Cover Reveal for The Bluff by Allana Kephart & Melissa Simmons

The Bluff

Gumshoes & Grifters #2

By- Allana Kephart & Melissa Simmons

Genre- New Adult Contemporary/Suspense

Expected Publication Date- TBA

Cover Designed by: Designs by Starla

Murder is a small price to pay…

   

Once upon a time, Elise Cavanaugh had a plan: get close to Carter Emerson, find out what the cops knew about her crimes and then skip town. But that was before things became complicated by her pesky feelings for the Chief of Police’s son. Now her world is unraveling a little at a time and she needs a new way out.

Murder is a small price to pay…

   

Carter Emerson has lost more than he can bear. His best friend has been missing for years, his girlfriend is keeping dangerous secrets and his family is fractured. His grades are dropping at an alarming rate, putting his dreams of becoming a lawyer in jeopardy as well. With things spiraling even further out of control, Carter doesn’t know where to turn.

   

Murder is a small price to pay...

   

When an unexpected guest appears to mourn the Emerson family’s loss, Elise's schemes become near impossible for her to bluff her way out of. With Carter's attention elsewhere and her brother out for blood, Elise finds herself caught in a war of epic proportions that she never wanted to be a part of. But when her lies surface, will Elise realize in the end, murder really is a small price to pay?

About the authors-

Allana Kephart has been making things up and bending people to her will from a very young age. She loves animals and reading and spends a large amount of time thinking up ways to torment her characters. She shares a brain, a love of coffee and the color purple with her alter ego/best friend/co-author, Melissa Simmons.

Melissa Simmons is an avid reader who married her soul mate and is the proud mother of a spoiled cat. She spends her days helping promote independent authors and doing what the voices in her head tell her to. She shares a brain, a love of coffee and the color purple with her alter ego/best friend/co-author, Allana Kephart.

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Blog Tour {Spotlight} The Diamond Peak Series by Tahlia Newland

Lethal Inheritance

Diamond Peak Series Book #1

By- Tahlia Newland

Genre- YA Fantasy 

A scream pierces the night. Ariel jolts awake and watches in horror as demons drag her mother into a hidden realm. She finds help and sets off on a rescue mission. But to defeat the demons, who feed on fear and seek to enslave the human race, she must learn a secret esoteric wisdom to awaken the dormant, but potentially explosive, power of her mind.

Walnut, a quirky old wise man, guides her through treacherous inner and outer landscapes, and Nick, the powerful Warrior who travels with them, proves a dangerous attraction. Can Ariel defeat the sadistic demon lord before he kills her and enslaves her mother?

The stakes are high, death a real possibility. Fail now, and she fails humanity.

This book has been awarded the AIA Seal of Excellence in Fiction and the BRAG Medallion for Outstanding Fiction.

   

  

Stalking Shadows

Diamond Peak Series Book #2

By- Tahlia Newland

Genre- YA Fantasy 

Ariel hopes that the great library at Sheldra holds the key to rescuing her mother. But in order to get there, she must negotiate a forest of evil spirits, escape a mind-numbing city of sparkling towers, travel through the treacherous gullies of Minion Hills, and avoid an attack by a demon lord intent on killing her.

At the same time, a battle rages between her heart and her mind. A relationship with her travelling companion, the enigmatic Nick, is just too tempting, but can they be together without Ariel losing her focus and falling to the demons? Her life is at stake, but also her heart. She risks encasing it in stone and denying herself the very sustenance she needs.

Will they make it to the safe haven of Sheldra, or will Ariel die at the hands of the yellow-eyed demon?

This book has been awarded the AIA Seal of Excellence in Fiction

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Demon’s Grip

Diamond Peak Series Book #3

By- Tahlia Newland

Genre- YA Fantasy

Ariel thought she knew her travelling companion, Nick, but she discovers that at the University of Sheldra, he’s a respected translator with little time to spare. Now that he isn't at her side all the time, she wishes he was, and when she finally admits her love, powerful emotions sweep her away.

The demon lord Emot takes advantage of her inexperience in matters of the heart and preys on her desire, setting off a struggle with addiction that threatens to break Nick's heart and turn Ariel into the demon's mindless slave. She must reach deep into her soul and find the mystical power she needs to kill the one who promises pleasure but delivers only pain. Fail, and she will lose the one she loves and spend an eternity in the demon's grip.

This book has been awarded the AIA Seal of Excellence in Fiction

  

 

Eternal Destiny

Diamond Peak Series Book #4

By- Tahlia Newland

Genre- YA Fantasy

Ariel and Nick face their deepest fears and their greatest challenge as they search for the Master Demon who holds the key to the future of mankind. Slay him and the world goes free; fail, and it falls irrevocably into violence and chaos.

Guided by a wisdom master of a mystical tradition that uses mind power as the basis of powerful magic, the assault party travels from the ancient granite walls of the Hermitage, up the Steps of Death, and through a labyrinth of shifting gorges to the Palace of Skulls. Even if Nick wins his struggle with the scars of his past and defeats the green-eyed head of the Cogin clan, they still must cross the scree slope, where the bones of Ariel's father lie, to get to the ice caves beneath the summit where the Master Demon awaits.

The journey is extraordinary, the enemies are deadly and the ending is mind-blowing.

This book has been awarded the AIA Seal of Excellence in Fiction

  

  

About the Author-

Tahlia Newland, author of the multi-award-winning Diamond Peak Series, writes heart-warming and inspiring magical realism and contemporary fantasy. She is also an editor, a reviewer, an occasional high school teacher, and a mask-maker who loves creating digital art and sitting on her veranda staring at the rain forest. 

Tahlia has studied with top Australian editors and has a Certificate in Editing and Proofreading. Before writing full time, she had over 20 years’ experience in scripting and performing as a dancer/mine in Visual Theatre and Theatre in Education. She has had extensive training in meditation and Buddhist philosophy and lives in Australia with a husband, a teenage daughter, and a cheeky Burmese cat called George.