Happy New Years from Missy Lyons!!

Happy New Year's everyone!

It's time to end the year 2011, whether we are ready or not--and I am ready!!

I am finding myself looking back over the year and evaluating what I did well and what didn't work. I think 2011 kicked my butt and then turned around and did it again. My husband lost his eye this year and my babygirl underwent a her first surgery. My priorities changed and I began to deal with what was most important to me--family. I stopped writing for the first half of the year and then took it up again in Summer and Fall and I think my word count for the year ended up being around 80,000 words. Not bad for putting my writing on a back burner. It's been quite a ride. Now I can't wait for this year to end so I can take the reins back to my life and get this horse and pony show started. lol

In 2012 I already have two releases scheduled and plans to use my time more wisely. I have a few friends that have already written down a list of the books they plan to write. Me? I'm not so organized, but I will be writing.

What are your plans for the New Year?

Lots of love to you all and I hope all your hopes and dreams come true for 2012! Happy New Years!

Missy Lyons www.missylyons.com

Tonight I plan to break out the bubbly and celebrate until I can't party anymore and then I'll be sleeping it off tomorrow just like this guy. lol Enjoy your New Year's y'all!

News from Wild Child and Freya's Bower

Freya's Bower and Wild Child Publishing would like to congratulate Teresa D'Amario for her upcoming release.

Blood Moon Betrayed by Teresa D'Amario will be the Book of the Day at Author Island on September 18th. be sure to stop by and see what the contest is to win a copy.

We are having some issues with our shipping module for print books on the Web site. I am working to get it fixed, but it may require an entire overhaul of the site. If that happens, Freya's may be down for a day or so while I fix everything. If this happens, I will send a brief newsletter out before taking the site down. This should only affect print books. You should still be able to purchase and download eBooks as long as the site is up. If you can't, please contact me at store@freyasbower.com.

I am blogging at Four Strong Women this week. Come by and chat.

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Upcoming eBook Releases

Blood Moon Betrayed by Teresa D'Amario

Sean has known nothing but betrayal in his heart for many years. He's lost the leadership of his pack and with that, his wife. His daughters barely speak to him. Now he wants peace, and the only place to search for it is in the darkness of the forest. But the scent of a human female in peril drags him from the recesses of his pain, crushing what little balance remains.

Caden was once the popular cheerleader dressed to the nines. But when her ex-husband comes in search of blood, she realizes her past is nothing compared to the future she desires. Just as she's about to breathe her last, a voice tells her everything will be okay. But Caden knows different.

Beneath the light of the Blood Moon Festival beats the heart of the ultimate betrayal. Murder strikes so close to the heart, shattering Sean's soul, and destroying Caden's hopes of the future.

Genre: Werewolf/Shapeshifter/Paranormal/Interracial
Rating: Tangy
Book Length: Plus Novel
Word Count: 93,302
Pages: 314
Price: $6.99
Formats: PDF, HTML, ePub, PRC, MOBI, LIT

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The Kona Dog by Ruth G. Zavitsanos

Available September 20, 2011

Akela, the Kona dog, brings a smile to everyone she meets. She is sweet and caring to all those working and visiting the coffee plantation and pineapple grove.

To please her master, Akela makes her rounds on the plantation, assuring safety and offering encouragement with her gentle ways...

Genre: Children
Book Length: Short Story
Word Count: 12,537
Pages: 45
Price: $1.99

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Moments in Life: A Collection of Short Stories by Shanbreen

Available September 27, 2011

Moments in Life is a multi-cultural collection of 15 stories about human lives that coaxes, teases, explores, and entices our emotions to examine the inner-self and scrutinize the lives of those who live around us. The book flirts with mystery and crosses ethnic boundaries. It touches on women's issues and confronts abject poverty in India. It focuses on the absorption of American values and the stumbling blocks faced by a segment of the immigrant population. It also relates to everyday life in America and stretches our imagination toward the nature of mankind. From social issues to coming out of the closet of a gay heterosexual couple to horror and supernatural to the power of love, this collection challenges and entertains the reader.

All royalties for the first 500 copies sold will be donated by the author to the Somalian Children's Fund.

Genre: Mainstream/Mystery/Various
Book Length: Novel
Word Count: 86,241
Pages: 240
Price: $5.99
Formats: PDF, HTML, ePub, Mobi, Lit, PRC

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Upcoming Print Books

Red Tail Heart: The Life and Love of a Tuskegee Airman by Kenneth Williams

Available September 27, 2011

Beleaguered divorce attorney Christopher Irvin was far more astute at putting marriages asunder than creating one of his own. So when the specter of death shattered the quiet complacency of his well-ordered world, he began to re-evaluate his life from the ground up.

