M.T. DeSantis's Blog, page 18
February 21, 2022
Exclusive Excerpt: The Prophet Paradox by Danny Tuttle
Biblical scholar Anne Hart is lost. Again. In a rural Egyptian village, she tries to save a woman from a public lashing ordered by a local sharia tribunal of elders. The police chief orders Anne to be abandoned in the Qattara Depression, the worst hell hole in the Sahara Desert. With no food or water and weeks of desert in every direction, Anne makes a discovery that can change the world. But will she survive?
Physicist Max Moore detects a burst of elementary particles and makes a startli...
February 17, 2022
Interview+Giveaway: A Spider in the Garden by Courtney Davis
Interview with Courtney Davis, author of paranormal fantasy romance A Spider in the Garden
Aranha is the last of her kind, a spider shifter who preys upon the dregs of society in an attempt to validate her existence and feed her hunger. She’s lived alone for two hundred years, no family and no friends; always watchful for those who would kill her.
Dag is one of a dying species, vampires who can walk in the day. They have lost their companions and live in dread of the day that they too ...
February 16, 2022
Review+Giveaway: The Heretics Hymnal by Ken Dalton
My review of The Heretics Hymnal, a mystery by Ken Dalton
A cryptic phone call from a police detective in Germany caused Pinky to contact Bear and Flo so they could keep his client from being extradited to Germany for murder by hiding him in Pacific grove, California. Pinky’s client was accused of strangling a used book store owner to get a first edition of Martin Luther’s Achtliederbuch—a book published in 1524—a book that all experts agree no longer exists.
While Pinky burns through ...
February 15, 2022
Review+Giveaway: Dawn of a Demon by Christine Schulz
My review of urban fantasy Dawn of a Demon by Christine Schulz
The fight to save my city and everyone in it has only just begun. It’s time to sharpen the cat claws and unleash the spider fangs because this half shifter is out to catch her prey.
There’s a toxic memory-warping drug sweeping the city streets and its deadly magic is breaking the minds of everyone around me. The brain-melting poison has already claimed the life of my good friend, and if that’s not bad enough, the crimin...
February 13, 2022
Interview+Giveaway: The Woods of Hitchcock by Ann W. Jarvie
An interview with Ann W. Jarvie, author of The Woods of Hitchcock from the psychological suspense Henrietta Series
The Woods of Hitchcock by award-winning author Ann W. Jarvie is a thriller about a psychically gifted Chicago copywriter and victim of violence who returns to South Carolina’s equestrian country to solve a riddle involving murder, the metaphysical and the secrets of her eccentric family.
Suzanne Clayborn is a psychically gifted southerner working in her dream job in Ch...
February 9, 2022
Author Interview: Beauty Abides by Robert Albo
Featuring Beauty Abides by Robert Albo, book 2 in the Her Dark Matter Necklace SeriesShe has an impossible task. If she fails, everyone is doomed…
Alice Blair has no faith in herself. With the fate of the world resting on her shoulders, the fifteen-year-old orphan doubts her role as humanity’s chosen savior. But when the awkward teen consults the god of the dark matter universe, she’s distraught to learn that not only is she the right person to bring beauty to Earth, the time to do it...
February 7, 2022
Review+Giveaway: The Order of Time Series by Scott P. Southall
Featuring The Order of Time Series by Scott P. southall, plus my review of book 1Picture two twelve-year-old fraternal twins who are like night and day. She is a smart and highly organised MMA fighter. He’s not a fighter, he’s a lover of history, art and Star Wars. Despite their differences they are one formidable team. Together Anastasia and Edward Upston travel through time and navigate ancient civilisations, angry gods and mythical monsters in their quest to protect the integrity of h...
February 6, 2022
Interview+Giveaway: The Dark Beast by Dave Maruszewski
Featuring an interview with Dave Maruszewski, author of middle grade The Dark Beast
Recently knighted squires Raven, Romda, and Ravai are tasked to help a nearby priest. However, this simple errand turns into much more. They cross paths with the Dark Beast. After that brief encounter, they soon realize the Beast’s plans to destroy an entire town. They journey to this town, meeting residents who tell large tales about the Beast. How much of stories are true? The three will find ou...
February 3, 2022
Excerpt+Giveaway: Magical Mountain by Asmaa Jamil
Featuring fantasy novel Magical Mountain by Asmaa Jamil
Magical Mountain is the first book in a four-part fantasy series, Kingdom of Treasures. The book retells the story of Cinderella from the fairy’s perspective, giving readers insight into a classic fairytale from a fresh viewpoint. Keeping things interesting, Magical Mountain also borrows plot and character elements from 1001 Arabian Nights (Two Sisters Who Were Jealous of Their Younger Sister). However, the story fosters its own ...
February 2, 2022
Excerpt+Giveaway: The Last Keeper by J.V. Hilliard
Featuring The Last Keeper (book 1 in the Warminster science fiction series) by J.V. Hilliard
A young boy’s prophetic visions.
Blind at birth, Daemus Alaric is blessed with the gift of prophetic Sight. Now, as a Keeper of the Forbidden, he must use his powers of the Sight to foil the plans of a fallen Keeper, Graytorris the Mad.
An elven Princess with a horrifying secret.
Princess Addilyn Elspeth travels from Eldwal, the magically hidden home of the Vermilion elves, to begin h...
