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March 22, 2022
Buried Alive by Donnette Smith #PNR #Giveaway #WinSignedBook
Buried AliveSpirit Walker Series Book TwoDonnette Smith
Genre: Paranormal RomancePublisher: The Wild Rose PressDate of Publication: 3/14/2022ISBN: 978-1-5092-4082-1 PaperbackISBN: 978-1-5092-4083-8 DigitalNumber of pages: 250Word Count: 65,142Cover Artist: Kristian Norris
Tagline: When your sixth sense speaks, believe it.
Book Description:
As a clairvoyant, Jenna Langley has foreseen her fair share of murder. But the night she is haunted by visions of a woman buried alive in a makeshift casket, nothing prepares her for the chilling reality that the victim she saw in her vision is herself.
Having survived a recent tragedy, and now tasked with the duty of planning her wedding, everyone attributes Jenna’s disturbing dreams to stress. Even her fiancé does his best to convince her she is perfectly safe.
But someone wants revenge and Jenna is the target of that obsession. Her only hope for survival is if her fiancé, Detective Cole Rainwater, can root out who wants her dead before time runs out.
Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/GH_Q-HoniLA
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Excerpt:
At the same time a sharp intake of breath filled her lungs, Jenna’s eyes snapped open. Blackness surrounded her; panic set in instantly as soft whimpers set off a series of echoes. It took a moment for it to sink in the sounds were her own.
Raising both hands, her palms struck a hard object not a foot above her head. She slid her palms over a rough surface, searching, feeling across the top and down the sides of what felt like a wooden crate.
That embodied her like a tomb.
She let go a shriek, crying out in agony, “No! no! please, no!” There was no doubt she was in the very place that stoked the deepest fear in her heart. Just the way her vision forewarned. She was buried alive.
About the Author: Although not a native Texan, Donnette Smith has spent more than half her life living in the Lone Star State. She is an entrepreneur and former business owner of Tailor Maid Services LLC. After spending a few years working as a journalist for the Blue Ridge Tribune, she realized her love for writing romantic detective novels. Her stories cover a wide range of genres, from horror, time travel, mystery, fantasy, paranormal, and thriller. But one theme stays the same, there is always a detective solving a crime, and a gorgeous victim he would lay down his life to protect.
Donnette’s biggest fascination is with forensic science and crime scene investigations. Her first mystery/suspense novel, Lady Gabriella, was published in 2008. Her second novel was a horror/mystery/suspense titled Cunja and debuted in 2012.
Her latest released novel, book 1 of the Spirit Walker Series, Killing Dreams is a fantasy/romance story and became available in September of 2021. Book 2 of the Spirit Walker Series, Buried Alive, is soon to be released on March 14, 2022.
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March 21, 2022
A Bewitching Monday
In the Kitchen with Author Maria DeVivo #InTheKitchen #RainbowCookies #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/HTB750InWHV
Character Confessions from The Frelsarien: Battle of Eirbor by Lynette Charrier #Fantasy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/zbXk50InWJx
INTERVIEW - YA PNR - HIDDEN LAKE: The Prophecy by Denise Howard #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/O1C650InWGb
Buried Alive by Donnette Smith #PNR #Giveaway #WinSignedBook #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/mpn450InWtL
Virtual Book Tour: Hidden Lake: The Prophecy by Denise Howard #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/iWta50InWBx
Donnette Smith: Top Ten Things I've Learned About Being A Better Writer #PNR #Giveaway #WinSignedBook #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/iish50Imsh3
Maria DeVivo’s Top 10 Vampires in Literature, TV, and Film #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/vKb550Ilwz2
March 18, 2022
Free Book Friday - The Fey by Claudia Hall Christian #FreeBookFriday
"The Fey is a romance for people who hate romances, a thriller for people who hate thrillers. If I'd read this on a bus, I swear I'd have missed my stop."
- J. Creasey
The Fey Alex the Fey ThrillerBook OneClaudia Hall Christian
Genre: Thriller/Romantic SuspensePublisher: Cook Street PublishingDate of Publication: September 2009ISBN: 978-0-9822746-3-7 (print)ISBN: 978-0-9822746-6-8 (digital)ISBN: 978-1-938057-83-0 (hardcover)ASIN:B002ZCYAT8Number of pages: 344Word Count: 105858
Book Description:
Released from Walter Reed Hospital, Sergeant Alexandra Hargreaves settles in her hometown of Denver, Colorado. With her family and friends close, and her enemies closer, she strives to collect the pieces of her shattered life.
