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Everyone needs a little indulgence in their life. For the Indulgent Bloggers, it's all about the books we read... all touched with more than a bit of romance.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14187629262787941262noreply@blogger.comBlogger1869125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855057065922302939.post-59036850109973843642022-08-22T06:00:00.148-04:002022-08-22T15:47:27.821-04:00Audiobook blog tour #The Cleanup Committee @RainsCordelia @kirbynarrator @AudiobookEmpire<img class="aligncenter" src="https://i0.wp.com/audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Cleanup-Committee-Banner.jpg?resize=804%2C421&ssl=1" />
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Author: Cordelia Rains</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Narrator: Michael Kirby</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Length: 10 hours 56 minutes</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Cordelia Rains</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Released: April 22, 2022</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Genre: Crime Thriller</h4>
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<blockquote><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's 1978. The drug trade is booming, and law enforcement can't keep up. Enter the Cleanup Committee. They've all lost children to drugs. They're rich, they're organized, and they have resources. Will they succeed where the law failed?</span></blockquote>
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Cordelia Rains lives and works from home in the beautiful pacific northwest. Her debut crime novel, The Cleanup Committee, was inspired by her parents: a police dispatcher and a nurse. A children's series is also in the works.
Cordelia enjoys coffee, movies, and rock music. She can often be found walking with her family and their Saint Bernard.
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Michael Kirby is a classically trained actor who has performed in film, television, theatre, and voiceovers for more than twenty-five years. He has developed a style that envelopes the audience in the narrative, bringing to life the writer's work from the page. With clarity, grace, and a deep range of vocal techniques and characters to draw from, he puts the listener right in the heart of the story. He is a California native a lifelong skateboarder, outdoorsman and sci-fi nerd who spent a number of years living and working in New York City. Michael is a driven performer that brings mindfulness to all of his projects. As a father of two toddlers, he also approaches all things with a patient and nurturing spirit. Michael loves his craft and thrives on storytelling, both fiction and non-fiction.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">Q&A with Author Cordelia Rains</h5>
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<li><strong>Tell us about the process of turning your book into an audiobook.</strong>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">When I looked into making an audiobook, Audible was the clear winner. I did some research and uploaded a short script for auditions. This is how I found my narrator, Micheal Kirby. His voice captured my attention immediately. We worked together to make The Cleanup Committee come to life. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Was a possible audiobook recording something you were conscious of while writing?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I did have an audiobook in mind when writing The Cleanup Committee. My father was blind, so audiobooks were his way of reading, and a major way he interacted with the world. It’s important that my story be accessible. </span></li>
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<li><strong>Were there any real life inspirations behind your writing?</strong>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">My real life inspirations come from Oregon. While the characters are fictional, the cities and small towns are real. From urban Portland to rural Summer Lake, Oregon is a pretty amazing place. </span></li>
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<li><strong>How do you manage to avoid burn-out? What do you do to maintain your enthusiasm for writing?</strong>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I avoid burnout by focusing on the inspiration. I also don’t box myself into a set schedule; that way it doesn’t feel like something I “have to do”. I take advantage of inspiration and energy as they happen.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Are you an audiobook listener? What about the audiobook format appeals to you?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I love listening to audiobooks. I have ADHD, so it’s actually helpful listening to audiobooks while doing the dishes or laundry. Whether it’s author read, narrator read, or a full cast, audiobooks provide a unique listening experience. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>If this title were being made into a TV series or movie, who would you cast to play the primary roles?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">If I could cast The Cleanup Committee, I would pick Devin Druid to play Johnny Redwine. I could see Mackenzie Foy as feisty young Dot, and I’d love to have Richard Geere as Jonah Stoneking. </span></li>
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<li><strong>What do you say to those who view listening to audiobooks as “cheating” or as inferior to “real reading”?</strong>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">To those who think audiobooks are somehow inferior to reading, I’d ask why reading has to be a competition. All that matters is that someone takes in the story, or the information, in whatever form works best for them. </span></li>
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<li><strong>What's your favorite:</strong>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food- I love Italian food!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Song- Bring me to Life by Evanescence</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Book- Oh man. I can’t pick one favorite. I’ve re-read Dracula a few times. I enjoy science fiction, fantasy, and adventure stories. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">TV Show: Stranger Things</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Movie: I love movies! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">If I had to pick a favorite it would be “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Band- Breaking Benjamin</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sports Team: Portland Trailblazers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">City: Seattle</span></li>
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<li><strong>What bits of advice would you give to aspiring authors?</strong>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">My advice for aspiring authors would be: make space for inspiration. Schedule time on the calendar for thought, or practice, or anything related to writing, because it’s just as important as any appointment.</span></li>
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<li><strong>What’s next for you?</strong>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">My next project is actually a series of children’s books, inspired by my youngest son who has Autism. </span></li>
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">Q&A with Narrator Michael Kirby</h5>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>When did you know you wanted to be an audiobook narrator?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a classically trained actor I realized audiobooks are just like the long plays of Shakespeare and Chekhov, they require endurance and a connection to the characters in a visceral way. I love to tell stories on an epic scale and when I found audiobook narration, it just felt right as an actor.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong> How did you wind up narrating audiobooks? Was it always your goal or was it something you stumbled into by chance?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I stumbled upon audiobooks completely. I was in a production of Henry IV at my theatre company and the actor I was sharing the role of Prince Hal with was Ramon deOcampo, a phenomenal actor and audiobook narrator and he introduced me to the world and helped me to get started with it. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Did you find it difficult to “break into” audiobook narration? What skill/tool helped you the most when getting started?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The community of audiobook narration is unique in the acting world, it is a community filled with generous and wonderful people who want to help you. Everyone I have come across has been willing to help answer questions to newbies in the community so no, it wasn’t too difficult. It just takes patience and a willingness to learn. I hope to pay that generosity that was extended to me forward. The independent author community is also an incredible world of kind and generous artists and the first several books I have done have all been with independent authors and their kindness and support is the reason I am on this audiobook tour. Thanks to people like Cordelia Rains.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>A lot of narrators seem to have a background in theatre. Is that something you think is essential to a successful narration career?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I too have a background in theatre. While I don’t think it is necessary, I think it definitely helps for fiction. It’s not about finding different voices, it’s about finding what each character wants, what their motivation is and what they are fighting for and bringing that to the narration.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>What type of training have you undergone?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I have a Masters of Fine Arts degree from the Old Globe/ University of San Diego. I have studied with Audiobook Narrators Scott Brick, Sean Pratt, Andi Arndt, Ronnie Butler, and PJ Ochlan. I also have a BA in Theatre from Cal State Fullerton, and studied Shakespeare at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. I have also studied with and am a member of the prestigious Antaeus Theatre Company in Los Angeles.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Are you an audiobook listener? What about the audiobook format appeals to you?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am an audiobook listener. I love listening to the narrators and hearing how much of themselves they bring to the work. My favorite thing however is when I listen to a narrator’s technique, and then I end up getting lost in the story and immersed in the different characters and no longer pay any attention to technique.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">What would you say are your strongest narration abilities? In all my work I try to find the heart of the story. Where is the love? Once I find where the love is, I am able to key into the story. Honesty is very important to me, being truthful is my highest priority as a storyteller. And truth is usually connected to love.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>What about this title compelled you to audition as narrator?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The story felt like such an adventure. A secret organization of vigilanties bent on stopping drug dealers and the lengths to which they are willing to go to stop them. It is so fun and I really connected with the lead character, it felt like a good fit. Luckily I got the book! </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>How closely do you prefer to work with authors?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I love to work with authors. I want any and all backstory and character information they have developed. The more involved the author is, the better it is for me to interpret what they want in an audiobook and it can only help me give them what they are looking for.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>How did you decide how each character should sound in this title?</strong> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">This was a challenge because there are over 100 characters in this book and most of them are from the same part of the country, namely Oregon. Os I had to look for different qualities based on the characters age, sex, and what their function was in the telling of the story.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Chinese Chicken” by Duke Williams and the Extremes: </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is a fun song that I imagine playing during the first car chase Johnny engages in.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Fortunate Son” by Credence Clearwater Revival:</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">This song fits Johnny, because he is not a child of privilege. He is intimidated when he first encounters the Stoneking family and their mansion. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Burgers and Fries” by Charley Pride and “It Only Hurts for a Little While” by Margo Smith:</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">These songs are mentioned in the book. They’re playing on the radio while the teams relax at Summer Lake. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I Just Want to Love You” by Eddie Rabbitt:</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">A love song for a special pair</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Passenger” by Iggy Pop:</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Luke’s theme song</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Spanish Castle Magic” by Jimmy Hendrix</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">At one point acid rock is playing at the Rainbow’s End; this is what I hear. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Runnin’ With the Devil” by Van Halen</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Boxer’s theme song</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Stormbringer” by Deep Purple</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cain and Abel’s theme song</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Flirting with Disaster” by Molly Hatchet</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">A great car song. Chase? Musings while driving? Maybe both.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Dust in the Wind” by Kansas</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is the background music for Johnny visiting his sister’s grave</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Blue Skies” by Willie Nelson</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I imagine this playing as Donna gets on the bus to leave Oregon.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Iron Man” by Black Sabbath</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">For the end… and plotting violence.</span></li>
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Michael Kirby. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span></i> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/the-cleanup-committee/">Click here to view the full tour schedule!</a></strong></h6>
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</div>Guilty Indulgence Bookclubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13266482699803234687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855057065922302939.post-909661232847044232022-08-20T06:00:00.250-04:002022-08-20T20:19:14.622-04:00Audiobook blog tour #Stich X For Murder #Ultimate Indulgence @andilit @AvenShore @AudiobookEmpire<img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-12889 aligncenter" height="421" src="https://audiobookempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Stitch-X-Banner.png" width="804" /> <img alt="" class="wp-image-12873 aligncenter" height="300" src="https://audiobookempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Small-Cover-2.jpg" width="300" /><div><br />
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Author: ACF Bookens</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Narrator: Aven Shore</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Length: 5 hours 10 minutes</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Series: Stitches in Crime, Book 5</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Producer: Audiobook Empire</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Andilit</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Released: August 1, 2022</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Genre: Cozy Mystery</h4>
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<blockquote><span style="font-weight: 400;">Old Douglas Fir timbers bring good money, but maybe not as much as keeping quiet about the story of a murder.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Paisley Sutton hates to see an old barn falling down, so when she has a chance to take in a crew of friends to salvage timbers, she goes in with gusto. But when they find the bones from a decades-old murder, Paisley begins to wonder if maybe some things should just be let go to ruins. Maybe some secrets need to stay buried.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">If Paisley decides to salvage more than just wood and reveal the murderer, will she be the next body buried in a barn?</span></blockquote>
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<img alt="" class="wp-image-12919 aligncenter" height="120" src="https://audiobookempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Review.png" width="702" />I love a good mystery, and the plotline of Stitch X For Murder hooked me into listening despite being book five in a series I had never heard of prior to this. However, I can assure you, having gobbled this up like an ice cream sundae on a summer evening, that I will be returning to the beginning and continuing through all ten books presently in this series. ACF Bookens sets several precedents for me as a reader and I am all about it. First and foremost, it is very hard for a well-established series to walk that line of gently recapping former events or character arcs - too much info and you turn off established readers; too little info and a new reader is lost to the pertinence of certain events or characters. This series struck the perfect balance and I didn't feel I missed a thing. The other crazy item of note: the story setting felt hauntingly familiar, so much so that I figured out it is literally set one county away from where I live. Spooky, right?<div><br /></div><div>Stitch X For Murder begins with Paisley Sutton and her crew tearing down an old barn. While collecting small items for her new shop, they unearth a skeleton, kicking off a search for answers with Paisley's boyfriend, Sherriff Santiago. The plot thickens when Paisley learns that the remains belong to a reputed war dodger from 1940s. Paisley's father and several of his friends appear to know more than they are letting on. Through the course of the investigation, the body count rises and even Paisley and her son Sam become targets. Paisley and Santiago will have to dredge up traumas from the past to solve the crimes and regain safety and peace in their bucolic town.</div><div> </div><div>ACF Bookens writes with confidence and flair. She creates characters that live and breathe. You can't help but adore Paisley's relationships: with her parents, her best friend Mika, her boyfriend Santiago, and her son Sawyer Her descriptions of the physical area are so colorful and detailed. I can vouch that, despite Octonia being a fictitious town, it is in a very real place and is exactly as she describes. And every scene with Mika and her knitting made me stare forlornly at the basket of fibers in my office waiting for me to pick needles back up and return to my work in progress.</div><div><br /></div><div>Aven Shore narrates with pitch-perfect aplomb. She manages to create unique voices for each character and keeps the story moving at an excellent pace. Having listened to her in other books, I had high hopes and was not disappointed.</div><div><br /></div><div>I give Stitch X For Murder 5 Chocolate Dipped Strawberries.and the Ultimate Indulgence award.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Narrator: Mary Jane Wells</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Length: 6 hours and 22 minutes</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Series: Between Ink and Shadows, Book 1</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Melissa Wright</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Released: Apr. 25, 2022</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Genre: Epic Fantasy; Historical Romance</h4><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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<blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">She’ll win back her freedom, even if she has to steal it.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Nimona Weston has a debt to pay. Her father’s dealings with the dark society known as the Trust cost Nim her freedom. There’s one way out of the contract on her life and that’s to bide her time and pay the tithes. But when the Trust assigns Nim to a task in the king’s own castle, her freedom is not the only thing she’ll risk.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Warrick Spenser has a secret. As king’s seneschal, he should be the last soul in Inara to risk association with dark magic, but long-hidden ties to the Trust are harder to shed than simply cutting the threads. When the Trust sends a thief to his rooms, Warrick thinks he’s finally found a way to be rid of them for good. But Nimona Weston is hiding secrets of her own.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Magical contracts, blood-debt accountants, and a deadly game. An epic fantasy with Regency flair, an improper and slightly stabby heroine with a penchant for trouble, clean slow-burn romance, and a dark and twisty plot that pits magic against kings, love against power, and a gothic underworld against a kingdom desperate to survive. Perfect for fans of Sorcery of Thorns and The Shadows Between Us.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Melissa is the author of more than a dozen YA and fantasy novels including The Frey Saga and BETWEEN INK AND SHADOWS. When not writing she can generally be found talking about a book, painting something from a book, or tucked between headphones listening to a book. It’s kind of a theme. She loves reasonable heroines in unreasonable situations, noble--if brooding--heroes, slow burn and sweet kisses, a lot of havoc, and a little magic. Stay updated on works in progress at Instagram or contact her through the web at www.melissa-wright.com</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Mary Jane Wells is a British actress, writer, voice-over artist, and Earphones Award and Audie Award–winning narrator. A graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, she held a recurring role on the BBC’s Half Moon Investigates and narrated the BBC Three television show My Children, which won a Scottish BAFTA.
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<div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Summertime means long, hot days that beg for escapist reads by the pool or lake or just the backyard. This reader lives for a good YA series and when mixing in a little dark fantasy and you have her in a truly happy place. (Darn work!) Melissa Wright brings us the Between Ink and Shadows series which one would hope holds the same promise as her Frey series and the Descendants series. </span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span>In this first installment in the services, Between Ink and Shadows, we meet our main character Nim. We learn early on that Nim is indebted to a super scary secret society called The Trust, Through her and Warrick, we learn much about the society and its complexities. The inherited debt (not unlike inherited wealth) holds significant impacts on the life choices one can make and the world, while fantastical, feels a little too real at times. The world-building is probably the most difficult part of this story. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span> </span>Ms. Wright had me at her story blurb depicting Nim as "An epic fantasy with Regency flair, an improper and slightly stabby heroine with a penchant for troubles". <span>Nim and Warrick pair up and display a penchant for trouble if ever there was one. Written in a totally unique twist to Regency style with more witty dialogue and clever banter than its more traditional counterparts, it is too easy to slip into the realm and immerse yourself in the magnetic chemistry from start - his inner demons and secrets vie with hers and the magical using world. Like a classic Regency, sexual attraction is a constant but there are not a lot of overt sexual storylines.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span>As a couple, I would definitely "ship" Warrick and Nim, even with their secrets and mysteries. I was dying to uncover them all. Melissa Wright does a fantastic job of gripping the reader's attention and not letting go. Mary Jane Wells takes that fabulous storyline and breathes life into the very complicated scenarios in the beginning of the Story. I adored the audiobook narration for her pitch-perfect performance. I think just about everything in this story drew me in - strong, likable characters, witty banter, magical bargains, and mystical contracts and for sure the narration which made the story for me. There are good, " good guys" and bad, "bad guys",. and it is easy to cheer on the right side. As a visual person, I could have used a little extra world-building because there were some major gaps in my knowledge regarding all the Magic, Contracts, and rules of the Trust. Thankfully the story keeps moving and with the audiobook, you can generally pick up things contextually.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> I give this delightful fantasy read, 4 Chocolate Dipped Strawberries. I am most definitely heading straight to Audible to snag Book 2, Before Crown and Kingdom.</div></span></div><div>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Narrator: Liam Gerrard</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Length: 9 hours and 18 minutes</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Series: Cross of Ciaran Series, Book 1</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Tantor Audio</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Released: Jan. 25, 2025</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Genre: Paranormal Romance</h4>
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<blockquote><span style="font-weight: 400;">When a pagan priest is unearthed in Ireland 1,500 years after being entombed, archaeologist Caitlin O'Connell is convinced it's the find of the century. The body is in perfect condition. In fact, if scientific data hadn't proved otherwise, she would swear he hadn't been interred more than a few hours.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Caitlin accompanies the body back to the New York museum where she's employed, but before she has time to study him, the priest disappears. Rumors surrounding the event begin to circulate.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">After being buried alive for betraying his goddess and his priesthood in the dawning age of Christianity, Ciarán wakes to a strange new world. Alone and frightened, he seeks sanctuary within the church walls. With the help of the parish's pastor, Father Mike, Ciarán grows accustomed to his surroundings. But an immediate danger lurks on his doorstep.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Caitlin is determined to get to the bottom of the missing Celt, and when she meets her Uncle Mike's new handyman, Ciarán, she's convinced he knows more about the theft than he's letting on. Yet, even she can't deny the attraction between them. But will Ciarán's secrets draw them together or shatter their future?</span></blockquote>
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Andrea Matthews is the pseudonym for Inez Foster, a historian and librarian who loves to read and write and search around for her roots, genealogical speaking. She has a BA in History and an MLS in Library Science and enjoys the research almost as much as she does writing the story. In fact, many of her ideas come to her while doing casual research or digging into her family history. She is the author of the Thunder on the Moor series set on the 16th century Anglo-Scottish Border, and the Cross of Ciaran series, where a fifteen-hundred-year-old Celt finds himself in the twentieth century. Andrea is a member of the Romance Writers of America, Long Island Romance Writers, and the Historical Novel Society.
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<b>Liam Gerrard</b> is an award-winning voice artist with over ten years of experience working in every field of the voice industry, as well as a highly acclaimed stage and screen actor. His animation <i>Walter Tull—Britain's First Black Officer</i> was nominated for a BAFTA in 2016, and he has been nominated for an Audie Award in 2017. He has narrated over thirty audiobooks in a wide range of genres and styles.
He comes from a large Irish family, although he was raised in Yorkshire before moving to the Middle East, where he went to school. He studied at Lancaster University and then as a classically trained actor at Mountview; he is currently the youngest actor to play the lead role of Prospero in Shakespeare's <i>The Tempest</i> in London's West End. He has worked for the most renowned theater companies, including the Royal Exchange Theatre (two Manchester theater award nominations), Edinburgh Lyceum Theatre (five Critics Choice nominations), Soho Theatre (MTN nomination), and most regional theaters throughout the U.K., including Alan Aykbourn's SJT, New Vic, Oldham Coliseum, Nottingham Playhouse, and Theatre by the Lake. His wide-ranging experience has also seen him perform Opera in Rigoletto.
He is an associate lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University in Broadcast Voice and is also a communication skills specialist and trainer. In addition, he is an examiner for the Royal College of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons, Royal Scottish College of Surgery.
In his spare time Liam is also a musician who plays the violin, drums, piano, and percussion. He also enjoys spending time with Peg, his Springer Spaniel, out on the Peak District whenever he can get away from the studio!
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<h6 style="text-align: center;">Q&A with Author Andrea Matthews</h6>
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<li><b>How do you manage to avoid burn-out? What do you do to maintain your enthusiasm for writing?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I vary the type of activity I do. I write for a while, then maybe schedule some promotions or work on another story. To switch things up even more, I do research for future books, work on my genealogy, and even do some crafts like scrapbooking or card making. I think the key is variety, but above all, I allow myself the freedom to choose what I feel like doing, without experiencing any guilt. I know my writing is better and more imaginative when I do that. That way, even though it’s my career, it never feels like work. </span></li>
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<li><b>Are you an audiobook listener? What about the audiobook format appeals to you?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I listen to audio mostly when I’m driving in the car. I think this is the best part of audio - the ability to be able to listen to a story while doing something that prevents you from holding a book or ebook. Everyone loves to be told a story. Even as a child, we listen eagerly as a book is read to us. Just because we’ve grown up, doesn’t mean we should lose that enthusiasm for the spoken word. </span></li>
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<li><b>If you had the power to time travel, would you use it? If yes, when and where would you go?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Absolutely! Without a doubt. The difficult part of that question is when and where. There are so many times and places to go. It would definitely be to the past. I don’t want to run into myself fifty years from now. That’s a scary thought. So to the past it would be, but when . . . and where? I’d definitely have to visit 5th century Ireland and the 16th century Anglo-Scottish borders, since that’s where my two series are based, but I wouldn’t want to stop there. It would be exciting to visit Colonial America and the Scottish HIghland around the twelfth century. Wherever I went though, there would have to be one caveat. The ability to snap my fingers and return to my own time is an absolute must. Otherwise, life could get pretty sticky.</span></li>
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<li><b>If this title were being made into a TV series or movie, who would you cast to play the primary roles</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">? </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I have to admit, I’ve really only thought about who would play Ciaran. In fact, I had a post on my Facebook page about it awhile back. Henry Cavill was the overwhelming winner. </span></li>
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<li><b>What do you say to those who view listening to audiobooks as “cheating” or as inferior to “real reading”?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a librarian, I heard that from patrons and librarians alike numerous times, and it always annoyed me. Granted, if a child is just learning to read, they should be doing just that, but even there, audiobooks can be a useful tool, allowing the child to follow along as they read their books. Once you’ve learned to read, however, why is it cheating? There are many reasons for reading a book or listening to a book - enjoyment, interest, and maybe learning something new. All these things can be achieved through both the written and the spoken word, and the love for reading is developed either way.</span></li>
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<li><b>How did you celebrate after finishing this novel?</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Went out to dinner with my friends, who were also my beta readers and first reviewers. One even sent me a dozen roses to congratulate me for completing my first novel. </span></li>
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<li><b>What gets you out of a writing slump? What about a reading slump</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">? </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Just taking a break from it for a bit and concentrating on something else. Before long I’m eager to get back to both. With reading, a new book by one of my favorite authors is all it usually takes. With writing, the idea for a new story generally sparks a renewed interest.</span></li>
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<li><b>In your opinion, what are the pros and cons of writing a stand-alone novel vs. writing a series?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">My problem with stand-alone novels is that I tend to fall in love with the characters and want to see them again. In my own writing, so far, I haven’t been able to write anything that I can fit in just one book. I did try. Cross of Ciaran started out to be a stand-alone, but then I found myself attached to the characters, and having reached 250,000 words and counting, I just kept writing. The downside is that I find it hard to fit in a book that’s not in one of the series I’m working on, and there are other stories I want to tell. It’s also a challenge to keep the materials fresh and new, while retaining the interest and attraction of the first book.</span></li>
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<li><b>Have any of your characters ever appeared in your dreams?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most of the heroes at one time or another. It might have something to do with me thinking about the next scene in the book as I’m falling asleep, but I’m not complaining. I do some of my best writing then, and the dreams are certainly pleasant.</span></li>
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<li><b>What bits of advice would you give to aspiring authors?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the words of Winston Churchill, “Never give in.” If you love writing, if it brings you joy, then don’t let anyone dissuade you from it. You may have to do it part time at first, because you need to make a living, raise a family, etc., but never stop doing it. Make it a part of what you do. It is a gift. Don’t waste it.</span></li>
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<li><b>What’s next for you?</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Right now, I’m writing the third book in the Cross of Ciaran series. Then I’m going to switch gears a bit, and hopefully publish a historical mystery this summer under the pen name I. M. Foster, but we’ll have to see how things go. I also have Book 4 in my Thunder on the Moor series underway, hopefully for a November release. That’s the plan, good Lord willing, as Father MIke would say.</span></li>
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<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>The Cross of Ciaran is the first book in The Cross of Ciaran series by Andrea Matthews. A marriage of time travel and a paranormal romance, this slow burn book begins with the leading lady unearthing the body of a 1500 year old pagan priest. Once the body disappears, the true adventure begins. <div><br /></div><div>Ms. Matthew writes with a magical style, interweaving past and present to create mystery and and air of something magical on the horizon. The backstory provides the reader with the opportunity to really connect with Ciaran. The Celt's wonderment over the modern world and the steps the characters take to help him adjust make him a truly enjoyable hero. The prickly Caitlin's determination to find her missing priest and the lurking dangers from his past propel the story to a quasi-resolution, leaving the reader finally, fully hooked and primed for more of the relationship that grows between the pair, despite the secrets that lay between them.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Liam Gerrard's narration provides perfect pitch and pace to this enjoyable tale. His voice ebbs and flows over the reader's ears and brings added dimension to the magic and wonder of this unique and entertaining romance. He will certainly go on the list of "must buy" narrators for his efforts.</div><div><br /></div><div>Overall, I would recommend this first installment in the Cross of Ciaran series and am decidedly looking forward to the second, The Book of Carraig, when the true nature of the Celt will hopefully be revealed. Sounds like a delightful way to enjoy St. Patrick's day 2022!</div><div><br /></div><div>I give The Cross of Ciaran four chocolate dipped strawberries. <i><span>I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Andrea Matthews. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Author: Terry Maggert</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Narrator: Erin Spencer</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Length: 6 hours 56 minutes</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Series: Halfway Witchy, Book 3</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Maggert and Spencer</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Released: Apr. 3, 2018</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Genre: Paranormal Fantasy</h4>
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<blockquote><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some prey bites back.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to Halfway; where the waffles are golden, the moon is silver, and magic is just around every corner.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">A century-old curse is broken, releasing Exit Wainwright, an innocent man trapped alone in time. Lost and in danger, he enlists Carlie, Gran, and their magic to find the warlock who sentenced him to a hundred years of darkness.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The hunter becomes the hunted when Carlie's spells awaken a cold-blooded killer intent on adding another pelt to their gruesome collection: hers.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">But the killer has never been to Halfway before, where there are three unbreakable rules:</span>
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<li aria-level="1" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don't complain about the diner's waffles</span></li>
<li aria-level="1" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don't break the laws of magic</span></li>
<li aria-level="1" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Never threaten a witch on her home turf</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Can Carlie solve an ancient crime, defeat a ruthless killer, and save the love of her life from a vampire's curse without burning the waffles?</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Come hunt with Carlie, and answer the call of the wild.</span></blockquote>
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Left-handed. I like dragons, coffee, waffles, running, and giraffes; order unimportant. I write the Halfway Witchy, Messenger, Starcaster and Shattered Skies series, as well as contributing to many anthologies.
