Cover for Autumn Dance

Once again I have a new  cover to share.

It always feels like Christmas when I open an email with

a newly created cover for one of my books in it.

Once again thank you to Blaise Kilgallen for such awesome work!

I threw this together.  I love seeing the entire series covers lined up like that!

One other thing to share today (yes I'm completely distracted as of late with edits!!!)

Dream Visions was given a 5/5 review !!

Book Review:

            While this is the second book in a series, it can be read as a stand-alone. I love the development of the relationships between the characters, not just the romance but also the friendships. Felicity is used to being alone, feeling alone, and handling everything alone. So when she meets Sandy who introduces her to Jac, Brent, and Reid, who not only befriend her but accept her, she is left dealing with unaccustomed emotions.

            I have come to know Jacqueline Paige as an author in the last year and she has quickly become a favorite. This story is no exception. As I have come to expect from Jacqueline, this book is humorous, well thought out, has a great plot line, fully developed characters (lead as well as support), and is very engaging. I was immediately drawn into the story and not let go until the story had resolved. Time ceased to exist as I followed these characters through their adventure; watched, felt, and worried with them all the way to the resolution.


I give this story 5 out of 5 clouds.

~ Books, Books and More Books ~

Jacqueline Paige

Step into a world of magic and passions. . .

All Things Paranormal

http://jacqpaige.webs.com/

Award and release date!

I woke up and realized it was Saturday.  I'm not sure where the rest of the week
went...


This past week was yet another busy one for me with the release of Dream Visions
and finalizing the paperwork etc.. for Animal Heart.  It will be released November 1st
by Eternal Press.


I also received word that Twice Cursed was a finalist in the International Digital Awards!


Overall another 'win' week for me.



Coming up in the next week:



On Thursday here at my blog


On Saturday I'm over at  http://read2review.com/


Also if your making your rounds on the blogosphere stop by


http://romancingthemuses.blogspot.ca/  on Tuesday where I'll have
Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays


and on Saturdays I'm over at http://romancewritersbehavingbadly.blogspot.ca/
for Scrumptious Saturday.

Jacqueline Paige

Step into a world of magic and passions. . .

All Things Paranormal

http://jacqpaige.webs.com/

Dream Visions release day!

Book II in the Hidden Senses Trilogy is available as of today!

Dream Visions

What price will they pay for the abilities they don’t want?

Paranormal romantic suspense
Blurb:
Felicity has spent her life alone, moving from one place to another hiding a part of her no one has ever been able to accept, not even her own family.
For as long as she can remember she’s had dreams that lead her to a person that’s somehow connected with her.  There are no answers or cures only misery for her when she can’t get anyone to believe her.
When a child reaches out to her, frightened and in the hands of strangers she forgets the reasons why she shouldn’t tell anyone and goes to the police.  She finds herself sent for a court ordered psychiatric evaluation.
It’s not the first time, it won’t be the last.  She packs up once again, ready to move as soon as she’s done with another so called doctor.  From the moment she steps into the office everything changes and she finds nothing she expected.
Can the child be found before it’s too late or is she facing heartache again?

Excerpt:

Sitting on the tiny bed, hugging his knees as tightly as he could against his chest, his eyes darted around the room. It was so dark and so quiet here--he just wanted to go home and see his mom. Someone would come. Someone always did in the movies...

A creaking noise made him gasp, he quickly looked towards the door. Pushing himself back further into the musty corner, he watched and listened.

When it creaked again, he grabbed the thin blanket and dropped to lie down on the bed, squeezing his still damp eyes closed tightly.

Felicity blinked a few times and looked down. She was standing at her kitchen counter, hands grasping the edge so hard her knuckles were white. Sighing, pushing the straying blonde hairs away from her face her hand vibrating.

Closing her eyes, she took a calming breath. “I wished you would show me where sweetheart.” Whispering out loud made her feel better, even knowing he would never hear her.

Rinsing her hands under the cool water, she patted some against her sweaty brow. Drying them quickly, she looked around for a moment trying to recall what she’d been doing before the vision blocked out the rest of the world.

The kettle began to whistle, startling her. Unplugging it, she shook her head. It could have been worse, you might have been cutting vegetables or something else that could result in coming out of it injured.

If there was one thing she was thankful for it was, that when it happened her body froze-- and the usually prevented her too many serious injuries. Of course, it made life more complicated when it came to things like being in public or driving, both of which she tried to avoid.

Taking the cup of tea, she went over to the desk and pulled the tattered notebook from the drawer. Wanting to record every detail before she forgot any of it, she began jotting it down. Taking her time, she wrote carefully, making sure she described every little thing, even going as far as the crunching sound the old rusty cot frame made as the little boy moved.

Closing the book, she glanced at the stack of sketches briefly before she returned the book to the drawer and closed it.

Buy Links: CLASS ACT BOOKS

AMAZON

Jacqueline Paige

Step into a world of magic and passions. . .

