Monday, September 16, 2024
Cover Reveal: Stellar Heir by Scott Killian
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Jael Ked’Korhva hadn’t anticipated becoming the galaxy’s most wanted.
He hadn’t planned on picking up a strange alien artifact, either, but once it was clasped around his wrist, Jael was granted extraordinary abilities. His senses were heightened, his reflexes faster, and he could now regenerate from damage that would spell the end for others, which was a boon, considering he was just a derelict scavenger.
That was until forces from every corner of the stars wanted Jael’s artifact for themselves, and they’ll stop at nothing to take it back. What initially appears as a boon swiftly transforms into a weighty charge. Yet, it's a charge Jael accepts without hesitation, understanding the catastrophic potential should the relic fall into the wrong hands.
Prodded onward by visions of an ancient ally and a mysterious enemy, Jael becomes a pivotal piece in a vast interstellar play of power and dominion.
An action-packed space opera, perfect for science fiction fans of Sun Eater by Christopher Ruocchio or The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey.
About the Author: Scott Killian grew up in California where he consumed every bit of sci-fi and horror media he could find. Delving deep into the works of Thomas Harris, Stephen King and H. P. Lovecraft to name a few, those dark portals in his mind were opened and his obsession with the macabre began. Story telling, in any form, is his greatest passion.
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Book Blast : Men of the 65th: The Borinqueneers of the Korean War by Talia Aikens-Nunez
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Honor and Fidelity. That is the motto of the 65th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Borinqueneers, the only Puerto Rican unit in the United States Army.
Since the regiment’s creation in 1899, the men of the 65th have proudly served the US through multiple wars, despite facing racial discrimination. Their courage, loyalty, and patriotism earned them hundreds of accolades, including the Congressional Gold Medal in 2014.
But the honor and fidelity of the men of the 65th came into question in 1952, in the midst of the Korean War, when ninety-one Borinqueneers were arrested and tried for desertion and disobeying orders. How could this happen in one of the most distinguished and decorated units of the Army?
In this telling of one of the forgotten stories of the Korean War, author Talia Aikens-Nuñez guides us through the history of the Borinqueneers and the challenges they faced leading up to what was the largest court martial in the entire war. Rediscover the bravery of the men of the 65th through Aikens-Nuñez’s thorough writing and the soldiers’ firsthand accounts of the Korean War.
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The Borinqueneers successfully defended the 1st Marine Division’s retreat, but they soon realized this was only part of a much larger withdrawal of UNC [United Nations Command] troops. As the retreat continued into mid-December, news came that the enemy buildup had accelerated. Chinese and North Korean forces were gathering and converging on Hungnam. The UNC’s worst fears were coming true: they were losing ground in the war.
They had to accelerate their plans in response to protect their troops and evacuate the Korean refugees that had fled to Hungnam. They ordered troops to board ships, division by division, and sail south to Pusan… Meanwhile, the 65th and the 3rd Infantry Divisions would hold the main line of resistance, providing enough cover for everyone to make it safely out of Hungnam…With each withdrawal, the enemy continued to push the Borinqueneers and the 3rd Infantry Division.
…They were exhausted from several days of fighting…The soldiers of the 65th were some of the last to leave Hungnam. They were hurried and squeezed tightly onto the final boats. Finally, they could rest and relax. Once they left, the military would destroy the port so the enemy could not use the equipment and facilities against them.
…After they loaded onto the final ship and set sail, the dynamite detonated. The soldiers looked back and watched the port explode…everything – erupted in smoke and flame.
About the Author: Talia Aikens-Nuñez writes chapter books, picture books, and nonfiction for children. Her daughter inspired her to write her OMG Series of books about an accidental little witch. She and her husband live on a river in Connecticut with their daughter and son.
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
The Discovery of Magic Tour and Giveaway
Transported to an ancient realm of magic and mystery, can a young woman survive scheming royals, shifting alliances, and impending war?
