HALLOWE'EN GIVEAWAY!!!

Hallowe'en is around the corner and what better way to celebrate than having a Giveaway!

There are THREE prizes to win for THREE lucky winners, but to win one of them, you have to enter.

The prizes are:

•   a signed limited edition of Angel of Death (includes Changeling)
•   a Kindle/ebook version of Angel of Death
•  a handmade Angel of Death Doll!

So make sure you enter!   a Rafflecopter giveaway

Birthday Giveaway of Limited Edition of Angel of Death

GIVEAWAY UPDATE: Last night I accidentally came across THE LAST numbered copy of the limited edition of "Angel of Death." I had thought they were all GONE! So I'm revamping (pun not intended) the giveaway so that one lucky person will win the LAST numbered limited edition of my award winning paranormal novel "Angel of Death: Book One of the Chosen Chronicles." There were only ever 200 of them. If you've entered already, you have a chance to win it. If you haven't entered yet to win this coveted prize, time is running out!

From now until 11:59pm February 9th, I'm having a special Birthday Giveaway.

One lucky person will win a signed limited edtion copy of "Angel of Death: Book One of the Chosen Chronicles." Only a small number were ever printed and they were sold through retailers for a very limited time.

To enter for your chance to win this coveted edition all you need to do is fill out this (open Internationally):

Angel of Death Red Hot Readers Giveaway

I wanted to let you know that good news.

For a limited time, my award winning paranormal novel "Angel of Death: Book One of The Chosen Chronicles" is availble for free!

To request your free copy, please go to https://www.facebook.com/RedHotReaders?sk=app_128953167177144 click on 'genre' and then on 'romance.' Scroll down on until you see it and request it. Within 48 hours you'll have your ecopy of my highly acclaimed novel.

I suggest you move fast as there are only a limited number of them availalbe and they are going fast!

Cheers!

Karen Dales
Award Winning Author

"The Chosen Chronicles" are now $.99 for each eBook.
(also available in Trade Paperback)
Amazon/Kindle http://www.amazon.com/Karen-Dales/e/B004TG6U1Y/
Barnes & Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/karen-dales
Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/KarenDales .

Order of The Chosen Chronicles:
Changeling: Prelude to The Chosen Chronicles
Angel of Death: Book One of The Chosen Chronicles
Shadow of Death: Book Two of The Chosen Chronicles
(Soon To Be Released - Thanatos: Book Three of The Chosen Chronicles)

Keep up to date with me and my writing on:
Website – http://karendales.com/
Blog - http://karendalesauthor.blogspot.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KarenDalesAuthor
Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/karendales
Paranormal & Dark Fantasy Writers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/275723322475302/


"... dark...compelling ...that will keep readers turning the pages
well past bedtime." - Kelley Armstrong, #1 New York Times Best Selling Author

Thank You

Thank you so much for following me. I really appreciate it. Please enjoy my free short story –“The Guest.” It is a short story of the Angel of Death within my series “The Chosen Chronicles.”

I hope you’ll enjoy it. If you do, please check out the series.
"The Chosen Chronicles" are now $.99 for each eBook.
on Kindle http://www.amazon.com/Karen-Dales/e/B004TG6U1Y/
and Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/KarenDales.

Announcement!

Please help my book "Shadow of Death" become an award winner!

"Shadow of Death: Book Two of the Chosen Chronicles" is up for the Sizzling Hot Book of the Year Award. Please go to www.sizzlinghotbooks.net/ and vote for it!

With your help "Shadow of Death" can be an award winner!

Kelley Armstrong, New York Times Best Selling Author says of Shadow of Death, "... dark...compelling ...that will keep readers turning the pages well past bedtime."

Keep up to date with me and my writing on:
Website – http://karendales.com
Blog - http://karendalesauthor.blogspot.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Karen-Dales/10719572540
Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/karendales

How Twilight Changed My Life

Don’t look so shocked.


Oh, and close your mouth, you’ll catch flies.


I’ve been thinking about this for a while. I will, firstly, admit that I am not a fan of the series, but I have come to respect the impact it has had on readers and the vampire and paranormal genres.


When my first two Vampire novels, “Changeling” and “Angel of Death,” came out in a limited edition volume in 2009 “Twilight” had already been in the theaters and was heading towards DVD/BlueRay release. My adult Vampire series, “The Chosen Chronicles,” hit the cresting wave of paranormal romance and vampire fiction.


My husband believed it was kismet. My publisher believed it fortuitous.


I was dropped in a quagmire of conflicting thoughts and emotions.


Since I found myself to be placed on Vampire panels with very well known Vampire authors, some of them New York Times Best Selling authors, at different conventions, I discovered how much of an impact “Twilight” had. I was also expected to have an opinion on the matter, too. (Oh, no I’ve never been on a panel discussion with Ms. Meyer.)


At first, “Twilight” dominated many of these panels. Vampire and paranormal fiction fans would always ask “Are your books like ‘Twilight?’”


When I was first asked this, I was stunned. How was I to compare my books to Ms. Meyer’s? I didn’t know how to answer. I’d hum and haw until they’d become direct.


“Do your Vampires sparkle?”


