Saturday, February 29, 2020

*Book Tour & Giveaway* Strange Girls by Azurra Nox


Strange Girls 
A Women in Horror Anthology 
with stories selected by Azurra Nox 
Genre: YA Horror


For fans of American Horror Story, Shirley Jackson, and Creepshow.

You know them. Those girls that aren't quite like everyone else. Those girls who stand out in the crowd. Those girls that dare to be different. Those girls are dangerous.

In Strange Girls, twenty-one authors dare to tackle what makes the girls in this collection different. Vampires, selkies, murderous mermaids, succubus, and possessed dolls take center stage in these short stories that are sure to invoke feelings of quiet terror and uneasiness in the reader. Following the successful debut of Women in Horror anthology with My American Nightmare, Strange Girls is the sophomore effort to showcase these talented women in a genre that is often dominated by the male gaze.

Dare to take a walk on the dark side.

Stories in the Anthology:

24 Hour Diner by Charlotte Platt
Sideshow by Jude Reid
The Doll's House by Alyson Faye
Blood by Red Claire
Self-Portrait with Pears by Rachel Bolton
Personal Demons by Angelique Fawns
Friends with Benefits by E.F. Schraeder
Night Terrors by Angela Sylvaine
The Girl Who Never Stopped Bleeding by Sam Lauren
Leda and the Fly by Marnie Azzarelli
Jenny's Bobo by Hillary Lyon
Extinguishing Fireflies by Rebecca Rowland
The Eyes of the Dead by Danielle R. Bailey
My Mirror Wife by Ash Tudor
Pattern of Faerytales by Azzurra Nox
Campfire Tales: The Bloody Rings by Emma Johnson-Rivard
Cracked by Regan Moore
Angel of Death by Phoebe Jane Johnson
Her Garden Grows by Maxine Kollar
Revival by Madison Estes
A Song Only She Can Hear by Wondra Vanian
Tribal Influence by Erica Ruhe 






Born in Catania, Sicily, Azzurra Nox has led a nomadic life since birth. She has lived in various European cities and Cuba, and currently resides in the Los Angeles area. Always an avid reader and writer from a young age, she loved entertaining her friends with ghost stories. She loves horror movies, cats, and a good rock show. She dislikes Mondays and chick-flicks. CUT HERE, her debut paranormal urban fantasy was inspired by a nightmare the writer had a few years ago. Some of her favourite authors include Anne Rice, Oscar Wilde, Chuck Palahniuk, and Isabella Santacroce. 






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*Book Tour & Giveaway* Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation-GUEST POST


Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation 
by Francis H. Powell 
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Scifi Short Stories 


What if the human race was considered irrelevant and then each being was just uploaded then locked away on hard drives called "brain pods" ?

What if a sub species was to come into fruition, then the human race turned on it, hunted it down before trying to annihilate it? Imagine you found out you were an ancient soul, who is reunited with another being from your former life?

Set in different times in a variety of settings and time periods, the past, the present and the future, the book explores the inevitable unknown that lies before us all "death". Death can arrive in a multitude of forms. Each part of the book explores different themes. There are characters who following their demises have to face up to their lurid pasts. There are some who face annihilation and others who are in a crazy pursuit of world destruction. We are living in an age in which it appears that the doomsday clock is ticking ever faster, as we teeter over the edge of world destruction. The book aims to contain some ironic twists. Even as young children we build up nightmare visions of what death involves. The reader is often left to distinguish between what is real and what is not, as stories reside within stories and the storytellers can never be fully trusted. Not all the book is doom and gloom, there are Elsa Grun's bizarre encounters with men and Shellys' hapless husband Arnie.

From secluded beach houses, to obscure motels, to visions of heaven, which takes the form of the Hotel Paradiso, to the world of the future death is always a wild adventure. 






