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Cover Reveal: Sasquatch Summer – Talia Greer

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We’re thrilled to share the cover for upcoming monster romance, Sasquatch Summer by Talia Greer! Read on for more details!

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Sasquatch Summer

Expected Publication Date: July 11, 2023

Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Shifter Romance

🌲Forced Proximity

🌲Size Difference

🌲Light Rope Play

🌲Work Mentor

 đźŚ˛Shifted Seggs

🌲Hurt/ Comfort

🌲Touch Her and Die

A hyper independent PhD graduate, an impossible forest monster, and the irresistible attraction between them.

Returning to her hometown of River Pointe, Idaho is at the very bottom of Felicity Clarke’s meticulous to-do list. With an Ivy League doctorate in hand, she’s sure the academic job market will shine favorably on her.

But when her job search turns up nothing, and her estranged mother dies, she’s forced to return to the one place she spent her whole life plotting to leave. There, she happens into her dream job–music faculty at a local college.

And her faculty mentor? The super hot, hairy, 7ft-tall Cedric Byrne.

Determined to resist her infuriating attraction to Cedric, Felicity gives him the cold shoulder. But between living in her dead mom’s trailer and reuniting with her high school BFF, Felicity has more than enough to worry about. And Cedric and his kindness–and good looks–prove highly persuasive. She can’t help but warm to him.

But Cedric is not just a man. He’s a monster. Bigfoot, to be precise. And behind every monster is someone who threatens to destroy them.

Will Felicity stand with her Bigfoot boyfriend? Or will she do what she does best when it comes to River Pointe–flee?

Sasquatch Summer is a dual-POV, full-length, small-town standalone monster romance with a guaranteed HEA that features forced proximity and size difference. See author’s website for more detailed content warnings.

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Talia lives in the mountains with her gamer husband and two chaotic cat children. When she’s not writing, she’s drinking iced coffee or watching truly terrible horror movies.

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Cover Reveal: The Father of Monsters – Abigail Linhardt

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Another beautiful cover for the Season of the Runer series by Abigail Linhardt. This one is called The Father of Monsters. 

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The Father of Monsters (Season of the Runer IV)

Expected Publication Date: November 10, 2023

Genre: Dark Fantasy

With the wildling Signar in tow, Tzarik and Sybal track Tarkan to Alika only to find he’s in a race to the mythical Mahit’Nomicon against the would-be sorcerer Abigor Sharar. Now on the hunt for two of the most dangerous sentients to have ever existed, the Runers come closer to finding out that their paths might not have crossed with Sharar’s entirely by chance and the hunters may have in fact been the hunted.

After two decades of study, Sharar finally believes he knows the resting place of the Mahit’Onomicon. Just before he’s sure, an old nemesis appears, stronger and more vengeful than ever before. Armed with the djinn he enslaved long ago, protected by a sell-sword Runer, and informed by a traitorous necromancer, Sharar sees no way he can possibly fall to the revenge-bent Necro’Khan. He will be a sorcerer before the winter cools the desert sands of Alika.

Tarkan is gathering not only Apostles to his side but also unearthing spells and magic that Ishmael began to create one thousand years ago–long before Tarkan thought his father even existed. The more powerful the Necro’Khan becomes, the less he fears Sharar. In fact, Sharar as a sorcerer might be the missing piece he needs to become truly free and enthrone himself as the most powerful sentient on the map.

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Abi has been a writer all her life, but is a mentor at heart. When she is not writing, you can find her slaying enemies online or hunting for the next bohemian adventure. She has published works of fiction, poetry, academia, and even won awards for her short stories in science fiction and horror.

Abi is also a proud mom of two…ferrets! She live streams on Twitch where you can enjoy her terrible gaming skills and join the live discussion. She works part-time as a freelance ghostwriter, editor, and audiobook narrator, hoping to one day make these passions her full-time job. She currently resides in Kansas.

She is one of nine children–all who share the creative spark.

