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October 18, 2025
What is the Secret of Blossom Rise?
When a young nurse takes a job at an old military hospital she finds the answers to an old family question – what is the secret of Blossom Rise Hospital? Who is the long-dead man who walks the grounds?
#Ebook #Audiobook #Paranormal #Ghoststory
October 17, 2025
The Witch Hunter Trilogy Blog Tour #UrbanFantasy
When a dangerous new witch threat rises, only Hunter Astleycan stop them…
in any way he can…
The Shadow Rises
The Witch Hunter Trilogy Book 1
by K.S. Marsden
Genre: Urban Fantasy
When a new witchthreat rises, only Hunter Astley can stop them…
In the face of dark magic andevil witches, a secret witch-hunting society works tirelessly to keep them atbay. The Malleus Maleficarum Council have strict rules and practises foreradicating magic.
Due to their work, witches have been almost forgotten, relegated to myth; butthe rumours are starting to emerge of a new power that will throw the worldinto chaos.
As the only 7th generation witch-hunter, Hunter Astley is the best the MMC has tooffer. With the help of his colleagues, it’s a race to track down this newthreat and stop them… in any way he can.
Part one of the Witch-Hunter trilogy.
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The Shadow Reigns
The Witch Hunter Trilogy Book 2
The world has been thrown into darkness by the ShadowWitch’s revolution. The witch-hunters are scattered, but still strong. The raceis now on to gather allies and win the war. New enemies will arise; loyaltieswill be pushed to the limit. And an important question will be answered: can awitch-hunter that practices magic ever be trusted, or will he be persecuted? Itis said that ‘love conquers all’, but this twisted love must stay secret,locked away with the past.
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The Shadow Falls
The Witch Hunter Trilogy Book 3
Hunter Astley has always known that he is different: being awitch-hunter that can use magic has sealed his fate. He must destroy the ShadowWitch once and for all, with the help of some unlikely allies. We delve evendeeper into the world of the Malleus Maleficarum; into myth, rumour and historythat refuses to stay in the past.
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Kelly S. Marsden grew up in Yorkshire, and there were twoconstants in her life – books and horses.
Graduating with an equine degree from AberystwythUniversity, she has spent most of her life since trying to experienceeverything the horse world has to offer. She is currently settled into aNutritionist role for a horse feed company in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Her first book, The Shadow Rises, was published in January2013, and she now has several successful series under her belt.
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Welkom by Internasionale Uitgawe Week – 5 – Verhale van Erana
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Verhale van Erana: Mites en Legendes
In ‘n wêreld waar magie onwettig is, en elwe wat verslaaf is, durf jy die verhale van ouds hoor? Vyf verhale van mite, towery en monsters
#FIKSIE #volksverhale #legendes #mitologie #Fantasie #kortverhale #DonkerFantasie
Die Maan op die Water: die verhaal van liefde tussen ‘n godin en ‘n vegter en die verskriklike vloek wat dit meegebring het.
Die Verhaal van Treyna die Geliefde: Wanneer ‘n sterflike vrou agtervolg word deur twee mededingende gode, word die hemel selfs deur towery bewerk.
Storm-Gebore: ‘n Eensame towenaar vind geselskap met ‘n wese van die storm, maar towery vra ‘n prys, watter prys sal dit wees?
Die Blou Fles: ‘n les om aandagtig na instruksies te luister, anders maak jy ‘n verleentheid.
Die Legende van Eliana: ‘n verhaal van ‘n nimf en ‘n padda, jaloerse magie en skuld terugbetaal.
October 16, 2025
The Ghosts of Border House Blog Tour #Paranormal Romance
Experience centuries of Scottish hospitality—whether you’rebreathing or not.
Series Intro:
Border House has stood on the River Tweed since 1100,witnessing centuries of Scottish history and accumulating many permanentresidents along the way. This ancient fortified manor, once a hunting lodge anddefensive tower, now serves as both a charming hotel and an unintentionalretirement home for spirits who can’t or won’t move on to the next realm.The house is home to a medieval king, a turncoat scribe, a lonesome Englishsoldier, two Victorian ladies, one unhappy go-go girl, a Scottish Brewmaster,and more. Each ghost brings their own quirks, complaints, and centuries-olddrama to daily life at Border House. Whether you’re a living guest checking infor the weekend or a long-dead resident who’s been here for ages, everyone hasa story to tell.
