Friday, February 21, 2014

Interview and Giveaway The Worst Dilemma by Muhammed Sokhna




Tell us a little about your latest or upcoming release.

The Worst Dilemma Part 1 is the 1st installment of my eBook series. It’s my first book and I’m very happy that I actually got the chance to publish my work. The eBook series follow four young African American women as they try to find themselves in the big city of Atlanta. Some find love, but also find trouble.   

Have you ever based your book or characters on actual events or people from your own life?

Yes. A few characters in The Worst Dilemma Series, Ashley, Chantrelle, and Rasheed, are characters that either share characteristics of people I know or qualities I wish I had within my own temperament. But, as I begin writing the story down, the character took life of their own.

Is there a theme or message in your work that you would like readers to connect to?

I want my readers to understand that we all got problems. Some people got it worse than others. But, no matter what our situation is, we can get through it. Some people we care about get hurt. We ourselves sometimes get hurt. But, we will grow. After all, that is what life is all about, change and growth.

When you’re not writing what do you do? Do you have any hobbies or guilty pleasures?

I like to practice MMA (mix martial arts). I also like video game (yes, I’m a kid. Oh well.) I also like to be intimate with my fiancĂ©, emotionally as well as sexually. I also like meditation. It keeps me grounded and takes me away from the worldly problems in my life.

Which romance book or series (or other genre, if you don’t write romance) do you wish you had written?

Maya Cross’s Locked series.

Is there a genre(s) that you’d like to write that you haven’t tackled yet?

Fantasy and Sci-Fi novels. But, I will have novels in both of those genres within the year.

Of all the characters you’ve ever written, who is your favorite and why?

Chantrelle Hayfield. She’s just a young woman who wants simplicity in her life. I envy her because her demure attitude brings her peace, until Ashley decides to complicate things. Rasheed didn’t make things easier either. Oops…Spoiler!

If this book is part of a series…what is the next book? Any details you can share?

The Worst Dilemma Part 2 will be released in February. What I can tell all readers is that this part of the series will bring all the lies and deception into a huge climax. People will change and major events will happen.

What is next for you? Do you have any scheduled upcoming releases or works in progress?

The Worst Dilemma Part 2 is set to come out in February. Part 3 is set to come out in April/May. I’m also craft two new titles for The Worst Dilemma brand that will most likely come out late this year.  

What is in your to read pile?

Too many books ranging from writing books to enhance my skills to pleasure books I haven’t had the time to read yet. 






The Worst Dilemma
Muhammed Sokhna

Genre: Erotic Romance/Erotica

Publisher: World Entanglement Publications LLC

ISBN: 9780991202706
ASIN B00GRXTYBA

Number of pages: 113
Word Count: About 33,000

Cover Artist: Ronnell D Porter

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Book Description:

The spark of all dilemmas is lies and deception

 Just what is love? Is it just a word people use for personal gain? Is it a verb that needs creativity expression in order to understand its full meaning? Or, is it just looking in the mirror?

For Chantrelle Hayfield, love is simplicity. But, she lives in Atlanta, a complex city full of surprises. Like her chiseled, tall, and chocolate next door neighbor, Rasheed Goodmen, who could be a new love interest? But, when her best friend, Ashley Leslie, comes out about her true feelings, will Chantrelle be able to handle the convoluted feelings of others even if that means losing her simplicity?

Chantrelle’s other friends Ariel Samson and Alexis Smith could be able to guide her? But, Ariel needs to learn to be a little selfish and Alexis has to stop scheming to get by. The underworld of Atlanta will test each of these women. Because behind the spark of every dilemma, is lies and deception. Who will be able to see clearly in order to avoid tragedy?

About the Author:

Throughout Mr. Sokhna life, he searched for a purpose. At the age of eighteen, he went through some tough times. His girlfriend left him, his finances were not where they needed to be, his family was struggling to make ends meet, he lost his Hope scholarship, and was desperately trying to find out what was his purpose here on earth. The depression within him started to build and lead to an attempt of suicide.

With the love and support of his family and close friends, he slowly climbed back on his feet, but there was still one remaining problem. He still didn’t know what his purpose was, until he had a vision.

Something within him told him to write down his story. There was resistance, but he followed the hunch. Five thousand words turn into ten thousand. Then ten turned into twenty thousand. Then all of a sudden, twenty thousand words turned into over forty thousand words. He recognized that he found his true passion. It was something that will challenge him. It was something he was yearning for all his life. It was something he could call “his own” and that something was writing.

Mr. Sokhna purpose is to ignite the creativity within people and help them realize that life is much more than what meets the eye. He wants his readers to know that all that we ever done and all we will ever do in this world is just the tip of this iceberg of what could have been done in this life.

The Worst Dilemma Series is one of the three ways he likes to channel his talent to the world. Being able to create erotic content that makes people blush is not only pleasing to him, but it makes him more humble to evolve the craft of literature. Mr.Sokhna will continue to strive to bring more enticing content through The Worst Dilemma Series. A series that will shed light on some of the toughest situations people go through in life. With the added bonus of erotic content.



