We are thrilled to present the cover of The Other Side of the Mirror by Dana Evyn, coming this April!
The Other Side of the Mirror (The Mirror Trilogy Book 1)
Expected Publication Date: April 9, 2024
Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Fae Fantasy
✨Fated Mates
✨Forced Proximity
✨Found Family
✨One Horse
✨Who Did this to You?
Cover Reveal: City of Mirth and Malice – Alexis L. Menard
It’s an exciting day book peeps!
We are thrilled to reveal the cover and blurb for the next book in the Order and Chao series, City of Mirth and Malice by Alexis L. Menard!
City of Mirth and Malice (Order and Chaos #2)
Expected Publication Date: May 1, 2024
Genre: Adult Fantasy Romance/ Gaslamp Fantasy
Some debts are not so easily repaid—or forgiven.
Nicolai Attano finally has everything he ever wanted: control over the Iron Saint Railway, safety for his family, and not a single rival syndicate to stand in his way. Never could he have imagined he’d want anything more than power—not until Camilla Marchese.
Six weeks have passed since the disaster on the train and his wife was kidnapped, but to get her back, he’ll need help. Nico struggles to work with a city poisoned against him and is instead forced to seek the aid of a disreputable black-market dealer. A simple bargain to ensure her rescue, Nico doesn’t think twice. A bargain is struck, and the cost is higher than ever. The collateral? His life.
Meanwhile, Camilla fights to gain control over her newfound powers as the alchemist in charge of her confinement puts her to the test. Forced to free what she’s held so close, the only light in this hellish prison is the hope to see her family again, and the husband who stole her heart. Three trials and three chances to find the source of her Chaos and use it to save herself, if it doesn’t destroy her first.
Cracks in the city draw lines between loyalties, and time is running out until everything comes crashing down. Return to Lynchaven in this action-packed and swoony conclusion of Nico and Milla’s story.
About the Author
Alexis is a registered nurse based out of Louisiana where she lives with her husband, toddler, and two oversized dogs. She enjoys long walks through the Renaissance Fair, reading smutty romance into the dark hours of the night, and wine nights with her “Finer Things Club.” She hopes to enrich the lives of her readers with worlds they can both escape in and take with them long after the final chapter.
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Blog Tour: The Devil’s Pawn – Marilyn Levinson
If you enjoy a creepy paranormal horror, this one’s for you! Read on for more details about The Devil’s Pawn by Marilyn Levinson!
The Devil’s Pawn
Publication Date: January 22, 2024
Genre: YA Horror
After fifteen-year-old Simon Porte’s family is killed in an automobile crash, his father’s brother, whom he’s never met, brings Simon to live with him and his wife in upstate New York. Simon doesn’t trust Uncle Raymond, and for good reason. Raymond is dying and using his diabolical powers to take over Simon’s body. Simon must develop his own supernatural defenses to survive. With his dotty great-aunt, his young sister, and a pair of odd twins, he wages war against the evil Raymond and his cronies.
About the Author
A former Spanish teacher, Marilyn Levinson writes mysteries, romantic suspense, and novels for young readers. Her books have received many accolades.
Her books for young readers include NO BOYS ALLOWED, RUFUS AND MAGIC RUN AMOK, which was awarded a “Children’s Choice,” GETTING BACK TO NORMAL & AND DON’T BRING JEREMY.
Marilyn loves traveling, reading, knitting, doing Sudoku, and visiting with her grandchildren, Olivia and Jack, on FaceTime. She is co-founder and past president of the now defunct Long Island chapter of Sisters in Crime.
Book Tour Schedule
February 26th
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https://haddieshaven.blogspot.com/ – Feature
https://www.instagram.com/robin.bookish.escape/ – Feature
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February 27th
https://ramblingmads.uk/ – Feature
https://www.instagram.com/amysbookshelf82 – Feature
February 28th
http://www.thefaeriereview.com – Review
https://www.instagram.com/molina_lovestoread/ – Feature
https://www.instagram.com/gryffindorbookishnerd/ – Feature
February 29th
https://www.instagram.com/brendasbookstack/?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA%3D%3D – Feature
https://www.instagram.com/authormariereed/ – Feature
https://www.instagram.com/laura_c_loves2read/?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM – Feature
March 1st
https://www.instagram.com/shesbooked_ – Review
https://rissreviewsx.wixsite.com/website – Review
https://www.instagram.com/mermaidsreadtoo_/ – Feature
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Blog Tour: In The Shadows – L.B. August
This week, we’re celebrating the long-anticipated release of In the Shadows by L.B. August! You are going to want to add this one to your TBR!