Then things fall apart.
Haunted by the past, and terrorized in the present, Alex must reach past pain, through memory, and beyond the grave to find herself, and her future.
The Fey is the first in the Alex the Fey thriller series. “True Mark,” the ninth in the Alex the Fey thriller series, will be out in April, 2022.
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A Bewitching Friday
Donnette Smith: Top Ten Things I've Learned About Being A Better Writer #PNR #Giveaway #WinSignedBook #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/iish50Imsh3
Maria DeVivo’s Top 10 Vampires in Literature, TV, and Film #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/vKb550Ilwz2
Hidden Lake: The Prophecy by Denise Howard [Spotlight] #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/72AL50Imsmx
INTERVIEW - PNR - BURIED ALIVE (Spirit Walker, #2) by Donnette Smith #bewitcihngbooktours http://ow.ly/6apl50Ilwxr
Hidden Lake: The Prophecy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/qcGI50ImsoH
Buried Alive by Donnette Smith Virtual Book Tour #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/PK5i50ImsiW
A journey into the spirited past of Michigan’s “Vehicle City.” “Provides unique historical perspective of some Flint landmarks.”—ABC12 News
Haunted Flint #Kindle Book On Sale for .99
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Hidden Lake: The Prophecy by Denise Howard Virtual Book Tour #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/JciV50ImsnI
FREE BOOK FRIDAY
"The Fey is a romance for people who hate romances, a thriller for people who hate thrillers. If I'd read this on a bus, I swear I'd have missed my stop." - J. Creasey
The Fey by Claudia Hall Christian
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INTERVIEW WITH MARIA DeVIVO (WITCH OF THE BLACK CIRCLE) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/jRHB50Iin49
March 16, 2022
A Bewitching Wednesday
INTERVIEW WITH DONNETTE SMITH (Buried Alive)
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INTERVIEW WITH MARIA DeVIVO (WITCH OF THE BLACK CIRCLE) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/jRHB50Iin49
Buried Alive Spirit Walker Series Book Two Donnette Smith #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/5MKE50IktKu
Character Confessions- Buried Alive by Donnette Smith #PNR #Giveaway #WinSignedBook #bewitchingbooktours
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A journey into the spirited past of Michigan’s “Vehicle City.” “Provides unique historical perspective of some Flint landmarks.”—ABC12 News
Haunted Flint #Kindle Version On Sale for .99
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Witch of the Black Circle by Maria DeVivo #Horror
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Witch of the Black Circle by Maria DeVivo #Horror
Witch of the Black CircleDawn of the Blood WitchBook OneMaria DeVivo
Genre: HorrorPublisher: 4 Horsemen PublicationsDate of Publication: March 7, 2022ASIN: B09NB1G11YNumber of pages: 217Word Count: 64k
Tagline: When it comes to witchcraft, it's never just a teenage phase...
Book Description:
For as long as she can remember, high school senior Joephie Turner's mother has told her she is cursed by a witch. As she settles into her new hometown of Northport, Long Island at the height of the 1980s Satanic Panic era, Joephie is accepted into a circle of friends obsessed with the occult. Demonic messages on cassette tapes, shady youth group leaders, and passionate sexual encounters push the teen into a thrilling world that lends a deeper meaning to the proverbial mantra: "sex, drugs, and rock and roll." Until it all goes wrong.
A decade later, haunted by nightmares of cults and rituals, formidable burgeoning witch Joephie pieces her memories together in search of answers about the small group of suburban teens that meddled with dark forces. As an adult, Joephie will have to decide what, or who, she is willing to sacrifice from her past in order to claw her way back to sanity.
Inspired by true events, Witch of the Black Circle is a deliciously wicked and nostalgic journey through time where the lines of reality and the supernatural blur. Content warning: satanic rituals; sex; graphic violence; language; drug use
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Excerpt
Dan reaches over to his bag and pulls out his math book. In the front pouch, I notice a small novel with a black cover. “Hey,” I say, nodding my head in the backpack’s direction. “Whatcha reading?”
“Uh, nothing,” he answers, shrugging his shoulders.
