Congratulations May 2011 First Place Winner! Ashes

Title: Ashes
Author: Arlene Webb
Trailer Creator: Arlene and Mary Webb

Blurb:
Not happening. Four hours pass while Lyle Logan holds his brother's corpse and pretends he’s the one not breathing.

Those responsible are dead. Only one reason to live now—vengeance.
Please. Lyle will do anything to alter reality. But he can’t. Instead he fills his stomach with ashes and unwittingly devours a myth.

I want to die. Guilt holds hands with grief. Lyle doesn’t care when authorities conclude that he committed the crime of Cain.

Acceptance. Lyle has no choice but to acknowledge the entity burning within.

When five stages lead to a precipice, Lyle takes the next step. So what he’ll lose his humanity and hold a miraculous creature hostage.

Resolution. Ashes to life, he will find a way to his brother.

Congratulations May 2011 Second Place Winner! Night Corridor

Title: NIGHT CORRIDOR
Author: Joan Hall Hovey
Creator of trailer: Gary Val Tenuta



Blurb:
After nine years in Bayshore mental institution, once called The Lunatic Asylum, Caroline Hill is finally being released.

There will be no one to meet her. Her parents who brought her here are dead.
They have found her a room in a rooming house, a job washing dishes in a restaurant. She will do fine, they said. But no one told that women in St. Simeon are already dying at the hands of a vicious predator. One, an actress who lived previously in her building.

Others.

And now, as Caroline struggles to survive on the outside, she realizes someone is stalking her.

But who will believe her? She's a crazy woman after all.

Then, one cold winter's night on her way home from her job, a man follows and is about to assault her when a stranger intercedes.

A stranger who hides his face and whispers her name.

Congratulations May 2011 Third Place Winner! Absolution

Title: Absolution
Author: P.L. Parker
Trailer Creator: P.L. Parker/Joe Bullinger




Blurb:

The ancient tomb rested in the heart of the French Vosges Mountains. The over-eager research assistants had no inkling of the events they’d unwittingly unleashed when they found and released the young half-vampire--Chloe!

Zaccarius, greatest of all the Slayers, is sent by the Council of Nine to seek out Chloe, determine her worth and, if necessary, render justice. Enticed by the purity and goodness of Chloe’s mind, he becomes her protector.

“I came for you.”

“To kill me?” she asked, her voice breaking tremulously.

He laughed, a husky wisp of humor. “No, little one. Had that been my purpose, I would not be standing here.”

Zaccarius falls beneath the army of the Dark Master, Jochad, and to stay the death of her lover, Chloe allows herself to be taken. Ancient and dying, Jochad needs Chloe’s blood to reanimate-her blood in exchange for Zaccarius’ life.

CONGRATULATIONS MAY 2011 YGR BEST VIDEOS!

CONGRATULATIONS

TO THE YOU GOTTA READ VIDEOS

MAY 2011 WINNERS!

First Place

Title: Ashes
Author: Arlene Webb
Trailer Creator: Arlene and Mary Webb

Second Place

Title: Night Corridor
Author: Joan Hall Hovey
Creator of trailer: Gary Val Tenuta

Third Place

Title: Absolution
Author: P.L. Parker
Trailer Creator: P.L. Parker/Joe Bullinger

May 2011 Best Video Poll Now Open!

Thank you everyone for your entries. The Voting Poll is now posted for MAY 2011 YGR VIDEOS 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 11:59 PM Central May 26.

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

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May 2011 Entry #20 Targeted

Title: TARGETED
Author: John M. Wills
Trailer Creator: Ghost Writer Extraordinaire



Blurb:
A sniper is killing cops in Chicago, leaving no clues or witnesses. Detectives Marilyn Benson and Pete Shannon are on the task force charged with capturing this serial killer. The random executions rock the city and impact the investigators' personal lives. Meanwhile, Father Ed Matthews, a Catholic priest, is arrested for child molestation. Freed on bond, he flees Chicago, embarking on a journey that will cause him to question his faith and future with the Church. The two action-packed, seemingly unrelated stories each build to a violent climax. Find out how they ultimately connect to each other in this compelling and sometimes shocking story...

