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June 3, 2024
Be Your Own Rock – Spotlight & Giveaway
Be Your Own Rock
The proven way to strengthen your mind and build the power to
overcome anything.
Be Your Own Rock:
The proven way to
strengthen your mind and build the power to overcome anything
by Sagar Constantin
Genre: Self-Help,
Personal Growth
In a world that’s constantly evolving, the one certainty is change.
Yet, navigating life’s transitions can often feel overwhelming,
leaving us uncertain and apprehensive about the future. Be
Your Own Rock is more than just a book; it’s a journey
of transformation, a guiding light for people who seek to find
strength in difficult times, challenges, and change rather than fear
it.
Crafted with profound insights and real-life stories,
this book delves deep into the heart of change and transitions. It’s
not just about coping; it’s about thriving. It’s about understanding
the intricate dance of emotions, fears, and aspirations that
accompany every transition in life. Whether it’s a career shift, a
personal transformation, or an unexpected twist in your life
story, Be Your Own Rock offers you the tools,
wisdom, and courage to navigate your path with confidence and
grace.
Join us on this empowering journey. Reclaim your
narrative, harness your inner resilience, and turn the page to a new
chapter where you can stand firm as a rock and welcome the
opportunity for growth, learning, and self-discovery.
Because
when you embrace change, you don’t just adapt; you soar.
Includes access to:
*Personality
type test
*Online
‘find your core values’ course
*58 page
workbook
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Sagar Constantin stands as a luminary in the
literary and business worlds, renowned for her extensive portfolio of
both fiction and non-fiction works. As a bestselling Scandinavian
author of eight books, Sagar skillfully bridges the realms of
imaginative storytelling and practical self-improvement, ensuring her
readers are both captivated and inspired. Her narrative prowess
brings complex psychological and personal development concepts to
life, making them accessible and engaging for a diverse audience.
Her
non-fiction works delve deeply into personal growth and
transformative leadership, equipping readers with the tools to
navigate change and harness their potential. In contrast, her fiction
books offer a rich tapestry of characters and plots that resonate
with readers on a profound emotional level, reflecting her deep
understanding of human psychology.
In
pursuit of further academic excellence, Sagar is currently writing a
PhD in Transformative Business Leadership, aiming to revolutionize
how we think about and enact leadership in modern enterprises. This
scholarly work complements her speaking engagements, where she shares
her insights with thousands annually, including prestigious firms and
organizations like LEGO, Fujitsu, and Novo Nordisk.
Residing
in Denmark but traveling globally for work, Sagar finds balance and
inspiration in nature walks, sports, and quality time with her
family, continually drawing on these experiences to enrich her
writing and teachings.
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June 2, 2024
The Body at Back Beach – Spotlight & Giveaway
The Body at Back Beach
Helena has never dreamt of becoming an amateur detective. But when
she finds the body of a young woman while on a walk, she can’t help
but try and discover who she was and how she got there.
The Body at Back Beach
by KJ Sweeney
Genre: Murder
Mystery
Helena Statham never imagined herself as a sleuth. But when she
stumbles upon the body of a young woman while on a walk, she can’t
resist the urge to discover who she was and how she got there. Even
if it means upsetting the tight-knit community of the small New
Zealand town she lives in, and uncovering secrets that have long been
buried.
Thirty years ago, a young woman went missing, but no one
tried to find out what had happened to her. As Helena investigates
deeper, she learns more about what took place back then, putting
herself in danger now.
Join Helena on her journey as she becomes
an unlikely amateur detective, determined to uncover the truth and
bring justice to the long-forgotten young woman whose story has been
buried in silence for far too long.
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Kelly Jo Sweeney grew up in England before moving to New Zealand
where she lived for 15 years with her kiwi husband and four wonderful
children. An avid reader from an early age, crime novels have long
been a favourite. She always likes to work out whodunnit before the
big reveal and writing her own novels means that there’s at least
one that she’ll always get right. Her debut novel is set in and
inspired by the unique scenery of New Zealand, infusing her stories
with a wonderful sense of place and atmosphere.
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May 30, 2024
Death Unscripted – Spotlight & Giveaway
Death Unscripted
Nurse Trudy Genova mixes her movie studio consulting work with her
nose for murder!
