New Series Starting -- ODESSA FREMONT, Guardian of the Time Stream, by Michelle Levigne

Are you ready for some time travel, gizmos, and tough chicks? 

In April, Desert Breeze Publishing will release ODESSA FREMONT, the prequel to the Guardians of the Time Stream steampunk series by Michelle Levigne.

This could be labeled a YA, as Ess is only 14 when she decides to run away from boarding school. By the time she screeches to a halt at the end of the book -- thanks to train robbers, the Pinkertons and a bullet! -- she's worked with the Secret Service and saved President Lincoln's life (so he can run for a 4th term!) and worked for the circus. 

So what's she going to do once she turns 17? Find out about her career as a Pinkerton when she runs into the BLUE LOTUS SOCIETY in September!

Check out Michelle's website -- www.Mlevigne.com -- or Desert Breeze Publishing -- www.DesertBreezePublishing.com -- for more information!

20 Days of Tabor Heights -- the Scavenger Hunt!

Are you ready to start hunting through the Web?

We're about to launch a scavenger hunt that will stretch from November 14 through Christmas Eve, in celebration of the 20 books of the Tabor Heights series of inspirational romances.

Starting November 14, go to Michelle Levigne's web site -- www.Mlevigne.com -- and click on the Tabor tab, then the Contest page, to learn the rules.

Every other day, there will be a NEW Tabor Heights book to hunt for throughout Facebook and various blogs. (Even number days, a new book -- odd number days, report your results!) One winner will be chosen from the people who report where they found that day's book. A tally will also be kept of everyone who reports their findings each day, and the top three contestants will win an additional prize.

Check this video for more information -- and get ready to join the fun!!!

New Commonwealth Universe novel by Michelle Levigne: NOVA VENDETTA #2: The Truce

The newest release in the Commonwealth Universe, from Writers Exchange:

NOVA VENDETTA #2: The Truce

Niall and his crew were just centimeters away from freedom, escaping in the stolen starship they had christened the Nova Vendetta. Then disaster struck, paralyzing their ship. Retaken as prisoners, they found themselves transported on the very ship that had been their ticket to freedom.

Then the unthinkable happened: experimental technology and a risky gamble put the ship under their control. The escaped prisoners headed for the furthest reaches of known space, determined to stay free at any cost. 

Labeled rebels and pirates and criminals, they held to the principles that had let them survive and stay Human during their time in prison. To the outlying colonies slowly being abandoned by the disintegration of the Central Allied Worlds, the crew of the Nova Vendetta and its slowly growing fleet of allies were heroes in the truest sense of the word.

Then the revolution reached out to threaten Niall's homeworld. It was time to go home. He had to protect Sorendaal, even if it meant giving himself into the hands of the very people who wanted him dead. 

http://www.writers-exchange.com/Nova-Vendetta-2.html

Or visit Michelle's website: www.Mlevigne.com

The NEW book in the QUARRY HALL series: ANNE'S OGRE

Coming in mid-October from Desert Breeze Publishing, the 7th book in the Quarry Hall series of women's fiction/suspense by Michelle Levigne:

ANNE'S OGRE

Anne has been healing from the trauma of her childhood, including facing the lawyer who defended the Ogre -- her name for the man who raped her and murdered her parents. Now, the dark, mysterious pasts of other residents of Quarry Hall are converging with her past, and she faces the greatest test of her faith and healing and strength.

George is a battered, broken man with no memory of the cold, vicious assassin he once was. Vincent, head of security for Quarry Hall and the Arc Foundation, would prefer George never remember. To everyone else, George is a fumbling, adorable, obsessive-compulsive mechanical genius, and they love him.

But when George gets his picture in a national magazine, the skeletons in the closet start rattling. Anne joins in the fight to effort to defend George. When the Black Prince who rescued her as a child returns to her life, so does the Ogre.

In the end, no one will emerge unchanged and unscathed.

Been to NEIGHBORLEE, OHIO recently?

LONDON HOLIDAY
The new Neighborlee, Ohio book by Michelle Levigne

What happens when you combine a weird video camera (with triangular batteries), a computer programming assignment, an attack by an interdimensional invader, and the magic of Divine's Emporium?

Athena Longfellow and her cousin, Doni Halliday, find out the hard way when they learn they have the task/talent to be "guardians" for the odd little town of Neighborlee -- the weirdness capital of the United States, possibly of the world. When they start having dreams that "eavesdrop" on a recurring enemy of their town trying to break through the dimensional barriers, an overnight stay at Divine's ends up with Athena chasing a doppelganger of Doni through a weird, mirror version of the shop.

Several years later, they are still feeling the repercussions as Athena starts college and participates in an experimental computer programming class. When they use Doni as the "face" of the fictional host of a social networking site, London Holiday is born ... and the weirdness only escalates.

Who, or what, is London Holiday?

