Obedience Ties That Bind Series Book One Liza Snow Genre: Romantic Suspense Date of Publication: April 4th 2023 ASIN: B0BXJZFW6S Number of pages: 617 pages Word Count: 155000 Cover Artist: MiblArt Tagline: He’d searched a lifetime for the perfect student. She’d always dreamed he’d be her teacher. Together they’ll
soar in the silks. Book Description: Cassandra Growing up, I was mesmerized by a man soaring the skies. The greatest silk aerialist in the world, Chandler Moreau. He was once my lifeline, the dream I clung to after my parents died. I’ve always believed he was my destiny. To join him at the Dreamers Academy. To perform for him. To soar with him. He’s more than I ever imagined. Far more than a mentor. When I am high in the silks, turning, flying, falling, he’s my lifeline once again. Twisting my heart and my body into knots like the knots of his beloved Japanese rope bondage, Shibari. I don’t want to live without him. With each lesson, each touch, I crave more. Only he can satisfy me. And only he can destroy me… But I must keep him safe from the past that relentlessly follows me. Chandler
She is my protégé, the student I’ve been waiting to take under my wing for my entire career. Someone with whom I could share my lifelong journey in my family’s circus, Cirque du Lys. I never intended to fall in love with the student I was supposed to protect—from myself and the demons that lurk in my shadows. But sometimes fate has other plans. Cassandra, my beautiful butterfly. I know she’s off limits. Forbidden. Still, I want her in my life. My heart. My bed. My grandfather’s taunting words still linger. Mieux vaut plier que rompre. Adapt and survive. It’s what we must do. Cassandra and I share a history that entwines us more than the silks we’ve spent our lives mastering ever could. There are secrets from the past that must never be told. And truths that could destroy what we’ve just begun…
About the Author: A bestselling independent author from Florida, Liza has been putting romance books into her readers hands for over a half decade and has loved every minute of it. Liza lives with her husband, her two dogs and her cat, ten minutes from the beach. When she isn’t writing, you can often find her walking and enjoying outside, with a coffee and a book in hand. Website: http://www.lizasnowauthor.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lizasnowauthor Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/lizasnowauthor Newsletter: http://bit.ly/3yBrJhm
She stopped in front of Kari and
knelt. Despite the darkness of her eyes, they gleamed with untold levels of
cruelty. Kari had always seen such evil inside of Raven, yet she had never
imagined
things like this.
“I want you to ask a different
question, Kari. I want you to ask yourself, what are you going to do to stop
me?”
About the
Author:
Valerie Storm was raised in Tucson, Arizona. Growing up, she
fell in love with everything fantasy. When she wasn’t playing video games, she
was writing. By age ten, she began to write her own stories as a way to escape
reality. When these stories became a full-length series, she considered the path to
sharing with other children and children-at/heart looking for a place to call
home.
Publisher: Ocean Reeve Publishing Queensland Australia
Throughout this book we learn about the sufferance of a baby boy, unwanted by his teenage parents.
This boy grew up with an aggressive and womanising father that constantly reminded him that he was a mistake that ruined his father’s life.
While been beaten and mentally abused, all he craved from his parents was love but received nothing but humiliation and sufferance from his father.
This caused detrimental trauma to the young boy, and he grew up believing that he would never achieve anything in life.
I was this little boy, and this is my story.
What Readers Are Saying
“Great read, very compelling, could not put it down. Read in one sitting. You are a good guy, glad that I know you!”
– Peter Healey
“Reading Escaping my Demons gave me an insight into how difficult Joseph’s childhood was … This would be a good self-help book for those who have had less-than-ideal family life and the proof has shown that in the end we make our own lives and can choose toe either be a victim or a winner.”
-Vicki Ebert
“The book ‘Escaping my Demons’ is Fagarazzi’s road map to the emotional freedom he now enjoys today.”
-Kez Wickham St George
Joseph Fagarazzi was born in Venice, Italy in 1951. His life story, and his book, Escaping My Demons, are based on his strength and persistence in surviving as an unwanted ridiculed child by biased parents.
The life of a cat groomer isn’t just pampering purring felines, it’s murder.
Mobile Cat Groomer Molly Stewart loves her job. Until she finds the dead body of one of her pet parents stabbed with a garden implement in his back yard. When Molly’s uncle Russ becomes the prime suspect in the murder and the sheriff won’t consider anyone else, Molly claws through obstacles as she prowls for clues.
