Purgatory Reigns Facebook Party Countdown: Author Emma Michaels

This week I'm joining with other young adult authors to promote our joint online Facebook Party that's coming up this Saturday. We also have two Twitter chats scheduled. We join Kate Tilton's twitter chat #K8chat this Thursday night from 8-9pm CST and on Friday we will have our official Twitter chat. During my hour of hosting duties for the Facebook Party, I plan on doing some book trivia and some character interviews with characters from Skid and my new upcoming paranormal romance novel My Girlfriend Bites. Details for the Twitter chat and the host schedule for the Facebook Party are at the bottom of this post. 

Today I welcome indie author Emma Michaels to the blog!

My Favorite Character 

by Emma Michaels

The last time I was asked who my meanest character was I answered with Caleb from my Society of Feathers series and while he is still the cruelest (though has his reasons for being such) I am working on a new project that I would say might give Caleb a run for his money when it comes to being mean. Only in my new project the character who is meanest just happens to be very different from the way he might seem whereas Caleb simply is what he is, even if he was made that way. BUT since Owlet which features Caleb is already out, with the sequel coming out soon and my current project is still a work in progress, I will just have to go with Caleb who still wins the prize for meanest character at this point.

Caleb is in a way the villain in Owlet though in many ways he isn’t a villain at all, he is the primary reminder of everything that is wrong with the society and in book two, we get to have a more in depth look at both Caleb and the Society of Feathers as a whole as Iris fights for her life and the safety of those she loves. While in Owlet her friend were the ones protecting her in book two the tables quickly turn and she realizes it is her turn to be the protector. She isn’t willing to keep hiding. 

Eyrie is set to come out this October! If you would like to get your hands on Owlet before then here is a blurb and the cover!

Somewhere between falling and flying… there is a girl.

Iris has a secret. She lost her memory eight years ago and never told a living soul. After an asthma attack one night she finds out that her dreams of a strange house on a snowy island may be a memory resurfacing but the more she learns about the past the more she realizes the life she has been living is a lie. As the façade her father has built starts to crumble around her she will have to decide which means more to her; the truth or her life.

Kindle | Nook | PDF | Smashwords | iBookstore | Google Books

Thank you so much Doug for featuring me on your blog!

Party Host Schedule – Saturday, May 18^th, 2013

3pm-4pm (EST) Kymberlee Burks-Miller

4pm-5:30pm (EST) Emma Michaels
5:30pm-6pm (EST) LM Preston
6pm-7pm (EST) Linda Foster
7pm-8pm (EST) Doug Solter
8pm-9pm (EST) KaSonndra Leigh
9pm-10pm (EST) LM Preston Party Close Out

TWITTER PARTY: Friday, 5/17 at 7pm-9pm EST, use the hashtag #PurgatoryReign and @LM_Preston prizes include $5 Amazon Gift cards for 2 winners & books, swag prizes

FACEBOOK PARTY:  

Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/371743026256005/

Starring 5 other authors and blog hosts, tons of prizes and fun.

About Purgatory Reign by LM Preston

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance, Action Adventure

Book Trailer Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atvKA9E4bPI&feature=youtu.be

Read sample: http://www.freado.com/book/13273/purgatory-reign

Brief description of Purgatory Reign

Seventeen-year-old Peter Saints’ life stinks. But things are about to get much worst. First, his parents are murdered in front of him. Then another victim dies in his arms.

Visions plague Peter with warnings that something wants him for a sinister cause. It desires the one thing that Peter refuses to give – his blood. Peter carries within him the one gift or curse that could unlock a secret to destroy the human race.

On the run with Angel, a girl disguised as a scruffy kid, Peter starts to unravel the mystery. It’s the one treasure the heavens sought to hide from the world. Unfortunately, when Peter finds the answer he hopes that will save them, he opens the door to a great evil that happens to be salivating to meet him.

By LM Preston,

(www.lmpreston.com)

Order Below:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Indie Bound

Books A Million

Kobo

Smashwords 

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Purgatory Reign Facebook Party Countdown: All About Me

This week I'm joining with other young adult authors to promote our joint online Facebook Party that's coming up this Saturday. We also have two Twitter chats scheduled. We join Kate Tilton's twitter chat #K8chat this Thursday night from 8-9pm CST and on Friday we will have our official Twitter chat. During my hour of hosting duties for the Facebook Party, I plan on doing some book trivia and some character interviews with characters from Skid and my new upcoming paranormal romance novel My Girlfriend Bites. Details for the Twitter chat and the host schedule for the Facebook Party are at the bottom of this post. 

