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Thank you so much for your warm welcome to the Universe! I’d liketo talk about my latest release, Orion’s Foot: Myth, Mystery, andRomance in the Amazon, and about cryptids. I will be happy to present one lucky readerwith a copy of Orion’s Foot . Please see theRafflecopter link below. The Amazon—where monsters and mystery lurk. Orion’s Foot is a taleof passion and obsession. Most people have never heard the word “cryptid” and indeed, Petra learnsof the term for the first time when she’s researching the Mapinguari, aBigfoot-like beast rumored to live in the Amazonian rainforest. A cryptid canbe any of the following: A creature from myth andlegend A supernatural or paranormalentity An extinct animal who maystill inhabit a specific area An animal found in an areait doesn’t normally inhabit An animal of an unusual sizeor appearance An animal that doesn’tresemble any known species A hoax—stuffed,photoshopped, false accounts The Mapinguari, which the team of scientists in Orion’s Foot ...

Lies and Love by Anne Krist “Did you ever tell a lie for so long thateven you believed it? And then got caught? Ah… Then you understand Sara in AnneKrists’ Burning Bridges .” We all know whatit’s like to tell a lie and how it can lead to other lies. We don’t mean themto grow. We don’t mean them to hurt anyone. We don’t mean them to entangle ourlives over and over until we can’t tell what’s true and what’s false. But sometimes ithappens. It starts off sosimply. You’re young, in trouble, and abandoned by the man you thought lovedyou. Your parents help because they love you and want you out of yourhorrible situation and back to living a normal life that everyeighteen-year-old girl should have. Instead, they start the ball rolling onthat lie. That first one. The one that leads to the rest of your life. In BurningBridges , Sara Richards has spent half of her life telling lies. At thebeginning of the book, she hardly remembers what her life was like before the falsehoodsbegan. Then one day ...

Monsters are Everywhere By Christina Lambert Monsters are everywhere, hiding in plain sight, but the scariest monsters aren’t the mythical beasts of folklore or people with abilities beyond comprehension. The worst kinds of monsters are the people who try to capture, destroy, or exploit anyone who doesn’t fit their idea of normal. In Bear’s Edge , bear shifter Grant is faced with the reality that there are people who will stop at nothing to uncover the ever elusive truth about the existence of Mother Nature’s stranger creatures, even if the path to truth leaves behind death and destruction. Grant and Shayla must learn to embrace their true natures and work together to defeat the monsters intent on destroying anything strange and extraordinary. Bear’s Edge (Book 2 in Christina Lambert’s Stranger Creatures Series) Falling for Shayla wasn’t part of Grant’s plan. To keep her safe, he’ll have to risk everything. A boss can’t date her employee—simple as that. No matter how ...

Last Chance to Win 6 books plus a Martini Glass Becker Circle is the final installment of Novel Magic for 2019. Win a copy in the December Giveaway–but act fast. The contest ends at MIDNIGHT, December 31, 2019. Read through Addison’s post and enter below. Remember You by Addison Brae A few years ago a friendtreated himself to a drink after a long day working the sushi restaurant in myneighborhood. He bought me a cocktail and said something very wise that made alasting impression. “People have to love themselves first.” Many people don’t appear tohave that love. It affects their ability to be a friend, a lover, a responsibleadult. I think I love myself—until something happens or someone hits a weakspot. Like me, many people have been in relationships where their partner beatsthem down emotionally. It’s a struggle to love myself again after so much. Solong. Those doubting momentsbecame so common that I bought myself a ring. Inside the inscription says“Remember me 2011”. No one...

Get a copy of The Eidola Project plus 5 more books and a martini glass in Novel Magic’s December Giveaway. Enter at the end of this post. The Eidola Project by Robert Herold The Eidola Project is recruiting. Dare to join them? It’s 1885 and a drunk and rage-filled Nigel Pickford breaks up a phonymedium’s séance. A strange twist of fate soon finds him part of a teaminvestigating the afterlife. The Eidola Project is an intrepid group of explorers dedicated tobringing the light of science to that which has been feared, misunderstood, andoften manipulated by charlatans. They are a psychology professor, hisassistant, an African-American physicist, a sideshow medium, and now aderelict, each possessing unique strengths and weaknesses. Called to the brooding Hutchinson Estate to investigate rumoredhauntings, they encounter deadly supernatural forces and a young woman drivento the brink of madness. Will any of them survive? Try a bit of The Eidola Project Sarah retrieved the ...

Win a copy of Keri’s Christmas Wish along with 5 more books in Novel Magic’s December Giveaway. Enter at the end of the post. Categorizing a Novel by Pamela Thibodeaux In my last visit to Sorchia’s Universe, I discussed the difference in Paranormal and Supernatural. Today I’d like to share the importance of categorizing your novel. Reviewers have termed a couple of my books romance, paranormal, fantasy, sci-fi and Christian — all of which are OK but not exactly 100% accurate. This led me to thinking How DOES one categorize a novel? One of the major parts of a proposal is category and the advice of many is to go into a book store and find out where your book would fit on the shelves. Among the thousands of titles out there, this can be quite a challenge. Since publishers feel it’s a bit arrogant to say “My book belongs on the shelf with the other Best Sellers,” let’s look at the different categories and see how I came about determining Keri’s Christmas Wish as Women’...

We’ve got a shifter tale for you this week. Wolf of the Prophecy is the second book in Victoria Jayne’s The Prophecy Trilogy. And you know how we love trilogies here in the Universe. Read along for a howling good time (sorry, I couldn’t resist.) Don’t forget the December Giveaway at the end. Enter to win Wolf of the Prophecy and 5 more great books. Wolf of the Prophecy by Victoria Jayne Every mistake has its ramifications. Divina’s rejection leaves Aric’s wolf battling insanity. With their bond new and incomplete, Aric seeks the help of his pack to find her and convince her to give their mating a chance.  If he can’t the pain will become too much for both of them. Rori, pursuing his love, has to figure out how he can give up the throne and convince her that this time he won’t leave her. When Divina calls him and asks him for help, this is his opportunity to mend the fences and fix all that he’s broken between them. All the while, Divina is tired o...