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BOOK TOUR: No More Yesterdays by Catherine Bybee

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee lights the fuse, and the Stone siblings must rely on their wits and hearts to uncover a dangerous enemy…and an explosive secret.

Taking over her late father’s company was never part of Alex Stone’s life plan.

But now, sitting in the CEO chair at Stone Enterprises, she’s resigned to living her life alone. Being a high-powered, billionaire woman tends to narrow one’s romantic prospects. As Alex works relentlessly to reshape her inherited hotel empire, she’s acquired a target on her back complete with death threats.

Alex turns to Hawk Bronson, a man who is equal parts bodyguard, sexy, and completely infuriating. Especially when it comes to protecting her.

As the danger escalates, Hawk comes to terms with the fact that their connection goes way beyond bodyguard and assignment. He knows he should keep his distance—his own dark past and nightmares put her at greater risk—but he can’t walk away. Protecting Alex means everything. Putting her life in someone else’s care isn’t an option once he’s tasted their passion and depth of his feelings.

As they navigate a minefield of family secrets, past pain, and unexpected hope, Alex and Hawk must face their deepest fears and fight for a future together. But first, they’ll need to unmask whoever is behind the threats—before Alex becomes their next victim.

Read books one and two in The Heirs series–All Our Tomorrows and The Forgotten One– available now on #kindleunlimited.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bybee has written over forty-five books that have collectively sold more than eleven million copies. Her titles have been translated into more than twenty languages. Raised in Washington State, Bybee moved to Southern California in the hope of becoming a movie star. After growing bored with waiting tables, she returned to school and became a registered nurse, spending most of her career in urban emergency rooms. She now writes full time and has penned the popular Not Quite, Weekday Brides, Most Likely To, First Wives, and D’Angelos series.

AUTHOR LINKS

Website: https://catherinebybee.com/
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BOOK TOUR & GIVEAWAY: Time Flies by Jill Wallace

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FIVE 80’s air hostesses had dreams about their SOULMATES
centuries before in a 747 crew rest at 36,000 feet. Awake, their forever-loves
are gone for good. Decades later, ONE is a physic sleuth for the FBI. She invites
FOUR still-yearning ex-hosties for SIX days together for past life regressions
to find those soulmates in THIS lifetime. BUT Time Flies…and ONE murderous
bastard could be on the loose….

 

Timeless Beginnings

Time Flies Book 1

by Jill Wallace

Genre: Time Travel Paranormal Romantic Mystery

 

 

Avid dog lover, law enforcement psychic and former Air
Baobab air hostess Lucky van Niekerk has a gift for sniffing out answers. From
helping to solve cold cases to reliving past lives, she’s torn between
worlds—the past and the present; the dead and the living.

She’s helping agents track a dangerous killer. But there are some things she
can’t find. Her soulmate, for instance.

Determined to solve her own mystery, Lucky learns she must first help others to
help herself. She’s sure she isn’t the only one whose life has been touched by
the past, so she sends out a call to her former colleagues. Four other air
hostesses answer—and they’ve all experienced past-life dreams in the crew rest
aboard the same 747 jumbo jet at 36,000 feet. Can Lucky help them solve the
mysteries locked in their dreams, or will they be destined to make the same
mistakes they made in a previous life?

Discover the power of uncorking past lives and start the journey with Lucky in
this first book in the Time Flies women’s fiction series, as five virtual
strangers are drawn together in their quest for fulfilment and love.

Author’s Note: If
you’re drawn to time travel women’s
fiction that seamlessly blends psychic mysteries, past-life
explorations, and the adventurous world of aviation, Timeless Beginnings is a journey you won’t want to miss.
Fans of Kate Morton and Susanna Kearsley will appreciate
the intricate weaving of reincarnation, friendship, and self-discovery that propels this
story across time and continents. Join Lucky van Niekerk and her companions as
they unlock the secrets of their past lives to illuminate their present.

 

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Timeless Pirouette

Time Flies Book 2

 

 
 

A vivid dream of
the past. A desperate hope for the future.

My name is Brie Lenz.

In the hushed sanctuary of a Boeing 747’s crew rest in 1983, amidst the hum of
engines and the dance of distant clouds, I lay my head down as a South African
Airways air hostess. I dream of a beguiling beggar, his eyes a mesmerizing
shade of emerald, who ignites a flame in my soul. His ambitions for my ballet
career in 1887, take me higher than I ever dreamed. He is my anchor, my guiding
light, my inspiration, my love.

