On Saturday 5th March 2016 Hourglass Events will be hosting an author signing with over 60 amazing authors, a beautiful city centre venue and a chance to dine & party with authors & friends in the evening!
The event will be held at the
Leeds Marriott hotel (
4 Trevelyan Square, Boar Lane Leeds England LS1 6ET United Kingdom
Tickets will sell through Eventbrite at a cost of £12.50 per ticket plus a eventbrite booking fee for the signing
AM Tickets ~ 10 am – 12.30 pm
PM Tickets ~ 1.30 pm – 4pm
All day tickets ~ 10 am - 5 pm ( 1-2 pm lunch out of the hall) £20.50 plus booking fee
Masquerade Ball tickets are £46.00 plus a eventbrite booking fee
All author details can be found here Here
Every couple of days from now until then I will be doing a spotlight on my blog for each of the attending authors, I can't wait to meet them all personally on the day!
Today's featured author is...
Sibylla Matilde
Author Bio:
Sibylla Matilde grew up
in the mountain valleys of Southwest Montana exploring the dusty Old West gold
country on the back of a horse. She attended a two-room schoolhouse beginning
in 1st grade & had the same teacher until she changed schools after 7th.
Beginning at about age 12, Sibylla discovered historical romance, feeding off
of work of Jude Deveraux & Lisa Kleypas. She loves a book that can make the
reader run the gamut of emotions, from the sweet glow of new love to
gut-wrenching heartache. She is a true romantic & always has stories
floating around in her head, living in a fantasyland until she writes them down
to free them.
Music is her emotional trigger. Growing up with a Wagnarian-loving mother, Sibylla was raised to treasure music that digs deep into the psyche, drawing out elation, sorrow, grief, desire. The soundtrack to her life includes many genres spanning centuries. She looooooooves Thirty Seconds to Mars (rather obsessively, actually... but, really, how can you NOT be crazy about this guy!? Jared Leto. Shhh. ) & pimps them out to all her friends through Spotify. She also delights in Met Opera HD broadcasts at her local movie theater & hopes (listening Met?) to someday see Diana Damrau reprise her role as Mozart’s Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte.
Sibylla lives with her husband and hero who saved her from her own calamitous, young-adult self. He makes her laugh daily, even when things are tough. He's proved to her that love really can heal a shattered soul. In 18 years, they have never had a fight, although argue regularly with their two teenage kids who have, unfortunately, inherited their father’s quick wit (unfortunate as it is a quick wit that Sibylla, herself, definitely does not possess – there is a reason she is a writer & not a stand-up comedian). They live a quiet life with their two weird little rescued Chiweenies. Wait… teenagers & little yap-dogs? OK, maybe not so quiet.
Music is her emotional trigger. Growing up with a Wagnarian-loving mother, Sibylla was raised to treasure music that digs deep into the psyche, drawing out elation, sorrow, grief, desire. The soundtrack to her life includes many genres spanning centuries. She looooooooves Thirty Seconds to Mars (rather obsessively, actually... but, really, how can you NOT be crazy about this guy!? Jared Leto. Shhh. ) & pimps them out to all her friends through Spotify. She also delights in Met Opera HD broadcasts at her local movie theater & hopes (listening Met?) to someday see Diana Damrau reprise her role as Mozart’s Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte.
Sibylla lives with her husband and hero who saved her from her own calamitous, young-adult self. He makes her laugh daily, even when things are tough. He's proved to her that love really can heal a shattered soul. In 18 years, they have never had a fight, although argue regularly with their two teenage kids who have, unfortunately, inherited their father’s quick wit (unfortunate as it is a quick wit that Sibylla, herself, definitely does not possess – there is a reason she is a writer & not a stand-up comedian). They live a quiet life with their two weird little rescued Chiweenies. Wait… teenagers & little yap-dogs? OK, maybe not so quiet.
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Little Conversations (Conversations #1)
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Blurb:
***** Mature
Content, Sexual Situations, Adult Situations, Alcohol Abuse, Emotional Abuse,
Strong Language *****
Eighteen-year-old Devin McKay is a complete and total emotional wreck. Fresh out of high school and on her own for the first time in her life, she’s reeling from rejection of a relationship gone very, very bad. Emotionally battered and tormented by the pull of her narcissistic first love, she wants to make a clean break in a small mountain town where he is everywhere... with his new girlfriend.
Ronin Andrews is still battling his own cataclysmic ghosts. He recoils from anything heartfelt, choosing instead to work hard and live wild. Outside of his job, parties and causal hooks-ups are his life until Devin walks in. With her short skirt and her sad green eyes, he can’t help but want her… badly. His protective streak wants to provide her with a haven, to shelter and sustain her.
Through a flash of torrid intensity, they struggle to be friends... just friends. She relies on him to nourish her shattered soul and shield her heart from the clawing, gnawing loss that has consumed her. Before long, the attraction proves too tenacious, and the passion between them becomes undeniable. But will the shadows of the past prove too much to overcome?
Eighteen-year-old Devin McKay is a complete and total emotional wreck. Fresh out of high school and on her own for the first time in her life, she’s reeling from rejection of a relationship gone very, very bad. Emotionally battered and tormented by the pull of her narcissistic first love, she wants to make a clean break in a small mountain town where he is everywhere... with his new girlfriend.
