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Book Blitz: Echo of Ever Cry – E.J. Dawson

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Amazing news! From now until October 18th this beauty will be on sale for ONLY $0.99 on Amazon! I can’t think of anything better to read at this time of year!

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Echo of the Evercry

Genre: NA Dark Fantasy/ Dark Academia/ Dark Fantasy Horror

The cost of magic has never been clearer.

✨ Friends-to-Enemies-to-Allies

✨ Found Family

✨ Secret Order

✨ Secret Magic

✨ Everything You Thought You Knew was a Lie

Larissa’s inability to kill is a disgrace to her absent mother, Sword Matriarch of the Fair Lady’s order, a sisterhood whose purpose is to hunt down sorcerers corrupted by the Evercry and slay them. But Larissa hides an even more sinful secret: she is drawn toward magic, and it grows stronger in her every day.

Larissa keeps a stranglehold on her gift until the day of her graduation test, when her misuse of magic leads her to failure. Prepared to be cast out of the sisterhood, she is instead brought into the scorned caste of the darkkins, those who study and wield magic in the fight against the Evercry. In their halls she discovers that her proclivity for magic makes her powerful, and a little dangerous.

Gone for years, her mother suddenly sends word that she needs help to defeat a formidable sorcerer, help only Larissa can give. Larissa will do anything to save her mother, even travel with the girl who bullied her all through school. But as they battle monsters and mercenaries, Larissa must grapple with dark truths about the sisterhood and her heritage, and decide who she can really trust with her mother’s fate…and her own.

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About the Author

Ejay writes scifi, fantasy, and horror, with a dash of the paranormal. She has two books with Literary Wanderlust, gothic noir Behind the Veil and all female cast fantasy Echo of the Evercry. She also has a nonfic story with Seaside Gothic, a dark paranormal with Grendel Press, and hopeful scifi with Savage Planets. She is devoted to writing and the community, as a mentor for Write Hive, Futurescapes Alum, a previous SPSFC judge, Flights of Fancy volunteer, in the Australian Writers Centre Write Your Novel Program, and studying a post-grad diploma in creative writing. When not writing she’s walking her rescue dogs, or becoming obsessed with a new computer game.

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#TeamDaniels Blog Tour Double Review: Killing for Keeps & Gallows Drop – Mari Hannah

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IT’S IN THE BLOOD. Two brothers from the same criminal family die within hours of each other, five miles apart, one on the edge of a Newcastle industrial estate, the other in a busy A & E department of a local hospital, unseen by the triage team. Both victims have suffered horrific injuries. Who wanted them dead? Will they kill again? Investigating these brutal and bloody killings leads DCI Kate Daniels to break some rules, putting her career as well as her life on the line.

As the body count rises in the worst torture case Northumbria Police has ever seen, the focus of the enquiry switches, first to Glasgow and then to Europe ending in a confrontation with a dangerous offender hell-bent on revenge.

My thoughts: starting with the grisly double murder of two brothers, tortured and dumped, this case has Kate and Hank heading all over the place – Glasgow, Edinburgh, Whitby and Spain, in the pursuit of justice.

The two men were sons of a notorious, now deceased, Scottish thug, and it seems their deaths are revenge killings. But no one can find their killers, have they gone to ground north of the border?

The case gets twistier and knottier when one of the killers turns up dead, is someone turning the tables on them? The trail leads to the Spanish coast – famous retirement haunt of many a British criminal and retiree. The dead Allen brothers’ father supposedly died out there, but Kate smells a rat…or a parakeet!

Another truly gripping and grisly installment of the Kate Daniels books, with Kate ordered to take some time off at the end of the case, but can she ever truly unwind?

Gallows Drop is Maria Hannah’s sixth gripping crime novel featuring DCI Kate Daniels.

At dawn on a lonely stretch of road, a body is found hanging from an ancient gallows the morning after a country show. Hours earlier, DCI Kate Daniels had seen the victim alive. With her leave period imminent, she’s forced to step aside when DCI James Atkins is called in to investigate. There’s bad blood between them.