Born in 1961, in Reading, England Francis H Powell attended Art Schools, receiving a degree in painting and an MA in printmaking. In 1995, Powell moved to Austria, teaching English as a foreign language while pursuing his varied artistic interests adding music and writing. He currently lives in Brittany, France writing both prose and poetry. Powell has published short stories in the magazine, “Rat Mort” and other works on the internet site "Multi-dimensions." His two published books are Flight of Destiny and Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation


GUEST POST
BOOKS ON THE GO
How should an author work?
As a painter I would often work on perhaps, five or more paintings at the same time. Maybe this is due to my style as a painter. This links the works together, gives them a cohesion. The paintings become a series., perhaps similar thoughts are in my mind, as I slap paint on each, in a feverish state.
What about stories?
Should a writer rigidly stick to one? Go from start to finish? No distractions as to other works?
I was working on a project last year, it is pretty much finished, it has to be rounded off. I have dedicated a lot to this book. It has taken a lot of research, because it is set in Italy in the past.
However I haven’t worked on it in a long time. It is gathering dust in my hardrive.
I feel sure to go back to it and hopefully with vigour.
Like with paintings, you can leave them for a long time, then go back to them and see new unexpected evolutions.
I went to my home country for Christmas and returned to where I live in France angry.
My anger was to do with politics and Brexit, a story that keeps rumbling on, devouring hours of media time.
I felt impelled to write a book about the subject of Brexit, however a political spoof.
It was remarks by family members that set me off.
Face to face I might be shouted down, but in a book I can express myself.
The book bares some of the hallmarks of some of my previous work, but in other ways it doesn’t resemble my usual style. I am usually writing short horror stories, but recently have a book published with elements of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
This book has become a bit of an obsession.
Last year my mind was a bit languid, perhaps a bit of “writer’s block” the beginning of this year has begun with a flourish of ideas.
I don’t know how other authors work, perhaps in a more orderly way to me. or are they chameleon-like, with several books on the go?
Your thoughts please



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Friday, February 28, 2020

*Book Tour & Giveaway* The Last Merry Go Round by C.L. Charlesworth


The Last Merry Go Round 
by C.L. Charlesworth 
Genre: Women's Contemporary Fiction 


When fear underlines the answer, Y E S becomes a trap with ominous consequences.

There are three letters when put together that can change your life—they can either bring happiness or sadness. The letters spell the word Y – E – S. When spoken lovingly, Y E S means everything. When fear underlies the answer, Y E S becomes a trap with ominous consequences.

For Diane Fletcher, a commitment to Y E S has left her dangling on a tightrope between sanity and insanity. Despite children she loves, and an opulent lifestyle, saying yes to twenty-eight years of marriage with Richard has brought very little happiness.

Too many secrets permeate Diane and Richard’s relationship. Guilt, alcohol, and sedatives are Diane’s safety net when she falls. Regular visits to a psychiatrist have done little more than put Diane back on the tightrope. Richard has other coping mechanisms. He is devoted, and at the same time, severe, ambitious, callous, and vindictive.

How different Diane and Richard have grown together. Raw emotions, unthinkable actions, and an explosive secret threaten any pretense for their marriage.

The Last Merry Go Round peels back the skin of a volatile marriage with dark secrets, revealing what happens to the family when the secrets explode. 






Who am I? 

I have the gift of imagination and that has been a beacon all my life. I’m fortunate to be able to take a blank piece of paper and create a page turning story that evokes a wide array of human drama. I’m inspired by the simplest–to the most complex challenge a person can face, and with that, derive empathy for my characters. I would best describe myself as a “back porch storyteller”– writing that grabs you from the first sentence. 

I have written two books (so far): The Last Merry Go Round and The Ears That Have Eyes. Each book takes a human challenge and hurls the characters against the wall. Whether or not they survive--- depends on them. 





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*Book Tour & Giveaway* Run Girl Run by Willow Rose


Run Girl Run 
Harry Hunter Mystery Series Book 2 
by Willow Rose 
Genre: Mystery, Thriller 


Willow Rose’s beloved detective, Harry Hunter is back in this thrilling second installment of the bestselling series. 

When a mother and her child are pulled out of the harbor in their car, the case seems pretty straightforward for Miami PD and Detective Harry Hunter. 

