*Book Tour & Giveaway* Stone of Doubt

 

In the absence of doubt, only faith is found.

Stone of Doubt

Stones of Iona Book 5

by Margaret Izard

Genre: Time Travel, Paranormal Romance

A human with Fae powers living like an oddball has its ups and downs until Evie MacDougall’s dream Fae boy pops back into her life after she thought another was “the one.” One dark and devilish, the other her long-lost love. Evil forces trap her for a magic Fae stone, but which man can she trust?

As a teen prophesied to be Fae king, Aodhán viewed the girl of his dreams through an Eye of Ra. Once, he risked all to help Evie MacDougall find a magic Fae stone, only to end up imprisoned. Kept from his true love for years, he finds her at risk from an evil Fae hunting a magic stone.

Is a single vow strong enough to save true love, to save the human and Fae realms?

 

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**Don’t miss the other books in the series!**

Previous books in the series, Stone of Love, book 1, Brielle and Colin’s 18^th century Scottish story. Stone of Fear, Book 2, Marie and John’s 13^th century Scottish story. Stone of Lust, Book 3, Ainslie and Rannick’s Viking tale. Thistle in the Mistletoe featuring a couple in the past from Stone of Love.

Next in the series:  Holly and Ivy, a Christmas companion book. Stone of Faith, book 6. Stone of Destiny, book 7. Evergreen Evermore, a Christmas companion book.

This series leads into another connected series, Dragons of Tantallon, a dragon-shapeshifter series revolving around the magic Iona Stones.

 

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Margaret Izard is a multi-award-winning author of historical fantasy and paranormal romance novels. She spent her early years through college to adulthood dedicated to dance, theater, and performing. Over the years, she developed a love for great storytelling in different mediums. She does not waste a good story, be it movement, the spoken, or the written word. She discovered historical romance novels in middle school, which combined her passion for romance, drama, and fantasy. She writes exciting plot lines, steamy love scenes and always falls for a strong male with a soft heart. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and adult triplets and loves to hear from readers.

 

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*Book Tour & Giveaway* Beyond the Realms-GUEST POST

 

A Limited Edition Collection of YA Epic Fantasy Authors on PreOrder for 99 Pennies!

Beyond the Realms

A Young Adult Epic Fantasy Anthology

with stories by

K.M. Jenkins, Christina Wallace, Joli Campbell, Megan Charlie, R.E. Joyce

In lands far beyond our world heroes step forward to take on epic journeys into the unknown. They must face the thrill of adventure, love, and magic to find themselves as they go. But when fate plays with their destiny, they find they are on a path they never saw coming. From SwordMasters to Fae creatures you will find a mix of fantasy creatures that will keep you reading until the very end. Grab this limited-edition box set before time runs out.

Written by authors of Fantasy Romance and Epic Quests, this boxset is sure to take you on an epic journey. Featuring tales by Christina Wallace, debut author Joli Campbell, International Bestselling author K.M. Jenkins, Megan Charlie, and R.E. Joyce fill these pages.

Twisting tales of battle, magic, intrigue, love, and tragedy. Perfect for those looking for light romance with epic adventures to enjoy.

Genres: Young Adult, Epic Fantasy, Swords and Sorcery, and Fantasy Romance

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, One Bed, She saves herself, Strong female lead, Fae, Task-based quest/epic journey, No spice second chance romance, Epic quest, Magical test, Facing ones fears, Hero's journey, The mentor, and Love triangle turned inside out.

  

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The Swordmaster Brothers

by K.M. Jenkins

 

EVERY YEAR SWORDMASTERS ARE CHOSEN. But first they have to be tested. Together, Rikkin and Roulle must endure the trials that will reveal their greatest strengths and weaknesses and possibly lead to their deaths. Can two brothers survive the challenge of the GrandMaster to become the next generation of SwordMasters? Only through overcoming their greatest fears can they change their destinies forever.

