No One to Hear You Scream Virtual Book Tour June & July 2011

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Join Julia Madeleine, author of the thriller novel, No One to Hear You Scream (Black Heart Books), as she virtually tours the blogosphere June 6 – July 29 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About Julia Madeleine

Julia Madeleine is the youngest daughter of Irish immigrant parents from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Born in Canada and raised in a small town in southern-western Ontario on the shores of Lake Huron, Julia honed her duel passions for art and fiction writng from the time she was old enough to hold a crayon. As a teenager she moved to Toronto and graduated in Media Writing from Sheridan College. She wrote for a number of entertainment magazines, while spending all her free time writing fiction, and then in 2000, her passion for art led her, quite by accident, into a career in the tattoo industry.

Home for Julia is Mississauga, where she lives with her husband and teenaged (future tattoo artist) daughter. For a year she lived in the country on a 30-acre property in the middle of nowhere, which became the inspiration for her second novel, No One To Hear You Scream. Currently she is working on the sequel to her first thriller, Scarlet Rose (2008) which will be released sometime in the fall of 2011.

You can visit her website at www.juliamadeleine.com or her blog at www.juliamadeleineauthor.blogspot.com. Connect with Julia at Facebook at www.facebook.com/MadJulia!

About No One to Hear You Scream

In the quiet environs of upstate New York, a family can get a great deal of land, a beautiful home, and a chance to live in the throw-back, bucolic world of small town America. For Brett and Pamela Jameson, that opportunity arose when a house they loved went into foreclosure. What they didn’t know was that this dream home was about to turn into their worst nightmare.

Former owner, Irish emigrant and violent ex-gang member Rory Madden, is out of incarceration and wants his house back, and he will stop at nothing to get it. Rory unearths the secrets hidden within the Jameson family, and begins to leverage his knowledge to slowly drive wedges between them. When their seventeen year-old, mentally unstable daughter Justine falls for Rory’s advances, the devious mind of a career criminal turns her against her own parents, setting off a series of increasingly treacherous events that culminates into a charged climactic moment.

At once a classic noir and a modern cautionary tale about the roiling truth lurking within the depths of twenty-first century suburban America, No One to Hear You Scream is a freight train to the heart of an unspoken terror inside everyone who has ever dreamed of a bright future, while nevertheless wary of what the dark past may one day bring to their door.

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“Haven’t seen you around much.” The geriatric woman behind the counter gave him a gummy smile as she set the plate in front of him. The smell of bacon and eggs over easy rose up and assaulted his senses. “What’s wrong, you don’t like my cooking anymore?”
What was her name again? Maggie? Yes, that was it: Maggie. She was the cook and sometimes the waitress, and probably the janitor and the bookkeeper too; also known as the owner. She’d gotten thicker around the waist since he’d last been in here. She placed a bottle of ketchup beside his plate, the harsh sound of glass connecting with Formica too loud in his ears, and then showed off her gleaming gums again. Any other day, he wouldn’t have had a problem with her, but this morning with his tender stomach debating whether it could even handle the gelatinous globs on his plate and his head feeling as if the whole River Dance troupe were using his skull as a rehearsal hall, he just wasn’t coping well.
“I love your cooking, darling,” Rory managed, forcing the words out. “You make the best damn breakfast in all of New York State. I missed your cooking more than I missed my mum’s.”
It hurt to smile, but he did anyway. He winked at the woman and that hurt, too.
“Ahh, you say the sweetest things.”
“Only ’cause it’s true.”
“More coffee for you, Love?”
“Aye, I think I’m still down a pint.”
“Well, it’s good to see our old customers coming back.”
“Good to be back.” He raised his coffee cup in a toast when she’d finished pouring.
Once he’d succeeded in getting the eggs into his stomach, he actually felt better. The headache had subsided, the nausea was gone, and the caffeine woke him up. He’d always enjoyed coming here for that “down home cooking,” as Americans liked to call it. But minutes later, as he was driving down the road with the charcoal sky rising above the hills in the distance, a dreary mood surfaced inside of him.
Rory stood in a vacant parking lot off Highway 54A, at the edge of Keuka Park. Blackened trees like dead sticks, and straw that was once green grass stitched the roadside, the discarded shell of last year’s living, breathing summer. He hated this time of year, just after the winter thaw, before the spring, when everything was barren and desolate. He turned his attention to the afternoon sun that shimmered over the water, sparkling on the choppy surface. It shined on the lawyer’s bald dome and reflected in his sunglasses.
“Got the rest of my money?” Rory said.
Blackmore held up a plastic shopping bag as he closed the door of his Cadillac, stretching an arm toward him without saying a word. He was shaking visibly, the plastic of the bag rustling in his leather-gloved hand. Blackmore looked as if he might piss himself.
Rory took the bag from him and looked the fat man up and down, thinking how he resembled an undertaker in his black suit and long coat. Rory looked inside the bag, heavy with the bundles of cash secured in paper bands, but didn’t feel a sense of relief or justice the way he had expected. He felt only anger. This man was the reason he was living in a drafty, one-bedroom apartment above a Chinese restaurant, the stench of fried food and the noise of late-night drunken idiots leaching up into his living room. He was the cause of all the shit in Rory’s life.
“If you’d been an honest lawyer in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess, would you now? And I’d be back living in my house,” Rory said, moving aside his leather coat, which he wore like a cape, and exposing the shotgun he held beside his leg.

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Here’s what critics are saying about No One to Hear You Scream!