Death in the Orchard
The Trudy Genova
Manhattan Mysteries Book 3
by M.K. Graff
Genre: Mystery,
Police Procedural, Amateur Sleuth
The
third Trudy Genova mystery from award-winning author M. K. Graff
brings Trudy home, leaving her New York City studio consulting job to
visit her rural hometown of Schoharie, three hours north. NYPD
detective Ned O’Malley accompanies Trudy, primed to meet her family,
but with a secret mission to find out what really happened when her
father died eleven years ago.
Mario Genova’s death was deemed
a tragic accident, but Trudy feels there was more to her beloved
father acting out of character the day before he died. After years of
hard work building a successful apple orchard business with her
mother, Mario cleaned out their bank accounts. No reason-and no
money-was ever found. As Trudy and Ned try to investigate without
informing her family of their actions, a new death occurs on Genova
Orchards property, and once again Trudy’s family is under scrutiny.
“A welcome and forceful
return of MK Graff’s Trudy Genova, Death in the Orchard is a well-
crafted and thought-provoking story of unexplained death and
cold-blooded murder, as Trudy sets out to solve the death of her
father with her NYPD boyfriend Ned O’Malley. The couple return to the
Genova family orchards to dig into the past as the present threatens
to shake the family to their very core.
Graff deals us a cold case of
family intrigue, a small-town conspiracy, and a terrifying leap into
the unknown, as her heroine comes face to face with a secret she
thought would never be told, a case impossible to solve, and a dogged
determination to finally get to the truth.
A masterclass in laying the
threads bare and knitting them together in a satisfying conclusion.”
Mandy Morton, Author of The
No. 2 Feline Detective Agency series
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Death at the Dakota
The Trudy Genova
Manhattan Mysteries 2
Nurse Trudy Genova is making plans to take her relationship with NYPD
detective Ned O’Malley to the next level when she lands a gig as
medical consultant on a film shoot at the famed Dakota apartment
building in Manhattan, which John Lennon once called home. Then star
Monica Kiley goes missing, a cast member turns up dead, and it
appears Trudy might be next. Meanwhile Ned tackles a mysterious
murder case in which the victim is burned beyond recognition. When
his investigations lead him back to the Dakota, Trudy finds herself
wondering: how can she fall in love if she can’t even
survive?
Readers of Death Unscripted, the first book in
the Trudy Genova Manhattan Mystery series, will find the same
pleasures in this sequel: fast pacing, engaging characters, twists
and turns on the way to a satisfying close. Once again M.K. Graff
reveals her talents in crafting this delightful mix of amateur sleuth
and police procedural.
Part procedural, part cozy, Death
at the Dakota is a well-crafted and highly entertaining mystery.-
Bruce Robert Coffin, #1 bestselling author of the Detective Byron
mysteries.
I fell in love — not only with
co-protagonists, Trudy and Ned, the richly detailed and historic
setting of The Dakota, and the unique cast of characters, but with
the unusual plot of Death at the Dakota. Sherry Harris, Agatha Award
nominated author of the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mysteries
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Death Unscripted
The Trudy Genova
Manhattan Mysteries Book 1
Trudy Genova has the best job any nurse could want, working on set as
a medical consultant for a NY movie studio. No more uniforms, bedpans
or emergencies, until at the actor whose overtures she’s refused dies
suddenly while taping a hospital scene–but not before pointing his
finger accusingly at Trudy. When detectives view Trudy as a suspect,
she sets out on an investigation to clear her name. Then a second
death occurs, and Trudy realizes she’s put herself in jeopardy.
A
new mystery from the award-winning author of the Nora Tierney English
Mystery Series, DEATH UNSCRIPTED is based on the authors’ real work
experience during her nursing career and is the mystery series
British Queen of Crime P. D. James insisted she write. A mix of
amateur sleuth and police procedural, the story is told in first
person from Trudy’s point of view, and in third from NYPD Detective
Ned O’Malley
Marilyn Chris, Obie and Drama Desk
Award-winning actor who played Wanda Wolek on ABC’s soap “One
Life to Live” notes: “Graff gets behind the scenes of soaps
just right, as well she should–she was there!”
Edith
Maxell, national bestselling author of multiple mystery series says:
“Your blood pressure will soar during M. K. Graff’s new
Manhattan Mystery, as nurse Trudy Genova takes the pulse of a killer
during a soap opera filming in Death Unscripted. You won’t even think
about changing the channel during this smart, suspenseful
mystery.”
