“...Orphan...”
“...Outcast...”
“...Witch.”
Bryn Kenneally has spent her entire life hiding in the shadows, hated for things
she cannot control.
But now, those very shadows are coming to life, bringing dark secrets from a
past she cannot remember. Lives hang in the balance as those very secrets weave
a future beyond her control.
As the past unravels and her purpose becomes clear, there’s only one thing left
for her to figure out: is she the hero or the villain of the story?
C.D. Britt began her writing journey when her husband told
her she needed to use her excessive imagination to write stories as opposed to
creating a daily narrative for him. Ever since she penned her first words, life
has been a lot more peaceful for him.
She currently
resides in Texas where she has yet to adapt to
the heat. Her husband thrives in it, so unfortunately, they will not be
relocating to colder climates anytime soon.
Their two
young children would honestly complain either way.
When she is not in her writing cave (hiding from the sun),
she enjoys ignoring the world as much as her children will allow with a good
book, music, and vast amounts of coffee (until it’s time for wine).
C.D. Britt is the author of the Reign of Goddesses series,
Clan of Shadows series, and the upcoming Blood of Saviors series.
His inheritance may lead to
his death, unless a magical caretaker can
save them both.
Cordelia Manor
A Haunted Hearts
Series Book
by Adam J. Ridley
Genre: LGBTQ M/M
Paranormal Romance
His
inheritance may lead to his death, unless a magical caretaker can
save them both.
Evan inherits a mysterious
manor house that's filled with restless spirits and Cary is the
manor’s magical caretaker charged with managing them.
When the two meet, they
unwittingly become the target of one of the manor’s most vengeful
ghosts.
Despite the dangers, a
passionate and deep love blossoms between them. Will that love be
enough to protect them as they unravel Cordelia Manor’s secrets, or
will the past repeat itself, destroying them and all they’ve built
together?
Cordelia Manor is part of the Haunted Hearts
series.
Haunted Hearts is an Own-Voices Paranormal Romance
Series about love and the things go boo in the night. Join us on our
romantic journeys over 10 books from some of your favorite authors!
Be sure to read the entire series so you don’t miss a moment of
falling in love, or sometimes falling into a happily ever after-life!
Each book is a standalone but why not read them all? Everyone
deserves the HEA!
**Check out the rest of the Haunted Hearts Series!**
Haunted Hearts is an Own-Voices
Paranormal Romance Series
about love and the things go boo in the night. Join us on our romantic journeys
over 10 books from some of your favorite authors! Be sure to read the entire
series so you don’t miss a moment of falling in love, or sometimes falling into
a happily ever after-life! Each book is a standalone but why not read them all?
Everyone deserves the HEA!
After
years of writing romance under the pen name Blake Allwood, I decided
to pursue my other genre passion, fantasy and science fiction. Adam
J. Ridley is the reality of that pursuit.
My
husband of 28 years and I
have had an adventurous life. We’ve had many businesses, we’ve
raised over twelve foster children, two of which we adopted, and had
at least two professional careers.
To say we are
people who seek
experiences is an understatement.
As I’ve grown
older, my
passions seem to be better reflected in my imagination. Fantasy,
urban fantasy, and science fiction all allow me to escape into
worlds that transcend life. I’ve always been a major lover of
fantasy writing and started reading it at a rather young age.
My husband and I travel
full-time now in our RV (caravan for those not in the United States.)
We’ve been doing this since 2017 and y’all, we love it.
Please join me on Facebook, and
other social media sites. I work hard to be easily accessible to my
readers, cause you all are the reason for all the lovely work!
Kate always had a soft spot for the
misunderstood and the lonely.
As the founder of Monster Match, the premiere matchmaking service for creatures
of the night, she took pride in helping vampires, werewolves, sasquatches, and
ghosts find their mates. But her latest client would be her most challenging
yet.