When Kate discovers that Atkins’ daughter was an eyewitness to a fight involving the victim, the two detectives lock horns and he’s bumped off the case. It’s the trigger for a vicious attack on Kate, exposing a secret she’s kept hidden for years and unearthing an even darker one.

Shaken but undeterred, Kate sets out to solve a case that has shocked a close-knit village community. As suspects emerge, she uncovers a curious historical connection with a hangman, a culture of systematic bullying, a web of deceit and a deep-seated psychosis, any one of which could be motive for murder.

My thoughts: this is a horrible and senseless crime, the young man murdered and hung from the gibbet, even DCI Kate Daniels is shocked. And the connections to her one time nemesis DCI Atkins, doesn’t help. Atkins’ daughter Beth, who notably doesn’t use his last name, was best friends with the victim, and is clearly scared.

Kate is supposed to be going on a make or break holiday with Jo, but this case needs her. Atkins is her cover, a drunk, obnoxious man with serious anger issues, he wants to sweep the case under the carpet and pin it on his daughter’s boyfriend. Whether he’s guilty or not. Kate can’t let him do that. Thankfully her bosses have her back. Sadly, it might just be time though for her and Jo.

Hank is struggling, refusing to stay home and recover from his injuries on their last case, he’s still there for Kate, but also still meddling. Straining their friendship to its limits. And now Kate’s awful father is in hospital, seriously ill. With so much on her plate, can Kate solve the case, deal with Atkins and support her dad?

The case is complex and knotty, people’s relationships often are, and Atkins’ bull headed behaviour isn’t helping. Beth won’t tell anyone everything she knows, her fear is eating her alive and her secrets almost overwhelm her. Kate tries to be a friendly ear, but she’s desperate to catch the killer.

I wonder whether Kate will break at some point, she’s yet again put off the rest she needs and has been ordered to take, there’s so much going on and losing Jo will hurt.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own

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Cover Reveal: This Wicked Bond – Amanda Aggie

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We are thrilled to present the next gorgeous cover in the Realm of Monsters series by Amanda Aggie! Read on for more!

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This Wicked Bond (Realm of Monsters #3)

Expected Publication Date: November 28, 2023

Genre: Dark Fantasy Romance

🐉 Dragon Shifters
🐉 Enemies-to-Lovers
🐉 Robin Hood Inspired
🐉 Found Family
🐉 Morally Grey Hero
🐉 Fated Mates
🐉 Magical Bonds
🐉 Spicy Dream Manipulation
🐉 Crew of Thieves
🐉 Who Hurt You?
🐉 Banter for Days

A captive princess.
A rogue dragon shifter.
A bond that could save or doom them all.

Unlike my sisters, I was never arranged to marry a monster. I was imprisoned from birth.

I have a unique gift and my father– the King of Solaria–fears it. Yet, he’s far too curious about how my magic works to let me go.

Everything changes the day I’m pulled from my cell. It’s never happened before. The only explanation is that I’ve outlived my usefulness. Except, it’s not a chopping block awaiting my head. It’s a handsome rogue in a green cloak.

The man’s a thief who owes the dungeon warden a life debt. To repay it, he’s been tasked with smuggling me out of the kingdom.

I know nothing about him. Not his name. Not even his species. Yet, his alter ego has made it clear that this isn’t just an assignment. I’m his, and though he’ll see me safely out of Solaria, he has no intention of letting me out of his sight.

The monster might want me, but I can assure you the man housing him does not. My father murdered his twin sister and devastated his kingdom.

All it would take is for him to go back on his word, and I might become the means of how he gets his revenge.

This Wicked Bond is an enemies-to-lovers tale featuring a morally gray, shifter hero with a slew of red flags. The world is dark, but it’s also full of adventure and magic. This story is a spellbinding fusion of Robin Hood, dragons, and monsters, and takes place within Amanda Aggie’s Seven Realms World.