Chris' search for meaning leads him directly to his expatriate uncle, Roy Lankster, a decorated member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. Nearly 50 years earlier, Roy's P 51 Mustang fighter plane crashed in France in the lead up to WWII's D-Day invasion. Broken, battered and barely alive, he's rescued by Marie Renoir, a member of the French Resistance'. Their courage in the face of the ever present danger of capture is only overshadowed by a love between them so powerful that it rivals the first and greatest love in human history. The raging war, synthetic insanity, and the unassigned immoral forces of the universe conspire to tear them apart.

Chris, through Roy's writings, relives his uncle's relentless struggle to reunite with his love for the ages, and embarks himself on a personal journey of love and redemption.

Genre: Literary/Historical/Romance
Book Length: Novel
Word Count: 85276
Pages: 234
Price: $12.99
Format: Print

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Breathe by Abbi Glines

Available October 18, 2011

Sadie White's summer job isn't going to be on the beach life-guarding or working at rental booths like most kids her age. With her single mother's increasing pregnancy and refusal to work, Sadie has to take over her mother's job as a domestic servant for one of the wealthy summer families on a nearby island.

When the family arrives at their summer getaway, Sadie is surprised to learn that the owner of the house is Jax Stone, one of the hottest teen rockers in the world. If Sadie hadn't spent her life raising her mother and taking care of the house she might have been normal enough to be excited about working for a rock star.

Even though Sadie isn't impressed by Jax's fame, he is drawn to her. Everything about Sadie fascinates Jax but he fights his attraction. Relationship's never work in his world and as badly as he wants Sadie, he believes she deserves more. By the end of the summer, Jax discovers he can't breathe without Sadie.

But can their love overcome the disparity in their lifestyles? Or will they have to learn how to breathe again?

Genre: Young Adult/Romance
Book Length: Novel
Word Count: 70,618
Pages: 166
Price: $9.99
Format: Print

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Special Offer

Blood on the Pen by David Huffstetler

Purchase a copy of this book and find a link for a free download PDF of the prequel Disposable People, which is also available for $.99 at Amazon. Disposable People is not a Wild Child book, but it is a top-ten "Suggested Book" at Tufts University in Boston, MA.

The author donates a portion of each sale to St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

Jack Harden is a modern-day Texas Ranger haunted by his wife's death a year ago.

But when a murderer strikes, he is called into duty. Now he must battle the urge to kill the drunk driver responsible for her death and the hunger to kill himself as he hunts for a serial killer who wants him dead...

Genre: Crime Fiction/Mystery/Light Interracial Romance
Book Length: Novel
Word Count: 68,763
Pages: 139 (8.5 x 11)
Price: $5.95
Formats: PDF, HTML, ePub, Mobi, Lit, PRC

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Book Trailers

• Blood Moon Betrayed by Teresa D'Amario

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Marci Baun
Publisher
Freya's Bower -- Weaving passion into words..
Wild Child Publishing -- Break free...read wild!

Releases from Wild Child Publishing and Freya's Bower

Wild Child Publishing and Freya's Bower would like to congratulate Judith Leger and Jaime Samms for their new releases.

Every 28th, we will be celebrating our monthly releases at www.CyberLaunchParty.Blogspot.com! Leave any of the authors or the publisher a question that day at Cyber Launch Party, and your name will go in the hat for your choice from any of that month's new releases!

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Dragon Wish by Judith Leger

A vision, a wish, and a journey plagued by evil.

Cold, desolate cliffs and a white dragon's blue gaze captures Seren Jordan in a terrifying vision. A universe away, Paladin Fulcan--prince, captain, and sorcery-shadowed seed of dragonkind--struggles to overcome his grief during the long journey to where he must bury his wife and son. Seeing a shooting star, he violates the most sacred law of the dragonseed: he makes a wish...

Genre: Romance/Fantasy
Book Length: Plus Novel
Word Count: 100,856
Pages: 368
Price: $6.99
Formats: PDF, HTML, Mobi, Lit, ePub, PRC

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As Advertised by Jaime Samms

Tyler should know; as an ad executive, the packaging is what sells. And Jake is quite a package. So what if neither long-time friend Marty nor his landlady think much of Jake. Tyler is determined not to see the dark side of his lover, but when the truth becomes undeniable, not even an evening soaked in martinis will let him hide from it...

Genre: M/M/Contemporary
Rating: Spicy
Book Length: Novel
Word Count: 54,477
Page Length: 180
Price: $5.49
Formats: PDF, HTML, ePub, PRC, MOBI, LIT

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We are having a sale for Memorial Day (Monday, May 30th). One day only, use the code "we remember" and get 30% off any $10 eBook purchase.

