Project Tell Taylor Giveaway: Help @MichelleMadow tell @TaylorSwift13 about #Remembrance!

WHAT IS PROJECT TELL TAYLOR?

"Michelle Madow's debut novel Remembrance was inspired by Taylor Swift's "Love Story" music video. She talked all about it in a blog entry a few months ago, discussing how Remembrance was inspired by Taylor Swift's "Love Story" music video. She even wrote a letter to Taylor Swift and sent it to her, along with a signed book!

It's been a few months now, and she has yet to hear back from Taylor that she received the letter and book. She really wants to tell Taylor about how inspiring she and her music have been to her, but since Taylor Swift is an international superstar, she’s a little hard to reach. This is where YOUR help comes into play! Michelle is giving away the biggest prize pack she's offered yet, and the ways to enter to win are by telling Taylor Swift about Remembrance.

THE GOAL: Get Taylor Swift to Tweet about Remembrance!

 ABOUT REMEMBRANCE:

Remembrance (Transcend Time Saga #1) by Michelle Madow

Lizzie Davenport has been reincarnated from Regency Era, England ... but she doesn't know it yet.

Then Drew Carmichael transfers into Lizzie's high school at the beginning of the year, and she feels a connection to him, almost like she knows him. She can't stop thinking about him, but whenever she tries talking with him about the mysteries behind her feelings, he makes it clear that he wants nothing to do with her. Reaching him is even more difficult because she has a boyfriend, Jeremy, who has started to become full of himself after being elected co-captain of the varsity soccer team, and her flirtatious best friend Chelsea starts dating Drew soon after his arrival. So why can't she get him out of her mind?

Even though Lizzie knows she should let go of her fascination with Drew, fighting fate isn't going to be easy.

MY MOTIVATION:  I was inspired toparticipate in this event because I love Taylor Swift.  "Love Story" was the song that did it for me.  Ever since then, I've been a fan!  I wish Michelle Madow all the luck in this event.  If she can get Taylor's attention, perhaps I can get this Tennessee song bird to let me style her her a Kindred Dreamheart original for the red carpet!

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THE GIVEAWAY:

Duration: (February 1 – April 1) However, if Taylor Swift tweets about Remembrance before the end date, the giveaway will end on that day and Michelle will announce the winner!

Here's the  full prize pack up for grabs:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

About the Blogger

I'm Katrina, founder of Kindred Dreamheart. I'm an aspiring junior & women's petite clothing designer and book lover. I read select genres. However if it's a series I'm sure I'd love it also regardless of the genre. I read when I want to be entertained; watch TV when I'm bored; and when I'm not designing something fabulous, I blog. (((Contact Me)))

Now available: Fantasy Quest by Tina Gerow

Astiria Petrey wants nothing more than to lay on a sandy beach reading a good book at the exclusive Fantasy resort. Pestered by dumb jocks in tight shorts, Astiria decides to play the hotel's role-playing computer game - Fantasy Quest. Only the game is more than she could ever imagine!  

As soon as Astiria creates her perfect man--an online Warrior named Lerik, she is sucked through a portal to the mythical Verrath to meet him.  There, Astiria must do battle against a host of trials.  

If she is unable to succeed, Astiria becomes property of Marsoon, the Goblin King.  

Accompanied by a real live gargoyle named Max, and Lerik, the sexy warrior she created from her wildest fantasies, Astiria must discover herself in order to not only win the game, but make her way back home.  

Only then can she realize that true love awaits, if only she believes. . . 

~ Find Tina's titles here

Portfolio Update: Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

I'm super excited.  I have the results from the Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum photoshoot.  For those of you who've been following the making of these garments and emailed kind words, thank you so much for the encouragement.

Model: Tessa
MUA: Suzanne
Hair: Tessa & Suzanne
Clothing designer: Kindred Dreamheart
Photographer: Amber Renée Photography

Model: Tessa
MUA: Suzanne
Hair: Tessa & Suzanne
Clothing designer: Kindred Dreamheart
Photographer: Amber Renée Photography

Model: Tessa
MUA: Suzanne
Hair: Tessa & Suzanne
Clothing designer: Kindred Dreamheart
Photographer: Amber Renée Photography

You can see more great pictures on my facebook fan page and at http://www.k-d3.com/. (Please respect my work.  This is copyright protected.)

