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Pieces of the Heart Cover Reveal!!

January 17, 2017 / Miranda Shanklin / Leave a comment

I am participating in an anthology that will be released on February 14, 2017. All the proceeds will go to Surfers for Autism. I am very excited about this book!! I am so honored to be a part of this project. My contribution in this book is titled I Got Scared. It is a contemporary romance. Not my usual paranormal romance but I loved writing it and it is a story that is very special to me as it is dedicated to and based off a very special person to me.

I am in love with the cover! We worked together and had some amazing choices! It was hard to pick. We did finally come to a decision and it was even harder to wait until it was time for the cover reveal. I didn’t even download it to my computer until the weekend before so I wouldn’t be tempted to share it early. I know you are just as excited as I am to get to the best part of this blog post and are ready for the cover reveal. So here it is 🙂

Make sure you pre-order!! Here is the Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Heart-Authors-Cherron-Riser-ebook/dp/B01N7SOAJ5/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1484586132&sr=1-3&keywords=Pieces+of+the+Heart

Fifteen incredible authors have come together with stories of love, passion, pain, and triumph in support of Autism research. Pieces of the Heart by Authors for Autism is a collection of romance short stories of various genre and styles. Contemporary, fantasy, comedy, and drama, all combined in an assembly of sweet short reads to fill your heart with emotion. All of the proceeds of every sold copy of Pieces of the Heart will be donated toward Autism Research. This is a cause near and dear to every author involved in this project, and they are all excited to share these beautiful stories with all of you.

Maggie Adams- Guilty Pleasures
Shannon Bell- Not Your Average Prince Charming
Robbie Cox-Author- Another Page
Chrys Fey- Cancer Can’t
Joan Hazel- Show, Don’t Tell
Violet Howe- Breaking the Promise
Brenda Hunt- A Love for Sarah
Sam J D Hunt- Nicco the Eternal
Elaine Kaye- All Aboard
Tamsyn L. Key- Hunted
Michelle Louise- The Will to Love Again
Tara Ann Moore- Marigold
J. Nichole Parkins- The Girl in the Well
Cherron Riser- Through Frozen Shadows
Miranda Shanklin- I Got Scared

Soul Journey is coming in Audio

January 11, 2017 / Miranda Shanklin / Leave a comment

I have approved the audio book! It is now in review with ACX. That means it will be live in 10-14 days. I am very excited to releasing Soul Journey in this format for those that love audio books! I can’t wait for it to be available in audio!!!

I listened to the whole thing and the story came alive in a whole new way for me. I believe that anyone that gets this book in audio will be extremely happy with it. I spent an entire Saturday doing my review because I couldn’t stop listening and I knew what was going to happen. It still sucked me in and I couldn’t stop.

I am thrilled with the narrator. She did an amazing job! Even if you have read the book, I suggest you buy the audio book and listen to it!!

Miranda

Cover Reveal for Air’s Vision by Jillian Jacobs

February 22, 2016 / Miranda Shanklin / 1 Comment

Synopsis:

A sightless woman

A man who has seen everything

A new vision of the future.

Duty

For over four centuries the Air Elemental, Nodin Osi, has protected the very air we breathe. Yet when he returns to his ancestral homelands to recruit a beautiful ally, he’s literally set adrift when someone else takes control of his gifts.

Vision

Blind since birth, Kamali Kiwidinok’s can only see the vibrant auras surrounding each human. She blusters into Nodin’s world armed with her special vision only to discover that Nodin is the one person she can actually see.

Obscurity

Quint, an insidious creature composed of dark matter, returns with strong adversaries and stolen magic, holding nothing back in his pursuit of the most powerful witch in history. Unaware the Elementals have developed a spell to banish him from this plane, he relentlessly pursues his goals.

Sacrifice

Plunged back into darkness, Kamali must stand against her enemies before helping the Elementals in their fight against Quint. Will Nodin make the ultimate sacrifice for Kamali? Or is the future between a human and a peri-mortal lost in the wind?

With vision there is hope. With hope there is love – Nodin Osi

Water’s Threshold Book Sale 99Pennies

Amazon Buy Link – http://amzn.to/1SMggCe

About the Author –

In the spring of 2013, Jillian Jacobs changed her career path and became a romance writer. After reading for years, she figured writing a romance would be quick and easy. Nope! With the guidance of the Indiana Romance Writers of America chapter, she has learned there are many “rules” to writing a proper romance. Being re-schooled has been an interesting journey, and she hopes the best trails are yet to be traveled.

You’ll find a bit of her husband in her paranormal series, The Elementals, as he’s a chemist and has to answer all her, “Could this really happen?” questions.

Water’s Threshold, the first in her Elementals series, was a finalist in Chicago-North’s 2014 Fire and Ice contest in the Women’s Fiction category.

Three things about her: She’s a Tea Guzzler, Polish Pottery Hoarder, and lover of all things Moose. Her current positions with Indiana Romance Writers of America are Program Chair and 2015 Conference Co-Chair. The genres she writes under are: Paranormal and Contemporary Romance with suspenseful elements.

Jillian is also part of an Indiana author group, which posts videos answering questions readers post for writers. Visit The Juicebox Dialogues on YouTube for some sassy video fun with romance writers.

Overhaul

December 14, 2015 / Miranda Shanklin / Leave a comment

I know that I neglect this blog way too much! I am planning on starting an overhaul of the blog. I have pretty much only used this blog for book reviews and blog tours. The whole reason I asked for a blog on the website when I was having it designed was so I could connect with readers and let them get to know me better.

I know that I have said that I was going to post more and then disappeared again. This time I am working with my assistant Crystal and we are going to get a schedule down so that there will be at least one post per day on the blog. I am not sure of the themes for each day yet, but I do know that one day will be author interviews, one day will be a post by me to give you a glimpse into my head and one day will be a post by my assistant.

As for the rest of the days, what would you all like to see posted? Since you are the ones that will see it and be reading every day I want to put content on here that you would enjoy. Please leave comments on what you would like to see.

Of course there will still be reviews posted. Reviews are not going to get their own day though. They will be posted as either Crystal or myself write them. They will be randomly posted whenever we decide to write them.

I have realized that as much as I like to read and feel like I am getting to know my favorite authors by their blogs that maybe there are a few of you out there that feel the same way about me. I still have a hard time thinking of myself in that light. I am still the same person that I have always been and the added attention for my books is something that I am not used to.

Every author is still a person separate from their books. Yes, our books contain a piece of our souls as we pour our blood, sweat and tears into them, but they don’t define who we are. They are something that we have created not who we are. Each one of us has a hard time adjusting to being looked up to and asked for advise.

With this in mind keep a look out for the changes in this blog 🙂