#AtoZChallenge Theme Reveal

HEY THERE!!

The last time I blogged anything was back in 2017.

Which seems quite sad when I type it out loud like that.

Life has been so up and down since the last time I blogged; so much has changed:

My cousin, who I also considered a best friend, passed away in August of last year at the young age of 45.

And then a few months later, my grandfather passed away at a nice old age of 92.

Kid #1 moved out into an apartment with his friends and works for videography/photography company, Peace Love Films, and travels the country making advertisements and commercials.

Kid #2 is now looking at apartments and she is spending her spare time traveling to rock out at concerts and works for her aunt at a flower shop.

Kid #3 is emerged in sports. For only being a Sophomore, he is already being looked at by colleges for his golfing skills.

Kid #4 is doing tons of gymnastics performances and even performed for the Harlem Globetrotters which she loved.

And the Hubby and I are still kicking it.

Life is ... well ... life. You just gotta roll with the punches.

So... after all of that, I've decided to get back into the swing of things and thought, Why not do the A to Z Challenge? So I did!

What am I doing? Du du duuuuuuuuuuu

BOOKS & MEDITATION

BOOKS

I choose to do books about every time I have done #AtoZChallenge

I love BOOKS!

I love the covers, the stories and the way they smell.

My books this year are from 2019 publishing and mostly based on the Horror Genre.

MEDITATION

For the past few years I have been making very trivial changes to may daily routines and lifestyle. I’ve started using Young Living Essential Oils for aches and pains, and to make my house smell wonderful. Some of the smells really do make me feel good and change my moods.

As of recently started to incorporate meditation and holistic techniques into my life, so I figured, why not share it.

Unlike this post 😉, my #AtoZChallenge posts will be short and sweet with a quick general post about a book and some quick tips about meditation | yoga | holistic health.

Book Reveal - That Fatal Kiss by Mina Lobo

Mina Lobo has long held a passion for Greek mythology. The story of the goddess Persephone's marriage-by-kidnap to Hades, Lord of the Underworld, has particularly fascinated her, and thus came about Mina's debut novel, That Fatal Kiss. Coming September 2013, the revisionist tale features a fiery and noble heroine, a handsome and broody hero, and some heated, earth-shakin' lovin'!

Given Mina's self-professed neurotic nature, it took her and cover artist Steven Novak a few go-arounds before settling on the cover design for That Fatal Kiss. It had to be curiously compelling, slightly spooky, and yet super sexy—and so it is!

The Book:

Feared by mortals for his inexorable power, and loathed by his fellow Greek gods for the same, Hades rules the Underworld alone. A stark eternity looms before him until he discovers Persephone. Struck by the youthful goddess’ beauty, kindness, and spirit, he must have her. But Hades believes Persephone could never love him, and so he conspires with his powerful brother, Zeus, to take her by force.

Persephone too seeks a mate but her possessive mother, the goddess Demeter, frustrates her husband hunting. Then Hades abducts Persephone, tearing her away from the Upperworld she loves to reign with him in the dank depths below. Though outraged, Persephone cannot deny the desire ignited within her by the dark lord’s touch. And even as she hopes that Demeter will unearth her, Persephone aches to surrender to the heat in Hades’ immortal soul.

The Teaser:

“Enough,” Hades said, closing the distance between them. “I have taken you with your father’s consent, as custom allows. You are in my kingdom, under my rule, and if you have any care for your continued well-being, you will get into my bed. Now.” And with the removal of the pins that held together the black cloth about his waist, he stood naked before her.

The anger warming Persephone clashed with another fire that roared to life within her. She choked on a breath and turned her face from him. “Be warned; I will resist you with the full force of my being, through violent means, if necessary.”

His large, unyielding hands encircled the soft flesh of her upper arms as he said, “If you must. Though your surrender to me would prove more satisfying to us both.”

The Author:

Mina Lobo has a lot of Scorpio action going on in her natal chart, which makes for a rather sybaritic and lust-driven Sagittarian. She aims for a wildly successful future as a writer of dark and whimsical romance while dodging the slings and arrows of her outrageous teenaged son, who's buggered off to college (hence the "Lite" in her Twitter handle, below). She enjoys comedic horror and alt rock, goth, & new wave music, as well as quality Belgian chocolates.

Mina invites you to keep abreast of updates regarding That Fatal Kiss, as well as the development of any new neuroses, by stalking her at her usual haunts:

Her blog: Some Dark Romantic
On Facebook: mina.lobo.1
On the Twitter: @GothMomLite
And GothMomLite Will Tumblr For Ya as well

Novel Cover and Blog Header Reveal

Holy Mackerel! Was I dead on the day one of my favorite bloggers announced she was having a cover reveal?!

Dang it!

I turn on my computer this morning, log on to blogger, and BAM! – Kelley Lynn is everywhere for her COVER REVEAL and new novel FRACTION OF STONE.

Kelley Lynn's Links: Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

I know I’m not on some list for this but I wanted to show my support anyways.

If you want to learn more about this wonderful novel and the characters like I did – visit these Fraction of Stone supporters as well!

Jackie @ Bouquet of Books

Aldrea Alien @ Thardrandian Thoughts

Falling For Fiction

Tara Tyler @ Tara Tyler Talks

Ilima @ ka’ao: tell a fanciful tale

Suzi @ Literary Engineer

Nick Wilford @ Scattergun Scribblings

Medeia Shariff

Leigh Covington

And these are the only the ones I follow... check out Kelly to find out more!

Now on to why I logged on in the first place. I blogged last week (Wednesday to be exact) that I was going to reveal, in Jan, my NEW BLOG HEADER... well... I'm the worst at waiting. Ask anyone that knows me. Ask Jackie.

Unless you TELL me it's a secret, I can't remember to keep it. I have a hard time waiting, especially for Christmas and presents. It's not that I'm a blabber mouth, I just have some rules to keeping things secret.

1.) I've got too many kids, a busy schedule and life - I can't remember my own name half the time let alone what secrets I need to keep.

2.) You need to specify what I need to keep super secret. I let everyone know upfront before they start blabbing things to me. My close friends know this about me already.

3.) If you want to tell me something and then want me to forget about it... use two words... Pandora's Box. This is something that has always worked. You tell me a secret, say those words, my lips are sealed.

4.) Now, if I have been drinking, this can go two ways - ONE - I won't remember anyways, or TWO - I have forgotten you told me it was a secret. So you can either call me the next day and remind me it was a secret or you can chance it and hope I have forgotten. LMAO!

Between Jackie, my mother-in-law, and other friends, they all know and recently I have been reminded and asked to keep Christmas secrets or other fun ones. And I've been reminded. My mother-in-law is very impressed that I haven't cracked yet and told my kids what I've gotten them. I made a promise and I plan on keeping it. Haha!

So why can't I keep my own promise to myself and wait until Jan 1st to reveal my blog header. Well crap... I already know about it! Duh!

And it's not like you guys really care if I wait or not. So... here it is...

Umm, well it's up at the top of the blog anyways.

Have a great Tuesday!