Monday, March 20, 2023

Now scheduling a one-month tour for The Roast Iconic Oracle Deck by Marcella Kroll #OracleDeck

Now scheduling a one-month tour for The Roast Iconic Oracle Deck by Marcella Kroll

This tour will be May 8- June 5 (weekdays only)

I am scheduling reviews and spotlight stops

this deck is available for reviewers 


To participate in this tour please send:


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A couple suggested dates during the tour

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The Roast Iconic Oracle Deck
Marcella Kroll

Genre: Body/Mind/Spirit / Tarot
Publisher: Sterling Ethos
Date of Publication: May 9, 2023
ISBN: 9781454948759
ASIN: 1-4549-4875-2
Number of pages: Kit: 64 pages, 30 illustrated cards + booklet
Cover Artist: Marcella Kroll

Tagline: Sassy, snarky, and hilariously harsh, this oracle deck will tell it like it is.

Book Description:

When you do your one-card draw for the day, looking for a sign from the cards, what happens when you pull Fashion Witch? Bitch? Influencer? Red Flag? 

This intentionally sassy 30-card deck from well-known witch Marcella Kroll is a great way to get real talk from the Universe. 

Don’t settle for being coddled by the Rider-Waite-Smith. This deck will not hesitate to throw shade or tell you you’re trying too hard. If you’re tired of the mystic limitations of the Lenormand, get wrecked by Kroll’s hilarious hand-drawn illustrations.  

Direct, full of salt, and contemporary in its presentation and affect, The Roast Iconic is just what you need for days when you need your intuitive messages to be as direct as possible.
 
Whether used alone or as a fun party game with friends, The Roast Iconic will deliver blunt truths that make you laugh just as much as they make you think.

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About the Author:

Marcella Kroll is a professional artist, intuitive, and workshop facilitator. She has been practicing her gifts since 1995. 

Marcella works in private practice with clients all over the world and was a program presenter for the Los Angeles Public Library for 14 years, leading public classes for teens on tarot and other divination subjects. 

She regularly holds healing circles, guided meditation groups, and empowering workshops for men and women in the greater Los Angeles area and around the United States, and hosts a podcast, Saved by the Spell. She is also the co-author of Tarot in the Library Esoterica series from Taschen. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.






Thursday, March 16, 2023

Now scheduling a one week tour for Ghosts of a Coven Past by Peter J. White #Horror


Now scheduling a one week tour for Ghosts of a Coven Past by Peter J. White

This tour will be April 10-17 (weekdays only)

I am scheduling reviews, guest blogs, interviews and spotlight stops

review copy available on Bookfunnel


To participate in this tour please send:


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A couple suggested dates during the tour

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Ghosts of a Coven Past
Peter J. White

Genre: Horror
Date of Publication: 12/12/2022
ISBN: ‎ 979-8368383125
ASIN: B0BPXD2DQN 
Number of pages: 249 
Word Count: 62,000
Cover Artist: Martina Sutter-Dalton

Tagline: A powerful witch with a mission to bring the child of Satan into the world lies dead and buried under an 1885 rowhouse. When Roger Nimanator moves in, the old witch discerns in him an open door to the spirit world.

Book Description: 

A powerful witch with a mission to bring the child of Satan into the world lies dead and buried under an 1885 rowhouse in Allentown, Pennsylvania, held in place by a combination of hex and the spirit of the young woman she had impregnated. But when Roger Nimanator and his family take possession of the house, the old witch discerns in him an open door to the spirit world.

The old witch gets a grip on Roger and begins to move in the world again, her spirit hungry for vengeance and for the coming of the Dark Lord. But Roger has awakened to his abilities and has gained a powerful ally in a modern-day witch and healer. Together they are determined to put the old witch to rest for eternity.

But the witch is wily and she has found allies of her own—a legion of them. Including one of Roger’s twin boys.

A master of manipulation and deceit, with Satanic powers growing, the old witch is on the verge of bringing her vision to reality. All she has to do is feed Roger’s doubt and the world—and his soul—are hers and the Dark Lord’s for the taking.