But as reality pierces through the veil of slumber at 36,000 feet, I am jolted
awake, haunted by the echoes of Tchaikovsky and the lingering mystery of that
enigmatic beggar. With the pulse of an odd drumbeat echoing in my ears and a
shiver coursing through my veins, destiny delivers, this time, in real life. Is
it too good to be true?

Fast-forward to the present, and though embers of that centuries-old connection
still smolder within me with the man I adore, I cannot deny there is something
missing and something amiss. When an unexpected invitation to a transformative
retreat arrives, I am torn between fear and fervor. And amongst women I barely
know, I find myself in a magical odyssey of self-discovery and a crossroads
filled with pitfalls and shrouded in guilt.

Can I reclaim the lost magic of 1877 and weave it into the fabric of my
present, or will the past that lurks beyond that crew rest dream continue to
cast its long shadow over my future?

With my heart suspended between two worlds, I brace myself for the ultimate
reckoning.

Author’s Note: If
you’re captivated by time travel
romance novels that intertwine past-life memories, ballet,
and the allure of aviation,
Timeless Pirouette will transport you through a tapestry of love and destiny.
Fans of Susanna Kearsley and Diana Gabaldon will appreciate the
seamless blend of historical depth and supernatural intrigue. Join Brie Lenz
as she navigates the echoes of a bygone era, seeking to reclaim a love that
transcends time itself.

 

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Jill
Wallace was born and bred (her mother would prefer ‘brought up’) in South
Africa, and lived the second half of her life in America. She feels like the
African baobab or “Upside Down Tree”, with roots that look like branches. Like
the confused baobab, she no longer knows where the South African ends and the
American begins. She’s comfortable in her duality and hopes like hell it
affords her some degree of complexity. A girl can always hope :o)

Sometimes,
she loves dogs more than people, chocolate more than good sense, and Netflix
binge-watching more than house cleaning (well… make the latter ALL the time!)

Jill’s
addicted to writing. Expect her novels to have a South African flair, and no
matter the century of her characters, she’ll strive to keep their situations
relevant and their emotions real.

Wallace
listens to the voices in her head which describe their dilemma and state of
chaos. Then she waits, pen poised, to see what they’ll do about it. She records
how they find the courage and strength to attain what they really
want—be it friendship, peace, acceptance, or everlasting love. That’s the magic
that keeps her heart pounding in her throat and her fingers flirting with keys.

Jill
started her writing career as a screenwriter. Her first script was twice
optioned by producers for movies. When disappointment flooded in and dreams
collapsed, an author friend said, “To hell with them all. Write a book.” So,
she did. It took her three years.

War Serenade is inspired
by a true story about a bon vivant Italian opera star forced into WWII, who is
shot down, captured by the allies and sent to a run-down POW camp in South
Africa. Broken and longing for death, he sees a spunky red head through the
barbed wire and when their eyes meet, she becomes his reason to live. But he is
a prisoner, and she, his enemy…

War Serenade won a
number of awards, the most recent are the Golden Quill Contest Winner Desert
Rose RWA, Maggie and Rone Awards 2020, for best audio book.

Zebra is Jill’s
second novel and largely based on her husband’s experiences. Athol grew up in a
remote resort in the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa during the apartheid
era and fought in the Bush Wars in the 60’s and 70’s. This literary
fiction/historical/action adventure/coming-of-age saga spans 4 decades. Though
the times are incendiary, Zebra is not about politics but a divine, true
bond of friendship. Zebra. Friends by Fate. Enemies by Destiny proudly
wore the Amazon Banner for #1 New Release and is also a ***** Reader’s
Favorite.

Time Flies is Jill’s
first series. The common threads with her stand-alone books are the South
African infusion, the dog-hero, friendship, impossible challenges and complex
timelines.

Timeless Beginnings is Book 1 of the series has multiple and it’s the
story of how five ex-air hostesses end up at the home of Lucky, now a FBI
psychic, who’s keen to try -as a last resort – past life regression to find the
soulmate she lost after she dreamed about him in the crew rest of a 747 in the
80’s. Four other ex-hosties are just as anxious to find their centuries-ago
soulmates.

Timeless Pirouette is Book II and the story of Brie who dreams she
was a beautiful ballerina who fell in love with a beggar in 1887. Though she
believes she met and married the perfect man for her, she fights an
incomprehensible guilt and can’t help yearning for her beggar. She is compelled
to go back a century before she can go forward.

Jill is in the process of finishing up Athol’s
companion novel to Zebra. Titled Leopard Crawl it’s the true-story-inspired
missions of one man on a solitary spying sojourn in the heart of the Southern
African Bush Wars.

