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October 22, 2018

The Harpist by Michele Roger and M. M. Genet




The Harpist
Michele Roger and M. M. Genet


Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Meant To Be Press
Date of Publication: 9-20-2018
ISBN: 9781719990943ASIN: 1719990948
Number of pages: 91Word Count: 46,000
Cover Artist: Joshua Roger
Book Description:
Elizabeth O’ Toole has finally gotten her life where she likes it.  She plays harp for the local symphony.  She shops high fashion labels at vintage stores.  She’d recovered from her tragic past and she has her friends Catherine and Alan to thank.  After suppressing her extra sensory perception with intense study of her harp, she finds her music is suddenly connecting with a new audience; particularly a young girl, Emma Brady, who has been murdered.  With each ghostly visit, the hauntings grow more intense and more terrifying. 
Investigating the case is ruggedly handsome Detective Mike Flannery.  Known for his fast thinking and bravery on the force, he has his own past and reputation he’s trying to keep at bay.  Coming from a rich and powerful family, he’s out to prove he can fight for justice ny being a good cop rather than moving up the ranks through nepotism.  Mike and Elizabeth’s paths collide at Emma’s funeral.
The daughter of a Senator, the family wishes to the investigation done quickly and quietly.  Mike can’t close the case because some of the pieces just don’t fit together.  Elizabeth holds the key to the murder mystery but will be believe her and her unusual connection to the dead victim?  Will she and Alan find a way for the dead to tell their stories?
A novel that spans two worlds and two time periods, this book is one part science fiction, one part paranormals mystery and all romance.  Intertwined is a love story of the most unlikely couple.  A killer is on the loose and both Elizabeth and Mike are on the hit list.  If they work together, Mike just might solve the case before more people fall victim.  But he can’t do it alone.  He’ll need the help of Elizabeth as she connects her living world to that of the dead.  She’ll need Mike’s protection and he’ll the talent and bravery of The Harpist.
Amazon Print      Amazon KindleExcerpt:
“Being a composer is a lot like being a judge.  A composer sits at a desk and takes his or her knowledge to write some of the world’s most beautiful music.  It takes brains, there’s no question, but in no way does it take courage.  It’s always bothered me, really.  How can a composer win an award for something they’ve never played themselves as a musician?”            “Mike, on the other hand, has chosen a job far more courageous than yours.  His knowledge of the law is played out in split second, life or death decisions.  Just like a musician who takes the risk and walks out on to a stage to play some of the most complicated music in the world for people who may or may not appreciate it.  A cop goes out in to the public every day and tries to protect the public by solving cases for a public who often do not celebrate him.  Unlike you, he rarely gets credit, or added pay or press coverage.  It takes both brains and backbone to do his job.”            When she’d finished, it was Mike’s turn to blush ever so slightly as he stared at the marble tile that met the end of his shoe.  Maureen busted out in a fit of tipsy laughter.  “You’ve lost this one, Your Honor.  Better give them what they came here for.”  A few minutes later, Mike and Elizabeth were standing outside in the crisp, early evening air, empty handed.               Elizabeth laughed.  “It’s been a while since a set of parents have thrown me out of my boyfriend’s house,” she said sarcastically.  She reached out with her knitted, woolen mitten and grabbed his hand.  “I’m really sorry.”            “Dear God,” Mike laughed.  “For what?  You just bested one of the toughest judges in Oakland County and you’re sorry?  Besides, he’s hiding something.”            “I’m sorry for you.  It must have been a terrible childhood.”            “If only I’d known you back then.  I could have hired you to be my body guard.”  They both smirked.            “Drive me home?” she asked.            “Wasn’t there something about you buying me dinner if I stayed through your experiment?”            “I just bested your father and you expect me to buy you dinner?  I hate to tell you this, but you’re kind of bad at this,” she teased.             “My redeeming qualities make up for it,” Mike argued.            “Really?  There’s redemption at the end of this crap evening?”            Without answering, Mike put his hand on the small of her back and pulled her towards him.  He brushed the wisps of her hair blowing in the crisp air.  Before Elizabeth could worry if Judge Flannery was watching from the full length window, Mike leaned in and kissed her.  She returned his kiss; feeling the heat travel down her neck as her heart raced.  They kissed until they both pulled away, slightly breathless.             “I’ve never been much for faith and redemption but you might just make me a believer,” Elizabeth swooned.
            Mike rubbed the end of his nose near her ear.  “There’s a very strenuous conversion process,” he teased.  “I think we might need to start tonight.”
About the Author:
Michele Roger is an author and harpist.
She is published under different pen names for her work in horror, children’s literature, non-fiction and Food and Travel. 
When she isn’t writing or promoting a book, she performs as a harpist.
www.michele-roger.com
www.mmgenet.wordpress.com
https://twitter.com/MMGenet2



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Published on October 22, 2018 23:30

Spooktacular Guest Blog - A Witch’s Journey by Tena Stetler


Speaking of Hauntings!
Did you know, most present day Halloween traditions are traceable to the ancient Celtic day of the dead? Halloween consists of mysterious customs, but each has a history, or at least a story behind it.
Take wearing costumes, and roaming from door to door demanding treats. This behavior can be traced to the Celtic period and the first few centuries of the Christian era, when it was thought that the souls of the dead were out and about, along with fairies, witches, and demons. Offerings of food and drink were left out to placate them. As the centuries wore on, people began dressing like these creatures, performing antics in exchange for food and drink. This is where the practice of trick-or-treating began. To this day, vampires, witches, ghosts, and skeletons are among the favorite costumes.
Our Halloween also retains activities from the original harvest holiday of Samhain, such as bobbing for apples and carving vegetables, (pumpkins) as well as the fruits, nuts, and spices for cider associated with the day. Although at my house, hot chocolate is pretty popular, since Halloween almost guarantees the first snow of the year.
Looking for a fun Halloween Read? A Witch's Journey is chocked full of meddling ghosts, shapeshifters, sexy witch, a ruggedly-handsome Navy SEAL. An exciting story of redemption, wildlife rescue and Halloween festivals. 
What more could you ask for? I love Halloween, don’t you?


