{"id":1735,"date":"2016-03-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tamaragranthambooks.com\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2016-03-13T19:02:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T19:02:26","slug":"ctpshare-welcome-author-kasi-blake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/ctpshare-welcome-author-kasi-blake\/","title":{"rendered":"#CTPShare Welcome Author Kasi Blake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Hi all! Please welcome Kasi Blake to the blog today. She&#8217;s got three books out for free, so read on to find out more!<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Kasi-Blake.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1736\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1736\" src=\"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Kasi-Blake.jpg\" alt=\"Kasi Blake\" width=\"214\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Kasi-Blake.jpg 214w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Kasi-Blake-202x150.jpg 202w, https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Kasi-Blake-150x111.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Title: Bait (Order of the Spirit Realm)<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Blurb: <span style=\"background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial;\">After sixteen years on the run, Bay-Lee joins her emotionally<br \/>\ndistant father at his New Zealand school. On her first night there, he dumps<br \/>\nher on the doorstep and walks away. Big surprise. Minutes later, a bag is<br \/>\nthrown over her head, and she\u2019s kidnapped for Orientation. The hunter in charge<br \/>\ncalls her Bait. According to him, that\u2019s all she\u2019s good for, to be used to draw<br \/>\nout monsters for experienced hunters to kill.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background: white;\">Before Bay-Lee can move up to the rank of Hunter,<br \/>\nshe will have to prove herself, battle wraiths, a reaper in disguise, and a<br \/>\nstampeding border monster. With the addition of her classes, she\u2019s going to be<br \/>\nway too busy for a social life. Falling in love is not on the agenda.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background: white;\">Then, she meets Nick Gallos. With the<br \/>\nintimidating rank of Warrior, Nick is gorgeous, arrogant, and just plain rude<br \/>\nto her. It\u2019s obvious from their first meeting that Nick is hiding a dark past<br \/>\noverflowing with secrets, and her father is right smack in the middle of it.<br \/>\nNick seems to be using her to get even with her father, and she won\u2019t tolerate<br \/>\nthat. What a jerk.<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background: white;\">So, why can\u2019t she stop thinking about him?<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial;\">Excerpt:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\">Connor vacated the couch long<br \/>\nenough to take the knife from her.\u00a0 He<br \/>\ntossed it on the coffee table.\u00a0 It landed<br \/>\nbetween his sawed-off shotgun and his .38 caliber.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\">\u201cLeave the artillery at home.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\">\u201cWhat?\u201d\u00a0 She blinked at him, uncomprehending.\u00a0 He couldn\u2019t seriously want her to walk out of<br \/>\nthe house unarmed.\u00a0 \u201cAre you serious?\u00a0 Something could attack me.\u00a0 What do I do then?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\">\u201cDepends.\u00a0 If you are alone, use your extensive combat<br \/>\ntraining and put some of those tricks I taught you to good use.\u00a0 You don\u2019t need a weapon to take a monster<br \/>\ndown.\u00a0 If there are witnesses, I want you<br \/>\nto scream like a girl and run in the other direction.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .5in;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Author Bio: Kasi Blake is a YA Paranormal Romance\/Urban<br \/>\nFantasy writer with a semi-serious addiction to chocolate. Born in sunny<br \/>\nCalifornia, she now lives on a farm in the Midwest with a dog, two cats, ducks,<br \/>\nchickens and cows. When she has the time, she haunts local bookstores, hangs<br \/>\nout with friends, and tries to catch up on her reading list. The rest of the<br \/>\ntime she\u2019s working on her next novel.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Amazon Page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kasi-Blake\/e\/B004ZH6MJM\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kasi-Blake\/e\/B004ZH6MJM<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">iTunes: <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/bait\/id642022597\">https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/bait\/id642022597<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Smashwords:\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/252449\">https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/252449<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasiblake.com\/\">http:\/\/www.kasiblake.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all! Please welcome Kasi Blake to the blog today. She&#8217;s got three books out for free, so read on to find out more! Title: Bait (Order of the Spirit Realm) Blurb: After sixteen years on the run, Bay-Lee joins her emotionally distant father at his New Zealand school. 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