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Blog Tour: When the Witch Visits – Michael Rands

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Welcome to the tour for When the Witch Visits by Michael Rands. Read on for more!

When The Witch Visits

Publication Date: April 18, 2025

Genre: Paranormal/ Horror Comedy/ Supernatural Fantasy

Rick and Kayleigh Zapp are living proof that perfection sells. With their idyllic family, overflowing bank accounts, and millions of online followers, they’re the world’s second-most beloved power couple. But on the night a hurricane rages through their town, a witch appears in their garden and tells Rick he has one year to live—unless he can repair the flaws in his seemingly flawless life.
As Rick’s paranoia builds and Kayleigh hides a secret that could topple their empire, their social media influence continues to grow—thanks in part to their increasingly twisted friendship with the enigmatic Max and Maxine Maxwell, the world’s most beloved power couple.
Humorous, dark, and eerily timely, When The Witch Visits is a horror-comedy for the age of the online personality.

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Book Blitz: The Freedom You Seek – Emily Villin

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We have an amazing book rec for you today and a chance to win a hardcover edition of The Freedom You Seek by Emily Villin!

The Freedom You Seek (A Requiem for Fading Worlds Book 1)

Release Date: March 1, 2025

Genre: Dark Romantasy

  • slow burn
  • angst
  • romantic tension
  • lots of mutual pining
  • found family
  • medieval-ish road trip
  • one Horse & one bed
  • proximity out of necessity
  • who did this to you?
  • burn the world down for her
  • altered history
  • unique magic system
  • secrets that have secrets
  • overcoming trauma
  • finding your place in a world that seems already doomed.
  • flawed characters with a lot of room to develop
  • a FMC from a small town who is confronted with all the lies she’s been told and fights to be stronger than she ever thought she could be. But strength never comes easy or overnight…
  • a walking red flag & morally gray and possessive, jealous, territorial, and protective MMC whose secrets are as dark as the magic he wields.

A man with many secrets, a woman desperately fighting for independence, a mission that leads them and their company towards unknown mysteries they are desperate to unravel because the world could soon depend on it—literally.

What would you do if everything you knew was a lie? When you found out there was so much more to your world than you were taught?

I never expected that my parents’ failed attempt to arrange my marriage would lead me to leave the small town I’ve known my entire life.

What started as a journey to escape the law soon shattered my worldview and dismantled everything I believed to know. Suddenly, being hunted is only the smallest of my problems.

Not only am I on a chase for truth and unraveling mysteries, but I also need to navigate the minefield that is Dion. The soldier who rescued me has a nasty temper, and—for someone who loves to be in charge—he has extremely little impulse control. But if he thinks I would simply submit to his antics, he is wrong. Just because he and his men helped me in a difficult situation and possess more knowledge about hidden truths from the past, it doesn’t mean I simply submit and be the docile woman society expects me to be. I have no wish to bind myself to anyone, not to my father, not to some rich betrothed, or to an arrogant bastard, no matter how attractive he is.

“The Freedom You Seek” is the first installment in the “A Requiem for Fading Worlds” dark romantic fantasy series. The story centers on Nayana, an ordinary small-town woman with a rebellious streak who gets involved in a mission bigger than herself; and Dion, a flawed soldier with a bad temper and a massive ego who tries to leave his past behind. Together with Dion’s comrades, the two embark on a journey into the heart of history and soon find out that sometimes, someone has to step up to try to save everything.

The novel tells a story about unraveling mysteries, self-discovery, uncovering the truth, and maybe even saving the world, which actually might be easier than dealing with love.

Perfect for fans of character-driven dark romantic fantasy with a plot that starts small, but escalates over the course of the series. Full of slow burn, angst and romantic tension, mutual pining, found family, mysteries, magic, overcoming trauma, as well as finding your place in a world that seems already doomed. Lastly, this story is for you if you love a walking red flag— a morally gray and possessive male main character whose secrets are as dark as the magic he wields.

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This book is 18+ and contains difficult topics. Please mind the trigger warnings.

This novel is written in first person past tense with dual points of view.

The story contains spice and shadows. The pepper rating will increase throughout the series.