A Witch’s JourneyA Witch’s Journey SeriesBook OneTena Stetler         
Genre: Paranormal Romance                        Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Date of Publication: 6/15/2016
ISBN: 978-1-5092-0820-3ASIN: B01F0LRJ7U
Number of pages: 344Word Count: 88,890
Cover Artist: Kristian Norris
Tagline: Former Navy Seal helps a powerful witch, achieve her life-long dream of a wild life rescue, but can they save the McKay magic and their love?
Book Description:
Pepper McKay comes from a long line of powerful witches. Unfortunately, magic brings her nothing but trouble. She learned the love of wildlife rescue and rehab from her Aunt Ashling. After graduating from college, Pepper works for Salem Wildlife Sanctuary and lives from paycheck to paycheck until she inherits the McKay property in Lobster Cove. With the family land and resources, she dares to dream of starting her own wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center.
Lathen Quartz, a former Navy SEAL turned handyman maintains the enchanted McKay property for the McKay estate. But someone is trying to steal the McKay magic. Lathen offers to help Pepper achieve her life-long dream of building a wildlife center. During the long hours spent together on the project, their mutual attraction can’t be denied. But each harbors a deep, dark secret. Will they overcome their demons and give love a chance?
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About the Author:


Tena Stetler is a best-selling author of award winning paranormal romance novels. She has an over-active imagination, which led to writing her first vampire romance as a tween to the chagrin of her mother and delight of her friends.


With the Rocky Mountains outside her window, she sits at her computer surrounded by a wide array of paranormal creatures, with a Navy SEAL or two mixed in telling their tales. Her books tell stories of magical kick-ass women and mystical alpha males that dare to love them. Travel, a bit of mystery, and adventure flourish in her books.
Website: http://www.tenastetler.com
Authors’ Secret’s Blog - http://www.tenastetler.com/category/authors-secrets-blog/
My Say What Blog - http://www.tenastetler.com/category/my-say-what-blog/
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/tenastetler.author
Twitter Page: http://www.twitter.com/TenaStetler   
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14187532.Tena_Stetler
The Wild Rose Press: http://catalog.thewildrosepress.com/1264_tena-stetler
Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/author/tenastetler
Newsletter: http://www.tenastetler.com/newsletter-signup/
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Published on October 22, 2018 02:00

October 21, 2018

Halloween Poetry and Art by Victoria Danann


“My mother says I must not pass        Too near that glass;          She is afraid that I will see         A little witch that looks like me, With a red, red mouth to whisper low  The very thing I should not know!”              “Alack for all your mother’s care!       A bird of the air,    A wistful wind, or (I suppose    Sent by some hapless boy) a rose,              With breath too sweet, will whisper low        
Stalk
Victoria Danann
Genre: paranormal romance

Publisher: 7th House, Imprint of Andromeda LLC

Date of Publication:  October 21, 2018

Number of pages: 388

Word Count: 82,000

Cover Artist: Victoria Danann

Tagline: Every breath you take.

Book Description: 
The first coming of chaos. Twelve thousand years ago, members of a more advanced race crossed into our dimension when the barriers temporarily collapsed.
Trapped in our world, the aliens, who were also shifters, built structures that eventually caused the great flood and the sinking of Atlantis.
Some of the alien DNA survived in progeny that carried an untraceable shifter gene, dormant until awakened by mating with a full blooded werewolf.

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Excerpt: Shortly after the incident, the event came to be known as May Day simply because it occurred on the first of May. The term would be forever after altered to represent the pandemonium that followed the dimension overlap that left so many stranded. It worked because it was a good choice because of disassociating the incident with high emotion.Some from other places were left here. Some that belonged here had disappeared and, even though every city had a centralized location where loved ones could post photos and leave flowers or burning votives, everybody knew somebody who had lost someone. And the world had been turned on end in the blink of an eye.The conventional wisdom about withholding news panic-inducing news from the public was bypassed. Cover up was impossible in this case and overnight, everyone knew that we experience reality alongside many others, invisible to us. Everyone also learned conclusively that other species exist in those realities.One of the species that had been stranded in this dimension were canine shifters, werewolves as they were sometimes called in fantasy. Being disinclined to panic, the werewolves, each individually, used their cunning to quickly assess their circumstances and determine what was required to survive. Utilizing their innate talent for strategy, and seduction, they were able to identify missing humans who were a reasonably close match to anthropoid bodies, were without families and were, basically, antisocial. Being shrewd as well as cunning, they made matches with candidates with financial assets.New lives could be built in a new world without money, but money could go a long way toward building walls of privacy and providing the one thing they needed most, after company, of course. That thing was territory. Freedom.The government made it almost too easy by publishing an open database of the missing and requested that corrections be made if someone listed was present and accounted for. Each shifter made his choice then notified the government that they were not missing. They were sorry for the misunderstanding, but had been sailing in the Caribbean or fishing in the Gulf or on an archeological expedition in the Amazon.By the time the dust of the catastrophe began to settle, seven shifters had found each other through a curious intersection of tech and primeval instinct. Each of the seven, while dealing with his own personal disorientation and sense of loss, quickly identified the Pacific Northwest as the most suitable habitat on the North American continent. Millions of acres of national parks and wildlife reserves was attractive. That, and the cooler temperatures, made the locale almost ideal as shifter temperatures run a full three degrees warmer than humans.It took only a few weeks to come across each other. Shifters in wolf form can cover great distances. In so doing they came across the scent of others who were similar to themselves if not identical, but definitely distinctive from wild wolves. And each felt immeasurable relief to find others. For social animals, abject solitude would be a sentence to hell.That was one of the reasons why Ken Sahabe was admitted to the pack without hesitation even though he was not a canine, but a spotted hyena. The pack decided Ken’s social and hunting needs were close enough and admitted him.
The hard wiring of pack behavior hadn’t changed for millennia. However, the language used to describe certain facts of pack life was altered for modern times so that it seemed more politic. For example, rather than saying the alpha decided, which was true, the thought would be expressed as ‘the pack decided’. In Ken’s case, though the actual wolves didn’t have a real vote, they accepted him like one of their own species.
About the Author:

