Welcome
Imaginative dreams
  • Home
  • Cover Reveals & Tours
  • Reviews & More
    • Review Policy
  • Freebies & Sales
  • Interviews
    • Nominate an Author
  • Help an Author
  • About
  • Contact
  • Imaginative Dreams Giveaways
  • Events
  • Review & Beta Reader Request
    • Review Policy
  • Promotions
  • Current Tours
  • Tour Hosts

Release Day Blitz: Taste Test by L.B. Dunbar

9/3/2014

0 Comments

 
Synopsis
In a modern twist of fairy tales,
what if the beast is a woman instead of a man?

Ethan Scott

I was about to find out when a mysterious job led to the secluded home of a horror novelist. I’d lost everything: my scholarship, my education, and my way. In denial of my family inheritance, I took the unusual employment as a chance out of a hole, but I found myself buried in the unknown trauma of another situation much deeper. 

Ella Vincentia

I had changed my name and my address to keep myself hidden, but my scars were more than physical. Living as a recluse in the woods, I was used to being alone, so I wasn’t happy when a certain someone was always in my space. Our first encounter was less than pleasant and tension continued at every attempt to tame me. 

Secrets

I knew she was keeping secrets and I wanted to help, but she was cutting me down and cutting me off every time she opened her mouth. Our frustration with one another grew until a misunderstanding changed everything. How can I be the next guy after something so tragic? It was a challenge I wasn’t sure I was willing to take.
Buy Now



Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon AU
B&N Kobo

    add-to-goodreads-button31   
    Excerpt
    I knew I was taking the dirt road a bit fast, but I felt exhilarated with the prospect of my new job. It sounded simple. Cook. Live in the woods. Keep a secret. Easy. My thoughts were screaming a song in my head about freedom when I turned one of those unexpected curves in the winding drive and pulled up short in front of a girl.
    I noticed her hair immediately. It was brown with reddish tints, like a perfect combination of brilliant fall leaves wild and blowing in the September afternoon air. A storm was definitely coming and I was mesmerized for a moment as the startled girl looked up at me. I couldn’t slam on the brakes of my motorcycle without flying over the handlebars, so I slowed as best I could and skidded to a halt inches before her.

    “Jesus Christ,” I yelled over the dulling roar of the cycle as I yanked off my helmet, releasing my own set of wild waves. The girl was frozen like a deer in headlights looking back at me. Her bright blue eyes pierced my own deep brown ones.
    “Are you okay?” I asked as I squinted with concern. She turned her head just the slightest bit and I noticed a horrid scar down the right side of her face. Three long gashes dragged down her cheek and neck, ending under her white tank top. Her bright highlighter-orange shorts and the earbuds in her ears made it obvious she had been out for a run. I flicked my glance from her scar to the shorts and back to her hair. I didn’t want to stare at her face. I knew how much I hated it when people stared at Mum and her bald head from chemotherapy. The girl’s tongue sneaked out to wet her pink lips and she bit her bottom one slightly.

    I opened my mouth to speak again, but the girl bolted for the woods. She propelled herself through the greenery and disappeared before I could get off the bike. I had no idea where she went due to the thickness of the trees and shrubs. Shaking my head as if I had seen a mirage, I sat back on the motorcycle, returned my helmet to my head, and roared the bike back to full life, taking the road more slowly as I exited Winters Trail.
    Teaser


    Buy Now
    Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon AU
    B&N iTunes Kobo

    add-to-goodreads-button31
    MeetTheAuthor
    I’d like to say I was always a writer. I’d also like to say that I wrote every day of my life since a child. That I took the teaching advice I give my former students because writing every day improves your writing. I’d like to say I have my ten-thousand hours that makes me a proficient writer. But I can’t say any of those things. I did dream of writing the “Great American Novel” until one day a friend said: Why does it have to be great? Why can’t it just be good and tell a story?

    As a teenager, I wrote your typical love-angst poetry that did occasionally win me an award and honor me with addressing my senior high school class at our Baccalaureate Mass. I didn’t keep a journal because I was too afraid my mom would find it in the mattress where I kept my copy of Judy Blume’s Forever that I wasn’t allowed to read as a twelve year old.

    I can say that books have been my life. I’m a reader. I loved to read the day I discovered “The Three Bears” as a first grader, and ever since then, the written word has been my friend. Books were an escape for me. An adventure to the unknown. A love affair I’d never know. I could be lost for hours in a book.

    So why writing now? I had a story to tell. It haunted me from the moment I decided if I just wrote it down it would go away. But it didn’t. Three years after writing the first draft, a sign (yes, I believe in them) told me to fix up that draft and work the process to have it published. That’s what I did. But one story let to another, and another, and another. Then a new idea came into my head and a new storyline was created. 

