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March 15, 2021
A Bewitching Monday
Author Interview- Goddess of Everything by Paul DeBlassie III #ParanormalThriller #AuthorInterview #bewitchingbooktours
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Mu: The Grimm Cases Collection Part One by Lyla Oweds
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Secrets of the Mermaid by Catherine Stine with Meet the Author Video #UrbanFantasyRomance #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/EW7n50DYUhf
Mu: The Grimm Cases Collection Part One by Lyla Oweds
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Virtual Book Tour: Secrets of the Mermaid by Catherine Stine
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March 12, 2021
Mu: The Grimm Cases Collection Part One by Lyla Oweds
Mu The Grimm Cases CollectionPart OneLyla Oweds
Genre: Young Adult/New Adult FantasyDate of Publication: August 15, 2019ASIN: B07SZ4FTD9Number of pages: 759Word Count: 269kCover Artist: Crimson Phoenix Creations
Book Description:
The things I see aren’t for the faint of heart.
And I am no longer willing to ignore them. Not even when my family, and my best friend, tell me to keep quiet about what’s happening. They say people will think I’m crazy.
Maybe I am.
But the spirit haunting my professor’s house is definitely trying to tell me something, and I’m the only one who can see it.
The one person who can help me is my best friend's brother. But I don’t know if I can trust him or his friends. Or if I can step outside the protective bubble I’ve built around myself.
At this point it’s a toss-up: the ghosts will kill me or my panic attacks will.
Either way, I figure I’m going to die.
This Omnibus contains books 1-3, the first novella, and bonus chapters for The Grimm Cases
Excerpt:
I stopped walking entirely—I certainly couldn’t show up at Damen’s with this interloper in tow. “I’m seriously fine.” I tried to reassure him in my nicest voice. To show no fear. “You don’t need to bother with me. Besides, I don’t even know who you are.”
“It’s not a bother at all.” He flashed another blinding smile. “And I guess I should introduce myself. It’s a good thing to be wary of strangers. My name is Titus Ducharme. You might have heard of me; I own Jinshu Security.”
Never heard of it. I pursed my lips, listening to him continue on. If anything, I was even more suspicious now. I highly doubted that this man was the owner of anything resembling a respectable corporation. He was far too young and too wild.
Titus—if that was his real name—didn’t seem to notice. “I’m perfectly legit. You can ask my assistant. But I can’t tell you how happy it makes me when I see a young woman asking questions. You have a good head on your shoulders, it would be remiss of me to not see you to your destination.”
I raised a brow skeptically, unable to come up with a response. He thought I was smart because I asked a question? It almost sounded as though he was making fun of me.
“Let me take a guess and say that you are headed…” He glanced up and pointed in the direction that I had been walking when he pulled up. “…that way. What a coincidence! I’m going that way as well, so this works perfectly. I’ll escort you.”
I wasn’t sure how to respond. He was being so stubborn. It was time to take some action.
He had at least a foot-and-a-half on me and over a hundred pounds of muscle. I had no chance in hand-to-hand combat. There was only one thing for a woman like me to do in this situation.
Yet, despite my fear, I felt guilty. “Titus—”
He grinned warmly as I said his name, as if he loved hearing the sound. The action made me feel even worse for what I was about to do.
I’d give him one more chance.
“I’m seriously fine.” I leveled my most severe glare in his direction, in case he was just a persistent dude with no clue. “You can leave now, please.”
He sighed as he rubbed the back of his head, clearly uncomfortable. “I don’t think that you understand. These streets…I can’t just leave you here alone. I really should—”
Titus didn’t see it coming. The second he refused to leave, I pulled out the weapon and aimed the pepper spray right at his eyes.
About the Author: Lyla Oweds is an Amazon bestselling paranormal romance and urban fantasy author who resides in the beautiful Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania. She grew up near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and has a deep appreciation for the paranormal, hauntings, and Edgar Allan Poe. As such, she loves all things fantasy, mystery, crime, and horror.
When not reading, writing, or working as a web programmer, Lyla can be found doing adult-y things such as being a mom to small children, cleaning, and gardening. She also frequently enjoys makeup videos, massages, wine, and coffee.
Website: https://lylaoweds.com
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March 11, 2021
A Bewitching Thursday
Guest Blog- A Cat for Troy by Allie McCormack #PNR
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THE GRIMM CASES COLLECTION BY LYLA OWEDS #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/mwf850DW5G2
A Cat For Troy by Allie McCormack - Book Blitz #bewitchingbooktours
https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/2021...
Mu The Grimm Cases Collection Part One Lyla Oweds - Young Adult/New Adult Fantasy - The things I see aren’t for the faint of heart.
