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September 15, 2024
Der Wächter – Eine Jack the Ripper-Geschichte
Wir schreiben das Jahr 1888, und der Ort ist Whitechapel, im Herzen Londons. Aber das Herz blutet. Ein mysteriöser Mörder treibt sein Unwesen auf den Straßen – sein wahrer Name ist unbekannt, aber seine Legende wird in die Geschichte eingehen. Dies ist eine kurze Geschichte über Jack the Ripper.
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September 13, 2024
Cover Reveal: Outside by Benjamin Ludwig
Cover Reveal: Outside by Benjamin Ludwig (@PublishConquest @BILudwig)
Genre: Upmarket
Tropes: Homelessness, Coming of Age, Social Themes
Spice: Clean & Wholesome (reference can be found at https://www.conquest-publishing.com/resources)
Book description:
Written for teachers and students, Outside is about the importance of belonging, the choice between trusting authority or trusting your gut, and the danger of letting yourself become just another data point.
Fifteen-year-old Dylan and his younger brother are homeless, sleeping most of their nights in a tent. When Dylan stops an act of violence at school, putting the perpetrator into a coma, no place is safe for him anymore. To escape the media, and to cope with his PTSD, Dylan accepts an offer from an education philanthropist to be part of an elite leadership camp in Alaska.
In Alaska, Dylan meets five other teens. Together they embark on a series of wilderness survival tasks – but when Dylan discovers one of their secrets, and reveals it to the camp’s leader, the man becomes unhinged, endangering everyone. Dylan is forced to face a truth he thought was as good as dead.
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Excerpt:
The thing about a lucky lighter—and I’m convinced of this—is the luck only applies to starting campfires and not to anything else. That is, the luck just doesn’t spread beyond the flame.
Like, if you were sitting with your too-big hands under your desk in algebra class, absent-mindedly flicking your lucky Zippo open and closed while you were mentally working some numbers into the quadratic equation, the luck wouldn’t stop Carol Gringbacker from saying, “What are you trying to do, Dylan, burn down the school or something?” Nor would it stop the teacher from getting all nosy and nervous-looking and holding out her palm while demanding you put the lighter in it, then calling Mr. Johnson, the assistant principal, who walked in like some sort of mall cop to march you straight to the main office.
Because you know, I was totally planning on burning down the only place I knew Bam-Bam would get plenty of food and where I don’t have to worry about skunks getting into our backpacks. Besides, I like school. School is where you sort of fit in. And did I mention learning? Both me and Bam are pretty smart. We like to learn new stuff. Burning down the school is the last thing I’d ever want to do.
It was a real shame, though, losing that lighter. Aside from being something to fiddle with, it happened to be my only lighter, which means it’s a big part of how Bam and I cook and stay warm.
So, there I was, following Mr. Johnson down the hall like some sort of circus bear on a chain, past all the classrooms and lockers. He kept glancing up and giving me the stink-eye, but all I could think about was figuring out what to say to get my lighter back because Mom didn’t smoke, and I didn’t want to have to hunt through every single drawer in Barnes’s house when I got back after school. Plus, my dad had given me that lighter, so I sure didn’t want to part with it.
Honestly, it was all kind of stressful. But that’s how I ended up in the main office that morning, sitting on the bench next to the door.
Mr. Johnson said, “Now you stay right here, Dylan, while I grab some papers out of my office. Then we’ll talk.”
His office was the next door down the hall, so he left.
And that was the last time I ever saw Mr. Johnson’s face.
I sat in the office for maybe sixty seconds and watched the minute hand skim over the numbers on the clock before all the noise started. I remember hearing lots of popping.
Pop-pop. Pop. Pop-pop-pop-pop. Pop.
Just like popcorn, kind of hollow and cautious at first. Then it opened up like a motorcycle, screaming and streaking toward me, louder and louder. The switch in my brain went off, the noise cut out, and I knew I was standing at the red-hot center of the world.
That’s when the door opened.
On the floor outside the office, I saw Mr. Johnson, his back toward me, as still and unnatural as a piece of dropped luggage.
And that’s when I did the thing I can’t really remember anymore. The thing everyone keeps talking about.
About the Author:
Benjamin Ludwig is a New Hampshire public school teacher, a foster-adoptive parent, and a writer. He is the author of Ginny Moon, published by HarperCollins|Park Row Books. Inspired by his experience adopting a teenager with special needs, the book was an Indie Next and a Library Reads pick, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and one of Amazon.com’s 20 Best Books of 2017. To date, it has been published in 19 countries.
Benjamin lived in Alaska for six years, an experience that in part inspired his latest book, Outside. He believes strongly in the importance of experiential learning, and that teaching is an art, not a science. He loves hearing from fellow teachers and writers. You can connect with him at benjaminludwig.com, and on Instagram and Twitter/X (@biludwig).
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September 8, 2024
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?
