You can now read PICTURE PERFECT, my supernatural short, FREE at Textnovel.com

When my sister, Belle, vanished back in 1956, I lost more than you could possibly imagine. And in the last fifty years, I've never told anyone what I saw. That summer day, I lost a part of my family, a piece of my heart…and I think I lost my soul as well...

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Cheryl Kaye Tardif talks about her new pen name Cherish D'Angelo and her debut romance Lancelot's Lady at the Author Island Tiki Hut

I'm a guest at the Author Island Tiki Hut today...

Call me Cheryl; I prefer first names. You could also call me Cherish, since that’s the name I’ve adopted as my pseudonym so that I can detour from writing mainly suspense and venture into the romance genre. Cherish D’Angelo is my flowery, romantic pen name. I selected it a few years ago when I started writing my first romance novel...

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• A GRAVE ERROR (MYRTLE MURPHY MYSTERY #1)

• THE DEATH OF AN OLD COW (MYRTLE MURPHY MYSTERY #2)

• MAID OF DISHONOR (MYRTLE MURPHY MYSTERY #3)

• ATROPHY

• THE CAR

• THE FINAL BOMB

• FINDING BLISS (NOVEL EXCERPT)

• LANCELOT'S LADY (NOVEL)

• OUIJA

• REMOTE CONTROL (NOVELETTE)

• SEPARATION ANXIETY

• SWEET DREAMS

Canadian author Cheryl Kaye Tardif gives away her thriller The River for free at Shortcovers.com

For many months now, I've been working on a special promotion to give away electronic copies of my bestselling conspiracy thriller The River* for free on Shortcovers.com, an offshoot of Canadian bookseller Indigo Books & Music (and Chapters & Coles bookstores).

Over the next week or so, you'll see my critically acclaimed thriller advertised on Shortcovers in various ways. This free offer includes the complete novel, front and back matter too.

"Cheryl Kaye Tardif specializes in mile-a-minute pot-boiler mysteries, usually set in Western Canadian locales. Her latest, The River, is a whodunit centred around mysterious happenings on the Nahanni River up north." --Edmonton Sun

So what's The River about?

STEM CELL RESEARCH, CLONING, AND WORLD DOMINATION--WITH A TWIST...

The South Nahanni River area of Canada's Northwest Territories has a history of mysterious deaths, disappearances and headless corpses, but it may also hold the key to humanity’s survival―or its destruction.

Del thought her father was long dead. But someone from her past says otherwise. Now she and a group of near strangers embark on a perilous mission...

Seven years ago, Del Hawthorne’s father and three of his friends disappeared near the Nahanni River and were presumed dead. When one of the missing men stumbles onto the University grounds, alive but barely recognizable and aging before her eyes, Del is shocked. Especially when the man tells her something inconceivable. Her father is still alive!

Gathering a group of volunteers, Del travels to the Nahanni River to rescue her father. There, she finds a secret river that plunges her into a technologically advanced world of nanobots and painful serums. Del uncovers a conspiracy of unimaginable horror, a plot that threatens to destroy us all. Will humanity be sacrificed for the taste of eternal life?

At what point have we become...God?

"Mix some Michael Crichton with a touch of Dean Koontz..." says Amanda Richards, Top 100 Amazon Reviewer

"The River is a gripping combination of suspense, sci-fi and adventure...a cross between Michael Crichton's Timeline and Dan Brown's Angels & Demons."―Matt Scofield, a fan

You can read The River on your computer and on various reading devices, including the iPhone. There's even an app for Shortcovers that you can download for free.

Special thanks to Michael Serbinis, Michael Bowles and Ben Dugas, who have helped me get The River in front of more readers with this special, time-limited offer.

*The River is currently being considered by a film director for a major motion picture.

GET THE RIVER NOW!

Read THE RIVER on Shortcovers.com now.

Or download the ePub version of THE RIVER, which requires the free Adobe Digital Editions download first.

I hope you enjoy!

To find out what inspired me to write THE RIVER, please visit: http://www.cherylktardif.com/the-river-excerpt

~Cheryl Kaye Tardif

Interview with the Grim Reaper

How fitting that I should have an interview with the Grim Reaper after meeting him online--it was a killer introduction!

How ironic that we met shortly after a respected film director who has worked on the hit TV series Reaper inquired about film rights for The River and Divine Intervention. He's considering the latter for a new TV series!

So, if you're feeling brave come on over to Criminal Minds at Work and hear from the Grim Reaper himself. He'll even tell you where to go for the best scythes. ;-)

http://criminalmindsatwork.blogspot.com/2009/09/interview-with-death-aka-grim-reaper.html

Contest: Finish author Kelly Moran's sentence for a chance to win a signed copy of Divine Intervention

There's an exciting new contest over at author Kelly Moran's site. And it's very easy to enter. Simply finish the sentence she started there.

One winner will be selected and will win a signed copy of my paranormal thriller, Divine Intervention.

Prize: a signed copy of Divine Intervention by finishing her sentence.

Enter now at: http://authorkellymoran.blogspot.com/2009/10/contest-and-giveaway.html

Enter to win free books or a $75 Starbucks gift card in my October Giveaway

More prizes than last month and a bigger Grand Prize!

Make sure you follow ALL the rules or you'll be disqualified.

My debut romantic suspense Lancelot's Lady has been entered in the Dorchester/Textnovel "Next Best Celler" contest, and I need more votes and subscribers to have a chance at winning.

I'm willing to give you 2 things in return for your support--a great free read and the chance to win one of my other novels or the grand prize, a $75 Starbucks gift card.

FIVE lucky winners will win a signed copy of one of my novels (The River, Divine Intervention and Whale Song), plus some extra goodies (any country).

One Grand Prize winner will win a $75 Starbucks gift card (Canadian or US winner only).

Rules:

You must sign up as a member of Textnovel.com (free, easy & no spam).
You must vote for Lancelot's Lady by clicking on the thumbs up icon at the top of my novel's page:http://www.textnovel.com/stories_list_detail.php?story_id=928
You must subscribe to receive a notice about future chapters by clicking on the cell phone icon.
And leave me a review comment on any chapter page at: http://www.textnovel.com/stories_list_detail.php?story_id=928
Contest ends at midnight (MT) on October 30th, 2009.
Prizes will be awarded in early November. No cash value, no exchanges.

Please note: you MUST vote, subscribe and comment to be entered in this contest.

If you have already voted for Lancelot's Lady, please take a second to make sure you've also subscribed (blue circles will be gray if you have) and leave at least one comment. If you did so, you were entered in the preceding monthly giveaways. If you did not win, your name will be entered again automatically.

One giveaway prize per person. No purchase necessary.

Thank you so much for your support. I truly appreciate it. :-)

~Cheryl