About the Author:

Peter J. White was born in Colorado and raised in SE Alaska. He has degrees in Education, French, and an MFA in Creative Writing. He taught ELL in Bangkok, Thailand for six years, and currently teaches high school English in Washington State. Hobbies, past and present, include writing, bicycling, mountain climbing, kickboxing, MMA, and yoga.


  


  




Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Now scheduling a one-month tour for The Storm Darkens by Valerie Storm

Now scheduling a one-month tour for The Storm Darkens by Valerie Storm

This tour will be April 13- May 10 (weekdays only)

I am scheduling reviews, guest blogs, interviews and spotlight stops

pdf and epub available for reviewers 


To participate in this tour please send:


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The Storm Darkens
Demon Storm 
Book Three
Valerie Storm

Genre: YA Fantasy
Publisher: Shadow Spark Publishing
Date of Publication: 04/13/2023
ASIN: B0BY5RSVTP
Word Count: 92210
Cover Artist: Ginkahederling

Tagline: Ancient power wrapped in ancient secrets.The power to rend the world and save her loved ones, unless it devours her first.

Book Description:

Evil never really dies. It rises, again and again.  

Now—Kari knows it’s rising inside her. 
 
After barely defeating wicked Shadow Witch Raven, the wolf-demon knows her turmoil is far from over when her vanquished foe invades her dreams. And a new power stirs within her: thanks to Raven’s cunning, Kari’s potential as the Catalyst has awoken. A conduit for a terrifying, world-cracking force—one that could open at any moment. 
 
Kari has resisted this new temptation thus far. But Raven again forces her hand, unleashing a demonic abomination to draw her prey out—a deadlier foe than any Kari has faced before. If she taps into this dark new power, she could become strong enough to defend the people she cares about. But the Catalyst has bloodthirsty designs of its own…
 
If she submits, what new horrors will be inflicted on the world Kari’s come to love?
 
And when the Catalyst is finished with her at last—what will be left of Kari?



About the Author:

Valerie Storm was raised in Tucson, Arizona. Growing up, she fell in love with everything fantasy. When she wasn’t playing video games, she was writing. By age ten, she began to write her own stories as a way to escape reality. When these stories became a full-length series, she considered the path to sharing with other children and children-at/heart looking for a place to call home.






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The Storm Darkens
Demon Storm 
Book Three
Valerie Storm

Genre: YA Fantasy
Publisher: Shadow Spark Publishing
Date of Publication: 04/13/2023
ISBN: TBD
ASIN: TBD
Word Count: 92210
Cover Artist: Ginkahederling

Tagline: Ancient power wrapped in ancient secrets.The power to rend the world and save her loved ones, unless it devours her first.

Book Description:

Evil never really dies. It rises, again and again.  

Now—Kari knows it’s rising inside her. 
 
After barely defeating wicked Shadow Witch Raven, the wolf-demon knows her turmoil is far from over when her vanquished foe invades her dreams. And a new power stirs within her: thanks to Raven’s cunning, Kari’s potential as the Catalyst has awoken. A conduit for a terrifying, world-cracking force—one that could open at any moment. 
 
Kari has resisted this new temptation thus far. But Raven again forces her hand, unleashing a demonic abomination to draw her prey out—a deadlier foe than any Kari has faced before. If she taps into this dark new power, she could become strong enough to defend the people she cares about. But the Catalyst has bloodthirsty designs of its own…
 
If she submits, what new horrors will be inflicted on the world Kari’s come to love?
 
And when the Catalyst is finished with her at last—what will be left of Kari?


About the Author:

Valerie Storm was raised in Tucson, Arizona. Growing up, she fell in love with everything fantasy. When she wasn’t playing video games, she was writing. By age ten, she began to write her own stories as a way to escape reality. When these stories became a full-length series, she considered the path to sharing with other children and children-at/heart looking for a place to call home.











