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Haunting Fall Virtual Book Tour for THE COURT OF SHADOWS by Victor Dixen: Sept. 19 – Oct. 19, 2023

“Supernatural alternate histories don’t come much more suspenseful or fully realized than this impressive series debut from Dixen…. Dixen excels at concocting unexpected detours and jaw-dropping cliffhangers. Anne Rice fans will be especially enthralled.” –Publishers Weekly

“With all of the intricacies of Castlevania, readers explore an alternate France where vampyres have taken over and are high nobility, while most humans are commoners…Fantasy fans who like their speculative fiction filled with vampyre aristocrats and plenty of twists along the way will enjoy taking a bite out of this series starter.” –Library Journal

“Victor Dixen’s THE COURT OF SHADOWS is an entirely original version of a world ruled by vampires. His protagonist, Jeanne, makes choices that are genuinely unpredictable as she seeks vengeance for the deaths of her family. I could not put this book down.” –Charlaine Harris, author of All the Dead Shall Weep

A fiery heroine seeks vengeance against a royal court of deadly vampires in this epic alternate history set in lavish Versailles.

Two-time winner of the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire, Victor Dixen stands at the forefront historical horror fantasy in France. Now, thanks to an impeccable translation by Françoise Bui, English readers will have the opportunity to experience Dixen’s thrilling writing firsthand. THE COURT OF SHADOWS: Vampyria Saga Book One will be published in hardcover by Amazon Crossing on September 19, 2023.

Victor Dixen, who grew up in Versailles, has long been interested in the Grand Siècle, which shaped France into what it is today: centralization of power, development of architecture and the arts, the rise of gastronomy, and the art of living. It’s a pivotal moment in French history that brims with paradoxes. It’s the time of Descartes, of Pascal, and of the advent of reason, which prefigured the Age of Enlightenment. But paradoxically, it’s also an age of darkness, with an incredible resurgence of superstitions and of the occult. Witchcraft was never more practiced in France than under Louis XIV, while in Spain, the Inquisition reached its sinister apogee, and in America, suspected witches were burned in Salem.

In THE COURT OF SHADOWS, Dixen has composed a baroque and horrifying alternate history of this pivotal period in history. “Essentially, this story is a way for me to tackle an icon that has always fascinated me, the vampire,” says Dixen. “The vampire is, in fact, the supreme literary creation, truly immortal, always reborn from its ashes, from century to century, from book to book.” In writing THE COURT OF SHADOWS, Dixen was inspired by Anne Rice for her intoxicating Gothic ambiance and characters with psychological depth; Alexandre Dumas for his breadth of epic adventure; and Quentin Tarantino for his frenzied pacing, the eruption of “pop” patterns in the narrative, and psychological tension.

We have gathered an impressive group of bloggers who will post reviews, offer giveaways, share excerpts, and more, starting on September 19th, and we hope you will join us!

Tuesday, September 19 – LEXIJAVA

Tuesday, September 19 – MONIKA’S BOOK BLOG

Wednesday, September 20 – ELSIE QUAIL WRITES

Thursday, September 21 – BOOKS, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING

Friday, September 22 – GREEN EYED GIRL 0704

Monday, September 25 – SUZY APPROVED BOOK REVIEWS

Tuesday, September 26 – DIVE INTO A GOOD BOOK

Wednesday, September 27 – TINA MAY READS

Thursday, September 28 – BOOKISH MARIE

Friday, September 29 – READING FOR THE SEASONS

Saturday, September 30 – MISS LARIS

Monday, October 2 – WHAT JESSIE READS

Monday, October 2 – PAPERBACK HART

Tuesday, October 3 – PUNKER’S FICTION READS

Tuesday, October 3 – NK LITERARY NERD

Tuesday, October 3 – NAAYTASH READS

Wednesday, October 4 – SUBAKKA BOOKSTUFF

Thursday, October 5 – AMY’S BOOKET LIST

Friday, October 6 – NURSE BOOKIE

Monday, October 9 – TALI’S LIBRARY

Monday, October 9 – LIVING MY BEST BOOK LIFE

Monday, October 9 – MY BOOK COVE

Tuesday, October 10 – GONE WITH FLYNN

Tuesday, October 10 – JOYFUL READER

Wednesday, October 11 – CELIA McMAHON READS

Thursday, October 12 – BOOKS AND COFFEE MX

Friday, October 13 – DREAMING IN PAGES

Friday, October 13 – TANVIS READ VENTURES

Monday, October 16 – BOOKISH CORNERR

Monday, October 16 – BOOKPHENOMENA

Tuesday, October 17 – A LITTLE BIBLIO

Tuesday, October 17 – BOUVIE BOOKS

Wednesday, October 18 – THE BOY WHO READS BOOKS

Wednesday, October 18 – BOOKS AND BASILISKS

Thursday, October 19 – STEPH HORROR MAMA 03

Thursday, October 19 – BALANCING BOOKS AND BEAUTIES

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Pub Week Virtual Book Tour for RAVAGE & SON by Jerome Charyn Aug 21 – 25

