Sunday 29 December 2013

The New Agatha Christie's Marple - Endless Night - A Rant!

I just sat through the most boring, obvious and non-Marple Miss Marple I have ever seen, and for the first time in my life, I can safely say I won't be watching it ever again!

Agatha Christie's Marple: Endless Night, aired tonight on ITV. I've been looking forward to it, since, although they've been taking non-Miss Marple stories for a while and sliding Miss Marple in, on the whole. they have worked rather well. I was disappointed with The Secret of Chimneys, but they managed with The Pale Horse and The Blue Geranium.

However, Endless Night, was like no Miss Marple I ever want to see again.

WARNING, this rant will contain spoilers, including revealing the murderer. so I'm putting it under a cut!

http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep3week1/agatha-christies-marple-endless-night#.UsChYfRdWcA

Wednesday 25 December 2013

Sometimes I Could Kill and Kiss my sister at the same time

I love my sis and we share a Loki obsession. She made this puzzle for me for Christmas, four different pics of aforesaid God of Mischief in multiple combinations. Only problem - I can't put them in the right order! Argh!!!!

Merry Christmas - Win all 24 eBooks from the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013

Merry Christmas From Wittegen Press
A Very Merry Christmas to You All 
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This is our final post of our Advent Giveaway, and, as part of the magic of  Christmas, we're giving everyone one last chance to win all 24 eBooks that we gave away throughout Advent in one big bundle (see below for the list of books)! Just check back through all the Advent Giveaway posts in the list below (one per day) and collect the letters at the end of each post. Tell us what they spell in the Rafflecopter competition below and you'll be entered into the draw to win these fabulous books.

The competition runs from 25th Dec 2013 to 1st Jan 2014.


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The Wittegen Press Christmas Giveaway eBook Bundle

Out of The Frying Pan by Tasha D-Drake When Darkness Beckons by Sophie Duncan and Natasha Duncan-Drake Face of the Dead by Tasha D-Drake Forbidden Soul by Tasha  D-Drake In The Event of Death by Sophie Duncan and Natasha Duncan-Drake Christmas Poems by Sophie Duncan The Trade by Tasha D-Drake The End of the Journey by Sophie Duncan An Amusement by Sophie Duncan The Need in Me by Sophie Duncan Book of Darkness by Sophie Duncan and Natasha Duncan-Drake Beyond Our Horizon by Sophie Duncan and Natasha Duncan-Drake Romantics by Sophie Duncan and Natasha Duncan-Drake Supernature by Sophie Duncan and Natasha Duncan-Drake Bright Young Things by Sophie Duncan and Natasha Duncan-Drake Cat's Confidence by Natasha Duncan-Drake Half of Everything by Natasha Duncan-Drake Cat's Call by Natasha Duncan-Drake The Other Half of Everything by Sophie Duncan Myriad Imaginings by Sophie Duncan and Natasha Duncan-Drake Cat's Creation by Natasha Duncan-Drake Death in the Family by Sophie Duncan Advent by Natasha Duncan-Drake Sacrifice of an Angel by Sophie Duncan and Natasha Duncan-Drake



Tuesday 24 December 2013

Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013 - Day #24 - Sacrifice of an Angel by Sophie and Tasha Duncan

Welcome to the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway Day #24
To celebrate this festive season we at Wittegen Press are giving away an eBook a day up until
Christmas!



Today we are giving away 

Sacrifice of an Angel by Sophie and Tasha Duncan Front Cover
Sacrifice of an Angel

by Tasha & Sophie Duncan

"Harry Potter (with grownups) meets Midsommer Murders with a magical version of C.S.I. thrown in for good measure." - Rob Drake

The body of a beautiful girl dressed in a ceremonial robe is found on a playground roundabout. Her throat has been ripped out and the roundabout has a bad case of perpetual motion. Is it a ritualistic, magical murder or a setup to distract from the real killer?

That is the question that faces twins, Theo and Remy Haward, detectives in the Sorcerous Crimes Task Force (SeCT), when they are called to the scene in the middle of the night. That and who could commit such an act. They must find the answers to these and other questions, all the while ensuring the general public finds out nothing about the magical world that co-exists with their own. 

Armed with their experience, their natural magical abilities and their complimentary instincts, Remy and Theo must identify the victim, follow the evidence and find the killer before anyone else dies.

BTW - All our books are DRM free, so, even if you already have this title, you can give it away! :)

And if you didn't win the book you wanted during Advent, don't forget to check back on the blog between Christmas Day and New Year's day for a chance to win all 24 eBooks in one bundle!


