Friday, April 14, 2017

Friday's Film Adaptions: By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman


Summary:
In this rollicking adventure set during the California Gold Rush, Jack's aunt is forced to sell her beloved mansion to meet her debts. She is still unable to raise enough money to pay her creditors, and twelve-year-old Jack goes to California in search of gold to help her. Joined by his trusty butler, Praiseworthy, Jack finds adventure and trouble at every turn. Will Jack strike gold in San Francisco or come home empty-handed?

This new edition features illustrations by Brett Helquist.

Film
Arabella Flagg and her 14-year-old brother, Jack, are left orphaned and penniless when their grandfather dies in Boston in 1849. Determined to make his own fortune, Jack stows away aboard a ship bound for the California gold rush. He is followed by the family's very proper butler, Eric Griffin, who becomes the ship's cook. Also aboard is the nefarious Judge Higgins, a thief with a disguise for every imaginable crooked caper.

Release Date: March 8, 1967
Release Time: 108 minutes

Cast:
Roddy McDowall as Bullwhip Griffin
Suzanne Pleshette as Arabella Flagg
Bryan Russell as Jack Flagg
Karl Malden as Judge Higgins
Harry Guardino as Sam Trimble
Richard Haydn as Quentin Bartlett
Mike Mazurki as Mountain Ox
Hermione Baddeley as Miss Irene Chesney
Alan Carney as Joe Turner
Cecil Kellaway as Mr. Pemberton
Parley Baer as Chief Executioner
Arthur Hunnicutt as Referee
Dub Taylor as Timekeeper
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez as Bandido



Author Bio:
As a children's book author Sid Fleischman felt a special obligation to his readers. "The books we enjoy as children stay with us forever -- they have a special impact. Paragraph after paragraph and page after page, the author must deliver his or her best work." With almost 60 books to his credit, some of which have been made into motion pictures, Sid Fleischman can be assured that his work will make a special impact.

Sid Fleischman wrote his books at a huge table cluttered with projects: story ideas, library books, research, letters, notes, pens, pencils, and a computer. He lived in an old-fashioned, two-story house full of creaks and character, and enjoys hearing the sound of the nearby Pacific Ocean.

Fleischman passed away after a battle with cancer on March 17, 2010, the day after his ninetieth birthday.

was the father of Newbery Medal winning writer and poet Paul Fleischman, author of Joyful Noise; they are the only father and son to receive Newbery awards.


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July Thunder by Shannon A Thompson

Title: July Thunder
Author: Shannon A Thompson
Series: Bad Bloods: July #1(Bad Bloods #3)
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Release Date: April 10, 2017
Summary:
From best-selling author Shannon A. Thompson comes an exciting new duology in the Bad Bloods universe.

Fourteen-year-old Violet has been called many things: a bad blood, a survivor, an immortal…now she has a new name—citizen. But adjusting to a lawful life is not easy, especially when she must live under the rule of the same officers who justified the killings of her flock only eight months earlier.

Segregation of bad bloods and humans is still in effect, and rebellious Violet steps into a school where she is not allowed. When the police get involved, things deteriorate quickly, sparking a new revolution at the wall separating the Highlands from the outskirts.

That’s when Caleb steps in. He might appear to be an average sixteen-year-old bad blood, but he has secrets, and Violet is determined to figure them out. Caleb knows who’s attacking the wall and why, but his true identity remains a mystery—and how he relates to Violet could shake the threatened city to its very core.

Together or not, a storm will form, a rally will start, and shocking truths will be revealed.


“Play for me,” Kuthun asked. When I faced him, he spread his hands out with a million strings drawn in between.

It was an instrument he made—one meant only for me—and I played it like a laid-down harp.

A million times I had attempted to reconstruct the instrument without Kuthun’s powers, but a million times I had failed.

The music could only be found between his abilities and mine, and that was how I knew I was like him, even when the world didn’t see it that way.

I was a bad blood at heart, but all Vendona saw was a person with bad blood and no powers to show for it.

On my third sixteenth birthday, I had cried over it. I had wished to be born like them, and Kuthun had slapped me.

“You are human, and you are still great,” he’d said then, and even now, he repeated it, “Music is your gift.”

Notes floated between our unspoken thoughts, and he listened to every single one. In it, I played the raging sea, the sparkling glass castle, and the heated empty beach. Last, I played how I heard Violet laugh for the first time.

When Kuthun tilted his head at the notes, I asked, “What else have you learned?”

“That the fish aren’t hungry today,” he joked as the music ended.

His strings broke apart, and, like silver glitter, they fluttered into the sand and disappeared. With one kick, Kuthun buried it all.