“Rollicking. . . . Ravage & Son brings New York City’s criminal underground to vibrant life.”

—Foreword Reviews

“Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights has nothing on Charyn’s Lower East Side. . . . A bold effort.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Charyn continues to deliver boisterous and flavorful prose.”

—Publishers Weekly

A master storyteller’s novel of crime, corruption, and antisemitism in early 20th-century Manhattan, available on August 22, 2023 from Bellevue Literary Press

Ravage & Son reflects the lost world of Manhattan’s Lower East Side—the cradle of Jewish immigration during the first years of the twentieth century—in a dark mirror.

Abraham Cahan, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, serves as the conscience of the Jewish ghetto teeming with rogue cops and swindlers. He rescues Ben Ravage, an orphan, from a trade school and sends him off to Harvard to earn a law degree. But upon his return, Ben rejects the chance to escape his gritty origins and instead becomes a detective for the Kehilla, a quixotic gang backed by wealthy uptown patrons to help the police rid the Lower East Side of criminals. Charged with rooting out the Jewish “Mr. Hyde,” a half-mad villain who attacks the prostitutes of Allen Street, Ben discovers that his fate is irrevocably tied to that of this violent, sinister man.

A lurid tale of revenge, this wildly evocative, suspenseful noir is vintage Jerome Charyn.

Below is our stellar group of bloggers who will share reviews and features and offer giveaways during publication week of August 21st:

Monday, August 21 – We Love Big Books And We Cannot Lie AND The Book Connection

Tuesday, August 22 – Bookphile Belle

Wednesday, August 23 – Nurse Bookie AND What Is That Book About

Thursday, August 24 – Sue the Bookie AND Andrea C. Lowry Reads

Friday, August 25 – Lit by Lilli AND The Book Decoder

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Join bestselling author Ann Garvin for the August Virtual Book Tour on behalf of her wonderful novel, THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS

“The show must go on” takes on a whole new meaning for one single mom in a witty and emotional novel by the USA Today bestselling author of I Thought You Said This Would Work, a Good Morning America May ‘21 recommended book!

“Ann Garvin’s genius lies in creating endearing, authentic women in the throes of midlife, and
THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS is another gem. Just when Poppy Lively thinks her life has bottomed out, life throws her one more plot twist, and this fifty-year-old single mom digs deep in her own Midwest Nice way to finally become the hero of her own life. Readers will cheer for Poppy, and her little dog Kevin, too!” –Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of THE HOMEWRECKERS and co-host of Friends & Fiction

Fans of Nora Ephron, Amy Poeppel, Maria Semple, Dolly Alderton, and Laura Zigman will relish Ann Garvin’s eagerly anticipated new novel, THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS (Lake Union Publishing; August 1, 2023). Bankrupt, Midwestern, Poppy Lively is a stowaway on a Los Angeles movie set, where she must stay hidden & prove her worth—or risk her beloved daughter’s future.

It seems lately that Poppy Lively is invisible to everyone but the IRS.

After her accountant absconded with her life savings, newly bankrupt Poppy is on the verge of losing her home when an old flame, now a hotshot producer, gives her a surprising way out: a job in costumes on a Hollywood film set. It’s a bold move to pack her bags, keep secrets from her daughter, and head to Los Angeles, but Poppy’s a capable person―how hard can a job in wardrobe be? It’s not like she has a choice; her life couldn’t get any worse. Even so, this Midwesterner has a lot to learn about the fast and loose world of movie stars, iconic costumes, and back-lot intrigue.

As a single mom, she’s rarely had time for watching movies, she doesn’t sew, and she doesn’t know a thing about dressing the biggest names in the business. Floundering and overlooked, Poppy has one ally: Allen Carol, an ill-tempered movie star taken with Poppy’s unfiltered candor and general indifference to stardom.