I put out my arms and tap my fingers together like a baby grasping at something. “Lemme see it!”“Nah. It’s really nothing,” he repeats, but he’s unconvincing, and it makes my curiosity burn a hole in my brain.
Kit’s curiosity is piqued as well, so she stands up and moves behind the chair with the backpack. “Now, now,” she sings. “No secrets here, Dan!” She grabs the bag from the chair and pulls out the book. “The Satanic Bible?”
Dan quickly shoots up from the chair, snatches the book away from her, and cradles it to his chest as to hide the cover from us. “Shhhh…” he admonishes as he looks side to side, assessing if my mother was in the vicinity or not.
I hold out my hand again. “What are you reading that for?” I ask. “Give it here.”
Reluctantly, he turns the book over to me, and I examine the cover, the spine, and the back like an investigator studying a piece of crime-scene evidence. Only, I don’t have on rubber gloves. I’ve known about this book. Heard about it. Knew the story of the author, Dr. Anton LaVey, and his Church of Satan. Practically, every youth ministry I had attended had mentioned the evil of this piece of literature at some point in time: If you even look at the book, you can be possessed. Being in its presence alone can have a profound effect on your heavenly soul. Dare not open or read the pages for fear of infiltration by a powerful demonic force. But as I actually hold the book for the first time in my life, I feel … nothing. No fear. No wonder. No spooky taboo. I press the book in my palms trying to feel for any ‘other-worldly’ vibrations or indication that if I open it up I will be damned to hell. But no. Nothing. Zip. Zilch. And more lies and deception from my past teachers come into clear view. “Dude. It’s just a book.”
“Yeah, I know it’s just a book,” he huffs, grabs it from me, and shoves it back into his bag.
The three of us sit back down in silence for a few minutes.
“You okay, man?” Kit asks, concerned.
“Yeah. Fine.”
Clearly, he’s not.
“Where’d you get it?” I ask.
“Why’d you get it?” Kit emphasizes.
Dan looks behind him and scans the kitchen again. Then, he moves his upper body slightly across the table as if to beckon me and Kit to huddle in. We oblige him and he speaks in a soft, hushed tone: “Thomas. This guy from my school. He got the connection with that Ricky kid and the Knights of the Black Circle.”
“The Knights of the Black Circle?” I ask. “What’s that?”
Dan glares at me and holds up his arm revealing the faded black circles drawn up and down his arm, over and over and over. I had thought they were just silly drawings borne out of boredom, but…
“They wanted him to read the book and know some stuff before they accepted him,” he continues. “Thomas said he could probably get me in, too, and told me what passages to study and shit.”
Kit’s pretty eyes widen, and her bangs touch her eyelashes again. “He knows the Acid King?”
A sneer forms on Dan’s lips and he nods. “Uh huh.”
“Wait,” I protest. “What are you talking about? Who are the Knights of the Black Circle?
What’s an Acid King?”
“The Knights…” Dan explains, “they’re a group. Local. They do stuff. They know stuff.”
About the Author: Maria is the Author of the Amazon bestselling and award-winning series The Coal Elf Chronicles, the YA psychological horror series The Altered Experience, and the NA Urban Fantasy series The Aestrangel Trinity. When not writing about dark fantasy and horror, she teaches Language Arts and Journalism to middle school students in Florida. A lover of all things dark and demented, she takes pleasure in warping the comfort factor in her readers’ minds. Just when you think you’ve reached a safe space in her stories, she snaps you back into her twisted reality.Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3swwTaM
Website: https://www.mariadevivo.com/
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March 15, 2022
A Bewitching Tuesday
Character Confessions- Buried Alive by Donnette Smith #PNR #Giveaway #WinSignedBook #bewitchingbooktours
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Cover Reveal Amethyst by Rebecca Henry #CoverReveal #YA #LGBTQ #MagicalRealism #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/vurh50Ijvnq
Witch of the Blck Circle by Maria DeVivo - Book Tour
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Amethyst by Ambrosia Hill - Cover Reveal + Giveaway
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Buried Alive Book Spotlight & Giveaway
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Cover Reveal & #Giveaway ~ Amethyst (Ambrosia Hill, Book One) by Rebecca Henry @rebeccahenryaut ~ #BookTrailer #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/4xLW50Ijvlw
INTERVIEW WITH MARIA DeVIVO (WITCH OF THE BLACK CIRCLE) #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/jRHB50Iin49
Cover Reveal Amethyst by Rebecca Henry #CoverReveal #YA #LGBTQ #MagicalRealism #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/eCML50Ijvfj
Cover Reveal Amethyst by Rebecca Henry #CoverReveal #YA #LGBTQ #MagicalRealism
AmethystAmbrosia HillBook OneRebecca HenryGenre: YA LGBTQ Magical RealismPublisher: Finch BooksDate of Publication: April 26th 2022Word Count: 35,000Cover Artist: Finch Books
Tagline: Sent away because of her feelings for a girl, she discovered a birthright of magic at her aunt’s lake house.
