Roxanne Rhoads's Blog, page 150
October 30, 2020
Trick or Treat for Free Books with Bewitching Book Tours
Visit these websites to find a free book at each link, just look for the Bewitching Graphic.
Laura Bicklehttps://www.authorlaurabickle.com
Melanie Snowhttps://wendyvandepoll.com/free-cozy-mysteries-by-melanie-snow/
Maria DeBlassiehttps://mariadeblassie.com/blog
A Bewitching Guide to Halloweenhttps://www.abewitchingguidetohalloween.com/
Serena Synnhttps://serenasynn.blogspot.com/
Paranormalistshttps://paranormalists.blogspot.com/
Kim Richardshttp://kim-richards.blogspot.com/
A Bewitching Friday
Halloween Memories - Trick or Treat at Caynham Castle #PNR #paranormalromance #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/A9GP50C71Yz
Please Welcome Sara M Schaller as She Tells Us About Her YA Fantasy, The Genesis of Seven, Book 1 of The Empyrean Trilogy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Facr50C71Q5
Queen’s Ascension Blood Prophecy 3 by Barb Jones #bewitchingbooktours
https://www.tsstuff.net/2020/10/queen...
Rise By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon - Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/M2Cq50C71Gb
ORIGINS by Celia Breslin - Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours
https://bewitchingbooktours.tumblr.co...
INTERVIEW WITH C.A. MASTERSON (Secret Spirit Guardians of Santa Fe) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/j2FY50C71J1
Trick or Treat for Free Books with Bewitching Book Tours
http://www.bewitchingbooktours.com/sa...
The Fifth Horseman by Freida Kilmari #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ZIlk50C71Oj
SPOTLIGHT - YA FANTASY - THE MARKINGS (Markings, #1) by Catherine Downen #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/eLvW50C71Sv
Trick or Treat at Caynham Castle
Jeanne Adams, Morgan Brice, Caren Crane, Nancy Northcott
#bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/1xvV50C7208
The Curse of the Mountain by Tyler Cram - Horror - Death stalks a town. An ancient evil. A long-buried secret. #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/YvXx50C71MF
Spiritwalker by Tanith Davenport #PNR #eroticromance #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/cL5t50C71KW
Jealousy’s a Witch by Louisa West - Haunted Halloween Spooktacular Flash Fiction #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/anYW50C71w4
Hidden Gypsy Magic A Witch’s Journey Series Book Three Tena Stetler #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/6oY050C71ee
The Queen of Harlem Commandments Michelle Smalls #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/MphC50C71sV
Ghost Guardians by S. Peters-Davis #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/CRB450C71a0
Fighting for Home (Descendants of the Amazoi, #1) by Kim Richards – Excerpt and Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/RQHs50C717n
Soul Seeker by Kaylin McFarren #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/jaNv50C70Y2
Alpha’s Revenge by Catherine Stine - Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/zWuf50C711L
A Warrior’s Kiss by Celia Breslin #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/mjOV50C70W4
Double Alchemy by Susan Mac Nicol - Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/QiMa50C714m
A Heart of Salt and Silver [Book Tour with Excerpt] #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/AH9Y50C70TC
In the Kitchen with Tanith Davenport Recipe for Cottage Pie #cottagepie #Inthekitchen #recipes #bewitchingbooktours
https://creativelygreen.blogspot.com/...
Trick or Treat for Free Books
Visit these websites to find a free book at each link, just look for the Bewitching Graphic.
Laura Bickle
https://www.authorlaurabickle.com/pos...
Melanie Snow
https://wendyvandepoll.com/free-cozy-...
Maria DeBlassie
https://mariadeblassie.com/blog
A Bewitching Guide to Halloween
https://www.abewitchingguidetohallowe...
Serena Synn
https://serenasynn.blogspot.com/
Paranormalists
https://paranormalists.blogspot.com/
Kim Richards
http://kim-richards.blogspot.com/
#TrickOrTreat #Halloween #FreeBooks #FreeReads #TrickOrTreatForBooks #HalloweenBooks #FreeHalloweenGoodies #Paranormal #ParanormalBooks #WitchyBooks #BewitchingBooks
October 29, 2020
A Bewitching Thursday
In the Kitchen with Tanith Davenport Recipe for Cottage Pie #cottagepie #Inthekitchen #recipes #bewitchingbooktours
https://creativelygreen.blogspot.com/...
