Quasi Redux: Interview and Giveaway

Quasi Redux
Christina Bauer
(Angelbound Origins, #8)
Published by: Monster House Books
Publication date: September 29th 2020
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult

“Myla is a magnificent heroine, fierce and outspoken, hilarious and mischievous … And did I mention that her demon tail is sentient? Best. Sidekick. Ever.” – The Nocturnal Library

Myla Lewis has her life back. Wife. Mother. Queen. Great Scala. Queen of the Thrax. Yay! Then one day, Myla runs across a supernatural waterfall that makes her igni screech like crazy. Our heroine speaks the fateful words, “Some days, I wish I weren’t the Great Scala.”

The waterfall grants her wish.

A moment later, Myla is back at Purgatory High. No husband. No child. No powers beyond her old quasi days. And without Myla around as the Great Scala, all quasis now live under Armageddon’s rule. That sucks. Hard. So Myla sneaks into Antrum—she simply must find Lincoln and figure this out. Once she arrives, two problems arise.

First, her husband doesn’t know her. At all.

Second, Lincoln is married to someone else.

Fuuuuuuu…

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Author Interview

Tell us a little about yourself. How did you begin writing? What inspires you to write?

I began writing poems when I was six years old. My inspiration was my Aunt Sandy, who was both a hippie and a full time writer. I still want to be just like her.

  

How did you come up with the title of your book or series?

My latest release is a book called QUASI REDUX. It’s about a character finding out what life would be like if she hadn’t become a leader called the Great Scala. A Quasi is a type of demon from my series, so that’s why I picked it. Also, I’m obsessed with finding good words that have X in them. Redux has been on my hit list for a while.

  

Who is your favorite character from your book and why?

Every character is a part of me, both the good and so-called bad. In terms of being fun to write, I have to go with the main character from this book, Myla. She’s a part of me that’s irreverent and full of energy!

  

How can we contact you or find out more about your books?

Please stalk me! Here’s how:
Blog: http://monsterhousebooks.com/blog/category/christina

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorBauer/

Twitter: @CB_Bauer

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christina_cb_bauer/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cb-bauer-481b12139

Web site: http://monsterhousebooks.com/authors/cbauer

What can we expect from you in the future?

My next release in the Angelbound Origins series is called CLOCKWORK IGNI. It will be a mash-up of steam punk and ancient Egypt. Woot woot!

Author Bio:

Christina Bauer knows how to tell stories about kick-ass women. In her best selling Angelbound series, the heroine is a part-demon girl who loves to fight in Purgatory’s Arena and falls in love with a part-angel prince. This young adult best seller has driven more than 500,000 ebook downloads and 9,000 reviews on Goodreads and retailers. The first three books in the series are now available as audiobooks on Audible and iTunes.
Bauer has also told the story of the Women’s March on Washington by leading PR efforts for the Massachusetts Chapter. Her pre-event press release—the only one sent out on a major wire service—resulted in more than 19,000 global impressions and redistribution by over 350 different media entities including the Associated Press.

Christina graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School with BA’s in English along with Television, Radio, and Film Production. She lives in Newton, MA with her husband, son, and semi-insane golden retriever, Ruby.

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Secret Legacy: Guest Post and Giveaway

Secret Legacy
Carissa Andrews
(The Windhaven Witches #1)
Publication date: September 15th 2020
Genres: Adult, Paranormal

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Nestled in the woods of Windhaven, Blackwood Manor waits to unleash a dark and deadly legacy…

When Autumn Blackwood shows up at Windhaven Academy for the Witching Stick Orientation, she hopes to find out what dormant powers she could possibly possess to have been accepted to the elite supernatural school. Instead, the academy is in chaos as everyone frantically hunts for two missing girls.

But as school begins with Autumn no closer to figuring out her powers, strange occurrences start to follow her everywhere. Even at home, Blackwood Manor keeps many secrets, and Autumn can’t escape its haunting past.

New friends urge her to learn more about her family’s history in order to unlock her powers and make sense of what’s happening at Blackwood Manor, but Autumn’s not so sure. Once an accident brings Autumn face-to-face with death, however, she realizes her gifts are tied to a legacy that can either save or doom them all…

Fans of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, Joe Hill’s Locke & Key, or MR Forbes’ Necromancer: The Complete Series will love The Windhaven Witches.

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Where the Idea for Secret Legacy Came From

The idea for Secret Legacy originally came to me as a dream that I had when I was 14-years-old. The dream itself felt so real that I could swear to this day it was a past-life memory. I’d never been in a house with such grand (or old) features before. The dream took me into what would become my “new bedroom” and from there, I found a small door hidden behind the elaborately decorated wallpaper. I couldn’t get it opened at first because the handle was missing – which, in my dream, I found I the closet. (Spoiler: that’s not where my main character finds hers. HA!) When I did get the door opened, I was shocked to find what I did on the other side. I woke up just after opening it.

The next day, I ended up at my Mom and Dad’s computer, pounding away at the keyboard. At the time, I was reading plenty of Fear Street and Christopher Pike novels, so I told the story along the same lines as what I had been reading. The story flowed and within a few weeks, I had finished my first ever manuscript – some 120 8x11 pages long. Of course, I turned it over to the one person I thought might get a kick out of it, my English teacher. Bless her, she read the whole thing and even gave me extra credit in English that year for doing something so…weird, I guess… for a kid my age. HA!

