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Review+Giveaway: Big Shot by Kirsten Weiss

Review of cozy mystery Big Shot by Kirsten Weiss

Small Town. Big Murder.

The number one secret to my success as a bodyguard? Staying under the radar. But when a wildly public disaster and a dead client blew up my career and reputation, it turned my perfect, solo life upside down.

I thought my tiny hometown of Nowhere would be the ideal out-of-the-way refuge to wait out the media storm.

It wasn’t.

My little brother had moved into a treehouse. The obscure mountain town had d...

Author Discovery Project Review: The Forest Bride by Jane Buehler

The Forest Bride: A Fairy Tale with Benefits, Book 1

He saved her life. Now she’s wondering why.
Rose will never escape the castle. The guards have caught her every time she’s tried. After thirteen years imprisoned in her tower, she’s resigned to her fate of an arranged marriage to a vain, tiresome, and/or brutish prince. Until she meets Dustan.
Dustan isn’t like the other princes who’ve come. He’s kind and asks Rose her thoughts. But Rose discovers that Dustan harbors a secret—he may not b...

Excerpt+Giveaway: Daughter of Lore by Eileen Dreyer

Featuring paranormal romance Daughter of Lore by Eileen Dreyer

He doesn’t believe…

Zeke Kendall doesn’t believe in fairies. He’s a scientist; an anthropologist who has spent the last ten years digging in the harsh deserts of the American Southwest. But things look a lot different in the soft green shadows of Ireland. There it is easier to believe that magic exists, especially when Zeke tumbles off a fairy mound and ends up in the arms of the beautiful Nuala, who seems to know e...

Interview+Giveaway: Witchslayer’s Scion by L.T. Getty

An interview with L.T. Getty, author of sword and sorcery fantasy Witchslayer’s Scion

Koth’s life was decided for him since before he was born, for his ability to heal wounds by touch is rare even among his people. When an attempted kidnapping turns to sacrificial murder, he embraces vengeance and the sword. As he journeys far from his small isolated village in the north, he learns the truth as to why his bloodline is targeted by strange magic, in a world still rebuilding from a time ...

Review+Giveaway: The Mermaid and the Unicorns by L.T. Getty

Review of middle grade fantasy adventure The Mermaid and the Unicorns by L.T. Getty

Daphne’s a typical mermaid, and at least according to her, that’s a problem. She’s courageous and has a beautiful singing voice, but lacks the power of an elemental, the ability to command water with the sound of her voice. Jealous of her best friend, she makes a deal with a sea-witch, only to be betrayed, in place of her beautiful tail and flukes Daphne’s left beached with a pair of human legs. The sp...

Guest Post+Giveaway: The Write Balance by Bonnie Goldberg

Featuring a guest post from Bonnie Goldberg, author of writing advice book The Write Balance

In The Write Balance, the companion book to the beloved bestseller, Room to Write, Bonni Goldberg demonstrates how to find fulfillment as a writer by embracing three key aspects of writing: 1) Percolation: what takes place before a first draft is written; 2) Revision: the writer’s role after the initial draft; and 3) Going Public: the writer’s mission once the writing is done. Filled with tool...

Excerpt+Giveaway: Sentinels by L. C. Conn

Featuring fantasy novel Sentinels by L. C. Conn

In his rage, Chaos destroys the world he created.

From his destruction, Order is born.
Order brings forth pure beings known as Sentinels.
From the Sentinels comes The One True Child.

Carling, raised as a normal daughter of The People, was brought up to believe in the value of love and caring, of kindness and tolerance, only to learn of the darker, more sinister teachings of Chaos and his plans for her. Forced to face her fears, she must ...

Review+Giveaway: Weep, Woman, Weep by Maria DeBlassie

Review of Weep, Woman, Weep – a Fantasy, gothic, magical realism by Maria DeBlassie

A compelling gothic fairytale by bruja and award-winning writer Maria DeBlassie.

The women of Sueño, New Mexico don’t know how to live a life without sorrows. That’s La Llorona’s doing. She roams the waterways looking for the next generation of girls to baptize, filling them with more tears than any woman should have to hold. And there’s not much they can do about the Weeping Woman except to avoid w...

Interview+Giveaway: Shadow and Sword by N.K. Carlson

Featuring an interview with N.K. Carlson, author of YA fantasy Shadow and Sword

The word was just below a whisper, yet in sixteen-year-old Reith’s ears, it rang louder than he could have ever imagined. Reith had his life in order: apprentice under his mentor, Master Chronicler Vereinen, and follow in his footsteps. Until a shadowy figure appeared in his village, burning everything to the ground, including Reith’s future. Now Reith’s mentor is missing and Reith is on the run from the m...

Excerpt+Giveaway: Pride, a Dance of Flames by Cait O’Sullivan

Featuring fantasy romance Pride, a Dance of Flames by Cait O’Sullivan

Researcher Ellora Radley’s life is just fine, thank you. So why turn it upside down to accept a new job with a sexy reckless treasure hunter and dive into a hot bed of shamanism and shapeshifting to shake the very fiber of existence? A fine life doesn’t put her in jeopardy.Lee North lives on the edge of jeopardy. Tracking down ancient, powerful artifacts demands no less and leaves precious little time for others. Bu...