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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

The Discovery of Magic The Intrigue of Magic Book 1 by L.J. Evias Genre: Epic Fantasy

Transported to an ancient realm of magic and mystery, can a young woman survive scheming royals, shifting alliances, and impending war?

The Discovery of Magic

The Intrigue of Magic Book 1

by L.J. Evias

Genre: Epic Fantasy

Transported to an ancient realm of magic and mystery, can a young woman survive scheming royals, shifting alliances, and impending war?

Alice Harper yearns to determine her own fate. Desperate to change her parents’ minds about moving away from everything she knows, the gifted archer sets out to win a coveted scholarship. But the seventeen-year-old feels completely out of control when she and her friends stumble through a strange portal to a mysterious world.

Separated from the others, the bold and reckless teen finds herself whisked away to an impossible palace where charming mages offer help. But as she becomes entwined in the politics of the court, Alice grows suspicious of her new allies, and she struggles to distinguish friend from foe…

As she’s pulled deeper into treacherous plots, can the heroic young adult rescue her peers and get everyone home?

The Discovery of Magic is the captivating first book in The Intrigue of Magic epic fantasy series. If you like relatable characters, powerful enchantments, and fast-paced action, then you’ll love L. J. Evias’s battle for courage.

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L. J. Evias writes exclusively in the fantasy genre, infusing stories with a dash of adventure and mystery. In Evias’s worlds, moral absolutes do not exist, giving life to a diverse cast of intriguing characters.

The Intrigue of Magic is Evias’s debut series, featuring accessible world-building, intricate plots, and unforgettable heroes and villains. Released in 2024, The Discovery of Magic is the first book in this series.

When not immersed in the pages of a novel, Evias enjoys real-world adventures both in the UK and abroad. The enchanting settings of The Intrigue of Magic series draw inspiration from personal travels, notably the unique architecture and evocative landscapes of Morocco.

Bonus material and a sample short story are available from the author's website.

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Oldest Mom on the Playground by Judy Haveson

Essays & Collections, Parenting Humor, Women's Non-fiction

Date Published: 09-24-2024

Judy Haveson always believed she would one day “have it all.” Then she turned forty and wondered if she had waited too long. After countless failed first dates and fewer second ones, she finally found love, got married, and became a mother at forty-three.

Oldest Mom on the Playground is a collection of relatable, heartwarming, and humorous essays. Written in her signature conversational style and with a touch of sarcasm, Judy takes readers on her journey of getting pregnant after forty (and delivering the baby during a full moon), raising a child in New York City (including the time she lost him in a grocery store and found him standing on Broadway), leaving the career she spent decades building to volunteer as a preschool class rep, to becoming a card-carrying member of the sandwich generation.

Judy offers no parenting advice, only personal reflection. And she takes nothing in her life for granted. Her message to other midlife mamas is this: trust your gut, let your life experience guide you, and pray no one ever mistakes you for the grandmother.

About the Author

Judy Haveson is the award-winning author of Laugh Cry Rewind—A Memoir. She is known for her sarcastic humor and enjoys sharing stories about her life experiences and observations. Her fascination with storytelling comes from her decades-long career in public relations. Judy once had a boss tell her that there are two types of people: those who know and those who want to know. That boss fired her, but his words became a valuable lesson to always aim to be the one who knows. Judy lives in Hampton Bays, NY, with her husband, Adam, son, Jack, and adorable Yorkie, Toby.

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Color Me Dead by Teresa Trent

Cozy Mystery

Date Published: 9/24/24

Publisher: Harbor Lane Books

Artist Gabby Wolfe has the ability to see not only the beauty of the living but the despair of the dead. When she returns to her childhood home in Henry Park Colorado, she is forced to bring along her younger brother Mitch. He is on a “break” from college where he was majoring in wine, women, and song. If that isn’t enough they also have Mitch’s rambunctious beagle Luigi along who prefers to spend his days wallowing in junk food. When Gabby draws the death of a young woman before it happens, she knows she must tell someone and risk a new job and her professional credibility. Will she reveal her secret in time to save the woman in the water or will it be too late?