    I was accused (that’s the correct word) of having an overactive imagination as a child, as if that was a bad thing. I’ve also been accused of having the personality of a Jack Russell terrier, full of energy, unable to relax, and always one step ahead. What can I say other than I have stories to tell and I think you’ll like them. If you don’t, that’s okay. We all have our book boyfriends. We all have our favorites. Whatever you do, though, take time for yourself and read a book.
     

     
    a Rafflecopter giveaway


    HOSTED BY:
    EJ Button
    0 Comments



    Leave a Reply.

      no registration needed counter
      Good Web Counter

      The Book Social

      Picture
      Official blog of The Book Social

      ​http://thebooksocial.weebly.com

      http://www.pussycatpromotions.com

      Picture
      Challenge Participant

      Archives

      August 2016
      July 2016
      June 2016
      May 2016
      April 2016
      March 2016
      February 2016
      January 2016
      December 2015
      November 2015
      October 2015
      September 2015
      August 2015
      July 2015
      June 2015
      May 2015
      April 2015
      March 2015
      February 2015
      January 2015
      December 2014
      November 2014
      October 2014
      September 2014
      August 2014
      July 2014
      June 2014

      Categories

      All

      Amber's bookshelf: currently-reading

      Conjuring Darkness
      0 of 5 stars
      Conjuring Darkness
      by Melanie James
      tagged: currently-reading
      Unexpected
      0 of 5 stars
      Unexpected
      by Lori Foster
      tagged: currently-reading
      Dash of Peril
      0 of 5 stars
      Dash of Peril
      by Lori Foster
      tagged: currently-reading
      We Are Not Alone
      0 of 5 stars
      We Are Not Alone
      by Angela Fattig
      tagged: currently-reading
      Love in Rewind
      0 of 5 stars
      Love in Rewind
      by Tali Alexander
      tagged: currently-reading
      Dom Wars: Round 1 & 2
      0 of 5 stars
      Dom Wars: Round 1 & 2
      by Lucian Bane
      tagged: currently-reading
      The Bastard
      0 of 5 stars
      The Bastard
      by Inez Kelley
      tagged: currently-reading
      Seal My Destiny
      0 of 5 stars
      Seal My Destiny
      by Sharon Hamilton
      tagged: currently-reading
      Gorgeous Chaos
      0 of 5 stars
      Gorgeous Chaos
      by T.K. Leigh
      tagged: currently-reading
      Road Tripping
      0 of 5 stars
      Road Tripping
      by Noelle Adams
      tagged: currently-reading

      goodreads.com

      Amber's bookshelf: read

      Two Little Girls in Blue
      5 of 5 stars
      Two Little Girls in Blue
      by Mary Higgins Clark
      You Belong To Me
      5 of 5 stars
      You Belong To Me
      by Mary Higgins Clark
      My Clarity
      5 of 5 stars
      My Clarity
      by M. Clarke
      One amazing book. What can I say? Emotions were up and down throughout the book. This is one I would highly recommend. I loved the book.
      Their Forbidden Desire
      5 of 5 stars
      Their Forbidden Desire
      by Angela Fattig
      At first I felt uncomfortable with the book only because these types of things always make me feel that way, but once I got further into I just loved it. I couldn't put it down. I honestly finished it in one day that is how I couldn't pu...
      Out of the Box Awakening
      5 of 5 stars
      Out of the Box Awakening
      by Jennifer Theriot
      I was surprised at the ages of the characters, but it didn't stop me from enjoying a great book. I felt actually with the characters, like I could feel what they were going through, their emotions and things. It was very entertaining as ...
      Searching for Tomorrow
      5 of 5 stars
      Searching for Tomorrow
      by Kathryn M. Crane
      This book was amazing. It pulled me in right from the beginning and held me. My emotions throughout reading ran wild. I can't wait for more by Kathryn Crane.
      Daddy's Gone A Hunting
      5 of 5 stars
      Daddy's Gone A Hunting
      by Mary Higgins Clark
      My Sister's Keeper
      5 of 5 stars
      My Sister's Keeper
      by Jodi Picoult
      Plain Truth
      5 of 5 stars
      Plain Truth
      by Jodi Picoult
      The Tenth Circle
      5 of 5 stars
      The Tenth Circle
      by Jodi Picoult
      Change of Heart
      5 of 5 stars
      Change of Heart
      by Jodi Picoult
      We Are Not Alone
      5 of 5 stars
      We Are Not Alone
      by Angela Fattig
      I was hooked from the beginning. I couldn't put it down. I loved it.
      The Serpent Exposed: Is this the Biblical downfall of Man?
      5 of 5 stars
      The Serpent Exposed: Is this the Biblical downfall of Man?
      by Angela Fattig
      Angela Fattig does it again. Another wonderful read. I couldn't put it down from beginning to end. I loved it.
      Cruel Capers on the Caribbean
      4 of 5 stars
      Cruel Capers on the Caribbean
      by Kassandra Lamb
      When I was reading I thought something was missing. I haven't figured it out. It could be that I haven't read the others in the series, but I don't think that was it. Other than that it was a great read and I recommend it for anyone look...
      Trying to Get Over You
      5 of 5 stars
      Trying to Get Over You
      by J.D. Rivera
      Right from the beginning to the very end I didn't want to put it down. I know I say this about a lot of books, but this one is one that I never wanted to put down. This is a must read on my list!

      goodreads.com

      RSS Feed

    Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.