Welcome to Border House—where checkout time is optional, and some guests havebeen extending their stay for centuries.
This series features standalone paranormal romances written by various authors.
Love Lost & Found
The Ghosts of Border House Book 1
by Vanessa Victoria Kilmer
Genre: Paranormal Romance
When a love hauntsevery lifetime, you have to grab it and hold on.
In 1566, Thomas Kincaid is murdered at Border House byagents of the Scottish King. Thinking himself betrayed by his soulmate, SaraMae Stuart, Thomas curses her to a life of reincarnation with his dying breath.
When Sara Mae dies of a broken heart, she is reborn againand again.
After 450 years of reincarnation, Sara Mae returns to BorderHouse to perform a séance and break her curse. She discovers a host ofunsettled spirits, each harboring their own hidden agendas, and Thomas, lurkinginside her crystal ball.
Can love survive revenge, guilt, and a quirky spiritualdivide?
The Brewmaster’s Kiss
The Ghosts of Border House Book 2
by Leah Miles
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Fifty-five years of longing, and a love that transcendsdeath.
Afterfifty-five years, Nova Guthrie has returned to Scotland for the annualHalloween Ball at Border House. Or that is her excuse to return to the home ofher youth and bid farewell to memories of her lost lover.
Whatshe doesn’t know is that Donnal Stuart still haunts the grand mansion, alongwith a few other ghostly characters—one of whom will do everything she can tokeep them apart.
Thisstory is about true love and secret ghost powers bundled up in a haunting taleof second chances.
Vanessa Victoria Kilmertold her first story to an angel who visited her when she was locked ina dark, medieval attic at the age of four.
She grew up in the Salzburg region of Austria, surrounded byfortified castles, primal salt mines, and the drama of ancient places.
Her fiction teems with murder, magic, and madness. Sheexplores the abuse inflicted by those closest to us and the various ways peopledeal with the damage.
She currently lives in northern Florida with her daughter,son-in-law, grandson and two black cats. Between writing novels, she paints,takes pictures with her white camera named Traitor and embroiders tapestries.
Please visit her website at vanessavictoriakilmer.com andsign up for her newsletter to get updates on current work in progress and newrelease information.
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Leah Mileswrites romance and paranormal fiction from her small-town in South Georgia,where she lives with her husband and cocker spaniel while running an insuranceagency and Airbnb business.
After a dozen years in news production at CNN, Leah Milesnow manages an insurance agency and an Airbnb business in rural Georgia, whilewriting romantic suspense and paranormal romance featuring take-charge heroesand fierce heroines.
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October 15, 2025
Sense, Sensibility and Shifters Blog Tour #Paranormal #Retelling
Jane Austen’stimeless love stories take on a supernatural twist in Sense, Sensibility andShifters, a captivating anthology of paranormal romance.
Sense, Sensibilityand Shifters:
A Paranormal JaneAusten Retellings Collection
Romance Café Collection Book 46
Genre: Paranormal Romance Anthology
with stories by
L Mad Hildebrandt, Bianca White, Roslyn St. Clair,
Ann C. Orlandi, AngelaKady, Gabbi Grey, AK Nevermore
Jane Austen’stimeless love stories take on a supernatural twist in Sense, Sensibility andShifters, a captivating anthology of paranormal romance.
Step into a world where Darcy’s pride hides a dark secret,and Elizabeth’s prejudice may cost her more than her heart. Each story in thisanthology brings an iconic Austen romance to life in a thrilling new way.
From the mysterious moors of Northanger Abbey to the hauntedhalls of Pemberley, Sense & Sensibility and Shifters invites you toexperience classic love stories with an otherworldly edge.
Perfect for readers who adore the elegance of Austen and theallure of the paranormal, this anthology will whisk you away to a world wherelove is ethereal, powerful, and worth every risk.