Grug the troll was a 7-foot, awkward yet gentle giant
who
loved poetry, daisies, and long walks through the cemetery. After centuries
alone under his bridge, he was ready to find love. But female trolls were
notoriously picky. Kate would have to dig deep and think outside the crypt to
find Grug's perfect match.
Things take a dark turn when
Kate discovers that several
female trolls who used Monster Match have gone missing. As she investigates,
she finds herself drawn into a dangerous underworld of troll politics, ancient
curses, and deadly secrets. With Grug's help, Kate must solve the mystery
before more lady trolls disappear. Will Kate find Grug a match before he gives
up on love forever?
Step
into the supernatural world crafted by Rose Kent, me,
the daring alter ego of a passionate science teacher, devoted mom, and proud
pet owner. Within my paranormal, fantasy romance stories you will find a fiery
mix of lust, love, and magic. I work hard to weave vivid tales of forbidden
love, uncomfortable angst, pulse-pounding action, and otherworldly creatures
that will keep you hooked from the very first page. Come join me on a wild ride
through the realm of the supernatural, where passion and the unknown collide to
create a truly magical reading experience.
Power. Revenge. Destiny. The Queen of Werewolves is ready to claim them all.
My best friend’s wedding was cancelled and she was arrested. With some smoke and mirrors we got her back, but an emergency called me home before I could get my revenge for her maltreatment.
Jimmy Rain, vile alpha werewolf and power-hungry coward, thought he could attack my stronghold while I was distracted. Big mistake: knowing that Jess is safe, now I’m gunning for him. No more games. He’s about to learn why the sentient seat of power crowned me Queen of Werewolves. I’ll stop at nothing to destroy him ... permanently.
But there’s more at stake than taking down a rival alpha: I need to secure the future of my pack, and that means pulling off a heist to reclaim an ancient magical artefact. There’s one problem: it’s sitting in a dragon-shifter’s hoard and she won’t give it up without a fight.
Prophecies, betrayals and rival alphas stand in my way – but I’ll tear through every one of them. My destiny is calling, and this time I’m answering.
No more Miss Nice Queen.
Don't miss this werewolf shifter series if you like humour, heart and a strong heroine with a slow burn, loyal-beta fade-to-black romance.
Heather is an urban fantasy writer and mum. She was born and raised near Windsor, which gave her the misguided impression that she was close to royalty in some way. She is not, though she once got a letter from Queen Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting.
Heather went to university in Liverpool, where she took up skydiving and met her future husband. When she’s not running around after her children, she’s plotting her next book and daydreaming about vampires, dragons and kick-ass heroines.
Heather loves to travel and once spent a month in Thailand. Thai food remains a firm family favourite. It goes without saying that Heather is a book lover. She grew up reading the likes of Brian Jacques and Anne McCaffrey.
Will it be a Christmas to remember, or will their
holiday get plowed away?
A Buckeye Falls
Christmas
A Buckeye Falls Novel
by Libby Kay
Genre: Contemporary Holiday Romance
On the first day of
Christmas, Buckeye Falls gave to me...
A snow storm...
Uninvited dinner guests...
A Christmas pageant...
And a friends’ reunion dinner to warm your heart.
It’s been ten years since five couples found love in this charming small Ohio
town. Families and careers have grown, but the love remains the same.
Max is hosting Christmas at the diner, a final sendoff before the beloved
hangout gets a facelift. But the risk of a snow storm and a few uninvited
guests threaten everyone’s plans. Will it be a Christmas to remember, or will
their holiday get plowed away?
Revisit your favorite couples in this holiday novella, which includes favorite
recipes from the series. Warning: this story will make you hungry and may cause
uncontrollable swoons.
Libby Kay lives in the city in the heart of the Midwest with
her husband. When she’s not writing, Libby loves reading romance novels of any
kind. Stories of people falling in love nourish her soul. Contemporary or
Regency, sweet or hot, as long as there is a happily ever after—she’s in love!
When not surrounded by books, Libby can be found baking in
her kitchen, binging true crime shows, or on the road with her husband,
traveling as far as their bank account will allow.
