Captive Wilderness, Goldenlach Ridge Shifters Book 1, from romance author J.E. McDonald

 

CAPTIVE WILDERNESS

Goldenlach Ridge Shifters Book 1 

A new series and new direction for critically acclaimed romance author J.E. McDonald 

Released and published by City Owl Press!

The book will be available worldwide in digital format 

 

Captured, collared, and trapped in her human form, Brooke escapes, but at what cost? 

When she and her sister are kidnapped and collared, Brooke is the only one who escapes. Dropped into the Canadian wilderness with a dangerous shifter on her tail, there is no way for her to save her sister. The only one who can help her is a reclusive man she comes across in the middle of nowhere, a loner who doesn’t speak.

Grizzly shifter Kane hasn’t socialized with another human in years, and he likes it that way. Being on his own has kept people safe from him, but now that an intriguing woman has intruded on his self-exile, he struggles to control his more primal emotions. And when Brooke goes into heat, stranded in his remote cabin is the last place she should be.

With danger sniffing at their heels, will Brooke and Kane’s forced proximity be their salvation, or prove fatal to them both?

 

Amazon.com:   Captive Wilderness (Goldenlach Ridge Shifters Book 1) - Kindle edition by McDonald, J. E. . Paranormal Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. 

Amazon.ca:  Captive Wilderness (Goldenlach Ridge Shifters Book 1) eBook : McDonald, J. E. : Amazon.ca: Kindle Store 

MORE BOOKS BY J.E. McDONALD:

  

PRAISE FOR THE WICKWOOD CHRONICLES: 

“This is fine romance cum suspense novel that immediately establishes J.E. McDonald as an author of importance. The Wickwood Chronicles merit a following, as GHOST OF A GAMBLE suggests. Very impressive debut novel!”, Grady Harp, Top Shelf Magazine 

“The first in McDonald’s Wickwood Chronicles proves to be an enjoyable start to a brand-new paranormal romance series. With realism, humor, and even a bit of suspense, readers will enjoy,”,  Alicia Smock, Roll Out The Reviews 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

 

J.E. McDonald was born and raised in Saskatchewan, Canada, The Land of the Living Skies. As a child, she was either searching the clouds for identifiable shapes, or star-gazing way past her bedtime. She cut her teeth watching Star Trek, James Bond movies, and reading the Harlequin novels her mother left in the bathroom—which resulted in an extremely skewed sense of sex education by age eleven. All of these factors contribute to her love of writing rom coms with a paranormal twist, romantic suspense, and far-future romance. 

J.E. resides in Saskatchewan with her husband and three daughters, a stay at home mom by day, and an obsessed writer by night.   More information about J.E. McDonald can be found at: The Wickwood Chronicles Series Books | J.E. McDonald Author (jemcdonald.net)

To request additional review copies or an interview with J.E. McDonald, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925. 

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Sci-Fi Thriller author David M. Kelly releases KWELENGSEN STORM

 

KWELENGSEN STORM

Book One of the Logan’s World Series

 A Sci-Fi Thriller brought to you by acclaimed author,

David M. Kelly 

Released and published by Nemesis Press!

The book is available worldwide in digital and paperback formats

 

You can turn your back on war, but sometimes it refuses to let you go.

When Logan Twofeathers takes on the job of head of engineering on Kwelengsen, the first habitable planet discovered by Earth, he thinks he’s leaving conflict far behind. But when he investigates the loss of a deep-space communications relay, his ship is attacked and crash-lands back on the planet.

With his new home destroyed by the invaders, Logan is stranded deep in the frozen mountains with an injured sergeant who hates him almost as much as the enemy. Against the ever-present threat of capture, he must battle his way through icy surroundings in a treacherous attempt to find his wife.

And when he's forced to ally himself with a disparate group of soldiers and their uncompromising captain, Logan must face the reality that he may have lost everything—and everyone—he loves. Will he choose to fight? And what will it cost him? 

