May 31, 2016 by Effrosyni Moschoudi

Tripfiction: an awesome site for authors and readers

Last week, I blogged about Yonndr, a site where readers can search for books set in their travel destinations – or for books set in their favorite places in general! The post was a hit and many among my author friends went on the site to submit their books. I did too, goes without saying. Yonndr have been wonderful and listed my books quickly and impeccably. Today I am back to inform you about Tripfiction, another site that’s based on this awesome concept.

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Tripfiction allows refined searches, for example for the Greek island of Corfu, you can refine the search for the village of Kavos. This site also provides the option to add a review!

Anyway, I’m busy today creating new artwork to promote my Corfu-based romance, The Ebb. So I’ll leave you with this little sample that makes me chuckle. Why? The smiling Brit floating in the sparkling Ionian waters is my hubby, Andy. Ah – happy times, and I really can’t wait for my next Corfu holiday.

The process of making the images today is making me all dreamy about Corfu, so I’d better run before I bore you! I expect you have things to do, anyway, like submit (or look for) books on Tripfiction!

Have a wonderful, prosperous day!

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May 24, 2016 by Effrosyni Moschoudi

Find novels set in your travel destination on Yonndr

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Are you an avid reader? A writer? Or both? Doesn’t matter. Whatever you are, this tip is bound to get you directly to Yonndr looking for books!

Yonndr is a book site with a difference. It won’t list any books, but only the ones based on your selected LOCATION. Say, what? Yes.

Think about it. You’re off to Corfu, Greece for the first time and wondering what books there are out there set on the island. Now, with Yonndr, the perfect reads for you are all in one place. Yonndr doesn’t sell books, but you’ll find on there the links to Amazon.

If you’re an indie author, you’ll be pleased to know I’ve searched various travel destinations and could only find a couple of indie books I recognized. On the contrary, I identified plenty of traditionally published books on there. I wonder if this little gem of a site is a shared secret among the trad publishing world but still waiting to be explored by our fabulous indie universe. So, what are you waiting for? Get there first to add your books, why don’t you?

I just added my books (set on Corfu and Athens in Greece, as well as Brighton, England). Now, it’s your turn!

Get to Yonndr now and don’t forget to spread the word!

Many thanks to my wonderful friend and supporter, Tina Tomlinson, for giving me this tip. You rock, girl!

In this post, I recommend Tripfiction, another site where you can search for books by location! Here, you can even add reviews!

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May 13, 2016 by Effrosyni Moschoudi

Book Review: An Octopus in my Ouzo by Jennifer Barclay

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I am Greek and always interested in the way my country and its culture are perceived by foreign visitors. As a result, over the years, I’ve read many memoirs by British writers about the Greek experience. Octopus in my Ouzo is now one of my favorites. I’ve never read anything set on Tilos before, or on any other among the remote islands of Greece for that matter. The insights I’ve gained from this book are precious to me. I’ve been hearing all my life about the difficulties the native islanders face in places like Tilos but never had I imagined the magnitude of the hardship involved in all facets of their life – be it, when someone needs medical attention, or their car needs servicing or even when they crave, like we all do, a specific kind of food or delicacy. At some point in the book, the author’s partner picks up a chocolate bar from town to treat her – things that are trivial for the rest of us, but for them they must make a significant difference in their every day lives. I was particularly impressed to read that – a precious detail in the book. Reading this memoir made me sympathize with the adorable Greek people portrayed in the book, and especially with the author who, being an outsider, kept experiencing one culture shock after another. I am married to a Brit and I know a thing or two about culture shock. I sympathized throughout with the author and her partner for this reason. The one element in the story-telling that resonated with me the most, was the upset the author experienced over and over again on a certain aspect of her life there. I won’t say more on that as I hate spoilers as much as the next person, but I’ll say I’ve also experienced this kind of upset. Reading about it meant I could feel the author’s pain. It was the most palpable feeling conveyed among all the ones rising in me as I read this book, and that’s saying a lot because the descriptions by this author are phenomenal, and the intense feelings just kept coming! Her accounts of the scary, adverse weather during winter were chilling, and the beauty that surrounded her became real in my heart, causing it to swell from time to time. Jennifer Barclay has a unique gift in experiencing love and beauty and sharing it with the world. She certainly touched me through the pages. An unforgettable read! I also think she’s a bit of a superwoman, living fearlessly all alone in the wilderness – something I could never do, although I fully understand the merits of such a monastic, solitary existence. The delicious recipes she shares in the book by combining fresh, wholesome local ingredients were an extra bonus!

My rating:

5-stars

An unforgettable read full of love and beauty

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Are you a Greek lover? Do you enjoy memoirs set in Greece? Look no further. This one is among the very best I’ve ever read and I highly recommend it!

