tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77118157572857565422024-03-14T02:14:34.619-07:00A Creative AddictionMelanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.comBlogger448125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-55826557563232837842021-01-24T19:59:00.000-08:002021-01-24T19:59:05.252-08:00Hi there<p> So, I'm really lousy at keeping up my blog. Heavens, I sometimes don't do so hot with my monthly newsletter, but here I am trying to be better. So right now I'm writing this very short blog post. This year has been a bit crazy with the whole pandemic and all the crazy stuff that happened last year. I'm hoping that this year will be much more improved. I'm also hoping to improve myself. Make better choices, serve more, and write better.</p><p>I suppose in life there is always room for improvement. So let's move forward in this new year and make some good improvements!!!</p><p>For more details about what is happening in the life of this crazy author, feel free to join my monthly newsletter. I send out a monthly email with links to free or Kindle Unlimited books that I have enjoyed reading and recommend to my readers. If you join you also get a free copy of my short story Without Saying a Word. And I also send out updates, freebies, and new release information. <a href="https://melaniemasonauthor.com" target="_blank">Check it out.</a></p><p>Melanie :)</p>Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-8407894817865971762020-09-26T10:52:00.000-07:002020-09-26T10:52:00.349-07:00New Release Coming October 1, 2020<p style="text-align: center;"> It's coming!!!! It's coming!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2anSQul_4Uj9qVdHLaCTv0K3uLBgXqrwy-ZemqXccSHhyLKRyIFfX3Xcj0B9OXsg1jGUpMaZpxZ6oOYbmJRtjQ7_DCH7WoQRnjvsgKfSCaKMhNeNnUc4ThBs_wcmTwak_PIIhx7a_2QA/s1238/Freedom_Storm_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="825" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx2anSQul_4Uj9qVdHLaCTv0K3uLBgXqrwy-ZemqXccSHhyLKRyIFfX3Xcj0B9OXsg1jGUpMaZpxZ6oOYbmJRtjQ7_DCH7WoQRnjvsgKfSCaKMhNeNnUc4ThBs_wcmTwak_PIIhx7a_2QA/s320/Freedom_Storm_web.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am so excited to finally have the concluding book to my Storm Series. It will be available on October 1, 2020 in both Kindle e-book and print. Check it out: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08K3R274R" target="_blank">Freedom Storm</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But don't worry, this isn't the end end of the Storm Series. I'm working on a few side Storm Projects. Stay tuned for further information, or just sign up for my newsletter. If you sign up, you'll also get a free book. Check out the details <a href="https://melaniemasonauthor.com" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy Reading!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Melanie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAslpzdba4VID1qtI9QU1D8HxYfWjEGAoW8f9Tl0-SXn_QATC1g8ZQXFZQ4-2mipjqmUx1_7wpjy4YxyvDYrwX0m0ZVM-_qAilL9wqLgF_FKRDHw4_CilnsGHMK4PxpXRn4KhQCL9ayk5_/s828/FB+Banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAslpzdba4VID1qtI9QU1D8HxYfWjEGAoW8f9Tl0-SXn_QATC1g8ZQXFZQ4-2mipjqmUx1_7wpjy4YxyvDYrwX0m0ZVM-_qAilL9wqLgF_FKRDHw4_CilnsGHMK4PxpXRn4KhQCL9ayk5_/s320/FB+Banner.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-89229379262370453822020-02-21T12:32:00.001-08:002020-02-21T12:32:12.058-08:00Giveaway!!!Hello all,<br />
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Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-33850248130439624592018-12-25T08:00:00.000-08:002019-04-25T17:25:53.823-07:00On the twelfth day of Christmas an author gave to me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076HY9WJN" target="_blank">Storm Child</a> </i>is book 1 of a four-book series. Book 2 <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Imperial-Storm-Book-2-ebook/dp/B07CQ891CV" target="_blank">Imperial Storm</a></i> is available on Kindle Unlimited. Click <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Imperial-Storm-Book-2-ebook/dp/B07CQ891CV" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Melanie Mason is an author, designer, and flight attendant all rolled into one. She graduated from Utah State university with a degree in communications. She has told stories all her life and finds her passion in sharing the plots that spin through her head. She hopes to be on an airplane one day and see someone reading one of her books. Melanie lives in Portland, Oregon—with her two dachshund Chihuahua dogs—where the beauty of the Pacific Northwest feeds her imagination, and the rainy winter evenings encourage her to curl up with hot chocolate and a good book. To see all her available books and follow her musings go to <a href="http://www.melaniemasonauthor.com/">www.melaniemasonauthor.com</a>.</span></div>
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Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-49075870735114753712018-12-24T08:00:00.000-08:002018-12-24T08:00:09.060-08:00On the eleventh day of Christmas an author gave to me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-2501543723920684962018-12-23T08:00:00.000-08:002018-12-23T08:00:13.188-08:00On the tenth day of Christmas an author gave to me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Rafe Montgomery is pleasantly surprised when Holly suddenly returns to town. Still haunted by the one, less than eloquent, kiss they’d shared years ago, he’s disappointed by the haughty attitude she’s come back with. His hope is to change the stubborn and unforgiving woman he’s slowly having feelings for and to show her what Christmas is all about.</span></div>
