Review for Love's Bitter Harvest By Jas T. Ward

 I reviewed Madness by Jas T. Ward last year and was definitely in love with her twist on the paranormal and her writing style in general. When she asked if I would consider reviewing Love's Bitter Harvest even though it wasn't of the PNR genre, I jumped at the chance.

Review for Love’s Bitter Harvest by Jas T. Ward

This is a love-story that is unique.

High school sweethearts, Matt and Katy marry and take over the family farm and live...happily ever after?

Yeah, that doesn’t sound like a unique story does it?

For Katy coming from a background where all she thought she craved was a family and nothing more, being with the love of her life and settling had seemed easy enough. But after four years, she was given the job opportunity of a lifetime in New York and Katy decided to jump on it when her husband didn’t attempt to stop her.

Matt, a prideful man, had let her go and in the process his life fell in shambles within four years after neglecting the farm and his life in general. Living his life with anger, hatred, and pain, caused Matt to become a shell of his former self. Then to make matters worse, another tragedy befalls him. Holding onto the anger seems to be all he has left.

The way this story is woven you feel both Katy and Matt’s pain, frustration, and anger.

I’m not easily brought to tears and I have to admit, I had to wipe away more than just a few reading through this story.

For what had originally started as a challenge to write outside of her comfort zone of the paranormal, Jas T. Ward has thrown down the gauntlet and proven her worth! Not many authors can successfully pull off a switch in genres, but in my opinion...she absolutely nailed it.

NEW CONTRACT!!

Great news! Around midnight last night, I received the contract for Taming the Beat, it's the first in a spin off series from the Sanctuary novels, entitled The Guardian Chronicles. I'm truly excited and happy to call MuseItUp Publishing my home. This makes a total of seven contracts the company has extended to me. They have been nothing but absolutely professional and are a great group of people to work with.

So, I have Dream Walker, book III in the Sanctuary Series coming out June 20, 2014. Book four, Blind Walker will be coming in the fall. Book five, Jungle Walker in the winter. And now Taming the Beat, book I next spring 2015. I am excited beyond all means to be able to introduce these characters to everyone.

Cover Reveal for Dream Walker, Book III in the Sanctuary Series

D R E A M W A L K E R, Book III in the Sanctuary Series...

It had been more than twenty years since he’d last seen his wife. Twenty years of searching with connections spanning from the military to the secret organization, The Guardians. Nothing. Forced to retire early from the military to take care of his two young children, Peyton Maynard did what he had to do to raise his young family.

Becoming a Guardian, policing paranormal, supernatural, and preternatural beings offered him the flexibility to be the hands-on father he needed to be. Blessed with the gift of precognitive dreams served him well, except where it came to Kit. He never saw her come into his life and never saw her leave. But she still haunted his dreams.

Kit had gone by a variety of names—hiding from a man with the connections her husband had was difficult. But to protect her family from her true identity, she had to leave. Pretending to be human in a world that wasn’t ready to accept her, Kit survived the only way possible.

Coming face-to-face once again with the love of her life was terrifying and bittersweet all at once. But could Kit overcome the abandonment issues of her children and fix what had been destroyed? Could she make them understand she’d left in order to protect them?

Was she ready to make the ultimate sacrifice to keep them and their secrets safe?

Coming June 2014
Dream Walker © 2014 by Mel Favreaux

Catching Up...again...

Things have been crazy busy. I made a trans-state move. From North Carolina to Florida. Sunny skies and much warmer temps. And tonight at midnight, Shadow Walker releases! I am excited to be able to share this news.

Dream Walker, book three in the series will debut this summer. I am working on the final line edits and blurb information now. I should be working on cover art pretty soon and will have an exact date to share as well.

Books four and five have been picked up as well. Blind Walker, book four will be out in the fall, and book five, Jungle Walker will be available next winter. So something for every season.