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Today's letter is S.

Monday 23 December 2013

Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013 - Day #23 - Advent by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Welcome to the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway Day #23
To celebrate this festive season we at Wittegen Press are giving away an eBook a day up until
Christmas!



Today we are giving away 

Advent by Natasha Duncan-Drake Front Cover
Advent

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

When you're a vampire hunter infected with vampirism your life expectancy is short. Nate's a hunter and Lexie's a witch and they have less than six months before Lexie's magic can no longer delay the symptoms and keep them at least partially human. There are legends the ancient Avebury ritual, originally designed to destroy a powerful vampire, may also hold the key to curing vampiris­m and Nate and Lexie must search across continents to find the four relics from the ceremony. In their way are vampire nuns, a crystal cave, shape changers, a labyrinthine catacomb, mummified monks and even librarians. If the cure is real it could be the advent of a new era in vampire hunting.

BTW - All our books are DRM free, so, even if you already have this title, you can give it away! :)


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Every day during this giveaway, we are also posting a letter, collect the letters and at the end of Advent, you'll have a message 24 letters long. Tell us what that message in from Christmas Day to New Year and you are in for the chance of winning all 24 eBooks from the giveaway!


Today's letter is A.

Sunday 22 December 2013

Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013 - Day #22 - Death In The Family by Sophie Duncan

Welcome to the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway Day #22
To celebrate this festive season we at Wittegen Press are giving away an eBook a day up until
Christmas!



Today we are giving away 

Death In The Family by Sophie Duncan Front Cover
Death In The Family

by Sophie Duncan

Tom Franklin has never really understood his midnight cravings for red meat, he has merely accepted them. His Harley Street doctor had always diagnosed his symptoms as a protein deficiency, aggravated by stress, particularly the dark dreams that haunt his subconscious. Yet, when his dreams and consequently his symptoms escalate, Tom's parents are forced to reveal the truth: he isn't human. Tom discovers that the nightmarish images of dark places and even darker instincts are in fact repressed memories of his early childhood, and he must face the wild heritage from his birth-father, a ruthless vampire known only as Raxos. 

Realising his memories are his only hope of controlling his awakening instincts, Tom returns to, Coombedown, the sleepy, Cornish village in which he was born, unknowing that the night-breed in his veins will lead him into danger.

"Death In The Family" is a young adult, paranormal novel.

BTW - All our books are DRM free, so, even if you already have this title, you can give it away! :)


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Every day during this giveaway, we are also posting a letter, collect the letters and at the end of Advent, you'll have a message 24 letters long. Tell us what that message in from Christmas Day to New Year and you are in for the chance of winning all 24 eBooks from the giveaway!


Today's letter is M.

Saturday 21 December 2013

Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013 - Day #21 - Cat's Creation by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Welcome to the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway Day #21
To celebrate this festive season we at Wittegen Press are giving away an eBook a day up until
Christmas!



Today we are giving away 

Cat's Creation by Natasha Duncan-Drake Front Cover
Cat's Creation

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Life goes on for the residents of Between as they struggle to recover from the events that nearly destroyed their home and left a gaping hole in the structure of their world. As one of the leaders of the Questors, Charlie feels responsible for helping them to remain strong and together, but he's not sure how. To make his problems worse, his magic has become unreliable, and yet there is another task to deal with; one that requires all seven Questors to be at their magical peak. The difficult road before them ends in, Mydarec, a world run by mafia-style families, where sorcerers and vampires are a part of every-day living. Forced to play a role that could cost him his life and plagued by a vision of death, Charlie must struggle to overcome his own insecurities and, with his friends, figure out why they have been sent to such a dangerous world.

BTW - All our books are DRM free, so, even if you already have this title, you can give it away! :)


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Every day during this giveaway, we are also posting a letter, collect the letters and at the end of Advent, you'll have a message 24 letters long. Tell us what that message in from Christmas Day to New Year and you are in for the chance of winning all 24 eBooks from the giveaway!


Today's letter is T.

Friday 20 December 2013

Christmas Free Read - In The Eye of the Beholder (PG, Ghost Story)


As a thank you and a Merry Christmas from me to all my readers and those who have supported me this year, here's a short story, and, keeping with Christmas tradition, it has a ghostly touch.

In The Eye of the Beholder

Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013 - Day #20 - Myriad Imaginings by Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

Welcome to the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway Day #20
To celebrate this festive season we at Wittegen Press are giving away an eBook a day up until
Christmas!



