June Giveaway!

Hey, Endingers!

The June giveaway is pretty cool!

Time is a-flyin' and summertime is definitely here. It's me, LP, and for this month's giveaway, we will be sending some Ending Series merchandise to a lucky participant. 

Do you have a special shelf dedicated to The Ending Series? A defaced hardcover you'd like to share? Or maybe you are re-reading After The Ending by the pool this summer. Each post counts as an entry and we'll choose a winner(s) at random at the end of the month and announce them on FB and in our newsletter. Ready, and GO! 

(this photo comes to us from a wayward traveler, always representing ♥)

Post your images here for a chance to win!

Win a defaced first edition hardcover of After The Ending!

Greetings, Endingers!

We hope you all survived April 1st unscathed! We managed to scrape by, just barely. LF is hopelessly gullible, so she was duped several times by online pranks before catching on. Every year...

And in other news, we just released a digital box set of The Ending Series!

That's right, all four books (After The Ending, Into The Fire, Out Of The Ashes, and Before The Dawn) have been bundled together in The Ending Series: The Complete Series. So, if you know anyone planning a long trip via plane, train, or automobile, feel free to let them know about the adventures that await them in the world of The Ending--but only if they're not driving. :)

The box set is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and iTunes. 
 

*SPECIAL REQUEST*

As many of you know, your honest reviews of our books are a big part of what makes it possible for us to keep writing books. We're immensely grateful to everyone who's posted a review to any of our books. Like, more than we'll ever be able to express. We <3 you so much!!!

If you have a chance, we would love it if you'd take the time to jot a quick, honest review of The Ending Series: The Complete Series on any of the retailer pages (Amazon, B&N, Kobo, and iTunes).

If you do post a review of the box set, be sure to send a copy of the link to the review to lindseys@theendingseries.com. You'll be entered into our April giveaway for one of two prizes: a signed, defaced first edition hardcover of After The Ending and a signed first edition paperback of After The Ending (the book that started it all). You have all of April to enter. We'll announce the winner on May 1st.
 

The audiobook of Before The Dawn has reached the final phase of production--the part where Team Lindsey reviews the whole thing. And let us just say, listening to our books on audio always makes them feel exciting and new again! The audiobook should be available later this month, so the wait is almost over for you audio readers. Woooohooo!

1,000 Ending Series Facebook Likes Giveaway!

We have cause to celebrate!

Join us on Thursday, July 2nd from 3:00-6:00PM (Pacific time) to celebrate reaching over 1000 likes on our Ending Series Facebook page!

We'll be giving away tons of Ending Series stuff, like defaced, first edition hardcovers of After The Ending signed by Team Lindsey, you get to name a character in book 4, and so much more!

Be there to hang out with us and other Endingers, to ask us questions, and for a chance to win some awesome prizes.

Above all, thank you so much for all of your support and for making this giveaway even possible!

Have a fantastic day and see you Thursday!

Team Lindsey

Cruel Summer Facebook Giveaway June 21-30 - FREE STUFF!

Howdy, Endingers!

It's that time of year again! Who wants a chance to win free books and hang out with some amazing, apocalypse-writing indie authors?!? Team Lindsey will be chatting it up on Sunday, June 21st and Monday, June 22nd over at the Cruel Summer Giveaway event. The best part is you don't even have to get out of your pajamas if you prefer not to :)

Let us know if you'd like to attend this Facebook event and we'll shoot you an invite. It's all week long, so why not stop by? There will be free goodies, chat time, and Q&A with other indie authors, and who knows what else we'll be throwing in the mix.

You should definitely attend! I hope to see you there!

In the meantime, happy reading!
Team Lindsey

Share some post-apocalyptic holiday love...After The Ending is FREE!!!

That's right, we said FREE!

Team Lindsey sat down and had a serious discussion about the merits of trying out After The Ending as a "permafree" book. Setting the first book in a series to free is all the rage with indie authors right now, so we decided to be followers in the best way and test the permafree waters over the holidays.

Our thinking: what better way could there be to introduce more people to Dani and Zoe's end o' the world adventures than making that first step into their world as easy as possible?

That means more popularity for the series, more Endingers for you to discuss the books with, and more possibility that someone behind a camera will take notice and bring the series to life on the big (or little--we'd totally settle for little) screen! I mean, really, could you imagine it?!? That would be insane!

So, if you love the series and want to help it grow, please, please, please share the exciting news:

AFTER THE ENDING is FREE!

FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

After The Ending can be downloaded for FREE all these awesome places:

Amazon

iTunes

Kobo

Wattpad (censored version)

Happy Holidays, and as always, HAPPY READING!

The Ending Series Holiday Celebration begins!

It's officially the holiday season, and what better way to gear up for cold days, friends, and family than winning some great prizes! Are you already a dedicated Endinger and you've read all these book? Tell your friends, or enter to win a copy for them!

Starting Saturday, November 1st through Saturday, November 8th...

20 participants will win an ebook copy of After The Ending!