Including:
The Tables Turned by Angela Kady
Brewing Affection by Ann C. Orlandi
Pride and Possession by Roslyn St. Clair
In the Service of Heaven by Bianca White
Shift of Heart by Ariel Dawn
Emma, the Enchanter by L Mad Hildebrandt
My Beloved Witch by Gabbi Grey
And featuring:
Couching Serendipityby AK Nevermore
Vexed by an offhand comment, jinn Mira Marid sets out toprove that cupids aren’t the only beings capable of selecting soulmates. Butwhen setting up her best friend Kade Eros becomes more than just wishfulthinking, serendipity takes over, and it turns out that wishing for true loveisn’t off the table after all…
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AK Nevermore enjoys operating heavy machinery, freebases coffee, andgives up sarcasm for Lent every year. A Jane-of-all-trades, she’s a certifiedchef, restores antiques, and dabbles in beekeeping when she’s not readingvoraciously or running down the dream in her beat-up camo Chucks.
Unable to ignore the voices in her head, and unwilling to becomemedicated, she writes Science Fiction and Fantasy full time.
She pays the bills editing, wielding a wicked hot pink pen and writinga column on SFF. She also belongs to the Authors Guild, is a chapter treasurerfor the RWA, teaches creative writing, and on the rare occasion, sleeps.
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Welkom by Internasionale Uitgawe Week – 4 – Die Kombuis Imps en Ander Donker Verhale
Die Kombuis Imps en Ander Donker Verhale
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Ses verhale oor gesinsvriendelike fantasiefiksie.
Stoute imps, vermiste sokkies, slinkse diewe en verwarde gode verskyn in hierdie versameling kort fantasie -fiksie. Wenner van 2018 beste fantasie op NN Light Book Heaven.
Welkom by Internasionale Uitgawe Week – 3 – Trane en Karmosyn Fluweel
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Wanneer moord en raaisel by die Operahuis begin, weet een vrou wie daaragter sit, en wat werklik onder die masker lê. Geheime, leuens en tragedie sing ‘n kragtige lied in hierdie ‘might have been’-verhaal.
Trane en bloedrooi fluweel.
Mev Giry bevind haarself in die tragedie wat by die Operahuis afspeel; misterie en moord bekruip die gange en, word gesê, ‘n spook spook die plek. Giry ken die waarheid, want sy onthou die ingehokte man wat sy soveel jare gelede ontmoet het. Dit is haar storie, hulle storie.
Wanneer moord en raaisel by die Operahuis begin, weet een vrou wie daaragter sit, en wat werklik onder die masker lê. Geheime, leuens en tragedie sing ‘n kragtige lied in hierdie ‘might have been’-verhaal.
’n Kort, tragiese verhaal gebaseer op karakters uit Phantom of the Opera.
Wenner van die NN Light Book Heaven-toekenning vir beste kortverhaal 2020.
October 13, 2025
First Light Blog Post and Guest Post #EpicFantasy
A promise filled with hope in a world not meant for dreamers
First Light
Tales of the Vanguard: Rune Saga Book 1
by Verity Rose
Genre: Epic Fantasy
In a world struggling with political and religiousdifferences, eighteen-year-old Arkrune—”Rune” to his friends—dreamsof something greater than the quiet life in his small village of Locke. Trainedby his stern but loving father, a renowned blacksmith and former warrior, Runesets his sights on joining the famous monster fighting guild known as theVanguard.
When Rune embarks on his journey to the city of Hilden to pursue his destiny,he carries with him more than just a finely crafted sword—but also a mysterytied to his bloodline and the dormant power within him. Along the way, Runeforms bonds with battle-hardened warriors, fends off deadly attacks by monstersand men alike, and begins to uncover the hidden strengths he didn’t know hepossessed.
**New Release – Oct 25!**
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Verity Rose grew up in a blink and you’ll miss it Indianatown where the school library doubled as an escape hatch. She wrote her firstfantasy scenes at thirteen, lost the thread for a while, wrestling withundiagnosed ADHD and mental health potholes. She rediscovered her voice afterbecoming a mom and stumbling into a gaggle of online book nerds who egged heron. Armed with a social work degree from Ball State and a lifelong convictionthat characters are as real as the hands on the keyboard, she now pours thatpeople first empathy into stories that refuse to stay quiet.