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About the Author

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Best known for her #1 Amazon bestselling series, Dark Halos, Amanda Aggie writes steamy dark fantasy romance. She’s a wife, a mother to two beautiful tiny humans, and has a stellar caffeine addiction. More importantly, she writes choking-hazard fantasy romance that will have you laughing out loud, swooning, and biting your nails all in one sitting.

Almost all of her books take place in the seven realms of Hell, which she’s often described as, “If Hell and Wonderland got together and had a baby.” You’ll find creatures of all kinds—fae, demons, dragons, witches, and more—along with morally gray villains, and steam. So, grab you some pearls to clutch before you enter the seven realms, and get lost in the chaos.

Amanda Aggie

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Blog Tour: Stigma – Jørn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger, translated by Megan Turney

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Alexander Blix is a broken man. Convicted for avenging his daughter’s death, he is now being held in one of Norway’s high­ security prisons. Inside, the other prisoners take every opportunity to challenge and humiliate the former police investigator.

On the outside, Blix’s former colleagues have begun the hunt for a terrifying killer. Walter Kroos has escaped from prison in Germany and is making his way north. The only lead established by the police is that Kroos has a friend in Blix’s prison ward. And now they need Blix’s help.

Journalist Emma Ramm is one of Blix’s few visitors, and she becomes his ally as he struggles to connect the link between past and present, between the world inside and outside the prison walls. And as he begins to piece things together, he identifies a woodland community in Norway where deeply scarred inhabitants foster deadly secrets … secrets that may be the unravelling of everyone involved.

Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger are both internationally bestselling Norwegian authors.

Jørn Lier Horst first rose to literary fame with his no. 1 bestselling William Wisting series. A former investigator in the Norwegian police, Horst imbues all his works with an unparalleled realism and suspense.

Thomas Enger is the journalist-turned-author behind the internationally acclaimed Henning Juul series. Enger’s trademark is his dark, gritty voice paired with key social messages and tight plotting. Besides writing fiction for both adults and young adults, Enger also works as a music composer.

Death Deserved, the first book in the bestselling Blix and Ramm series, was Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger’s first co-written thriller and was followed by Smoke Screen and Unhinged.

My thoughts: Blix is in prison for the killing of his daughter’s murderer, and as a former detective, he’s a target but keeping his head down seems to be working.

But now his old colleagues need his help, a double murderer is headed to Norway and looking for another inmate at the prison Blix is in. He’s tasked with trying to find out the link between the two men.

His eyes and ears outside are courtesy of Emma Ramm, one of the few people who has stood by him. She’s following a lead to Osen, home town of Blix’s fellow inmate. The answers lie somewhere in the past. And she’s determined to find them.

There’s a lot of leads that seem to go nowhere, with a woman gone missing, and locals with different stories. When the German killer was there as a young teenager, something terrible happened. Is it connected to his current visit? And what really happened?

Blix takes risks to solve the case and catch the killer or killers, putting his safety and freedom at risk. Emma is also put in danger, and she’s no longer sure the story is worth it. Could everything be about to change?

Gripping and carefully building up the tension as the details of the past slowly come to the surface, this is an intelligent and multilayered thriller.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.

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Cover Reveal: Mistletoe Bluff – Emily Schneider

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How good does this sound? And this cover! Be sure to pre-order Mistletoe Bluff Today!

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Mistletoe Bluff

Expected Publication Date: December 5, 2023

Genre: Holiday Romance/ Fake Romance/ Romantic Comedy

🎄 Enemies-to-lovers
🎄 Fake Dating
🎄 Forced Proximity
🎄 Sharing Body Heat to Stay Warm
🎄 One Car
🎄 Anxiety Rep
🎄 No Third Act Breakup

Fake dating my arch-nemesis during Christmas…what’s the worst that could happen?

One year ago, Oliver Lewis ruined my life by winning the community college photography contest—now he’s ruined it again by scratching my car.

Did I mention it’s Christmastime? Now, while my car is being repaired, I’m forced to let Oliver chauffeur me around Meridel.