Book One, The Ending Series

For each additional entry, you're entered to be the second place or grand prize winner!

Second Place Prize:

• Audiobook copies of book one, After The Ending, and book two, Into The Fire.

Grand Prize:

• Series ebooks, including the prequel novellas, After The Ending, Into The Fire, and Out Of The Ashes
• Audiobook copies of After The Ending and Into The Fire

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Happy Reading and Good LUCK!

Huge EBOOK SALE Tomorrow & A GIVEAWAY of (Post)Apocalyptic Proportions

We're participating in two awesome Facebook events this weekend, and there's no way we could not tell you all about them. Because, really, they're that awesome. Yeah...that awesome. Alright, here they are:

Legends, Lovers, and Lives SALE!

Not only are all of these books going to be on sale tomorrow (Saturday, June 14), but there are already some fantastic giveaways on the Legends, Lovers, and Lives Facebook page, and the prizes include signed paperback copies of After The Ending and Into The Fire as well as the audiobook version of After The Ending! You can find out more about the books included here. Plus, LP will be there, LIVE, hanging out, answering questions, and chatting about books from 12-3 pm EST tomorrow.

And, here's the second. And holy mutated post-apocalyptic cow...it's HUGE.

Cruel Summer GIVEAWAY

The grand prize includes 40 ebooks from 17 of the hottest indie apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic authors! We're so flattered to be included! :D And all you have to do to enter is "join" the Cruel Summer Giveaway on Facebook. That's it!

Here are the prizes:

And EVERY SINGLE PERSON who joins the Cruel Summer Giveaway will receive a free sampler pack of participating authors' books!

AND, on June 18th and 19th, Team Lindsey will be hanging out at the Cruel Summer Giveaway Facebook page, chatting, answering questions, and talkin' books. Here's the schedule of when each author will be featured:

We hope to see you at both events! And as always...HAPPY READING! :D

Book Review & Reccomendation: Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming (plus a HUGE giveaway!)

Hey Endingers! LF here...

So...I just finished a book that I think all of you who are fans of The Ending Series would totally adore: Until the End of the World, by Sarah Lyons Fleming. Sarah's an indie author friend of mine, but that in no way sways my opinion of the book. It's really, really, really, really good. It's filled with so many interesting, sometimes heartbreaking relationships that run the gamut from siblings to friendships to romances. The characters are truly the heart of the book, and Sarah did a fantastic job of making me really care about them and want them to succeed, to keep on surviving.

Since it is a zombie book, there were some scary bits, some gory bits, and a whole lot of shambling dead people, but I definitely think the overall story would still appeal to people who aren't into zombies. The zombies seem more like an element of the setting than like characters or villains, and overall, the book's themes lean much closer to hope than to horror.

I loved all of the "prepper" and survivalism elements. I think that aspect, along with the genuine-feeling relationships is what made the book so enjoyable to me.

Alright, so...you should definitely check out Sarah's book(s). There's a companion novella (So Long, Lollipops) that you should only read after you've read the first book (Until the End of the World) and she also just released the sequel (And After). Details and links for all of the books are below. :)

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UPCOMING GIVEAWAY: Both Sarah and I (and LP) are participating in a ginormous apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic giveaway coming up in June.  

Here's a pic of the ridiculously fabulous Grand Prize...

There's so much good stuff in there, it's insane...and that's only the Grand Prize - there are at least two more fairly hefty prize packages. And all you have to do to enter the giveaway is join the event on Facebook: Cruel Summer Giveaway. 

From June 13 - June 30, the event will be hosting a series of spotlights on the participating authors, including yours truly on the 18-19 and Sarah Lyons Fleming on the 20-21. There'll be excerpts, Q & A sessions, news on upcoming releases...so much fun stuff!!!

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Title: Until the End of the World
Series: Until the End of the World (book 1)
Author: Sarah Lyons Fleming
Genre(s): Apocalyptic, Post-apocalyptic, Romance, Chick-lit?
Main Character(s): Cassie Forrest
Rating: 5/5 stars

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Sarah Lyons Fleming's website

Blurb:
Cassie Forrest isn't surprised to learn that the day she’s decided to get her life together is also the day the world ends. After all, she’s been on a self-imposed losing streak since her survivalist parents died: she’s stopped painting, broken off her engagement to Adrian and dated a real jerk. Rectifying her mistakes has to wait, however, because Cassie and her friends have just enough time to escape Brooklyn for her parents’ cabin before Bornavirus LX turns them into zombies, too.

This is difficult enough, but Cassie’s tag along ex-boyfriend and her friend’s bratty sister have a knack for making everything, even the apocalypse, more unpleasant. When the two attract a threat as deadly as the undead to their safe haven, Cassie’s forced to see how far she’ll go to protect those she loves. And it’s a lot farther than she’d anticipated. This, coupled with Adrian’s distant voice on Safe Zone Radio and, of course, the living dead, threaten to put Cassie right back into the funk she just dragged herself out of.