Amazon.com: Kwelengsen Storm: Logan's World, Book One: Kelly, David M.: 9781777156923: Amazon.com: Books

Amazon.ca:  Kwelengsen Storm: Logan's World, Book One : Kelly, David M.: Amazon.ca: Books

THE JOE BALLEN SERIES:

                

                    

“That’s all changed with the Internet and digital publishing; and David Kelley is an excellent example of gifted, knowledgeable writers, producing first rate fiction. This series combines good old space opera with a light touch humour. Well plotted, well paced and with central characters you start to root for. Just superb writing.” – London Citizen

 “I really enjoyed Mathematics of Eternity. The main character is far from perfect (physically) and through no fault of his own is dragged into an event that could change the lives of those still living on a partially-drowned Earth. The worldbuilding was amazing, the science plausible, and the story engaging. I would highly recommend it.” - Indie Sci-Fi Fantasy

ABOUT DAVID:

David M. Kelly writes fast-paced, near-future sci-fi thrillers with engaging characters, cynical humor, and plausible science. He is the author of the Joe Ballen series, Logan’s World series, and the Hyperia Jones series, and has been published in Canadian SF magazine Neo-opsis.

David’s interest in science and technology began early. At the age of six his parents allowed him to stay up late into the night to watch the television broadcast of Neil Armstrong stepping on to the surface of the moon. From that day he was hooked on everything related to science and space.

An avid reader, he worked his way through the contents of the mobile library that visited his street, progressing through YA titles (or ‘juveniles’ as they were known back then) on to the classics of Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and Harry Harrison.

David worked for many years in project management and software development. Along the way his interests have included IPSC combat (target) pistol shooting, crew chief on a drag racing team, and several years as bass player/vocalist in a heavy rock band. He also managed to fit in some real work in manual jobs from digging ditches and assembly lines jobs to loading trucks in a haulage company.

Originally from the wild and woolly region of Yorkshire, England, David emigrated to Canada in 2005 and settled in Northern Ontario with his patient and supportive wife, Hilary. Foot surgery in 2014 temporarily curtailed many of his favorite activities – hiking, camping, piloting his own personal starfighter (otherwise known as a 1991 Corvette ZR-1). But on the plus side, it meant a transition from the world of IT into life as a full-time writer—an opportunity he grasped enthusiastically.

David is passionate about science, especially astronomy and physics, and is a rabid science news follower. Never short of an opinion, David writes about science and technology on his blog davidmkelly.net. He has supported various charity projects such as the Smithsonian’s Reboot The Suit and the Lowell Observatory Pluto Telescope Restoration. He also contributes to citizen science projects such as SETI@home. 

To request additional review copies or an interview with David M. Kelly, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925. 

We look forward to the coverage!

 

PRETTY UGLY, Winner of the 2022 Helicon Award for Best Horror Novel By author Jennifer Anne Gordon

 

PRETTY UGLY

Winner of the 2022 Helicon Award for Best Horror Novel 

By critically acclaimed Literary horror author

Jennifer Anne Gordon

 

Released and published by Livre Maison!

The book is available worldwide in digital and paperback formats

 

 

“Pretty/Ugly is a modern gothic filled with sensuality, dread and a dark kind of love that can only exist during an apocalypse..."SA Cosby author of BLACKTOP WASTELAND" 

Interitus: noun. ruin; violent/untimely death, extinction; destruction, dissolution

Omelia fills the empty place in her heart with Instagram clicks, likes, and subscribes, hiding the scars of grief under a mask of makeup, cloaked in an online personality. She yearns to be someone new: a girl in a magazine, a character in a book, a beauty queen. Anything not to feel, to be numb, but the sharp pain accompanying the red spot on her face cannot be ignored. Nor can the black, spindly tarantula-like vines that creep up the side of her face and the fever she spikes, forcing her to confront the fact that the person she has become may not be who she is at all.