Trigger warnings

  • Physical violence
  • Threatened homicide
  • Domestic violence
  • Sexual assault / Attempted rape (not from MMC)
  • Murder
  • Oppression
  • Gender inequality
  • Controlling behavior
  • sexual scenes
  • Alcohol as a method of coping
  • Blood and Gore
  • Cursing
  • Tolerating / Enjoying red flag-actions
  • Suicide (briefly mentioned in a legend)

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Cover Reveal: A Crown of Deceit and Ruin – Jessaca Willis

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We’re thrilled to present the beautiful cover for A Crown of Deceit & Ruin, and upcoming release by Jessaca Willis!

A Crown of Deceit & Ruin

Expected Release Date: July 7, 2025

Genre: Sapphic Fantasy Romance

  • Rapunzel + Persephone
  • Bi FMC (ends up with girl)
  • Undead/revenant princess
  • Star-crossed fates
  • Enemies-to-lovers
  • The slowest slowburn
  • Forbidden romance
  • Dancing in a moonlit ballroom
  • Courtly intrigue
  • Dark magic
  • Fairy tale retelling
  • Grumpy/sunshine energy
  • A curse that turned all the kings and queens into monsters

The most dangerous monsters wear crowns.

For nineteen years, Kestrel Graeme has been locked away in a tower, fed stories of cursed beasts and corrupted magic. But when she escapes, she discovers the real threat isn’t monsters—it’s the royals who rule through lies and bloodshed. Captured and taken to Irongate, Kestrel must fight for her father’s life and master the strange magic awakening inside her…before it’s twisted into a weapon by the very crown she’s come to fear.

But she’s not the only prisoner behind Irongate’s fortified walls. Slain in battle and resurrected years later, Princess Elora has spent her second life in chains. Promised a throne but given a leash, she’s ordered to keep Kestrel close and steer her toward breaking the curse. Elora will play her part…but only if it brings her the one thing she truly craves: freedom.

Monsters still haunt the realm, but Kestrel and Elora refuse to be their prey. If they want a future beyond the ruins they inherited, they’ll have to wield the power within them—before their kingdoms crumble.

A Crown of Deceit & Ruin is a slow-burn sapphic fantasy romance perfect for fans of fairy tale retellings, dark magic, and star-crossed fates—featuring a Rapunzel-esque runaway with the heart of a hero, a distrusting princess of death, enemies-to-lovers tension, courtly intrigue, sapphic/bi longing, found family, ancient curses, and the dangerous temptation of forbidden power.

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TWs: Animal sacrifice as part of another character’s magic; one scene

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Book Blitz: Our Little Monster – Lashell Rain

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Get Our Little Monster for FREE today and tomorrow! You’re not going to want to miss this!

Our Little Monster: A Why Choose Vampire Romance (Deviant Desires Series)

Genre: Vampire Romance/ Why Choose

Author: @lashell.rain.writes

  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Touch Her & die
  • Monster Hunters x Vampires
  • Why Choose
  • Morally Grey Characters
  • Found family
  • Betrayals 

Perfect for fans of Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries… but make it why choose.

She doesn’t know whether to kill them or keep them…

In a world where monsters lurk in the shadows, Serina Velika is a hunter, born and raised to keep the balance between humans and everything that goes bump in the night.

But no one is safe in the dark.

When vampires viciously attack her and her father, she is left shattered and bleeding on the forest floor, forced to bear witness to the horrifying scene as they mercilessly take her father’s life. The one person who anchored her is gone and now she has nothing left to lose.

She embarks on a mission for vengeance, keeping her heart guarded and her loved ones at arm’s length. But fate has other plans.

After eight months of little to no answers, Serina crosses paths with three captivating vampires—Bastian, Nox, and Thorne, who propose an intriguing deal. With no other options, she reluctantly allows them into her life and is thrust into a world of deception, unaware that with every shared moment her resolve weakens and her emotions ignite like wildfire.

Will their love conquer all, or will her need for vengeance tear them apart? Dive into this thrilling adventure where passion ignites, bonds are tested, and a new dawn of hope awaits.

This enemies-to-lovers paranormal romance can be read as a standalone. It has plenty of spice and a satisfying happily ever after.

Trigger Warnings:

Explicit sexual scenes, grief, loss of a parent, death, murder, manipulation, bloodshed, torture, kidnapping, physical assault, and violence.

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Cover Reveal: The Stardust of Dawn – D.L. Houpt

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We are proud to present the cover for the next installment in the Heir of Darkness series, The Stardust of Dawn!

The Stardust of Dawn (The Heir of Darkness #2)

Expected Release Date: July 10, 2025

Genre: Romantic Fantasy

Even the most beautiful flowers have petals that rot.