With help from handsome veterinarian Hank Chenowith and Molly’s two cats, Percival and Jasper, will Molly succeed in proving her uncle’s innocence before the real murderer pounces on her?
Ruth J. Hartman spends her days herding cats and her nights spinning mysterious tales. She, her husband, and their cats love to spend time curled up in their recliners watching old Cary Grant movies. Well, the cats sit in the people’s recliners. Not that the cats couldn’t get their own furniture. They just choose to shed on someone else’s.
Ruth, a left-handed, cat-herding, farmhouse-dwelling writer uses her sense of humor as she writes tales of lovable, klutzy women who seem to find trouble without even trying.
Ruth’s husband and best friend, Garry, reads her manuscripts, rolls his eyes at her weird story ideas, and loves her despite her insistence all of her books have at least one cat in them. See updates about her cozy mysteries at Ruthjhartman.com.
She voiced one of Disney’s most infamous villainesses. With her husky timbre and most unforgettable cackle, Betty Lou Gerson terrified an entire generation as Disney’s original “Cruella de Vil” in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). Betty used her whiskey-soaked voice to give us an innovative portrait of elegant villainy beyond entertainment’s stereotypical “old hag” antagonists in radio, film, and television. She had a prolific radio career in both Chicago and Hollywood before the silver screen and was featured in many popular television series in the 1950s and 1960s such as Perry Mason, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and Hazel. Though “Cruella” is perhaps her most recognized role, she also performed in other beloved film classics including Cinderella (1950), Mary Poppins (1964), and Cats Don’t Dance (1997).
The great irony of Betty’s story is that while her voice frightened audiences through nearly all mediums, off mic, she was in fact no villainess at all. Betty traversed through some of the most volatile eras in American history, while overcoming many personal tragedies of her own. She was among twentieth century entertainment pioneers and an iconic voice of feminism.
Learn the compelling story of Betty Lou Gerson as the “voice of villainy.”
Lona Bailey is a Golden Age of Hollywood researcher and writer of “Uncredited: The Life and Career of Actress Virginia Gregg” and “The Voice of Villainy: The Betty Lou Gerson Story.”
As a PhD and former therapist, Lona is passionate about telling the untold #storiesofwomen who perhaps weren’t finished using their own voices during their earthly journeys. Lona is a mother of three with a balanced perspective on the multidimensional elements involved in legacy-maintenance with particular interest in the preservation efforts of the #GoldenAgeofHollywood. Lona’s #biographic works are delicately researched and written with a candid and fair pen and plenty of room for levity.
#OldHollywood holds millions of secrets in its gothic #sensationalism; with its #darksecrets, come just as many shimmering triumphs– and Old Hollywood wouldn’t be as we know it without both.
It’s been almost a century since Zachary Philips was turned into a creature of the night. A brooding man with a thirst for freedom and for blood. When he hears of the prophesied Vampire Queen being reborn, he hatches a plan to gain his freedom. Soon, their lives collide and although they are opposites, their sizzling sexual chemistry binds them together. It doesn’t take too long before Ivy Litt finds herself ensnared by Zachary. She also realizes she can’t stay away from him. If only she knew about the web of lies he was spinning. Will Zachary’s past and cry for freedom ruin his one chance of happiness, or will Ivy’s thread of humanity change the course of what could be something special?
Silver Medal Winner – Suspense Fiction – 2017 Global Ebook Awards
“…fun and fast-paced…Packed with thrills and fun characters…” Ashton, Beauty, Books & Babble
“Katerina—I need some help. Be a good girl and come over here and I’ll make it worth your while.”
It’s an offer NYC college student Katerina Mills should refuse. But how can she?
A desperate situation….
After ditching her cheating lover (and boss), she’s stuck in dead end temp jobs. Her dad just ditched her mom and his promise to pay Kat’s college tuition bill. She has two weeks to come up with $14,000 or she’s out of her apartment, out of school, and out of luck.
A dangerous world….
Katerina falls into a job as a “fixer” for New York City’s wealthy and privileged men. They have problems they need “fixed,” quick and on the QT, and they’re willing to pay. The rules are simple: collect the money, use your contacts, fix the problem.
Kat’s first job is easy: tail a shopaholic socialite wife. But who’s tailing Kat? Kat’s second job is not so easy: steal a VHS tape hidden in an antique chest. She can’t do it alone. To be a thief, she needs a thief: handsome, reclusive Alexander Winter to be exact.