Learn more about the author and her books at
http://www.jillwallace.com

  

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SERIES TOUR & GIVEAWAY: The Blood Queen Chronicles by David H. Millar

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Blood is the link between
humans, demigods, and demons

—and is the Blood Queen’s domain.

Brianag

The Blood Queen Chronicles Book 2

by David H. Millar

Genre: Historical Fantasy

Three childhood friends meet in the Scottish Highlands.
Two hold secrets. One may be a monster.

As Gràinne reached for the still warm heart, tendrils of the red mist
preceded her. When they touched the heart, she felt power drawn from the blood.
She steeled herself and bit into the organ. Such was the curse of the Blood
Queen.

Brianag is the sequel to The
Blood Queen. It is 384 B.C. Ten years have passed since Sidheag’s
execution. Gràinne Ni Fearghal, the Blood Queen, has ruthlessly consolidated
her grip on the eastern tribes and reigns as High Queen. Meanwhile, her
daughter imprisoned in a gilded cage grows in beauty and power and terrifies
her guardians—the demigods of the Aes Sídhe. She must escape. Her grandma, the
powerful Sídhe, Mongfhionn, agrees.

Brianag trembles at two questions: how will her mother receive her, and
can she be redeemed?

 Sidheag, was not the only Blood Drinker. Two others, Áine and her
daughter, Leannán want vengeance for Sidheag’s death. Both claim to be
Sidheag’s mother. Yet is Sidheag dead?

 Can Cassán, Dùn Brion’s king, control his temper and work with the
demigods to defeat the Blood Drinkers? Will the beast known as the Hound
destroy every living being with three barks or will the ancient Cait People
awaken and intercede?

Content warning: Brianag: The Blood Queen Chronicles contains scenes of sex and
violence appropriate to the time it is set in (400 B.C.). It is not recommended
for readers under 16 years of age without parental agreement.

  

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A ‘Bhanrigh Fuil

The Blood Queen Chronicles Book 1

“It is a
king’s decision,” said Brion.
“It will not be you who deceives and delivers the lamb to the butcher’s
block,” retorted Eimhir.

True evil is a persistent and
tenacious beast. Its desire for existence is eternal and insatiable. It needs
to infect only one mind for its insidious philosophy to take root and spread.

It is 394 B.C. At a remote loch in the highlands of Northern Albu, a priest
sacrifices nine innocents. Below the water’s surface, a shape feeds on their
blood and begins to take form. Soon, it becomes sentient and begins to
hunt. Sidheag has risen.

Humans cannot defeat the abomination. Neither can Mongfhionn, the powerful
demi-goddess of the Aes Sídhe.

The only remedy is the Blood Queen, and Gràinne is the
reluctant heir to that throne. Will the Blood Queen stand alongside Mongfhionn
to confront Sidheag? The cost for Gràinne may be too much—unless her
daughter, Brianag, is in jeopardy.

Passions, always near the surface of the Gaels, burst into flames
in The Blood Queen, where father is pitted against son, mother against
daughter, sister against sister, brother against sister, and father against
daughter.

The Blood Queen contains scenes of sex and violence and uses language
appropriate to the period it is set in, i.e., 400 B.C. It is not recommended
for those under 16 without parental consent.

5/5 ★★★★★
Genre: Fantasy, Historical fiction
Review by Jan Foster/History Quill: Last updated Jun 12, 2023

A must-read Celtic ‘Game of Thrones meets Bernard Cornwell’, blending history
with dark fantasy and a truly terrifying villain. The Blood Queen will keep you
turning the pages deep into the night.

The Blood Queen is a dark fantasy
nominally set in 400 B.C. Scotland, wherein a misguided priest sacrifices
innocents in the hope of bringing forth an entity that will do his bidding. This
starts a tale of ‘be careful what you wish for’, as the entity – Sidheag –
forms a corporeal being and a consciousness complete with dark desires for
domination. No one can resist Sidheag’s allure and subsequent enslavement, and
few will survive her rampage across the land as she builds an army to fulfil
her calling.

Aside from the descriptive prose and the brilliant battle scenes, the equality
of the sexes feels genuine rather than a nod to political correctness. Women
rule, fight, murder and fornicate as violently and passionately as the men and
the female characters are badass!

I thoroughly enjoyed The Blood
Queen, even at its most uncomfortable. The historical accuracy of weapons
and battle strategies blended perfectly with the epic and fantastical
storyline. I loved the tiny moments of humanity within the bleakest moments.
Reading the novel felt like watching a horror movie unfold, compelling you to
turn the pages in the hope that somehow, against the odds, humanity will win.