Tethys, Patron Goddess of Venia, has always lived a life of duty—until she meets Araes, an honorable yet infuriatingly ambitious mortal lieutenant. When children begin vanishing from Venia, she is forced to set aside her hatred. But the deeper she searches for answers, the more secrets she uncovers—from her sister Polaris’s self-imposed isolation to the hidden histories of the primordial gods.

Inspired by Ares and Aphrodite, the second installment in the Heir of Darkness trilogy is an epic prequel of love and the fight for freedom, exploring the delicate balance between following one’s heart and the true power of a woman scorned.

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Book Blitz: The Gods We Defy – Soraya Cole

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We have a book that you are going to want to add to the top of your TBR. Two if you haven’t read the first book in the series yet. Check out The Gods We Defy by Soraya Cole. It already has a coveted orange banner!

The Gods We Defy (All Gods Must Die Book 2)

Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Fairytales/ Fantasy/ Irish Mythology

Release Date: April 12, 2025

✨Badass FMC
✨ Irish Inspired Mythology
✨Fated mates
✨Touch her and💀
✨ Gods & Monster
✨ High Stake Trials
✨ A Prophecy
✨ Found Family
✨Trials and games full of action scenes
✨Irish Inspired Mythology
✨Light and shadow powers
✨Slow burn but definite spice
✨ Fae prince with a dirty mouth

RETURN TO A WORLD DIVIDED BY SHADOWS AND LIGHT…

In a world divided by shadows and light, Seren was born between both. But her world shattered when the fae arrived, when she discovered one was her mate, and when the kingdom’s shield cracked, revealing a whole new world.

Trapped in the fae lands, Seren has no other choice but to make a deal. One that forces her into the brutal trials of Túr Rí.

But this is no Guards Competition.

To return home, she must survive three deadly trials, endure ruthless games, and face competitors who will stop at nothing to see her dead.

As secrets unravel and time runs out, betrayal isn’t the only thing that comes to light.

In a world of Gods, Fae, Monsters and a prophecy that comes to life, in the end, it will all come down to:

The Gods We Defy.

The Gods We Defy is book 2 in the All Gods Must Die series, a new M/F fantasy series that is inspired by Irish Mythology. Full of mystery, betrayal, a unique magic system and a prophecy, get ready to be brought on one epic adventure. This plot heavy, character-driven story has a delicious slow burn that gets hotter each book, and a strong female lead that is ready to fight for what she believes in.

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Cover Reveal: The Magicless Mage – B.L. Lewis

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We’re proud to present the cover for upcoming release The Magicless Mage by B.L. Lewis! Pre-order today!

The Magicless Mage: The Wolf Queen Chronicles

Expected Release Date: October 3, 2025

Genre: Adult Contemporary Fantasy/ Dark and twisted Wizard of Oz retelling

  • Cat & mouse
  • Enemies-to-lovers (across series)
  • Slowest burn
  • Yearning & tension
  • Witch x werewolf
  • Time traveling
  • Magical library
  • Touch her & die
  • Hidden identity

The year is 2617

Librarian Winter Leroux is a witch working the night shift at Caldwell Archives. Using her wand, she protects the inventory from vampires—master thieves. One evening she misses her mark. In a rush to protect an ancient book, she unlocks a sentient spell, catapulting her seven hundred years into the past.

She learns the Witch Queen can help her get back to the future, but trapped in another time, she needs help finding the palace.

The year is 1917

Westley Sterling is an alpha with werewolves to protect. When an unfamiliar witch tumbles into his woods, he tries to kill her, but she’s a master of seduction and equally resilient. He’s ashamed of his aching attraction towards her. When she exposes a wicked secret beyond his evergreens, he takes her to see the Witch Queen.

En route to the palace, their walls crumble and tension builds. Westley shifts from wanting to be Winter’s enemy into wanting her to stay. Beyond the gates, twists unravel, weaving both their fates. Will Winter make it home after all?

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Content Warning:

This book contains explicit material intended for adult audiences only. The dynamic between the main characters represents fictional culture and customs, not our own.

The following trigger warnings are provided in an effort to be empathetic to readers: sexual assault (not between MCs), physical assault, excessive foul language, nudity, indentured servitude, sex work, group sex, breeding (mention), exhibitionism, infidelity, masking depression, dissociation, intrusive thoughts, suicidal ideation, alcohol consumption, alcohol abuse, amputation, blood and gore depiction, postmortem blood play, dead bodies, murder, eyeball trauma, heart attack (mention), hospitalization (mention), coma, death, cremation, animal death, animal attack, strangulation, captivity/confinement, kidnapping, knife violence, abuse, torture, and humiliation.