Ronin Andrews is still battling his own cataclysmic ghosts. He recoils from anything heartfelt, choosing instead to work hard and live wild. Outside of his job, parties and causal hooks-ups are his life until Devin walks in. With her short skirt and her sad green eyes, he can’t help but want her… badly. His protective streak wants to provide her with a haven, to shelter and sustain her.
Through a flash of torrid intensity, they struggle to be friends... just friends. She relies on him to nourish her shattered soul and shield her heart from the clawing, gnawing loss that has consumed her. Before long, the attraction proves too tenacious, and the passion between them becomes undeniable. But will the shadows of the past prove too much to overcome?
Post Breakup Sex (Copperline #1)
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Blurb:
*** Mature Content; Strong Language; Strong Sexual Content with m/f,
m/f/m, and a taste of f/f/m***
She was the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. Pure class. Old money. I never stood a chance... until she broke up with her dickhead of a boyfriend and went off the rails.
Brannon Forrester doesn't expect much from life. He coasts through aimlessly. No real ties. Nothing to hold him back. Hanging out with his best friend, lead singer of a local bar band, he lives for pleasure, out of the spotlight but with all the excess of the band's small-town fame. After all, why should he be good when the only woman he really wants will never give him the time of day?
Then, one night at an after party, Sophie Buchanan walks through the door. In an attempt to throw caution to the wind and dream out loud, she looks to him as a guide to the wild side. As someone who can show her all the excitement and recklessness her world has been missing. He plunges her into a reality of fervent passion... and heartbreaking betrayal.
Their roles have been set. He has only ever been a good time. She has only ever been a pretty face. It would be insane for them to fall in love. But when emotion complicates lust, can the caution of the mind suppress the will of the heart?
She was the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. Pure class. Old money. I never stood a chance... until she broke up with her dickhead of a boyfriend and went off the rails.
Brannon Forrester doesn't expect much from life. He coasts through aimlessly. No real ties. Nothing to hold him back. Hanging out with his best friend, lead singer of a local bar band, he lives for pleasure, out of the spotlight but with all the excess of the band's small-town fame. After all, why should he be good when the only woman he really wants will never give him the time of day?
Then, one night at an after party, Sophie Buchanan walks through the door. In an attempt to throw caution to the wind and dream out loud, she looks to him as a guide to the wild side. As someone who can show her all the excitement and recklessness her world has been missing. He plunges her into a reality of fervent passion... and heartbreaking betrayal.
Their roles have been set. He has only ever been a good time. She has only ever been a pretty face. It would be insane for them to fall in love. But when emotion complicates lust, can the caution of the mind suppress the will of the heart?
Because of Kian (Bitterroot #1)
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Blurb:
I know I’m twisted.
Growing up in a perfectly well-adjusted home, I don’t really have an excuse.
But no matter… I realize how messed up I am. And therapy can only do so much.
I pushed my boyfriend
to violence, a violence he couldn't control. Sickly, I almost liked it. So I
pushed him more. Before long, the pain outweighed the pleasure and the loss I
sustained shattered me. So I ran. I’m now a bit shell-shocked harboring a lot
of guilt. My boyfriend is now my ex and wants revenge. He wants me to pay for
turning him into the monster he’s become. And I still have a deviant yearning
that I don’t understand. My own monster inside… my own demon to battle.
I can’t get close to
anyone. I can’t give in and scratch that itch. I can’t wreck someone else.
And now there is Kian…
my rescuer on a dark, painful night. He sees through my pretense. He tries to
pull me from my frightened isolation, to keep me from becoming a victim. He
forces me to face my warped desires and shows me that pain doesn’t really have
to truly hurt.
He wants to show me a
way to serenity. But I am afraid… Will I ruin a good man?
***** Mature Content,
Abuse, Sexual Situations, Adult Situations, Strong Language *****
In the Firelight
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Blurb:
***** Mature Content,
Sexual Situations, Adult Situations, Strong Language *****
She found him on a
snowy night. He sparked her desires and inflamed her dreams.
Independent and feisty,
Shea Madison has a tussle on her hands. Living in and loving her quiet little
corner of Montana, she’s fiercely determined to fight a real estate developer
trying to turn her quaint little mountain town into a touristy ski resort. So,
when an outsider shows up to study the effects on the area, she instantly
attempts to sway his impression… even if it means a little harmless flirting
with the enticing visitor.
Rhys Weland’s charade
has one purpose—to bring the locals around to the idea of the resort, primarily
the ringleader, Ms. Shea Madison. Embroiled in his deception, he’s stunned by
the feelings she draws from deep inside him. Her integrity and sincerity quickly
have him second-guessing his twisted morals. Her spirit arouses his soul. Her
sensuality steals his breath.
In the dark of the
night, in the warmth of the fire, the passion smoldering between them combusts.
But just when it all seems to make sense, one small stubborn mistake shreds the
fragile bond between them. Will an impetuous act reignite their flame, or will
their love vanish like sparks in the air?
*Expected publication
in December 2013*