When Poppy stumbles upon corruption, she relies on everyone underestimating her to discover who’s at the center of it, a revelation that shakes her belief in humanity. What she thought was a way to secure a future for her daughter becomes a spotlight illuminating the facts: Poppy is out of her league among the divas of Tinseltown.

Poppy must decide whether to keep her mouth shut, as she’s always done, or with the help of a scruffy dog, show the moviemakers that they need her unglamorous ways, whether the superstars like it or not.

We have an enthusiastic group of bloggers who will be posting reviews, features, Q&As, excerpts and giveaways throughout August. We hope you will join us!

Tuesday, August 1 – BOOKAPOTAMUS

Wednesday, August 2 – SUE THE BOOKIE

Thursday, August 3 – BRIANA’S BEST READS

Friday, August 4 – NURSE BOOKIE

Monday, August 7 – BOOKS N YOGA PANTS

Tuesday, August 8 – BOOKS LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING

Wednesday, August 9 – NIKKI H ROSE

Thursday. August 10 – THE BOOK CLUB MOM

Friday, August 11 – SECRET READING LIFE

Friday, August 11 – LITERARY QUICKSAND

Saturday, August 12 – PURRFECT PAGES

Sunday, August 13 – WE LOVE BIG BOOKS AND WE CANNOT LIE

Monday, August 14 – A BOOKWORM WITH WINE

Tuesday, August 15 – DANISH MUSTARD READS

Wednesday, August 16 – TINA MAY READS

Thursday, August 17 – MRS BOOM READS

Friday, August 18 – THE BOOK LOVER BOOK CLUB

Friday, August 18 – WE BREAK FOR BOOKS

Monday, August 21 – MEG’S BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, August 22 – SUZY APPROVED BOOK REVIEWS

Wednesday, August 23 – MOMMA LEIGHELLEN’S BOOK NOOK

Thursday, August 24 – SUBAKKA BOOKSTUFF

Friday, August 25 – READING WITH MELANN ROSENTHAL

Monday, August 28 – BOOKS AND COFFEE MX

Tuesday, August 29 – ANDREA C. LOWRY READS

Wednesday, August 30 – TEE’S BOOK JOURNEY

Wednesday, August 30 – ANGELA READS BOOKS

Thursday, August 31 – BOOKS WITH BETHANY

Thursday, August 31 – BOOK OBSESSIONS LINDA

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MAY 2023 Virtual Book Tour for WHERE WATERS MEET by Zhang Ling

Coming May 1, 2023 — A daughter discovers the dramatic history that shaped her mother’s secret life in an emotional and immersive novel by Zhang Ling, the bestselling author of A Single Swallow.

“This emotional and heartbreaking novel is a tale of courage, survival, and human resilience in the face of war and repression. Ling’s emotional story of a mother-daughter relationship will appeal to readers of Amy Tan, Xinran, and Jung Chung. ”—Booklist

“WHERE WATERS MEET brings us back to the turbulent decades in China where people fought one war after another, suffered famine, and endured political persecutions. However, instead of focusing on misery, Zhang Ling introduces us to those who defy their fates. They are brave enough to try sneaking across the border, determined enough to adopt a foreign tongue, and kind enough to care for their families no matter what. A true masterpiece filled with idiosyncratic yet admirable characters, suspenseful mystery, historical complexity, and ironic humor.” —Jianan Qian, O. Henry Prize winner and staff writer at The Millions

“I love this novel. It is an intriguing and moving story of a Chinese family who have survived terrible wartime sufferings. It reminds us of the resilience of the human spirit. —Xinran, author of The Good Women of China and The Promise

There was rarely a time when Phoenix Yuan-Whyller’s mother, Rain, didn’t live with her. Even when Phoenix got married, Rain, who followed her from China to Toronto, came to share Phoenix’s life. Now at the age of eighty-three, Rain’s unexpected death ushers in a heartrending separation. Struggling with the loss, Phoenix comes across her mother’s suitcase—a memory box Rain had brought from home. Inside, Phoenix finds two old photographs and a decorative bottle holding a crystallized powder. Her auntie Mei tells her these missing pieces of her mother’s early life can only be explained when they meet, and so, clutching her mother’s ashes, Phoenix boards a plane for China. What at first seems like a daughter’s quest to uncover a mother’s secrets becomes a startling journey of self-discovery.

Told across decades and continents, Zhang Ling’s exquisite novel is a tale of extraordinary courage and survival. It illuminates the resilience of humanity, the brutalities of life, the secrets we keep and those we share, and the driving forces it takes to survive.