May 2011 Entry #19 Always the Baker, Never the Bride

Title: Always the Baker, Never the Bride
Author: Sandra D. Bricker
Trailer Creator: Sandra D. Bricker

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Book blurb:
Emma Rae Travis has been baking specialty cakes and melt-in-your-mouth pastries at The Backstreet Bakery in historic Roswell, just outside of Atlanta, for the last six years. But here's the rub about her job as a baker ... Emma is diabetic. Emma is considered an artisan for the stunning crème brulee wedding cake that won her the Passionate Palette Award last year, but she s never even had one full slice of it.
When Jackson Drake hears about this local baker who has won a prestigious award for her wedding cake artistry, he tells his assistant to be sure and include her in the pastry tastings scheduled at his new wedding destination hotel the following week. And for Jackson, that particular day has started out badly with two workmen trapped in a broken elevator and a delivery of several dozen 300-thread-count bed linens in the wrong size abandoned in the lobby. But when the arrogant baker he met a week prior in Roswell stumbles into the dining room with a platter of pastries and a bucketful of orders, he knows for certain: It's going to be a really rotten day.
Can these two ill-suited players master the high-wire act and make a go of their new business venture? Or will they take each other crashing downward, without a net? And will the surprise wedding at The Tanglewood be theirs?

May 2011 Entry #18 Einstein, Gandhi and Blair - oh My!

Title: Einstein, Gandhi and Blair - Oh My!
Author: Robert G. Pielke
Trailer Creator: Robert G. Pielke




Blurb:

Here's two dead guys and a traveller through time.

It's a thing about a book not a crook or a cook

but it's definitely worth a look.

It’s about A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM and a VISITOR too

Robert G Pielke’s the author this time.

Now see if his video is worth this rhyme.

May 2011 Entry #17 Wild Woods

Title: Wild Woods
Author: Kate Hill
Trailer Creator: Kate Hill



Blurb
After a magical artist tattoos an intriguing demon on her skin, Madison meets a gorgeous stranger with an alarming reputation and a fiercely sexy winged creature with an attitude. She senses they are one and the same. Despite the danger surrounding them, she's drawn to them by an inexplicable force.

Half-human and half-demon, Brody has spent his life fighting against his evil birthright. Despite the hatred of the townsfolk, he uses his supernatural powers to defend them from his foul bloodline.

Neither Madison nor Brody can fight their lust or deny their love, but hell is out to get him. When everyone close to him, especially his destined mate, is targeted by eight generations of Blazewood demons, the only way to fight evil is with evil.

May 2011 #16 Crystal's Cowboys

Title: CRYSTAL'S COWBOYS
Author: J. Rose Allister
Trailer Creator: Dragonfyre Entertainment



Blurb:
Crystal finds herself lying in the blazing Nevada desert with no memory of how she got there--and two seductive cowboys riding to her rescue. Ranch hands Trey and Rafael are hot as hell and both want her desperately. Rather than choose between them, she enjoys them both in the old abandoned bunkhouse where they are hiding her.

Riding double isn't all fun and games, however--secrets and her looming danger could cost her both of her western heroes. Will their wild ride end in a hard fall?

May 2011 #15 Submission

Title: Submission
Author: Ashley Brooke
Trailer Creator: Ashley Brooke



Blurb:
Carrington’s strength and dominion bring Alicia to her knees in submission every time he brands her body with his own. His passion for her is like fire on gasoline, and the fire he possesses cannot be quenched. The thing is Alicia can get him killed in the game.
Dirty secrets and scandalous lies are told repeatedly in the name of winning the one prize that started it all. Alicia and Carrington fight to keep their secret affair alive, stealing kisses and brief hugs as a close friend plays the devil and angel in the midst of it all.
Many nights of passionate sex bring Alicia to the one path she thought she’d never cross, making it that much harder for her to choose. Alicia and Carrington adore one another and will do anything to stay together. The only problem is, Alicia isn’t a player, she is the game.

May 2011 Entry #14 Merryweather Lodge - Ancient Revenge

Title: Merryweather Lodge – Ancient Revenge
Author: Pauline Holyoak www.paulineholyoak.com
Trailer Creator: Jennifer Johnson



Blurb
When Emily Fletcher meets the gorgeous Jonathan McArthur she is infatuated and consumed with lust. Will he go with her to the dreaded wood-lot, to remove the bloody ancient curse, before it’s too late? In the first half of my story Emily is fourteen years old. In the second half she is forced to return to the cottage, at the age of twenty. My novel contains elements of horror, humor, fantasy, romance and sex. I have created a world into which my readers can escape and an atmosphere that will evoke their imagination, stir their emotions and engage their senses. This book was inspired by my own experiences in a remote little cottage near Stonehenge….Available at…www.whiskeycreekpress.com