And Triss Stein, author of the Erica Donato
Mysteries, has this to say: “Soap opera drama is as intense on
the set as it is on the screen. Sometimes Trudy Genova, consulting
nurse, feels like the only sane person in the room. Join her as she
copes with huge ego, daily melodrama, an attractive detective, and
life in New York . . . plus murder. The city and the studio provide
intriguing backgrounds for this entertaining mystery.”
Helen
Smith, UK author of the The Emily Castle Mysteries, agrees that Death
Unscripted is “an engaging story featuring a charming amateur
sleuth. A great start to a mystery series.”
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Marni Graff is the award-winning author of The Nora Tierney
English Mysteries and The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries.
Her stories are in several anthologies, including the Anthony
Award-winning Malice Domestic’s Murder Most Edible. She is
Managing Editor of Bridle Path Press, a crime book reviewer, and
blogs for Miss Demeanors. Graff is a member of Sisters in Crime,
Mavens of Mayhem SinC, Triangle SinC, Mystery People UK, and the
International Association of Crime Writers. She lives in eastern NC
with her husband and two Aussiedoodles.
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May 29, 2024
White Raven Series – Spotlight & Giveaway
White Raven Series
Legacies meets Lost Girl in this fast-paced new urban fantasy
trilogy.
When the supernatural world decides to kick your ass…
Smile and kick it right back.
The Blade of Balance
The White Raven Book
3
by M.J. Moores
Genre: YA Urban
Fantasy
No
job. No alliance. No clue…
This isn’t about Dray
finding herself anymore. This is war. Her BFF-Familiar is holding the
fort at the club. Wolf Boy is in uber Nexus protection mode and the
drive-her-mentalist is tracking a missing dragon.
It’s
time to go hunting… but seeking the essence required to jumpstart
the Blade of Balance drops Dray squarely in everyone’s crosshairs.
Nowhere better to be than on the brink of social annihilation
behind enemy lines. Unfortunately, the key to unlocking the power of
the Blade lies with Dray’s less-than-strategic ability to negotiate
with severely unbalanced forces… and deciphering the meaning
of the final riddle.
If Dray is only the Seeker… who,
then, is the Wielder?
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Lost
Girl meets Legacies
If you like your urban fantasy rife
with sassy, resilient heroines, diverse characters, and a hint of
mystery, be sure to snatch a copy of The Blade of Balance today!
**NEW
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The Soul Collector
The White Raven Book
2
It’s a bird, it’s a plane. No… it’s
a
murder-hornet!
Stuck in raven
form after her run-in with the most insane wizard alive, Dray is
content to focus on healing. But the djinn she negotiated help from
has other plans. He sends a warning via stinger in mid-air, forcing
Dray to shift before she’s ready. The hostile calling card parrots
in her head as she plummets to the ground: Time’s up. Favour’s
due.
Back on the asphalt, Dray barely has time to take a
breath or a step before getting blasted by a second summons. She’s
on the fae council’s radar, big time. No one else can root out the
maniac wizard who spliced her soul (Public Enemy No.1), so the
council offers Dray a deal she can’t refuse. Being a high school
outcast never prepared her for this kind of popularity contest.
Can
she survive spying for the good guys while breaking the djinn (Public
Enemy No.2) out of jail right under their noses?
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Lost Girl meets
Legacies
If you like your urban fantasy rife with sassy
resilient heroines, diverse characters, and a hint of mystery be sure
to snatch a copy of the second book in the White Raven
series The Soul Collector today!
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The Hollow Kiss
The White Raven Book
1
Bloody Walls and Supernatural Espionage Were Not on the Final
Exam
Graduation meant a whole new world away from the
labels of outcast and freak, but a supernatural
abduction leaves Corvina Dray with a hole in her memory and a deadly
kiss.
Inexplicably drawn to a dark stranger in a back
alley, Dray’s soul-sucking lip-lock lands her with a DB and the
local PD on her trail. Then, a girl she doesn’t remember shows up
out of nowhere and helps her dispose of the corpse.
Dray’s
dead-body-bestie initiates her into an underground world with only
one rule— expose the fae and suffer the consequences. But
navigating this piranha-paradise to hunt down the maniac responsible
for her transformation is likely to kill her… or worse.