INTERVIEW - REVERSE HAREM FANTASY - THE FIFTH HORSEMAN (Horseman's Harem Saga, #1) by Freida Kilmari #bewitchingbooktours
https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blog...
A Heart of Salt and Silver by Elexis Bell #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/CfMj50C5WWs
Trick or Treat at Caynham Castle
Jeanne Adams, Morgan Brice, Caren Crane, Nancy Northcott
#bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/aKsi50C5YUg
Haunted Halloween Spooktacular Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Rlkd50C5XQL
Spooktacular Spotlight on #ParanormalRomance: Rise By Moonlight by @nancygideon #bewitchingboktours http://ow.ly/Qeqb50C5Yed
Secret Spirit Guardians of Santa Fe by C.A. Masterson #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/kWE450C5Ygx
Spooktacular Spotlight on #NA #PNR: Ghost Guardians by S. Peters-Davis #bewitchingbooktours https://celiabreslin.com/2020/10/29/s...
The Markings by Catherine Downen - Book Tour #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/TDfp50C5YOU
Soul Seeker by Kaylin McFarren - Supernatural Thriller - The battle between good and evil resides with... #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/6gUY50C5Xkw
Alpha’s Revenge by Catherine Stine - Haunted Halloween Spooktacular
#bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/sQ9450C5Xr3
‘Hidden Gypsy Magic’ by Tena Stetler Haunted Halloween Spooktacular Book Tour with Giveaway & Guest post with Pine Enshrined Reviews and Bewitching Book Tours.
https://pineenshrinedreviews.wordpres...
A Warrior’s Kiss The Cupid Dating Agency Celia Breslin - Paranormal Romance - She’s chasing her dream. He’s after her heart. #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/X3kj50C5Xmx
ORIGINS Tranquilli Bloodline Book 3 by Celia Breslin - Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance - The Chosen One is home. Bad little vampires beware…
http://jbbookworms.blogspot.com/2020/...
HAUNTED HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR RECIPE - QUEEN'S ASCENSION (Blood Prophecy, #3) by Barb Jones #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/A6Wj50C5Yyf
The Genesis of Seven by Sara M Schaller #YAFantasy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/gDrr50C5YMr
Haunted Halloween Spooktacular ~ Spooktacular Excerpt ~ Fighting for Home: Descendants of the Amazoi, Book One by Kim Richards @Kim_Richards #Fantasy #HistoricalFantasy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/zGzO50C5XIl
Exclusive Hardcover Release of The Markings by Catherine Downen #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/WWXr50C5Ykr
Jealousy's a Witch by Louisa West #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ytKa50C5XsS
Broken hearts and damned souls, magic and death…
All in a day’s work for a demi-demon.
But can she be more?
A Heart of Salt and Silver by Elexis Bell
https://amzn.to/2Tw5Sn1
#PNR #fantasy #supernatural #paranormalromance
#AHeartOfSaltAndSilver #darkfiction #fantasyromance
Double Alchemy by Susan Mac Nicol #bewitchingbooktours
http://simplykelina.blogspot.com/2020...
ORIGINS by Celia Breslin #bewitchingbooktours
https://simplykelina.blogspot.com/202...
Hidden Gypsy Magic
https://www.lisasworldofbooks.net/202...
Interview with the Authors of Trick or Treat at Caynham Castle #PNR #paranormalromance
https://www.roxannerhoads.com/2020/10...
Playlist for The Curse of the Mountain by Tyler Cram #horror #playlist #bookplaylist https://fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com...
Playlist for The Curse of the Mountain by Tyler Cram #horror #playlist #bookplaylist
I curated my playlist very carefully. Some songs chosen are very literal, like “Evil Spider” by BENEE or “Blood Red Summer” by Coheed and Cambria.
Then there are songs that are just meant to invoke a feeling that rivals the feel of Appalachian breezes against your skin, like “Fever Dream” by Iron and Wine, or “Down the Hillside” by Jose Gonzalez.
I also included a couple songs from my band Mortal Sons (hehe) because I write a lot of lyrics involving dark themes.
Give a listen and let me know what you think!
