#errin stevens

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For Kate Sweeting, love isn’t in the air. It’s in the water. Since her father died, Kate Sweeting’s home life has been in the pits, her well-being on life support. Her future looks desolate until she and her mother, Cara, make another plan: abandon their shriveled existence for more promising prospects on the coast, where Cara can play small-town librarian-bachelorette and Kate can figure out what’s up with that secretive Blake family from the beach. Everyone is eerily captivated with Kate and her mother, and Cara is the first to figure out why when the man of her dreams arrives all dripping and devoted and closed-mouthed about what he intends. Kate is willing to go along with their subterfuge for a while, but eventually makes a charge for the water to learn what her mother is hiding. Gabe Blake is there waiting for her…and so is someone considerably less friendly. By the time Kate navigates her way home, everything will have changed for her—what she feels, what she wants, and what she’ll risk to be with the man she loves.

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Updrift was a delightful read with a unique take on mermaid lore, that was magical and compelling. Centered on family, love and community the story really touched my heart.

I am not new to mermaid tales after all I grew up with a little mermaid named Ariel like a lot of kids and with my interest in the original fairy tales of course I know the original darker tale. Being the book lover that I am I have read a lot of books, my interest mostly leans towards the supernatural/paranormal stories so you would think that I have read at least a couple of mermaid stories before. You will be real surprised to know that I read my first book centered on a mermaid this year and Updrift is my second.

Errin wrote the story in a way I am not used to but I did enjoy, there was a lot of foreshadowing and then explanation later. The story centers around Kate and her mother Cara but is told from the point-of-view of most of the main characters. I love the fact that we get a little insight into each of the characters to get a better feeling about who they are. While all the characters seem nice my favorites are Gabe and Kate, they are just too adorable. Kate and Gabe are both introverted and driven but are kind and considerate to other people. I do wish I had more scenes with Maya who is a friend of both and I am hoping for more scenes with another couple mentioned in the next book.

As the mer world was gradually introduced the major questions aren't answered until further on in the book but the world itself is explained in different ways and it was a nice take on the mermaid lore and I liked Errin's look on it. The description of the world was simple but beautiful and I really would like to hear about more of their histories, old mer stories and connections to other people.

Updrift takes readers on a ride through Kate's life from childhood to adulthood with all the important stuff in between. It was a surprisingly delightful story that had a twist I wasn't at first expecting but I quite enjoyed, with an ending that was a little emotional. It’s the first book in the Mer Chronicles and I am looking forward to reading the next book, the possibilities for the story are endless and I am excited to find out which way the story will flow.

Overall 4 stars

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Updrift by Errin Stevens - blurrypetals review

originally posted jan. 11, 2019 - ★☆☆☆☆

Damn it, why is it so hard for me to find a good mermaid book? Like, seriously, why is it that Anne Greenwood Brown is the only one who hasn't managed to make me feel like I need to take a shower after reading her mermaid books? Why are there no other books like Lies Beneath? I do not get it. This one, despite its dogshit pacing, had me at least a little interested for the first chunk of the book. The foreshadowing was hamfisted as all hell (I even think there was a line like, "There was something fishy about the Blakes," that made me roll my eyes so hard I temporarily went blind) and there was wayyy too much telling instead of showing, but I liked the mystery as to why the families were trying to keep Gaylen and Emma—god, sorry, wrong bad mermaid book—Gabe and Kate apart, I liked some of the tweaks to mermaid/siren lore, I was enjoying myself for the most part...until Kate and Gabe actually got together. Things got really weird and uncomfortable very quickly. The first thing that gave me the creeps was Gabe's whole ability to soothe and change emotions. Fuckin' hate that shit. Your new wifey's upset? No worries, just literally manipulate the way she thinks and feels until she's more pliant! No problemo! Second thing that squicked me out was Gabe casually mentioning he was literally going to fuck her until she got pregnant, even though they A, just got together after several years apart, B, very suddenly just decided to get married even though they hadn't seen each other in several years, and C, had not first made sure that Kate even wanted kids, let alone getting literally instantaneously pregnant after three days of continuous boning—boning that's only briefly interrupted by their parents showing up simply to tell them congrats on the sex and leave. Of course this doesn't kill the mood for Gabe and Kate and they continue as if their parents did not almost walk in on them. It's so creepy! Especially since Kate is so trepidatious but then, due to Gabe's literal mind manipulation, is totally fine with it. Like sure, just go ahead and get her pregnant even though she was just visibly very distressed by it not even five minutes ago. Ugh. It was not fun. It was not cute. It couldn't have even been explained away as an interspecies misunderstanding or whatever, because Gabe was socialized as a human, so he should know this is a no-no. It was just gross and, as stated before, made me feel like I needed to take a shower afterward. This book is gross, it's written poorly, and I feel gross for having read it. I'm just glad I didn't enjoy it, because then I'd be in quite the moral dilemma with myself. Luckily it's easy to write this off as meaningless drivel (like, thank god it isn't popular; otherwise I might be having a coronary), but please, I beg of you, if you're an author, do not use books like this as a blueprint for your "cute" or "sexy" new mermaid book. It is not cute, it is not sexy, it is creepy and gross and I think Errin Stevens should be ashamed of herself.

