Adelle Laudan just recently joined us here at AuthorIsland and she wants us to get to know her and her work by throwing a great "get to know her" contest!

Adelle lives in Southern Ontario with two of her four children still under her wing. Life as a single mom to two teen daughters is interesting to say the least. There are three things in life Adelle is most passionate about; family, writing and motorcycles. She invites you to join her on the many twists and turns her stories will take you. Be sure to fasten your seatbelt, it's going to be a ride she hopes you'll not soon forget.

To get your name in the hat for the hat AND the t-shirt, head over to Adelle Laudan's Website to find out the titles of the books she currently has available, Email those titles and which of those you'd most like to read, along with your name and address to AuthorIsland at yahoo.com and please put "Adelle Laudan" in the subject line.  One winner will be chosen on August 15 - Good luck!

THIS WEEK'S AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT IS ON GEORGIA EVANS

Georgia Evans  grew up in England, in a village in the  Mole Valley, her early years filled with family stories about survival and loss during WW2. The magical word of Brytewood and its unusual inhabitants came from a childhood spent surrounded by the remnants and scars of war and the old magic and folklore of the North Downs  all given the free reign of a writer's imagination. And who's to say where History ends and Fiction begins? The village of Brytewood in Surrey is the setting for her new series.

You won't actually find Brytewood on any map of SE England, but the inhabitants are too busy coping with war and disruption to worry about a mere detail like that.

The first book opens in September 1940. Brytewood is in the path of the looming invasion, chock full of evacuees, and missing most of its young men, but everyone is coping and making do and mending.

To a casual observer, Brytewood seems like any other village in that part of the country, but watch carefully. Some of the inhabitants have secrets of their own.

 

 

WIN - Leave a comment or question for Georgia about her new series over on our Author News Blog this week and get your name in the hat for an autographed copy of BLOODY AWFUL, be sure to send your blogger name along with your name and address to AuthorIsland at yahoo.com with "Author of the Week" in the subject line.

LaVerne Thompson is the mother of two teenage girls, a wife, a former intellectual property attorney, a multi-published author, an avid reader and a writer of contemporary, fantasy, and sci/fi sensual interracial romances.  As someone who has lived in an interracial relationship for more than 23years, her husband is an Anglo-American, she is from Trinidad she wanted to write stories that were more reflective of their experiences.

She is an award winning bestselling author, and is currently working on several projects.  When not working on one of her stories, or shuttling her girls to and from school and their various activities, she can usually be found on online. Visit her website to read excerpts of her books or check out her blog at to see excerpts of some of the stories she’s currently working on.

And if you have time, stop by LaVerne's Blog to tell her Aloha and welcome to the Island because I want her to know just how much AuthorIsland readers ROCK!!

To celebrate her arrival at the Island, LaVerne is offering up a Spa Petite Hot Stone Massage Kit and a free download of the winner's choice of one of her books!  To enter, head over to LaVerne's website and check out her BOOKS page to find out the titles of her four available books and then tell me which one you'd most like to win a free download of.  Email your answers to AuthorIsland at yahoo.com, along with your name and address.  Please put "LaVerne Thompson" in the subject line.  A winner will be chosen on August 15th - Good luck!

This hot new story by bestselling Amber Allure author, Carolina Valdez was only released on June 15 and already reached #4 on their June bestseller list!  Needless to say, Carolina is ready to celebrate and she's giving one lucky AuthorIsland reader the chance to win $10 in Amber Quill Cash!!

To enter and get your name in the hat for a $10 gift certificate for Amber Quill Press, head over to Carolina Valdez' website and read the blurb about her new release FORBIDDEN DESIRE to find out what threatens Brian and Stan's new and deepening love. 

Email your answer, along with your name to AuthorIsland at Yahoo.com and please put "Carolina Valdez" in the subject line.  A winner will be chosen on August 15th - Good Luck!

How about a Hot Vampire Romance to make this summer even hotter?

Check out Samantha Sommersby's July Contest to win a signed book from one of her favorite authors - Charlaine Harris!