 

K.M. Jenkins is a published international bestselling author that writes epic battles, forbidden romance, and tales of fantasy and adventure. She has a big love for the fantasy genre and loves dragons above all creatures.

When she is not writing, you will find her chasing her twin boys around the house. Between the three she has epic battles throughout the day and nothing ever gets boring.

 

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Beyond the Realms

Guest Post #1

Me, Myself, and I

My journey as an author started over a decade ago when I was in high school. I loved reading and creating pieces of art that were inspired by my imagination. One day my science teacher asked us what we wanted to do for a career. Honestly, I hadn’t thought about it much because all I did was spend my time reading, going to school, doing chores, and sleeping. When I confessed to my teacher I didn’t know he looked at me and said I was going to be an author, because I loved books so much.

This led me to opening up a blog where I did writing contests while I was in college. I wrote several stories this way under my name. But eventually life caught up to me like it does for everyone and I struggled to get by every day. This led to writing going on the back burner for a few years and I started trying to find something I could do that would make money for me and my future family.

I wasted so many semesters in college trying to find myself. In the end I ended up going back to journalism that I started with. But I couldn’t stand to write formally for a paper. Then I found graphic design, fell in love with it and started my business doing book covers, logos, and so much other fun creative things. This helped me with creating books for fellow authors and myself.

After almost a decade, several false starts, and twin babies, I started my writing journey for real. I started writing under K.M. Jenkins in September 2018. The first stories I wrote were part of a series called the Tales of Ferrês. There were ten in total and I bundled them together at the end to add a bonus story within. This was my first book and not my last. I have struggled over the years since I started writing but every step is a learning process. In the end it is about to enjoy the process and helping people find a world they want to live in instead of the real world.

Right now I have ten short stories (Tales of Ferrês), one bundle book (Tales of Ferrês), two novellas (Tales of Tarza Series), one young adult horror short story (Darkest Delights), and two novels that I pulled down for right now. You can check out all my books on my WEBSITE or through my LINKTREE here.

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*Book Tour & Giveaway* Dragonslayer-GUEST POST

 

The discovery of a sword confirms the Gods are once again readying for war, forcing their chosen heroine to decide between loyalty or betrayal and face daemons of her making.

The Bard

Dragonslayer Book One

by Jules Cory

Genre: Epic Fantasy Adventure, Swords and Sorcery

A thrilling fantasy novel of magic and ancient pagan beliefs.
The first volume in an epic trilogy set in a land of dragons and sorcery.
Character-led fiction which explores the bonds of friendship and how they can be broken.

The discovery of a sword that had been lost for generations confirms that the Gods are readying for war once again. The sword holds the secrets to powers thought lost forever. It heralds the return of a Dragonslayer, capable of protecting humankind from the wrath of the ancient deities. But there is a problem. The sword-bearer is a seven year old girl.

Tallen learns quickly how to negotiate the politics of the royal court as she tries to find a place for herself in the capital city. She discovers a talent for being invisible in crowded places. Infiltrating restricted areas. And stealing precious items. But when her skills are commandeered by the King, she finds herself in a world of magick where her latent talents are being fought over. Unaware of her magickal ancestry, she is unprepared for the secret plots to control her and her powers. Schemes, by both friend and foe, that send her into danger.

The discovery of the Empathy Crystal forces Tallen to confront her ancient blood-line and the powers lying within her. She finds herself caught in the middle as the fault-line between the old pantheon of Gods and the new monotheistic religion cracks open. The war between neighbouring kingdoms covers the underlying battle for the power locked within the land they are fighting over. And the souls of the people living there.

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The Seer

Dragonslayer Book Two

After leaving the royal court, Tallen finds herself drawn back to the politics of a kingdom increasingly beset by war. The return of her father’s sword comes at the price of reclaiming her heritage as a Dragonslayer, while the stakes for both her personal and her prince’s freedom are becoming increasing costly.

