New Release: Empire of Glass and Stone by Brooke Clonts

 Congratulations to Brooke Clontson the release of her YA epic fantasy Empire of Glass and Stone

 

Empire of Glass and Stone An epic fantasy book with high stakes, magical creatures, and a friends-to-lovers romance.
by Brooke Clonts
February 25, 2022
Genre: Teen & Young Adult Magical Realism, Mythology, Fairy Tale Fantasy
Would you choose love? Or a throne?

Eighteen-year-old Yakua Roca worries more about her family's meager finances than the emperor who flattens kingdoms on his march toward the border. But when stone giants attack her village, Yakua's ambitious plan to marry a priest turns against her and she finds herself a peace offering to a man with a reputation for cruelty.

Yakua must navigate a dangerous betrothal, accept her shameful past, and stave off the burn of forbidden desire.

Or leave everyone she loves in the careless hands of the monster she has to marry.

For fans of epic fantasies and books like "The Red Queen" and "Hunger Games,” this tale will immerse you in a gorgeous and unique world with steep mountain peaks, forbidden romance, mysterious magic, and unforgettable characters.

AUTHOR ENDORSEMENTS:
"Rich world building, mysticism, complex family histories, chemistry–EMPIRE OF GLASS AND STONE has it all. You'll love Yakua's intensity and her fierce transformation."
—Jenna Evans Welch, New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato

"Set in a world the gods long-ago abandoned, EMPIRE OF GLASS AND STONE crosses the razor edge of hidden magic, political intrigue, terrifying customs, and a single chance to make things right. Yakua Roca, the unstoppable female lead, learns what one will do for power, and another for love. A triumphant debut YA Fantasy novel!"
—A.K. Wilder, bestselling author of Crown of Bones

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About the Author
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Brooke Clonts was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her passion for writing started as a kid when she spent most of her time hiding in her bedroom with a book. Her cousin recommended she try writing and it became her obsession. She has a degree in exercise science she's never used, works as a software engineering manager for Adobe, and is a wife and mom to the most beautiful boy in the world. She often writes late at night after her son goes to bed. But her stories follow her all day long.

New Release: Unmagical: A Witchy Mystery by Jenn Lessmann

Congratulations to Jenn Lessmann on the release of her YA Magical Mystery Unmagical

Unmagical: A Witchy Mystery
by Jenn Lessmann
October 13, 2023
Genre: Teen & Young Adult Fantasy & Supernatural Mystery
The Gate that hides Cate Corey’s magical hometown from the rest of the world is about to close.

Permanently.

Descended from gifted witches with no power of her own, Cate thought she’d left home and magic behind. These days, she’s a stressed college student and an underpaid barista.

It’s a blessedly normal life.

But when her father goes missing, she realizes his disappearance is linked to a crisis that threatens to destroy the community and reveal their magic to the world. And Cate’s missing Gift might be the only clue.

Now she must choose between family and freedom. Because she has to go home if she wants answers, but going back now might mean giving up the unmagical life she loves...

For good.

Fans of Cackle and Spells for Forgetting will love this new novel about surviving the cozy apocalypse, making your own magic, and finding your family— literally.

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About the Author:
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Jenn Lessmann is the author of three stories published on Amazon’s Kindle Vella. Unmagical is her debut novel.

A former barista, stage manager, and high school English teacher with advanced degrees from impressive colleges, she continues to drink excessive amounts of caffeine, stay up later than is absolutely necessary, and read three or four books at a time.

New Release: Half Truths by Bronte Meredith (Nadia Mack)

Congratulations to MM author Bronte Meredith (Nadia Mack) on the release of her young adult contemporary gay romance novella Half Truths

Half Truths
by Bronte Meredith (Nadia Mack)
April 21, 2021
Genre: gay romance, contemporary
Hugo and Vader are best friends, boyfriends, and pen-pals.

They’ve also never met in person or talked on the phone.

Vader heads to Hugo’s parent’s sheep farm for the holidays.

What happens when Hugo realises that Vader hasn’t told him the whole truth? Or when he realises that he can’t hide the things he didn’t say in his letters either.

When their half truths start to unravel, their differences and their vulnerabilities are exposed.

Both their lies have the potential to destroy a five-year relationship or turn it into the most important one they’ve ever had.

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About the Author:

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I'm an Australian author who writes MM Romance.

I write a whole bunch of different sub-genres and was lucky enough to be invited to write with some amazing Young Adult authors for my first YA book Sunkissed.

I love my characters. I don't make them up, they pop into existence in my head. They often wake me up with conversations (sometimes heated) in the middle of the night, that need to be recorded for something later on.

I have so many notebooks filled with character situations and dialogue, that there probably should be a bookshelf cull. I need to write faster so that I can make room on my shelves for new notebooks.

