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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Cover Reveal- WITCH FIRE by @BrianFreyermuth & @novelsandgames With An Excerpt & #Giveaway!

Today Brian & Juliet Freyermuth and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover for WITCH FIRE, their new Urban Fantasy book which releases November 1, 2023! Check out the awesome cover and enter the giveaway!

 

On to the reveal! 

About The Book:

Title: WITCH FIRE (The Sundancer Mysteries #3)

Author: Brian & Juliet Freyermuth

Pub. Date: November 1, 2023

Publisher: Middark Press

Formats:  Paperback, eBook

Pages: 321

Find it: GoodreadsAmazon 

After defeating the Green Man, you’d think there wasn’t much else for me to be afraid of in this world.

But then again, you never met my family.

When my mother’s attacked, Thelma and I are whisked off to Las Vegas to find out what happened. The whole thing stinks, especially after I found out a deep, hidden secret three months ago. A secret that explains why my childhood was filled with alcohol and pain.

But secrets are the name of the game in the City of Sin. And it turns out the attack on my mother is linked to a name I’ve been hearing in whispers for months now. A name associated with demons and ancient forest gods. Someone who is a myth, even among the gods and goddesses that walk the earth.

Evan Constantine.

Now with the help of my voodoo practicing girlfriend, a trickster spirit and a crazy goddess who might just help me or chop my head off (depending on what her pet lizard tells her), I need to find out who’s after my mother.

I just know it’s going to take a good amount of luck to survive Vegas.

Especially when the house always wins.

Warning: This urban fantasy contains snarky gods and goddesses, action, mythological beasties, and a good ole’ murder mystery. If you’re a fan of Neil Gaiman, Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs or Seanan McGuire, you’ll love this brand new world where ancient forgotten gods walk hidden among us, and angels and demons fight for our very souls.


Excerpt:

“So let me get this straight,” Thelma asked through clenched teeth. “Someone got you drunk, and because of that you destroyed my shop?” 

“Technically, he destroyed your shop.” Coyote nodded at me. I grasped Thelma’s hand, giving it a gentled squeeze in hopes to prevent her from throttling the cocky bastard. Coyote looked calm, but I could see his own fury bubbling underneath. My anger was there too, don’t get me wrong, but I tend to not slap around angry gods unless I absolutely have to. 

“And no, I was not drunk,” Coyote snapped. “If I was drunk, this would be a lot more interesting than the Elk Man visiting you. Someone did this to me,” he said, astonished and pissed. He jumped to his feet and paced with increasing rage. 

We all flinched back, including Thelma. 

“This is unacceptable.” The god paced in anger. “If Crow did this, I’ll make his feathers fall out for a millennium. Kaulu, Loki, Iktomi, I don’t care who did this, they will feel my wrath—” 

“Are you done?” I asked. “Because I have my own questions.” “You’re going to piss in my cornflakes, flesh bag?” Coyote growled as he glared at me. 

I didn’t budge. “You heard me. I’ve just cleaned up your mess, and we deserve some answers.”

“And why should I answer them?” Coyote snarled. 

“Because you owe us. We saved you the embarrassment of having the city destroyed by your wet dream.” 

For a moment I thought I’d pushed him too far, but I was too exhausted to care. 

Then Coyote smiled, and that was far scarier. “That’s true,” he said. “That’s very, very true. Raven would never let me hear the end of it.” 

“You don’t remember anything from last night?” I asked. “No strange magic? No obvious enemies around?” 

“I always have enemies around,” Coyote said, “but no one special last night. I passed out around two in the morning and ended up here. Someone… did this to me,” he repeated. 

“But who could pull off something like that?” 

Coyote cocked his head. “Well, that’s a longer list than I care to admit.” 

“What do you mean?” Thelma asked. “I don’t know of anything that has the juju to do that.” 

“These days are a-changing, little mambo priestess,” Coyote said. 

Thelma’s teeth clenched again. I glanced over at Jake, expecting an angry retort, but he remained stoic, taking everything in but revealing nothing. His silence worried me. 

“There’s magic on the wind,” Coyote explained, as if talking to small children. “Someone is gathering belief, working like little Worm himself, digging under the cities of logic and reason.” 

“Someone is collecting belief?” I asked. “What does that even mean?” 

“It means someone’s messing with the natural order of things,” Coyote said. Taking his sunglasses off, he glared at me with one

brown eye and one dark green. “Only my brothers and I are allowed to do that. So, watch your back, little half-man, because someone set this up in your backyard. Someone believes you’re more important than me, and that’s unacceptable.” 