Today is my turn on our group blog tour so I wanted to give some of you a little insight into Samantha Sutton, the main character of Skid.

1. Samantha is a passionate yet stubborn teen girl with a temper she always struggles to control.

2. Her mother hates the fact her daughter races cars. She wants Samantha to go to Junior College since it's much safer.

3. Samantha is the middle sister and the only daughter who shared her father's love for racing. He died in a car crash. Samantha vows to make those racing dreams they both shared come true.

4. The girl doesn't think about death. It's bad luck to think like that when you're racing a car over 200 miles per hour. Fear can freeze you up and make you lose your edge. And your nerve.

5. Her parent's farm is near a small town in Oklahoma. When she travels to Europe to race in Formula 1, Samantha has to adjust to a new world with new pressures, new expectations, and new problems.

6. Samantha hides a secret that could rip her family apart. A family that means everything to her.

7. Boys and Tomboys can be a tricky mix. When Samantha befriends the nephew of the racing team's owner, she struggles with trying to hold on to a friend who wants to be so much more.

8. Samantha loves Amsterdam. The canal boat rides are her favorite. Especially when you can share it with the right boy.

9.  Samantha hates it when it rains. Especially when she has to race a car in it.

10. She meets her all-time racing hero and must race against him. Samantha finds that heroes can sometimes be the greatest enemies.

Thank you so much for stopping by and reading. Please feel free to say hello on Twitter, visit my website, or shoot me an email. I would love to hear from you!

If you'd like to give Skid a spin, you can purchase the ebook for 99 cents on Kindle and Nook. But if you download it free on Kobo, ITunes, and Smashwords. Or if you prefer, you can buy the paperback on Indiebound, Barnes and Noble, or Amazon.

More about Skid:

Samantha drove the car that killed her dad. Now racked with guilt, the 17-year-old girl racer from Oklahoma promises to fulfill the racing dreams they shared. Even if it kills her. Samantha sneaks into a private testing session and impresses the eccentric owner of Formula 1 racing team who takes a chance on the outspoken, yet crazy-talented girl.

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Samantha pushes herself, pushes her car, pushes her luck at 200 miles per hour. She battles a seven-time world champion and Ferrari racing god who was once a crush-worthy hero to a girl, but now a dream-crushing rival to a young woman. Samantha befriends the nerdy-cute nephew of the team's owner who she leans on for support and to keep her sanity. Yet his gentle advances beyond friendship clash with Samantha's racing goals. How does a girl manage all this?

More about the author:

Growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Doug went to college at nearby Oklahoma State where he earned a B.A. in Radio/TV/Film production. Doug started writing screenplays in 1998 and became a 2001 semi-finalist in The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for his fifth screenplay, Father Figure. His tenth script, Rail Fan, became a quarter-finalist in 2009. Soon after, Doug made the switch to writing young adult novels. Skid, a young adult novel set in the world of Formula 1 racing, is his first.

Party Host Schedule – Saturday, May 18^th, 2013

3pm-4pm (EST) Kymberlee Burks-Miller
4pm-5:30pm (EST) Emma Michaels
5:30pm-6pm (EST) LM Preston
6pm-7pm (EST) Linda Foster
7pm-8pm (EST) Doug Solter
8pm-9pm (EST) KaSonndra Leigh
9pm-10pm (EST) LM Preston Party Close Out

TWITTER PARTY: Friday, 5/17 at 7pm-9pm EST, use the hashtag #PurgatoryReign and @LM_Preston prizes include $5 Amazon Gift cards for 2 winners & books, swag prizes

FACEBOOK PARTY:  

Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/371743026256005/

Starring 5 other authors and blog hosts, tons of prizes and fun.

About Purgatory Reign by LM Preston

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance, Action Adventure

Book Trailer Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atvKA9E4bPI&feature=youtu.be

Read sample: http://www.freado.com/book/13273/purgatory-reign

Brief description of Purgatory Reign

Seventeen-year-old Peter Saints’ life stinks. But things are about to get much worst. First, his parents are murdered in front of him. Then another victim dies in his arms.

Visions plague Peter with warnings that something wants him for a sinister cause. It desires the one thing that Peter refuses to give – his blood. Peter carries within him the one gift or curse that could unlock a secret to destroy the human race.

On the run with Angel, a girl disguised as a scruffy kid, Peter starts to unravel the mystery. It’s the one treasure the heavens sought to hide from the world. Unfortunately, when Peter finds the answer he hopes that will save them, he opens the door to a great evil that happens to be salivating to meet him.