Eight times #1 Amazon Paranormal Romance Bestseller
OVER ONE MILLION BOOKS SOLD
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Victoria Danann, has won the prestigious Reviewers’ Choice Award for BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES the past four years in a row! Click follow to get notifications of new releases.
Knights of Black Swan – BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
A Summoner’s Tale – BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE NOVEL (2013)
Moonlight – BEST VAMPIRE/SHIFTER NOVEL (2013)
Solomon’s Sieve – BEST VAMPIRE NOVEL (2014)
Falcon – BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE NOVEL (2016)
In addition to the brave and beautiful vampire hunting knights, Victoria writes other paranormal romances that often touch on scifi/fantasy along with contemporary bikers for those who love it when the bad boys are soooooo good.
Victoria co-hosts the popular ROMANCE BETWEEN THE PAGES podcast which can be found on itunes or at www.romancecast.com. She and co-host, Riley J. Ford, interview the biggest names in romance every week. Ever wonder about the personalities behind your favorite books? Some of them just might surprise you with their interests, wit, lifestyles, and sense of humor.
www.VictoriaDanann.com
www.Facebook.com/VictoriaDanannBooks
www.RomanceCast.com  


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Published on October 21, 2018 22:30

October 19, 2018

A Bewitching Friday

Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: A Demon’s Witch by Tena Stetler (@TenaStetler, @WildRosePress, @RoxanneRhoads) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/YRIz30milW3

INTERVIEW - Tangled Web (Deadly Curiosities, #3) by Gail Z. Martin #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/k9jI30mimii

Stalk by Victoria Danann - Book Blitz #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/kcOs30milRv

Haunted Halloween Spooktacular Tour: Fey by Kirsten Weiss ~ #Giveaway #bewitchingboktours http://ow.ly/KMs730mim6U

Everyday Enchantments by Maria De Blassie Book Tour & Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/pKfr30mim5N

Enchanting Yuletide by Various Authors - Book Tour + Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/XMcF30mim4u

London Clarke's Recipe for Chocolate Swamp Pie #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/nYEs30mim2H

CIRCLE OF DREAMS (Jane S. Morrissey) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/8YOK30mim1h

A Witch’s Journey by Tena Stetler – Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Jgc430milYs

The Sting Of Victory Call Fallen Gods Book One By S.D. Simper https://teaseraddictsbookblogblog.wor...

Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: The Last Hellfighter by Thomas S Flowers - Guest Post - Giveaway! #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Jh9030mimkx

Circle of Dreams by Jane S. Morrissey: Book Tour Spotlight with Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/wXry30mim02

Review of Tangled Web
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Release Day Blitz Stalk by Victoria Danann #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/zPP930milJQ

Authors - Today is Your Last Chance to Sign Up for Deck the Halls Bewitching Book Tours Holiday Extravaganza - Sign Up Closes TODAY Friday October 19 https://goo.gl/forms/ETZ2iZbXvGsC1lx63 #ChristmasBookPromo#HolidayBookTour #HolidayBookSales #HolidayPromotions#AuthorPromotion #VirtualBookTours

Diamond Moon by Celia Breslin - Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/a4mP30mim3v

Release Day Blitz Stalk by Victoria Danann #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/BDwK30milPp

WARLOCK HOLMES by G.S. Denning
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Circle of Dreams by Jane S. Morrissey #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/OwND30milZl

Read an Excerpt from Malevolent (A Kendra Spark Novel, Book Two) by S. Peters-Davis ~ Haunted Halloween Spooktacular ~ #Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/y8p730mimcp

Discussion with Nancy Gideon Author of Prince Of Dreams #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/uCt330mimfJ
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Published on October 19, 2018 07:48 Tags: a-bewitching-friday

Release Day Blitz Stalk by Victoria Danann



Stalk
Book One
Victoria Danann
Genre: paranormal romance

Publisher: 7th House, Imprint of Andromeda LLC
Date of Publication:  October 19, 2018
Number of pages: 388Word Count: 82,000
Cover Artist: Victoria Danann
Tagline: Every breath you take.
Book Description: 
The first coming of chaos. Twelve thousand years ago, members of a more advanced race crossed into our dimension when the barriers temporarily collapsed.
Trapped in our world, the aliens, who were also shifters, built structures that eventually caused the great flood and the sinking of Atlantis.
Some of the alien DNA survived in progeny that carried an untraceable shifter gene, dormant until awakened by mating with a full blooded werewolf.

