Character Madness and Musings

Knight Rising  by Jason Hamilton  (The Faerie Queen #1) Publication date: September 30th 2019 Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Do not wander in cursed lands alone… Una wants only one thing, to find and kill the dragon that drove her out of her childhood home in the heart of Arthurian Britain. When a handsome knight frees her from captivity, she learns that she is not the only one who wants the beast dead. The knight is Sir George, a messenger of the Faerie Queen and the man assigned to kill the dragon that still haunts her home. But the road to get there contains new dangers, long shut out from this world…until now. Together with her newfound ally, she must survive the dreaded Forest of Arden, return to her homeland, and discover what happened to her family. To get there, she will search within herself and discover an ancient, forbidden magic that is either the key to their survival, or the means to their end. Knight Rising is a captivating blend of YA...

Chasing Beverly  by Ashlynn Cubbison  Published by: Acorn Publishing Publication date: September 29th 2019 Genres: Romance, Sports, Young Adult Two people. One chance to let it all go. Seeking redemption, Beverly Morgan has spent the last three years building an empire that was someone else’s dream. Devoted to her work, a handful of friends, and an array of charities, she’s been able to lock away her heart and convince herself it’s dead. After an unthinkable tragedy, Beverly should know by now that a single day can change everything. She can’t run from love forever. Gavin has it all, a thriving business, phenomenal family, supportive friends, but an hour with Beverly Morgan makes him question his entire life and his own happiness. She could be exactly what he needs, if she’s brave enough to open up again. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo - EXCERPT: I’m four days shy of my eighteenth birthday, sandwiched between two ...

Mummy Dearest – A Pharaonic Adventure  Misadventures in Auckland Book 1  by Barbara Russell  Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy  During a school trip to the museum, thirteen-year-old Tess wakes up an Egyptian mummy. Cursed by a necromancer, Prince Seth has been inside a sarcophagus for two thousand years. Now, he has no intention of going back into his tomb. He wants a normal life, friends, and fresh food. So, he follows Tess home, bandages and all. Ancient Egyptian mummies bring bad luck. Since Seth’s arrival, a car has almost run Tess over, and a lamppost nearly squashed her. With Tess’s soccer team, the Wolverines, qualified for the New Zealand Junior Soccer Championship, this curse could destroy its chances of winning. Even worse, evil Egyptian spirits chase her and Seth to take their souls into the world of the dead. Unless they find the two-thousand-year old necromancer, who controls the spirits and who gained eternal youth by cursing Seth, Tess...

Mummy Dearest – A Pharaonic Adventure  Misadventures in Auckland Book 1  by Barbara Russell  Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy  During a school trip to the museum, thirteen-year-old Tess wakes up an Egyptian mummy. Cursed by a necromancer, Prince Seth has been inside a sarcophagus for two thousand years. Now, he has no intention of going back into his tomb. He wants a normal life, friends, and fresh food. So, he follows Tess home, bandages and all. Ancient Egyptian mummies bring bad luck. Since Seth’s arrival, a car has almost run Tess over, and a lamppost nearly squashed her. With Tess’s soccer team, the Wolverines, qualified for the New Zealand Junior Soccer Championship, this curse could destroy its chances of winning. Even worse, evil Egyptian spirits chase her and Seth to take their souls into the world of the dead. Unless they find the two-thousand-year old necromancer, who controls the spirits and who gained eternal youth by cursing Seth, Tess and...

Check out my stop on the 15 Days With You blog tour! Don't forget to enter the giveaway before you go!  15 Days With You by Ara Grigorian Genre: YA Contemporary Fiction Release Date: September 24th 2019 “Filled with tumultuous emotions of grief, romance, guilt, secrecy and anger, 15 Days With You is an accomplished work of drama sure to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages.” 5-Star Review, K.C. Finn for Readers’ Favorite A mother’s dying wish. A son in search of answers. A fifteen-day surf odyssey with the California girl who will dare him to rethink everything. Alone after his mother’s unexpected death, seventeen-year-old Shep leaves Texas to crash with his uncle’s family in Malibu. Before he can hang his cowboy hat, Shep learns something that blows his mind—in her youth, his hard-working single mom was a gifted surfer on her way to international fame. And her dying wish was for him to recreate the surf tour she completed when she was eighteen—the summer she g...