Authors, book review, noir suspense, T.A. (Trevor) Belshaw

Out of Control by T.A. Belshaw ~ BOOK REVIEW

December 11, 2015 Melanie Leave a comment

OUT OF CONTROL

BY T.A. BELSHAW

Genre: Noir-Suspense
Release Date: Aug 25th 2015

It began with a trivial moment of carelessness, but the shockwaves that reverberate from this seemingly insignificant incident, spread far and wide.

Ed and his heavily pregnant wife Mary are on an errand for Ed’s ailing father before the pair depart for warmer climes. But the winter of 1962 comes early and one innocuous event and a hastily taken decision will have devastating consequences for the family of young Rose Gorton. Mary’s already fragile mental state is put under further stress while Ed tries to make sense of events that are spiralling massively, Out of Control.

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AMAZON UK

AMAZON.COM

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My Review:

I first discovered this wonderful story through a link on Facebook to Trevor’s blog where he had serialized the beginning of the book. I was hooked and wanted more.

When it became available on amazon, I pounced on it. I couldn’t wait to finish reading it to find out how this suspense novella would turn out. Of course, I started over from the beginning to reacquaint myself with the characters and the situation.

From then until the end of the story, I couldn’t put this down! I had to continue reading. I needed to know what came next.

☆☆☆☆☆ to Trevor and his wonderful noir suspense – Out of Control!

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ABOUT TREVOR BELSHAW

Trevor Belshaw, aka, Trevor Forest, is a writer of both adult and children’s fiction. He lives in Nottingham, UK with his mad Springer Spaniel, Maisie. Trevor is the creator of Tracy’s Hot Mail (Crooked Cat Publishing,) and has recently released a noir novella, Out of Control.

Writing under the name, Trevor Forest, he has published fourteen children’s books including the Magic Molly series, The Stanley Stickle series, and Peggy Larkin’s War.

Trevor’s short stories and articles have appeared in various magazines including The Best of British, Ireland’s Own and First Edition. His poem My Mistake was awarded a highly commended status and included in the Farringdon Poetry competition best entries anthology. His children’s poem Clicking Gran, was longlisted in the Plough Poetry competition 2009.

Trevor’s short stories have been published in many anthologies including the charity anthologies. 100 Stories for Haiti, 50 Stories for Pakistan, 100 Stories for Queensland, The Best of Café Lit, (2011 2012 and 2013) The Best of Friday Flash Volume 2, Another Haircut, Shambelurkling and other stories and 24 Stories for Advent.

Twitter @tbelshaw

Facebook Trevor Belshaw and Trevor Forest

Email trevor(AT)trevorbelshaw.com

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Book Promo, erotic, Melissa Foster

After Dark Series Wild Boys Book 3 Jackson by Melissa Foster ~ BOOK PROMO

December 9, 2015 Melanie 2 Comments

AFTER DARK SERIES

BY MELISSA FOSTER

Wild boys

BOOK 3 JACKSON

Wild Boys After Dark: JACKSON (Book 3)
Release Date: 24th November 2015
Pages: 132
Genres: Erotic Fiction

Everything’s naughtier after dark… Fall in love with the Wild & Bad boys. Long enough to burn up the sheets and short enough to leave you craving more.

If raw emotions, cursing, dirty-talk, or intense, passionate sex that sometimes includes a silk tie, turn you off, then the After Dark books are not for you. *NO CLIFFHANGERS*

WILD BOYS AFTER DARK, Book Three

JACKSON

Receiving a marriage proposal is supposed to make a women happy, but when Erica Lane receives a beautiful marriage proposal from her perfect boyfriend on the eve of her annual camping trip with her best friend, Jackson Wild, the first thing she does is jump into bed with Jackson.

Jackson’s all too happy to screw the annoyance out of Erica. After all, they’ve always screwed the hell out of each other when they were bored or angry, lonely, or too damn drunk to see straight.

But the marriage proposal changes everything, and their annual camping trip takes unexpected turns. Will a few nights in the wilderness set these friends with benefits free, or lead them on a path of destruction?

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ABOUT MELISSA FOSTER

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes contemporary romance, new adult, contemporary women’s fiction, suspense, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her books have been recommended by USA Today’s book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the World Literary Café and Fostering Success. When she’s not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine.

Melissa hosts an annual Aspiring Authors contest for children and has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Melissa lives in Maryland with her family.

Visit Melissa on social media. Melissa enjoys discussing her books with book clubs and reader groups, and welcomes an invitation to your event.

Authors Links:

http://www.melissafoster.com/newsletter/

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Book Promo, contemporary fiction, Susan Buchanan

Return of the Christmas Spirit by Susan Buchanan ~ BOOK PROMO

December 8, 2015 Melanie 4 Comments

RETURN OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

BY SUSAN BUCHANAN

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Release Date: 29^th Nov 2015

Christmas is just around the corner when Star begins working at Butterburn library, but not everyone is embracing the spirit of the season.

Sixteen-year-old Arianna’s mock exams are looming and she’s feeling under pressure. With her father living abroad and her mother working three jobs, she doesn’t have much support at home.