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OUTRUSH by Errin Stevens - Pre-Order Blitz

OUTRUSH by Errin Stevens – Pre-Order Blitz

Series: The Mer Chronicles Book 3 Genre: Paranormal Romance, Romantic Suspense Publication Date:February 14, 2019 Maya finds she can’t out-swim that guy who got away… Maya’s headlong rush into marriage isn’t working out… and it isn’t the only collision course she’s on these days. Her saltwater distractions aside, her father-in-law wants her gunned down for reasons unknown, and her pesky bodyguard…

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I decided to try a SpearCraft Book Box this month and it was kind of awesome!  The theme was Pirates & Mermaids and I happened to choose a month when there would be TWO books, not just one!  From the theme I kind of expected Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller, which I am most definitely excited to read, and the second book turned out to be Updrift by Errin Stevens., which sounds intriguing.  I love all the bookmarks and the two magnets, plus the skull-and-crossbones soap by SpearCraft smells so nice!  Definitely a great first box!

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//C U R R E N T L Y R E A D I N G// • Supernatural Contemporary • 269 pages |SYNOPSIS| For Kate Sweeting, love isn’t in the air. It’s in the water. Since her father died, Kate Sweeting’s home life has been in the pits, her well-being on life support. Her future looks desolate until she and her mother, Cara, make another plan: abandon their shriveled existence for more promising prospects on the coast, where Cara can play small-town librarian-bachelorette and Kate can figure out what’s up with that secretive Blake family from the beach. Everyone is eerily captivated with Kate and her mother, and Cara is the first to figure out why when the man of her dreams arrives all dripping and devoted and closed-mouthed about what he intends. Kate is willing to go along with their subterfuge for a while, but eventually makes a charge for the water to learn what her mother is hiding. Gabe Blake is there waiting for her…and so is someone considerably less friendly. By the time Kate navigates her way home, everything will have changed for her—what she feels, what she wants, and what she’ll risk to be with the man she loves.

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2022 Leo Award Nominations - Part 1

Some Hallmark Movies and Hallstars have been nominated for for the Leo Awards. Part one of a two part post. Part one will cover the television movies. 

Night One will air Tuesday, July 5 and will be live-streamed on YouTube. The pre-show will start at 6:45 and the show will start at 7pm.  The categories with nominated Hallmark movies/actors will be: 

TELEVISION MOVIE Picture Editing Musical Score Production Design Costume Design Hairstyling Casting Choreography 

Night Three will air Saturday, July 9, hosted live at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The show begins at 7pm.  The categories with nominated Hallmark movies/actors will be: 

TELEVISION MOVIE

Program Direction Screenwriting Cinematography Supporting Performance - Male Supporting Performance - Female Lead Performance - Male Lead Performance - Female 