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</div><div>Halfway Witchy is one of those rare series I have listened to multiple times and just enjoy it more and more. After the angsty end of Book 2 (no spoiler alerts here) the uniquely compelling story arc in book 3 beckons for return trip after return trip to Halfway, NY. Terry Maggert ensures that fans will be back for more mystery, magic and waffles time and again! Carlie is a character you have to love: a young woman who owns her world, her power and her sexuality - accepting learning and loss, leaning on the sage wisdom of Gran and ever available to help those who need her magical interventions most.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8GGORWFE0OuIWyfryJEYTqaMjXUXA1VYV4XrkJ0B-berUqEpq7qxVVN7ZHpGK2K29hYIGgaUxk83g-hk3aYMQhvlINZdPKbSt8qyPluw7Lk69wKIVh9lmCEP9nzCY5q6hEbYqGxsOsc/s1600/Hunted-3D.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8GGORWFE0OuIWyfryJEYTqaMjXUXA1VYV4XrkJ0B-berUqEpq7qxVVN7ZHpGK2K29hYIGgaUxk83g-hk3aYMQhvlINZdPKbSt8qyPluw7Lk69wKIVh9lmCEP9nzCY5q6hEbYqGxsOsc/s320/Hunted-3D.png" width="260" /></a>Exit Wainright is a man who returns to the world after nearly a hundred year slumber. Disoriented and obviously under the effects of a massively powerful warlock, he falls under the protective wings of the McEwan witches. Add in the arrival of mysterious warlocks and their creepy henchman hunters who collect supernatural pelts and the continued saga of Wulfric's salvation and you have the makings of another action packed, must listen read.<br /><br />Three books into the series, and Maggert continues to spin creative and captivating storylines and entrancing secondary characters. I still maintain that Carlie McEwan ranks in my top ten favorite paranormal heroines. The pace of Halfway Hunted is perfect, not too hurried and full of action, mystery and things witchy and otherwise weird. The use of magic is much darker in this book with a closer look at blood magic and the dark machinations of the warlock wreaking havoc on Halfway. The culmination of magical battles is intense and emotional - the romance between Carlie and Wulfric is hotter than ever as their passion mirrors the fight they engage to stay together.<br /><br />Once again, Erin Spencer brings life to the clever characters of this book - with a great range of inflections and pitch perfect pace, she nails the reading on this audio gem. There is something that is at once soothing and yet compelling - I think she captures the essence of Carlie perfectly as a woman comfortable in her own skin, quietly reassured and yet powerful in her own right. She has gone into the "must find more of her works" audio basket.<br /><br /><div><b>RATING: FIVE Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries and a winner of our Ultimate Indulgence Award. This book was reviewed by Jenn. </b><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Terry Maggert. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Author: Terry Maggert</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Narrator: Erin Spencer</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Length: 7 hours 19 minutes</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Series: Halfway Witchy, Book 2</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Maggert and Spencer</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Released: Mar. 6, 2018</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Genre: Paranormal Fantasy</h4>
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<blockquote><span style="font-weight: 400;">The circus came to Halfway, and they brought the weird.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">When the body of a young woman washes up in the lake, it unleashes a spiral of mystery that will bring Carlie, Gran, and Wulfric into a storm of magical warfare. Spells will fly. Curses will rain. Amidst it all, Carlie will make waffles, protect her town, and find out if a man from the distant past can join her in happy ever after.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">There will be clowns. There will be vampires. There will be waffles.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">With love and honor at stake, Carlie has no peer.</span></blockquote>
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Left-handed. I like dragons, coffee, waffles, running, and giraffes; order unimportant. I write the Halfway Witchy, Messenger, Starcaster and Shattered Skies series, as well as contributing to many anthologies.
If I’m not at home, then I’m on the road, and if I’m on the road, I’ll be at a book event. I’ve written thirty-three novels and counting. I don’t sleep, but you probably guessed that already. If you want me to visit your town for an event, let me know when and where. See you out there.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">So you’re visiting my little town of Halfway, and Erin Spencer is your guide. Let me explain how Erin’s audition process went:</h5>
<h6 style="text-align: center;">By Author Terry Maggert</h6>
<p class="p1">I, with audacity of a teenaged boy, emailed her and asked her if she would take my series. She auditioned. I listened to fifteen seconds and thought, “Well. That’s that. She <i>is </i>Carlie.” Six books later, I think in Erin’s voice when I write about Halfway, which is a testament to how fully she embodies the people of my town, and Carlie’s world, and even Gus the Judgy cat’s occasional <i>mrrrrowt</i>, which I am told Erin nailed in one take.</p>
<p class="p1">I love audiobooks, and listen to my own. For me, audiobooks are like meeting your favorite characters all over again—a kind of magical reset that lets me start over with stories I love, set in places I want to visit. Or live. Or drink coffee in a diner that sits in a town where magic is as common as tourists.</p>
<p class="p1">Thanks for visiting Halfway, on behalf of Erin, and me, and everyone else who made the series happen. I hope you laugh along with us, and I’ll see you later this year with <i>Halfway Hatched.</i></p>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Author: Terry Maggert</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Narrator: Erin Spencer</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Length: 7 hours 12 minutes</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Series: Halfway Witchy, Book 1</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Maggert and Spencer</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Released: Feb. 13, 2018</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Genre: Paranormal Fantasy</h4>
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<blockquote><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Come for the waffles. Stay for the magic.</span></i>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Carlie McEwan loves many things. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">She loves being a witch. She loves her town of Halfway, and her Gran, and her familiar, Gus, who is 25 pounds of judgmental cat. Carlie spends her days cooking at the only real diner in town when she isn't perfecting her family magic, and life is good. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">When a blond stranger sits at the diner counter and asks her to lead him into the deepest shadows of the forest, her life will change forever. She must find a mythical grove of ancient trees, but there are ghosts in the forest, and one of them cries out to Carlie across the years: Come find me. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">With the help of a rugged cop who really does want to save the world, she'll fight to bring a ghost home, and deliver justice to a murderer who hides in the cool, mysterious green of a forest gone mad with magic.</span></blockquote>
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Left-handed. I like dragons, coffee, waffles, running, and giraffes; order unimportant. I write the Halfway Witchy, Messenger, Starcaster and Shattered Skies series, as well as contributing to many anthologies.
If I’m not at home, then I’m on the road, and if I’m on the road, I’ll be at a book event. I’ve written thirty-three novels and counting. I don’t sleep, but you probably guessed that already. If you want me to visit your town for an event, let me know when and where. See you out there.
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Erin loves audiobooks! As an actress, they have allowed her to creatively stretch by playing all kinds of characters, all kinds of ages and all kinds of accents! She voiced roles in the Audie award winning title, Illuminae and was also nominated for a Voice Arts Award in the romance category. She has narrated over 100 titles and as an audiobook director has worked on at least 100 more. She has worked for most of the major publishers and also enjoys working with indie writers who are some of the most talented writers out there! Follow her on Twitter @ErinSpencerLA or find her on Facebook, Erin Spencer Actress.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">Why Waffles? Why a diner?</h5>
<h6 style="text-align: center;">By Author Terry Maggert</h6>
<p class="p1">Both of these are excellent questions. The simplest answers are—I love waffles, and I owned a restaurant. But it’s more than that. Carlie is, in a sense, a collection of all the things I knew in life, and her quirky humor and good nature are me. I’m about 13 inches taller than Carlie, and I don’t practice magic, but I have cats, I lived in Upstate New York, and I like the secret life of a restaurant. It feels like home to me, so writing about it comes as second nature.</p>
<p class="p1">Carlie embodies a lot of my favorite qualities. She’s brave, and honest, and funny and a little bit weird. I think the people around her—Gran, especially—are a representation of my better angels, and when I read my own books (I listen to them quite often, just to get the feel for my own world again), I’m reminded of how much of my life is in these pages.</p>
<p class="p1">And then there’s Wulfric.</p>
<p class="p1">Okay. I am not 6’7” (but my kid will be that or more, he’s enormous), not a Viking (married one, though) and not a vampire (though my steaks are medium rare). What makes me laugh out loud about Wulfric every time is that he embodies the quiet suffering I endure with certain kinds of modern technology. Give me a 1967 Mustang, and I’ll tear it apart and rebuild it. Give me an app on my phone that sorts grocery lists, and I’ll accidentally shut down the power grid in my town. I’m like that, and so, Wulfric is like that.</p>
<p class="p1">As to Tammy Cincotti? I have a crush on her, and I write her as the kind of superhero that every town deserves, but with better hair and makeup.</p>
<p class="p1">I think, as you wander through the little town I’ve built, I hope you see where it came from, and I certainly hope you’ll stay a while.</p>
<p class="p1">Now. Syrup, butter, or both? Let’s eat.</p>
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<div>You had me at waffles. And there are few things that I love more than a good stack of waffles: I love audiobooks; I love paranormal and urban fantasy; and I really love a well written story. Great news, this series ticks all the boxes!</div><div><br />Maggert has crafted a fantastic heroine in Carlie McEwan. In fact, he's created a whole world of characters that readers will clamor to know more about. The pace is perfect, not too hurried in world building, but with enough action peppered in to keep things interesting and a bit off kilter. The use of magic is believable and enjoyable - allowing the reader to bond with Carlie, as she binds the world around her in search of the missing bones of Erasmus and hunts the creepy danger that has existed in the remote Adirondack woods for decades. There's just enough of a hint of some romance to make those strictly PNR folks stay tuned as well. Certainly, they will want to return to Halfway, NY, to see what else lies in store for our intrepid culinary witch.<br /><br />Erin Spencer brings life to the clever characters of this book - with a great range of inflections and pitch perfect pace, she nails the reading on this audio gem. She has gone into the "must find more of her works" audio basket.<br /><br /></div><div><b>RATING: FIVE Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries and a winner of our Ultimate Indulgence Award. This book was reviewed by Jenn. </b><i> I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Terry Maggert. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it. </i></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC42UonkMXhd2xQ4-v6juanYyZLqngtERDFR5cUspcwuKjET0MowqlrGoY9qoWTSE5NVfwnExwg1AFEeoBhRTMK8VvHvAjYoS8Namee5KCojnYZK6ZyLBXVvthwYv5PZW-agcxD7S_0i5X/s1600/0712cb2b7b2fa7a1f188cf188ef3682c460afd17.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC42UonkMXhd2xQ4-v6juanYyZLqngtERDFR5cUspcwuKjET0MowqlrGoY9qoWTSE5NVfwnExwg1AFEeoBhRTMK8VvHvAjYoS8Namee5KCojnYZK6ZyLBXVvthwYv5PZW-agcxD7S_0i5X/s1600/0712cb2b7b2fa7a1f188cf188ef3682c460afd17.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></i>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Author: Nick Vossen</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Narrator: Marcus Rothenberg</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Length: 8 hours 30 minutes</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Series: <em>The Eldritch Twins</em>, Book 1</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Publisher: The Parliament House</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Released: Jan. 5, 2021</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Genre: Horror; New Adult</h4>
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<blockquote><span style="font-weight: 400;">Weirdness is in their blood.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">After a near cataclysmic worldwide event shook the foundations of society and unleashed numerous supernatural hazards onto the Earth, twins Quincy and Lilly just want to lead their lives as normally as possible. However, this proves to be quite difficult. The twins are the heirs of legendary horror writer and occultist W.A. Swansong, who has been declared a prophet now that many of his gruesome creations appear to really exist. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">When a mysterious inheritance falls into the twins’ hands, a strange and violent secret organization becomes hell-bent on finding them. Quincy and Lilly are forced to flee their hometown of New Orleans, leading them on a wild, supernatural chase throughout the southern United States. With only a handful of allies and a trapped Fire Vampire named Tim, the twins uncover a great mystery tied to their inheritance, the source of all pandemonium, and even the true origins of mankind.</span></blockquote>
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Nick Vossen was raised on blockbuster films from the 80s and 90s as well as fantasy and sci-fi novels, comics and games. No matter the medium, his love for storytelling grew ever larger. Having always had a fascination with the fantastical and weird, he quickly grew fond of authors such as Terry Pratchett, H.P. Lovecraft, Neil Gaiman and many more. During the winter of 2017 Nick released an anthology of short, weird fiction entitled The Fissures Between Worlds, which delves into the strange places on Earth where time does not flow as it should. It was received quite favourably, and so Nick’s desire to tell more stories grew. He has since been privileged to appear in several other anthologies, magazines and short story compilations and has quite a few projects still in the works. His biggest fascinations and inspirations are old forgotten woodlands, the deepest depths of the oceans and the unsettling, uncanniness of retro futurism.
Nick graduated in Media- and Culture studies at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. He is currently working as a freelance creative writer and author. He also frequently works on projects in the Dutch indie-film industry, putting his talents to use in art-direction, set-dressing and of course screenwriting. His first novel, The Swansong Conspiracy (book 1 of the Eldritch Twins series) was released at the end of 2020 by Parliament House Press and well received. The book series offers a unique blend of coming-of-age comedy, supernatural horror and mystery.
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Marcus Rothenberg is a voiceover artist born and raised in Springfield, Illinois. After high school, Marcus joined the Air Force as an air traffic controller. Once out of the service, he began to pursue his passion and dream career as a voice over artist.
Marcus began pursuing voice work full time in November of 2019. Since then, he has lent his voice to multiple projects ranging from commercials, to commissioned Dungeons and Dragons character voices, to full length audiobooks.
He currently lives back in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois and is continuing to use his voice to fuel his passion. When Marcus is not recording, he enjoys table top games, video games, reading, and kayaking.
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<h6 style="text-align: center;">Author Nick Vossen's Top 10 reasons to listen to The Swansong Conspiracy</h6>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Enough quirky characters that have flaws but are very hard not to love</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> A good bit of world building and loads of things going on outside of the main story</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> It’s a fun for everyone horror mystery sprinkled with a bit of humor</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Epic quests and grand adventures</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Shadow Government agencies and the accompanying men in black do not scare you</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Monsters, Urban Legends, Folklore and strange tales are your bread and butter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> There are so many references and ‘easter eggs’ to pop culture shows, books, movies, games etc</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> It’s kind of Lovecraftian in all of the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">good</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ways and none of the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">stupid</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ways</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Beneath all the horror and mystery, there’s an endearing coming-of-age tale</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Against all odds, the books proves anyone can be heroic and brave</span></li>
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<h6 style="text-align: center;">Author Nick Vossen's Top 10 Literary inspirations</h6>
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<li><b>J.R.R. Tolkien</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Basically the grandfather of all modern fantasy, Tolkien has shaped so much of the things I know and love today that I could easily write an entire book on how much of an inspiration he was.</span>
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<li><b>Terry Pratchett</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like Tolkien, Pratchett, together with fellow amazing British author Douglas Adams, has made great leaps and bounds to expand upon the fantasy genre. Terry Pratchett proved that fantasy could be funny and still be engaging.</span>
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<li><b>H.P. Lovecraft</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although I do not condone any of the man’s views on life and the world, it cannot be understated what a huge influence Lovecraft has had, and still has, on modern literary works. His works of cosmic horror, the surrealistic Dreamlands and his poetry are legendary.</span>
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<li><b>Neil Gaiman</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gaiman has this sort of fairytale atmosphere creeping through all of his work that is really hard to describe. When reading his magical realism work like </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stardust</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (one of my favorites) there’s a certain sense of nostalgia flowing through the words.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<li><b>Bram Stoker</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The original author of the ‘gothic’ milestone that is </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dracula</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Stoker’s novel is fragmented and told through several different perspectives. The writing style gives it a more far-off nightmarish vibe rather than straight horror. Amicable. </span> </li>
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<li><b>M.R. James</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Often cited as the originator of the ‘antiquarian ghost story’ James’ work is a prime example of why these turn of the century gothic short stories can still be exciting as well as terrifying. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is now more than a century old and still super scary.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<li><b>R.W. Chambers</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chambers is most known for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The King in Yellow</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a collection of short stories that start out so uncomfortably strange and eerie and gradually lose the strangeness as the shorts go on. The collection is very inspiring, but there’s something really foreboding throughout.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<li><b>Andrzej Sapkowski</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another author that is not really that fun of a person to be around in real life, but still Sapkowski is another example of an author lifting the fantasy genre to new heights. The worlds and stories he created in his </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Witcher</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> books take inspiration from Slavic folklore and are a real joy to read.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<li><b>Naomi Novik</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like Neil Gaiman, Novik’s work (especially </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Uprooted</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) has this fairytale quality going on that I can’t quite put my finger on. It works and is super charming, transporting you into these mystical realms of European folklore. It’s lovely.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">
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<li><b></b><b>Algernon Blackwood</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s just something about these turn of the century gothic literature tales that I find utterly fascinating. Like the other’s I mentioned before, Blackwood’s stories have this almost hallucinatory quality to them. Mesmerizing. </span><b>
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</div>Guilty Indulgence Bookclubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13266482699803234687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855057065922302939.post-75382139862386003792021-04-04T03:00:00.142-04:002021-04-04T03:00:00.309-04:00Audiobook Blog Tour #The Witches of Vegas @MarkRosendorf @AnAudiobookworm <h3><img class="aligncenter" src="https://i1.wp.com/audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-Witches-of-Vegas-Banner-1.jpg?resize=804%2C421&ssl=1" /></h3>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Author: Mark Rosendorf</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Narrator: Jeffery Lynn Hutchins</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Length: 7 hours 9 minutes</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Publisher: The Wild Rose Press</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Released: January 21, 2021</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Genre: Fantasy; YA</h4>
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<blockquote><b>Where can witches and their vampire mentor practice their powers without being discovered or persecuted?</b>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">By using their magic, the witches of Vegas become the number one act performing on the Las Vegas Strip - a great achievement for them, but not so much for the magicians, who can't possibly keep pace. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Isis Rivera is the adopted 15-year-old daughter of the witches of Vegas. Zack Galloway is the teenage nephew and assistant to the last magician left in the city. Although they should be rivals, when Valeria, a 400-year-old witch with a long-seeded grudge against humanity arrives in Sin City, both teens act to bring their families together to stop the evil hag in her tracks.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">But can the combined witches' powers and the ingenuity of the magicians be enough to stop Valeria from taking over the city...and possibly the world?</span></blockquote>
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Mark Rosendorf is a high school guidance counselor in the New York City Department of Education’s Special Education district. He is also a former professional magician, and a writer.
Mark is credited with published novels in various genres which includes The Rasner Effect series. He eventually decided on an early retirement from writing. When asked why, Mark’s usual answer was because he lost his favorite pen.
Then, one night, at two a.m., a new and unique story shot into his brain like a lightning bolt, screaming for him to write it. Suddenly, Mark found himself spending several nights taking notes on the characters and their stories.
That is how The Witches of Vegas was born and is now on these pages.
This is Mark’s first young adult novel.
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As co-owner of a small multi-media production company, Head First Media, I first started doing voice over for projects the company produced. Over the next 17 years, 3 personalized children’s CDs and several video projects later, I discovered that voice over was the thing that I enjoyed the most.
In 2016 a friend urged me to narrate audiobooks, something I’d never thought about. I did and loved it!
I was fortunate enough to land several additional voice over gigs over the next couple of years and in 2018 I decided to do voice over full time.
As of February 2021, I have recorded 25 audiobooks and a few hundred voice overs for everything from TV and radio commercials, online web commercials, training videos, explainer videos, online classes for a university and just about anything else you can think of.
I’ve been fortunate to do projects for
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<li aria-level="1">Boeing</li>
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I currently have a website for some of my commercial work at <a href="http://www.jlhutchins.com/">www.JLHutchins.com</a> and hope to have additional information for audiobooks on the site by mid 2021.
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<h6 style="text-align: center;">Q&A with Protagonist Isis Rivera</h6>
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<li><strong>Interviewer: </strong>Welcome. To start, why don’t you tell us your name, age and a little bit about yourself.
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Isis:</strong> Hi, my name is Isis Flores Rivera and I’m fifteen years old. This is my first time being interviewed, so please forgive me if I’m a little nervous. I’m also a member of The Witches of Vegas, the number one magic show on the Las Vegas strip. Well, I haven’t actually performed with them yet, but I get to practice on the stage when the theater is empty. They promised me that my time is coming soon. I’ve been with them since I was nine. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Um, okay, I’m going to tell you a secret and I need you to promise not to tell anyone okay? The truth is, I really am a witch. The others are too. We use the show to practice our witchcraft. It keeps us strong, and we need to be. According to Luther—he’s the coven’s mentor, he’s also a five-hundred-year-old vampire—there’s a threat coming that we may need to fight. I don’t know what that is, but he’s been getting witches ready for it long before any of us were ever born. We’re just the latest group of witches he’s getting ready in case the threat comes.</span></li>
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<li><strong>Interviewer: </strong>How would you describe your childhood before The Witches of Vegas took you in?