Dubbed ‘the New JFK,’ Sam is the heir apparent to a powerful but emotionally distant political family, living the life he neither dreamed nor wanted. He sleepwalks through his days filled with self-loathing, rage, boredom, and an ache under his heart that reminds him that he is not complete. He is roused from slumber when a political scandal erupts that coincides with the end of the world. Too many Adderall and Old-Fashioneds leave Sam wondering, is he crazy or haunted? When lives are emotionally ended in childhood, it takes an apocalypse to see the ephemeral beauty of living again.

Amazon.com: Pretty/Ugly eBook : Gordon, Jennifer Anne: Books

Pretty/Ugly eBook : Gordon, Jennifer Anne: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

 "Pretty/Ugly, the story of two damaged people living in a dystopian nightmare, is an exquisitely written horror novel. But, is it really fiction? In these times, it seems chillingly possible for an Instagram star and a politician wrapped in a façade of is own to be facing a relentless pandemic that may well lead to the end of the world... Pretty/Ugly is a deliciously frightening, absorbing tale that seems all too real." - Wendy Webb (The Haunting of Brynn Wilder)

"More than a simply a fine horror fantasy, this is a highly polished psychodrama exploring early trauma, identity, life’s exigencies, and fates – all woven together in a stunningly creative tapestry of a unique novel. Jennifer Anne Gordon is on the ascent as a literary figure of stature! " Grady Harp, Top 100 Amazon Reviewer.

Pretty/Ugly is a lyrical, hallucinogenic train ride through the end of the world. It’s the story of two people falling in and out of loneliness as the end draws near. Each moment is more beautiful and terrifying than the last. Pretty/Ugly is the combination of Contagion and Lost in Translation I didn’t know I needed. It’s Lost in Contagion” – Allison Martine (Author of the Bourbon Books)Pretty/Ugly 

MORE BOOKS BY JENNIFER ANNE GORDON:

                          

             Beautiful, Frightening and Silent                      From Daylight To Madness             

When The Sleeping Dead Still Talk

2020 Kindle Horror Book Of the Year

 ABOUT JENNIFER

Jennifer Anne Gordon is a gothic horror/literary fiction novelist. Her work includes Beautiful, Frightening and Silent which won the Kindle Award for Best Horror/Suspense for 2020, Won Best Horror 2020 from Authors on the Air, was a Finalist for American Book Fest’s Best Book Award- Horror, 2020. It also received the Platinum 5 Star Review from Reader’s Choice as well as the Gold Seal from Book View.  Her second Novel, From Daylight to Madness (The Hotel book 1) received the Gold Seal from Book View, as well as The Platinum Seal from Reader’s Favorite, her third novel When the Sleeping Dead Still Talk (The Hotel book 2) Was published in late 2020.

Jennifer also had a collection of her artwork published Victoriana: The Mixed Media Art of Jennifer Gordon.

Jennifer is one of the hosts as well as the creator of Vox Vomitus, a critically acclaimed video podcast.  As a podcast host, Jennifer has interviewed authors such as V.C Andrews, James Rollins, Paul Tremblay, Sarah Langan, Mary Rollins, Josh Malerman, Carol Goodman, Wendy Webb, and Matt Ruff. She had been a contributor to Ladies of Horror Fiction, Horror Tree, Writers After Dark, Reader’s Entertainment Magazine, Nerd Daily, and Ginger Nuts of Horror. 

She is a member of the Horror Writers Association where she sits on one of the Juries for the Bram Stoker Awards. She is also a member of New England Horror Writers. 

Jennifer is a pale curly haired ginger, obsessed with horror, ghosts, abandoned buildings, and her dog "Lord Tubby".  She graduated from the New Hampshire Institute of Art, where she studied Acting. She also studied at the University of New Hampshire with a concentration in Art History and English.  

She has made her living as an actress, a magician's assistant, a "gallerina", a comic book dealer, a painter, and burlesque performer and for the past 10 years as an award-winning professional ballroom dancer, performer, instructor, and choreographer.

When not scribbling away (ok, typing frantically) she enjoys traveling with her husband and dance partner, teaching her dog ridiculous tricks (like 'give me a kiss' and 'what hand is the treat in?' ok these are not great tricks.) as well as taking photos of abandoned buildings and haunted locations. 