In the Shadows (The Amari Series #1)
Expected Publication Date: February 27, 2024
Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Enemies-to-Lovers
🔥Forced Proximity
🔥Forbidden Love
🔥Found Family
🔥Political Intrigue
🔥Elemental Magic
🔥Secret Identity
🔥Soul Mates
🔥Slow Burn
Damned by gods and threaded by fates, two mortals must embrace the darkness to find their true destinies.
Lilith Clarke is supposed to be dead: murdered by the vicious King Oren, her blood staining a field of daisies. But death would have been merciful.
After years of having no name, she is finally given a title: Queen of Umbra. But it will cost her everything. Lily is now bound to King Asher, the most powerful and brutal shadow divinus in all of Omnia. Forced to rule in secret, she slowly loses herself to the darkness. She fears it will swallow her whole.
Until he arrives, tugging an ancient thread deep within her soul.
Theodore Kincaid seeks justice in Umbra but falls captive to his sworn enemy, the ruthless King Asher. Trapped in the kingdom that killed his beloved, his fate seems sealed until a chance encounter with the secret Queen of Umbra offers him an opportunity he can’t resist.
Theo and the Queen each believe that they are in full control, but neither is prepared for what the fates have in store.
Amidst a realm on the brink of chaos, two souls collide in a heart-wrenching tale of unveiling secrets, conquering the darkness, and igniting a love that could save or destroy.
In The Shadows is the first book in a new series filled with forbidden romance, enemies-to-lovers, magical powers, fated mates, and political intrigue. It’s perfect for fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night, Fourth Wing, The Cruel Prince, One Dark Window, and A Court of Thorns and Roses.
In The Shadows features mature content and themes that is not suitable for all audiences. Reader discretion is advised. For all content warnings, please visit L.B.’s Instagram.
About the Author
Born and raised in Ohio, where she still resides with her spouse, young child, and sweet senior dog, L.B. August’s most significant memories are Cedar Point and failing Hooked on Phonics (true story). Thrill seeking and difficulty reading followed L.B. into adulthood until, in 2022, she discovered a genre that tapped into the excitement of escapism and world building while capturing her attention and turning her into a voracious reader of fantasy. As she devoured book after book, L.B. found herself desperately wanting to read more empowered female characters within the genre, so she set off to write her own. Encouraged by her best friend, she wrote her debut novel, In The Shadows. Now she can be found hyper-fixating on new projects, downing copious amounts of black coffee, and pretending to be a corporate professional, all while crafting intricate, rich stories with captivating characters that she hopes will pass on her newfound passion for reading.
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Blog Tour: The Descent – Paul Hardistry
Kweku Ashworth is a child of the cataclysm, born on a sailboat to parents
fleeing the devastation in search for a refuge in the Southern Ocean. Growing
up in a world forever changed, his only connection to the events that set the
world on its course to disaster were the stories his step-father, now long-dead,
recorded in his manuscript, The Forcing.
But there are huge gaps in the story that his mother, still alive but old and frail,
steadfastly refuses to speak of, even thirty years later. When he discovers
evidence that his mother has tried to cover up the truth, he knows that it is time
to find out for himself.
Determined to learn what really happened during his mother’s escape from the
concentration camp to which she and Kweku’s father were banished, and their
subsequent journey halfway around the world, Kweku and his young family set
out on a perilous voyage across a devastated planet. What they find will
challenge not only their faith in humanity, but their ability to stay alive.
Canadian Paul E Hardisty has spent 25 years working all over the world as an
engineer, hydrologist and environmental scientist. He has roughnecked on oil rigs in
Texas, explored for gold in the Arctic, mapped geology in Eastern Turkey (where he was befriended by PKK rebels), and rehabilitated water wells in the wilds of Africa.
He was in Ethiopia in 1991 as the Mengistu regime fell, and was bumped from one of the last flights out of Addis Ababa by bureaucrats and their families fleeing the rebels. In 1993 he survived a bomb blast in a café in Sana’a.
Paul is a university professor and CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). The first four novels in his Claymore Straker series, The Abrupt Physics of Dying, The Evolution of Fear, Reconciliation for the Dead and Absolution all received great critical acclaim and The Abrupt Physics of Dying was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and Telegraph Thriller of the Year. The Forcing (2023) was a SciFi Now Book of the Month, with The Descent out in 2024.
Paul is a sailor, a private pilot, keen outdoorsman, and lives in Western Australia.
