Showing posts with label True Love's First Kiss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label True Love's First Kiss. Show all posts

Monday, December 16, 2013

True Love's First Kiss is on Sale for $0.99 + Giveaway!

Only for a limited time, True Loves First Kiss by Heidi Garrett is only .99 cents for kindle!  True Loves First Kiss is the bind up of Nandana's Mark, The Flower of Isbelline and The Dragon Carnivale.  This series is YA  (ages 14+) Fantasy/High Fantasy/Fairytale Fantasy and is a total of 681 pages. 
True Love’s First Kiss:

~ Books 1-3 of this five-book series in a single digital bundle ~


Half-Faeries and mortals. Black magic and genocide. Coming of age and coming into power.


~ Book 1 - NANDANA’S MARK ~


Melia longs to fly like the fullblood faeries.


Her mortal father plots to bring war to the Enchanted world.


Her faerie mother practice black magic behind closed doors.


Overshadowed by her parent's obsessions, Melia has become an outcast. She seeks aid from the mysterious Illustrator, who makes a strange mark on her forehead. The mark is meant to draw the help of a green-eyed stranger from distant lands. Before he arrives, a tragic accident destroys what's left of Melia’s already fractured family. Her mother is unforgiving. The punishment she metes out will leave her middle daughter torn between guilt and ecstasy—and will complicate her relationship with the green-eyed stranger.


~ Book 2 - THE FLOWER OF ISBELLINE ~


When a false marriage seduces Melia’s sister,


And the keys to power are at risk,


The cost of denying true love will be apocalyptic.


Melia is determined to stop her sister from pursuing their father’s damning legacy.


~ Book 3 - THE DRAGON CARNIVALE ~


In Illialei, a light queen practices black magic.


In Tyrannis, the dragonwitch rises to power.


In the Mortal World, Umbra pursues the halfbloods as vessels of incarnation.


Energies in the Enchanted World are shifting and new alliances are forming; the Battle of Dark and Light has begun. Melia is desperate to make things right with Ryder, the young priest from Idonne, but first she must warn the halfbloods in the Mortal World that Umbra is coming for them--and face the powerful Dragonwitch and her spectacular Dragon Carnivale.


Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Friday, July 26, 2013

On Writing Melia: The Freedom of Flight

When you write a story, when you create a character, what subconscious influences are at work?

I don't know the answer to that question, but I do know that I grew up listening to the John Denver song The Eagle and The Hawk over and over and over again. Now, discussing the power and freedom symbolized by flight—specifically, the flight of the majestic eagle—with a reader, my memory offers up this song like a gift.

And as I listen to the rhythm like a heart beating hope, and the chords layering a known but impossible to describe revelation, along with John Denver's soaring vocals, I think…maybe…maybe this is why Melia is an eagle.

Maybe this is why she flies.

And maybe this is why choosing between freedom and true love is so difficult her.
And I find myself pushing play… over and over and over again.

Just like when I was child.

Just like when I hoped.

Just like when I dreamed… of so many things.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

The Booklicker: W...W...W... Wednesday


The Booklicker: W...W...W... Wednesday: My Take [on True Love's First Kiss]:

This book is different than any other book I've ever read, and as we book-lovers know different is good. When I read it it's like I'm sucked into a world that's magical and enchanting. I'm also reading this book for a blog tour, my review and an excerpt will be up on the 9th of August if you're interested to know more about this book and to have a taste of what this book has in store for you.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Goodreads Giveaway: 10 Print Editions of True Love's First Kiss

The Goodreads Giveaway for 10 print editions of True Love's First Kiss is on! This is a big, beautiful book—696 pages—priced at $18.99 on Amazon.

About True Love's First Kiss~

True Love's First Kiss is a journey of self-discovery in a fantastical world. It’s also quirky and whimsical, as well as dark. And it’s epic, but it all starts with one half-faerie and her best friend, a pixie. It's ideal for the reader who loves getting lost in a big, thick book with an intriguing cosmology. 

About the series~

The Queen of the Realm of Faerie is a fairy tale fantasy series that bridges the Mortal and Enchanted worlds. The main character, Melia, is an eighteen-year-old half-faerie, half-mortal.

When the story opens in the first book, Melia is troubled by her dark moon visions, gossip she overhears about her parents at the local market, and the trauma of living among full-blooded faeries with wings--she doesn't have any.

As the series unfolds, the historic and mystical forces that shape Melia's life are revealed. Each step of her journey--to find the place where she belongs--alters her perceptions about herself, deepens her relationships with others, and enlarges her world view.

True Love's First Kiss is a compilation of the first three books in this ongoing series.


Goodreads Book Giveaway

True Love's First Kiss by Heidi Garrett

True Love's First Kiss

by Heidi Garrett

Giveaway ends August 09, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
Enter to win

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Queen of the Realm of Faerie Book Blitz



Blitz Featured Blogs:

Krystal's Enchanting Reads
Kassie's Book Thoughts (Giveaway + Spunky Half-Faerie Interviews Heidi Garrett)
Fae Books (Giveaway + Excerpt)
The Book Tart (Giveaway + Fairytale Magic)
The Shadow Realm (Giveaway + Excerpt)

Tuesday, June 18
Itching for Books

Wednesday, June 19
Why I Can't Stop Reading (Giveaway + Excerpt)
The Indigo Quill (Excerpt)
Mom With a Kindle (Top 10 TV Shows)

Thursday, June 20
Jany's Book Blog (Excerpt)

Friday, June 21 
Share My Destiny (Giveaway + Excerpt)
Nazish Reads (Giveaway + Excerpt)
Love in a Book (Top 10 TV Shows)

Saturday, June 22
The Rest is Still UnWritten (Giveaway + Excerpt)
alwaysjoart

Monday, June 24
Dee's Reads(Giveaway)
Deal Sharing Aunt (Giveaway + Spunky Half-Faerie Interviews Heidi Garrett)

Tuesday, June 25
Reviewing in Chaos (Giveaway + Excerpt)
The Fantastical World of Wonders (Giveaway + Fairytale Magic)
Darlene's Book Nook (Giveaway + Fairytale Magic)
My Life is a Notebook  (Giveaway + Excerpt)

Monday, June 17, 2013

The Short and Long of It Giveway: WINNERS!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to comment and enter the The Short and Long of It Giveaway. I learned a lot from reading your thoughts about whether you prefer to read shorter or longer books!

While shorter books are quicker to read (great for our Goodreads reading challenge) and easier to digest in some regards, it seems that plenty of readers prefer to get caught up in longer reads. I'm not sure why this surprised me, but it did.

When submitting books to agents and editors in traditional publishing, a rule of thumb is nothing much longer than 100,000 words. That's a respectable size novel, not too long, not too short. However, it seems like when books are longer, and the length is not padding, but involve character growth, necessary world building, and an intriguing plot, readers enjoy that getting-lost-in-the-world feeling.

THE WINNERS*

Shorter:

Anne
Debra
Dena
Elizabeth

Longer:

Christina
Rebecca
Summer
Tanya Y.

*All the winners have been notified.