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Isis:</strong> (head drops) To be honest…it wasn’t all that great. I was born in the Bronx in New York. My mom died when I was five…I don’t really remember her that well. I never knew my dad. My grandma raised me until I was eight, but then she got sick and I was put into foster care. I was in my last foster home for a while. I really wanted them to like me, but I always had the feeling that they didn’t.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Things got really bad when I turned nine and I realized I could do things, like make fire and move stuff with my mind. I didn’t know how I could do that, just that I could. My foster family and all their neighbors found out. When they saw it, they all thought I was possessed by the devil. They beat me, tried to drown me and kept me locked in a basement for days without food. When I escaped and tried to run, they chased me down and tried to set me on fire. That’s when Sebastian, the leader of the witches’ coven—this was all before they became The Witches of Vegas—rescued me and took me into his family. He sensed my connection and came to investigate. It was just in time, too. </span></li>
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<li><strong>Interviewer: </strong>How do you get along with the other members of The Witches of Vegas?
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Isis:</strong> I love them all so much. Selena Quinn and Sebastian Santell are like my adopted mom and dad. They’ve been teaching me and taking care of me since I’ve been with them. I haven’t called them “mom and dad” yet. That’s because the last people I called by those names tried to set me on fire. But I do feel close enough with Selena and Sebastian that I think I can call them that. I know they see me as their daughter. I’m just waiting for the right time to try it out. Does that make sense? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Selena’s younger sister, Sacha, is like the coolest aunt anyone could ever have. She’s a lot of fun and maybe a little bit crazy. Luther, well, he can be a bit of a jerk sometimes. He likes to tell me that I’m “too immature and unfocused to be a witch.” But he also says it to the others and they’re all adults so I shouldn’t take it personally. I guess to someone who is five hundred years old, everyone is immature, right? </span></li>
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<li><strong>Interviewer: </strong>How did The Witches of Vegas become “The Witches of Vegas?”
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Isis:</strong> Right after they rescued me, Sebastian found out about a hotel here in Las Vegas that was looking for a new magic act for their theater. He came up with the idea of saying they were a magic team and using their powers on stage. Witches can do a lot, including levitating, teleporting and creating illusions. They put on a great show. The general manager hired them immediately. We’ve lived in a suite in The Sapphire Resort ever since. For the last six years, every show is sold out. </span></li>
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<li><strong>Interviewer: </strong>I must say, you’ve certainly been through a lot at such a young age. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Isis:</strong> That’s easy, it was that night. I was nine years old and sitting on the street, surrounded by my foster family, their friends and neighbors. They had knives, baseball bats and other weapons. My foster dad had a gun pointed at me and my mom had rolled up newspaper she lit on fire. All I had was a broken arm and a swollen eye I couldn’t see out of. They all kept saying I had the devil in me, and they had to burn it out of me for my own good. They didn’t know that I was a witch. I didn’t know either. I thought I was going to die that night. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s when a huge red dragon walked down the street and scared them all away. Now I thought my death would come from getting stepped on or eaten by this huge dragon. But then it turned into a puff of smoke and Sebastian was standing there. He explained to me about witches, healed my arm and face with his mind, then invited me to join his coven…which is also his family. </span></li>
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<li><strong>Interviewer: </strong>How does someone become a witch? And is it easy being one?
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Isis:</strong> Hmm, let me explain it the way Sebastian explained it to me. The world is surrounded by energy. It’s in the air, it’s in the ground, it’s in the space around us all the time. It makes up everything. Some people can tap into it, like psychics who get a glimpse of the future, or mothers who lift cars off their children. But some people find out that they can tap into it on purpose. That’s what makes us witches. That was the first thing he told me that day and I never forgot it. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is being a witch easy? No. The more connected we are with the energy, the more we have to learn to control it. The Witches of Vegas tell me I’m really connected, maybe more than any other witch before. That’s why they’re always training me. I’m learning, but so far, my control isn’t great. I’m working on it, though. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Interviewer:</strong> Last question, have you ever been in a romantic relationship? </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Isis: You mean with a boy? (blushes) No, not yet. I don’t really spend a lot of time with anyone my age. I don’t leave the property a lot. I don’t even go to school. They teach me during the day in our suite and in the theater. But I hope to meet someone someday, someone who understands me, someone who is bit different like me. I’m sure he’s out there somewhere and I’ll meet him someday soon. Let’s hope he doesn’t mind that I can turn him into a frog. Um, that was just a joke, witches can’t really turn people into frogs. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Interviewer: Well, this was certainly an interesting story, Isis. And I see you are truly into your stage characters. I’m sure we all wish we could really be witches. Is there anything else you’d like to share? </span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Isis:</strong> I know it sounds kind of crazy, but it’s my life.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[Isis raises her right hand. The pen leaves the interviewer’s hand and floats across the room towards Isis, who plucks it from the air.]</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Interviewer:</strong> …</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Isis:</strong> Oh, one more thing, I just want to ask again, to anyone who may read this interview, please, don’t tell anyone that we’re real witches. It’s a secret. If my coven finds out I blabbed, they’ll be really upset with me. Also, check out The Witches of Vegas at the Sapphire Resort and Casino’s theater. It’s a great show, but seats sell out fast. Thank you for interviewing me. </span></li>
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<br /><br />The Witches of Vegas are the top act in Vegas and the greatest rival of all other magic shows on the Strip. Teen magician Zack Galloway is magically enticed to get to know the youngest member of the famous troupe and finds Isis Rivera intriguing and the sparks sweetly fly. However, they are truly just pawns in a magical reckoning some 400 years in the making. The two teens have to band together, using wits and magical prowess to help overcome the evil that is determined to destroy humanity. <br /><br />The premise of this story is quite clever and Mark Rosendorf creates a world where both magic and supernatural powers meld, at times entertaining and at others terrorizing. The characters are fun and relatable. The emotional depth of the characters as they navigate family, acceptance, fear and loss demonstrates the skill of his writing. <br /><br />The narration was solidly delivered by J.L. Hutchins. He captures the tone and tenor of the Vegas performers and managed to keep the pace and flow of the story going. At times Mr. Hutchins over performs and slips into melodrama but, heck, it's Vegas baby! Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the story and was pleased that Rosendorf gave such a complete story conclusion for all the characters.<br /><div><br /></div><div>I give The Witches of Vegas 4 chocolate dipped strawberries. <i><span>I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Mark Rosendorf. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></i>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Narrator: Michael Mola</h4><h4 style="text-align: center;">Length: 3 hours 2 minutes</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Series: Mothman Mysteries, Book 2</h4>
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<blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><b>Where will you be when all hail breaks loose?</b>
When a mysterious new player wields a deadly storm to force the men in black into lockdown, teens Eric and Bridget are suddenly separated. With Bridget on the inside and Eric on the outside, the two race to beat the clock and open the doors before the suits make the ultimate sacrifice to prevent the base from falling into the wrong hands.
Get ready for a quirky thrill ride full of spunky book blogger rants, sneaky twists, liberally-used nicknames, smoldering smirks from Mothman, and even a hippy vampire. Hold on kiddos, it's Mothman verses the Weather Machine!
The Mothman Mysteries are set in the same universe with the same characters, but the books are stand-alone mysteries and can be heard in any order. Considered a clean teen series, suitable for pre-teens. A humorous young adult paranormal mystery for fans of <i>Doctor Who</i> and <i>The Dresden Files</i>.</blockquote>
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<p class="p1">Bryna Butler is a journalism-trained writer having authored hundreds of articles and financial publications before taking the leap into fiction in 2011. Her first book, OfSun & Moon, skyrocketed to number one on Kindle top free charts in multiple categories in the U.S. and U.K. when the title went to free status in 2014 and again held #1 Teen Romantic Mystery on the Kindle Free charts in the U.S. in February 2020. The book was also featured in The Morganville Vampires web series. Butler’s work is free of profanity and mature content making them safe reads for pre-teen as well as teen readers. In her latest series, the Mothman Mysteries, she creates an unexpected and delightful twist on the urban legend from her youth, the winged Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
Butler’s love of storytelling leads her heart to many fandoms. You will often find her online gushing about the latest movie/TV show/book or fondly reminiscing about the time she met Charlaine Harris and didn’t faint.</p>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael Mola is a writer, editor, producer, director, voice over artist, and narrator with over 50 titles to his credit. Michael voiced Wrong Side of the Storm, the latest installment in the Mothman Mysteries series.</span>
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<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-990" height="116" src="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Review-2-1-e1498331259195.png" width="307" /> Where to begin? Life hasn't settled much for Bridget and Eric since book one. Eric has his former BFF Dewey in real life (now acting as a history teacher at the high school) and Bridget still maintains her mad book blog pace and is under the guardianship of Agent Carey Warner since her mom was infected with the vampire alien virus. But the Men in Black are twitchy and things are happening in Point Pleasant. A suicide, a lockdown of their fortress, a mystery player in town wreaking havoc with the weather - and Eric seems to be the only one able to save the day. <div><br /></div><div>The story once again moves with rapid fire pace. With plenty of plot twists and turns, the Mothman series delivers on the previously set standard of providing an enjoyable and highly entertaining ride. The good guys are good, the bad guys are bad - there are easy themes of good and evil in these stories but they continue to touch on themes of death, responsibility, law and order and moral gray areas of lies of omission. It still remains completely appropriate for pre-teen through adult audiences.</div><div><br /></div><div>The change in readers between book one and two is jarring as an avid audiobook listener. Michael Mola does a decent job narrating the story and delivers tone and inflections that captures the unique characteristics of each of the main characters. That being said, when the initial "voice" is set in a series, jumping authors is like swapping out actors in a TV show - while it is the same character, storyline, capability of the actor, it changes the experience for the audience like it or not. It isn't terrible enough that I couldn't listen to the second installment and, by the end, Mola's voice was the one I grew to like better.</div><div><br /></div><div>Overall, I would give Wrong Side of the Storm 4 Chocolate Dipped Strawberries<span style="text-align: justify;">.</span> <i><span>I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Bryna Butler. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span></i></div><div><div><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></i></div><div> <img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-2443" height="111" src="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Character-Profiles.png" width="551" /></div><div><h6><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">ERIC JANSEN aka Mothman </span></strong></h6>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Rock God . . . in his own mind. </span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">When you first meet Eric Jansen, you will notice his lean body, blond hair just long enough to lift when the fan is pointed at him on stage, and the pair of ever-present drumsticks in the back pocket of his ripped jeans. When he speaks, you’ll quickly realize that he never wants to grow up, has no shortage of self-confidence, plays drums in a garage band, has deep loyalty for his best friend, and never wants anything to change. He’s seems like a pretty average sixteen-year-old boy, but if you think he’s sixteen, you would be wrong. A swipe of the tattoo (that’s not actually a tattoo) on his arm will reveal his true nature, and his true nature is legendary. Known as the Mothman of Point Pleasant, Eric is really a centuries old alien with giant wings and glowing red eyes in the perfect human disguise as he stalks the only prey that fills the void inside, the vampires.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Favorites: orange soda, old vampires (they have more flavor), 80s rock bands, concert t-shirts</span>
<h6><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">BRIDGET NORTH</span></strong></h6>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Girl next door mystery chaser</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">One could speculate that book blogging Bridget North gets her curiosity naturally from her journalist father. She loves books and occasionally rants about them. She even has her own blog, though its name constantly changes. She’s crushing on her best friend, not that he would ever notice anything beyond her big, innocent eyes. Bridget is slight in stature at five feet, 115 pounds, but not easily intimidated. When danger threatens, she is the first to the scene, dragging her best friend Eric Jansen along.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Favorites: paranormal books, big tote bags, planning/organizing</span>
<h6><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">AGENT CAREY WARNER</span></strong></h6>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Frat boy turned men in black agent</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">This is Agent Carey Warner’s last chance to redeem himself. The clean-cut, dimpled frat boy has been kicked out of college after college for partying too much until his wealthy family pulled strings to get him hired on by the Agency. The required black suit looks good on him. His assignment: handler to the resident alien that no one else wants. Cocky Eric Jansen bucks authority at every turn, but can he and the retired frat boy find common ground?</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Favorites: flirting, his secret flask of whiskey</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Narrator: James Fouhey</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Length: 4 hours 40 minutes</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Series: Mothman Mysteries, Book 1</h4><h4 style="text-align: center;">Publisher: Swancrest Publishing</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Genre: Paranormal Mystery; YA</h4>
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<blockquote><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Eric Jansen takes a seat behind his drums, every girl in the place takes notice - not that he's surprised. He's had decades to practice. Still, there's that other thing....</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">He's an alien. Offworlder. Take me to your leader, fall from the sky, space-invading, phoning home, UFO jockey. A swipe of the tattoo on his arm will reveal his true form, which locals call Mothman, a winged creature formed of ashen gray skin and glowing red eyes. Eric is one of the last of his dwindling, offworld species.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">So when the recently deceased of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, start walking and talking, the Men in Black mark Eric as suspect number one. It'll be up to Eric and his inner circle to solve the mystery before the black suits lock him up and throw away the key.</span>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">A fun listen, Wrong Side of the Grave is a fast-action teen sci-fi mystery with a paranormal twist.</span></blockquote>
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<p class="p1">Bryna Butler is a journalism-trained writer having authored hundreds of articles and financial publications before taking the leap into fiction in 2011. Her first book, Of Sun & Moon, skyrocketed to number one on Kindle top free charts in multiple categories in the U.S. and U.K. when the title went to free status in 2014 and again held #1 Teen Romantic Mystery on the Kindle Free charts in the U.S. in February 2020. The book was also featured in The Morganville Vampires web series. Butler’s work is free of profanity and mature content making them safe reads for pre-teen as well as teen readers. In her latest series, the Mothman Mysteries, she creates an unexpected and delightful twist on the urban legend from her youth, the winged Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
Butler’s love of storytelling leads her heart to many fandoms. You will often find her online gushing about the latest movie/TV show/book or fondly reminiscing about the time she met Charlaine Harris and didn’t faint.</p>
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<div>We are all trapped at home this summer, hiding from killer viruses and things that sound like a dystopian world thriller that you just can't make up. So what's a book nerd to do? Find something new that is a little "out-of-this-world"! The Mothman Mysteries are just such a series - blending the best of paranormal, urban fantasy and sci-fi into a mystery thriller that your ears will delight in and your brain will gobble like candy.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bryna Butler does an amazing job of creating a new twist on an old trope. Her world building weaves in seamlessly which is no easy feat when you are talking about something like vampires - which every PN/UF junkie feels they know inside and out. Her characters are the perfect blend of multi-dimensional, snarky but not over the top, and endearing in a "I'd hang with them" kind of way. The dialogue is snappy, keeping apace with the face moving plot and enhancing the story, rather than dragging down the character developing scenes.</div><div><br /></div><div>For those seeking the new - the dabbles of alien, other-worldly aspect of Wrong Side of the Grave will not leave you disappointed and will capture your attention from chapter one. Living in a nearby area, the Mothman legend is part of our urban legend culture so it intrigued me immediately to hear a completely alternate version of who, what, where and why? Butler kills it in this respect. It has a Joss Whedon/Chris Carter feel to it and I would say that with the story being so well crafted and appropriate that it could be YA-Adult range because it is so story/character heavy - there is an over-arching sense of responsibility and saving the world that makes the message universal. The plot is not melodramatic or overdone just because it is a mystery - it is truly a plot twister which is highly enjoyable.</div><div><br /></div><div><i><span>I give Wrong Side of the Grave Four (4) Chocolate Dipped Strawberries - it is definitely a worthy addition to anyone's TBR pile. I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Bryna Butler. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
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<li><b>Were there any real life inspirations behind your writing?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I grew up outside of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, hearing the stories of Mothman, a red-eyed, winged humanoid sighted in the area in the late 60s. As a teenager, I even spent an evening or two “hunting” for the creature among the abandoned ammunition storage domes on the outskirts of town where he was rumored to roam. It was our small town’s version of visiting a haunted house. The night would end with a branch snapping and everyone running, screaming and giggling, back to the car.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are some aspects of Point Pleasant in the books that are made up. There is no Rigby’s Funeral Home and no Mr. Goodbrew. However, Tu-endie-wei Park is a very real place, as well as the monument that Eric’s ship is docked above. The plaque he uses to gain entry into his ship is real and actually on the monument, complete with the knot hole where he scans his thumb. The idea came to me because I’ve watched many kids and adults alike put their thumb there, it seems like the natural thing to do when you see it.</span></li>
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<li><b>Did you give your narrator any pronunciation tips or special insight into the characters?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">When it comes to narration, Duey’s part is often difficult. With his flirting and French accent, narrators sometimes slip into an impression of that beloved skunk from Looney Tunes, Pepe le Pew. James Foohay (narrator of book one</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">) </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">then later Michael Mola (narrator of book two), did a fantastic job of capturing him without making him sound cartoonish. </span></li>
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<li><b>Are you an audiobook listener? What about the format appeals to you?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oh my gosh, yes. I may be addicted. I love reading and still read books and e-books regularly. But I spend a lot of time driving and audiobooks are my go-to in that space instead of the radio. I’m also a mom who loathes housekeeping. I often crank up Alexa with my favorite titles to make the time go faster.</span></li>
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<li><b>Do you follow any particular fandoms?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Heck yeah. Let’s see. I’m an old school Whedonite with </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Buffy the Vampire Slayer </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Firefly. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A replica of the ring of Amara (the ring that allowed Angel to live as a human for a day) was my celebration gift for completing the Midnight Guardian series. I have a thing for time travel – Back to the Future, Bill & Ted, Doctor Who. In the book world, I’m into Sarah Maas, Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Cassandra Clare, Quinn Loftis, Rachel Caine, Casey Bond, Kelly Martin, and most recently Eric Asher’s Vesik series. I’ve had Stephenie Meyer’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Midnight Sun </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">on preorder since the day Amazon let me throw my money at them. And the one time I got a chance to meet Charlaine Harris my heart was beating so fast I got light headed and thought I was gonna pass out. </span></li>
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<li><b>If you had the power to time travel, would you use it? </b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Right now, I would go to the date this interview is posted because it will be posted after August 14, 2020. I am a huge </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">fan, and I can’t wait to see the new movie, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bill & Ted Face the Music,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> coming out that day. So, yeah, I would time travel to see a time travel movie. Probably no butterfly effect repercussions for that, right? Yes, this is how my mind works, folks. </span></li>
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<li><b>Is there a particular part of this story that you feel is more resonating in the audiobook performance than in the book format?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bridget’s book rants. You can read them in all their run-on sentence glory, but it really hits home when the narrator voices it without taking a breath.</span></li>
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<li><b>If this title were being made into a TV series or movie, who would you cast to play the primary roles?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I always picture a clean cut Jensen Ackles (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supernatural) </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">when I write Carey Warner’s part, though Carey is a bit younger than Jensen. For Bridget, I would pick Hailee Steinfeld (</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pitch Perfect 2, The Edge of Seventeen) </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">because she has nervous rambling down to a science. And when it comes to Eric, singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes seems like he can pull off the easy-going cockiness and passion for music. Of course, no one could play villain Kendall except for Taylor Swift.</span></li>
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<li><b>What gets you out of a writing slump?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are times when I get stuck. When this happens, I bring in my sons. I tell them about the story so far and ask them what happens next. The have a lot of fun with this. They always go for the outlandishly silly. It’s never anything I can use, but somehow it always loosens up the old brainwaves and lets me look at the story differently. Best of all, their excitement is contagious, and my fingers are itching for the keyboard after our impromptu story session.</span></li>
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<li><b>How about a reading slump?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I get in these moods too. I am a fiction girl, but when nothing really jumps out at me or when I can’t get into a story, I hope over to a celebrity biography, usually by a comedienne. Rachel Dratch, Penny Marshall, Anna Kendrick, and Amy Poehler are some of my favorites. And after a good laugh, I’m ready to hit my TBR.</span></li>
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<li><b>Are any of your favorite things referenced in appearance in your work?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strawberry milkshakes and ice-cold orange sodas can be spotted in many of my books. My husband bought me a strawberry milkshake on our first date, and orange soda has always been a favorite of mine. On my blog, </span><a href="http://www.brynabutler.com/blog"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.brynabutler.com/blog</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, I post “Easter Eggs” for every one of my books, hidden somethings in the book that have a special meaning or is a secret reference to a particular fandom.</span></li>
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<li><b>What’s next for you?</b>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m working on </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wrong Side of the Song, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mothman Mysteries #3 for release late 2020. Eric and Bridget face off with a murderous siren in the school’s show choir. Think young </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harry Dresden </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">meets </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pitch Perfect. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oh yes, fun will be had.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I had so much fun with this. Thanks for interviewing me today. Be sure to check out the entire Mothman Mysteries. Each is a standalone mystery that can be read in any order; though, book 1, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wrong Side of the Grave</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, gives the best foundation for the MM universe. And don’t miss the Fan Cave at </span><a href="http://www.brynabutler.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">www.brynabutler.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for all kinds of free extras.</span></li>
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<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Guilty Indulgence Bookclubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13266482699803234687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855057065922302939.post-41749851856635821132020-03-29T06:00:00.000-04:002020-03-30T11:27:49.152-04:00Audiobook Blog Tour #Soul Searchers #Donn's Shadow @carynlarrinaga @jnmcevoy @AnAudioBookworm<a href="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/the-soul-searchers-mysteries/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img alt="Audiobook Series Blog Tour: The Soul Searchers Mysteries by Caryn Larrinaga" class="aligncenter wp-image-36939 size-full" height="421" src="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Soul-Searchers-Banner.jpg" width="804" /></a><br />
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Author: Caryn Larrinaga</h4>
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Narrator: Jessica McEvoy</h4>
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Length: 9 hours 51 minutes</h4>
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Series: The Soul Searchers Mysteries, Book 2</h4>
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Released: March 2020</h4>
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Publisher: Twisted Tree Press</h4>
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Genre: Supernatural Cozy Mystery</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Mackenzie Clair finally has this whole ghost-hunting psychic thing figured out. The Soul Searchers are a hit, she’s got pet-parenting down, and she even has a plan to banish the poltergeist running amok at a lakeside cabin. Best of all, Donn’s Hill feels like home. But not everyone loves the town as much as Mac.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A world-famous paranormal debunker thinks the psychics in Donn’s Hill are lying about their abilities. His determination to destroy the Soul Searchers threatens Mac’s livelihood, and when a killer strikes, the sheriff’s suspicions threaten her freedom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Mac needs all the help she can get to find the real murderer and clear her name… even if that help comes from beyond the grave.</span></blockquote>
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Caryn Larrinaga is a self-described horror evangelist and paranormal junkie. Her debut supernatural mystery novel, DONN’S HILL, won the League of Utah Writers 2017 Silver Quill Award in the adult novel category and was a 2017 Dragon Award finalist. Her short fiction has won multiple honors and been featured in local and international anthologies. Watching scary movies through split fingers terrified Caryn as a child, and those nightmares inspire her to write now. She lives near Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and their clowder of cats. Visit www.carynlarrinaga.com for free short stories and audiobooks.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><img alt="" class="alignleft wp-image-36953 size-full" height="300" src="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NoSleep.Jessica.McEvoy-300x300-1.jpg" width="300" />Between peddling video games and teaching yoga in her home state of Arizona, Jessica McEvoy attempts to conduct a career as a professional voice actress. This, however, is moderately undermined by the fact that she records in a dimly lit closet with her microphone balanced on a stack of old board games (Junior Scrabble and Powerpuff Girls Monopoly form a strong foundation), but she hopes that no one holds that against her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Though her main work consists of narrating audiobooks, her first dive into the voice world was through the NoSleep podcast after answering a post from the LibriVox forums. Having been raised on horror movies and scary stories, she was beyond excited to be able to work on the show. Many stories, tortured screams, deranged villains, and creepy little girl giggles later, Jessica hopes to work on the podcast for seasons and seasons to come.</span><br />
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Q&A with Striker the cat</h6>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>What is your full name? Do you have a nickname (if so, who calls you this)?</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Striker Clair. Mac sometimes calls me “my cat” in front of other humans, which is hilarious.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Where do you live now, and with whom? Describe the place (home and location) and the person/people you live with.</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mac found me a really nice, warm, cozy apartment in a big yellow house not too far from Main Street in Donn’s Hill. There’s a great big tree right by the window, so I can climb up and down whenever I want. My favorite part about it is this cushy bench that runs along the inside of a round turret; it’s sunny there for most of the day and it’s a great place to nap. Usually I sleep in the soft bed Mac bought me though; she’s pretty warm so I let her share it with me. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>What is your job?</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m in charge of security for a TV show called the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Soul Searchers. </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I travel with the team when they’re filming and make sure no mice or birds interfere with anything. If a ghost shows up, I keep Mac safe. She’s really important. You know… to the show. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sometimes I help my friend Graham sell his sculptures at the Afterlife Festival. He always sells way more when I’m around!</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>What do you consider your greatest achievement so far, why?</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m really proud of how far Mac has come since I’ve been taking care of her. When we first met, she was so lost. She didn’t even have a home. Now I make sure she’s happy and healthy, and she’s really thriving. It’s great to see!</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Do you have a motto? If so, what is it?</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">“A treat in the hand is worth two in the bag.” Also, “Give me the bag.”</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><b>Mackenzie Clair</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (aka Mac) is a wanderer at heart. For Mac, home is where the people she loves are, and at the beginning of Donn’s Hill, everyone she loves has either left this life or betrayed her completely. She’s used to starting over, and her willingness to dive head first into uncharted territory serves her well as she discovers the return of a lost psychic ability to see the dead. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mac has dark, curly hair and tends to have shadows under her blue eyes from staying up late reading. Her sweet tooth can get out of control, and her favorite snacks include lemon bars and homemade chocolate chip cookies. She loves a good cup of tea but will take coffee if somebody else made it. </span></li>
<li><b>Striker</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a small tortoiseshell cat who found her way into Mac’s life just when she was needed most, as cats have a way of doing. Fond of games and cuddling, she takes care of Mac as well (or better) as Mac takes care of her, and her inquisitive nature has a way of leading her human both into and out of trouble. Favorite snack: crunchy treats from Mac’s landlord’s breast pocket. </span></li>
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Author: Caryn Larrinaga</h4>
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Narrator: Jessica McEvoy</h4>
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Length: 9 hours 54 minutes</h4>
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Series: The Soul Searchers Mysteries, Book 1</h4>
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Released: Aug. 1, 2017</h4>
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Publisher: Twisted Tree Press</h4>
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Genre: Supernatural Cozy Mystery</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">"Grief can change us... rewire our brains and shift the way we look at the world..."</span><br />
