REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Holiday Cure for the Cursed (Melting the Snow Anthology) by Lindsey Gray

Holiday Cure for the Cursed Summary:

Daniel Digby is cursed by his good looks. After years of sexual harassment, he’s convinced wearing a wedding ring is the answer to fending off unwanted attention.

CiCi Newport is cursed by her family’s money. When men look her way, all they see are dollar signs. After two years, her “no dating” rule is still in place.

After a chance meeting, they’re entwined for the holidays. What starts as attraction might just be the holiday cure they’re looking for.

Lindsey Gray’s Biography and Links:

Lindsey Gray dreamed of several different careers as a child. On the short list were doctor, chef, and actress. None held her attention like putting pen to paper and creating her own world through words. Since 2010, she has published three novels and one short story with The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House. In 2013, she went on her first self-publishing adventure and produced her novella, "Fireworks".

A mid-west native, Lindsey enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, rooting for the Green Bay Packers, reading whatever she can get her hands on, and making life interesting at every turn.

Link List:

Blog: http://lindsey-gray.blogspot.com/

Facebook: https://facebook.com/LindseyGray11

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LindseyGray11

Goodreads Author Page: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4505542.Lindsey_Gray?from_search=true

Amazon US Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Lindsey-Gray/e/B004MSX224/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Amazon Germany Author Page: http://www.amazon.de/Lindsey-Gray/e/B00D2CJVOE/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

Amazon France Author Page: http://www.amazon.fr/Lindsey-Gray/e/B00D2CJVOE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1380236557&sr=8-1

Libboo Buzzboard: https://www.libboo.com/buzzboard/lindseygray11

GIVEAWAY LINK

Sarah's Review: 

Thanks to Lindsey Grey and Ren Rom Publishing for giving us the opportunity to read and review this anthology.  This is the first story I have read of Ms. Grey's and I have to say, I really enjoyed it.   With it being a short story, it makes it a little tougher to review because I don't ever want to give anything away.  

This story had just the right amount of romance but also enough drama that I truly enjoyed it.  The prologue caught my attention and then I was hooked with the first chapter.  

When your past is filled with things that can leave you feeling bad and more cautious, fate has a way of providing a way to help you overcome those horrible things.  For me, this story gave me hope that good things will come in time.  Even romance when you are least expecting it.

PROMO: Frozen Moments (Melting Snow Anthology) by Michele Richard

Frozen Moments Summary:

The Sentinels live in our future and are the Keepers of Time. Sentinels have the responsibility of guarding the once gifted and proclaimed golden-children of the greatest government’s scientific communities. With the collapse of the world, they now hide and try to correct the downfall that nearly led to the end of life.

A team of technically-altered humans race through frozen landscapes to save those they can and try to correct the flawed outcomes that threaten to create the catastrophic future. They’re faster, stronger, and more agile than those living in the time period. These unknown heroes live on low income jobs while they report to Melanie Shepherd, who freezes time to assist them in their endeavors.

Is an event ever too big for them to stop?

Michele Richards Biography and Links:

Michele Richard is an author and the CEO of Renaissance Romance. Michele wrote the “Mocked by” series including Mocked by Destiny and the Mocked by Faith trilogy. She writes what comes from the heart.  Raised in Maryland, Michele currently resides in the Boston area. When Michele is between books, her days are filled with family and friends. Her greatest passions are traveling and learning new languages. She is currently learning French, Spanish and ASL, and one day hopes to be fluent in them. She has never met a language she didn’t like.

In 2012, Michele opened Renaissance Romance Publishing with her partners, Lisa Bilbrey and Laura Braley. Together, the three run the day to day workings of a small press.

 “Mocked by” series:

Mocked by Destiny

Mocked by Faith

Mocked by Faith ~ Healing the Faith

Mocked by Faith ~ Affirming the Faith

Parasouls: Divine Intervention

Anthologies:

Changes of the Heart (Life is More Than Candy Hearts)

10 Days to Love (Harvest Treats)

The Roommates (Sugarplum Dreams)

Novellas:

 10 Days to Love

Changes of the Heart

The Roommates

Where to Michele:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MicheleA.Richard

Blogger: http://michele-richard.blogspot.com/

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michele-richard/31/516/203

Twitter: https://twitter.com/M_A_Richard

Twylah: http://www.twylah.com/M_A_Richard

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4573125-michele-richard

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/TheMicheleRichard

Tumblr: http://www.michele-richard.tumblr.com

Purchase Michele’s books on:

Amazon: http://amzn.to/H3JGGT

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/michele-richard

itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/michele-richard/id461078709?mt=11

Renaissance Romance Publishing: http://www.renaissanceromancepublishing.com/

PROMO: The Truth Seekers by Elizabeth Lawrence

The Truth Seekers

Elizabeth Lawrence

Summary:

At the turn of the century, the Victorian upper classes live in a vibrant but strictly-ordered world that encourages gentle, intellectual pursuits. Theirs is a life of ease and elegance, but it can be snatched away from them in an instant if the rules of polite society are not followed. Gothic novelist Geoffrey Hawes has never been willing to let such restrictions hold him back, and he refuses to honor conventions for which there is no discernible value. When he spends a social season in a community created to celebrate the Arts, music, and philosophy, he is unexpectedly befriended by the daughter of the Governor, Miranda Claridge.

