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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Blog Tour: Destiny Awaits by Jaidis Shaw Review + Giveaway

Title: Destiny Awaits

Series: Juniper Grove Chronicles

Author: Jaidis Shaw

Published: July 19th, 2014

Publisher: Crushing Hearts & Black Butterfly Publishing

Word Count: approx. 50,000

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Recommended Age: 14+

Synopsis:

She wants a normal life. They want her dead. Destiny has other plans.

Twenty-year-old Alayna Scott receives visions around water, but even her foresight couldn’t prepare her for the tragic accident that claimed the lives of her parents. With everything she loves gone, Alayna packs up and moves to the small town of Juniper Grove in hopes of starting over.

Jayden McKnight can’t explain the attraction that he feels whenever Alayna is near, but he does know that he will do whatever it takes to win her heart. When a vampire selects Alayna as his next victim, Jayden will stop at nothing to ensure her safety – even if that means bringing Alayna into a world that she never knew existed.

Love blossoms, challenges are made, and Alayna will find herself fighting not only to survive, but to understand what she has become.

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My Review

Author Jaidis Shaw has created a magical world in present time, where mythical creatures live undetected among humans. Shaw captures the essence of her world by developing a cast of characters that work well to deliver the reader a wonderful and innovative plot.

Filled with thrills, love, and the unexpected, Jaidis Shaw's Destiny Awaits will unconsciously absorb you into the realm of your untapped imagination.

Prologue from Destiny Awaits:

Sunlight caught the crystal that hung from the rear view mirror, and rainbow bursts of color radiated throughout the car. My parents and I had gotten up early so that we could make the three hour drive to my uncle’s house, but from the line of backed up traffic in front of us, it seemed that it would take us longer. I leaned back in my seat and let the music blaring in my earbuds help pass the time. My mother turned in her seat in the front, and I glanced at her. Seeing her mouth my name, I pulled one side of the earbuds out of my ear.

“What did you say?” I asked.

“I asked if you were hungry,” she replied. “Your father thinks that we should get off the interstate at the next exit and grab something to eat while the traffic clears up.”

“Sure, that’s fine with me. It’s a good idea, anyway, since Uncle John turned vegetarian. There’s no telling what he’s going to try to get us to eat.”

My father’s hearty laugh rumbled through the car. “Do you remember that rolled up spinach thing he tried to feed us last time?”

“How could I forget?” I said.

Mom sprung to her brother’s defense. “It wasn’t so bad.”

“Then how come you didn’t eat it? I saw you slip it to the dog when you thought nobody was watching.” My father glanced at my mother while she tried to come up with a retort.

“If you saw that, then it’s obvious that I wasn’t sneaky enough.” She crossed her arms over her chest and stared out the window.

My dad laughed as he flipped on the turn signal and merged into the right lane, coming to a stop behind a logging truck. I looked at the long logs protruding from the flatbed. “It always makes me nervous when they hang off like that,” I said. A shiver raced over my body.

“It’s okay. They make sure to load them on so that they won’t come off,” my dad reassured me.

I opened my mouth to reply, but stopped when I heard a screech of tires behind us. Turning my head, I locked eyes with the man in the driver’s seat of the truck that was hurtling toward us. The truck slammed into the back of our car, and my mother’s scream echoed in the tight space around me. A shower of white stars filled my vision as pain ripped through my shoulder and cut off my own scream. As the darkness closed in around me, I heard the faint shrill of sirens in the distance.

About the Author:

Jaidis Shaw currently resides in South Carolina with her husband and beautiful daughter (with another daughter on the way). With a passion for reading, Jaidis can always be found surrounded by books and dreaming of new stories. She enjoys challenging herself by writing in different genres and currently has several projects in the works.

Jaidis also owns and operates Juniper Grove Book Solutions, voted Top Three for Best Promotional Firm, Site, or Resource in the 2013 Preditors & Editors Readers’ Poll. In her spare time, Jaidis maintains her two blogs, Juniper Grove and Blooming with Jaidis. One of her main goals in life is to encourage her daughters to let their imaginations run wild.

Giveaway Details:

There is a tour wide giveaway. Prizes include the following:

A $20 Amazon Gift Card

Winner’s choice of any one current Kindle eBook release from CHBB, Vamptasy, or Hot Ink Press

Giveaway is International.

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Monday, December 9, 2013

Jingle All the Way Book Sale and Giveaway!

The very wonderful Jaidis Shaw has put together a great event this week and just in time for my birthday, which is TODAY! Take a look at the spectacular books we're showcasing and pick up one or all of them! Don't forget to scroll all the way down for the fab giveaway!

