Featured Book: Seasons of Love

Seasons of Love - A collection of four, seasonally-themed short stories by [Kristine Raymond]

 A collection of short stories to entertain throughout the year by Kristine Raymond

Four couples. Four seasons. A lifetime of love.

Dogwoods in Springtime

Still in mourning three years after her husband’s death, Caroline Ballard’s solitary life in rural Kentucky is disrupted by a broken water line, of all things. As if the lack of running water wasn’t bad enough, her immediate attraction to plumbing contractor Rick Spencer unearths emotions long thought buried. Opening her heart to love for a second time, a malicious lie told by his ex-wife threatens to end the budding relationship before it begins.

Seashells in Summer

Having adopted her four-year-old daughter, Lily, at birth, Taylor Brightman is suspicious when former Marine Sergeant Grant Cutler appears on her Nantucket Island doorstep claiming to be the girl’s biological father. Wary of his motives, his good looks and charming personality win her over, but can she trust that she won’t lose custody along with her heart?

Aspens in Autumn

Ramsey Fiorentino is having a bad day. On the run for her life after witnessing a murder, she’s being pursued by none other than Bishop Hamilton, a private investigator hired by the person who committed the crime. When he catches up to her and the truth comes out, they flee to the mountains of Flagstaff, Arizona to hide, but it’s only a matter of time before their newfound romance is tested in the wake of a deadly confrontation.

Snowflakes in Winter

When New Hampshire State Trooper Alex Ballard becomes stranded during a blizzard in the middle of the night, he seeks refuge at a local bed and breakfast, surprised to discover the owner, Chloe Mancuso, is the sole occupant. A passionate night spent in each other’s arms ignites feelings neither thought possible, but there’s someone else with his eye on Chloe and he’s not willing to share.

“…each story is drastically different from the others. I enjoyed how each season also had you feeling

their pain and/or adventure.”, _ Review by Lisa from Up All Night w/ Books Blog

“The covers reflect the storyline settings, and in the last story a link between the stories is revealed. It was fun “meeting” the characters and they all ended too quickly for me. Any time of the year is a perfect time to fall in love.”, _ Review by Badass Lioness

“I really enjoyed reading Seasons of Love. The novellas were sweet and touching and perfect for reading at the beach! They all had a good storyline, and the writing was well done.”, _ Rachel, Reviewer from BehindClosedDoors Book Review

More from Kristine Raymond:

About Kristine:

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It wasn’t until later in life that Kristine Raymond figured out what she wanted to be when she grew up, an epiphany that occurred in 2013 when she sat down and began writing her first novel. Over a dozen books in multiple genres later, there are a multitude of ideas floating around in her head thus assuring she’ll never be idle.

When a spare moment does present itself, she fills it by navigating the publishing and promotional side of the business. When not doing that, she spends time with her husband and furbabies (not necessarily in that order) at their home in south-central Kentucky, gardens, reads, or binge-watches Netflix.

To find out more, please visit her website at www.kristineraymond.com and follow her on FacebookInstagramTwitter, and BookBub.

To request additional review copies or an interview with Kristine Raymond, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.  

 

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Featured Audiobook: Owl and the Tiger Thieves: The Owl Series

Owl and the Tiger Thieves: The Owl Series

Owl’s Journey Continues now in Audio Format!!

By Critically Acclaimed author, Krista Charish

Through no fault of her own, Alix has found herself essential to the fate of the world as we know it. She didn’t mean for this to happen – she was quite happy being merely the notorious antiquities thief, and ex-archeologist, known as Owl. 

However, years ago, Owl reluctantly entered the secret world of the supernatural. Her goals: complete one job, escape one bounty on her head, continue her thieving in peace. Fast forward to today. Now, she has become a key player in a brutal paranormal civil war that is rapidly getting out of hand. The leader of one of these factions – a lethal opponent called the Electric Samurai – grows more powerful by the second. To stop him, Owl sets out to find the long-lost, legendary group known as the Tiger Thieves. But will it be too little too late? One thing Owl misses about “normal” archaeology: there are few emergencies with thousand-year-old relics.

In this fourth Owl novel, Kristi Charish (The Voodoo Killings) melds sparkling fantasy with the grit of urban underbelly – with a detour through the world’s most spectacular cities. This is perfect for fans of Kim Harrison, Jim Butcher, Jennifer Estep, Jenn Bennett, and fantasy lovers everywhere. 

