Interview with a Jewish Vampire by Erica Manfred

The last thing zaftig middle-aged journalist, Rhoda Ginsburg, expects when she signs up for JDate is to fall for a vampire. But when she meets drop-dead gorgeous Sheldon, a Hasidic vampire, she falls hard. She rationalizes that he may not be alive, but at least he’s Jewish. Desperate to save the life of her terminally ill mother, Rhoda comes up with the crackpot idea of getting Sheldon to turn her and her little old Jewish lady friends into vampires. Who knew that they would “go rogue” and start preying on the young?

Erica Manfred's wry humor is the perfect match for the sexy-vampire genre in this novel about the emotional intricacies of dating a hot Jewish guy who is a card-carrying member of the undead. Delicious!" –Nancy Peske, coauthor of the bestselling Cinematherapy series

"Bloodaholics! Only Erica could think of this. Clever, clever, clever."- –Avigayil Lansmann, contributor to The Meta Arts Magazine.

With wild irreverent humor this book turns upside down and sideways all the vampire clichés and stock images. Jewish vampires keeping kosher, old lady vampires on the prowl. Above all, it’s fun! –Rachel Pollack, author of World Fantasy Award winner Godmother Night

May 14- The East Village- Review

May 15- Book Bags & Cat Naps- Review & Excerpt

May 15- Book Bags & Cat Naps- Guest Post

May 16- A Buckeye Girl Reads- Guest Post & Excerpt 

May 17- Krazy Book Lady- Q&A

May 19- Samantha March – Q&A & Excerpt

May 20- Lost in Literature- Review

May 21- Ellis Shuman Writes- Review

May 22- Forever Book Lover- Guest Post

May 24- Ellis Shuman Writes- Q&A

May 28- Chick Lit Writers- Review & Q&A

May 30-Amie Louellen- Review, Q&A & Excerpt

June 1- Storm Goddess Book Reviews- Review & Excerpt

June 4- Chick Lit Plus- Review

**Everyone who leaves a comment below will be entered to win a $10 Amazon gift card! If you purchase your copy of Interview with a Jewish Vampire before June 4 and send your receipt to Samantha (at) ChickLitPlus (dot) com, you will get five bonus entries!**

**The winner is Mrs. Mommy Booknerd! Please email me to confirm your prize!**

Author Bio:

Erica Manfred is a freelance journalist, humorous essayist, and author.   Her most recent book is the novel,  Interview with a Jewish Vampire.  She’s also authored two non-fiction self-help books, including most recently He’s History You’re Not; Surviving Divorce After Forty.     Her articles and essays have appeared in Cosmopolitan, The New York Times Magazine, Ms., New Age Journal, Village Voice, Woman’s Day, SELF, Ladies Home Journal, and many other publications.  Erica lives in Woodstock, New York with her Chihuahua, Shadow, and her daughter, Freda. Brought up by Jewish parents who spoke Yiddish but avoided religion, she got her Jewish education at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation which welcomes Jews from all backgrounds, from atheist to Orthodox, to vampire.    Her website is www.ericamanfred.com, or visit www.jewishvampire.com

*Interview with a Jewish Vampire is now $2.99 for Kindle and FREE for Amazon Prime Members!*

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Blog Tour Sign Up: BaSatai: Outside In

Sign up now at Chick Lit Plus to participate in Suzan Battah's June blog tour for her urban fantasy/paranormal romance novel BaSatai: Outside In

Seventeen year old, Armani Radnelaq a full blooded BaSatai is plagued by a curse in her blood. A curse created from hate and designed to break the divide between two parallel worlds of Earth and H-trae when Armani’s blood is spilled in attack and she dies.

S’teuqoubs have been travelling back and forth across the divide for centuries without trouble. The BaSatai and Guardians monitoring activity and enforcing rules to ensure peace and harmony but if the divide splits and opens, a much greater number of supernatural S’teuqoubs will filter into earth destroying equilibrium which the BaSatai and Guardians will be unable to control. Humanity and the BaSatai will suffer and perish. The parallel divide must remain secure at all costs.

