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August 13, 2024
The Bruiser – Release Blitz
OUT NOW—The Bruiser: Book One in The Viper Series by Becky Kapjon (@PublishConquest @bkapjon)
Blurb:
When a grief-stricken hockey player meets an introverted graduate student, nothing can go wrong…
Bethany Morgan only wants one thing: an internship to fulfill her graduation requirements. This time it is going to be different until she looks at the guy she is interviewing with. All she can think about is the failed one-night stand they had together and how he didn’t remember her.
Dan Rossi is coming off the best year of his career, and the worst of his life. When a mysterious blonde walks into the foundation office he sets up in his girlfriend’s memory, his whole life changes. He hasn’t felt this way in a long time and doesn’t know if he is ready to live his life again.
Will Dan be able to move forward and embrace the feelings he has for the mysterious girl in the office? Is Bethany going to be able to mix business with pleasure?
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Excerpt:
One week after her horrific night of fun, Bethany stretches in her bed, the sunshine’s warmth comforting her. She thinks about her interview. The reminder of her last few causes her to cringe with embarrassment. She was so nervous and fumbled over her answers, then in the end, didn’t get the internships. She wrings her hands together as she thinks about the day’s interview.
She tells herself, “Get it together.”
Gathering her robe and towel from the chair in the corner of her small bedroom, Bethany treks toward the bathroom, turning on the water in the shower before digging her soap and shampoo out of the hallway closet. Easing her toe into the stall to see if the water is the right temperature, she shivers at the frigidness but jumps in anyway. She has no time to waste. Maybe the coolness of the water will make her more mentally alert. She prepares for the interview, answering any potential interview questions, and giving perfect answers while scrubbing her body. Not wanting to stay under the cold water any longer than necessary, she wraps herself in her robe with a sigh and walks back to her room.
She takes a deep breath after looking at the clock on the nightstand. She calculates how much time she needs to dress and walk the few blocks to the office building. She chooses a skirt and blouse that is comfortable. Her hands shake while placing the outfit choices on her bed. She places them next to her “interview” dress and black chunky heels. With both outfits side by side, she looks at her selections and thinks, “It looks like I am going to a funeral.” Which is what’s going to happen if she doesn’t get this job. She hates second-guessing herself. She groans to herself, takes another deep breath, and tries not to forget all of her interview techniques.
“Tiffany, did you leave for class yet?” Bethany yells into the hallway, which is met with silence.
Tiffany could have at least said goodbye before she left. Her roommate would know exactly which outfit would look the best on her. She wore a blouse and skirt with a blazer at the last interview, so she decides to wear the black dress this time.
With the dress on, she looks in the floor-length mirror and squints at her reflection while turning from side to side. She needs something to liven it up. A purple scarf hangs from out of her top dresser drawer. Bethany grabs it, looking at the deep purple against the black dress, thinking it looks perfect. She pulls her hair back in a professional bun and applies a touch of foundation, and a dab of pink lip gloss to her full lips. The professional and put-together woman who stares back at her in the mirror at her vanity is not the nerdy, college student she is accustomed to seeing.
On her way out the door, Bethany grabs her purse and portfolio with a few copies of her resume inside. The small office is in one of the buildings two blocks from the apartment. Before closing the door, she takes a look at the clock and sees there is plenty of time to make the short walk. She glances at her phone one last time reading the address and the contact information. She reads the address and name of Daniel Rossi as she descends the steps of her apartment to take a deep breath of the fresh air. To pass the time on her walk, Bethany thinks of every possible greeting she could use.
“Hello, Mr. Rossi. This office is very impressive.”
“Hello, Mr. Rossi. I like what you have done with Remembering Katie’s Legacy.”
The only problem is she didn’t know much about the foundation. Bethany’s advisor caught her off guard when she had to reschedule the interview twice. Last night she had a paper to finish for her business class. She didn’t have a lot of time to research the company or the President. Her advisor told her it was a startup and there wasn’t much more information in her email. When she tried to look for information about the foundation, there was very little on their website. The website hasn’t been updated and it looked like it was in the beginning stages of development.
About the Author:
Becky Kapjon lives in Chicago, IL. She is a wife and mother of 2 daughters. Becky has always been an avid reader and enjoys many different genres, but especially romance which is one reason why she decided to write her own. She is a huge Disney fan and loves everything Harry Potter along with cheering on her favorite sports teams. She loves rooting for the Chicago Bears (football), Chicago Blackhawks (hockey), and her favorite Chicago White Sox (baseball). In her spare time, you can find Becky spending time with her family watching movies, going to the zoo, or at her favorite vacation spot, Walt Disney World.
You can always find Becky with her iPad in hand and her kindle app full of new books. She has been busy writing her new Viper Series, the first book, The Bruiser releasing in 2024, with Conquest publishing. With many more to come in the series.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bkapjon
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beckykapjon1/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckykapjon/
Release blitz organised by Writer Marketing Services .
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August 12, 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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August 10, 2024
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August 8, 2024
A Curse for Samhain – Blog Tour #Paranormal
Welcome to the Skeleton Crew. Bring your knitting needles and a good,strong brew.