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Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, internationally published and
award-winning author David H. Millar is the founder, owner, and
author-in-residence of A Wee Publishing Company—a business formed to promote
Celtic authors and literature.

David is the author of the five-volume, ancient Celtic-based Conall
series and the spin-offs The Dog Roses, The Dog Roses: Resolution,
The Blood Queen and Brianag: A Blood Queen Novel.

David resides in Houston, Texas, with his family and two recent family
members, tuxedos Beau and Stiletto.

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BOOK TOUR: Potions & Prejudice by Tee Harlowe

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It’s release week for Potions & Prejudice by Tee Harlowe! If you love cozy fantasy and all the cottagecore vibes, you’re going to want to grab this beauty right away! Did we mention there’s also a sentient cottage?

Potions & Prejudice (Moonflower Witches Book #1)

Release Date: June 3, 2025

Genre: Cozy Fantasy

  • Enemies to lovers
  • He falls first
  • Slow burn
  • Cottagecore
  • Cozy fantasy
  • Only one closet

Witch hates warlock.

Warlock hates witch.

Warlock falls for witch.

. . . Things get very, very complicated.

Elspeth Moonflower just wants to cast a spell. Unfortunately, that’s impossible due to a curse her grandmother cast that forces every witch in her family to marry before using magic. As a result, Elspeth and her sisters are outcasts, helping their mother run her traveling apothecary shop—while she complains that her daughters are all magicless spinsters.

When their cart breaks down and strands them in the charming village of Thistlegrove, Elspeth’s older sister meets a handsome warlock who’s smitten. If only the warlock’s best friend wasn’t completely insufferable. Draven Darkstone is broody, arrogant, wealthy—a perfect example of why Elspeth never wants to marry. But for the sake of her sister, she needs to be nice.

Which is hard when all Draven does is glower at her. It’s even harder when the glowering turns to longing glances. It’s downright impossible when he kisses her.

Little does Elspeth know, the line between love and hate just got thinner.

The low-stakes fantasy of Legends and Lattes meets the romance of Bridgerton in Potions & Prejudice, a spicy cozy fantasy romance with a grumpy sentient cottage, an anxious miniature dragon, and all the cottagecore vibes.

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BOOK TOUR: Uprising by Paul Bernardi

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Book Title:  Uprising
Series: Rebellion (Book 2 of 3)
Author: Paul Bernardi
Publication Date: 09 April 2025
Publisher: Sharpe Books
Pages: 284
Genre: Historical Fiction
Any Triggers: Strong, bloody violence. Some foul language (15+).

Summer 1067.
Northumbria.

Oslac, thegn of the village of Acum, feels cheated – having been robbed of the chance to kill his enemy by his own kinsman.

Instead, Gundulf, the erstwhile Lord of Hexham and murderer of Acum’s villagers, is now awaiting justice for his crimes in Bebbanburh, Earl Oswulf’s fortress capital far to the north.

But when Oslac narrowly escapes death at the hands of Gundulf’s assassin, he realises he will never be safe while the Dane lives. Summoning his closest companions, Oslac heads north to demand Oswulf put an end to Gundulf’s life – only to find the prisoner has escaped.

Tracking the fugitive into the wild hills and dales of Northumbria – places far beyond the reach of Oswulf’s power – Oslac falls into Gundulf’s trap when the earl’s warband is ambushed with catastrophic consequences.

Elsewhere, unrest in the north of England is growing. Impotent in the face of Norman avaricious brutality, the Saxon nobility can do nothing to prevent their ancestral lands being passed to foreign invaders. It can only be endured for so long, and a reckoning is coming.

Once again, Oslac must put aside his personal vendetta to join with the few remaining great lords of Anglo-Saxon England in what may prove to be the final, climactic stand against their Norman overlords.

The song of swords will echo across the land once more.

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This title is available to read on #KindleUnlimited.

Paul Bernardi studied Anglo-Saxon and Medieval history at the University of Leeds more years ago than he cares to remember. He has been an author of historical fiction since his first novel (a second world war drama) was published in 2017. Since then, he has reverted to his favoured period, publishing six more novels (so far) set in 11th century England, mainly around the time of the Norman Conquest.

Paul Bernardi’s books are published by Sharp Books.

Author Links:

Website: https://paulbernardiauthor.com/

Twitter / X: https://x.com/paul_bernardi

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BOOK TOUR: Jury Duty is Murder by Kate Damon

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Four former jurors, once at odds, unexpectedly join forces to track down a serial killer.