Armani has remained hidden on earth with her adopted father Elijah since her birth. She has been raised in the human way and fights her natural instinct to evolve into a BaSatai. The BaSatai in her requires her to evovle and shift, use her powers and strength. Yet Armani is freaked out by the need to shift. She smokes, has a bad attitude, must deal with aggressive bullies and control her natural BaSatai instinct. Her Guardian with BaSatai Warriors are coming for her. She refuses to accept her fate and doesn’t believe any BaSatai should die to protect her.

The blood curse maturing in her veins makes her a target for her enemies. Her Guardian Karhl and an elite BasSatai Warrior Rafael are the first to arrive and prepare her for her crossing over. Her attraction to Rafael complicates her purpose to stay on earth even more. They both insist she fall into line and follow their lead but she is not ready to leave earth just yet…

Finding Felicity by Monica Marlowe

When Madeline O'Connor learns that her estranged sister is gravely ill, she leaves behind her life in Manhattan to be at her sister's side in Italy. There, she discovers an ancient Benedictine monastery that accommodates travelers, and she decides to stay there, among the monks. Everything in her life turns upside down when she falls for Brother Anthony Lamberti, a soft-spoken Italian completely different from the men she knows in New York. Together Madeline and Anthony find love for the first time, and learn that life and love always find a way. When her sister dies, a new life for Madeline begins. A new life that she would never have imagined and yet is perfect for her in every way.

May 28- A Pocket Full of Books – Excerpt

May 28- Amie Louellen- Q&A

May 29- Samantha March – Q&A & Excerpt

June 1- Michelle’s Book Nook – Review

June 1- Michelle's Book Nook- Guest Post

June 3- Lost in Literature- Review

June 4- Change the Word- Review

June 5- Change the Word- Guest Post

June 6- Amie Louellen- Review

June 7- The Book Bag- Review

June 8- The Book Bag– Guest Post

June 10- Jersey Girl Book Reviews- Review

June 10- Jersey Girl Book Reviews-  Guest Post

June 13- Chick Lit Plus- Review

June 15- Storm Goddess Book Reviews- Review

June 18- The East Village- Review

**Everyone who leaves a comment below will be entered to win a $10 Amazon gift card! If you purchase your copy of Finding Felicity before June 18 and send your receipt to Samantha (at) ChickLitPlus (dot) com, you will get five bonus entries!**

**The winner is Lisa @ Lost in Literature! Please email me to confirm your prize!**

Author Bio:

Monica Marlowe was born in Toronto and later moved to Los Angeles. While in LA, Monica studied the craft of novel writing and participated in the Noel Hynd Workshop. She holds a Master of Arts Degree in Spiritual Psychology. Now, Monica makes her home in North Carolina and divides her time between the East and West Coasts. Monica is currently writing a memoir, The Gift Horse, about acquiring her first horse and finding herself on a most unexpected path. Monica writes stories about heroes and heroines who follow their heart, wherever the path may lead, knowing that the heart has reasons of its own. 

Connect With Monica!

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www.facebook.com/monicamarlowe

www.twitter.com/authormonica

Willow Pond by Carol Tibaldi

The Roaring Twenties crumble into the Great Depression. Bootlegging is flourishing. Virginia Kingsley, New York's most successful speakeasy owner, is queen of that castle. Rudy Strauss wants to help with her business. Virginia, wisely suspicious, refuses. He shifts his trademark toothpicks to the other side of his mouth and asks about her niece, Laura, and Laura’s nineteen-month-old son, Todd. Virginia warns him off, but Rudy is intrigued. Laura is movie star beautiful but it is her ex-husband, Phillip, who is an actor. Laura, a writer, is devastated when Todd’s nanny calls, hysterical, saying Laura’s son has been kidnapped.

May 28- The East Village- Review

May 30- Chick Lit Plus – Review

May 31- Change the Word- Review

June 1- Change the Word- Q&A

June 2- Confessions of a Hungry Bibliophile- Novel Spotlight

June 3- Literary Obsession – Q&A & Excerpt

June 5- Storm Goddess Book Reviews- Novel Spotlight & Q&A

June 7- Samantha March – Q&A & Excerpt

June 8- Mrs Mommy Booknerd’s Book Reviews – Q&A

June 9 – Jersey Girl Book Reviews- Review & Excerpt

June 9- Jersey Girl Book Reviews- Guest Post

June 9 - Chick Lit Plus - Novel Spotlight & Giveaway

June 10- Lost in Literature- Review

June 11- Mrs Mommy Booknerd’s Book Reviews- Review & Giveaway

Author Bio:

Carol Tibaldi was born and raised in Bayside, New York and attended Queens College of the City University of New York. She loves to travel and has lived in London and Los Angeles. For twenty five years she worked as a newspaper reporter and covered the crime beat. She is a history buff and loves to research different time periods having a special affinity of the prohibition era and the Civil War. Willow Pond is her first novel and she is hard at work on the sequel.