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Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-38796507346371432732018-12-22T08:00:00.000-08:002018-12-22T08:00:08.039-08:00On the ninth day of Christmas an author gave to me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">“Who needs magic in an age of electricity? I can flip the switch on the wall with the best of them.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Anjeni Sigourna bears the name of a legendary goddess, but her resemblance to that honored figure ends there. Eighteen and jaded, she has cultivated sarcasm instead of the elusive magic everyone expects her to possess. Such mystic power lacks purpose in her modern world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">But when an adverse encounter with the Eternity Gate lands her in an alien realm, magic marks the boundary between life and certain death. Anjeni alone holds the keys to saving an ancient people from a savage enemy. Her bitterness notwithstanding, she must now create a legend instead of living in its shadow.</span></div>
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Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-25631201914982963432018-12-21T08:00:00.000-08:002018-12-21T08:00:13.171-08:00On the eighth day of Christmas an author gave to me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-63512254872317288922018-12-20T08:00:00.000-08:002018-12-20T08:00:03.026-08:00On the seventh day of Christmas an author gave to me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Keita thought that being a princess was nothing but trouble even before the power-hungry Stygians took over the Spectra kingdoms. Now she’s on the run, hunted at every turn, and able to trust only a few other royal exiles. Of course she’d like to make her life safe again, but among the enemy's ranks is the Nome king, Jasper Smelt. A former friend, Jasper insists he wants to keep her safe, but his pitch-black dungeon and fiery threats suggest otherwise. Trapped inside his desert kingdom, Keita sees the results of Stygian cruelty. She wants to help, but how can she face Jasper, someone with abilities she couldn’t begin to fight, someone who fears everything…except her?</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Christie Valentine Powell wrote her first story in second grade, and she has been writing ever since. She published her first book in 2015. Her other hobbies include making toys, hobby farming, and eating at Asian buffets. She lives near the sunniest city in the world with her husband, four children, and many chickens.</span><span style="font-family: "arial unicode ms"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></div>
Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-69411694654180754192018-12-19T08:00:00.000-08:002018-12-19T08:00:19.218-08:00On the sixth day of Christmas an author gave to me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">At times hilarious, at times heart-wrenching; full of wit and wisdom, "Danny Boy" is a must-read for anyone struggling to care for a special needs child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This true story explores the lessons we can learn from people with disabilities and the reasons why a loving God allows some to struggle and suffer, while others enjoy healthy bodies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Told from the perspective of the oldest sister in a family with a severely disabled child, this collection of real-life, behind-the-scenes experiences highlights the difficulties, disasters, and poignant moments that inevitably happen when caring for those with special needs. See the effect these experiences have had on each member of the family over the course of nearly 35 years of round-the-clock care for brother and son.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">"I was not quite eight years old when Danny was born. Even at that young age I can remember the exact moment I knew my life, my family’s lives, everything we had known up to that point had changed forever.</span></div>
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Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-33957553960461345382018-12-18T08:00:00.000-08:002018-12-18T08:00:10.738-08:00On the fifth day of Christmas an author gave to me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>See, not everyone lives a life full of joy, true love, and happy endings. Sure, I get to re-live the good memories. But I also get to experience pain, heartbreaks, and sometimes even death.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>For a long time, I had zero friends so when I dreamed of Victorian-era Lucy (who just got engaged… eek!) I had an escape. And then Lucy met her future cousin-in-law, Andrew. **swoon**</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>My life felt less… tragic when the Lucy dreams started. Oh! And I met this new boy, Duncan and finally had a friend. (He’s easy on the eyes too…**sigh**)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>But one night I changed the outcome of one of my dreams by accident and shifted my reality in a major way, so now I have to make some important decisions about choices and control. And what I believe is right.