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Review: The Stars Would Curse Us by Valerie Rivers and Stephanie Combs

The Stars Would Curse Us (#1) by Valerie Rivers and Stephanie CombsAmazon | GoodreadsJanuary 10, 2024367 pages The Iris were sent to us from the stars, but their rule is controlling and oppressive. Every season, we send our brothers and sisters to the marriage drafts . . . but the selected never return. Aella My world falls apart when my best friend and I are drafted to compete for the hand of…

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Review: Her Royal Captive by Ellery Kett

Goodreads | AmazonNovember 28, 2024254 pages She’s the rebel who captured him. He’s the prince who might ruin her. Aris is a rebel with nothing to lose, so when the king’s second son flees the castle, she sees her chance to give the rebels the upper hand. Capturing him should’ve been the hard part—but Prince Revan isn’t the prisoner she expected. He’s infuriatingly calm for a man with bound…

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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Ambition to Savor by B.B.E. Gwyn

Ambition to Savor B.B.E. Gwyn (The Lone Thorn Series) Publication date: February 7th 2025 Genres: Adult, Adventure, Fantasy When a quest for magical ingredients takes you from kitchen to adventure, you’d better save your appetite. Dedicated and cautious restaurant owner Jonathan Tessier dreams of crafting legendary recipes—the fame and fortune that might follow is a pretty nice bonus. But it’s…

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Book Spotlight: Destined (The Realm #1) by Ciera (C.M.) Miller

Goodreads ~ AmazonOctober 2nd 2024550 pages The fairy tale world isn’t real, and magic is for storybooks…Alexis has no belief in magic and fairy tales…until one night everything changes, and her predictable life is thrown into chaos. Suddenly, she finds herself plunged into another world, expected to battle a monster and become a hero.When her godmother is murdered by creatures from another…

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Update: Aiming to be Active Again

The last half of 2023 was personally rough for me. I was homeless for nearly four months–a nightmare that seemed never ending. Now, this month, things have become relatively stable. While I haven’t really stopped reading, the willpower to review (and the ability to do so) was nonexistent. Starting soon, I want to be active on this blog again. The next upcoming post will be a wish list/ spotlight…

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Spotlight: Once Upon a Broken Sky: The Fracturing of a Fairy-Tale Circus by M.T. DeSantis 

Amazon ~ GoodreadsApril 21, 2023116 pages The circus where dreams come true, for a price… Joining Grimmfay saved Zelandra’s life and gave her power she never thought possible. For countless performances, she’s enthralled audiences at the Master’s whim, but when a guest sees past the magic to the young woman trapped beneath, she realizes the power was never really hers. A fairy-tale life waits…

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Cover Reveal: The Bee King by Mathilda Zeller

Preorder on Amazon ~ Preorder paperback ~ GoodreadsMay 16, 2023 ABOUT THE BOOK When the crops fail, the monsters come. When the monsters come, they buy the daughters.  Yura would do anything to keep her sister and cousin out of the hands of the monsters. She would even accept a marriage proposal from the Bee King, the mysterious honey magnate allegedly driving the prosperity of the…

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Release Day: Scales and Stingers by K.M. Warfield

Amazon ~ Goodreads ~ UBLMarch 14, 2023336 pages ABOUT THE BOOK Thia Bransdottir is shunned for being half Fallen, a race feared by many. She tries to disguise her lineage, but her lilac eyes make it impossible. When her Father is killed, she is taken to the cloister to be a servant of her faith. Jinaari Althir is sworn to protect Thia from the disgraced half of her heritage. Under his holy…

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Spotlight: The Lost Son (The Zargothian Saga Book 1) by Aidan Lucid

Goodreads ~ Amazon ~ UBLOctober 20, 2022255 pages ABOUT THE BOOKWhen Henry Simmons unearths a coin with mysterious powers, it’s clear that his life is soon to change . . . but not how he expects. After using the charm to woo Tracey Maxwell, Henry finds himself launched to another dimension””a world in which the human race is mercilessly hunted down by creatures called Sadarkians. This hellish…