Connect with Carol!

Amazon: http://amzn.to/AthqHg

Amazon paperback: http://amzn.to/KOfH3w

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/cat5149

FB: http://on.fb.me/H9e2VW

Website: www.caroltibaldi.com

Barnes and Noble: http://bit.ly/H595Aj

Vivid by Andrea Murray

When Vivian Cartwright was five years old, she witnessed her mother’s death.

Now, sixteen-year-old Vivian only wants a normal life—hard to accomplish when you possess the power to control energy. Her entire life she has feared her power and its connection to her mother’s murder. She has kept her ability a secret from everyone except her guardian, Charlotte, who has hidden Vivian from the man responsible for her mother’s murder.

Her secret is safe until Vivian subconsciously defends herself at school using her power. After this first use of her gift in many years, Vivian’s power seems to take on a mind of its own, increasing in strength and demanding to be used. This increase in power also brings dreams of her mother’s death and the mysterious man connected with it. When she is assigned to tutor the would-be boyfriend of Trista Parmer (a.k.a. the biggest diva in school), Vivian cannot deny the electrifying connection that she feels for the boy, Easton Garrett. In her desire to get Easton away from Vivian, Trista doubles her efforts to humiliate Vivian, forcing Vivian to use her supernatural gift over and over. With each use, Vivian fears she is losing control and discovers her powers are growing—maybe too much—bringing her unknowingly closer to the man who murdered her mother.

May 7- Books Are My Life- Guest Post & Excerpt

May 10-To Be Thode- Review

May 11- Amie Louellen- Review & Q&A

May 13- Lost in Literature- Review

May 15- Michelle’s Book Nook – Guest Post

May 15- Michelle's Book Nook- Excerpt

May 17- In the Name of Books- Review

May 18-In the Name of Books- Excerpt

May 19- All Things Books- Novel Spotlight

May 21- Change the Word- Review

May 22- Change the Word- Guest Post

May 22- Storm Goddess Book Reviews- Review & Guest Post

May 24- Samantha March – Q&A & Excerpt

May 28- Chick Lit Plus- Review

**Everyone who leaves a comment below will be entered to win a $10 Amazon gift card! If you purchase your copy of Vivid before May 28 and send your receipt to Samantha (at) ChickLitPlus (dot) com, you will get five bonus entries!**

**The winner is Lisa- Lost in Literature! Please email me to confirm your prize. Thank you to everyone who participated!**

Author Bio:

Andrea Murray has been teaching English for longer than most of her students have been alive.  She has taught everything from junior high language arts to concurrent credit freshman composition. She lives in a very small town in Arkansas with her precocious daughter, energetic son, and racecar-driving husband.  When she isn't writing or reading novels for her students, she's probably watching reality television or cheesy science fiction movies.  In addition to Vivid, Andrea has also written Vicious, the sequel to her first novel.   

Buy the Book!

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http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/vivid-andrea-murray/1108019987?ean=2940013881563

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Taking Shots by Toni Aleo

Elli Fisher has never thought she was good enough. Let it be her job, her weight, her love life, nothing, she was convinced she couldn't do anything right. She had walked through life for the past six years in a daze, never thinking that life could be good again after the abuse she endured from her ex boyfriend. She is lonely, sad, and depressed, that is until she meets Shea Adler. After doing a promotional shoot for the NHL team, the Nashville Assassins, she meets the hunky hockey player who shoots a puck, shattering her world.

Shea Adler was tired of the life he was living outside of the rink. The girls, the money blowing, the drinking, everything had to stop and it all did when he met Eleanor Fisher. He had never met anyone like her. She is feisty, witty, shy, and simply gorgeous. When he laid eyes on her, it was as if he was taking the hardest hit of his life into the boards, and he had to have her.