Top Ten Bad Bloods You’ll Meet In The New Duology
If you’ve read the first duology in the Bad Bloods universe, then you already know how crazy, wild, and wonderful a bad blood can be. (Book 1 is free across all platforms right now.) But if you don’t know what a bad blood is, a bad blood is a person with hindering abilities. Think X-Men, but the powers come with serious ramifications. Want an example? In the latest duology, Violet is a fourteen-year-old girl who can turn into a shadow…but she often loses herself to darkness and time, so she struggles to form back into a person. Because of her shadowy nature, she also has a hard time identifying as individual rather than simply following anyone she latches onto…like a shadow.
Here are the top ten bad bloods you’ll meet for the first time in the new Bad Bloods duology, July Thunder and July Lightning. Check out the Pinterest board for more inspiration!

  • Levi (13): He’s described as a seedy sailor, with curly blond hair and skin that…glows. He might be closer to an eel. And his powers include cleaning water.  
  • Kuthun (18): A love interest in the book, Kuthun sees the strings of fate…even the strings of those who have died long ago. 
  • Kat (15): Between her night vision, her sharpened claws, and her black-white-red hair, Kat might as well be a calico cat. Even cats mistook her and sheltered her from a young age.
  • Skeleton (15): Skeleton works in the Pits, an underground fighting ring, but his name should be taken literally. He’s slowly defying all science by turning into a skeleton…and remaining alive. 
  • Nuo (17): Nuo grew up with our protagonist Caleb, but her powers can make you repeat, repeat, repeat until whatever action you’re doing kills you. 
  • Hanna (16): She might be bald, but she can grow anyone else’s hair. And dye it, too. 
  • Ellen (9): She glows like a lighthouse, but after burning her own eyes, she cannot see the night she turns into day.
  • Plato (7): Plato might have a glass heart…because he can turn sand into glass right before your eyes.
  • Yasir (15): Do you like jewels? This is your guy. He can change anything into a gem…including his own eye, which is now a sapphire. 
  • Britney (8?): Her age is a mystery for a reason. Her powers, too. Revealing either could kill us all.   
Author Bio:
Shannon A. Thompson is a young adult author, avid reader, and a habitual chatterbox.

As a novelist, poet, and blogger, Thompson spends her free time writing and sharing ideas with her black cat, Bogart, named after her favorite actor, Humphrey Bogart. Her other two cats bring her coffee. Between writing and befriending cats, Thompson graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis on creative writing, and her work has appeared in numerous poetry collections and anthologies. Represented by Clean Teen Publishing, Thompson is the best-selling author of The Timely Death Trilogy and the Bad Bloods duology. When she is not writing, she is climbing rooftops, baking cookies, or watching murder shows in the middle of the night, often done with her cats by her side.


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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Turning Back by JA Huss

Title: Turning Back
Author: JA Huss
Series: Turning #2
Genre: Erotica, Romance, Suspense
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Summary:
I lived in the dark for three years. My whole world revolved around the whims and happiness of three men. It was just a trip into the forbidden. A way out of a bad situation and forward into nothingness.

Quin, with his easy smile and charming good looks. He was always there for me... Until he wasn’t.

Smith, and his dispassionate attention. He was never there for me and he never regretted it.

Bric, the one who listened, but only to himself. Self-absorbed, self-obsessed, and self-serving. He was never the one I wanted.

And now he might be the only one I have left.

It was good while it lasted, I guess. But it could’ve been so much more. It could’ve been so much better.

And that’s why I’m turning back.


Quin takes off his tie and throws it on the floor, his fingers already unbuttoning his shirt. He and Rochelle stare at each other for a second, but then she unties the belt of her robe and lets it slide over her shoulders.

Her body is so fucking hot. She’s all curvy now from having the baby. And her tits are huge. Her nipples large and round. So different than they were before.

I walk up behind her and start playing with them, studying Quin’s face as he watches us. He walks forward, taking his shirt off and dropping it on a chair as he passes. His hands cover mine and we play with her tits together.

“See,” he says, leaning down to whisper in her mouth. “All better now. Last night is over. Let it go, Rochelle. Just be here with us and let it go.”

“I want to,” she says. “But I need you to know—”

“Shhh,” Quin says, silencing her lips with a kiss. “No talking. You need to behave or I’ll have Bric bend you over and spank your pussy.”

His threat to her excites me. I’ve never played too hard with her. Never did much more than introductory bondage. But I’m totally up for making changes. “Feel free to mouth off, Rochelle.”

She laughs and reaches up, slipping her hand around the back of my neck to draw me closer. Her head tilts and I start kissing her neck. Quin’s hands are still on mine, both of us vying for the privilege of playing with her tits. Quin continues kissing her lips, but he slips his hands from under mine and reaches for my suit coat, pulling it down my shoulders. I let it slip to the floor and back off one step so I can loosen my tie.