May 2011 Entry #13 Let it Bleed

Title: "Let It Bleed"
Author: S.L. Schmitz
Trailer Creator: S.L. Schmitz



Blurb:
1983. A Razorblade Boy, lead singer with an obscure industrial band. A Dead Girl, a wandering, bruised waif living on the edge of madness. One’s the voice of youth - the other, the mother of the next Savior of the human race.
But there’s a problem – the Dead Girl was only meant to produce the Savior, not fall in love with the Razorblade Boy. That means trouble for All-God – catastrophic trouble, with cosmic repercussions. The Dead Girl, All-God’s most beloved and most damaged of all his creations, becomes a beacon of assault for all those beings of Light and unLight, and her fall into spiritual decline threatens to unleash forces beyond even the comprehension of the most enlightened human.

The Angels of the Apocalypse are standing in the wings, just waiting for the trigger.... the Razorblade Boy or the Savior – which is it to be?

May 2011 Entry #12 Dreaming in Darkness

Title: Dreaming in Darkness
Author:Jessica Kristie

Trailer Creator: http://www.youtube.com/povscreenscapes


Blurb:
Dreaming in Darkness is the new contemplative collection of poetry from writer Jessica Kristie. Share the passion and anguish, the acceptance and regret that life imposes on us all. Feel the validation of your pain and discover empowerment through understanding. A light always exists when you are Dreaming in Darkness.

May 2011 Entry #11 The Fishing Trip

Title of Book: The Fishing Trip-A Trial by Water, Execution and Deliverance of Retribution
Author: Ey Wade
Trailer Creator: Ey Wade



Blurb:
Set in Shiningbal,Texas where the perverted go to disappear, child sexual abuse is the norm and when the legal system is the monster, redemption doesn’t play nice.

May 2011 Entry #10 The Invisible Enemy: Black Fox

Title: The Invisible Enemy: Black Fox
Author: Anthony R. Howard
Trailer Creator: Anthony R. Howard



Blurb:
There is a secret that will bring America to its knees. Bestselling author Anthony R. Howard, a Dept of Defense insider reveals this dark secret while making one of the most astounding correct predictions of the decade. In this breath-taking novel, Howard also reveals the inner workings of intelligence organizations, and exciting emerging technology.

May 2011 Entry #9 Fallenwood

Title: Fallenwood
Author: Leslie Soule
Trailer Creator: Jennifer Lee



Blurb:
Fallenwood—a land where magic is the life force, dragons are sages, and wizards good and evil battle for supremacy. When 23-year-old Ash is thrust into the middle of Fallenwood’s power struggles, she is also forced to face her own inner battles. Life on Earth was hard enough on Ash, who is locked in grief for her stepfather. Now, the fate of Fallenwood rests on her shoulders. She must destroy the Great Crystal—the catalyst for all the land’s magic. As the kingdoms prepare for war, Ash must look inside to find the power to save the world, and herself.

May 2011 Entry #8 Night on Fire

Title: NIGHT ON FIRE
Author: Douglas Corleone
Trailer Creator: TRAILER TO THE STARS http://www.trailertothestars.com



Blurb:
http://www.douglascorleone.com
Kevin Corvelli---a hotshot New York defense attorney who packed up his bags and hung his shingle in Hawaii to dodge the spotlight---is deep in his mai tais at a resort when an argument erupts down at the other end of the bar. It’s a pair of newlyweds, married that very day on the beach. And since Corvelli doesn’t do divorces, he all but dismisses the argument.

That’s at least until the fire breaks out later that night, and he barely escapes his hotel room. Most weren’t so lucky, including the new husband. His wife, Erin, becomes not only the police’s prime suspect for arson and murder but also Corvelli’s newest client, and she has a lot working against her, like motive and opportunity, not to mention a history of starting fires.

The heat gets turned all the way up in Douglas Corleone’s scorching legal thriller Night on Fire, his second following the MB/MWA's First Crime Novel Competition winner, One Man’s Paradise.

May 2011 Entry #7 Damian and Mongoose

Title: DAMIAN AND MONGOOSE
Author: Danny L. Williams
Trailer Creator: TRAILER TO THE STARS http://www.trailertothestars.com



Blurb:
The true story of how a U.S Army Counterespionage Agent infiltrated an International spy ring bringing down the first non-German to ever be tried in a German court for treason. Chilling suspense. http://www.DamianandMongoose.com

May 2011 Entry #6 Night Corridor

Title: NIGHT CORRIDOR
Author: Joan Hall Hovey
Creator of trailer: Gary Val Tenuta



Blurb:
After nine years in Bayshore mental institution, once called The Lunatic Asylum, Caroline Hill is finally being released.
　
There will be no one to meet her. Her parents who brought her here are dead.
They have found her a room in a rooming house, a job washing dishes in a restaurant. She will do fine, they said. But no one told that women in St. Simeon are already dying at the hands of a vicious predator. One, an actress who lived previously in her building.
Others.
And now, as Caroline struggles to survive on the outside, she realizes someone is stalking her.
But who will believe her? She's a crazy woman after all.
Then, one cold winter's night on her way home from her job, a man follows and is about to assault her when a stranger intercedes.
A stranger who hides his face and whispers her name.

