, and her job gets more interesting with each chapter written.

Out of the blue, a person who is a close friend with her husband and who is dating Cassandra disappears. As the mystery behind the missing person unfolds, Jenny wonders if she might be responsible for his possible death. And if she is, what will be the consequence? What has this writing business gotten her into?

JENNY'S BLUE VELVET is a dark thriller for adults only

 I'd love to know what you think! Please feel free to comment below. Have an AWESOME weekend!

Cover Reveal Sign up!

The cover reveal for JENNY'S BLUE VELVET is fast approaching. I can't believe it's almost here!

If you would like to participate next Friday, June 14th, please sign up at the below link. Xpresso Book Tours is in charge of the reveal.

Sign up here: JENNY'S BLUE VELVET COVER REVEAL SIGN UP

The talented Steven Novak is responsible for bringing the cover to life. Eeep! I can't wait to show you. :)

Here's a bit more about JENNY'S BLUE VELVET.

Jenny's stuck.

She's tried just about every occupation she can think of and will be digging out of student debt for a very long time, but has nothing to show for it. Her everyday routine feels like a prison. And her marriage? Well, let's just say it's been a little one-sided lately and the money she threw down on the toys from Lover's Erotic Store was well worth it and then some.

Jenny decides her next big step is to become a romance writer. Romance books are flying off the virtual shelves, after all. This will be her big break, her escape from the prison, and a way to freedom. Self-publishing is all the rage these days. She'll be a best seller in no time.

When Jenny makes friends with a woman named Cassandra from the gym, she instantly decides that her new friend will make a perfect main character in her upcoming book. After the first chapter, real life begins to resemble the fiction she's writing. Her friendship blossoms, sex with her husband turns into a daily feast, and her job gets more interesting with each chapter written.

Out of the blue, a person who is a close friend with her husband and who is dating Cassandra disappears. As the mystery behind the missing person unfolds, Jenny wonders if she might be responsible for his possible death. And if she is, what will be the consequence? What has this writing business gotten her into?

JENNY'S BLUE VELVET is a dark, humorous, romantic thriller for adults only.

New Title for Adult Novel - Release Date August 22nd

As some of you know, I'm working on a new novel. This novel explores various levels of happiness or the perception of happiness. What is the price you'd pay for such happiness? We all have hopes and dreams, but they often fade with time. New interests develop. We are always striving toward those goals. We often think that once we reach those goals, we can be completely happy. If only I'd lose ten pounds... If only I'd win the lottery... If only I had more sex in my life... If only I had a housekeeper, a cook, a mansion... If only I finished writing this book... etc. Then, and only then, will I be happy. So, inevitably, if that's the case, we seem to never be happy. But what if the if only became reality? But, what if someone else paid the price for them? Would you still be happy?


Anyway, that's just one of the concepts in this new story, which, by the way, is an ADULT novel. It's a romance, a thriller, a paranormal, a horror, and erotic, all rolled up in one. Perhaps I will label it as a dark and humorous romantic thriller. I think it's a little bit of Stephen King meets David Lynch meets Bridget Jones's Diary, if that makes sense. But, of course, I'm not even comparing my work to those of awesome, just using them as references.

Today, I'd like to share the title with you. Are you ready?

JENNY'S BLUE VELVET

by

Angela Carlie

The cover, by the brilliant Steven Novak, is complete and beautiful and sexy and so what I was hoping for. It will be revealed to you mid-June along with the blurb. The release date for JENNY'S BLUE VELVET is set for August 22nd.

Until then, please enjoy my YA books out now. Please also look for the remaining Lords of Shifters novels to be released by the end of the year.

I leave you with a one line teaser from JENNY'S BLUE VELVET

"We will always be watching."

Did someone say WEEKEND???

NA (New Adult) Romance type books are all the rage these days. I've only read a small handful, but here are a few that I either found super awesome or that were highly recommended to me that I haven't gotten to yet. Check 'em. They all look sexy to the max, some have age warnings, so beware.

Some awesome reads for your weekend enjoyment:

CROSSING

By Stacey Wallace Benefiel

He stole her lipstick…and her heart.
Twenty-year-old Dani Walker can’t believe her luck when she’s paired up with the gorgeous Liam Garrett as her Acting I scene partner – or when he ends up in her bed. Being a Plain Jane with a mouth on her hasn’t exactly served Dani well in the guy department. In fact, she’s had nothing but one night stands. Still, she lets go of her insecurities and falls for Liam, despite feeling like he’s holding something back from her.
When Dani finally discovers Liam’s secret, she must learn the true meaning of accepting the ones we love for who they are, or risk losing the best thing that’s ever happened to her.