July is one of Samantha Sommersby's favorite months, partially because that’s when Comic-Con comes to San Diego every year. She's not ashamed to admit it. She is a total geek. One reason she's excited is that it gives her the opportunity to see some of her Buffy Buds - all of them are huge fans of Joss Whedon and Comic-Con gives an opportunity for them to geek-out together!

Charlaine Harris took some time off earlier this year due to her daughter’s graduation. But she will be attending Comic-Con and promoting her newest release in the Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood Series: Dead and Gone, available now in hard cover. A signed copy could be yours!  Just head over to Samantha Sommersby's website and check out all the details!

While you're there, check out FORBIDDEN: THE BIBLE - it's a guide to everything you want to know about Sam's world of FORBIDDEN!

Author Joyce DiPastena's in the mood to celebrate! Usually, she likes to celebrate the “milestones” along the way to the publication of a new novel...signing the contract, seeing the cover art for the first time...and learning that her new medieval romance, Illuminations of the Heart, is available for pre-order at DeseretBook.com!

Since she kind of slipped up on the individual celebrations this time, she's decided to celebrate all three milestones rolled into one!

In honor of her newest Romantic Fantasy, 'Tween Heart's Fire and Devil's Delight, Sam Cheever is offering a chance to win this gorgeous necklace!

Book three in Sam Cheever's Dancin' With the Devil series.

Astra's world is flipped upside down when she's called to a demon nightclub to rescue her magic-phobic sister, Darma. Turns out the event is only a precursor of the weirdness to come. A veil of twisted magic is descending over the Earth and it's making everybody crazy. Humans are killing humans, magic users are killing other magic users, dark worlders are attacking humans at an alarming rate, and madness is rolling over everyone in waves. When the guardian angels start succumbing to a rare disease called Devil's Plague, Astra decides a visit to the prophet is in order. But before Astra can get her arms around it all, she finds herself facing the biggest challenge she's ever had to face, being surrogate parent to a baby dragon. No way! 

It's a whole lot of stuff for one little Tweener to manage. But Astra Q Phelps is definitely up to the challenge.

For all the details on how to enter, head over to Sam Cheever's Website and check out her contest page.  The contest ends on July 31st - Good luck!!

Earth is gripped in a devastating, post-apocalyptic final war that only one nation will be allowed to survive… 

In his quest to bring a proud nation to its knees, Commander John Henson fails to destroy a seemingly insignificant enemy base, and in doing so is captured.

LOST - Commander John Henson, wanted for his lethal ability to obliterate the enemy compound of Fort Millawa, missing in action along with fellow soldier and lover, Salome.

FOUND - “Prisoner X” awakes to find himself a captive of Captain Rachel Dahan. He must now face what he has inadvertently found—a new perspective on the destructive conflict that has torn civilisation apart, and its impact on his very soul. 

A Human Reaction finds a man suddenly no longer dedicated to his old life but struggling for a place in a new world.

To enter to win an autographed copy of this fantastic new futuristic adventure, read the interview with the author, Peter Ashley and leave a comment for him, then read the prologue to find out what Commander John Henson orders his comrade to do.  Send your answers to editor@ll-publications with A HUMAN REACTION Contest in the Subject line - a winner will be chosen July 31st - good luck!

And while you're over at LL-Publications.com check out the poll they have about the ideal price for ebook readers.

Prize

• Red Rose Publishing gift basket 
• Signed print copy of Mountain's Echo by Debbie Gould
• eBook (PDF format) of Chicken Fried Beefsteak by Carolyn Gregg
• eBook (PDF format) of Betraying the Prince by Debra Kayn
• Signed print copy of Acknowledging Meirion by Zenobia Renquist
• eBook download of Fiji on Fire, Fiji on Ice by Eve Summers
• Chocolate bar from Sheniqua Waters

For all the details on how to enter, head to RED ROSE PUBLISHING and click on their contest page.  Have fun and Good Luck!

Book One in Rebecca Royce's series The Westervelt Wolves is due to release on August 3rd with Liquid Silver Books and she's celebrating by throwing a contest just for AuthorIsland.com readers!

Ashlee Morrison has a secret obsession - with a dark and mysterious male. The only problem is that he's a wolf and she's becoming convinced that she's insane.  But Ashlee's wolf is no ordinary canine, he is Tristan Kane, third son in the royal family of the Westervelt Wolf pack.   