The Curse of the MountainTyler Cram
Genre: HorrorPublisher: Darkstroke booksDate of Publication: October 27, 2020ISBN:979-8684886829ASIN: B08H5N4H1FNumber of pages:236Word Count: 76KCover Artist:Laurence Patterson
Tagline: Death stalks a town. An ancient evil. A long-buried secret.
Book Description:
A young officer responding to a call in the middle of the night about chickens being slaughtered turns into a night of reckoning when a deadly creature emerges from the woods.
Years later, while on a hike in the North Carolina wilderness, four friends discover an old book. When they open it, they black out – only to find on waking that they have released the evil things that live within the pages.
As they fight to keep their neighbors from dying, they unravel a dark secret that the leaders of their town have held since their ancestors first settled.
But can the boys really stop the devil?
Amazon
Excerpt:
Roanville’s entire existence was archaic. Nothing was truly that modern there. The town was built on small businesses, a community full of people betting on themselves and their local companions. It was a logging community in the 1800s, it wasn’t a sweet place to live; it only existed to make a living. Slowly it crept its way up through time and modernity to be sustainable for all family types, but it still had trouble catching up. The locals joked that the slogan for their lonesome town should have been ‘The town that time forgot’. There were still pay phones in the city that were frequently used. The police and fire department shared a building because the cost of running both in separate buildings would’ve crippled the town. There were only four cops on the force, the Chief, Frank Gilmore alongside his deputies: Bradley Fine, a lazy native who was ready to retire at the age of forty. Garrett Brock, a stable and smart man around the same age as Brad. Brock was Frank’s right-hand man because of his dedication to the job. He served papers, and wasn’t afraid to give people he knew speeding tickets. The most important thing to Brock was that he needed to get paid. The police force worked off a ticket quota system. Brock held no prisoners. The newest addition to the team was Sarah Mann.
A few years ago, Sarah got a call from the outskirts of town. The trailer park, ‘Disneyland’, as it was called by the denizens, was the source of drugs in Roanville. It was constantly surveyed by the cops.
The caller said someone had been killing the chickens that the Quinn family owned, butchering them once a month since the beginning of the year. Sullivan Quinn didn’t even entertain the thought of someone else doing it. He knew it was his neighbor Ichabod Turner. Ichabod had a loose grasp on the English language. He was seventy-five and was skin and bone, Sarah thought he looked like a skeleton from a Halloween store. He had a yellow-stained beard and long grey frizzy hair. His eyes were sunken and his face was drawn.
He spoke as if there was a marble on his tongue. “Da… Sully… he, uh, he say it wah me ’cus I ain’t never wen to he granpappy fun’ral back een March. I say to Sully ‘daggom, boy, da’worl don’t stop for nobody granpappy, not even yours’ well… he don’t like dat much so he been plannin’ a war and dat boy, daggom, he try’na get me arrested… sheeeeit,” he explained to Officer Sarah Mann when she went down to mediate the situation.
It was night when she talked to them. She got called down because one of Sullivan’s chickens was shrieking, and when he went to go look on the side of his double-wide trailer where his coop was, its innards had been tossed around like dripping scarlet streamers. The fresh red blood hadn’t yet permeated the loose dirt.
He looked over across the street and saw the light inside Ichabod’s house flick off suddenly. Sullivan began to bang on the door, threatened to grab his .44 and shoot his way in. Ichabod called the Sheriff’s office. When Sarah arrived, Sully was pacing in front of Ichabod’s trailer with a revolver in his hand, Sarah jumped out of her patrol vehicle and yelled, “Put the goddamn gun down, Sullivan!”
“He killed my chickens! Every month, massacred! He did it, Sarah!” He was Standing in baggy jean shorts and a stained white tank top, pointing his gun at the house. Sullivan was a tall, skinny guy who had trouble with pills. He worked the lumberyard and a log fell off a pile and broke his leg, snapped like a twig, the bone protruded from his skin and was shattered in multiple places, nearly having to get it amputated. He got hooked on painkillers shortly thereafter. He was thirty, but the labor and drugs aged him. He used to be a hirsute young man, always kept his thick, golden hair shoulder length, and stayed clean shaven. Now he was nearly bald save for some patches, and had a scuzzy, holey black beard, speckled with blond and red strands that were so long off his chin he looked like a goat.
“Drop the gun, Sullivan, or I will be forced to pull mine out as well,” she yelled, her words weaved through the alleys between the trailers. She had her hand fixed on her Glock 17 attached to her hip.