Elli is a little skeptical of Shea, but he knows that they were meant to be together, and he needed her in his life. But Elli just doesn't understand what Shea could see in her. She is overweight, loud, and not even that pretty, so why would someone so gorgeous and so amazing want to be with her? It seemed that no matter how hard she tried to shake Shea off, he wasn't going anywhere, and for the first time Elli didn't feel alone.

But could Elli throw her insecurities out the window and love Shea with everything inside of her? Or will she let a past relationship, and her family ruin any chance of her being happy?

Would Elli miss her shot at love?

May 14- Change the Word- Review

May 15- Change the Word- Guest Post

May 16- Writers Corner- Review

May 17-Samantha March – Q&A

May 18-Chick Lit Plus- Review

May 19-Chick Lit Goddess- Review

May 21-The East Village- Review

May 23- Hannah Shelton- Review

May 24- Forever Book Lover- Review & Guest Post

May 25- Always A Book Lover- Review, Guest Post & Excerpt

May 26- Jersey Girl Book Reviews- Review

May 26- Jersey Girl Book Reviews-  Guest Post

May 27- To Be Thode- Review

May 28- To Be Thode- Guest Post

Author Bio:

My name is Toni Aleo!
I am a wife, mother, and hopeless romantic.
I have been told I have anger issues, but I think it’s cause of my intense love for hockey!
I am the biggest Shea Weber fan ever, and can be found during hockey season with my nose pressed against the Bridgestone Arena’s glass, watching my Nashville Predators play!
When my nose isn’t pressed against the glass, I enjoy going to my husband and son’s hockey games, my daughters dance competition, hanging with my best friends, taking pictures, and reading the latest romance novel.
I love things that sparkle, I love the color pink, and did I mention I love hockey?
I hope to hear from you on here, my Facebook, or my twitter! Thank you so much!

Connect with Toni!

http://tonialeo.com/
Facebook: Facebook.com/tonialeo1

Twitter: tonilovesweber6

Taking Shots

amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Shots-Assassins-ebook/dp/B005SMXVRE/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/taking-shots-toni-aleo/1108529138?ean=2940014092937

LULU: http://www.lulu.com/shop/toni-aleo/taking-shots/paperback/product-20058217.html

Trying to Score

amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Trying-to-Score-Assassins-ebook/dp/B007T3OXYU/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1334167660&sr=8-13

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/trying-to-score-toni-aleo/1110064019?ean=2940014127202

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Blog Tour Sign Up: Lucky Charm by Marie Astor

Sign up now at Chick Lit Plus to participate in Marie's tour for her contemporary romance novel Lucky Charm!

Twenty-eight-year old Annabel Green is about to tie the knot with her college love, an aspiring author Jeremy Blake, but her plans for an ideal wedding are rudely interrupted when she catches Jeremy kissing his gorgeous book agent.

Shell-shocked by Jeremy’s betrayal, Annabel retreats into the quiet routine of TV dinners and solitary evenings. It is then that Annabel’s best friend, fashion designer Lilly Clayton, sets herself on a mission to draw Annabel out of her shell. In an attempt to persuade Annabel to keep an open mind on dating, Lilly takes Annabel for a stunning makeover, but after Annabel passes on a date with a dashing entrepreneur, Lilly decides that more drastic measures are needed. Lilly invites Annabel to see a palm reader who gives Annabel a lucky charm that is supposed to help her find true love.

A few weeks later, during her trip to Paris, Annabel meets a handsome Parisian, and as the two embark on a whirlwind romance, she starts to believe in the power of the talisman the palm reader has given her. But what Annabel doesn’t know is that Lilly is hiding a secret that could unravel her faith in her newly found luck in love.

Kiss Me, Dancer by Alicia and Roy Street

A roller coaster of a romance between a divorced dad and a dance teacher.

Ballet instructor Casey Richardson takes an immediate dislike to the brash, arrogant Drew Byrne when he pulls his nine-year-old son out of her “silly” dance class. Still, she cannot help noticing his smoking hot body and bedroom eyes.