“No, “ I’d reply.


A smile would appear from the individual, usually accompanied by a positive response.


Spurred on, I’d continue, “My Vampires bite.”


The smile would widen. They’d buy my books.


Initially, I was surprised at the huge love/hate polarization vampire and paranormal fans held for “Twilight.” I’m sorry to say that I fell, for a time, on the hate side of the line.


Time continued, I was a guest at more conventions, speaking to more fans of the genre. It wasn’t until the summer before my book “Shadow of Death” came out that I started experiencing a shift of thought and feeing towards the “Twilight” franchise.


This came about as an increasing number of young women, who grew up on “Twilight,” wanted something more. They wanted something adult they could sink their teeth into. They wanted to read more vampire/paranormal fiction, but geared to the adults they were quickly becoming. Many found my series, “The Chosen Chronicles.”


I’ve never loved the “Twilight” series, and yes, I’ve read all four books, but now I have a healthy respect for it. What J.K. Rowling did with “Harry Potter” by reviving fantasy fiction through the introduction of something new and directed at young minds, Stephanie Meyer’s did for the Vampire and paranormal genres. She created a new fan base, introducing new readers to a revived genre, and allowed Vampire and paranormal authors, such as myself, an opportunity for success. If it weren’t for “Twilight,” many of us would never have been published.


For these reasons “Twilight” changed my life.


Thank you, Ms. Meyer.


For more information of Karen Dales’ Award Winning Vampire series “The Chosen Chronicles” please check out http://karendales.com


“The Chosen Chronicles” is now $.99 each on Amazon Kindle.
“Changeling”
“Angel of Death”
“Shadow of Death”


“Dark…compelling …that will keep readers turning the pages well past bedtime."
- Kelley Armstrong, New York Times Best Selling Author.


“A dark and gripping tale by a true mistress of supernatural fiction. Karen Dales brings fresh blood to the vampire genre.” —Michelle Rowen, National Best Selling Author

Angel of Death receives 5 Star Review

Received another astounding 5 Star Review for ANGEL OF DEATH: BOOK ONE OF THE CHOSEN CHRONICLES. Here's a snippet...

"Karen Dales has written a captivating story with Angel of Death: Book One of the Chosen...you never know which direction it will take... I can say that the conclusion of Angel of Death left me with my mouth hanging open and waiting impatiently for the next chapter in this exciting world. I highly recommend Angel of Death: Book One of the Chosen if you enjoy a fast paced adventure with all the twist and turns of a road map!"
- Sizzling Hot Book Reviews

To read the full review: (Spoiler Alert!)

http://www.sizzlinghotbooks.ne​t/2011/07/angel-of-death-by-ka​ren-dales.html

Edit, Edit, Edit

The back cover to my novel is almost complete and if I like it then I sigh off on it.:)

Now, one big task is before me before my novel goes to print - I have to go through it and do any last changes and edits.

I can't believe I'm almost done and I'll be holding my novel in my hands in a matter of months! I'm already getting so many folks interested in reading it! Thank you all!

I've also been kicking around the idea of doing a book plate for it. I know many folks love having their editions autographed and in this day and age, with ordering off the internet, it's hard to get this done, but I may have a way to do this. Keep posted and I'll let you know once the details are all worked out.

Until then, I'm trying to find as much time as I can to do this edit, sign off on the covers and then it's out of my hands until the galleys come to me.

Karen Dales
Author
"Angel of Death: Book One of the Chosen"
Release - Summer 2009
www.thechosenchronicles.com
karendales@thechosenchronicles.com

ISBN

I am absolutely thrilled. Yesterday Dark Dragon Publications informed me that they got the ISBN for my book. We're almost ready to go to press! One more final editing job to be done before the galley is printed. Yahoo!

Angel of Death: Book One of the Chosen

It's been a very long time coming, but my debut novel "Angel of Death: Book One of the Chosen" will be released this Summer in both Trade Paperback and Hardcover. I am thrilled and excited to see what will happen.


In the process of it's development towards the printed and bound version that will hit Indigo and Chapters (in Canada), Barnes and Noble and Boarders (in the USA) and Amazon worldwide, I plan on taking the time to get the word out and really make an effort.


One of the things I have learned from other published authors is that what will determine if a novel will sink or swim is the author's ability to market him/herself. I plan on doing just that and to start early.

I encourage everyone to check out my website:
http://thechosenchronicles.com

Take a look around. Read what I have posted so far and feel free to comment.

Here is the back synopsis for "Angel of Death"

The Vampires of London are being murdered and only
the Angel of Death can save them.

When Father Paul Notus, is captured and threatened with a gruesome death by the Mistress of London and her vampires, the Angel is forced into a dark world of murder and deception to discover who is killing the Vampires of Britain.

Forced into a partnership with the Noble Fernando de Sagres, a vampire of sadistic tastes, and joined by the beautiful and mortal Jeanie Stuart, the Angel must seek out who is behind these killings.

Plagued by demons from his past and his increasing affections for Jeanie, the Angel walks a fine line between his heart and his fears. He discovers the culprits but at a high cost – the irrevocable discovery of what he truly is and the Destruction of one he loves.