Best Television Movie 

A Clüsterfünke Christmas - Producers: Jamie Goehring, Shawn Williamson, Jonathan Shore, Danielle von Zehneck, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Meghan Hooper White, Josh Van Houdt 

A Dickens of a Holiday! - Producers: Ben C. Silverman, Shel Piercy, Cynthia Chapman 

Playing Cupid - Producers: Ben C. Silverman, Shel Piercy 

Right In Front of Me - Producers: Charles Cooper, John Cassini, Michael Prupas, Joel S. Rice 

Secrets of a Marine’s Wife - Producers: Charles Cooper, Judith Verno

The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls - Producers: Charles Cooper, Ryan M. Murphy 

Best Direction Television Movie 

Brazen - Monika Mitchell 

Kite Festival of Love (High Flying Love) - Christie Will Wolf 

Playing Cupid - David Weaver 

Right In Front of Me - Linda-Lisa Hayter 

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made - Linda-Lisa Hayter 

Sweet Carolina - Peter Benson 

Best Screenwriting Television Movie 

As Gouda as it Gets - James Phillips 

Kite Festival of Love (High Flying Love) - Christie Will Wolf 

Best Cinematography Television Movie 

A Clüsterfünke Christmas - Graham Talbot, Nelson Talbot 

Dying to Belong - Amy Belling 

Honey Girls - Stirling Bancroft 

Poisoned in Paradise: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery - William McKnight 

Secrets of a Marine’s Wife - Adam Sliwinski 

Sweet Carolina - Geoff Wallace 

Best Picture Editing Television Movie 

A Dickens of a Holiday - Rob Lawrenson 

Honey Girls - Charles Robichaud 

Mystery 101: Killer Timing - Daniel Krieger 

Secrets of a Marine’s Wife - Jon Anctil 

The Baker’s Son - Luis Lam 

Best Musical Score Television Movie 

A Christmas Together With You - Jeff Tymoschuk 

A Clüsterfünke Christmas - Hal Becket 

Playing Cupid - Michael Neilson 

Secret life of a Student - Cameron Catalano 

Soccer Mom Madam - Hamish Thomson 

Best Production Design Television Movie 

A Clüsterfünke Christmas - Brian Davie 

Honey Girls - Paul Joyal 

North to Home - Gonna Scotto 

Playing Cupid - Paul Joyal 

Secrets of a Marine’s Wife - Moe Curtin 

Best Costume Design Television Movie 

A Clüsterfünke Christmas - Jessica Kalan 

Honey Girls - Barbara Gregusova 

Playing Cupid - Trisha Petrovich 

Secrets of a Marine’s Wife - Valerie Halverson 

Best Castin Television Movie 

A Dickens of a Holiday! - Annalese Tilling, Errin Lally 

Making Spirits Bright - Catharine Falcon, Bim Narine 

North to Home - Annalese Tilling, Errin Lally 

Playing Cupid - Catharine Falcon, Bim Narine 

Best Supporting Performance Male Television Movie 

A Clüsterfünke Christmas - Nils Hognestad 

Making Spirits Bright - John Cassini 

Open by Christmas - Michael Karl Richards 

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia - Jim Thorburn 

The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls - Brad Harder 

Best Supporting Performance Female Television Movie 

Brazen - Emilie Ullerup 

Chasing Waterfalls - Rhinda Dent 

Cradle Did Fall - Kristen Robek 

Journey of My Heart - Bethany Brown 

The Other Me - Pauline Egan 

Best lead Performer Male Television Movie 

Love on Fire - Devon Alexander 

Making Spirits Bright - Carlo Marks 

North to Home - Tom Stevens 

Psycho Intern - Madison Intern 

Right in Front of Me - Marco Grazzini 

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#amreading: Updrift (The Mer Chronicles #Book 1) by Errin Stevens

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Errin Stevens, Authorpreneur

I am happy to promote Errin Stevens, who contacted me when I first started the new promotion and I am glad to have had this opportunity to learn about her. I have been impressed and I know you will be too

To start off; her website ErrinStevens.com is impressive and I recommend everyone check it out. She has a knack for writing

She is an author with aspirations and talents to do so much!…

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Interview with Author Errin Stevens!

http://dlvr.it/Q5Xr4z

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Book Promo - Breakwater by Errin Stevens

Book Promo – Breakwater by Errin Stevens

Hello, Everyone!