Can
Dray reverse the curse before she spends the rest of her life in an
orange jumpsuit?
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Lost Girl meets Legacies
If you like
your urban fantasy rife with sassy resilient heroines, diverse
characters, and a hint of mystery be sure to snatch a copy of The
Hollow Kiss today!
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“It
was so much fun watching Dray unravel the mysteries of her new world.
MJ’s fantasy was fresh, and the plot intriguing.” ~ Auburn
Tempest, author of the Chronicles of an Urban
Druid series
“Hollow Kiss is a terrific
first-in-series for an exiting new paranormal YA series. If you like
found-family stories with rich magic systems and tons of action,
you’ll love Hollow Kiss.”
~ Kim McDougall, author of
the Valkyrie Bestiary series
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MJ
Moores has dabbled in all things writing since the age of nine. With
a minor in creative writing, a decade teaching high school English
and Drama, and more than twenty full-length works of fiction under
her belt, her seven years as a freelance editor can only be the
cherry on top of a life surrounded by story and words. Lately, you
can find her working at the library on the days she’s not dealing
with a flurry of words for her latest book.
MJ loves to write upper YA adventure in sci-fi, fantasy, and
suspense. Her newest series, The White Raven, is a
fast-paced urban fantasy with a strong female lead, and a hint of
mystery. Imagine Legacies meets Lost Girl —
Hold your breath and dive into the adventure.
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Come Home to Death – Blitz & Giveaway
It appears you can go home again,
but sometimes, you shouldn’t.
Come Home to Death
by
Marilyn Levinson
Genre:
Suspense, Thriller
“A master of the mystery and
suspense genre.”
—Midwest Book Review
Erica
Parker has barely been a bride for nine months when two thugs show up at
her apartment while her husband is away on one of his infamous
business trips, claiming he owes their boss a large gambling debt.
Frightened for her life and without any other options, she heads for
her childhood Long Island home she escaped three years ago. And swore
never to return.
The aunts who raised her are as
interfering and controlling as ever, but as soon as the family attorney
advances the rest of her trust from her parents’ life insurance,
she can return to normalcy. Except he refuses, instead spouting
nonsense about how, if she waits, she will soon inherit millions. On
her twenty-fifth birthday.
The problem is, someone doesn’t want
her to live that long.
Her aunts are harboring secrets,
people are turning up dead, her husband is nowhere to be found, and
someone’s trying to kill her. It appears you can go home again, but
sometimes, you shouldn’t.
*Fans of Janet
Evanovich, Lisa Gardner, and Mary Russell will enjoy “Come Home
To Death” by Marilyn Levinson
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Levinson writes mysteries, romantic suspense, and novels for young
readers. Her Golden Age of Mystery Book Club series was a King Rivers
Life Magazine’s “Best of 2014,” and on Book Town’s 2014
Summer Mystery Reading List. She’s an Agatha nominee, a Library
Journal “Pick of the Month,” on Goodreads’s list of the 200
“Most Popular Books Published in 2017,” a Suspense Magazine
Best Indie, and was on Book Town’s Summer (and) Fall Reading Lists.
She also writes under Allison Brook. She is co-founder and past
president of the Long Island chapter of Sisters in Crime. She resides
in New York with her family. www.marilynlevinson.com
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May 28, 2024
The Gate – Spotlight & Giveaway
We all want to live forever… until we don’t.
The Gate
The Immortal Coil Saga Book 1
by Brandi Schonberg
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Amarynn, a legendary warrior who hates everything she’s become, desperately wants her existence to end. But there’s one problem with that. She’s immortal.
She’s also made a terrible mistake having given away the secrets of her immorality to Venalise Korr, a powerful mage capable of twisting that magic into something monstrous. Now Venalise has kidnapped Regealth, Amarynn’s creator, and stolen the magical stone called The Gate – the key to everything immortal. Determined to right her wrongs, Amarynn enters into an uneasy partnership with the king’s son.
Together, Amarynn and Jael risk everything to rescue both the mage and the stone. If their rescue fails, Venalise will have the power to create a league of immortal warriors just like Amarynn. With that power secured, the wars between kingdoms will never end. And if the wars continue, Amarynn loses the ending she seeks. Though now that she’s gotten close to Prince Jael, she doesn’t know if that’s a bad thing after all.
