In connection with Ciara Knight’s blog, I’m participating in today’s Did I notice your book blog hop! This is so much fun!!! Go to Ciara’s blog to see all of the participating bloggers! This is so much fun.
Anyone for a writing experiment? With all the new tools out there to monitor book sales and blurbs mentioned about their books, I’m going to highlight a book. If by the end of the day that author finds her book on this post I want her or him to tell us how they discovered it; word of mouth through the close network of writers, a Yahoo group mention, or through some new fangled Google tool.
How did this book catch my attention? As a reader, I usually look to genres I enjoy (paranormal mostly), a cover that catch my eye and lastly a blurb that draws me in.
Before I reveal my choice I want to clarify that this author has no idea that I’ve chosen his/her book.
The book I noticed was: Dealers of Light by Lara Nance
A malevolent group of Light-Dealers have surfaced in Cara Collin’s hometown of Norfolk, Virginia. Led by an ancient Aztec demon, the “Takers” are torturing and murdering their way to world domination. As the horror spreads, Cara—who has the ability to send “Light” into others to augment healing—receives a special power from a patient making her a crucial weapon in stopping the Takers. But, she must figure out how to use the gift before the Takers make her their next target.
When mysterious Rolf Van Harding shows up in town with information that may help her, she’s torn between joining his quest and running for her life. When she discovers he’s a powerful, ancient Light-Dealer she fears their growing passion will be a weakness—a weakness that could allow the Takers to murder the last remaining Light-Dealer capable of stopping them.
I love the cover and was intrigued by the title, the blurb got enough of my attention that I went to Lara’s website to read an excerpt. Yes, this is now on my kindle!
Here are the other stops on the hop:
Action Adventure http://www.warriorsforlight.com/
Historical Fiction – http://emerylee.wordpress.com/
Inspirational http://www.christylasheasmith.com/
Mystery http://murdersandmysteries.wordpress.com/
New Adult http://lynnrush.com/
Non-Fiction http://raelynbarclay.wordpress.com/
Paranormal http://www.hildiemcqueen.com/
Sci Fi http://rustywebb.blogspot.com/
Suspense Thriller http://stephentremp.blogspot.com/
Sweet http://www.lindipeterson.com/
Urban fantasy http://lauraeno.blogspot.com/
Young Adult http://www.brindaberry.com/blog.html
Grand Central Station: www.ciaraknight.com
The Romance Reviews
Thanks for participating in the blog hop, Hildie. I’m having so much fun. Great choice! I think Laura’s cover is intriguing and the blurb makes me want to pick up the book. Now, let’s see if Laura finds her book.
I’m off to tweet.
Ooh I know, I hope she does!!! This is fun.
Great choice, Hildie!
I think so too Lindi.
I’ve read this book. It’s good. Love the concept. Yay!!
Great, I can’t wait to read it myself.
Haahaha, Oh Yes, Lynn has read this book MANY times. She was my first editor and helped whip it into shape! Thanks, Lynn!
Woo hooo, Thanks for choosing my book, Hildie! I noticed! I loved this cover, too!
Yay!!! You found it!! How did you find out?
Tweeting this now…
You Rock!
Laura – I’m so glad you found your book. How did it happen? I’ll update on my blog, Hildie.
This is so awesome.
I checked out the site when I saw the group e-mail on CMP. I missed when you did Memories of Murder…
so I’ve been checking regularly since then. LOL. Thanks!
LOL, no worries about that Laura. Thanks for letting us know. Congratulations again for being NOTICED.
The cover is gorgeous! Off to check out the book now.
Hi Laura, glad you like it.
Hi Hildie, first time visitor here. I don’t read as much paranormal as I would like to. This sounds like an interesting concept of a Light Dealer. Thanks for the review!
Thanks for stopping by Stephen.
How fun, the author found it
Love that cover and the blurb definitely draws me in. I’ll be checking this one out for sure.
Yes it has been Raelyn.
I have got to read this book
We can compare notes after Lindsay!
Wow, the author found their book here too. I’m stunned at how many have done so. It’s really cool.
The cover is pretty nice, btw.
Yes it’s cool huh?
Hildie,
I like your selection. The cover and blurb both appeal to me.