A working class girl raised in the small fishing and farming community on Long Island’s rural North Fork, Casey knows all too well how easily a girl can get hurt by the notorious womanizing hunks that flourish on the South Fork in the Hamptons. Men like Drew Byrne.

The last thing she needs is for him to be the only one who can save her from losing her dance academy, the dream she has worked so hard to turn into a reality.

Remarrying is definitely off Drew’s list of things to do. As head of his Fortune 500 trucking company, he enjoys his wealth and has no problem keeping it a game with some of the world’s most beautiful women. So why should his son’s challenging, straight talking dance teacher get under his skin in a way no other female has?

Sure, Casey Richardson has luminous brown eyes and a lean, taut body that drives him nuts, but he’s seen plenty in his day with the supermodels he is used to dating. He tells himself it is because Casey is the only one who was able to bring his shy, uncommunicative son out of his shell. But even that isn’t it.

Bewildered, Drew decides he just might make use of those ridiculous psychic readings he won at North Cove’s Annual Fourth Of July Bazaar raffle. Little does he know the local psychic who donated the readings has taken off last minute for some trekking in Tibet —and Casey was swayed into substituting for her with phone readings to the anonymous winner.

Add in a stint on a hit TV dance-off series, a cozy local coffee shop, a narcissistic rock star and a protective big brother to make KISS ME, DANCER a sexy, heartfelt and fun read.

April 23- To Be Thode- Review

April 24- Always a Book Lover- Giveaway

April 25- Chick Lit Plus- Review

April 26- Storm Goddess Book Reviews- Review, Q&A, & Excerpt

April 26- Books Etc- Excerpt

April 27- Always a Book Lover- Q&A & Guest Post

April 29- Lost in Literature – Review

April 30- Tlassy- Review

April 30 -Tlassy - Guest Post

Author Bio:

In addition to being part of today’s Indie author movement, Alicia and Roy Street are also traditionally published. In 2009 they received a Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. They both share backgrounds in the performing arts. Alicia spent years as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Roy in theater and standup comedy.  Alicia is a chronic reader of every genre including the classics. She also loves old black-and-white movies, making organic soups from recipes she invents, working out and, of course, dancing. Roy’s into sweaty workouts, too, as well as watching boxing on HBO and eating Alicia’s organic soups. Their cat’s name is Wallace, an orange ten-pounder who’s crazy over pizza. He and Roy do slices every Friday night.

Connect with Roy & Alicia:

website- http://aliciastreet-roystreet.com/

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/AliciaRoyStreet

Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/AliciaStreet1

https://twitter.com/#!/RoyStreet4

Buy the Book!

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Amazon- http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0066DU0NC

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Smashwords - http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/108417

Blog Tour Sign Up: In Leah's Wake

Sign up at Chick Lit Plus now to be a part of Terri Giuliano Long's blog tour for In Leah's Wake!

A Story of Love, Loss, Connection, and Grace

The Tylers have a perfect life—beautiful home, established careers, two sweet and talented daughters. Their eldest, Leah, an exceptional soccer player, is on track for a prestigious scholarship. Their youngest, Justine, more responsible than seems possible for her 12 years, just wants her sister’s approval. With Leah nearing graduation and Justine a seemingly together kid, the parents are set to enjoy a peaceful life…until Leah meets Todd, a high school dropout and former roadie for a rock band.

As Leah’s parents fight to save their daughter from a world of drugs, sex, wild parties, their divided approach drives their daughter out of their home and a wedge into their marriage. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Justine observes her sister’s rebellion from the shadows of their fragmented family – leaving her to question whether anyone loves her and if God even knows she exists.

 Can this family survive in Leah’s wake? What happens when love just isn’t enough?
 

A Contented Mind by Samantha Hoffman

Sometimes it takes seeing the dream before we find the courage to face the nightmare.

When young, our greatest fears are of the shadow figures that live within our sleeping mind. As we age, we discover what's most frightening is a life not fully lived, desires left unfulfilled and a past that keeps us tethered in darkness.

Without realizing it, bestselling author Meg Scott, stepped into the life of her dreams. A new beachfront home on the West Coast; a far cry from her secluded home shared only with her faithful Irish setter on Martha's Vineyard. A gig playing violin with a world renowned rock band about to depart on a European acoustic tour; friends that easily became the family she lost when young. And upon shaking hands with the band's drummer, Jadon Hastings, love and desire she'd never known beyond the stories she wrote.

