Sunday, February 28, 2016

BLOOD TIES Blog Tour: Day One




It's the start of the blog tour for Blood Ties! I'm going to be visiting blogs and there will be interviews and excerpts and reviews for you to read, as well as a giveaway to enter for a signed copy of Blood Ties and Swag. So follow the tour and make sure you enter the giveaway to earn all the point you can.












Itinerary

February 29th-- Introduction here at Character Purgatory
March 1st-- An author interview over at Reading Anyone
March 3rd-- A Feature at J D R Hawkin's Blog
March 4th-- An author interview over at The Reading Hedgehog
March 6th-- Sunday Snippets at Segilola Salami's blog
March 7th-- A feature over at Raymond Walker's Blog
March 9th-- A "guest" post here at Character Purgatory
March 10th-- A feature and review over at Murray of Letho
March 14th-- A review over at The Road of a Writer
March 15th-- A review and interview over at Ben Writes Books
March 16th-- An author interview over at Amanda McCrina's Blog
March 16th-- A guest post at Roman Masks 
March 17th and 18th-- A review and interview at The Royal Polar Bear Reads
March 18th-- Wrap up here at Character Purgatory


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And as a special surprise to open the tour, I would love to announce the official Blood Ties book trailer! Hope you enjoy! And please follow the tour and comment on this post for more chances to enter the giveaway =)


Monday, February 22, 2016

BLOOD TIES Virtual Book Tour!



I'm excited to announce the Blood Ties Virtual Book Tour! Ciran and his company are going to be appearing around the blogosphere between February 29th and March 18th so you can all get to know a little more about Blood Ties and Ciran Mac Cool. So save the dates and follow the tour itinerary below for excerpts, interviews and more!


February 29th-- Introduction here at Character Purgatory
March 1st-- An author interview over at Reading Anyone
March 3rd-- A Feature at J D R Hawkin's Blog
March 4th-- An author interview over at The Reading Hedgehog
March 6th-- Sunday Snippets at Segilola Salami's blog
March 7th-- A feature over at Raymond Walker's Blog
March 9th-- A "guest" post here at Character Purgatory
March 10th-- A feature and review over at Murray of Letho
March 14th-- A review over at The Road of a Writer
March 15th-- A review and interview over at Ben Writes Books
March 16th-- An author interview over at Amanda McCrina's Blog
March 16th-- A guest post at Roman Masks
March 17th and 18th-- A review and interview at The Royal Polar Bear Reads
March 18th-- Wrap up here at Character Purgatory


Also don't forget to enter the giveaway for a signed copy of Blood Ties as well as Swag! (And this is separate from my Goodreads one, this is just for the tour, so enter both!)



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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

BLOOD TIES Now Available for Purchase!!!








Blood Ties is finally out and available for purchase! Yay! I've been so excited to share this one with everyone, and not only this but the whole series as well as this is just the first book. 


I have really enjoyed writing about Ciran and his friends and I hope you will all enjoy reading about them too!







To celebrate the release I have set up a Goodreads Giveaway for one signed copy of the book (It will also include some swag but apparently you're not allowed to say that on Goodreads so shh!) I apologize that the giveaway has not started yet, but Goodreads changed their policy again and apparently they have to start seven days after you make one -_-


Goodreads Book Giveaway

Blood Ties by Hazel B. West

Blood Ties

by Hazel B. West

Giveaway ends March 18, 2016.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
Enter Giveaway



But if you don't win the giveaway, or don't want to wait to read it, you can buy copies from the links below:



Createspace Paperback 

Paperback from Amazon

Smashwords Ebook

Kindle Ebook


Also, just so you know (and because as a Page-Flipper  I have to promote paper books over ebooks) People who buy the paperback will get two exclusive recipes in the back of the book along with the first chapter of the second book in the series An Earthly King, so buy the paperback! 


And for some more fun for the release, I thought I'd share a couple of my sketch pages with you that I did while I was coming up with the characters.


Goblins

Na Fianna


Keep and eye out for more, because I'm going to be running a Virtual Book Tour at the end of the month to promote Blood Ties where you can learn more about it. In the meantime, if you have any questions, let me know in the comments!

And don't forget to add Blood Ties to read on Goodreads!

Slainte,
Hazel

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

BLOOD TIES Cover Reveal!

Here we are, finally in post-production of my new novel, Blood Ties marking the first in a new series The Modern Tales of Na Fianna. And without further ado, here is the cover!




Let me know what you think!

And here is my excerpt reading, so enjoy some story time :-)





Don't forget to add Blood Ties to your to-read shelves on Goodreads!

Also, this is the perfect time to ask me anything you want to know about this new series, with the Ask the Author program on my Goodreads profile. I'd love to hear any questions you might have :-)

And remember, Blood Ties will be out for purchase next Tuesday the 16th, both in paperback and e-book, so keep a watch on it. I will also be revealing information about the upcoming release blog tour soon!

Thank you all for stopping by, I look forward to sharing more about my book with you!