</i></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><i>In Her Dreams</i> </b>is the first in the <b><i>In Her Dreams</i></b><i> </i>trilogy. <b><i>Trapped In Her Dreams</i></b><i> </i>(book 2)<i> </i>and <b><i>Purpose In Her Dreams </i></b>(book 3) can be found for FREE on Amazon through Kindle Unlimited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Joanna Reeder creates scintillating but clean YA novels while chasing 3 littles and a hubby. “A Dr. Pepper a day keeps insanity away!” Joanna grew up and lives in Northern Utah. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Utah.</span></div>
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Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-81413223989309985142018-12-17T08:00:00.000-08:002018-12-17T08:00:00.356-08:00On the fourth day of Christmas an author gave to me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><i>When a reclusive teen with the enhanced ability to read others’ emotions finds more teens with similar sensory powers, he must confront his fears before a budding romance and his twin brother’s life fall into the hands of the devious doctor who created them all. </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Beau could change if he wanted. But he won’t do it. Now his extroverted brother expects him to embrace his abnormality, too? His twin brother calls it his “ability”–Beau’s gift for experiencing someone else’s emotions with just a touch. But when he’s surrounded by an onslaught of overactive teenage emotion and a brother who eagerly touches everyone to read their thoughts, his ability seems like a curse. The safest way out is to put up a wall and hide behind it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">What is it about a girl and danger that makes a seventeen-year-old guy leap forward when he ought to step back? Of course, Beau will be the first to admit the girl is totally worth the trauma. And it’s kinda amazing finding five more sensory enhanced teenagers, just like him, though they seriously invade his personal space. Then just when he thought life had finally cut him a break, they end up as lab rats to the psycho doctor who killed their mothers and made them orphans. What Beau didn’t see coming was having the most painful threat come from one of their own. What’s a guy have to do to survive it all?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><i>MASTER OF EMOTION</i></b><i> is Book 1 of the completed TOO SENSITIVE four-book series. Find it on amazon at: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=d+ogden+huff">https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=d+ogden+huff</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>D. Ogden Huff</b> is a sun addict who moved to Arizona at the age of two. She's lived there ever since, except for a two year stint in Utah where she discovered that she gets cold just looking at pictures of snow. Thankfully, she lives in sunny Phoenix with the man of her dreams and a house full of kids and grandkids. They are the funniest people she knows, and choking at the dinner table is a daily hazard of their contagious laughter. Find out more at <a href="http://www.dogdenhuff.com/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); color: blue; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">www.dogdenhuff.com</span></a> .</span></div>
Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-67664953846582397182018-12-16T08:00:00.000-08:002018-12-16T08:00:00.567-08:00On the third day of Christmas an author gave to me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A go-to for any parent, teacher, scout leader, or friend of children. Loaded with easy crafts a child can do with little or no assistance, unleashing creativity with materials you probably already have on hand. Bonus: a whole section on swaps, little pieces of artwork on a safety pin! Quick and Clever Kids' Crafts is just what you need for long wintery days.</span></div>
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Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-10989253348416751812018-12-15T08:44:00.000-08:002019-04-25T17:26:11.915-07:0012 Giveaways, Day 2 AlternatesFor those of you who have checked today's post already, you probably noticed a hitch in today's giveaway. It's not free. I'm so sorry. I learned this too late. So to help ease the disappointment, I'm giving you a few alternatives that I have enjoyed reading that are free today.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Church leaders had cautioned the people that the collapse of their nation was the fulfillment of an ancient prophetic promise from the Book of Mormon. Fighting against the occupation, they warned, would be the same as fighting against God’s righteous judgment on a nation ripened in iniquity. They warned that those who fought God’s judgment would be destroyed, while those who humbly submitted would survive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">But when war came to their home, Bishop Stuart Holliwell and his family found themselves torn in an epic struggle between freedom and faith, and between love of their country and love of their God.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Until someone scribbles a disturbing list on a bathroom wall: WHO DESERVED TO DIE IN THE FIRE? The bullied Tim Jenks’ name tops the list, but more are quickly added. Taryn knows what it means. To get to the truth she has to come out from under her paisley comforter where she spent all summer, and go from grieving girlfriend to leading the fight against lies and bullies. </span><br />
