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Seventh Star Press will be offering a ton of their books free this Christmas week. Are you getting a kindle for Christmas or giving one? Fill that awesome new toy with a ton of free books.

I’ve read all but one of these books and highly recommend getting them all if you don’t have them already. Enjoy the free reads and have a bookish good Christmas

From December 24-28th, SSP has an open house on Amazon Kindle including all of its authors who have eBooks available!  Many genres and styles available!  All books include cover art and interior artwork   from the award-winning artists Matthew Perry and Bonnie Wasson! The free books include the following (along with additional titles available for sale from each author):
SpookHouse
Spook House by Michael West (horror, a Harmony, Indiana Novel.  Other Harmony Indiana tales include the novel Cinema of Shadows, and th…e short stories Goodnight, and For the River is Wide and the Gods Are Hungry.  Michael’s urban fantasy series The Legacy of the Gods includes Book One, Poseidon’s Children)
Redheart
Redheart by Jackie Gamber (YA Fantasy, Book One of the Leland Dragon Series.  Book Two, Sela, is available) http://www.amazon.com/Redheart-Leland-Dragon-Series-ebook/dp/B004VFNJIA
obsession
Haunting Obsession by R.J. Sullivan (Paranormal Thriller, A Rebecca Burton Novella.  Also available from R.J. is Backstage Pass, a Rebecca Burton Short Story) http://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Obsession-ebook/dp/B008Y2SVS4
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The Brotherhood of Dwarves by D.A. Adams (YA Fantasy, Book One of the Brotherhood of Dwarves Series.  Book Two, Red Sky at Dawn, Book Three, The Fall of Dorkhun, and Book Four, Between Dark and Light are also available) http://www.amazon.com/The-Brotherhood-of-Dwarves-ebook/dp/B0076OCAKG
Angelkiller
Angelkiller by H. David Blalock (Urban Fantasy, Book One of the Angelkiller Triad.  Book Two, Traitor Angel, is also available) http://www.amazon.com/Angelkiller-The-Triad-ebook/dp/B006CR84AI
Overkill
Overkill by Steven Shrewsbury (Sword and Sorcery, a Gorias La Gaul Story.  Other available Gorias La Gaul tales include the novel Thrall, and the short stories Author and Finisher of Our Flesh, Beginning of the Trail, and Insurmountable) http://www.amazon.com/Overkill-ebook/dp/B007X0G9IW
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Crown of Vengeance by Stephen Zimmer (Epic Fantasy, Book One of the Fires in Eden Series.  Book Two, Dream of Legends, and Book Three, Spirit of Fire, are also available, as well as the short stories set in the same world, including Lion Heart, Land of Shadow, and Into Glory Ride.  Stephen’s urban fantasy series, The Rising Dawn Saga, includes Book One, The Exodus Gate, Book Two, The Storm Guardians, and Book Three, The Seventh Throne, as well as the short story set in the same world, Temples Rising.)http://www.amazon.com/Crown-Vengeance-Fires-Eden-ebook/dp/B0039PU8EQ
The seven titles spotlighted above are free on Kindle the entire week from Monday through Friday!

Welcome to the Feed Your Reader Giveaway Hop hosted by the lovely I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Books: A True Story

My giveaway is for a friends recent release. Steven Shrewsbury has many books out, the newest Hell Billy I am offering in your choice of format. Open internationally.

Fill in the rafflecopter and keep your fingers crossed.

When a series of bizarre murders take place in reconstruction era Memphis, former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest is summoned to help solve matters. The occupying Union forces Commandant, General Michaels, sees members of his family killed in a fashion unique to a killer in Forrest’s cavalry brand, one William Hells. Nathan assures him Billy died in the war. However, when the Commandant’s brother is murdered, Billy is captured before Forrest’s own eyes. Confused over the implications that a man he buried still lives, Forrest finds some consolation in Hells execution…until Billy again strikes Michael’s kin at a whorehouse the next day. Again, Billy is shot dead and Michaels thinks his family safe.

But he’s wrong. Billy returns again.

For some, the war isn’t over and Hell walks on two legs.

A story of revenge, courage and redemption, HELL BILLY treads on the borderlands of the human soul and what lies across the brink.

