Tuesday, 16 July 2013

TEASER TUESDAY

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by

http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/

of Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along!

Just do the following

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE ANY SPOILERS!
Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away!

You don't want to ruin the book for others

1303 - The Dragonslayer (The 13th Floor series, #3)

by Christine Rains

BLURB:

On the rooftop of neighboring building, dragonslayer Xanthus Ehrensvard fires at his target, Governor Whittaker. How he missed the shot, he doesn't know, but fleeing the scene, he picks up an unwanted passenger. Gorgeous reporter Lois King saw Xan's face, and she believes it's the story to make her career. Except he can't let her walk away knowing what he looks like. Xan has to show her the Governor is a bigger threat to the world than he is.

Xan knows dragons never went extinct. They evolved with human society, taking on mortal forms, and slithered their way into positions of great influence and power, just like the Governor. But it's no easy chore proving to someone that dragons still exist, and even more so, they're disguised as famous people. Xan must convince Lois or find another way to silence her. An option, as he gets to know her, he likes less and less.

After all, dragonslayers are no longer celebrated heroes but outlaws. Just as the dragons wish it. But this outlaw must make a plan to slay the dragon or risk its retribution.

MY TEASER:

Xan rammed the knife into the dragonkin’s abdomen and jerked it upward. Just silver in his bloodstream would be enough to kill him, but Xan wanted him dead fast. Black blood gushed forth, steaming and hot against his flesh. He hissed as it reddened his flesh with burns. The body dropped with a wet thud to the floor. Xan ran at the second dragonkin who tossed Lois into the kitchen like a used tissue.

Christine Rains (0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00). 1303-TheDragonslayerKindle2 (Kindle Locations 236-239). Kindle Edition.

CHRISTINE RAINS THE GHOST BLOG TOUR

Today, I am hosting, Jeremy Emeerson,
from Christine Rain's

new release,

The Ghost
the last book in the 13th Floor series.

I have read the first two stories in this series and am at the moment reading the third. I have found them to be exciting, well written stories, dealing with paranormal beings who because of their unfortunate situations, find refuge on the 13th Floor of a mysterious apartment building in the Mid-west city of Carmine, halfway between Indianapolis and Chicago.

I extend my congratulations to Christine on this release,
and welcome Jeremy, to my blog.
It is a pleasure to have you pay a visit!

I hope The Ghost is a great success, Christine!

MEET JEREMY EMERSON

Do you have a cigarette? Yeah, not like I can smoke it, but standing around chatting like this makes me want to have something in my hand. A drink's equally unlikely. I haven't learned how to touch anything in the physical world yet. Sometimes it really sucks being a ghost.

I've been told to watch my language talking to you. Though cutting back on the cussing seems like a minor worry when you have a monster out to eat you. I mean, literally. It drinks your life energy, drains your very soul. That's freakin' terrifying! All I am is my soul now. Not that it's a pretty thing like Chiharo's. She shines bright as a star. We can't see the fiend, but I bet it's drooling every time it sees her.

Not that I can blame it. Chiharo is gorgeous. She might look delicate, but she's so strong. And I'm not just talking about the fact she can move stuff in the physical world. I've never met a girl like her. The last girl I dated in life had her head half shaved and hair dyed purple. Or was it green? I don't know. It doesn't matter. She didn't affect me like Chiharo does.

Now if only I could convince Chiharo to help me kill the vampire. The bastard murdered me. Left me in a sewer. Yet she goes on about how he's changed and redemption and all that crap. I don't know. Maybe people can change. I've never seen the world before as I do when I'm standing with her. Man, that sounded corny. You can see why I need that cigarette.

The Ghost

(The 13th Floor series, #6)

Christine Rains

Genre: paranormal romance

Release date: July 13th, 2013

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Blurb:

Chiharo Black lives with six supernatural tenants in a haunted building's mysterious thirteenth floor. Of course, no one knows she's there except the cats. Being a ghost can be a bit frustrating and lonely, but it isn't as bad as her mother made it out to be.

Until another ghost intrudes on her territory. Jeremy Emerson wants revenge on the vampire that killed him and won't stop until he has it. To top it off, a nightmarish shade sneaks in and leeches the energy from the building's residents before setting its sights on Chiharo and the thirteenth floor. She can't decide which one is more frightening: the one wanting to eat her soul or the one who might win her heart.

Chiharo must convince Jeremy to stand with her against the hellish parasite. If they cannot work together, the greedy fiend will not only drain their energy but everything that supports the thirteenth floor's existence.

Author Bio:

Christine Rains is a writer, blogger, and geek mom. She has four degrees which help nothing with motherhood, but make her a great Jeopardy player. When she's not writing or reading, she having adventures with her son or watching cheesy movies on Syfy Channel. She's a member of Untethered Realms and S.C.I.F.I. The 13th Floor series is her first self-published series. She has seven novellas and twenty-one short stories published.

Website: http://christinerains.net/

Blog: http://christinerains-writer.blogspot.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorchristinerains

Twitter: https://twitter.com/@CRainsWriter

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4017568.Christine_Rains

Monday, 15 July 2013

WRITER'S 4 WRITER'S (W4WS)

Stephen Tremp Christine Rains

M.Pax and (myself), C. M. Brown

Writers helping other writers to succeed.
Twitter hashtag: #W4WS
Find us on Facebook

An initiative to promote writers and their books (that’s you)!

Our Mission:

• Help writers bring awareness of their book(s) to tens of thousands of new people

• Help writers reach Amazon Top 100 in at least one category (i.e., suspense, free, etc.)

• Increase sales of their book(s) after the promo is over

• Drive new traffic to their blog and increase following

• Create verbal and viral buzz.

W4W's is held the third Monday each month!

How it Works: The spotlighted author will choose a social media avenue, such as Twitter or Facebook (or both). Then, the good people of Blogdom will promote the author’s book to their Twitter followers or Facebook friends, that is, incredibly large new audiences the author could not reach on their own.

Facebook: The writer posts an image of their book along with a short blurb and a link to Kindle on their blog. Visitors simply click the Facebook page, then share the link with their FB friends. https://www.facebook.com/Writers4Writers

Twitter: The author posts pre-written Tweets on his/her blog. At your convenience, simply copy and paste Tweets into Twitter. Or go to #W4WS on Twitter and Retweet.

W4WS Now Open To The General Public! W4WS has been very successful. So much so that many people have asked if they can post links to their books on the W4WS Facebook Page. So we’ve decided to open it up for anyone and everyone the first ten days of March and see what happens. If it works out, then we can repeat this every month moving forward. No sense letting the W4WS FB page lay idle for all but a few days each month. But please, no spamming!