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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Accepting Submissions for November 2010

Please note that September and October 2010 entries are full. We are now accepting submissions for November, 2010. THANK YOU all for your submissions!

Don't forget that the voting will always go active on the 21st of the month and close midnight the 26th. Put it on your calendars so you can tell your friends to come out and vote!

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Monday, August 30, 2010

Congratulations August 2010 First Place Winner! Secrets of Eden

Title: Secrets of Eden
Author: Leslie DuBois
Trailer creator: Sybil Nelson



Blurb:
What would you do if you had one chance to kill the man who raped your twelve-year-old sister?

No Judge. No Jury. No witnesses.

Seventeen-year-old child prodigy Garrett Anthony has to answer that question. As he holds a gun to the head of his sister’s rapist, he flashes back to his traumatic past: five-years-old in a foster home, seven-years-old stealing food to survive, and sixteen-years-old visiting his black father in prison for the first time.

After years of fighting to secure a stable life for him and his sister, he finally has a scholarship to a prestigious Washington DC private school and the love of a Virginia senator’s daughter. But this newfound and tenuous happiness begins to unravel once he reveals the family secret which is the catalyst to the painful decision he must make. Can he take the life of someone else and continue to live with himself?

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Congratulations August 2010 Second Place Winner! Mask of the Betrayer

Title: Mask of the Betrayer
Author: Sharon Ann Donovan
Trailer creator: Triad Productions



5Blurb:
When the whispers in the night, the whispers of her lover, are the whispers of a killer, will Margot escape before she becomes the next victim?
Deep in the foothills of Red Rock Canyon, a serial killer stalks. He leaves his signature—a skull mask on the corpse. But when the homicide cop realizes the crimes are the reenactment of a case never solved ten years ago--all fingers point to Michael DeVeccio. And when Margot realizes she is married to the killer, her life becomes a living nightmare.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Congratulations August 2010 Third Place Winner! Let's Misbehave

Title: Let's Misbehave
Author: Rae Summers
Trailer Creator: Rae Summers



Blurb

Gabrielle is the quintessential Flapper, a wild child who turns her back on home and a resentful and unloving mother to become a nightclub singer. She wants nothing more from life than freedom and pleasure.

Sebastian is a dutiful son, following in his father’s footsteps and on the verge of marrying a suitable bride. But as the Twenties roar to their conclusion, he finds himself torn between duty and the urge to indulge his adventurous streak.
From the moment Gabrielle and Sebastian meet, the tension between them simmers. When he rescues her from a boorish suitor, Gabrielle discovers a kindred spirit beneath Sebastian's serious demeanour, and she sets out to seduce him into one last passionate fling before he settles for a loveless marriage.

But the fire that burns between them threatens to consume her. Will Gabrielle survive falling in love with the one man she cannot have?

Friday, August 27, 2010

Congratulations August 2010 YGR Best Video Winners!


CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
YOU GOTTA READ VIDEOS AUGUST 2010 WINNERS!







First Place:

Title: Secrets of Eden

Author: Leslie DuBois

Trailer Creator: Sybil Nelson

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Second Place:

Title: Mask of the Betrayer

Author: Sharon Ann Donovan

Trailer Creator: Triad Productions

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Third Place:

Title:Let's Misbehave

Author: Rae Summers

Creator: Rae Summers

Saturday, August 21, 2010

August 2010 Voting Poll is Up!

The Voting Poll is now posted for August 2010 YGR Best Trailer! You can use the index on the right hand sidebar to view the videos or scroll down the page. Feel free to leave comments to encourage the authors and trailer creators. Tell your family and friends - Get out and vote! Voting will close 11pm Pacific August 26.

Winners will be announced August 27th, and the 3rd place winner featured on the 28th, 2nd place on the 29th and 1st place on the 30th.

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW FULL FOR SEPTEMBER AND ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR MID-OCTOBER 2010!! Remember that we schedule postings by receipt date. Thank You.