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Book Blitz: Wolvercraft Manor – Cas E. Crowe

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Not everyone likes to read light beachy reads in the summer so we recommend Wolvercraft Manor by Cas E. Crowe! Read on for more details!

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Wolvercraft Manor

Publication Date: May 27, 2023

Genre: Paranormal Thriller/ Gothic Horror

A bride. A groom. A deadly curse.

Forced to attend her brother’s wedding, Saige Wolvercraft returns to her ancestral home, the house where her mother took her own life. Wolvercraft Manor is haunted. Or at least it is for Saige. The rest of her family thinks she’s nuts—a diagnosed handful. Worse, her ex-boyfriend and successful rock star, Jasper Young, is attending the wedding, and he’s the only one who believes her.

When Saige learns that a string of family deaths has occurred in the house over the last two centuries, she realises the supernatural is involved with the manor’s dark history. Not only does her bedroom window opens mysteriously on its own, but cries echo from the attic, and a seance goes disastrously wrong.

After a storm moves in, cutting off the family’s contact with the outside world, the bride starts behaving strangely. It’s time for Saige to investigate. The problem is she needs Jasper’s help.

As Saige and Jasper are drawn closer together and uncover more of the house’s secrets, they learn that something evil walks Wolvercraft’s halls… and it’s coming for all of them.

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An admirer of all things spooky and quirky, Cas E Crowe’s fascination for fantasy, horror, and paranormal stories began when she was little, after her grandfather recognised her unusual interest and built her a haunted doll house to stage her own stories. She has self-published two young adult dark fantasy novels and has plans to write an anthology of haunted house horror novels.

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Blog Tour: Perilous Times – Thomas D. Lee

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They say ‘old soldiers never die’ – and in Sir Kay’s case, the ballad can be taken literally. For hundreds of years Kay and his fellow knights of the round table have been woken from their long slumber whenever Britain had need of them; they fought at Agincourt and at the Somme. But now a dragon has been seen for the first time in centuries, the realm is more divided than ever, and what’s worse, there are rumours of Arthur himself returning. Kay just wants to go back to sleep. And Kay is not the only ancient thing to come crawling up out of the ground; Lancelot is back as well, with orders to track down Kay and stop him from doing anything stupid. Mixing Arthurian legend with contemporary fantasy, this sharply witty and relevant debut novel will delight fans of Terry Pratchett and Ben Aaronovitch.

Thomas D. Lee is an author of fantastical and historical fiction. In 2019 he completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing. He has now embarked upon a PhD at the same institution, specialising in queer interpretations of the Arthurian mythos. He frequently considers emulating Merlin and becoming a hermit in the woods who speaks only in riddles.

My thoughts: I freaking loved this book, it’s brilliant. Funny, clever, the right amount of silly, entertaining and a warning too. I loved Mariam, the next Queen of the Britons, who doesn’t really want it, but destiny (or Nimue, Lady of the Lake) says otherwise.

Kay, Arthur’s older and very tired foster brother, doesn’t really want to be dragged from the mud again to save Britain. But that’s the deal, so here he is trudging around with his sword and shield, defending those in peril. And then there’s Lancelot, who if he thought about it would probably skip this too. And Kit Marlowe – who really should know better than to make deals with the devil.

Honestly, it’s a total hoot. There’s a dragon, and Merlin, who may have done too many drugs over his thousands of years of life, he’s not much use. Morgan le Fay pops up as well, all ready to drag Arthur from Avalon. Having forgotten what a pain he can be.

There’s a stark ecological warning in there too, the poisoned earth, the air, the vanished birds and animals, we need to do better. Mariam meets Kay while blowing up a fracking site, dragging all the trapped hydrocarbons from under the soil is not the way. We need to do better or maybe Britain’s heroes won’t be resting easy for long.

*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: The Pawnshop of Stolen Dreams – Victoria Williamson, illustrated by James Brown

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In a strange little village called Witchetty Hollow, eleven-year-old Florizel is the first to run into the curious visitors who’ve come to open a brand new Daydream Delicatessen and sack-baby factory.

