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February 8, 2022
A Bewitching Tuesday
Guest Blog- Beautifully Broken Heroes by Julia Keanini #RomanticSuspense #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ZKEh50HPghE
Why Book Covers are Important by Kaylin McFarren #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/o5Jf50HPgcO
Dawned by Michelle Areaux [Book Spotlight] #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/uyBT50HPgpp
INTERVIEW: Pandemic: Chaos is Bleeding by Cynthia Fridsma #urbanfantasy #thriller #authorinterview @cynthia_fridsma #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/zZ2550HO0ky
SPOTLIGHT w/EXCERPT - YA PNR - DAWNED by Michelle Areaux #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/njvq50HPgo6
Blood and Fire by Kim Mullican [Tour with Excerpt] #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/W5VO50HPglL
Book Tour + Review: Pandemic: Chaos is Bleeding by Cynthia Fridsma @cynthia_fridsma @RoxanneRhoads
https://the-avidreader.blogspot.com/2...
February 7, 2022
A Bewitching Monday
INTERVIEW: Pandemic: Chaos is Bleeding by Cynthia Fridsma #urbanfantasy #thriller #authorinterview @cynthia_fridsma #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/zZ2550HO0ky
Dawned by Michelle Areaux - Young Adult- Paranormal Romance - Eternity is a powerful tool #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/LoSM50HO0bk
Beautifully Broken Heroes Aurora’s Girls Book One Julia Keanini #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/eogo50HO08c
You can’t escape from what you are
Annihilation by Kaylin McFarren
#bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Z4rA50HO03P
The Cross of Ciaran The Cross of Ciaran Series Book One Andrea Matthews #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/6egW50HO0qP
Blood and Fire Alpha and Omega Book One by Kim Mullican - Urban Fantasy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/qkUf50HO0g7
The Cross of Ciaran The Cross of Ciaran Series Book One by Andrea Matthews - Paranormal Romance - Can a fifth century pagan priest find love with a twentieth century archaeologist or will his secrets shatter their future together? #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ki3850HO0f1
February 4, 2022
A Bewitching Friday
INTERVIEW WITH ANDREA MATTHEWS (The Cross of Ciran Series)
http://supernaturalcentral.blogspot.c...
Annihilation by Kaylin McFarren [Tour with Excerpt]
https://www.westveilpublishing.com/?p...
Book Spotlight & #Review ~ Blood and Fire (Alpha and Omega, Book One) by Kim Mullican #UF #UrbanFantas
https://saphsbooks.blogspot.com/2022/...
Book Spotlight ~ The Cross of Ciaran: The Cross of Ciaran Series, Book One by Andrea Matthews @AMatthewsAuthor ~ #PNR ~ Paranormal Romance
https://saphsbooks.blogspot.com/2022/...
SPOTLIGHT w/EXCERPT - URBAN FANTASY THRILLER - PANDEMIC: CHAOS IS BLEEDING by Cynthia Fridsma
https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blog...
February 3, 2022
A Bewitching Thursday
INTERVIEW - PNR - THE CROSS OF CIARAN (The Cross of Ciaran, #1) by Andrea Matthews #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/tKN150HLrlR
Character Confessions: Maia Delacroix from Kim Mullican's UF Blood and Fire (Alpha and Omega Book One) + excerpt #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/8vAr50HLric
Annihilation by Kaylin McFarren #UrbanFantasy #Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/xy7B50HLrfF
Pandemic: Chaos is Bleeding by Cynthia Fridsma Virtual Book Tour #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ZMna50HLrk6
#Review Blood and Fire by Kim Mullican
https://buffykennedy.com/2022/02/bloo...
New Release
In a battle of wits that puts lives on the edge, can anyone be trusted?
Fatal Intent by Ryshia Kennie
https://amzn.to/3fGBzoy
#MysteryRomance #Romance #Suspense #TheWildRosePress #DetectiveFiction #Mystery #RyshiaKennie
Flash Fiction with Cynthia Fridsma #Horror #UrbanFantasy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/kmR850HKlcu
February 2, 2022
New Release: Fatal Intent by Ryshia Kennie #MysteryRomance
New Release
In a battle of wits that puts lives on the edge, can anyone be trusted?