Friday, August 20, 2010

August 2010 Entry #20 Reversal: When a Therapitst Becomes a Patient

Title: Reversal: When a Therapist Becomes a Patient
Author: Eric Anthony Galvez PT DPT CSCS
Trailer Creator: Eric Anthony Galvez



Blurb:
4 years of college. 3 ½ years of grad school. A 5-minute phone call from a doctor changed everything. Eric was finally done with school and had everything going for him. Young people aren't supposed to get tumors, but he did: A golf ball-sized brain tumor between the brain stem and the cerebellum. Reversal: When a Therapist Becomes a Patient is a compilation of journal and personal blog entries by a single, young, active male physical therapist that was diagnosed with a brain tumor. It chronicles his experiences when the tables were turned and he became a patient to the people he used to work with. Follow his unique journey from the shocking diagnosis, the weeks before the surgery, the mysterious Radiation therapy, the lengthy rehab process, the struggles to find a new path in life, to his triumphant return to "normalcy"! Essays are included from family and friends that describe their personal experiences with having a loved one face these monumental challenges.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

August 2010 Entry #19 Down on the Boardwalk

Title: Down on the Boardwalk
Author: Suzanne Rock
Trailer Creator: Suzanne Rock


Blurb

Gwen's psychic abilities first make her an outsider among the werewolves. Then they make her a slave. Forced to use her power to help a deranged werewolf seek vengeance, she gives up on her dream of ever being accepted and loved. That is, until Nico and Tony are thrown into her cell. Her attraction to the Kyron Pack brothers is immediate and overwhelming. As she submits to the physical attraction, old wounds heal and her powers strengthen. The brothers think she can save them, but to do so would require more than just physical intimacy, and reveal a secret too dark and horrifying to share.

When Nico and Tony use their lust to help their battered mate, buried memories rise to the surface, and jealousy threatens to destroy the fragile wolf in their care. As each of them bonds to Gwen, they begin to withdraw from each other. Now they must heal their inner scars and forgive the past if they ever hope save Gwen and escape the Boardwalk alive.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

August 2010 Entry #18 Rosie

Title: Rosie
Author: Mariam Maarouf
Trailer Creator: Mariam Maarouf



Blurb:
In life, nothing is the same as it seems. People create masks –identities – to hide who they really are –some for noble reasons, or nefarious ones, but only a tiny fraction because they must.

Alessandra and Damien, or Rosalie and Daniel, were once the Princess and Prince of La Pacifica until they were forced out of the beautiful island. Eight months flew by, and they finally began to settle in Alexandria, Egypt, when they found out that they didn’t leave their past behind them, and that they were both wanted urgently.

Dead.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

August 2010 Entry #17 Confessions of a Liberal Lover

Title: Confessions of a Liberal Lover
Author: E.M. Muller
Trailer Creator: E.M. Muller



Blurb:
Confessions of a Liberal Lover is a quirky modern day fairy tale about a woman who believes that the secret to happiness lies in finding a virile, incredibly handsome man just like the ones she has read about in romance novels. Complicating her search for the man of her dreams is the emotional baggage she carries from a less than perfect relationship with her father, growing up in the shadow of a nearly perfect older sister, her decidedly liberal political views and the fact her most trusted friend and advisor is a talking statue of a gargoyle. This humorous and politically incorrect novella is laugh out loud funny from beginning to end. Maud's sexual encounters not only add spice, but help define the personalities of each of her lovers and the terms of her relationship with them. How much do politics matter in affairs of the heart? Come along for the ride with Maud and her friend the gargoyle and find out.

Monday, August 16, 2010

August 2010 Entry #16 Let's Misbehave

Title: Let's Misbehave
Author: Rae Summers
Trailer Creator: Rae Summers



Blurb

Gabrielle is the quintessential Flapper, a wild child who turns her back on home and a resentful and unloving mother to become a nightclub singer. She wants nothing more from life than freedom and pleasure.

Sebastian is a dutiful son, following in his father’s footsteps and on the verge of marrying a suitable bride. But as the Twenties roar to their conclusion, he finds himself torn between duty and the urge to indulge his adventurous streak.
From the moment Gabrielle and Sebastian meet, the tension between them simmers. When he rescues her from a boorish suitor, Gabrielle discovers a kindred spirit beneath Sebastian's serious demeanour, and she sets out to seduce him into one last passionate fling before he settles for a loveless marriage.

But the fire that burns between them threatens to consume her. Will Gabrielle survive falling in love with the one man she cannot have?