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Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-73637297805699247722018-12-08T12:38:00.000-08:002019-04-25T17:26:36.101-07:0012 Giveaways of ChristmasHello Friends, Family, and Followers,<br />
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So this year I'm doing a 12 Days of Giveaways with eleven other authors. This is a head's up post so you can set your reminders to check out my blog every day starting on December 14th through the 25th. Or if you sign up for my newsletter, you will also receive an email with each giveaway for that day.<br />
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These books will be free on Amazon for one day only, so make sure you check out the blog posts for each day.<br />
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<br />Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-46847932246691163142018-12-05T11:09:00.000-08:002018-12-05T11:09:18.718-08:00As Time Goes ByYes, here we are again, several months later...again.<br />
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I thought it would be good to post with my latest recommendation for reading. This is a fantasy series of five books. The first is only $0.99 on Amazon and the rest of the series are on Kindle Unlimited.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Archeologist Taryn St. Giles has spent her life mining the ruins of the elves who vanished from the Four Kingdoms a thousand years ago. But when her patrons begin disappearing too—and then turning up dead—she finds herself unemployed, restless, and desperate. So she goes looking for other missing things: as a bounty hunter. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Tracking her first fugitive—the distractingly handsome and strangely charming Alric—she unearths a dangerous underworld of warring crime lords, demonic squirrels, and a long-lost elven artifact capable of unleashing a hell on earth.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Chased, robbed, kidnapped, and distressingly low on rent money, Taryn just wants one quiet beer and to catch her fugitive. But there’s more to Alric than his wicked grin—is he a wanted man or the city’s only hope? With menacing mages in pursuit and her three alcoholic faery sidekicks always in her hair, Taryn’s curiosity might finally solve the mystery of the elves… or be the death of her and destroy her world.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">After the destruction caused by the discovery of the glass gargoyle, the last thing archeologist Taryn St. Giles needs is another elven artifact capable of obliterating the world. But her eccentric new patroness seems hell bent on finding exactly that. An unholy companion piece to the glass gargoyle, the obsidian chimera may be far worse, and it may be more than just an artifact. It also could prove deadly to anyone who finds it.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Struggling to unearth the connection between her overzealous patroness, an outbreak of zombie trolls, and an infestation of flying snakes, Taryn also stumbles upon proof that the elves are still alive. She’ll need all the help she can get from old friends and an old adversary who might be more than a friend, because the elves have changed in the thousand years they’ve been missing. Unfortunately, their murderous spells are not a thing of myth. They want the obsidian chimera back. And they won’t let anything, or anyone, stop them from reclaiming it—and the rest of Taryn’s world.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Emerald-Dragon-Lost-Ancients-Book-ebook/dp/B01DPPQI02/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1544035659&sr=8-3&keywords=the+glass+gargoyle" target="_blank">The Emerald Dragon</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">After surviving two previous encounters with ancient relics of mayhem and destruction plus saving her friends and her whole damn city, archaeologist Taryn St. Giles thinks she deserves a beer and a break.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Then her world starts to tear itself apart, literally.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Earthquakes are unheard of in quiet, sleepy Beccia, but sadly, doomsdays are not, and Taryn is getting uncomfortably familiar with both when she discovers the existence of more pieces of the dangerous relics. With old friends and even older enemies -- and friends who might be enemies after all -- Taryn races against bloodthirsty relic hunters and nightmarish monsters to find a legendary creature carved from a single, giant gemstone. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The upheaval rattles her team, tears apart her city, and unleashes a creature that should have stayed dead and buried. And that wants Taryn's blood. Now she'll unearth her biggest adventure yet.