ABOUT SAHARA FOLEY:
Sahara Foley, in collaboration with her beloved late husband, writes urban and dark fantasy, science fantasy, and the occasional horror tale. She is an international award-winner and the first book in her Excalibur Saga series has been an Amazon bestseller multiple times.
In 2018, she teamed up with friend and fellow author J.M. Northup to start Norns Triad Publications. They represent four authors under their brand.
Sahara was born and still resides in the Midwest. Insurance Guru during the day, on her time off she enjoys reading, gardening, traveling with her family, helping fellow authors, and her secret passion – gaming.
She is currently working on a new fantasy, time-travel story titled, Time Stones, slated to be released in 2022.
You can connect with Sahara below:
Hi Sahara. Just checking out your site after discovering you on Twitter–well, after you retreated one of mine. I would like to trade reviews with you if that is something you do. I would love to read The Secret of Excalibur in exchange for you reading my newest Sons of the Sphinx. My email is crapulent@mac.com
Also, on my blog I interview childrens/MG/YA authors. We Journey No More sounds like it would fit. Please take a look and let me know. I’m currently scheduling 2016. http://carpinelloswritingpages.blogspot.com
Hello. Sorry I haven’t gotten back to you sooner. Life gets so hectic sometimes. I don’t normally write YA. We Journey No More was an exception, so I don’t think I would really fit in with your an base. But thank you for asking. 🙂
Awesome bio, I never knew any of this, and I’m profoundly sorry for your loss. What did Creativia publishing do for you? And what are your requirements when considering a book for review? Again, I’m really taken aback by your incredible biography. Your own story is more compelling than anything I could ever come close to imagining. Thank you for posting this, Sahara!
Hi Thomas. Thanks for stopping by. What I love about Creativia is they actually market my books for me on a quarterly basis. Not too many publishers do that in this day and age. They are also awesome people to work with. As for book reviews, I’ll read about anything, but right now my kindle is full of books I’ll probably never get to. I’m in several review groups, so I always have books to read. But I’ll be happy to look at one of yours. Just give me a ink to Amazon and I’ll take a look.
Awesome! I would be honored to have you review it. Here is the link:
http://www.amazon.com/Master-Thomas-M-Watt-ebook/dp/B01759SY3S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447313323&sr=8-1&keywords=master+thomas+m.+watt
Did Creativia’s marketing increase the amount of sales or downloads for ‘It Lives in the Basement’? I really like the cover for ‘We Journey No More’ – it looks amazing!
Actually, It Lives in the Basement is my own book. Creativia published The Secret of Excalibur & then We Journey No More. That book cover they bought from the same book designer that does the Jack Reacher series. 🙂 I just pre-ordered your book and I see it’s not very long, so I’ll squeeze it in. Do you have a release campaign set up? If you do, I’d be happy to post it on my blog on 11-20-15.
Hello,
I would like to offer you a free copy of my book in exchange for an honest review. It is a post-apocalyptic action/adventure with some supernatural elements and a bit of black humor. I’ve been told that it’s “grim but funny,” if something like that is even possible. It also has quite a bit of harsh language, and I don’t know how you’d feel about that so I’m giving you a warning.
The book itself is about a man who rises from a grave in the middle of nowhere, only to find that society had collapsed while he was in the ground. Having no memory of anything before he rose, he sets off to learn about himself and this insane world.
I can tell you more, but they say a picture is worth a thousand words and mine is here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ALZDY6A
I hope that your interest is piqued and thank you for your time. If you have any questions, by all means feel free to ask them.
All the best,
M. T. Miller
Hi MT. I went on Amazon and started reading your sample. Got me hooked. Sinve its a short story Ill read and review. It may be several weeks as I have some prior comminents.
I am glad that you’ve enjoyed the sample! Care to give me an email address where I can send a free copy to?
I have no trouble waiting for you to finish, and I hope that you will enjoy the rest.
I prefer buying my books. It adds more weight to the reviews.
Oh, then thank you very much!
Again, all the best!
Hello,
I was wondering if you would be interested in receiving a free copy of my newest novel, Raven’s Peak, to read and review. The book is a paranormal thriller/horror novel and is being published by Kindle Press.
It is coming out in early July.
Blurb:
A quiet little mountain town is hiding a big problem. When the townsfolk of Raven’s Peak start acting crazy, Abigail Dressler is called upon to find out what is happening. She uncovers a demonic threat unlike any she’s ever faced and finds herself in a fight just to stay alive.
She rescues Haatim Arison from a terrifying fate and discovers that he has a family legacy in the supernatural that he knows nothing about. Now she’s forced to protect him, which is easy, and also trust him if she wants to save the townsfolk of Raven’s Peak. Trust, however, is considerably more difficult for someone who grew up living on the knife’s edge of danger.
Can they discover the cause of the town’s insanity and put a stop to it before it is too late?
Thanks very much for your time and consideration!
Lincoln Cole
http://www.LincolnCole.net
LincolnJCole@gmail.com
Greetings Sahara-
I enjoyed browsing your reviews on your site. I am nearly ready to release a new fantasy novel with science fiction elements and I wondering if you would be interested in reviewing it?
