In today’s spotlight is a twisted take on the Little Mermaid tale, with a delicious cover to boot. Let us now fall under theSong of Dark Tides by Beka Westrup.
SONG OF DARK TIDESPublication Date: November 28, 2023
Genre: Very Dark Fantasy Romance / Fairy Tale Retelling
Viola is a sea witch cursed by Triton. Cast aside from the glittering city of Atlantis, she starves for power and a real life above the surface-two hungers her curse will never allow her to satiate. She patrols the sea she’s claimed for her own and the nearby human city, feeding on unjust men and oceanfolk alike.
When she meets Aric, Triton’s firstborn son and heir to the throne, she decides to forge her own future from his suffering. She could finally be free of her curse… if she can only manage to trick the heartless siren out of his soul.
Beka Westrup is a genre-hopping author of fantasy and romance. The Seldom Wings is her second full-length novel. She lives in the PNW with her husband and two children, collecting more books than she’ll ever be able to read and drinking copious amounts of iced coffee.
Indie Promotions spotlighted the first book in the Trident Trilogy so it is no surprise that we are more than happy to spotlight the release of book 2The Fall of Amethyst by Savannah L. Zher. BEHOLD!
THE FALL OF AMETHYST (A Trident Trilogy #2)
Publication Date: November 29, 2023 Genre: Fantasy Romance/ New Adult �� Enemies to Lovers �� Slow Burn �� Greek Myth Retelling �� He falls first
After learning that she’s the reincarnation of the Greek deity, Amphitrite, Amy has dealt with a lot.
From the mental whiplash of her childhood friend Percy actually being Poseidon to the unforgiving push into an ancient war against Zeus, she’s handled it.
But just when Amy’s beginning to accept that the world is more vast and magical than she thought, she’s betrayed by someone she trusts. Now she finds herself being held prisoner by an enemy much more sinister than Zeus …
Amy is determined to keep her faith in Percy coming to rescue her, but her captors are equally determined to turn her against him.
And there’s only so long she can withstand mental and physical torture, no matter how intriguing she might find one of her captors.
As Amy’s resolve grows weaker, and the call of the trident grows stronger, she is faced with the fact that not only is she in danger, but she might also be the danger.
Savannah Zherebnenko lives in the PNW with her husband, two kids, and three fur babies. When she’s not zombified from her young kids, you can find her in her garden or in the kitchen canning, baking, cooking… slaving. Just kidding about the last one. But really, and if she’s not doing any of those things, she’s curled up with a book and a full glass of wine.
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Caught in Today’s spotlight is the recently released pirate fantasy The Audient and the Phantom Night by Sadie Hewitt. Let’s read on me harties!
The Audient and the Phantom Night (The Aeglecian Seas #1)Publication Date: November 21, 2023
Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Pirate Fantasy
☠️ Grumpy/ Sunshine
☠️ Touch Her and D$%
☠️ Forced Proximity
☠️ Cursed Ships
☠️ Outlawed Magic
☠️ Spicy
The Legend of the Flying Dutchman meets Beauty and the Beast in this action-packed fantasy filled with searing romance, outlawed magic, and seafaring danger.
Fenna Terrigan never expected to leave her seaside village. She was too quiet, too gentle, and far too kind to take on life outside of the bookshop she works at. But when her brother shows up on her doorstep begging for aid, with a pirate lord hot on his tail, Fenna will do anything to protect him.
Devlin Cato is the captain of a cursed ship and can step foot on land for one day every seven years. Once again, he’s found himself using it to chase a deserter across the continent. His hunt is short-lived when Fenna agrees to take on her brother’s twenty-five-year debt in exchange for leaving her smoldering city to heal.
As Fenna spends more time aboard The Phantom Night with the ship’s mysterious and seductive captain, she soon finds herself caught between loyalty to her brother and her fiery passion for Devlin Cato. But the path to ending the curse isn’t as easy as it seems when Fenna’s dark secret is discovered– a secret that threatens the very foundation of the continent’s stability and one that anyone would be willing to kill for.
Sadie Hewitt is the author of stunning, fantastical mysteries that keep readers on their toes. She is an avid fantasy and thriller reader. Sadie is especially passionate about diverse representation and mental health recovery in fiction, allowing her to create wonderfully vivid and relatable characters who jump off the page.
When she’s not writing or working as a full-time respiratory therapist, she travels the world, spends time with her two dogs and husband, and scarfs pizza like it’s going out of style.
Celebrating the release of the third installment in the Blood Vier series Death Bringer by Christy R. Harrill. Let’ check it out.
The Death Bringer (The Blood Vier Series #3)
Publication Date: November 21, 2023
Genre: YA: Epic Fantasy
A Shadowy Throne.
A Lurking Assassin.
A Game of Survival in a Harrowing War.