Quin grins at me, even as he kisses Rochelle.

This part, at least, feels very familiar.

“Tie her up,” Quin says.

I squint my eyes at him for a second.

“Tier her up,” he repeats. “I want her tied to that bar.” He nods his head up towards the ceiling at the metal pipe bars I have hanging in various places over the bed, indicating the one that runs lengthwise from the foot of the bed to the head. “You have rope here?”

“Well,” I say, looking around. “Sure.”

“Tell him what you want, Rochelle,” Quin says. He’s grasping her face between his thumb and fingers, holding her tight as he makes her look in my direction. “Tell him.”

I think I’m a little startled at this new development. “Rochelle?”

She looks at Quin, then me… and nods. “OK.”

“You know what he’s doing?” I ask her.

She nods.

“What am I doing?” Quin coos in her ear as he resumes playing with her tits.

“Punishing me,” she says.

He chuckles. And then he gets dead serious and says, “Fuck, yes, I’m punishing you. But it’s your choice, Rochelle. So if you’re not into it, just say so.”

“And don’t blame you tomorrow if it all goes to shit?” she asks.

I have to hand it to her for not cowering.

“If you think multiple orgasms is ‘going to shit,’ well. So be it.” Quin waits for her answer. He wants to hurt her right now. And he’s going to use me to do it because he’s not into the punishment stuff—and I am.

I let go of Rochelle and walk over to one of the bedside tables. Inside is a coil of soft rope, some lube, a blindfold, handcuffs, and a few other essentials.

I get the rope, slip the lube in my pocket, and close the drawer, uncoiling the rope as I walk back over to them. “How do you want her?” I ask.

“Hanging. Heels high.”

“Jesus, Quin,” I say.

He shrugs at me. “She can say no.” He turns to look at Rochelle. “Do you wanna say no?”

“I’ll let you know when to stop,” she says. Defiance is written all over her face. He’s challenging her to tell him no. She’s challenging him to keep going.

Quin grins. “Good. Then let’s begin.”

Well, this is about to get interesting.

Stepping closer to Rochelle, I grab the two ends of the rope together, then slide it through my fingertips until I find the center point. “Have I ever tied you this way?”

“Once or twice,” Rochelle says. She looks at Quin. “But never to a bar above my head. And never on tiptoes.”

Quin just smiles.

“Make a fist and put your wrists together,” I say. She obeys and I begin looping the rope, tying it off with a square knot. I hand the other end to Quin’s outstretched hand. He reaches up to the bar positioned over the end of the bed, loops the rope around it, pulls—so Rochelle has to go up on her toes—and then ties it tightly to the metal pipe.

Rochelle lets out a small squeal and when I check her, there’s fear in her eyes.

God, I love it.

And she knows it. She knows how much I enjoy the bondage.

“You deserve this,” I tell her. “Don’t you?”

She nods her head and says, “Yes.”

“You were very, very bad when you left last year, weren’t you?”

“Yes,” she says again. Her eyes leave mine for a moment to look for Quin.

He’s sitting on the end of the bed, his pants open, fisting his cock. “Keep going,” Quin says.

I place my hands on Rochelle’s hips and turn her. She swivels on her toes, until she’s facing the bed. And Quin.

I want him to see her reactions.

I want her to see his too.

“How many spankings do you deserve, Rochelle?” I ask her.

“As many as pleases you,” she replies.

I almost laugh. Where the hell did she learn that answer?

But Quin clears his throat, telling me to stay professional.

Fine. He wants her punished, I’ll punish her until he’s had enough. 

Taking Turns #1
Summary:
I’ve never been afraid of the dark...but that doesn’t mean I wanted to live in it. And maybe everyone wants what they can’t have, but I should’ve thought it over before I accepted the key and unlocked the door to their forbidden world.

Number One is mostly silent. He watches me with them very carefully. His gaze never wanders. His interest never wanes.

Number Two is mostly gentle. But it’s the other side of him I like best. The wild side.

Number Three is mostly reserved. He refuses to cross the line. Even when I beg.

It was carnal, it was sensual, and it was erotic. That’s it. That’s all it was supposed to be. A trip into the dark. A peek into the forbidden.

I just didn’t expect to like them.

His Turn #3(Coming July 4, 2017)
Summary:
I look her body up and down as I circle her.

Mine?

I smile a devious, deviant, I’m gonna make you sorry you ever started playing this game with me smile.

And then I take her hand.

I lead her to the elevator.

We go up to my apartment.

I tie her wrists together with rope.

Raise her arms above her head.

And chain her to the ceiling.