Trapped in his wolf form by his evil father's men, he has desperately sought a way out of the predicament and is shocked to find that the beautiful, sad red head who has come to the wolf cage cannot only hear him, but awakens in him the knowledge that she is his mate, the other half of his soul who he has sought for thirty years.  

Ashlee is unaware that she is half wolf-shifter and agrees to accompany Tristan back to his pack to seek answers to her past and understand her future. With the odds stacked against them, Ashlee and Tristan will either embrace their love to save the Westervelt Wolves or be lost forever to despair.

One lucky reader will win a very cool and stylish t-shirt with the fantastic cover to Rebecca's HER WOLF on front.  To get your name in the hat, head to Rebecca Royce's Website and watch the trailer for HER WOLF to find out threaten's Ashlee and Tristan's love.  (if you have trouble viewing the trailer, you can enter by finding the titles of Rebecca's four upcoming releases).  Email your answer to AuthorIsland at yahoo.com, along with your name and address.  A winner will be chosen on HER WOLF's release date - August 3rd - Good Luck!

A brand new anthology is coming this summer featuring stories from New York Times Bestselling author Lori Foster and National Bestselling authors Erin McCarthy and LL Foster and it's available for preorder now!

We've got a great prize package up for grabs to celebrate this fantastic new release!  A poster of the beautiful OUT OF THE LIGHT INTO THE SHADOW cover, autographed by all three authors and an autographed book from each of the three authors backlist! 

The dark and light sides of desire collide in four brand-new novellas by three of today’s hottest authors.

Embrace the darkness and experience the light in this all-new anthology filled with touching stories of happily ever after alongside smoldering tales of irresistibly dangerous, otherworldly passion. From bewitching emotions and untamed desire to dazzling romance and tantalizing sensuality, these novellas explore the complex facets of the human heart—both the light side and the dark.

To enter, visit the websites for all three authors in the anthology to find out what their latest release is.  Email your answers to AuthorIsland at yahoo.com, along with your name and address and be sure to put OUT OF THE LIGHT in the subject line.  A winner will be chosen on the release day - August 4th - Good luck!

BLOODY GOOD, book one in Georgia Evans' Brytewood series, just hit the shelves!  The dust hasn't even settled and we're celebrating the second book BLOODY AWFUL which is now available for preorder and due to release in less than a month!

In the second of Georgia Evans' supernatural trilogy, Gloria Prewitt must reveal her greatest secret to have any hope of saving the people she loves...

As the district nurse for a country village outside London, Gloria has the respect of the town and the satisfaction of helping those who need it most. She'd lose both if anyone discovered that she turns into a furry red fox and runs through the Surrey hills by moonlight. But what she sees on those wild nights suggests Brytewood is under attack - from a saboteur with superhuman powers and the force of the Nazi Luftwaffe behind him.

What can one werefox do against a predator with devastating weapons at his command - and the strength of the undead besides? What can a woman with a secret reveal without losing all she has? With the help of a couple of Devonshire Pixies, a Welsh dragon, and two men too stubborn to admit they're outnumbered, Gloria might just find out the answers...

Enter to win a great Brytewood duffle bag filled with promo goodies and surprises from Georgia Evans and AuthorIsland by heading over to Georgia Evans' website and reading the excerpt to the upcoming BLOODY AWFUL to find out what bomb Andrew dropped on Gloria.  Email your answer to AuthorIsland at yahoo.com, along with your name and address and be sure to put Georgia Evans in the subject line.  A winner will be chosen on July 15th - Good luck!

Author Denise Skelton is getting very excited about her upcoming release of UNTIL NOW which should hit the shelves in just a few short months! And she's celebrating with a new contest for a very Earth-friendly prize!

Terry Meyers’ life seems to be falling apart. Her husband left her and their 2 sons for a woman 10 years her junior, she has a mortgage that she can’t afford, a car that stays broken more than it works and a son who’s going through puberty and seems set to drive her crazy in the process. Add to that the desire to go into business with her cousin, who is adamant that that will never happen and Terry believes her life could not get much worse.