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September 6, 2024
Ο ΠΑΡΑΤΗΡΗΤΗΣ – The Watcher Greek Edition
Το έτος είναι 1888, και το μέρος είναι το Ουάιτσάπελ , στην ιδια την καρδιά του Λονδίνου. Αλλά η καρδιά αιμορραγεί. Ένας μυστηριώδης δολοφόνος καταδιώκει γυναίκες στους δρόμους – το πραγματικό του όνομα είναι άγνωστο, αλλά ο μύθος του θα μείνει στην ιστορία. Αυτή είναι ένα σύντομο διήγημα του Τζακ του Αντεροβγάλτη.
Βαθμολογία 18 για σκηνές βίας.
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August 30, 2024
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
August 28, 2024
One Man’s Treasure – Blog Tour and Giveaway #Romantic #Suspense
Married for convenience, they have agreed to take what they need fromtheir marriage and go their separate ways, but when a black markettreasure hunter decides they have something he wants, can the pairescape both danger and love?
One Man’s Treasure
Hughes BrothersTrilogy Book 1
by Eva Fox Mate
Genre: RomanticSuspense
Callie Wallis is militantly self-reliant, but when her sister’smountain of medical bills threatens to avalanche, she does theunthinkable: She asks her boss, Adam, for a loan.
A member of thefamous Hughes clan, Adam is fed up with the scheming fortune huntersand paparazzi that dog his every step. When his trusted assistant,Callie, asks for money, he ups the ante to a marriage of convenienceinstead.
Each plans to getwhat they want from the arrangement and leave, but when ablack-market treasure hunter decides Adam has something he wants, canthe pair escape both danger and love? And can Callie protect thesecret she’s kept from Adam for years?
Eva Fox Mate has been writing ever since she could hold a pencil. Anavid reader, crafter, and lover of history, when she isn’t writingor volunteering at a house museum, she’s wielding a crochet hook orglue gun and looking for something to DIY. A transplanted Ohioan, shenow lives in the Mile High City of Denver, Colorado, with her husbandof over 30 wonderful years. Empty nesters, they enjoy golfing,traveling, and spending time with their two adult children and theirtwo zany and much-spoiled dogs.
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August 21, 2024
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
August 20, 2024
Failsafe – Blog Tour and Giveaway #ScienceFiction
The world runs on code, but not all code is safe.
Failsafe
by Jeff Sylvester
Genre: ScienceFiction Action Thriller
Theworld runs on code, and not all code is safe. This is why Anna Flynnhas a job.
Matter Manipulation Devicesalter the physical world, turning dreams into reality. But somedreams are treacherous, and the streets are filled with mods thatmanipulate matter in illegal and dangerous ways.
As a seasoned MMD agent, Annafights back against the criminals who misuse these devices andtraffic in illegal mods. When she intervenes in a plot to assassinateone of the world’s most respected political leaders, her methods drawthe ire of her superiors, and she finds herself under investigationfrom her own agency.
Increasingly isolated andunsure whom she can trust, Anna works to unravel a conspiracy thatwould unleash the worst potential of matter manipulation technologyon the world.
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Jeff Sylvester has been a professional software developer most of hislife, but also enjoys writing and creating music. He and his familylive in Suwanee, GA.
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August 19, 2024
All The Missing Girls – Blog Tour #Thriller #Suspense
A tenacious TV reporter has 48 hours to illegally enter Cuba, findher sister, and avenge her mámá. Don’t miss thespine-tingling sequel to Emmy-award winning journalist Linda HurtadoBond’s immersive thriller, All The Broken Girls.
All the Missing Girls
by Linda HurtadoBond
Genre: Thriller,Suspense
Onceyou enter their world, there is no escape…in this gripping andundeniably chilling thriller from Emmy-award winning journalist LindaHurtado Bond.
As a crime reporter for a Tampa TV newsstation, Mari Alvarez knows when an investigation enters dangerousterritory. But with her estranged sister missing and almost noinformation to go on, Mari can’t trust anyone but herself to findthe truth. Now she has just 48 hours to sneak into Cuba undetected,track down her sister…and pray to her orisha that she’s not toolate.
This is nothing like reporting in her neighborhood,though–a place she knows like the back of her hand. In Havana shehas no contacts and only an ice-cold trail of cryptic clues. WhenDetective Tony Garcia offers to help, Mari puts aside her instinctsand tries to let someone in. But soon they’re caught in a maze oflies, deception, and an undercurrent of the island’s ownwitchcraft, a sinister Brujería.
Every lead draws Marifurther into this world of shadows, especially when her sister isn’tthe only young woman who’s gone missing. Each step pushes Mari andTony toward a revelation they never saw coming. And as they close inon the horrifying truth, one thing becomes clear…no one will letthem leave Cuba alive.
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Linda Hurtado Bond is an award-winning journalist for Tampa’s Fox 13by day and author of romantic thrillers by night. She has won 13 Emmyawards, numerous Society of Professional Journalist and AssociatedPress awards, as well as a Florida Bar and an Edward R. Murrow award.A breast cancer survivor, she’s also active in the Tampa communitywith The American Cancer Society, Hooked on Hope, and The Shoot for aCure, raising money and awareness any chance she gets. She’s themother of five, four athletes and an adopted son from Cuba. She haspassion for world travel, classic movies and solving a good mystery.