At first, it seems the daydream confection and cheap sack children are the best things that could have happened to the poor folk of the Hollow – after all, who has the money to rent their child from Storkhouse Services these days? But after a few weeks, Florizel starts to notice something odd happening to the adults of the town. First, they seem dreamy, then they lose all interest in their jobs and families. Soon they’re trading all their worldly goods in the newly-opened Pawnshop for money to buy daydreams. With no money for rent payments, the children of Witchetty Hollow are being reclaimed by Storkhouse Services at an alarming rate. Florizel needs to act.

A magical tale of intrigue and adventure from award-winning children’s author Victoria Williamson

About the Author

Victoria Williamson grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, and has worked as an educator in a number of different countries, including as an English teacher in China, a secondary science teacher in Cameroon, and a teacher trainer in Malawi.

As well as degrees in Physics and Mandarin Chinese, she has completed a Masters degree in Special Needs in Education. In the UK she works as a primary school special needs teacher, working with children with a range of additional support needs including Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, physical disabilities and behavioural problems.

She is currently working as a full time writer of Middle Grade and YA contemporary fiction, science fiction and fantasy, with a focus on creating diverse characters reflecting the many cultural backgrounds and special needs of the children she has worked with, and building inclusive worlds where all children can see a reflection of themselves in heroic roles.

Victoria’s experiences teaching young children in a school with many families seeking asylum inspired her debut novel, The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle, an uplifting tale of redemption and unlikely friendship between Glaswegian bully Caylin and Syrian refugee Reema.

Twenty percent of her author royalties for The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle are donated to the Scottish Refugee Council.

You can find out more about Victoria’s books, school visits and upcoming events on her website: http://www.strangelymagical.com

My thoughts: this was a fun, magical story for independent readers, known as Middle Grade in publishing terms (which makes little sense in the UK, I know). I think a 9-10 year old would enjoy this as Florizel and Burble are about that age.

It’s a story about finding your place, your family, and defeating the evil Gobbelinos who turn all the adults into idiots and risk the children being taken away from them forever. Thankfully Florizel is clever and resourceful and Burble, helps. Their relationship is sweet, he’s a bit like a talking dog – he eats everything and is a bit clueless but loveable. Gently entertaining.

*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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Book Trailer Reveal: The Pen Thief and the Division of Destiny – Tasha Madison

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Book Trailer Banner“The Pen Thief will draw you in and take you on a journey toward self-discovery, friendship, and forgiveness.” – Kary Oberbrunner, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author

Happy publication day to Tasha Madison and congrats on the release on The Pen Thief and the Division of Destiny! Check out the book trailer and details below!

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The Pen Thief and the Division of Destiny (The Pen Thief Series -Prequel)

Publication Date: June 6, 2023

Genre: YA Fantasy/ Grade 6 to 12

Gifted with Magic.
Tempted by Power.
United by Destiny.

A king with an appetite for absolute power. A magician with abilities he doesn’t fully understand. Future guardians torn between past prophesies, forgotten secrets, and a sworn oath to protect and defend.

A rebellion rises. As fates intertwine, a mysterious magic fights to find the true heirs of its enchantment. But, danger lurks in the shadows of the past. A dark force, determined to possess the mystical relics of the world for itself, seeks to destroy the veil of truth hidden by time.

Will destiny prevail or fall prey to the gluttonous desires of mankind?

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Tasha Madison is a book nerd, editing ninja, and design geek. She has degrees in journalism, business, and law. She is the award-winning author of Fabric of a Generation and Pharaoh’s Shadow. When she’s not scrapbooking or competing in epicurean competitions with family members, you can find her writing poetry or jotting down story ideas about delicious family drama, humorous dialogue, unexpected twists, or tear-jerker surprises.

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Blog Tour: When We Lost the Moon – Samantha J. Won

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Welcome to the tour for When We Lost the Moon by Samantha J. Won. This one is perfect for fans of K-Drama, enemies to lovers, and werewolves!