Still reeling from the events that transpired in the tower, Vladimir struggles between doing what is right or what is easy for the kingdom, and Taryn is left questioning her future and its consequences. When an attack upends the security of the capital, her mother’s past comes haunting, trapping Taryn in a game of riddles that leads to imminent death. Loyalties are tested while destruction closes in, and the hungry beast of war prowls about, devouring every shred of hope and demanding the greatest of sacrifices.
Christy R. Harrill is the book-loving and anything medieval fantasy-obsessing author of the Blood Vier series. She lives in Oklahoma where she enjoys hiking with her dog Hank and devouring every book she possibly has time for. Christy loves winter and still hopes to attain the dream of getting snowed in with four feet of snow one day. She thinks that the only good thing about summer is wearing sandals, and has a weakness for buying pretty notebooks—even though she already owns far too many blank ones at home.
Published: September 26, 2023 (Notable Kids Publishing)
Tennyson has a BIG secret. He can do a MAGICAL thing. Guessing this quite spectacular, possibly loud, potentially outrageous, or ultimately endearing secret brings the reader to the heart of the latest picture book by renowned UK-based author A.H. Benjamin. Through simple dialogue and a smattering of outlandish and comical illustrations, this picture-walk, early-reader adventure follows young Tennyson and his highly confused kitten as we await the big reveal.
REVIEW
What is Tennyson’s secret? Author A.H. Benjamin guides us through a silly wacky list of what it could possibly be. The secret is magical though and it seems only Tennyson’s cat may know the truth.
Targeted for ages five and below this easy-read book will definitely light up a young reader’s life. We along with Benjamin try to guess Tennyson’s BIG Secret and some of the guesses are downright silly. Can Tennyson’s secret REALLY be that his hobby horse is faster than the fastest racehorse?
Trimarco’s illustrations bring it all to life with his big bright, vibrate-style art that will delight in young audiences especially when the story is read out loud. A definitely fun book to have in your young one’s book collection.
A. H. Benjamin is an international children’s author who has been writing books since the mid-eighties. Based in Lincolnshire, UK, he has been published by Andersen Press, O.U.P., Little Tiger Press, Franklin Watts, Q.E.D., and Tiger Tales (Penguin Random House). He has written over 50 books, which have been translated into more than 25 languages, including Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, Polish, Turkish, Afrikaans, Greek and Arabic. His books are very popular in schools, book clubs, and especially libraries, ranking among the highest in the UK Public Landing Right. In addition, some of his work has been adapted for radio, television, and theater.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Peter Trimarco started his professional doodling career as an editorial cartoonist in Chicago and Denver before turning to commercial art and designing packaging for music and film. Staying in the entertainment field, he published an international trade magazine for the film industry in partnership with major festivals and film markets worldwide. These days, he brings his creative juices to the printed page for youngsters. Trimarco is the illustrator on numerous picture books, including Now What? and the It’s Just So book series. His books have been critically acclaimed and honored with several prestigious awards, including the Foreword Indies and the Benjamin Franklin Awards.
The title hooked me in, thus I am once again with R&R Book Tours to celebrate the release of Bradford Tatum’s Hot Berry Punch.
Hot Berry Punch
Publication Date: November 14, 2023
Genre: Historical Fiction/ Fantasy/ Vampires
Emma May Shinnecock grew up wild on the remote Western prairies in the 1820s. Left free to roam and learn from the nature surrounding her, Emma’s hunger for life drives her to flaunt formal conventions as she discovers the world around her.
After embracing her first romantic liaison with a mysterious stranger, she is left with far more than a confusing introduction to love. She is now a Beguiler, a “blood thirster” with exciting new abilities and a deeper lust for life. But her condition comes with a steep price. For the Beguiler lures its victims by forcing Emma to appear to them as the lost loves they desire most. Can Emma ever be seen as she truly is? Or is she doomed to survive only by being what others want her to be?
From her cunning role as a frontier town madam to her flawed redemption as a preacher’s wife, to her passionate yet tragic life among a fringe clan of the Lakota, Emma’s quest to find love is a distinctly American twist on vampire lore you won’t soon forget.
Bradford Tatum’s award-winning debut novel I Can Only Give You Everything was published in 2010. His second novel, Only the Dead Know Burbank was published by HarperCollins in 2016 and received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly. His book Gray Matters has been used as a textbook in various college business communication courses.
Bradford began his career as an actor appearing in numerous television shows and movies such as 20th Century Fox’s submarine comedy DOWN PERISCOPE, Disney’s POWDER and HBO’s WESTWORLD.
He was a staff writer for Dick Wolf on the NBC series DEADLINE and has written and directed two award-winning independent features. He has won an Alfred P. Sloan grant for his written work as well as sold pitches to various production companies.
It’s book release day! Out today is Finney and the Secret Tunnel by Jamie Lane Barber.
For adventure read on!
Finney and the Secret Tunnel (A Finney and Mathmysterians Adventure)
Publication Date: November 14, 2023
Genre: MG Mystery/ STEM
Booby-trapped tunnels. Secret societies. Puzzles. A buried secret.