Fatal IntentRyshia Kennie
Genre: Mystery RomanceASIN: B09NGSSN9VPublisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc Publication Date: February 2, 2022Print Length : 264 pages
As passion flairs in the jungle's torrid heat, a murderer lurks. And, in a battle of wits that puts lives on the edge, can anyone be trusted?
Leading a scientific excursion into the Borneo rain forest is a dream for entomologist, Savannah Cole. But when her guide turns up headless, it becomes a nightmare as soon they are lost. So, when a half-naked man emerges from nowhere, running isn't an option. They need help.
Raised in the lush cradle of the Borneo jungle, Aidan is as unconventional as the fact that he has no last name. And, as a PI, he can't ignore the mystery surrounding this group. In a bid for answers, he leads them on a convoluted trek finding himself in a clash of wills with their alluring leader and answers that slide dangerously close to the tribe he loves and a danger that no one imagined.
https://amzn.to/3fGBzoy
#MysteryRomance #Romance #Suspense #TheWildRosePress #DetectiveFiction #Mystery #RyshiaKennie
A Bewitching Wednesday
Flash Fiction with Cynthia Fridsma #Horror #UrbanFantasy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/kmR850HKlcu
The Cross of Ciaran by Andrea Matthews Virtual Book Tour #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/TRQV50HKleM
New Release
In a battle of wits that puts lives on the edge, can anyone be trusted?
Fatal Intent by Ryshia Kennie
https://amzn.to/3fGBzoy
#MysteryRomance #Romance #Suspense #TheWildRosePress #DetectiveFiction #Mystery #RyshiaKennie
Character Confession: Maia Delacroix from Blood and Fire by Kim Mullican #UrbanFantasy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/IOeS50HJ7L2
February 1, 2022
A Bewitching Tuesday
Character Confession: Maia Delacroix from Blood and Fire by Kim Mullican #UrbanFantasy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/IOeS50HJ7L2
The Cross of Ciaran by Andrea Matthews #timetravelromance #celticromance #paranormalromance #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/YMbp50HJ7Sf
Check Out Pandemic: Chaos is Bleeding by Cynthia Fridsma #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/NK4850HJ7Oi
January 31, 2022
A Bewitching Monday
Interview - The Cross of Ciaran by Andrea Matthews #timetravelromance #celticromance #paranormalromance #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/YGSW50HHXSv
Pandemic: Chaos is Bleeding Cynthia Fridsma #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/CEXG50HHXQy
Witches of Wildwood: Cape May Horror Stories and Other Scary Tales from the Jersey Shore by Mark W. Curran #Horror #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/y52G50HHXUZ
The Haunting of Black River Forest [Tour with Excerpt] #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/oOO650HHXTL
Discovery of the Five Senses by K.N. Smith [Tour with Excerpt] #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Hihm50HHXMF
On Stephen King from Mark Curran #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/zJry50HGoKO
Author Interview - Witches of Wildwood: Cape May Horror Stories and Other Scary Tales from the Jersey Shore by Mark W. Curran #Horror #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/BF5m50HFnvF
Blood and Fire by Kim Mullican #UrbanFantasy
https://fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com...
Witches of Wildwood: Cape May Horror Stories and Other Scary Tales from the Jersey Shore by Mark W. Curran #Horror
https://fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com...
Witches of Wildwood: Cape May Horror Stories and Other Scary Tales from the Jersey Shore by Mark W. Curran #Horror
Witches of Wildwood: Cape May Horror Stories and Other Scary Tales from the Jersey Shore Mark W. Curran
Genre: Horror/Speculative Fiction Publisher: NMD Books Date of Publication: Sept 15, 2017 ISBN: 978-1-936828-51-7 Number of pages: 300Word Count: 83,365Cover Artist: Robert Gonzales
A Collection of Contemporary Horror Fiction
Book Description: Werewolves... vampires... swamp beasts... zombies... even a Jersey Devil... all of these chilling creatures and more await you in this haunting collection of 11 contemporary horror fiction stories by Mark Wesley Curran. Uniquely set 'down the shore' in South Jersey's Cape May County, these scary tales are sure to terrify and entertain both adult readers as well as young adults.