May 2011 Entry #5 In The Arms of Stone Angels

Title: IN THE ARMS OF STONE ANGELS
Author: Jordan Dane
Trailer Creator: TRAILER TO THE STARS http://www.trailertothestars.com



Blurb:
YA Harlequin Teen suspense horror http://www.JordanDane.com

May 2011 Entry #4 Absolution

Title: Absolution
Author: P.L. Parker
Trailer Creator: P.L. Parker/Joe Bullinger




Blurb:

The ancient tomb rested in the heart of the French Vosges Mountains. The over-eager research assistants had no inkling of the events they’d unwittingly unleashed when they found and released the young half-vampire--Chloe!
Zaccarius, greatest of all the Slayers, is sent by the Council of Nine to seek out Chloe, determine her worth and, if necessary, render justice. Enticed by the purity and goodness of Chloe’s mind, he becomes her protector.
“I came for you.”
“To kill me?” she asked, her voice breaking tremulously.
He laughed, a husky wisp of humor. “No, little one. Had that been my purpose, I would not be standing here.”
Zaccarius falls beneath the army of the Dark Master, Jochad, and to stay the death of her lover, Chloe allows herself to be taken. Ancient and dying, Jochad needs Chloe’s blood to reanimate-her blood in exchange for Zaccarius’ life.

May 2011 Entry #3 Redemption: The Blood Curse, Book 1

Title:  REDEMPTION: THE BLOOD CURSE, BOOK 1
Author:  ANNEE PFAU
Trailer Creator:  ANNEE PFAU

Blurb:
A damned dream…

He watches her every night, rehearsing alone in his theater, her beauty aglow in the gaslights. With every hour that passes, Marcus Danewell is more entranced with the passionate Gabriela Rozina...but it’s a dangerous obsession. She can never know who—or what—he is, and why he can never step nearer than the shadows.

But her heartbreak is his undoing. Sorrow is a currency he’s traded in for two hundred years.

Gabriela is moved by the stranger with the silver eyes who emerges from the darkness, yet brings her world to brilliant light. Soon, she desires something more from Marcus than his mentorship with her acting. She begs for his touch, his body and his heart—but more than anything, to share his dark secret by giving him her blood.

As the night draws near of Gabriela’s most vital performance ever, she is in danger of never making it to the stage—unless Marcus grants her ultimate wish, and shares his life force with her. But in the doing, he risks everything…including both their souls.

Inspired by the music of Andrew Lloyd Weber and all tormented heroes of the world, “Redemption: The Blood Curse” is a story of destiny and true love set against the luxurious, dramatic world of the Victorian theater.

May 2011 Entry #2 Ashes

Title: Ashes
Author: Arlene Webb
Trailer Creator: Arlene and Mary Webb

Blurb:
Not happening. Four hours pass while Lyle Logan holds his brother's corpse and pretends he’s the one not breathing.
Those responsible are dead. Only one reason to live now—vengeance.
Please. Lyle will do anything to alter reality. But he can’t. Instead he fills his stomach with ashes and unwittingly devours a myth.
I want to die. Guilt holds hands with grief. Lyle doesn’t care when authorities conclude that he committed the crime of Cain.
Acceptance. Lyle has no choice but to acknowledge the entity burning within.
When five stages lead to a precipice, Lyle takes the next step. So what he’ll lose his humanity and hold a miraculous creature hostage.
Resolution. Ashes to life, he will find a way to his brother.

May 2011 Entry #1 The Tales of Abu Nuwas

Title: The Tales of Abu Nuwas
Author: Marva Dasef
Book Trailer: Marva Dasef



Abu Nuwas sits in the bazaar telling stories to the passersby he can tempt to pay. When Najda, a poor girl, offers him a packet of spice for a story, Abu Nuwas launches into a tale about a girl named Setara and her genie. As did Scheherazade, he leaves the girl hanging in the middle of each yarn to keep her coming back for more.