Showing posts with label Ashley Hill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ashley Hill. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Cover Reveal: Wants of an Incubus by Ashley Hill + Giveaway (INT)

Cover reveal time!
The reason I wanted to be part of the cover reveal of this book is because I enjoyed Ashley Hill's other book The Harvesters so much + she's super nice and Wants of an Incubus sounds totally great!
+ there's also a giveaway so don't forget to enter it below!







Title: Wants of an Incubus (Annabelle’s Erotic Nightmare #1) 
Author: Ashley Hill
Publication Date: November 20, 2013
Genre: New Adult Paranormal Erotic

Readers 18+ for sexual Content
Approximately 10,000 words
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Nineteen year old Annabelle hasn’t seen her boyfriend in months, let alone heard his own voice. One night her emotions take over and she can’t help but think of him. When sleep comes, so does her boyfriend. But it’s only a dream, right?

Deep down, she knows that this one night stand with the love of her life is but a dream. However the next morning she’s in for a shock.

Those nagging feelings she had while with her dream Henry may have been real, telling her that that dream might actually have been a nightmare after all. A nightmare where she may have bonded her soul to a creature that goes bump in the night.

With the help of her mother, who’s a witch by the way and in more ways than one, her talking cat and her unwanted desires towards the nightmare that looks like her Henry, Annabelle will have to defeat the demon that has now crept into her life.





Excerpt:

Laying on my left side I’m awake, but asleep. In that strange between place, a dream still dancing at the edge of my consciousness.
Awareness prickling at my skin, I’m being watched.
My eyes gaze past my black bookcase and catch sight of him. My almost waking mind counts the thuds of my heart. He’s crawling along the walls. I sink into my bed in fear, trying to hide, disappear.
Naked flesh. Everywhere. Except for the smallest bit of shredded fabric around his groin. But that’s not what scares me. His face is terrifying.
It’s covered, wrapped with white paper, black lettering forming sentences all around as if it were pages from a book. It not only covers his face but strands of dreadlocks standing on end, where hair would normally be.
He crawls down and over my TV that sits on my dresser. The beast slinks from the TV, to the dresser, to my bed. Then he’s on top of me.




About The Author:



In the last year I’ve discovered the dreams I had aren’t what I really want. I wanted to open a book store but in reality I’d rather spend my time writing them instead of going to school to learn how to sell them.

I’ve learnt that finding a job is great but finding one you have a true passion for is so much better. So instead of trying to go for the norm I’m working hard on kick starting my writing career now instead of later.

I’ve also found a new dream, my boyfriend. He motivates and supports me to no end, he brings me to life in a way I didn’t think possible. Now I’m accomplishing the impossible with the most amazing guy by my side.

All you really need to know is that I’m stubborn and will go after my dreams even though all odds are against me, even though I don’t have everyone’s full support. It’s just one more thing that motivates me.











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Monday, June 3, 2013

Review: The Harvesters by Ashley Hill

Title: The Harvesters
Author: Ashley Hill
Series: Harvesting Series #1
Publication: November 28th 2012 
Genre: Horror
Format: e-book
Cover Rating: 4/5
Overall Rating: 4/5

Copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review.

  
When she finds her boyfriend shackled to a white metal table Ashley feared for the worse.

On a small trip of dropping off a package for Jason’s father, the young couple never thought they would be running for their lives. Running away from supposedly friends whom in turned to be a family of harvesters.

Human harvesters and they are looking for something specific. And Ashley just might be the perfect match for that something.



When author Ashley Hill asked me to review her book, I was originally going to say no because my review pile is off the charts but when I read her email and saw it was about a short horror story I accepted. I easily could fit in a short and it was horror, a genre that I don't usually read but I wanted to try something different for a change and I must say I'm pleasantly surprised by how The Harvesters turned out. 