Wade Nelson has moved back to Chicago to work as the new English teacher at Jefferson high. His strained relationship with his father and has kept him away for many years. What his family doesn’t know is that Wade has another agenda for being back in Chicago.

As things seem to go from bad, to worse, Terry decides it’s time to take stock in her life. First on the list, handle her deadbeat future ex-husband. Second, find a new career. Third, swear off men, what’s the point, she always chooses the wrong one, always ends up being used or hurt… Until Now… 

When Wade meets feisty Terry Meyers, the last thing he’s think about being in a relationship with anyone, let alone a woman who has two children, but Terry has a way of finding herself in rather strange situations and he just happened to be the one there to bail her out. With a past that he has never put to rest, Wade, by no means, considered the idea of settling down. Until Now...

This summer, Denise has up for grabs a wonderful Banana Paper Writing set from Costa Rica.  Costa Rica Natural tree-free papers are made from banana plantations agricultural waste.  Choosing post-consumer paper and tree-free papers helps preserve forests and is even better than choosing recycled papers!  The prize package includes, 12 Banana Paper envelopes and 15 Banana Paper sheets with pen, a journal for you thoughts and dreams, and a signed copy of her fantastic novels MY EVERYTHING and FORGOTTEN PROMISES.  

For all the details on how to enter, head over to Denise Skelton's website - and check out her contest page.  While you're there, check out the FANTASTIC buy two get one free deal she has on her home page.

Donna "MacMeans' THE TROUBLE WITH MOONLIGHT is a Romantic Times 2009 Historical Love and Laughter Award WINNER!  And to celebrate Donna is throwing a contest and offering up a fantastic prize package!!  Even though Donna's sexy historical, THE TROUBLE WITH MOONLIGHT, is set in Victorian London, it has numerous references to India.  So the prize will be an enamel elephant box and a book/CD on bellydancing (also from a scene in the book). 

In the midst of a moonlit safe-cracking mission, British spy James Locke witnesses a ruby necklace spirited away as if by conjurer's trick. Following the jewels leads him to Lusinda Havershaw, who's inherited the talent of turning invisible in the moonlight--at least, the parts of her that are unclothed. Locke trains Lusinda in espionage, even while he finds her close proximity bewitchingly distracting. And as their mission to track Russian spies grows treacherous, they'll find that the heart behaves even more mysteriously than Lusinda in the moonlight.

Donna "MacMeans' second novel is ingenious, humorous and intoxicating. Cleverly blending the paranormal with the sensual and suspense with a passionate love story, she fulfills readers' fantasies."--Romantic Times

To enter for your chance at this great prize package from Donna MacMeans, head over to her website and read the excerpt for THE TROUBLE WITH MOONLIGHT to find out what James discovered when he reached out to grab the thing caught in his trap.  Email your answer to AuthorIsland at yahoo.com, along with your name and address and please put Donna MacMeans in the subject line.  A winner will be chosen on July 31st - Good luck!

Erotic romance author Cheryl Dragon just began a new blog in which books and television are her main topics. Each week, she rants or raves about one of her favorite TV shows and would love to have readers share their thoughts on what they love to watch and why.

So to introduce her new blog to our AuthorIsland readers, she's throwing a fun contest and offering up a goodie bag filled with candy, lip balm, pens and bookmarks and an autographed copy of her print anthology LAS VEGAS LUCKY IN LOVE!  To get your name in the hopper, leave her a comment for any post on her blog, your name goes in the hat each time you comment, so the more you comment, the better chance you have to win!

A winner will be chosen on August 1st from all the comments posted in June and July - so be sure to leave her some way to contact you if you're the lucky winner!  Have fun and be sure to let her know what your favorite TV show is!

Marie Treanor's new print release GOTHIC DRAGON, doesn't actually have dragons in it, but she couldn't pass up the opportunity to offer up this fun prize to celebrate GOTHIC DRAGON, her hot and magical historical, now available in print!  One lucky winner will get this fantasy figurine of a serious sorcerer with a crystal ball in one hand, a book in the other and a beautiful green dragon on his back.

Sometimes you can make your dreams a reality...