When she isn’t tormenting her characters, Verity is probablyreverse engineering a Korean street food recipe, sourcing single origin coffeebeans from ethical roasters, or hoarding trash in Dragon Age or Skyrim. Herliterary inspiration is equal parts Rick Riordan’s mythic swagger, SuzanneCollins’ high stakes heart, and John Flanagan’s cozy camaraderie.
Verity was raising her family (and her caffeine tolerance)amid Indiana cornfields and now adventures in the Pacific Northwest with them.She’s always down to swap book recs, coffee tips, or preferred RPG builds.
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How long have you been writing?
I have been writing on and off for about fifteen years really! There were some gaps in there, many larger than others, but I started at twelve or thirteen and am still doing it now at twenty-eight!Do the characters all come to you at the same time or do some of them come to you as you write?
I am a pantser by nature with writing. Almost all of the characters just popped in my head as I went. Their names and personalities just kind of come in and I flush them out in my notes after.What kind of research do you do before you begin writing a book?
Almost none. I let my ADHD control my life. Unfortunately that sometimes means doing research on medieval blacksmithing techniques for four hours when I only wanted to know if copper makes an alloy with steel and then deciding to make a new fantasy metal instead while using only the blacksmithing techniques I found in the first original ten minutes of research.Do you see writing as a career?
I hope to make it one someday, but I am content if I don’t. My number one thing is to write out the stories of the worlds I create and hope that someone other than just me enjoys them. As long as that happens, I am pretty content with my life!Do you read yourself and if so what is your favorite genre?
I love to read! I read mostly fantasy stories with romance plots in them. Every story I read has to have some form of romance in it, no matter if it’s closed- or open-door. I also require my stories I read to have a happy ending, because the world is really sad and I don’t need to be made even more sad.Do you write one book at a time or do you have several going at a time?
I usually have several things going on at once and switch between them periodically. I think right now I have four active book projects with two being under a different pen name in the future with a wholly different audience.Do you try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want?
I try to flirt the line with both. Being original is very important, but cliches exist for a reason. Not every cliche needs to be avoided or flipped on their head because they work for a reason. Also, many of them I enjoy. That’s also my other focus, I honestly write for myself and my wife mostly. If I write for others, I feel like it… cheapens the story. My goal is to tell the story of the characters I create and the world they live in, and do so in a way that I enjoy. I only hope that others enjoy it too. If they don’t, they don’t. If they do, then great! Either way is fine by me.If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?
Don’t stop like I did. I can’t imagine where I would be if I didn’t lose almost a decade of practice.How long on average does it take you to write a book?
Way too long, if I’m being honest. First Light took well over a year to write and I need to speed that process up!Do you believe in writer’s block?
YES! Writer’s block is real and the way to get through it is dependent on the person. Looking for advice to get over writer’s block is good and when you look for those tips you will find a billion different ways to get over it. That’s because there are a billion different people giving you suggestions. You may have to hunt for the ones that work for you and sometimes you have to save a few in case they might work later. The big thing I say about writer’s block is: don’t beat yourself up over it. If you stress yourself out over writer’s block, the block will only get worse. From my other author friends, this has been largely the case.October 12, 2025
Welkom by Internasionale Uitgawe Week – Afrikaans 2 – Die Geheim van Blossom Rise
Wanneer ‘n jong verpleegster werk in ‘n voormalige militêre hospitaal aanvaar, ontdek sy ‘n familiegeheim en vind die spookagtige inwoners ‘n bietjie te bekend.
‘n Kort spookverhaal
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October 11, 2025
Welkom by Internasionale Uitgawe Week – Afrikaans 1 – Eggo’s van ‘n Lied
Eggo’s van ‘n Lied
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Legaat van die Masker Verhale
Waansin, obsessie en die legaat van die verlede verweef hul towerspreuke in hierdie kort, tragiese verhaal gebaseer op die Phantom of the Opera.
’n Dosyn onstuimige jare ná die dramatiese gebeure by die Paryse Operahuis word Raoul, Comte de Chagny steeds deur die misteriese Operaspook gespook – die skepsel van legende wat personeel by die Operahuis onder sy knegskap gehou het, Raoul se minnares ontvoer en sy broer vermoor het. In Raoul se onrustige verbeelding is die spoke van die verlede oral, en vreemde en kragtige musiek besoek steeds in sy drome.
