Featured Author: Yvette Callioro (YA Fantasy)
Yvette M. Calleiro is a heavily addicted reader of both young adult and adult novels. She spends most of her time psuedo-living in paranormal worlds with her fictional friends (and boyfriends). She’s also been known to ride the stationary bike at her gym for hours while reading anything from paranormal to fantasy to suspenseful thrillers.
When she’s living amongst real people, Yvette M. Calleiro is a middle school Reading teacher. She’s been sharing her love of literature with her students for over fifteen years. Besides writing about the various characters that whisper (and sometimes scream) in her head, she enjoys traveling, watching movies, spending quality time with family and friends, and enjoying the beauty of the ocean.
Yvette lives in Miami, Florida, with her beautiful son who allows her to enjoy children’s literature all over again. She also shares her space with an assortment of crazy saltwater animals in her 300-gallon tank.
The Chronicles of the Diasodz is a young adult fantasy series that follows Sofia as she discovers that she is a Diasodz, a being created by the Goddess to heal and protect humans. She learns that the Diasodz are dying, and she is the only one who can restore their powers and reinstate the balance between good and evil. The five book series follows her journey as she learns about the secrets kept from her, discovers betrayals of all kinds, and experiences challenges and struggles that make her re-evaluate everything she ever believed in. This is a series full of twists and turns that you will leave you wanting more!
Special Guest: Vashti Quiroz-Vega (Fantasy, Horror, and Suspense Thriller)
Vashti Quiroz-Vega is a writer of fantasy, horror, and suspense/thriller. When she isn't creating extraordinary worlds or fleshing out powerful characters, she enjoys reading, traveling, kayaking, photography, and seeking adventures. She lives in Florida with her husband and fur baby, a Pomeranian named Scribbles (who's also her writing buddy).
The Fall of Lilith
'Forget what you learnt in Sunday School ...'
In The Fall of Lilith, Vashti Quiroz-Vega crafts an irresistible new take on heaven and hell that boldly lays bare the passionate, conflicted natures of God’s first creations: the resplendent celestial beings known as angels.
If you think you know their story, think again.
Endowed with every gift of mind, body, and spirit, the angels reside in a paradise bounded by divine laws, chief of which are obedience to God, and celibacy. In all other things, the angels possess free will, that they may add in their own unique ways to God’s unfolding plan.
Lilith, most exquisite of angels, finds the rules arbitrary and stifling. She yearns to follow no plan but her own: a plan that leads to the throne now occupied by God himself. With clever words and forbidden caresses, Lilith sows discontent among the angels. Soon the virus of rebellion has spread to the greatest of them all: Lucifer.
Now, as angel is pitted against angel, old loyalties are betrayed and friendships broken. Lust, envy, pride, and ambition arise to shake the foundations of heaven . . . and beyond. For what begins as a war in paradise invades God’s newest creation, a planet known as Earth. It is there, in the garden called Eden, that Lilith, Lucifer, and the other rebel angels will seek a final desperate victory—or a venomous revenge.
“[A] compelling narrative that . . . strays far from traditional biblical text . . . A well-written, descriptive, and dark creation story.”—Kirkus Reviews
In The Fall of Lilith, Vashti Quiroz-Vega crafts an irresistible new take on heaven and hell that boldly lays bare the passionate, conflicted natures of God’s first creations: the resplendent celestial beings known as angels.
If you think you know their story, think again.
Endowed with every gift of mind, body, and spirit, the angels reside in a paradise bounded by divine laws, chief of which are obedience to God, and celibacy. In all other things, the angels possess free will, that they may add in their own unique ways to God’s unfolding plan.
Lilith, most exquisite of angels, finds the rules arbitrary and stifling. She yearns to follow no plan but her own: a plan that leads to the throne now occupied by God himself. With clever words and forbidden caresses, Lilith sows discontent among the angels. Soon the virus of rebellion has spread to the greatest of them all: Lucifer.