Libby
cohosts the Romance Roundup podcast with Liz Donatelli
on the Reader Seeks Romance Channel where they recommend romance books and
interview authors, influencers, and publishers. Check it out for your weekly
dose of romance!
After humans
circumvented anti-AI laws and made new species
to fulfill roles of menial laborers, sex slaves, and shock troops those
creations eventually rose up and killed every man, woman, and child on the
planet. This is the world if Frankenstein's monsters ruled the Earth.
The Brittle Riders
Book One
by Bill
McCormick
Genre: Science Fiction Fantasy
In a far future, Earth had already been visited by an alien
race called the Sominids, who came here for the express purpose of drinking and
having sex with everyone they could. When one of their infamous parties
resulted in the moon being cut in half and killing everyone who happened to
live there, they quietly left. Their encounter with the Sominids had taught the
human race many things, primarily that faster-than-light travel did not exist.
Denied the stars, the human race began to dwindle in numbers and terminate all
of their space programs.
A thousand years later, a
scientist named Edward Q. Rohta
circumvented anti-AI laws, laws which had been on the books for millennia, by
creating organic creatures to provide manual labor. Instead of dying after ten
years, as promised in the company brochure, they would develop flu-like
symptoms and go into hiding. Eventually, fed up with the mistreatment they
suffered at the hands of humans, they rose up and killed every man, woman, and
child on the planet. This is the story of what happens next. The Brittle
Riders; Apocalypses are funny that way.
A very unique tone and
world, reminiscent of GUARDIANS OF
THE GALAXY meets a MAGNIFICENT SEVEN/DIRTY DOZEN - type setup, but with a look,
flavor, and lexicon all its own. In a world where studios and streamers are
looking for IP that's expansive, both narratively and in terms of ancillary
possibilities (prequels, offshoots, video games, etc.), (The Brittle Riders)
certainly seems to offer up a number of possibilities. - Garrick Dion –
Producer
BILL McCORMICK is an award-winning and critically
acclaimed
author of several novels, graphic novels, and comic book series, and has
appeared in numerous anthologies. He began writing professionally in 1986 for
the Chicago Rocker Magazine in conjunction with his radio show on Z-95 (ABC-FM)
and went on to write for several other magazines and blogs. He wrote a twisted
news & science blog at WorldNewsCenter.org. It provided source material for
his weekly radio show on WBIG 1280 AM, FOX!, which aired from 10/2010 to
8/2022. Bill is a big fan of music and this rainbow-haired goddess who married
him just for fun. You can find out more about him at BillMcSciFi.com.
Can you, for those who don't know you already, tell something about yourself and how you became an author?
When the aliens from the second Horzukan system took me aboard their ship, the QZT Zinglepuff, I was subjected to a series of ….. oh, wait, never mind, that’s why I love extreme hot sauces. I was a child of indeterminate birth. I have certificates of live births from Berwyn, Illinois and County of Cork, Ireland and a mention in a book that my chubby ass first popped out in Soldier’s Grove, Wisconsin. Since I was born in an era where the Catholic church was snatching up babies from single moms to resell them for profit, Google “Catholic church selling orphans” (without the quotes) to be horrified, blurring my place of birth was a good idea. I was raised by my grandparents. They loved, but didn’t understand, me. My grandma, like all good Catholic girls in her day, never went to school, and my grandpa dropped out in the third grade. I, however, was an “A” student who loved reading and learning.
When I was four, my grandma went to a used book sale to get me something to read, i.e., shut me up. Keep in mind she had no context for what was, or was not, age appropriate. Knowing what you now know, you will not be surprised to find out she bought me a collection of classics. Robin Hood, Arabian Nights, Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and so on. Great stories, one and all, not exactly geared at a four-year-old kid.
With the help of my trusty dictionary, and the persistence only a child can have, I read every one. By the time I was in fifth grade, I was reading at a Senior in College level. I was, as you might imagine, annoying as heck.