About the Author

Teresa Trent was part of a military family, so lived all over, with her family finally settling in Colorado. She writes several mystery series and is the host of the podcast, Books to the Ceiling. Teresa lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and son.

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Essentials of Murder by Kim Davis

Cozy Mystery

Date Published: 09/24/2024

Publisher: Harbor Lane Books, LLC.

After a scandalous arrest in San Francisco, Carissa Carmichael has moved back to her small Southern California hometown to start over as she opens her Aromatherapy Apothecary shop and reflexology services. A tourist destination, Oak Creek Valley, seems the perfect place to put the past behind her, but it seems no one will let her forget. When she finds the man who threatened to drive her out of business murdered in her shop, Carissa becomes the primary suspect, especially when her fingerprints are found on the murder weapon. Despite her father’s position as Oak Creek Valley’s chief of police, most townspeople assume she’s guilty.

Refusing to run again, Carissa knows she must prove her innocence to save her shop and save her father’s career when the investigating detective turns his focus on her. With suspects acting as slippery as the essential oils she distills, it’s up to Carissa to apply pressure and sniff out the truth before it’s too late.

Includes essential oil and reflexology tips.

About the Author

Kim Davis writes the Aromatherapy Apothecary cozy mystery series, the award-winning Cupcake Catering cozy mystery series, and the middle grade fantasy adventure The Board Game Chronicles series. She has also written several children’s nature articles published in a variety of magazines.

Kim Davis is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

She lives in Southern California with her husband and rambunctious mini Goldendoodle, Missy, who has become an inspiration for several plotlines. When she's not spending time with her granddaughters or chasing Missy around, she can be found either writing on her next book, working on her blog, Cinnamon, Sugar, and a Little Bit of Murder, or in the kitchen baking up yummy treats to share. To learn more, please visit http://kimdavisauthor.com/

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The Happiness Cocktail by Nathalie Botros

The Right Ingredients for a Life of Happiness and Hope

Self-Help, Women, Psychology

Date Published: September 24th

Publisher: Gifts Of Legacy LLC

Discover the secrets to living a life brimming with joy and fulfillment with Nathalie Botros, the renowned Happiness Ambassador. Known for her rich multicultural background and infectious positivity, Nathalie has dedicated her life to empowering women around the world. As a psychotherapist, author, speaker, and mindset/happiness coach, she brings a unique perspective to the art of happiness.

The Happiness Cocktail: The Right Ingredients for a Life of Happiness and Hope is not just another self-help book - it's a life-changing journey towards lasting happiness and fulfillment. Experience the incredible results of unlocking your happiness potential with Nathalie Botros' expert guidance and personal experiences.

Why You Need This Book:

Proven Strategies: Incorporate actionable steps and practical exercises into your daily life to boost your happiness and well-being.
Inspiring Stories: Motivate yourself with personal anecdotes and success stories from Nathalie's own journey.
Expert Insights: Benefit from the latest research and insights from happiness and mental well-being experts.
Holistic Approach: Overcome negative thoughts and emotions and cultivate a mindset of positivity and resilience.
Empowerment: Take control of your happiness with a step-by-step guide to creating your own personalized Happiness Cocktail.

In this book, you will discover:

How to create a lasting state of joy and fulfillment in your life.
The power of gratitude and positive thinking in cultivating happiness.
Techniques for overcoming negative thoughts and emotions.
The ingredients for your personalized Happiness Cocktail.
Strategies for maintaining a happy and fulfilling life long-term.

Don't wait any longer - unlock your full happiness potential today and start living the joyful life you deserve! Buy now before the price changes.

About the Author

Nathalie Botros, the Bon-Vivant girl is known as the Happiness Activator around the world. With her rich multicultural background, she brings a unique perspective to her mission of spreading joy. Nathalie wears different hats – she’s a Psychotherapist, Author, Speaker, and Mindset/Happiness Coach with a special focus on empowering women.

