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About Charlotte Copper

Romance Writer - specializing in - but not limited to - the Paranormal

This week: Volleyball

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So as my bio says…in addition to everything else I try to do, I’m a volleyball fan and team scorekeeper.

The Daughter, plays for the Aurora Storm- 17U Bolts. Last weekend, we were in Edmonton, Alberta for the Canadian Open in Volleyball, also known as the Nationals. There were eighty 17U Girls teams from across Canada (okay, admittedly about half were from BC and Alberta), and a total of over 250 teams with boys and girls aged 16 – 18.

The Butterdome

The Butterdome


I can’t say I saw much of Edmonton, really just my hotel, the West Edmonton Mall, the Saville Centre and the Butterdome.
Why is it called the “Butterdome” you ask? Well just take a look….

The girls played awesome coming in fourth overall. We lost to the #1 ranked BC, #1 ranked AB and #1 ranked MA team. Considering we went in as the #2 Ontario team, and were the only Ontario team to make it to the semis, we were still pretty happy.

144 And while the girls didn’t get a medal, I did have a very proud mommy moment when The Daughter was called as one of the events All Stars. Or, as I like to say, one of the top 6 girls out of about 800.

Welcome Back Rebekah Ganiere

REDAt the beginning of 2014, Rebekah Ganiere stopped by my blog to discuss her then-new-release Dead Awakenings. Rebekah has been a very busy lady since then, and on May 1st she welcomed her first self-published book, RED THE WERE HUNTER.

What if you were the key to an ancient prophecy that would begin to heal your lands, but fulfilling your destiny meant you had to turn your back on everything you’d been taught to believe in?

Redlynn of Volkzene, member of the Sisterhood of Red, is heartbroken to discover another girl kidnapped and her best friend slain by werewolves. Defying the head of her order, she sets out to kill the beast she believes responsible. The King of the Weres– But there are worse things in Wolvenglen Forest than the wolves.

Adrian, reluctant heir to the throne of Wolvenglen, and his band of wolf brothers are bound to protect the humans; especially the Sisterhood. Finding Redlynn unconscious in his woods, awakens in him a passion he’s never before experienced and a protective instinct that has him ready to turn on his own men. Problem is, a female is the last thing Adrian needs complicating his life.

But all is not as it seems in Wolvenglen Forest and to save the missing girls before time runs out, Redlynn and Adrian must move past their inner demons and learn to trust each other. In the search for vengeance however, sometimes you must give up what you desire most.

RED THE WERE HUNTER won 2nd Place in the Hook, Line and Sinker Contest and is a current finalist in the Great Beginnings Contest. RED is the first in Rebekah’s planned FAIRELLE SERIES, published under her own new and wonderful FALLEN ANGEL PRESS.

You can purchase and download RED from AMAZON

RGaniereRebekah Ganiere is an award winning author. Her first novel Dead Awakenings, debuted in January 2014. Red the Were Hunter, the first in her Farielle Series, released May 1, 2014. Her trilogy The Society will be released in early 2015 by Kensington’s Lyrical Press. Rebekah is the VP of Communications of the RWA FFP Chapter as well as a member of her local Los Angeles and Orange County Chapters. In her spare time when she isn’t writing you can find her moderating on Savvy Authors.com and in her local SCV Writers group, or hanging out with her husband, four children and dog, rabbit, two bearded dragons, three tortoises and a handful of fish. The escaped snake has yet to be found.

You can read more about Rebekah and her busy schedule at: http://www.rebekahganiere.com

This week’s free…

More free reads for your kindle from my wonderful publisher, Wild Rose Press.

THE HEALER’S GIFT changes everything Coira thinks she knows about herself and her future. Part of the Highland Talents Series by Willa Blair, available at: http://amzn.com/B00J9QOLOM

Anonymous pranks that start out small but quickly grow more disturbing. SECRETS by Leanne Davis, available at: http://amzn.com/B00J9VXXWS

When a practical Texas rancher advertises for a bride, he’s thinking domestic bliss–not CATastrophic invasion! HELP WANTED: WIFE (Santa Rita Series) by Fleeta Cunningham, available at: http://amzn.com/B00J9QOP16

Audrey and her sister take a dude ranch vacation. Her sister wants a rich man; what does Audrey get? WHATEVER, FOREVER by Lael R. Neill, available at: http://amzn.com/B00J9OAQ7K