It’s my turn.



Author Bio:
JA Huss is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty romances. She likes stories about family, loyalty, and extraordinary characters who struggle with basic human emotions while dealing with bigger than life problems. JA loves writing heroes who make you swoon, heroines who makes you jealous, and the perfect Happily Ever After ending.

You can chat with her on Facebook, Twitter, and her kick-ass romance blog, New Adult Addiction.

If you're interested in getting your hands on an advanced release copy of her upcoming books, sneak peek teasers, or information on her upcoming personal appearances, you can join her newsletter list and get those details delivered right to your inbox.


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Angel Mine by Kay Maree

Title: Angel Mine
Author: Kay Maree
Series: Mine #1
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Summary:
BROOKLYN -
I'm scared but I have to be strong not just for me but for my beautiful daughter, after years of being emotionally and physically abused it needed to end.

I always wanted a love like the fairy tales I was told as a child, a love like my parents had but after escaping hell I lost all hope.

Trusting another man and falling in love was now the last thing on my mind, making it through everyday was now the new goal for my daughter and me.

Then everything changed the day I looked into the most captivating green eyes I have ever seen, it was like they saw into my very soul.

And I knew nothing would ever be the same again.

DOMININC -
I was brought up in a dangerous world, a world I had to quickly become accustomed to.

It took my brothers death and the events that unfolded after that lead me to be the man I am today a Mob Boss.

One of the most powerful man in Newcastle, I'm not a good guy, I have done bad things.

I closed my true self off the day I failed to protect the one person I loved dearly, and she paid the ultimate price.

But one look into those ocean blue eyes and I felt my whole purpose in life shift, I didn't deserve her but I was going to make her Mine.

I had finally found the missing pieces to my heart I didn't know I was missing and I wasn't letting them go...

Angel: "I WANTED TO BE THE LAST THING HE TASTED AT NIGHT, AND THE FIRST THING HE TOUCHED IN THE MORNING"

Dom: "SHE BROUGHT ME TO MY KNEES, AND I NEVER WANTED TO GET BACK UP"


My Angel turns toward Antonio and graces him with the biggest smile I have seen, it’s one of those smiles which would brighten up the darkest day. My stomach knots with a sting of possessiveness. Jealousy. I should be the one receiving that smile. I give her hand a little squeeze trying to draw her attention back to me. I know it’s irrational, but I don’t care. I’m a selfish bastard and that smile is mine.

Shit, I’m fucked and by the look Antonio is giving me he knows it too.

“And your name?” she says jolting me out of my thoughts

“Oh, I’m sorry. Dominic and it’s a pleasure meeting you, Angel” I turn her hand over in mine lift it to my lips and plant a gentle kiss. Her hand is so soft I don’t want to release her. As each second passes, it gets harder to regain my control.

“Dominic,” she repeats in her breathless voice again. Then something changes, her body tenses up and the expression on her face becomes blank. She snatches her hand from mine and backs up a step as she mumbles, “I’m sorry, I better get back to work.” With those words, she turns and hurries away.

What the fuck just happened? I know she felt what I felt, so why is she pulling back? I watch her walk away noticing the sexy sway of her hips. Fuck she’s gorgeous! I know I’m not finished with this little one just yet, actually, I’m only just getting started. I remove one of my business cards from my pocket, drink the now lukewarm coffee in one gulp then slowly make my way over to my skittish Angel at the counter. Her back is to me so I murmur her name. I watch as she tenses up before her shoulders loosen. She turns around with a smile on her face. This is not like the one she had before, this one is forced. I’m not exactly sure what happened in the last five minutes to cause me to lose her, but I’m going to find out. “I just wanted to give you this. My contact details are on there and the name of my club.” I slide the card across the counter

and her eyes widen. “Maybe we can grab a drink tonight, your friend can come to. I know Antonio would love to get to know her a little better. How about we say nine? I’ll put your names on the list at the door under Brooklyn Angel and Katherine Tiger.”

My lips twitch as she struggles to hold back a giggle at the pet names. I chuckle low in my throat when she doesn’t succeed “Oh and make sure you wear that perfume you have on.” I wink before turning and head to Antonio who is waiting by the door watching Red, but not before I catch her blush again. Hmmm… again I wonder how far down that blush goes.

Author Bio:
I live in Newcastle, on the New South Wales coast of Australia with my husband and three beautiful children.

Between being a taxi for my children, and working full-time, I somehow find the time to write. It’s something I love with a passion and with the encouragement of my very supportive husband, I have accomplished one of my dreams – releasing my first novel.

I hope you fall in love with my characters as much as I have.

I love reading and getting lost in a good book when I manage to snatch five minutes to myself.






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