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May 6, 2016 by Effrosyni Moschoudi

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Mollie arrives in Atlanta as a mail-order bride to start a new life with the attractive but irascible Dr. Avinger. A haunted man who prefers animals to people, Nick Avinger has driven away more than one assistant, as well as his latest fiancée. Mollie Winters might just fill both bills, if only he didn’t want her so much. And if only he didn’t fear how much he would hurt her…

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CORFU, GREECE 1987
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April 8, 2016 by Effrosyni Moschoudi

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Leah Spenser owns a decrepit car, a budget that won’t stretch, and the moxie to make a decent life. When her boss announces that someone is embezzling company funds, history begins to repeat itself. Detective Leo Garvey has her in his sights as the number one suspect but can’t help falling in love with her too…

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For almost 100 years, Eliza does the Man’s dirty work in hopes of gaining true immortality at the end of it. Now, she’s called upon to interrogate and kill the grandson of her cheating ex-husband. Far from killing him, Eliza joins forces with him, seeing that he holds the secret to her freedom…

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When Patrick is murdered, Katelina is left with questions. Jorick, one of his so-called friends, has answers of the darkest kind: Patrick was involved with – and betrayed – a coven of vampires; vampires that may now be after Katelina…

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April 1, 2016 by Effrosyni Moschoudi

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Psychically linked lovers fight the powerful Grand Masters dominating the galaxy…

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Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse is hard. It’s harder when you have to protect your 104-year-old great-grandmother. Liam and Grandma go out into the city in an effort to escape the zombie hordes. It will take a miracle to get her to safety. But when society itself is imploding, will one miracle be enough?

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March 25, 2016 by Effrosyni Moschoudi

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Nikki Holden is an investigative reporter with more enemies than friends. Roman Cantrell is an ex-army ranger who keeps popping into Nikki’s life at the most inconvenient times – and he knows too much about her past…

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Sara Marshall, the daughter of a proud, three-generation line of Philadelphia cops, shoots a young black girl while trying to save the life of another cop. As a result, Sara’s career crashes, as does her love life, and her relationship with her family…

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Joanna boards a flight from JFK to visit the Greek island of Sifnos again after twenty years. All this time, she’s been holding on to precious memories from an old summer love. Now, she’s determined to meet again the man she once left behind, hoping to prove she never forgot their old promise…

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March 18, 2016 by Effrosyni Moschoudi

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It only takes a second to change a life…

Louis Satriani, a successful architect, has the perfect life – or so he thought, until he finds out his partner is having an affair. Distraught, he embarks on a journey that will take him through the landscapes of Greece and into a family’s hidden past…

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When Sofia falls in love, a mourning spirit begins to haunt her…

CORFU, 1987
On a long holiday with her grandparents, Sofia Aspioti meets Danny Markson, a charming flirt who makes her laugh. Although she tries to keep him at arm’s length, worried that village gossip will get back to her strict family, she falls desperately in love. That’s when strange dreams about Brighton’s West Pier and a woman dressed in black begin to haunt her…

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For Michael Sykora, killing started as blind rage. Then it became something he’s good at. To most of those who know him, Michael is a software designer, a smart but average guy with a workaholic nature. To a chosen few, Michael is a part-time hit man whose specialty is eliminating hard-core criminals…

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Terrified she will harm her adopted daughter in a PTSD flashback, Kymbria James travels to the Minnesota Northwood to work with a Native American healer. As a newly risen entity captures tribal members and drags them off to its lair, Kymbria is forced into the quest to destroy it—if she can find the courage…

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Long ago, the violence and radiation of terrorist wars killed America. Descendants of the survivors now dwell in a world of ritual and magic, where ten dominions struggle for supremacy and a dark, formidable power has emerged. Areenna, the only daughter of the King of Freemorn, is barely eighteen, yet her psychic ability is strong. She is called to The Island and learns that the fate of her world is in her hands…

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When June went to Spain for Christmas she met the man of her dreams. Night after night he came to visit her – and day after day she got thinner and thinner. In Spain they have a different kind of vampire…

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Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she’s not afraid to use it! And now she’s in Mexico’s mysterious Sea of Cortez, where trouble is sure to follow.

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“Pearseus does for ancient Greece what Game of Thrones did for Medieval England.”

Three hundred years after humans crash land on Pearseus, Styx, the Capital’s cruel ruler, learns of a dark prophecy: Cyrus, a young boy, will one day slay her. She imprisons him, but days before his execution he escapes with the help of the First, the planet’s native inhabitants. On their way to safety, nightmarish monsters attack…

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March 11, 2016 by Effrosyni Moschoudi

The Necklace of Goddess Athena FREE for a limited time!

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The Necklace of Goddess Athena is a moving family story of mystery, drama and romance, while its supernatural elements will delight lovers of Greek mythology.

Phevos and his sister Daphne are time travelers from ancient Greece. Their father, a man of mystery, sends them to modern-day Athens without telling them the reason. With the aid of two orphaned siblings, who are anything but the random strangers they seem to be, they settle down in the quaint district of Plaka and soon begin to discover old family secrets. A precious finding helps them to realize they’ve been caught up in a conflict between two Gods; one is a protector, the other, their worst nemesis. Why was their family broken up eleven years ago? Will they find their loved ones again? And will Phevos ever remember what happened the last time he saw his mother?