She is a leo, so at the end of the day she just thinks about her hair.   For more information and benevolent stalking, please visit her website at http://www.JenniferAnneGordon.com 

To request additional review copies or an interview with Jennifer Anne Gordon, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

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Round Robin Blog Fest March 2022

Welcome back to yet another Round Robin Blog Fest! If you've never joined us before, this is a fun little blog tour that will introduce you to several amazing authors. Our ring leader, Robin, asks us a question that we all answer in our own way. This month's question is: 

What messages do your books give your readers?

One thing I've come to recognize is that all of my sleuths,  from Audra Clemmings to Gilda Wright have one trait I love to play on. They are all resilient! When life gets tough, they all get up and GO!

Gilda, the protagonist in my Gilda Wright Mysteries, has a bad breakup with a boyfriend which sends her to work at a local karate school to learn how to defend herself and gain some confidence. Instead, she falls in love with the school's owner, Sensei Mick Williams and ends up with a whole other set of problems when she discovers a body in the school. Throughout the series, Gilda gains confidence even after set backs and perserveres until she is ready to go for her black belt...OOPS! Spoiler alert!

In my Sugarwood Mysteries, Audra Clemmings deals with an empty nest, running a craft shop, a diststracted husband, and a young puppy. Despite it all, she maintains a brave face. Alongside her best friend Merrilee, she solves the murder of a cowboy at Halloween and is anticipating her next adventure in September 2022.

Glitter Bay Mysteries features sisters Laken and Sage Miller. Both have had their share of heartache and have settled in Glitter Bay, Oregon to run Sage's vintage boutique, Vintage Sage. Laken has endured cancer, an unfaithful husband, public humiliation, and the demise of her modeling career. She moves in with her sister to rebuild a quiet life while she figures out her next move. In the meantime, she brings trouble from Hollywood into the small town. Joined by a trans gender woman named Quinn, life is never dull in Glitter Bay!

Lastly, my Wild Blue Mysteries begins and ends with Katie Mullins who changed her name after running from her bosses with half a million dollars of their money. She ended up in a small town and chose to live a small life. Until her bosses find her. In spite of everything, she needs to decide whether to keep running or face her past head on.

My protagonists deal with all kinds of situations as well as hunting for bad guys. No matter what life throws in their way, they don't give up. Sometimes they want to. There's a scene in one of my Gilda Wright Mysteries where Gilda locks her door, turns off the lights, and hides from the world. It doesn't last long. Her friends and her curiosity drag her back out to finish the job!

Let's check out what messages other authors share in their books!

Skye Taylor http://www.skye-writer.com/blogging_by_the_sea

Marci Baun http://www.marcibaun.com/blog/

Connie Vines http://mizging.blogspot.com/

Dr. Bob Rich  https://wp.me/p3Xihq-2A9 

Helena Fairfax http://www.helenafairfax.com/blog

Robin Courtright https://www.rhobincourtright.com/

Featuring ETERNITY’S MIRROR, Book 2 of the Eternal Chronicles Series, by Zachary Hagen

 

ETERNITY’S MIRROR

Book 2 of the Eternal Chronicles Series 

The newest novel by critically acclaimed author

 Zachary Hagen

 

 

Flip the coin and find a whole new world on the other side. 

 The Circle is uniting the countries of Lux Terra. Elior, Nyx, and Opal are finding that some things have changed as the result of their adventures with Michael. Yrahkaz has been tasked with squashing the growing obsession with Michael. 

When an important clue to finding Eliam and fixing Nyx’s and Opal’s problems is given to them, they recruit the help of a disgraced magi-technician to get to him, but their initial success is more than they bargained for. 

The other side of the Mirror of Eternity is filled with wonders and dangers they never imagined. Will they still be able to prevail against an evil that is bent on devouring them whole, or will they fall prey to its cunning pursuit? 

Eternity’s Mirror is the thrilling continuation of The Eternal Chronicles picking up where Eternity’s Well left off. 