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Assuming she survives...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Taryn St. Giles thought she knew all about elves. She dreamed of the long vanished elves as a child and has spent the past fifteen years digging through their abandoned ruins in Beccia. Six months ago, Taryn found out everything she thought she knew about the elves was wrong.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Two weeks ago she found out how very wrong she’d been.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Taryn and Alric have been captured to answer for crimes against a long lost people. Crimes that could bring down an entire kingdom and revolve around a small, glass gargoyle. Part of a weapon that destroyed an extremely powerful race, now only known as the Ancients, it, and its fellow pieces are deadly to any who have them. Knowledge of the relics found by Taryn and Alric have spread far. Dangerous bands of long dead creatures, ghosts, and nightmares out of myths are waking up and hunting for the relics. And Taryn.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A long-lost elven kingdom, body-swapping ghosts, walking weapons of mass destruction... Archaeologist and part-time bounty hunter Taryn St. Giles has had a Very. Bad. Year. Ever since she and her trio of singing, drunken faeries started digging into the mysteries of a certain handsome elven lord, she's been up to her nose in explosions, slavering monsters, and assorted other dangers. Now Taryn and Alric, their friends and more than a few enemies are racing across the desert to find the last pieces of a lethal relic so they can save their world and finally share a quiet pint of beer.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">But some secrets are buried deeper than a millennia, and this time, Taryn might not escape unscathed. Actually, she might not even be Taryn anymore...</span><br />
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So, I have really been enjoying this series. I'm just starting the fifth and final book of the series today. I like Taryn's spunk and how full and interesting all the supporting characters are. If you like fantasy and are willing to explore a new world, this is a great series to dive into. I have devoured the last four books in the series since I signed up for Kindle Unlimited.<br />
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I do want to give a warning. There is mild swearing (No F-bombs!!! I don't tolerate those) and some mild suggestive language. So this may not be appropriate for younger audiences. I would probably rate it between a PG and a mild PG-13. There is violence, but not in gory detail.<br />
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<br />Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-18395643835666053762018-08-08T12:05:00.002-07:002019-04-25T17:26:55.036-07:00Storm FansI know it's been a while since I've posted. This summer has been busy. Waaaaaaay too busy for my liking. I always get determined to write more often on my blog and then suddenly life sets in and my goals fly out the window like Harry Potter's broomstick.<br />
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Recently I received an email from a friend that made my day. This friend has read Storm series books 1 and 2 and loved them, but not only that, she gave copies to her grandkids and they loved them too. It was awesome to hear that I have some new fans.<br />
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Whenever I receive notes like this, or reviews on Amazon, or comments to newsletters it makes me so happy that I have this gift of storytelling and that I am able to share it with the world. World seems like a big goal and my audience isn't quite worldwide yet, but I hope that someday I can touch lives all around the world. My writing has blessed me in so many ways and pictures like this are better than making a best seller list.<br />
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Thank you to all my fans who have stuck with me through the thick and thin and who wait anxiously for the next book to come out.<br />
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<br />Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-58527128529917598992018-05-18T19:46:00.000-07:002019-04-25T17:27:33.222-07:00Book Signing at the Tremonton City Library<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-40801930681659616742018-04-21T11:00:00.000-07:002019-04-25T17:27:52.538-07:00Storm Series Book 2 Coming!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-62672437168504020442018-04-20T00:20:00.001-07:002018-04-20T00:20:55.587-07:00SeasonsSo I've noticed on social media there are a lot of complaints about the weather this spring . . . or is it third winter? Anyway, I thought I'd put in my two cents, since that is what a blog is all about and of course the winter of my procrastination is finally ending.<br />
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Aren't the seasons amazing. We get to watch the world around us course through the cycle of life.<br />
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Spring is a time of rebirth. The flowers bud, pollen fills the air (and my lungs), tulips and daffodils grace us with their cheerful presence, and the sun peeks out once in a while (amidst the rain showers of Portland, OR).<br />
