Taken by George A. Bernstein @georgebernstein – Tour by @RABTBookTours

A Detective Al Warner Novel

Warner series, Book 6

 

Suspense / Thriller

Date Published: 11-11-2021

Publisher: GnD Publishing LLC

 

 

Detective Al Warner’s investigation of a street hooker’s death leads to a
case of human sex-trafficking. Nicki, an undercover cop, is snatched while
carrying a concealed tracking device, but it’s stripped from her before she
can activate it. Warner is stymied as she struggles to send the locating
beacon.

 

Meanwhile, an young woman, Maggie, is offered a lucrative deal as a birth
surrogate for a secretive, wealthy couple. While living nine months in
luxurious seclusion, she learns her fetus is a tool of extortion, and fears
for her life. Al Warner is struggling to solve two cases at once. It all
comes together in a violent conclusion, with Warner once again thrust into
deadly peril.

 

Review

I was a fan of Bernstein’s writing style. Quick moving with plenty of excitement. I liked how much it kept me guessing.

The characters are likeable and complex and, more importantly, believable.

With twists and turns aplenty and danger round every corner as the ugly truth emerges, George A. Bernstein’s Taken is another great installment in the Detective Al Warner Series.

Well written, meaty, and very cleverly done.

 

About the Author

George A. Bernstein, now living in south Florida, is the retired President
of a modest, publicly held appliance manufacturer. He spent years attending
writing seminars and conferences, learning to polish his work and developing
a strong “voice.” George is acclaimed by his peers as a superb wordsmith and
a crafter of surprise endings no one expects. He works with professional
editors to ensure his novels meet his own rigorous standards, and all of his
books are currently published by small indie press, GnD Publishing LLC, in
which he has an interest.

Taken is the sixth of his Detective Al Warner Suspense series, with the
first five; Death’s Angel; Born to Die; The Prom Dress Killer; White Death;
and Sniper, all garnering rave reviews. His Detective Al Warner has
attracted many fans, with readers likening Warner to James Patterson’s Alex
Cross. Four of his novels are also now available in Audible.

Bernstein’s first novel, Trapped, was a winner in a small Indie publisher’s
“Next Great American Novel” contest, and received high praise, gaining many
mostly 5-star reviews, reaching “Top 100” status. His second novel, A 3rd
Time to Die (A paranormal Romantic Suspense) has also garnered mostly 5-Star
& 4-Star reviews, with one reader likening him to the best, less
“spooky” works of Dean Koontz & Stephen King.

Bernstein is also a “World-class” fly-fisherman, setting a baker’s dozen
IGFA World Records, mostly on fly-rods. He’s written the popular Toothy
Critters Love Flies, the complete book on fly-fishing for pike &
musky.

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Wild Child of the Monsoons by Ann Zachariah, MD – Publicist @BookBuzznet – Blitz by @RABTBookTours

Poetry

Date Published: December 2021

A collection of lyrical poetry that savours the myriad of emotions that life gifts us.

Wild Child of the Monsoons sprinkles water on core emotions that will make the reader realize who they truly are. The author will take readers on a hope filled nostalgic journey on a canoe of vibrant emotions to help them connect with their true self. It is a raw poetic record of pain, love, loss, grief and gratitude that will ultimately lead one to their higher self and self-love. It will help one to look within and own all the beautiful and painful emotions with an inner sense of knowing that one is not alone in this journey. It will elevate one to that sacred space within oneself where you know that you are loved and your divine self is always celebrated.

Are you reading to start your journey today?

A word from the Author

I was a lass about age six when I started writing the songs of my soul with a semi-sharpened pencil without an eraser. I found torn papers discarded from perfect two-lined books to pen my thoughts. Not grasping how my ideas aligned with my words, I wrote verses and songs sitting on a narrow wooden bridge over the stream winding the paddy fields in my ancestral home.

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Swipe Write by Lindsay Taylor Dellinger – Blitz by @RABTBookTours

A sometimes hilarious, sometimes sad, always brutally honest account of 20 online dates with 20 different men

Memoir, Pop Culture, Relationships, Humor, Dating

Date Published: January 2022

“…I was sixteen years old when I became familiar with heartbreak, when I developed a disdain for whoever made up the whole sticks and stones bullshit…”

Live vicariously through Lindsay Taylor Dellinger’s 20 online dates with 20 different men as she recounts the sweet to the downright absurd. From charming one-night stands to grown men genuinely spooked by skeletal art, come for the laughs and stay for the drama!

