Release Day Blitz - Halloween is Murder by Carolyn Arnold

Halloween is Murder
McKinley Mysteries
Book 11
Carolyn Arnold
Published by: Hibbert and Stiles

Publishing Inc.
Genre: Cozy Mystery

Pages: 154

Word Count: 38,534

Release Date: October 3, 2017

Book Description:

Beware of all that goes bump in the night…

Sean and Sara McKinley are excited about the haunted house they’ve set up as a Halloween charity fund-raiser, but things take a ghoulish turn when the reporter covering their story is found dead. With the media keeping mum about how she died, Sara’s curiosity is piqued, and she convinces Sean to take on the investigation through their PI firm.

But this case is not without its challenges. The police are actively investigating it, as well, and it’s not even clear that the woman was murdered. It will take a little cloak-and-dagger, dress-up, and finesse for the McKinley’s to get to the bottom of it, but they aren’t the kind to give up.

As they troll for leads and work through the skeletons in the reporter’s closet, they unearth a few suspects, but they’ll need to carve out the whole truth if they’re going to find her killer. If they do so fast enough, there might even be time for a little trick-or-treating.

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Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Love and Other Hazards by Claudia Riess

Love and Other Hazards
Claudia Riess
Genre: Romance
Publisher: River Grove Books

Date of Publication: June 6, 2017

ISBN: 978-1-63299-122-5

ASIN:  B071P4FLK2

Number of pages: 230 Pages

Word Count: 70,000+

Cover Artist: River Grove Books

Tagline: Singles stumbling toward fulfillment in odyssey of sex, love and parenting

Book Description:

Love and Other Hazards is a novel about urban singles stumbling toward fulfillment in an odyssey of sex, love, and parenting.

Glenda Fieldston is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with her seven-year-old daughter, Astrid, when Eugene Lerman comes walking by with his eight-year-old daughter, Meredith, a schoolmate of Astrid’s. The families spot each other, Glenda and Eugene engage in long-range cursory assessments, and then they go their separate ways.

But not for long. Glenda and Eugene cross paths professionally soon after, and circumstances at work bring them into close association. So begins a friendship fraught with complications. Glenda’s independence is self-imposed and fierce. Eugene’s was foisted on him by a wife who left him. Although Glenda’s and Eugene’s personal demons are incompatible, their longings are, confoundedly, in harmony. Their cautious friendship is further inhibited by past and present relationships, and it remains to be seen if they can break out of their set ways to make a break for uncharted love.

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Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - Horizon by Fran Wilde

Horizon
Author: Fran Wilde
Series: Bone Universe (Book 3)
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Tor Books (September 26, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 076537787X
ISBN-13: 978-0765377876

Book Description:
A City of living Bone towers crumbles to the ground and danger surrounds. Kirit Densira has lost everything she loved the most―her mother, her home, and the skies above. Nat Brokenwings―once Kirit's brother long before the rebellion tore them apart―is still trying to save his family in the face of catastrophe. They will need to band together once more to ensure not just own survival, but that of their entire community.

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Book Blast - A Tangled Web by Mike Martin

A Tangled Web
Author: Mike Martin
Publisher: Booklocker
Pages: 338
Genre: Mystery

Book Description:
Life is good for Sgt. Wind¬flower in Grand Bank, Newfoundland. But something’s missing from the Mountie’s life. Actually, a lot of things go missing, including a little girl and supplies from the new factory. It’s Windflower’s job to unravel the tangled web of murder, deceit and an accidental kidnapping that threatens to engulf this sleepy little town and destroy those closest to him. But there’s always good food, good friends and the love of a great woman to make everything better in the end.

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September Favourites

Welcome to my September Favourites.

Here, you will find a list of the movies and books I watched and read in September and my favourite among them.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Shopping for a CEO by Julia Kent

Shopping for a CEO

(Shopping for a Billionaire, #7)
Author: Julia Kent

Publication Date: September 29th, 2015

Genre: NA Comedy / Romance

Book Description:

I’m thrilled to be the maid of honor in my friend’s wedding, but the best man, Andrew McCormick, is a chauvinistic pig with a God complex. And I can’t stop kissing him in closets. (Don’t ask.)

He’s the brother of the groom and the CEO of my biggest mystery shopping account, but suddenly he’s refusing to be in the wedding. He won’t talk about it. Won’t see reason. He’s such a man. And he still won’t stop kissing me in random closets. (Thank goodness.)

I’m a fixer. That’s what I do. I can fix anything if given the chance. But when the game is fixed there’s only so much I can do. The ball’s in his court now. Game on. * * *  

Shopping for a CEO is the 7th book in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shopping series. When CEO Andrew McCormick and mystery shopper Amanda Harrington find themselves in the unlikely position as maid of honor and best man in the Boston society wedding of the year, an undeniable attraction and dual stubborn streaks add fuel to the fire in this romantic comedy from Julia Kent.