Author: Lars Teeney
Number of published books: 4
Title: The Shackled Scribes
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Self-published
Release date: 9/20/16
Target audience: New Adult/Adult
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Lars-Teeney/e/B012MSAI5Y/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14185745.Lars_Teeney
https://www.facebook.com/larsteeney/
https://twitter.com/lars_teeney
Synopsis:
Futharkia is a city built upon the layout of an ancient rune shape, and a foundation of slavery. The Broxanians have been enslaved by the Olgoikhorkian Masters to exploit the Broxanian talent for rune-scribing. In exchange, the rune-scribes are compensated with the sweet, golden liquid, Ichor, that the giant worm-like Olgoikhorkians secrete from their glands. The Ichor also happens to be highly addictive and psychoactive. The system has worked for millennia. However, the Great Fern Jungle that surrounds Futharkia is dying, being bleached white by some unseen force. Coupled with the fact that the simian-like Fern Lice have been hunted to near extinction to provide for Futharkia’s ever-increasing demand for food, the ecosystem is near collapse. It is amid this setting that Cyesko Limariar, an aging rune-scribe makes one last attempt at greatness to lift himself out of poverty, even if by fraudulent means.
Cover Image:
http://larsteeney.tumblr.com/image/148721265504
Word count: 48,300
I understand there will not be a deadline for review.
I can furnish a .mobi or Epub, doc file, print
Thank you,
Lars Teeney
Hi Lars. Looking at some of your previous reviews, it appears you have an editing problem. I won’t willingly read a book if I know the author doesn’t use an editor. Has your new book been edited by a professional?
Hi Sahara.
Pretty amazing story re publishing your late husband’s books. You must have loved him deeply.
I’m writing you today to request a review of my book, ‘The Patriots of Mars’.
Synopsis:
A phantom group called ‘The Patriots of Mars’ has committed an act of rebellion that stands the world on its ear.
Josh Reynolds, a Martian-born teen with a secret, is trying to change his life when he gets caught up in the wake of the Patriots’ insurrection.
As he struggles to both find and save himself, Josh begins to realize that the change he had hoped for could become something more far-reaching than anyone had imagined.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
‘Patriots’ turns conventional sci-fi tropes upside-down:
• The problem we’ll have with A.I. won’t come about because it will become the Terminator – but because it can’t.
• The real challenge of Mars won’t be technological, but psychological and political.
• Neither bigger & better rockets nor handwavium pseudo-tech (like warp drives) will enable the space-based industrial revolution the world has long awaited. The breakthrough that will (finally) launch a true space age will seem… pedestrian.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
‘The Patriots of Mars’ is on Amazon. If you have Kindle Unlimited, you can download it there at no charge. I understand you do not accept free review copies, so I will not offer (unless your policy has changed, in which case I would be happy to send one). https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KOV059A#nav-subnav
The Amazon link has a couple of ‘Look Inside the Book’ chapters available for immediate reading. Please note that the ‘LITB’ chapters’ formatting, which is sloppy, does NOT reflect the book itself. This is an Amazon problem with their LITB feature that many authors have complained about.
One last thing:
Considering the critical importance of early reviews to Indie authors, I want to give something back in appreciation and support for what you do. So –
• I have a good-sized, responsive Twitter following. If you review ‘Patriots’, I’ll certainly help send some traffic to your review, or wherever you think it will do you some good.
• I’ll insert an acknowledgement page in the front-matter of ‘Patriots’ ebook, linking back to your site. Whatever success I have, you’ll share in.
Thank you for your time.
Jeff
Sorry, but I have a lot o books to read & review already. More than I’ll probably get to in this life. LOL
Hi Sahara,
I know a lot of people have asked, but I was hoping you might review my novel. If so, I’d be honored.
In Egalion’s Imperial court, there is splendor and luxury, but it’s also a realm of treachery and cloak-and-dagger political maneuvering that threatens to destroy the peace of two-thousand years. They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but at court you can’t tell one from the other…and they change at the flip of a coin.
Twenty-five-year-old Battlemage Jex Xander has a mouth which frequently gets him in trouble, while in contrast, Enari Namelum speaks not at all. When Jex becomes the target of a faceless curse-slinger, Enari, the girl he protects, must now protect him. The discovery of ritual human sacrifices and Jex’s growing inability to keep his feelings (and hands) to himself only serve to complicate matters. Passion and romance should be the last thing on their minds, but life and the Goddess seem to have other ideas.
Errant Spark is the hush before the storm, the last deep breath before the plunge. The flint has been struck and it’s possible the world might go up in flames…because love in the Imperial court is as dangerous a thing as backroom politics and jealousy can be as much a driving force as silver and gold.
Errant Spark can be found on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HVYED7I. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Ronelle Antoinette
ronelleantoinette@gmail.com
http://www.ronelleantoinette.com
I’m sorry, but I have a ton of books to read & review already. 🙂
That’s quite alright! Thank you for the response and happy reading!