Today I wanted to tell you about an amazing novel by author Errin Stevens.  We featured Stevens in our subscription box – Literary Vacation Club – this past August for her novel Updrift, and I am in love with her work!  Stevens paints with her words, and her take on the classic mermaid mythology is magical.  Her novels read like grown-up fairytales, and I highly recommend them!…

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Updrift by Errin Stevens

                                         Amazon  • Goodreads

Review is under the cut.

Okay, first of all, I was given this book by the author for a book tour in exchange for an honest review. Honestly the book started out rather slowly for me and took me almost two months to read. It wasn’t until part two that I started getting captivated with the story but that may be because Kate became more relatable then (and closer to my age.)

As I mentioned above, the book originally started out VERY slowly for me, I just could not get into it at first. It wasn’t until after Gabe had revealed that he was a siren to Kate that it actually started to pique my interest. This seemed to be more of a coming of age story… girl meets best friend, grows up and falls in love. But it has some extra twists that Erinn decided to add, mainly the fact that he’s a siren and she can’t be turned into one but he can help Kate breathe underwater.

I loved the whole aspect of the book when it comes to the mermaids (or sirens as Gabe likes to say) and their abilities. The part where they can help humans hold their breath longer did confuse me. Although I must admit that getting “married” and losing your virginity when you’re ovulating all based on your pulse does kind of terrify me, I did appreciate the fact that they “mate” for life.

The “villain” of the story really annoyed me. I didn’t like that he could change into Gabe and trick Kate into believing that he was her husband. That had just seemed rather odd to me and didn’t seem like it had too much purpose for the story? In all honesty, the book could have wrapped up before then – there wasn’t really any necessity for the relationship drama that had caused and I really wanted to smack Kate for even believing the man.

The ending was different than I’m used to and I happened to really love it. I am very curious on how the second book will go… Will it be set around Carmen and her past? Or will it be set around Kate and Gabe’s child?

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Updrift by Errin Stevens

Updrift by @errinstevens #mermaids #sirens #reallove

Updrift is a great love story and introduction to this series about sirens, community and the strong ties that bind them. I loved the characters and their relationships with each other. The story has romance, suspense, humor and drama, all woven together expertly to make you feel everything deep inside- and really care about them all, even the ones with suspect character traits and who make…

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The Mer Chronicles Book 3 - Outrush Tour

The Mer Chronicles Book 3 – Outrush Tour

Author: Errin Stevens Narrator: Sean Posvistak Publisher: Errin Stevens Released: Jul. 17, 2019 Series: The Mer Chronicles, Book 3 Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Genre: Romantic Fantasy

“Falling, falling…. Maya was airborne again, suspended between a landless platform above and an inscrutable expanse of water below.” Maya’s headlong rush into marriage isn’t working out…and it isn’t the only…

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{PRE-RELEASE BLITZ} OUTRUSH by Errin Stevens - @errinstevens @bookunleashed

{PRE-RELEASE BLITZ} OUTRUSH by Errin Stevens – @errinstevens @bookunleashed

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The Mer Chronicles, Book 2- Breakwater. Audiobook review

The Mer Chronicles, Book 2- Breakwater. Audiobook review

Author: Errin Stevens Narrator: Sean Posvistak Publisher: Errin Stevens Released: Jul. 17, 2017 Series: The Mer Chronicles, Book 2 Length: 8 hours 39 minutes Genre: Romantic Fantasy

The sirens of Griffins Bay are in trouble, and the recent slew of royal suicides looks to be the least of their worries. For one, unless a blood relative of the queen shows up, no one’s around to staff the monarchy.…