Amazon.com: Amazon.com: Eternity's Mirror (Eternal Chronicles Book 2) eBook : Hagen, Zachary: Kindle Store

Amazon.ca: Eternity's Mirror (Eternal Chronicles Book 2) eBook : Hagen, Zachary: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store 

More Books in The Series:

 

When you lose family, friends, and country, how far is too far? 

Elior watched as his twin brother, the only real family he had left run into a building as it disappeared. 

Nyx, a cursed merman, watched as his father and best friend were killed in front of him. 

Opal’s father died leaving her with a legacy to live up to and a throne to protect. 

When they join forces with a wise professor to find the Well of Eternity, can they find answers to their problems? Can the ancient evil lurking in the shadows of society be stopped before it’s too late, or will blood be spilled killing their hope and dooming Lux Terra forever? 

Eternity’s Well will hook you from the very beginning and take you on a spellbinding, breathtaking journey through a new world where anything is possible. 

About Zachary:

 

ZACHARY HAGEN is an Minnesota based author and editor. Writing has always been a passion for him since he was little kid when he put together little books from scrap paper. The earliest story he remembers writing was about a dragon who gave flowers to children. He also teaches creative writing to his students and loves to see their talents flourish. When he isn’t working hard at his two passions, he enjoys spending time with his wife and dog and making music any way he can. 

More information can be found about him at:  Zachary Hagen Writes 

To request additional review copies or an interview with Zachary Hagen, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com | 403.464.6925.

We look forward to the coverage!

 

Catalyst, the stunning Mafia Romance debut by Author Nicole Fanning is being relaunched!!

 

Cupid miss his mark for you in February??? 

Never Fear

Catalyst, the stunning Mafia Romance debut by Author Nicole Fanning is being relaunched to ensure that readers get all the love and thrills they need!! 

A new Look!!

New Covers!!

Same style echoed with the quality writing one can only expect from Nicole!!!

When Natalie Tyler arrives in Chicago to attend her cousin's wedding, she is just hoping to survive the week with her estranged family... And her ex-fiancé. One week. One uneventful week at the beautiful Hotel Jefferson, is all she has to endure before she can return to her quiet life in Miami. 

However, fate has other plans. A split-second decision, unknowingly puts her in the path of one of the city's wealthiest bachelors. And one of the deadliest. She finds herself thrust into a world she does not understand. The world of Jaxon Pace. Billionaire. Hotelier. Mafia Boss. In an expansive underworld of crime, violence and deceit, Jaxon is KING. He is heartless, ruthless, and runs the city with an iron fist. The devilishly handsome Jaxon is used to getting what he wants, no matter the cost. 

However, Natalie did not come to Chicago for love, and certainly not for an ungrateful, spoiled playboy with a god complex. But soon she begins to wonder if there is more to this mysterious man than meets the eye? Entangled in their fiery romance, and a fleeting hope of happiness, Jaxon sets his sights on the beautiful and charismatic Natalie Tyler. But his enemies have noticed Natalie too. Can Jaxon win Natalie's heart, before everything goes up in flames? 

 Their passionate romance will take you on a heart pounding wild ride of suspense, mystery, and chemistry so explosive, it could set the whole city on fire! Catalyst is the first of THREE incendiary installments in the Heart of the Inferno Series. It will have you cheering for true love and gripping your seat, unable to put it down!

Amazon.com: Catalyst (Heart of the Inferno): Fanning, Nicole: 9798736659715: Amazon.com: Books 

Amazon.ca:  Catalyst (Heart of the Inferno Book 1) eBook : Fanning, Nicole: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store 

“Taking Chick Lit to a new level, Nicole Fanning appears to have as much emphasis on mystery/crime variations as on steamy erotica. Managing to build a cast of credible characters makes her tale of mafia romance surge forward like a steam engine.” _ Grady Harp, Top 100 Amazon Reviewer

“Once in a great while a book comes along that just wows you. It grips you hard by the throat and doesn't let go, even long after you've finished the book. Catalyst by Natalie Fanning is that book.” _ Knotty Girl Reviews 

MORE FROM NICOLE FANNING: 

IGNITE:

She never expected to fall in love with a mafia don.
He never expected to fall in love at all.
But will their love be enough?