Today we are giving away 

Myriad Imaginings by Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake Front Cover
Myriad Imaginings

by Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

2 writers, 31 days of writing madness, the result: 28 fabulously diverse stories for your reading pleasure, including horror, fantasy and science fiction, paranormal adventure, young adult and erotica.

In July 2012, Wittegen Press gave away a short story, or story part every day to their readers. Each story was only available for one day, but now all 28 stories have been gathered here into 1 volume where you can meet: a spy who becomes a vampire; a young professor with a mental gift beyond his intellect; a zombie cat and many more enthralling characters.

Queen of Heaven by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Sci-Fi)
Incubus Shadows by Sophie Duncan (M/M/M Erotic Fantasy)
Sleep of The Damned by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Horror)
Samling-Born by Sophie Duncan (YA Contemporary Fantasy)
To Life Reborn by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Fantasy)
The Name Is The Game by Sophie Duncan (Paranormal Contemporary Fantasy)
Cleave To Until Forever by Natasha Duncan-Drake (M/M Paranormal Romance)
The Gift by Sophie Duncan (Fantasy)
Lost Kitty by Natasha Duncan-Drake (YA SciFi)
Undercover by Sophie Duncan (M/M Erotic Crime Drama)
The Machine by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Contemporary Fantasy, M/M Romance)
BFF by Sophie Duncan (Horror)
The Vampire Who Loved Me by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Paranormal Espionage, M/M/F menage)
The End of The Journey by Sophie Duncan (Contemporary Fantasy, M/M Romance)
God of Love by Natasha Duncan-Drake (M/M Erotic Fantasy)
Just One Day by Sophie Duncan (Horror)
All The Glitters by Natasha Duncan-Drake (M/M Romance)
Girl In The Mirror by Sophie Duncan (Paranormal Fantasy)
Connections by Natasha Duncan-Drake (M/M/F Erotic SciFi)
A Special Catch by Sophie Duncan (M/F Erotic SciFi)
The Crosses We Bear by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Horror)
Song For A Sovereign by Sophie Duncan (Fantasy)
Timothy by Natasha Duncan-Drake (M/F Paranormal Romance)
Queen of My World by Sophie Duncan (Horror)
Dead Not Dying by Natasha Duncan-Drake (Horror)
All In The Mind by Sophie Duncan (SciFi)
The Beginning by Natasha Duncan-Drake (YA Urban Horror, Paranormal Fantasy)
A New Path by Sophie Duncan (YA Contemporary Fantasy, M/M Romance)

BTW - All our books are DRM free, so, even if you already have this title, you can give it away! :)


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Every day during this giveaway, we are also posting a letter, collect the letters and at the end of Advent, you'll have a message 24 letters long. Tell us what that message in from Christmas Day to New Year and you are in for the chance of winning all 24 eBooks from the giveaway!


Today's letter is S.

Thursday 19 December 2013

Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013 - Day #19 - The Other Half Of Everything by Sophie Duncan

Welcome to the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway Day #19
To celebrate this festive season we at Wittegen Press are giving away an eBook a day up until
Christmas!



Today we are giving away 

The Other Half Of Everything by Sophie Duncan Front Cover
The Other Half Of Everything

by Sophie Duncan

Many genres, 14 exciting stories in this anthology of shorts and novellettes by Sophie Duncan. Whether you're looking for horror, Sci-Fi or something else, you'll find what you're looking for in this collection.
In July 2012, Wittegen Press gave away a short story, or story part every day to their readers. Each story was only available for one day, but now the 14 stories by Sophie Duncan from The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games have been gathered here into 1 volume.

Incubus Shadows (Erotic Fantasy M/M/M)
Samling-Born (YA Contemporary Fantasy)
The Name Is The Game (Paranormal Contemporary Fantasy)
The Gift (Fantasy)
Undercover (M/M Erotic Crime)
BFF (Horror)
The End Of The Journey (The Hidden War #1) (YA Contemporary Fantasy, M/M Romance)
Just One Day (Horror)
Girl In The Mirror (Paranormal Fantasy)
A Special Catch (M/F Erotic Sci-Fi)
Song For A Sovereign (Fantasy)
Queen of My World (Horror)
All In The Mind (Sci-Fi)
A New Path (The Hidden War #2) (YA Contemporary Fantasy, M/M Romance)

BTW - All our books are DRM free, so, even if you already have this title, you can give it away! :)


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Every day during this giveaway, we are also posting a letter, collect the letters and at the end of Advent, you'll have a message 24 letters long. Tell us what that message in from Christmas Day to New Year and you are in for the chance of winning all 24 eBooks from the giveaway!