Now, as angel is pitted against angel, old loyalties are betrayed and friendships broken. Lust, envy, pride, and ambition arise to shake the foundations of heaven . . . and beyond. For what begins as a war in paradise invades God’s newest creation, a planet known as Earth. It is there, in the garden called Eden, that Lilith, Lucifer, and the other rebel angels will seek a final desperate victory—or a venomous revenge.
“[A] compelling narrative that . . . strays far from traditional biblical text . . . A well-written, descriptive, and dark creation story.”—Kirkus Reviews
Special Guest: Cheryle Williams, YA (Paranormal, Contemporary, Historical)
Cheryle Williams is a freelance creative writer from Pittsburgh PA. She writes sweet young adult fiction for Desert Breeze Publishing. Her first novel is a YA angel paranormal, Stairway to Heaven. Her second is a YA contemporary about teen stress in high school, Strangers in the Province of Joy. Her third, to be released soon, is a YA historical about a Scots-Irish girl on the western Pennsylvania frontier in colonial times, Eden on the Frontier.
Author website: http://www.cherylewilliams.net
Email: [email protected]
Cheryle is also on Facebook every day posting photos of birds and nature, please friend her at Cheryl Elaine Williams at link below:
https://www.facebook.com/cheryl.e.williams.5?fref=nf
Author website: http://www.cherylewilliams.net
Email: [email protected]
Cheryle is also on Facebook every day posting photos of birds and nature, please friend her at Cheryl Elaine Williams at link below:
https://www.facebook.com/cheryl.e.williams.5?fref=nf
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HEAVEN IS JUST THE BEGINNING....
- What's the next step when you die young? You don't stop existing. You continue to exist in another form and there's an astonishing new realm of experiences that await. You can't go back but the stairway that lies ahead of you is oh-so-intimidating. You don't want to go it alone. You want to make friends. You yearn to make a contribution of some kind. You want to find out what you're really made of, since you didn't have a chance to show your full potential back on earth. You find that heaven's a Second Chance World with rules all its own. You don't want to mess up this time around.
- Frightening but fun and you don't really have to go it alone...within certain boundaries. Not the same as old earth, but not bad, all in all. But then, you have no other choice at this point of your existence. As long as you don't get yourself locked up in the Tower for misconduct and if your wings pop out in good time....
- STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN has themes of early death, angels, and the afterlife. Sixteen-year-old actress with an attitude Minx Reston dies filming a Christmas special when Rudolph the Reindeer kicks her in the head. She finds herself floating above her battered body in a world of gray terrors, alone in a wasteland between earth and the heavenly realms.
- A rescuer is on the way, Reid, who died at age seventeen and will always be seventeen in heaven in his angel form. Bringing more complications of his own. He has important duties as a flyer against demons and rescuing a lost soul isn't one of them. Minx is on a learning curve here where all is new.
- Stairway to Heaven has a satisfying conclusion as a standalone novel that invites at least one sequel, Highway to Heaven.
Special Guest: Christie M. Stenzel, Multi-Award Winner YA Paranormal
Multiple award-winning independent author Christie M. Stenzel has published five books thus far, with another nearing publication in the near future. Writing and reading are her passions and she primarily writes fantasy stories with an emphasis on the supernatural. As she has diverse interests, she has also written a suspense/thriller short story and plans future books in other genres as well. She holds multiple degrees, her current "day job" is as an ultrasound technologist, and in her spare time enjoys physical activities like yoga, running and weight lifting.
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Have you ever received shocking news that turned your life upside down? Would you love to have magical powers based upon the color of your eyes?
Imagine the shock of being eighteen year old Remy Verbetta and finding out that you are not 'human' and also are not from this 'world'.
Remy’s life is turned upside down when she suddenly finds out her entire life has been a lie. Another 'world' is living and breathing along side our own, a kind of alternate dimension.
On her eighteenth birthday, Remy finds out that she is not 'human', but is actually a member of an ancient and almost extinct race called the Occuli. Each Occuli has different magical powers based solely on their eye color.
This captivating, multiple award-winning, supernatural fantasy novel, follows Remy on a journey of self discovery, magic, mystery, romance and betrayal, as she tries to figure out a way not only to survive, but also find a way back to her true home and save the Occuli from extinction!