Amazon
About the Author:
Eight times #1 Amazon Paranormal Romance Bestseller
OVER ONE MILLION BOOKS SOLD
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Victoria Danann, has won the prestigious Reviewers’ Choice Award for BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES the past four years in a row! Click follow to get notifications of new releases.
Knights of Black Swan – BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
A Summoner’s Tale – BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE NOVEL (2013)
Moonlight – BEST VAMPIRE/SHIFTER NOVEL (2013)
Solomon’s Sieve – BEST VAMPIRE NOVEL (2014)
Falcon – BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE NOVEL (2016)
In addition to the brave and beautiful vampire hunting knights, Victoria writes other paranormal romances that often touch on scifi/fantasy along with contemporary bikers for those who love it when the bad boys are soooooo good.
Victoria co-hosts the popular ROMANCE BETWEEN THE PAGES podcast which can be found on itunes or at www.romancecast.com. She and co-host, Riley J. Ford, interview the biggest names in romance every week. Ever wonder about the personalities behind your favorite books? Some of them just might surprise you with their interests, wit, lifestyles, and sense of humor.
www.VictoriaDanann.com
www.Facebook.com/VictoriaDanannBooks
www.RomanceCast.com 



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Published on October 19, 2018 00:00

October 18, 2018

A Bewitching Thursday

Book Spotlight: Everyday Enchantments #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/3lvH30mhpRl

The Meadows by London Clarke
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Everyday Enchantments Book Tour + Giveaway
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A Demon’s Witch by Tena Stetler – Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/U0S130mhpFn

Blog Tour with Excerpt & Review! Bad Blood (Bad Duology #1) Shyla Colt! http://stormyvixen.booklikes.com/post...

Freaky Flint History with Joe Schipani : Italian Feud March 1st, 1918
https://allthingshalloweenguide.blogs...

Wherein Jayce Battles a Phooka Halloween Flash Fiction from the Witches of Doyle By Kirsten Weiss https://allthingshalloweenguide.blogs...

Poetry and the Immortal Descent #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/POiO30mhpYI

Warlock Holmes Haunted Halloween Spooktacular Book Tour + Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/X2HO30mhqd2

The Sting of Victory by S D Simper- Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/MTZJ30mhqbf

Book Spotlight & #Giveaway: The Meadows (Legacy of Darkness, Book 1) by London Clarke #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/1nUQ30mhqa3

Friday the 13th 3D: 36 Years in the Making Book Tour #Giveaway! #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/SoX730mhq8A

Tangled Web Book Tour + Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Om6530mhq5k

Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: Prince of Dreams by Nancy Gideon (@NancyGideon, @RoxanneRhoads) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/9oJQ30mhq31

HALLOWEEN FLASH FICTION BY CELIA BRESLIN (Haven) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/k2Qr30mhpWf

Haunted By Darkness by Raven Williams & Jena Baxter - Book Tour + Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ovm630mhpVp

Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: Flesh Review #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/e23t30mhpU9

Haunted Halloween Spooktacular - Enchanting Yuletide: A Multi-Author Anthology #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ATvf30mhpPw

Diamond Moon Black Hills Wolves Book 12 by Celia Breslin Haunted Halloween Spooktacular Book Tour and Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/cURO30mhpOB

Circle of Dreams by Jane S. Morrissey #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/WPgm30mhpNf

Malevolent by S. Peters-Davis- Haunted Halloween Spooktacular
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#BookTour #Excerpt & #Giveaway for Tangled Web by Gail Z. Martin!! @GailZMartin #Urban #Fantasy @RoxanneRhoads #blogtour #booklovers #WIN
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Published on October 18, 2018 07:19

October 17, 2018

A Bewitching Wednesday

INTERVIEW - Everyday Enchantments: Musings on Ordinary Magic and Daily Conjurings by Maria DeBlassie #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/etey30mgvll

GUEST POST - Circle of Dreams (Quytel, #1) by Jane S. Morrissey #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/eeoJ30mgvmm

TANGLED WEB: Deadly Curiosities Book Three by Gail Z.Martin: Keeping Charleston—and the world—safe from supernatural threats one cursed object at a time! **Excerpt-Giveaway** #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/UPRe30mgvF7

Flesh by Laura Bickle ~ Review and Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/N9tj30mgvuj

Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: Fey, by Kirsten Weiss #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/UugG30mgvsq

Malevolent by S. Peters-Davis - Book Tour + Giveaway
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IndieWritersReview Spotlight! Fey by Kirsten Weiss (Cozy Witch Mystery)(Flash Fiction Feature/Rafflecopter
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Warlock Holmes by G.S. Denning and A Halloween- Haunted Halloween Spooktacular Guest Blog
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Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: HOTBLOODED STALK by Best Selling Author, Victoria Danann: Every breath you take. **Excerpt-Giveaway** #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ceFO30mgvE6

Book Tour: A Witch's Journey (A Witch's Journey Series #1) by Tena Stetler
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Prince of Dreams by Nancy Gideon Haunted Halloween Spooktacular Book Tour & Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/YZrH30mgvD3

Dawn of the Dead (1978): Remembering George A. Romero’s Greatest Film #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Qhi730mgvBI

Immortal Descent by Carolyn M. Walker Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/EKOx30mgvzi

Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: Haven by Celia Breslin (@CeliaBreslin, @RoxanneRhoads, @champagnebooks) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/DjOA30mgvvU

Haunted by Darkness Book Tour Spotlight with Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/M0Nd30mgvv1

