Annabelle’s Story by Leigh Michael! Free 30th & 31st July. DO NOT MISS IT!

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Annabelle’s Story by Leigh Michael

Annabelle Walsh thought she had it all. She was the star of her swim team, had a loving family, a great boyfriend, and to top it off, she’d be starting at UCLA in the fall. One day, she’d be referred to as Dr. Annabelle Walsh.

She was living every girl’s dream – until her life was turned upside down. All starting with finding out that she’s not just a human, but also a water spirit. Half-human, half-sprite to be exact. Although not just any sprite, Annabelle is prophesied to be the only one who can save both the sprites and mankind.

With a mix of current events, anecdotes from Greek mythology, tidbits of folklore, and Leigh’s own imagination, we join Annabelle in her journey to restore order beneath the sea. Each step of the way her mind, body, and soul are pushed to the limit begging the question, how much can one half-human, half-sprite take?

Connect with Leigh

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**Free Book! One Day Only** Star Bright by Christina OW.

“Someone won’t be winning parent of the year anytime soon either.” The edge of his lips rose in half a smile. He looked at her and then at his sleeping daughter, he loved seeing them like that, they looked perfect.
Maria stared at him, a smile automatically dominating her face. “Your parenting skills are contagious.”

Maria’s fear and hate for men is solidified by Ricky’s abuse and his obsession to kill her. In an effort to save her son, she runs away and crosses paths with Dave, a man going through his own tribulations with his wife. He is determined to protect her, and to show her that not all men are evil and that true love does exists. And he in turn, finds a woman worthy to be a mother to his daughter, and his wife.
But their dream of having a loving family is short lived when a ghost from Maria’s past comes back to take it all away from her in the most brutal and torturous way.
But Maria isn’t alone anymore and most importantly, her father finally shows up to do what he was supposed to five years ago. Protect his daughter.

You can collect for free book on amazon for Kindle HERE today July 12th, US only I’m afraid.

You can also read more about Christina OW on All You Can Read Club

Lauren x

**Winners of Star Fire Giveaway**

So here are the winners.

5th place Louise Finnie

4th place Emma Harris

3rd place Marianne @Parawhore_tmi

You all win a Knight Trilogy Magnet!

 

2nd place Kate @ SparklyGuider wins a signed post card from each book -The Forest of Adventures, Beloved and Star Fire!

 

and……..

1st place Crystal at Crys Book Reviews wins The Whole Ebook Trilogy!!

 

CONGRATS guys!

 

Please email us at secretlivesoffictionlovers@gmail.com or DM us on twitter with your postal addresses and first place winner we will need your email address to pass on to Katie

Fab Giveaway over at Books: A True Story!

To celebrate one year blogging Jessica is hosting a fabulous giveaway where you can win 2 personalised signed books! Head over there now to win!

 

Lauren x

Star Fire Tour and Giveaway! Part 3 of The Forest Of Adventures Trilogy by Katie M John

Our good friend Katie is about to release Star Fire. The 3rd book of the Forest of Adventures trilogy. If you have followed us for a while you we will know she is one of our favourite authors!

Don’t know who Katie M John is yet?

Writer of the Amazon Best-selling YA series, The Knight Trilogy, Katie is married to a handsome giant and mummy to a mud-puddle fairy. She likes to write whilst drinking tea and eating jaffa cakes. Most of the time she lives in a fairytale world but other than that she is completely and utterly normal.

Katie’s debut YA fairytale series, ‘The Knight Trilogy’ has become an international best-seller in several chart categories, Contemporary Fantasy, Myths and Legends, Paranormal Romance. It has also been an Amazon No 1. Best-selling Fairytale.

Her work is a blend of rich imagery and fast paced action. Before writing full length novels, Katie wrote poetry, her works being published in several anthology publications.

She is currently working on a stand alone novel called ‘Beautiful Freaks’ due to be published in Autumn 2012. A high Victorian, Gothic, Steampunk style detective story.

I would recommend you read the first two books now!

So what has Star Fire got to offer us? Carry on reading!

Star Fire

Egypt changed them both in ways no one ever expected. As murder and dark arts cast a terrible shadow over both The Real World and The Realm. Mina’s connection to the mysterious Star Fire Sisterhood results in her becoming The Templar’s number one suspect.

Set amongst the snowy mountains of Switzerland and the ancient magical forests of France, Blake and the House of Beldevier are given just one chance to save Mina’s life – the recovery of The Holy Grail.

In this epic heart-racing finale, ancient myths come alive and old scores are settled. One thing for sure … the clock is ticking.

Sounds good huh?

Giveaway

Katie has generously given us some swag to give to 3 lucky winners!

What can you win?

Winner One will win:

1 Ebook set of the trilogy via smash words which is suitable for all ereaders. The set will include, Book one (The Forest of Adventures), Book two (Immortal Beloved) & Book three (Star Fire)

Winner Two will win:

1 Forest of the Adventures signed postcard

1 Immortal Beloved signed postcard

1 star fire signed postcard

Winner Three, Four and Five

Each win a Knight Trilogy Magnet.

How to Enter

You must be following us on Twitter @SLFictionLovers and also following Katie @KnightTriliogy

You must follow our blog and comment ‘ I want to win some swag ‘

You must be over 16 or have parents permission because we will need your postal address.

This is open WORLDWIDE

Giveaway closes 11th July 2012 10pm GMT.

Links

Official Website
Katie’s Twitter
Our Twitter
Katie’s Blog
Amazon Page
Facebook Page
Amazon Page
Goodreads Page

30 Films of Christmas + Giveaway

I was thinking a few weeks ago about how much I love Christmas, and especially Christmas films, and I thought…Why not watch lots of Christmas films and review them on the blog?? I also thought wouldn’t it be great if all the girls here at SLOFL watched some of the Christmas films and discussed which ones we love and which ones we MUST watch at Christmas…

I put together a list of 30 films that I want to try to watch before midnight on New Years Eve…not an easy feat if you have a busy life, but I think it can be done.