A Curse for Samhain
The Skeleton CrewParanormal Cozy Series Book 1
by Dahlia Donovan
Genre: ParanormalRomance, Cozy Mystery
Welcometo the Skeleton Crew. Bring your knitting needles and a good, strongbrew.
Gender fluid, autistic vampireHyde Snodgrass runs Between the Leaves—a cosy village book store.Their life revolves around books, all things autumnal, and the twocats who rule their world. The shop also plays host to a weeklyknitting group called the Skeleton Crew.
When one of the leaders of thevillage coven fails to show up for the weekly knitting meeting, Hydefinds themselves investigating a horrific murder side by side withtheir long-term crush, Teresa Vega.
Suspicion immediately falls onother members of their group. Hyde and Teresa struggle to findanswers to the growing list of questions. It’s made all the moredifficult when the killer has them in their sights.
Can working together spark theromantic flame within them?
Will they solve the mysterybefore death comes too close?
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DahliaDonovan wrote her first romance series after a crazy dream aboutshifters and damsels in distress. She prefers irreverent humour andunconventional characters. An autistic and occasional hermit, herlife wouldn’t be complete without her husband and her massivecollection of books and video games.
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August 4, 2024
Rejected Moon – Blog Tour #ParanormalRomance
As they confront their painful pasts and the powerful mating bondthey once rejected, can they forge a new future together, or willthey be torn apart by old wounds?
Rejected Moon
Dirigo Pack SeriesBook 4
by Sabrina Silvers
Genre: ParanormalRomance
Nik Connal has lived his life in the shadows, on borrowed time. As arogue, he was supposed to be killed the moment he was exiled from hisbirth pack, rejected by his father, and condemned by all who knewhim. Instead of sinking into despair, he gathered a pack of otherslike him and forged his own path, determined to make a difference,outside the pack hierarchy, yet always determined to find a home forhimself and his pack. He lived a life of lies, did things he hated,all for a greater good.
Until he came face to face withthe mate he was forced to reject.
Isa Sinclair knows whatit’s like to be abused and tortured, to be at the mercy of thosestronger than her. Now that she is the number three enforcer in theChesapeake Pack, she takes her duties as protector seriously. Whenshe is asked to help those wolves abused by the Saranac Alpha, shewillingly accepts, until she is confronted by a ghost from her past,a ghost she never expected to see again.
As Nik and Isaconfront the mating bond that ties them together, can they navigatethe dangers of their present, and overcome the pain of their past tofind a new future, healed and whole together? Or will they fall backinto despair, alone and broken? Rejected.
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Forbidden Moon
A Dirigo Pack SeriesPrequel Novella
Can a mating bond bridge the gap between feuding packs … or willit destroy them all?
Maya Wessex and Garrett Colvinwere childhood friends until their pack rivalry tore then apart. Whenthey meet again as adults, the mating bond roars to life, giving thema second chance at life, love, and mating.
But when avicious attack on Maya’s pack threatens to ignite a war, not onlyis their mating at risk, but their lives and the lives of theirpack.
Forbidden Moon is a prequel novella set in theDirigo Pack world. It does not need to be read before the other booksin the series.
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Sabrina Silvers began her writing career dreaming of elves, orcs, andhobbits in the fantasy section of her local library, looking inwardrobes for Narnia and Aslan, and hunting for gnomes in the forest.To her dismay, she never found any of them except between the pagesof her books. So, she had to go out and create them for herself,leading to her lifelong love of reading and writing and dreamingabout adventures, fantasy creatures and love in fantasy lands! Shedivides her time between writing sexy contemporary romances under adifferent pen name, reading, knitting and being owned by a veryspoiled cocker spaniel who does not share her love of fantasycreatures.
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August 3, 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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July 31, 2024
Murder at Mistlethwaite Manor – Blog Tour
There is a murderer among them. Andno one with secrets is safe.
Murder at Mistlethwaite Manor
byAJ Skelly
Genre:Historical Romantic Suspense, Mystery
AgathaChristie’s And Then There Were None meets TheGilded Age in this delicious, suspenseful murdermystery.
When Lady Emma Grace Hastings receives amuch-coveted invitation to the most auspicious Christmas party of theseason—one that comes with a 10,000 pound prize for the winner of amysterious game—she cannot believe her good fortune.
Butas the guests are assembled at Mistlewaithe Manor, the chillingintent of the game is revealed. Each guest has cause for alarm,because all of them have secrets, and to win the prize money, thosesecrets must be exposed.
Things take a sinister turn whenEmma Grace finds herself caught between her old love and hersoon-to-be betrothed. Suspicions abound, and old wounds are opened.The dead body in the study does not help. Nor does the raging winterstorm that prevents escape from the manor. Emma Grace must battle herheart, use her wits, and put her sleuthing skills to the test tosurvive the weekend alive.
Because there is a murdereramong them.
And noone with secrets is safe.
AJ Skelly is an author, reader, andlover of all things fantasy, history, and fairy-tale-romance. Andwerewolves. She has a serious soft spot for them. As an avidlife-long reader and a former high school English teacher, she’salways been fascinated with the written word. She lives with herhusband, children, and many imaginary friends who often find theirway into her stories. They all drink copious amounts of tea togetherand stay up reading far later than they should.
