For What It's Worth by Karey White Twenty-four year-old, Abby Benson has dreams of owning her own wedding cake shop. An inheritance from her aunt gives her the ability to make those dreams come true. She hires Dane, a handsome contractor, to help her get the bakery up and running and soon they’re moving toward their own happy ending. Unsure what to charge for her cakes, Abby has a crazy idea to let the customer decide what they think their cake is worth. This plan has its ups and downs, but the novelty of the idea makes her a local celebrity. When she is interviewed on television about the unusual idea, business booms and Abby has cake adventures she never dreamed possible. But as her fame grows, Abby is swept up in a whirlwind that threatens everything she values. With the challenges that face her, will she be able to determine what is worth the most? Continue reading →

A Reminder about the Banned Books Blog Hop: 

Welcome today goes out to C. K. Volnek, MG/YA Author. Her debut MG book, Ghost Dog of Roanoke Island comes out this month. It sounds fascinating and I’m anxious to see how she wove her research of the Roanoke Island mystery with the paranormal. With no more delay, meet C. K. Volnek:

CONTEST: Leave me a comment as there will be prizes! I’m offering a free copy of my e-book or a free t-shirt!

Greetings! Thanks for allowing me to visit your blog today, Rebecca.

My name is C.K. Volnek, Author and Story Teller. My MG book, GHOST DOG OF ROANOKE ISLAND, is a tween ghost story, with a twist of Native American folklore, and based on a true American mystery…the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. In 1587, 117 colonists disappeared fromRoanoke Islandwithout a trace. Many have speculated on what happened to them, but no one knows for sure.

I do not remember studying the Lost Colony. For years I thought the first Colonists landed onPlymouth. So when I read an article on this mystery of the Lost Colony, my muse perked up.Plymouthwasn’t the first colony. Then what could have happened to all those people fromRoanoke Island? I had to know the when, where, why and how it all happened. I had to research.

As I began my research, I found I had to go back a few years from the Lost Colony to understand the full story. Every situation has a cause and effect theory. What we do today, will determine what happens tomorrow. If Queen Elizabeth had not granted Sir Walter Raleigh a charter for the colonization of the land she called ‘Virginia,’ none of this would have happened.

But it did. In 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh dispatched Phillip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe to explore the Eastern coast ofNorth America. It proved fruitful and a second expedition with a number of men was sent out, headed by Sir Richard Grenville. The men built a fort and a number of small houses but having arrived too late to plant a crop abandoned their adventure soon after…but not before committing a most heinous crime. During his exploration, Grenville invited a group of Native Americans on board one of the ships. During the visit, a silver cup came up missing and the Indians were blamed. Grenville then sent his men to destroy the entirevillageofAquascogocin retaliation. Everything…burned to the ground.

Despite the mystery of the Lost Colony, without this crucial, and most hateful, piece of history, my story of Ghost Dog of Roanoke Island would never have been born. I was so appalled at the intolerance and hatred my muse grabbed hold of the details and formulated her story. The injustice and prejudice drove me to research these early events in depth, searching even deeper to find the original manifest of the colonists, digging up pictures and facts of early colonial and Native American life, and details as to why Governor White, after going back to England for supplies, returned to Roanoke Island three years later, only to find a deserted fort and no clues to the whereabouts of

Today we welcome Shellie Neumeier to our MuseItUp September Blog-A-Thon. I asked Shellie to share with us what she would like back that is forever gone. Here are her answers. She also tells us a bit about her upcoming book Driven. Continue reading →

Free Books Prizes Giveaways Meet new Middle Grade/Young Adult authors during the MuseItUp September Blog-A-Thon. Every day a different author will appear on various blogs. Follow the schedule below to follow MY postings. Leave a comment at each one and earn a point toward PRIZES. Other ways to win? Earn 1 point for each of these: Continue reading →

I don't have anything big to write about this week. I've been super busy designing and making my Steampunk costumes for Dragoncon. It's coming up over Labor Day weekend so I have to hurry. Plus I've been writing, of course, and marketing my new book, Zarena, my old book (lol) Odessa and thinking about my September release of Prophecy. I've also been thinking a lot about the book Majikals, the next big Seraphym Wars book I'll be writing. I couldn't believe a recent email I received stating that the cover art for Odessa won first place for the June/July contest at Books in Sync. Then again, why wouldn't it? It's a magnificent cover and Delilah did an awesome job. Continue reading →

Yay! It's finally out! The first book of the MG series Stardust Warriors has been released as an eBook available in many places for $3.50. You can download it to any eReader in seconds and be off on an adventure with Zarena as she learns about her fate as leader of the Vigorios in the war between the Seraphym and demons of Dracwald. In other news, Odessa is now available in PRINT as well as eBook. My latest cover, for Prophecy of the Seraphym Wars YA series is finished. It's as awesome as Odessa! Check it out! The book comes out in September. Continue reading →

This week I have some business to attend to. We’ll get back to normal posting next week. Firstly, I owe an apology to several winners from my Odessa Blog Tour. I still have your prizes to mail out—never fear, you WILL eventually get them. Last week I did a bit of gardening and apparently pinched a nerve in my back. I’ve been laid up since with incredible pain in my left leg any time I try to stand for more than a minute. My family has been awesome at filling in at the stove (my 12-year old son has become the family cook) and elsewhere. As soon as I can get my act together (my appointment with a specialist is Wednesday, cross your fingers this is something easy to fix) I will get those amazing prizes in the mail to you lucky winners. In case you don’t know who you are yet, I will list below who won and what you won—that way you can be salivating until delivery. Continue reading →

We have a winner for the awesome prize pack and copy of Odessa eBook from the Release Birthday Party!

Krysta Banco

She wins a copy of Odessa and this Prize Pack. Enjoy Krysta!