Just in case you're wondering, I'm 97 years old today, but I don't look a day over 89.

xo,

Nely

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In Mystekal, a small, dying town in the Southern California desert, only 75 students attend the old, sometimes creepy high school dubbed “Mystical High,” where strange things have been known to happen. Jessie Dalworth and Jinxsy Patterson are juniors and lifelong best friends. At home, Jessie deals with the pain of an absentee mother who has abandoned the family for the lure of Hollywood; Jinxsy contends with a 17th “birthday present” she never wanted or expected.

Meanwhile, at school, the unexplained activity begins to escalate when Jinxsy keeps seeing a long-haired guy in the hallway checking her out. Jessie can’t see him, but her younger brother, River, can.

Then, in English class, a stapler mysteriously flies off teacher Eve Carrow’s desk, hitting a student in the face who has just mouthed off to her. The beloved teacher is in the unenviable position of having her brute of a father as principal, so she hates sending any student to his office. As Principal Ernest Carrow begins to terrorize Eve and others more openly, something or someone unseen decides that it’s payback time.

School is getting stranger, and Jinxsy and Jessie are faced with mind-boggling changes in their home lives that complicate everything. When a string of shocking events expose explosive secrets, decades-long mysteries are finally revealed.

CONTENT WARNING: Mild sexual content and non-gratuitous profanity. Recommended age: 14+

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Isis can control her dreams. Or she could—until recently. The creature in her nightmares has been haunting her for months. As if being dumped wasn’t bad enough, now she dreads going to sleep. She decides to confront the creature and win back some of her peace; only, she finds that he’s not a monster and he’s not a dream.

A sacrifice for love, a shocking discovery and a jealous ex-boyfriend blur the lines between reality and dreams, making it hard to tell who the real monsters are.

Who would’ve known…that sometimes love is lethal?

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It was happening again. The dreams. The nightmares. It was something that seventeen year-old Elizabeth Hayes thought she’d outgrown; dreams that would come true; detailed premonitions of how people would die. This time she dreams about her boyfriend, Michael Young, and soon discovers that he has been found… dead.

He has not crossed over because he was murdered, and now the murderer is after Lizzy. His spirit won’t rest until she is safe. As a newbie spirit, the easiest way for him to make contact is through Lizzy’s dreams. When she dreams, it’s as if he hasn’t died.

Lizzy must learn to pull on her inner strength to survive horrifying events, and is faced with a most difficult decision. Would she risk her life to save her best friend and the very person responsible for Michael’s death?

Meanwhile, Michael learns everything he can about his supernatural gifts to help. But will it be enough to save her?

Recommended for young adult readers. In My Dreams is a YA Paranormal Romance.

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Love blossoms, challenges are made and Alayna will find herself fighting not only to survive, but to understand what she has become.

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And now time for the giveaway! I’d like to thank Lisette, Nely, and Cameo for offering up prizes for the giveaway! In addition, I’d like to give a special shout out to fellow author Ace Antonio Hall, author of the YA horror novel The Confessions of Sylva Slasher, for granting me access to his Zombie Pop store! Head on over to his Facebook and Twitter and give him a like/follow. His store has awesome clothing and accessories for the zombie lover in all of us!

Thursday, January 31, 2013

The Stager by Jaidis Shaw Cover Reveal!

Hello, readers! Thanks for dropping by. Today, I'm in an absolute fangirl frenzy because I have the pleasure of welcoming Author Jaidis Shaw as she shares with us the cover for her upcoming thriller novel, The Stager.

About the Author:

Jaidis Shaw currently resides in a small town located in South Carolina with her husband and a beautiful daughter. With a passion for reading, Jaidis can always be found surrounded by books and dreaming of new stories. She enjoys challenging herself by writing in different genres and currently has several projects in the works.

When not reading or writing, Jaidis maintains her blog Juniper Grove and helps promote her fellow authors. In addition to her free promotion services, she uses her experience in publicity to offer freelance author services through Juniper Grove Book Solutions.

Jaidis released her debut novel Destiny Awaits in April 2011. In addition to her novel, she currently has two short stories published with Wicked East Press. You can read her latest story ‘Blind Justice’ in the Wicked Bag of Suspense Tales anthology – now available on Kindle!

And now feast your eyes on the beautiful cover for Jaidis Shaw's upcoming release, The Stager!

Title: The Stager

Author: Jaidis Shaw

Genre: Paranormal Thriller

Expected Release Date: April 2013

Synopsis:

Life is good for assassin Amelia Jay. With a supernatural gift that allows her to appear as anyone she chooses, Amelia views the world as her stage. Distracted by an unexpected pregnancy while on a job, Amelia’s world comes crashing down around her when she is forced to reveal her powers to the only man she has ever cared for.