Book Description:
Thirteen-year-old Zinnia is about to turn fourteen when her life is flipped upside down. With her parents on the brink of a divorce, Zinnia is sent to spend the summer with her eccentric great-aunts on their lake house away from her home in Manhattan. Zinnia arrives at her aunt’s massive Victorian house, with a heavy heart.
After a recent falling out, she had with her best friend Charlotte, who betrayed her trust by showing the meanest and most popular girl in school a letter Zinnia wrote confessing her feelings for Charlotte. The aunts rely on practical magic, acceptance, and old family friends to help heal their great-niece in more ways than one.
But what no one expected that summer was for Zinnia to meet Billie, another girl who was more like Zinnia than she would have guessed.
Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/ozjlF4CCTPk
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Excerpt 2:Charlie flashed me a big, fatherly smile. The wrinkles around his eyes traveled down the sides of his face, and for a moment I couldn’t believe how time had caught up to him since my last visit. “Well, look at you, Zinnia! You’ve shot up like a string bean.”
Charlie reached straight for my suitcase and threw it into the truck. His hearty laugh filled the cabin as we both buckled in. “I almost didn’t recognize you there with how you’ve grown.” I looked down at my cramped legs, desperate to stretch out as my knees touched the glove compartment. Charlie patted my back and turned the key inside the ignition, bringing life to the beat-up truck as the engine groaned like an old dog too tired to wake from its nap. “Here we go, String Bean! Off like a herd of turtles at the races.”
I cracked a smile at this, almost by accident, before wiping it away and looking out of the window. I could admit that I liked Ole Charlie. He’d been neighbors with my aunts for over forty years, and I’d known him all my life, so I thought it was safe to say that he was basically family. “Wait till your aunts get a look at you, string bean.”
I rolled my eyes as I tried, and once again failed, to conceal my smile. Every time I visited my aunts, Ole Charlie gave me a new nickname. I suppose my nickname for this summer is going to be string bean. I whispered it to myself for a test drive and annoyingly, it wasn’t so annoying.
“It’s been a few years since you and your mom visited us on Ambrosia Hill.” Charlie looked over at me with his old brown eyes full of affection. “Not ashamed to say we’ve missed you, string bean.”
About the Author:
Rebecca Henry is an American author living abroad in England. She is a devoted vegan who gardens, practices yoga, crafts, travels the world, and bakes. Rebecca’s favorite holiday is Halloween, and she is obsessed with anything and everything witchy! Besides writing fiction, Rebecca is also the author of her vegan holiday cookbook collection and green living lifestyle book. Her love for animals, baking with her family, having a plant-based diet, and cruelty-free, green lifestyle inspired her nonfiction novels. You can find all Rebecca’s books on Amazon and Goodreads.
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March 9, 2022
A Bewitching Wednesday
Witch of the Black Circle Dawn of the Blood Witch Book One by Maria DeVivo #horror #kindlebook #amreading #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/h44Q50IeO30
Official Book Description for Ghosts and Legends of Genesee and Lapeer Counties #HauntedMichigan
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Horror Haikus based on Maria DeVivo's novel Witch of the Black Circle + excerpt
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Once Upon a Book Author Signing
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Frankenmuth Michigan July 22
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March 7, 2022
A Bewitching Monday
Witch of the Black Circle Dawn of the Blood Witch Book One Maria DeVivo #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Hxr250IbvAa
Awakening Magic and Haunting Magic #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/C6ot50IbvyG
Official Book Description for Ghosts and Legends of Genesee and Lapeer Counties #HauntedMichigan
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Awakening Magic and Haunting Magic by Neely Powell #AudioBooks #PNR #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/CVNK50Ibvxc
Once Upon a Book Author Signing
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Frankenmuth Michigan July 22
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