“No One to Hear You Scream is a story of blackened innocent. Questions, doubts, revenge and lies. The “gray people” totally sent shivers down my spine as goose flesh prickled, the passion sent tingles and the murders ripped my heart into tatters. I have to honestly say that Julia Madeleine wove a perfect story to send my emotions on a roller coaster ride with no breaks.”

— April Pohren, Cafe of Dreams Book Reviews

“There’s plenty of action in this novel, and there are plenty of dark secrets uncovered and exposed as the novel races towards its conclusion. I enjoyed the energy in this novel, and quickly became caught up in the story: anyone’s dreams can become nightmares; anyone’s secrets can be exposed. Just ask the Jamesons. This is Ms Madeleine’s second novel, and I have enjoyed them both.”

— Jennifer Cameron-Smith, reviewer

“Julia Madeleine has described NO ONE TO HEAR YOU SCREAM as a hybrid of Cape Fear and The Ghosts Of Belfast which should give you a flavor of this scorching hot, gritty and remarkably tense thriller. Well recommended.”

— Paul D. Brazill, reviewer

No One to Hear You Scream Virtual Book Tour Schedule

Monday, June 6

Book reviewed at Libby’s Library News

“I love scare the pants off you…have to sleep with the lights on, and a baseball bat under the covers, stories. No One To Hear You Scream will do that to ya!”

Wednesday, June 8

Book Trailer Spotlighted at Book Marketing Buzz

“Currently I’d say it’s Goodreads. My book reviews are there for people to see and I’m able to have a link to my blog. Goodreads is specifically for book lovers and authors so that’s definitely target marketing.”

Thursday, June 9

Book spotlighted at Literal Exposure

Friday, June 10

Book reviewed at Colloquium

Tuesday, June 14

Book reviewed at Paranormal Romantic Suspense Reviews

“I highly recommend reading this if you enjoy reading a truly terrifying thriller.”

Wednesday, June 15

Interviewed at Review From Here

“My biggest critic would have to be me. Some days I think my writing is damn good and other days I think it’s crap.”

Thursday, June 16

Book reviewed at Cafe of Dreams Book Reviews

“For lovers of suspense and thrillers, No One to Hear You Scream is a sure winner and a must read. This is Ms. Madeleine’s second novel and I can’t wait to read her first release, Scarlet Rose as well as her future releases.”

Friday, June 17

Interviewed at The Hot Author Report

“I remember when I was a teenager and I was reading a book that was so badly written that it made me angry. And I was thinking, I can write better than this. That was when I started to seriously consider becoming a fiction writer.”

Monday, June 20

Book reviewed at Life in Review

“I VERY highly recommend this book! This is going to be another one of my favorites for this year. It is exceptionally well written. The story will grab you from the start and then the author strings you along. You just know that something is going to happen, but you’re not exactly sure what or when. And, did I mention how much I love that cover? It’s striking! I am an instant fan of Julia Madeleine. This is her second novel and I hope to get a chance to read her first book, Scarlet Rose. I look forward to seeing what’s next from this incredible author!”

Tuesday, June 21

Interviewed at The Writer’s Life

“I like to describe my book as Stuart Neville’s The Ghosts Of Belfast meets the classic noir thriller, Cape Fear.”

Thursday, June 23

Book reviewed at Book Reviews at Elizabeth A. White

“Julia Madeleine has absolutely nailed the characters in No One To Hear You Scream, layering them each with mixtures of virtues and vices which makes them undeniably human. Each player has believable motivations for their behavior, all driven by hidden secrets and desires that cause them to make decisions that aren’t necessarily in their best interests.”

Friday, June 24

Guest blogging at Book Reviews at Elizabeth A. White

“I do love living in the city though. It’s funny how we had to move to the country to discover that we were really city people all along. And I have to say I do feel a lot safer here within screaming distance of my neigbhours.”

Wednesday, June 29

Book reviewed at Ohio Girl Talks

“I was on the edge waiting for more … this book will make your emotions go wild crazy!!.”

Thursday, June 30

Chat with Julia Madeleine at Pump Up Your Book’s June Facebook Party

Tuesday, July 5

Interviewed at Beyond the Books

“It was definitely thrilling to see my words in print inside of an actual book. Kind of surreal.”

Monday, July 11

Interviewed at As the Pages Turn

“I take traits from people I know or have known and Frankenstein them with aspects of other people’s personalities and then my imagination takes over and turns them into who they eventually become.”

Thursday, July 14

Interviewed LIVE at Barry “Storyheart” Eva’s A Book and a Chat

Thursday, July 21

Interviewed at Book Marketing Buzz

“It took me a long time to get into the blogging thing and I wish I’d done it years ago. It’s really a lot of fun. I do interviews with other authors and I also do book reviews so it’s helped me make more connections with authors and book lovers. I’m not sure what effect it has on book sales but any exposure is good.”

Monday, July 25

Interviewed at Blogcritics

“My favourite characters is Rory Madden, the antagonist. He was such a fun character to write and I really enjoyed getting deep into his psyche. Justine Jameson, the protagonist, is also a favourite. I put a lot of my own teenage self into her character.”

Wednesday, July 27

Book reviewed at WV Stitcher

“”NO One To Hear You Scream,” will take you on an emotionally charged suspense filled thrill ride that keeps you guessing how things will work out in the end!”

Thursday, July 28

Book reviewed at Book Reviews by Molly

“I definitely recommend this book with highest of 5 stars!”

Julia Madelein’s NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCRAM VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ‘10 will officially begin on June 6 and end on July 29 ’11. Please contact Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife(at)gmail.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing his book or click here to use the form. Thank you!

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