*Cover Reveal* Mother of Red Mountains

Title: Mother of Red Mountains: A Novel of a Woman's Journey Through Revolutionary China

Author: Apple An

Genre: Historical Fiction

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Publisher: Voiced Heard Publishing, LLC

Publication Date: Dec. 30^th, 2024

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Blurb:
An ambitious civil engineer desperately wants to protect her baby girls in the shadow of China’s tumultuous mid-20th century.

 

Despite tragedies in her childhood, Jun crafts a stable life by changing her name twice to fit in a male-dominated and politically charged society. Ambitious and high-achieving in her career, she seeks help from her in-laws to care for the girls.

 

But when the Red Guards threaten the young family because of their association with in-laws' capitalist class, Jun worries their very existence is in jeopardy.

 

With their safety frequently compromised, will Jun triumph over the grave danger she encounters and successfully protect and maintain a stable life for her young family?”

 

If you like strong female protagonists facing mountainous challenges and are interested in people's lives in 1930s to 1960s China, you will find Jun's life journey fascinating yet relatable.

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Apple An is a professor at Syracuse University. She was a historian in her profession and a founding editor-in-chief. Over almost 30 years, she has published 200+ academic articles and three books. Her research has been cited 016,000+ times by scholars from many disciplines. She has been recognized 23 times for teaching, research, and service. 

 

Apple started her literary journey in 2017. In 2023, she published her debut memoir, Las Crosses: An Unwavering Journey to a New Life in America. The book has been among Amazon's best sellers in several categories including Biographies & Memoirs of Asian & Asian Americans, History of China, Asian American Demographic Studies, and Biographies of Educators. It is selected as the finalist for the 2023 Annual IAN Book of the Year Awards for two categories: Women’s Non-Fiction and Multicultural Non-Fiction. 

 

In December 2024, Apple will publish her first historical fiction, Mother of Red Mountains. 

 

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*Release Blitz* The Crane Diaries: Creature

Title: Creature (The Crane Diaries, Book Ten)

Author: Apryl Baker

Genre: YA Paranormal

Cover Designer: Deranged Doctor Designs

Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC

Publication Date: Dec. 3^rd, 2024

Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR 

Blurb:
Life was good in the Windy City.

Mattie was living her best life, wife by day and paranormal thief by night. She loved her life, and she loved Chicago.Things were perfect.

Then one night a man sat down at her restaurant table, and it changed everything.

The Master of the City of Chicago sought her out to ask for help. It seemed something was killing vampires, and she needed Emma Crane’s help. If it were only vampires being killed, she would have said no, but it was starting to attack other creatures as well. She couldn’t let innocents be harmed.

Small problem. While she was hunting the creature, an old enemy was hunting her—Lorivander. The god who wanted
her dead.

And to make things worse, the Council of Elders came to Chicago. They were the oldest living master vampires in
creation, and they’d taken a decided interest in her and her gifts.

Now she had to contend with hunting down a creature who could kill a vampire, Lorivander, and the Council. Why was
her life so complicated? For once, she’d love to have a normal life and enjoy being married without all the death
threats coming at her six ways to Sunday.

One question remained. Could she navigate the playing field without getting killed before the Council decided she was too dangerous to leave alive?

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So who am I?

Well, I’m the crazy girl with an imagination that never shuts up. I LOVE scary movies. My friends laugh at me when I scare myself watching them and tell me to stop watching them, but who doesn’t love to get scared? I grew up in a small town nestled in the southern mountains of West Virginia where I spent days roaming around in the woods, climbing trees, and causing general mayhem. Nights I would stay up reading Nancy Drew by flashlight under the covers until my parents yelled at me to go to sleep.

Now, I live in a small town in West Virginia where I entertain my niece and nephew and watch the cats get teased by the birds and laugh myself silly when they swoop down and then dive back up just out of reach. The cats start yelling something fierce…lol.

I love books, I love writing books, and I love entertaining people with my silly stories.

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*Book Tour & Giveaway* Vincent's Women

 

What if everything we think we know about Vincent van Gogh is all lies?

Vincent’s Women:

The Untold Story of the Loves of Vincent Van Gogh

by Donna Russo

Genre: Historical Biographical Women’s Fiction

Donna Russo's 'Vincent's Women' is the untold story of Vincent's loves: how they shaped his life, his art, and his death. It writes against the 'myths, ' exploring the possibility that none of them are true. It is the only novel to bring into question his sexuality, how he lost his ear, who he lost it for, and how he might have died, all through the eyes of a woman. We learn of Her; we learn all of it through Her.

The story is guided by Johanna van Gogh Bonger, Vincent's sister-in-law, as she decides to reveal the truth about Vincent to her son. We are then taken on a journey through Vincent's life, each section bringing a pivotal moment of Vincent's life alive while showing us the part she played in bringing it about. Between each woman, our guide, Johanna, gives us the transitional periods, right up to his death, which is now in question.

Hundreds of the nearly thousand letters between Vincent van Gogh and his brother Theo, now considered one of the greatest documents of the human experience, were used to help construct this novel, its narrative, and dialogue, especially the dialogue of Vincent himself.

Vincent van Gogh is one of the most well-known artists of all time. The world knows of his madness, traumas, and suicide. But what if all that we know isn't true? What if this knowledge is based on rumors and nothing more? What if his true story is vastly different when based on factual material and forensic information? What if the truth of Vincent's life-his madness and his genius-is defined by his never-ending search for love?

 

Advance Praise:

“Arresting...masterful...  a provocative and compelling look at one of history’s most enigmatic artists.”  -Publishers Weekly

 

 “A symphonic novel that sheds new light on an elusive genius.” -Kirkus Reviews

 

“Vincent’s Women represents historical fiction at its best...astute, thought-provoking, and revealing.” -Midwest Book Review

 

“One of the most wonderful books about an artist I have ever read." -Stephanie Cowell, Author of Claude and Camille: a novel of Monet, and Marrying Mozart. Recipient American Book Award.

“A powerful and satisfying read." -Lynn Cullen, Bestselling Author of The Woman with the Cure and Mrs. Poe

“The writing and dialogue are all so well done, and the use of a fictional narrative makes it all feel authentic. Very highly recommended.” -Readers' Favorite 5-star Review

 

“This novel is not just a book; it is a masterful painting in itself, portraying the vibrant, volatile, and often tragic life of one of history's most renowned artists.” -5-Star Amazon Review

 

“This is historical fiction at its best...a tour de force!” -5-Star Goodreads Review

 

“This is easily the best book I’ve read this year!” -5-star NetGalley Review

 

A Foreword Reviews Editorial Selection 

FINALIST Next Generation Indie Book Awards

 

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Donna Russo is the bestselling author of historical fiction, women’s fiction, and fantasy including the international bestselling Novels of Newport: Gilded Summers and Gilded Dreams as well as her latest release, Vincent’s Women. Her critically acclaimed work has been praised with multiple awards and has received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. (For more awards and reviews, please visit https://www.authordonnarusso.com/books). Additionally, Donna worked as a model and actor since the age of seventeen, working on such projects as Martin Scorsese’s The Departed and Showtime’s Brotherhood. Donna is also an award-winning screenwriter, ghostwriter, and painter. She holds two degrees from the University of Rhode Island. Her two sons—Devon, an opera singer; and Dylan, a chef—will always be her greatest works. 

 

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