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March 10, 2021
A Bewitching Wednesday
Guest Blog- A Cat for Troy by Allie McCormack #PNR
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Mu: The Grimm Cases Collection Part One [Book Tour with Excerpt] #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/B3aN50DV42F
Spotlight & Excerpt: A Cat for Troy + Giveaway
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SPOTLIGHT - YA/NA FANTASY - MU (Grimm Cases Collection, #1) by Lyla Oweds #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/j9Qa50DV411
Witchin Wednesday- My Path to Hekate #Hekate #WitchinWednesday #ShadowWork
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A Cat for Troy by Allie McCorma #PNR
A Cat for TroyWishes and Dreams Book ThreeAllie McCormack
Genre: Paranormal RomanceDate of Publication: March 4, 2021ISBN: 9798580580678ASIN: B08P2SMY52 Number of pages: 400 Word Count: 107,000Cover Artist: Dar Albert
Tagline: Troy’s new roommate was loving, demanding ,possessive, sometimes even bad tempered. But he loved her anyway. After all, she was just a cat. Wasn’t she?
Book Description:
Veterinarian Troy Shelton has no idea what he's letting himself in for when he rescues a friend's cat from the shelter after a dog attack. The friendly but demanding calico soon has Troy and his pregnant collie wrapped around her furry paw. But strange things begin happening in Troy's home when he’s away, and he could almost think someone else was living there besides him.
Torn and hurting, Katerina appreciates Troy's gentle care. She also appreciates his strong form and handsome face as much as the way he cuddles her. She's trapped in her cat form until her wounds heal, but once she's well again she finds herself oddly reluctant to resume her human form and life away from Troy. But someone else is interested in Troy, and that someone else has already tried to kill Cat once.
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EXCERPT #2
Troy paused, standing stock still, watching in amazement as Cherie greeted Katerina with the enthusiasm of an old friend, her whole hind end wagging along with her plumed tail.
“Well, I’ll be darned.”
Katerina leaned down to pet the collie’s head. Cherie took advantage of the moment, and swiped at Katerina’s cheek with her tongue.
Oh, yuck! She’d swear Cherie was grinning at her. She was so going to get that dog.
“That’s amazing,” Troy told her. “I never saw Cherie take to someone so quickly.”
Katerina hid a smile, fondling the collie. “She knows an animal person when she sees one, don’t you, Cherie?”
Jacinth seemed to be having spasms in the background, and as Troy turned away to unlatch the door of the horse trailer, Katerina crossed her eyes and stuck her tongue out at the unrepentant Djinn.
Benny came bouncing up to them, wide-eyed with excitement.
“Hi, Miss Kat,” he said respectfully.
He then stood staring at her until she sighed, leaning down close to the boy's ear.
“Stop that,” she whispered. “Or I’ll sharpen my claws on your pool raft next time I’m at your house.”
His eyes rounded, impressed at the awesomeness of the threat. “Would you really?”
Katerina ruffled his hair. “No, but you have to be good and keep my secret, okay?”
“Yeah, I know. I won’t tell anyone, Miss Kat. I promise.”
“There’s a good boy. Now, Troy’s got the ramp down, why don’t you go help get Ladybug out of the trailer?”
“Oh, yeah!” He ran off.
A small hand slipped into Katerina’s. Surprised, she looked down to see Molly at her side.
“Well, hi, sweetie,” she said.
“I like you,” Molly announced, the innocent blue eyes solemn as she gazed at Katerina.
“Umm... thank you.” Katerina looked at the little girl helplessly. She’d never had anything to do with children before, except in her cat form. And then she’d never had to do anything but let them pet her, and purr.
“Up?” Molly lifted chubby little arms.
“Sure.” She bent down, and the arms wound themselves around her neck, and a somewhat wet kiss was placed on her cheek as she straightened, the little girl carefully balanced on one hip. “Shall we go see them put Firefly and Ladybug in their new home?”
“Uh-huh. I’m going to ride Ladybug.”
“Are you? How nice. Not today, I hope.”
“No. She’s too little,” Molly informed her. “I have to wait til she grows up.”
About the Author:
A former career medical transcriptionist and disabled Veteran, Allie McCormack is now writing from home full-time. Allie has traveled quite a bit and lived many places all over the U.S., and also a year in Cairo, Egypt as an exchange student, and a year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under contract to a hospital there, plus a short stint with NATO while she was in the Army. Allie now lives in the beautiful southern California with her family and her two rescue cats.
Allie says: "A writer is who and what I am... a romance writer. I write what I know, and what I know is romance. Dozens of story lines and literally hundreds of characters live and breathe within the not-so-narrow confines of my imagination, and it is my joy and privilege to bring them to life, to share them with others by writing their stories."
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March 9, 2021
A Bewitching Tuesday
A Cat for Troy by Allie McCormack #PNR #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/16Si50DU0MP
Mu: The Grimm Cases Collection by Lyla Oweds - Book Blitz #bewitchingbooktours https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/2021...