99¢ for a limited time only!

*Also available as a 12-hour audiobook (with Whispersync)!

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Blog Tour Excerpt - Melvin the Sad...(ish) Robot by Joshua Margolis

Melvin the Sad...(ish) Robot

Author: Joshua Margolis

Genre: Children’s book

Date Published: 11/1/16

Publisher: Mascot Books

Book Description:

Melvin is known for being a sad…(ish) robot. But, as he finds new friends and experiences, he may just figure out how to be happy…(ish).

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Charm by J.A. Armitage

 

Charm (A Cinderella reverse fairytale)
(Reverse Fairytales, #1)

Author: J.A. Armitage
Publication Date: September 26th, 2017
Genre: YA Fairy Tales / Fantasy

Book Description:

You all know the story of Cinderella…
 

The kingdom needs an heir and Princess Charmaine is quite aware that the job rests solely upon her shoulders. The problem is, she has no intention of ever getting married, let alone pushing a child out of her ladyparts. When her elder sister dies, Charmaine has to take her place at the ball designed to find her a husband. The problem is, she doesn’t want to choose between a hundred eligible bachelors. She just wants to live her life in peace and find love in her own time.
 

Cynder knows about the impending war between the people of magic and those of his masters, but working as an underpaid servant in the palace kitchens leaves him with little power to do anything about it. On one hand, he’s a staunch supporter of equal rights for his own kind, but he can’t deny the attraction he feels for the daughter of the king and queen he works for.
 

When the two meet, sparks fly and not just the magical kind… Charm is the first in the Reverse Fairytale series by USA Today bestselling author J.A.Armitage. Take everything you think you know about fairytales and turn it on its head.

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Blog Tour Spotlight & Giveaway - Red Dot Shot by Kramer Elkman

Red Dot Shot
Author: Kramer Elkman

Genre: Memoir

Publisher: Xlibris

Date of Publication: February 12, 2016

ISBN: 9781514454787

Number of pages: 127

Word Count:  50,000-60,000

Book Description:

This is a true story that is as bizarre as it is perplexing.

Book Description:

Things happen for a reason, or so I am told. The events described in this book actually happened. This story is real. The explanations for the bizarre happenings will probably be as confusing to you as they are to me.

Embark with me on this journey-my quest to find answers and obtain closure for the unresolved issues that occurred and stayed unresolved for five decades.

This story is much more than an incredible hunt; it goes much deeper than that.

Join me in my search for truth.

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Blog Tour Excerpt & Giveaway - Birthright by Nick G. Giannaras

Birthright

Author: Nick G. Giannaras

Genre: Historical Fiction

Date Published: June 27, 2017

Publisher: Yo Productions, LLC

Book Description:

As an infant, Niklas’s family escaped death when the entire royal bloodline of Livonia was murdered. As an adult, Niklas joined the Teutonic Knights in their bloody crusades across Europe to spread God’s Word. After years of service, he discovers that the army he faithfully served has ill-intentioned motives.

When Niklas and his friend defect from the knighthood, they are relentlessly pursued across the Baltic States by the wickedly led Teutonic Order. His only hope to enjoy a peaceful life is to unify the oppressed populace against their tyrannical rulers. But, political upheavals and looming enemies threaten any chance of peace. When it’s discovered that an heir to the Livonian throne is still alive, Niklas vows to help him regain his rightful place as leader. At best, Niklas’s oath can help bring freedom to people in a lost country. At worst, it can cost him his life.

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Book Blitz & Giveaway - Touch of Ice by Aleah Raynes & Mandy Caruso

Touch of Ice

(The Vaskell Empire #1)
Author: Aleah Raynes & Mandy Caruso

Genre: YA Sci-fi/Dystopian/Fantasy/Coming of Age
Release Date: September 26th, 2017

Book Description:
Escaping is only the first challenge she faces.

Fifteen-year-old Ayla Vaskell is the youngest daughter of the deceased king of Crio and no less determined to reclaim the kingdom from her evil uncle. He killed her parents, claimed the throne, and threw Ayla and her three sisters in a slave camp for children. With their powers bound, hope for a future is lost. Until Dain demands her attention and reveals that he and his friends were sent to aid the princesses in putting an end to the mad king’s reign.

After breaking out of the camp and fleeing to an inn outside the kingdom of ice fae and water dragons for shelter, Ayla is giving a journal that belonged to her father. The former king had left the girls clues to help along a journey they aren’t sure they are ready for. When she is also given the first relic—a frozen dragon’s tear—she’s drawn to it and knows what she must do.