 

By Kate Damon

Pages: 275

Format: Paperback, eBook

Genre: Cozy Mystery

The verdict is in; a famed athlete is headed for prison. The jurors have done their job and are free to go back to their lives. But after being sequestered for four months, life as some knew it no longer exists.

HAROLD ASHMAN’s house is almost destroyed by a careless driver. Exotic dancer, CEECEE LAINE, discovers that her boyfriend is two-timing her, and she no longer has a job. Actor ALEX MANNING learns his career is down the tubes, and 72-year-old, HELEN RYDER, discovers her family is plotting to put her in an old folks home.

Then things take a turn for the worse. When former jurors start dropping like flies, CeeCee, Helen, Harold and Alex are convinced there’s a killer on the loose. Now the feuding foursome must find him before he kills them—or before they save him the trouble by killing each other.

Jury Duty is Murder is available at Amazon.

Here’s what readers are saying about Jury Duty is Murder!

I was having a bad day, and this book was enough to lift any cloud. I laughed out loud, I was sad with them, and I was surprised by the plot twists even in the epilogue. Great ending. Perfect for fans of Murder in the Building and Man on the Inside. I hope there will be more with these characters. — AV_therearenobadbooks

Kate Damon’s Jury Duty Murder is a fun, fast paced, riddled with humor who-dun-it, told through the eyes of four ordinary, yet distinct folks who are so incredibly relatable, you’ll feel like you know them as soon as they are introduced. Thank you, Kate, for giving us this curl up in your favorite chair and read straight through adventure! –Barbara Newhart

 Book Excerpt

The ringing telephone woke me up. Without opening my eyes, I felt around until I touched the nightstand and finally, my phone. “Hello.”

“Wake up.”

I groaned. “Alex, what do you want?”

“I need you to wake up.”

I forced myself to sit up. The clock on the radio said it was after ten. “This better be important.”

“Something is terribly wrong,” Alex said. “It’s the thirtieth and nobody’s dead.”

“Hallelujah.” I hung up and dived back into my pillow. The phone rang again, and I groaned. Only Alex would think that no dead bodies meant something was wrong.

I rolled over and grabbed the phone. “Now what?”

“No one’s dead.”

– Excerpted from Jury Duty is Murder by Kate Damon, Wild Rose Press, 2025. Reprinted with permission.

 

 

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Backstory: The Inspiration Behind Jury Duty is Murder

Jury Duty is Murder is quite a change for me.  While I have published multiple works under the name of Margaret Brownley, primarily focusing on romance novels set in the Old West, this marks my first foray into the mystery genre.

All of my stories begin with a question. In this instance, the question arose after I read about the Bill Cosby case and the decision to sequester jurors. This led me to contemplate how prolonged sequestering might impact the mental and emotional well-being of jurors, particularly in a high-profile trial.

My initial idea was to write a courtroom story, set in the 1800s, similar to my previous works. However, I encountered a significant issue: the Henry Thaw trial in 1907 marked the first instance of a sequestered jury trial. This event occurred too late for an authentic Old West setting, leading me to abandon the concept.

Then two things occurred at the same time.  One, I lost my husband to cancer and two, Covid struck, and the nation was on lockdown. This prevented me from getting the emotional support from friends and family that I would have normally gotten.

So there I was, all alone with a whole lot of time on my hands. You could say that’s when my thoughts turned to murder—figuratively speaking, of course! It’s not like I was plotting an actual crime; more like brainstorming ways to creatively express my frustration with the universe

The initial question regarding the emotional and mental effects of jury sequestering evolved into a more personal reflection as I confronted my own mental and emotional challenges. Much to my delight, the story suddenly began taking shape, not as a romance novel, but a mystery.  Who knew that grief and global pandemics could lead the way to new ideas?

Excited about my new idea, I submitted a proposal to my publishers. However, they were skeptical about a romance writer transitioning to a different genre, resulting in no interest from them. Despite this setback, the story continued to resonate with me, prompting me to work on it alongside my other novels. Eventually, I decided to send it to a small press, where the editor graciously recommended that I submit my work to The Wild Rose Press. Following this advice, I reached out to them and am pleased to share that they accepted my manuscript right away.

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About the Author

When Kate Damon is not writing, she
and her husband enjoy RVing, spending time with family and friends,
raising Monarch butterflies, and playing a wicked game of bridge.

Writing as Margaret Brownley, she has
published more than 40 novels and is a New York Times bestselling
author. Known for her memorable characters and humor, she is a two-time
Romance Writers of America Rita finalist.

Not counting the book she wrote in sixth grade, and the puzzle of the missing socks, this is her first mystery.