Her mission hasn't gone unnoticed. In 2023 alone, she's been crowned Top Happiness Coach of the Year by IAOTP and recognized as The Top Women to Watch in New York by Soeleish Magazine. Featured in major media outlets such as NBC TV, Authority Magazine, and Thrive Global, Nathalie graced the covers of Passion Vista, Soeleish, Best Holistic Life, and Healthy Life Magazines.

Author of If You Are What You Eat, Should I Eat A Skinny Girl? and creator of Happiness Cards, her happiness tips resonate with millions globally, shared through social media, podcasts, and articles.

Nathalie spreads happiness one smile at a time.

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Monday, September 23, 2024

Binder The Price of Talent Book 2 by AK Nevermore Genre: Spicy Dystopian SciFi Romance

The Source is hunting Talents but Kara Jester is no distressed damsel...

Binder

The Price of Talent Book 2

by AK Nevermore

Genre: Spicy Dystopian SciFi Romance

On an alternate earth, a cataclysm has altered a subset of the population. Talents are persecuted for their psychic and physical mutations, giving rise to two conflicting societies based upon maintaining genetic purity. And the Source, a shadowy corporate entity dependent upon the exploitation of captive Talents, is hunting them…

Flynn and Kara have made it to the north, but they’re far from safe.

In the city of Glynfyls, the ruling body known as the Assembly has become ineffectual at best and treasonous at worst, leaving the Northern Territories ripe for invasion. Under the threat of blackmail, Flynn Scot is forced into a leadership position to combat the corruption and to protect his family. Titus is coming, and unless Flynn can convince the Assembly that the threat from the Source is real, every Talent in the North faces harvesting.

Meanwhile, Kara is floundering.

Thrown into a completely new environment, Talent Kara Jester questions her place in the North and everything else. Plagued by wedding preparations and without the ability to bind her resurfacing memories of trauma, she’s a mess. Then, with the arrival of someone from her past, tensions skyrocket between her and Flynn.

And it’s mirrored within the city.

After a string of grisly murders and abductions, Glynfyls is in turmoil. With the Original Houses playing games and setting their machinations above the common’s safety, no one is free from recrimination and rumors abound. So do threats of civil unrest. And if Flynn can’t find a way to get out from under his blackmailer’s thumb and set things right, their fairytale wedding being planned amidst the madness won’t end in a happily ever after.

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Breaker

The Price of Talent Book 1

Cursed with a vicious temper and haunted by the blood-stained debauchery of his past, Flynn’s sworn off women, whiskey, and violence, and doesn’t give a damn about whispers of the coming war. He sure as hell isn’t in the mood to make good on a debt when it’s called in, especially when playing white knight outs him as a Talent, and the damsel in distress as his soulmate.

On the run from her future as a broodmare for the Source, escaped Talent Kara Jester is no distressed damsel.

And the last thing she wants is to be trapped in a blizzard with a surly—and frustratingly captivating—thug. Without the suppression meds holding her libido in check, her biology’s primed to procreate, and Flynn’s growled assurances that he won’t touch her doesn’t match the hunger in his eyes.

It doesn’t align with what fate has in store for them, either.

With elite troops hot on their heels and the border set to close, it’s a race to the North, away from Kara’s horrific future and towards the dark past Flynn wants to keep buried. Clinging to the shreds of his oath, he’s forced to choose between protecting the woman he’s afraid to love and letting out the animal he swore he’d never be again. Either may destroy him, if Kara’s secrets don’t get them killed first.

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AK Nevermore enjoys operating heavy machinery, freebases coffee, and gives up sarcasm for Lent every year. A Jane-of-all-trades, she’s a certified chef, restores antiques, and dabbles in beekeeping when she’s not reading voraciously or running down the dream in her beat-up camo Chucks.

Unable to ignore the voices in her head, and unwilling to become medicated, she writes Science Fiction and Fantasy full time.

She pays the bills editing, wielding a wicked hot pink pen and writing a column on SFF. She also belongs to the Authors Guild, is a chapter treasurer for the RWA, teaches creative writing, and on the rare occasion, sleeps.

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