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Brandi Schonberg has always written stories, but this is the first one she has completed. The Gate is her debut novel and the first title in The Immortal Coil Saga. A native Texan, she works as a middle school science instructional coach in San Antonio, Texas and has three grown children, a loving partner, and two exceptionally unusual cats.
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May 27, 2024
Once Upon a Realm
Once Upon a Realm
Remixed Fairy Tales by Diverse Voices
Once Upon a Realm
Remixed Fairy Tales
by Diverse Voices
Genre: YA fairytale
retellings set in fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopian worlds
with stories by K.R.S. McEntire, Montrez, Alicia Ellis, R.L. Medina, E.M. Lacey,
Krystina Coles
A
biracial teen is forced into a betrothal with an enigmatic lord. A
Latina teen races to recover her stolen identity and escape a dark
fae court. A Black teen with forbidden abilities rescues his lover
from a dystopian regime.
In Once Upon A Realm,
familiar fairy tales are reenvisioned and reborn as six authors from
Black and/or Latina backgrounds create novella-length stories that
transport readers to fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopian worlds. Each
story shatters stereotypes and challenges traditional narratives,
inviting readers to see themselves reflected in tales of adventure,
magic, romance, and strength. Fans of The Lunar Chronicles, A
Blade So Black, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, and Cinderella
is Dead will fall in love with these fresh, fierce takes on
fairy tales.
This collection includes:
Red in the Woods by
K. R. S. McEntire, inspired by Little Red Riding Hood
Shadow and Song by
Montrez, inspired by Peter Pan
Circuits and Nerve by
Alicia Ellis, inspired by Hansel and Gretel
These Sapphire Walls by
Krystina Coles, inspired by Bluebeard
A Bloodstained Sun by
E. M. Lacey, inspired by Snow White
Waking Up by R. L.
Medina, inspired by Sleeping Beauty
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May 26, 2024
The Descendants Series – Spotlight & Giveaway
Fail the tests and become a slave. Display defectiveness and be put to death.
The Unbroken
The Descendants Series Book 3
by Destiny Hawkins
Genre: New Adult Dark Dystopian Fantasy, SciFi
They said the Monroe Academy Bootcamp Program was meant to break its trainees.
With one last attempt at proving her worth, she was counting on the worst.
The Bootcamp Program at Monroe Academy was Rayah’s last and only hope. Within a few short months, she would have to display her abilities in front of the council and prove her strength. If she passed, she’d level up, but if she failed, everything would have been for nothing.
The pain, suffering, training, loneliness… sacrifices, etc…
Rayah was determined to make it all count, and now that she could manifest her light, it was time to take things to the next level.
The rookie Vex signed up to participate in one of the academy’s most advanced training programs.
She knew that in breaking, it would be her last chance to unlock the mental barriers that blocked the path to her energy.
And she was willing to endure anything to make that happen.
Bestselling author Destiny Hawkins brings you the third installment of a gripping dark fantasy where a powerless girl must survive in a society that doesn’t accept the weak…or the defective.
Content Advisory: The following book contains vivid depictions of violence and death. Reader discretion is advised
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The Calling
The Descendants Book 2
She was given a second chance to prove that she could manifest her powers.
She had no idea she’d have to hide them.
Ever since Rayah could remember, she had been different from everyone else. Not only was she the prized daughter of the greatest collectors in history, but she was also branded a null.
To the students of Monroe Academy, Rayah was a privileged failure. A lightless lighter. A worthless Lytonian. And if it weren’t for her parents, they would have been calling her a slave years ago.
In only a few months, Rayah had to present her abilities to the council and prove that she was worthy of walking the academy halls, but Major Artemis St. James, her tormentor and superior officer, would stop at nothing to keep her from excelling.
Failing the leveling meant becoming the property of the man who taught her the very meaning of pain.
It would have also made her mother’s sacrifice for nothing.
With the test date closing in, Rayah learned that she could use her powers at an elite level, but even though that meant she had power, it made her chances of leveling impossible. There was no way that she’d be able to prove her worthiness now.
The standard colors of Lytonian powers are white, royal blue, and turquoise blue.
Rayah’s were black…
And she could only use them in the dark.
