Winners of "A Life of Death: The Golden Bulls" giveaways!

The giveaway for Weston Kincade's book A Life of Death: The Golden Bulls has now ended and I have chosen the winners. (If you need a copy of the first book in this series, A Life of Death, you can follow the link on the title or here and it will take you to Amazon to pick it up; it's only 99 cents!)

The winners of the two paperbacks are:
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Aaaaaaand, the winners of the three e-books are:

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Thanks to all my followers! I'll have another giveaway live in a week. Meanwhile, keep reading for new reviews, and a happy New Year to all!

Giveaway time! " A Life of Death:The Golden Bulls" by Weston Kincade

A Life of Death: The Golden Bulls is the sequel to Weston's earlier work, A Life of Death. These are mysteries with a paranormal twist, and very good books (and I do not just say that because I edited them!). A quick synopsis of the new one:

Fifteen years of ritual sacrifices that began before Alex Drummond joined the force have become an anomaly in Tranquil Heights. For most residents, anger at the unsolved murders has turned to disappointment with the small police force. Now citizens hope this year’s sacrificial lamb won’t be one of their loved ones.

Alex Drummond’s ability to relive victims’ traumatic murders has not been enough. There are misguided links to Egyptian funerary rights, but without evidence and the murderer’s identity, no one outside of Drummond’s tight circle will believe him, let alone make an arrest and stop the vicious killings. After an anonymous tip, Detective Drummond discovers an annual visitor, a local who moved away years before with a similar flare for murder. He follows her to Washington DC after watching the woman burn her husband alive. His high school friend, Jessie Arturo, who settled in the large city after a failed baseball career, assists with the investigation. In such a large place, unsolved murders abound like cobwebs under abandoned guest beds.

September 20, the serial killer’s anointed date, is only days away. How has the murderer proven so elusive, even from Alex’s paranormal abilities? Is he in over his head, or can Detective Alex Drummond save the ghosts calling to him and decipher this network of brutal, ritual sacrifices before someone else is burnt alive?

So, to celebrate the release of this new book, we're holding a giveaway! Weston is giving away two signed paperbacks and 3 e-book copies (epub or mobi, winner's choice) of A Life of Death: The Golden Bulls. So, the e-books are available internationally, but the paperbacks are only for US/Canada (sorry) because of the postage costs. Be sure to sign up for the right one, now! There are two rafflecopter forms below, so make sure you look at them both and select the correct one (first is paperback and 2nd is e-books) to sign up on! The contest ends at midnight, Eastern time, on the 30th, so hurry up!

Paperbacks (US/Canada only)
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E-books (anyone who can accept an e-book)
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Want a great, free read??

Well, then, you've come to the right place! As I mentioned earlier today, I have another freebie to announce!

My friend, Weston Kincade, is offering his awesome book,

free on Amazon tomorrow, April 14, and Sunday, April 15! Please note that this is an old cover image; it has been updated, but I don't have the latest cover image.

I read this book last year, in late June, and you can read my review by clicking here. You can also find it on Amazon here. Always happy to get "likes" on my Amazon reviews!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Friday the 13th, and that you all have a terrific weekend! Keep your eyes on my blog, next week I'm hosting another giveaway - you won't want to miss it!!

Review: A Life of Death

A Life of Death by Weston Kincade

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Note: I originally read this 6/27-28/2011; I am reposting it because Weston Kincade is offering this book FREE on Amazon 4/14-15/2012 and I want to get the word out!

Book info Genre: Paranormal YA Reading Level: Young Adult

Disclosure: I was given a free e-copy of this book by the author in exchange for an honest review.

My Synopsis: Alex Drummond has enough to deal with, really. His father was killed by a drunk driver a few years ago; his mother got remarried and moved them in with her new husband, who is a vicious alcoholic and beats Alex frequently to within an inch of his life; Alex’s step-brother, Frank, is a layabout who also beats on him, and his two step-sisters are an annoyance to him; and he’s an outsider at school, small and picked on by the larger kids. Now he’s developed an alarming tendency – when he touches things that were somehow touching a person when they were murdered, he falls into a vision and relives their death. And the people whose deaths he is reliving expect him to do something about it.

My Thoughts: Partly a paranormal suspense book, partly a coming-of-age story, and even including a little bit of romance, “A Life of Death” is a completely amazing story! I won’t lie to you, it is often very intense – the tension evinced by this book is amazingly well-done and I often felt my heart racing from the extremity of emotions that it raised. It is tightly plotted and suspenseful; the characters are well-developed and realistic – the whole thing just came to life in my mind while I was reading it, and the sudden silence whenever I would look up showed me just how much it filled my mind while I was reading it.

The story is bracketed interestingly – the very beginning and very end are Alex as an older man, a police detective, helping his son with a project for school. The story itself is the tale he tells the boy. I thought this was a neat way to open and close the story and it left me with hopes that we might expect a series of Alex Drummond mystery novels in the future. I would certainly buy them!

My Recommendation: Fans of paranormal mystery and suspense stories should enjoy this book. Definitely give it a read as soon as you can!



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