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Book Freebies, Contests, Sweepstakes, and Giveaways: Win Books/Audio Books on the Empty Shell by Ashley...: Virtual Book Tour Dates: 9/29/14 – 10/27/14 Genres: Suspense/Thriller/Mystery Release Date: 9/29/14 Blurb: A pair ...

The virtual book tour for EMPTY SHELL begins Monday, September 29, 2014!

Suspense Book Tour and Giveaway: Empty Shell by Ashley Fontainne 9/29/14 – 10/27/14

Originally Posted on September 14, 2014

by fireandicebooktours

Virtual Book Tour Dates: 9/29/14 – 10/27/14

Genres: Suspense/Thriller/Mystery

Release Date: 9/29/14

Blurb:

A pair of pink, silk underwear…

The quiet world of Melody and Jack Dickinson is about to be turned upside down. Twenty years of marriage hangs in the balance when Melody finds out about Jack’s infidelity. The betrayal is made worse when Melody discovers his lover is Serena Rowland, a young woman who works at Melody’s law firm.

A receipt from an overpriced hotel…

Harsh words are exchanged before Melody storms off to work, determined to have Serena fired. But when Melody hears Serena was murdered over the weekend, everything changes. Serena’s body is found beaten and strangled with a pair of pink, silk panties, in the same hotel that Jack had admitted staying at over the weekend. Within seconds of hearing the news, Melody’s life spins out of control when Jack calls in a panic. The police are at their home to arrest him for Serena’s murder.

Pictures of a young woman’s scantily clad torso on a cell phone…

Was she married to a monster? One who beat and strangled the young woman to death, or was Jack set up? Did Melody’s own dark secret, hidden inside her heart for years, have something to do with the nightmare they suddenly find themselves in?

Melody and Jack are about to discover that one fateful mistake will destroy many.

See the book trailer on Youtube

 Excerpt:

Chapter 1 – Saturday morning

     The morning sun was bright and the humidity staggering. Both bore down on him, making the sweat run faster down his neck and back as he walked. His heart thundered in his chest, and he fought to keep his breathing normal and his gait natural. The rush of adrenaline made his hands shake as he adjusted his ball cap.
     He forced his facial muscles to respond to his commands, determined to keep his expression neutral so he would blend in. His mind was racing, unaccustomed to the violent behavior it had just experienced upstairs. His shaky limbs wanted to run the remaining distance to the safety of his vehicle and away from the nightmare of what he’d just done.
     A small sigh of relief left his lips when he made it to his vehicle and slid inside, removing his gloves and shoving them deep into his pants pocket. It took him three attempts to insert the key into the ignition. He took a deep breath, held it, and then released it in slow, controlled bursts. He had to get it together or he would have an accident on the way home. He gripped the key tighter in his sweaty fingers and tried again. To his relief, the engine turned over. Fighting the urge to look behind him to see if he was being followed, he eased out of the parking spot and merged into the mid-morning traffic, careful to keep his eyes on the road.
     Anything to keep from looking at her sticky red blood on his clothes.
     Oh God, what have I done?

 Buy Links:

Pre-order on Amazon before the release date (9/29) and get this book for $2.99 (release day price: $4.99).

Amazon

Kobo

 iTunes

Barnes&Noble

Giveaway:

This giveaway is open worldwide (except for the print books) and will run 9/29/14 – 10/27/14.

Prizes:

5 copies of the award winning book The Lie (ebook)

10 audio copies of The Lie

10 audio copies of Number Seventy-Five (soon to be a feature film!)

5 audio copies of Ashley Fontainne’s trilogy: Accountable to None, Zero Balance, andAdjusting Journal Entries

3 print copies of The Lie (USA only)

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 Tour Information:

Master Schedule:

9/29 Fantastic Indie Authors (Interview)

Stop 2 Book Freebies, Contests, Sweepstakes, and Giveaways

9/30 Coffee, Books, and Art

10/1 Cryptic Reads (Review)

10/2 Literary Chanteuse

10/3 Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews

10/6 Satin’s Bookish Corner

10/7 Ari Reads

10/8 Cherry Mischievous

10/9 Bestseller Books

10/10 Horror and Mystery Books

Stop 2 Sweetie’s Contemporary Romance Love

10/13 Peace, Love, and Writing

10/14 Alpha Male Books

10/15 The Best Indie Books to Read (Interview)

