Guest Post/Excerpt/Promo– Reflections by Jacoba Dorothy

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Title: Reflections

Author: Jacoba Dorothy

Series: Eternal Curse

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Published: October 8^th 2012

Book Description: 

Jo doesn’t know why she inherited a magical ring.

She doesn’t know why her father abandoned her when she was a baby, or the truth about her mother’s death.

Jo doesn’t know a lot about her past. But she’s about to find out.

Nearing her eighteenth birthday, she’s about to discover what really happened to her father all those years ago.

She’s on a new path, a path including her first love, a path that will lead to the truth about a family secret held for generations.

Jo’s about to face her first real challenge. ‘Reflections’ part one, is just the beginning.

 

Guest Post

My playlist for writing

I’m not the most hip of writers. I’m stuck in the eighties most days, but I do occasionally lash out and enjoy more contemporary songs. I’m also an Aussie rock girl at heart and love Australian music. So here goes, bit of a mish mash … but it keeps me bopping along while I write.

Rolling In The Deep                           Adele

Someone Like You                              Adele

Black Velvet                                       Alannah Myles

Ventura Highway                               America

Time to Say Goodbye                        Andrea Bocelli/Sarah Brightman

When I See You Smile                       Bad English

Summer Rain                                     Belinda Carlisle

Dancing With Myself                        Billy Idol

We've Got Tonight                            Bob Seger

Holding Out For A Hero                    Bonnie Tyler

Total Eclipse Of The Heart              Bonnie Tyler

Dancing In The Dark                         Bruce Springsteen

Hungry Heart                                    Bruce Springsteen

Summer Of 69                                   Bryan Adams

Run To Paradise                                 The Choir Boys

The Lady In Red                                Chris De Burgh

Dont Pay The Ferryman                     Chris De Burgh

Let's Dance                                        Chris Rea

Khe Sanh                                            Cold Chisel

Clocks                                                Coldplay

Lost Without You                              Delta Goodrem

All You Want                                     Dido

Thankyou                                           Dido

Tip Of My Tongue                             Diesel

American Pie                                      Don Mclean

The A Team                                       Ed Sheeran

Lego House                                        Ed Sheeran

Black Fingernails, Red Wine               Eskimo Joe

My Immortal                                      Evanescence

Bring Me To Life                                Evanescence

It's Too Late                                     Evermore

Holiday                                              Green Day

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams            Green Day

Goodbye My Lover                             James Blunt

You're Beautiful                                James Blunt

Many Rivers To Cross                        Jimmy Barnes

Small Town                                        John Cougar Mellencamp

Hurt So Good                                    John Mellencamp

Cambodia                                           Kim Wilde

Bette Davis Eyes                                Kim Carnes

And here’s an excerpt from Reflections, the first book in the Eternal Curse trilogy:

Gabriella opened her eyes and turned to admire her ring. The sapphire shone through the intricate casing protecting the stone, making the blue light dance on the wall in front of her. She laid mesmerised and smiled to herself, thinking back to the events of last night.

The unexpected but very welcome visit from Rowellyn had altered her whole existence. She couldn’t remember waking and feeling this good. Her body buzzed with excitement.

The door opened and Gabriella rolled over to see her sister standing in the doorway.

“Ella, she’s gone,” Jo said with a grimace.

“Has she?” Gabriella shrugged.

“No note, no phone number or address. She didn’t leave anything. Just vanished.”

“She probably had somewhere to be.”

“Don’t you care? She was the only connection to our father. I know she’s only his second cousin but now we don’t know where to find her.”

Gabriella sighed, exasperated by her sister’s obsession with their father. “I don’t care about him. I’m sure if Rowellyn wants to visit again, she will. She knows where we are.”

Josephine raised her eyes but didn’t argue further. She went back to her bed, reached for a book, curled up and started reading. Gabriella continued to admire her ring. After what she heard Rowellyn do and say last night, she wasn’t surprised she’d left. But she wasn’t about to share that information with Jo. She wasn’t about to share that information with anyone.

The magic was a gift and she was grateful to Rowellyn for performing it. She gave no thought to Jo and what the previous night’s events might mean for her. From this day forth she had every intention of using her new powers. She didn’t care what the consequences might be. In fact, she didn’t intend to concern herself until the day Rowellyn contacted her.

A day she didn’t expect to see for the next seven years.

About the Author:

Jacoba Dorothy lives in Canberra, the bush capital of Australia. She is the mother of two and works part time teaching children with English as an additional language. Most days she can be found bashing away at the computer, either writing, editing, reviewing great books or face-booking. Oh and of course balancing her time to make sure she give special attention to her husband and family.

The Eternal Curse trilogy is her debut series, the second in the series, Shadows, should be released later this year. And the third installment, sometime next year.

Here are some links:

Website: http://www.taylorstreetbooks.com/

          http://eternalcursetrilogy.weebly.com/the-author.html

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/jacoba.dorothy   

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eternal-Curse-series/248812455248382?success=1#!/pages/Eternal-Curse-series/248812455248382

Good reads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/11970152-jacoba

Book Trailer for Reflections: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNCvAS5HXio

Book Trailer for Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMpcQdMENK0

Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Eternal-Curse-ebook/dp/B009NY724G/ref=sr_1_4_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354321818&sr=1-4&keywords=reflections

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reflections-Eternal-Curse-ebook/dp/B009NY724G/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1349870907&sr=1-3

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