****

The Only Exception

Magan Vernon

Fiercely liberal Monica Remy prefers to blend in. Despite her tattoos, piercings, and outspoken personality, she transferred to Central to escape—before she finds out that her next door neighbor is the uber conservative governor’s son, Trey Chapman.

No matter how hard she tries to avoid Trey, he still finds a way to get under her skin. Monica can’t stand his crisp white shirts or his staunch views on women. But she can’t help counting every freckle on his face and wondering what it would feel like to have him stop talking politics and kiss her.

A class debate project forces the unlikely pair to work together, and the political lines are blurred in late-night make out sessions. But despite their fiery chemistry, Trey’s politics threatens to smother their relationship for good.

*****

 

No Attachments

Tiffany King

No Attachments

Ashton Garrison walked away from a privileged life in order to hide from the one thing she's not willing to face. She knows she left behind a trail of pain, but in the long run, her betrayal will hurt less than the truth. She now has one goal: Live life to the fullest with no regrets and no attachments. She has high hopes that a move to new surroundings will provide the escape she desires, but what Ashton doesn't count on is how fate always seems to find a way to screw up any good plan. Sometimes, when love comes knocking, the pull is too strong not to answer. Suddenly, what she thought she wanted to escape from is what Ashton now wants more than anything.

Nathan Lockton has one mission: find his target and complete the task he was hired to do—no attachments and no emotion necessary. He's done it over and over again. What he thought was a typical lost-and-found job has turned into a life examining moment as Nathan is forced to deal with something he has always ignored--his feelings. Now faced with a decision, Nathan must choose to either follow his heart or complete the job.

Love can come when you least expect it. The question is: If the odds are stacked against you, how far are you willing to go for the one you love?

*****

 

Enemy Within (Vampire Born Trilogy #2)

Angeline Kace

Two guys who’ve stolen her heart.
Three races and only one of them worthy.
Countless enemies with insatiable bloodlust for power.
Will one girl's curse ultimately save her?

Half-vampire Brooke Keller barely survived the slaying of her worst enemy, only to learn that Zladislov—the world's most powerful vampire, leader of the vampire world, and her father—wants her dead. However, this time, she's not only fighting vampires but a raging monster within her that endangers what's left of her humanity. And when a deadly disease threatens to take her best friend's life, Brooke tries to convince Kaitlynn to accept a monster of her own: becoming a Zao Duh.

As a former slave to the Pijawikas, Mirko is driven to protect the innocent at all costs, but he has never faced a foe more formidable than Zladislov. And when the Commission bears down on Brooke, Mirko finds the stream of enemies runs deeper than he ever imagined.

Five awesome authors. Five books to read.

I'm a little late on these, but I'm super excited to share with you these new books written by talented authors. I've read most of them and loved 'em. The other two are waiting on my Kindle to be read. You should check them ALL out!

Shucked 

by Megg Jensen

Fifteen-year-old Tabitha has had the kind of life that would impress even the greatest adventurers. She's escaped a croc attack in the Amazon, walked the length of the Great Wall of China, and earned a black belt in taekwondo in Korea. She owes her worldly experience to her mother's career in archaeology, but when her mother takes on a dangerous new assignment, Tabitha is devastated to learn she can't tag along.

Instead, she's forced to live on a midwestern farm with her grandparents where she'll have to attend a full year of public school. It's Tabitha's greatest nightmare, because despite all her adventures, she has no practical experience with the one thing that frightens her the most - other teenagers.

Her math teacher is her mom's old high school boyfriend, she can't tell the friendly girls from the mean ones, and she develops a major crush on a boy she knows she can't trust. And just when she thinks she'll never get the hang of this normal teenager thing, an attack brings the danger of her previous life right up to her midwestern porch. Who could have ever guessed that getting totally shucked would bring her face-to-face with her most exciting adventure yet?

Red Line

Book 4 in the Full Throttle Series

by Lisa Nowak

Now that Jess DeLand has escaped her alcoholic mother’s grip, all she wants is a chance to be normal. To hang out with her wisecracking-but-intuitive boyfriend Cody, learn as much she can about restoring cars from her mentor Kasey, and fill in as substitute big sister to Rhett when her friend Teri Sue goes off to college. But when her past crashes headlong into her present, all hopes of normal go spinning off into the weeds. Jess’s attempts to spare her friends—and herself—from the things she’d rather keep hidden, threaten to destroy the new life she’s built. Maybe normal is too much to ask for.