Sent on a covert mission from her king, Tallen travels to obtain information regarding the stolen Empathy Crystal. However, Tallen soon discovers that there are other plans for her that involve her bloodline and her claim to a potentially lethal weapon. The journey becomes increasingly dangerous as others scheme to control the destructive potential of her Dragonslayer ancestry, resulting in battles with pirates and northern raiders. Her personal enemy, Villermir, is also never far from causing trouble as he learns to control the Empathy Crystal, harnessing its devastating force to crush her.

While the monotheistic patriarchy of Baila extends its tendrils into the souls of new believers, daemons and the old Gods start to take a more active role in the lives of men. Tallen finds wonders and miracles hidden in her Empathy bloodline, and a strength and resilience in her Dragonslayer blood. But dark shadows are now gathering that will require further exploration of her magical inheritance.

 

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The Druid

Dragonslayer Book Three

Faulknar is losing the war against Lindvane, with Gallowgla and Hilman joining the fight against the kingdom. Villermir has gained mastery of the Empathy Crystal and is using it to corrupt and despoil the land. Monsters that the Dragonslayer and her dragon were created to destroy have returned to rampage across the Three Kingdoms.

Having been exiled from Faulknar as a traitor, Tallen tries to hide from her responsibilities and recover from the betrayal of those she trusted. The events within the Three Kingdoms, however, will force her to return to those she rejected and the kingdom she turned her back on. As her powers grow, dark forces swirl around her to claim those powers for themselves with enemies from her past, as well as her Goddess, seeking to use her to realise their own ambitions.

Tallen must learn to trust those who would help her and embrace her powers, knowing her greatest challenge may come from the darkness that lies within herself.

The Druid brings Tallen’s story to a violent conclusion, forcing her to face her fears as she fights to protect those she loves.

  

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As a veterinary nurse, Jules has often eased the stresses of her canine and feline patients with stories of myth and magic, wizards and dragons. She had published chapters in academic textbooks and professional journals, but has traded the scientific formula and Harvard referencing for the creative freedom of writing fantasy novels.

The Dragonslayer series follows Tallen as she discovers what it means to be a Dragonslayer, pawn of her king and the Gods, having to navigate between friendship and betrayal, power and corruption, life and death.

 

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Guest Post for Jules Cory - Dragonslayer

What inspired you to write the Dragonslayer series?

Sometimes random events can be the inspiration for stories and this is certainly true for the Dragonslayer series. There were three items that provided the nexus for the story to revolve around. 

The first item was seen when passing a small second-hand shop with a painting in the window. Although I was drawn in by the scene, it was more than I could afford at the time so I walked on. I resisted for 10 minutes before returning to the shop and buying the painting. That view became Cloud Mountain and the setting for the cottage by the lake. 

The second item was given as a present – a duck-egg blue and rose coloured dragon, curled with its head resting on its tail. The statue is included in the books as my dragon, waiting for her slayer.

The last item was obtained as a chance finding when sheltering from a summer rainstorm in a nearby shop. The print was of a raven-haired woman holding a sword containing an orange dragon’s eye – and my heroine, Tallen, looked out at me from that picture.

Polytheistic religions and the possibility of magic has always interested me, and I took those elements, added the three chance items, and wove it all into an epic adventure.    

What are the key messages in the series?

I think the key messages within stories are personal to those that read them and bring their own experiences, filtering the characters’ journeys through their own needs at any given moment. And, as such, this can change over time. 

However, for me, I think one of the predominant issues facing Tallen and her friends is one of loyalty. Of having to balance duty, obligation and expectation with the desire to keep people safe and maintain treasured relationships. And this can involve different people who have very different ideas about what loyalty and obligation mean. 

 

One of the factors that developed over the three books is that of fathers and what that can mean in differing contexts. There are a number of father-figures in the books. Some are blood-relatives, while others have found themselves in the position by chance. The interplay between nurture and legacy in shaping someone who depends on you was an interesting theme to play with, for both protagonists and antagonists. 

