August 30th, 2013
Added Part 7 of Hoosier Daddy by Maxx Redwood [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
Added Part 9 of Xena & Gabrielle: A Turn of Fate by Ahkiken [Classic/Alt/Incomplete]
Added Part 9 of The Conqueror & Ri: A Twist of Destiny by Ahkiken [Classic/Alt/Incomplete]
Added Part 25 of To Mend A Wild Heart by Mikaeli Hooper [Classic/Alt/Incomplete]
Announcement from Sophia DeLuna
just published the third story in my Taxi series. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/351901 I'll keep it free for the first 50 downloads. 
The first book in the series is permanently free, and it can be read as a stand alone story. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/209411
August 27th, 2013
The Dance Etern by The Lavender Bard [Original/Short Story/Alt/Complete]
Xena and Gabrielle are finally together for Eternity. This is a very short story about their first dance in Elysium.
After Jack by Wendy Arthur [Original/Alt/Complete]
(Part 9 of the After Montana Series)
As Kate Carson's third Wedding Anniversary comes around, she is thinking about life, counting her blessings and living in the moment. Jack Bannerman is thinking about drinking, counting his hangovers and living in an alcohol-induced fog. When they both return to work and end up caught in the crossfire, will Jack be a hero or a coward?
August 25th, 2013
Added Part 26 of Princess of the Realm by Warriorjudge [Conqueror/Alt/Incomplete]
Queen Gabrielle is with child and the Conqueror is anxious.Instability in the north behooves the Conqueror to make a momentous decision which greatly effects her firstborn's life and drives a wedge between her and her family creating discord that threatens to destroy her Empire.
August 24th, 2013
Added Part 12 of Joint Venture by KMorgan [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
August 23rd, 2013
Added Part 6 of Hoosier Daddy by Maxx Redwood [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
Jill Fryman (her friends call her Friday) is a Line Supervisor at a truck manufacturing plant in a small southern Indiana town. Life on the assembly line is almost as predictable as her love life. When it comes to matters of the heart, Friday always seems to be making the wrong choices. Things go from bad to worse when a sultry labor organizer from the U.A.W. sweeps into town to try and unionize the plant, right after it's been bought out by a Japanese firm. Sparks fly on and off the line as the two women fight their growing attraction for each other against a backdrop of monster trucks, pork chop suppers, and a bar called "Hoosier Daddy."
August 21st, 2013
Added Part 13 - The Conclusion of Afterglow by Stein Willard [Original/Alt/Complete]
Announcement from Stein Willard
It's really difficult to find words to thank people who, in my opinion, have a somewhat dubious taste in reading material. LOL. You guys actually got me voted into the Hall of Fame. How cool is that? My warmest gratitude to all of you. I swear I have the coolest readers!
:-)
I would also like to thank the Academy for this platform where I can engage with readers and writers alike. Keep up the good work, guys.
Stein
Added Part 24 of To Mend A Wild Heart by Mikaeli Hooper [Classic/Alt/Incomplete]
Announcement from Sapphire Books
New Release from Sapphire Books Publishing
Connection
by award winning author – Kim Pritekel
Paperback 18.95
e Bundle Price: $ 9.95 - all eBook formats
Available at Amazon Barnes and Noble Kobo Sapphire Books Publishing
Julie Wilson lives a charmed life as a beloved teacher and aunt in the small town of Woodland. Close to her brother and guardian of two adorable Yorkies, she loves her life, the only negative being ex-boyfriend, Ray who can't seem to understand the phrase, "We're done." Believing that's her only problem, Julie has no idea what hell awaits her during a normal summer afternoon.
Remmy Foster is the quirky, friendly drifter who has never found roots after a difficult childhood, as well as the difficulties her very special gift brings into her life. Though she may call it exploring, the truth is she's running from ghosts that haunt her every step.
After a chance meeting with Julie while hitchhiking, Remmy will be thrown head first into darkness she could never have foreseen, regardless of her abilities. As the clock ticks, life and death is on her shoulders to make the right connection.
Warning - Some scenes may be too intense for some readers.
Announcement from Bedazzled Ink
Bedazzled Ink is delighted to announce the publication of Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran. The ebook edition is now available. The paperback will be out in a couple of weeks.
And don’t forget to check out our August newsletter for more Bink News:
http://bink.bedazzledink.com/index.php/about/newsletter-2/
Enjoy!
Claudia
Three women, united by love and kinship, struggle to conform to the social norms of the times in which they lived.
In 1931, Katherine Henderson leaves behind her small town in Kansas and the marriage proposal of a local boy to live on her own and work at the Sears & Roebuck glove counter in Chicago. There she meets Annie—a bold, outspoken feminist who challenges Katherine’s idea of who she thinks she is and what she thinks she wants in life.
