RELEASE BLITZ ~ Fear by Isabella Phoenix

Title: Fear
Author: Isabella Phoenix
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Cover Designer: Jodielocks Designs
Publication Date: June 24^th, 2021
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Blurb:

What would you do if fear gripped you tight and refused to let go?

Would you cower in its clutches or stand and fight?

When Greenlife captured Amaya, I thought that was the worst of what was to come.

Turns out I was wrong. This is only just the beginning of the level of depravity that they have sunk to.

I’m desperate to utilise my new powers, to go and rescue her, but I wasn’t prepared for them to fight back, or the wickedness they seem to revel in.

But through all the heartache and fear, I am unbreakable. With my new friends and three men who will protect me at all costs, my determination is stronger than the enemies circling closer.

The war has just begun.

We will not be beaten.

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Isabella lives near London in the UK with her husband, two children and two furbabies. She fell in love with reading at a young age, always getting lost in a book which still happens to this day.

Isabella loves nothing more to relax than having a nice cup of tea and watching cheesy reality T.V and gripping films.

When she isn't busy writing, she can be found spending time and exploring new places with her family.

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RELEASE BLITZ ~ Red Rover by S.L. Waters

Title: Red Rover (An Olivia Darrow Mystery, Book 5)
Author: S.L. Waters
Genre: Mystery, Erotic
Publication Date: June 20^th, 2021
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Blurb:

Red Rover, red rover, send Olivia over … to the other side.

Homicide Detective Olivia Darrow narrowly escaped being convicted for a crime she didn’t commit. But her troubles didn’t end there. Trapped in her undercover roll as the personal assistant to corrupt businessman Luke Cobb, darkness is closing in once more.

New enemies. Malicious threats. High-profile murders. Only by carefully balancing her personas does Olivia hold any hope of protecting those she holds dear.

Delving deeper into the world of back alley deals and corporate espionage, can Olivia find a way to prevent the collapse of the Civic Security Bureau? Or will the next body found be her own?

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RELEASE BLITZ ~ Distracting the Deputy by Shanna Hatfield

Title: Distracting the Deputy
Author: Shanna Hatfield
Genre: Romance
Editor: Katrina Faire
Publisher: Wholesome Hearts Publishing
Publication Date: June 22^nd, 2021
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Blurb:

Trouble is coming, but for whom?

When he’s not evading grabby-handed octogenarians, mentoring troubled teens, or rescuing rascally youngsters from disaster, Deputy Knox Strickland can be found upholding the law in the eastern Oregon region he patrols. He avoids making plans for tomorrow, focusing instead on doing his best today. Then one chance encounter with a beautiful woman in a wheat field turns his world upside down. Knox is left questioning what secrets she’s hiding, and how hard he’ll have to work to scale the fortress she's built around her heart.

Zadie Redmond isn’t like most women. A life spent looking over her shoulder has destroyed the promising future she’d once envisioned. Her days are spent leading hunting and fishing adventures or teaching tiny ballerinas the proper way to plié. She fills her evenings with do-it-yourself projects while worrying about the day her past catches up with her. In an unexpected moment, the local deputy swoops into her world like a storybook hero and she knows nothing will ever be the same. Zadie will do anything to keep Knox safe from the danger lurking in the shadows, even if it destroys her chance at love.

Will Knox convince Zadie she can trust him with her secrets and her heart?

A sweet romance full of quirky small-town fun, Distracting the Deputy is a story of hope, help, and hanging on to what matters most.

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USA Today bestselling author Shanna Hatfield is a farm girl who loves to write. Her sweet historical and contemporary romances are filled with sarcasm, humor, hope, and hunky heroes. When Shanna isn’t dreaming up unforgettable characters, twisting plots, or covertly seeking dark, decadent chocolate, she hangs out with her beloved husband, Captain Cavedweller. 

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BOOK TOUR & GIVEAWAY ~ EXPIRATION DATE by Mardine Perrins

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Expiration Date

By Mardine Perrins

Medical Thriller, Dystopian

Paperback & ebook, 304 Pages

March 4, 2021 by Kat Biggie Press

A conspiracy theory no one would have guessed.

It’s 2168 and expiration dates have been a part of the human genome for the last hundred years. Society has grown accustomed to these birthmark dates, revealing the day you will expire. But suddenly, an exponential number of infants are being born across the globe with very short expiration dates, giving them only hours, days to live.

Elisa Quinn’s cousin’s baby is amongst these born with shockingly short expiration dates. Devastated over the rapid demise of the baby, Elisa begins to search for answers. Not satisfied by the response the global government is providing for the growing number of short expiration dates, she sets out to discover what could be behind this alarming trend. Aided by two scientists, Ashlei Quinn and Claude Monark, Elisa investigates the long-standing gestational supplement of nutriment injections as a potential source in the shortened dates.

While researching, the trio uncover an extremist group, Restituere. They learn of the group’s plot to control the growth of the population, potentially exterminating a large portion in the process.