Hello
My name is Robert Skuce. My latest Thriller/Crime story “Kiss of Death” will be released soon. I am currently looking for reviewers to provide an honest review in exchange for the book for free. It will be available in all e-book formats and I can send you the format you prefer. My book will be available at online retailers.
Here is a brief overview of my book:
Bruno Norcross is a detective who never got over letting a serial killer get away. Now that Kiss of Death has re-surfaced; he is determined to close the case. The death of another young college girl has sparked outrage in Charlie Lassitor, the police Sargent, whose daughter was killed by this very killer. Bruno feels compelled to close this case, but the details get blurred when a new name enters the list of suspects. Can Bruno catch the killer before his killing spree ends and he vanishes again? Or will Kiss of Death once again elude him?
You can read more about it on my website http://www.robertskuce.com The book is currently on pre-order set to be released March 1st, 2017. I have no preferred date to have a review up by. I am hoping to have the majority of reviews done in and around the early summer.
If you are interested in reviewing my book, doing an author interview or just reading my book for discussion, I would love to hear from you.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me: reviews@robertskuce.com
Sincerely,
Robert Skuce
Sorry, my kindle is full of books I need to read. I’ve been writing more than reading lately.
Hey Sahara,
I’ve recently published a novel on Amazon Kindle and was wondering if you’d be interested in reviewing it?
Called ‘The Sweet Oil of Vitriol’, it’s a thriller about an ex-Mossad operative who goes undercover as a room-service waiter in an attempt to perpetrate the perfect hit.
Please find enclosed the blurb for your consideration.
Thanks for your time,
Best wishes,
Daniel Eagleton
Ever get the feeling the staff want to kill you?
After a government sanctioned hit goes spectacularly wrong, Mossad agent Thomas is blamed for the mission’s failure by his superiors, ousted before completing his very first job. Desperate to prove himself, Thomas accepts an offer from his former handler, Yakov, to assassinate Jacob Okonjo, the head of the African Union. It seems Jacob is allowing certain parties to control Africa’s lucrative diamond trade, and in doing so has made some powerful enemies. But like that Mossad hit-team caught on camera in Dubi a few years back, how is Thomas supposed to terminate such a prominent figure without being caught on CCTV? The answer: to work undercover as a room-service waiter at a top London hotel, where, in a few months’ time, Jacob Okonjo will be staying. It’s the perfect plan. Jacob is to be administered an untraceable poison, and afterwards, even if there is an investigation, a trusted member of staff like Thomas will be above suspicion. That’s the idea, anyway. In the meantime, he’s to suffer month after month of boring, menial employment, serving rich, famous people dinner, when he should be making a name for himself amongst the intelligence community. Because you can bet this never happened to Bond or Bourne. Never had to work for tips, subjugating themselves like some average, everyday citizen…
Sorry, but I’m busy writing and haven’t had time to read anything lately.
I am sorry to bother you as I am sure you are busy. I have received Silent Night. I catalog my collection using a program called Book Collector made by Collectorz.com. Some of the things it allows me to do is enter publisher information, enter release date, and credit the cover artist and/or designer. Silent Night does not list a publisher, probably because it was only released and not really published. Are you the one that released it? The copyright date says 2016. About when, in 2016 or otherwise, was it first released? Who did the cover art for Silent Night? Or, if you designed it, where did you get the image(s)?
Thank you for your time,
Harry Crawford
HI Harry,
It was part of a Christmas anthology back in Dec 2016, but it was published in Nov 2016. I didn’t design the book cover and I don’t remember who I went through. Sorry. Have a wonderful day. 🙂
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great site!
Thanks. 🙂
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Hi there
My name is Jackie and I’m helping Paula over at Book Hub. We’re putting together our BIG Christmas Promotion. We’re excited that our Christmas Readers Gift Guide and Christmas Hamper Book Bundle will now reach … 5 MILLION! We are going to end the year with a hum-dinger of a promo!
Here’s the details:
GENRE: All genres welcome
PROMO TYPE: Christmas Book Bundle
AUDIENCE: Advertising to book clubs + Cross promo + reader advertisers
DEADLINE: When the slots are full, limited availability
DATES: Runs from last week in October
BOOKING: http://bookhub.online/authors-news/booking-for-readers-christmas-gift-guide
Please email Paula if you have any questions but the link above has all the details.
Regards
Jackie
Hi Jackie, I already paid for this event but have not heard one word back in acknowledgment. Only my PayPal confirmation email. I’m not to impressed at this time.
I would like to read The Secret of Excalibur on my kindle. Amazon had it previously but now they don’t. Is there anyway to get a kindle copy, or some other electronic format?
Thanks,
Jim
HI Jeames,
Yeah, all my books have been unpublished since I changed publishers. It’s just taken much longer than I thought to get them back up on Amazon. I’m in the process of re-editing The Secret of Excalibur. I’ll let everyone know once it gets republished.
Sorry,
Sahara Foley
Thank you so much for promoting my book today! I appreciate your support more than you will ever know! Thank you! Jodee Jean Daniels
You are very welcome. Being an author, I totally understand. 🙂