Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Flight Test 101: Book Campaign and Giveaway

 

Flight Test 101

By Amanda M. Thrasher


Genre of Book: Children’s Chapter Book, Fantasy, Adventure

Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press

Pages: 169

Publication Date: 10 June 2025



SYNOPSIS



Join Lilly, Boris, and Jack as they embark on another thrilling adventure that will test their courage and friendship!

Excitement fills the air in the enchanting world of fairlings as Lilly, Boris, and Jack prepare for their first fairy flight test! As they take to the skies, their journey quickly transforms into a whirlwind of unexpected challenges and delightful mishaps. With new expectations weighing on their tiny wings, the trio must navigate a tricky obstacle course that challenges their flying skills and the strength of their friendship.

Will they rise to the occasion and soar to success, or will they find themselves grounded for countless moons? Join these brave fairlings on a magical quest filled with laughter, valuable lessons, and the power of teamwork. 

The Mischief Series invites young readers to embark on heartwarming adventures celebrating friendship, resilience, and the joy of learning from mistakes. This delightful series encourages children to embrace challenges and cherish the friendships they cultivate, making it ideal for independent reading or cozy read-together moments. Dive into the magic today and discover why the adventures of Lilly, Boris, and Jack are a must-read for every young dreamer!



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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Amanda M. Thrasher is a wife, mother, dog lover, and an international award-winning author. She’s a multiple Gold Recipient of The Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA), earning the award in multiple categories, including Young Adult, General Fiction, and Children’s Chapter Books. She’s a multiple Gold Medal and Bronze winner of the Readers’ Favorite International Book awards and was awarded a New Apple Literary Award. 











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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Canyon of Deceit: Book Campaign and Giveaway

 

 



Canyon of Deceit
by Diann Mills


Christian Mystery & Suspense/ Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Tyndale Fiction
Pages: 338
Publication Date: September 9, 2025



SYNOPSIS

A missing child. A deadly conspiracy. A race against time.

When survival expert Therese Palmer is called to find a kidnapped girl, she quickly realizes the truth is more dangerous than she imagined. Enlisting the help of Texas Ranger Blane Gardner, they track the girl’s last known location deep in the Guadalupe Mountains—where every clue leads to more deception. As Russian organized crime and a deadly assassination plot come to light, Therese and Blane must fight against ruthless enemies and their growing attraction. Will they find the girl before time runs out, or will she become a pawn in a much bigger game?




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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Award-winning author DiAnn Mills is known for her gripping romantic suspense novels where readers can Expect An Adventure. With multiple Christy Awards and numerous bestsellers, her stories captivate readers with their depth and intensity. A passionate storyteller and dedicated mentor, DiAnn is also a coffee connoisseur and proud grandmother living in Houston, Texas.

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To Condemn a Witch: Book Campaign and Giveaway

 

TO CONDEMN A WITCH
By LISA A. TRAUGOTT


Historical Fantasy
Publisher: Rose Castle Media
Pages: 399
Publication Date: August 11, 2025


SYNOPSIS

A stolen scroll. A cursed bloodline. A prophecy that binds three witches across life and death…


Scotland, 1729. When clairvoyant healer Fiona MacLeod discovers an enchanted scroll, she awakens a prophecy linking her fate to two other women: Eleanor, a servant-turned-mistress caught in a scandal, and Matilda, a vengeful ghost burned for witchcraft. Together, they must form a coven—maiden, mother, and crone—to protect a changeling child marked by ancient magic.


But a ruthless witch hunter is closing in—one who will stop at nothing to destroy the child and the women sworn to defend her.


Spanning the infamous Hellfire Caves of England to haunted Scottish glens and the wilds of colonial Virginia, To Condemn a Witch is a haunting prequel in the Tales of the Witchblood series—a dark tale of feminine power, sacrifice, and the unbreakable bond between witches who rise, no matter how often they are condemned.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lisa A. Traugott is the award-winning author of the Tales of the Witchborn series (To Rescue a Witch and To Condemn a Witch), a haunting historical fantasy saga in the realm of ghosts, goddesses, and rebellion. She double majored in history and theater to guarantee unemployment yet somehow became a full-time author. An original cast member on American Grit with John Cena, she also had five lines on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


She lives in Austin with her husband and two kids where they enjoy walking ghost tours and telling scary stories around the campfire. You can get a FREE chapter of To Rescue a Witch at LisaTraugott.com.