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BOOK TOUR: Boy With Wings by Mark Mustian

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Book Title: Boy With Wings
Author: Mark Mustian
Publication Date: March 15th, 2025
Publisher: Koehler Books
Pages: 322
Genre: Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction

 “A brilliant fever dream of a novel, a haunting coming of age story reminiscent of both Franz Kafka and Charles Dickens.”

~ Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Jackal’s Mistress

*Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2025 First Place Winner*

What does it mean to be different?

When Johnny Cruel is born with strange appendages on his back in the 1930s South, the locals think he’s a devil. Determined to protect him, his mother fakes his death, and they flee. Thus begins Johnny’s yearslong struggle to find a place he belongs.

From a turpentine camp of former slaves to a freak show run by a dwarf who calls herself Tiny Tot and on to the Florida capitol building, Johnny finds himself working alongside other outcasts, struggling to answer the question of his existence. Is he a horror, a wonder, or an angel? Should he hide himself to live his life?

Following Johnny’s journey through love, betrayal, heartbreak, and several murders, Boy With Wings is a story of the sacrifices and freedom inherent in making one’s own special way-and of love and the miracles that give our lives meaning.

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Guest Post – Books and Music:

There’s something magical about words and music—it’s why popular songs burrow into our minds and ears. When I started the Word of South Festival of Literature and Music in Tallahassee, Florida in 2015, it’s what we sought to tap into. Poetry has rhythm. Musical tracts tell a story. It all blends together, often into something profound, sublime or strange.

Like maybe most authors, I listen to music when I write. Usually classical works, sometimes jazz—I find that pop or music with words tends to distract me, and I’m there to write. I go through phases that correspond loosely to the book: for The Gendarme I listened to a lot of dissonant 20th century stuff: Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Weill. I was big into Messiaen. For Boy With Wings, it was more 19th century romantic pieces, Mahler and Brahms but also some jazz: Miles Davis, Mingus, Adderley, Coltrane.

It’s interesting how musical tastes change over time and also don’t, and tastes in literature do the same. I listened as a youth to what’s now called “classic rock,” and still do sometimes, but my interest has broadened as I’ve aged, and I appreciate the complexities now of classical music and jazz. I can listen to folk music pop, country—almost anything, and enjoy it. Being involved with Word of South has exposed me to a whole range of new artists that makes me feel young again.

With literature it’s much the same. I enjoyed sci-fi and fantasy as a youngster and still do. I was forced to read the classics, which I generally disliked, but later in life I went back and read many of them and found new interest there. I read widely now, biographies, non-fiction, literary fiction, even some horror and graphic works. If it’s well-written it’s wonderful, and I try to set aside time each day to read.

This may sound strange, but sometimes I can hear the words on the page as I write them, as they seem to belong to some structure beyond the page. Maybe I’m to be faulted for this—I can’t really say, and I don’t know quite where it comes from. I saw somewhere that the writer Richard Ford reads every word of his novels aloud to his wife before he completes the work. I don’t do that, but to an extent I guess I do, as I listen to them bang around in my head as I read and revise, revise and read. Occasionally I’ll utter a phrase aloud that seems awkward. Reworking it, I hear music, that gift that seems to arrive from beyond time and logic. Mixed with the beauty of language, it seems to create between them something else. Something different, and special, even ethereal. I can look back on it later and think, “Who wrote this crap?” but also think, “Hey, not bad. This isn’t bad at all.”

Author Bio:

Mark Mustian is the author of the novels “The Return” and “The Gendarme,” the latter a finalist for the Dayton International Literary Peace Prize and shortlisted for the Saroyan International Award for Writing. It won the Florida Gold Book Award for Fiction and has been published in ten languages.

The founder of the Word of South Festival of Literature and Music in Tallahassee, Florida, his new novel, “Boy With Wings,” is out in 2025.

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BOOK TOUR & GIVEAWAY: Opaline’s Discovery by Sonja Gunter

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Love. Magic.
Danger.

Could these three words articulate distinct spiritual essences to fuse together?

Opaline’s
Discovery

The Witch DNA Trilogy Book 1

by Sonja Gunter

Genre: Fantasy Romance, Romantasy, Urban Fantasy

 

Love. Magic.
Danger.

Could these three
words articulate distinct spiritual essences to fuse together?

Bookstore owner,
Opaline Lunn, facilitates a Speed Dating Event, in hopes of finding her
soulmate. She meets attendee Detective Eamon Dayan, who wasn’t looking for
love, but sparks fly at their first kiss.

