Rebecca Lim's Blog - Posts Tagged "melbourne"

I'll be at The Moat (the bar under the Wheeler Centre's main space) on Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne on September 8th between 6.15 and 7.15 pm if anyone wants to come and say hello. I'll be reading from The Astrologer's Daughter and there will be readings from other authors, too.

Just sharing the beyond-beautiful cover of my latest YA novel, "The Astrologer's Daughter" because I'm a huge fan of the photographer, Jessica Lia, who is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Look up her gallery, you will not be disappointed. She has an amazing eye.

If you loved "Mercy" and the crazy genre mash-up of YA mystery / thriller with touches of paranormal and romance in that, grab "The Astrologer's Daughter" which is available in (e)book and Kindle now everywhere, and is coming out in the US in July 2015.

The Astrologer's Daughter is out now on Edelweiss and Netgalley for any interested reviewers and bloggers.

Official release date for the US is 9 June 2015 and for the UK is 25 June 2015.

Hope you love it x

** COMP CLOSED - congrats to Stephanie! A signed copy of Mercy is headed your way x **

People who have read and enjoyed my YA books will know that I love a flawed heroine who will meet the worst, head-on, with tenacity.

To celebrate the publication of "Afterlight" on June 24, 2015, this global giveaway (the first of two) is for true fans of the Mercy series: readers who have been willing to be challenged and engaged by Mercy's evolution across all four books.

The prize for the first correct answer to the following question? A signed and personalised copy of your favourite of the four Mercy titles, posted with love and gratitude, all the way from Oz.

Here's the question: only ONE of the Archangels has the power to transmogrify the celestial state of another Archangel. No other Archangel has this power and no other Archangel could have brought about the bargain made for Ryan. Which Archangel is it?

You've got a week! PM me if you think you know, and nominate your favourite title so that I can get it to you, if you win.

If you're not a fan but you know someone who is, let them know. And let them know there will be more to Mercy's story x

The Astrologer's Daughter releases today (June 9) in the US and is available via Amazon, B&N, Target, Indigo, Bookdepository and good bookstores throughout North America.

If you're keen on a complex mystery/thriller that celebrates female tenacity and is set in a fictional world that is ethnically and socio-economically diverse (just like ours is), it could be for you.

Look out for Global Giveaway #2 next week. X

* Comp now closed, congrats to Obsessive Girl, look out for one more Afterlight giveaway next week xx *

To celebrate the release of Afterlight in the Southern Hemisphere this week, I've got one signed copy to give away to the first reader (from anywhere in the world) to PM me their postal details.

Giveaway closes 29 June 2015 x

To celebrate the new print, ebook and Kindle editions of my crime/mystery/fantasy novel The Astrologer's Daughter, which is set in Melbourne's Chinatown but also at an intersection between our world and Mercy's world, I'm giving away a signed copy to the first two readers who can tell me which archangel from the Mercy series makes a cameo appearance in The Astrologer's Daughter? (hint: I've blogged about this before and their name starts with A)

I'll pick the first two readers who leave a comment with the correct name in it.

Competition closes 15 March 2019. I'll DM the winners for their postal details and happy reading!

The new audiobooks for Whiffy Newton in the Case of the Dastardly Deeds, Whiffy Newton in the Riddle of the Two-Tone Trousers and The Astrologer's Daughter (narrated by me!) are each now available from audiobook retailers like Audible, Storytel, Scribd, Kobo and AudioBookstore.

If you're planning a road trip with your 7 - 12 year old and they're into funny, crime/detective/mystery caper/heist novels in the vein of The Red Hand Gang, The Five Find Outers, Geronimo Stilton and Encyclopedia Brown, give the adventures of Whiffy, Paz and Doreen a whirl.

If you're looking for a crime/mystery/thriller novel with a touch of the paranormal/occult set in Melbourne, Australia and spoken in deadset Melbourne vernacular, The Astrologer's Daughter may be for you.

Audiobooks for Wraith and Afterlight will follow in the coming weeks, so watch this space. Happy listening!

To celebrate the new edition of Afterlight, my urban fantasy/crime/mystery/ghost story set in Melbourne, Australia, I'm giving away a signed copy of the first edition to two readers anywhere in the world who are the first to DM me via Goodreads.

Afterlight, like The Astrologer's Daughter, is linked to the Mercy universe and features a first glimpse of Daughtry from Wraith.

Giveaway closes on 15 August 2019.

Happy reading and creating x

* Comp closed - books are on their way, thanks for your messages *

Mercy is always a winged presence at my shoulder, a breath of fire, asking to walk this troubled world again.

For those who loved Wraith, I'm slowly pulling together the next adventure for you, and for me.

And I'm taking this quote from The Book of Enoch, Chapter XVII, as a starting point:

And I came to a river of fire in which the fire flows like water and discharges itself into the great sea towards the west. I saw the great rivers and came to the great river and to the great darkness, and went to the place where no flesh walks.

Who knows where the story will go? I can't wait to find out.

Love and best wishes to you in these trying times for all of humanity. Stay safe, stay well.

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