Twitter: @MuhammedSokhna




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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Corporate Ties Tour Spotlight and Giveaway






Corporate Ties
A Silken Ties Novel
E. L. Loraine

Genre: Mystery, Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Arriis, Inc.
ASIN: B00HV3ITR0

Number of pages: 192
Word Count:  63,488

Cover Artist: Creative Paramita

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Book Description:

Corporate Ties the latest title by Best Selling Author E. L. Loraine

Olivia Grayson, smart, beautiful and rising star of the corporate world of Dolby, Inc.

Olivia is determined to be successful. She’s smart, beautiful and driven. While working her way up the corporate ranks in her first job out of Grad School at Dolby Incorporated, Olivia finally has a chance to prove just how talented she is.

The client she’s been given is Matasuki International, but when she starts reading through the files on the company she finds something disturbing. There are convenient deaths associated with their acquisitions division. The man behind this company is Isamu Matasuki, a powerful and ruthless chairman. Yet there seems to be only generic press release type information on him. When she asks her longtime friend and co-worker in the legal department to get her more information from his former job at the FBI, he disappears and Olivia knows it’s because of Matasuki and his shadowy companion.

Determined to find out what happened to her friend Paul, and keep her boss, Tyson Grant and Dolby protected, she enlists the help of new neighbor and lover, corporate security specialist, and private investigator, Brian. Olivia knows she can use Matasuki’s interest in Dolby and her to get close enough to stop him, but is the risk worth it? Even if she saves Dolby, he’ll just move on to the next, and that company is Dolby’s chief rival, Stein Brothers. Can she just sit back and let that happen or is Olivia willing to lose everyone and everything she loves in order to take Matasuki down?

E.L. Loraine’s Corporate Ties, is a sizzling hot, mystery romance set among the concrete and steel jungle of New York City and the corporate ties that bind it. Another multi level plot keeps you turning pages as Olivia finds she’s caught right in the very middle of this world of love, lust, and greed as the players fight for power on the corporate battle field.


About the Author: 

E. L. Loraine resides in Florida with her best friend and husband. She enjoys cooking, gardening and traveling the world looking for places to make a novel come to life.


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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Inner Reflections by Jacqueline Paige



Have you ever been in the middle of a crowd where the noise was overwhelming, so many voices all at once? 

Imagine hearing everything each person is saying and being able to hear what those people are thinking as well.  Having all their internal thoughts, the pieces that they aren’t saying out loud inside your head all at the same time.

I can multi-task better than most, but I wouldn’t be able to function with all of that going on at the same time. To carry on while doing something like the grocery shopping while having all of the other customers thoughts inside my head would have me standing in the middle of the store unsure of what to do next.

Ian from Inner Reflections has this very same ability and has even taken it a step further. Not only does he hear what everyone is thinking, but he can also go inside a person’s mind and search through it.

Can you imagine being able to do that?  I’m not sure if I’d want to know what’s inside someone’s head.





Inner Reflections
Book 3 in the Hidden Senses Trilogy
Jacqueline Paige

Release date January 15, 2014

Class Act Books

Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspense

Book Description:

Detective Alec McGowan is dedicated to serving justice and will crush all that stand in her way. Long used to burying her passions after tragedy and heartbreak taught her that loving someone is dangerous, she expresses them the only way she knows how.  Passion for her job has landed her on a hit list, and rather than fearing death she is annoyed and more determined to find them before they find her.

Ian MacTavish is a loner and finds it easier to stay that way. The constant barrage of other people’s thoughts is exhausting, and relationships are even more troublesome for someone with his “talent”.  Using his skill has brought him considerable financial reward, and allowed him to stay uninvolved and unencumbered. When a night of harmless mind surfing leads him further into a twisted plot of chaos and murder, his appearance at the police station surprises him most of all.

About the Author:

Jacqueline Paige lives in Ontario in a small town that’s part of the popular Georgian Triangle area.  No one has ever heard of Stayner, so she usually tells people she lives “near Collingwood” and no, she doesn’t ski at Blue Mountain or at all, in fact she’s not even fond of snow. 

She began her writing career in 2006 and since her first published works in 2009 she hasn’t stopped.  Jacqueline describes her writing as “all things paranormal”, which she has proven is her niche with stories of witches, ghosts, physics and shifters now on the shelves.

When Jacqueline isn’t working at her ‘reality job’ or lost in her writing she spends time with her five children, most of whom are finally able to look after her instead of the other way around.  Together they do random road trips, that usually end up with them lost,  shopping trips where they push every button in the toy aisle, hiking when there’s enough time to escape and bizarre things like creating new daring recipes in the kitchen. She’s a grandmother to four (so far) and looks forward to corrupting many more in the years to come.

Jacqueline loves to hear from her readers, you can find her at www.jacqpaige.webs.com , www.jacqpaige.blogspot.ca  or http://magicseasonsbooks.blogspot.ca

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