A sudden wind blew smoke and ash in my face, and I flinched from his gaze to wipe my eyes. When I opened them again, Coyote had disappeared.

 

 

About Brian & Juliet Freyermuth:

Brian and Juliet have been partners in crime for over a quarter of a century. The adventure started back in High School, when the two of them were driven to the prom by a mortician. (Although not in a hearse, their parents said no... they asked.) Now they take their love for writing and plotting a good murder to create the Sundancer Mysteries. 

They love going to escape rooms with their son and his wife, as well as going to art museums and traveling to far off places.

 

Website



Brian:

Brian Freyermuth is an American game design director, voice over director, and author. He began his career in game design working on the original Fallout and has worked as a designer on games like Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, Minecraft: Story Mode, Ozaria, and Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach. He is a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America and Horror Writers Association and is the author of the urban fantasy Demon Dance and co-author of the sequel Mind of the Beast. 

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Juliet:

Juliet Freyemuth loves helping people discover their passion and figure out how to pursue it. She specializes in working with creative people to find their niche and locate the resources they need to reach their goals. She’s also the co-author of the Sundancer Mysteries, where she uses her degree in psychology and social and behavioral science to figure out how goddesses, vampires, and other mythological creatures survive in a reality that changes based on popular belief. 

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a finished copy of WITCH FIRE, US Only.

Ends December 5th, midnight EST.

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Blog Tour- ROOT by Aurélie Benattar With An Excerpt & #Giveaway!



I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the ROOT by Aurélie Benattar Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: ROOT (Spirit Era Book 1)

Author: Aurélie Benattar

Pub. Date: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Aurélie Benattar

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 437

Find it: Goodreadshttps://books2read.com/ROOT

Read for FREE with a Kindle Unlimited membership!

Seven teenagers. Seven chakras. Seven keys to save humanity.

In 2035, fifteen-year-old Rae, an orphan, has chosen silence. Or perhaps silence has chosen her. After the sudden death of her father, she has lost her ability to speak.

But that is the least of her problems. An elusive genius known as the Keeper has created an advanced AI program—Spirit Era—that predicts the world will end in two years without massive human intervention. The solution? Seven teenage volunteers who must work together to prevent this doomsday. Despite her reluctance to apply, Rae is selected, along with six other teens from the four corners of the world, to save humanity.

Spirit Era has designed seven Mantras, virtual reality worlds revealing the seven most likely apocalyptic disasters. Within these Mantras are concealed seven keys that will unlock humanity’s potential to stand in the way of planetary destruction and fight for the future of the world. The seven chosen ones—quiet Rae, hotheaded Chayton, sensual Helen, quick-witted Ali, gentle Keiji, intense Alpha, and reserved Stepan—must journey into these worlds to find the keys.

Root, the first book in this gripping saga, follows the seven into a hyperrealistic simulation of the not-too-distant future, where the rich have seized control of the world’s resources following a global famine triggered by a devastating loss of biodiversity. In order to escape this possible future, the seven must join together and use all their powers to find the key—and survive the simulation.

Two years left until the end of the world. The countdown begins . .
.

 

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About Aurélie Benattar:

Aurélie Benattar was born in Casablanca, Morocco, in 1971. In her childhood and teenage years, she spent most of her time reading, listening to music, dancing, and acting. After a few years in Paris she moved to Cannes, where she earned an undergraduate degree in psychology and a degree in pediatric nursing. Early on, she questioned the connection between body, spirit, and soul. This drove her to take several courses on spirituality and alternative medicine. Her first novel Un corbeau au 36 won the crime Femme Actuelle award and was the ‘hearthrob’ of the chairwoman, Eliette Abecassis (Inaugural Authors 2013, Pocket 2014). Today she writes full time and lives in Israel. Fascinated by fictional worlds, she loves to bridge the gap between the real and the imaginary to let readers explore unbeaten paths and reconsider our way of life.

Website | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | Goodreads | Amazon

 

Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of ROOT, US Only.

Ends February May 6th, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

4/1/2023

Books and Kats

Excerpt

 Week Two:

4/2/2023

YA Books Central

Excerpt/IG Post (when available)

4/3/2023

Author Z. Knight’s Guild

Excerpt/IG Post

4/4/2023

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Excerpt/IG Post

4/5/2023

Writer of Wrongs

Excerpt

4/6/2023

Rajiv's Reviews

Review/IG Post

4/7/2023

@jl_books

Excerpt/IG Post/TikTok Post

4/8/2023

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

 Week Three:

4/9/2023

Review Thick And Thin

Review/IG Post

4/10/2023

Brandi Danielle Davis

IG Review/TikTok Post

4/11/2023

Mallory Books

Review/IG Post/TikTok Post

4/12/2023

The Momma Spot

Review

4/13/2023

The Litt Librarian

Review/IG Post

4/14/2023

emmiepooh2

IG Review/FB Post

4/15/2023

Kelsisprobablyreading

IG Review

 Week Four:

4/16/2023

Read_Dog_Reviews

IG Post

4/17/2023

Cara North

Excerpt/IG Post

4/18/2023

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic

4/19/2023

Lifestyle of Me

Review

4/20/2023

Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's

Review/IG Post

4/21/2023

@dreaminginpages

IG Review

4/22/2023

@doublethebooksmagazine

Review/IG Post

 Week Five:

4/23/2023

Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers

Review/IG Post

4/24/2023

enchantedexcurse

Review/IG Post

4/25/2023

@jael_and_jenessa_reads

Excerpt/IG Post

4/26/2023

Two Chicks on Books

Excerpt/IG Post

4/27/2023

@froggyreadteach

IG Review

4/28/2023

OneMoreExclamation

Review/IG Post

4/29/2023

@momfluenster

IG Post/FB Post

 Week Six:

4/30/2023

Breysreviews

IG Review/TikTok Post


Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Blog Tour- THE ROUND THE WORLD WANDERER by Sandra Marichal With Excerpt Images & A #Giveaway!

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE ROUND THE WORLD WANDERER by Sandra Marichal Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: THE ROUND THE WORLD WANDERER

Author: Sandra Marichal & Fanny Ozda (Illustrator)

Pub. Date: July 14, 2020

Publisher: Marichal-Ragot Publishing

Formats: Hardcover

Pages: 34

Find it: GoodreadsThe Round The World Wanderer Shop, Amazon, B&N, Bookshop, Blackwells

"You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

When Sandra decided to run away to sea to explore what's behind the horizon, she wasn't expecting to sail past blue whales, chase a hurricane, slide down waves the size of a house, live inside a leaking cabin, or shower from a bucket.

The Round the World Wanderer is a tale about finding the courage to chase your dreams, wherever they take you - inspired by the true story of the author as Round the Worlder on the Unicef boat in the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race.

Come on board an ocean racing yacht and experience sailing around the world, browsing through 32 pages of full-colour traditional illustrations, hand painted with watercolour pencils, gouache and Indian black ink on a 300g/m2 watercolour paper by Fanny Ozda.

"This book is a wonderful way to encourage the spirit of adventure in our young people."

- Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, First person to ever sail solo, non-stop around the world and win the 1969 Golden Globe Race.

This picture book is perfect for 3 to 5-year-old explorers, girls and boys.

 

Excerpt Images





 

About Sandra Marichal:

Sandra spent the last 10 years working in Tech, Media, Marketing, Consulting and Finance across Europe and Asia Pacific before deciding to quit it all and start sailing around the world.

She's a Round-The-World sailor in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2019/20 onboard UNICEF.

Born French, she's visited over 65 countries and has thousands of travel anecdotes to tell. She’s been to Antarctica - twice – once with Robert Swan OBE and then as a UN Women Ambassador.

Sandra is also an engaged activist in Singapore, raising awareness about the environmental impact of aircon systems. She founded the #up2degrees movement and successfully lobbied the government to change public spaces regulations. She's a founding partner of Her Planet Earth - focusing on empowering women to fight climate change and if she had one wish it would be to see more women going on adventures and protect the environment we thrive in.

The Round The World Wanderer Site | Website | FacebookInstagram | Sandra Instagram | Goodreads

 

Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a THE ROUND THE WORLD WANDERER, US Only.

Ends November 7th, midnight EST.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/23/2023

YA Books Central

Interview

10/23/2023

A Backwards Story

Guest Post or Excerpt

10/24/2023

Meet The Fultons

Guest Post or Excerpt/IG Post

10/24/2023

 #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Blog Spotlight

10/25/2023

Two Chicks on Books

Guest Post or Excerpt/IG Post

10/25/2023

@hodophile_z

IG Post

10/26/2023

Sandra's Book Club

Review

10/27/2023

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post

10/27/2023

Lifestyle of Me

Review

Week Two:

10/30/2023

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

10/30/2023

GryffindorBookishNerd

IG Review

10/31/2023

@evergirl200

IG Review

10/31/2023

The Momma Spot

Review

11/1/2023

One More Exclamation

Review/IG Post/LFL Drop Pic

11/1/2023

jaimes_mystical_library

IG Review

11/2/2023

Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's

Review/IG Post

11/3/2023

Rajiv's Reviews

Review/IG Post

11/3/2023

@froggyreadteach

IG Review


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