The Sting of Victory by S D Simper- Haunted Halloween Spooktacular #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/lOY330mgvxg

Book Spotlight and Giveaway: Fey (The Witches of Doyle Book 5) by Kirsten Weiss #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/LtES30mgvrn

Enchanting Yuletide: A Multi-Author Anthology #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/YQbR30mgvpQ

Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: Diamond Moon by Celia Breslin #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/gDMH30mgvoU

Circle of Dreams by Jane S. Morrissey #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/JEPZ30mgvnh

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Party with the authors of Bewitching Book Tours Haunted Halloween Spooktacular
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 12 PM – 11:00PM
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Published on October 17, 2018 07:35 Tags: a-bewitching-wednesday

October 16, 2018

A Bewitching Tuesday

GUEST BLOG Circle of Dreams by Jane S. Morrissey #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/So0J30mfxtj

Everyday Enchantments Musings on Ordinary Magic and Daily Conjurings Maria DeBlassie #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ADZM30mfxxs

Tangled Web by Gail Z. Martin - Book Tour + Giveaway
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Interview Jane S. Morrissey Author of Circle of Dreams #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/QkU630mfxsc

A Haunted Halloween Spectacular Guest Post by Thomas S. Flowers, Author of: PLANET of the DEAD, : Live. Die. Or become one of the Undead. ***Guest Post-Giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/NhfD30mfxFx

#Halloween #Recipe + #Gothic #Thriller: The Meadows by London Clarke #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/CSwq30mfxQ4

DO YOU HAVE SAMHAINOPHOBIA? Guest Blog with TENA STETLER (A Demon's Witch) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/sSYe30mfxiZ

Friday the 13th 3D: 36 Years in the Making Guest Blog by Thomas S. Flowers #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/cJpU30mfxNF

Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: Prince of Dreams by Nancy Gideon #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/vcBJ30mfxGw

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GUEST BLOG Circle of Dreams by Jane S. Morrissey


The first book in the Quytel Series: Circle of Dreams, started the most recent chapter of my journey as a writer. As I reflect on those early days of sitting down with a blank page and an idea, it amuses me to remember my own arrogance and naiveté. If there is anything I’ve learned in this process, and there have been quite a few hard lessons - one of them is how humbling it is to write.  It seemed my mantra early on was – how hard could that be?
As Circle of Dreams began to take form, I had to deal with writing my first sex scene. I figured it would be as easy to write about sex as it was to read a hot scene. A breeze, right?
Well, you see right away where my first major challenge emerged…
It’s not as easy as it looks, I’ll tell you. To describe a tender, intimate, exciting, amusing and arousing interaction with metaphor, description, and dialogue as your primary tools is a little bit excruciating.
Tune in for my guest blog tomorrow on: The Book Junkie Reads  for 10 tips on how to write a good sex scene!
The thing that got me in the beginning was thinking: My mother is going to read this.
Once the thought occurred to me I couldn’t write for two days …
Desperate to get through my writer’s block, I started reading a great book which I highly recommend: The Joy of Writing Sex byElizabeth Benedict.
In the end, my work around was to create a PG-13 draft version for my family. All these years later, I hope we are all prepared for the full, R-rated version because there is nowhere to hide, for them or for me, from here on out.
Circle of Dreams, has been a labor of love. Through Bri and Cole’s developing romance I learned so much about writing intimacy, sex, and emotional connection. As they come into contact with the Quytel and discover a world where phenomenal psychic power exists in parallel with our reality, I found a platform to let my creativity loose and a world I want to play in for a while.
Look out for Book 2 in the Quytel Series, Circle of Flames which will be released on November 14th!


Circle of DreamsQuytel SeriesBook OneJane S. Morrissey
Genre: Paranormal Romantic Fiction
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing, New York
Date of Publication: 2017
ISBN: 978-1-68291-297-3
Number of pages: 350Word Count: 100,959
Cover Artist: Melody Pond, Soul Mate Publishing
Tagline: Spheres of power usher a new and dangerous secret
Book Description:
Leader of an elite psychic team, Cole Courtland is a shape-shifting wolf with a deep connection to the power of the Earth. His investigation of a string of mysterious murders throws him into the dangerous world of the Quytel and leads him straight to Brianna Doherty’s door.
Bri is plagued by vicious nightmares of death and pain that leave her wondering about her own history. When her home is under siege, an enigmatic stranger appears out of nowhere to save her.
Thrown together in a tangle of desire and danger, they are pulled deeper into the secretive world of the Quytel, an ancient order charged with maintaining the balance of psychic and paranormal power on earth. Staying one step ahead of those who would destroy them, they struggle to unravel the truth of Bri’s past and her family legacy. As her relationship with Cole grows stronger, the reality of who Bri is threatens to tear them apart.
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Excerpt: Bri knew him. It had been his face in her nightmare. His presence had soothed and calmed her that night. He stood right in front of her now and had just ripped the door off a room no one should have been able to find.Please don’t let him be my enemy, she whispered in her mind. Who else could he be?Holding the gun more firmly locked on her target, Bri hoped it deterred him because she knew she would never be able to shoot this beautiful man.“Are you going to shoot me?” His voice, strong and clear, didn’t sound too worried.Bri shivered. A sharp stab of desire shot straight through her, and at first she didn’t really register his words.“We don’t have much time,” he pressed.A thud downstairs startled her. The man moved fast. She had no time to react before he snatched the 9-millimeter easily out of her hand. He tucked it into the waistband of his jeans and grabbed her other arm.His touch was electric. When he took a step closer, he crowded her and she could almost feel the hard muscles of his broad chest. The loss of her gun left her completely vulnerable. He placed a finger lightly against her trembling lips and her stomach did a slow roll. “Don’t move. Don’t yell.” He whispered the words softly into the shell of her ear. “I’m here to help you, Brianna. You have to trust me.”She shivered. How did he know her name? She felt trapped, caught in an overpowering spell that heated her body. She was tall, but he was taller. And gorgeous, much better looking than she remembered from her nightmare. A part of her recognized she should be far more frightened of him than she was.“There are men downstairs tearing your house apart right now. I have no idea why they’re searching for you. I can get you out of here, but we have to go now.” A quiet command. “I’m not here to hurt you. Trust me.”Bri took a defensive step away. He didn’t let her go far, silver-gray eyes holding hers, willing her to believe him. The secret passageways inside the walls of the house would be too risky now that the room had been exposed.

