DARK SECRETS is OUT! #Book Release #giveaways

Woot! DARK SECRETS: A Paranormal Noir Anthology is out in the world today. Releasing a new book is like birthing a child -- awesome, scary, joyful. Thank you to all my readers, I couldn't write my stories without your love and support.

Six award-winning authors bring you this spellbinding collection of stories about dark desires, mysterious worlds, and danger that lurks in the shadows of the night. Where nothing is black and white; where things might not be as they seem; where magic and mayhem rule.

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iTunes: https://goo.gl/rXJGly

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Google Play Link: https://goo.gl/nWqUXc

ARe Link: https://goo.gl/iPSq8R

Thanks to all the bloggers who are supporting us with reviews and posts. I greatly appreciate you and y'all ROCK!

Review from I Smell Sheep

A Bookish Foodie Post at The Mysterious Ink Spot

Review in the Dungeons of La Crimson Femme

Scary Movie Recs with Booked and Loaded
Review with Booked and Loaded

Interview with the Book Gatherer

Review from Red Roses for Authors
13 Halloween Reads from Writing While Distracted
Review at Butterfly-O-Meter

(I'll add more as they come in!)

Check out the cool Dark Secrets video Rachel Caine made!

To celebrate the release we're giving away a $120 Amazon Gift Card and a lovely Gothic Choker Set.

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Psst! The Reviews For Dark Secrets Are Rolling In...

Eeep! The reviews have started rolling in...and I'm a nervous wreck. You see this anthology is my special baby. Some people like to create fantasy football teams, I like to dream up fantasy author collections. So DARK SECRETS brings together some of my auto-buy authors. I love their words and I hope all of you out there will love them too...I know, that's impossible because reading is so individual...but, it's my baby....

Anyhow, here are some reviews I'm thrilled about:

"At $.99 you would be a fool not to grab this one. Whether you love urban fantasy or PNR, you will find something to love in each story." ~ I SMELL SHEEP

To read the rest of the review, visit I SMELL SHEEP

Then there's:

"Provocative, refreshing, melancholy and reminiscent of Grimm Fairy Tales. I thoroughly enjoyed all the stories. Usually in an anthology I read it for one author. I generally hope that I like that author's story. It's always iffy with anthologies because the more authors, the more chances one of the stories could disappoint and the overall rating drop. After reading this book, I'm still loving the authors who made me want to read this book. In addition, I've found new authors I must explore."

But my favorite part of this review is: "Who is this Mina Khan?"

To read the rest of this review, visit the Dungeon...

Release Date: September 29, 2015

But we do have it on preorder:

Dark Secrets: A Paranormal Noir Anthology

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5* For DEAD: A Ghost Story

My one and only NON-romance, DEAD: A GHOST STORY, received another 5 * review and left me feeling warm and fuzzy and giddy.

Writing outside of your usual genre takes courage. You are afraid of disappointing your readers, you are afraid that your writing may not be up to the new challenges, and you are afraid of taking a leap into the unknown. However, DEAD was inspired by the immigrant women who often live and die in the shadows, it's about abuse and heart break, and it's about freedom and hope.

That's a lot to put into a story and I wasn't sure if I'd accomplished it. Then I received reviews, like the most recent one from a E.P. Beaumont:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real ghost story
February 27, 2013

By
E. P. Beaumont - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)This review is from: Dead: A Ghost Story (Kindle Edition)

I discovered this work by recommendation of Grace, who knows the writer. Never discount the word-of-mouth referral, because this is one of the best stories in any genre or any language that I've read in the last six months or so. Worldwide, ghosts are unfinished business, and Nasreen is no different. Without spelling it out, Mina Khan teases us with many expected ghost-story tropes (the jealous first wife, the murdered innocent, the heartbroken ghost forever bound to its place of death) before unraveling the knot into an unexpected sensation of lightness and liberation. Meanwhile, back in the world of the living, an implied noir tale unfolds after the credits roll.

Brilliant work, all around, with a storyteller's voice that is simultaneously invisible as water (or wind) and a personality of its own. Brava! I look forward to more work from Mina Khan, and right now am off to buy all her other books!

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I don't know who you are E.P. Beaumont, but thank you. Your reading my stories and taking the time to share your reaction is priceless. Your words made my day. All those hours spent agonizing in my head and sweating blood onto paper as I try to pull a coherent story from the vivid chaos that is my imagination is worth it when I know my stories are connecting with readers. So thank you for sharing.