By LM Preston,

(www.lmpreston.com)

Order Below:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Indie Bound

Books A Million

Kobo

Smashwords 

RaffleCopter Prize Pack: Paperback or Ebook copy of Purgatory Reign, $20 Amazon Gift Card, T-shirt, a prize from all participating authors

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Purgatory Reign Facebook Party Countdown: Author LM Preston

There’s a Party Going On – Saturday May 18^th, 2013 on Facebook!

Did you hear? There’s a PARTY going on! Twitter this Friday, May 17th at 7pm-9pm EST just use the hashtag #PurgatoryReign

AND...are you listening … AND … A Facebook release party for PURGATORY REIGN!

6 hour Party with Spotlight Authors, trivia games, food, itunes gift cards, list of freebie party favors, interactive chatting, singing, dancing, nonstop games, music, prizes and free stuff!! Author segments each hour that are themed and more giveaways!!!

PURGATORY REIGN, Something Evil This Way Comes…unfortunately for it, Peter Saints awaits…

Prize list:

- itunes gift cards

- free books of course  

- Swag galore from multiple authors

and so much more  

Party Host Schedule – Saturday, May 18^th, 2013

3pm-4pm (EST) Kymberlee Burks-Miller
4pm-5:30pm (EST) Emma Michaels
5:30pm-6pm (EST) LM Preston
6pm-7pm (EST) Linda Foster
7pm-8pm (EST) Doug Solter
8pm-9pm (EST) KaSonndra Leigh
9pm-10pm (EST) LM Preston Party Close Out

TWITTER PARTY: Friday, 5/17 at 7pm-9pm EST, use the hashtag #PurgatoryReign and @LM_Preston prizes include $5 Amazon Gift cards for 2 winners & books, swag prizes

FACEBOOK PARTY:  

Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/371743026256005/

Starring 5 other authors and blog hosts, tons of prizes and fun.

About Purgatory Reign by LM Preston

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance, Action Adventure

Book Trailer Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atvKA9E4bPI&feature=youtu.be

Read sample: http://www.freado.com/book/13273/purgatory-reign

Brief description of Purgatory Reign

Seventeen-year-old Peter Saints’ life stinks. But things are about to get much worst. First, his parents are murdered in front of him. Then another victim dies in his arms.

Visions plague Peter with warnings that something wants him for a sinister cause. It desires the one thing that Peter refuses to give – his blood. Peter carries within him the one gift or curse that could unlock a secret to destroy the human race.

On the run with Angel, a girl disguised as a scruffy kid, Peter starts to unravel the mystery. It’s the one treasure the heavens sought to hide from the world. Unfortunately, when Peter finds the answer he hopes that will save them, he opens the door to a great evil that happens to be salivating to meet him.

Blog Post:

The Meanest Character You ever wrote

Introducing Gavin Steele, he's the #1 villain in my 2013 new series PURGATORY REIGN

He's the most evil, conniving, slightly deranged character I've ever created. And he scares me. I'm going to share just a taste of what happens when he comes on the scene.

Note: this isn't the final edited excerpt from Purgatory Reign

Gavin knew from experience he’d only have a short time to get his answer before the greedy one would consume the spirit in which it hid and demand the price. “The name of the one who can stop me, the one I should remove from the equation,” he demanded from the psychic.

She hissed, and her white pupils turned on him. “Peter. Peter Saints.”

Her body jerked from side to side in an attempt to fight her way free of an invisible force, but it was too late, the price would be paid. For one moment, shock and fear laced her expression before she slumped to the floor, permanently silenced. He slipped his hands into his pocket, pulling out rubber gloves and a knife that he calmly unfolded. For a brief moment he stared in space while in thought.

“Peter. Peter Saints.” the sound of the name left a foul taste on his tongue.

Shrugging off his jacket, he grinned. Messes, he hated to leave messes. And tonight, like all the other nights, he’d clean it up.

By LM Preston,

(www.lmpreston.com)

Order Below:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Indie Bound

Books A Million

Kobo

Smashwords 

RaffleCopter Prize Pack: Paperback or Ebook copy of Purgatory Reign, $20 Amazon Gift Card, T-shirt, a prize from all participating authors

a Rafflecopter giveaway

My First Ever Gif Interview

The brilliant book blogger Kate Tilton interviewed me on her blog today! What's cool about this interview is that I could only answer her questions using pictures instead of words. Kind of challenging but it was fun. For some reason my answer to the first question isn't animating so if you want to get the full answer to that one, right click save as and view it on your computer. That way the gif should animate correctly.

There's also a little teaser about my new young adult werewolf book My Girlfriend Bites. And if that's not a good enough reason, Kate is also giving away a paperback copy of Skid signed by yours truly along with some cool bookmark swag I'm throwing in.