(Recommended for ages 16+)
*Voted MOST POPULAR BOOK January 2016 on Indie Author's Library!!
*Voted MOST POPULAR BOOK in November 2015 on BooksGoSocialDaily.com!!
There are 2 other books published in the series so far, with a 3rd almost finished.
My series website is: www.theocculi.com and my author website is: www.christiemstenzel.com.
Imagine the shock of being eighteen year old Remy Verbetta and finding out that you are not 'human' and also are not from this 'world'.
Remy’s life is turned upside down when she suddenly finds out her entire life has been a lie. Another 'world' is living and breathing along side our own, a kind of alternate dimension.
On her eighteenth birthday, Remy finds out that she is not 'human', but is actually a member of an ancient and almost extinct race called the Occuli. Each Occuli has different magical powers based solely on their eye color.
This captivating, multiple award-winning, supernatural fantasy novel, follows Remy on a journey of self discovery, magic, mystery, romance and betrayal, as she tries to figure out a way not only to survive, but also find a way back to her true home and save the Occuli from extinction!
(Recommended for ages 16+)
*Voted MOST POPULAR BOOK January 2016 on Indie Author's Library!!
*Voted MOST POPULAR BOOK in November 2015 on BooksGoSocialDaily.com!!
There are 2 other books published in the series so far, with a 3rd almost finished.
My series website is: www.theocculi.com and my author website is: www.christiemstenzel.com.
The first book in my series, The Grey Eyed Storm: The Occuli, Book One:
**OFFICIAL FANTASY SELECTION - 2016 New Apple Book Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing!!!
**2016 Readers' Favorite BRONZE MEDAL WINNER for BEST FANTASY BOOK!!!
**OFFICIAL FANTASY SELECTION - 2015 New Apple Book Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing!!!
**Awarded 2016 BOOK OF THE YEAR from Books Go Social.com!!
"The next movie from a well written fantasy book. Harry Potter and Twilight fans get ready for the Grey Eyed Storm" by Michelle Knox
"RIVETING FROM START TO FINISH!!" by T.D.
Special guest ~ Fantasy Author
Belinda Mellor
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Listen to the Silvanii sing and fall under their spell. Deep in the wildwood there are trees that are home to the Silvanii – dryad-like spirits of the great trees. They are powerful, wise, and – for the most part – benign. Their voices are sublime, but their song can undo the human mind.
‘What a lovely book. Literate, elegant and charming, with a touch of whimsy, this is a story in the high fantasy style of Tolkien, although on a more domestic scale.’
‘'Silvana: The Greening' is definitely for readers who enjoy great prose as much as a great story.’
‘A beautifully crafted book, which entrances and enthrals from the beginning to the end. This is not a genre that I usually read and I did not expect to find that once I started reading, I would be unable to put it down. I am looking forward to the sequel.
‘What a lovely book. Literate, elegant and charming, with a touch of whimsy, this is a story in the high fantasy style of Tolkien, although on a more domestic scale.’
‘'Silvana: The Greening' is definitely for readers who enjoy great prose as much as a great story.’
‘A beautifully crafted book, which entrances and enthrals from the beginning to the end. This is not a genre that I usually read and I did not expect to find that once I started reading, I would be unable to put it down. I am looking forward to the sequel.
Special guest ~ Sue Perkins, Fantasy Romance & Children's Author
Sue has written many fantasy books for juveniles, young adults and adults. She is presently branching out into self-publishing with her juvenile books.
Contact Sue Perkins
Author website
Contact Sue Perkins
Author website
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Adrian's Story
Adri is frustrated. Life is dull and restrictive in Boone and he longs for adventure and travel. Several of his friends feel the same and they decide to set out into the wilder interior of the continent. On the afternoon of their departure adventure comes to them in the form of dragons spouting flames. Talei is a survivor from the first settlement to be attacked. She pleads with the Boone councilors for help in the fight against the dragons, but the elders seems more concerned with their own safety. Adri and his friends accompany Talei on her return journey in the hope of finding the excitement they long crave. |
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