Month: January 2014

INTERVIEW, BOOK SNEAK PEEK, & GIVEAWAY: Spend the weekend with author Deborah Smith and The MacBrides

imageBestselling author Deborah Smith joins Fab Fantasy Fiction editor Emsy Van Wyck this weekend for a conversation focusing on her latest series, The MacBrides, as well as some other fun topics. 
Book Blitzers, please join us as Deb (DS) and I (EVW) chat about her career, which includes the New York Times bestseller, A PLACE TO CALL HOME, and the Number One Kindle bestseller, THE CROSSROADS CAFÉ, which I guess you could say, started the journey of the MacBrides that we’ll focus on here.
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Deborah, WELCOME! I’m so honored that you’d take the time to join us here this

REVIEW*: All for Maddie is a compelling yet difficult read

imageI’ll be quite honest with you and say this was one of the most difficult books I’ve read in a long time. Usually I’m drawn in by the characters, I tend to choose books where I’ll at least like, if not love, the main characters – and perhaps consider them almost like friends if it’s a good series. I can’t say that I liked either of the main protagonists of All for Maddie by Jettie Woodruff. Neither Whitley nor Alex were people I really wanted to know – or even get to know.

Yes, Whitley has a tough life. …

AUTHOR INTERVIEW, BOOK LOOK, & GIVEAWAY: KM Fawcett discusses Fearless, book 2 in her Survival Race series

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Fab Fantasy Fiction extends a warm welcome to author KM Fawcett on the occasion of the publication of FEARLESS, the second book in her Survival Race series.
Join author KM Fawcett (KM) and Fab Fantasy Fiction’s editor Emsy Van Wyck (EVW) for a wide-ranging discussion about KM’s series, inspirations, martial arts, the modern writer’s life, and more!
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KM welcome to Fab Fantasy Fiction today and congratulations on the release of the second book in your Survival Race series, FEARLESS. Would you like some caffeinated hot chocolate or a cup of tea? I have some chocolate chip cookies fresh

FFF’s THROWBACK THURSDAY: ISO Lindsay McKenna’s Military Romances

With the publication of Lindsay McKenna’s Shadow Warriors books, her new military romance series, I wanted to be able to load my Kindle up with some of her earlier books. So I went in search via Amazon – and of course found that some of them weren’t available in digital format. How many of you have had that same thing happen when you really enjoy an author? So frustrating, isn’t it?

One work around I found for this issue was the same fabulous resource I mentioned last week, OpenLibrary.org. Quite a few of her early titles are available there …

Author Interview, Book Excerpt, & GIVEAWAY: Shiloh Walker discusses her book Beautiful Scars, now in paperback

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Let’s welcome Shiloh Walker, one of my favorite authors, back to Fab Fantasy Fiction on the occasion of the forthcoming paperback publication of her very HOT and sexy novel, Beautiful Scars.………………………………
Shiloh, thank you so much for joining us again! We really appreciate your taking the time to stop by and talk with us here. I’ll pour us both a cup of coffee and I’ve made some fresh blueberry muffins, so let’s sit down and chat about your work and Beautiful Scars.
Can you please share with us a little about yourself?I’m a mom, a wife, a reader, …