Together they
unearth Opaline’s powers which lead to the discovery that she has two sisters,
and someone called The Ancient One who wants to kill them.

Unraveling a myriad
of mysteries, with Opaline’s newfound ability to do spells, the soulmates must
find her sisters by her twenty-fifth birthday to be able to confront the evil
force and save all of them.

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Now she was waiting for her fourth and final date.

Eamon.

Goodness, anticipation is everything.

She couldn’t believe he wanted to go out with her on a  real date. Most guys found her too  intellectual. It wasn’t  her fault she owned a bookstore and loved to read.  History, fiction, romance, fantasy, sci-fi—it didn’t matter.  Everything was interesting to her. No genre was off

limits.

The buzzer sounded, and she waited for Eamon. He  arrived and took his seat. He didn’t say anything. She  didn’t either. They sat for a moment, looking at each other,  his blue eyes to her green eyes.

Abruptly, the air surrounding her turned hot, but it  wasn’t the kind of hot that made you sweat. It was the  kind of sexual intensity that could consume a person, only  to let go once it had been satisfied. Opaline fought the urge  to fan herself.

Like a foggy night, the room around the two of them became hazy. Eamon reached across the table and touched  her cheek. Her body had a will of its own, and she leaned into his hand, closed her eyes, and waited for him to  kiss her.

“Opaline? Opaline, are you all right?”

“Wha-what?”

The room was clear again when she opened her eyes.

Eamon hadn’t kissed her. She had imagined the kiss. He  hadn’t reached out to her. But he was now. He didn’t touch  her cheek. like she had envisioned. Instead, he was  touching her hand. Until he wasn’t.

Goodness sakes alive.

“Sorry. I guess the excitement of the night has gotten to me,” she said, recovering. “Did you ask me something?”

“No problem. I asked what you like to eat. If we’re  going to go out on a date, I’ll have to find a restaurant  because I don’t cook.”

“I haven’t technically agreed to go out with you.” She  laughed nervously.

“I’m not going to let you say no.”

“Oh, is that how it’s going to be?” Opaline reached  across the table and took his hand. “I guess I don’t have a  choice, then. Yes, I would like to go out with you.”

“Great. Does tomorrow night work for you?”

“You do work fast,” she said, lowering her voice, which  came out in a low silvery tone.

“Only when I need to.”

She knew he was implying other things, and she  smiled again, wishing he had kissed her.

The buzzer ended their date, and Opaline stood. Most  of the other attendees had finished their dates too. “I hate  to rush things, but I need to wrap things up for the event.”

“If you would like, I can help you with the cleanup,”  Eamon said.

“That’s so thoughtful, and here I was thinking you  only liked to give the orders.”

She saw by the way his head tilted to the side that her  reply had caught him off guard. He looked like a kid caught  with his hand in the cookie jar, and he was having a hard  time coming up with a comeback. He mustn’t be used to  word games like her customers at the bookstore were.  They usually gave it right back to her. Eamon, on the other  hand, was still at a loss for words.

“Yes, I’d love your help. I have to stick around until  everyone leaves. I’ll make an  nnouncement to let them  know what time we have to be out of here. Then I can—no,  we—can start.”

“Sounds good. I’ll round up my sister to pitch in too,”  he said.

Opaline heard him chuckle and wondered if he had  offered his sister’s help without her knowledge.

I was born and
raised in the cold and beautiful Minnesota, but I escaped to Illinois for
seventeen years to raise my two boys, and now I call Florida home. My husband
Andy, who’s always been my hero, has put up with my late night computer typing
and endless stacks of papers with my stories on them. We have one furry friend
as family: Chip, a sixteen year old ragdoll cat.

Life has been
full of ups and downs, but I’ve made it through the hard times. I love to
travel and go to Disney World to trade pins.
I’ve been a bowler for many years, and you can catch me writing my next
novel at the lanes.

I encourage you
to check out my web site, www.sonjagunter.com for more info and don’t be surprised if I
let my Norwegian heritage come through in my stories.

Go Vikings! You
betcha!

 

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BOOK TOUR: Tangled in Water by Pam Records

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Book Title: Tangled in Water
Author: Pam Records
Publication Date: March 18th, 2025
Publisher: Historium Press
Pages: 418 pages
Genre: Historical Fiction

1932. Natalia is 16 and a bootlegger’s daughter, playing the mermaid mascot on a rundown paddlewheel used to entertain brewers and distributors. 

A sequined costume hides her scarred and misshaped legs, but it can’t cover up the painful memories and suspicions that haunt her. An eccentric healer who treats patients with Old Country tonics, tries to patch wounds, but only adds to the heartache. A fierce storm threatens to destroy everything, including a stash of stolen jewels.