You can read more of her shortstories at www.ajskelly.com.
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July 30, 2024
Adorned In Ice Release Blitz #Fantasy #Romance
OUT NOW—Adorned in Ice by Kylie Wiggins (@PublishConquest @kywriteswords)
Blurb:
Fear was not for the weak but for the intelligent who knew they were up against an unpredictable foe.
Eliza Hawke, the ice-wielding Princess of Keruna, has been married off to Will, the earth-wielding Prince of Mineros. The cruel and unfeeling place that is Mineros cares about power over anything else. As Eliza’s days of forced betrothal go by, Will leaves his mark with bruises and veiled threats. Yet, through Eliza’s misery, she finds solace within the Princess of Mineros, Nissa.
Nissa, is a beam of light even on Eliza’s darkest days. It is not until Will’s coronation is almost in his grasp, Eliza and Nissa hatch a daring plan of escape. If the Prince is allowed control over the largest army in Catalina, then all will surely be lost.
As the two fight desperately to unite the kingdoms in their war against the Prince, a tale of danger and betrayal unfolds every step of the way.
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Excerpt:
Fire crackled in the hearth to the left of Eliza’s reading chair. She sunk into the upholstered velvet as the flames danced in an array of oranges, reds, and yellows. The years of use had made it slightly rough. Lost within the pages of a book was all she could think of to distract herself from the war just outside the palace walls. The coarse pages of a tome beneath her fingertips usually quelled her worries in an instant, but in that moment, it did nothing to calm the anxiety roiling in her belly like the sea in a hurricane.
It was all too close for comfort.
She couldn’t help but think of the townspeople who hadn’t made it within the gates in time. Did they have somewhere to hide? Did they have any means of protection? Her father had kept the palace open for as long as possible, but was it enough?
Eliza closed her eyes as she remembered the unbridled terror she felt when she saw the enemy soldiers marching over the horizon. All of Catalina knew about the Poison Queen of Mineros. Those who became her enemy were wiped from the face of the earth within a few short weeks. And she was often in search of enemies simply for the sake of fighting.
In a way, Eliza pitied her. How awful did someone’s upbringing have to be if they found joy from war? She simply could not fathom how horrid it had to be inside her mind if needless slaughter was what brought her ultimate happiness.
Eliza stood, sliding her feet into her slippers lined with cushiony rabbit fur. The Princess hugged her arms around herself, feeling as though she should be in armor instead of a nightgown thinner than the parchment of her beloved books. She tugged at the bottom hem of her gown, the pesky thing insisting on riding up her thighs. Her body mirrored that of her mother’s. Where Queen Armina was blessed with a bosom that had Princes fawning over her at Eliza’s age, the Princess had been given a lower half that made dress fittings incredibly tedious.
As she made her way to bed, the floor shook beneath her feet. Gray dust fell from the ceiling and coated the many cheery, yellow decorations in her room. As she shook the layer of grime from her white hair, her lungs began to burn. In moments, her safespace had been reduced to a battle zone. Her father had warned her about the possibility of enemies infiltrating the castle.
His warning rang clear in her mind, “As my heir, I will never lie to you. The walls could be breached. If such happens, I trust you to keep your sister safe.”
Although she might’ve been young, Eliza was far from naive. She knew what she had to do. Her entire body shook as she shuffled to the door of her room. The once serene firelight emanating from the stone fireplace now reminded her of the fiery pits of the underworld. With a trembling hand, the cold iron of the arched handle bit into her palm like the tiny fangs of a snake. She pulled it open only slightly, heart pounding in her ears, as she listened for any sign of the enemy.
The clinking of armor inched closer by the second, so Eliza waited.
I have to get to Dina. I won’t let them hurt her.
She felt as if she had waited for hours, her palm growing sweaty on the handle. Finally, two soldiers jogged past her door, their armor a sickly shade of green.
Eliza’s eyes rounded, her chest heaving with fear. As soon as they turned the corner out of sight, she made a break for it. The setting sun cascaded through frosted windows as she ran. Every few seconds her face was bathed in the fiery light of battle. As a child, she believed bad things only occurred when the sun fell and the moon had taken its place. She believed nightmares could only happen when she was sleeping.
This nightmare was all too real.
The Princess furiously pumped her arms as she sprinted toward her sister’s room. Her feet slipped out of her shoes causing her to stumble. She squeezed her hands around the rough stone of the nearest door frame for support, taking only a second to catch her breath.
On any other day, their rooms never seemed so far apart. But as she willed herself back into motion, she couldn’t get there fast enough.
What if they’ve already found her?
About the Author:
Kylie is a twenty-year-old college student at Sam Houston State University. She has loved writing and storytelling for as long as she can remember.
Within the last couple months, Kylie has self-published two poetry books that were mostly marketed towards family.
While Kylie loves writing poetry, her real passion lies in creating fantasy worlds, such as the one in her debut novel, Adorned in Ice.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kywriteswords
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July 25, 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