 

Steven L. Shrewsbury hails from Central Illinois, enjoys football, history, guns, politics and good fiction. 365 of his short stories have been published in print or digital media. His novels THRALL, STRONGER THAN DEATH, HAWG, TORMENTOR, and GODFORSAKEN run from horror to historical fantasy. He’s also collaborated with other authors, notable Nate Southard in the Hardback limited novel BAD MAGICK and Peter Welmerink with BEDLAM UNLEASHED. His novel OVERKILL came out in Spring 2012 from Seventh Star Press.

 

 

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Sunday Shorts is a new meme started by the CabinGoddess.com. The rules are easy, a short story, an anthology of short stories, a novella, or a quick weekend read that is also short on your wallet!

 

Today’s Short is a book by an author who kindly guest posted just yesterday. He’s great fun, a good friend and with his new short story out how much more perfect could the choice be?

Beginning of the Trail is a preamble to Overkill Steven Shrewsbury’s most recent release. It and the other shorts stories available on Gorias La Gaul expand on this larger than life character. For only 99 cents you’d be crazy to not sample a hearty tale.

 

 

 

Overkill review.    Beginning of the Trail available for Kindle and Nook



Mailbox Monday is a weekly event started by Marcia, and is now hosted on a blog rotation. Martha of Reviews by Martha’s Bookshelf is the host for the month of May.

Like my dragon mailbox? I found it on Vegan Flower who I hope doesn’t mind my using it for Monday Mailbox post. Now to the books.

Dragons was fitting with my getting a free ebook copy of Redheart by Jackie Gamber. I hope you all got a copy as well.

I got a free copy of Dare Me some sexy short erotica that I saw mentioned in a facebook group I’m in. All those groups are awesome and with luck it’ll get me to read up for my erotica reading challenge I am so going to fail all my challenges this year I can already tell. Le sigh.

The Cabin Goddess mentioned Sandcastle and other stories in a recent post, then when I had the option to review it whenever I had the time omg no deadline I said yeah send it on over.

I purchased a copy of Skull Full of Kisses by Michael West and HAWG by Steven Shrewsbury from smashwords only $2.99 each and both authors are friends of mine so yeah support those authors and get some great reads!

 

 

Lastly my only physical book Shadow and Bone from MacMillan and part of the awesome Fierce Reads collection of YA books. I think I have one more coming my way.

 

 

 

Okay one thing that I forgot to post in last weeks post and this one but I remembered before the post went live is a ring I won from Boobies, well on Boobies her blog I mean. Anyway she had a giveaway for this super cool ring from Wired Essentials and I was the uber lucky winner. See


I totally love it. Hand made and so pretty. It fits perfect I forgot to take a pic because my brain is made of Swiss cheese but this is what it looks like. Check the Etsy store for awesomeness. Thank you to Boobies and Danielle


Overkill by Steven Shrewsbury is free on amazon today and tomorrow be sure to get a copy.

Steven Shrewsbury has created with Gorias La Gaul a larger than life character. A prequel to Thrall we get to enjoy more of Gorias and his most excellent adventures, be they bedding endless ladies or killing the bad guys in the most spectacular of fashion.

This story is great fun with many laughs, endless action and fantastically well written battle scenes. I found myself cheering Gorias on wanting to know how it ended and gaping in shock that a 700 + year old man had the stamina of a 19 year old. Go Gorias.

Gorias is a character to get to know. One who will charm the pants right off you, or slice them off as the case may be.

This is a great read for those who enjoy action, adventure, sword fighting and a great deal of humor in a story. One to add to the TBR list, I’m already looking forward to the next one in the series.

Deliverance will come… A great flood once wiped clean the earth, destroying everything upon it. Before the deluge, in a time now forgotten, the world was a place of warriors and witches, conflicts between kingdoms, and, until their extermination, dragons. In this world, men may live centuries, fallen angels have begotten terrifying spawn, and sometimes, the best hope can be found in a brothel.

In the land of Transalpina, a new religion spreads, and important men are dying mysteriously, slain by what can only be the fire of dragon breath. Summoned by the Queen Garnet, the legendary warrior Gorias La Gaul returns to the place where he once saved the queen’s young granddaughter from treachery and enslavement. The Princess Nykia is gone, and soon others may try to claim the throne. The queen has little choice but to turn to the only man who ever told her no.

With the aid of one of the queen’s elite guard, the battle maiden Alena, and the young palace servant Orsen, the old mercenary will face pirates and traitors, monsters and foul magic in the quest to find the missing heir and learn the truth behind the disconcerting murders. Deliverance will come for Gorias La Gaul, but for now there are women to love, secrets to discover, and killing that needs doing.