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Autumn is my favorite season. The leaves begin to change, but they still wow us with their glorious colors and the air is crisper. I always feel like fall has this golden glow to it that hangs in the very air, like that last bite of pumpkin pie that rests on your tongue long after you've eaten it. Fall is busy, with school starting, the beginning of the holiday season, and the promise of Christmas. It's also the beginning of the end of the cycle.<br />
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beauty in seeing a world covered in white like a burial shroud. I love to see the sparkles in the snow as the sun glimmers on the frozen fractals. The cold makes us hurry inside to grasp warm cups of cocoa and sit by the fire (or curled up in a heating blanket). Things can seem a bit bleak in the winter (especially when it doesn't seem to want to end, like this year), but there is the beauty and hope in the world as we see the evergreen trees pointing always heavenward. Winter also brings Christmas and the true reason we retain our hope.<br />
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The world is a fantastic place and I'm grateful to be a part of it.<br />
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<br />Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-24547186242695446262017-12-03T22:29:00.001-08:002017-12-03T22:29:10.275-08:00Merry Happy December<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Let the season of joy and the spirit of giving spread all around.<br />
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It's good to remember the reason for the Christmas season and to focus on not just his birth but his life and everything it represents.<br />
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I'm so thankful for everything I have, especially the gift and talent of writing that my Heavenly Father has blessed me with.<br />
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Merry Christmas!!!<br />
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<br />Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711815757285756542.post-45262801908666145882017-11-18T14:42:00.000-08:002017-11-18T14:43:01.002-08:00Up For a Little Romance?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had the opportunity to read another sweet, clean romance by Author Anne-Marie Meyer.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Journalist, Madeline Abernathy, is desperate to finally be taken seriously by her boss. When he calls her in on a Saturday night, she’s hopelessly optimistic that this is her big break. That is, until she finds herself face to face with Liam, the billionaire party boy, who’s been dominating the newsstands all month. Now she finds herself committed to writing a puff piece on him which is the last thing she wanted to do. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Liam Davenport just wanted to live a quiet life roaming around the world. When his father dies, leaving him CEO of Davenport Outdoors, he is forced to trade in his hiking boots for tailored suits. When criminal activity involving his late father comes to light, his PR director thinks it’s best to hire a journalist to document the good they are doing. Too bad Madeline acts as if she already knows everything about him and refuses to do any research. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Just when Liam and Madeline determine that they can’t stand each other, a flock of birds take out both engines of Liam’s private plane, forcing him to land in the Alaskan mountains. Stranded, both must decide to either put down their pride and survive together, or keep their prejudices and struggle alone. </span><br />
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This was a delightful little romance. It's short enough to read in one sitting, and interesting enough to keep your attention. The story is woven full of exciting events that almost make me want to be stuck in the Alaskan wilderness with a handsome billionaire to guide me out.<br />
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I liked how the characters both had their personal flaws as well as their prejudices against the other. They each have a negative opinion of reporters and billionaires. It was refreshing to see how the events changed their perspective, but not just the things that occurred but the heartfelt conversations they had.<br />
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I do wish we'd learned more about Liam and his personal struggles with his father and his background. We learned a lot about Madeline, but not so much about Liam.<br />
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Overall it was a great read that gave my morning a cozy feel. Check it out <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Love-Billionaire-Clean-Romance-ebook/dp/B0762XRQ3S?tag=mmasonauthor-20" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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For more of Anne-Marie Meyer's Clean, Billionaire romances check out her <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anne-Marie-Meyer/e/B074X7RJGF?tag=mmasonauthor-20" target="_blank">Amazon page</a>.Melanie Mason Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830065334202194837noreply@blogger.com0