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August 16, 2024
The Bone Below – Release Blitz #Fairytale #Retelling
OUT NOW – The Bone Below: A Princess and the Pea Retelling by Sylwia Koziel (@PublishConquest @Bysilverstories)
Blurb:
“Throne of Glass meets Bridgerton in this Princess and the Pea fairytale retelling!”
Each time Nelka leaves her cottage she seems to bump into the same unnamed stranger who teases her relentlessly and ignites feelings she isn’t prepared for. When her sister becomes ill, Nelka leaves the safety of her village to find a cure. Trouble becomes imminent when Nelka is taken prisoner and held hostage by the foreign King and Queen. Their son, and soon-to-be King, has plans and Nelka is exactly what he needs to set them into motion. Each day Nelka spends in the castle with the Prince brings her closer to a truth she didn’t know had been hidden while pushing her further from the village farmer of her past.
The Bone Below is a journey of self-discovery, first love, and learning about one’s place in a vast world.
Available from:
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Excerpt:
Her sodden dress left a trail of mud behind as her shoes squeaked against the once pristine floor. She worried with each step she would slip on the white marble floors.
As if on cue, Nelka’s face reddened at the mess behind her. In her head, she could hear Mother yelling how she was worse than a pig. Under usual circumstances, her embarrassment would have her rushing to clean it up. Fear was a much stronger force though, and as Nelka tried to keep her pace steady, it overwhelmed her. Her limbs were no longer her own but separate, with a mind of their own. Nelka knew what awaited her could not be good. She knew these could be some of her last moments; she might never experience the sun on her face again, the brisk wind brushing against her cheeks. Yet, her feet kept moving because she could never say no.
She almost collided with the ground when her captor shoved her forward. She grunted as she kept her balance.
“Don’t fall again,” he mocked, his voice unapologetic.
Moments before she had tripped up the stairs outside as the rain poured. She felt like a piece of cattle when her struggle went ignored and her captor didn’t bother to ask if she was okay. Why it surprised her a peasant would be treated that way, Nelka didn’t know. Or perhaps it had to do with who she identified herself as in order to protect herself. It had been pointless, a risky decision that led her exactly where she had wanted to avoid.
Ropes burned against her already raw skin as the echo of her yelp reverberated against the walls of the long hallway, shaking her from her dooming thoughts. As she straightened herself, her mind fully registered where she was and what it meant. Across the sea in Lecit, so far from her home in Lubrana—her quaint village, where her family must be worried to tears and her sister blanched with death waiting outside her door.
The castle’s entryway was more grand than Nelka could have dreamed, and much longer. A way to intimidate folks before they deigned to disturb the Royal family’s peace. The ceiling reached higher than Nelka’s cottage three times over. The chilling, white walls were ornately detailed with amber tiles, while oil lamp chandeliers hung above to provide the barest bit of light. The only source of movement, besides her and her captor’s steps, was the shadows that loomed.
No windows lined the walls, as if to communicate all hope was already lost. That one’s fate was already determined so there was no point in one last look at the world beyond. A cold and eerie welcoming. The columns spread along both sides of the walkway were wrapped in golden vines trailing upward, leading Nelka to crane her neck. She needed to squint to see properly, but images of birds flying overhead were painted on the ceiling, their delicate wings fluttering against the cold stone. A mockery of true freedom. Just like Nelka knew she would never leave. Never see her family again.
Beyond the next set of doors, Nelka knew the Royal family awaited her arrival, ready to sentence her without blinking. Nelka had only heard rumors of their cruelty, but now the daunting interior made it tangible, a reality she had no choice but to face.
Nelka wanted to pinch herself for her outburst at the market. For opening her foolish mouth and thinking she could use her unclaimed status to absolve her. Even if she were a noble in blood, she was not a noble in character.
A fresh wave of tears fell down her face, her vision blurring further with the mixture of rain, but her hands tied behind prevented her from wiping her eyes. She wished Kaz were there. He would be able to undo the vicious knots restraining her. She shook off the thought of him, of his lively green eyes that saw something greater in her.
About the Author
Sylwia is a born and raised Chicagoan, spending her days exploring the city, one train stop at a time. She currently works as a media planner at a large media agency where she daydreams of the day when a slack notification no longer makes her heart jump in fear.
Sylwia writes all sorts of genres that have strong romantic subplots. She enjoys character driven stories where the main character is on a journey of discovering themselves and learning to let go of the expectations weighing on them.
On top of publishing her debut duology, The Bone Below and The Bone After, with Conquest Publishing, she is also in the early drafting stages of self-publishing a series of novellas under her pen name KC Silver.
The Bone Below, the first installment of The Bone Below series, will hit shelves in April 2024.
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