Africa Online Book Fair

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Africa, Aziza Eden Walker, Bailey Quinn, Book Fair, Elaine Dodge, Inge Saunders, Jayne Bauling, Joanne Macgregor, Kathy Bosman, Leenna Naidoo, Marie Dry, Nana Prah, romance, Sheritha Singh, T. M. Clark, Therese Beharrie

Today Whiskey With My Book is talking about something a little different.  Via Marie Dry, I met (virtually) Inge Saunders.  She, along with some friends, has organized a Book Fair to promote relationships with African authors.   This virtual book fair will take place this coming weekend.  Read on to learn a bit more and get the details….

The Africa Online Book Fair: Romance Authors & Books is a weekend event, featuring 13 authors and 1 interview with an aspiring romance author. Each day will have a certain amount of authors that will showcase their books and who they are.

The online book fair takes place on Facebook. The Facebook event page will list time slots for each author attending the book fair. Here’s a link to the event page. https://www.facebook.com/events/372063406523550/

As you know, a traditional book fair is an exhibit of books typically by a group of publishers or book-dealers for promoting sales and stimulating interest, often authors are also featured with their own booths and engages with readers. It takes place at a certain venue over a specific period of time and requires those who are exhibiting their books to be physically present, as well as those attending the book fair.

An online book fair in contrast takes place on the internet, but with the same underlined principle as a traditional book fair, to exhibit books for promotion of sales and stimulating interest, typically designed to provide access for those who are unable or unavailable to attend traditional book fairs.

The main objectives with the Africa Online Book Fair will be building relationships, networking, creating a fun and relaxed environment where authors and readers can engage with each other. A place where authors can share information, have Q&A’s and create interest in their books through prizes, gifts, giveaways, competitions, promotional discounts, etc. So definitely something for readers too.

Readers, you can come and go as you please since you don’t have to pay a ticket to enter or register. So come and meet your next favorite author! We’ll have discounted and free books, play games, you can win Amazon Gift Cards. Get a little bit closer to authors you want to chat with in real time and generally see what Africa’s got to offer for your romance taste buds.

There will be a Scavenger Hunt that you can enter and stand a chance to win a prize. You’ll have to go to every author’s post (“booth”) at the event and hunt for the number each author has “hidden” in one of their posts. At the end of the weekend you need to add up the amount and inbox co-host Kathy Bosman with your answer and she’ll draw a winner.

We are also running a sign up for our Newsletters competition that will start running with the Africa Online Book Fair blog tour from 17 to 31 May. You could win a 20$ Amazon Gift Card.

Sign up for as many newsletters as you want, each one is an entry: https://tinyurl.com/kvttmhb

The Winner will be announced after the fair.

Attending the online book fair and how it works is straightforward, especially for readers who’ve attended Facebook book parties. But also for readers who use the social network site daily.

All you need to do is go to our Event and click ‘Going’. It’s that easy!

The online book fair is for romance authors who are from Africa and authors who write romances set in Africa.

And don’t forget to invite your friends! Also join the group if you want updates on future book fairs from us.

Hope you have lots of fun and discover awesome reads.

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Links:

Facebook Event
Twitter
Instagram

Timeline

Blog tour: From May 17 till 31 May done by Wickedly Innocent Promotions.  (See below for list of stops.)

Event date: Friday 2^nd until Sunday 4^th June 2017.

Starts: 10:00 am (GMT+2)

Ends: 22:00 pm (GMT+2)

Readers who want to learn more about the authors that will be at the book fair can check out theses stops on the Africa Online Book Fair blog tour:

www.mixedemotionsbookblog.com
5/17/17
Leenna Naidoo

www.snugglebooksblog.com
5/18/17
Therese Beharrie

https://www.facebook.com/Thosecrazybookchicks
5/19/17
Nana Prah

https://www.kathybosman.com
5/19/17
Jayne Bauling

https://leennanaidoo.wordpress.com/
5/19/17
Inge Saunders: Choices&Collaborations

http://2bibliophiles.blogspot.com
5/20/17
Aziza Eden Walker

http://2bibliophiles.blogspot.com
5/21/17
Joanne Macgregor

Http://wickedlyinnocentpromotions.blogspot.com
5/22/17
Marie Dry

http://eskimoprincess.blogspot.com/
5/23/17
Bailey Quinn

Www.facebook.com/tripleabookblog
5/24/17
T. M. Clark

http://dogsmomvisits.blogspot.com/
5/27/17
Sheritha Singh

https://ingesaunders.wordpress.com/
5/30/17
Elaine Dodge

https://edenwalker.blog/
5/31/17
Africa Online Book Fair Spotlight

http://baileyquinn.weebly.com/blog
5/31/17
Africa Online Book Fair Spotlight

Twice Tethered by Sabine Priestley – Review

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5 stars, flying, romance, Sabine Priestley, series, urban fantasy, wings

Review by Riley

Note:  if, you want to learn more about Twice Tethered, you might want to check out Sabine Priestley’s guest post about her new series Tethered Wings, which includes an excerpt from Twice Tethered.