Everything points to a murder-suicide. 

They were homeless, living in their car, and the mother decided to end it all for them both by driving into the water. 

But the case is not what it looks like, Detective Harry Hunter soon realizes. 

Harry’s daughter is carrying devastating knowledge about their deaths, and soon she becomes the killer’s next target. 

As Harry races to protect her, he is betrayed by someone he thought he knew, leaving him terrified of trusting anyone in a town filled with liars. 

RUN GIRL RUN is the second book in the Harry Hunter Mystery Series. 





All the Good Girls 
Harry Hunter Mystery Series Book 1 


This novel is the first book in Willow Rose's electrifying new Harry Hunter series. 

Detective Harry Hunter of Miami PD’s homicide squad throws himself into a case no one asked him to solve. 

Four teenagers from one of Miami's affluent neighborhoods are murdered on a boat. Another is found in a dumpster. All five of them go to the same school and are on a list of witnesses to another crime. 

Because he's in bad standing with his boss, Harry is given the task of protecting a possible future victim, but Harry isn't always known to follow his boss's orders. 

Soon, he'll risk everything while racing to stop a killer who has left everyone else in the homicide squad shaking in terror. 

ALL THE GOOD GIRLS is the first book in the Harry Hunter Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone. 


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The Queen of Scream aka Willow Rose is a #1 Amazon Best-selling Author and an Amazon ALL-star Author of more than 60 novels.

She writes Mystery, Thriller, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Horror, Supernatural thrillers, and Fantasy.

Willow's books are fast-paced, nail-biting pageturners with twists you won't see coming. Several of her books have reached the Kindle top 10 of ALL books in the US, UK, and Canada. She has sold more than three million books.

Willow lives on Florida's Space Coast with her husband and two daughters. When she is not writing or reading, you will find her surfing and watch the dolphins play in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. 






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Thursday, February 27, 2020

*Book Tour & Giveaway* Raven and Hummingbird by Nikki Broadwell-GUEST POST


Siobhan's Secret 
Raven and Hummingbird Book 1 
by Nikki Broadwell 
Genre: Fantasy 


Kat’s life is a disaster. Her mother is dead, and her stepfather has kicked her out of the one home she’s always counted on, leaving her nothing but the Celtic knot locket Siobhan gave her on her eighteenth birthday. Unable to focus enough to hold down a job she ends up at the women’s shelter where she sees the truth of what life can dish out.

And on top of all that she is positive that her mother did not die from natural causes. But without a dime to her name she has no way to prove it.

In the shelter she meets Cerridwen, an older woman who seems kind enough. But when this same woman appears in Kat’s dream as the goddess of the underworld and keeper of the magical cauldron of inspiration, Kat is more than a little disturbed. Just a dream she tells herself the next morning, dismissing her uneasiness.

In the meantime a strange man seems to be stalking her, his torn jeans and filthy Grateful Dead T-shirt indicating that he’s a drug addict who she wants nothing to do with. And why are there enormous dark birds everywhere she looks? She’s never seen a raven in the city.

As life shifts around her Kat discovers a world she didn’t know existed, her grasp on reality disappearing as she struggles to understand what is happening. 




Dagda's Daughter 
Raven and Hummingbird Book 2 


The Celtic all father god, Dagda, has positioned himself on Earth to maximize his power. But his emotional fate is not so simple; he has broken all the rules regarding humans and gods. In the meantime, his daughter, Katel is poised on the brink of her half-goddess power, which is considerable. Dagda’s attempts to keep her under his control are wearing thin.
Due to Dagda’s illegal actions, the light snatchers have surfaced, their intention to leach the color from all worlds. What the future holds is now as uncertain as the wind. 


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Kat's Conundrum 
Raven and Hummingbird Book 3 


Kat’s life is out of control. Earth is in the clutches of some unseen force, with something even worse around the corner. In the meantime, Bran, the god she loves, has taken off for Otherworld and has yet to return.