Bestselling author Destiny Hawkins brings you the second installment of a gripping dark fantasy where a powerless girl must survive in a society that doesn’t accept the weak…or the defective.
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The Descendants
The Descendants Series Book 1
Fail the tests and become a slave. Display defectiveness and be put to death.
Monroe Academy was built to separate the weak from the strong.
*Pass the biyearly leveling and be released into society upon graduation.
*Fail to be promoted and be placed into servitude.
Branded as the academy null, these laws applied to all but Rayah Bardeau. The Lighter with no light.
After Rayah’s mother made a devastating sacrifice, Rayah was given six years to make her required level. Now, with only a few months left to prove herself, she was still at the same level she’d been since she was ten.
A level one.
Overwhelmed by the upcoming test, consumed by guilt, and wary of academy bullies, Rayah could only dream of escaping her world.
…And one night, her dream had come true…
Only, when Rayah reawakened in her dorm, she couldn’t distinguish if she had only dreamed of the defect from the wild-lands, or if she had somehow used her Lighter Form to jump there, and everything she experienced was real.
But only the elite ― the most powerful of Lighters ― could manifest their Lighter Forms. Right?
And what was the dark energy that lurked just beneath the surface? Would Rayah be able to claim the title of a lighter soon, or would she discover that she was something else entirely?
Bestselling author Destiny Hawkins brings you the first installment of a gripping dark fantasy where a powerless girl must survive in a society that doesn’t accept the weak…or the defective.
Content Advisory: The following book contains vivid depictions of violence and death. Reader discretion is advised.
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Destiny Hawkins is a multi-genre author with a dark imagination and a love for magic.
She enjoys exploring the freedom of life, writing, listening to music, reading, and of course watching some anime! Her favorite genres to read and work in are Fantasy, LGBT, Paranormal, Romance, Dystopian, Sci-fi, and Young Adult.
Destiny loves creating stories and building worlds that both teach and entertain! When writing, she sticks to her slogan: Where beauty can be found in darkness.
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May 23, 2024
The Broken Circle – Release Blitz & Giveaway
The Broken Circle
In her new book series “Beyond Cedar Cove,” Cynthia Ulmer
brings readers back to the Jansan family and continues the family
saga as she tells a moving story about hope, resilience, and the
bonds that unite a community in times of crisis.
The Broken Circle
Beyond Cedar Cove
Book 2
by Cynthia Ulmer
Genre: Christian
Drama Fiction
In “The Broken Circle, Beyond Cedar Cove,” Cynthia
Ulmer tells a moving story about hope, resilience, and the bonds that
unite a community in times of crisis.
In this
second part of the series, we find the tranquil town of Cedar Cove on
the brink of chaos; the local Baptist Church, a cornerstone of the
community, is thrown into turmoil when its pastor, Joe Marley,
crashes his car into the Jansans’ feed store. James Jansan, the
respectable head deacon, must find a substitute preacher to take over
while the community grapples with various issues that threaten to
unravel its tight-knit fabric.
Meg Kerwood, known for her
abusive and neglectful behavior toward her six-year-old daughter,
wants to have a baby boy. She believes that unwavering faith and
divine intervention will answer her prayers. But her journey toward
motherhood takes an unexpected turn, leading her down a path of
heartache and turmoil. Adding to the chaos, someone from Grandma
Cal’s past resurfaces, bringing secrets and complications that test
the town’s unity.
As the truth comes to light, Meg’s life
takes a frightening turn, leaving her shattered and on the brink of
disaster. Will Cedar Cove find the strength to overcome the
challenges that threaten to tear them apart, or will they succumb to
the weight of their secrets?
In this captivating
novel, join us on a breathtaking journey filled with compassion,
redemption, and the power of faith.
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Underneath the Honeysuckle Vine
Beyond Cedar Cove
Book 1
It began underneath the honeysuckle vine. Meg Evans came from a
privileged background. She thought she was better than most around
her. She had beauty, money, and prestige. She lived in a fantasy
world, ignoring the mistakes she made. When it all crashed and
crumbled, she blamed her illegitimate daughter Carin for her
misfortune. What will happen as she lies, cheats, and steals to
return to the life she believes she deserves? Will her daughter Carin
survive the abuse? Will Meg change? Will a return visit to the
honeysuckle vine help?