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Jane Morrissey is a paranormal romance writer who loves romance, magic, and writing. Her paranormal romantic mysteries will keep you reading late into the night. Jane spends her time writing, enjoying the glorious California Coast near her home and spending as much time as she can with family and friends.
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October 15, 2018

Friday the 13th 3D: 36 Years in the Making Guest Blog by Thomas S. Flowers


Friday the 13th 3D: 36 Years in the MakingGuest Blog by Thomas S. Flowers
As a horror fan I feel rather fortunate that so many of my favorite thrillers released on the year of my birth. A quick Google re-search will reveal a VHS candy store of goody gore and lovable murderers, from The Thing to Poltergeist to Halloween III (the one without Myers) to Amityville II: The Possession (the one that was like The Exorcist but with incest) to The New York Ripper to Pieces, Parasite, The Slumber Party Massacre, and... Friday the 13th...PART 3D (cue groovy disco music). And among the other entries in the franchise, PART 3D is I would say my second favorite. There are many factors that play into my rating but unless you've seen it you probably won't understand. So, do me a solid and go pop in that flayed VHS cause this review will be chopped full of SPOILERS. Readers...you have been warned!
Directed by: Steve MinerWriting Credits:  Martin Kitrosser, Carol Watson, and Sean S. Cunningham.Music by: Harry ManfrediniSpecial effects: Martin BeckerRelease Date: 13 August 1982 (USA)
"Having revived from his wound, Jason Voorhees takes refuge at a cabin near Crystal Lake. As a group of co-eds arrive for their vacation, Jason continues his killing spree."
Among many reasons why I love Friday the 13th part III, one would be that it is the first true Jason Voorhees slasher. Yup. Obviously part 1 was really about mommy Voorhees, a character who wasn't even given a first name until...what, part 2? And while fantastic in its own right, it was not a "Jason" movie, not yet anyway. Now some would say, "But hey, Tommy, what about part 2? Isn't that considered a Jason Voorhees movie, it does have Jason in it after all?" And I would of course nod my head knowledgeably. Yes, part 2 does have Jason...but not the Jason. What we got was a backwoods deranged potato sack wearing weirdo who at times certainly had classic Jason mannerisms, but in the end still just an inbred acting mongoloid. Now that said, part 2 has its charm and some really excellent kills, but if you want Jason as we love him today (hockey mask and all), you gotta start with part 3.
Part 3 is also really awesome because it has what every good indie horror movie should, a cast a unrecognizable actors and actresses. While still young, parts 1 and 2 had some fairly recognizable cast members, including Kevin Bacon, John Furey (a known TV actor), Harry Crosby (son if Bing Crosby), and not to mention the late great Betsy Palmer who was one of the most veteran and highly respected actors on set. Part 3? Nadda. They didn't even have Chong, of the Cheech and Chong variety, star as the lead stoner, instead they dressed some dude named Chuck in a blue bandanna, green button down, and red pants with not quite as much weed as Up In Smoke.
I'd be amiss not to comment on what PART 3 has no other addition does. Shelly. Shelly is the best part of this movie. From humble awkward to cartoonish to a astonishingly flamboyant runner, Shelly is still by far my favorite character in the film. Sure, he fails to get the girl Vera and he's socially immature, who isn't?!? Shelly does have a few things going for him. Sweet yo-yo skills and a magic box that is literally "his entire world" full of tricks and gags to annoy the entire gang of friends, and the largest white-boy fro ever shot on a 3D film.  On a low par, I wasn't all that thrilled with leading lady Chris Higgins (Dana Kimmell).  She seemed too annoyed at times. Bored. And too drawl. The best part about her, I thought, was her really strange back story of a previous "unfilmed" encounter with Jason Voorhees. An encounter that sounded almost as if it were some kind of sexual assault. Going back to the amazing documentaryCrystal Lake Memories, actress Dana Kimmell confirms this backstory, but she says that producers did not want to pursue it in any kind of depth. This revelation is kinda dark for a Friday the 13th film as they typically follow a blood, guts, and gags methodology.
So, we've covered the more manly killing machine Jason. We got the actors. Next is the music. Harry Manfredini, who scored most of the Friday the 13's, including the original, crafted one hell of a soundtrack for this third installment. Part disco, part horror, 100% awesomeness. It is also one of the few, if not only, horror sound track to garner its own cover band by the name of Nilbog. Check them out on YouTube. Link provided below.
But like any horror slasher flick, there's gotta be a seemingly solid foundational plot. In PART 3, Chris Higgins invites a gang of friends to include a pregnant bestie (who gets slaughtered later btw...also a very dark moment for a Friday the 13th movie), two stoners, a Mexican chick, and Shelly. They met up later with lurch looking boytoy Rick (Paul Kratka). Events escalate into a series of weed smoking, beer drinking, skinny dipping, practical jokes, and heartfelt life lessons until Shelly and Vera end up pissing off a low-level biker gang. After Shelly runs over some of their motorcycles, the b-squad gang vows revenge that never really materializes. Instead, after following Shelly and Vera back to the cabin, they are quickly dispatched by Jason.
After Chris goes off with Rick to blow off some steam, the night consummates in more weed smoking and beer drinking, a sexual encounter, and Shelly in a wet suit. I know, sounds amazing doesn't it? Where does all this debauchery go? To one of the coolest kills. Once Shelly is dispatched, Jason finally obtains his moniker look by putting on the hockey mask that Shelly was so kind enough to bring along. Jeez, imagine if he brought a faded Captain Kirk mask? Talk about a lawsuit! Anyways, with Jason now complete, he causally strolls out on to the deck where a waiting Vera is fishing for Shelly's dropped wallet on the edge of the lake. He aims at her, much to her confusion, as she thinks he's Shelly. Just as she says, "Wait...who are you?" Jason pulls the trigger on the speargun popping her eye out the back of her head. Simply amazing. Its the small things folks.
More killings ensue until finally Rick and Morty...oops, Rick and Chris arrive back at the cabin. With everyone gone and blood everywhere, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to put two and two together. During the attack, ole handsome lurch Rick gets his eyeball popped out his socket, which must have been a real thrill for kids who matched this back in 1982 in 3D. And finally, Chris and Jason go toe to toe. During the struggle, one of the surviving bikers revives just to be killed again, but distracting Jason long enough for Chris to throw a noose around Jason's neck and shove him out the barn. When that proves useless, she plants an ax deep in his skull. That seems to have done the trick and as the credits roll, the cabin is surrounded by police and paramedics.
For me, my horror appetites are not hard to please. And PART 3D, given some of its flaws, is a groovy good time for a slasher flick, and especially a Friday the 13th slasher flick.



