Thrillers: The hot sauce and chutney of literature. Bonnie Toews serves them up well!

Hot sauce and chutney can wake up the senses and so can a well-written thriller. Award-winning business journalist, Bonnie Toews covered the delivery of aid to Rwanda following the genocide in 1994 and observed first-hand why Harry Belafonte, then ambassador for UNICEF, called Canada's peacekeepers "the best in the world." Today she lends her voice to our Canadian Veterans Advocacy on her Homecoming Vets blog and writes edgy, espionage thrillers. 

I am fond of any books having to do with World War II, but a spy thriller makes it all the more gripping.

Watch the book trailer for The Consummate Traitor, Book one in the Trilogy of Treason:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWlf6t0KqpQ

Want to see more? 
Click here: http://www.authorbonnietoews.com/

Mark your calendars! Happily Ever After set for release April 17th.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Happily Ever After: The Write More Publications Fractured Fairy Tale Anthology, is set for release April 17! The pre-order is just .99 cents! Here's the link below. Also, please add it to your To Read list on Goodreads! Special thanks to the amazing authors featured in this anthology: Dana Piazzi, Jordan Hancock, Kim Stevens, Elaine White - Author, Vanessa Hancock, Michelle Feury, and Stephanie Parke! The blog tour link will be posted soon! 
Amazon Pre-Order: smarturl.it/HEA_Amazon
Goodreads: smarturl.it/HEA_Goodreads
SYNOPSIS: From princesses and princes, to witches, ice queens, imaginary friends, and dorks, Happily Ever After: The Write More Publications Fractured Fairy Tale Anthology has it all! Seven unforgettable stories by seven talented authors! Some stories are fractured takes on classics, while others are originals that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page!
For updates on the blog tour, stay tuned by liking this page: https://www.facebook.com/Write-More-Publications-328324847212568/?fref=nf

What can you publish on Wattpad? Jessica Samuels can show you!

Jessica Samuels has published an eight-part story on Wattpad entitled Blood Fire and Moon Watch. What's it about?  Telekinetic and edgy Serena Saban just started her last year of high school, and when she spots a guy named Oliver Scott and meets Jason Sullivan it leads to an investigation that allows her to discover her true potential. Oliver Scott is a werewolf sent to Solar Cosmo High school to find and stop the werewolf hunters, and when he finds out he has to work with Serena all bets are off since she is his soul mate, and unfortunately he is promised to another..

Jessica is a Journalism student whose publications include The Killer Contract Agency, link: https://www.createspace.com/5818839 Being a Vampire in Retail Sucks, link: http://bit.ly/1Q71pzh and short stories for writing contests including A Vampire Bar.

If you want to read more about Serena Saban, click here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/2410529-blood-fire-moon-watch

Don't wait to publish your excellent short fiction. Wattpad is here!

I was recently in contact with my nephew on Facebook. He told me his wife has written some excellent short fiction, but both of them have a very busy schedule. My niece is not the only one who has a tight schedule and quality fiction inside of her. Wattpad allows you to either publish a book chapter by chapter or publish short stories, novellas, etc. This website is very well known and can give your work an instant audience. This is a great alternative to spending months, if not longer on completing a novel. You can even get register on their site using your Facebook page.
Here is the website if you want to check it out: https://www.wattpad.com/

Check out The Mountain Shadow, the long-awaited sequel to Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts.

Gregory David Roberts' epic novel, Shantaram, introduced millions of readers to a cast of unforgettable characters in the hidden heart of Bombay through Lin, an Australian fugitive, working as a passport forger for a branch of the Bombay mafia. In The Mountain Shadow, the long awaited sequel, Lin must find his way in a Bombay run by a different generation of mafia dons, playing by a different set of rules.

It has been two years since the events in Shantaram, and since Lin lost two people he had come to love: his father figure, Khaderbhai, and his soul mate, Karla, married to a handsome Indian media tycoon. Lin returns from a smuggling trip to a city that seems to have changed too much, too soon. Many of his old friends are long gone, the new mafia leadership has become entangled in increasingly violent and dangerous intrigues, and a fabled holy man challenges everything that Lin thought he'd learned about love and life. But Lin can't leave the Island City: Karla, and a fatal promise, won't let him go.

Want to know more? Click here: http://www.the-mountain-shadow.com/

Book Blitz tomorrow! Check out Stephanie Greenhalgh's The Twistedly True Guardian Tale, #2 of the Ruby Hood Series.

I have read both books and find them exciting. Now you can sign up for this book blitz and maybe win a $25 Amazon gift card. Interested? Click here: http://yaboundbooktours.blogspot.com/2016/01/book-blitz-sign-up-twistedly-true.html

Haven't read the first book? You can download the Kindle ebook for 99 cents. Just click here: http://amzn.to/1ofWSRr

He paints, he writes! Meet Carlos Aleman and read about his new release.

The new release: When body parts begin to wash upon the sea wall in Havana, Diego runs to inform his policeman friend, Octavio. Arriving at the scene, both realize that the remains belong to someone they once knew, the mysterious Lorenzo. All are eventually suspected of being involved in a secret plot. As an investigation is made into the circle of friends, it becomes evident that Lorenzo’s widow, Cleofas, holds many of the missing pieces of the puzzle.  Meanwhile, in Miami, there is a man also named Diego living a parallel existence, unaware that his life is intertwined with the lives of those in Cuba. He is called to make the ultimate sacrifice to be with the woman he loves.
Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Diego-Two-Places-Carlos-Alemán/dp/0997002018

The Author: Carlos Delgado Alemán is a Cuban American writer, painter, illustrator, book cover designer (including the award-winning Battle for a Soul by Manuel Melendez), digital product artist/prototyper and web designer (Onstream Media). An early e-book draft of this novel entitled As Happy As Ling was a finalist in the 2012 International Latino Book Awards. In 2013, the release in paperback of Happy That It’s Not True was named one of the best novels of the year by the Latina Book Club. He was a judge in the 2014 National Association of Hispanic Publications’ José Martí Awards.
He recently published a retrospective art book entitled The Dark Chocolate Art of C. D. Aleman featuring his paintings and kokeshi dolls along with his personal story. In the book, Aleman introduces the the term Dark Chocolate as a way to perceive the arts as well as the journey of discovery. He will be featured on WPBT, Channel 2 for Art Loft in 2016.Carlos lives in Sunrise, Florida with his wife Jean. He has two granddaughters.  Every few years he exhibits his paintings in a local gallery.

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