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<a href="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/4194SXN3VJL._SL500_-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter wp-image-38321 size-medium" height="300" src="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/4194SXN3VJL._SL500_-300x300.jpg" width="300" /></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">After returning home from her father's funeral to find her boyfriend in bed with another woman, Mackenzie Clair is looking for a fresh start. She thinks she'll find it in her favorite childhood vacation spot, but returning to Donn's Hill awakens more than nostalgia. Mac regains a lost psychic ability to talk to the dead, and the poltergeist haunting her apartment is desperate to make her use that gift to find his killer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Aided by her new roommate - a spirited Tortoiseshell cat named Striker, and the ghost-hunting crew of the nationally televised show Soul Searchers, Mac struggles to learn how to use her powers. But she'd better get a handle on them fast, because someone in town is hiding a deadly secret. If Mac can't somehow divine the truth, Donn's Hill will never be the same.</span></blockquote>
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<img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-981" height="116" src="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Author-Bio2-e1498331181816.png" width="307" /></h5>
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<a href="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CarynLarrinaga-300x200.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="alignleft wp-image-29224 size-medium" height="200" src="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CarynLarrinaga-300x200.png" width="300" /></a>Caryn Larrinaga is a self-described horror evangelist and paranormal junkie. Her debut supernatural mystery novel, DONN’S HILL, won the League of Utah Writers 2017 Silver Quill Award in the adult novel category and was a 2017 Dragon Award finalist. Her short fiction has won multiple honors and been featured in local and international anthologies. Watching scary movies through split fingers terrified Caryn as a child, and those nightmares inspire her to write now. She lives near Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and their clowder of cats. Visit www.carynlarrinaga.com for free short stories and audiobooks.<br />
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<a href="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NoSleep.Jessica.McEvoy-300x300-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="alignleft wp-image-36953 size-full" height="300" src="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NoSleep.Jessica.McEvoy-300x300-1.jpg" width="300" /></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Between peddling video games and teaching yoga in her home state of Arizona, Jessica McEvoy attempts to conduct a career as a professional voice actress. This, however, is moderately undermined by the fact that she records in a dimly lit closet with her microphone balanced on a stack of old board games (Junior Scrabble and Powerpuff Girls Monopoly form a strong foundation), but she hopes that no one holds that against her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Though her main work consists of narrating audiobooks, her first dive into the voice world was through the NoSleep podcast after answering a post from the LibriVox forums. Having been raised on horror movies and scary stories, she was beyond excited to be able to work on the show. Many stories, tortured screams, deranged villains, and creepy little girl giggles later, Jessica hopes to work on the podcast for seasons and seasons to come.</span><br />
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Donn's Hill is the first book in the new "The Soul Searchers Mysteries" series. As one unfamiliar with this author, I was simply intrigued by the book teaser. Donn's Hill was a fresh and unique surprise in that it didn't fall squarely into a "typical" paranormal or murder mystery or thriller categories but was lovely, cozy blend of all the best. Mac is a wonderful protagonist - the fact that she is so vulnerable, grieving her father's death and the disastrous lossof her long term relationship, and fighting the realization that she has psychic ghost connection skills makes for an interesting heroine. She is a loner who finds what she never knew she needed in her new friends, gifts and town as she untangles the mysterious world of the dead and the dangerous world of the living with the help of the Soul Searcher crew. <br /><br />The writing was well crafted, the characters fully developed and dialogue flowed easily. It made for an amazing audiobook - with Jessica McEvoy narrating brilliantly. As a narrator, she manages to capture every unique character's voice, including Striker the cat's (seriously, she can trill just like my cat does when watching birds!). The cast of ghost-hunting crew and the folks of Donn's Hill will take up residence in the reader's brain as the story flows with perfect pace and pitch. Caryn Larrinaga has managed the perfect storm, creating a story that reads out loud as well as on the page. I am absolutely looking forward to the next installment in this captivating series.<br /><br />I give Donn's Hill 5 Chocolate Dipped Strawberries and our Ultimate Indulgence Award. <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "amazon ember" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Caryn Larrinaga. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span></i><br />
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Q&A with Author Caryn Larrinaga</h6>
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<li><strong>Tell us about the process of turning your book into an audiobook.</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I had so much fun working with Jessica as she adapted both of these novels into audiobooks! Luckily, I had already worked with her on a smaller project before, and I knew she would be the perfect Mackenzie from her reading of my novelette </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hide and Seek</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and her amazing work on the NoSleep Podcast, so we skipped the audition part of the process. Once each of the novels were ready, I sent them to her to read and crossed my fingers she’d like them enough to want to perform them. (When looking for a great narrator like Jessica, there’s definitely a “She said YES!!” moment that involves much shrieking and jumping up and down.) We decided on a reasonable production schedule, then she started recording chapters and uploading them for me to approve. I love that I get to listen to it as she’s working, so we can make sure we’re both on the same page about personalities, accents, and cat-related awesomeness. Then we get to celebrate together once the book is finally live on Audible and iTunes, which is always super exciting!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">My favorite unexpected bonus about this process is that it happens while I’m working on the next book in the series, so I’m listening to my characters “talk” to me through Jessica’s performance, and that actually has a huge impact on my writing. Listening to her narrate </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Donn’s Shadow</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> definitely helped me overcome a bit of writer’s block with the third book, and I’m so grateful!</span></li>
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<li><strong>How closely did you work with your narrator before and during the recording process? Did you give them any pronunciation tips or special insight into the characters? </strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jessica made it really easy to work very closely with her. She requested a pronunciation guide, and since even my own name can be tricky for some people, I sent over an audio recording of me saying the different character names and any other oddball words. For the first book, I even sent her an audio clip of me making Striker’s trademark “Brrrllll,” since that was based on the real Striker’s habit of trilling at us instead of meowing. :) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every once in a while, while listening to a chapter, I’d hear Jessica pronounce a word differently than I do (like “ylang ylang”). Before reaching out to ask her to change it, I’d look it up online… and pretty much every time, I’d learn that I’ve been saying something wrong for literally YEARS! So that’s another nice little bonus of working with a good narrator, haha. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Were there any real life inspirations behind your writing?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Absolutely! Mackenzie’s first encounter with a ghost is based on a friend of mine, who mentioned (far too casually for something this spooky) that ghosts who are “just passing through” will sometimes sit for a spell at the edge of her bed. In the night. In the dark. It doesn’t bother my friend, but it bothered the heck out of me, so I had to go home and start writing a story about it. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mac’s additional encounters with poltergeists and other paranormal entities were also based on a few real-life events, like an experience my mother had with some kitchen chairs that moved on their own (six of them, all at the same time).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I get freaked out pretty easily and I like to let myself lean into those fears and write them down, especially when they take me to weird or scary places in my mind. But in real life, I’m a huge scaredy cat. Let’s just say Mackenzie is much, much braver than I am!</span></li>
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<li><strong>What do you say to those who view listening to audiobooks as “cheating” or as inferior to “real reading”?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wow, is this something people say? Everyone starts out listening to stories before reading them. If there’s someone out there shaming audiobook listeners, the first thing I’d say is, “Stop it.” Because if they don’t like it, that’s fine, but there’s no wrong way to enjoy a good story. It’s like how everyone has their own learning style; we all have our own leisure style, too. Don’t be ashamed if you prefer one format over another. Whether you prefer to experience good stories via ebooks, paperbacks, books, movies, games, or whatever… just enjoy it! And then do all the content creators a favor and leave reviews. :)</span></li>
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<li><strong>Have any of your characters ever appeared in your dreams?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Striker visits me in my dreams all the time, which I’m sure is because I miss her. Not long after she passed away, we fostered and adopted some special-needs kitties, one of whom passed away after only a couple of years with us. The pair of them show up in my dreams together, always snuggling and cleaning each other. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">None of my other named characters have really shown up in my dreams. But many of the monsters I write about definitely appeared in my nightmares before making it onto the page, like the monsters in the corners of the ceiling that I wrote into my story “Watchers’ Warning.”</span></li>
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<li><strong>How do you select the names of your characters?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I put a lot of thought into naming my characters, especially for </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Donn’s Hill </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Donn’s Shadow</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Mackenzie is named after my favorite character on a TV show called “The Newsroom,” and I thought that if I was the kind of person who wanted kids (I am not), I’d name a daughter after her. Instead, I named a character after her. :) Her last name, Clair, comes from the fact that she’s a clairvoyant. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mackenzie’s handsome landlord, Graham Thomas, is named after one of my favorite fictional men and the man who created him: Thomas Harris’ Will Graham. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ll usually look up common names from the year a character was born, or names that represent their heritage. Then, to make sure I’m not reusing the same name over and over (my placeholder for characters who identify as female tends to be “Megan” and I have no idea why), I check them against a spreadsheet I keep of every character name I’ve used and where I used it. Yep, I’m one of those people who (rightly) thinks spreadsheets are fun. </span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Who is your favorite character to write?</strong><br />
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the Soul Searchers mysteries, I love writing the characters who antagonize Mac. For some reason, creating moments where they get under her skin is incredibly fun. I also love writing Kit, because our personalities are really similar but I do a better job acting polite than she does. I like living vicariously through Kit and just saying whatever I want, doing what I think is best, and fighting for the people I love regardless of the consequences. </span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>What is your writing Kryptonite?</strong><br />
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Books and video games. If I’m on a deadline, feeling stressed, or--let’s face it--just awake and at home, it’s soooo tempting to spend the entire afternoon living in someone else’s imaginary universe instead of working on my own. I have to work hard to keep myself on task some days, but I try to find a balance between working and relaxing.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Do you write listening to music?</strong><br />
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most of the time, yes. I like to listen to Delerium’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Poem</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> album on repeat so it sort of fades into the background, filling up the part of my brain that wants music without distracting the part of my brain that needs to imagine things and think of the right words to describe them. If I need to set a specific mood or get into the mind of a particular character, I’ll switch it up. Emotional scenes with Graham get written to ‘90s alternative rock, for example.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">But when I need to write a scary scene, like Mac attempting to summon a spirit, I have to turn the music off.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>What’s next for you?</strong><br />
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Right now, I’m working on the third and final book in the Soul Searchers Mysteries. It’s bittersweet to be wrapping up Mac’s story, but I’m excited for her to get to solve her personal mysteries on top of yet another murder (poor girl - she’s such a body magnet!). </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Apart from that, I’m also working on a standalone horror novel that pulls from my Basque heritage. We have some deliciously terrifying folklore and it’s so much fun to explore the dark things that scared my ancestors. I also have three short stories coming out in a few different anthologies this year, and hopefully more to come!</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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Author: Philip Elliott</h4>
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Narrator: Robert Svetlik</h4>
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Series: <em>Angel City</em>, Book 1</h4>
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Length: 7 hours 29 minutes</h4>
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Publisher: Into the Void</h4>
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Released: Sep. 10, 2019</h4>
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Genre: Noir Thriller</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Eddie Vegas made a terrible mistake. Now he has to pay the price. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">After a botched debt collection turned double murder, Eddie splits, desperate to avoid his employer, notorious LA crime boss Saul Benedict, and his men (and Eddie’s ex-partners), Floyd and Sawyer, as well as the police. Soon, he becomes entangled with the clever and beautiful Dakota, a Native American woman fresh in the City of Angels to find her missing friend - someone Eddie might know something about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile in Texas, ex-assassin Rufus, seeking vengeance for his murdered brother, takes up his beloved daggers one final time and begins the long drive to LA. When the bodies begin to mount, Detective Alison Lockley’s hunt for the killers becomes increasingly urgent. As paths cross, confusion ensues, and no one’s entirely sure who’s after who. But one thing is clear: They’re not all getting out of this alive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">As much a love letter to neo-noir cinema and LA as it is satire, the first book in the Angel City novels is a lightning-speed crime thriller equal parts Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Philip Elliott is an award-winning author, freelance editor, and founder and editor-in-chief of award-winning literary journal and small press publisher Into the Void. Philip was a National Juror of the 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and a winner of the 2018 Big Pond Rumours Chapbook Prize. His writing has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. A music and film obsessive, Philip lives in Toronto with his wife and their spoiled pug.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Robert Svetlik is an actor and voiceover artist based out of Los Angeles. With a background in stage and classical theater, Robert has acted in works such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Twelfth Night. He has also lent his voice to commercials and audiobooks. Recently, Robert has enjoyed traveling and perfecting his homemade marinara recipe.</span><br />
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<li><b>Do you believe certain types of writing translate better into audiobook format? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Definitely. The best kind of audiobook to me is one full of dialogue and characters’ actions, with the exposition-type narration kept to a minimum</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—b</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ecause this makes the audiobook more of a performance, more cinematic. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nobody Move</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is composed almost entirely of action and dialogue, and narrator Robert Svetlik did a killer job of bringing the characters to life in his subtle performances, as well as bringing out the black humor and making it more apparent, as I think in text form the dark humor is easier to miss.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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<li><b>Was a possible audiobook recording something you were conscious of while writing? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a way. I write my fiction as if it were a screenplay, but a bit more fleshed out. So in my head the book is like a movie, and I imagine the characters as if through a camera lens, while also seeing through their eyes and thinking via their thoughts, because I write entirely from my characters’ points of view at all times. This cinematic leaning created the perfect opportunity for a fun, engaging audiobook, so in some form I was conscious of it.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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<li><b>How closely did you work with your narrator before and during the recording process? Did you give them any pronunciation tips or special insight into the characters? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before he began recording, Robert had some questions about the very upfront racism spouted by the character Rufus, a Texas ex-hitman who may as well be the Devil incarnate. I explained how, to me, Rufus is an almost cartoonish, over-the-top symbol for the ugly racism that has always been a distinct part of the United States, but has, sadly and worryingly, been rearing its vile head again since Trump seized power. I also explained that, because I write from my characters’ viewpoints 100% of the time, meaning that every sentence of the book is filtered through the characters’ perceptions of the world, it was essential that Rufus’s racism be undiluted to be totally true to his character. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aside from that, though, Robert ran with the book and nailed every single chapter on the first try. I didn’t need to make a single change. Robert is an astoundingly talented narrator and I would recommend his services to anyone.</span></li>
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<li><b>Is there a particular part of this story that you feel is more resonating in the audiobook performance than in the book format? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Honestly, the whole thing. For me, the audiobook format is absolutely the best way to experience this book. It was so important to me when writing </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nobody Move</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that the book would instantly throw the reader into the story from the first scene to the last, grabbing the reader like films grab an audience. Robert’s narration achieved that in spades. I mean, I wrote this thing and revised it a million and one times, so I know every word of every scene by now, but when I listened to Robert’s narration for the first time I was instantly pulled into this world that Robert conjured to me as he spoke. In some ways I think an audiobook is almost a different story than the text version of a book. It’s a collaboration between writer and narrator/performer</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">the narrator leaves their own mark, too.</span></li>
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<li><b>How did you celebrate after finishing this novel? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I started writing the next one! It’s called </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Porno Valley</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and is out September 2020. There’s no rest for the wicked, but none for indie authors either.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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<li><b>In your opinion, what are the pros and cons of writing a standalone novel vs. writing a series? </b><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pros: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- You get to start again with a blank slate and you can go anywhere with it</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">with a series your hands are tied by the world you’ve created.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- You can reinvent yourself as an author.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- It’s more of a straightforward process finding an agent or publisher for a new standalone, or a bigger publisher than your previous novel.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- You might think you’d love to write a series but by the time you’ve completed the arduous task of finishing book one, you find that you feel done with the world and characters you’ve created, but if you’ve committed to a series you may feel your hands are tied.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Standalones mean you have to say goodbye to your characters</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">but what if you’re</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> not done with them? And what if they’re not done with you?</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Standalones can be a missed opportunity commercially. It’s no secret that series sell well, and it makes perfect sense: If people like one book, they’ll probably buy the next, and the next. Standalones don’t offer the same likelihood of repeat readers. And no one is a more devoted fan than a series fanatic.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- It’s simply so much fun exploring the world you’ve created more and more with each successive book.</span></li>
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<li><b>Have any of your characters ever appeared in your dreams? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">No, but I wish they would, that would be an incredible experience. Maybe it’s because my imagination is so active while I’m awake but I have decidedly dull dreams most times. Having said that, for a while I experienced a horrifying recurring dream in which I was being pursued by Tim Curry’s version of Stephen King’s Pennywise the Dancing Clown from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">It</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (although, who hasn’t? Thanks, Stephen.). I shudder just thinking about it.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food: Indian roti with a vegetable vindaloo curry wrapped inside. Goddamn.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Song: Music is too huge a part of my life to narrow this down to a single favorite song, so here’s a single song I really like instead: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTONQNWeGZo"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Dancing in the Moonlight”</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Thin Lizzy, the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band to ever rock the Earth. Thin Lizzy hail from Dublin, Ireland, which is where I’m from. They’re the best thing to ever come out of that place (screw you, James Joyce). Fun fact: Thin Lizzy are both referenced in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nobody Move</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and included on the </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0b5EHUU6c3EWOtwp8JkGkG?si=d_cpTanJRPO7Z3SgtdBdrw"><span style="font-weight: 400;">official soundtrack playlist</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> I made for the book on Spotify.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Book: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jesus’ Son</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Denis Johnson. It’s the book that marks the first soul-punching reading experience I had as an adult with a half-baked idea to be a writer, and it’s the book that made me commit properly to the idea of being a writer. It’s also unlike anything else out there. Nothing even comes close to Johnson’s originality of voice here.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Television show: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Breaking Bad</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. It’s the most flawless thing ever put to screen in my opinion. A masterclass not just of writing but across the board of filmmaking. Vince Gilligan, its creator, never lost sight of his vision for a moment from episode one to the last. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Movie: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chinatown</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> directed by Roman Polanski. It’s a masterpiece, perfect in every way, and was essentially (although not in actuality) the first film to be what we now call neo-noir. It turned the noir genre on its head, and is still one of the most stylish films ever made. The screenplay by Robert Towne is so flawless and perfectly structured it’s tempting to think it was produced by some high-powered super-computer from the future. Study this screenplay, writers.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Band: The Menzingers. Listen to these Philly punks’ desperately beautiful </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsFAguSp7w0&list=PLp5e4iQ7u1GHxlY__f_7XEo6Xne7weUPZ"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the Impossible Past</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> record, and if it doesn’t break your heart while simultaneously making you feel more alive than you’ve ever felt, well, we probably wouldn’t get along.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sports team: Toronto Raptors, just because I live in Toronto now and was as impressed as anyone by their amazing NBA win. But honestly, I hate sports.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">City: Toronto, the city that has become a true home to me.</span></li>
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<li><b>What bits of advice would you give to aspiring authors?</b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Read books on the craft of writing (I recommend Sol Stein’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Writing</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and Stephen King’s book of the same name) to learn the so-called “rules” of writing</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—then be prepared to break every one of them. But only break a “rule” when you understand why it exists in the first place. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like anything, you have to write a lot to get better at it, like working a muscle, but even more important than that is to read. Read like your life depends on it, then read some more. Another area lots of writers may neglect to learn from is that of film. Film is fiction too, and the tools employed by writers of screenplays and even the filmmakers can absolutely be transposed to the novel or short story. Cinema is a masterclass in “Show vs. Tell,” for example, its stories told entirely through action, dialogue, and, to a lesser extent, setting and props. Another example is how cinema loves contrast. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Breaking Bad</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Better Call Saul</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are great examples of this. In those TV shows both helmed by Vince Gilligan and set in New Mexico, shots of the blindingly bright and hot yellow desert beneath a shocking clear blue sky will often follow scenes colored in gritty greys and blacks set among the criminal underworld that the shows portray. The effect is magnificent, and it works for novels and short stories too.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most importantly, write one word after another until the book/story is done. Don’t let self-doubt cripple you, because it will try. The time for doubt is after the first draft is completed. And even then have faith in your story—you wrote all those words for a reason. If, finally, your story isn’t what you hoped it would be (and nobody’s ever is, by the way), the beauty of creation is that we can gather ourselves together, put pen to paper, and begin again with another story. We won’t ever achieve perfection, but we will better ourselves and grow as artists and human beings, and that’s enough.</span></li>
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<li><b>What’s next for you?</b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m finishing up book two of the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Angel City</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> series, the follow-up to </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nobody Move</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> titled </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Porno Valley</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. After that it’s book three, titled </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Murder Mountain</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. At the same time I’m working on a screenplay for a horror film set in the snowy wilderness in rural northern Canada. And I am also researching deeply for a more literary novel about young punks in early 1980s Toronto who grow up to have let go of their dreams while an unsolved murder from their past rear its head again.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Porno Valley</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is out September 2020. Here’s the blurb:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s the year 2000 and 78-year-old Mickey O’Rourke has been a Los Angeles P.I. for a very long time. He’d thought he’d seen it all until the disappearance of porn star Jeffrey Strokes sends him from the sex-filled studios of Porn Valley to the desperate ghettos of Compton and the crossfires of a strange and sadistic drug dealer who calls himself “The Samurai,” where Mickey’s final case becomes his biggest test. Flash back to 1999 and struggling hair salon employee Jemeka Johnson, suspecting boyfriend Ray-Ray of infidelity, follows him one night from their East Compton home to what turns out to be a drug deal gone sour. Saving Ray-Ray’s life with her battered Ford Tempo, Jemeka finds herself tossed onto a dark and dangerous path—one that offers huge reward for someone bold enough to seize it. Meanwhile, tired of robbing small-town diners and sleeping in filthy motel rooms (and with a rapidly escalating dope addiction to feed), newlyweds Richie and Alabama return to L.A. in search of the perfect score. Paths cross and past meets present as terrible actions hurtle toward terrible consequences—and no one will ever be the same again.</span></li>
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Nobody Move was unexpected in many ways. For a gritty, LA noir type novel with a whole host of characters that are, at times hilarious and others horrifying, Nobody Move proved to be a sleeper hit for this reader. The story builds (or devolves) after a botched squeeze job which results in 3 hired goons burying 2 bodies in the Angeles forest. Interwoven plot lines with the dead guy's brother looking for revenge, the dead girl's sister trying to find her, the mob boss trying to find all of them and the cops trying to solve the who-dunit make for a swiftly moving tale. Ultimately the inconsistencies are the triggers with language that is almost poetic in moments and crassly trite in others, but somehow it all seems to work because it is an homage to LA and that is LA in a nutshell - a place of poetic hopes and dreams with crassly trite players on a sunny stage.<br />
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Robert Svetlik does a solid job narrating the story, bringing the widely varied cast of characters to life and telling the tale of depraved indifference, madcap antics of criminals and the ultimate hope of redemption. His sense of pace and timing were absolutely the keys to keeping this story on the rails and encouraging the reader to keep listening when the story might have otherwise turned them off due to some truly unlikeable characters and unpleasant moments. <br />
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For fans of Elmore Leonard and other film-noir style thriller novels, Nobody Move will be your cup of tea - or shot of whiskey. I give Nobody Move 3.5 Chocolate Covered Strawberries (it probably would have been four had there been a little less homophobic language).<br />
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<b>Nov. 17th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.viviana-mackade.blog/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viviana MacKade</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.southerngirlbookaholic.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Southern Girl Bookaholic</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<b>Nov. 18th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jazzy Book Reviews</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://eileentroemel.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eileen Troemel</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<b>Nov. 19th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://dabofdarkness.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dab of Darkness Book Reviews</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<b>Nov. 20th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">All the Ups and Downs</span></a><br />
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Author: Philip Elliott</b></h4>
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Narrator: Robert Svetlik</h4>
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Series: <em>Angel City</em>, Book 1</h4>
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Length: 7 hours 29 minutes</h4>
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Publisher: Into the Void</h4>
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Released: Sep. 10, 2019</h4>
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Genre: Noir Thriller</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Eddie Vegas made a terrible mistake. Now he has to pay the price. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">After a botched debt collection turned double murder, Eddie splits, desperate to avoid his employer, notorious LA crime boss Saul Benedict, and his men (and Eddie’s ex-partners), Floyd and Sawyer, as well as the police. Soon, he becomes entangled with the clever and beautiful Dakota, a Native American woman fresh in the City of Angels to find her missing friend - someone Eddie might know something about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile in Texas, ex-assassin Rufus, seeking vengeance for his murdered brother, takes up his beloved daggers one final time and begins the long drive to LA. When the bodies begin to mount, Detective Alison Lockley’s hunt for the killers becomes increasingly urgent. As paths cross, confusion ensues, and no one’s entirely sure who’s after who. But one thing is clear: They’re not all getting out of this alive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">As much a love letter to neo-noir cinema and LA as it is satire, the first book in the Angel City novels is a lightning-speed crime thriller equal parts Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Philip Elliott is an award-winning author, freelance editor, and founder and editor-in-chief of award-winning literary journal and small press publisher Into the Void. Philip was a National Juror of the 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and a winner of the 2018 Big Pond Rumours Chapbook Prize. His writing has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. A music and film obsessive, Philip lives in Toronto with his wife and their spoiled pug.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Robert Svetlik is an actor and voiceover artist based out of Los Angeles. With a background in stage and classical theater, Robert has acted in works such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Twelfth Night. He has also lent his voice to commercials and audiobooks. Recently, Robert has enjoyed traveling and perfecting his homemade marinara recipe.</span><br />