All Things Paranormal

http://jacqpaige.webs.com/

New release, updates and more!

This week has been a blur for me.  My job was a week of disasters -
from the A/C dying to the computers going down, and phones and ...
but on the writing front it was a great week, so I'm chalking it up as
a 'win' over all! 


Sunday Dream Visions will be released at Class Act Books (Amazon 
will follow within a few weeks later).  I'll post the links and excerpts on
Sunday when everything is live.  


I've been busy getting things organized for the release ( a huge thank you
to Bewitching Book Tours, without Roxanne working hard I'd be sitting here
holding my book wondering what to do.  Check out the first issue of 
Bewitching Book Tours Readers Magazine for some great books and
authors and more!)


With Roxanne taking care of all that for me, I've been working at getting the changes made to the book that comes after Dream Visions in the Hidden Senses Trilogy - Inner Reflections. As well as working on the edits for the fourth book in the Magic Seasons - Autumn Dance.


*whew*


This year has been a marathon for me so far. Constant edits and revisions for so many
books at the same time I'm lucky I remember my own children's names most days.
You'd think I would take a much need breather now that I'm nearing the end ... four out of
six releases for 2012 completed ... but no I can't do that!   Yesterday I just received word
that the first book in my new Animal Trilogy will be out late fall/pre-holiday season. So keep 
an eye out for updates on Animal Heart.


Annnd (if you're an editor pretend that word only has one 'n') also I've been asked to do a few minor revisions to After the Silence to get it reader ready - of course I agreed to that too!


I'll rest in 2013 - maybe.


Don't forget to enter the Magic Seasons contest, there's still two and a half weeks until the second draw takes place!


Last on today's update... I find myself without my main Beta Reader. *sigh* She is due to have a bouncing baby boy in the next week or so (I hope for her sake its only a week) and has decided that she probably won't have the free time to read through my stories for a while.


So, if you're one of those people that think "Why didn't they do that?" while reading a story, then you may be the person I'm looking for!

I like feed back, what works, what doesn't, where it rambles too long or not long enough and to even suggest a 'what if' from time to time.  "It was good." is not feed back!!  Sometimes my eyes can't see what my own writing lacks.  

You don't have to be a writer or editor, just someone that loves to read and has an opinion.

If you're interesting in having the opportunity to read new stories before they're even published, drop me an email and tell me who your favorite authors are (just to see if we have something in common...) and I'll send you a sample to see if we'll fit together.

Please place BETA in the title so I don't lose your email along the way!

jacq(dot)paige(at)gmail(dot)com

Jacqueline Paige

Step into a world of magic and passions. . .

All Things Paranormal

http://jacqpaige.webs.com/

Dream Visions out in ten days

A good week so far, I managed to get my website up-to-date (with working links)...

and

It's been long awaited but the second book in the Hidden Senses Trilogy

will be out in ten days time.  

Felicity has spent her life alone, moving from one place to another hiding a part of her no one has ever been able to accept, not even her own family.
For as long as she can remember she’s had dreams that lead her to a person that’s somehow connected with her.  There are no answers or cures only misery for her when she can’t get anyone to believe her.
When a child reaches out to her, frightened and in the hands of strangers she forgets the reasons why she shouldn’t tell anyone and goes to the police.  She finds herself sent for a court ordered psychiatric evaluation.
It’s not the first time, it won’t be the last.  She packs up once again, ready to move as soon as she’s done with another so called doctor.  From the moment she steps into the office everything changes and she finds nothing she expected.
Can the child be found before it’s too late or is she facing heartache again?


Here's a sneak peak at the opening of the book:

Sitting on the tiny bed, hugging his knees as tightly as he could against his chest, his eyes darted around the room. It was so dark and so quiet here--he just wanted to go home and see his mom. Someone would come. Someone always did in the movies...

A creaking noise made him gasp, he quickly looked towards the door. Pushing himself back further into the musty corner, he watched and listened.

When it creaked again, he grabbed the thin blanket and dropped to lie down on the bed, squeezing his still damp eyes closed tightly.

Felicity blinked a few times and looked down. She was standing at her kitchen counter, hands grasping the edge so hard her knuckles were white. Sighing, pushing the straying blonde hairs away from her face her hand vibrating.

Closing her eyes, she took a calming breath. “I wished you would show me where sweetheart.” Whispering out loud made her feel better, even knowing he would never hear her.

Rinsing her hands under the cool water, she patted some against her sweaty brow. Drying them quickly, she looked around for a moment trying to recall what she’d been doing before the vision blocked out the rest of the world.

The kettle began to whistle, startling her. Unplugging it, she shook her head. It could have been worse, you might have been cutting vegetables or something else that could result in coming out of it injured.

If there was one thing she was thankful for it was, that when it happened her body froze-- and the usually prevented her too many serious injuries. Of course, it made life more complicated when it came to things like being in public or driving, both of which she tried to avoid.