Sunday, August 15, 2010

August 2010 Entry #15 Mask of the Betrayer

Title: Mask of the Betrayer
Author: Sharon Ann Donovan
Trailer creator: Triad Productions



5Blurb:
When the whispers in the night, the whispers of her lover, are the whispers of a killer, will Margot escape before she becomes the next victim?
Deep in the foothills of Red Rock Canyon, a serial killer stalks. He leaves his signature—a skull mask on the corpse. But when the homicide cop realizes the crimes are the reenactment of a case never solved ten years ago--all fingers point to Michael DeVeccio. And when Margot realizes she is married to the killer, her life becomes a living nightmare.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

August 2010 Entry #14 Out of the Blue

Title: OUT OF THE BLUE
Author: Caroline Clemmons
Trailer Creator: Stephanie Suesan Smith



Blurb:
Deirdre Dougherty never cursed at anyone, much less put a curse on the potato crop of her remote Irish village. She’d rather take her chances with the Atlantic lapping at the bottom of the cliff than the mob intent on burning her as they have her cottage. Deirdre leaps . . . and plops down over 160 years later in a Texas lake. She doesn’t understand how she’s ended up with the man from her recent visions or why he has the same name as the saint to whom she prayed. She’s in danger of falling for the handsome policeman who rescued her, in spite of the fact that he thinks she’s lying to him. How can she convince him her story is true when she’s finding it difficult to believe the tale herself?

Police Detective Brendan Hunter wants answers. Who shot him and killed his partner?
Why? And why does Deirdre know details of the event? Her story has to be a colossal fabrication or else she’s a beautiful psycho. Either way, he wants her gone before he becomes even more fascinated with her. But he can’t let her out of his sight until she confesses to how she learned details no one but he and his late partner knew.

Friday, August 13, 2010

August 2010 Entry #13 Irrepressible Force

Title: Irrepressible Force
Author: Michele Zurlo
Trailer Creator: C. H. Scarlett



Blurb:
Emmaline Force talks to ghosts. When a desperate plea for help comes from Maria Sanchez, Emmaline and her best friend, Matt, head halfway across the country to help. Upon arrival, Emmaline is immediately attracted to the skeptical and temperamental Blade, Maria’s brother. Fresh from a failed engagement, Emmaline wants a no-strings affair and nothing more. Blade has other ideas.

As things heat up between Emmaline and Blade, she finds herself the target of a jealous and malevolent spirit. Her rocky and volatile relationship with Blade shatters the same night Emmaline incites the ghost to violence.

Eighteen months later, Emmaline finds herself back at the ranch to visit Maria and Matt, who fell in love and married during their first visit. The wounds in Emmaline’s heart have healed and she has finally admitted to herself that she is in love with Blade. Can she repair their relationship and finally defeat the ghost who has claimed Blade for her own?

Thursday, August 12, 2010

August 2010 Entry #12 Rock Hard Seduction

Title: Rock Hard Seduction
Author: Tonya Ramagos
Trailer Creator: Tonya Ramagos



Blurb:
Voices and Lies - [Rock Hard Seduction 1] - Derek Kadin was looking for an escape when he reserved a room miles away from home at the Addison House B&B. What he hadn't expected to find was a woman for his bed, but the minute he laid eyes upon Alicia Addison, he knew that’s exactly where he wanted her.

Picking Art - [Rock Hard Seduction 2] - Garrett Henry is accustomed to people recognizing him as the guitarist for the band Façade, but the cute little blond stealing glances from across the bar catches his attention like no other. One look down her petite curvy body and he knows she’s way out of his league.

Sports Beats - [Rock Hard Seduction 3] - Reese doesn't believe in love, but one look at Melody has him wondering if he's wrong. The woman is hot! She’s also the sister of a close friend. He should keep his hands off her but when she literally jumps him, demanding he take her, how can he be expected to say no?

Magical Riffs - [Rock Hard Seduction 4] - Diana never regretted leaving James ten years ago. She had good reasons. Now their paths have crossed again and the heat between them is stronger than ever, but so is the anger. James has everything in the palm of his hand, but will taking Diana back cause him to lose it all?