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Spotlight: Tales from 13 Realms by Arken Wheeler

March 1, 2023Smashwords The collection begins with a biopunk piece “Green Ground Zero”, where sentient algae has overtaken the world and mutated humans into manipulated swamp monster zombie workers. A rebel named Nap risks his life for a taste of freedom, setting the tone for the rest of the collection. “Skeleton Soulmate” is the only optimistic romance story in this collection. It tells the…

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Release Day: The Shadow of Theron (Age of Shadows Book One) by Kathryn Troy

Author:  Kathryn TroyTitle:  The Shadow of Theron (Age of Shadows Book One)Genre: Romantic Fantasy/Epic Fantasy/Fantasy AdventureWord Count: 141kPrice: $4.99 (digital), $15.99 (paperback)Number of pages: 546 pagesDigital ISBN:  978-1-64898-297-2Print ISBN: 978-1-64898-296-5 Amazon ~ Goodreads ~ UBL The powers of old are fading. A new Age is dawning. Holy relics are all that remain of Theron’s…

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Cover Reveal: Heart of Fire by Raina Nightingale

Coming April 16, 2023Preorder Now With Your Favorite Retailer A SLAVE DETERMINED TO RIDE A DRAGON. A CHILD CHOSEN TO RIDE THE OBSIDIAN GUARDIAN. Camilla has always been told her race is inferior. She cannot use magic. If she bonds to a dragon, she helps doom the dragons to extinction. She has never believed a word of it. She has always known that she can use magic, and she suspects it is the…

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Upcoming January 2023 Releases

Upcoming January 2023 Releases

The Thunderstone Theft: A Cinderella Story by Eliza Prokopovits Amazon ~ GoodreadsJanuary 10, 2023193 pages The Minister of the Treasuries has been brutally stabbed. Unfortunately for Miss Ella Highmoore’s godfather, the murder happened right on his doorstep, and now he’s the primary suspect. Ella knows her godfather is innocent, and she resolves to solve the crime and clear his name. A chance…

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Spotlight: Anathama's Road- Elysians by A.E. Thrall

Spotlight: Anathama’s Road- Elysians by A.E. Thrall

Amazon ~ GoodreadsDecember 12, 2022419 pages At the Buckroad Inn, Eloralynn, an Elysian princess who has long begged Ohren to take up his throne, recounts the tale of the Seventeen Elysians. As she tells the tale of the forebears of all races, The Children, and their strife against the rebellious god Odrum, Ohren grapples with the shame of his past. Anathama’s Road weaves together the tales of…

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Spotlight: When Emily Went Missing by Michael Weems

Spotlight: When Emily Went Missing by Michael Weems

Amazon ~ GoodreadsDecember 26, 2020231 pages “It was the flowers that killed the farmer’s wife. I dreamed about it after getting shot in the head.” Ruth Gonzales introduces us to her strange world where a haunted flower garden is her best friend, she hears thoughts that are not her own, and she dreams the memories of the dead in the small town of Foxglove, Texas. Ruth has a rule. The Rule of…

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Spotlight: A River, its Pebbles and the Sky Above by Devanarayanan G Nair

Spotlight: A River, its Pebbles and the Sky Above by Devanarayanan G Nair

Amazon ~ GoodreadsOctober 10, 2022109 pages A book rare in its texture, in a diction in consonance with the contemporary, capturing moments! Condensed images catapulting meaning, decked with the right photos that cement and sediment meanings, evocative to the core! Afterall, isn’t that what poetry is all about? Opening pores, inviting the reader in, allowing him to weave out webs in its…

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Spotlight: The Dark Prince of Lazera by Rachel E. Croxton

Spotlight: The Dark Prince of Lazera by Rachel E. Croxton

Amazon ~ GoodreadsNovember 1, 2022274 pages Simina, a poor girl in the small village of Lazera on the planet Zormonia, loves to read books. The stories in them take her to far distant lands and allow her to imagine herself in a different world, a different life. Her favorite things to read are fairy tales and romance novels. One day, she discovers an intriguing new book, titled The Dark Prince…