Kingsley O’Hare may not be in a legal position of power, but under the surface he has the city at his disposal. From drugs to human trafficking, he has gained his fair share of enemies. When he learns about Amelia’s talents as an assassin, he knows he must have her on his team. So when Amelia walks out on his job offer, he thinks she is gone for good. That is, until she is faced with a dilemma and is forced to ask him for a favor.

Fulfilling her agreement with Kingsley, Amelia must decide if she is willing to give up the only lifestyle she has known in order to provide for her unborn child. When the decision is made for Amelia, she must stand up for those who are unable to fight for themselves, even if that means losing herself in the process. Will Amelia’s power be enough to save her?

Excerpt from Prologue:

Victory was mine the day I saw my mother’s essence leave her body and wrap itself around me like a cloak. I had her memories, her skills, and her looks. I could be her forever – if I wanted. I sometimes find myself wondering if there is anything left between us that is redeemable but feeling the extent of her fear and disgust towards me now as it coursed through my veins, I knew there was nothing salvageable left. Instead, I shrugged her essence off of me and watched it return to the motionless body on the floor. The world became my stage and I was determined to play the lead role.

Now, I am anything and anyone I want, because I am a Stager.

I am you.

Read the complete prologue to The Stager on Jaidis's blog!

Sunday, August 12, 2012

A Day in the Life of Jaidis Shaw ( + Giveaway)

Hello and welcome to "A Day in the Life of..."©, a featured guest post exclusive to my blog that's published on Mondays and sometimes, on Thursdays. On these two days, a spotlight guest will share a normal day in their lives, giving us insight on their thoughts, projects, interests, obsessions and more. Occasionally, and if we're lucky, they'll even throw in a giveaway.

And now on with the show...

Today I have the pleasure of featuring the lovely Jaidis Shaw. Jaidis is not only a writer, but she's also a freelance editor and promoter for other authors. She juggles a career and family in her home in South Carolina. Let's check out her day, shall we?

ABOUT JAIDIS SHAW

Jaidis Shaw currently resides in a small town located in South Carolina with her husband and beautiful daughter. With a passion for reading, Jaidis can always be found surrounded by books and dreaming of new stories. She enjoys challenging herself by writing in different genres and currently has several projects in the works.

When not reading or writing, Jaidis maintains her blog Juniper Grove and helps promote her fellow authors. In addition to her free promotion services, she uses her experience in publicity to offer freelance author services.

Connect with Jaidis:

Amazon Author Page GoodReads Kindlegraph Facebook
Twitter YouTube Google+ Blog

A Day in the Life of Jaidis Shaw

Let me start by first saying that my schedule is very erratic. Factors like if I have plans the next day or if my hubby has school will determine how my day goes. So, for the sake of sanity, I will try and show you what my days look like when the hubby is off to school since Fall semester will be starting soon.

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7:00 AM – Alarm # 1 goes off and is met with an enthusiastic greeting. And by enthusiastic greeting I mean tugging the cord, thus pulling the clock from underneath the bed, switching the alarm off and tossing it back into the oblivion that is under the bed. Yes, I keep my alarm under the bed. That is perfectly normal. Right? No? Oh well. I do it because even on its dimmest setting, the clock gives off so much light that I can’t sleep at night and keeping it under the bed blocks the majority of the light.

7:03 AM – Alarm # 2 goes off and I gently hit the snooze button. Why the change of heart where the evil that is known as alarm clocks is concerned? Easy! It is because the second alarm is on my phone, and I don’t want to hurt my phone.

7:05 AM – Alarm # 2 goes off again and I have no other choice than to force myself from the warm embrace of my blankets, sit up and wonder if I can get away with going back to bed.

7:06 AM – I have determined that going bed to impossible and so I get up and begin my daily duties, the first being that I have to wake my husband up so that he can start getting ready for school.

7:10 AM – I head to the kitchen but before I am able to get three steps in the room, the dogs demand their bowls be filled. At least they aren’t as demanding as an old cat we used to have. He could really be a fighter if he wanted to. Maybe the dogs got beat up so often that they try the ‘kill her with kindness’ method…otherwise known as the ‘dance around her legs so she can’t walk without tripping and whine constantly until she caves’ method….lol. After they are satisfied, I begin making a lunch for the hubby to take to school. While doing this task, I make a mental note to teach him how to make his own lunch.

7:11 AM – Erase previous mental note. If he hasn’t learned by now, the chances of him learning are slim to none.