Armed with their new revelations, Elisa and Claude travel to Boston seeking help from the one person they thought they could count on, only to find themselves fighting for their lives. Unable to trust anyone, they venture out on their own to interrupt Restituere’s plot. They soon find themselves in the middle of a deep global conspiracy, and in the crosshairs of those who would stop at nothing to see this plot through.

Unless they can prevent this deadly group’s plans, their loved ones will be lost and the human race altered forever.

If you love Dan Brown’s, Deception Point; Michael Crichton’s, The Andromeda Strain; and A.G. Riddle’s, The Atlantis Gene, you will love Expiration Date.

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“I mean, certainly there’s an explanation no matter how bizarre for the strange things that occur. Like, in Venezuela, at the intersection of two rivers, there is a nine-hour light show each night considered to be the highest concentration of lightning on earth. There’s a couple theories, wind and terrain—uranium and methane deposits… Still, I strongly believe that there is a higher power. Not exactly holding strings and making us dance around like fools—people do that of their own accord. But I think that we have a course that we are on that was set in motion, not by chance. This course can shift based on the information we come across along the way or what obstacles may be thrown in front of us—but there is a course set nonetheless. Our fate is not determined until we get to the end.”

About the Author

Mardine Perrins is a writer and a Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist in a Cardiac Catherization lab in upstate New York. Forever fascinated by the unknown and questioning the unexplored, you’ll find her curiosities displayed throughout her work. Her imagination is driven by anomalies in nature; bizarre creatures that live beneath the sea; underground caverns teaming with undiscovered prehistoric life. She’s captivated with the complexity of the human DNA, mind and body and is drawn to natures ability to overcome, adapt and persist. She investigates why these things exist and how she can bring them to their potential through her stories. She currently lives in East Greenbush, NY with her husband, children and two cats.

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BOOK TOUR & GIVEAWAY ~ AN ALASKAN HOMECOMING by Beth Carpenter

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An Alaskan Homecoming

(Northern Lights #8)

By Beth Carpenter

Contemporary Romance

Paperback & ebook, 384 Pages

June 1, 2021 by Harlequin Heartwarming

“Ever after” wasn’t the plan…
Until now!

Rowan O'Shea's intention was just to visit her family in the small Alaskan town she calls home. Now she's not sure she wants to leave, given the romantic mess she's left behind. A temporary fake marriage to gorgeous veterinarian Zack Vogel might be the perfect solution, if she can convince Zack. But Rowan's marriage of convenience has a seriously inconvenient snag—she's falling for her new fake husband!

A Northern Lights Novel
Book 1: The Alaskan Catch
Book 2: A Gift for Santa
Book 3: Alaskan Hideaway
Book 4: An Alaskan Proposal
Book 5: Sweet Home Alaska
Book 6: Alaskan Dreams
Book 7: An Alaskan Family Christmas
Book 8: An Alaskan Homecoming

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Gran was about to turn the television off when Rowan heard a familiar name mentioned.

“Wait. Let me watch that.”

Gran backed up to the beginning of the segment, about a wildlife rehabilitation center not far away. It started out with a shot of a tawny moose calf cavorting around his mother inside a pen while the voiceover introduced the director, veterinarian Zack Vogel. Could it be the same boy Rowan remembered from years ago? After a moment, they cut to an interview, with the reporter standing next to a tall man with dark blond hair staring at the camera as though it might bite. The shot zoomed in.

Yes, she knew those eyes, hazel but with such a dark brown center it was hard to tell where the iris ended and the pupil began, that serious-looking mouth that occasionally would break into a devastating smile. But now Zack’s face had more character, the angles sharper, the lines in his forehead deeper.

“You know Zack?” Gran asked.

Rowan nodded, listening to the interview.

“Don’t moose usually give birth to twins?” the reporter asked.

“One is more common, but this moose had been spotted several times with two. We assume the other calf was taken by the same bear that injured the mother. Fortunately, this calf wasn’t injured.” Zack looked off to the side as though someone was giving him direction off camera. A forced smile crossed his face briefly.

“What will ultimately happen with the moose family?”

“We’ll, uh, release them as soon as the cow’s leg is healed enough for her to forage on her own.” Zack’s expression relaxed a little, but he still looked stiff. “Our goal is to keep wild animals wild. That’s why we don’t allow visitors.”

The screen cut to a close-up of a porcupine, grunting happily while it chewed on a carrot. “What about this happy fellow?”

“This is Puddin. She came to WildER as a baby and never learned to forage in the wild, and so she’ll be a permanent resident.” Zack’s voice was steadier now that the camera was focused on something else.

“So, if people would like to help support Puddin and the other wildlife here, they can donate at the web address on the screen?”

“Yes. Maggie Ziegler, one of our volunteers, is here to tell you about that,” Zack hurried to say, obviously relieved to be done with his part of the interview.

“Maggie was head teller at the credit union until she retired,” Gran commented.

In contrast to Zack, Maggie was born to be on camera. The white hair and smile lines around her eyes and mouth would put her in her sixties at least, although her energy level made her seem much younger. “You can see more photos and wildlife stories on our website, and you can enter a ‘name the baby moose’ contest there. The winner will receive a coupon for a large pizza courtesy of Patty’s Pizzeria in Palmer.”