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Friday, June 27, 2025

Too Much the Lion: Book Campaign and Giveaway

 

TOO MUCH THE LION:
A Novel of the Battle of Franklin
By PRESTON LEWIS


Historical Fiction / Civil War Fiction
Publisher: Bariso Press
Pages: 395
Publication Date: May 13, 2025


SYNOPSIS

In the waning months of the American Civil War, a delusional Confederate commander makes a desperate attempt to change the course of the South’s dwindling hopes by invading middle Tennessee. The tragic result of Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood’s misplaced hubris devastates his Army of Tennessee and alters the lives of the citizens of Franklin, Tennessee.

In a historical novel reminiscent of The Killer Angels, Too Much the Lion follows a handful of Confederate generals, infantrymen and local residents through the five days leading up to the horrific Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864. The lives of soldiers ranging from Major General Patrick Cleburne to Brigadier General Hiram Granbury and from Sergeant Major Sumner Cunningham and to Corporal Sam Watkins will be forever changed by Hood’s decisions and mistakes.

Franklin civilians like apprehensive and loving mother Mary Alice McPhail and teen Hardin Figuers, desperate to serve the Confederacy but too young to enlist, are ensnared in the events that will bring death and devastation to their very doorsteps. Devout Confederate Chaplain Charles T. Quintard must reconcile his religious beliefs with his support of slavery. Slaves like the elder Wiley Howard and the inquisitive young Henry B. Free are trapped on the fault line between what has been and what could be.

Too Much the Lion offers an unvarnished account of the dying days of the Confederacy in a powerful and moving narrative of honor and betrayal, bravery and cowardice, death and survival. Told with poignancy and honesty by an accomplished novelist, Too Much the Lion achieves for the Battle of Franklin what The Killer Angels did for the Battle of Gettysburg, providing a classic fictional account of one of the Civil War’s pivotal encounters.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Preston Lewis is the award-winning author of some sixty western, historical, juvenile, and nonfiction works.  In 2025 he was honored with the Will Rogers Medallion Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the literature of the American West.  The Texas Institute of Letters in 2021 elected him to membership for his literary achievements. 

Western Writers of America (WWA) has honored Lewis with three Spur Awards, one for best article, the second for best western novel and the third in 2025 for juvenile nonfiction.  He has received ten Will Rogers Medallion Awards—six gold, two silver and two bronze—for written western humor, short stories, short nonfiction, and traditional Western novel.

Lewis is a past president of WWA and the West Texas Historical Association, which named him a fellow in 2016.  He holds a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and a master’s degree from Ohio State University, both in journalism.  Additionally, he has a second master’s degree in history from Angelo State University.

He lives in San Angelo, Texas, with wife Harriet Kocher Lewis. 







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Saturday, June 14, 2025

Higher Love: Book Campaign and Giveaway

 

HIGHER LOVE
By JOANNE KUKANZA EASLEY


Women’s Literary Fiction
Publisher: Red Boots Press
Pages: 380
Publication Date: May 12, 2025


SYNOPSIS

Higher Love - the new release from Joanne Kukanza Easley, the multi-award-winning author of Sweet Jane, Just One Look, and I’ll Be Seeing You.

In 1986 Austin, Texas, sixteen-year-old Stephanie steps into sixty-two-year-old Lauren’s life, her uncanny resemblance cracking open a buried past. Claiming to be the daughter of the child Lauren gave up for adoption forty-five years ago, Stephanie upends Lauren’s life—already complicated by her remarriage to Brett after thirty-three years apart. Stung by her adoptive grandmother’s deception, Stephanie stays, her past of tragedy and self-harm forging a fragile bond with Lauren and Brett. When Stephanie’s trust fund evaporates, crushing her college dreams, Lauren sacrifices all to give her a future—only to face a bittersweet twist that echoes the past and changes everything. This heart-wrenching family drama delves into the enduring impact of secrets, the power of unconditional love, and the strength found in facing our pasts.