Four weeks ago, Jaxon Pace, the billionaire "Don Supreme" of Chicago's underground mafia syndicates, took a bullet.
This bullet was meant for the only girl who stole his heart, the beautiful Natalie Tyler, a simple nurse from Miami.
Overwhelmed by the horrors she witnessed in Chicago, Natalie chose to return home, leaving the broken and broken-hearted Jaxon Pace to recover on his own.

A month after her visit, Natalie's heart still belongs to Jaxon...And you better believe The Don Supreme is coming to collect HIS woman.
But when he arrives, he learns that Natalie has a little surprise for him: She is pregnant.

However, his enemies will give the happy couple no reprieve.

Especially, Jaxon's presumed-dead ex-girlfriend, Rachel, and her psychotic brother, Michael.
They are the leaders of Chicago's newest twisted mafia clan, the Two-Headed Dragon.

The Two-Headed Dragon has one goal: the complete destruction of the Pace Family Mafia.
If successful, they will destroy the entire mafia hierarchy that has guided Chicago's underworld for a century, sending the city into complete chaos.

Will Natalie & Jaxon's love be enough to defeat the dangers of the present...and the demons of the past?

Filled with exhilarating highs, steamy romance, and heart-pounding suspense, "Ignite" picks up where "Catalyst" left off, and joins our favorite mafia couple as they fight for each other in a world filled with deceit, depravity, and unspeakable darkness

Amazon.com: Ignite: Heart of the Inferno Book II eBook : Fanning, Nicole: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

 About Nicole:  

Nicole is a smitten wife and super proud dog mom to three rambunctious rescue dogs.

She is an old school romantic, with a proclivity for a little mischief, and an obsession with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Nicole is the author of the Heart of the Inferno Series, which follows the story of a dangerous mafia don and the girl who became his only exception.

To request additional review copies or an interview with Nicole Fanning, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com | 403.464.6925.   

 

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Dr. Teresa Cody explains the magic that is Platelet Rich Plasma in You Healing You!

 

YOU HEALING YOU

A book that truly demonstrates the power of healing factors within all of us! 

Written by Dr. Teresa Cody as she explains the magic that is Platelet Rich Plasma!!! 

Published by C & C Publishing and available in paperback and e-book format 

 

              Everyone Has This Priceless Gift --- BUT most Never Discover It!

           Come learn how each and every one of us has a miracle at our fingertips……

Coursing through your bloodstream is a miraculous golden healing liquid called Platelet Rich Plasma [PRP, for short]. PRP contains all the healing factors your body uses to heal. Using this knowledge, we can concentrate this priceless blood component and reintroduce it into your body to heal injuries or as an esthetic treatment. Learn how your own body holds the key to healing. It truly is “you healing you”. 

            Amazon.com:  https://www.amazon.com/You-Healing-Teresa-Cody-ebook/dp/B08MWTBX8N

 Dr. Cody Interviewed on the Trudy Beerman Show: The Miracle of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=suzkpJEQhQU&feature=youtu.be

 

ABOUT TERESA:

Dr. Teresa Cody earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Texas, then her Dental degree at the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston in 1992. The next year she and her new husband, also a dentist, bought a practice in Sugar Land, Texas. Through a sequence of extraordinary events in 2018, Dr. Cody discovered the healing power of Platelet Rich Plasma. PRP for short. PRP is found in the plasma portion of the blood. Everyone has this priceless gift; however, most are unaware of its amazing healing powers which lead her to write her book entitled You Healing You. Her passion is to introduce others to the multiple health benefits of PRP treatments. In February 2019 Dr. Cody opened C & C Wellness to treat patients with PRP and other natural treatments.

To request additional review copies or an interview with Dr. Teresa Cody, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com | 403.464.6925.    

We look forward to the coverage!