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Award medal recipient and acclaimed writer Cynthia Ulmer was born in
Newport News, Virginia, and raised in Leland, North Carolina. Her
wholesome ‘Southern Family Fictional’ book series, The Cedar Cove
Chronicles, is an award-winning series of books.
It is a
Christian-themed realistic drama series that follows the Jansan
family and their friends and neighbors in the fictional community of
Cedar Cove, North Carolina, during the 1940s and 1950s. Books one and
four of “The Cedar Cove Chronicles” have won medals from
the ‘Wishing Shelf Indie Book Awards’ and several have received
several 5-star book reviews from Readers Favorite.
Now ready to bring
readers to the present, she has released a new book series called
Beyond Cedar Cove. Book one, Underneath The Honeysuckle Vine, was
released in 2021, and book two, Broken Circle, is set to release
soon. Her titles are available on Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Barnes &
Noble, and many other online bookstores and literary publications.
Cynthia shares,
“Some people grapple with their life’s purpose, while others are
born knowing it. At an early age, I knew I would be a writer–as the
narratives were always alive in my mind.” The author’s
characters are so rich and relatable that readers will feel an
intimate connection with them and eagerly anticipate the next chapter
in their lives. The author hopes her books resonate with readers,
stirring their hearts and inspiring them to foster deeper
faith-filled connections with the Lord.
When Cynthia isn’t
writing, she finds joy in cooking, crocheting, immersing herself in
music, and delving into the works of her favorite authors, Catherine
Hyde Ryan, Lucinda Berry, and Wiley Cash. Above all, she treasures
the time spent with her extensive family, particularly her
grandchildren. Cynthia and her husband continue to call North
Carolina home.
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May 22, 2024
Dreams of Drowning – Spotlight & Giveaway
Dreams of Drowning
Board a ship that travels between real time where lives are buffeted
by political conflict, tragedy and loss and another mysterious time
where pain is healed, and love is eternal.
Dreams of Drowning
by Patricia Averbach
Genre: Literary
Fiction, Magical Realism
Dreams of Drowning is a work of magical realism that
moves between real time where lives are buffeted by political
conflict, tragedy and loss and another mysterious time where pain is
healed, and love is eternal.
It’s 1973 and Amy, an
American ex-pat, is living as an illegal immigrant in Toronto where
she’s fled to escape the scandal surrounding her twin sister’s
death by drowning. Joanie’s been gone two years, but Amy still
hears her cries for help. Romance would jeopardize the secrets Amy
has to keep, but when she meets Arcus, a graduate student working to
restore democracy in Greece, she falls hard. Arcus doesn’t know
about Amy’s past, and she doesn’t know Arcus has secrets of his
own, including the shady history of an ancient relic he uses as a
paperweight.
In 1993 Toronto, Jacob Kanter, a retired
archaeologist, is mourning his dear wife and grappling with his son’s
plans to move him to a nursing home. Despite double vision, tremors,
and cognitive impairment, he remembers sailing as a youth and sets
out toward the lake where he boards a ferry boat embarking on its
maiden voyage. He expects a short harbor cruise, but the Aqua
Meridian is larger than it looks, and time is slippery on the water.
When he hears a drowning woman call for help his story merges with
Amy’s, and they discover they have unexpected gifts for one
another.
Patricia Averbach
began her writing career at sixteen as the entirely unqualified
literary assistant to Anzia Yeszierska, Jewish-American author of the
immigrant experience. A native Clevelander, she’s a former director
of The Chautauqua Writers Center in Chautauqua, New York. Her
upcoming novel, Dreams of Drowning (Bedazzled Ink, 2024), was a
finalist for the Tucson Festival of Books and Chanticleer’s
Somerset Award for Literary Fiction. Previous novels include Painting
Bridges (Bottom Dog Press, 2013) and Resurrecting Rain (Golden
Antelope Press, 2020.) Her poetry chapbook, Missing Persons, (Ward
Wood Publishing, 2013) was cited by Times of London Literary
Supplement (November 2014) as one of the best small collections of
the year. She lives with her husband in a suburb of Cleveland when
she’s not visiting her daughters in Toronto, Maui and Peru or
hanging out in a virtual world called Second Life. To learn more go
to http://www.patriciaaverbach.com.
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