But I’ve found a silver lining! If I win England’s most prestigious photo competition, I can finally pay off my debt and move forward with my life. The only problem is, one of the judges is Oliver’s father, and to better my chances, I have to get cozy with my arch-nemesis.

AKA: pretend to be his girlfriend for Christmas.

I thought it would be simple, but I did not expect that underneath that smug, arrogant exterior there’d be a sweet, thoughtful man who would find every excuse to be near me.

But it doesn’t matter. I, Maya Beck, will not fall for Oliver Lewis.

My future rests on winning this contest and nothing—and no one—will get in the

The Mistletoe Bluff is a sweet, closed-door romantic comedy with laugh-out-loud moments, sizzling chemistry, and swoony kisses.

This is the second standalone in the Sweet Meridel Romance series.

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About the Author

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2021 Best Indie Book Award® Fantasy Winner, 2022 Minnesota Author Project YA Fiction Winner, and 2022 Best Indie Book Award® Dragon Fantasy Winner!

Emily Schneider grew up in Minnesota where she spent most of her life studying music and singing, which ironically has nothing to do with writing fantasy or romantic comedy novels. While music had always been a passion, Emily could never get away from her love of reading and writing books full of dragons, Fae, monsters, magic, and romance. When she isn’t writing, you can find Emily chasing around her two dogs, Pixel and Frodo, playing Mario Kart with her husband, or watching The Lord of the Rings for the one-hundred-and-eleventh time.

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Blog Tour: Foxfire – Rowan Hill

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We’re celebrating the release of Foxfire this week, a suspenseful horror by Rowan Hill!

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Foxfire

Publication Date: October 10, 2023

Genre: Horror/ Suspense/ Paranormal

In a remote Finnish resort, a group of potential investors gather to enjoy the Arctic beauty and the mesmeric Northern lights. But many of the guests aren’t who they appear to be, and everyone is hiding something–from the gaudy Americans to the adventurous German and Australian couple to the quiet Yakuza and his former Geisha wife.

Owner Mattais and his skeptical daughter, Aino, have ignored family legends, dismissing the warnings of honoring their ancient forest as silly, old-fashioned traditions. But when the guests start to be picked off one by one, their blood soaked in the snow, the old tales don’t seem so far-fetched anymore. A spectre haunts the forest and the survivors must decipher who–or what–is taking revenge.

“…FOXFIRE combines all the best elements of a tense, well-paced thriller with compelling folklore and horror, all in the stark, deadly and glittering setting of the frozen north…. “
– Laurel Hightower, author of CROSSROADS and BELOW

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About the Author

Rowan Hill is an Australian/ American author who has lived a little bit of everywhere. She primarily writes horror in isolated environments and feels everything is better with a creature feature. Self described as an 80s child, Rowan loves a good synth soundtrack and her hobbies include hiking mountains and traveling to far off places that she probably shouldn’t. She can be found on social media as @writerrowanhill or her website of the same name.

Rowan Hill

My thoughts: this was a suitably creepy creature feature, set in the remote Finnish forests of the Arctic.

Invited to explore an investment opportunity, in the form of a hotel with unusual glass igloos to sleep in, a group of disparate people – with previous connections, it turns out, assemble. The Aurora Borealis is high in the sky as something starts killing off the guests.

Is there an unnatural force in the forest, or is the killer among the group? If it is something other than human, what does it want?

Aino has come home to help her dad sell his hotel to the investors but she doesn’t really want to be there. Disconnected from the land her grandfather tried to teach her to love, she isn’t particularly engaged with things. But as it all starts to go horribly, terribly wrong, only she can stop this.

A mix of folklore and monster moments, as the bodies add up and the blood soaks into the snow, can Aino make it out of the forest and save the guests?

