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Blog Tour: Kiss and Repeat by Heather Truett

Kiss and Repeat by Heather Truett

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 28,21 | 1 Comment

Title: Kiss and Repeat
Author: Heather Truett
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
Release Date: 25 May 2021

Summary:

In Heather Truett’s Kiss and Repeat, a teen uses the scientific method drilled into him by his scientist father to begin a kissing experiment. Only the experiment gets messy, and Stephen will have to come clean if he wants to win one girl’s heart in this heartfelt and funny YA debut.

Stephen Luckie isn’t so lucky in love. He’s completely inexperienced when it comes to girls, and wonders if his tics – caused by Tourette’s Syndrome – are the reason.

Then a game at a party reveals that his body goes still while kissing. Using the scientific method drilled into him by his scientist father, Steven begins the best experiment ever–one that involves kissing as many girls as possible. Who knew science could be so fun?

But when the experiment gets underway, Stephen begins to question how he treats girls – and if his tics have been standing in his way at all. With two girls interested in him, he has to figure out what really matters to him and what he’ll risk – and gain – by being his true self.

Book Blitz, Book It, Coming of Age, Contemporary Fiction, LGBTQ+

Book Blitz: Crystal’s House of Queers by Brooke Skipstone

Crystal's House of Queers by Brooke Skipstone

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 24,21 | 0 Comment

Title: Crystal’s House of Queers
Author: Brooke Skipstone
Genre: Coming of Age, Contemporary, LGBTQ+
Release Date: 24 May 2021

Summary:

Three senior girls in rural Alaska escape their abusive pasts by raising their dyke flag for themselves and their community.

Crystal Rose woke up at three in the morning today, drenched in sweat and breathless after another sex dream with Haley Carson. Later at school in the tiny town of Clear, Alaska, Crystal saves Haley from an assault by her abusive boyfriend.

The two girls renew a love started years ago that had to stay hidden until now. But with Crystal’s grandparents in the hospital with Covid and the possibility of her drug addict parents returning from a 14-year absence, Crystal needs Haley as much as she needs Crystal.

They connect with Payton Reed, a gun-toting artist who helps them feel proud to be gay and willing to stand up to anyone. Together they struggle to make Crystal’s house safe for those who are hated for their love.

Blog Tour, Book It, Fantasy Fiction, YA Fantasy

Blog Tour: Encampment by Shalana Battles

Encampment by Shalana Battles

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 17,21 | 0 Comment

Title: Encampment
Author: Shalana Battles
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Release Date: TBA

Summary:

Madeleine is a witch.

A fact that should have been more helpful when she woke up shackled to a wall with no idea how she got there.

Fourteen days later, she’s released from the dark cave into Encampment, a prison full of captured witches forced to fight one another until they’re sold to the highest bidder.

With spells controlling every inch, Madeleine can’t tell where reality begins.

Can the son of her captor be trusted?

Will she be brave enough to save the others?

Is there any way out alive?

Madeleine is only certain of one thing, death would be better than an enslaved life.

Magic isn’t always beautiful.

Hope doesn’t ensure happiness.

Love doesn’t always win.

Welcome to Encampment.

Book Blitz, Book It, Fantasy Fiction, LGBTQ+, YA Romance

Book Blitz: The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On May 10,21 | 0 Comment

Title: The Midnight Lie (The Midnight Lie, #1)
Author: Marie Rutkoski
Genre: Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance, Young Adult
Release Date: 11 May 2021

Summary:

Set in the world of the New York Times–bestselling Winner’s Trilogy, Marie Rutkoski’s The Midnight Lie is an epic LGBTQ romantic fantasy about learning to free ourselves from the lies others tell us―and the lies we tell ourselves.

Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow the rules, or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences.

Nirrim keeps her head down, and a dangerous secret close to her chest.

But then she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away, who whispers rumors that the High Kith possess magic. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself. But to do that, Nirrim must surrender her old life. She must place her trust in this sly stranger who asks, above all, not to be trusted.

Book It, Cover Reveal, Fantasy Fiction, YA Fantasy, YA Fiction

Cover Reveal: The Worlds That Separated Us by Megan Jayne

The Worlds that Separated Us by Megan Jayne

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On January 16,21 | 0 Comment

Title: The Worlds That Separated Us
Author: Megan Jayne
Genre: Fantasy/ Young Adult
Release Date: 01 May 2021

Adult Fiction, Book Blitz, Paranormal Romance, Uncategorized, Urban Fantasy

Book Blitz: Wicked Wolves and Tangled Truths by Danielle Annett

Wicked Wolves and Tangled Truths by Danielle Annett

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On November 04,20 | 0 Comment

Title: Wicked Wolves and Tangled Truths (Blood and Magic: Hellbound #1)
Author: Danielle Annett
Genre: Adult, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
Release Date: 25 September 2020

Summary:

Welcome to Hellbound High, where the students carry weapons and the bullies bite … hard.

I never wanted to go to this stupid school. I had a life before coming here. A Pack. People who cared about me. But all of that is torn away when my mother dies, my boyfriend cheats on me, and my very human father rips me away from the only life I’ve ever known.

I thought my life couldn’t get much worse, but Hellbound High is about to prove me wrong. Just by showing up, I’ve caught the attention of the local Alpha’s son. Goody.

He’s arrogant, stubborn, and used to getting what he wants. Sometimes that’s to get into my pants. Sometimes it’s to make my life hell. He runs hot one minute and cold the next, leaving my head spinning.