The spooky offerings include:
- An abrasive radio talk show host is stalked by an angry werewolf in 'Werewolves of Dennis'
- A Fun Pier boardwalk worker falls under the spell of a strange attic dwelling girl in 'The Girl In The Attic'
- An ancient sailing ship filled with bloodthirsty zombies crashes into the Jersey Shore in 'Night of the Wildwood Dead'
The cornerstone of the collection is 'The Witches of Wildwood,' the harrowing and suspenseful tale of a witch-hunting preacher hell-bent on killing four teenage sisters determined to destroy the world from their Wildwood boarding house.
This collection contains: The Girl In The Attic - Dante's Inferno At Castle Dracula - Neptune's Revenge - Night of the Wildwood Dead - Captain Harvey's Wildwood Seafood Palace - Showdown In Anglesea - The Fortune Teller Machine - Jersey Devil - Werewolves of Dennis - Swamp Beast of Grassy Sound - The Witches of Wildwood [novella].
Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/-fHOAUbK0xc
Custom Autographed Clothbound Edition with Gold Tassle Bookmark
Excerpt:
Dante snapped out of his flashback in a startled daze.
He tried shutting the images out of his brain as he swam through the smoke and flame – peering forward as the shaft of white lantern sliced through the smoky darkness. As he walked the creaky floorboards, he heard the groaning and falling of smoky timbers in the unseen floors above him; he knew the ceiling could give way at any moment. His radio crackled with warnings to exit the building immediately. He reached down to his radio, switching it to off, then fought his way through the haze and flame.
He fought hard against the images; the memories as ghosts floated around him; he saw visions of his father, a fifth-generation firefighter, his tough, angry face floating disembodied on a thin veneer of white smoke. Then the image of his father: lying in a casket in a Northeast Philly funeral home, looking like some strange wax figure from a horror movie. The embalmers and makeup people had done the best they could but there was only so much that could be done with burn victims. It had been a fire in Manyunk, a section of Philly, that had taken his life.
Dante fought against the exhaustion and inertia he’d been feeling for months now; tried putting it all out of his mind; the divorce from Kathy; losing the custody battle; losing their home to the mortgage crisis. Guilt and depression had dogged him for the better part of his life, but a man had to remain strong, to fight his way through it, that’s what his parents and friends had told him.
It’ll pass, they said, in the meantime, man up.
But they could not know the debilitating effect of depression, how it freezes you and turns your life into a living nightmare of psychic pain. He’d tried sleeping it off, twelve hours a day; he’d tried drinking it away but it only made matters worse.
Snap out of it, they all said. Tough it out, Petrillo, suck it up. Yeah, he thought, if I don’t snap first.
The roar above his head was an angry crescendo; it sounded like a thousand railroad trains thundering over his head. He pushed forward into the oily black smoke and the ominous arms of orange and yellow flames that reached out all around him like angry beckoning spirits.
There was crashing overhead as sections of the burning roof fell into the floor above him. It did not slow his resolve or lessen his courage, he simply pushed the fear down below the surface He heard voices ahead of him. He stopped dead and tried to ignore the ghosts. Ahead of him in the glow of flame and smoke was Gracie-Lynn, his mother – the strong, silent pillar of strength that had endured so much before she’d died.
For years she’d dealt with his father’s unspeakable anger, the deep bouts of depression, the unexplained rage that would erupt in a split second into violence.
Mark Wesley Curran is a writer of contemporary fiction, specializing in the horror and suspense genre. Born and raised in Suburban Philadelphia, he spent many summers living and working in Wildwood, New Jersey during its heyday. He now resides in Los Angeles where he enjoys creative pursuits as a writer, filmmaker and musician. He moderates the Horror Fiction Central website and edits the weekly horror fiction Newswire, resources for fans of horror fiction.