Here's the post that contain the making of these garments:

Tweedle Dee/ Tweedle Dum Stage 2

A little behind production schedule

 

About the Blogger

I'm Katrina, founder of Kindred Dreamheart. I'm an aspiring junior & women's petite clothing designer and book lover. I read select genres. However if it's a series I'm sure I'd love it also regardless of the genre. I read when I want to be entertained; watch TV when I'm bored; and when I'm not designing something fabulous, I blog. (((Contact Me)))

Free at Amazon Tuesday Jan. 31

Alien Lockdown by Vijaya Schartz

The year is 3033, and deep in the bowels of the underground galactic prison, something has gone terribly wrong. An artist at heart, Rhonda never wanted this medic prison job. When the civilian personnel vanish and an earthquake damages the nuclear reactor, she must go down to repair it with Captain Perfect himself, Cole Riggeur, who always plays by the rules and never trusted a woman in his life. But deep in the underground penitentiary, the most wicked convicts in the Galaxy are loose, and a treacherous shape-shifter plans his revenge. Disconnected from the Garrison, against impossible odds, Cole and Rhonda now face their greatest challenge... trusting each other in order to survive.

"Packed with tension and action from the first page to the last, Schartz's novel is an exciting adventure. She has a rich imagination and deftly executes it." ~ Romantic Times Magazine

"Vijaya Schartz takes the reader on a thrill ride. Between the prisoners, earthquakes and lava flows, Cole and Rhonda work together to survive. Can they get back to the surface before the planet explodes? Will they find a way to get off the planet? Will they give in to their feelings for each other? Read the book and find out." ~ Candy - Ecataromance -  4 1/2 stars – sensuous

"...suspenseful, gripping saga of survival, betrayal, and hope...the resourcefulness and courage that occurs when a person refuses to admit defeat and die." ~ Dena - Fallen Angel Reviews - 5 Angels 


"The action reminded me of an INDIANA JONES movie and the romance was equally intense." ~ Paranormal Romance Reviews

"Why ISN'T this book on the NYT Bestseller] list?" ~ Action Girl - Amazon Reviews  5 Stars rating

"...the fantastic anticipation only a ticking bomb can generate, I was enthralled from page one" ~  4 Stars  Ecataromance - Reviewed by Lynn Lowe

"...kept me on the edge of my desk chair, completely mesmerized by the non-stop action and suspense...I recommend "Alien Lockdown" to anybody, and everybody." ~ 5 Stars rating - Phoenix Forrester - Realms Of Love

"...an Action filled sequence from start to finish."  ~ Tami Brad, TCM reviews and BookIdea.com

"To be honest with you Alien Lockdown is not my type of book; but when I started reading it I had to finish it before I could put it down. I look forward to reading something else of yours." ~ Tammy Kelley, Romance Junkies 4.5 blue ribbons

"...this book will appeal to men and women alike." ~ Beverly Forehand - Round Table Reviews

"...a super entertaining read. Wow! I cannot wait for the next one! Can you write faster?" ~ Annie Bonneau - Canadian Review

~ Find Vijaya's titles here 

Friends Forever by Maryann Miller

Eppie Awards Finalist

Debbie Webly is terrified that she will lose Laura to the influence of Angie who is rich, beautiful, and the most popular girl in school. There’s not much Debbie won’t do to hang on to her friend, but will she cross some line that she can never come back from?

And what about Brad?  Does she even stand a chance with him?

The challenges mount when Debbie is tempted to commit social suicide by taking up for Stephanie who is even more of an outcast than she is. When Angie makes a surprising move, Debbie finds out that true friendship is based on much more than looks or popularity.