About Twice Tethered

In a country called Vega, winged sensari and humans live and work together for the first time.

Priya Desai wanted nothing more than to launch her career at Genetic Realms engineering, but one night with CEO Morgan Steele changed everything, including her humanity.

Morgan is duty bound to help Priya through the transformation–an intensely physical process which brings both pain and pleasure.

As his enemies fight to destroy his company, and political tensions rise, the two must find the truth: Did someone engineer the transformation in her, or did he really tether twice?

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Review of Twice Tethered

My first thought after finishing Twice Tethered – Wow! Second thought – I am glad book two will be out soon! Sabine Priestley, author of the Alien Attachments series I so enjoyed, introduces her new urban fantasy series featuring a world where humans and winged humanoids (sensari) live together in harmony and in enmity.

While some sensari look at all people and see equals and friends, a large contingent of sensari insist on the old ways. Humans are no different, demonstrating both extremes of the tolerance scale. Vega is the newly formed nation that welcomes both sensari from Mandori and humans from Anarica. While it seems, at first, to be a rather simplistic political structure, the actual complexity of the situation is revealed bit by bit in this first book in the series.

It is the conflict between the narrow-minded of the world and the good people of Vega that makes me appreciate this book and, indeed, will keep drawing me back to the series. Ms. Priestley has created characters to complement both sides of the conflict, good and bad, that should also endure through the series.

Main characters Priya Desai and Morgan Steele are the romantic story. The beginning of Twice Tethered depicts the attraction between the two that is immediate and profound. And confusing to both characters, but more so to Morgan. Having been tethered once before, after the death of his wife, Morgan was sure the attraction to Priya was only physical. Don’t you love it when life surprises you! When Priya’s transformation is triggered after a night with Morgan, his reaction was just what it should be in his situation. Even if it was not at all what you would want it to be.

Morgan’s enemies, who are also the enemies of his company Genetic Realms engineering, and of Vega, will use Priya to create an international scandal. But it was not just a scandal. There was a mystery to be solved. What exactly happened to Priya? Could her change have been engineered? And if so, what will the implications be?

While the international situation unfolds, Priya and Morgan must work out their own complicated predicament. A little humor, a lot of drama and a generous dose of sexual tension make their romance compelling and something to cheer for.

Secondary characters Senior VP Christopher Gotti, Security expert Tara Newton and Vega President Damon Forester all have crucial roles. Tara often supplies a bit of levity to the situation, but can get down and serious when needed. Christopher and Damon – well, they are powerful heroic men that can fly. Do I need to say anything else?

This world reminded me a bit of another author’s fantasy series that features dragon/human hybrids called Morgans. Is it a coincidence that the main character’s name is Morgan? I think not. In fact, Ms. Priestley does credit her friend, author Juliette Cross’ Night Wing books, for inspiring the Tethered Wings series.  I am certainly glad Ms. Priestley read those books!

I love the thought of being able to fly, so winged characters are naturally appealing. Twice Tethered draws on that fantasy and enhances it in an intriguing, intricate world full of amazing, complex characters. I found a new series that I am going to have to read!

The author provided a copy of her book so that I could bring you this honest review.

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(Only $.99 now!  The price goes up after the release date.)

Desire to Fly – Guest Post by Sabine Priestley

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book feature, excerpt, flying, guest post, romance, Sabine Priestley, urban fantasy

Note:  I have two posts today.  The one you are reading now and a review of Twice Tethered.  I hope you enjoy them both.

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I dream of flying.  Really, I do.  I am sure I am not the only one.  Maybe you are reading this and nodding your head.  Maybe that is why we enjoy books about dragons and space ships and other flying entities.  Including those in Sabine Priestley’s new book Twice Tethered.  I am so pleased to welcome her to Whiskey With My Book today.  It seems we have something in common…..

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Guest Post by Sabine Priestley

It’s great to be back on WWMB, always a pleasure! It’s been a long time coming as 2016 was a horrible year for me. You don’t want to hear it, and I’m not dishing, suffice to say I’m seriously glad it’s over. Life has it’s ups and downs for everyone and I’m no exception. The silver lining (and I am always a silver lining kind of girl) is that my writing has become deeper. Pain is growth if you learn from it and I’ve learned a lot.

I’ve got a number of new books releasing this year and I’m totally stoked!