The Discovery of Magic
The Intrigue of Magic Book 1
by L.J. Evias
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Transported to an ancient realm of magic and mystery, can a young woman survive scheming royals, shifting alliances, and impending war?
Alice Harper yearns to determine her own fate. Desperate to change her parents’ minds about moving away from everything she knows, the gifted archer sets out to win a coveted scholarship. But the seventeen-year-old feels completely out of control when she and her friends stumble through a strange portal to a mysterious world.
Separated from the others, the bold and reckless teen finds herself whisked away to an impossible palace where charming mages offer help. But as she becomes entwined in the politics of the court, Alice grows suspicious of her new allies, and she struggles to distinguish friend from foe…
As she’s pulled deeper into treacherous plots, can the heroic young adult rescue her peers and get everyone home?
The Discovery of Magic is the captivating first book in The Intrigue of Magic epic fantasy series. If you like relatable characters, powerful enchantments, and fast-paced action, then you’ll love L. J. Evias’s battle for courage.
Buy The Discovery of Magic to begin the adventure today!
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L. J. Evias writes exclusively in the fantasy genre, infusing stories with a dash of adventure and mystery. In Evias’s worlds, moral absolutes do not exist, giving life to a diverse cast of intriguing characters.
The Intrigue of Magic is Evias’s debut series, featuring accessible world-building, intricate plots, and unforgettable heroes and villains. Released in 2024, The Discovery of Magic is the first book in this series.
When not immersed in the pages of a novel, Evias enjoys real-world adventures both in the UK and abroad. The enchanting settings of The Intrigue of Magic series draw inspiration from personal travels, notably the unique architecture and evocative landscapes of Morocco.
Bonus material and a sample short story are available from the author's website.
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Friday, September 13, 2024
Sonja Gunter Spotlight Tour and Giveaway
Grab a cup of coffee and prepare to get swept away by cowboys and long forgotten promises!
Galloping Into Marriage
by Sonja Gunter
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Can a Rodeo Queen turn a City Boy from his carefree bachelor ways into a cowboy for a ride into the sunset?
Rosalind Dunne, a twenty-five year old barrel racer, is in need of a husband, to gain her inheritance in full, to open a horse sanctuary. While in Las Vegas at a competition, she plots a way to outsmart the old fashion marriage stipulation put on her trust by her grandfather.
In Vegas to attend a friend’s wedding, confirmed bachelor, Allan Smith, owner of a New York brokerage firm, wakes up in the morning to find a wedding band on his finger. The problem is he can’t remember the ceremony or the bride.
Rosalind and Allan don’t want to be married or fall in love. But does a City Boy become a cowboy and find true love with a Rodeo Queen?
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Dealer’s Soul
Dealer’s Choice Book 2
A comeback that no one expected in barrel racing and love.
Alisa Highland’s love for horses and barrel racing has been put through a lot since coming off a suspension from the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association. Hardships and obstacles push her to her limits, and she turns to the cowboys to make ends meet to save her ranch.
Dr. Lance Rangle, her ex-fiancé, returns to help his father with the veterinarian clinic. An emergency visit brings Alisa and him, face-to-face. Their encounter reveals they still have feelings for each other.
The past lunges forward, and their unfinished business comes front and center. Will their love be enough to survive life’s new hurdles?
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If Yesterday Could Talk
by Sonja Gunter
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Would you remember a promise made twenty years ago?
A promise is a promise, right? Even if it was made twenty years ago.
Rane Schoen’s promise to marry the boy she once met on an airplane is long forgotten.
Mark Christmenn, now the President and owner of his family coffee business, MAC Companies, plans on keeping the promise. Until his well-orchestrated and lonely life flashes in front of him, when he is shot by a drug cartel, who had been using his coffee bean shipments to smuggle drugs. He second guesses the old promise.
Chance brings the two of them together, but neither recognizes the other from twenty years ago. Will their sexual attraction be enough to fulfill the promise they made as kids?