All too often, shadow figures arrive camouflaged as friends, and those who profess love are worse than those that once haunted our childhood nights.

Under a hazy California sun, Meg's dream sits in clear view. To make it her own, she'll have to confront not only her past, but her future. In doing so, she discovers - those you trust - can't always be trusted.

May 21- Mrs. Mommy Booknerd’s Book Reviews – Review

May 22- Mrs. Mommy Booknerd’s Book Reviews- Q&A

May 24- The Book Bag- Review

May 25- The Book Bag- Guest Post

May 26- The Hungry Bibliophile- Review

May 27- Lost in Literature- Review

May 29- Chick Lit Plus- Review

May 30- Jersey Girl Book Reviews- Review

May 30- Jersey Girl Book Reviews -  Guest Post

May 31- Samantha March – Excerpt and Q&A

June 2- The Winey Mommy-Novel Spotlight
June 3- A Cozy Reader's Corner Reviews - Review

Author Bio

Samantha started writing books as a child. Although those roughly hewed works are kept under lock and key, they possess the same need to understand life as her current novels. In the past, Samantha has written numerous columns on health and spirituality for a local newspaper. Currently, she writes the popular blog: Insanity - A Writer’s Commentary On All Things, as well as two novels: A Contented Mind, it’s sequel, Chasing Nirvana, and the children’s chapter book series: Dainty Delaney. Currently she is at work on her third novel. On May 18th, 2012 Samantha will be featured in Art & Entertainment section of The Traverse City Record Eagle newspaper.

Life can get rough at times, loving oneself shouldn’t be. That, in a nutshell, is the message that is imbued within the books Samantha writes. 

Connect with Samantha!

www.bysamanthahoffman.com  www.bysamanthahoffman.com/buy_now/
http://www.sanesamantha.com/

March Fantastic Blogger Giveaway

In thirty days Clementine Pritchard will be finished with her last painting and her life.

World-renowned artist and sharp-tongued wit Clementine Pritchard has decided that she's done. After flushing away a medicine cabinet full of prescriptions, she gives herself thirty days to tie up loose ends—finish one last painting, make nice with her ex-husband, and find a home for her cat. Clementine plans to spend the month she has left in a swirl of art-world parties, manic work sessions, and outrageous acts—but what she doesn't expect is to uncover secrets surrounding the tragedy that befell her mother and sister. In an ending no one sees coming, will we lose Clementine or will we find her?

A bold debut from an exciting new voice, Losing Clementine is a wonderfully entertaining and poignant novel about unanticipated self-discovery that features one of the most irresistible, if deeply flawed, characters to grace contemporary fiction in years.

I will be giving away a paperback copy of Losing Clementine to one Fantastic Blogger that participates in a March tour.  If you are involved in Trish McCallan, Kathleen Long, Heather Hummel, Kathleen Kole, Elizabeth Marx, Ellen Byerrum, Jolyn Palliata, Kat Jorgensen, Judah Lee Davis, or Monica Millard's blog tour, you will be automatically entered to win. Please let me know if you would not like to be considered for the prize. The winner will be chosen on Saturday, March 31. Thank you for all your hard work in making these tours a success!

**The winner is Chelle @ The Whiney Mommy!**

Blog Tour Sign Up: Interview with a Jewish Vampire by Erica Manfred

Sign up now at Chick Lit Plus to be a part of Erica's May/June blog tour!

The last thing zaftig middle-aged journalist, Rhoda Ginsburg, expected when she signed up for JDate was to fall in love with a vampire. But when she meets drop-dead gorgeous Sheldon, a Hasidic vampire, she falls hard. She rationalizes that he may
not be alive, but at least he’s Jewish.

She learns that back in the nineteenth century Sheldon was a rabbi who was turned into a vampire by Count Dracula, an anti-Semite who got his kicks from turning Orthodox Jews into vampires because then they’d have to drink blood, which isn’t kosher.