The bank is threatening to repossess Evan’s house, and he has no idea how he’s going to get through Christmas with two children who are used to getting everything they want.

Patricia’s cliché of a husband, after 23 years of marriage, has announced he’s moving out of the family home, and moving in with his secretary.

Daniel is doing the work of three people in his sales job, as well as looking after his kids and his wife. Pulled in too many different directions, he’s feeling stressed out.

Can Star, the library’s Good Samaritan, help set them on the path to happiness this Christmas?

BUY LINKS

AMAZON UK

AMAZON.COM

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ABOUT SUSAN BUCHANAN

Susan Buchanan lives in Central Scotland with her partner, Tony, and their two children. She is the author of three other novels: The Christmas Spirit, The Dating Game, and Sign of the Times. Return of the Christmas Spirit is her fourth book. She is currently working on her fifth book, What If.

Susan is also a proofreader, editor, and translator, and when not working, writing, or caring for her two delightful cherubs, loves reading, the theatre, quiz shows, and eating out – not necessarily in that order!

Facebook: www.facebook.com/susan.buchanan.author

Twitter: susan_buchanan

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4216164.Susan_Buchanan

Website: www.susancbuchanan.blogspot.co.uk

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GIVEAWAY

There are 2 giveaways associated with this tour

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Enter the tour giveaway to win an ecopy (x2) of Susan’s book THE DATING GAME

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Christmas, Santa, Santa's lists

Have You Been Naughty or Nice?

December 4, 2015 Melanie Leave a comment

Naughty or Nice?

Today is Santa’s List Day

Today is the day that Santa makes his lists. He makes two – one for the naughty people and one for the nice folks.

Which one will you be on?

Have you been naughty or nice since this time last year?

Candy or coal? If you’ve been bad, you could get a lump of coal in your stocking.

If you’ve been good, you might get candy or fruit, or colouring book (children’s or adult) and crayons/markers, or other small gifts.

I remember getting a book of passes to our local movie theatre in my stocking and occasionally something that went with a gift that would be under the tree from Santa.

Guess I was always on Santa’s nice list.

Which list of Santa’s will you be on?

Book Promo, erotic, Melissa Foster

After Dark Series Wild Boys Book 2 Heath by Melissa Foster ~ BOOK PROMO

December 2, 2015 Melanie Leave a comment

AFTER DARK SERIES

BY MELISSA FOSTER

Wild boys

BOOK 2 HEATH

Wild Boys After Dark: HEATH (Book 2)

Release Date: 17th November 2015

Pages: 232

Genre: Erotic Fiction

Everything’s naughtier after dark… Fall in love with the Wild & Bad boys. Long enough to burn up the sheets and short enough to leave you craving more.

If raw emotions, cursing, dirty-talk, or intense, passionate sex that sometimes includes a silk tie, turn you off, then the After Dark books are not for you. *NO CLIFFHANGERS*

WILD BOYS AFTER DARK, Book 2

HEATH

Everything’s naughtier after dark…

No last names. No strings. No ties.
Except of the silk variety.

Dr. Heath Wild and Allyson Jenner only wanted a simple tryst. But Heath couldn’t live with just one night, just one taste, of Ally–and Ally couldn’t escape the memory of his hands on her skin, the way he looked at her like she was his obsession, or his seduction, which had pushed her to the edge and had made her want to do things she never had before.

One night leads to one tantalizing phone call. Can one phone call lead to forever?

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ABOUT MELISSA FOSTER

Visit Melissa on social media. Melissa enjoys discussing her books with book clubs and reader groups, and welcomes an invitation to your event.

Authors Links:

http://www.melissafoster.com/newsletter/

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#amwriting, NaNoWriMo

#NaNoWriMo is over! Are you relieved?

December 1, 2015 Melanie 6 Comments

#NaNoWriMo is over! It started like this… with an idea. If you were really organized, you had an outline done ahead of time.

and you worked like this… getting all those lovely words down ‘on paper’.

had moments like this… when your imaginary friends quit talking to you.

overcame them and wrote like this… when the voices got over their snit and started talking again.

and at the end of it all, you look like this… frazzled, feeling punchy and starving!

I didn’t set out at the beginning of November to complete 50,000 words in the month. What I wanted to do was write every day (something that I’ve not always made time for).

I might not have a ‘winner’ badge for having my numbers crunched by the #NaNo algorithm and having the minimum number of 50,000 but I consider myself a winner because I achieved everything I wanted to in the month.

At 3:39 yesterday afternoon, I had completed 21,813 words… I’ve got my beginning and my middle, but I still don’t know how my magnum opus is going to end. That is really unusual for me. Under normal circumstances I know the ending and write it first. Then I have the fun of getting there. I’m in uncharted waters here and I’m not sure I’m liking it.

I didn’t outline and as I wrote merrily away, I discovered major flaws in my logic. Oh well, scenes can be cut and pasted and new transitions between them written, not to mention returning the array of plot bunnies that will undoubtedly be released to run amok safely to their warren.