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Monday, March 13, 2023

Now scheduling a one-month tour for Obedience by Liza Snow #RomanticSuspense


Now scheduling a one-month tour for Obedience by Liza Snow

This tour will be April 3- May 1 (weekdays only)

I am scheduling reviews, guest blogs, interviews, and spotlight stops

Review copies available on Bookfunnel


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Obedience
Ties That Bind Series
Book One
Liza Snow

Genre: Romantic Suspense
Date of Publication: April 4th 2023
ASIN: B0BXJZFW6S
Number of pages: 617 pages
Word Count: 155000
Cover Artist: MiblArt

Tagline: He’d searched a lifetime for the perfect student. She’d always dreamed he be her teacher. Together they’ll soar in the silks.

Book Description: 

Cassandra

Growing up, I was mesmerized by a man soaring the skies.

The greatest silk aerialist in the world, Chandler Moreau.

He was once my lifeline, the dream I clung to after my parents died. I’ve always believed he was my destiny. To join him at the Dreamers Academy. To perform for him.

To soar with him.

He’s more than I ever imagined. Far more than a mentor. When I am high in the silks, turning, flying, falling, he’s my lifeline once again. Twisting my heart and my body into knots like the knots of his beloved Japanese rope bondage, Shibari.

I don’t want to live without him. With each lesson, each touch, I crave more. Only he can satisfy me. And only he can destroy me…

But I must keep him safe from the past that relentlessly follows me.

Chandler

She is my protégé, the student I’ve been waiting to take under my wing for my entire career. Someone with whom I could share my lifelong journey in my family’s circus, Cirque du Lys.

I never intended to fall in love with the student I was supposed to protect—from myself and the demons that lurk in my shadows. But sometimes fate has other plans.

Cassandra, my beautiful butterfly. I know she’s off limits. Forbidden. Still, I want her in my life. My heart. My bed.

My grandfather's taunting words still linger.

Mieux vaut plier que rompre.

Adapt and survive.

It’s what we must do. Cassandra and I share a history that entwines us more than the silks we’ve spent our lives mastering ever could.

There are secrets from the past that must never be told. And truths that could destroy what we’ve just begun…





More to Love

In addition to the paperback, Obedience is also available in a full-cast narrated audiobook, starring Daniel Zbel and Rapunzaroo, along with a cast of additional voiceover actresses. 

Brought to life in the way the story is meant to be told, and it will be the best audiobook you listen to this year—possibly for a very long time.

You’ll love listening to the two voices of these iconic characters. And don’t forget to read along with them and enjoy a fantastic, immersive experience. You’ll need the paperback copy to fan yourself off from some of the narration!

Listen to An Audio Excerpt Here: 




About the Author:

A bestselling independent author from Florida, Liza has been putting romance books into her readers hands for over a half decade and has loved every minute of it.

Liza lives with her husband, her two dogs and her cat, ten minutes from the beach. When she isn't writing, you can often find her walking and enjoying outside, with a coffee and a book in hand. 




Newsletter: http://bit.ly/3yBrJhm 

Now On Tour Bright Blue Planet by Kim Catanzarite #SciFi #Thriller



March 13 JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder (Interview)
March 13 Fang-tastic Books 

March 14 Roxanne’s Realm 

March 14 Book Reviews by Taylor

March 15 Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's (Guest Blog)

March 16 Midnight Musings with Bertena

March 16 Westveil Publishing 

March 17 Serena Synn (Guest Blog)

March 17 Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read

March 20 The Creatively Green Write at Home Mom (Guest Blog)

March 21 Jazzy Book Reviews
March 22 Sapphyria's Books
March 23 The Book Junkie Reads (Interview)

March 23 Liliyana Shadowlyn
March 24 Supernatural Central (Interview)
March 24 Paranormalists (Guest Blog)

March 27 Lisa’s World of Books
March 27 Buffy's Ramblings


Bright Blue Planet
The Jovian Universe 
Book Three
Kim Catanzarite

Genre: Sci-fi Thriller
Publisher: Forster Publishing
Date of Publication: March 1, 2023
ISBN: 978-1-7359522-4-6
ASIN: B0BT2ZKJRS
Word Count: 65,000
Cover Artist: Damonza

Tagline: At a time when humans and clones begin to clash, two men—one Jovian, the other, human—struggle to navigate the new world order and their own families within it.