So, because of that, Secret Legacy has gone by a few different names. First, my 14-year-old-self titled it Never What They Seem. (Oh, so dramatic, I know. What can I say, I was into the dramatic back then. HA!) Then, when I first decided to (eh-hem) resurrect the story, it went by the name Remnants. However, I knew the story wasn’t finished when I ended it, so I wanted to create a series. At the time, I was learning more about how to make a series more cohesive so readers could find it and know they were all a part of the same world. I decided to rebrand the titles, keeping the theme and messaging consistent. It was all about this girl, Autumn Blackwood’s legacy. Thus, Secret Legacy, Soul Legacy, Haunted Legacy, and Cursed Legacy were born.

Author Bio:

“An author emerges from the depths of Minnesotan waters. Sci-fi/Fantasy is my pen of choice.”

Carissa Andrews is a Minnesota-based genre-bending author who writes a combination of science fiction, fantasy, and dystopia. When not writing her own books, she’s busy reading them.

Carissa’s internationally bestselling trilogy, The Pendomus Chronicles, is now in digital, print, and audiobook formats. She has hit the scene as an up and coming speculative fiction author who uses a mix of scifi and fantasy, twisted in modern mythology and alternative history. Check out The Final Five, Oracle, Awakening, and Love is a Merciless God!

Carissa has big plans for 2020. Check out her upcoming series, The Windhaven Witches.

For more information on their release, visit Carissa Andrews’ author website: www.carissaandrews.com and sign up for her newsletter notifications.

She lives in central Minnesota with her husband and brood of five kids. Not to mention, her insane husky puppies, Aztec and Pharaoh.

Carissa is also a freelance graphic designer, writer and content creator, social media manager, and marketing professional. She writes consistently on topics of science, technology, art, writing, photography, graphic design, health, self-improvement, and more. Her articles can be found published across the interwebs. Carissa is also a Top-Rated Freelancer on Upwork, and can be contacted for freelancing opportunities: http://bit.ly/UpworkCarissaAndrews

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The Beautiful: Excerpt and Giveaway

Beautiful

Leigh Hatchmann

Genre: Fantasy Romance, Fairytale Retelling

Publisher: Independent

Date of Publication: 27th August 2020

ASIN: B08BNKG3ZV

Number of pages: app. 380

Word Count: app. 90,000 words

Cover Artist: Sarah Paige from Opium House Designs

Tagline: You think you know their story . . .

Book Description:

Bella-Rosa Amato

My life is the envy of women everywhere. I live in a gorgeous mansion, wear expensive clothes, go to A-list parties, and attend a prestigious college.

It is a life of beauty and glamor . . . and all of it is a lie.

Behind closed doors, I am bullied by my cold and powerful father. With no money of my own, I have no choice but to obey him . . .

Until I am attacked, and a half man-half beast intervenes. Kit takes me to his home to heal, where I am immersed in his secret world. As we bond over unexpected experiences and shared interests, my gratitude changes into something that feels as old as time.

Kit/King

I was created for the darkness and, for a while, it controlled me. But I escaped that life and made a new home for myself.

Before Bella crossed my path, I didn’t think happiness was possible. But she not only accepts my differences, she offers friendship.

Her gentle and compassionate heart opens me up to those parts within me.

With her, I don’t feel like the beast I have always been labeled.

But the closer we get, the more I wonder if I am truly as human as she believes, and whether the mistakes of the beast can ever be forgiven . . .

When an old enemy resurfaces, Bella and Kit will need to stand firm in their love, face the brutalities of the past, and trust in the beauty that comes from within to make it out alive.

BEAUTIFUL is a sweet and dark, modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast. The themes of beauty, strength, redemption, and love shine through in an unforgettable tale that will make you question everything you think you know about beauty . . . and the beast.

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Excerpt 2:

“Look at me, Bella. There’s more to me than just a human. My size, my strength, my claws, my jaws . . . I could hurt you.”

“I don’t believe that.”

I shook my head and mumbled, “You and Josephine believe too much of me.”

“That’s because we see you for who you are.”

I shook my head. “You don’t. Nobody does . . .”

Pain pulsed through my heart at the conclusion that came. Bella would leave me if she ever found out the terrible things I had done. How could she not? She would never be able to love the real me, the whole me. The beast in me.

This thing between us couldn’t go on. It had been a dream. A dream I had to stop before it became a nightmare.

I turned my back to her again and said, “It’s best for both of us if you leave and don’t come back.”

“Don’t be ridiculous, Kit. I’m not leaving––”

This time, I let the beast go. I spun around and roared . . .

About the Author:

Leigh Hatchmann is a best-selling non-fiction author, international-selling romance author, identical triplet, writing coach, editor, and hot chocolate addict. She uses her postgraduate degree in counseling to create believable, three-dimensional characters. Her certificates in forensic science and forensic anthropology help her to create realistic crime elements in her stories. She is currently completing her master's degree in writing and has also finished postgraduate study in editing.

When not writing, reading, coaching, studying, or enjoying nature, she can be found having fun in nature with her three gorgeous children (plus one laid back dog and one grumpy cat). She is active on social media and encourages readers to interact with her there. She also writes fiction under the pseudonym A.K. Leigh and non-fiction as Alicia Leigh.

*Fall in love . . . with Leigh!*

Website: www.fallinlovewithleigh.com

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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

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Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most elite universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?

Still searching for answers to this herself, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. These eight windowless “tombs” are well-known to be haunts of the future rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street and Hollywood’s biggest players. But their occult activities are revealed to be more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive.

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