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October 9th

http://rrbooktours.com Kick-off

https://starsbooksandtea.com/ – Review

https://www.instagram.com/Justagirlwithaloveofbooks/ – Review

https://www.instagram.com/sassymamareads/ – Review

https://readsandreels.com – Feature

October 10th

https://www.instagram.com/javabeans_n_bookishdreams/ – Review

https://lshadowlynauthor.com/ – Review

https://www.instagram.com/fathomsamidstthelines/ – Review

http://www.crossroadreviews.com/ – Feature

October 11th

https://www.instagram.com/ashtonsbookworld/ – Review

http://ramblingmads.com – Review

https://christinebialczak.com/ – Feature

https://ilovebooksandstuffblog.wordpress.com – Feature

October 12th

https://www.instagram.com/mommyandherbooks/ – Review

https://bookwormbunnyreviews.blogspot.com/ – Review

http://www.instagram.com/mombiebooknerdpa – Review

https://www.tiktok.com/@mombiebooknerdpa?_t=8WJDBb3d6EQ&_r=

https://www.ladyhawkeye.com/ – Feature

October 13th

https://www.instagram.com/cardigancomfortreads/ – Review

https://www.instagram.com/demigodreading19/ – Review

https://www.instagram.com/laura_c_loves2read/?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM – Review

https://instagram.com/redbookreview – Review

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*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.

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Blog Tour: Blunt Force Rising – Russ Colchamiro

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Welcome to the tour for the latest Angela Hardwicke sci-fi mystery by Russ Colchamiro!

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Blunt Force Rising: An Angela Hardwicke Sci-Fi Mystery

Publication Date: July 26, 2023

Genre: Sci-Fi Mystery/ Cyberpunk w/ Dark tones

Angela Hardwicke is Eternity’s most daring private eye…

Still reeling from a brutal off-world case, Hardwicke and her protégé Eric Whistler are hired by Ther’eda Ranadyne, the realm’s sole creator of androids, to provide extra security during an industry conference aboard a galaxy cruise ship.

Isolated millions of miles from home, the event quickly devolves into heated arguments between the pro-android community and its detractors, while a murder sets off a harrowing chain of events, the likes of which even Hardwicke has never faced.

In Blunt Force Rising, the claustrophobic fourth novel in Russ Colchamiro’s Angela Hardwicke sci-fi mystery series, she is not only forced to confront unresolved waves of prejudice, bigotry, fear, and trauma… but fight for her very life.

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About the Author

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Russ Colchamiro is the author of the rollicking space adventure, Crossline, the zany SF/F backpacking comedy series Finders Keepers: The Definitive Edition, Genius de Milo, and Astropalooza, and is editor of the SF anthology Love, Murder & Mayhem, all with Crazy 8 Press.

Russ lives in New Jersey with his wife, two ninjas, and crazy dog Simon, who may in fact be an alien himself. Russ has also contributed to several other anthologies, including Tales of the Crimson Keep, Pangaea, Altered States of the Union, Camelot 13, TV Gods 2, They Keep Killing Glenn, Thrilling Adventure Yarns, Camelot 13, and Brave New Girls.

Russ Colchamiro 

Book Tour Schedule

October 9th

http://rrbooktours.com Kick-off

https://www.instagram.com/art.books.chemistry – Review

https://readsandreels.com – Feature

https://www.instagram.com/authormariereed/ – Feature

October 10th

https://www.instagram.com/mtgbooks777/ – Review

http://www.crossroadreviews.com/ – Feature

https://www.instagram.com/jlreadstoperpetuity – Review

October 11th

https://starsbooksandtea.com/ – Feature

http://ramblingmads.com – Feature

https://ilovebooksandstuffblog.wordpress.com – Feature

October 12th

https://www.ladyhawkeye.com/ – Review

https://christinebialczak.com/ – Feature

https://www.instagram.com/read.em.if.you.got.em/ – Feature

October 13th

https://www.instagram.com/spacedragonshoard/ – Review

http://www.thefaeriereview.com – Review

https://lshadowlynauthor.com/ – Feature

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Blog Tour: So Now Go Tell – Susan Sachon

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After reaching a crisis point at 40, Jenny Watson is offered her dream job running a Shakespeare festival at a Tudor pub. She can hardly believe her luck at this brilliant new start, and chance to escape her unhappy past. The job isn’t all it seems, however.