Kat soon learns the real rules for a fixer: there are no rules, there are no refunds. Get in. Get results. Get gone. As every step brings her closer to her goal and closer to danger, there’s one rule left for Katerina Mills to learn: once you’re in, there’s no getting out.
Silver Medal Winner – Thriller Fiction – 2017 Global Ebook Awards
“The Fixer: The Killing Kind (The Fixer – Katerina Mills Book 2) by Jill Amy Rosenblatt is every bit as good, if not better, than the first book in the series. Even more action is packed into this edge-of-your-seat tale as Kat leads us on another thrilling journey.” Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews
Kat’s back and in over her head with cops, criminals… and killers.
Christmas is around the corner but professional “fixer” Katerina Mills isn’t feeling the holiday spirit, juggling college classes, a lovesick cop, and demanding clients.
Obnoxious hedge fund manager Simon Marcus wants Kat to get his prized Porsche back from his vengeful wife—but Simon isn’t the only one after the car.
Rock star writer Paul Patel needs something “special” to finish his next bestseller—something that will send Katerina straight to prison if she gets caught.
And what about mysterious Thomas Gallagher? His jobs are simple and easy. Is he just a bored billionaire, or is he watching Kat’s every move, making his own plans for her?
Katerina needs help. Enter handsome, elusive thief Alexander Winter. He’s back, tutoring Kat in all things criminal. But is that all he’s going to teach her?
Katerina Mills is still haunted by her first assignment…and her first assignment is about to come back to haunt her…a deadly enemy who’s closer than she thinks…
Kat’s back for the third installment in the suspense thriller series that’s been called “a rollercoaster ride of an adventure.” (Jennie Reads)
“My name is Katerina Mills. Make sure I disappear.”
Katerina Mills is getting out . . .
Desperate to escape a psychotic former client, a vengeful mobster, and a dirty DEA agent, professional “fixer” Kat Mills is ready to drop out and disappear.
She doesn’t trust her employer, the shadowy MJM Consulting, but Katerina can’t say no to one last job for the biggest score yet, enough money to get lost for good . . . until the client asks the impossible . . .
Dmitry Zilinsky claims he is a direct descendant of Russia’s last Tsar, Nicholas II, and he demands Katerina steal the item that will prove it.
Kat must get the job done or she can’t make her escape. But when professional thief Alexander Winter reappears in her life, Katerina Mills faces a new choice: go it alone or risk everything to be with the one person she doesn’t want to live without?
Jill Amy Rosenblatt is the author of Project Jennifer and For Better or Worse, published by Kensington Press.
She received her master’s degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Burlington College.
The Fixer crime/suspense series is Jill’s first adventure in self- publishing. The Naked Man, The Killing Kind, and The Last Romanov are available wherever eBooks and paperbacks are sold.
She is currently editing the fourth book in the series, The Good Criminal.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to visit with you. I’m so happy to be here.
What are your top favorite books/authors? So many to choose from! I know I’ll make this list and then a week later realize I forgot one. Richard Stark – Parker series Donald Westlake – Dortmunder serries Daniel Silva – Gabriel Allon series The Road: Cormac McCarthy Atonement: Ian McEwan Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen The Widow’s Season: Laura Brodie A Prayer for Owen Meany: John Irving Janet Evanovich: Stephanie Plum series 1984 – George Orwell
How long have you been writing? I’ve been writing since college. I started with screenwriting because I love movies. I had worked on a screenplay for a while and then decided to turn it into a novel. It became my first published book, Project Jennifer. Do the characters all come to you at the same time or do some of them come to you as you write? My characters never come to me at the same time. They always come up as I’m writing the story. A character always forms through conversation. When I write, I always start with a conversation between two characters and then they reveal themselves by what they say and then what they do.
What kind of research do you do before you begin writing a book? All kinds! I love research! But sometimes I wish it was possible to write something without having to look something up first! I read books and articles; I do internet searches. If it’s possible to walk in the character’s shoes and visit the place I’m writing about, I will definitely do that. I have been so fortunate to be able to interview experts and ask questions to ensure that I’m on the right track with the plot and details. Any errors in any of my books are my fault as the writer, not the wonderful people who are so kind to talk with me.
Do you see writing as a career? Absolutely. I believe having a full-time career as a working writer is possible.