Today's letter is I.

Wednesday 18 December 2013

Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013 - Day #18 - Cat's Call by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Welcome to the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway Day #18
To celebrate this festive season we at Wittegen Press are giving away an eBook a day up until
Christmas!



Today we are giving away 

Cat's Call by Natasha Duncan-Drake Front Cover
Cat's Call

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Existence is a Balance. Multiple universes and myriads of worlds exist in their own time and space and through each of them threads magic. Seven great Spirits guard the Balance against the forces of evil and chaos. It is time for them to choose new Questors to wield their power and be their mortal advocates.

Charlie Waterman is eighteen and until he is assaulted by a cat figurine and wakes up with a tail, he is boringly normal. Apparently he is supposed to be the Questor of the Cat Spirit, but no one bothered to ask him if he wanted to be. It's not the kind of thing that comes up when you're taking your A Levels at a grammar school in Kent. When destiny catches up with him he's two years late and past some mysterious threshold. Eighteen isn't really old, unless you're dealing with magic for the first time.

On meeting Akari, the man who claims to be his mentor, he is introduced to Between, a magical realm that exists outside normal time and space. Here he is supposed to learn how to fulfill his destiny. Accompanying Akari to Between to explore his new powers, he meets his fellow Questors: dragon; wolf; horse; spider; hawk; dolphin. They all seem to know what they're doing, but, fighting to maintain control, Charlie's causing earthquakes and accidentally turning into a cat while asleep, which is plain embarrassing.

Five sixteen year olds, a young, antisocial vampire and Charlie stand between the Balance and chaos. Nothing on Earth could have prepared Charlie for his destiny and in choosing him, he is sure the Spirits have to be insane.

BTW - All our books are DRM free, so, even if you already have this title, you can give it away! :)


a Rafflecopter giveaway

Every day during this giveaway, we are also posting a letter, collect the letters and at the end of Advent, you'll have a message 24 letters long. Tell us what that message in from Christmas Day to New Year and you are in for the chance of winning all 24 eBooks from the giveaway!


Today's letter is R.

Tuesday 17 December 2013

Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013 - Day #17 - Half of Everything by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Welcome to the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway Day #17
To celebrate this festive season we at Wittegen Press are giving away an eBook a day up until
Christmas!



Today we are giving away 

Half of Everything by Natasha Duncan-Drake Front Cover
Half of Everything

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Many genres, 14 exciting stories in this anthology of shorts and novellettes by Natasha Duncan-Drake. Whether you're looking for horror, Sci-Fi or something else, you'll find what you're looking for in this collection.
In July 2012, Wittegen Press gave away a short story, or story part every day to their readers. Each story was only available for one day, but now the 14 stories by Natasha Duncan-Drake from The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games have been gathered here into 1 volume.

Queen of Heaven (Sci-Fi)
Sleep Of The Damned (Horror)
To Life Reborn (Fantasy)
Cleave To Until Forever (M/M Paranormal Romance)
Lost Kitty (YA Sci-Fi)
The Machine (Contemporary Fantasy with M/M Romance)
The Vampire Who Loved Me (Paranormal Espionage, M/M/F) 
God of Love (M/M Erotica Fantasy)
All That Glitters (M/M Romance)
Connections (M/M/F Erotic Sci-Fi)
The Crosses We Bear (Horror)
Timothy (M/F Paranormal Romance)
Dead Not Dying (Horror)
The Beginning (YA Urban Horror)


BTW - All our books are DRM free, so, even if you already have this title, you can give it away! :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Every day during this giveaway, we are also posting a letter, collect the letters and at the end of Advent, you'll have a message 24 letters long. Tell us what that message in from Christmas Day to New Year and you are in for the chance of winning all 24 eBooks from the giveaway!


Today's letter is H.

Monday 16 December 2013

Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013 - Day #16 - Cat's Confidence by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Welcome to the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway Day #16
To celebrate this festive season we at Wittegen Press are giving away an eBook a day up until
Christmas!



Today we are giving away 

Cat's Confidence by Natasha Duncan-Drake Front Cover
Cat's Confidence

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

The Seer says that a Questor is always prepared for the Task for which they are chosen and Charlie has been a Questor long enough to know the Seer is always right. Still, it never occurred to him that being ready would mean specific training for a specific Task. Charlie, Kaelyn and Alexander are given six weeks to become a Dragon Warrior team: all they need to do is master magical telepathy, archery, flying and, the trickiest of all, how to put on a dragon-harness in under five minutes!