A Cat for Troy Wishes and Dreams Book Three by Allie McCormack - Troy’s new roommate was loving, demanding ,possessive, sometimes even bad tempered. But he loved her anyway. After all, she was just a cat. Wasn’t she? #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/LZUV50DU0O0
Spotlight ~ Mu The Grimm Cases Collection Part One Lyla Oweds #YA #NA #Fantasy #bewitchingbooktours https://saphsbooks.blogspot.com/2021/...
March 8, 2021
A Bewitching Monday
Spotlight & #Giveaway ~ A Cat for Troy by Allie McCormack @AllieMcCormackK ~ #Excerpt ~ #PNR Paranormal Romance ~ Wishes and Dreams, Book Three #bewitchingbokotours https://saphsbooks.blogspot.com/2021/...
Mu: The Grimm Cases Collection Part One by Lyla Oweds
#bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Ss2M50DSOFS
Trials of a Witch The Gifted Series Book Two Maghen Connolly - She needed answers, in the town of East Brooke Maine, she got them.http://ow.ly/qdHu50DSOKg #bewitchingbooktours
A Cat for Troy by Allie McCormack #bewitchingbooktours
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Trials of a Witch by Maghen Connolly #Fantasy
Trials of a WitchThe Gifted Series Book TwoMaghen Connolly
Genre: FantasyDate of Publication: July 31st 2021ISBN: 979-8670985482ASIN: B08DZVMTZ6Number of pages: 471Word Count: 125,955Cover Artist: Michael Weick
Book Description:
She needed answers, in the town of East Brooke Maine, she got them.
Now the question is no longer who she is, but what will she become? Can she be the savior they all need, or will her own fears and darkness that is beginning to brew take over?
Follow Kyra on her continued journey of magic and mayhem. She left East Brooke to keep the ones she loves safe, but in her exit, she opens a door for terror, blood, and vengeance to enter her home, her family, and her very life.
It turns out being a witch is even more dangerous than she thought; soon she will face a foe older and stronger than she has ever faced before. Trials of a Witch, let’s see if she survives them.
About the Author: Maghen Connolly is a writer from New York born and raised in Manhattan’s West Village with her mother, father, and a very cute cat.
She has always been an avid reader. She loves to read anything she can get her hands on, but her favorite genre is mystery. She’s also a huge horror fan having grown up on all the classics. The love of the scare has helped her create some of her most interesting and complex characters over the years.
She now lives in Queens with her fiancé and 2 rescue cats, Shadow and Shade. She spends her days writing, over analyzing, watching horror movies, spending time with family, and eating some of the best food New York City has to offer.
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March 5, 2021
A Bewitching Friday
Interview with Allie McCormack Author of A Cat for Troy #PNR
https://serenasynn.blogspot.com/2021/...
Book Blitz & Review: Shifting Silence by Laura Bickle #UrbanFantasy @Laura_Bickle #bewitchingbooktours https://bookscoffeehappiness.com/2021...
Shifting Silence Mane Shift Book One by Laura Bickle - Urban Fantasy, Fantasy - This witch takes in strays. Stray animals, not stray ex-boyfriends, magical cultists, or shifters. At least, that used to be the rule… #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/gD2850DPVQR
Trials of a Witch The Gifted Series Book Two by Maghen Connolly
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A Cat for Troy [Book our with Excerpt]
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Book Tour ~ Trials of a Witch by Maghen Connolly ~ The Gifted Series, Book Two ~ #Fantasy
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Advice for Aspiring Writers with Allie McCormack #PNR #AuthorAdvice
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Trials of a Witch by Maghen Connolly
https://www.lisasworldofbooks.net/202...
March 4, 2021
Shifting Silence by Laura Bickle #UrbanFantasy
Shifting Silence Mane ShiftBook OneLaura Bickle Genre: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy
ASIN: B08X51X1RQ
Publisher: Syrenka Publishing LLC
Publication Date: February 21, 2021
Book Description:
This witch takes in strays. Stray animals, not stray ex-boyfriends, magical cultists, or shifters.
At least, that used to be the rule…
Luna Summerwood has always taken in strays. As a witch who runs a veterinary clinic, she’s healed creatures that fly, swim, and crawl. She’s not the most powerful Summerwood witch; her only magic is the ability to communicate with animals. But when an exotic maned wolf is brought to her in the dead of night, Luna is plunged into the shadowy underground world of shifter trafficking.
With the help of her ex-boyfriend—who also happens to be a local deputy and someone who pushes all her buttons—she investigates a series of occult crimesinvolving missing farm animals. After her ex is nearly killed, Luna discovers thatthe Casimir, a cult of magical collectors, plans to steal the maned wolf.