Why should you read The Harvesters?
1. Less than 30 pages. Something everyone can easily read in one pull. 
2. It's a horror short story. Horror. Yes. Even though not my usual genre, I quite liked it. Though, I must warn you not to read this at night.
3. Dual point of views. Score! I almost always love when there's more than one point of view (as long as authors don't go crazy with more than five of them or something, which was not the case in The Harvesters because it had two). 
4. Male POV. One of the two narrators was Jason and I pretty much always like male point of views. So great!
5. Action! There was A LOT of action. I loved it. A feel like a good book, especially with horror, has to have a action at least. 
5. Killer cliffhanger. I have a huge love/hate relationship with cliffhangers. But I liked this one. Very nicely done!

The Harvesters starts right off in the middle of the story. A girl finding her boyfriend shackled to a table. It screams scary movie right from the start, right? Well, it felt like one. While I was reading I saw this story unfold like a horror movie in my head. And luckily for me, I LOVE horror movies. Speaking of it, I know this story was supposed to be a horror short movie and I gotta say, it would be amazing like it. I just know it. It's all perfect for it. A house close to the woods, a shack in the woods with bodies in them. Creepy, evil little kids. I get chills just thinking about it! It all made for a very good, short horror read!

I have mentioned the dual points of view before. Love 'em! I especially loved Jason's part because I'm always more into the male point of views for some reason. Maybe because most books I read have the female point of view. Luckily this story had both. I actually hadn't counted on there being two point of views so that was an extra nice surprise for me. Which brings us to the characters Ashley and Jason. I liked them a lot. I loved their spirit to keep fighting against the bad guys and how they didn't give up. I love characters like that!

I only wished I knew what happened before Ashley found Jason shackled to that table. I would like to know the backstory and especially more about Jason's past because apparently he went through a buck load of shit and there's definitely more to him than meets the eye. 

I have a lot of awe for authors and their ability to write books and The Harvesters being a short story doesn't mean it makes any less of a good book. Short stories are in my opion hard to write because there has to be a natural flow to it and you can't rush things too much but then again it can't all unfold too slow either. I feel like Ashley Hill did a perfect job of it and I'm once again so grateful she gave me the opportunity to read and review her story. 

All in all The Harvesters was a really great and made me turn page after page because I wanted to know what was going to happen next. And after finishing this book and reading that cliffhanger I just know I need to read the next part of this series. I want to know what is going to happen after it. I need to know what's going to happen, really. It was that good and the cliffhanger nearly killed me! I would recommened this story to everyone, I'm sure you won't be disappointed! A great, scary read that'll make you think twice before turning off the lights at night. (Like me...)




Ashley  HillI'm a college student still trying to get a handle of the adult world. When I need to get away from it I lose myself in books, my own writing, and in spending time with my amazing boyfriend which he supports me to no end.

Finding my passion in books has led me to finding a passion in writing my own fictional stories back in 2009, I have turned this into a dream career and going one step further I would love to open up my own book store.


To win an e-copy of The Harvesters check out my giveaway of it here!


Sunday, June 2, 2013

Guest Post by Ashley Hill + Giveaway! (INT)

Hi everyone!
I have a great guest post from author Ashley Hill.
Enjoy and don't forget the enter the giveaway below!


Why my main gal has the same name as me

Okay well back in late 2009, when I first started writing this, I was really into and wanting to make a web episode series. I really badly wanted to make a horror short and that is what started this series, which is why my main character has the same name as me. I was hoping to act this out with a bunch of friends but it never got anywhere. It fell through and I actually got writers block so badly that I didn’t finish this short story till early 2012. By then I’ve changed my dream career many times. I was over wanting to act and more just wanted to write. Though in my head as always it was very real to me, real enough to get over my acting dream ha-ha. But if anytime in the future someone wants to turn this into a short then I will be happy to grant them cause seeing my work turn live (like any author out there) would be absolutely amazing and my heart would soar with flattery.






When she finds her boyfriend shackled to a white metal table Ashley feared for the worse.

On a small trip of dropping off a package for Jason’s father, the young couple never thought they would be running for their lives. Running away from supposedly friends whom in turned to be a family of harvesters. 

Human harvesters and they are looking for something specific. And Ashley just might be the perfect match for that something.



To win a copy of The Harvesters enter the giveaway!
I've already read the book and though it is short (less than 30 pages) it's really good (and creepy!)
I rated it 4 stars so enter enter enter! =D
Giveaway is open worldwide
Ends June 10th!


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