Wild Child News

Wild Child Publishing would like to congratulate Ilan Herman, John M. Dargo, and Kenneth W. Williams for their new releases and John M. Dargo, Kenneth W. Williams, and Robert Clark for their interviews at Wild Child's blog.

Today we are celebrating our April releases at www.CyberLaunchParty.Blogspot.com! There's action, paranormal, mystery, horror and romance...truly something for everyone! Get a change to win by leaving any of the authors or the publisher a question at today's Cyber Launch Party, and your name goes in the hat for your choice from any of these new releases!

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New Releases

Lord of the Cats by Ilan Herman

Tim, a divorced father, never knew his melancholy life could become so dramatic, but then he never thought he'd adopt ten stray cats either. Nor did he believe that cats could talk... until one evening, they did and anointed him Lord of the Cats...

Genre: Paranormal/Literary/Humor/Light Horror
Book Length: Novella
Word Count: 33,447
Pages: 116
Price: $3.99
Formats: PDF, HTML, ePub, Mobi, Lit

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Balkan Spring by John M. Dargo

In 1943, the Nazi war machine had yet to be blunted. In the midst of war-torn Europe, in the central mountains of Yugoslavia, three friends band together to fight against German invaders. But when Partisan regulars prove to be a threat as well, the friends must question their resolve in the face of a new menace from within their own ranks...

Genre: Military/Action-Adventure/Historical
Book Length: Category Novel
Word Count: 57,520
Pages: 170
Price: $4.99
Formats: PDF, HTML, ePub, Mobi, Lit, PRC

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Red Tail Heart: The Life and Love of a Tuskegee Airman by Kenneth W. William

Beleaguered divorce attorney Christopher Irvin was far more astute at putting marriages asunder than creating one of his own. So when the specter of death shattered the quiet complacency of his well-ordered world, he began to re-evaluate his life from the ground up.

Chris' search for meaning leads him directly to his expatriate uncle, Roy Lankster, a decorated member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen...

Genre: Literary/Historical/Romance
Book Length: Novel
Word Count: 85,276
Pages: 276
Price: $5.99
Formats: PDF, HTML, ePub, Mobi, Lit, PRC

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Recent Releases

Against Nature by John Nelson

The U.S. is ground-zero for a mysterious global pandemic. The disease is highly infectious and kills its victims within two weeks of exposure. It's neither bacteria nor a virus and all traditional treatment regiments have failed.

Serena Salus, a radical scientist, discovers the organism is an extraterrestrial dust mite brought to earth by a shuttle astronaut...

Genre: Action-Adventure/Thriller
Book Length: Novel
Word Count: 91,121
Pages: 317
Price: $6.99
Formats: PDF, HTML, LIT, MOBI, ePub, PRC

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Crystal Birch by Jessie A. McPeeke

Katy McPherson has always had a special connection with her husband; ever since they first met in the remote wilds of Alaska, they've been able to glimpse each other's thoughts. Their telepathic connection is a joke between them, one that neither entirely believes in---until the day that Katy's husband, Marty, is shot down over Vietnam. That night, Katy dreams he is alive, so when a fellow Navy pilot delivers the news that Katy's husband is dead, she clings fast to the belief that her psychic connection has shown her that Marty is still alive...

Genre: Romance/Light Paranormal/Mainstream/Mystery
Book Length: Novel
Word Count: 95,000
Pages: 350
Price: $6.99
Formats: PDF, HTML, ePub, Mobi, Lit

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Upcoming Releases

E-Force by James D. Kellog

Colt Kelley, a disillusioned employee of an environmental organization in Aspen, finds his life shifting into high gear when he stumbles into an unexpected romance with a beautiful woman with a turbid past. But the newfound bliss is obliterated by E-Force, a clandestine group of militant radicals engaged in an escalating campaign of destruction against the Colorado assets of AmeResort Corporation. A dark conspiracy lurking below the eco-terrorist facade thrusts Colt into the crosshairs of law enforcement and a lethal network of merciless thugs and corrupt cops. Pressed into a race against time and ruthless evil, Colt must stop E-Force from hurtling toward an unthinkable act of terror. The fate of the nation hangs in the balance.

Genre: Thriller
Book Length: Plus Novel
Word Count: 100,000
Pages: 375
Price: $6.99
Formats: PDF, HTML, Mobi, Lit, ePub, PRC

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Guest Blogs

James D. Kellog, author of E-Force, stopped in at Four Strong Women blog on Monday to rant about manners, or the lack thereof, of some of the younger generation on snowboards. Find out how karma paid these boarders back. Oh, and post a comment. (grin)

Genre: Thriller
Book Length: Plus Novel
Word Count: 100,000
Pages: 375
Price: $6.99
Formats: PDF, HTML, ePub, PRC, LIT

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Marci Baun
Publisher
Wild Child Publishing -- Break free...read wild!