Sullivan dropped the gun to his side. “Just get him out here so you can arrest him,” He said condescendingly.
Sarah walked to Ichabod’s front door, her eyes never leaving Sullivan. She was born and raised in Raleigh and ended up going to North Carolina State University. She had no extracurricular activities, no significant other. The idea of being a police officer took all of her time and thought. Frank found her by chance when he visited the Raleigh NCSU campus to meet with a friend that happened to be her Professor. She was in his office when Frank came in. He offered her a job by the end of the conversation. She was twenty-two years old, even in a small town she was making sixty thousand a year. Many scholarships through the state for women in policing gave her some extra bumps. Now she had been with the Chief for about four years and was sick of all the hick bullshit she had to deal with. A feud over killing chickens? What happened to my life? Now she was a cantankerous, young cop in a trailer park.
She banged on Ichabod’s door, the way only a cop can. He swung it open immediately. She led him into the middle of the trailer park’s road underneath a yellow-orange mercury streetlight. There was one every fifty feet, and in between each post was pitch darkness. As soon as someone would step out of the ten-foot diameter light beam, they would be completely gone.
Sarah asked, “Sullivan, what makes you think Ichabod did this?” She started writing in her notebook.
“He has had a vendetta against my family for some time now, Sarah. He didn’t go to my grandfather’s funeral a few months back and they were best friends,” he said politely, with a southern drawl.
“Now das just boolshit… Aaron hated my guts, boy, he tol me a few week back ‘fore he died dat he hated me for my, uh, demeanor or some shit. Dat I was jus too nasty and he didn’t wan to be seen wit me. But let me tell you bof dat he was nastier den a hooker lickin’ a frog to find her prince charmin’ ’cause he sexed he goddamn cousin… I caught him, too, in the back of his old pick-up back by route one-one-six, where da, uh, post office is. Dats why he hate me, boy.”
Sarah tried to understand what he was saying. She had never heard him uppity the few times she interacted with him. She stopped writing down what he was saying halfway through his aside.
“Don’t you fuckin’ slander my dead grandfather, you dirty shit,” Sullivan gritted through his words.
“Hey, Shut it, both of you,” Sarah said, looking up from her notebook, then back down again to write.
“How would I slaughter dem chickies, boy? I look like a serial killer to you?” Ichabod said, pulling on the length of his tarnished beard.
“Yeah, you really do. The guts were thrown out of them, Officer, and I think this man is sick enough to do it. I saw him standing and pissing off of Arthur Scott’s truck going seventy miles an hour on the highway coming into town,” Sullivan said, thinking that would be the final blow. She didn’t even look up and mumbled, “I expect nothing less from this town.”
“It’s a damn dog doin dis shit, I’m tellin’ ya’s. Couple miles down da road, that farmer, uh, I forget his name, two of his sheep, dead. I know it some damn big dog or wolf, you can quote me on dat one, lady,” Ichabod said.
“Officer,” she retorted, looking at him with fire in her eyes.
“I’m sorry, Officer, but dis mother fucking boy, he—what the fuck?” He squinted past Sarah, three streetlights down the road—an animal.
“What the fuck is that thing?” Sullivan said.
Sarah turned, and her throat dried immediately when she saw it. It didn’t move. She pulled her pistol out of her holster with some difficulty, she never had to pull it before. She had never seen a dog this big. Even from this distance she could see every detail of it. On all fours, it was five feet tall with paws the size of baseball gloves. Its fur was long, dark brown. Sarah could tell that the head was over a foot long, its prodigiously large vulpine teeth hung out of its mouth, glittering by the dingy light. The streetlight gleamed in the beast’s eyes. It stared at her. Her breathing started to sputter, she couldn’t control it. She shook with her gun in her hand as she raised it. A tear built up in her eye. She felt a wave of cold throughout her body as gooseflesh raised on her skin.
The beast stood on its hind legs, the light painted onto the creature and revealing its oversized dog-like body. Ichabod and Sullivan both screamed and ran into their houses.
Full stretch, it stood at nine feet tall. Sarah didn’t move. She stood there waiting for it to start coming towards her, the moon was going to reach its apogee in the sky and that’s when their duel began.
