Saturday, March 13, 2021

Book Blitz ~ Killer Cocktail by David M. Hamlin



Mystery, Crime

Date Published: January 2021

Publisher: Open Books Press

Chicago TV reporter Emily Winter is drawn into a complicated and challenging investigation when a women’s health clinic is destroyed and a cherished member of the clinic’s staff is killed. While her skill, talent and contacts lead her to many likely suspects — anti-abortion activists, a wealthy donor to that cause, a disgruntled former clinic employee, a real estate broker — she also encounters stone walls and silence. As her investigation moves slowly forward, Emily relies on her husband Ben and Ben’s street-savvy Uncle Max, her news staff colleagues and a group of women, all of whom have shattered glass ceilings. When two sniper attacks threaten her life, Emily grows even more determined to solve the crime until — over-coming multiple obstacles including a sexist police information officer — she solves the murder and brings the killers to justice.

Also by David M. Hamlin


Winter in Chicago

Drugs, death and rock and roll on Chicago’s AM radio dial…

Before dawn in January, 1975, Emily detours from her normal route to work in the newsroom of Chicago’s top pop rock station to investigate a crime scene. The police believe the body on the street is a suicide. Emily is stunned to discover that the dead woman is a dear friend since high school. Unable to fathom why Beni Steinart would take her own life, Emily begins an investigation that leads to a trunk-load of cocaine, Federal narcotics charges, abuse of power and a perplexing mystery – suicide or murder?

Emily’s reporting triggers an explosive battle between two men who tower over their city. Cary Chase is Chicago’s most prominent bachelor, a wealthy entrepreneur whose mansion is the epicenter of Chicago’s elite society. United States Attorney Tommy “Tommy Terrific” Jameson is ambitiously determined to rid his city of corruption on his way up to the Governor’s office and perhaps even higher.

Drawing on an eclectic roster of news sources and WEL colleagues and her own considerable talent and determination, Emily uncovers the full story of her friend’s death in a remarkable confrontation which produces front page headlines and restores one life as it ruins another.

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Winter Gets Hot

Winter in Chicago journalist Emily Winter is the first reporter on the scene of a gruesome murder in the offices of CARD, a civic organization that investigates corruption in City Hall. Although she has proven herself to be a skilled reporter with at least one headline making story to her credit, her new TV boss assigns her to a more “ladylike” beat—lifestyle and feature stories.

Determined to overcome the sexism that inhibits her career, Emily works her way into hard news coverage, including the story of the murder at CARD, but she faces major obstacles on all fronts as she pursues the killer.

As the case twists and turns, Emily navigates the city she loves, relishing Chicago’s architecture, neighborhood restaurants, culture and her beloved, if hapless, Chicago Cubs.

Will she uncover the murderer and bring justice for those who depend on hard-working journalists to write the stories that define their lives? Find out in Winter Gets Hot!

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About The Author

David M. Hamlin is the author of three Emily Winter mysteries as well as short fiction which has appeared in Mystery Weekly Magazine and Potato Soup Journal. He is also the author of two non-fiction books (The Nazi/Skokie Conflict, 1980; Los Angeles’s Original Farmers Market, 2009), countless editorial page commentaries, free-lance articles and a political satire column. Mr. Hamlin is a former ACLU executive and partner in a successful Los Angeles PR agency which specialized in social justice campaigns. He lives, writes and plays tennis in Palm Springs California; Mr. Hamlin’s wife, Sydney Weisman, is an accomplished journalist, publicist and cabaret performer.

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Book Tour & Giveaway ~ The Blaire Thorne by N Gray




Ulysses Exposed
Blaire Thorne Book 1
by N Gray
Genre: Dark Urban Fantasy


Secrets always reveal themselves. As I discover more of who I am, I realize I may be the monster everyone warned me about...

I should have died. Instead, I wake with strangers beside me in an unknown place and healed from my near-fatal wounds. 

They say I have no powers, that I'm only human. But I have amnesia and no longer able to mask who I truly am and now everybody knows what I am. 

I'm no longer safe.

Can I trust the vampire who saved my life? And can the were-leopard tasked with helping me understand my past, accept me for who I really am before the threat returns to finish what they started?

Ulysses Exposed is a dark adult urban fantasy with a hint of romance.

Fans of True Blood will be transported into a new world where nothing is as it seems.

Reader discretion is advised, recommended ages 17+ due to language and sexual content.

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Voodoo Priest
Blaire Thorne Book 2


I’m Blaire Thorne, an assassin with powers… 

Even though I still have amnesia, I’m slowly getting to grips with my job as an assassin and a were-leopard I’m bound to (against my wishes, but he did it to save my life). 

Ralph has asked me to join him in bringing down a serial killer in Sterling Meadow who murders men with similar physical attributes, removes their internal organs and replaces them with a small voodoo doll.

As we close the case, my relationship with Sebastian develops, and I discover more about my past when I find myself in the middle of a nightmare.

A nightmare that could change everything … 

Voodoo Priest is a dark adult urban fantasy with a hint of romance.

Fans of True Blood will be transported into a new world where nothing is as it seems.

Reader discretion is advised, recommended ages 17+ due to language and sexual content.

**Only .99 cents!!**



Butterflies and Hurricanes
Blaire Thorne Book 3


Just when my life resembles some normalcy, it ends when I’m invited to Chicago by the dying king rat…

His fragile life rests in my hands when disaster strikes not only in Chicago but back home in Sterling Meadow.

A new werewolf has moved to town and things happen—from missing were-animals to random murders where a deadly serum is the murder weapon. Once again, I’m stuck in the middle of a potential war between shifters and an unknown force no one has confronted yet.