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7:30 AM – Hubby is out the door and I stand in the silent house and debate whether I should try going back to bed or if I should check my emails. I make the decision to check my emails and Facebook for a few minutes and then go back to bed so I head to my office to begin the first task.

9:30 AM – I am still online. Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew that going back to bed was impossible because let’s face it…once Facebook sinks its claws in you, there is no escaping. I have answered the bulk of my emails, returned messages on Facebook and tweets on Twitter, hopped on Amazon and GoodReads to see if any new reviews or ratings have come in and begun the process of formatting posts for my blog.

10:00 AM – Hubby calls around this time to update me about his day. I reply with enthusiasm but can’t help but look at the clock and calculate how much time I have left before he arrives home.

10:10 AM – I make a mental note of the chores that I need to accomplish for the day and approximately how much time they will take. I decide I still have some time and begin doing promotion work for any clients that I have at the time.

11:50 AM - My daughter decides to wake from her slumber and I get her settled with breakfast (or really lunch) and her favorite Barbie Mermaid DVD. I realize that I haven’t eaten yet so I fix me something (usually a sandwich), fill my favorite pink cherry blossom cup with water flavored with Raspberry Lemonade Propel Zero, and return to my office to check if any new messages have been received.

12:45 PM – A glance at the clock and I know I have to get started on the cleaning. I start a load of laundry, straighten up the living room, and then head to the kitchen to wash up any dishes, telling myself the rest can wait until tomorrow.

1:35 PM - I am still cleaning the house. Somehow the chores that had been deemed worthy of waiting until another day vetoed my vote and made sure that they got done today. Floors swept and mopped. Book cases organized, DVDs put away on the appropriate shelf by genre. All laundry folded and put away. Trash taken out and dogs let out to play.

3:20 PM – My daughter decides she is done with Barbie and it is time to start her school work. Of course, she isn’t even in school yet but there is nothing wrong with getting an early start. She just started learning addition and subtraction, so she sits at a table next to my desk and begins. If I have any editing work, I begin tackling that manuscript while she works; only coming to me when she has questions….which is often.

4:05 PM – Math work is complete- ie: she has gotten bored with it - and she decides what task she wants to do next. Normally it is to watch another Barbie DVD, or color, or read a book (even though she doesn’t know how to read yet) and so that ensues. Meanwhile, I go back to editing/working and checking Facebook yet again.

5:00 PM – The hubby is usually home by this time and begins cooking dinner. Yes, he does the cooking…SCORE! We sit down to eat as a family and then usually watch a movie.

8:00 PM – Hubby begins homework, my daughter is playing quietly with her imaginary friends and I retreat back to my office.

12:00 AM – Hubby goes to bed and I get my daughter bathed and in bed. I read her a story…or five…until she passes out and I return to my office, yet again, grabbing a cold Red Bull along the way.

1:00 AM - This is the magic hour because it is finally ‘me’ time. I bring up Pandora and put my headphones on, always leaving my right ear uncovered so that I can listen to the sounds of the house - aka listen to see if my daughter gets back up. I open the Red Bull, drinking in the energizing nectar and pull up my current WIP and begin the writing process. During breaks of writing, I am checking in on Facebook or chatting with my author friends who are still up at this hour.

The above task lasts until around 3 or 4 AM when I decide I must get to bed if I am going to hear the alarm the next morning. I save my progress twice, always twice, and close down my computer before falling into the bed exhausted.

Thank you, Jaidis, for sharing your day with us and thank you, readers for taking the time to stop by. I hope that you've enjoyed today's

"A Day in the Life of..."

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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Review, Interview & GIVEAWAY: Jaidis Shaw & "Destiny Awaits"

RATING: ★★★★★
Soon To Be Released!

Synopsis:

Alayna Scott always knew that she wasn’t your average twenty-year-old. The visions she receives around water were a dead giveaway. But even her visions couldn’t prepare her for the tragic car accident that claimed the lives of her parents. With everything she loves gone, Alayna packs up and moves to the small town of Juniper Grove in hopes of starting over.

Jayden McKnight can’t explain the sudden attraction that he feels whenever Alayna is near but he does know that he wants her for his own. So when a local vampire selects Alayna as his next victim, Jayden will stop at nothing to ensure her safety – even if that means bringing Alayna into a world that she never knew existed.