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Blog Tour: The Legend of Black Jack – A.R. Witham

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Action, adventure, and portals! The Legend of Black Jack by A.R. Witham has it all!

The Legend of Black Jack

Publication Date: May 17th, 2022

Genre: YA Fantasy

  • Action Adventure,
  • Coming-of-Age,
  • Portal Fantasy
  • Full Page Illustrations

Jack Swift can tell you every element on the periodic table, recite Treasure Island verbatim, and would remember in perfect detail every word you’d ever say to him. He has been alone for a long time, so he has buried himself in books, using them to plan his escape.

But no textbook could ever prepare him for the land of Keymark.

At 3:33 a.m. on his fourteenth birthday, Jack is kidnapped by a hideous monster to another sphere of existence. Now there are two moons in the sky, and he is surrounded by grotesque creatures and magical warriors training for battle. They want the impossible: Jack must use his abilities to save a life or be trapped in this bizarre world with no chance of rescue.

Jack doesn’t have secret magic, a great destiny, or any experience.

So why do they all expect him to become a legend?

Content/Trigger Warnings:

Shown on Page: Child Abuse (foster mom hits main character), Child Abduction (main character kidnapped by monster)

Alluded to: Child Neglect (foster mom ignores her wards)

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Blog Tour: Blood of a Fae – Briar Boleyn

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Exciting news everyone! The entire Blood of a Fae series (all 4 books) is available as a box set and you can read it now on Kindle Unlimited!

Blood of a Fae (4 Book Series)

Box Set Includes:

  • Queen of Roses: A Dark Fae Fantasy Romance
  • Court of Claws: A Dark Fantasy Romance
  • Empress of Fae: A Dark Fantasy Romance
  • Knight of the Goddess: A Dark Fae Fantasy Romance

His name became legend, while his sister’s was all but forgotten. But what if the legend got it very, very wrong?

Here is the true story of Camelot, retold through the eyes of the girl who grew up to become the most powerful enchantress in the land. She and her friends are going to save the world… if two of them don’t kill each other first.

An action-packed series brimming with magic, danger, and spellbinding romance, Blood of a Fae is perfect for fans of Holly Black, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Sarah J. Maas.

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Cover Reveal: The Moon’s Fury – Leena Kazak

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We are proud to present the cover for the next gorgeous installment in the Moon and Sands series, The Moon’s Fury! Read The Moon’s Daughter on KU now!

The Moon’s Fury (Moon and Sands #2)

Expected Release Date: August 2025

Genre: Romantasy

  • Three love stories
  • Forced proximity
  • Female rage
  • Political intrigue
  • One bed / one horse
  • Look at her and die
  • Mutual pining
  • Trauma rep

She was the moon. He was the night.

Together, they rise. Together, they fall.

In the wake of the eclipse and her father’s death, Layna’s dormant powers awaken with devastating force—wild, unpredictable, and impossible to hide. As she struggles to lead Alzahra as its new queen, whispers swirl about the infamous Moon Queen, threatening to expose a truth that could unravel everything. When vicious rumors ignite across the continent, moonlit fury simmers in her veins, and her control slips further from reach with each passing day.

Zarian has turned his back on the Medjai, determined to carve out a new future at Layna’s side. But the past clings to him like a shadow—and he carries secrets he’s never dared speak aloud. The world around him shifts like desert sands, uncertain and ever-changing, but one thing remains constant: his need to protect Layna, no matter the cost. But when an old friend resurfaces, Zarian is forced to confront a question he thought he’d already answered—can he truly leave the Medjai behind?

When dangerous forces rise against her, Layna is forced to flee Alzahra and hunted across the continent. She must face the rising storm inside her and uncover the truth behind her celestial light—even if it means setting fire to everything she’s fought to protect.

Will Layna harness her light and restore peace to the continent—or will her powers burn too bright to be contained?

The Moon’s Fury is the gripping second installment in the Moon & Sands series—a world-altering, unputdownable epic tale perfect for readers who crave immersive worldbuilding, flawed and complex characters, and jaw-dropping twists. Dive deeper into a realm where loyalty is tested, secrets unravel, and power always comes at a steep price.

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