In 1997, Katherine’s daughter, Joan, travels to Lawrence, Kansas, to clean out her estranged mother’s house. Hidden away in an old suitcase, she finds a wooden box containing trinkets and a packet of sealed letters to a person identified only by a first initial. Joan reads the unsent letters and discovers a woman completely different from the aloof and unyielding mother of her youth–a woman who had loved deeply and lost that love to circumstances beyond her control. Now she just has to find the strength to use the healing power of empathy and forgiveness to live the life she’s always wanted to live.
For more information and to read an excerpt visit:
http://bink.bedazzledink.com/index.php/books/books-l/letters-never-sent/
Here’s the story about how Bedazzled Ink acquired Letters Never Sent:
http://bi.bedazzledink.com/blogs/post/10
Sandra talks about how she researched 1930s Chicago:
http://sandramoran.com/2013/08/canaries-cups-of-joe-and-getting-dizzy-with-dames/ August 17th, 2013
Added Part 14 of Slam Dunk by Mickey Minner [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
As Pat and Sherry look forward to a second season of basketball with the Missoula Cougars, they face new responsibilities and increasing pressure to bring home a repeat championship. Can their relationship survive?
August 16th, 2013
Added Part 11 of Joint Venture by KMorgan [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
Announcement from Q. Kelly
Howdy! I'm excited to announce the release of my newest novella, "Woman Unleashed." It's psychological suspense/lesbian romance and is a bit different from other stories I've written. It runs about 28,500 words.
Here's the blurb (to see the cover and more information, check out qkellybooks.com ):
Sixty-year-old Melody Thomas has a perfect life--or does she? Melody runs a fairly successful chain of superstores, and she and her husband have two incredible children, a daughter and a son. Melody has long come to terms with the fact that her life, her marriage, her everything, will lack passion.
Then her daughter comes out as gay and soon after becomes engaged to a photographer named Joy. Joy may be Melody's undoing. From their first meeting, Joy consumes Melody's mind, her body, her soul, her spirit. They embark on an affair, and Melody has never felt more alive. She thinks she and Joy fill each other's emptiness, but she is wrong, quite wrong--and she is about to find out what exactly she is capable of.
Buying information: Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EI4GRNS
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/346753
Barnes and Noble: still processing, will update my website when book is available on the Nook
Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/woman-unleashed-1
- Q. Kelly
August 13th, 2013
Added Part 5 of Hoosier Daddy by Maxx Redwood [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
Jill Fryman (her friends call her Friday) is a Line Supervisor at a truck manufacturing plant in a small southern Indiana town. Life on the assembly line is almost as predictable as her love life. When it comes to matters of the heart, Friday always seems to be making the wrong choices. Things go from bad to worse when a sultry labor organizer from the U.A.W. sweeps into town to try and unionize the plant, right after it's been bought out by a Japanese firm. Sparks fly on and off the line as the two women fight their growing attraction for each other against a backdrop of monster trucks, pork chop suppers, and a bar called "Hoosier Daddy."
August 11th, 2013
A Matter of Faith by Sophia DeLuna
Yévhíra always tells Karah that she worries too much and that she should have faith. But faith doesn't always mean not to worry. Sometimes you need to listen to your worries and act accordingly. Will Karah be able to tell the difference?
Added Part 14 of Slam Dunk by Mickey Minner [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
As Pat and Sherry look forward to a second season of basketball with the Missoula Cougars, they face new responsibilities and increasing pressure to bring home a repeat championship. Can their relationship survive?
Added Part 23 of To Mend A Wild Heart by Mikaeli Hooper [Classic/Alt/Incomplete]
August 9th, 2013
Announcement from KMorgan
Thanks to all the wonderful readers who voted for me. That you've followed my stories, has been inspirational, but that you've liked them and chose me for the Hall of fame is the greatest of honors. Thanks again! Thanks also to the Academy, and all the munchkins, without whom none of these would be possible for many of us.
With love,
KMorgan
Announcement from Warriorjudge
I am honored and extremely grateful to have two more stories of mine being inducted into the Hall of Fame. I wish to thank all my wonderful and supportive readers out there, and specially the ones that voted for "Queen of the Realm" and "Princess of the Realm". It means a lot to me to be so appreciated by you all and for my stories to be accepted with an opened mind and true understanding of the text and the characters. I would also wish to thank the marvelous "Royal Academy of Bards" munchkins. And last but not least, to my amazing, brilliant and diligent beta-reader Nancy Jean. Added Part 10 of Joint Venture by KMorgan [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
Added Part 25 of Princess of the Realm by Warriorjudge [Conqueror/Alt/Incomplete]
Queen Gabrielle is with child and the Conqueror is anxious.Instability in the north behooves the Conqueror to make a momentous decision which greatly effects her firstborn's life and drives a wedge between her and her family creating discord that threatens to destroy her Empire.