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When We Lost The Moon (Moondust #1)

Genre: YA Paranormal/ Paranormal Romance/ Asian Literature

Publication Date: April 30, 2023

He’s her childhood nemesis – and she’s the only one who can save his life.

When 17-year-old Aera Song mysteriously develops the power to foresee death, nobody believes her – not even herself. But after she’s haunted by disturbing visions of her childhood nemesis meeting a gruesome end, she begins to realize that she’s the only one who can save his life.

Gray Yoo has been in love with Aera for years. But there’s one big problem: the older they get, the more she can’t stand him. The werewolf and young alpha has enough on his plate, without trying to woo the heart of his cousin’s ex – like keeping his pack together and trying to stay alive when fate seems determined to kill him.

Nemesis or not, Aera can’t watch Gray die. Forced into a desperate struggle to protect him and prevent her shocking visions from coming to pass, she begins to wonder whether her power is a gift… or a terrible curse.

To save Gray’s life, she’ll need to cheat fate itself. But it will come at a price – one that she might not be willing to pay…

As a thrilling enemies-to-lovers paranormal contemporary romance that expertly blends exhilarating action with edge-of-your-seat suspense and drama, Moondust: When We Lost The Moon is a page-turning read that you won’t want to miss. Perfect for fans of K-drama!

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Samantha J. Won was born and raised in the Philippines. She now resides in Los Angeles, California with her family. She is a registered nurse but has always felt the urge to dive into writing. What started as a childhood hobby, sparked by her love for the classic The Baby-Sitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin—eventually turned into full length scripts, fanfictions, and children’s stories. Samantha J uses her writing to fill those literary voids she stumbles upon when struggling to find her next great read. She enjoys roller skating, spending time with her dog, and devouring her favorite shows.

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Cover Reveal: Shade of Light – Kimberly Grymes

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We are so excited to share this stunner! Pre-order Shade of Light by Kimberly Grymes and stay tuned for the book tour in October!

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Shade of Light (Three Shades Trilogy)
Expected Publication Date: October 24th, 2023
Genre: YA Dark Fantasy

Not all monsters are evil. Some choose to do better. So, which one am I?

Eighteen-year-old Adele believes she’s a monster because of her ability to infiltrate minds. She has come to terms with the fact that she may be alone for the rest of her life in order to avoid hurting others. For years, she’s been kept captive at Castle Forge, living comfortably under the watchful eye of a tyrant general. But after secretly witnessing her aunt heal someone with her blood, Adele knows the only way to get answers is to escape. Even if that means leaving behind the one person who’d shown her compassion during her captivity.

She travels far to her childhood village, and while trying to uncover the mysteries of her past, she encounters the Shade. The same mysterious attackers who changed her life eight-years ago. The Shade have been raiding Adele’s childhood village, capturing its inhabitants for their queen, the ruler of the Under Realm. It isn’t long before Adele realizes these attackers possess similar powers, drawing more questions about who she is, where she comes from, and how she’s connected to these evil beings.

After a childhood friend is captured and taken to the Under Realm, Adele must decide whether to stay and help the village or return to Castle Forge, where a dear friend might be in danger from the general’s wrath. With evil all around, Adele must choose who she wants to be and what her future holds.

This young-adult dark fantasy story promises a captivating and thrilling journey filled with action, suspense, and unexpected twists. Book one in the THREE SHADES TRILOGY explores themes of self-discovery, acceptance, and the power of choice as Adele navigates a dangerous medieval world to find her place in it.

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This book/series is young adult fiction and appropriate for 14+ years of age to read. It is considered “dark” fantasy, but appropriate enough for teens to read. There are mildly violent scenes, but nothing that falls into the “gore” or “horror” category. And the magic is more abilities that can either be used to help other or for torturous reasons.

This is a story that takes place in a medieval fantasy world with arrows, swords, and other non-gun-like weapons.

If you enjoy “dark” fantasy TV shows such as Wednesday, Vampire Diaries, or Shadow and Bone then you’ll be okay with the level of “darkness” in Shade of Light.