About the Author:Tyler is a horror aficionado. He has been obsessed with the genre since he was too young to be watching it. It started with An American Werewolf in Paris—the awful 90’s sequel to the original—and snowballed ever since. His influences stem from Stephen King, Joe Hill, Shirley Jackson, Algernon Blackwood, and countless others. He studied them almost academically, peering into their minds psychologically, pulling back the curtains to see what drove them to creating their stories.
The answer is reality. Tyler loves the idea that all great horror writers use the real world to concoct monsters. At certain points, you don’t know whether it’s the real ones or the fake ones that are scarier. He decided he wanted to open that box for himself, create something that no one has read.
That’s when the ideas start.
https://twitter.com/tyler_cram
https://www.facebook.com/spookytylercram
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/119551096-tyler-cram
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October 28, 2020
A Bewitching Wednesday
Halloween Favorites with the Authors of Trick or Treat at Caynham Castle #PNR #paranormalromance #bewitchingbooktours
https://www.abewitchingguidetohallowe...
INTERVIEW - YA FANTASY - THE GENESIS OF SEVEN (Empyrean Trilogy, #1) by Sara M. Schaller
https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blog...
Character Costumes for Halloween- Trick or Treat at Caynham Castle #PNR #paranormalromance #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/MZtS50C4RWE
INTERVIEW - FANTASY - SECRET SPIRIT GUARDIANS OF SANTA FE by C.A. Masterson #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/8YP150C4QFD
Celia’s Must-Watch Halloween Movies @CeliaBreslin ~ Haunted Halloween Spooktacular ~ A Warrior’s Kiss (The Cupid Dating Agency) by Celia Breslin
https://saphsbooks.blogspot.com/2020/...
The Queen of Harlem Commandments by Michelle Smalls #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/5xf050C4RTF
The Fifth Horseman (Horseman’s Harem Saga) by Freida Kilmari ~ #BookTour #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/SWsz50C4RL9
Please Welcome Nancy Gideon as She Tells Us About Her Paranormal Romance, RISE BY MOONLIGHT, By Moonlight, Book 15
#bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/QTry50C4QDJ
Ghost Guardians by S. Peters-Davis #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/6FoH50C4Qn2
Double Alchemy by Susan Mac Nicol - Paranormal/urban fantasy MM romance - The World in Shadow #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Wl3C50C4Qk2
The Curse of the Mountain by Tyler Cram #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/5lkW50C4Rv6
Soul Seeker by Kaylin McFarren #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/XuuK50C4QJA
Jealousy’s a Witch Midlife in Mosswood Book Two by Louisa West - Paranormal Women’s Fiction - A Halloween Spooktacular Post #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/hKyF50C4Qir
A Heart of Salt and Silver Elexis Bell #bewitchingbooktours
https://simplykelina.blogspot.com/202...
Fighting for Home by Kim Richards - Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/hEMr50C4Q9L
Creepy, and local, books to read during Halloween season
https://www.tctimes.com/news/creepy-a...
Exclusive Hardcover Release of The Markings by Catherine Downen
http://www.roxannerhoads.com/2020/10/...
Spiritwalker by Tanith Davenport #PNR #eroticromance
http://www.roxannerhoads.com/2020/10/...
Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: Queen’s Ascension Blood Prophecy 3 by Barb Jones
http://mommasaystoreadornottoread.blo...
The Markings by Catherine Downen
https://www.lisasworldofbooks.net/202...
October 27, 2020
A Heart of Salt and Silver by Elexis Bell
All in a day’s work for a demi-demon.
But can she be more?
A Heart of Salt and Silver
Elexis Bell
Genre: Dark supernatural high fantasy romance
Date of Publication: 11/3/2020
Cover Artist: Elexis Bell
Tagline: With eternity on the line, is love worth the risk?
Book Description:
Ness, a demi-demon with a conscience, just wanted a peaceful afternoon in the Forest of Immortals. But Elias, a reckless mortal, went and spoiled it. Not that he wanted to be chased by psychotic vampires.
After saving his life, Ness agrees to help him find his estranged father and his Pack. But that means facing Nolan, the werewolf ex that holds her heart.
Now, Ness must decide. Use Elias to forget Nolan at the cost of his soul or crawl back to her ex and hope he still wants her even though she broke his heart.
But in a world sprinkled with immortals, broken hearts might be the least of their worries.