Book Description: 

Continuing the story that began with They Will Be Coming for Us and Jovian Son, Bright Blue Planet, Book 3 in The Jovian Universe, takes readers behind the scenes of the otherworldly Jovian family, revealing their most startling secrets. 

Former three-term President of the United States, Evander Peterman, does his best to uphold the promise he made his human mother, Svetlana, to protect ordinary humans from the stronger, more-intelligent race of clones the powerful Jovian family has created.
 
Fran Vasquez, former FBI agent and current head of the Jovians’ security squad at Starbright International, not only works with clones and hybrids but recently hired his young, struggling son, who immediately creates tension between members of the squad.
 
Meanwhile, Caroline, matriarch of the Jovians, may be at odds with her husband, Edmund, who abruptly left Earth for no known reason. She doesn’t seem to care that humans and clones aren't getting along—and suggests something much more menacing looms on Earth’s horizon.  

As the story unfolds, Evander and Fran must do their best to navigate not only the rising world order but their own families as well.




About the Author:

Kim Catanzarite is the author of the award-winning Jovian Universe sci-fi thriller series. She is a freelance writer and editor for publishers and independent authors, and she teaches copyediting for Writer’s Digest University. Her Self-Publishing 101 blog discusses the ins and outs of indie life as well as all things writing craft. When she’s not writing or editing, Kim enjoys hiking, drawing, and talking to her cats. She lives on the east coast USA with her husband and daughter. 

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Now On Tour North Woods by Dani Ripley with an Exclusive Excerpt #ExclusiveExcerpt #Horror #EcoApocalypse #PostApocalypse


March 13 Paranormalists (Guest Blog)

March 13 Lisa’s World of Books

March 14 Serena Synn

March 14 I Love Books

March 14 Roxanne’s Realm 
March 15 The Creatively Green Write at Home Mom (Guest Blog)

March 16 Jazzy Book Reviews
March 17 Sapphyria's Books

March 20 Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's (Review)

March 20 JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder (Interview)

March 21 Westveil Publishing 

March 22 Midnight Musings with Bertena

March 23 Supernatural Central (Interview)

March 23 Fang-tastic Books 
March 24 Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read
March 24 The Book Junkie Reads (Interview)

March 27 Liliyana Shadowlyn

March 27 Indie Author Book Reviews



North Woods
Dani Ripley

Genre: Horror, Eco-Apocalypse, Dystopian
Publisher: Dani Ripley
Date of Publication: Jan. 26, 2023
ISBN: 979-8375227313
ASIN: B0BT9W7CHL
Number of pages: 337 
Word Count: 64,537
Cover Artist: Dani Ripley

Tagline: Outrun the horde. Survive the ice.

Book Description:

Post-apocalyptic female buddy-western set against a backdrop of a sudden, cataclysmic ice age.

Hax can barely remember her real name, it's been so long since she's used it. “Hax” is a shortened version of the word Haxa – the Swedish word for witch - a nickname given to her by people afraid of her seemingly supernatural abilities: appearing out of nowhere then disappearing again just as quickly; uncannily accurate weather pattern readings; and extraordinary skill at tracking prey, human or otherwise. Or perhaps it was simply her propensity for sudden and extreme violence.

A natural loner, Hax isn’t bothered so much by the apocalypse as she is by other people. As such, she’s surprised to find herself traveling with a small group after a long solitary stint in the woods, but when a larger, more savage gang threatens her new people, she’s unable to convince the smaller group of the danger. Realizing it’s too late, she abandons them to their fate, but not before one of the younger members, Pip, sees her escape and decides to follow.

After witnessing the brutal slaughter of their fellow travelers, the two strangers set off through an icy northern wilderness to find Pip’s father, whose last known residence is a camp near the oil sands of Alberta, Canada. In order to survive, Hax and Pip will have to find a way to escape the ruthless horde of marauders still stalking them at every turn, as well as withstand extreme cold, starvation, and exhaustion. And above all, they’ll have to learn to trust each other. 


Exclusive Excerpt

Another howl pierced the dark, this time much closer, and I started looking for a way to save myself. It was too late for the others now, thanks to Petyr. I wished there was a way to take his gun, but there was no time. I just had get away and hide.