Soon after she meets Sheldon, she discovers her beloved mother, Fanny, is terminally ill, so she comes up with the crackpot idea of getting Sheldon to turn Fanny and her friends, known as “the goils,” into vampires. Once she becomes a vampire, Fanny tires of her boring life in Century Village, Florida, and, seeking thrills, she goes clubbing and disappears into the nightlife of South Beach in Miami. When Fanny and her goil posse “go rogue” and start preying on the young, Rhoda and Sheldon must track them down to keep them from killing again.

Interview with a Jewish Vampire turns vampire lore on its head, proving that not all vampires are young and beautiful and it IS possible to be undead and kosher.

The Devil Has Dimples by Pepper Phillips

Adopted!

In the Deep South, one of the first questions asked when meeting someone new in a small town is, “Who’s your daddy?” The answer defines you as a person. Not knowing is disheartening.

Sara McLaughlin never knew she was adopted and is stunned to realize that if she wants to find out the questions burning in her brain as to the ‘why’ she was given up at birth, and who her father might be, she has to live in her birth mother’s apartment for the next six weeks.

Grant St. Romain, attorney, is supposed to be helping, but the hunky dimpled devil is making her mind think of other things.

Can she find the truth? Or will she break her heart trying to find out the answers in Boggy Bayou, where many secrets are hidden?

May 21- The Autumn Review – Review

May 22- Amie Louellen-  Q&A

May 23- Amie Louellen- Review & Guest Post

May 23- Jersey Girl Book Reviews – Review

May 23- Jersey Girl Book Reviews- Guest Post

May 24- Kindling the Fire- Review

May 25- Kindling the Fire- Q&A

May 25- Storm Goddess Book Reviews- Review & Guest Post

May 25- To Be Thode – Novel Spotlight

May 26- To Be Thode- Guest Post

May 27- Change the Word – Review

May 27- Change the Word- Excerpt

May 28- Change the Word- Guest Post

May 29- Tlassy Beyond Belief- Review

May 29- Tlassy Beyond Belief- Guest Post

May 30 – Peace Love Books – Novel Spotlight & Q&A

May 31- Forever Book Lover- Review

June 1- Forever Book Lover- Guest Post

June 5- Chick Lit Plus – Excerpt

June 6- Chick Lit Plus- Review

June 9- Chick Lit Plus- Guest Post

June 11- Reviews by Molly – Review

**Everyone who leaves a comment below will be entered to win a $10 Amazon gift card! If you purchase your copy of The Devil Has Dimples before June 11 and send your receipt to Samantha (at) ChickLitPlus (dot) com, you will get five bonus entries!**

**The winner is Morgan! Please email me to to confirm your prize!**

Author Bio:

Pepper Phillips wrote her first play in the seventh grade. But before that she read every book in her age group at the small local library. An only child, she entertained herself in the worlds she created in her mind. She's still pretty mindless in some respects, but her writing world is where she is the happiest. She ventured into self-publishing in 2011.

Connect with Pepper!

Pepper Phillips Website

Amazon - Smashwords - Nook

Twitter:  Pepper_Phillips

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Blog Tour Sign Up: Willow Pond by Carol Tibadli

Sign up now at Chick Lit Plus to be a part of Carol's blog tour in May/June! 

The Roaring Twenties crumble into the Great Depression, but Virginia Kingsley, New York’s toughest and most successful speakeasy owner, is doing just fine. Now that the world is falling apart, bootlegging is a flourishing business, and she’s queen of that castle.

Then her infant nephew is kidnapped. Her niece, Laura, and Laura’s philandering movie star husband, are devastated. The police have few leads, and speculation and rumors abound in the media circus that follows the celebrity abduction.

Only one reporter, Erich Muller, seems to care enough about the child’s welfare and the parents’ feelings to report the case responsibly. Over the course of the investigation, Erich Muller and Laura fall in love, but their relationship is doomed to failure since he suspects her beloved aunt Virginia is behind the kidnapping. Laura, jaded when it comes to men, sides with Virginia.

But Virginia has figured out the truth, and she can’t tell anyone for fear of losing her niece’s affections and having the police ransack her life. So she pursues her own investigation, shaking down, threatening, and killing one petty crook after another during her search.

Little Todd’s absence shapes everyone’s lives. When he is finally found, the discovery will bring disaster for some and revelation for others.