Stuck in an uninteresting job and settled in a safe but vaguely unsatisfying relationship, the only bright spot in Esther's life is her writing. She's fascinated by colorful life of her ancestor Margaret Marsden, a nineteenth-century Gothic romance novelist. A woman who mysteriously disappeared without a trace.

A weekend away turns into a hunt for clues when Esther stumbles across Margaret's "lost" novel, The Prince of Costanzo. Though desperate to read it, every time Esther opens the book, she falls asleep - and headlong into amazingly vivid dreams about Costanzo.

But in this dream world where war, magic and poisoning are commonplace, nothing is as it seems. Least of all the supposed villain of the novel, the enigmatic sorcerer Prince Drago. She finds herself kidnapped to his castle and subjected to a seductive interrogation that curls her toes.

As their feelings for each other grow more powerful, she begins to wonder...is he the real villain, or a hero who only wants to save his kingdom? All she knows is that now that she's had a taste of Costanzo - and Drago - her real life troubles seem insignificant.

Until they come crashing around her, threatening to cut her off from the man she loves. Forever.

Warning: As well as explicit and delicious sex, this book by Marie Treanor contains the secret of ultimate escapism which could be highly dangerous in the wrong hands. The reader experiments at her/his own risk.

To enter, head over to Marie Treanor's Website  and read the excerpt of GOTHIC DRAGON to find out what Drago offered Esther to drink. Email your answer to AuthorIsland at yahoo.com, along with your name and address.  Please put "Marie Treanor" in the subject line.  A winner will be chosen on July 15th - Good luck!

LL Foster's SERVANT: THE KINDRED is set to release August 25 and is already available for pre-order!  To celebrate, we're giving readers a chance to win the first two books in the series, autographed by LL Foster!!

In the 3rd installment of LL Foster's Servant series, Gabrielle Cody finds herself living with super-detective Luther Cross, while also hunting a deranged killer who wants to be a vampire. Blood drained bodies are left in the wake of a murdering spree. Because the homeless, transient and addicted are targeted, it makes it very difficult for Luther and the rest of the police force to track down the villain.

But for Gaby, finding the psychopath is only a small part of the difficulty. This lunatic knows Gaby, in some ways better than she knows herself.

Is it possible a long lost relative has located her? With family ties involved, and Luther's nearness interfering with her perception of evil, Gaby is up for her biggest challenge – both as a paladin, and a woman experiencing the first hint of love.

To enter for your chance to win, head over to LL Foster's Website and find out how many books are planned for her Servant Series.  Email your answer, along with your name and address to AuthorIsland at yahoo.com and please put LL Foster in the subject line.  Contest ends on SERVANT: THE KINDRED release day - August 25 - good luck!

We have a new blog - The AuthorIsland Author News Blog, to be specific - it's another fun way for AuthorIsland Authors to share their great news with us readers, be it new releases, great reviews, fun new contests, publishing contracts or just to mouth off.

To introduce this new blog to everyone, I'm holding an ongoing monthly contest - every comment made to any of the posts during the month will be put into a hat and one will be drawn to win a fabulous AuthorIsland Book Bag filled to the top with great promo and goodies.

And because I'm hoping the new AuthorIsland Author News Blog is going to be a daily stop in everyone's cyber travels, there will be NO limit to the amount of times you can get your name in the hat!  But because it can be a real pain to hunt down someone from a blog comment, email me your name and address and your blogger name to AuthorIsland at yahoo.com with Blog Contest in the subject line, just so I'll have it and a way to contact you, if you're a winner. 

Have fun and let me know what you think of the new blog!  Good luck!

DL Edwards, author of SWEET DREAMS, a dark, sexy suspense mystery, is offering a SWEET DREAMS basket of goodies to one AuthorIsland.com reader! 

Simply take a look at her eerie new trailer to find out why David should not get involved with Megan and then email the answer to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .  Put DL Edwards in the subject line and be sure to give me your address. 

Bonus question: Check out her excerpt and tell me what color was Megan's bedroom. Send this answer in a separate email to get your name in the hat twice. 

Good luck and you might want to make sure your lights are on before watching this spooky trailer - lol!