The list is below…

A Christmas Carol (w/ Jim Carrey)

A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas

Babes In Toyland

Bad Santa

Christmas Carol: The Movie (w/ Kate Winslet)

Deck The Halls

Elf

Four Christmasses

Fred Clause

Gremlins

The Grinch (live action)

Holiday Inn

Home Alone 1 & 2

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the cartoon)

It’s A Wonderful Life

Jack Frost

Jingle All The Way

Love Actually

Meet Me In St Louis

Mickey’s Christmas Carol

Miracle On 34^th Street (New)

Miracle On 34^th Street (Old)

Muppet’s Christmas Carol

Nativity!

Nightmare Before Christmas

Santa Clause 1, 2 & 3 (Tim Allen)

Scrooged

The Holiday

The Polar Express

White Christmas

So, what do you think? Are there some of your favourites in there? Are there some you would like to have seen on the list? If you leave us a comment by Christmas eve we’ll pick a few of them to watch during the week running up to New Year’s Eve. Plus, with it being Christmas and all, we thought we’d play Santa so those that we do pick will receive some goodies from us (including something extra special for 2 of you). They will arrive a little late of course but hey, it’ll give you something to look forward to in January

So, to sum up, all you have to do to enter is, leave us a comment and recommend a film that isn’t already on the list and leave us either your email address or Twitter name so we have a way of contacting the winner. As usual, if you’re under 16 please get permission from your parents.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Kimi. xx

 

Special The Forest of Adventures Giveaway!!

We have 4 kindle books of The Forest Of Adventures to giveaway tonight until 10.20pm!

 

Katie M John has tweeted that all proceeds of TFoA today will go to Children in Need. So we have decided to buy 4 copies to giveaway!

 

All you need to do is make sure your following us and RT our tweet!

 

Goodluck!!!

Silence Giveaway!

The noise between Patch and Nora is gone. They’ve overcome the secrets riddled in Patch’s dark past…bridged two irreconcilable worlds…faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust…and all for a love that will transcend the boundary between heaven and earth. Armed with nothing but their absolute faith in one another, Patch and Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who holds the power to shatter everything they’ve worked for—and their love—forever.

We at Secret Lives all love Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush series and were very privileged to meet her at the Eternal Twilight 6 convention.

Here are 3/4 of Secret Lives (Lauren, Dayna and Steph) with the awesome Becca Fitzpatrick.

She is SO lovely! We are very excited to announce that *drum roll* we have a signed copy of Silence to giveaway! Yup, a SIGNED copy! Sound good? Well all you have to do to enter is post a comment on this blog (a long with your email address so we can contact the winner) saying why you like Patch. You have until the 19th of November to enter. So get those thinking caps on and get entering! We’ll announce the winner on the 20th. If you’re under 16 please ask permission from your parents.

Good luck to you all! We can’t wait to read your entries!

The Knight Trilogy Giveaway Winners Announced!

As promised here are the 4 winners of our in house giveaway! Please send us your email addresses to secretlivesoffictionlovers@gmail.com. Can the first prize winner please email your postal address.

 1^st place is @Raychell_92! You win a signed ARC of TFoA and a gorgeous charm bookmark!

2^nd place is @LadyCarrieAnn you win an ebook of TFoA

3^rd place is @blackplumetwits you win an ebook of TFoA

4^th place is V97_ you win an ebook of TFoA

Congratulations!!!

 

(N.B all winners were chosen at random by random.org)

Wolfhardt (Madly Book #2) Book Launch & Giveaway

We are very excited to announce the release of Wolfhardt by M. Leighton. It is an absolutely magical read that we think you’ll all enjoy! The front cover is just beautiful! Here is a little bit about the Madly series:

MADLY: BOOK 2, WOLFHARDT

Madly is your average nearly-eighteen year old girl—for a mermaid princess, that is.

Madly James is thoroughly enjoying her internship in Slumber when the unthinkable happens—there’s a prison break in Atlas, Madly’s home beneath the sea. A traitor has set free eight Lore, the spirits of what humans know as fairy tales, and they are making their way to Slumber to awaken their descendants.

The first spirit to arrive is that of Ulrich Wolfhardt, a man that was once obsessed with wolves and a young maiden he would follow through the woods. After a bite from a wolf, Wolfhardt’s obsession with the girl became an unnatural hunger and the young maiden’s grandmother cursed him with a fate worse than death. And now he’s back…with a vengeance and a bite that can infect others as well.

Madly must learn the identity of Wolfhardt’s descendant and stop him before he kills again and spreads his curse across the earth. But the only person strong enough to help Madly is Jackson, the Sentinel who vowed to protect her and the one person capable of breaking her heart. Can Madly resist forbidden love long enough to save the world from Wolfhardt? Or will she have to sacrifice her heart and her destiny to save the ones she loves?

Find out in book two of the Madly series, Wolfhardt.

Madly Giveaway!

To celebrate the release of Wolfhardt, we are giving away the e-book which includes both Madly, the first book, as well as Wolfhardt. The contest will end midnight (UK time), 1st August 2011 and is an international giveaway so everyone can enter.

All you have to do to enter is tweet “Madly” to @SLFictionLovers. You must also be following us to be eligible for the giveaway.
The winner will be chosen using random.org. We will announce the winner on 2nd August via Twitter and we will also post it on the blog.

Any questions just leave us a comment.

Good luck guys!

**********The giveaway has now ended**********