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<li><b>Do you believe certain types of writing translate better into audiobook format? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Definitely. The best kind of audiobook to me is one full of dialogue and characters’ actions, with the exposition-type narration kept to a minimum</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—b</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ecause this makes the audiobook more of a performance, more cinematic. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nobody Move</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is composed almost entirely of action and dialogue, and narrator Robert Svetlik did a killer job of bringing the characters to life in his subtle performances, as well as bringing out the black humor and making it more apparent, as I think in text form the dark humor is easier to miss.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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<li><b>Was a possible audiobook recording something you were conscious of while writing? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a way. I write my fiction as if it were a screenplay, but a bit more fleshed out. So in my head the book is like a movie, and I imagine the characters as if through a camera lens, while also seeing through their eyes and thinking via their thoughts, because I write entirely from my characters’ points of view at all times. This cinematic leaning created the perfect opportunity for a fun, engaging audiobook, so in some form I was conscious of it.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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<li><b>How closely did you work with your narrator before and during the recording process? Did you give them any pronunciation tips or special insight into the characters? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before he began recording, Robert had some questions about the very upfront racism spouted by the character Rufus, a Texas ex-hitman who may as well be the Devil incarnate. I explained how, to me, Rufus is an almost cartoonish, over-the-top symbol for the ugly racism that has always been a distinct part of the United States, but has, sadly and worryingly, been rearing its vile head again since Trump seized power. I also explained that, because I write from my characters’ viewpoints 100% of the time, meaning that every sentence of the book is filtered through the characters’ perceptions of the world, it was essential that Rufus’s racism be undiluted to be totally true to his character. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aside from that, though, Robert ran with the book and nailed every single chapter on the first try. I didn’t need to make a single change. Robert is an astoundingly talented narrator and I would recommend his services to anyone.</span></li>
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<li><b>Is there a particular part of this story that you feel is more resonating in the audiobook performance than in the book format? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Honestly, the whole thing. For me, the audiobook format is absolutely the best way to experience this book. It was so important to me when writing </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nobody Move</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that the book would instantly throw the reader into the story from the first scene to the last, grabbing the reader like films grab an audience. Robert’s narration achieved that in spades. I mean, I wrote this thing and revised it a million and one times, so I know every word of every scene by now, but when I listened to Robert’s narration for the first time I was instantly pulled into this world that Robert conjured to me as he spoke. In some ways I think an audiobook is almost a different story than the text version of a book. It’s a collaboration between writer and narrator/performer</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">the narrator leaves their own mark, too.</span></li>
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<li><b>How did you celebrate after finishing this novel? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I started writing the next one! It’s called </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Porno Valley</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and is out September 2020. There’s no rest for the wicked, but none for indie authors either.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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<li><b>In your opinion, what are the pros and cons of writing a standalone novel vs. writing a series? </b><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pros: </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- You get to start again with a blank slate and you can go anywhere with it</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">with a series your hands are tied by the world you’ve created.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- You can reinvent yourself as an author.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- It’s more of a straightforward process finding an agent or publisher for a new standalone, or a bigger publisher than your previous novel.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- You might think you’d love to write a series but by the time you’ve completed the arduous task of finishing book one, you find that you feel done with the world and characters you’ve created, but if you’ve committed to a series you may feel your hands are tied.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cons:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Standalones mean you have to say goodbye to your characters</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">but what if you’re</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> not done with them? And what if they’re not done with you?</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Standalones can be a missed opportunity commercially. It’s no secret that series sell well, and it makes perfect sense: If people like one book, they’ll probably buy the next, and the next. Standalones don’t offer the same likelihood of repeat readers. And no one is a more devoted fan than a series fanatic.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">- It’s simply so much fun exploring the world you’ve created more and more with each successive book.</span></li>
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<li><b>Have any of your characters ever appeared in your dreams? </b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">No, but I wish they would, that would be an incredible experience. Maybe it’s because my imagination is so active while I’m awake but I have decidedly dull dreams most times. Having said that, for a while I experienced a horrifying recurring dream in which I was being pursued by Tim Curry’s version of Stephen King’s Pennywise the Dancing Clown from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">It</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (although, who hasn’t? Thanks, Stephen.). I shudder just thinking about it.</span></li>
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<li><b>What's your favorite:</b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food: Indian roti with a vegetable vindaloo curry wrapped inside. Goddamn.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Song: Music is too huge a part of my life to narrow this down to a single favorite song, so here’s a single song I really like instead: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTONQNWeGZo"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Dancing in the Moonlight”</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Thin Lizzy, the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band to ever rock the Earth. Thin Lizzy hail from Dublin, Ireland, which is where I’m from. They’re the best thing to ever come out of that place (screw you, James Joyce). Fun fact: Thin Lizzy are both referenced in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nobody Move</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and included on the </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0b5EHUU6c3EWOtwp8JkGkG?si=d_cpTanJRPO7Z3SgtdBdrw"><span style="font-weight: 400;">official soundtrack playlist</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> I made for the book on Spotify.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Book: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jesus’ Son</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Denis Johnson. It’s the book that marks the first soul-punching reading experience I had as an adult with a half-baked idea to be a writer, and it’s the book that made me commit properly to the idea of being a writer. It’s also unlike anything else out there. Nothing even comes close to Johnson’s originality of voice here.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Television show: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Breaking Bad</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. It’s the most flawless thing ever put to screen in my opinion. A masterclass not just of writing but across the board of filmmaking. Vince Gilligan, its creator, never lost sight of his vision for a moment from episode one to the last. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Movie: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chinatown</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> directed by Roman Polanski. It’s a masterpiece, perfect in every way, and was essentially (although not in actuality) the first film to be what we now call neo-noir. It turned the noir genre on its head, and is still one of the most stylish films ever made. The screenplay by Robert Towne is so flawless and perfectly structured it’s tempting to think it was produced by some high-powered super-computer from the future. Study this screenplay, writers.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Band: The Menzingers. Listen to these Philly punks’ desperately beautiful </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsFAguSp7w0&list=PLp5e4iQ7u1GHxlY__f_7XEo6Xne7weUPZ"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the Impossible Past</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> record, and if it doesn’t break your heart while simultaneously making you feel more alive than you’ve ever felt, well, we probably wouldn’t get along.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sports team: Toronto Raptors, just because I live in Toronto now and was as impressed as anyone by their amazing NBA win. But honestly, I hate sports.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">City: Toronto, the city that has become a true home to me.</span></li>
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<li><b>What bits of advice would you give to aspiring authors?</b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Read books on the craft of writing (I recommend Sol Stein’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Writing</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and Stephen King’s book of the same name) to learn the so-called “rules” of writing</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—then be prepared to break every one of them. But only break a “rule” when you understand why it exists in the first place. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like anything, you have to write a lot to get better at it, like working a muscle, but even more important than that is to read. Read like your life depends on it, then read some more. Another area lots of writers may neglect to learn from is that of film. Film is fiction too, and the tools employed by writers of screenplays and even the filmmakers can absolutely be transposed to the novel or short story. Cinema is a masterclass in “Show vs. Tell,” for example, its stories told entirely through action, dialogue, and, to a lesser extent, setting and props. Another example is how cinema loves contrast. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Breaking Bad</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Better Call Saul</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are great examples of this. In those TV shows both helmed by Vince Gilligan and set in New Mexico, shots of the blindingly bright and hot yellow desert beneath a shocking clear blue sky will often follow scenes colored in gritty greys and blacks set among the criminal underworld that the shows portray. The effect is magnificent, and it works for novels and short stories too.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most importantly, write one word after another until the book/story is done. Don’t let self-doubt cripple you, because it will try. The time for doubt is after the first draft is completed. And even then have faith in your story—you wrote all those words for a reason. If, finally, your story isn’t what you hoped it would be (and nobody’s ever is, by the way), the beauty of creation is that we can gather ourselves together, put pen to paper, and begin again with another story. We won’t ever achieve perfection, but we will better ourselves and grow as artists and human beings, and that’s enough.</span></li>
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<li><b>What’s next for you?</b><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m finishing up book two of the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Angel City</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> series, the follow-up to </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nobody Move</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> titled </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Porno Valley</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. After that it’s book three, titled </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Murder Mountain</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. At the same time I’m working on a screenplay for a horror film set in the snowy wilderness in rural northern Canada. And I am also researching deeply for a more literary novel about young punks in early 1980s Toronto who grow up to have let go of their dreams while an unsolved murder from their past rear its head again.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Porno Valley</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is out September 2020. Here’s the blurb:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s the year 2000 and 78-year-old Mickey O’Rourke has been a Los Angeles P.I. for a very long time. He’d thought he’d seen it all until the disappearance of porn star Jeffrey Strokes sends him from the sex-filled studios of Porn Valley to the desperate ghettos of Compton and the crossfires of a strange and sadistic drug dealer who calls himself “The Samurai,” where Mickey’s final case becomes his biggest test. Flash back to 1999 and struggling hair salon employee Jemeka Johnson, suspecting boyfriend Ray-Ray of infidelity, follows him one night from their East Compton home to what turns out to be a drug deal gone sour. Saving Ray-Ray’s life with her battered Ford Tempo, Jemeka finds herself tossed onto a dark and dangerous path—one that offers huge reward for someone bold enough to seize it. Meanwhile, tired of robbing small-town diners and sleeping in filthy motel rooms (and with a rapidly escalating dope addiction to feed), newlyweds Richie and Alabama return to L.A. in search of the perfect score. Paths cross and past meets present as terrible actions hurtle toward terrible consequences—and no one will ever be the same again.</span></li>
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Author: Rick Gualtieri, R.E. Carr</h4>
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Narrator: Andrea Emmes</h4>
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Length: 12 hours 46 minutes</h4>
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Series: False Icons Series, Book 1</h4>
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Publisher: Tantor Audio</h4>
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Genre: Contemporary Fantasy</h4>
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<a href="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/61sVyGvFCCL._SL500_-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31519" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/61sVyGvFCCL._SL500_-300x300.jpg" srcset="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/61sVyGvFCCL._SL500_-300x300.jpg 300w, https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/61sVyGvFCCL._SL500_-150x150.jpg 150w, https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/61sVyGvFCCL._SL500_-200x200.jpg 200w, https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/61sVyGvFCCL._SL500_.jpg 500w" width="300" /></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jessie Flores is having the ultimate bad hair day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Imagine going to bed with mousy brown locks and waking up with a headful of supernova scarlet. It's a hot new look for me - literally, because it bursts into flames whenever I'm threatened. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">My magical makeover is all Gary's fault. I knew there was something off from the moment he transferred to my school. Go figure. He's a wizard with a trust fund and an inferiority complex. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, thanks to him, I've graduated from high school bullies to supernatural terrors and that's not all. Fate has chosen me to face the legendary vampire destined to destroy the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">If I want to survive, I'll have to dig deep and discover whether I'm truly worthy of this new power. Because if not, everything I hold dear will soon burn even hotter than my hair.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Rick Gualtieri loves to write adventure, mayhem, and snarky dialogue. His bestselling Tome of Bill series combines all of this into a world of supernatural danger with hard-hitting action and plenty of sharp-tongued geeky humor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Rick lives alone in a dark, evil place called New Jersey with only his wife, three kids, and countless pets to both keep him company and constantly plot against him. When he’s not busy monkey-clicking out words, he can typically be found either playing Dungeons & Dragons, losing at video games, or jealously guarding his collection of vintage Transformers from all who would seek to defile them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"> E. Carr likes to split her time between the alien (well resident alien) she married, her two adorable offspring and the vast army of characters who constantly argue in her brain. She uses her past life as a video game reviewer to remind herself just how awesome it is to be writing novels now.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Rachel writes because she knows so many people and places that never quite made it into this version of the universe. It’s her duty to let them out. Writing also gives her mind a certain peace and calm rarely felt in this multi-tasking, wired world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Best Selling, Award Winning Audiobook Narrator, Andrea Emmes was born in Hollywood, Florida, grew up in both Tennessee and Rhode Island and started her career in musical theatre. She’s enjoyed an eclectic career as a singer, dancer, Vegas Headliner, Magician’s Assistant, a Recording Artist and a Video Game Designer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A total book nerd, Andrea, now enjoys narrating all genres of audiobooks, especially YA, LitRPG, Mystery, Romance, and NonFictionat her professional home studio in San Jose, CA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her wide range of character voices and dynamic/emotionally invested performances has reviewers and listeners alike commenting on how she effortlessly pulls listeners in and has versatility and charisma. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Fun Facts: Andrea has a Bachelor of Science in Game Art and Design; was a game designer for Disney Interactive; and gets her gamer-geek on playing games of all kinds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SECOND STRING SAVIOR is a novel set in the Tome of Bill world. Which is something that I personally knew nothing about prior to listening to this audiobook but will be remedying rather quickly now that I have finished it. I am a complete sucker for urban fantasy and if you can mix in comedy, snark, sass and bad puns you had me at hello.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I adored the protagonist, teenage Jesse Flores, a comic book nerd from a family of renowned MMA fighters just trying to make her way in a school way above her zip code. She is like a combo of Buffy, Veronica Mars and all the other kickass teen heroines that are just trying to get by and like a boy who may or may not like them back. Rick Gualtieri and R. E. Carr have written a story that takes the reader on a serious Mr. Toad-style wild ride - introducing a world of magical creatures, Magi, vampires and everyone's favorite prophecy about the end of days. As long as Jesse can avoid being grounded long enough to do something about it, it should be no problem, right??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a self professed queen of my own Nerd Herd, the plethora of Buffy references lead one to believe the story will take one path - especially with the multiple "dust ups" in the early parts of the story. However, apparently those in the know, know that the "False Icons" subtitle lets the reader know that all is not what it seems and perhaps there are multiple potentials for the savior of the world and even if Jesse isn't the Chosen One, perhaps she has a roll in this fight because as a Flores, she was taught to fight for herself if that was necessary. Certainly the authors had devious plot bunnies (or Sasquatches) in mind when writing this because the first and second halves of this book go from fast paced to full steam ahead. The secondary characters are every bit as delightful as the main one - I adored Jesse's family, Gary and the witches and they are what make this book so endearing when it might teeter on the verge of eye rolling at moments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andrea Emmes does a fantastic job narrating this book. Honestly, the first chapter was so jarring that I almost passed on it but her voice and her characterization of Jesse kept me intrigued long enough to get invested. She was the hook and the key to the ultimate success of this audiobook for me. Capturing the teen heroine, her posse of friends and allies, weird magical creatures and the wicked awesome Boston suburb accents that help it have that tiny ring of truth that every great urban fantasy needs to plant a seed and make it grow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm eager to see how her journey progresses and what's going to happen next in the series. You can bet I'll be checking out the rest of the universe! As for Ms. Emmes, she is now one of my auto-buy narrators!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I give Second String Savior 4 Chocolate Dipped Strawberries. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Andrea Emmes. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span><br />
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<b>Oct. 15th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://dabofdarkness.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dab of Darkness Book Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://eileentroemel.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eileen Troemel</span></a><br />
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<b>Oct. 16th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">All the Ups and Downs</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://4theloveofaudiobooks.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">4 the Love of Audiobooks</span></a><br />
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<b>Oct. 17th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://nesiesplace.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nesie's Place</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://thebookaddictsreviews.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Addict’s Reviews</span></a><br />
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<b>Oct. 18th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://cafeyre.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cafeyre</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://jbronderbookreviews.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">JBronder Book Reviews</span></a><br />
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<b>Oct. 19th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.dazzledbybooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dazzled by Books</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jazzy Book Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.guiltyindulgencebookclub.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guilty Indulgence Bookub</span></a><br />
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Guilty Indulgence Bookclubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13266482699803234687noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855057065922302939.post-40371141586094885162019-09-06T03:00:00.000-04:002019-09-06T03:00:06.461-04:00Audiobook Blog Tour # The Modern Royals @AvenEllis @aemmes @AnAudiobookworm<h3>
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Author: Aven Ellis</h4>
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Narrator: Andrea Emmes</h4>
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Length: 21 hours and 8 minute</h4>
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Series: Modern Royals, Book 2</h4>
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Publisher: Tantor Audio</h4>
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Released: July 24, 2019</h4>
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Genre: Romantic Comedy</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A modern princess. A charming commoner. Can they hurdle tradition to find true love?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Princess Elizabeth "Liz" of York isn't interested in a fairy tale life. Determined to use her elite platform to champion children's causes, she'd much rather raise awareness than find her prince. If only she could stop picturing one certain gardener with vivid hazel eyes....</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">When the relentless paparazzi invade her space, Liz's crush comes to her rescue and steals her heart. Tossing aside centuries of tradition for something real, she takes Roman's calloused hand and braces for the backlash. But after her progressive approach ruffles more than a few feathers, one member of the monarchy vows to keep the princess locked in her stylish but decidedly ivory tower. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Can Liz break through her birthright to find a powerful kind of love?</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Aven began her publishing career in 2013 with her debut release, Connectivity. She currently writes hockey and baseball romances as well as a modern royal romance series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her books are designed to make readers laugh out loud and fall in love. Happily-ever-after endings and good-boy heroes are guaranteed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Aven lives in the Dallas area with her family. She is a huge fan of both the Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers. Aven loves shopping and fashion and can spend hours playing with fragrances in any department store. She can be found chatting it up on social media, eating specialty M&Ms, and crushing on the latest outfit the Duchess of Cambridge is wearing.</span><br />
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<a href="http://avenellis.com/"><b>Website</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://twitter.com/avenellis"><b>Twitter</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AvenEllis1/"><b>Facebook</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7265661.Aven_Ellis"><b>Goodreads</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/avenellis/"><b>Instagram</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/avenellis/pins/"><b>Pinterest</b></a></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Best Selling, Award Winning Audiobook Narrator, Andrea Emmes was born in Hollywood, Florida, grew up in both Tennessee and Rhode Island and started her career in musical theatre. She’s enjoyed an eclectic career as a singer, dancer, Vegas Headliner, Magician’s Assistant, a Recording Artist and a Video Game Designer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A total book nerd, Andrea, now enjoys narrating all genres of audiobooks, especially YA, LitRPG, Mystery, Romance, and NonFictionat her professional home studio in San Jose, CA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her wide range of character voices and dynamic/emotionally invested performances has reviewers and listeners alike commenting on how she effortlessly pulls listeners in and has versatility and charisma. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Fun Facts: Andrea has a Bachelor of Science in Game Art and Design; was a game designer for Disney Interactive; and gets her gamer-geek on playing games of all kinds!</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.andreaemmes.com/"><b>Website</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://twitter.com/aemmes"><b>Twitter</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/andreaemmesnarrator/"><b>Facebook</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/aemmesnarrator/"><b>Instagram</b></a></h5>
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<strong>Aven Ellis' Top Ten Literary inspirations</strong></h6>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Sophie Kinsella.</strong> The moment I started reading </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Confessions of a Shopaholic,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> I felt as though I had never read anything like it before. It was so funny, so vivid, so bright. I knew instantly that these where the kind of stories I wanted to write-ones with humor and heart. And that began my path toward becoming a romantic comedy writer. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Georgette Heyer.</strong> I absolutely love her regency romances, in particular </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sylvester </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Grand Sophy</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which had me laughing out loud. Absolutely brilliant writing. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Jane Austen.</strong> The way she weaves together a story is masterful. These are re-reads for me. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>JK Rowling.</strong> The fact that she had such strength and perseverance to follow her writing dream is truly inspiring. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Maeve Binchy.</strong> She wrote the most beautiful descriptions and stories with so many layers. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Julia Child.</strong> Her book </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mastering the Art of French Cooking</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a masterpiece. When you read her book </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">My Life In France</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, you see what a monumental undertaking it was to write that cookbook and in this book, you feel like you are on the journey. I absolutely love both of them. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Julia Quinn.</strong> Her Bridgerton series is a master class in laying out a series. How the plots are so thought out, so interwoven to lead to the next book, is brilliant.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Margaret Mitchell. </strong><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gone with the Wind,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> need I say more? I love the way her plotting kept me turning the page. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Helen Fielding. </strong><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bridget Jones’s Diary</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is humor at it’s best. She is another comedic inspiration for me. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Emma MCLaughlin and Nicola Kraus</strong>, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Nanny Diaries.</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> I still remember parts of this book, which made me laugh and made me sad. Most of all, I remember feeling it was totally unique and I loved that about their writing style. </span></li>
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Aven Ellis' Casting Picks for The Princess Pose</h6>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nycastings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_6876-e1431558102792.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amanda Schull</a> as Princess Elizabeth</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.salvadormodels.com/img/800x600/FABIAN%20CASTRO%20HEAD%20Z.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fabian Castro</a> as Roman Lawler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://66.media.tumblr.com/910863489a4af71adac4de409364a885/tumblr_nqzqhyJMl51th13mmo1_1280.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Donny Lewis</a> as Darcy Lawler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://data.whicdn.com/images/312705175/large.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Vika Brenova</a> as Lady Amelia Westbrook</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.say.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0693-Master-1.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Helen Mirren</a> as Jillian Park</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/40700000/Kat-katherine-mcnamara-40725275-1080-1315.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Katherine McNamara</a> as Clementine Jones</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gameofthrones/images/4/4e/Freddie_Stroma.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160710075720" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freddie Stroma</a> as Prince Christian</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://vz.cnwimg.com/thumb-1200x/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Kate-Beckinsale.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kate Beckinsdale</a> as Queen Antonia</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.unique.dk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Laurence60.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Laurence Nicotra</a> as King Arthur</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://external-preview.redd.it/IxX_9kHhJtA-RAu4iFLJEOFv9gM0greZT8fWQsEBzYg.jpg?auto=webp&s=7ebff1d6bb146d574aa10f4e82c94ab483118cbc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Francis Cadieux</a> as Prince Alexander</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/45id06.NrAw6v3ZyEwk4rQ--~B/aD02MjU7dz00NTA7c209MTthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/https://s.yimg.com/cd/resizer/2.0/FIT_TO_WIDTH-w450/3565a064cc46161d92f4a3837c1f5a4893f54cf1.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Diane Keaton</a> as Princess Helene</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media-ima002.globaltalentsystems.com/25882/500/25882_000-3-21-2017-5486.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">TR Pescod</a> as Clive Lawler</span></li>
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<b>Giveaway: $25 Amazon Gift Card</b></h6>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">BOOK 1- </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A ROYAL SHADE OF BLUE</span></i></h6>
<b>Aug. 25th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://countryroadreviews.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Country Road Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.viviana-mackade.blog/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viviana MacKade</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Junkie Reads . . .</span></a><br />
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<b>Aug. 26th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://abluemillionbooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Blue Million Books</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.kaybeesbookshelf.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">KayBee's Bookshelf, A Literary Blog</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://onelastpagebookblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">One Last Page Book Blog</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.tsstuff.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">T's Stuff</span></a><br />
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<b>Aug. 27th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.authorcagray.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Author C.A. Gray</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mycreativelyrandomlife.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">My Creatively Random Life</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://thebookaddictsreviews.wordpress.com/home/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Addict's Reviews</span></a><br />