The Last HellfighterThomas S. Flowers

Genre: Historical Fiction/Horror

Publisher: Darker Worlds Publishing

Date of Publication: Aug 10, 2018

ISBN: 1724369202

ASIN: B07FFND86J


Number of pages: 277 (Kindle)410 (paperback)
Word Count: 78K
Cover Artist: Michael Bray
Tagline: They thought vampires were fantasy. They were wrong.
Book Description:
In the year 2044, reporters from the Public Relations Ministry gather at the home of Benjamin Harker, the last surviving member of the Harlem Hellfighters. At the age of 144, he is the oldest recorded man alive. Hidden among them, Clyde Bruner is looking for a different kind of story. Across the United States, despite the Great Walls and patrol drones built to keep America secure, something has found its way in. And now towns are vanishing during the night. Entire populations, gone. Only to return after the sun sets, changed, unholy, and lethal. And whatever this evil is, its spreading west.
According to a bedtime story Bruner’s grandfather told him when he was a boy, Benjamin Harker has seen this before. He’s faced this scourge. Fought this evil. Survived them. Killed them. From the trenches of the Great War to the jungles of Vietnam to the sands of Iraq, Harker will search his past to save our future.
But as each city light extinguishes across the country, is there no time left to stop what’s coming?

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Excerpt:
“Hey, Mr. Green. Any ships due in tonight?”“Huh?” the older man grunted, his full attention glued to the small box television set. Family Feud was on and Silas never missed an episode. As long as Julius had worked with him at least, in these past four months on the night shift, the seasoned longshoreman who acted very content with his life—who moved slow and never liked causing “trouble,” as he called it, to his superiors, could recite the most complex trivia questions.Julius looked back to his monitor. Part of his job was to watch for ships that may have wandered off course, or even scheduled docks on the quay. The program displayed on his monitor was linked to AIS Marine database that monitored all vessel traffic around the world. He kept the screen displaying his assigned port—which showed a few red, which meant docked and inactive. The one that concerned him was another ship, inbound and blinking green.“Mr. Green?” Julius pressed.  The older black man sighed loudly, turning away from his small TV screen. “What? Why the hell would—listen son, you can’t let this job spook you. Working nights on the dock, I know, the long hours can get to you. But trust me, this sure beats working days out in that sun all day offloading ships.”“But look,” the younger longshoreman pointed his screen.Frowning, Silas rolled his chair over to the computer monitor. The green blinking ship reflected off his thick glasses. He pushed them back up on his nose, “That ain’t nothing, probably just a glitch in the system.”Julius looked at the screen and then out the large window that overlooked the Port of Jerusalem. He’d just moved to town not more than six months prior from Bangor and he wanted to make a good impression. “Okay,” the younger man said. Silas nodded in quiet victory and rolled back over to watch his show. Julius continued glaring at the blinking green ship as it approached the port on the screen. He swallowed hard as it inched closer and closer. He glanced at the old man as he howled at some man on the TV having missed a question that Silas thought was a “no brainer.”  On the monitor, the green blinking ship was upon them. Beads of sweat dripped down his forehead.Closer.And closer. “Mr. Green, I don’t think is a glitch,” Julius protested. Exhaling loudly, Silas stood and turned. “Listen, young blood, I’ve been doing this job for twenty years and I’ve never heard of no ship coming in that wasn’t on the manifest.”Julius shrugged. “Yeah, but…” he gestured to the screen.“There is no ship coming—”Just outside, a large wave crashed against the port levee walls. A thunderous metallic screech vibrated off the walls of the little trailer office on the wharf. Manuals and notebooks and ship logs fell from the shelves as the ground itself felt as if it was opening. The small TV still playing Family Feud rattled off the table and crashed to the floor, sizzling out. The florescent bulbs above them burst raining shards of glass and casting the room into a yellow gloom. The horrendous grinding seemed to go on forever, shaking and shuddering the world. And then it was over.Silas Green was the first to prop himself off the floor. Looking around cautiously, as if any wrong move would send the world into chaos again. Julius propped himself up, moving into a crouch. He peeked through the blinds. “What the heck was that?”“Shit!” the older man hissed. Julius glanced over his shoulder at him. “What? You okay?”Silas held up what remained of his TV. “No, damn tube is busted.”Shaking his head, Julius peered back out the blinds. “I think we should go check the dock.” He stood, not waiting for approval and went through the door of the office. “Hold on, young blood.” Silas gave the TV a final kiss—he’d had the device for more years than he cared to confess, and then set it down on the floor as gently as he could. Standing, he opened the bottom drawer of his desk and retrieved a flashlight. Outside, Silas trotted to catch up with Julius who was standing at the edge of the wharf looking up into the gloom. “Somethings out there,” the young man said. Silas wafted the fog around his head. “Can’t see shit out here.”