“Thank you, Maggie.” The screen cut to the website once again, and then to commercial.

“Poor man, looked like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockers.” Gran clicked off the television. “You can tell he cares a lot about that wildlife rehab center. Dr. Zack’s a good vet—brave, too. He clipped Wilson’s toenails for me last week.”

“Brave?” Rowan laughed as she looked at the little dachshund snuggled in Gran’s lap. “What does Wilson weigh, like ten pounds?”

“Thirteen. But he still has all his teeth and he does not like getting his nails cut.”

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Beth Carpenter is thankful for good books, a good dog, a good man and a dream job creating happily-ever-afters. She and her husband now split their time between Alaska and Arizona, where she occasionally encounters a moose in the yard or a scorpion in the basement. She prefers the moose.

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BLOG TOUR ~ Sleeping Beauty and the Cursed Code by Emma Jean

This is my stop during the blog tour for Sleeping Beauty and the Cursed Code by Emma Jean. In Sleeping Beauty and the Cursed Code Sleeping Beauty uses science and technology to battle dark magic and free herself from 100 years of caused sleep.

This blog tour is organized by Lola's Blog Tours. The blog tour runs from 5 till 18 June. You can see the tour schedule here.

Sleeping Beauty and the Cursed Code (The STEM Princess Series #1)
By Emma Jean
Genre: STEM Fantasy, Fairytale Retelling
Age category: Middle Grade
Release Date: 5 June, 2021

Blurb:
Sleeping Beauty's thirteenth birthday looms on the horizon as she and her friends hole up in the cursed princess lab, determined to prove that science and technology can defeat dark magic and save the kingdom from 100 years of cursed sleep.

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“Please don’t make me watch.”

“Open your eyes,” a honey-sweet voice ordered. 

I clenched my jaw and used my fingers to pry open my eyelids.

I had to watch the curses. I knew I had to. 

My curse would be the downfall of our kingdom, so I had to learn all I could about curses to know what I was up against. Torn between bravery and cowardice, I watched through squinted eyes.

I stood inside a slightly curved world. I knew it wasn’t real because I’d been in similar memories before. 

I had stepped inside a recording. The pixels sparked at mismatched angles, and the whole world around me was remembered in black and white, like watching the cartoon version of an old television show. 

The word LUCY crossed the screen, as if it had been typed directly into my vision. This time, Lucy was the victim. She was all alone on a stormy night tossing in her sleep. Her dark hair was knotting with each restless turn.

From what I could tell, it was the night’s booming thunder and frequent flashes of lightning tormenting her rest. 

As more lightning lit the sky, the hockey jersey she was wearing suddenly sparkled.

The poster of the handsome teenage prince on her wall told me she was probably not much older than thirteen, just like me.

The next crack was even louder. I jumped.

It signaled the entrance of Anathema, the evil fairy who torments us.

Anathema was but the hint of a shadow on a stormy night. Her dark robes dangled, her hood covered the obscured essence of her face. I shivered, certain that even in the recording, she’d sensed my presence. 

The fairy drifted towards the helpless girl sleeping in her hockey jersey. 

“Lucy,” the Evil Fairy whispered, “Fair princess. Fairest of them all. May a toad bring about your downfall.”

In the shadows, Anathema raised a fully draped hand to her gray-scaled lips. She spread her fingers revealing that she was holding a living, breathing toad. It was paralyzed with fear. Anathema scared animals just as much as she scared humans.

The fairy exhaled and let out an indecipherable curse that turned the toad into nothing more than shimmering dust, barely visible in the heavy air. The dust began to drift without hurry towards the slumbering girl.

I wanted to scream. Wake up, Lucy! Run! Save yourself!

I stayed silent, knowing my warning would go unheeded. 

I couldn’t change the past. No one can change the past. Not even the fairies. 

Then came the loudest crack of all. The dusty powder fell and engulfed Lucy. She started to choke on the dust. She was gasping for air when she woke up. Her deep brown eyes flashed open for barely a second. Her jaw dropped in a scream never delivered, as she shrank until she was no more than a croaking toad. As she transformed she fell from the warmth of her bed, and landed on the cold stone floor beneath with an echoing splat.

About the Author:

Emma Jean writes books for children of all ages.

She lives in Massachusetts, near the Mayflower (the one the Pilgrims sailed on... or at least a pretty good replica), with her husband, two sons and one troublesome Basset Hound.

She studied Creative Writing at Holy Cross then earned her Masters in School Counseling at Assumption College.

She spent years working in adolescent mental health both in academic and therapeutic settings. Like her reporters in the Charles McCheese series, she found time to travel the world, helping with the Katrina clean up effort in New Orleans, studying abroad in Sri Lanka, and working alongside the Peace Corps. in Armenia. She worked with the Red Cross and counseled children in some of the toughest cities in Massachusetts.

For more information on the author, and to see pictures of the aforementioned basset hound, find her on instagram @Emma.Jean.Author or visit 4Pigs2Fly.com

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