Fans of gritty fiction, compelling romance, and imaginative takes on magic and the afterlife will love this dark supernatural high fantasy romance.
#PNR #fantasy #supernatural #paranormalromance
#AHeartOfSaltAndSilver #darkfiction #fantasyromance
https://amzn.to/2Yt1nN2
A Bewitching Tuesday
https://paranormalists.blogspot.com/2...
INTERVIEW WITH TYLER CRAM (The Curse of the Mountain) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/cfin50C3IVc
Soul Seeker by Kaylin McFarren @4kaylin ~ Supernatural Thriller #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Z8hN50C3JcO
Haunted Halloween Spooktacular ~ What is Paranormal Women’s Fiction, Anyway? A Conversation with Louisa West #PWF ~ Jealousy’s a Witch: Midlife in Mosswood, Book Two Louisa West Paranormal Women’s Fiction #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/7s0c50C3J0g
SPOTLIGHT - HORROR - THE CURSE OF THE MOUNTAIN by Tyler Cram #bewitchingbooktours
https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blog...
Ghost Guardians #bewithcingbooktours http://ow.ly/wv4650C3IRT
Exclusive Hardcover Release of The Markings by Catherine Downen #bewitchingbooktours https://paranormalists.blogspot.com/2...
Carina’s Halloween Cocktail and Snack #Recipes ~ Haunted Halloween Spooktacular ~ @CeliaBreslin ORIGINS: Tranquilli Bloodline, Book 3 by Celia Breslin #UF #PNR
https://saphsbooks.blogspot.com/2020/...
The Queen of Harlem Commandments
Michelle Smalls #bewitchingbooktours https://www.instagram.com/p/CG18TlrLk0u/
Hidden Gypsy Magic by Tena Stetler https://www.tsstuff.net/2020/10/hidde...
Holiday Book Tour for Rise By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon (GIVEAWAY)....... #bewitchingbooktours https://wowfromthescarfprincess.blogs...
Halloween Recipes That Kids Love #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/R7FZ50C3J5e
SPOOKTACULAR GUEST BLOG: KEEPING YOUR PETS SAFE ON HALLOWEEN with TENA STETLER (Hidden Gypsy Magic) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/oH8k50C3IX2
Halloween Spooktacular Flash Fiction (Double Alchemy by Susan Mac Nicol) + giveaway #bewitchingbooktours
http://www.ismellsheep.com/2020/10/ha...
A Warrior’s Kiss by Celia Breslin #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/zb0K50C3IAh
Secret Spirit Guardians of Santa Fe C.A. Masterson
https://simplykelina.blogspot.com/202...
A Heart of Salt and Silver by Elexis Bell - Dark supernatural high fantasy romance - With eternity on the line, is love worth the risk? #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Mwzh50C3IxI
The Markings Book 1 by Catherine Downen - YA Fantasy #bewitchingbooktours
https://jbbookworms.blogspot.com/2020...
Virtual Book Tour: The Genesis of Seven by Sara M Schaller
http://mommasaystoreadornottoread.blo...
Virtual Book Tour: Trick or Treat at Caynham Castle
http://mommasaystoreadornottoread.blo...
October 26, 2020
A Bewitching Monday
In the Kitchen with Suzanne M Sabol - #ChocolateCupcakeRecipe #InTheKitchen #bewitchingbooktours https://creativelygreen.blogspot.com/... #inthekitchen
The Markings, Book 1 by Catherine Downen @CatherineDownen ~ #YA #Fantasy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Pfin50C2zyY
The Curse of the Mountain Tyler Cram #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/n9AA50C2zns
Secret Spirit Guardians of Santa Fe by C.A. Masterson #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/LI9l50C2z92
INTERVIEW - NA URBAN FANTASY - RESIDUAL MAGIC (Blood and Bone Legacy, #2) by Suzanne M. Sabol #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/rap250C2ytN
The Perfect Monster Party for Kids #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/BxbU50C2yW7
Jealousy's a Witch by Louisa West - Book Tour + Giveaway
https://www.jazzybookreviews.com/2020...
The Fifth Horseman by Freida Kilmari
https://serenasynn.blogspot.com/2020/...
Secret Spirit Guardians of Santa Fe [Book Tour with Excerpt]
#bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/y4Ut50C2z6i
Ghost Guardians by S. Peters-Davis #bewitchingbooktours
https://simplykelina.blogspot.com/202...
