Thursday, April 4, 2013

The Diamond of Freedom is Released


It's a great time to jump head first into a 
unique Fantasy/Paranormal world! 

The 1st book is FREE, the 2nd and 3rd books are $3.99 each, 4th (final) book coming soon. 


A Diamond in my Pocket Amazon description:
Calli Courtnae, age 16, unexpectedly breaks the 100-meter world record at a high school track meet and is whisked off to Montana to train for Olympic tryouts. Upon arriving, however, she finds something totally unexpected. Her fellow athletes are secretive, mysterious, paranoid, uncommonly beautiful — and endowed with the same gift of superhuman speed that she now exhibits. The truth, Calli learns, is that she has been brought to Montana to join an elite clan of Runners who train to undertake highly secret missions for the benefit of superhuman kids everywhere.

When three Runners from her compound are kidnapped by a clan of evil terrorists who can kill with their thoughts, Calli is assigned to the team that must deliver a rare magic diamond to the terrorists in exchange for the hostages. Calli is just beginning to accept her new world when it is turned upside-down by a mysterious woman who secretly gives Calli the real diamond, while the team leader is given a decoy. Almost immediately the magic diamond in Calli’s pocket unleashes within her a startling range of supernatural powers and mind-reading abilities. Using her new-found powers, Calli exposes traitors among her team, discovers that the hottest-looking guy on the team believes she is his soul-mate, has visions of her companions’ tragic futures, and learns that she alone holds the power to change their futures. While Calli knows that her powers derive from the secret diamond in her pocket, her companions do not, and Calli dreads the fast-approaching day when they will discover the truth.

A Diamond in my Pocket (numbers updated 7/11/2013)
  • Named a Breakout Book by iTunes iBookstore Feb 2013 where it is rated with 4.5 stars / 150 ratings. 
  • Barnes&Noble NOOK readers give it 4.5 stars / 485 ratings
  • Amazon Kindle readers give it 4.5 stars / 46 reviews 
  • Goodreads readers give it 3.92 stars / 303 ratings 41 reviews
  • Many readers liken the series to The Hunger Games for its pace and overall feel. Many fans of the Twilight series also like The Unaltered Series.

In Feb 2013, Thomas Hall, Ph.D., a retired Professor of English joined my team as editor. The books now have good flow and proper grammar. (English wasn't my favorite subject in school. Thanks for your help, Dr. Hall!) The major plot points were unaltered, no pun intended.

Take a break from your regular life and jump head first into an exciting world of powers and abilities that will leave you wondering what is really right or wrong, good or bad, black or white --or some concoction of black and white resulting in several varying shades. Where perspective depends on what you've been taught compared to what you allow yourself to see.


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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

THE DIAMOND OF FREEDOM release date


April 11, 2013 is the official release date for 
THE DIAMOND OF FREEDOM, 
book 3 in The Unaltered Series. 

Calli Courtnae and Chris Harding race against the clock to identify the mysterious power-neutralizing stone that will help them hide from their enemy, but that will also prevent Calli from healing her life-threatening injuries. Their challenge is not simply to identify the stone; they must also learn how to counter its effects so they can fight against the rogue Diamond Bearer named Freedom. US $3.99

Read the first chapter HERE.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

diamond in my pocket, unaltered, lorena angell
Celebration Time!

Apple's iBookstore today launched a major feature in the US called Breakout Books.  
A Diamond in my Pocket was among those selected for this opening collection.

Learn more about the Breakout Books feature at the Smashwords Blog.


Sunday, January 27, 2013

A BIG Thank You to my readers for being patient!

No one wants the third book of The Unaltered Series completed more than I do! So what's the problem, you ask? Well, life got in the way.

2012 was filled with many exciting adventures, one of which was moving my family to the Pacific Northwest from Idaho, another was helping another author with his memoir. I'm just barely resurfacing for air, but am working hard on my book now.

One of the setbacks of being a self-published (Indy) author is I don't have an agent or publisher breathing down my neck pressing for deadlines to be met. However, a bigger setback is giving my readers a deadline and then not meeting it. I sure didn't mean to be so inconsistent ... I'll do better!!!

A Diamond in my Pocket is still ranking well on Barnes & Noble with over 360 ratings of 4.5 stars on average. Because it's free, a good percentage who like the book go on to buy the second. Hopefully I won't let my fans down with book #3. I won't release it until I feel it will measure up to your expectations ... well, as much as possible. As soon as this book releases, I will start right in on the final book (#4) and get it out ASAP. I won't be giving estimated release dates anymore ... I've learned all too well that some things are not in my control, dang it.

I will post a release date once my book gets a thumbs up from my editor. Stay tuned for more information, and thank you for reading my books.

~Lorena

Thursday, June 28, 2012

A Diamond in my Pocket STILL on
Barnes&Noble Teen Bestseller list

Amazing summer! Many thanks to all my readers who have helped The Unaltered Series to climb the charts at Barnes&Noble for NOOK.  
A Diamond in my Pocket is still ranked around 140 on the Teen Bestseller list with a B&N sales rank of 1,521. Now the book has 175 reviews with an overall 4.5stars. 

"Pocket's" success has boosted sales for A Diamond in my Heart as well which has a current B&N sales rank of 8,549 and 50 reviews with an overall 4.5 stars.

Thanks again to my many readers and please continue to share my books with your friends!

**UPDATE** Book 3, THE DIAMOND OF FREEDOM, is now available!
Amazon,  
Smashwords,  
Gumroad,  
Kobo
iTunes iBookstore
Barnes & Noble(Coming Soon)


 

Friday, May 18, 2012

A Diamond in my Pocket on
Barnes&Noble Teen Bestseller list

Thanks to everyone who downloaded A Diamond in my Pocket for NOOK helping the rank drop. If you refine the search to 'Teen,' 'Bestsellers,' search results '90,' the book shows up on page two about half way down.

Currently there are 113 reviews averaging 4.5 stars and followup purchases of A Diamond in my Heart are growing. I am working on book three in the series. Stay tuned for more info.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012