I was also kind of isolated, with few friends, so I began filling in the gaps with stories I had made up. I had my first play performed at West Leyden High School, and it involved aliens. I went on to write lots of nonfiction for music magazines, sports blogs, and anywhere else that would publish me.
In 2010, I’d lost my job, my wife, and solid reasons to live. I decided I couldn’t afford therapy, so I started writing the stories that were trapped in my head. In 2011, Bewildering Stories sent me a lengthy rejection letter for my story, Vorbliss (too many F-bombs and sexualizing nuns was a no-no), but thought I was the funniest author who’d ever submitted. My second submission, And the Beat Goes Phut, about a techno apocalypse, got published, got fan mail, and I was off to the races.
In 2019, I quit working for strangers and began writing full-time. I have a roof over my head, hot and cold running water in the kitchen and the john, and a new wife who never loses that new-wife smell. I love her stupid amounts, and she helps keep me sane.
Follow the tour HERE for special content and a giveaway!
Inspired by true events, is a poignant fable about a
woman, her
husband and a Catbird, set against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine. Reflecting on global conflicts and human resilience, the book offers a
universal message of hope and solidarity in tumultuous times worldwide.
Catbird
By Julia Marie
Davis
Genre: Women’s
Fiction, Current Affairs
With
the immediacy of an op-ed and the narrative feel of a memoir, Catbird embodies
the visceral response—angst and exasperating sense of helplessness inflamed by
the distance between the will of the people and our national policy, and the
bewilderment we feel—to the barbaric violence and violations of human rights
happening in Ukraine. Set against the background of seasonal drama in the bird
world, it has the sense of a fable, while still holding all the anxiety of the
contemporary events we are living through, witnessing, mourning, and opposing.
Told in
a series of micro-episodes, Davis channels the fears and
fragility of the world order, mirroring the anxiety caused by a continual
barrage of contemporary conflicts we are
living through: witnessing, mourning, opposing. A simple and straightforward
story on the surface, Catbird expresses untold angst and an exasperating sense
of helplessness. This feeling is inflamed by the distance between the will of
the people, evolving national policies, and the bewilderment we feel—to the
barbaric violence and the violations of human rights unfolding not just in
Ukraine but elsewhere around the world.
“Julia
Davis’s Catbird is a lyric meditation on a wounded world, one where some of us
are safe while horror and war ravage innocent women and children in a distant
land. But are we safe? The narrator knows too keenly, and feels too sharply, to
believe that we are. Davis writes viscerally and from the heart.”
—Dinty W. Moore, author of The Mindful Writer
“Julia
Davis’s Catbird is an urgent, meaningful meditation on war, power, and fragility
of the world. It’s 2022 and the invasion of Ukraine has begun. From her place
of relative safety, Eve reads of the bombings, the fleeing families and
abandoned crops as she ponders the corrupt desire for absolute power and fears
she is witnessing the beginnings of World War III. Woven throughout this
witnessing are images of the birds she watches in the trees around her house,
making tangible the fragility we share in this time when the possibility of
invasion threatens us all.”
—Karen Osborn, author of Centerville, Patchwork (a New York Times Notable
Book of the Year), Between Earth and Sky, and The River Road
“As
a woman of color cheering for those who wish to survive any and all wars
against us I hope you read this book with the fear yet compassion it
shares."
—nikki giovanni, New York Times best selling and Emmy-award nominated
author of Bicycles: Love Poems (2009), The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection
(2004), and Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose (2020)
Julia Marie Davis is an American poet and novelist. Julia's
writing has appeared in The Bangalore Review,
The Dillydoun Review, New Note Poetry, Moonstone Arts Center's Nasty Women's
Anthology , and TaintTaintTaint Literary Magazine. She holds a
BA in English from Boston College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield
University. Her novella, CATBIRD (2024,
Middle Creek Publishing & Audio) weaves a fictional narrative with Russia's
invasion of Ukraine, delivering a poignant lyrical message of hope and
resilience in the face of global turmoil.
.jpg)