Soul Seeker by Kaylin McFarren #SupernaturalThriller #bewitchingbooktours
https://serenasynn.blogspot.com/2020/...
Trick or Treat at Caynham Castle by
Jeanne Adams, Morgan Brice, Caren Crane, Nancy Northcott #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/U1jd50C2zLB
Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: A Warrior’s Kiss (Cupid Dating Agency) by Celia Breslin ~ #BookTour #Excerpt #Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours
http://angelsguiltypleasures.com/2020...
Rise By Moonlight by Nancy Gideon - Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours https://serenasynn.blogspot.com/2020/...
HAUNTED HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR - FIGHT FOR HOME (Descendants of the Amazoi, #1) by Kim Richards
#bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/UGHL50C2yvH
Double Alchemy by Susan MacNicol - Book Tour + Giveaway
#bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/h6d450C2ym8
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Exclusive Hardcover Release of The Markings by Catherine Downen
The Markings
Book 1 Catherine Downen
Genre: YA FantasyDate of Publication: 4/24/2020ISBN: 9781087915173ASIN: B085TPG5SVNumber of pages: 444Word Count: 112KCover Artist: Bilal Haider
Book Description:
DATHER IS AN ISLAND THAT WAS ONCE KNOWN AS OHAU. A nation that rose from the ashes after an asteroid shower has divided itself when people began to discover their unique powers.
At sixteen-years-old Adaline sits in prison with her mother and younger brother, and today is Parting Day where more prisoners will be executed. After seven years of being spared, Adaline's luck has run out.
But she won't go quietly or easily. Her life depends on her ability to escape the grasps of the King and find a place of freedom. Discovering her unique powers is the turning point Adaline needs to get a second chance at her freedom.
In this thrilling novel of friendship, family, and secrets Adaline runs for her life and learns the truth of her past along the way.
Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/tuRfa2CXSPU
The new hardcover release is an exclusive edition of The Markings featuring 60+ pages of new content. These pages include bonus chapters from three main characters (Zavy, Alexander, and Derith), as well as the first chapter from book two. These exclusive hardcover editions are sold through Amazon. You can also buy unique Signed Copies with Sprayed Edges and a Bookmark on Etsy
Excerpt
“It’s time I tell you a secret,” my mother says. Titus leans in and his eyes widen, “A secret?” My mother lets out a dry laugh before pulling an old, black diary from her grey prison shirt. “What’s that?” Titus asks. “I am a Future Holder,” my mother says gently. “You have a gift?” I ask, shocked. We never talked about gifts before. I learned about them in school once. A select group of people were infected during the fall of the world before ours, giving them magical powers. As a kid, I’d always wondered what it would be like if my family was gifted, but I had never thought it would be a reality. “Yes, and so do you.” My mother hands me the diary, and I notice a small lock on its cover. “What gift do I have?” I ask quietly. “You are a Force Lifter, Adaline. You control whatever you see,” my mother says. “There is so much I never told you about how the gifts work. If someone is born with a gift, they will have a sense that is enhanced in a certain way. You have an enhanced sense of sight that lets you control what you see.” All of the information my mother is telling me loses me, and I feel a confused glaze settle on my face. My mother pauses and must notice she’s lost me. “I have an enhanced sense of sight as well, but my powers are different. I can see into the future.” “So I can save us?” I ask, as the idea of having magical powers fully processes. “No!” my mother almost shrieks back to me. “You have to wait to use it until the time is perfectly right.” “I don’t understand,” I draw out my words, confused. “You just have to promise me, or else we will all be killed. Do you promise, Adaline?” she asks urgently, her hands squeezing my arms. I hesitate and look into her icy blue eyes. “I promise,” I choke out in a small, almost inaudible, voice. “So you’ve seen this all happen?” I ask, starting to piece together my mother’s information about our powers.“Yes, as a Future Holder, I’ve had visions of how our lives play out,” my mother explains.I glance at the ticks in the wall and ask her, “So what does day 2,436 mean?”“Today you escape,”
About the Author
Catherine Downen is the author of The Markings. She recently graduated from Bradley University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. She has always had a love for writing and a passion for telling stories. Currently, Catherine is working as a Sustaining Engineer in St. Louis, while writing books.
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Book Two, Crowning Keys, Releases January 12, 2021