Bitter and disenchanted with the privileged and wealthy, Geoffrey finds his beliefs repeatedly challenged by the intelligent and vivacious Miranda. In the midst of their heated debates on the mores of the upper class, this unlikely friendship blossoms into a passionate love. He encourages her to pursue her interest in painting and gives her a new understanding of what relationships between men and women should be. Meanwhile, Miranda begins to open his eyes to all that is wonderful and beautiful and good in the world.

Geoffrey at last accepts that he has fallen in love with Miranda, but misunderstandings and lies come between them. Knowing that Miranda believes it is her duty to marry, he prepares himself to hear news of her wedding. Geoffrey attempts to escape the pain of her perceived rejection by traveling and throwing himself into his work. However, he cannot run forever. One day, he encounters Miranda again and soon discovers that she is not the same woman he left behind. Can the couple realize that they each must relinquish some of their prejudices and preconceived notions before it is too late? Can love really conquer all?

Links:

About.Me: http://about.me/elizabeth.lawrence

Blogger: http://elizabeth-lawrence-author.blogspot.com/

Facebook (Page): https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethMLawrence.Author

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6475848.Elizabeth_M_Lawrence

Twitter: @ELawrenceAuthor

Author Bio:

Elizabeth Lawrence is the author of both contemporary and period romances. Each book incorporates its own unique blend of humor and reverence, the peculiar and the mundane. In addition to her novels, Elizabeth serves as a freelance editor. A lifelong writer and former paralegal, Elizabeth divides her free time between her husband and two sons, her three cats, her collection of cozy murder mysteries, and her mildly severe caffeine addiction. A native of Lawrence, Kansas, Elizabeth now works from her home in Cleveland, Ohio.

Buy Links:

Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-M.-Lawrence/e/B009FDEGIA/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_4

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/elizabeth-m.-lawrence

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/elizabethmlawrence

Diesel, a Book Store: http://www.dieselbookstore.com/search/kobo?author_filter=Elizabeth%20M.%20Lawrence

Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/Search?query=Elizabeth%20M.%20Lawrence&fcsearchfield=Author

Sony Reader Store: https://ebookstore.sony.com/author/elizabeth-m-lawrence_426614

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/elizabeth-m.-lawrence/id566161709?mt=11

PROMO: The Halleluiah Baby by Kathleen Martin

Summary:

Treez McDuffy is a single woman who’s recently retired from a  forty-year-long-lifeless job. She’s now faced with facing herself.   The wounds from her childhood  reopen, having never really healed.   They’re responsible for her unwillingness and inability to have formed any type of meaningful relationship.    She is alone without any sense of purpose or belonging and consoles herself with endless cigarettes, liter-boxes of Merlot and micro-waved frozen dinners.  

Something happens that ignites a transformation.  One morning she hears the sound of Canada geese flying over her apartment on their way home.  They’re calling her to join them.  She rushes out onto her balcony and is overwhelmed by the momentous display of this huge flock of geese flying overhead.   It stirs something inside her which has lain dormant for years – hope to change her life.   But to change, she has to change everything.  

She terminates the lease on her the rent-controlled apartment she’s had for thirty years, cashes in her retirement savings,  buys a new car, adopts a dog, aptly named, Guido, from the local pound and sets out to travel the Trans Canada Highway on a tentatively planned journey to the Badlands of South Dakota.

On day of her departure, she suffers an extreme anxiety attack after travelling only a few blocks from her old apartment.   Somehow the realization of what she’s done has remained safe in her imagination but now it’s reality.   She fears she’s made a very reckless and foolish decision but it’s too late to turn back.

What starts off as a trip to the Badlands veers dramatically off course as she encounters people and events, both natural and supernatural that steer her in a whole new direction. She is challenged in ways she has never experienced before.  She is on an odyssey of rebirth and self-discovery.

Author Bio and Links:

Kathleen Martin is a Gemini-nominated writer for film, novelist and playwright.  Her first book “Penny Maybe” was published in Canada and in Germany.  She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and a little herd of little dogs.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kathleen-Martin-Author/216453405059269,

https://twitter.com/katx123

 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3127294-penny-maybe-a-novel

https://www.facebook.com/groups/centralphoenixwritersworkshop/

http://authorsinfo.com/index.php?option=com_community&view=profile&Itemid=167

Tour Schedule:

11/26: FS Meurinne Book Enticer –Promo/Excerpt

11/27: Elizabeth M. Lawrence – Guest Post

11/28: Lisa Matley -- Review

11/29: Jennifer Garcia – Promo/Excerpt

11/30: N. Wood -- Interview

12/01: K.L. Platt – Promo/Excert

12/02: Lorenz Font – Guest Post

12/03: Sarah Says Read Romance – Promo/Excerpt

12/04: Wyndy Dee – Promo/Excerpt

12/05: S.A. Jones – Review

12/06: Jude Ouvrard – Promo/Excerpt

12/07: Mich’s Book Reviews -- Review

12/08: Matt Lutz – Review

12/09: R.E. Hargrave -- Review