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I was born and raised in the cold and beautiful Minnesota, but I escaped to Illinois for seventeen years to raise my two boys, and now I call Florida home. My husband Andy, who’s always been my hero, has put up with my late night computer typing and endless stacks of papers with my stories on them. We have one furry friend as family: Chip, a sixteen year old ragdoll cat.
Life has been full of ups and downs, but I’ve made it through the hard times. I love to travel and go to Disney World to trade pins. I’ve been a bowler for many years, and you can catch me writing my next novel at the lanes.
I encourage you to check out my web site, www.sonjagunter.com for more info and don’t be surprised if I let my Norwegian heritage come through in my stories.
Go Vikings! You betcha!
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Marsena Cover Reveal and Giveaway
Does she pledge herself to evil to save her people?
Marsena
Watchmen Saga Book 2
by Lee James
Genre: Epic Fantasy
The Yirtzi have retreated and the Five Cities rest in a tremulous peace. That peace is soon shattered when a new darkness emerges.
One of their own, bent on revenge, unleashes an ancient evil so horrendous it gives death a human form and forces Bree into an impossible choice.
Does she pledge herself to evil to save her people?
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Azriel
Watchmen Saga Book 1
Bree learns early in life that she
can only depend on herself. Due to her feisty nature and unusual
ability with a sword, she is educated in every fighting style
imaginable and exceeds at them all. When she's sent to infiltrate the
city of Azriel, Bree does not expect to find her place among the
Watchmen of the Keep, but they welcome her as one of their
own.
Little does Bree know that her new companions are in
danger.
An immortal creature lies in wait for any Keeper
of the Flame, the city's water source has dried up, and they are
under constant attack from the Yirtzi-former Watchmen reduced to
vengeful spirits, who sold their souls for power. Not only that, but
the Watchmen are fraying. Hostilities come to a head when a Watchman
is murdered.
Only a Watchman can kill another Watchman,
and all eyes shift to Bree.
Bree finds herself faced with
a choice. Does she engineer the betrayal of the powerful city, or
does she embrace her destiny as a true Watchman of Yahweh and find
the killer before it's too late?
Lee James writes stories of hope and redemption. Whether it's fantasy, mystery or historical fiction, her beautifully awkward characters traverse a dark labyrinth on their journey to a hopeful end.
She is vehement about the importance of creating and preserving the sanctity of the written word. In that vein, she supports literacy programs and her local libraries.
Most importantly, she supports her fellow writers. When not writing, she enjoys photography, watching The Simpsons, and of course, reading.
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Wanderer of the Wastes Cover Reveal and Giveaway
In a world where magic can save or shatter, Kol Mendona must survive lethal secrets—and an even deadlier love—as he discovers he might not be as human as he believed…
Wanderer of the Wastes
by Kit Karlsson
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Kol Mendona, one of the last humans on the magical
continent of Alon, is desperate to escape his dying underground
compound. When Alessi, a fierce dragon slayer with silver
eyes, arrives, Kol sees a way out. As they journey together through
the deadly wastes, an unexpected bond forms between them – one
fueled by passion and dangerous magic.
But as Kol’s
strange new powers awaken, their bond becomes increasingly unstable.
Something within him is changing in ways he doesn’t fully
understand, and if Alessi ever discovers the truth, Kol may lose more
than her affections…
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Excerpt Tour: Alexandr by Chris DeBrie
ALEXANDR
Chris DeBrie
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Graphic Novel Thriller
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Alexandr is a professional hitman with one client. His recent marriage to a childhood friend has him ready for retirement. But he doesn't yet realize that his final target is different than all the rest. Follow Alex into a version of Earth which includes superhumans, witches, and otherworldly beings. DeBrie brings you dozens of characters and situations, seemingly all on the same course to destruction.
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DeBrie has published more than fifteen comic books and novels, including the mystery “Cap’n Random”. He has produced music for rockers and hip hoppers, coached youth basketball, hoards a special Swedish meatball recipe, and tutors elementary school students. Call him a multihyphenate, or a jack of all trades, master of none… your choice. Find us on socials by typing “With Lurv” into your browser.