“FRIENDS FOREVER beautifully captures the pain and confusion of early adolescence. Young readers will identify with Debbie and her friends. Older readers will remember and smile. It is a delightful book. I highly recommend it.” - Four and a half stars, Carrie S. Masek, Sharpwriter Reviews   

“Ms. Miller captures the trials and tribulations of 13 year-olds very easily. She talks their lingo and keeps the book interesting with enough twists and surprises to keep younger readers turning the pages to the very end.” - Pam Stone, Myshelf Reviews

“Miller’s book accomplishes what few others in this genre do. She effectively combines humor, true life feelings, and interesting dialogue in a novel about peer pressure.” ~ Aimee McLeod, Wordweaving Reviews

~ Find Maryann's titles here

No Rain, No Rainbows by Betty Jo Schuler

Laugh, love, and cry with these girls in their teens. Slip into their lives and experience the ups and downs. If the sun smiles upon a rain shower, a rainbow appears. Without challenges, there would be no triumphs. Without rain, there would be no rainbows. These girls meet challenges with determination and triumph. 

"This book could be very helpful to any teen, whatever the situation. A young girl reading this book might realize the importance of making correct choices because it’s written by someone her age. If No Rain, No Rainbows, helps one young person it would be well worth the read.  

I feel the author captures the attention of young ladies by the topics in this book, as well as the publisher in the book cover. The front cover makes you want to take a look at the book to see what it is about, and the books chapters spike interest because of the different topics. I recommend this book not only to all pre-teen and teen girls but their parents as well. There is a lot of information as well as wisdom in this fiction book, and it is a great read, too!" ~ Manic Readers, 4 Stars

~ Find Betty Jo's titles here

Now available: Safe Haven by Renee Simons

Waging war on the mob may not be smart, but Jordan VanDien and architect Ethan Caldwell are after the men who, years earlier, destroyed Jordan's family and now threaten Ethan's future. Scarred by childhood trauma, the two loners never expected to battle an unwanted attraction. Yet hard as they try to fight their feelings, a common purpose and shared danger ignite a spark that grows to a flame neither can deny.  In their quest for justice, will they let that fire die or can the beauty with a dark past and the guilt-laden Aussie transplant find a haven in each other's arms?

~ Find this title here

Free at Amazon Monday Jan. 30

The Taste of Magic by Gina Rosavin

Adrian du Lac is not your average vampire. Nearly two-thousand years old, he uses immortality to his advantage. Though he lives the life of a successful European businessman, what he really wants is to rule the world.

Originally, he sought Katerina Romanov for her latent powers of witchcraft, but now that she’s come of age, his desires have changed. When Katerina succumbs to Adrian’s charms, some fear the vampire will become invincible. As du Lac’s enemies set out to destroy him once and for all, he and Katerina run the risk of losing each other forever.

"The Taste of Magic is one of the best books I have read in a long time. Gina Rosavin hooked me from the first page of the book and never let me go until the end. I was totally entertained by the by the see-saw motion of Adrian and Katerina relationship. The Taste of Magic is full of wonderful characters that are not what they seem on the surface, a wonderful plot. The story is full of action, intrigue, laughs and very hot sex scenes." ~ Fallen Angels Reviews: Recommended Read

"Gina Rosavin pens a well-crafted story that this reader thoroughly enjoyed. The dialogue is excellent, the passion intense, and the characters remarkably fashioned. With powerful wizards, vampires, and witches spells, this enchanting tale has about everything to please the reader. Bravo to Ms. Rosavin for an extraordinary read.” ~ The Romance Studio: 5 Stars

 

~ Find this title here 

 

 

 

High Maintenance by Jamie Hill

Deidre North is enjoying a ski vacation with her family after Christmas, when an accident sidelines her from the slopes with a cast on her leg. She's depressed about spending another New Year's Eve alone, until she meets the lodge's handsome maintenance man. Rick Beaufort is good with his hands, but is he smooth enough to convince this high maintenance woman to take a chance on him? 