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<b>Aug. 28th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.valerieullmer.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Valerie Ullmer | Romance Author</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.amybooksy.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Locks, Hooks and Books</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.wonderlandiansbooks.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WonderlandiansBooks</span></a><br />
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<b>Aug. 29th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jazzy Book Reviews</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.readingfortheloveofbooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reading for the Love of Books</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://audiobookfascination.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Audiobook Ebook Fascination</span></a><br />
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<b>Aug. 30th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.whatisthatbookabout.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Is That Book About</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://nesiesplace.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nesie's Place</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://bookishowlette.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">BookishOwlette</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Review, Giveaway)</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.turninganotherpage.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turning Another Page</span></a><br />
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<b>Aug. 31st:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.teatimeandbooks76.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Teatime and Books</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://haddieshaven.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Haddie's Haven</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://smadasbooksmack.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smada's Book Smack</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.dazzledbybooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dazzled by Books</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.guiltyindulgencebookclub.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guilty Indulgence Bookclub</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">BOOK 2- </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">THE PRINCESS POSE</span></i></h6>
<b>Sep. 1st:</b><br />
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<a href="https://countryroadreviews.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Country Road Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.dazzledbybooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dazzled by Books</span></a><br />
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<b>Sep. 2nd:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.valerieullmer.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Valerie Ullmer | Romance Author</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Junkie Reads . . .</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.kaybeesbookshelf.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">KayBee's Bookshelf, A Literary Blog</span></a><br />
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<b>Sep. 3rd:</b><br />
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<a href="http://abluemillionbooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Blue Million Books</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<a href="http://onelastpagebookblog.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">One Last Page Book Blog</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.tsstuff.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">T's Stuff</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.turninganotherpage.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turning Another Page</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<b>Sep. 4th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.authorcagray.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Author C.A. Gray</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.wonderlandiansbooks.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WonderlandiansBooks</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://thebookaddictsreviews.wordpress.com/home/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Addict's Reviews</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<b>Sep. 5th:</b><br />
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Author: Aven Ellis</h4>
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Narrator: Andrea Emmes</h4>
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Length: 10 hours and 1 minute</h4>
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Series: Modern Royals, Book 1</h4>
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Publisher: Tantor Audio</h4>
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Released: Aug. 14, 2018</h4>
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Genre: Romantic Comedy</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">When art-history student Clementine Jones receives a message complimenting her latest internship project, she doesn't hesitate to answer it. She never dreamed this decision would not only change her life, but the future of the British monarchy as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her response leads Clementine to the mysterious CP Chadwick, a British man studying history at Cambridge. Clementine finds CP charming, smart, and unlike any man she's ever met. Most of all, when she confides her medical past to CP, his perception of her doesn't change. He doesn't treat her as fragile like her parents do. CP sees her as normal, which is something she cherishes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Clementine, however, has no idea CP is actually Prince Christian of Wales, who has never had a "normal" life. Christian is at a crossroad. His destiny is to be a working royal, but he is desperate to fill that role in his own way. Wary of others, he's kept himself closed off from the world - until he lets Clementine in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A royal romance is never a fairy tale, but Clementine and Christian are determined to write their own version. Can they overcome their own fears - as well as the constraints of a royal life - to reach their own happily ever after?</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Aven began her publishing career in 2013 with her debut release, Connectivity. She currently writes hockey and baseball romances as well as a modern royal romance series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her books are designed to make readers laugh out loud and fall in love. Happily-ever-after endings and good-boy heroes are guaranteed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Aven lives in the Dallas area with her family. She is a huge fan of both the Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers. Aven loves shopping and fashion and can spend hours playing with fragrances in any department store. She can be found chatting it up on social media, eating specialty M&Ms, and crushing on the latest outfit the Duchess of Cambridge is wearing.</span><br />
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<a href="http://avenellis.com/"><b>Website</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://twitter.com/avenellis"><b>Twitter</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AvenEllis1/"><b>Facebook</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7265661.Aven_Ellis"><b>Goodreads</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/avenellis/"><b>Instagram</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/avenellis/pins/"><b>Pinterest</b></a></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Best Selling, Award Winning Audiobook Narrator, Andrea Emmes was born in Hollywood, Florida, grew up in both Tennessee and Rhode Island and started her career in musical theatre. She’s enjoyed an eclectic career as a singer, dancer, Vegas Headliner, Magician’s Assistant, a Recording Artist and a Video Game Designer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A total book nerd, Andrea, now enjoys narrating all genres of audiobooks, especially YA, LitRPG, Mystery, Romance, and NonFictionat her professional home studio in San Jose, CA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her wide range of character voices and dynamic/emotionally invested performances has reviewers and listeners alike commenting on how she effortlessly pulls listeners in and has versatility and charisma. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Fun Facts: Andrea has a Bachelor of Science in Game Art and Design; was a game designer for Disney Interactive; and gets her gamer-geek on playing games of all kinds!</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.andreaemmes.com/"><b>Website</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://twitter.com/aemmes"><b>Twitter</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/andreaemmesnarrator/"><b>Facebook</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/aemmesnarrator/"><b>Instagram</b></a></h5>
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Q&A with Author Aven Ellis</h6>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Are you an audiobook listener?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">What about the audiobook format appeals to you? Yes, I’m always listening to a book-when I’m in my car, and right before bed. I love the audiobook format because it allows me to read at times when I can’t. As a writer, when I’m done writing for the day, my eyes need a break. Audiobooks fill that need nicely!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>How did you select your narrator?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Modern Royals Series is produced by Tantor, and they gave me a couple of narrators to choose from. But I requested Andrea because I heard a clip of her British accent and I knew she was perfect to carry the series forward! Her accent is so good I had a British friend ask if she was British! There’s no greater compliment than that!</span></li>
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<li><strong> </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Were there any real life inspirations behind your writing?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I have been fascinated with the British royal family since I was a tween. People always come to me to talk royals and finally another author said, “Why aren’t you writing a royal series? You would be perfect for that.” So I thought about it and decided I wanted to create an alternate reality British royal family. I use the real palaces and traditions in the books, and it’s been a tremendous research project to get those details right, but I absolutely love telling royal stories.</span></li>
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<li><strong>What gets you out of a writing slump? What about a reading slump? </strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">If I get to a sticking point with my writing, I bounce ideas off my critique partners and beta team until the story is back in the right direction. For a reading slump-I’m lucky, I’ve never had one. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>How did you celebrate after finishing this novel?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I always treat myself to a bottle of perfume after finishing a novel, and that’s what I did. </span></li>
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<li><strong>If you had the power to time travel, would you use it? If yes, when and where would you go? </strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">You know what? I wouldn’t. I’m grateful for the time I’m in and wouldn’t want to go back to any other time. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>What do you say to those who view listening to audiobooks as “cheating” or as inferior to “real reading”?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are consuming a story, if you are enjoying escaping to another world, to me that’s all that matters. Personally, if you are listening to a one of my audiobooks you are consuming my story and that’s all that matters.</span></li>
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<li><strong>What's your favorite:</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">steak</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Song:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Poison by Bell Biv DeVoe</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Book:</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Television show: MasterChef</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Movie The King’s Speech</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Band: Don’t really have one at the moment</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sports team: Dallas Stars</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">City: Dallas</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Are any of those things referenced in appearance in your work?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">My favorite foods appear all the time! I set a series in Dallas, too.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>What’s next for you?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ll be releasing the third book in my Rinkside in the Rockies series-Outscored. That is a romantic comedy and yes, it will be in audio, too. </span></li>
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Aven Ellis' Casting Picks for A Royal Shade of Blue</h6>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/40700000/Kat-katherine-mcnamara-40725275-1080-1315.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Katherine McNamara</a> as Clementine Jones</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gameofthrones/images/4/4e/Freddie_Stroma.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160710075720" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Freddie Stroma</a> as Prince Christian</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://vz.cnwimg.com/thumb-1200x/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Kate-Beckinsale.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Kate Beckinsdale</a> as Queen Antonia</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.unique.dk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Laurence60.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Laurence Nicotra</a> as King Arthur</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://external-preview.redd.it/IxX_9kHhJtA-RAu4iFLJEOFv9gM0greZT8fWQsEBzYg.jpg?auto=webp&s=7ebff1d6bb146d574aa10f4e82c94ab483118cbc" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Francis Cadieux</a> as Prince Alexander</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.nycastings.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_6876-e1431558102792.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Amanda Schull</a> as Princess Elizabeth</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.salvadormodels.com/img/800x600/FABIAN%20CASTRO%20HEAD%20Z.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Fabian Castro</a> as Roman Lawler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.say.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0693-Master-1.jpg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Helen Mirren</a> as Jillian Park</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">BOOK 1- </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A ROYAL SHADE OF BLUE</span></i></h6>
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<b>Aug. 26th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://abluemillionbooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Blue Million Books</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.kaybeesbookshelf.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">KayBee's Bookshelf, A Literary Blog</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.tsstuff.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">T's Stuff</span></a><br />
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<b>Aug. 27th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.authorcagray.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Author C.A. Gray</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mycreativelyrandomlife.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">My Creatively Random Life</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://thebookaddictsreviews.wordpress.com/home/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Addict's Reviews</span></a><br />
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<b>Aug. 28th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.valerieullmer.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Valerie Ullmer | Romance Author</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.amybooksy.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Locks, Hooks and Books</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.wonderlandiansbooks.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">WonderlandiansBooks</span></a><br />
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<b>Aug. 29th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jazzy Book Reviews</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.readingfortheloveofbooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reading for the Love of Books</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://audiobookfascination.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Audiobook Ebook Fascination</span></a><br />
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<b>Aug. 30th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.whatisthatbookabout.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Is That Book About</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://nesiesplace.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nesie's Place</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://bookishowlette.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">BookishOwlette</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Review, Giveaway)</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.turninganotherpage.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turning Another Page</span></a><br />
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<b>Aug. 31st:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.teatimeandbooks76.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Teatime and Books</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://haddieshaven.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Haddie's Haven</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://smadasbooksmack.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smada's Book Smack</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.dazzledbybooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dazzled by Books</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.guiltyindulgencebookclub.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guilty Indulgence Bookclub</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">BOOK 2- </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">THE PRINCESS POSE</span></i></h6>
<b>Sep. 1st:</b><br />
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<a href="https://countryroadreviews.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Country Road Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.dazzledbybooks.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dazzled by Books</span></a><br />
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<b>Sep. 2nd:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.valerieullmer.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Valerie Ullmer | Romance Author</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Junkie Reads . . .</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.kaybeesbookshelf.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">KayBee's Bookshelf, A Literary Blog</span></a><br />
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Narrator: Therese Plummer</h4>
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Length: 8 hours 26 minutes</h4>
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Series: Deadly Curiosities, Book 3</h4>
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Publisher: Tantor Audio</h4>
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Released: August 21, 2018</h4>
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Genre: Paranormal Fantasy</h4>
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Cassidy Kincaide runs Trifles & Folly in modern-day Charleston, an antiques and curios shop with a dangerous secret. Cassidy can read the history of objects by touching them, and along with her business partners Teag, who has Weaver magic, and Sorren, a 600-year-old vampire, they get rid of cursed objects and keep Charleston and the world safe from supernatural threats.<br />
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When zombies rise in Charleston cemeteries, dead men fall from the sky, and the whole city succumbs to the "grouch flu", Cassidy, Teag, and Sorren suspect a vengeful dark witch who is gunning for Teag and planning to unleash an ancient horror.<br />
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Cassidy, Teag, and Sorren - and all their supernatural allies - will need magic, cunning, and the help of a Viking demigoddess to survive the battle with a malicious Weaver-witch and an ancient Norse warlock to keep Charleston - and the whole East Coast - from becoming the prey of the Master of the Hunt.</blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Gail Z. Martin writes urban fantasy, epic fantasy and steampunk for Solaris Books, Orbit Books, Falstaff Books, SOL Publishing and Darkwind Press. Urban fantasy series include Deadly Curiosities and the Night Vigil (Sons of Darkness). Epic fantasy series include Darkhurst, the Chronicles Of The Necromancer, the Fallen Kings Cycle, the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, and the Assassins of Landria. Together with Larry N. Martin, she is the co-author of Iron & Blood, Storm & Fury (both Steampunk/alternate history), and the Spells Salt and Steel comedic horror series. Newest titles include Tangled Web, Vengeance, The Dark Road, and Assassin’s Honor. As Morgan Brice, she writes urban fantasy MM paranormal romance, with her Witchbane and Badlands series.</span><br />
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Looking to wind down my summer in style, I struggle for reads that go well with hot, lazy days and keep me awake long enough to enjoy them. Then along came Gail Z Martin, who had me at ghosts in Charleston about to destroy the world! Tangled Web is book 3 in her Deadly Curiosities series and, while I have not read the first two, you can be sure I now will. The writing style and tone were eerily similar to another author I enjoy and funnily enough, it turns out to be her alter ego Morgan Brice.<br />
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I will spare you the recap as the synopsis pretty much gives the reader what they need to know without divulging any exciting plot bunnies. That said, the thrilling balance of paranormal, mystery and action/adventure in this book makes it quite universally appealing. It is well written, crafted in a way that allows a reader who is not familiar with the series or characters to keep up without feeling like a full blown recap at every turn. The pace and flow of the action scenes is excellent - fast moving without being confusing or over-done. The characters are so real, so multi-dimensional, that the reader quickly and easily invests in the and the overall story line. And everyone who knows me, knows I adore a good Scooby-gang cast of characters when it comes to my Urban Fantasy tales - give me a team that takes on a big bad and saves the world and I am a happily entertained girl!<br />
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A major selling point for this as an audiobook certainly should be credited to Therese Plummer. She is one of those narrators whose voice is mild and fairly generic, but not in a negative way. She is able to capture all the unique personalities of from the Southern horse breeders to the ancient Scandinavian demigoddess and vampires who help the intrepid Cassidy and her partner Teag solve the mysteries afoot in the lovely and highly haunted Charleston, SC and save the world. Most importantly, she keeps the story moving along, making both narrative and action scenes equally compelling. As I said, hot summer days are not conducive to full attention but the combo of Martin and Plummer managed to keep me awake and engaged the entire time. I was on Audible searching for books 1,2 and 4 before the last chapter closed!<br />
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I would highly recommend this series to fans of mystery, paranormal suspense and Urban Fantasy - it is the quintessential summer read and complimented my stay by the lake to perfection.<br />
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Tangled Web gets five (5) chocolate dipped strawberries and an Ultimate Indulgence award.<br />
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Q&A with Author Gail Z. Martin</h5>
<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Q:</strong> How drew you to writing Urban Fantasy?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>A:</strong> I love the idea of supernatural creatures and magic in the modern, ‘real’ world. The thought that there are things lurking in the shadows that we don’t know are there...That just turns the plot bunnies on for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Q:</strong> This series is set in Charleston, SC. How did you pick that city?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>A:</strong> I went to a conference there, and saw how beautiful it was and how haunted. I decided right then I needed to set a series there! It’s got such a great vibe, but it hasn’t been used in a lot of books like New York or New Orleans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Q:</strong> What does Urban Fantasy mean to you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>A:</strong> For me, it’s about magic and monsters that are part of our world, just out of sight, hiding from our notice. It’s ghosts and supernatural creatures and magic. It’s curses and haunted places and things that go bump in the night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Q:</strong> Who are the main characters in Tangled Web?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>A: </strong>Teag Logan is on the cover. He works at Trifles and Folly, an antique and curio shop in Charleston that really exists to get haunted and cursed objects out of circulation. He has the ability to weave magic into cloth and he’s also an amazing hacker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Cassidy Kincaide owns Trifles and Folly, and she can read the history of objects by touching them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Her boss is Sorren, a nearly 600 year-old vampire, who is part of a group of mortals and immortals who save the world from supernatural threats. Cassidy and Teag work with Sorren to protect Charleston and the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Q:</strong> What fascinates you about the supernatural?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>A:</strong> I’m fascinated by the idea of magic, of people and creatures that are more than or different from what we expect. I love the idea of being able to do things no one else can do with magic, or to have extra supernatural abilities. And I just like the creepy factor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Q:</strong> Have you always liked stories about ghosts and haunted places?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>A:</strong> I got my first book of ghost stories when I was a kid. My favorite TV show when I was a preschooler was about vampires. I always wanted the monsters in ScoobyDoo to be real. And I love walking around in cemeteries, looking at the monuments, making up stories about the people in my mind!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Q:</strong> How do you get your ideas for stories?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>A:</strong> Everywhere. I see things in the headlines, or on the History Channel, or I see a movie or TV show and think...hmm, what if it had gone another way? I overhear people talking in the line at the supermarket, or at a restaurant, and that will take me off in another direction. Ideas are everywhere!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Q:</strong> You use a lot of local history in your story. What’s your research process?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>A:</strong> I look up the history of a place before I use it in a book, and I also make sure to look at urban legends and ghost stories about the area. I also look into famous scandals and crimes, abandoned places, haunted sites. If there’s a particular object involved in the book, I’ll look into it. I draw on photos of local landmarks for descriptions. If possible, I visit the site to get the vibe. I also use Google Street Views sometimes. It’s a lot of fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Q:</strong> How much do you draw on local urban legends and ghost stories?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>A:</strong> A lot. The more I can tie a story into the setting, the more natural it feels, like it couldn’t happen anywhere else. I want the setting to be like a character in the books, to feel real to the reader. The legends and ghost stories say a lot about a place’s history and the kind of people who lived there, the types of struggles they had.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Q:</strong> How do you handle using real places and people in your books?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>A:</strong> If it’s a public place or a monument or a government site, I will use the real name. If it’s a private business, I’ll make up a fictitious version. That way I can do with the setting what I want without worrying about making a business owner mad. Also, if I make up my own version of a business or restaurant, then I control it, and I don’t end up mentioning a place in my books that later goes out of business! As for people, I generally only use real people who are dead and were famous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">I grew up going to antique stores and flea markets with my parents. All of the unusual items intrigued me. So many interesting things that were strange, beautiful, or just plain odd. Some I didn’t recognize, and had no idea about what they did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">So I made up stories about the items, and the people who owned them, as well as how they came to be for sale. That turned what might have been a boring wait into an adventure. Many of the shops had that dark, dusty look to them where it didn’t seem impossible for magic to happen, or a cursed item to be lurking in a corner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">It always fascinated me to think about the people who had owned those items. What did the object mean to them? Was it a gift? A souvenir? Something with sentimental meaning? It seemed so sad that their stories were lost. And sometimes, I’d come across an item that just felt ‘wrong’. It made me draw back and not want to touch it. It gave me the creeps. Probably my imagination, but who knows?</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Trifles and Folly, the antique and curio shop in Tangled Web (and my Deadly Curiosities series) is based on all of those memories, as well as imagination and a few nightmares. The idea of a store making sure that haunted and cursed items are removed from circulation so they can’t hurt anyone really sparks my imagination. After all, you never know where that interesting antique might have been!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Teag Logan</strong>—Looks a bit like a young Keanu Reeves. Skater-boy dark hair. Late twenties. Tall and slender. Had been working on his Ph.D. In history before he got a summer job at Trifles and Folly, discovered his Weaver magic, and decided that saving the world was more interesting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Cassidy Kincaide</strong>—Think of Nicole Kidman in her twenties, with strawberry-blonde hair. She inherited Trifles and Folly from her uncle, because of her ‘touch magic’. She’s a psychometric, able to read the history of an object by touching it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Sorren</strong>—He’s a nearly 600 year-old vampire who helped Cassidy’s long-ago ancestor found Trifles and Folly 350 years ago. Sorren is Cassidy’s business partner, and he’s part of the Alliance, a coalition of mortals and immortals who keep the world safe from supernatural threats. He looks like he’s in his late twenties, with blond hair and eyes that are the color of the sea before a storm.</span><br />
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Mere mortal. Fae hunter. Oh, and the apocalypse? Yeah, that happened! She's an unstoppable human. He's an immovable beast. But the fae have scorched the earth and humans are next....<br />
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Chloe Etain, stumbled into an ancient war between the light and dark that has culminated in her world being thrown into darkness and pre-industrial chaos. Vampire-like creatures roam free, feeding on unsuspecting humans. Chloe knows the truth though and, possibly, how to stop it. But as a mere mortal, what can she do?<br />
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That's when the fates step in. Bram Tice, a fae hunting his own kind, vows to help Chloe. But he won't say which Court demands his allegiance. Together, they set out to right the imbalance plaguing her world and save humanity before it turns into nothing more than remnants of ash.</blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">USA Today bestselling author, coffee loving gamer girl, and Sci-fi enthusiast. CK Dawn always loved to snuggle up with her cat Hagrid (the shadow-seer & Netherwalker inspiration) and read. But, with a nudge of encouragement from her lil’ sis, she found writing fantasy stories was even better than just reading about them. So, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away CK let her unique modern tale of knights and Camelot dancing in her head take form and fly with Cloak of Shadows, her Readers' Favorite award winning debut novel in the Netherwalker series. Now, you can find CK writing in the witching hours with Hagrid by her side while being distracted far too often by social media.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Sydnee Fullmer is a professional actor and voice talent based in Denver, Colorado. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Utah State University with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Acting and has since performed and taught across the nation. Including Swine Palace (Baton Rouge, LA), The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Denver, CO), and The Great River Shakespeare Festival (Winona, MN).</span><br />
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Remnants of Ash: Reign of Fae, Book 1 by CK Dawn is an interesting new post-apocalyptic fantasy. Chloe Etain is a mere human college student, Bram Tice is something else. Together they navigates the streets of Seattle after the Fae scorch the earth and enter en masse to take over and feed upon the human population. It will take all the tricks of the Fae who hunts his own kind to train her as a Fae Hunter. <br />
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The story jumps in with 2 feet, almost abruptly – going from simple introduction of Chloe Etain the curious college kid encouraged to take a particular professor’s class from his attractive TA to full blown chaos of Fae destruction of the world. And it doesn’t really slow down, ever. There are moments when the story seems to be going too fast, almost stumbling over its own feet, with too much information delivered or glossed over to process and the storyline becomes muddy and confusing. That being said, there is something quite fascinating about it and it may just be the world building and character development are rough and patchy in places. Certainly there is some heat between Chloe and Bram – although it’s mostly a simmer until the end of the book. That felt a bit forced - like an add on. Knowing this is a series, I could have waited for the slow boil because theirs was some solid chemistry!<br />
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The narration by Sydnee Fullmer is fairly well done – it took me a minute to realize the switch in accents for Chloe (who went from American to quasi-British) was due to the glamour placed upon her by Bram before they left the sanctuary of his iron lined apartment building. The pace is appropriate and the characters are all relatively distinct. I did like her dialogue narration but felt sometimes in the fight scenes that the lines felt rushed but perhaps her intent was to display the frenzy of battle. I will have to listen to subsequent installments to see if it continues and if it works with more exposure. Sometimes narrators grow on you – truly. <br />
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Overall, I give Remnants of Ash 4 Chocolate Covered Strawberries. It is a promising start and I look forward to seeing more of these characters and delving into Ms. Dawn’s world of the Fae.<br />
<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by CK Dawn. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span></i><br />
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Narrator: Yvette Keller</h4>
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Length:<strong> 4 hours 9 minutes</strong></h4>
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Series: The Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries, Book 7</h4>
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A local costuming guild has arrived in Astoria for a long weekend of recreating their favorite time period - the Regency. Think Jane Austen, sailing ships, high tea, a costume ball, and...a dead body.<br />