More Book in Series:

“A great new fantasy series of fans of Indiana Jones and Buffy the Vampire Slayer…Here’s to hoping this will be the first of many outings for Owl.” ― Library Journal, starred review

 “Alix – Owl – ain’t your parent’s Indiana Jones; she’s a tech savvy, gadget friendly, plain speaking, cat loving, Corona drinking, hardcore gamer gal.” ― LitStack 

 “She is an archaeologist, renegade, fantasy game lover, and thief who lives in a wacky world populated by dragons, nagus, and vampires. She is Owl, and we meet her for the first time in Owl and the Japanese Circus, a book that’s fast-paced, humorous, action-filled, and completely original. Kristi Charish has created a wonderful, quirky character in Owl, and I predict this adventure is going be only the first of many.” — Ian Hamilton, author of the Ava Lee novels

ABOUT KRISTI:

Kristi Charish is the author of KINCAID STRANGE, a paranormal mystery series about a voodoo practitioner living in Seattle with the ghost of a grunge rocker, and THE ADVENTURES OF OWL, an adventure fantasy about ex-archaeology grad student turned international antiquities thief, Alix— better known now as Owl—a modern-day “Indiana Jane” who reluctantly navigates the hidden supernatural world. 

Kristi writes what she loves; adventure heavy stories featuring strong, protagonists, pop culture, and the occasional RPG fantasy game thrown in the mix. Kristi  is also a scientist. She has a BSc and MSc from Simon Fraser University in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and a PhD in Zoology from the University of British Columbia. She specializes in genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology and gratuitously uses her expertise throughout her fiction. You can find Kristi with her laptop on Vancouver film sets, getting paid to write while filling in the background.   More information about Kristi can be found at: Kristi Charish, Author

 To request additional review copies or an interview with Kristi Charish, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

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Featured Book: Galen’s Way: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure

Galen's Way: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure by [Richard Paolinelli]

 

A Space Opera Set In The StarQuest Saga 

By Dragon Award Finalist, Richard Paolinelli

Millions of years in the future, humanity has been driven out of the Milky Way and now calls the Andromeda Galaxy home. Lost in their murky past are the tales of great knights that held the line against the invasion of a dark force until the rest of humanity could escape their doom. The last and greatest of these knights was Galen Underwood.

Long after that heroic stand, a mercenary by the name of Galen Dwyn has been hired to rescue a kidnapped princess. Enticed by a healthy down payment and a chance to settle an old score, Galen accepts the job, only to find out it’s a lot more than he bargained for.

Soon Galen finds himself weaving and dodging through a web of political intrigue as the very forces that chase him have set in motion plans that will throw the galactic alliance into civil war.

To his surprise, he also finds that the rescued princess might not be quite the spoiled brat he rescued from the clutches of her keeper.

Accompanied by the princess, his former mentor, and a snarky AI, Galen sets out to find a way to outsmart entire kingdoms, keep the princess alive, and avert the deaths of millions.

Of course, he’ll also learn the reasons behind his namesake’s chosen path, as he realizes that the only way to win is Galen’s way.

MORE BY RICHARD PAOLINELLI:

ABOUT RICHARD:

Richard began his writing journey as a freelance writer in 1984 and gained his first fiction credit serving as the lead writer for the first two issues of the Elite Comics sci-fi/fantasy series, Seadragon. In 2010, Richard retired as a sportswriter and returned to his fiction writing roots. Since then he has written several award-winning novels, two non-fiction sports books, and has appeared in several anthologies including eight of the 11-book Tuscany Bay Books’ Planetary Anthology Series and five Sherlock Holmes collections. He also writes a weekly Star Trek fan fiction series, The Calling, on his website, www.scifiscribe.com.

He has multiple novels planned for release this year including the upcoming novel, Galen’s Way, a space opera set in award-winning author John C. Wright’s Starquest Universe and it is due out in just a few weeks. Galen’s Way is the first of six planned novels connected to Starquest that Richard will be writing and releasing over the next two years. He also has three other standalone novels planned for release over the next year.

He also occasionally fills in as a guest co-host here on The Writer’s Block whenever Jim Christina’s horse runs off and leaves him stranded in the middle of the desert.  

To request additional review copies or an interview with Richard Paolinelli, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

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New Release: CANTERBERRY TALES by C.P. Hoff

Canterberry Tales by [C.P Hoff]

A fun-filled look into a precocious child by critically acclaimed author, C.P. Hoff

Pull up your knee socks and buckle your pinchy shoes, your childhood is calling. Celia Canterberry, a precocious seven-year-old, hell bent on saving earthworms, is about to drag you down memory lane and remind you what it was like to look at a careworn world with wide-eyed bemusement. Now take a deep breath. Smell that? Nostalgia.

Celia flits through the streets of Happy Valley to her Nan’s chagrin, causing havoc wherever she goes. She’s so infamous, she’s got her own comic strip in the local paper, and Old Lady Griggs, her babysitter, is only too happy to read it with her. But what Celia secretly wants to know is where she came from. You see, Celia was abandoned at the hospital by her should-have-been parents, and her Nan won’t explain how or why…

More from C.P. Hoff:

 

About C.P. Hoff:

C.P. Hoff lives in southern Alberta with her husband, and the child who has yet to fly the coop.  She has written for the local paper, which might be impressive if she lived in New York, and if anyone read the local paper.

Hoff is presently writing two series.  Her novel, A Town Called Forget, was longlisted for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour.