Found

Penny Black Series #1

by Stacey Wallace Benefiel

Penny Black hasn’t had it easy. Just about everything you’d expect to happen to a harassed foster-kid turned junkie has happened to Penny. Add in the mysterious power to rewind time, conducting events around her, and it’s a wonder she held up on the streets for so many years. Now, at seventeen, the New Society has found her. Finally, Penny is where she belongs. But that doesn’t stop the visions, or the need to protect the victims shown to her.

Wyatt Adams is excited and intrigued when his sister Melody assigns him to be Penny’s Lookout. Being the youngest, and hopelessly ordinary in the family that created the New Society, has left Wyatt feeling like he has a lot to prove -- and Penny is a big deal. She’s got abilities that surpass any he’s seen before…and pretty much every quality he looks for in a girlfriend, but no one needs to know about that, especially Penny.

Soul Catcher

The Soulkeeper Series Book 4

by GP Ching

Dane Michaels has been to Hell and back and isn't interested in repeating the experience. But as a human caught up in the Soulkeeper's world, his life isn't exactly his own. No one can explain why Dane was allowed through the gates of Eden, but it's changed everything. Now, the only one who can make him feel safe is Ethan, the telekinetic Soulkeeper with a dark past and a heart of gold.

When Malini asks Dane to be part of a mission to find the last Soulkeeper, Cheveyo, more than one team member thinks she's tempting Fate. But Malini suspects Fate has had a hand in Dane's life for some time and that he could be the key to unraveling Lucifer's latest plan of attack.

Still Nights

A Novella (adults only)

by Jasmine Davis

Being in control of her anger was always an issue for Sam. Violent outbursts followed by amnesia were business as usual, until she was caught dealing drugs and bounced off the force. After that, she sets out to become a new woman—seeks counseling, stops drinking, and becomes a useless piece of crap that sits on the couch all day long. One night, she receives a worrisome call from her ex-lover and mother of her adopted son. She rushes out into a raging storm to locate her. What she finds would scare the shit out of any man or woman, and it lands her in a life threatening predicament.

Fans of American Horror Story will enjoy STILL NIGHTS

Some Blog Love

It's been nearly six months since my last story came out: Dark Horse, A Lords of Shifters Novella. So, what's up with that? Why the lapse in time? I don't know.

The plan was to have Blood Pyre out by March and then the next book out this summer. That didn't work out so well, obviously.

And why haven't I been keeping up with the blog? I don't know.

A blog a week shouldn't be so bad, I suppose. But that hasn't happened in a very long while.

Life happens. Boys become teenagers in a blink of an eye. Work becomes constant. New interests develop. Trips to Hawaii happen. And everything else gets put on the back burner. Well, it's time to get back to work.

Today is my first day writing again. It's been so long that I think I forgot how. My goal was to hit 5K words today. Saturday is my only writing day, so the more words the better. Far from 5K, I reached 1,500. What happened? I don't know. But don't worry because I'm getting 'er done this time.

I'd like to take a few minutes once in a while to keep you posted on the progress of Blood Pyre and other rad stuff I feel important, like vegan cookies and running events. I appreciate your patience with me and can't wait to finally bring you the books you've been waiting for!

Until then, if you haven't already liked my Facebook page, go there now. There will be ebooks given away when the page hits 200 "Likes" Yay for FREE EBOOKS!  ----> http://Facebook.com/AngelaCarlieBooks

 Here's a picture of my sweet boy and I at the coast this past weekend. It was a beautiful weekend. Look how tall he's getting!

And here is one of the pieces of music I've been listening to while writing Blood Pyre.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

FOUND - by Stacey Wallace Benefiel

 

From Stacey Wallace Benefiel, the author of the Zellie Wells trilogy, comes a New Adult trilogy set in the Society world.

Penny Black hasn’t had it easy. Just about everything you’d expect to happen to a harassed foster-kid turned junkie has happened to Penny. Add in the mysterious power to rewind time, conducting events around her, and it’s a wonder she held up on the streets for so many years. Now, at seventeen, the New Society has found her. Finally, Penny is where she belongs. But that doesn’t stop the visions, or the need to protect the victims shown to her. *The Penny Black trilogy is a companion to the Zellie Wells trilogy and not a continuation of the series. (It's set 18 years in the future with a new cast of characters.) *Due to language and sexuality, FOUND is recommended for older teens. (Most of the characters are out of high school and preparing for college.) Purchase links: Amazon Barnes and Noble Kobo Smashwords Coming soon to the Apple iBook store and in paperback! Haven't read the Zellie Wells trilogy yet? Pick up all three novels together for $6.99 at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, and iTunes. Or get the first novel, Glimpse, for FREE at all ebook retailers.