Do you read yourself and if so what is your favorite genre? Yes, I read as much as I can. My taste in books vary but I always gravitate back to mysteries, suspense, crime, spy novels, and dystopian. Do you prefer to write in silence or with noise? Why? Great question! That depends on my mood and how well I’m able to settle my mind and concentrate on that particular day. Some days I find it difficult to concentrate so I like it quiet. Other days, I’ll put on my headphones and play music. Do you write one book at a time or do you have several going at a time? I was currently working on books 4, 5, and 6, in The Fixer series at the same time. I felt it made sense because one plot line is running through all three books and I didn’t want to complete books four and five and then get to six and realize I left something out! Since then, the stories for the later books are flowing so fast and easy that I’m setting up files for books later in the series and typing everything in while it’s fresh. Pen or type writer or computer? It used to be pencil and yellow legal pad only. That’s changed recently and now I’m typing directly on the computer. I’m not sure the change will work out for the best but since that’s how it’s been working, I’m going to go with it. A day in the life of the author? I work a full-time day job, so after work I will be on the computer for a bit getting some writing done and I write on weekends as well. Usually, I’m so busy during the day that I don’t think about the books at all. If something comes to me, it’s usually while I’m driving to work or driving home from work. Do you have any advice to offer for new authors? I try not to give any advice because what works for one person may not work for someone else. I do suggest that it’s helpful to read as much as possible and read different genres. Describe your writing style. I would say my style is brisk. The books start off a little slow at the beginning but then I pick up the pace until I really try to put my foot on the gas to keep it as exciting as I can as it races to the end.
Thank you again for having me. I appreciate it!
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Tagline: “I’m a rockabilly love’n, hot-to-trot mechanic with a need for speed. A little sass and not much class, but I’ll keep you entertained and your car in the lane.” ~ Gigi Stein
Book Description:
Take a wild ride with Gigi, the former bride of Frank N. Stein, as she navigates the world of rat rod racing and explores the unfamiliar territory of understanding love. With a sassy rockabilly style and a lot of attitude, this stitched-up bad girl will capture your heart with lots of laughs along the way. Join her and her misfit friends, including an adorable Venus flytrap who can be a little naughty. Be careful and read the warning signs in the lobby – Molly Sue bites!
Get ready for motor-revving action as Gigi discovers the truth of the lost romance of her human past, uncovering a hidden agenda for why she’s not like others of her kind. Made for humans and monsters alike, Frank-n-people are nothing more than entertainment and sensual gratification for their owners, created by a madman. Not accepting that as her fate, this undead girl is blazing a path of her own.
With the mad scientist Victor’s decision to grant Gigi free will, she has mustered up enough strength to part ways with her abusive ex-husband, following a cataclysmic event that forces vintage horror monsters into the human realm. When she crosses paths with Fox Adams – a lonely human drifter, he wants to work alongside the beautiful, green-skinned drag racing icon in her infamous monster garage. Confused by the attraction to a man with dreams of racing stardom, it forces her to look into who her host body really is if she wants a future with Fox. Together, they form an unlikely bond that will show her she wasn’t just made to be a living Frank-n-mate doll. She was made for love.
“…It’s
not good for people to have to dwell on death.”
Dropping
her head to fiddle with her garage jumper’s zipper, she let out a breath.
“I worry
about that. Some girls get deactivated when they remember their past.
Frank-n-people can go mad when they remember how they died. They become obsessed
with who they were before.”
Taking his
eyes off the road for a moment, Fox wasn’t about to hear that. “Hell, no. I
won’t let them de-animate you. They’ll have to kill me before I let that
happen.”
In a fit
of sudden anger at the thought, Fox pulled to the side of the road with tires
screeching. The old truck’s body shook violently as it came to a stop and dust
from the roadside swirled around them.
The dirt
that wafted in through the air vents made her choke as she looked at Fox like he’d
lost his ever loven’ mind.
“Are you
nuts? What is wrong with you?”
“I won’t
let them do that to you. You’re not undead, Gigi. I’ve seen others like you.
Those other creations are just basically walking, talking drones. You are
nothing like them. You have a soul with real-life emotions and a beating
heart.”
“That’s
not true, Fox. I was made for Frank. He only wanted sex and a maid, so that was
my design. It may not have been exactly what he ordered, but it’s how it is.
Girls like me are made to serve. That’s it.”
“Really?