A drink from the cauldron of wisdom and inspiration should have given her something to work with, but whatever she learned has either left her brain or wasn’t there in the first place.

As chaos ensues around her, Kat careens from one place to another, her ability to effect change lost in a sea of doubt. Her destiny lies in the balance, but circumstances keep getting in the way.

But it’s when her memories are stolen, that the threads that held her together unravel. The Fae world is ready and willing to claim her, but are they trustworthy? Her life is about to change in ways she can’t imagine, and if she isn’t careful, she’ll lose all touch with who she is. 


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I was raised by fairies in a sylvan glade under a massive oak tree. My early life was spent wandering fields and woods searching for acorns and berries and staring at the cloud shadows racing across the landscape while listening to the whispers on the wind. The woods have always called to me, their silken tones luring me onto narrow paths leading to the hidden magical places. 

Magic and the mystical are alive and well in all my books. Celtic and Norse fantasy, time travel, murder mixed up with ghosts, humor and steamy romance, and a shapeshifting coyote, all inhabit my novels. If confused about where to begin--start with Moonstone, book 1 of Wolfmoon. 

My books are not what you would call literature, and yet they are not mere entertainment either. They are unique--humorous at times, sad at times, and page-turners that take the reader into a world separate from this one. I do not write to market, I write from my heart. 

I couldn't stop writing if I tried--it is the heart and soul of me now. I am still astounded by how my characters lead me on, taking me down meandering paths where I hadn't planned to go. The muse sits on my shoulder most days, and when she's absent I flounder and realize I need a break. I love all things magic, including the Tarot, the runes, divination of all kinds, ghosts, clairvoyance, astral travel--you name it. Magic is all around us if only we open our eyes to it. 

I lived in the Pacific Northwest for sixteen years before moving to the desert southwest with my husband, a cat and a dog. The move was hard because I left family behind, but Arizona is a wonderful place to be and the weather, at least in the winter, is delightful! 

In my spare time I do yoga, hike, garden, and enjoy the bird and animal life that abound in the desert. Check my blog http://jalapenosandjavelina.blogspot.com/ for tales of close encounters with rattlesnakes, coyotes and javelina! And if you want more writing related info, go to https://www.nikkibroadwellauthor.com/blog

To learn more and to take advantage of promos, free books, etc...please visit my website posted below. 
And please take advantage of one of my low-priced books! They are there for YOU. 



GUEST POST
Can you, for those who don't know you already, tell something about yourself and how you became an author?
I was a silk artist and am now a full time writer—I think I may be up to 25 books written? I majored in art and english in college and switched back and forth so many times that they finally had to tell me to graduate and get out of there! I’ve always loved to write and to read but only began writing seriously at the beginning of 2000. My father’s journal kept while he was a POW for 3 and a half years was my inspiration—I wanted to write a story of his and my mother’s life together and what war does to a marriage—but...because this project was so draining and emotional I decided to write a fantasy to take my mind off it. That book was Wolfmoon, which ended up as four books...and the rest is history.

What is something unique/quirky about you?
When I’m out walking I look for tiny habitats where tiny humans could live...think fairies…

Tell us something really interesting that's happened to you!
When I was writing my coyote shape-shifting story, a coyote visited my front yard. I had been writing about my story coyote getting shot and when I looked up and met the eyes of the coyote outside, I got a chill...he or she was lame.

What are some of your pet peeves?
I don’t like crowds and I don’t like hikers who go out and talk loudly...I hate it when people think animals are vicious or dangerous when in reality humans are the ones who fit this description.

Where were you born/grew up at?
I am an army brat so lived here and there—my formative years were spent on a 400 acre farm in Virginia where I spent many many hours wandering the hills and the woods alone with my imagination.

If you knew you'd die tomorrow, how would you spend your last day?
Writing, hiking, drinking wine.

Who is your hero and why?
Einstein and Jung are two of my heroes—would love to meet and have a conversation with them.