August 6th, 2013
We would like to welcome a new bard today. Hello Lavender Bard!
Announcement from Jenny Frame
I would like to thank everyone who voted in this years Hall of fame. I'm delighted to join some of my favourite authors and stories, nominated into the Hall of Fame.
I would also like to thank the Academy for their continued support and for hosting all my books and stories. Ebook versions of The Real Housewives of Wolfgang County are now available
The Real Housewives of Wolfgang County as epub
The Real Housewives of Wolfgang County as lit
The Real Housewives of Wolfgang County as mobi
The Real Housewives of Wolfgang County as azw3
A big thank to my cover designer, Lilien Hoffman. I f you are interested in Lilien's designs, you can contact her at lilien.hoffman@gmail.com Or check out Lilien's website here - http://lilienhoffman.wix.com/graphicdesign#!home/mainPage Listen by The Lavender Bard [PostFIN/Poetry/Alt/Complete]
A Visit to Skara Brae by Phineas Redux [Über/Alt/Complete]
(Part 11 of the 'Mathews & Parker ' series)
This is an Uberfic set in Great Britain in 1943. Zena Mathews and Gabrielle Parker, both pilots and members of SOE—Special Operations Executive—are stationed at Scapa Flow. They decide to investigate the chakram they found and go to a nearby Neolithic site, where Gabrielle has another meeting with two women warriors from the past.
First Kiss by Christine McIlroy [Poetry/Alt/Complete]
Her Hands by Christine McIlroy [Poetry/Alt/Complete] Announcement From Blue Feather Books
It's been an eventful couple of months since the GCLS. First and foremost: Huge congratulations to Chris Paynter for winning the Ann Bannon award with her wonderful novel, Survived by Her Longtime Companion , and to Erica Lawson for her second Goldie win, this time for Soulwalker , a chilling futuristic story. Erica's new book, Reflected Passion, is due out soon.
Meanwhile, we're happy to finally announce the release of Arnica , the action-packed sequel to Merker's Outpost, I Christie's gripping science-fiction story.
An army of dreaded Metrasoldiers owned by a manic killer, empaths and peace lovers who seek growth, intrusive colonists, and misguided do-gooders from another galaxy-these are the forces that are destined to collide on Arnica, a planet on the verge of spiritual evolution. There are those whose only intention is to destroy the harmony prized by so many of the planet's citizens, and those who are determined not to let that happen.
As Commander Montran and Lt. Vanstar approach Arnica trapped in a ship on auto-pilot, they are followed by Montran's life mate, Major Zohra, who hopes to rescue her love and thwart evil intentions. Is Arnica really as helpless as many of the off-worlders assume? Can Montran and Zohra unravel the mysteries of this unusual society in time to save themselves and the planet? The rescuers find themselves questioning their principles, beliefs, and traditions in their quest to help Arnica.
Arnica is available now at www.bluefeatherbooks.com , or at Bella in print and e-book format!
Headed your way soon: Happy Campers, third in the fan-favorite "Commitment" series by Karen Badger. Make sure to check out our "Coming Soon" page for more exciting released heading your way!
Several Blue Feather authors will be at the GCLS event in PTown during Women's Week, and we'll be sure to keep you posted on that, as well. Happy reading, everyone!
Announcement From The Royal Academy of Bards
Oz here and I have your 2013 Inductees to the Hall of Fame and the winner of Fan of the Year.
Voting was interesting this year. We didn't have an overall top-story winner. We had two. Invariably, when one story was nominated, the other was nominated in the same breath...errr...email. So it was most definitely a tie. Not that I think the author is going to mind...that's right...same author, both stories.
It was nice to see that one of the authors being inducted this year is the same one that just got squeaked out by a single vote last year. Plus, we have two story series being inducted. They are classics and they so richly deserve the honor of going into the Hall.
Let's get to it.
The Royal Academy of Bards is proud to induct into it's Hall of Fame the following 3 Bards (in alphabetical order):
Jenny Frame
K-Morgan
Stein Willard
The Royal Academy of Bards is also proud to induct the following 5 stories/series into the Hall of Fame:
Queen of the Realm AND Princess of the Realm by Warriorjudge(Our top vote-getters)
The Dylan Morgan Show by Jenny Frame
The Gina/Gabriella Series aka The New Adventures of X:WP by Ernie Whiting
The Mel/Janice Series by D.J. Belt
Congratulations to all the Inductees.
<<<APPLAUSE!!!!>>>
If you haven't read the inducted stories...run don't walk...ummm...click on the links and get to it. After reading...don't forget to FEED THE BARDS.
Which brings me to our Fan of the Year....this is just so incredible...finally, proof that there is a number 6 in the Xenaverse <.bg.>. For the 6th, that's right, 6th time in a row our Fan of the Year is Carpe Chakram.