“Use the flashlight,” Julius suggested without taking his gaze from in front of him. “Oh,” Silas grunted, flicking on the switch. A beam of bright white broke apart the misty smoke like haze. He shined out toward the wharf and at first still could not see anything. And then the fog parted as if controlled by some unknown force, separating and unfolding around a large cargo ship. Silas traced the hull to the edge of the ship deck. “Mother of God,” he whispered, taken back by the sudden massive size of the ship. He’d never been this close to one. The larger vessels normally dock at Freeport.  Julius stepped toward him, asking, “What do we do?”The older man couldn’t think—this wasn’t on the schedule, the ship manifest, nothing. This ship shouldn’t be here. The harbourmaster would have said something. Hell, his superintendent would have damn sure said something. It would have been on the log. Silas moved the beam of light to the wharf itself, noting the broken shards of rock in the thick cement and the thick crack in the hull of the ship. It was taking on water for sure—it hadn’t even bothered slowing down. It ploughed into the quay. But why? Wasn’t there someone steering this damn thing? This wasn’t right. Something about this—everything about this wasn’t right. “Mr. Green?” Julius pressed, whispering hotly. Silas looked at him, the kid was rattled; he was rattled. He took a deep breath. “Okay, listen, I’m going to call this in—pray the lines in the office are still operating. Here, take the flashlight.” He handed it to Julius. “Stay put, yell out if you see anyone. Some dumbass is going to pay bigtime for this screwup and it ain’t going to be you or me.” He gave one final glance at the monstrous freighter and started off for the office. Inside, he could use the phone on the floor. He scooped it up and dialed his supervisor.“Green, there better be a good fucking reason why you’re calling me at—” Silas’s superintendent started through the speaker of the phone.“A ship crashed into the port,” Silas blurted. “What?”“A ship, some damn cargo ship. Large motherfucker.”“Are you fucking with me?”“No, I ain’t fucking with you, sir. A cargo ship crashed into the port, took a good-sized chunk out of our wharf too.”“Was it on the manifest?”“No—that’s what I’m saying. This ship ain’t supposed to be—” A scream from outside on the dock jarred Silas from the phone. “Julius, what the hell was that?”“Green, what’s going on?” his superintendent asked, sounding more and more irritated.Silence. “Green?”“Hold on, sir.” Silas set down the phone, ignoring the muffled protest from his superintendent on the line. He glared at the open door and crept toward it. There were no other sounds, and he didn’t like that one bit. Stepping outside he called, “Julius?”It was hard to see through the fog as it rolled across the walkway. Silas squinted, peering through the gloom turned yellow by the glow of the dock lights. “Julius, what’s going on?” he called to the dark shape in front of him. And then he heard it. A sucking sound. He stopped. The dark shape unfolded.The fog parted slightly, revealing a tall, bald woman with pale skin. Her eyes burned red. She was looking at him with an expression of mild satisfaction, the look of a thirsty soul finally getting a cup of water. She was holding Julius, cradling him almost as if they were dancing. “Who are—” Silas started, until he saw her teeth, her large fanged front teeth, salivating in blood. He took a step back as she let Julius go. His body crumbled to the wet dock. “No,” Silas managed to say, like a child refusing to go to bed.
And then she was upon him. 
About the Author:

Who doesn't love a good story? Thomas's favorite books include All Quiet on the Western Front, Salem's Lot, and Hell House.
In his own writings, he aspires to create fantastic worlds with memorable characters and haunted places. His stories range from Shakespearean gore, classic monster tales, and even stories that hurt him the most to write about, haunted soldiers and PTSD. Residing in the swamps of Houston, Texas, with his wife and daughter, Thomas's debut novel, Reinheit, was eventually published with Shadow Work Publishing, along with Lanmò, The Hobbsburg Horror, FEAST, Beautiful Ugly, and Planet of the Dead.
His veteran focused paranormal thriller series, The Subdue Series, filled with werewolves, Frankenstein-inspired monsters, cults, alter-dimensional insects, witches, and the undead are published with Limitless Publishing.
In 2008, Thomas was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army where he served three tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2014, Thomas graduated from University of Houston-Clear Lake with a Bachelors in History. He is the senior editor at Machine Mean, a site that reviews horribly awesome and vintage horror movies and books from guest contributors who obsess over a wide range of strange yet oddly related topics.
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