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*Release Blitz & Giveaway* The Fourth kinetic-GUEST POST

 

X-Men meets Raising Dion! 

The Fourth Kinetic

Clairvoyants Book 1

by Brady Moore

Genre: YA Fantasy 

In this world, there are four strains of clairvoyants: Kinetics who can move objects with their minds, Prophets who have involuntary visions of the future, Readers who can delve into the innermost thoughts of others in an instant, and Aural who can transfer their consciousness to control the bodies of others.

At just 17 years old, Rion Grean is a Kinetic with no knowledge that he is not alone in his abilities. His protective mother had kept them constantly moving, even going as far as refusing to tell Rion about his father whom he never met. However, when an accident separates them, Rion finds himself being pursued by a covert militaristic force that sees his kind as dangerous anomalies in society. Suddenly thrust into a world filled with different factions of Clairvoyants, Rion must navigate through alliances and betrayals to determine who he can trust.

Despite his natural talents and intelligence, Rion has always struggled to make friends and find purpose in life due to his sheltered upbringing. But as he faces challenges outside of his comfort zone, he learns the true meaning of friendship and family. This is not a typical story of good versus evil; it is a deeply personal journey of self-discovery and the struggle to coexist in a society that fears what it cannot understand.

 

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Brady Moore was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. He began writing stories and drawing his own comic books at the age of ten and never looked back. After graduating high school he attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In December of 2010, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Media Studies. Heavily influenced by film and television, his writing includes elements from multiple genres and multimedia styles. He currently resides in Charlotte, NC where he enjoys writing everything from poetry to movie scripts. His ultimate goal is to see one of his works adapted for the screen.

 

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The “Official” Fourth Kinetic Playlist

• “Levitating” by Dua Lipa

• “Make the Most” by Lonr. feat H.E.R.

• “Remember Me” by UMI

• “Contradiction’s Maze” by Oddisee feat. Maimouna Youseff

• “Levitate” by Twenty One Pilots

• “Untitled 07/Levitate” by Kendrick Lamar

• “Superhero” by Cher Lloyd

• “Protection” by Kiana Ledé

• “Lonely” by Chloe x Halle

• “Strings” by iyla

• “Like I Do” by Jesse Barrera & Melissa Polinar

• “Warm In These Blue Jeans” by Rasharn Powell

• “Try Your Fire” by Lucky Daye

• “Superpower” by Kirby

• “Hate Me Now” by Nas

• “Electric Relaxation” by A Tribe Called Quest

• “Award Tour” by A Tribe Called Quest

• “Me Myself and I” by De La Soul

 

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*Cover Reveal* Nearly Werewolves

Blurb: 

They say a werewolf’s first shift is like a meeting of two souls.

I wouldn’t know.

The moon never called to me. Moonlocked, they call it—a were without a wolf. No bite, no claws, no strength. As a pureborn werewolf, daughter of the alpha, I’ve kept that shameful secret buried from everyone.

Except Grayson. He knows the real me.

He wasn’t born a were. He was bitten and turned, so we both know what it’s like to not really fit in. But when he gets sick with moon madness, his only hope is a powerful shaman who might know the cure.

To make matters worse, the packs have hired a hunter to track down all the moon-mad wolves and eliminate them before the disease spreads any further.

And Grayson is next on his list.

To save my friend and the rest of my kind, I’ll have to find a way to unlock the beast inside me. But what if, in the end, I’m the true monster everyone should be running from?

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Harper A. Brooks lives in a small town on the New Jersey shore. Even though classic authors have always filled her bookshelves, she finds her writing muse drawn to the dark, magical, and romantic. But when she isn't creating entire worlds with sexy shifters or legendary love stories, you can find her either with a good cup of coffee in hand or at home snuggling with her furry, four-legged son, Sammy.

She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance.

RONE Award Winner

USA TODAY Bestselling Author

International Bestselling Author

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