More information can be found about C.P. Hoff at: C. P. Hoff – C. P. Hoff: Author of the Picaresque Chronicles

To request additional review copies or an interview with C.P. Hoff, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925. 

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New Release: One London Day by C.C. Humphreys

One London Day by [C C  Humphreys]

A New Direction In Crime By International Bestselling Author and Arthur Ellis Award Winner Chris (CC) Humphreys

July 30th 2018. It’s the hottest Summer in fifty years and Joseph Severin, a respectable North London businessman, has taken on a lucrative side job. He’s doing the books, old school, (because these days the only trail you can’t trace is a paper one) for a rogue MI5 outfit, the Shadows, headed by clever, psychopathic Sebastien. When the game is rumbled, he sends their hitman, Mr Phipps, to kill Severin and get those books back.

For a simple man, Severin has a complicated life. He’s developed a sudden and wild passion for Lottie – aka ‘chaos on two legs’. Who is in love with Patrick, the next hot young black actor. Who is obsessed by Sonya, a gorgeous Russian escort. Who has one night to make the final money she needs for her daughter’s cancer operation. With MI6 onto them, and the books missing, the Shadows panic. And a day that begins with a hit in Finchley ends in violence and betrayal on the steamy night streets of Portobello.


ONE LONDON DAY is a daisy chain tale of characters and connections, a contemporary London Noir. Like that genre’s 40’s origins, this story has its hood, its moll, its femme fatale, its fancy boy. Everyone is both protagonist and antagonist. No one gets out unharmed – and some don’t get out at all.

More From Chris (C.C.) Humphreys:

“Chris Humphreys imbues this tale with the art of weaving, not only as the core of this book, but also in the manner in which he so deftly positions reality with fantasy – a true and splendid tapestry of a story that primes for the next installments in this Tapestry Trilogy. Very highly recommended!”, Grady Harp, Top 100 Reviewer for Amazon and Top Shelf Magazine.                               

About Chris:

 Chris (C.C.) Humphreys has played Hamlet in Calgary, a gladiator in Tunisia, and a dead immortal in Highlander; he’s waltzed in London’s West End, conned the landlord of the Rovers Return in Coronation Street, commanded a starfleet in Andromeda, and voiced Salem the cat in the original Sabrina. He has published 20 novels including The French Executioner, The Jack Absolute Trilogy; Vlad – The Last Confession; A Place Called Armageddon; and Shakespeare’s Rebel. His novel Plague won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in Canada in 2015. He is now also writing epic fantasy with the Immortals’ Blood Trilogy, for Gollancz; the first book, Smoke in the Glass, was published in 2019 and Book Two: The Coming of the Dark in 2020. The epic conclusion, The Wars of Gods and Men, will be published in 2021.

He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. He wears a unicorn signet ring and always wondered why. The Hunt of the Unicorn begins to answer that question.

More information about Chris can be found on his website at: CHRIS HUMPHREYS – Chris Humphreys (authorchrishumphreys.com) or on his Wikipedia page at: Chris Humphreys – Wikipedia

Chris is available for interviews, media appearances, speaking engagements, and/or book review requests – please contact mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com by email or by phone at 403.464.6925.

                                          

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New Release: In Memory of Michelle by Sahara Foley

New Release: In Memory of Michelle by Sahara Foley

A haunting camping trip from the Twilight Zone.

All he wants is to fish along the mighty Missouri River. Instead of relaxation, he discovers an unknown species lurking in the dark waters.

As fear turns to familiarity, he strives to learn their ways… until disaster strikes. Now, it’s up to him to save them.
Will he be able to rescue them in time, or will they be lost to mankind forever?

Fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz will enjoy this short, supernatural tale.

Other Books by Sahara:

 

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Zeece Lugo Books

Shop for Zeecé Lugo Books

It’s been seven years since I started self-publishing my late husband’s stories.  Sadly, most of the indie authors I hung around with at that time have stopped writing.  Publishing books is a tough endeavor.  We all had stars in our eyes that we would find tons of fans who loved our stories.  Unfortunately, that doesn’t happen. There is a huge learning curve and most eventually give up.

However, I’m still slugging away.  Why?  Who knows.  I guess I love the chaos.  LOL. 

Anyway, one of the few remaining friends I made back then is also fighting the battle.  Zeece Lugo is an amazing writer and I’ve read almost all of her books. 

Angel's Guardian

Zeece  has written the Angel’s Guardian Series which is a fabulous vampire series.  She has a different perspective about the bloodsuckers and I fell in love with the characters.

Daniel's Fork

But, the first books I read from Zeece was the Daniel’s Fork series.  She has since renamed and recovered the books.  You can still see the originals on my right sidebar as I rated everyone of them a 5 star.  

Vampires in the Mist

What I have left to read is Vampires in the Mist 6 book series.  They are on my TBR list with like 300 others.  LOL.  I’m sure I’ll be giving them 5 stars too.

So, if you support indie authors and love paranormal romance with erotic, you NEED to check out her store.  

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Fantasy & Science Fiction Giveaway

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