At least I discovered my daughter’s whereabouts, but before I can make the trip, the man I’ve fallen in love with is infected and needs me.

Can I find my daughter before it’s too late and solve the mystery of the deadly serum killing shifters before I lose everything?

Butterflies and Hurricanes is a dark adult urban fantasy with a hint of romance.

Fans of True Blood will be transported into a new world where nothing is as it seems.

Reader discretion is advised, recommended ages 17+ due to language and sexual content.

**Only .99 cents!!**



Salvation
Blaire Thorne Book 4


My past reveals the consequences of my future…

Ralph and I investigate the disappearances of children when the call I've been dreading all these years finally happens. Scout is in grave danger. As much as I don't want to admit it, the only way Scout can survive this is if she and Mason leave Sterling Meadow forever. Through tears of anger and a strong will to survive, I pack their bags and, with a heavy heart, send them away.

Now I have the time to focus on the man who ruined my life and exact revenge on him.

Allow me to take you back to the day everything changes, so I can fight in my future—a future where all is revealed, and the consequences of my actions threaten to change everything.

Salvation is a dark adult urban fantasy with a hint of romance.

Fans of True Blood will be transported into a new world where nothing is as it seems.

Reader discretion is advised, recommended ages 17+ due to language and sexual content.

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Underworld Legacy
Blaire Thorne Book 5


Scout meets her father, I'm pregnant and crying over spilled milk...

That day has finally arrived, Scout meets her dad - Lord of the Underworld, and my first true love. As much as I'm going to miss her, she needs to meet the rest of her family, even if it's where the dead reside.

With the swell of my belly, everybody anxiously awaits the arrival of our son. But, it seems he is so different he is going to be normal. A normal boy surrounded by monsters is crazy especially if both his parents are supernatural...

Will Scout forgive me for keeping secrets, and will our baby finally turn?

Underworld Legacy is a dark adult urban fantasy with a hint of romance.

Fans of True Blood will be transported into a new world where nothing is as it seems.

Reader discretion is advised, recommended ages 17+ due to language and sexual content.




As much as I'm going to miss Scout, she needs to meet the rest of her family, even if it's where the dead reside...

“Well, to be honest, I’ve never met the chef,” — then he whispered, — “and I don’t want to.” He winked. In a firmer tone he added, “In all the time I’ve worked for Victor, I’d only eaten here a handful of times and never saw the creature who made it. The only dish I ate was this one,” — he pointed at brown balls that looked like cooked dough. “I’m not sure what you call it, but it’s like a savory donut. Inside, it’s loaded with vegetables and cheese. Those dishes over there,” — he pointed at the one that looked like a strangled grilled chicken, — “skinned peacock with stuffed baby snakes. When you slice the bird open, the baby snakes gush out and slither into your lap. That,” — he pointed at something brown and slimy, reminding me of fried livers, — “mashed mermaid brains. Those are pixie-stix.” The tray he pointed at looked like a deep-fried frog dish with legs sticking in different directions. “And you know the eyeball soup over there, and that’s the quiche Minotaur balls.” – River




N Gray is a South African author who loves reading in the genre she writes in-- thrillers, urban fantasy, horror, and now paranormal romance.
She still has a day job as an analyst and provider profiler for a medical insurance company, but her heart lies with writing where she creates fictional characters you’ll love, while others you want to kill yourself.
She loves walks on the beach, watching movies with her daughter, and reading.
She’s available on most social platforms, so come say hi.



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Friday, March 12, 2021

New Release ~ The Tethered Soul of Easton Green by Laura C. Reden



Title: The Tethered Soul of Easton Green
Series: The Tethered Souls Series Book 1
Author: Laura C. Reden
Genre: Romance (light paranormal)
Release Date: March 12, 2021


You’ve heard the term “old soul” before . . . But what if some souls simply never die at all?

It couldn’t be a worse time for Everly Beck to find her soulmate—the same day she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Then again, the timing couldn’t be much better either. At twenty-two, a matter of months is all she has left, and her bucket list includes some epic items that demand a helping hand. Reeling from an impossible diagnosis, Everly chances upon Easton Green as he’s about to jump off the New River Bridge. Beck persuades him to stick around for just a little while longer, and as possible fate would have it, Easton is exactly what she needs to get through this difficult time.

Yet, there’s something unique about Easton that Beck can’t put her finger on. He’s hiding his past—perhaps for good reason. Could their bond be enough to transcend a lifetime?




*****
So impressed!
No review will give this book justice. This book was so well written that it was made for the Big Screen! Full of detail and every emotion from smiles and laughter to passion and heartache. This is a timeless love story to last more than just one lifetime. Beck is so easy to relate to and Easton is someone everyone needs and wants in their lifetime. Easton is a “broken soul...a tethered soul” but one I would quickly without hesitation sign up to feel and share life with. I can’t wait for more! Well done!
-Lisa
*****
Emotional tale that will make you laugh and cry. A love story that tears at your heart and leaves you anticipating the next book. It’s an easy read that you can’t put down!
-Judy
“The first time I died was the hardest. I was a mess, not yet callused to say goodbye and overwhelmed by the fear of uncertainty. Still, it was one of my favorites . . . because that’s the one in which I met Easton Green.” –The Tethered Soul of Easton Green, By: Laura C. Reden

Laura C. Reden is an emerging author of paranormal, romance, and young adult urban fantasy.

Overcoming the struggles of dyslexia, Laura found that creative passion and hard work triumphs over her disadvantage.

Laura is a Southern Californian native, wife, and mother of two daughters. Her pastimes include video production, pottery, and horseback riding. While she received an education in social and behavioral science, she currently works as the chief financial officer for her family-owned law firm in San Diego.


 


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