A great review for Devin - Book Two in the Grant Brothers Series!!

http://literarynymphsreviewsonly.blogspot.com/2011/12/devin.html

Projected release dates for Kathi S. Barton

Spencer ~ A Grant Brothers Series Book 3 ~~ September 2011

Natural Magick ~Aaron’s Kiss Book 3 ~~ September 2011

Byron ~ A Grant Brothers Series Book 4 ~~ October 2011

Burden of Reckoning ~ Aaron’s Kiss Book 4 ~~ November 2011

Jamie ~ A Grant Brothers Series Book 5 ~~ December 2011

Fated Absolution ~ Book 5 ~~ December 2011

Natural Magick-Book Three in the Aaron's Kiss Series

Just signed a contract for the third book in the Aaron's Kiss Series, Natural Magick.  Here is the beautiful cover by World Castle Publishing.

Trailer to Divine Savior, the second book in the Aaron's Kiss Series

A list of Authors! Great books begin with great writers.

http://www.fictionall.com/2011/07/authors-on-google_17.html

Cover Wrap for Book 2 of the Aaron's Kiss Series - Divine Savior

A great review about Devin Grant. Thanks to Vickie Ziemski and Goodreads.

What a FANTASTIC story. I literally couldn't put this one down and I had it read in an entire sitting. This has to be my favorite Grant Brothers book out of the two that have been released so far. Devin is a handsome lawyer with a quick temper, and Ronnie is a beautiful, intelligent, strong-willed law student, moonlighting as a waitress. When they meet, their worlds turn upside down. The connection between them is too strong to deny, though they both attempt it early on.

I really enjoy Barton's female characters, even though the series is written about a family of brothers. The woman in this novel is simply astounding. She came from an outrageously traumatic, broken past, and the details of the abuses she endured turned my stomach at some points. Yet, despite this tragic past and her mistrust of almost everyone but her friends Austin and Ben, she's developed into a fine young woman. She makes her own success by going to law school and working her way through it. She doesn't want to be a burden to anyone. I just truly enjoyed getting to know her, and I hope I see her further on throughout the series. I rooted for her even more than I did Morgan in the first book.

Devin and Ronnie's love is also so amazing--just a fairytale--after the rocky start, of course. Their passion and heat for one another is unmatched. The author has a ....way with words, I'll say... in describing the two of them together.

Great book from start to finish. Outrageous plot twist at the end that had me literally biting my nails. Couldn't put it down, and can't wait for the next Grant Brothers book!(less)

Thomas Scopel

A friend of mine has a book coming out.  I love this guy and in a creepy way he scares the pants off me.  Please join him in his terror.

A word from Thomas:  "Well, I've thrown my ringmaster top hat into the creepy carnival circle with the likes of Bradbury, Koontz and Ollie and out came TWITCH. If you like creepy carnival tales, for only 99 cents, what have you got to lose."


http://www.amazon.com/Twitch-ebook/dp/B005CWGFKK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311274606&sr=8-1

Fearless Heart by Gail Gurley

I love this story and can't thank the author enough for sending it to me. Its a great story of hardship of family and devotions of friendship. Of love and compassion and of unity in times of need. I would recommend this story for anyone who would love a good story. 


Its available on Amazon and at World Castle Publishing.  It will be a story you will want to read over and over again.  

Live Radio Talk Show Interview with Marsha Cook.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/worldofinknetwork/2011/07/12/a-good-story-is-a-good-story-with-host-marsha-casper-cook

Time and what it means to me.

Time. We all watch it, most of us fight it, but we are as aware of it as we are our reflections in the mirror - again, most more than others.  History and ad-campaigns use time as an advertisement.  Movies, songs even Hallmark cards and others use the word. But I wonder about how we count time.

Sure there are seconds, minutes and hours. Even days, weeks, years, but I mean how do we mark it?  I use events in my life to mark the passing.  You know…Daniy turned two the year we moved to Dresden.  Jason burnt his hand the year we remolded the kitchen (necessity that, he nearly burnt down the kitchen). We moved to the house on Main Street the year Paul got the snot beat out of him by that boy. 

There are other things too, marked by tragedy or mirth.  Hubby and I had to spend the night in a rest stop on our wedding night because when they decorated our car, they messed up something under the hood.  We consider that both, by the way.

But, no matter how much I try, I can’t think of a single thing that happened the years that my children were born.  Their birth and the beauty of it outweighs all else.

Paul is our oldest.  He is singly the oddest person I know.  With his wife, Dale and daughter Sarah he is loving, kind, funny and witty. His daughter is his image in mannerisms and speech.  She can cut you to the quick faster than a snake bite.  (She gets that from mom too.)  Paul makes me laugh at myself and he can make me feel loved and cherished faster than anyone I’ve ever know. 

Jason, our second son is competitive.  I guess most of us are, but Jason makes me want to be better than I am. He has never made me feel as though I wasn’t good enough nor has he ever made me feel bad. In fact, Jason in his own way makes me feel better about myself than the rest of them.  His wife Wendy and children Trinny and Kian make him grin at stupid things. Kian is just like him, goofy and loving.  Trinny keeps him steady.  And Wendy loves him, that’s as important to me as my love for him.

Daniy. What can I say about my daughter?  She’s smart, loving, sarcastic, rude, humble, funny, artistic, talented, and wonderful and mine.  I see what I wish I was in her.  She has four children, Gavin and Kelly by birth and Bubby and Spring by marriage – though honestly I don’t think she sees the difference.  She loves them all as staunchly as a mother bear and her cubs.

The year I married my husband, Sonny is huge too. I can think of many things that happened in 1977. Our first apartment, our first jobs, buying household things all jockey for fond memories.  We purchased our big furniture – couch, bed, dressers.  All of our apartments until then had been furnished and we moved to a townhouse and had our own things. 

So time.  How do I mark it?  With loving memories, deaths and births, tragedy and laughter.  I make more memories every day - every minute now it seems.  Some things I hold dearer than others but each one I can count on to make me remember other things.   The way it should be.

The grandkids make the marking time seem to go by faster for me.  But getting older isn’t as bad as I ever thought it would be. I have family and friends, love and laughter. I have things I never dreamed of having, a loving husband, children who respect me.