The pub is remote and her mysterious boss is permanently absent; there’s a 400 year old skull residing in the cellar; and the local actors are less than enthusiastic over her boss’s choice of play. Then there’s the growing conviction that someone’s watching her. Strange messages, withheld calls and shadows on the windows spike temporary attacks of stress-related blindness as she clings to her last chance to live her dream. But as the dark play she’s directing starts to unravel the secrets she’d sworn never to tell, Jenny realises she’s not at the pub by chance . . .

…and soon she finds herself the leading lady in a nightmare replay of her past.

Susan says “I love theatre directing as well as writing, and have found working with Shakespeare’s writing cathartic and inspiring. In my working life, especially teaching adults, I have encountered many women with similar confidence problems, and the book grew out of that experience. It also carries the message that we should never give up on our dreams, no matter what age we are, where we come from, or whoever tells us we are bound to fail.”

Susan has loved writing, books and theatre since childhood, and now loves sharing stories with her small granddaughter. Apart from enjoying time with her family, she has also worked in business, run a theatre arts school for kids and somehow found time to gain a degree in Literature/Creative Writing, and a PhD in Shakespeare! She now writes fiction full-time, runs Shakespeare workshops and directs plays locally.

LINKS TO BUY: Publisher Amazon

Available in paperback format at £13.99 from Troubador.co.uk, and in e-book format from Amazon KDP Select at £4.99. Paperback also available online from Waterstones and Barnes & Noble. 

My thoughts: apart from all the terrible things Jenny encounters doing her dream job, I’d happily do the same. I am a huge Shakespeare nerd, theatre kid and I studied Titus Andronicus at uni (Hamlet is probably my favourite).

Jenny leaps at the chance to re-open an old pub and revive its Shakespeare festival, although she wants to do Hamlet, the mysterious owner insists on the even more gory and blood soaked Titus.

Making new friends in the local community and slowly building her confidence with Speak Out (a therapy group), she also begins researching the pub and the history of its resident Yorick, a human skull that belongs to someone either called Henry or John, according to neighbour George. Finding that there is a genuine link to the person, and a production of Shakespeare’s play in the 1500s, she digs into the local history, encountering witch trials, a hanging and tragedy.

Unfortunately her own tragic past is coming up to find her. An abusive mother, a rape and a pregnancy at 16, Jenny’s life isn’t a happy one. And now, divorced and alone, apart from the wonderful Mags, she’s starting over. Her aunt, in New Zealand, drops a bombshell – Jenny’s son is in the UK and wants to meet her.

But someone is leaving weird notes and the door keeps unlocking itself. A local woman is attacked, and she looks a bit like Jenny. What is going on? Is Jenny safe?

There’s a lot of turmoil and horror to come, but thankfully Jenny has brilliant friends around her, people who care and want to help, including local teacher and historian Ben.

Gripping and at times shocking, I was enthralled with Jenny’s story and the research she was doing. I love history and as a literary material culture buff, this was right up my street. I think Jenny and I would get along famously. She’s a real survivor and what she has been through is heartbreaking. But there’s so much hope and good will for her, that it left me feeling upbeat and pleased. Shakespeare’s incredible way with words guides Jenny, and even saves her life. A real treat of a book in many ways.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.

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Cover Reveal: The Audient and the Phantom Night – Sadie Hewitt

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The Legend of the Flying Dutchman meets Beauty and the Beast…

Check out this gorgeous cover for The Audient and the Phantom Night by Sadie Hewitt, available November 2023!

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The Audient and the Phantom Night

Expected Publication Date: November 21, 2023

Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Pirate Fantasy

☠️ Grumpy/ Sunshine
☠️ Touch Her and D$%
☠️ Forced Proximity
☠️ Cursed Ships
☠️ Outlawed Magic
☠️ Spicy

The Legend of the Flying Dutchman meets Beauty and the Beast in this action-packed fantasy filled with searing romance, outlawed magic, and seafaring danger.