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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joanne Kukanza Easley, a retired registered nurse with experience in both the cold, clinical operating room and the highly charged world of psychiatric hospitals, lives in the Texas Hill Country, where she writes fiction about complicated, twentieth-century women. Her multi-award-winning debut, Sweet Jane, was named the adult fiction winner at the Texas Author Project and shortlisted for the Sarton Award and Eric Hoffer Award, among others. Just One Look, Joanne’s second novel, was a May 2022 Pulpwood Queen Book Club Pick. I’ll Be Seeing You, her third novel, features characters from Sweet Jane. Look for her fourth novel, Higher Love, a sequel to her third book, in Spring 2025. Her prize-winning short stories and poetry have appeared in several anthologies.












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Sunday, June 1, 2025

The Rise of the Mad March: Book Campaign

 

THE RISE OF THE MAD MARCH
by ROBERT ESPENSCHEID JR.


New Adult / Coming of Age / Friendship
Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing
Pages: 374
Publication Date: May 9, 2025



SYNOPSIS

This one is for all the rock bands who never headlined the big stage, who never needed protection getting to the limo, who never made any money, who never got signed, who had no answer to the cry of “why aren’t you guys famous?” It’s for those who wrote killer songs never heard on the radio, who never made a Rolling Stone cover—or even a mention inside. It’s for those whose collars were always blue, who were promised this and wound up with that, who always opened and never closed.


America, 1973. Christine on lead, Henry on rhythm, Gretchen on bass and Melissa on drums. A chaotic rise, fighting amongst themselves, battling self-destruction, finding their sound, learning to trust, finding a helping hand, overcoming convention (girls can’t play guitar) to become one band, on one tour, for one month – New York to LA and all the stories in between.


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rob Espenscheid, Jr. is a Connecticut native and a 1966 Wake Forest College graduate. After an Army RVN stint in 1969, Rob pulled up stakes and moved to the rural Midwest, settling in southern Iowa in the early 1970s. Prairie life provided a career tuning and repairing pianos from cattle country small towns to collegiate concert halls. When not tinkering on a piano, he can usually be found either on a golf course or working on a manuscript. In 1998, family connections led to a move, with his wife Sharon, to Smithville, Texas.







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Saturday, May 24, 2025

The Calendar: Book Campaign and Giveaway

 

THE CALENDAR
By WM Gunn

Science Fiction
Pages: 302
Publication Date: April 3, 2025


SYNOPSIS

Long-range monitors detect a massive rock plunging through space on a path toward Earth. Will it miss our planet, deliver a glancing blow, or destroy Mankind? And how will people react to an uncertain future? Or will they be told?

What if everything and everyone you cherish vanished in a heartbeat? What if you knew the very day your world would cease to exist? What if you could not save those you love? What if all your dreams and hopes of a brighter tomorrow would never be realized? How would you react if there was nothing you could do to delay it or prevent it? What would you do?

Prepare yourself for the upcoming end of all that is right and wrong. Prepare yourself for the fear and uncertainty of the unknown. Prepare to feel the tension grow and grow.
Prepare to read The Calendar.


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

WM Gunn is a native Texan who spent many years in the pharmaceutical industry in sales, sales management, and training and development. He is active in writing groups and volunteering with non-profit groups. He lives in his hometown in Texas with his high school sweetheart bride of many years. To date, he has written hundreds of short stories, three novellas, and two novels. Holmes, Moriarty, and the Monkeys and Chasing the Sun are two novellas released earlier in 2024. His debut full-length novel The Two Terrors of Tulelake was released in October 2024, as an e-book and as a paperback. The Calendar is his newest novel available in April 2025 as an e-book and in paperback.




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