Taking the cup of tea, she went over to the desk and pulled the tattered notebook from the drawer. Wanting to record every detail before she forgot any of it, she began jotting it down. Taking her time, she wrote carefully, making sure she described every little thing, even going as far as the crunching sound the old rusty cot frame made as the little boy moved.

Closing the book, she glanced at the stack of sketches briefly before she returned the book to the drawer and closed it.

Book 1 - Mystic Perceptions can be found at CLASS ACT BOOKS and AMAZON to mention a few.

Jacqueline Paige

Step into a world of magic and passions. . .

All Things Paranormal

http://jacqpaige.webs.com/

Cover Reveal - Dream Visions

I think seeing a new cover for the first time is likely the part 

I love about writing the most.  

I am thrilled with the cover Blaise Kilgallen created for the

second book in the Hidden Senses Trilogy - Dream Visions

It's brilliant and I love it!  It felt like I stepped inside the story

when I opened the file to view it.

Thanks so much, Blaise!

More good news today...

If you have Curses on your TBR list then you'll love this

35% has been hacked off the price at Smashwords.  The catch?

You have to pop over to Amy's Book World (where I'm being interviewed 

and she reviewed Curses) to get the code for the discount.

http://amysbookworld.blogspot.ca/2012/06/book-tour-interview-and-review-curses.html

Jacqueline Paige

Step into a world of magic and passions. . .

All Things Paranormal

http://jacqpaige.webs.com/

News about A Dream

I didn't follow my own schedule of slowing down and
taking it easy for the summer to give my brain a bit of
a rest.
As a result of doing this though I have news!


The two part story series I wrote a few years ago
In Our Dream and From A Dream (oddly enough
I titled the series A Dream...) that were published at
Amira Press are only going to be available as 
separate stories until July 31st.


After this, they will no longer be at Amira Press
and you will have to wait to read them when they
are released in print in the fall (at least this is the tentative
date I'm aiming for).   Reviewers and Readers alike
wanted to see more of the characters in this series
so I've decided to put both 
parts as well as the unpublished third and
final piece of the series into one book!!


More news...


Also only available until July 31st is Behind the Mask.
It will be back as well (I'm aiming for Hallowe'en on this
one as it is a Hallowe'en tale) along with a second 
previously unpublished story-  This Ring, that is presently 
undergoing the heavy edit phase of writing.


I'm so excited having these all coming out so close
together.


There's still more ...


Presently awaiting release dates (and gobs of editing
rounds) are:


Book II in the Hidden Senses Trilogy - Dream Visions


Book I in the Animal Trilogy - Animal Heart


The Magic Seasons series -
Book I  From Beltane Magic (previously released as
Beltane Magic)
Book II The Solstice Heat (previously released as
Solstice Heat)
Book III Harvest Dreams


Waiting in my editing pile is:


After the Silence


An Autumn Dance

And finally in my writing file awaiting
completion:


The Witch Descends


Inner Reflections


Good thing I decided to take it easy for a while...


I have some guests coming up on the blog
stop by on Friday July 8th for David M Brown.

Jacqueline Paige

http://jacqpaige.webs.com/

Excerpt Thursday - First look at Dream Visions

I've been working on the final proof of the second book
in the Hidden Senses Trilogy - Dream Visions.
So here's the first look at it.

Dream Visions

 Sitting on the tiny bed, hugging his knees as tightly as

he could against his chest, his eyes darted around the

room. It was so dark and so quiet here--he just wanted to

go home and see his mom. Someone would come; someone

always did in the movies...

A creaking noise made him gasp; he quickly looked

towards the door. Pushing himself back further into the

musty corner, he watched and listened.

When it creaked again, he grabbed the thin blanket

and dropped to lie down on the bed, squeezing his still

damp eyes closed tightly.

Felicity blinked a few times and then looked down.

She was standing at her kitchen counter, hands grasping

the edge so hard her knuckles were white. Sighing, she

pushed the straying blonde hairs away from her face; her

hand were vibrating.

Closing her eyes, she took a calming breath. “I wish

you would show me where, sweetheart.” Whispering it out

loud made her feel better, even knowing he would never hear her.

Rinsing her hands under the cool water, she patted

some against her sweaty brow. Drying them quickly, she

looked around for a moment, trying to recall what she had

been doing before the vision blocked out the rest of the

world.

The kettle began to whistle, startling her. Unplugging

it, she shook her head. It could have been worse, you might

have been cutting vegetables or something else that could

result in coming out of it injured.

If there was one thing she was thankful for it was that

when it happened her body froze--and that usually

prevented her too many serious injuries. Of course, it made

life more complicated when it came to things like being in

public or driving, both of which she tried to avoid.

Taking her cup of tea, she went over to the desk and

pulled a tattered notebook from the drawer. Wanting to

record every detail before she forgot any of it, she began

jotting it down. Taking her time, she wrote carefully,

making sure she described every little thing--even going as

far as the crunching sound the old rusty cot frame made as

the little boy moved.

  Jacqueline Paige

http://jacqpaige.webs.com/