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

August 2010 Entry #11 Sealed in Lies

Title: Sealed In Lies
Author: Kelly Abell
Tralier Creator: DblA Films



Blurb:
Jack Weaver, a sexy under cover operative for the CIA, can’t seem to escape a life of lies. Working undercover in the largest drug cartel in Columbia, Jack lives a life of guns, drugs and beautiful women. It all comes to an end when Jack uncovers a plot to assassinate the President-Elect on Inauguration Day. Suddenly things become infinitely worse when Jack is forced to kill his old SEAL Commander who is now a Deputy Director of the CIA. Jack is now on the run not only for his life but he’s the only one who knows about the assassination attempt, other than a mysterious man who calls himself the Emperor and seems to be calling all the shots.
Jack is being haunted by terrifying dreams from his past that seem to be connected to this entire conspiracy involving his old SEAL team. Desperate for answers Jack breaks into the home of Vice-President elect Warren Walters, another SEAL teammate, where he is discovered by Warren ’s abused wife Caroline. He forces Caroline to go with him with the intention of letting her go once he uses her as leverage to get the information he needs. Even as Caroline thinks of ways to escape her captor, she finds herself unexpectedly attracted to him.She begins to wonder if a night spent in his arms will erase years of abuse. When she is offered the opportunity to be set free Caroline refuses to leave, seeing this as an opportunity to escape her own life of lies. This starts a chain reaction of passionate feelings neither of them is prepared for. Desire sizzles as Jack and Caroline come closer and closer to the answers and each other. The key question is will they be able to save the President-elect’s life as well as their own, or will a blast from Jack’s past destroy them all?

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

August 2010 Entry #10 Windswept Shores

Title:Windswept Shores
Author:Janice Seagraves
Trailer Creator: Janice Seagraves



Blurb:
The sole survivor of a plane crash, Megan is alone on a deserted island in the Bahamas until she finds a nearly-drowned man washed up on shore. Another survivor, this time from a boat wreck. With only meager survival skills between them, will they survive and can they find love?

Monday, August 9, 2010

August 2010 Entry #9 Angels, Sinners and Madmen

Title: Angels, Sinners and Madmen
Author: Cate Masters
Trailer Creator: Cate Masters



Blurb:
What happens in Key West, stays in Key West. Especially in 1856, when men outnumber women by ten to one. Wrecker Sam Langhorne came to Key West eight years earlier to forget his ruined engagement. When he rescues Livvie Collins from a watery grave, he’s swept away by her beauty and spirit. He’s sworn off love, but is soon captivated by Livvie’s wit–and her determination to remain single.
The death of Livvie’s father leaves her no other option than to sail to New Orleans to live with her brother Wendell. Though she hopes to support herself by writing novels, she’s sure Wendell will try to soon marry her off, and is determined to experience life to its fullest before reaching New Orleans.
Sam is handsome and attentive, constantly surprising her with his intelligence and his interest in current literature and happenings. She gives herself to him in a night of passion so she can know the true emotion at least once in her life. But can she save herself after she arrives in New Orleans?

Sunday, August 8, 2010

August 2010 Entry #8 The Wayfarer's Road

Title: The Wayfarer's Road
Author: Janie Franz
Trailer Creator: Bryan Grob, Janie Franz, Chris O'Brien and Matthew Probst




Blurb:
The Bowdancer Saga continues in The Wayfarer’s Road. Jan-nell, now a woman traveling alone with her young daughter on the Wayfarer’s Road, meets a handsome wandering bard who is carrying his own secrets and offering her the hope of belonging.

Saturday, August 7, 2010

August 2010 Entry #7 Shades of Deception

Title: Shades of Deception
Author: Vivienne Diane Neal
Trailer Creator: Vivienne Diane Neal



Blur:
Shades of Deception is a collection of ten fictional short stories centering on diverse men and women who in their speedy search for love, romance and bliss, become the targets and victims of deceit, betrayal, fraud, revenge and scandal. Each chapter tells a story as to how ordinary citizens who are sophisticated, successful and financially smart fall prey to insightful predators that use love, romance, lust and money as embellishments to destroy lives.

Friday, August 6, 2010

August 2010 Entry #6 Secrets of Eden

Title: Secrets of Eden
Author: Leslie DuBois
Trailer creator: Sybil Nelson



Blurb:
What would you do if you had one chance to kill the man who raped your twelve-year-old sister?

No Judge. No Jury. No witnesses.

Seventeen-year-old child prodigy Garrett Anthony has to answer that question. As he holds a gun to the head of his sister’s rapist, he flashes back to his traumatic past: five-years-old in a foster home, seven-years-old stealing food to survive, and sixteen-years-old visiting his black father in prison for the first time.