This beautiful maned wolf is more than he seems—he’s a shapeshifting man named Renan.He was once captured by the Casimir and forced to do their dark bidding. Luna is his last chance at finding sanctuary…and perhaps love.
But the Casimir want more than just Renan. Centuries ago, the Summerwoods warred with the Casimir. Now, these sorcerers will stop at nothing to possess the Summerwood land and theburied magic of the witches themselves.
Excerpt 1
My skin was crawling. That guy was one of the Casimir sorcerers…I had to warn Sandy and her deputies. I jogged up the gravel driveway, past the mailbox, to the parked sheriff’s car. Something was weird about the car. The windows were rolled up, and water leaked in a stream from beneath the car, too much to be condensation from air conditioning.
“Hey,” I said, knocking on the dirty passenger side window, trying to get the attention of the deputy who sat there, staring through his sunglasses at his phone.
But he didn’t move.
It took me a second to realize that the car was full of water.
Dread pooling in my belly, I yanked open the car door. Water splashed all over my legs, nearly knocking me over. The whole interior of the car reeked of magic. I staggered back to the car to touch the guy’s neck.
I couldn’t feel a pulse. He was dead.
Tires squealed on gravel. Down the road, the Jeep swerved, as if there were a fight going on inside.
I reached into the deputy’s gun belt and yanked out his gun. I had no idea how well it would work after being underwater, but I needed something to protect myself. I slammed my fingers to the radio, but it had shorted out.
I looked up again to see a long-legged canine loping down the road, toward the Jeep. I recognized Renan in the shape of a maned wolf. Running as fast as he could, ears pinned back, he was gaining on the Jeep.
I ran down the road. I couldn’t let Voss escape now. He knew where I lived, and he would surely see Renan alive now. If he told the rest of the Casimir, we were dead.
The Jeep swerved and landed in the ditch, rolling onto its side in about two feet of standing water. Renan jumped onto the Jeep’s passenger door and growled, the hair standing up on his back.
I aimed the gun at the Jeep and advanced slowly. “Come out with your hands up!” I ordered, trying to think of what Dalton would say.
A thumping sound echoed inside the Jeep, sounding like a hammer. Something heavy struck the windshield, and the glass broke into a spiderweb of pieces before the busted sheet of safety glass was shoved out onto the hood.
“Oh, hell,” I whispered as a crocodile crawled out over the hood of the Jeep.
“Freeze!” I shouted, staring over the dead deputy’s gun.
But the crocodile glared at me toothily. With shocking speed for such a chunky animal, it scrambled up the hood toward me.
I pulled the trigger.
Nothing happened.
“Damn it.”
Renan jumped on the crocodile’s back, his teeth scrambling for purchase on the thick reptilian hide. The crocodile swept back and forth, shaking its head and tail, trying to dislodge the maned wolf. The scuffle pushed them off the Jeep and drew them into the mud of the ditch.
As furious as he fought, I knew that Renan was no match for the crocodile. I had to find a way to help. I dove at the passenger door of the Jeep. I ripped it open and yelled for the ranger within.
But he was going to be of no help. The interior of the Jeep was splashed with blood, and Ranger Perkins seemed to be doing his best to hold his guts in with both hands.
“Your gun,” I gasped, and lunged for his belt.
“What the hell is happening?” he murmured weakly. “You gotta get away. You gotta—"
I scrambled through the ruined windshield, gun aimed before me. Renan was holding on to the crocodile’s neck for dear life, while the croc started a barrel roll in the narrow ditch. Dirty water splashed all around them, and I had a hard time sighting the gun in on my target without risking hitting Renan.
I slid down the hood of the Jeep and landed in the ditch, water up to my knees. The croc’s black eye emerged, and its jaws snapped toward me. I aimed at the croc’s head and pulled the trigger not once, but twice, three times…
The crocodile flopped back into the water. Renan jumped to the bank panting, and the croc grew still as the roar of the gunfire receded.
Shaking, I lowered the gun.
“Will that do it?” I whispered. “Will that kill him, or will he heal?”
Renan walked toward me. As he moved, I heard the crunch of his bones reorganizing, limbs lengthening. I stared in fascination, watching that red fur ripple over him and fade, twisting into the shape of a man.
“I think he’s dead. And there’s no healing the dead,” Renan said.
About the Author: Laura Bickle grew up in rural Ohio, reading entirely too many comic books out loud to her favorite Wonder Woman doll. She now dreams up stories about the monsters under the stairs and sometimes reads them to her cats. Her books have earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus. Laura’s work has also been included in the ALA’s Amelia Bloomer Project 2013 reading list and the State Library of Ohio’s Choose to Read Ohio reading list for 2015-2016. The latest updates on her work can be found at authorlaurabickle.com.
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