Character Madness and Musings

Chosen Guardian by Cortney Pearson (The Stolen Tears Series, #1) Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult “This story by an accomplished YA writer is jam-packed…The action moves so quickly that the reader is fully engaged to the very last page.” –Publisher’s WeeklyBookLife Prize Tears are used to steal magic. Stolen magic equals slavery. I must take up the fight. In an emotionless world, tears are a precious commodity, valued for their magic and sold on the black market. When I find a vial of these enchanted tears, it paints a target. The ruthless Arcaian soldiers use tears to steal magic, and now they’re after me. I can’t defend myself against an army. My only chance of survival is aligning myself with a rogue soldier. Talon is rugged, battle-scarred, and full of heavily guarded secrets that keep us both in danger, but I can’t help how drawn to him I am. But what happens when I discover his darkest secret of all? With Talon’s wavering allegiance, there’s no one I can trust. The tea

Twin Sisters Livingston and the Mystery at Madame Molineaux's by Mary Knight Genre: Middle Grade Mystery Adventure Twin sisters Maddie and Jo Livingston have spent their lives traveling the world with their famous archaeologist parents. But when the Livingstons’ work takes them on a mysterious year-long excavation in Siberia, much too dangerous for two twelve-year-old girls, Maddie and Jo are whisked off to a castle in Switzerland, where they find themselves piecing together a mystery of their own. Madame Molineaux’s School for Girls is filled with interesting students and professors from all over Europe. But it doesn’t take long for the girls to figure out that this is no ordinary boarding school: bizarre animals, hidden tapestries, secret tunnels, and a long list of unanswered questions keep Maddie, Jo, and their new friends searching for clues around every corner. Where is that snotty Rosemary Byron going when she sneaks out of her dormitory at night? What secret is their belo

Dainty Damsels: Halloween Collection 2022 Dainty Damsels Coloring Books Book Twelve by J.N. Sheats Genre: Fantasy Coloring Books  Date of Publication: 09/04/2022 ISBN: 979-8849735702  ASIN: B0BD2RR74J  Number of pages: 72 Cover Artist: J.N. Sheats Spooky season is here and so are the Dainty Damsels with a new 30 page collection of illustrations by J.N. Sheats.  Grab your pens, pencils, and markers and get to coloring!  Amazon       Etsy Interview with J.N. Sheats Welcome to Character Madness and Musings. Please, t ell us about your newest book. It’s a coloring book for all ages. And it is Halloween themed. A few years ago I published my first coloring book with this set of girls I came up with called Dainty Damsels , and my latest release is the new collection of Damsels all set for Halloween. Tell us a little bit about your writing career. While my latest release is a coloring book, I am an author as well. I published my debut novella back in 2014, had a good two year run at wr

Like A Hero by Michael J. Bowler Publication date: October 18th 2022 Genres: Action, Adventure, Young Adult Courage can be costly. Orphaned brothers Vincent and Dennis Villanueva learn the truth of those words when they create a masked crime fighter and turn him loose on Los Angeles. The brainchild of fourteen-year-old Dennis and embodied in twenty-one-year-old Vincent, “Invictus” hits the streets to jumpstart apathetic Angelenos into taking a more active role in their city. But reality isn’t a comic book. Vincent finds poverty, homelessness, drug addiction, abuse, and cast-off children. Labeled a vigilante and criminal, the shy grad student with formidable martial arts talent and abysmal people skills soon doubts his ability to make an impact. Forced to straddle an ambiguous line between moral and legal, he becomes disheartened and secretive, hiding the truth of what he’s doing from Dennis and driving a wedge between them. Feeling neglected, Dennis infiltrates a dangerous drug rin

Angel of Ashes and Dust by D.H. Nevins (The Wormwood Trilogy, #3) Publication date: October 18th 2022 Genres: Dystopian, Fantasy, New Adult, Young Adult The end of her people and the death of a planet are looming over her. Kali Michaels must choose between the illusion of safety and the danger of her own power in this anticipated and heart-stopping finale to The Wormwood Trilogy. Kali learned the hard way that her abilities cannot be trusted if they can be used against her. In an effort to protect those she cares about, she is determined to let the power of her Shadow lie dormant, despite the dangers rising up around her. Now, tormented by an unstoppable enemy, she and Tiamat Wormwood must try to lead others while doing the impossible—ensuring the survival of humans and half-angels alike. But how can she partner with Tiamat, when her proximity could kill him? And how can the Nephilim, Tiamat, be trusted to save a planet, if he is the one who shattered it in the first place? Litt

I Am Different, I Am Great by Melody Kiang Genre: Children's Picture Book Mei Mei loves school, but sometimes she feels a bit out of place. She speaks with an accent that makes her stand out from everyone else. When she tells Mommy her worries, Mei Mei finds that she's more that just her voice. She's made up of many wonderful parts - parts she should be proud of! Can Mei Mei find the good within and learn to love herself exactly as she is? **Get 10% off from Bookbaby with code FF10** Amazon * B&N * Bookbaby * Goodreads Melody is a passionate Early Childhood Educator who has been working with young children for the past 12 years. She has been a Preschool teacher, Director, and a Co-founder of an Ed-tech company. Her own experiences as a second generation immigrant inspired her to write this story about some of the challenges children face. Website * Instagram * Goodreads Follow the tour HERE for special content and a giveaway! $10 Amazon a Rafflecopter giveaway

Designed by Amy Patrick (Designed, #1) Publication date: October 17th 2022 Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult Seventeen-year-old Mireya is the youngest person on Earth in 2055. Well, one of them. She and her classmates on the military base where she lives are survivors of Zika-Two, a mosquito-borne virus that took out the very youngest and oldest of the world’s population fifteen years earlier and rendered the remaining humans infertile. Formerly banned research into cloning, genetic engineering, and artificial intelligence is green-lighted by a government desperate to prevent looming human extinction. In fact, it was experimental nanotechnology that saved the lives of Mireya and her friends. She’s always been told this makes her special. She certainly doesn’t feel special. As hard as she tries, she can never seem to please her indifferent parents, and her periodic memory lapses threaten to sink her already-shameful class rank to dead last. She just wants to be like ev