What kind of world ruler would you be?
Peace would be my ultimate goal, and the resurrection of the wild places would be one of my agendas. Everyone would be required to be unplugged for at least a week in order to really SEE the exquisite world we live in!!!

What are you passionate about these days?
Getting rid of the current administration and saving our planet. These themes are front and center in my writing, even if I write fantasy.

What do you do to unwind and relax?
Yoga, hiking, drinking wine.

How to find time to write as a parent?
I am old enough to have grandchildren so no difficulties in that area.

Describe yourself in 5 words or less!
Quirky, tightly wound, empathetic, caring

When did you first consider yourself a writer?
When I began to write…

Do you have a favorite movie?
Many...The King of Hearts comes to mind. But I loved Bandits and watch it regularly.

Which of your novels can you imagine made into a movie?
Nearly all of them would make good movies—I am visual so they are very cinematic, or so I’ve been told.

What literary pilgrimages have you gone on?
Went to Scotland to find the landscape for my Wolfmoon books—had to make two trips...poor me!

As a writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
Hawk, Raven, jaguar


What inspired you to write this book?
These books came ot me just as most of my books do...mostly I feel they are being channeled…

What can we expect from you in the future?
I am working on a 4th book for this series, I have a third book partially written in my Fehin and Airy series, and...I just wrote the prologue for a story that has to do with our current situation...first lines ~The animals knew, the birds knew, even the tiniest insects were aware long before humans took notice. It began slowly, first honeybees dying out, a few dozen gray whales washing up, plastic over many beaches, fish populations scarce...~ you get the drift. It will be a dark fantasy possibly with alien beings as the protagonists.

Do you have any “side stories” about the characters?

My Fehin and Airy series features the children of the main characters in Wolfmoon series. 

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*Book Tour & Giveaway* Silver in the City by A.D. Ellis


Silver & Sage
Silver in the City Book 1
by A.D. Ellis
Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance 

Silver doesn’t have time for feelings or a relationship. Then Sage shows up.
Sage is Silver’s exact opposite, his renter, and his new employee. The kid is much too young and much too innocent.
There are a million reasons why Silver and Sage should never get together. And Silver plans to keep it that way.
Until all of those reasons go up in flames with one kiss.

Silver & Sage is a steamy, slow burn M/M age gap, opposites-attract romance between a shy, inexperienced nerd and an outgoing grump of a bar owner.




Silver & Gold
Silver in the City Book 2 

Just as Silver begins to wonder if his casual relationship with Gold might turn into more, the two men are thrown into a position that has the lovers quickly turning into enemies.
With no way to escape each other, Silver and Gold begrudgingly agree to make the best of an impossible situation.
Will Gold’s search for perfection drive them apart or can Silver show Gold that imperfection can be beautiful?

Silver & Gold is a steamy, slow burn M/M enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity romance between two slightly self-absorbed artists.




Silver & Spice
Silver in the City Book 3 

When Spice asks Silver to fake a relationship with him, Silver agrees. He knows pretending to be involved with the older man will likely come back to bite him in the ass, but if the farce will help Spice and his young son, Silver is totally on board.
All too soon, the consequences of the fake relationship weigh on both Silver and Spice. Will a meddling grandmother, an adorable little boy, and a team of friends be enough to convince Silver and Spice to give a real relationship a shot?


Silver & Spice is a steamy, slow-burn M/M age gap, fake relationship, forced proximity romance with a silver fox, single daddy and a younger man ready for a family.




A.D. Ellis is an Indiana girl, born and raised. She spends much of her time in central Indiana as an instructional coach/teacher in the inner city of Indianapolis, being a mom to two amazing school-aged children, and wondering how she and her husband of nearly two decades haven't driven each other insane yet. A lot of her time is also devoted to phone call avoidance and her hatred of cooking.


She loves chocolate, wine, pizza, and naps along with reading and writing romance. These loves don't leave much time for housework, much to the chagrin of her husband. Who would pick cleaning the house over a nap or a good book? She uses any extra time to increase her fluency in sarcasm.

A.D. uses she/her pronouns.




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