GIVEAWAY | The Barrow AND Blood and Iron

Ah, my lovelies, I know what you are thinking: “Sarah, you just HAD a giveaway. What the hell is this all about? Are you hungry for attention or something?” (Okay, maybe that’s not what you are thinking…) Well, here’s the deal. I have a record number of giveaways coming through the website in the next…

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The Tropic of Serpents – Marie Brennan

About the Book The thrilling adventure of Lady Trent continues in Marie Brennan’s The Tropic of Serpents . . . Attentive readers of Lady Trent’s earlier memoir, A Natural History of Dragons, are already familiar with how a bookish and determined young woman named Isabella first set out on the historic course that would one…

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Blood and Iron – Jon Sprunk

About the Book Set in a richly-imagined world, this action-heavy fantasy epic and series opener is like a sword-and-sorcery Spartacus. It starts with a shipwreck following a magical storm at sea. Horace, a soldier from the west, had joined the Great Crusade against the heathens of Akeshia after the deaths of his wife and son…

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Night Broken – Patricia Briggs

About the Book An unexpected phone call heralds a new challenge for Mercy. Her mate Adam’s ex-wife is in trouble, on the run from her new boyfriend. Adam isn’t the kind of man to turn away a person in need—and Mercy knows it. But with Christy holed up in Adam’s house, Mercy can’t shake the…

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Traitor’s Blade – Sebastien de Castell

About the Book The laws of Tristia, the Greatcoats are travelling Magisters upholding King’s Law. They are heroes. Or at least they were, until they stood aside while the Dukes took the kingdom, and impaled their King’s head on a spike. Now Tristia is on the verge of collapse and the barbarians are sniffing at…

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Night Owls – Lauren M. Roy | PLUS A GIVEAWAY

Scroll to the bottom for GIVEAWAY details. About the Book Night Owls book store is the one spot on campus open late enough to help out even the most practiced slacker. The employees’ penchant for fighting the evil creatures of the night is just a perk… Valerie McTeague’s business model is simple: provide the students…

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Email… and why it matters.

Dear authors & others who contact me (and other reviewers) for reviews:   Please be aware that, though we are not genre professionals (most of us running these websites out of love, passion, and an insane hobby that consumes much of our time), your email, and how you word it, matters. No, I’m not a…

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Books I’m Eyeing

Books I’m Eyeing is going to change a little bit. Instead of just books I’m eyeing, I’ll also touch on the books I’m working on this week. As with all things, my full reviews of these books will drop as soon as I finish them, or closer to publication date. You’ll also get to see…

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Who Fears Death – Nnedi Okorafor

About the Book An award-winning literary author presents her first foray into supernatural fantasy with a novel of post- apocalyptic Africa.  In a far future, post-nuclear-holocaust Africa, genocide plagues one region. The aggressors, the Nuru, have decided to follow the Great Book and exterminate the Okeke. But when the only surviving member of a slain…

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