Once through the portal in the land of Snijela, they must pass as veterans, make friends with other dragons and figure out why they've actually been sent on their Task in the first place. Add in a volatile young queen, two feuding nations either on the verge of peace or all out war, as well as spies, sexism and an alarming acceleration in Charlie's premonitions, and nothing is ever going to be straightforward.

BTW - All our books are DRM free, so, even if you already have this title, you can give it away! :)


a Rafflecopter giveaway

Every day during this giveaway, we are also posting a letter, collect the letters and at the end of Advent, you'll have a message 24 letters long. Tell us what that message in from Christmas Day to New Year and you are in for the chance of winning all 24 eBooks from the giveaway!


Today's letter is C.

Sunday 15 December 2013

Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013 - Day #15 - Bright Young Things by Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

Welcome to the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway Day #15
To celebrate this festive season we at Wittegen Press are giving away an eBook a day up until
Christmas!



Today we are giving away 

Bright Young Things by Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake Front Cover
Bright Young Things

by Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

Meet a university rock band with a lupine secret and an alien with cat ears and a tail, among other young protagonists in this volume of short stories and novelettes.
In July 2012, Wittegen Press gave away a short story, or story part every day to their readers. Each story was only available for one day, but now the 5 young adult stories from The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games have been gathered here into 1 volume.

Samling Born by Sophie Duncan
When his friend is bitten by one of his kind, Luka must reveal his werewolf heritage to his band mates in order to save Ben.

Lost Kitty by Natasha Duncan-Drake
It's not every day a guy in a loin cloth with cat ears and a tail steps out of your swimming pool.

The End Of The Journey (The Hidden War #1) by Sophie Duncan
Damon Wulfres and Zac Kithrall are sworn enemies on opposite sides of The Hidden War between demon raisers and those wishing to stop them, so Zac had no idea why he is in Damon's custody, nor why he instinctively trusts him.

The Beginning by Natasha Duncan-Drake
Discover how Lexie and Nate, witch and vampire hunter, met and halted the vampirism infecting them both.

A New Path (The Hidden War #2) by Sophie Duncan
Damon and Zac are now a team in The Hidden War, joined by magic and affection and wanted by both sides. However when Damon discovers he is a danger to Zac, he must make a choice, leave or risk the only person he cares about.

BTW - All our books are DRM free, so, even if you already have this title, you can give it away! :)


a Rafflecopter giveaway

Every day during this giveaway, we are also posting a letter, collect the letters and at the end of Advent, you'll have a message 24 letters long. Tell us what that message in from Christmas Day to New Year and you are in for the chance of winning all 24 eBooks from the giveaway!


Today's letter is C.

Saturday 14 December 2013

Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway 2013 - Day #14 - Supernature by Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

Welcome to the Wittegen Press Advent Giveaway Day #14
To celebrate this festive season we at Wittegen Press are giving away an eBook a day up until
Christmas!



Today we are giving away 

Supernature by Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake Front Cover
Supernature

by Sophie Duncan & Natasha Duncan-Drake

Discover the touch of the supernatural in this volume of short stories and novelettes.
In July 2012, Wittegen Press gave away a short story, or story part every day to their readers. Each story was only available for one day, but now the 5 paranormal romance and paranormal fantasy stories from The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games have been gathered here into 1 volume.

The Name Is The Game by Sophie Duncan
A new placement, a new start together for orphans Paul and Amanda. However, they soon discover all is not as it seems with the mysterious Miss Torris.

Cleave To Until Forever by Natasha Duncan-Drake
Paralysed by an explosion, Adam must heal more than his legs when he discovers his wereleopard ancestry.

The Vampire Who Loved Me by Natasha Duncan-Drake
Jack Boddington was your every day, jobbing spy until his last assignment goes horribly wrong. Then he wakes up twenty years later with a thirst for blood.

Girl In The Mirror by Sophie Duncan
Penelope Beverly must discover the secret of the ghost girl in her mirror when she takes a position as companion to Miss Verinace.

Timothy by Natasha Duncan-Drake
Darcy is a modern girl, but even she is shocked when her mother gives her the family heirloom as she is about to go off to university and it's a dildo named Timothy.

BTW - All our books are DRM free, so, even if you already have this title, you can give it away! :)


a Rafflecopter giveaway

Every day during this giveaway, we are also posting a letter, collect the letters and at the end of Advent, you'll have a message 24 letters long. Tell us what that message in from Christmas Day to New Year and you are in for the chance of winning all 24 eBooks from the giveaway!


Today's letter is I.