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When the guild’s nastiest member winds up dead in the drink, Viola is convinced it’s no accident. And after the husband of the deceased gets into a brawl on the front lawn of the town’s most well-known landmark, she knows something’s up. Armed with nothing more than a folding fan and her wits, she sets out to unveil the killer before somebody else winds up in Davy Jones’ locker.<br />
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Viola Roberts cozy mysteries:<br />
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<li><i>The Corpse in the Cabana</i></li>
<li><i>The Stiff in the Study</i></li>
<li><i>The Poison in the Pudding</i></li>
<li><i>The Body in the Bathtub</i></li>
<li><i>The Venom in the Valentine</i></li>
<li><i>The Remains in the Rectory</i></li>
<li><strong><i>The Death in the Drink</i></strong></li>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Shéa MacLeod writes urban fantasy post-apocalyptic sci-fi paranormal romances with a twist of steampunk. Mostly because she can’t make up her mind which genre she likes best so she decided to write them all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">After six years living in an Edwardian town house in London just a stone’s throw from the local cemetery, Shéa headed back to her hometown of Portland, Oregon. She plans to live out her days eating mushroom pizza, drinking too many caramel lattes, exploring exotic locales, and avoiding spiders.</span><br />
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Shea McLeod - I want to have a word with you. You have turned a former PNR, Romance, UF, YA reader into a cozy mystery fan. How dare you! What were you thinking? Creating a highly relatable 40-something writer who enjoys her coffee, wine and friends and seems to be coming into her own in her middle aged life... the thought is preposterous. And yet, oh so delightful.<br />
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Thank you for returning us to Astoria in The Death and the Drink. Thank you for making sure that Cheryl remains a girl's BFF, ride or die to the end - even if it means slapping on historical garb and spending the weekend with Regency re-enactors. Thank you for letting Cheryl and Bat and Viola and Lucas continue to grow into their respective relationships. Thank you for letting Viola take self defense classes and send Bat into near apoplexy. Thank you for letting us watch the scooby gang solve another murder mystery with the same humor and hijinks we have come to love in this series.<br />
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The writing of this mystery is excellent. The dialogue is full of sass and snark and the relationships between the female friends and their beaus' are delightful. This translates to an easily readable story and Yvette Keller does an outstanding job of bringing all the characters to life. My ears now only hear Ms. Keller's voices when I think of this series - she has developed a perfect pace and pitch. I found the the entire performance to be quite enjoyable. For cozy mystery fans, this is a definite must for your To-Be-Read pile!<br />
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<i>I give The Death in the Drink a 4 Chocolate Dipped Strawberry rating - with a small hot toddy to be enjoyed with friends! I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Yvette Keller. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</i></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Social media stalking</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Identify their lawn clippings</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Invite them to a seance</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Pretend to buy real estate</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Tackle from moving car</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Hit them with a kayak oar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Jump out a window</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Check their closets</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Cosmetics, cosmetics, cosmetics</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Slow speed car chase</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">THE CORPSE IN THE CABANA</span></h6>
<b>May 9th:</b><br />
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<b>May 10th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.viviana-mackade.blog/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viviana MacKade</span></a><br />
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<b>May 11th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.valerieullmer.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Valerie Ullmer</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://pageprincess-mlm.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Page Princess</span></a><br />
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<b>May 12th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jazzy Book Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.turninganotherpage.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turning Another Page</span></a><br />
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<b>May 13th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://lonetreereviews.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lone Tree Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mysterythrillerweek.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mystery Thriller Week</span></a><br />
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<b>May 14th:</b><br />
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<b>May 15th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.guiltyindulgencebookclub.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guilty Indulgence Bookclub</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://thebookaddictsreviews.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Addict's Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://lilygblunt.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lily G Blunt</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">THE STIFF IN THE STUDY</span></h6>
<b>May 16th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Junkie Reads . . .</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://lomeraniel.com/audiobookreviews"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lomeraniel</span></a><br />
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<b>May 17th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.viviana-mackade.blog/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viviana MacKade</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.audiospy.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Audiospy</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mysterythrillerweek.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mystery Thriller Week</span></a><br />
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<b>May 18th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.valerieullmer.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Valerie Ullmer</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://pageprincess-mlm.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Page Princess</span></a><br />
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<b>May 19th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jazzy Book Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.turninganotherpage.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turning Another Page</span></a><br />
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<b>May 20th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://lonetreereviews.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lone Tree Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://booksanlife.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Books and Life</span></a><br />
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<b>May 21st:</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.tsstuff.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">T's Stuff</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://ebookaddicts.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">eBook Addicts</span></a><br />
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<b>May 22nd:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.guiltyindulgencebookclub.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guilty Indulgence Bookclub</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://thebookaddictsreviews.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Addict's Reviews</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">THE DEATH IN THE DRINK</span></h6>
<b>May 23rd:</b><br />
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<a href="https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Junkie Reads . . .</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://lomeraniel.com/audiobookreviews"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lomeraniel</span></a><br />
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<b>May 24th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.viviana-mackade.blog/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viviana MacKade</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.audiospy.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Audiospy</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mysterythrillerweek.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mystery Thriller Week</span></a><br />
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<b>May 25th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.valerieullmer.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Valerie Ullmer</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://pageprincess-mlm.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Page Princess</span></a><br />
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<b>May 26th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://lonetreereviews.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lone Tree Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.turninganotherpage.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turning Another Page</span></a><br />
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<b>May 27th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jazzy Book Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://thebookaddictsreviews.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Addict's Reviews</span></a><br />
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Author: Shéa MacLeod</h4>
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Narrator: Yvette Keller</h4>
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Length:<strong> 4 hours 20 minutes</strong></h4>
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Series: The Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries, Book 2</h4>
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Publisher: Shéa MacLeod</h4>
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<strong>Release date: May 17, 2017</strong></h4>
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Genre: Cozy Mystery</h4>
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Viola Roberts is at it again! The sleepy seaside town of Astoria, Oregon is the last place you'd expect to find a dead body. That is until the director of the local museum turns up dead in the study and Viola's friend, Portia, is accused of the crime. Viola ignores her looming deadline and bout of writer's block and sets out with her best friend, Cheryl, to solve the murder. From starting riots at local dive bars to breaking into crime scenes, Viola will stop at nothing to prove Portia innocent even if it means putting herself in the cross-hairs of the killer.<br />
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Viola Roberts cozy mysteries:<br />
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<li><i>The Corpse in the Cabana</i></li>
<li><strong><i>The Stiff in the Study</i></strong></li>
<li><i>The Poison in the Pudding</i></li>
<li><i>The Body in the Bathtub</i></li>
<li><i>The Venom in the Valentine</i></li>
<li><i>The Remains in the Rectory</i></li>
<li><strong><i>The Death in the Drink</i></strong></li>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Shéa MacLeod writes urban fantasy post-apocalyptic sci-fi paranormal romances with a twist of steampunk. Mostly because she can’t make up her mind which genre she likes best so she decided to write them all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">After six years living in an Edwardian town house in London just a stone’s throw from the local cemetery, Shéa headed back to her hometown of Portland, Oregon. She plans to live out her days eating mushroom pizza, drinking too many caramel lattes, exploring exotic locales, and avoiding spiders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Shéa is the author of the Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries and the bestselling Lady Rample Mysteries.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.sheamacleod.com/"><b>Website</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://twitter.com/Shea_MacLeod"><b>Twitter</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sheamacleodcozymysteries/"><b>Facebook</b></a><b>⎮</b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sheamacleodauthor/"><b>Instagram</b></a></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Yvette Keller’s first job as a narrator was reading aloud to keep her little brother out of trouble. Her favorite party trick is reading words upside down. Little kids need to see the pictures. Yvette lives in her beloved home town of Santa Barbara, using a lifetime of vocal stamina in her home studio. She produces technical VO industrials for Mesa Steps Consulting clients in addition to audiobooks. A lifetime of reading and speaking has proven one thing: Yvette loves stories. She is thrilled to be making books accessible and engaging through her narration work.</span><br />
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The best part of series are getting to revisit the cast of characters that you grew to love in the first installment. Even better, in this book two, Shea McLeod takes the reader to Viola Robert's home town of Astoria, Oregon to once again....solve another murder case.<br /><br /> The Stiff in the Study is a cozy mystery set around a murder that takes place in the historical society building of her hometown and, coincidentally, of the employer of one of Viola's closest friends. As the first person to stumble across his body, Portia automatically becomes de facto person of interest number one and her finger prints on the murder weapon land her in jail accused of the crime. But there are two things readers now know about Viola - one, she is extremely loyal and will not let her friend suffer one extra day in jail for an undeserved charge and two, she always knows better than the police when it comes to sleuthing out the clues. The latter of the two lands her in repeated hot water scenarios and puts some tension on her fledgling relationship with her author beau. <br /><br /><div>
The writing of this mystery is excellent. The dialogue is full of sass and snark and the relationships between the female friends and between Viola and the sexy detective is delightful. This translates to an easily readable story and Yvette Keller does an outstanding job of bringing all the characters to life. Where I had struggled initially in the first book, there are no lags in pace or pitch and the entire performance is flawless and really quite enjoyable. For cozy mystery fans, this is a definite must for your To-Be-Read pile!<br />
<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I give The Stiff in the Study a 4 Chocolate Dipped Strawberry rating - with a glass of prosecco to be enjoyed with friends! I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Yvette Keller. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span></i><br />
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<b>Q&A with Yvette Keller, Narrator of <em>The Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries</em></b></h6>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>When did you know you wanted to be an audiobook narrator?</strong> </span><br />
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I always wanted to get paid to read books. But </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">how</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was always the question. Who pays other people to just read books? I “made do” with a career teaching people stuff from books, making technical training videos, and speaking in front of audiences. At some point, enough people said to me, “Hey, why don’t you narrate audiobooks?” that I started believing it might be possible. </span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong> How did you wind up narrating audiobooks? Was it always your goal or was it something you stumbled into by chance?</strong> </span><br />
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’d been asked several times whether I was an actor or a voice over pro and I always said, “No, I’m just a corporate trainer.” But (secretly) I took some classes and researched low-cost options for my self-published author friends. When I read the Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries, I contacted Shea immediately: “I feel like you wrote these books FOR ME. Can I (pleasepleaseplease) narrate them?” Narrating satisfies two dreams: Getting paid to read books AND supporting fantastic indie authors!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Are you an audiobook listener? What about the audiobook format appeals to you?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Honestly, I started out listening to audiobooks that I suspected I wouldn’t like. By that I mean books that I worried would not hold my interest. I figured that listening to them while I drove, washed dishes, or pulled weeds meant I wasn’t “wasting” my time. I’ve since realized that only certain books work for me as audiobooks: Literary books with rich language and deep themes frustrate me as audiobooks - I want to read the words myself. On the other hand, action adventure novels, mysteries, and autobiographies (read by author is my favorite) are wonderful companions to have pouring in through my ears. Now I’m addicted and convinced that audiobooks make chores go faster.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>What are your favorite and least favorite parts of narrating an audiobook?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">My favorite part is knowing I’m contributing to accessibility: By making the story come to life in an audio format, someone who can’t read the book can listen to it instead. Whether that is someone with a disability or just someone who doesn’t have the time to read, I’m expanding the reach of fun stories. My least favorite part is the “producer” role. Editing, mastering, and to some extent marketing the books all take time away from reading another book and bringing more books to the audience. </span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Is there a particular genre you feel unsuited for? Have you ever declined a project because you didn’t think you were right for it?</strong> </span><br />
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">My primary training is not as an actor, so I’m unsuited for anything that I personally would never read. That means if you have a blood-soaked thriller, or a gory true-crime book, or a horror novel, sorry, but I’m not available. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>How closely do you prefer to work with authors?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">As close as possible! An an independent producer, I’m really providing a service to the author. I want them to be ecstatic when they hear their book! That means I take advantage of whatever time they offer me to get background on characters, making sure I pronounce things correctly.</span></li>
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<li><strong>Do you read reviews for your audiobooks? </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes! I love interacting with reviewers and fans, especially through Goodreads. This is super-natural to me because I was an instructor and facilitator for so many years. Back then the “learner” or “client” really mattered to me; I wanted to be a great trainer or facilitator so they met their goals. Now, I want to be an amazing narrator so that listeners are entertained. If they provide feedback about what they like (or hate) about my performance, I appreciate that they took the time and effort to share that with me. I’m super grateful!</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>If so, which ones stand out to you most, positive or negative? </strong><br />
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">All reviews are one data point; one lister’s feedback. What stands out is when a group of reviewers will leave the same feedback. For example, I gather fans really like my pace and the fact that I keep the voices consistent across all the books. Sadly, negative reviews are rarely constructive. “I didn’t like it,” or “I don’t recommend this,” isn’t helpful to me. Negative ones *might* stand out if they included why something hit them wrong way, but without that, the review isn’t actionable - I can’t learn from it, so I move on.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Bonus question: Any funny anecdotes from inside the recording studio?</strong><br />
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">I’ve been told since Kindergarten that I am an “outstanding” reader. By then I was reading <i>Cajun Night Before Christmas</i> in a Creole dialect, and mimicking the Southern accents of my friend’s mom. I was a kid-actor and participated in theater all through school. In college, I was taking an intensive, 6-week class where we only read Moby Dick. One of the best compliments that stuck with me came from the Dean of American Studies, who said one day after class, “You are one of the few truly great readers of Moby Dick.”</li>
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<a href="https://lomeraniel.com/audiobookreviews"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lomeraniel</span></a><br />
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<b>May 10th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.viviana-mackade.blog/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viviana MacKade</span></a><br />
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<b>May 11th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.valerieullmer.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Valerie Ullmer</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://pageprincess-mlm.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Page Princess</span></a><br />
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<b>May 12th:</b><br />
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Author: Shéa MacLeod</h4>
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Narrator: Yvette Keller</h4>
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Length:<strong> 4 hours 47 minutes</strong></h4>
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Series: The Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries, Book 1</h4>
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Publisher: Shéa MacLeod</h4>
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<strong>Release date: Aug. 29, 2016</strong></h4>
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Genre: Cozy Mystery</h4>
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Sassy, snarky Viola Roberts quit her boring accountant job to pursue her dream of writing novels, even if it meant eating ramen noodles every day. Now that her career has taken off, she's headed to a writers' conference at an exotic Florida resort complete with white-sand beaches and swaying palm trees, where she plans to lounge in the shade drinking frosty beverages with little umbrellas. And, of course, no sojourn to tropical climes would be complete without her boozy, wise-cracking best friend, Cheryl.<br />
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When Viola discovers the diva of the author world dead (as a doornail) of unnatural causes, the police immediately consider Viola their prime suspect. But when the head detective turns a gimlet eye on Viola's best friend, the author has had enough! Along with help from hunky fellow writer Lucas Salvatore, Viola is determined to ascertain who killed the corpse in the cabana before she or Cheryl winds up in jail. Or worse.<br />
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Viola Roberts cozy mysteries:<br />
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<li><strong><i>The Corpse in the Cabana</i></strong></li>
<li><i>The Stiff in the Study</i></li>
<li><i>The Poison in the Pudding</i></li>
<li><i>The Body in the Bathtub</i></li>
<li><i>The Venom in the Valentine</i></li>
<li><i>The Remains in the Rectory</i></li>
<li><i>The Death in the Drink</i></li>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Shéa MacLeod writes urban fantasy post-apocalyptic sci-fi paranormal romances with a twist of steampunk. Mostly because she can’t make up her mind which genre she likes best so she decided to write them all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">After six years living in an Edwardian town house in London just a stone’s throw from the local cemetery, Shéa headed back to her hometown of Portland, Oregon. She plans to live out her days eating mushroom pizza, drinking too many caramel lattes, exploring exotic locales, and avoiding spiders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Shéa is the author of the Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries and the bestselling Lady Rample Mysteries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Yvette Keller’s first job as a narrator was reading aloud to keep her little brother out of trouble. Her favorite party trick is reading words upside down. Little kids need to see the pictures. Yvette lives in her beloved home town of Santa Barbara, using a lifetime of vocal stamina in her home studio. She produces technical VO industrials for Mesa Steps Consulting clients in addition to audiobooks. A lifetime of reading and speaking has proven one thing: Yvette loves stories. She is thrilled to be making books accessible and engaging through her narration work.</span><br />
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So allow me to take a minute for this revelation: I had never read a "Cozy Mystery" series before but they always intrigued. Based on this particular novel series, I'll be coming back for more for sure! <br />
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Viola Roberts is the quintessential nosy-body. She cannot be content to attend the simple writers conference with her bff, she has to stumble across a dead body and worse, is compelled to turn amateur sleuth (she writes historical western romance). She is brassy and takes no crap, and while she struggles with being "a certain age" is imminently relatable. Better yet, her side kicks include her writer BFF Cheryl and world renowned writer Lucas who seems quite smitten with the attitude and antics of Viola as she attempts to "get to the bottom" of the dead romance novelist.<br />
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Noteworthy bits: The narration is extremely well done. Initially, I was not a fan - it seemed stilted and a bit offputting. However, as the story picked up steam, Ms Keller hit her stride. She maintained a consistent voice, great mix of character vocalizations, and good pacing. By the mid point of the story, she had captured the personality of the characters and the humor within the story and made it her own.<br />
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The writing is well done. There are clever bits of dialogue between Viola and the detective as well as several other characters. As well, some good red herrings, plot twists and a great lead up to an action packed ending. For sure worth a weekend/pool/beach read, this is high on entertainment value but relatively short in length (4.75hrs total). The story flows well, with some great humor, a budding romance, and a thrilling end. There is no graphic sex, violence, or foul language. <br />
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I give this audiobook 4 Chocolate Dipped Strawberries and recommend the 2nd in the series! I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my review decisions.<br />
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<b>Q&A with Shéa MacLeod, author of <em>The Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries</em></b></h6>
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<li><strong>How did you select your narrator?</strong><br />
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<li>In the case of the Viola Roberts books, Yvette is a long-time friend and historical costuming buddy. Working with her was natural and fun.</li>
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<li><strong>How closely did you work with your narrator before and during the recording process?</strong><br />
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<li>We definitely went over pronunciations and character tips, but for the most part, I just let her do her thing. And she knocked it out of the park.</li>
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<li><strong>Were there any real life inspirations behind your writing?</strong><br />
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<li>Always, yes. <em>The Corpse in the Cabana</em> was inspired by my own trip to a writer conference in Florida. Only in real life there weren’t any dead bodies.</li>
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<li><strong>How do you manage to avoid burn-out? What do you do to maintain your enthusiasm for writing?</strong><br />
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<li>Take time out to enjoy life. Travel. Experience the world. It not only recharges me, but provides so much inspiration.</li>
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<li><strong>What do you say to those who view listening to audiobooks as “cheating” or as inferior to “real reading”?</strong><br />
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<li>You probably don’t want to know what I think about people who say snide things about what other people love. “Listening” exercises a different part of your brain than “reading” with your eyes, but a story is a story is a story. Either way you still have to activate your imagination. And whatever format you choose to read (or listen) to, that’s fantastic! Not everyone has the time or ability to sit down and read a physical or ebook.</li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>What gets you out of a writing slump? What about a reading slump?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I just keep writing. Maybe write something different and new. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reading slump? What’s that? </span></li>
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<li><strong>If this title were being made into a TV series or movie, who would you cast to play the primary roles?</strong><br />
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<li>Melissa McCarthy would play Viola Roberts. She’s who I had in my head when I was writing. Any time I was stuck, I would say to myself, “What would Melissa McCarthy do?”</li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Have any of your characters ever appeared in your dreams?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes. Lady Rample came to me in a dream. Which is why that series now exists.</span></li>
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<li><strong>How did you celebrate after finishing this novel?</strong><br />
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<li>The same way Viola would: With a glass (or two) of red wine.</li>
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<li><strong>What’s next for you?</strong><br />
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<li>This year, I’ll be turning the Lady Rample Mysteries into audiobooks and starting a brand new cozy mystery series set in the 1940s.</li>
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<a href="http://pageprincess-mlm.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Page Princess</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jazzy Book Reviews</span></a><br />
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<b>May 13th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://lonetreereviews.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lone Tree Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.audiospy.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Audiospy</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mysterythrillerweek.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mystery Thriller Week</span></a><br />
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<b>May 14th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.tsstuff.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">T's Stuff</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.guiltyindulgencebookclub.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guilty Indulgence Bookclub</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://lilygblunt.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lily G Blunt</span></a><br />
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<b>May 16th:</b><br />
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<a href="https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Book Junkie Reads . . .</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.audiospy.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Audiospy</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mysterythrillerweek.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mystery Thriller Week</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://pageprincess-mlm.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Page Princess</span></a><br />
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<b>May 19th:</b><br />
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<a href="http://bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jazzy Book Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.turninganotherpage.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turning Another Page</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://lonetreereviews.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lone Tree Reviews</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://booksanlife.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Books and Life</span></a><br />
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<b>May 21st:</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.tsstuff.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">T's Stuff</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://ebookaddicts.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">eBook Addicts</span></a><br />
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<b>May 22nd:</b><br />
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It is hard to believe that we are at the third book in the
Kai Gracen series. Black Dog Blues was one of the first full-length novels I’d
written inside of an urban fantasy genre I’ve always wanted to explore. The
best part about writing Kai Gracen is creating not just the personalities but
also the world they inhabit and it’s been great to blend in the fantastical
with the mundane.<br />
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In his third outing, Jacked Cat Jive, Kai is faced with
unique challenge of realizing he really is not as human as he thought and that
the Court and its inhabitants mean something to him other than a thorn in his
side. And of course, there is always Ryder, the Sidhe Lord who gets under his
skin in the best of ways. I’ve enjoyed writing the push and pull of their
relationship but also the growth between them as characters. They started off
at very different points of view and are slowly working towards an
understanding while also fending off any challenges that come at them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This time out, Kai is not only set to rescue a group of
refugees from the Badlands beneath San Diego, he also has to come to grips with
his growing friendship with Ryder and how the humans in his life are getting
older, something he won’t experience himself for quite a long time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So I hope that you join Kai and his next adventure and also
enjoy this serialized story of Ryder and the trouble he gets into when he
doesn’t listen to what Kai says.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Also, I invite you to enter the giveaway on each of the
blogs during the tour and get a chance to win a $25 USD gift certificate from
an e-tailer of your choice. Comment with your email to win!</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>You can purchase Jacked Cat Jive at:<br />
DSP Publications: https://www.dsppublications.com/books/jacked-cat-jive-by-rhys-ford-489-b<br />
Amazon: mybook.to/JackedCatJive<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Ryder’s Folly. Part
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He was beautiful and deadly, so much like the dragons our
kind revered. Perched precariously on a runaway bison probably wasn’t the best
time to be awestruck by Kai Gracen but there was little I could do about my
reactions to him. Even as angry as I was and how much I would love throttle him
to death at that moment, I knew I never could.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not just because I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to do it
but also because Kai could easily skin me alive and debone my flesh with one of
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Much like the dragons, Kai was not one to poke at.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“How?” I shouted through rattling teeth. I was stupid enough
to try to get a look at where the bison was taking me and nearly lost hold. The
creature was moving too quickly and from what I could see, there appeared to be
a very large chasm in my immediate future.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Put your damn legs through the open window and slide in!”