With Dain, his friends, and her sisters at her side, Ayla is more focused than ever to complete her mission to set the realm back in balance. If she fails, the realm, and the four kingdoms within it, would be lost forever.

Touch of Ice is the first in a NEW YA romantic fantasy adventure series and a world of magic, dragons, fae, and other mythical creatures.

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Blog Tour Promo & Giveaway - The West Woods by Suzy Vadori

The West Woods
Author: Suzy Vadori
Genre: YA
Release Date: September 22nd, 2017
Publisher: Evil Alter Ego Press

Book Description:
Magic, sacrifice and the quest for freedom.

Courtney Wallis wants nothing more than to escape St. Augustus boarding school. After uncovering a well-kept secret about the school’s founder, Isaac Young, Courtney turns to the school’s magic to convince her dad to let her leave. Things take a turn when she meets Cole, who lives in the nearby town of Evergreen. He gives her hope that things might not be so bad. However, the school's fountain has other ideas, and binds Courtney to her ambition, no matter the cost.

As Courtney struggles to keep the magic from taking over, she and her friends get drawn into the mystery woven into the school’s fabric. Everything seems to lead back to the forbidden West Woods. Together, she and her friends seek out the spirits of the past to ask for help, and find themselves in much deeper than they’d bargained for.  If they succeed, Courtney could be free of the magic. If they fail, she may never be the same.

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Book Blast & Giveaway - Freefall by Joshua David Bellin

Freefall

Author: Joshua David Bellin

Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (September 26, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1481491652
ISBN-13: 978-1481491655

Book Description:

In the Upperworld, the privileged 1% are getting ready to abandon a devastated planet Earth. And Cam can’t wait to leave. After sleeping through a 1,000-year journey, he and his friends will have a pristine new planet to colonize. And no more worries about the Lowerworld and its 99% of rejects.

Then Cam sees a banned video feed of protesters in the Lowerworld who also want a chance at a new life. And he sees a girl with golden eyes who seems to be gazing straight though the feed directly at him. A girl he has to find. Sofie.

When Cam finds Sofie, she opens his eyes to the unfairness of what’s happening in their world, and Cam joins her cause for Lowerworld rights. He also falls hard for Sofie. But Sofie has her own battles to fight, and when it’s time to board the spaceships, Cam is alone.

Waking up 1,000 years in the future, Cam discovers that he and his shipmates are far off-course, trapped on an unknown and hostile planet. Who has sabotaged their ship? And does it have anything to do with Sofie, and the choices—and the enemies—he made in the past?

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Cover Reveal - The Cutting Room Floor by Dawn Klehr

The Cutting Room Floor
Author: Dawn Klehr
Publication Date: October 13th, 2017
Genre: YA Mystery / Thriller

Blog Tour Promo & Giveaway - The Divine Heart by Danielle R. Mani

The Divine Heart
Author: Danielle R. Mani

Genre: YA Paranormal

Release Date: September 27th, 2017

Book Description:

Seventeen-year-old Elle Collins spent most her life waiting for someone else to die…

When a heart donor is found, Elle awakes from surgery gifted with more than just a new heart—clairaudient messages and spiritual apparitions haunt her until she is convinced that she must be insane. Either that, or her donor is sending a message.

Desperate for answers the medical community can’t provide, Elle’s divination leads her to the family of her donor—a young girl named, Cas. With the help of her best friend, Rob—the guy who’s a testament that her new heart is capable of love, Elle must make sense of the clues Cas is sending. As pieces of Cas’s life and death emerge, Elle will discover that she and Cas share more than just a heart.

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Book Blast & Giveaway - Undressed (The Men of West Beach, #1) by Kimberly Derting

Undressed

(The Men of West Beach, #1)

Author: Kimberly Derting

Paperback: 326 pages
Publisher: Kingsley Books (August 26, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0999253611
ISBN-13: 978-0999253618

Book Description:

Can two people whose dreams have been cast aside find a new passion...together?

No one ever expected straight-A student Lauren Taylor to make waves. But that was the old Lauren, before she went to college and became an online stripper to make ends meet. Now, Lauren is on the run with a secret and a bag of cash, fleeing landlocked Arizona for the beaches of California.

Will Gabaldon was one of the hottest surfers on the circuit, but fate had something else in mind. When a surfing accident shattered his budding career, Will was forced into a life of tending bar and doing odd jobs just to survive.

A swim instructor with secrets like Will is the last thing Lauren wants. A distraction like Lauren is the last thing Will needs.

But soon, both discover there’s one thing more dangerous than the wave that ended Will's career: Love.

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