Our path cut through dense forest on either side. I guessed we were still on the old highway, judging from the way the depression meandered gently over the landscape and over the horizon. About 50 feet wide, its imprint wound through the trees like a smooth, icy serpent. To my right, a small creek ran parallel to the trail twenty or so feet into the woods. I slowed until I was near the rear of the group, then I darted into the trees, stepped into the swiftly running creek, and then jogged back out to rejoin the group.

Layla was the only one who noticed my momentary absence, but she just looked at me quizzically before turning her attention back to KiKi. I felt bad about leaving, but all hope for them was gone. I could only save myself. I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it either.

I lagged behind, letting the group get farther ahead of me, and when I thought no one was looking, I backtracked, using the tracks the group had already made in the snow for my footfalls. Once I made it back to the spot where I’d gone into the woods the first time, I carefully used my own footprints to get back to the creek. I paused only long enough to take off my fur boots and roll up my pants before stepping into the freezing water, wincing as it hit my bare skin. Then I ran as fast and quiet as a I could up the creek, using the water so I wouldn’t leave any traces of my escape.

I looked to my left through the trees, seeing the group’s flickering torches bob as they continued up the old road’s path. I had already caught up with them. Behind me, likely on the road as well, came more howls, now accompanied by excited whoops as the Hunters closed in on their unsuspecting prey. They were closer than I’d realized. I ran a little further to an outcropping of rock jutting out over the creek. Here the creek widened and deepened. I sat on the rock and used an old shirt to quickly dry my feet and put on my boots. Carefully, shuffling my feet to disguise my tracks and stepping on rocks or brush whenever possible, I went further into the forest, hoping to find someplace safe to hide. 

A branch snapped behind me. I whirled around and brought my bow up, an arrow nocked without my even thinking about it.

“Whoa!” said a small voice. “It’s just me!”

“Who?” I hissed, squinting into the night at the short, hooded figure before me.

“It’s me, Pip,” said the girl, stepping forward. “I heard what you said to Petyr. I want to come with you.”

It was one of the teenagers from the group. A slight, waifish girl, probably around seventeen. She had a shock of short, dark hair she obviously cut herself and huge brown eyes. Her real name as Angela, but everyone in the group called her Pip. I never asked why. Now she would get us both killed.

“I followed your tracks and stepped in them, and then followed the river, just like you.” She said, surprising me. At least she was smart. Maybe we actually had a chance.

“Well, come on then, and don’t make tracks. Step like I do, see?” She nodded. I turned back and surveyed the trees, spotting one I liked. We had to get out of sight, and right away. I high-stepped it over to the huge pine I’d selected, with Pip right behind me. “Here,” I said, “we need to climb up as high as we can. I’ll give you a boost.” I set my pack on the ground and my bow against the tree and bent, cupping my hands to make a step for her.

She placed her right foot in my hands and used the lowest branch on the tree to hoist herself up. She scuttled up the tree like a spider monkey, impressing me with her dexterity. About half-way up the fifty-or-so-foot tree, she paused and looked down at me. I waved at her to keep going and grabbed my bow and my pack, strapping them across my back with my quiver; then started up the tree myself.

I was a bit slower than Pip, but I made it up just in time. I saw she had ensconced herself into the crook of the tree’s upper branches, deep in the cover of the fronds and out of direct sight of anyone on the ground. I nodded. Good girl.

I joined her, out of breath but otherwise unharmed. She opened her mouth to say something, but I quickly covered it with my hand, shaking my head and looking toward the ground. Pip saw and froze as still as a statue. A man stood directly beneath us, wearing thick furs and carrying a large gun. He grunted, sniffing the air and looking around. A scout for the larger hunting party. A moment later he moved on without looking up, and I settled back into the branches, removing my hand from Pip’s mouth.

When the slaughter began, Pip cried and shook silently as brittle screams and futile cries for mercy ripped through the otherwise still night. I placed an uneasy arm around her and she leaned against me, burying her face in the fur of my collar. Petyr’s shotgun went off once, Pip flinching at the sound. There was nothing to do now but wait for the end. 


About the Author 

Dani Ripley lives in Michigan and loves writing.