Kai barely gave me a glance, fighting to keep the purple car on the road. The
asphalt was beginning to break up more and the vehicle rattled and shook, a
jittering target Kai wanted me to jump into. “Hurry up! We’re running out of
road!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’d always thought myself fairly in shape. I trained every
day with Alexa and spent a good portion of my puberty learning about military
strategies and combat skills but what Kai proposed was insane. My back was to
the car and even if I was able to maneuver my legs around or under me, I was
going to have to swing in and hope my core strength was good enough to hold my
weight.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I wasn’t cut out for these kinds of things. I was a
diplomat. A leader of my people. Not some hardscrabble monster bounty hunter
with less sense than an ostrich — I knew what one of those was — and a death
wish. Because if anyone ever had a death wish, it was definitely Kai and he
seemed bound and determined to drag me along for the ride.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Do it!” he shouted at me. “Or I’m going to be picking up
pieces of you from here to the end of Pendle.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The bison was definitely flagging and the lions were
becoming larger, their powerful bodies seemingly filled with endless energy
when I specifically recall Kai telling me they were sprinters mostly, not
long-distance runners. I wish someone had told the lions that because by now,
they should have fallen off their prey so I could of let go.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I did let go. Or at least unhooked my legs from the beast’s
torso. Scrabbling for a very tight hold on its thick pelt, I lifted my aching
limbs up, bringing my knees as close to my chest as I could then took a leap of
faith and punched them back out as Kai brought the car as close to the animal
as he could. I felt his hand grab the waistband of my jeans, yanking me towards
him and the hard scrape of the rubber gasket along the window frame tore at my
skin but I couldn’t seem to get my fingers to work and they cramped, refusing
to let go of the bison. I’d been holding on too long, too hard and now they
were locked into place, my knuckles torn raw by the roughness of its hairy
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Kai yanked hard, pulling me towards him and I was once again
reminded how much stronger he was than me. He’d spent his life hunting and
hauling back enormous predators, mostly the ainmhi dubh who preyed on the edges
of civilization, arcane creatures more vicious and capricious than the lions
running us down. Another vicious pull on my waistband and my fingers gave in to
the pressure, pulling free of the bison’s pelt. I ached too much to do more
than fold down into the seat and a second later, the car was spinning, driven
into an about-face maneuver Kai could probably do with his eyes closed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The car fought the road, bucking much like the monster I
rode moments before as its tires sought some kind of purchase across the broken
asphalt. The herd veered, tearing right and back up across the prairie, furry
minnows leaping through a golden sea of waving grasses. Panting heavily, I
watched them disappear into a dip, losing sight of the creature I’d clung to
for so long. The lions gave chase but they were finally worn out, plunging into
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Next to me, Kai straightened the car and hurtled us back
down the road we’d traveled on, taking us towards the city. He didn’t so much
as look at me but I could feel his repressed anger rolling off of him like
sheets of heat. Or, much like a dragon bathing its victims in fire.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Kai —” I began but he shook his head, gritting his teeth
with an expression I knew all too well. He was frustrated and about to blow.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I don’t know what fucking possessed you to jump off of that
cliff and onto the bison,” he grumbled at me, that rich throaty purr of his
weaving in and out of his melodic, old world-tinted Singlish. “I told you to
get into the car. What part of that didn’t you understand? If the herd hadn’t
gotten to the road, there was no way in hell I would have been able to rescue
you and you’d be elfin nuggets right now for those fucking lions.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I only had one excuse but it was a good one. Clearing my
throat, I said very carefully, “You said to get into the Nova. Actually you said
to jump into the Nova. And I know that your mastery of Sidhe is sometimes
tenuous but let me inform you that the word Nova? It sounds very much like our
word for cow.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Jacked Cat Jive</span></b><br />
Stalker Kai Gracen knew his human upbringing would eventually clash with his
elfin heritage, but not so soon. Between Ryder, a pain-in-his-neck Sidhe Lord
coaxing him to join San Diego’s Southern Rise Court, and picking up bounties
for SoCalGov, he has more than enough to deal with. With his loyalties divided
between the humans who raised him and the Sidhe Lord he’s befriended and sworn
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When a friend begs Kai to rescue a small group of elfin
refugees fleeing the Dusk Court, he’s pulled into a dangerous mission with Ryder
through San Diego’s understreets and the wilderness beyond. Things go from bad
to downright treacherous when Kerrick, Ryder’s cousin, insists on joining them,
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Burdened by his painful past, Kai must stand with Ryder
against Kerrick while facing down the very Court he fears and loathes. Dying
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Rhys Ford is an award-winning author with several
long-running LGBT+ mystery, thriller, paranormal, and urban fantasy series and
is a two-time LAMBDA finalist with her Murder and Mayhem novels. She is also a
2017 Gold and Silver Medal winner in the Florida Authors and Publishers
President’s Book Awards for her novels Ink and Shadows and Hanging the Stars.
She is published by Dreamspinner Press and DSP Publications.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She’s also quite skeptical about bios without a dash of
something personal and really, who doesn’t mention their cats, dog and cars in
a bio? She shares the house with Harley, a grey tuxedo with a flower on her
face, Badger, a disgruntled alley cat who isn’t sure living inside is a step up
the social ladder as well as a ginger cairn terrorist named Gus. Rhys is also
enslaved to the upkeep a 1979 Pontiac Firebird and enjoys murdering
make-believe people.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rhys can be found at the
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Facebook: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/rhys.ford.author">www.facebook.com/rhys.ford.author</a></span><br />
Twitter: @Rhys_Ford<br />
On Your Alexa device on the Alexa Skills at: https://www.amazon.com/Witlingo-Rhys-Ford-Casting/dp/B07N7MJ7C8/<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A teenager still lives inside author Jennifer Alsever. She spent two decades as a professional journalist, contributing to such publications as Fortune Magazine, the New York Times, Inc Magazine and the Wall Street Journal, before letting her imagination run wild in 2016. The result is Ember's story told in the three-book Trinity Forest Series, her first published fiction work.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">When not absorbed in writing, Alsever enjoys a good hike, doing some yoga, hanging with her boys, some moguls on skis, a rigorous mountain bike ride or indulging in the simple pleasures of life. Her favorites: untouched snow, frozen chocolate chips, savasina on a yoga mat and yes, bowls of pan fried brussels sprouts. Jennifer is working on her upcoming novel, Psychic Monkeys, to be released in 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A teenager still lives inside author Jennifer Alsever. She spent two decades as a professional journalist, contributing to such publications as Fortune Magazine, the New York Times, Inc Magazine and the Wall Street Journal, before letting her imagination run wild in 2016. The result is Ember's story told in the three-book Trinity Forest Series, her first published fiction work.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">When not absorbed in writing, Alsever enjoys a good hike, doing some yoga, hanging with her boys, some moguls on skis, a rigorous mountain bike ride or indulging in the simple pleasures of life. Her favorites: untouched snow, frozen chocolate chips, savasina on a yoga mat and yes, bowls of pan fried brussels sprouts. Jennifer is working on her upcoming novel, Psychic Monkeys, to be released in 2019.</span><br />
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Oh Jennifer Alsever - you tortured the souls of Ember, Tre, and all your listeners throughout your Trinity Forest series (in a good way - well us, not them so much They were literally tortured and that was bad). Thank you for giving them and us the ending we all deserved. Probably not the ending we wanted necessarily but certainly one that satisfied and left us with a sense of full circle and after the previous books of more-questions-than-answers endings, this was a very good thing.<br />
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Picking up right where Oshun Rising left off, Venus Shining again pulls multiple point of views, allowing the listener/reader to experience the story at different levels. Having the added storyline of Zoe/Nisha and her awakening and journey to sabotage the evil doings of Zintra was fabulous. The madness of Zintra juxtaposed against the passionate search of Ember for her love Tre made for a great backdrop but the action packed mayhem of the impending apocalypse was what drove the story for me. Assassins, world wide weather events, a Scooby gang banding together to save the day - how fun is that? The writing remains tightly woven with strong characters, great dialogue and clever plot twists. <br />
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As for the audio narration, Moira Todd continues to do an outstanding job narrating. Her range of characters keeps the story fresh and exciting as each chapter changes perspective. Once again, Ms. Todd is the key to making this audiobook one that a reader cannot stop listening to!<br />
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Jennifer Alsever. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span></i><br />
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By Author Jennifer Alsever</h5>
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Q&A with Author JENNIFER ALSEVER</h5>
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<li><strong>Tell us about the process of turning your book into an audiobook.</strong><br />
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<li>As an avid audiobook fan, I knew when I finished my trilogy that I wanted my books to be an audiobook. But finding the right voice was going to be key. I went into ACX, Audible’s back-end system for authors, and I listened to dozens of sample narrators until I found Moira Todd, an actress in Oregon. I wrote her an email and said, ‘You are Ember!’ She had a gorgeous voice, youthful with the perfect amount of snark and authenticity plus, I didn’t know it at the time, but she could sing. Working with Moira has been a dream, as she sent me samples along the way, and I ate the chapters up as we went.</li>
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<li><strong>Was a possible audiobook recording something you were conscious of while writing?</strong><br />
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<li>No. While I was writing, I was conscious only of the voice on the page. I was fully engrossed in the logistics of the writing and pacing and ensuring readers could see what I saw in my mind’s eye.</li>
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<li><strong><strong>How did you select your narrator?</strong></strong><br />
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<li>I listened to Moira’s sample on ACX, the backend of Audible, and loved her voice. She had a youthful voice that exhibited the kind of intellect, angst, snark, strength and sweetness of my main character Ember. When I heard her audition, I emailed her saying “You are Ember!”</li>
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<li><strong>How closely did you work with your narrator before and during the recording process?</strong><br />
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<li>Moira gave me periodic updates on her editing and chapters as she finished them. We collaborated, but really, Moira just nailed it with no revision requests on my part.</li>
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<li><strong>Did you give them any pronunciation tips or special insight into the characters?</strong><br />
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<li>I didn’t give her insight into characters-- nothing more than what was on the page. I gave her some pronunciation tips when asked, places and names and some weird Egyptian words.</li>
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<li><strong>Were there any real life inspirations behind your writing?</strong><br />
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<li>I drew on my experiences walking around the real-life town of Leadville and the scenery of the Colorado mountains where I live, plus took nuggets of scenery from my past visits to Utah, California and L.A. I also peppered in small bits and pieces of real stories from people gathered and heard over the years. To get into the teen head, I invited a group of seniors at a local high school for pizza when I was writing the book, and I listened to them talk. I got a lot of good perspective and a few nuggets of stories from them. They were so generous with their stories and time. I wouldn’t have been able to do it without them. The general plot, too, is taken from real-life theories from crazy websites about the Annunaki, energy vortexes and Egyptian mysticism. I did a lot of research and drew on interviews with people who had experienced what Ember did-- mainly a friend who lost her parents as a teen.</li>
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<li><strong>How do you manage to avoid burn-out? What do you do to maintain your enthusiasm for writing?</strong><br />
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<li>When I get stuck, I give myself time and space to do something else. I hike, read, ski, watch smart TV shows or I write other things. I don’t feel like I honestly can get burned from writing. I was obsessed with my story and it just flowed out of my fingers. It’s my most favorite thing, outside of my family and friends.</li>
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<li><strong>Are you an audiobook listener? What about the audiobook format appeals to you?</strong><br />
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<li>I am an audiobook listener for sure. As a slow reader, I love listening to a book while I get other things done, whether it’s chores around the house, a long drive or a hike. I am very picky about the narrator of the books I consume, and the voice can make it or break it for me. I’d listened to enough YA books that had similar voices or tones I liked, and I knew Moira would be perfect for my series. She had a voice I personally could enjoy hearing for hours.</li>
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<li><strong>Is there a particular part of this story that you feel is more resonating in the audiobook performance than in the book format?</strong><br />
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<li>Ember is a singer-song writer, and so that was a challenge for me to write lyrics to songs. Some of the lyrics had a loose tune in my head but not really. It was so fun to hear Moira take the lyrics, make a song and then sing it in the audio recording. She has a beautiful singing voice.</li>
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<li><strong>What do you say to those who view listening to audiobooks as “cheating” or as inferior to “real reading”?</strong><br />
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<li>I say a story is a story, heard or read. People say they don’t have time to read. So if listening is an easier way to dive into a imaginary story without sitting in front a screen, then go for it.</li>
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<li><b>In your opinion, what are the pros and cons of writing a stand-alone novel vs. writing a series?</b><br />
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<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pros of a series: You have more time to develop a storyline and a character, and you can fall more deeply into that world. People can binge your books just like they can binge watch TV.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pros of standalone: You’re done with one and can dig into another entirely new idea next.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cons of a series: Some people hate series and so maybe they read one book and may grumble about having to read another two to find out all the answers. It’s harder to market the other books in the series because they’re a continuation of the story so you end up having to tout your first book over and over, when you really might be proud of the writing or the story in the second and third too.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cons of standalone: Sometimes, it can be hard to get everything you want in the book and it feels rushed. As a reader and an author, you’re sad to leave those characters behind and close the book to move on to the next idea.</span></li>
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<li><strong>Have any of your characters ever appeared in your dreams?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The genesis of my book came from a dream. I was running through a forest, but I wasn’t myself. I was someone else. I came to a gate, went inside and met three of my characters, Tre, Lilly and Zoe, and after spending time there, they whispered how I could never go home, despite the world spinning forward on the outside.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">When I woke up, I told my son about the dream because it was so vivid and striking to me, and he told me to turn it into a novel. So I did.</span></li>
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Author: Kim Cresswell</h4>
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Narrator: Robin Siegerman</h4>
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Series: The Assassin Chronicles, Book 1</h4>
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Released: Aug. 7, 2018</h4>
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Genre: Thriller; Paranormal</h4>
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<a href="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/51LeDzu85RL._SL500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="wp-image-19883 aligncenter" height="346" src="https://audiobookwormpromotions.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/51LeDzu85RL._SL500_.jpg" width="346" /></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Assassin Chronicles TV series is in development with Council Tree Productions.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two recent murders. Two serial killers. A conspiracy that reaches beyond the physical world.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the body count rises, Victory must cross a dangerous line—into a world of government cover-ups, murder, and betrayal—a decision that will test her limits. And everything she believes in.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Kim Cresswell resides in Ontario, Canada and is the bestselling and award-winning author of the action-packed WHITNEY STEEL series. Kim recently signed a 3-book German translation deal with LUZIFER Verlag for the first three books in the series: Reflection, Retribution and Resurrect. The popular series will be published in German beginning in 2018/2019.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her romantic thriller, Reflection (A Whitney Steel Novel - Book One), has won numerous awards: RomCon®'s 2014 Readers' Crown Finalist (Romantic Suspense), InD'tale Magazine 2014 Rone Award Finalist (Suspense/Thriller), UP Authors Fiction Challenge Winner (2013), Silicon Valley's Romance Writers of America (RWA) "Gotcha!" Romantic Suspense Winner (2004), Honourable Mention in Calgary's (RWA) The Writer's Voice Contest (2006).</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lethal Jouney won RomCon®'s 2014 Readers' Crown (Thriller) and was a finalist in From the Heart Romance Writers (FTHRW) Golden Gate Contest.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Assassin Chronicles TV series is in development with Council Tree Productions, a feature film and TV production company located in Los Angeles, California. The TV series: THE ASSASSIN CHRONICLES is based on Kim's upcoming 4-book paranormal/supernatural suspense thriller series: Deadly Shadow (published May 2018), Invisible Truth, Assassin's Prophecy, and Vision of Fire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Robin Siegerman was trained as an actor by the acclaimed William Esper in New York, vocally trained by Albert Hague, a Tony award-winning, Broadway composer, and trained in speech and dialects by dialect coach to the stars, Timothy Monich.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robin has a wide range of voices, accents, dialects and characters to give voice work color. Noteably, in the spring of 2018, she was nominated for the narration of the WWII documentary Harry's Story in the Best International Performance category at the One Voice Awards in England.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robin also has extensive on-camera experience as a spokes-person for a series of corporate training videos; a decor expert on various TV and radio broadcasts; a frequently requested keynote speaker at home and consumer trade shows, libraries and private industry events; has hosted her own internet radio show; wrote and voiced a daily home renovation information series for radio; and wrote and voiced a regular feature on green living radio.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Currently Robin writes & produce promo videos with VO for small to medium size businesses, along with narrating audiobooks from her broadcast-quality home studio.</span><br />
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Shut the front door, people! This is honestly one of the best audiobooks I have listened to in eons. Deadly Shadow, by Kim Cresswell, has a little bit of everything going for it: strong, kick-ass heroine, great secondary characters, cleverly crafted plot line and seriously edge-of-your-seat action and suspense. I am not one of those reviewers who gives away plot bunnies in my reviews - you have the basic story line in the book description to decide if it's your cup of tea or not. My job is to tell you to rush out and buy something if it's worth it. This is one of those times.<br />
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Victory McClane is the poster child for "life goals" - not that her life is glamorous or even particularly happy. She is an FBI investigator on the hunt for 2 serial killers, actively mourning the loss of her husband who was killed in a bank robbery the previous year and somehow, she manages to hold it all together, turn 45 and kick some major butt. Derrick Lynn gets thrown in the mix as a potential romantic interest but with some serious dark twists. I really can't rave enough about the writing of this novel - what isn't there to love about a crime thriller/paranormal suspense story, with a little paranormal twist, 2 serial killers, and characters that are so real, so well crafted that I sat in my driveway with melting ice cream because the story was too intense to turn off at that point?!<br />
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Robin Siegerman does an amazing job of narrating this story. She does great justice to incredible writing by breathing life and inflection into each of the characters. She keeps the pace, action and suspense of the book moving just as it should. There were no glaring mispronounciations (my biggest pet peeve, throws me out of the story every time) and I seriously extended every trip just to keep listening to Robin reading this intense story. Anyone who loves mysteries, crime dramas, thrillers, and enjoys a dash of paranormal will adore Deadly Shadow. I seriously cant wait for the rest of the series to hear the next installments in Victory and Derrick's wicked game. Run, don't walk, to the nearest internet connected device to download this book/audiobook. Seriously.<br />
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Deadly Shadow gets five (5) chocolate dipped strawberries and an Ultimate Indulgence award. <br />
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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Kim Cresswell. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.</span></i><br />
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By Author Kim Cresswell</h5>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">FBI Agent Victory McClane played by Mireille Enos</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Government Assassin Derrick Lynn played by Gino Anthony Pesi</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">President Burke played by Ray Liotta</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan Slater (Victory’s partner) played by - Chad Michael Murray</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeremy Elder played by Jason Ritter</span></li>
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Q&A with Narrator Robin Siegman</h5>
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<li><strong>How did you wind up narrating audiobooks? Was it always your goal or was it something you stumbled into by chance?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ve been performing for most of my life and trained as an actor in NYC. Life took me in many different directions, but I ended up in voice acting a few years ago when I was asked to perform in a radio documentary and play a well-known and beloved children’s book character on a national radio broadcast. Then I was hooked on voice acting! I moved into audio books because it is the ideal medium for an actor: I can do it from home in my broadcast-quality recording studio and I get to play all the parts!</span></li>
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<li><strong>A lot of narrators seem to have a background in theatre. Is that something you think is essential to a successful narration career?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I don’t think one has to have a specific theatre background, but an audiobook narrator must have had acting training. Really, it should be called an audiobook performer. Because that’s what happens when we narrate. We are telling the story, but we are acting out all the parts, and even the narrator is a character, so all the acting principles of preparing and analyzing a script, preparing characters, story arc, emotional build and peak apply.</span></li>
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<li><strong>What type of training have you undergone?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was so lucky to study acting with William Esper in NYC. Some of his notable alumni are Amy Shumer, Kathy Bates, Mary Steenburgen, Jeff Goldblum, John Malkovich and others. I studied voice with Albert Hague, a Tony award-winning Broadway composer (who also wrote the music for the Classic animated film The Grinch Who Stole Christmas), and speech with Timothy Monich, who is the go-to dialect coach of Hollywood Stars.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Are you an audiobook listener? What about the audiobook format appeals to you?</strong> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I LOVE listening to audiobooks! Not only do I love it as a pass time, but it is essential for every narrator to listen to them on a regular basis. It’s important to hear what some of the best narrators in the business are doing and listen and learn from their techniques. I do quite a bit of driving, so I love to listen while I drive or do other chores that are time consuming, like gardening.</span></li>
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<li><strong>What are your favorite and least favorite parts of narrating an audiobook?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">My favorite part is the actual narration. But there are a lot of other responsibilities a narrator has that a listener doesn’t usually know about: proofing the recording, editing and correcting mistakes, and mastering, which is the technical process to make the sound consistent and free of extraneous noises. All of that is very painstaking and not as much fun for me as narrating. One finished hour of recording can take up to 8-10 hours to produce. It’s not as easy as I hope we make it sound!</span></li>
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<li><strong>Is there a particular genre you feel unsuited for? Have you ever declined a project because you didn’t think you were right for it?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I have turned down a memoir and there are very few of them that I would consider. The ease with which anyone can self-publish a book means that sometimes, those that write their own memoirs, really are not that compelling to me, so I wouldn’t be able to do it justice. I have to love the story to narrate it effectively.</span></li>
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<li><strong>What about this title compelled you to audition as narrator?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The story of Deadly Shadow sounded exciting and urgent, and it is! Both of those qualities in a book make it stimulating for me to narrate. And at the end of the day, I want to be proud of the book I am associated with. </span></li>
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<li><strong>How closely do you prefer to work with authors?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">I view the relationship between author and narrator as a collaboration. The author writes the story and I, as the narrator interprets that story and brings another dimension and richness to the story and characters with my voice and emotions. Sometimes in a book there are people’s names, place names or historical/geographical references that I’m not familiar with, so I have to do some research before I start narrating. In some cases, I can’t find what I’m looking for, so I have to send a list to the author to get their help. Also, I find it helpful if the author lets me know if there is something specific they have in mind for the interpretation of a character, so I can weave that in to the performance. I want to fulfill their vision and intent, but ultimately, I bring my own artistic vision to complete the circle.</span></li>
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<li><strong>How does audiobook narration differ from other types of voiceover work you've done?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Audiobook narration is far more physically demanding than most other types of voiceover work because you sit alone in a recording booth, which is a very confined space, and read out loud for many hours every single day. It’s hard on the vocal chords and on the body, because although I’m sitting (some narrators stand, which would be very tiring), I have to be physically expressive to convey the emotions of the character, without making any sound whatsoever other than speaking, so the movements have to be extremely controlled. A narrator becomes hyper aware of their own stomach grumbles, mouth noise, clothing noise and chair shuffles or squeaks, which must not intrude into the recording. It’s very tiring.</span></li>
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<li><strong>Do you read reviews for your audiobooks?</strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yes I do. Fortunately, I haven’t had many negative reviews, but they can be very instructive, if they are constructive and not destructive. A listener who is just mean, doesn’t help me at all, and of course it’s hurtful. I think a lot of people who leave a negative review never realize there is a real person with feelings on the other side of the screen. I’d like to think that if they were telling me what they thought to my face, they would be honest, but diplomatic. We seem to have lost the art of diplomacy in typing. And of course it’s wonderful to know when a listener has really enjoyed the story and the narration. It helps me with future books to know what connects with listeners and what doesn’t.</span></li>
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