If you want to reach out, I'm on Facebook with my OTHER author name Nadia Mack.

New Release: The Wilds (The Wilds Series Book One) by Donna Augustine (New Adult)

Congratulations to Donna Augustine on the release of her new adult novel The Wilds (The Wilds #1)

The Wilds
The Wilds Series Book One
by Donna Augustine

August 31, 2015

I met a Plaguer today, one of the very few who survived the last outbreak of Bloody Death. She said horrible things about me and my companions. We all called her crazy afterward and claimed this was the reason they needed to be locked up. They spread lies that could hurt our fragile world, nearly brought to extinction 150 years ago. 


But here's the catch: she was right about me. I have a niggling fear that she was right about my friends, as well. What if the Plaguers are right about the people in charge? What if they are right about everything?


*This book is for all the Plaguers, the truth sayers branded and marked as liars, often hunted and sometimes forgotten. This book is for the girl who was right.

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About the Author:

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Donna Augustine was an odd child, had a brief moment of conformity in early adulthood and then decided to embrace her craziness as the years rolled by. It's her inner crazy that she credits with coming up with the ideas for her books. One part hypochondriac, a few dashes of paranoia, topped with a sliver of uptight and delivered with a relaxed flair, she kicked the proverbial box down the yellow brick road a couple years ago to embrace her true self.

She can be reached by a carrier pigeon, set free in a south by north direction, where she resides in Neverland with her two Siberian cats. Cats who, by the way, aren't as hypoallergenic as she believed they'd be.

For the conventional minded, and those of you without a pigeon on hand, she can be reached at donna@donnaaugustine.com. She responds to most emails within three dusk periods.

P.S. For those of you looking for the discarded box, it was sitting beside the road for a while but has since disappeared completely.

Creative Writing Conference: Imaginarium September 2015 Louisville, KY

Join me and the creative writer's conference...

http://www.entertheimaginarium.com/

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Imaginarium 2015 Guest of Honor

Lori Wilde

Full Guest list http://www.entertheimaginarium.com/guests-for-2015/

Programming

The programming at Imaginarium 2014 featured well over 140 workshops and panel sessions, and Imaginarium 2015 will be bigger and even better! Programming information will be updated here as everything unfolds! But rest assured that you will find one of the best weekends of content for your creative writing interests in the nation, or even world for that matter!

Registration

http://www.entertheimaginarium.com/attendee-registration/

Host Venue

September 11-13, 2015 The host venue for The Imaginarium is the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the Louisville Airport. The convention rate for Imaginarium 2015 is $99 a night! The Crowne Plaza is conveniently located right off I-65, adjacent to the airport.

Use the link to go to the official room reservation page for Imaginarium 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

https://aws.passkey.com/event/12536350/owner/2812/home

Program Panels

link to panel descriptions

(there might be minor changes, but I will keep this list up-to-date)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-OJIsabicZodEFSeElQOGNVRk0/view

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New Release: The North by Sean Cummings

Congratulations to Sean Cummings on the release of his post-apocalyptic zombie thriller for teens The North.

The North

by Sean Cummings 

Kindle Edition, 320 pages
September 29, 2014

 by Bloor Street Books

Breakout from the armoury. Escape the city. Live. 

Sixteen-year-old David Simmons is on a mission to save his eight-year-old sister. In a smoldering world infested with walking cadavers, the survivors of Simmons infantry reserve unit are going hatches down in a pair of armoured personnel carriers and everyone knows that it’s only a matter of time until their fuel runs dry.

There’s a weak short wave radio signal from a place called Sanctuary Base and it’s supposed to be zombie-free. But there’s more than a thousand miles to cover, a biting, unforgiving cold, armed survivalists, legions of the living dead and someone called SUNRAY.

They’re outgunned, outnumbered and out of time.

This tense thriller for teens offers a terrifying and brutal vision of survival in a post-apocalyptic world where the bonds of friendship and family are the only things left that are worth fighting for.

About the Author:

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Sean Cummings is a fantasy author with a penchant for writing quirky, humorous and dark novels featuring characters that are larger than life. His debut was the gritty urban fantasy SHADE FRIGHT published in 2010. He followed up later in the year with the sequel FUNERAL PALLOR. His urban fantasy/superhero thriller UNSEEN WORLD was published in 2011.

2012 saw the publication of Sean’s first urban fantasy for young adults. POLTERGEEKS is a rollicking story about teen witch Julie Richards, her dorky boyfriend and race against time to save her mother’s life. The first sequel, STUDENT BODIES hit bookstores in September 2013.

Sean's newest book is THE NORTH. A post-apocalyptic zombie thriller for teens. It will be released in October 2014.