~ Find Jamie's titles here

Review: Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel

Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel

My rating: ♥♥♥♥❥

Love can never die.
Love conquers all, so they say. But can Cupid’s arrow pierce the hearts of the living and the dead—or rather, the undead? Can a proper young Victorian lady find true love in the arms of a dashing zombie?

The year is 2195. The place is New Victoria—a high-tech nation modeled on the manners, mores, and fashions of an antique era. A teenager in high society, Nora Dearly is far more interested in military history and her country’s political unrest than in tea parties and debutante balls. But after her beloved parents die, Nora is left at the mercy of her domineering aunt, a social-climbing spendthrift who has squandered the family fortune and now plans to marry her niece off for money. For Nora, no fate could be more horrible—until she’s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses.

But fate is just getting started with Nora. Catapulted from her world of drawing-room civility, she’s suddenly gunning down ravenous zombies alongside mysterious black-clad commandos and confronting “The Laz,” a fatal virus that raises the dead—and hell along with them. Hardly ideal circumstances. Then Nora meets Bram Griswold, a young soldier who is brave, handsome, noble . . . and dead. But as is the case with the rest of his special undead unit, luck and modern science have enabled Bram to hold on to his mind, his manners, and his body parts. And when his bond of trust with Nora turns to tenderness, there’s no turning back. Eventually, they know, the disease will win, separating the star-crossed lovers forever. But until then, beating or not, their hearts will have what they desire.

In Dearly, Departed, romance meets walking-dead thriller, spawning a madly imaginative novel of rip-roaring adventure, spine-tingling suspense, and macabre comedy that forever redefines the concept of undying love.


From the Hardcover edition.

I caught him stealing glances at me from across the room, and the sight of him took my breathe away. He slowly began to limp toward me and the way his right knee dipped a little every time he landed on that side was so gangsta. And then his nose hit the ground, and I was like "Guuuuuurrrrrl, that's gone be my baby daddy!" "What that's just a skin ailment. Pale, huh, he just don't get out that much. You just Jealous cause he the most popular guy in schooland he want me."



YES I judged this book long before I read it. NO need to worry, this IS NOT that kind of book.



I was given a copy of this book from Net Galley via the generous folks at Random House Publishing Group.



Throughout and by the end of this book I had so many emotions volleying for my attention, my most difficult challenge proved to be reiming it all in and forming my review in coherent sentences.



I was excited by the action. The fight scenes definitly had my upmost attention to the point where I've missed my stop on the train more than once and was late for work, hence giving me more time to read this awesome book. (Not complaining here....just stating a fact.) The settings and reforming of society in this Dystopia novel had me in awe. I heart Steampunk. There's something uniquely fasinating about it and the culture and lifestyle of this tale definitely put me in the mind of Steampunk. I appreciated the fact that this has not one, but two kick ass heroines! And the one you'ld least expect is the boldest. Nora was a little diappointing in that aspect. I wanted her to be more hard core bad-ass-ness. (Um, you know what I mean right?) I was horrified of this author's audasity to try and make a zombie the leading male in this romance. I'm so not completely sold. It was super sweet how it all played out. I'm embarrased to say, I found myself sighing alot and a tad bit jelious of Nora. If you're old enough to remember Family Matter, you'll understand when I say, Nora and Bram had a Laura/Steve Urkel kind of love. (At first he was so undesirable to the point of "EWWW", then he grows on you.) The villians were surprising when revealed and infuriating none the less. I was disappointed when it ended. I'm excited and impaitent to see what happens next.

If you're afraid to pick this up because of the ZOMBIE content, you're going to regret it. This is a very well written and darn almost believeable book. Well, it is, if you can get pass the whole walking dead thing.) There are decaying gross parts, but there's nothing too terrifying to give you nightmares. I rate this 4.5!

About the Blogger

I'm Katrina, founder of Kindred Dreamheart. I'm an aspiring junior & women's petite clothing designer and book lover. I read select genres. However if it's a series I'm sure I'd love it also regardless of the genre. I read when I want to be entertained; watch TV when I'm bored; and when I'm not designing something fabulous, I blog. (((Contact Me)))