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Kimberly Grymes loves being sucked into science-fiction, fantasy, mystery, and paranormal worlds.

After many, many years of reading books and watching other people’s stories on TV and film, she finally took the plunge and started writing and sharing her own stories, starting with her debut novel, Isoldesse. She’s also released a companion novella, The Red Umber Forest. Besides storytelling, Kimberly enjoys baking, crafting, and taking bookish pictures for her Instagram page.

She and her family live on the outskirts of Wichita, Kansas with their two crazy miniature pinschers, Cori and Jubilee.

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Cover Reveal: The Desert Heiress – Shoshana Rain

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We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover with you all today! The Desert Heiress is the start of a brand-new series by Shoshana Rain!

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The Desert Heiress (The Seven Star Empire #1)

Expected Publication Date: April 6th, 2024

Genre: Why Choose Romance/ Second World Fantasy

🌵Why Choose

🌵MMMF Romance

🌵Slow-Burn

🌵Magic

🌵Spicy

🌵Guaranteed HEA at the End of Series

Nothing will stop Lis from regaining her family’s power—not even the three tempting men standing in her way.

In the desert port of Cenefra, the Sun Rose is life blood. A magic plant with the ability to grant people greater abilities. Sale of the plant is strictly forbidden, its growth restricted only to farms owned by the Empire’s shipping company.

Liseya Moroeste has only ever wanted one thing: to run the syndicate smuggling it. But her family has been cut off for over a century, forced to advise but never lead. When the government cracks down on all illegal export, Lis is ready to seize her chance.

To do so, she must best her three rivals. Filip, Deo and Adrian each want to court her, control her, cajole her into doing what they want.

Liseya finds herself drawn into their complicated web, but to survive, she must learn if she can trust them, or if she must cut them down before they can do the same to her.

The Desert Heiress is the first book in The Seven Star Empire Series. It is a slow burn, MMMF why choose, second world fantasy with steamy scenes and a guaranteed HEA at the end of the series. It contains both MM and FF scenes, and involves the FMC in a relationship before getting involved with her main love interests.

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A lover of mythology, sexy romances, and heroines who give as good as they get, Shoshana knew she wanted to write fantasy romance since reading Kushiel’s Dart. When she’s not writing, she’s hanging out with her cat and trying to keep her garden alive in the harsh desert summer.

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Cover Reveal: Twisted Bond – Katlyn DeRourn

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We are so excited to share this GORGEOUS cover with all of you today. Twisted Bond by Katlyn DeRouen is available for pre-order now and is due for release in October!

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Twisted Bond (Twisted Series #1)

Expected Publication Date: October 18, 2023

Genre: YA Fantasy

✨Found Family

✨Hidden Royalty

✨Friends to Lovers

✨Chosen One

Three Girls.

Three Lives.

One Bond.

After almost a decade apart, Cammie, Hannah, and Sabina never expected their paths to cross again so suddenly. But when Cammie is plagued by memories of a person she has never met, she has no choice but to reach out to the friends she lost touch with years ago.

A charismatic stranger—by the name of Caelan—claims he holds the answers to her mounting list of questions. Instead, Cammie winds up in a comatose state. With Caelan’s help, Sabina races against time to find the man in Cammie’s memories who holds the key to an unseen world… before her friend is lost within her own mind forever.

Meanwhile, Hannah finds herself fighting for her life after being thrust into the middle of a war between beings rumored to be myth. In the midst of the chaos, one element holds true… fate pulled them back together for a reason. Will the trio uncover the truth they seek? Or run from an answer they fear will shatter their world as they know it?

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Katlyn DeRouen is a multi-genre author who dabbles in science fiction, fantasy, and romance. Driven by her love of the written word, she penned her debut book of poetry in 2019, which received an outpouring of glowing reviews. Encouraged by the support of her readers, she allowed her imagination to take her to the stars and back with countless new engaging characters and compelling novels. She lives in Kansas with her husband and two fur babies where she can always be found getting lost in a story.

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