Character Madness and Musings

WILDWOOD (The Hightower Trilogy Book #1) Author: Jadie Jones Pub. Date: September 26, 2017 Publisher: The Parliament House  Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook Pages: 294 Tanzy Hightower is not crazy. At least, that’s what she tells herself. Crazy looks more like her mother, who studies each sunrise with the same fascination other women give tabloid magazines in the grocery store checkout line. Crazy sounds like the woman on the radio claiming there’s a whole separate world existing parallel to our own. Still, Tanzy can’t deny the tingle of recognition she feels each time she sees her mother standing at the kitchen window, or hears the panic in the woman’s voice coming through the speakers of her father’s truck. Tanzy intends to follow her father’s footsteps into the professional horse world. But the moment she watches him die on the back of a horse in an accident she feels responsible for, everything changes. On the first anniversary of his death...

Saving Thomas by Cameo Renae Genre: YA Paranormal Romance  Cover Designer: Stefanie Saw Publication Date: November 30th, 2018  Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR When Thomas is sent on an assignment and goes missing, his friends start to worry. Then, things take a terrifying turn when a package arrives on Alaine’s front porch. Inside, is a piece of a severed, bloody wing, along with a note. The Fallen want Eden—a newly transformed Nephilim with a powerful gift—in exchange for Thomas. They have three days to hand her over or next time, they’ll receive something much worse. Now, it’s a race against time to find out where they are keeping Thomas, and figure out a way to keep Eden safe. Add to Goodreads Buy Links: Guarding Eden | Saving Thomas About the Author USA Today Bestselling author, Cameo Renae, was born in San Francisco, raised in Maui, Hawaii, and now resides with her husband and children in Alaska. She's a daydreamer, caffeine and pe...

I am so excited that WINTERDREAM by Chantal Gadoury is available now and that I get to share the news! If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Author Chantal Gadoury, be sure to check out all the details below. This blitz also includes a giveaway for a signed copy of the book, US Only, courtesy of Chantal, Parliament House Publishing, and Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post. WINTERDREAM by  Chantal Gadoury Pub. Date: November 27, 2018 Publisher: Parliament House Publishing Formats: Paperback, eBook Pages: 290 Find it:  Goodreads , Amazon , B&N This Christmas Eve… no creature was stirring… Except, maybe, a mouse. At long last, can true love break the Nutcracker’s curse? For Clara Stahlbaum, this Christmas means the end of her youth. A daughter of the aristocracy, Clara is expected to give up her dreams of adventures and the extraordinary for more normal days as the wi...

Mewranters: Attack of the Sea Monster by Kachi Ugo Genre: YA Fantasy Release Date: November 6th 2018 Mewranters: Attack of the Sea Monster uniquely blends adventure with an engaging fast-paced writing style to present readers with an action-packed story of wits, wisdom, and sheer force of will. Every Mew in the country is out to kill Perry, and the sea monster is calling him out to the sea. Therefore, he must quickly learn why every Mew is threatened by the existence of an eagle Mew if he is to stand a chance at saving his parents and killing the monster. On the day of his initiation, he shifts into a huge Golden Eagle. However, this is a bad thing since no eagle Mew makes it past the age of twelve. To complicate his life, his shifting into an eagle Mew has reawakened the sea monster. A tentative partnership is formed between the different clans. But when Perry Johnson realizes that this partnership could mean the death of his parents, he has a decision to mak...

Fiction, Literature Published: September 2017 Publisher : Napili Press In The Era of Lanterns and Bells, a lighthouse is haunted by the memory of lighthouse keepers, a train operator is forever changed by a subway suicide, a journalist befriends a homeless virtuoso, an orca trainer believes she's a whale, an aerialist runs away from the circus, and a Golden Gate Bridge jumper saves lives with fortune cookies. An obese woman is rescued from being a shut-in, a woman discovers that her favorite childhood pond is polluted and cancer-causing, a woman falls in love with a bipolar man in Jamaica, and an arborist writes love letters from trees. These quirky and darkly comic stories entertain while posing essential questions about truth, compassion, and humanity. Add to Goodreads Purchase Links Amazon     B&N     Kobo     IndieBound About the Author Ann Tinkham is a writer based i...

Fountain Dead by Theresa Braun Genre: YA Horror  Mark is uprooted from his home and high school in the Twin Cities and forced to move with his family into a Victorian in Nowhere-ville. Busy with the relocation and fitting in, Mark’s parents don’t see what’s unfolding around them—the way rooms and left behind objects seem alive with a haunted past. Of course, Mark keeps his ghostly encounters to himself, all the while sinking deeper into the house's dark, alluring, and ultimately terrifying history. As romantic entanglements intensify, the paranormal activity escalates. Past and present come together. Everything is connected—from the bricks in the walls to the hearts beating in their chests, all the secrets of Fountain Dead are finally unearthed. Goodreads * Amazon Excerpt Emma sensed the shockwaves of the earthquake before it struck. The air fizzled with rage. If Sasha hadn’t run off to get married while Emma was away, the maidservant might’ve proven a her...

Everyone Dies in the Garden of Syn (Garden of Syn #2) by Michael Seidelman Genre: YA Fantasy Release Date: October 23rd 2018 Chewed Pencil Press When Synthia (Syn) Wade discovered a secret world where illness and death did not exist, for the first time in her life she didn’t have to worry about her cystic fibrosis. However, a dark truth and a dangerous foe were waiting in the shadows. Syn must now return to the Garden to save a loved one held captive by a madman and the odds are against her. The secret world is overrun by the terrifying Creepers. Her one-time allies have turned their backs on her. And worst of all, the healing powers of the Garden are no more. This time Synthia fears fighting alone, without respite from her life-threatening illness. The last time Syn visited The Garden, death was held at bay. Now Everyone Dies in the Garden of Syn. Add to Goodreads No One Dies in the Garden of Syn (Garden of Syn #1) on Goodreads Brandy Mulde...

Princess Malina of Gieria Unknown Islands Series Book 1 by Mindy Mather Genre: YA Fantasy Romance Malina is the princess of her great island home known as Gieria. As such she knows she must fulfill certain duties, but she happens to be in love with the one guy that her mother, the queen, hates. Together they must overcome that obstacle and stop the threat of Malina's would be suitor who only wishes to become king and to do away with her. Goodreads * Amazon Excerpt Malina paced before her mother’s throne, lost in thought. Occasionally, she would cast her glance to her mother, before lowering her orchid eyes to the marble floor of the throne room that she had seen many times before. She focused on it as though she had never taken in the details of it before. Her long purple gown complimented her light blue skin in the low candlelight that surrounded the throne. In the dim lighting, her dark blue spikes appeared darker then they usually were, and in her frustratio...