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Cover Reveal+Giveaway: Mirrors and Mysteries by Christine Bauer

Cover reveal for Mirrors and Mysteries: Rapunzel Meets Jane Eyre (Fairy Tales of the Magicorum Book 9), a YA fantasy by Christine Bauer

Rapunzel meets Jane Eyre in the epic conclusion of this fairy tale romance!

Grayson Eyre has left her old life behind. She’s no longer stuck serving Lady R, a sadistic Rapunzel from the Lowood clan of elves. Instead, Grayson now teaches at the Thornfield home for shifter orphans. Even better, her boss is none other than the sexy alpha, Dex. It’s al...

Review: Ignatius and the Swords of Nostaw by D.A. Mucci

My review of Ignatius and the Swords of Nostaw, a fantasy by D.A. Mucci

Ignatius and the Swords of Nostaw is a coming-of-age story about teenager Ignatius who finds himself transported to a medieval world filled with magic, where he develops special powers and accomplishes quests in an effort to find his way home, defeating the evildoers along the way. While the genre is fantasy and the setting includes magic, mythological creatures, celestial races, and different lands being traveled to,...

Audio Excerpt: Rebel Without a Claus by Abigale Drake

Featuring Rebel Without a Clause by Abigale Drake, narated by Elizabeth Scott

Christmas elf Tinklebelle Holly is a screw-up. Demoted to a job in the reindeer division after one infraction too many, she hates her job, hates her life, and despises the North Pole.

But when a surprise visitor arrives from Elven High Council and Tink is assigned to show him around, everything changes. Jax Grayson is a dark elf, and unlike anyone she’s ever met. Looking past his obvious hotness, Tink kno...

Guest Post+Giveaway: 52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner by Mariëlle S. Smith

Featuring a guest post from Mariëlle S. Smith, author of the 52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner

‘A brilliant, supportive, challenging workbook, highly recommend.’ Jamie Sands

You, too, can become the writer you’ve always wanted to be!

The 52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner:

• makes you plan, track, reflect on, and improve your progress and goals for an entire year long;

• invites you to dig deep through thought-provoking prompts and exercises; and

• helps you unrave...

Review: Ardennia by Bruce Calhoun

My review of Ardennia: The Unlikely Story of Cinderella’s Prince by Bruce CalhounAbout Ardennia

This first book in a series chronicles the many adventures of Cinderella’s prince as he undergoes his baptism of fire in the Battle of Paris, is charmed by Cinderella at a masquerade ball, and sets off on a quest to find her after she flees the ball at the midnight hour.  The quest takes him through strange lands supposedly inhabited by ogres, pixies, hobgoblins, man-eating plants and giant...

Excerpt+Giveaway: The Abandoned by Jake Cavanah

Featuring dystopian fiction The Abandoned by Jake Cavanah

Once an uninhabited island off the California coast, the government used Morple to quarantine minorities during the sonoravirus pandemic from 2030 to 2045. At its conclusion, Morple became the country’s fifty-first state. This is where sisters Robin Karros’ and Ariana Jackson’s tragic journey began. As two of the first children officials checked into and raised in a state-run program responsible for inflicting severe abuse on M...

Interview+Giveaway: The Falls by Colleen McMillan

Featuring supernatural thriller The Falls by Colleen McMillan

Every small town has secrets…

…most won’t get you killed. Maddie Decker escaped Sterling Falls just after high school and never looked back. She was sure nothing could convince her to return. Until an urgent message from her high school best friend arrives begging
Maddie to come back before he dies changes everything.

Maddie can’t refuse.

Once there, tattered relationships and long forgotten memories are pushed aside when a mys...

Excerpt+Giveaway: The Romance Novel Formula by Alicia Leigh

Featuring The Romance Novel Formula, a romance craft book by Alicia Leigh

Is there a secret formula for writing a successful romance novel? Backed by research and professional expertise, The Romance Novel Formula provides everything you need to take you from idea to first draft of your breakout romance novel.

Join best-selling romance author and academic researcher, Alicia Leigh, as you discover:

*How to take your love interests on the “lovers’ journey” – inclusive of ALL types ...

Review+Giveaway: Phantoms by Michael Leon

My review of fantasy romance Phantoms by Michael Leon

The legend lives on in Phantoms… as modern day Phantom of the Opera, Eric Destler, plots to take over and rule the Palais Garnier with La Divina, the world-famous soprano, Carlotta Caccini, as his queen. But at every turn he is thwarted by his nemesis, the original Phantom of the Opera, now the Opera Ghost. Phantoms is set in the dark underground of the famous Paris Opera House and the stage above, where Guiseppi Verdi’s famous ope...

Interview+Giveaway: Meteors and Menorahs by Nessa Claugh

Featuring an interview with Nessa Claugh, author of Jewish scifi romance Meteors and Menorahs

‘Your dad invited your ex-boyfriend.’ Already committed to going home for Hanukkah, Leah panics at her mother’s text and invites her crush to come with her. The catch? They aren’t dating. The other catch? He isn’t Jewish. He isn’t even human.

Knar has been studying the physiology of humans for years in preparation to introduce Earth to the rest of the galaxy and present them as a species t...