But I have bigger problems than the school’s resident hot werewolf. I’m a lone wolf in a new town, which means I have a big red target on my back.

With no Pack, no friends, and no protection, I’m about to find out just how bad things can really get …

Adult Fiction, Book Blitz, Horror, Paranormal Fiction

Book Blitz: Soul’s Day Boxset

Soul's Day Boxset

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On October 23,20 | 0 Comment

Title: Soul’s Day Boxset: Horror and Paranormal Halloween Theme
Genre: Adult, Horror, Paranormal
Release Date: 20 October 2020

Old Hallows Eve, when things go bump in the night,
Children come to play, and the witches provide the fright.
For 19 authors, USA Today and international bestselling,
The Halloween tales become more than this foretelling.
In the Soul’s Day Boxset, a mansion feeds on souls,
A gargoyle captures them, and a demon dungeon master makes the calls,
Campers gets picked off one by one,
The Karnaval’s corn dogs are less than fun,
Ghosts lurking around every bend,
‘I do’ at the wedding is the very end.
A boxset of chills and thrills to keep you up at night,
One-click pre-order to snap your copy filled with fright.
On old Hallow’s eve when creatures come to play,
With this spine chilling pages, it’s where you’ll want to stay.

Adult Fiction, Cover Reveal, Suspense

Cover Reveal: Hidden in the Capitol by B. Ivy Woods

Hidden in the Capitol by B. Ivy Woods

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On October 21,20 | 0 Comment

Title: Hidden in the Capitol (In The Capitol #3)
Author: B. Ivy Woods
Genre: Adult, Romance, Suspense
Release Date: 20 November 2020

Summary:

Sometimes things are better left alone.

Eve Jackson stumbles upon a secret that was never meant to see the light of day. She’s a journalist and it’s her job to find the story. But when she becomes the story, it’s time to get out of dodge. With the help of Kane Slade, the man who is the opposite of everything she thinks she wants, she bolts out of town.⠀
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Kane doesn’t think twice about rescuing Eve. He happens to be in the right place at the right time. He also believes they could rekindle the chemistry they had during a one night stand several years ago. Most days he can be found running a foundation that supports veterans, but has always been secretive about his side gigs. After things get heated in Washington DC, he invites Eve to stay with him in his hometown, Capitol, Virginia. What starts out as a small vacation quickly turns dangerous.⠀
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Nothing stays hidden in the Capitol for long.

Adult Fiction, Book Blitz, Paranormal Romance

Book Blitz: Night of the Vampire by L.E. Wilson

Night of the VampireNight of the Vampire

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On October 17,20 | 0 Comment

Title: Night of the Vampire (Deathless Night-Into the Dark, #1)
Author: L.E. Wilson
Genre: Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Release Date: 15 October 2020

Summary:

Killian walked into my new voodoo shop late one night with an urgent request – he needed me to heal his friend. Only I know absolutely nothing about voodoo, or healing. I’m just trying to start a new life with what little family I have left after my dream of becoming a star on Broadway went up in flames.

Literally.

At first glance, he was an average looking guy with a European flair. Nothing outside the ordinary in the city of New Orleans. But despite his nerdy-boy attire, Killian was most definitely all man. And as his black eyes made their way up my body to my face, the look reflected within them wasn’t the least bit tame.

More like predatory…

I expected her to cast me down the moment I walked through her door. But I had no choice. One of my own was dying from a witch’s curse, and only another witch could undo the spell. However, Lizzy was not what I’d expected to find. Stunned by her beauty and overwhelmed by her scent, I burned with thirst until the blood raced through my veins and my body tightened with need.

But with one taste, she calmed the beast within me as the truth flooded my wicked soul. The witch is MINE. She is the pulse that feeds my immortal life and the bearer of my death. Taking Lizzy as my mate will bring about the end of my coven’s uneasy truce with the witches.

Leaving her will mean my demise…

My name is Killian Rice, and I am a vampire. Come Into The Dark with this new series by L.E. Wilson, and enter her Deathless Night. A world of immortals with only one weakness: The witches who can destroy us…

Blog Tour, Guest Post, Paranormal Fiction, Urban Fantasy

Guest Post: Alexandrea Weis, Author of Sisters of the Moon

Sisters of the Moon by Alexandrea Weis

ByMs Ali Cat: Ali Crean | On October 14,20 | 0 Comment

The full moon has long had an aura and mystery that has made it an integral part of humanity’s myths and legends. Such is the case of Sisters of the Moon, where the lunar cycles and their power have sway over the women who live in the convent of St. Gertrude.

The moon is tied to the ever-changing cycle of women’s’ bodies. This may be why witches believed that magic is supposedly at its most powerful during the full moon, and since many women were associated with witchcraft and healing, the moon became their symbol.

The beginnings of giving the moon a female essence go back to the ancients when Luna in Latin and Selene in Greek, both female names and deities in the Roman and Greek pantheons, were attributed to the moon. The Incas in South America have a myth where a brother and sister, the moon maiden, and the sun man are the ancestors of their people. Native Americans share similar folklore where the woman’s role is portrayed as dark and influenced by the moon’s cycles. The sun is considered masculine because of its life-giving power and endurance Sol in Latin and Sunne in Old English and is deemed masculine by astronomers. Many mythologies have male solar deities–the Greek god Apollo, the Roman god Sol, the Mesopotamian god Utu, and the Egyptian god Ra. It would seem women remained in the shadows of the sun even among the gods.