My good friend, Danielle Taylor, has reworked my wix site for the Sanctuary Series as well. If you want to check it out it has all the links to get in touch with me too!

http://sanctuaryseries.wix.com/sanctuaryseries

I am trying to keep everything up in the air at the moment, pardon the lack of coordination. ;)

--Mel

Cover reveal for Shadow Walker A Sanctuary Novel, Book II

Happy Valentines Day to those who celebrate and a very happy Friday to those who don't. This crabby chick woke this morning to find all the final formats and my cover in my email. I am stoked to say the least!

The release date for Shadow Walker, book II in the Sanctuary Series is slotted for March 28, 2014.

I am so very looking forward to sharing this book with you all.

--Mel

Falling For You Cover Reveal!!!!!!

So happy to be able to do a cover reveal for my awesome friend Danielle Taylor! So excited for this book too!

The blurb:

Blurb:

Julia Burns can’t remember a day in her life when she didn’t have to work. So the ad in the paper sounds perfect to her – even if she does have to marry a complete stranger.

Nicholas Steele isn’t used to being around people since the accident that left him disfigured. Having a permanent house guest isn’t his idea of fun, however, the press would have a field day if they found he and his new wife weren’t residing together.

On paper, their ‘fake’ marriage fits both their needs, giving Nicholas a wife and Julia the security she's always dreamed of having. In reality, every moment Nicholas and Julia spend together brings them closer to falling for each other.

About the Author

 

Danielle Taylor is the author of the Captive Hearts Series and the WattPad sensation Falling for You, which broke 100,000 reads in less than a week.

 

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COVER REVEAL FOR DANIELLE TAYLOR'S CAPTIVE AT CHRISTMAS

I was given the extreme pleasure of a beta read with this one...and fell totally in love. Once the book is released I will be giving my review. Danielle is one of my good friends, a highly talented author, and all around superwoman when it comes to jumping genres in her writing. 

But for now... I shall leave you with the blurb, excerpt, author info, and finally the awesome NEW cover!

Blurb:

 

After a particularly harsh break-up, Hannah Magnus decides to spend Christmas away from her Vancouver home, enjoying a little time for herself, and picking up the pieces of her broken heart. She crosses the border into Washington State and locates the idyllic cabin that will serve as her home for the next two weeks.

Mackenzie Dunlop is a man of action and reaction. A creation of his past and his profession. When he travels to the cabin he rented to stay in until the repairs on his house are complete, there is a surprise waiting...and Mac loathes surprises.

Thrown together in the least likely of circumstances, Mac and Hannah find solace in each other after a harrowing event. But the future holds no promise for either of them. Distance and circumstances stand in their way. Will love prevail? Or will Hannah and Mac remain two solitary souls sharing love and memories, living separate lives?

 

 

Excerpt:

 

Using stealth afforded to him from years of tactical training, Mackenzie edged nearer to assess the threat. When he reached the steps of the tub, he knelt, eyes narrowed. He took a fortifying breath and pushed himself up slowly, powerful thighs raising him evenly and without pause or strain.

Creamy pale skin poked out from the rapids in the tub…belonging to a woman. His eyes widened as the swell of her cleavage was jostled by the streams of water. Though she had the appearance of an angel and not that of a hired hit-man – or rather, woman – Mac knew better. Evil knew no bounds, ignored prejudices, race, and gender.

After a moment’s thought, he settled himself on the edge of the tub and held the muzzle less than an inch from her temple. “Who the fuck are you and what the hell are you doing in my cabin?”

Her eyes flashed open and pink lips opened wide in shock. Tension slithered between them.

The woman’s eyes landed on his gun. Her lush body went stiff beneath the water, giving him a much clearer view of her naked form. God damn it. His cock throbbed against the fly of his jeans. No, not now! Not again!

**This is a newly rewritten and re-edtied version of Captive at Christmas being released by Titan**

Author Links:

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Danielle-Taylor/217716295040976

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Blog: http://authordtaylor.wordpress.com/