Website: http://www.witchesofwildwood.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkWesleyCurr1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WitchesofWildwood/
Horror Fiction Central: www.horrorfictioncentral.com
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Blood and Fire by Kim Mullican #UrbanFantasy
Blood and FireAlpha and OmegaBook OneKim Mullican
Genre: Urban FantasyPublisher: Syn PublishingDate of Publication: 01/17/2022ISBN: 978-1-942632-39-9ASIN: B09NN4GLTZNumber of pages: 160Word Count: 62kCover Artist: Get Covers
Book Description:
I am Maia Delacroix and I hunt people and relics. My life does not lack excitement or danger. I have it in spades.
Then the Mageri surprised me with an orphan...yes, an orphan. I can’t even keep a house plant alive, let alone a kid. It turns out that I’m her only living relative, and even though we’ve never met, I’m her only hope. Great. Can I feed her after midnight? What does she eat? I have no idea what I’m doing.
They tell me this little witchling will need care for a few years until she comes of age. The bizarre fire leaking out of Elaina’s hands is a pretty good indicator that she is no witch.
Then the coven comes—they want her back. Necromancers show up, turning my vampire friends into enemies. If that isn’t bad enough, I have a demon problem now too.
Join me, and see if we can make it out alive!
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Excerpt:
She leaned into me and sobbed.
I didn’t know her but damn if I didn’t suddenly feel responsible for her. How in the hell had that happened? Because I lost my mother too? Because this poor kid had big blue eyes and pleaded for me to help her? Damned if I knew.
She wiped her face on her shirt. “We should probably get some groceries.”
And we did. While she did buy some junk food, I was a little surprised at how much healthy stuff she put in the cart. She even claimed she knew what to do with it.
When she grabbed a box of Earl Grey tea, I laughed. “You liar!”
She looked slightly embarrassed. “My mom drinks it,” she looked down at the box, “she drank it.”
I snatched it out of her hand and threw it in the cart. “If nothing else, we’ll brew it just to sniff.”
She blinked back tears before grabbing a bag of coffee. “Sounds good.”
The bill at checkout nearly gave me hives. Did teenagers eat this much every week? The paperwork the attorney left did show a nice monthly allowance for necessities, but if the grocery bill was this much each week, I’m not sure how much would be left.
I tried to hide the shock from Elaina. My poker face must not be as good as I thought, however.
“Don’t worry, we had to get a lot of staple items this week. We won’t need this much each time.”
Smiling, I started piling bags in my truck. “You noticed my mini-stroke?”
She laughed. “I’ve never seen a mage turn white like that. It was like a vampire had sucked you dry.”
After returning home, she helped me put all the groceries away then volunteered to start making dinner. I poured a glass of wine and leaned against the counter, watching her. Something was niggling at the back of my head.
“I wanted to ask you about that awesome fireball you made earlier.”
I noticed the pause in her movements before she went back to work. That spoke volumes.
“Cool, huh,” she said, keeping her back to me.
“What kind of magic is that?” I asked. “I’ve never seen a witch make a fireball.” I studied her movements while she worked. Her hands started to shake a little. The topic made her nervous. Interesting.
Her shoulders rose and fell as she took a deep breath. “As it turns out, I’m not a witch. I turned twelve and mom put me through all of the usual tests. Nothing.” She shook spices on the meat in the pan.
“Wow, that must have sucked.” I was trying to stay on her level to keep her comfortable.
“Not really. She didn’t make a big deal out of it. I helped her with her projects, learned about ingredients, spells, and relics. Last year, I felt something.”
She turned and looked at me. “I don’t know how to explain it. It was like a switch flipped and I could feel something here,” she said pointing just below her sternum.
“Warm and kind of moving?” I asked.
She nodded. “Exactly, except sometimes it feels icy too.”
Warm and cold? Was this kid defective?
“Anyway, I told my mom. We were close and she was just, awesome. I always knew I could tell her anything. She said it was excellent. So, we went into the woods and tried several things.
Nothing I tried worked. Then she said to do what felt naturally. That’s when I cupped my hands and made a tiny light ball. It was the size of a marble.”
This made no sense. It didn’t sound like any magic I knew.
About the Author:Kim Mullican is a cross-genre author with over 20 novels under her belt. She enjoys the farm life in Northwest Indiana with her husband. Between chasing chickens and herding cats, she and her husband enjoy gardening and old episodes of Top Chef.
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