1941. Prohibition is over, but the same henchmen still run the show. Nattie’s new mermaid act is more revealing, with more at risk. When the dry-docked paddlewheel is bought by the US Navy for training exercises, the pressure escalates further.

Can Nattie entice a cocky US Navy officer to help her gain access to the ship for one last chance to confront her past, settle scores, and retrieve the hidden loot? Is there a new course ahead?

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The water level was lower than usual. Every time she got out of the tank, she took water with her, leaving less and less. Cigarette butts floated, collecting in a corner. She’d have to type NO DROPPING TRASH IN THE MERMAID’S TANK on the next sign she made for the little silver frame on the post.

The sand in the bottom of her tank hid other tidbits, hardly trash. There were flat blue rocks, round and smooth, perfect for skipping. Then there were shells, mostly snail shells, mostly busted. At the very bottom was a gold bracelet with a charm, a mermaid, of course. It was a gift, the kind that could get a man killed. She couldn’t stand to look at it, couldn’t stand to throw it overboard either. 

More jewels had found their way into her tank. Passengers were so careless after a few whiskeys. They never noticed a bump or tug or twist from the clumsy cripple kid in sequins. There was an oval brooch with diamonds, a gold watch fob, red ruby earrings, a dangly necklace, a ring with every color in the world.

She had such a lovely collection. She sighed. If Mr. Whiskers were here, he’d purr. 

The calm before the storm.

She stirred the sand with a stick of driftwood, a prop that was quite useful for fishing in the sand and burying and unburying secrets. The bauble soup was a powerful remedy for lousy moods and for red-haired boys who didn’t show up when they promised and a railing that got busted on purpose because a drunkard deckhand talked to her one time too many. The soup sparkled, sun specks skimming the water’s surface.

Looking out over the onboarding passengers on the deck below, she scanned for sparkles. She could always use more. Her fingertips itched. Anticipation was almost as lovely as the prize.

There! A woman in a snappy white dress and hat with plumes all a-flutter had enough glitter around her neck to light up midnight on Mackinac Island. How splendidly cool to the touch they would be. Ice. Crisp. The edges would be hard and sharp. The centers would be molten, too hot to handle until they sizzle-cooled in her tank for a mermaid eon. Ten minutes, at least.

About the Author:

Pam and her husband, Mark, recently uprooted from the Midwest to move to Savannah, Georgia, the perfect place for enjoying the beach, historic architecture and Spanish moss.

She’s recently retired from writing content for software companies and now focuses on writing fiction, camping, and exploring historic cities.

Pam is the author of three historic novels.

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BOOK TOUR & GIVEAWAY: Morgan’s Landing by Linda Griffin

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Where is Julie Morgan?

Morgan’s Landing

by Linda Griffin

Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural

“Morgan’s Landing is a fast-paced, unpredictable
mystery you’ll devour in a single sitting.”

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In the small Maryland town of Morgan’s Landing,
fourteen-year-old Julie Morgan is living in comfort with her wealthy family.
She disappears on her way to school after a spat with her twin sister.

Detective Jim Brady, married and the father of two, has been on the Morgan’s
Landing police force for twelve years. He identifies a few suspects in the
girl’s disappearance—Is it the fired school janitor, a paroled sex offender,
Julie’s computer teacher…or his own teenage son? Jim can’t believe his son
could be involved, but his wife is convinced the boy is hiding something.

He needs to find Julie before the worst happens—and keep the peace at home.

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I was born and raised in San Diego, California and earned a
BA in English from San Diego State University and an MLS from UCLA. I began my
career as a reference and collection development librarian in the Art and Music
Section of the San Diego Public Library and then transferred to the Literature
and Languages Section, where I had the pleasure of managing the Central
Library’s Fiction collection. Although I also enjoy reading biography, memoir,
and history, fiction remains my first love. In addition to the three
R’s—reading, writing, and research—I enjoy Scrabble, movies, and travel.

My earliest ambition was to be a “book maker” and I wrote my
first story, “Judy and the Fairies,” with a plot stolen from a comic book, at
the age of six. I broke into print in college with a story in the San Diego
State University literary journal, The Phoenix, but most of my magazine
publications came after I left the library to spend more time on my writing.

My stories have been published in numerous journals,
including Eclectica, Thema Literary Journal, Avalon Literary Review, The Nassau
Review, and Orbis, and in the anthologies Short Story America, Vol. 2, The
Captive and the Dead, Australia Burns, 2023 in a Flash, and Apocalypse.

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