Finney’s sixth-grade math teacher might hand out too many worksheets and have a weird hang-toothed smile, but there’s something sincere about her that nudges Finney to follow her trail when she goes missing. Making her way through secret tunnels beneath the school, Finney’s now wrapped up in a secret society rivalry. In a race to solve puzzles and dodge dangerous boobytraps, can Finney uncover a world-changing secret left by one of the world’s greatest geniuses?
Jamie Lane Barber grew up in the southern California sun but enjoys her days now on the east coast in Virginia Beach. On top of writing and running a digital marketing agency, Jamie fills her time with shuttling her children between activities. Her kids and two crazy dogs help keep Jamie on her toes and always busy. Jamie enjoys karaoke nights with her husband, musical theatre, escape rooms, a tasty red wine, and, of course, reading.
I am always up and willing to support fellow authors. The Lost Daughters Trilogy is a brand-new, never-released, Asian fantasy trilogy featured first on Kickstarter. Each book stars a different princess of the Jinu Kingdom, betrayed and thrown out by her very own father, the king of Jinu, just because she wasn’t born a son. But what happens when a son is finally born and becomes the king’s biggest nightmare?
This campaign features a stunning deluxe edition omnibus with all the trimmings!
The rules of China dictate that sons reign supreme…
The Forgotten Daughter
Born a daughter into the kingdom of Jinu, Xiuying knows nothing but rejection and betrayal, even as a young child.
She is left forgotten and raised by maids while her parents, disgraced by her gender, tells the rest of the kingdom that she’s dead, when the only thing she wants is love.
And eventually, her father and king, Qianfan, sends her away to an abandoned island… to die.
The Broken Daughter
Xiaofan, the princess of Jinu, thinks she has it all.
Her parents love her. Her father gives her everything she’s always wanted.
But then her parents have another child.
And Xiaofan feels her entire world crumbling beneath her.
It’s time for her to become an orphan and pretend like she’s never been part of the kingdom.
The Righteous Son
After years and years of trying, the kingdom of Jinu has been blessed with a son!
However, disappointment ensues when Qianfan realizes that Jinhai is nothing like him.
That he’s weak, emotional, and unfit to be a king.
A shame to the family name.
The only way for Jinhai to prevent his father from destroying the kingdom with his conniving mother is to fight and take down the king for good.
But he’ll need the help of his sisters.
With their combined powers and fury, are the siblings strong enough to take down the monster who made their lives a living hell? Or will the dictator of Jinu continue to reign supreme and destroy anyone else who comes in his way?
Kickstarter investors will receive a 5×8″ 500+ page book that includes:
Blue faux leather and gold foil hardcover
Stenciled edges
Gorgeous gold foil reversible dust jacket
Color front-end sheet map
Color back-end sheet illustration
Beautiful deluxe interior layout
color interior illustrations
Hand-signed by Viola Tempest
Smyth-sewn binding
Viola Tempest is a dystopian fantasy and paranormal romance author who yearns to expose the truth of those in the modern world: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Her inspiration primarily stems from life experiences, those who annoy her, ex-boyfriends, and the crazy dreams that pop into her head every once in a while.
Today I’ve hooked up with R&R Book Tours for the fabulous cover reveal of Skin of a Sinner by Avina St. Graves. This cover is dark AF and the story sounds even darker. Read on if you dare.
Skin of A Sinner by Avina St. Graves
Expected Publication Date: December 12, 2023
Genre: Dark Romance/ Spicy
WarningCONTAINS
Stalking, dubious consent, consent-not-consent, primal kink, somnophilia, degradation, forced orgasm, blood play, breeding/ unprotected sex, kidnapping, murder, graphic violence, gore, torture, drugging, sexual assault (groping and verbal), depression, anxiety, prescription medication use, mental illness, eating disorder, (male) genital mutilation, drugs, swearing, poverty, child poverty, child abuse (psychological, physical, and sexual), obsessive, possessive, over the top MM.
Synopsis
No one tells you what to do when the boy who shattered your heart comes back to steal it.
Roman Riviera was my everything once upon a time. I found my knight in shining armor in the form of a fellow foster kid. He protected me and promised to stand by my side forever.
But Roman Riviera is a liar.
He left me with monsters.
Three years later, I found him in the middle of the night, soaked in my family’s blood and carving his initials into my foster brother’s skin. He tied me up and dragged me away from the life I had made without him.
I tried to run, but he chased me. I wanted to scream, but the sound never came out.
He says that I’m never getting away from him. He says he’s back for good. I don’t believe him.
From an early age, romance author Avina St. Graves spent her days imagining fantasy worlds and dreamy fictional men, which spurred on from her introverted tendencies. In all her daydreaming, there seemed to be a reoccurring theme of morally grey female characters, love interests that belong in prison, and unnecessary trauma and bloodshed.
Much to everyone’s misfortune, she now spends her days in a white-collar job praying to every god known to man that she might be able to write full-time and give the world more red flags to froth over.
Freelance Writer Janny(Jan Marie)C 