First on deck is my new UF series Tethered Wings. I loved creating this world and truly it has kept me sane (ok, sane may be a stretch, but work with me here). I have to credit my friend Juliette Cross for sparking this series as it was conceived when I was reading her Night Wing books.

For as long as I can remember I have wanted to fly. I spent hours as a child in imaginary worlds where I either had the ability to fly or I was riding a winged horse or a dragon. I’m a lucid dreamer and I can tell you that flying dreams are the bomb! I’ve soared down rivers, over mountains and even through the rings of Saturn.

It wasn’t difficult for me to imagine a race of human like people that had wings. They live together with humans for the first time in a country called Vega. Twice Tethered is book one of the series. As I was working on book two, Vega Falling something odd happened. Odd and seriously cool. I can’t tell you though, because it’s a major spoiler. Book two comes out August 1st so you won’t have to wait long!

One last thing. Me and some crazy author friends are reaching out to you, the readers. Seriously, we want to know what you’re looking for. What do you want to read? What do you want more of? The page is still a work in progress but, you can check it out here: Tell Us What You Want.

About Twice Tethered, Book 1 in the Tethered Wings Series

2016 Beacon FCRW Finalist!

She had no words. He was playing her like an instrument. Orchestrating a symphony unlike any she’d ever experienced.

In a country called Vega, winged sensari and humans live and work together for the first time.

Priya Desai wanted nothing more than to launch her career at Genetic Realms engineering, but one night with CEO Morgan Steele changed everything, including her humanity.

Morgan is duty bound to help Priya through the transformation—an intensely physical process which brings both pain and pleasure.

As his enemies fight to destroy his company, and political tensions rise, the two must find the truth: Did someone engineer the transformation in her, or did he really tether twice?

Excerpt from Twice Tethered

“What do you think you’re doing?” Morgan Steele inserted himself between her and Seth.

That explained the pleasure coursing through her.

Morgan wore jeans and a half-unbuttoned shirt. A short gold chain rested around his neck. His fingers brushed hers igniting a full-on body buzz.

“Piss off, Steele,” Seth said, straightening his collar.

Morgan scanned her from head to toe, upping the buzz quota. There was no missing the sparks in his eyes. “Are you all right?”

She nodded and stepped close enough for the heat of his body to radiate up her arm.

He placed a possessive hand on the small of her back, his thumb stroking. The bolt of electricity from his touch was almost painful. Almost.

“Beat it, Seth.”

“It’s a free world, Steele.”

“It’s my club. And since when do Mandoris believe in freedom?”

Ugly red blotches spread across Seth’s face. He sneered at Priya before whirling around and launching off the platform.

A low growl rumbled through Morgan. Felt more than heard. When he turned his attention back to her, she couldn’t move.

His expression shifted from anger to hunger as he scanned her from top to bottom and back again. “Tanzar Farornath.”

She started to ask what that meant, but when the heat of his hands slid onto her hips all she could do is breathe him in. Mountains and rain. She wanted to lose herself in that smell.

He was gliding his thumbs in tiny circles and it did things to her insides. His breath was hot on her skin.

“What are you doing here?” Her voice shook with more than adrenaline from the encounter with Seth.

“Part owner.”

She knew that. She couldn’t take her eyes off his mouth. If she leaned forward just a hair…

He beat her to it, tilting his head at the last moment and brushing his lips across her ear.  “The image I keep seeing in my head…” He leaned back and gazed into her eyes.

Her heart slammed into her chest as the scene burned brightly in her mind. She swore she felt him pulsing inside.

He nodded. “I thought so. Is that what you want, Priya?” His voice was low and gravelly, he made her name sound exotic.

Pleasure rippled through her in waves. Her hands were flat on his chest and the beat of his heart matched her own. Her brain battled with a response. Hell yes that’s what her body wanted, but what could she say? She didn’t want to lose her job. “I don’t think we should…”

His lips brushed against her neck just below her ear and a cacophony of sensation inundated her senses.

“We definitely should not.” He bit down on her shoulder.

The pleasure became an intrinsic part of her. Hot. Pulsing. “Oh, fuck, Morgan.”

“Precisely.”

Surrendering, she wrapped her arms around his neck. He devoured her. Demanding. Hungry. So very hungry.

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(Only $.99 now!  The price goes up after the release date.)

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About the Author

Sabine grew up consuming Science Fiction, Fantasy and Romance novels (there was a brief bodice ripper period, but we won’t go into that).

She wanted to be an astronaut and travel the stars looking for aliens. She ended up an Electrical Engineer and Cultural Anthropologist. She’s a geek with heart.

Seriously disappointed we’ve yet to establish so much as a moon base, she’s encouraged by the recent developments by superstars such as Elon Musk, Sir Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, among others.

She’s a travel addict, beach-loving, stargazing disruptor.

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