10/16 Indy Book Fairy

10/17

10/20 Literary Winner

10/21

10/22

10/23

10/24 Rose Wynters

10/27 Fiction Zeal (Interview)

Stop 2 Debb’s Reads

$0.99 ACROSS THE BOARD eBOOK SALE + GIVEAWAY! September 19th thru 21st

Award-winning author Katie Jennings is running a sale on all of her eBooks from September 19th thru September 21st! Check out what's for sale below: The Dryad Quartet: The Vasser Legacy: So Fell The Sparrow: Also, in addition to the collection of eBooks being on sale, she's running a birthday raffle for a signed print copy of her ghostly romance, So Fell The Sparrow! Sparrow won an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards, and is a #1 bestseller in Ghost Suspense on Amazon.

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Announcing the release of Empty Shell - September 29, 2014!

I love a challenge. It keeps the mind engaged and neurons firing on all cylinders. That is why I decided to design my own cover and interior for my latest novel, Empty Shell. After undergoing a thorough edit, the pull to try my own creative skills was just too much for me to ignore.

After weeks of learning how to use Photoshop, thanks to numerous online tutorials, I scratched enough of the surface of the program to create the ebook cover:

(Photo credits: Nicolas Raymond   http://www.freestock.ca

Courtney Simonds http://www.csimondsphoto.com) 

Then, I went through the process of learning how to convert the manuscript to the appropriate electronic files (epub & mobi) for use on various ebook readers. That little exercise made a few gray hairs sprout! At times, I became frustrated and walked away from the computer, wondering if I'd lost touch with my sanity. But, I was unwilling to give in and trudged on until I finally figured it out. I jumped around the living room like a little girl, thrilled with my efforts when I realized I did it!

That excitement was short-lived. My next issue to tackle was the dreaded print version. More gray hairs appeared, followed by several bouts of foul words spewing out of me. Again, if it weren't for all the tutorial videos and blogs I found online, I never would have finished. It took two weeks for me to figure out how to create the cover wrap and another week to grasp and execute the interior formatting. Yesterday, I achieved both and uploaded the final products to CreateSpace. I squealed with glee when the documents were uploaded and accepted "without errors" and I had a chance to view the final product with the Interior Reviewer.

So, I am excited to share the completed cover wrap:

The ebook is available for pre-order on Amazon and Kobo (unfortunately, B&N doesn't offer pre-orders) and Empty Shell is also on Goodreads, if you would like to add it to your TBR shelf. Empty Shell is a suspenseful thriller with a mystery to boot! I'm not quite sure why Kobo has it listed as an espionage mystery, since that isn't one of the categories I picked, but hey, it's on there!

I also created the book trailer (which was really fun!):

Here is the synopsis--

A pair of pink, silk underwear…

The quiet world of Melody and Jack Dickinson is about to be turned upside down. Twenty years of marriage hangs in the balance when Melody finds out about Jack’s infidelity. The betrayal is made worse when Melody discovers his lover is Serena Rowland, a young woman who works at Melody’s law firm.

A receipt from an overpriced hotel…

Harsh words are exchanged before Melody storms off to work, determined to have Serena fired. But when Melody hears Serena was murdered over the weekend, everything changes. Serena’s body is found beaten and strangled with a pair of pink, silk panties, in the same hotel that Jack had admitted staying at over the weekend. Within seconds of hearing the news, Melody’s life spins out of control when Jack calls in a panic. The police are at their home to arrest him for Serena’s murder.

Pictures of a young woman’s scantily clad torso on a cell phone…

Was she married to a monster? One who beat and strangled the young woman to death, or was Jack set up? Did Melody’s own dark secret, hidden inside her heart for years, have something to do with the nightmare they suddenly find themselves in?

Melody and Jack are about to discover that one fateful mistake will destroy many.

A sincere thank you to all my family, friends and FANS for all your support and belief in me. Without each of you, this labor of love would be for nothing. And, a special thanks to NY Times bestselling author Janelle Taylor. As I said in the dedication, your support and friendship mean the world to me.