Love will blossom, challenges will be made and Alayna will find herself fighting not only to survive, but against what she may become

Review:

After surviving a terrible automobile accident where she loses her parents, 20 year-old Alayna tries to gather the pieces of that shattered past by starting anew in the town of Juniper Grove. Alayna finds comfort in a a handsome and friendly young man named Jayden who assists her in refurbishing the garden in the fixer-uper home that she has purchased. One night, as Alayna strolls back home and ignorant of the town's curfew, she is viciously attacked by a mysterious man with a craving for blood. When Alayna questions Jayden about the attacker, Jayden has no choice but to open the doors to his mystical world. While Jayden nurses Alayna to health, both discover that the spark that ignited during their friendship has flourished into a burning flame, and in the end it is love that will conquer.

Author Jaidis Shaw has created a magical world in present time, where mythical creatures live undetected among humans. Shaw captures the essence of this mystical world by developing a cast of characters that works well to deliver the reader a wonderful and innovative plot.

Filled with thrills, love and the unexpected, Jaidis Shaw's "Destiny Awaits" will unconsciously absorb you into the realm of your untapped imagination.

Author Jaidis Shaw

Author Interview:

Q: How long did it take you to write this book?

A: I started writing the original draft back in 2004/2005 but then had to put it on hold when I was diagnosed with epilepsy. After my first short story had been accepted for publication, I decided that it was time to get my book done.

Q: What was your inspiration to write this book?

A: I spent my childhood growing up in MI and then we moved to SC when I was in the 10^th grade. I was bullied relentlessly for being a ‘Yankee’ and had no friends that I could turn to and so I took to my writing and the idea for this book for formed.

I will be talking more about why I started writing my book next week when I make a vlog as part of an upcoming Charity blog hop that begins on March 30th.

Q: What genre do you find the most difficult to write in and why?

A: I have only tried my hand in paranormal romance, suspense and western genres. I have a story idea that I have been wanting to work on that is a high-tech sci-fi (or could even have a Steampunk flair) but I just can’t seem to tell the story that way I think it should be. I’ve actually considered trying to find a co-author for it who knows more about the genre to help me.

Q: Do you have any writing projects you are currently working on?

A: I started book two of the Juniper Grove Chronicles before book one was ever finished. It is all mapped out and ready to go when I have more time to sit down and pull the pieces together. Although it is the second book, it is not a sequel and instead takes a closer look at the life of Violet who readers will meet briefly in Destiny Awaits.

Q: If your book became a movie, who would be your first choice to play the lead roles?

A: I have spent a lot of time thinking about this question, as I’m sure that most authors do. There are two actresses that I think would be great for the role of Alayna. The first is Kate Mara. I think she has the look down and could pull off the serious side of the character.

The other actress is Emma Stone. She also fits the look but I think she would be better suited to pull off the snarky attitude that Alayna has throughout the book. Her eyes are better for the part as well.

I’m still on the search for the main male lead.

Q: Do any of your characters have qualities/characteristics that are similar to yourself?

A: I bestowed my love of water to Alayna. There is just something about water that I connect with and it often helps calm and rejuvenate me. I have been known to stop whatever I’m doing and go sit on the porch and watch the rain. Oddly enough, the only form of water that I can’t stand is ice. It hurts me to see water constricted like that.

Odds & Ends:

Q: One food you would never eat?

A: I refuse to eat anything that lives in water. Probably has something to do with the above question.

Q: What was the scariest moment of your life?

A: The scariest moment was probably when I had a seizure while taking my Biology exam in college. The teacher refused to give me the medication as the entire staff was instructed and that one seizure turned into Status Epilepticus which means that I had a grand mal seizure every few minutes for the next 6.5 hours. It was pretty scary when I finally came too and didn’t know who my family was.

Q: As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A: Either an author or a veterinarian. You can see which option won out.

* I'd like to thank Author Jaidis Shaw for this interview and for giving me the opportunity to read and review her debut novel due for release, tentatively, in the months of April/May of 2012. It's an honor to be the first to present her literary achievement to the public and a privilege to know her.

About the Author:

Jaidis Shaw currently resides in a small town located in South Carolina with her husband and her beautiful daughter. With a passion for reading, Jaidis can always be found surrounded by books and dreaming of new stories. She enjoys challenging herself by writing in different genres and currently has several projects in the works.

When not reading or writing, Jaidis fills the position of Book Tour Coordinator for Nurture Your Books™, maintains the Juniper Grove blog and loves encouraging her daughter to let her imagination run wild.

Learn more about Author Jaidis Shaw on her sites:

Juniper Grove: www.junipergrove.net

Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorJaidisShaw

Twitter: www.twitter.com/#!/JaidisShaw

GoodReads Profile: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5556095.Jaidis_Shaw

Destiny Awaits on GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13557288-destiny-awaits

YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/JaidisShaw?feature=g-user-u

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