Fenna Terrigan never expected to leave her seaside village. She was too quiet, too gentle, and far too kind to take on life outside of the bookshop she works at. But when her brother shows up on her doorstep begging for aid, with a pirate lord hot on his tail, Fenna will do anything to protect him.

Devlin Cato is the captain of a cursed ship and can step foot on land for one day every seven years. Once again, he’s found himself using it to chase a deserter across the continent. His hunt is short-lived when Fenna agrees to take on her brother’s twenty-five year debt in exchange for leaving her smoldering city to heal.

As Fenna spends more time aboard The Phantom Night with the ship’s mysterious and seductive captain, she soon finds herself caught between loyalty to her brother and her fiery passion for Devlin Cato. But the path to ending the curse isn’t as easy as it seems when Fenna’s dark secret is discovered– a secret that threatens the very foundation of the continent’s stability and one that anyone would be willing to kill for.

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Sadie Hewitt is the author of stunning, fantastical mysteries that keep readers on their toes. She is an avid fantasy and thriller reader. Sadie is especially passionate about diverse representation and mental health recovery in fiction, allowing her to create wonderfully vivid and relatable characters who jump off the page.

When she’s not writing or working as a full-time respiratory therapist, she travels the world, spends time with her two dogs and husband, and scarfs pizza like it’s going out of style.

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Blog Tour: The Beaver Theory – Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston

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Henri Koskinen, intrepid insurance mathematician and adventurepark entrepreneur, firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with painter Laura Helanto and her daughter…

As Henri realises he has inadvertently become part of a group of local dads, a competing adventure park is seeking to expand their operations, not always sticking to the law in the process…

Is it possible to combine the increasingly dangerous world of the adventure-park business with the unpredictability of life in a blended family? At first glance, the two appear to have only one thing in common: neither deals particularly well with a mounting body count. In order to solve this seemingly impossible conundrum, Henri is forced to step far beyond the mathematical precision of his comfort zone … and the stakes have never been higher…

Finnish Antti Tuomainen was an award-winning copywriter when he made his literary debut in 2007 as a suspense author. In 2011, his third novel, The Healer, was awarded the Clue Award for Best Finnish Crime Novel and shortlisted for the Glass Key Award. With a piercing and evocative style, Tuomainen was one of the first to challenge the Scandinavian crime-genre formula, and his poignant, dark and hilarious The Man Who Died became an international bestseller, shortlisting for the Petrona and Last Laugh Awards and now a Finnish TV series. Palm Beach, Finland (2018) and Little Siberia (2019) were shortlisted for the Capital Crime/Amazon Publishing Readers Awards, the Last Laugh Award and the CWA International Dagger, and won the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel. The Rabbit Factor, the first book in the trilogy will soon be a major motion picture starring Steve Carell for Amazon Studios, and the first two books were international bestsellers. Antti lives in Helsinki with his wife.

My thoughts: we return, for the final time, to the crazy world of adventure theme parks and Henri, the actuary who often seems to wind up solving crimes, instead of his actual job at YouMeFun.

Now living with girlfriend Laura and her daughter, you might think joining the dads club at the school and settling into domesticity, would mean less crime solving and fewer murders. But no, Henri’s ne rivals are a bunch of gangsters, who are attracting all the customers with free entry and free food, but Henri can’t see them lasting long in business. And then the owner is murdered. Which brings the cops to his door, again.

So, in between reassuring his staff and baking cakes to fundraise for the school trip to Paris, Henri sets out to solve a murder, or several, find out what the two dodgy cops are up to, and what this all has to do with horses, before he gets arrested or killed.

Written (and translated) with great wit, this delightfully funny black comedy of theme park shenanigans and espionage, is a wonderful high note for the highly entertaining trilogy to end up. Henri’s life is settled and happy, his crack team at the park are more committed than ever and things just might, finally, be ok.

*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.