My thoughts: The Forcing was a heck of a book and I thought a tough act to follow, but The Descent is incredible. Chronicling not only a sequel featuring Teacher’s step-son, but also exploring how a cabal of wealthy and powerful men helped destroy the world, this is timely, powerful and moving writing.
After the safety of their home is violated, his mother, brother and sister-in-law murdered and their toddler daughter kidnapped; Kewku, his wife and son board Providence, the boat that brought his family to Australia, and head out in search of answers.
Retracing elements of his family’s journey to safety, Kweku hopes to find members of his biological father’s family still alive and rescue his stolen niece. Fuelled by the mysterious Sparkplug’s dispatches from the past, and Teacher’s own account of the terrible climate catastrophe and war, Kweku creates his own narrative of this second voyage of hope.
Sparkplug was the assistant and sometime mistress of Derek Argent, one of the rich, morally corrupt men who orchestrated the events that have so divided the remnants of humanity. Kweku, Juliette and Leo will risk their lives, their family and their souls on this voyage into the unknown. There are dangers they could never have imagined lurking on the edges of what remains, desperate people and manipulative leaders, many of whom seem to offer much.
Kweku is reading an old copy of The Odyssey, and being a mythology nerd who studied that book, I can see the echoes of some of Odysseus’ misadventures in Kweku’s. As well as those of Teacher and his family in The Forcing. I could probably write whole essays on the similarities and comparisons in these three books, but here is not the place.
There isn’t a lot of hope for humanity here, stripped down to our basest instincts, it’s all murder and sex and violence and greed. Which is a little depressing. But when they return to Australia and the Aboriginal community there, amongst descendants of one of the oldest communities in the world, is hope for a better future. And there’s something incredibly powerful in that. This is a book that deserves to be on the bestseller lists and in readers’ minds for a long time.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
Blog Tour: The Perfect Parents – J.A. Baker
Jackson and Lydia Hemsworth are pillars of the community, feted for having the perfect marriage and three wonderful children – Florence, Jessica and Ezra.
But appearances can be deceptive.
Because behind closed doors Jackson Hemsworth rules his family with cruelty and control. His marriage is a sham; his children for years have cowed in fear.
Until the day that Jackson and Lydia throw themselves off Newport Bridge in a joint suicide pact – the final cruel blow by Jackson to control his wife and torture his adult children.
As the Hemsworth siblings return to their family home, they must try to make sense of their parents’ last act. But there are many dark secrets waiting to be unearthed at Armett House.
Like, why are the townsfolk so suddenly hostile towards them? And who are the strangers who arrive at Armett House unannounced? And why has their mother’s body still not been found?
In the aftermath of their parents’ death, it becomes clear that something terrible is about to be exposed about the Hemsworths’ perfect parents.
A secret they may all wish had stayed hidden…
J. A. Baker is a successful psychological thriller writer of numerous books, previously published by Bloodhound. Born and brought up in Middlesbrough, she still lives in the North East, which inspires the settings for her books. Her first title for Boldwood will be published in December 2022.
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My thoughts: Florence, Jessica and Ezra gather at the family home after the funeral of their parents, dead in a terrible suicide pack. Things have changed in the village – people are hostile and their controlling father didn’t pay his bills before killing himself, leaving the people who worked for him in debt.
The siblings don’t feel welcome in the village, and have a lot of stuff to wade through in the house, their parents left a lot up in the air and all three have questions.
But as they sort through everything, more questions rear their heads – is their mother still alive? When handyman Coop takes off all of a sudden without a word, it seems suspicious. Then there’s a terrible accident that turns their world upside down and makes it more important than ever to get some answers.
Gripping, with twists and turns I didn’t see coming, this is an incredibly enjoyable and clever thriller.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
Blog Tour: Wings of Starless Night – Sadie Starling
We’re celebrating the release of Sadie Sterling’s debut novel, Wings of Starless Night. Read on for more details!
Wings of Starless Night (Kingsdaughter Book 1)
Publication Date: February 20, 2024
Genre: Romantic Fantasy
💕Enemies-to-lovers
🔥Slow burn (with so much tension)
👑Fae royalty
🦋Winged fae
🔪Knife to the throat (or knives…)
💥Touch *him* and you die
🏃Forced proximity (on the run together)
👏Morally grey MMC
To the fae of the Sorcen Court, Princess Allina Kingsdaughter is a traitor and a fugitive, inevitably claimed by the same madness that cost her father his crown and his life. Ensnared by the lies of her uncle, the reigning Sorcen King, they will never know the truth of her betrayal.