CC is a readin' feedin' machine.
I will be contacting all the winners this week to arrange their tile shipments.
Okay, that finishes up my part...here is where I turn over the announcement to Steph...take it away, Boss...
For the last 8 years I've been honored to choose a writer who has stories hosted at the Academy of Bards for the Lifetime Achievement Award. You would think that since it's been that many years I would run out of ideas on who to choose this year. Well, I haven't! In fact, I had a really hard time choosing. I had it down to two people and in fact, I was sure I was going to induct the other one this year. I really should have called a tie but then this gives me an easy choice next year!
The person who is going to join our Lifetime Achievement award winners this year is an excellent writer. She writes the most detailed, complex characters I've ever read. Not just in fanfiction either but she can weave a tale worthy of a number one best seller on the NY Times list. When I am reading her works, I get lost in the story - the imagery is so strong. With each new chapter she writes, she gets even better.
Lucky for me, this person also lives in the same city as I do and I'm lucky enough to call her a friend. And by knowing her personally, I can say that she is probably the least conceited person I know yet she would have every right to be a little cocky about the quality of her writing.
I'm very happy announce the latest winner of the Academy of Bards Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award is :
D Jordan Redhawk
.....and yes I know what the D stands for :)
August 3, 2013
A new Bard Joins us today! Welcome Sophia DeLuna!
Sophia wrote us a sweet note. "Hi ladies,
Years ago, the stories on the Royal Academy of Bards' site have helped me greatly to get through tough times in my life.
Now that my life has changed for the better and I have written and published stories myself, I thought I'd like to give something back by sharing some of my stories."
Desert Wind by Sophia DeLuna
Shevira and Marika's relationship is put to a test when Shevira's wish to become pregnant is fulfilled.
Will their love for each other be strong enough to overcome the obstacles?
Added Part 9 of Joint Venture by KMorgan [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
Announcements
Brand new novella at my ebooks page! 'Practice Makes Perfect' is a 58 page novella, and here's a little synopsis:
Becky Brunswick is a teenager who has had a rough last few years. After her parents were killed in a house fire, she was forced to go live with her older brother, the siblings all that was left of the family. Now, about to graduate high school, she is entering the world of adult love as her long-time boyfriend has asked for her hand in marriage. More grateful to Landon for seeing her through her painful past than in love with him, she agrees. Now, however she must face the reality that patient Landon would be expecting certain privileges from his wife-to-be. Nervous and wanting advice, she turns to her brother's best friend Sarah for answers, only to find far more questions that she began with. Find this story at: www.kimpritekel.com/ebooks
Also, my novel, 'Connection' will be released from my publisher, Sapphire Books August 15! Be on the lookout for it and get your paperback or ebooks copy.
Kim Pritekel
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New Releases from Sapphire Books Publishing
Award winning author, Linda Kay Silva has done it again!
The Horde by award winning author – Linda Kay Silva
- all eBook formats
Available at Amazon Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Sapphire Books Publishing
Have you tucked in for the night? Are the doors locked? If so check out Linda Kay's next book in her zombie series – Read the first 3 chapters here
They just keep coming.
Dragging their lifeless limbs and gnashing their broken teeth, the horde of man eaters presses forward. For every man eater Dallas and Roper put down, twelve more are created.
After spending nearly a year in the bayou, the survivors once again, set out in search of a safe haven where they might do more than survive, but thrive.
Thrive among the hordes bearing down on them. Thrive amid government attacks on the new compound they call home.
As Dallas and Roper build a new life, the ever present military launches surprise attacks, the bloody horde keeps on clawing at the walls, and the rest of mankind devolves into something barbaric and unrecognizable.
Can Dallas and Roper lead their people through the maze of thinking and brain dead killers? Can they find a place to once and for all go on the offensive?
Or it is, as some survivors believe, too late?
5 star erotic romance by award winning author Isabella
American Yakuza – II - The Lies That Bind by award winning author - Isabella
-all eBook formats
Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo
Lesbian Romance, Intrigue, hints of bondage, and espionage make this story a must read – Read the first 3 chapters here
Luce Potter runs her life and her business with an iron fist and complete control until lies and deception unravel her world. The shadow of betrayal consumes Luce, threatening to destroy the most precious thing in her life, Brooke Erickson.
Brooke Erickson finds herself on the outside of Luce's life looking in. As events spiral out of control Brooke can only watch as the woman she loves pushes her further away. Suddenly, devastated and alone, Brooke refuses to let go without an explanation.
Colby Water, a federal agent investigating the ever-elusive Luce Potter, discovers someone from her past is front and center in her investigation of the Yakuza crime leader. Before she can put the crime boss in prison, she must confront the ultimate deception in her professional life.
When worlds collide, betrayal, dishonor and death are inevitable. Can Luce and Brooke survive the explosion? |