Then why is it you have free will? Why are you not still bowing down to his
every whim? And why the hell was he the only Frank-n-man to have a mate made
for him since the original Frankenstein monsters? I’ve seen enough of those sex
dolls to know they do whatever their masters say. You don’t call him master,
nor do you ever refer to him as anything other than an abusive asshole. That,
and whatever other choice word you can think of. If you were made for him, you
wouldn’t hate him so much.”
“So, I’m
just… stronger than the others. Maybe I’m a defective model.”
Fox nodded
in agreement to that because she was right. “Yeah, you are. And for whatever
reason, your creator let you be an individual, and that defect is absolute
perfection. Maybe he didn’t want to see you as Frank’s slave. For whatever
reason, he made you unique. Dare I say… human.”
Gigi
didn’t know what to say. He was right, but no one had ever spoken to her like
that. Even her friends never brought up her creator in such a way, except for
Bear. She had wondered why she was different and why didn’t Victor keep to his
sex doll plans.
“You’re
special, stitches. And I for one, am thankful for it. You’re a kindhearted
soul, and whatever you’re afraid of with Frank, I’ll fight to the death to
protect you. I know Bear would too because that guy sees you like his little
sister. He’s a good guy—you both are.”
“You barely
know me,” she pouted.
“Yeah, but
maybe I’m a man who sees you as more than just some sex toy to get off on.
Others might see you that way, but I don’t. If I ever had the pleasure of
making love to a woman as wonderful as you, it wouldn’t be about sex.”
“Oh yeah?
Then what would it be?” she asked with a snarky tone, but still wanting to
know.
Leaning
in, Fox traced his finger down her lightning bolt scar, making her eyes slam
shut expecting pain to come next. But it didn’t, making her curious as to why.
His fingers traced her scar like it was a precious beauty mark and a soft
breath escaped her lips when realizing he had no intention of hurting her.
When his lips grazed her earlobe, he answered,
“It would be pure ecstasy. I’d make you feel things no man ever could. I’d show
you what your heart wants, but you’re too afraid to see.”
About the Author:
Loretta Kendall started her life with a dream and a story in her mind. For as long as she can remember, she was a storyteller, sharing tales with her friends from her overactive imagination.
After twenty-two years as an image consultant in the beauty and entertainment industry, the Indiana native revisited her childhood love for books while continuing working in photography and graphic arts. As a graphic designer she also spends her time creating book covers and marketing materials for advertising for clients.
She has been writing full time since 2017 following an amazing writing journey that led to the completion of several novellas, novels, serial stories on popular book apps, and anthologies. An award winning, traditional, and self-published author, Loretta has a passion for creating happily ever after romance stories with the perfect mix of steamy and slow burn moments. A hopeless romantic, she lives her own happily ever after of twenty-seven years of wedded bliss with her husband being a plant mom to her favorite Venus flytrap, Molly Sue.
Stephen feels he is marked from day one to lose the ones he loves. His
mother dies giving birth to him, and his alcoholic father makes sure Stephen
never forgets it. To block out his father’s hate, fists, and belt,
young Stephen loses himself in his imagination. Stories become his closest
companions and barricades against a family that never wanted him. Once he
can look his father in the eye, Stephen swears he will never be the monster
his old man is. He vows he will become a published author, if for no other
reason than to prove his father wrong.
While his dreams of being a bestselling novelist and falling in love come
true, Stephen has much to prove to himself before he can write his own happy
ending. Set against the backdrop of Prohibition-era Cleveland, Stephen
fights the same alcoholic demons that plagued his father as he tries to
begin a life free from his family. He meets equally headstrong Julie and is
smitten, but their marriage is as fractured as his career is solid. He can
find ten ways to write about being in love, but he has a hard time
translating love on the page to love in real life. Julie slips between his
fingers like sand, and Stephen sees his father staring back when he looks in
the mirror.
Try as he might to rewrite his life, even going so far as to change his
name, he has to wonder if he is the author or the killer of love.
About the Author
Cynthia Hilston is a stay-at-home mom of three young kids, happily married,
and lives in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. Writing has always been like another
child to her. After twenty years of waltzing in the world of fan fiction,
she stepped away to do her debut dance with original works of fiction,
although she still dabbles in fan fiction.
In her spare time – what spare time? – she devours books,
shamelessly watches Hallmark movies and When Calls the Heart, pets her
orange and black kitties, looks at the stars, drinks wine or coffee with
good friends, and dreams of what other stories she wishes to tell.
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