We have lined up a group of highly regarded bloggers who will share features, post reviews and offer giveaways throughout the month May:

Monday, May 1 – NURSE BOOKIE

Tuesday, May 2 – PURRFECT PAGES

Wednesday, May 3 – SUE THE BOOKIE

Thursday, May 4 – LILACS AND LITERATURE

Friday, May 5 – READING WITH NICOLE

Monday, May 8 – BOOKS AND COFFEE MX

Tuesday, May 9 – WHAT IS THAT BOOK ABOUT

Wednesday, May 10 – AIMEE DARS READS

Thursday. May 11 – TOTAHLY BOOKED

Friday, May 12 – MOMMA LEIGHELLEN’S BOOK NOOK

Saturday, May 13 – READING WITH MELANN ROSENTHAL

Monday, May 15 – BOOKOHOLIC CAFE

Tuesday, May 16 – THE MADDIE HATTER

Wednesday, May 17 – DAI 2 DAI READER

Thursday, May 18 – DANISH MUSTARD READS

Friday, May 19 – SUBAKKA BOOKSTUFF

Sunday, May 21 – ARMED WITH A BOOK

Monday, May 22 – WE LOVE BIG BOOKS AND WE CANNOT LIE

Tuesday, May 23 – LITERARY QUICKSAND

Wednesday, May 24 – THE BOOK CLUB MOM

Thursday, May 25 – TINA MAY READS

Friday, May 26 – GLORIANA WONG

Monday, May 29 – LEXIJAVA

Tuesday, May 30 – SUZY APPROVED BOOK REVIEWS

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May 2023 Virtual Tour for STARS COLLIDE by Rachel Lacey

Coming May 2, 2023 from Rachel Lacey, award-winning author of Read Between the Lines – a sexy slow-burn romance about two dynamic divas who collide on the world’s biggest stage.

“Utterly captivating!” – Alexandria Bellefleur, bestselling and
Lambda Award-winning author of Written in the Stars

Reviewers have called Rachel Lacey’s sapphic novels “swoony, “heartrenching and utterly sweet,” and “well-crafted, heartfelt lesfic romance.” Her novels consistently average above 4.5 stars on Amazon, and two of her recent novels have been chosen as Editor’s Picks for Best Romance. With her latest novel, Rachel Lacey is poised to become a star as bright as her two utterly magnetic diva characters. STARS COLLIDE (May 2, 2023; Montlake), is a grumpy/sunshine celebrity romance between an up-and-coming young pop star with a very bubbly, very queer brand, and a reserved legend of pop music who’s lonely and jaded after twenty years of stardom. She’s always assumed she was straight but never understood why she’s never had much passion in her life. When they’re teamed up for a duet at the Grammy’s, well, it’s safe to say that both of their worlds will be rocked that night.

Eden Sands has been a star for twenty years, but it’s lonely at the top. Her mediocre marriage just ended, and her inner circle is smaller than ever. The stage is the only place she’s ever felt like she truly belonged, and yet, her last album flopped, and her upcoming tour hasn’t sold out. Eden’s desperate for her star to shine bright again, but when her team suggests a collaboration with an up-and-coming young star to give her a boost, she balks.

Anna Moss is pop music’s rising star. She’s idolized Eden Sands for most of her life―so it’s a dream come true when she’s invited to perform with her at the Grammys. Anna’s tired of being defined by her bubbly persona. She wants to be taken seriously as an artist, and a duet with Eden could be just what she needs.

As Anna and Eden rehearse, they soon realize they have more in common than their musical talents. Now they just have to decide if what is between them is a one-hit wonder or the making of a romance worthy of one of the greatest love songs of all time.

We have lined up a group of highly acclaimed bloggers who will share features, post reviews and offer giveaways throughout the month May:

Tuesday, May 2 – We Break For Books AND Book Things With Brit

Wednesday May 3 – Latest Book Crush

Thursday, May 4 – Aimee Dars Reads AND Nerdy Gurl Reads

Friday, May 5 – Secret Reading Life AND The Caffeinated Reader

Saturday, May 6 – Average Lesbian Reader

Sunday, May 7 – True Color Bookends

Monday, May 8 – Reading with Nicole AND Bookphile Belle

Tuesday, May 9 – Janai Reads Books AND Fiona and Steph Read

Wednesday, May 10 – Sarah’s Bookstack

Thursday, May 11 – Katie Needs A Bigger Bookshelf

Friday, May 12 – Tina May Reads AND Reading With Mel Ann Rosenthal