A traitor princess.
After the tragic deaths of Allina’s parents when she was five, her uncle ascended to the throne in the ensuing chaos, bringing peace and prosperity to Sorcen for the following fourteen years. Allina has always considered him her true father—until the day he orders her death and starts a war by kidnapping Prince Cohrven Nightheart, heir to the Liral Court, a wicked realm Allina’s only heard of in whispers.
A captured prince.
Everyone fears the Nightheart. When he was twelve, he earned his name and his dark reputation as a monster without mercy—or remorse. Since then, rumours of his unrivalled cruelty have only grown.
An evil that has been waiting…
When Cohrven is tortured by her uncle in a gruesome spectacle, Allina uses her hidden illusory magic to save him and escape, but not before his wings are shredded. As her uncle hunts them, time is running short before Liral retaliates in a devastating attack that Cohrven assures will annihilate Sorcen and everyone Allina loves along with it. To survive and preserve the Court that has forsaken her, Allina has to trust the Nightheart, even when he leads her to an ancient evil that could be their destruction.
Wings of Starless Night is an enemies-to-lovers, slow burn, romantasy debut that will captivate you all the way to its breathtaking conclusion.
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About the Author
Sadie Sterling grew up in Ontario, Canada, with three younger siblings who have always been her best friends. In university, while studying an entirely-unrelated field, she began to follow her dreams and started writing Wings of Starless Night, which would become her debut novel years later. When she isn’t writing, she loves reading, playing videogames, and spending time with her husband and their hilarious dog.
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BBNYA Blog Tour: Secrets of Peace – T.A. Hernandez
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Open your eyes. See the truth. Make a choice.
Nearly 30 years ago, the PEACE Project rose from the ruins of a global war to take power over a new America. Providing stability in exchange for absolute authority, the Project controls every aspect of citizens’ lives through each of its five units:
Protect
Enforce
Advance
Control
Eliminate
Raised in the Project since infancy, eighteen-year-old Zira has been trained as an assassin under the stern guidance of unit E-2’s Chairman Ryku. After she makes a careless mistake on an assignment, the chairman partners her with Jared, the best operative in her unit. Their partnership transforms into friendship as they work together and learn to rely on each other. But when misinformation causes a solo mission to backfire, Zira’s deepest loyalties and strongest relationships are tested in a place where even a hint of doubt can be perceived as treason.
The life she knows is falling apart, and nothing will ever look the same again.
Author Bio
T. A. Hernandez is a science fiction and fantasy author and long-time fan of speculative fiction. She grew up with her nose habitually stuck in a book and her mind constantly wandering to make-believe worlds full of magic and adventure. She began writing after reading J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings many years ago and is now happily engaged in an exciting and lifelong quest to tell captivating stories.
She is a clinical social worker and the proud mother of two girls. She also enjoys drawing, reading, graphic design, playing video games, and making happy memories with her family and friends.
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My thoughts: Zira has been raised inside the PEACE Project, she knows no different, trained to assassinate the Project’s enemies for her Chairman – she’s one of the youngest so far. But after an accident on a job, she begins to see things from a different perspective. One that makes her ask questions.
It puts her relationship with Jared under strain and with the Chairman, who doesn’t trust her all of a sudden. Maybe the Project isn’t the force for good they’ve all been raised to believe.
The first in a protected series, this is a smart Dystopian read with a controlling power that might be taking it too far and a young woman who needs to find her own way in a world where all she believes might be false.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own
Blog Tour: Prisoner of Acre – Murray Bailey
Ash Carter returns to Israel on what should be a straightforward mission except for one small detail. Why did Alfred Duffy go AWOL from the British Army, go to Israel and then hand himself in at Acre Prison.
The mystery deepens when Carter finds that Duffy escaped just as he arrived.
The hunt begins but as the mystery unravels towards an exciting climax, it becomes unclear who is the hunter and who the hunted.
My thoughts: Ash Carter is dispatched to Israel, the newly formed country in former British Mandated Palestine, a country still riven with internal struggles.
He’s looking for a British soldier who’s gone AWOL, and been imprisoned in the old fortress prison in Acre, after handing himself in. But why did he go to Israel, only to hand himself in and where has he gone now? When Carter and Co turn up to take him into custody, he’s gone. And he’s escaped with another prisoner.
As Carter pursues him across the fledgling state, he uncovers a shocking and terrible series of deaths and an evil that goes right to the heart of the country, crossing all religious and ethnic lines.