Read the book, from Uncial Press, to find out!

Other titles set in Neighborlee, Ohio include: Divine's Emporium, Have Yourself a Faerie Little Christmas, and Divine Knight. Note: The events of London Holiday take place before the other three books.

www.MLevigne.com and www.UncialPress.com

New Tabor Heights, Ohio novel: WHEELS

It's HERE!

WHEELS, The 4th book of Year 2 of Michelle Levigne's Tabor Heights series, has just been released by Desert Breeze Publishing, Inc.

Please go over to the web site and check out ALL the NEW books from DBP.

What's WHEELS about?

The girl next door, forgiveness, memories, danger, dreams ... Yeah, like that really makes you want to read it?

Tommy Donnelly, Tabor's resident comedian, is heading up a Handicap Awareness Walk ... err ... ROLL in Tabor Heights. Natalie Schaefer, a report for America's Voice, has come to town to cover the walk, because she's been doing a lot of little side pieces on handicap accessibility in the magazine. Why has she been doing this? Well, Natalie was the little girl across the street who adored Tommy when they were children. She planned on marrying him someday ... then Tommy broke his back and his family disintegrated and Natalie's father took them to a new town. Should she tell him who she is, and remind him of their shared past?

In the middle of all this, a young man Tommy is helping, who has just been released from prison, is getting some pressure from former associates to return to his old life ... and to use Tommy to hide their activities.

HERE'S THE FUN PART:

Michelle based this book on a script she "almost" sold 23 years ago, to "MacGyver." (Well, they told me they liked it, and if I wanted to rewrite it, they would be glad to look at it, but by the time I rewrote it they had already chosen the scripts for the final half-season, so ... It still counts as an "almost," doesn't  it?)  Check out the Desert Breeze Facebook page in a few days, and Michelle's web site, to learn how you can get a copy of the original script that inspired it all.

New Quarry Hall book: KATHRYN, by Michelle Levigne

The third book in the women's fiction series, Quarry Hall has just been released: KATHRYN.

Published by Desert Breeze Publishing.
A parallel series with Tabor Heights.

Kathryn's retreat for relaxation and contemplation is interrupted to take a fugitive to safety, beyond the reach of authorities who may be compromised. The injured woman knows her name is Regina, but not why people were shooting at her. The journey to reach a friend in the FBI is complicated when Kathryn's illness requires frequent stops, permitting Regina's pursuers to nip at their heels.

When the mountains interfere with cell reception, and she can't stop long enough to make a call for help and advice, Kathryn has only her companion dog, her own wits, and prayer to depend on. Deception waits around every corner and Regina's attitude tests Kathryn's sympathy and her faith.

Learn more about Michelle's books at the Tabor Heights Today blog -- www.Tabor-Heights-Today.blogspot.com -- and the Living Proof blog -- www.MichelleLevigne.blogspot.com.

NEW releases in the Chorillan Cycle: BY FIRE AND STARS and CHORILLAN

Oaktara Publishers has released the third and fourth books in Michelle Levigne's Chorillan Cycle: BY FIRE AND STARS, and CHORILLAN. Available in print and e-book formats.

What are they about?

The Chorillan Cycle takes place in the Commonwealth Universe series of science fiction books, in what is termed the "present era." In the first two books, AZULI EYES and SCOUTS' PRIDE, we visit the colony world of Chorillan, meet Scout Captain Ian Fieran and his team, Miranda Riallon, a teacher, and learn about the mystery of Phase that drives children into the wilderness with sensory overload. Then, years later, Miranda dies of the same wasting illness that killed her father, and Ian returns to the Scout Corps, taking their daughter, Kay'li, with him to protect her from Phase. Kay'li grows up among the Scouts, learning to be a hero and to fight for what is right.

In BY FIRE AND STARS, we return to Chorillan, where Lucas Aidan, Kay'li's best friend, goes through Phase. His parents try to hide the truth and keep him hidden until Phase has passed, because of the prejudice and fear directed at Wildlings, the victims of Phase. A terrible accident separates Lucas from his family and he flees to the wilderness in fear and pain. He stays out there through two winters, longer than any child has survived -- or so the authorities think -- and learns about Chorillan from the Azuli. When he is finally captured and forced to return to civilization, he has a mission and a duty, given to him by the Azuli, other Wildlings, and Fi'in. Will he succeed?

In CHORILLAN, Kay'li returns to Chorillan leading a secret Scout team to investigate the truth about what causes Phase, who is generating the unreasonable fear and hatred of Wildlings and why, and bring justice to the colony. She and Lucas team up for the adventure of a lifetime, just as they had dreamed and vowed to each other as children -- but this adventure could cost them their lives.