Survival’s great and all, especially when you have leather armor, good friends and home-brewed beer, but there’s something Cassie must do besides survive: tell Adrian she still loves him. And to do that, Cassie has to find faith that she’s stronger than she thinks, she’s still a crack shot and true love never dies.


side-quel novella: So Long, Lollipops



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Book 2: And After



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INTO THE FIRE (The Ending Series, #2) Released!!!

Into The Fire, the sequel to After The Ending, is now available!

The book can be purchased from:

• Amazon (kindle & paperback)
• Barnes & Noble
• Kobo

In celebration of the release of Into The Fire, we're running a month-long sale of After The Ending, the first installment of The Ending Series. You can find the ebook on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords for only $ .99! Sale ends December 24.

We're also running a release day blog blitz giveaway for a $15 Amazon gift card that ends tomorrow. Enter below!

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INTO THE FIRE Goodreads giveaway!

Happy Friday, Endingers! We've set up a giveaway over at Goodreads for 3 paperback copies of Into The Fire! The contest ends at midnight on the 21st, the night before the book's release. Good luck!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Into The Fire

by Lindsey Fairleigh

Giveaway ends November 22, 2013.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Lucky In Love Giveaway Winner Chosen!

We'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the blog hop and who entered our little giveaway! 

Congratulations to AMBER HALL, winner of a signed copy of...

AFTER THE ENDING

Yeah...it's that exciting...

The Alpha Male Blog Hop

Lindsey Fairleigh here, just waiting for my interview subject, Jason Cartwright. The ex-Green Beret kindly (okay, maybe "kindly" is bit of an exaggeration) agreed to have a little chat with me on the topic of ALPHA MALEs. How delicious. Ah...I think I hear him in the hallway...

As Jason walks in, I have a hard time not gawking. I always forget how simply LARGE he is. At 6'4" and just shy of 250, the man is a tall, hard, and surprisingly stealthy killing machine. To top it off, his chiseled face would make any ancient Greek statue jealous. And then there are his eyes...a blue to rival the Caribbean Sea. For a minute, I forget why I'm here...wasn't I going to...

JASON: Ms. Fairleigh. Oh, right, the interview. I watch Jason fold himself to sit on the log opposite mine. A pleasantly roaring campfire separates us, which is just fine with me...the man is INTIMIDATING as hell.

ME: Hello Jason...it's nice to see you again. His lips twitch, but he says nothing. So, thanks for agreeing to this interview...I know you don't have a lot of free time these days.

JASON: Not a problem--besides, I owe you.

ME: What are you-

JASON: You know exactly what I'm talking about. His eyes flick to the petite red-haired woman combing a paint horse's mane. Ah, yes...Dani. I may have written them in a virus-ravaged world, but at least they had each other.

ME: Right. So, I'm actually here to talk to you about your role within your group of survivors. How would you describe your role?

JASON: His eyes narrow in thought for a few seconds. I'm the guy who keeps everyone out of the huge piles of shit you've so generously placed around us. Ah, how very Jason-y of him.

ME: Yes, well, I aim to please. Jason snorts but says nothing. Would you characterize yourself as an Alpha Male?

JASON: Like a gorilla with a dozen women just waiting for me to-

ME: No! I mean, that's not exactly the type of Alpha Male I was talking about...exactly. He chuckles and the sound electrifies the hair on the back of my neck. According to the Oxford Dictionary, an Alpha Male is a man who assumes a dominant or domineering role in social or professional situations. Do you see yourself this way?

JASON: That's a stupid question.

ME: I lean closer. Why?

JASON: Because you already know the answer. You're wasting my time. His eyes flick back over to the little red-haired woman. She's moved on the the horses tail. 

ME: Women love Alpha Males. There are workshops...some call them "boot camps"...where men can learn how to be more "Alpha". What do you think about that? Worried about the competition. Jason barks a laugh, and I shift back on my log.

JASON: What competition?

ME: Okay...so, if you weren't here, who-

JASON: I'm bored with this conversation and I have shit to do. He stands and nods his head at me. Ms. Fairleigh. He walks off in the direction of the small woman and her horse. As he draws closer to her, I can't help but notice the way his posture changes, softening, becoming more welcoming. I shake my head and stand to leave.

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 Jason Cartwright is a character in AFTER THE ENDING, book one of THE ENDING SERIES, to be released in late December. The story follows two young women as they attempt to survive a viral apocalypse and find their ways to each other across the desolate and violent United States. It is a story of survival, friendship, hope, and love...along with awesome ass-kicking and adventure. An excerpt of the first six chapters can be found at our website. 

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REMEMBER...across the whole BLOG HOP there are three ginormous GRAND PRIZES. To enter the contest, you must comment on participating blog posts and include your email address in the comment.

1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet

2nd Grand Prize: A $130 Amazon or B&N Gift Card

3rd Grand Prize: The following Swag Pack!

PLUS...we're doing our own little giveaway on this blog...YAY! To be entered in the running for a $10 amazon.com gift card, use the fancy-pants device below.

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