After years of fighting to secure a stable life for him and his sister, he finally has a scholarship to a prestigious Washington DC private school and the love of a Virginia senator’s daughter. But this newfound and tenuous happiness begins to unravel once he reveals the family secret which is the catalyst to the painful decision he must make. Can he take the life of someone else and continue to live with himself?

Thursday, August 5, 2010

August 2010 Entry #5 The Black Sand Beach

Title: The Black Sand Beach
Author: Vanessa Hearne
Trailer Producer: Julie D'Arcy



Blurb:
Hawaii for the winter, accompanying her husband on a construction job, seemed like the most wonderful opportunity for Jess. That is until members of her husband's crew started dying and she gets visits from a ghost with a vengeance. In order to save the man she loves, Jess turns to a new friend, Trudy, to find out why the beach seems to want to kill everyone. Then, finding out more than they bargained for, the two women realize the only way to leave alive and stay alive, is to appeal to the Mother of the island, the Volcano Goddess, Pele, and to stop their husbands from working on demolishing the goddess's beach.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

August 2010 Entry #4 Sewing a Friendship 2

Title : Sewing a Friendship 2. The Power of Imagination, Friendship, and Mind
Author : Natalie Tinti
Trailer Creator : Tintinatie




Blurb:
The five best of friends gather around to build a deeper connection of friendship. When one of the girls gets depressed, they scatter together to help their best friend feel better by sharing stories that are full of colorful imaginations and adventures where they create amazing new characters. In addition, the girls learn about a circle of positive energy and harmony of elements that make the journey even more exciting. Also at the end this book has an Ad-libs. So buckle up for a story that will touch your heart, mind, and soul!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

August 2010 Entry #3 Lest Ye Be Judged

Title: Lest Ye Be Judged
Author: F.D. Davis
Creator: A.M. Wells



Blurb
Dark Parnormal, the third in the Adam Omega Vampire series. Adam Omega, Grand Master Vampire, as he'd called by Eve his wife. A man of the cloth over a thousand years ago has now become one of the most feared vampires in history. His mastery over the sun, the cross and holy water has other wondering if this vampire has indeed been blessed by God. Adam Omega does what no other vampire does, His knowledge of scriptures and his love of quoting them is done to prove he can. He visits the churches and sit among the parishioners to prove, once again that he can. There is only one, Adam Omega, And he's not looking for redemption. Instead he's looking for followers.

Monday, August 2, 2010

August 2010 Entry #2 Haunted Voices from My Past

Title: Haunted Voices from My Past: True Narratives of an Ohio Family
Author: J.E. Seanachaí
Trailer Creator: J.E. Seanachaí



Blurb:
I Don't Believe that Anybody's Soul Stays in a Graveyard.

A PRESENCE crept through the leaves blanketing the earth, lingering behind the man and woman. The couple paused. Scarischle. The presence halted behind them.

The man looked wildly around the cemetery. Chest heaving, he grabbed his wife's arm. "Is it my dad?" the presence heard him ask the woman.

"I don't know who it is or what it is," the woman whispered.

The presence left the couple and slipped silently from the cemetery.

Haunted Voices from My Past: True Narratives of an Ohio Family will torment its readers long before the nightly moon has risen and the bedside lamps are switched off. Join J.E. Seanachaí on a chilling procession through one hundred years of true family narratives that delve into the supernatural, macabre, and unexplained.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

August 2010 Entry #1 Savage Sanctuary

Title: Savage Sanctuary
Author: Jacqueline Barbary
Trailer Creator: Jacqueline Barbary



Blurb:
Sexy bad boy shapeshifter Michael O'Dare grew up on the streets. When government soldiers finally captured and imprisoned him, he became a collared slave, never again allowed to be human. His escape allowed him to return to human form and head for freedom in the Western Territories.

Robert Hamilton-Scott had lived by the code "You're careful, or you're caught" for too long to take chances now. The one risk he takes in his carefully controlled life is offering temporary shelter to shifters on the run like Michael.

Robert knows it's definitely not safe to want the sexy renegade he's giving sanctuary to-passion is dangerous for a shapeshifter. As the soldiers close in he must choose between the careful life he's built or life on the run with the man who has captured his heart.