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Lost Souls Series Tour and Giveaway
He can commune with the dead.
She’s a diehard sceptic.
When they get trapped together with the ghost of a child long forgotten, will they be able to resist their pull to each other and still solve a spine-tingling mystery that might just be better left buried?
Secrets of the Dead
Lost Souls Series Book 1
by Shiela Stewart
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Supernatural Mystery
Jessica Coltrane is a diehard sceptic who believes ghosts and paranormal activity are nothing more than a figment of an overactive imagination. That is until she finds herself locked inside a haunted house with the enigmatic paranormal investigator C.J. Dowling.
Born with the ability to see and speak to the dead, C.J. Dowling thought investigating a haunted house would be a job like many others. He’s prepared for anything—except smart and sexy Jessica.
Working together in close quarters, C.J. and Jessica discover it isn’t only negative tension between them but sexual as well. Giving in to their desires seems like a good idea until they wake and find the spirits thought otherwise.
They are trapped with the ghost of a child long forgotten, an amorous entity threatening Jessica, and a powder keg of a spine-tingling mystery that might just be better left buried.
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Innocence of the Dead
Lost Souls Series Book 2
Samantha Dowling sees ghosts. As
much as she hates her gift, she can’t ignore the spirit of a
murdered young girl who haunts her dreams. As she digs into the
death, she learns she’s not the only missing child in the city. And
no one seems to be doing anything about it. Running into the very
sexy Ethan Montgomery at his bookstore where she’d doing her
research adds a whole new element to the mix.
From the
first moment Ethan Montgomery sees Sam, he knows she’s meant to be
his. Unfortunately, his soon-to-be ex-wife Gwen is determined to
bring Ethan down any way she can, and his attraction to Sam is an
opening she won’t pass up.
Despite her interference, Sam
and Ethan’s romance blossoms. In secret. But sneaking around isn’t
as easy as they thought when others discover their relationship.
And
when Sam learns the identity of the murderer, it puts her in their
crosshairs. Unless Ethan can get to her in time, their romance will
have a deadly end.
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Revenge of the Dead
Lost Souls Series Book 3
Standing over a dead body holding a
gun is never a good thing. Especially when it’s your soon to be
ex-wife, Gwen. And when it comes out that she’s been blackmailing
him, Ethan is their prime suspect. Proving his innocence is not going
to be easy. Luckily, he has his lover, Samantha is on his
side.
Spiritual guide Samantha Dowling has seen pretty
much everything the dead can throw at her. Just having solved a case
of missing children, she’s looking forward to a life with the man
she loves, Ethan Montgomery. Being woken by a nightmare of her lover
standing over his wife's dead body, gun in hand, Sam knows what she
has to do.
When she goes to the scene of the crime, the
last thing she expects is for the ghost of Ethan’s ex to be there.
Getting an entity to talk is never easy, but this time, the ghost is
being spiteful. Gwen wants Ethan to suffer. Because Ethan doesn’t
know she can speak to the dead, Sam has to sneak around to try and
exonerate him.
Will Sam risk having her heart broken by
telling Ethan, and can she get the spirit to talk before it’s too
late?
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Shiela Stewart is a paranormal suspense author with a writing history that stems back to her youth. Always a dreamer, wondering if her stories would ever reach an audience, she was finally published in 2006 and hasn’t stopped since. It is rare to find a stand-alone book as she prefers series stories. Her longest running series to date is her Darkness series which is a vampire romance.
Her joy for scary suspense is evident in each of her books. She has had several accomplishments including fighting for the top spot in rankings with author Stephany Myers, receiving glowing reviews as well as interviews on television.
When not writing, Shiela spends her time with the love of her life, William, and their children and grandchildren. She enjoys getting her hands dirty, working in her gardens and planting flowers. Her strong affection for animals is evident in the many cats, fish and birds she cares for.
Her favorite time of day is at sunset.
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Cover Reveal: Stellar Heir by Scott Killian
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