I’m a big fan of Murray Bailey’s historical crime books, and of Ash Carter, so I was really excited to read this, and I wasn’t disappointed. Ash races back and forth across the desert, sometimes with others, often alone, despite having no real authority now the British have left, which brings him under suspicion at times. There’s a relentless pace as he’s up against it and the pressure of solving the case and finding Duffy is not exactly easy.
Ash of course wants to do the right thing, even if it means ignoring his orders, and luckily he’s the only one who knows exactly what’s happened. Which keeps the victims safe and Ash from getting locked up himself. Bring on his next high octane adventure!
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own
Cover Reveal: Night Shift – Evie James & Craig Richards
“In my experience the saucier a woman’s bravado, the more obedient she became upon surrender. I bet she’d love being praised as a good girl knowing that she was adored—the object of my strongest desire.”
We are thrilled to share the cover of upcoming release Night Shift by Evie James and Craig Richards!
Night Shift (Broken Heroes #1)
Expected Publication Date: March 24, 2024
Genre: Romance/ Spicy/ Medical Romance
Age-Gap
Forbidden Romance
Forced Proximity
Touch Her & ☠️
Grumpy/Sunshine
Cinnamon Roll MMC
Sassy FMC
Broody, senior ER doc Atticus Thorin has spent years crafting the unbreakable walls around his scarred heart.
Samantha Sheridan’s escape from her past leads her straight into the arms of the forbidden—falling hopelessly for the one man off-limits to her.
Dr. Atticus Thorin is unattached and has every intention of staying that way. He’s built his life around control and emotional detachment, a fortress around his heart no one has ever breached.
Sixteen years her senior, Atticus knows he should stay away from the one woman who makes him feel alive again.
But Samantha, with her fiery spirit and untested naivety, tempts him to disobey his own rules…and covet the one thing he knows his wounded heart can’t have.
Samantha Sheridan’s fresh start? More like a dumpster fire! Leaving her old life behind seemed foolproof until she ran smack into Dr. Grumpy at her new job.
She thought moving to Tacoma would put her miles away from trouble, but apparently, trouble wears scrubs and loves to make her blood boil in more ways than one.
Chased by the sins of her father, her past demons come to steal her away in the night, leaving her nowhere else to turn except to the man who completely broke her.
Teetering on the edge between heartbreak and healing, will he be the one to catch her, or will he let her fall?
A sizzling, workplace, age-gap romance, Night Shift is the first in a new series of standalone romances featuring a trio of brothers who each must learn to tear down their walls and find out what it’s like when you allow yourself to break.
Coming Soon!
Authors
Craig Richard’s journey from the hallways of hospitals to the realm of writing and narrating is underpinned by a lifelong pursuit of education and professional development in Washington State. This journey not only shaped his clinical skills but also honed his ability to empathize, listen, and articulate the human experience, qualities that now breathe life into his written and spoken words.
Today, Craig is a full-time writer and narrator, intertwining the threads of his nursing background with his literary and vocal skills to create works that resonate with warmth, depth, and healing. With each story told and every character brought to life, Craig continues to touch the hearts of audiences, proving that the journey from caring for the body to nourishing the soul is a path worth traversing.
Find him at:
craigrichardsreads.com/
Instagram: @craig.richards.reads
Evie James crafts tales of fiery passion and bold encounters, weaving stories where headstrong women meet their matches in equally dominant men. The kind of spicy, contemporary romance that sets the page on fire—featuring strong women who don’t back down and the alpha males who are all too eager to kneel at their command. James’s narratives are soaked with steamy scenes, loaded with angst, dripping with sass, and the “F-bomb” is practically a character in its own right. Each story is a bold adventure, packed with high-stakes drama that keeps readers on the edge. James believes in the power of love to conquer all, and that if her characters can do it, so can we. Diving into her world offers an unfiltered, heart-pounding experience, where readers live every moment from both sides through a dual point of view. Welcome to a journey where love wrestles with reality, and every story promises a raw, gritty ride to a happily ever after that’ll leave you breathless.
Evie lives in a small town just east of Nashville with her husband, four loud and playful dogs, and a cantankerous old cat. She’s the proud mother of one daughter who is an airline pilot and whose middle name should have been Danger. When she’s not writing, she’s likely to have either a camera or brush in her hand pursuing her love of art. As a Certified Professional Photographer and digital artist, Evie never has to search far for a creative distraction.
Find her at:
Craigrichards-eviejames.com
Instagram: @evie.james.author
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