{"id":154,"date":"2018-05-09T07:06:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T14:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=154"},"modified":"2018-05-09T07:51:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T14:51:13","slug":"help-spirits-of-the-heart-win-the-rone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/09\/help-spirits-of-the-heart-win-the-rone\/","title":{"rendered":"Help SPIRITS OF THE HEART win the RONE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m very happy to host <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clairegem.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Claire Gem<\/a><\/strong> for a special message and request. I&#8217;ve just voted for her book <em>Spirits of the Heart<\/em> (the process is very easy), and I hope you will too, after reading about it below. Good luck, Claire!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"169\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/09\/help-spirits-of-the-heart-win-the-rone\/rone-gem\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/RONE.Gem_.jpg?fit=1080%2C716&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,716\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RONE.Gem\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/RONE.Gem_.jpg?fit=840%2C557&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-169 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/RONE.Gem_.jpg?resize=354%2C235&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RONE Finalists\" width=\"354\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/RONE.Gem_.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/RONE.Gem_.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/RONE.Gem_.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/RONE.Gem_.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 85vw, 354px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\u2019m thrilled to announce that my second Haunted Voices novel, <em>SPIRITS OF THE HEART<\/em>, has been nominated for a RONE award, hosted by InDtale. But I need votes to get it to the finals!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Voting is open only one week: May 7-13. Ends this Sunday, Mother\u2019s Day.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This title made the finals in the 2017 I Heart Indie Awards, and missed winning by a hair \u2013 help it make it over the top this time, please . . .<\/p>\n<p>You have to register on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indtale.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InDtale website<\/a> (it\u2019s free, no obligation). Once you confirm your registration with the link they email you, the voting takes place <a href=\"http:\/\/indtale.com\/2018-rone-awards-week-four\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. My title is third one under Paranormal Long, right at the top of the voting page.<\/p>\n<p>Please help this book, which has a solid 4.8 star rating on Amazon, get the recognition it deserves!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Blurb<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<em>An addiction counselor and a security guard struggle to free a little girl and her father, two lost spirits trapped inside an abandoned mental asylum.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Addiction counselor Laura Horton returns from college to move in with an old friend and start her career. But her homecoming is jarring. Her friend moves out, leaving Laura alone with the gorgeous but intimidating ex-boyfriend\u2014in a house that snugs up to an ancient graveyard.<\/p>\n<p>Officer Miller Stanford is a man with a shattered past. His alcoholic dad destroyed their family, a weakness Miller is terrified will consume him too. The last thing he needs is a sexy, blonde addiction counselor watching his every move. When he begins to see specters in the dark, he starts questioning his own stability.<\/p>\n<p>But Laura sees her too\u2014a pathetic child-spirit searching for her father. Then Laura starts digging into old asylum records . . . Can Miller and Laura uncover the secrets of Talcott Hall without jeopardizing their love\u2014and lives\u2014in the process?<\/p>\n<p>You can view <em>Spirits of the Heart<\/em> on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IicGAH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, and\u00a0watch the book trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YUa2RALSEm8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions: You have to register on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indtale.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InDtale website<\/a> (it\u2019s free, no obligation). Once you confirm your registration with the link they email you, the voting takes place <a href=\"http:\/\/indtale.com\/2018-rone-awards-week-four\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks in advance for your support, and thank you, Dee S. Knight, for hosting me!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"168\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/09\/help-spirits-of-the-heart-win-the-rone\/phantomtraces\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PhantomTraces.png?fit=482%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"482,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PhantomTraces\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PhantomTraces.png?fit=482%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-168 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PhantomTraces.png?resize=372%2C93&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Books by Claire\" width=\"372\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PhantomTraces.png?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PhantomTraces.png?w=482&amp;ssl=1 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 85vw, 372px\" \/>Join Claire&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/burn4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Author Reading Group<\/a> and\/or explore the links below to find out more about Claire and her work.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clairegem.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/clairegem.author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gemwriter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/profile\/view\/gemwriter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smashwords<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Claire-Gem\/e\/B00TS7C5FY\/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1463411296&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookgorilla.com\/author\/B00TS7C5FY\/claire-gem\/kcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book Gorilla<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m very happy to host Claire Gem for a special message and request. I&#8217;ve just voted for her book Spirits of the Heart (the process is very easy), and I hope you will too, after reading about it below. Good luck, Claire! I\u2019m thrilled to announce that my second Haunted Voices novel, SPIRITS OF THE &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/09\/help-spirits-of-the-heart-win-the-rone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Help SPIRITS OF THE HEART win the RONE!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[40,39,22,38],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-claire-gem","tag-indtale","tag-paranormal","tag-rone"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wA33-2u","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}