Check out the rest of the Commonwealth Universe books and other worlds created by Michelle Levigne at her website: www.MLevigne.com, or her two blogs: Living Proof (www.MichelleLevigne.blogspot.com) or Tabor Heights Today (www.Tabor-Heights-Today.blogspot.com)

14th Tabor Heights, Ohio novel now available: COOKING UP TROUBLE

Come back to Tabor Heights, Ohio and watch the fun as the paparazzi gather like sharks in a feeding frenzy, trying to get the inside scoop on Max and Tony's wedding.

Max's half-brother, Steve Vincente, has come back to Tabor to get to know his just-discovered sister better. He soon becomes an integral part of Homespun Theater, as well as helping Max navigate the perilous waters of being the daughter of celebrities. When he is cast opposite Audrey in Romeo and Juliet, he discovers that maybe Audrey was another reason to come back to town.

Audrey lives for two things: cooking, and theater. Being asked to help Homespun launch a dinner theater is just up her alley. She doesn't plan on the friendship and partnership that develops between her and Steve, first on stage, then building the dinner theater, then helping deflect the intrusions from the media. Having the paparazzi insinuate she's "auditioning" to join the famous Vincente family through marriage isn't half as troubling as the painful, unwanted memories and visitors from her past who crop up in her life, thanks to the unwanted publicity. She's never told anyone her shameful secrets and wounded past, but she's starting to think maybe keeping secrets is preventing her from finding a happy future.

COOKING UP TROUBLE is the second book in Year Two of the Tabor Heights series, the 14th full-length novel, published by Desert Breeze Publishing.

Check out Michelle Levigne's web site and the Tabor Heights blog for more information, excerpts, and sneak previews!

THE HUNT -- YA Fantasy Series -- EPIC Finalist

Michelle Levigne is delighted to announce that BUTTERFLY, the third book in the YA fantasy series "The Hunt," is a finalist in the 2013 EPIC Awards, in the YA category.

The EPIC Awards is for excellence in electronic publishing. This year's winners will be announced in March at the annual EPICon awards banquet in Vancouver, WA.

For information on electronic publishing, EPIC, and the EPIC Awards, check the EPIC website.

"The Hunt" is published by Writers Exchange of Australia.

What's it about?

The Hunt are children, refugees from another dimension, who have been sent to Earth by their families, the ruling clans of their world, to protect them and their Talents from the galactic despot, Gahlmorag. Given into the protection of the Hounds of Hamin, the children have been separated not only by miles, but by time -- and now they are just starting to find each other.

In BUTTERFLY, Beth remembers that she is a member of the Hunt and her future duties. As she remakes herself from overweight, clumsy, invisible geek to battle-readiness, she gains the attention of the wrong people in her high school -- including a new champion, Tommy DiCorsi, the black-garbed "bad boy" of the school. Tommy and Beth learn from each other as they stand up to her enemies ... and when another member of the Hunt shows up and complicates her situation almost beyond control.

For more information on the other Hunt stories, check Michelle's web site and her blog:
www.Mlevigne.com
www.MichelleLevigne.blogspot.com

Weddings, Anyone?

Over on the Tabor Heights Today blog, we're talking about WEDDINGS for our favorite Tabor Heights couples.

Come on over and leave a comment. Let's have some feedback on when/how/where YOUR favorite couples should tie the knot. After all, with 11 books so far in Year One of Tabor Heights, that's a lot of romance in the air, and a lot of couples heading for the altar.

Come on over and let your voice be heard!

Check out my web site and learn about all the Tabor Heights books!

Check out the link for the Samples page -- where you can access a PDF of the first chapter of ALL my current books and get a taste. Take a chance -- you might find something you like!

Michelle Levigne
http://www.mlevigne.com/

The Tabor Heights, Ohio series -- THE MISSION -- Cyber Launch Party

Thursday, March 22, we're having a Cyber Launch Party

for THE MISSION, the 11th Tabor Heights novel, by Michelle Levigne.

We're almost to the end of Year One of the Tabor Heights books, from Desert Breeze Publishing. The twelfth and final book, ACCIDENTAL HEARTS, will come out in August.

Stop by the Cyber Launch Party blog starting at 10am on Thursday, and we'll talk about Tabor Heights, what has happened in the past "year" and what you can look forward to in Year Two, such as old friends getting married, babies being born, people you've met in previous books finally have romances of their own. Maybe you can offer suggestions of sub-plots you'd like to see or characters you want to have their own story. After all, there might be a YEAR THREE. If I can talk my publisher into it, at least!

Check out all the Tabor Heights novels at Michelle's Web Site. Including FORGIVEN, a finalist in the EPIC Awards in 2012.

Hey! Are YOU going to be at the Romantic Times Convention in Chicago in April this year?

If you are, look for a whole bunch of Desert Breeze Authors. We're going to have all sorts of goodies to give to our loyal readers, PLUS a little contest where you could end up winning a Kindle Flame. We're also going to have a panel on the changing face of Inspirational Romance. Sure to be interesting and informational.

See you there!