“…I teetered dangerously somewhere between a four-legged furry friend and a one-way flight to a Mediterranean country where the fine men were just as abundant as the fine wine…”

The thirty-three-year-old divorcée weaves her dating tales through a contrasting lens of therapy, wine, and an unforgiving past. Will she or won’t she find her “Ride or Die” online?

 

*This publication is unsuitable for children under the age of 18*

About the Author

Lindsay is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and graphic artist and former fashion industry Art Director, currently traveling the United States in the “WOW WAGON,” a 30-year-old Bluebird International school bus. She resides in this converted tiny home with the two most important men in her life, her love and talented artist, JazEfx, and her thirteen-year-old feline, Sir Benson Brunello the First and Only (Benson, for short).

Lindsay completed her first memoir, which was on January 25, 2022. She also maintains her five-year-old blog, The Road Linds Travels, which covers everything from her travels, both near and far, the tragic losses of her life, wine, and everything in between.

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This Book Belongs To by Nick Levy – Tour by @RABTBookTours

Women’s Fiction

Date Published: 01-17-2022

Publisher: Cecil Press

While trekking across South America, Ellie Bartlett finds a mysterious guidebook that changes the course of her journey—and her life.

Ellie dreams of a life away from the sharp edges of New York City. Away from her creepy boss, shoebox apartment, and nights spent alone eating ice-cream. She’s desperate to find happiness and love.

After losing out on yet another promotion, Ellie quits her job and buys a ticket to South America. Arriving at her hostel as a first-time backpacker, she finds a mysterious guidebook filled with cryptic messages about life and love. Intrigued, Ellie contacts the previous owner, Bella, who wrote her name under the heading THIS BOOK BELONGS TO.

Her email lands in the inbox of Jerry Townsend, an architect and widower living in San Francisco. Jerry is barely keeping his life together as he juggles raising three daughters alone and construction of a museum in memory of his late wife—Bella.

Ellie and Jerry start messaging, sharing their fears, hopes and desires. Following Bella’s advice, Ellie embarks on a six-month solo adventure across South America, and over the course of emails, texts, phone calls and video chats, Ellie and Jerry’s pen-pal friendship develops into something more…

But can you fall in love with someone you’ve never met?

Review

I thoroughly enjoyed the relatable characters, plot, and vivid settings in this book. The author does a great job of letting the readers picture the sites along the way. Great attention to detail.

Nick Levy has managed to bring together a compelling story with real problems that really draw the reader in. You are along for the ride through this adventure and it really FEELS that way.

Overall this really had superb writing.

About the Author

Nick Levy loves traveling and writing to understand the world and our place in it. An award-winning scriptwriter and novelist, he has lived in dozens of countries, including Australia, the USA, Singapore, Mexico, Peru and Thailand. His passion for adventure has taken him from the highlands of Scotland to the coral reefs of Belize, and from the pyramids of Egypt to the tea plantations of Sri Lanka. With degrees in English, History and Education, he has taught in schools on three continents. His writing, directing and producing work in movies has crossed the genres of comedy, drama, thriller and action. Inspired by his parents’ love of travel, film and books, he enjoys taking readers on a journey of discovery so they can appreciate our incredible planet and its fascinating inhabitants.

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Tentacle Temptation by Eva DeMoan @EvaDeMoan – Blitz by @RABTBookTours

Naughty Films Inc #1

Fantasy Erotica

Date Published: February 25, 2022

Publisher: Razor’s Edge

WARNING: Tentacle Temptation is part of the monster erotica series Naughty Films Inc. There is little to no plot, not much in the way of character development, but there is lots of super hot sex of the taboo variety with seven kraken males and one human female. If you want a happily-ever-after, with romance and a strong storyline, this is NOT what you’re looking for. Please leave all concepts of reality here before proceeding…

 

I worked my way up the ladder in the Adult Entertainment industry, taking any jobs I could. Now my producer has come to me with an offer I can’t refuse — mostly because he didn’t give me a choice — a series of “monster” films with actors in elaborate costumes. But I’d never say no to the amount cash involved…

Except he lied. Those aren’t costumes!

I’m not only about to be claimed by the Alpha Kraken, but by his pod, too!

 

Excerpt

I didn’t have a fucking clue what I was supposed to be doing, so I turned to face the counter and looked at the glass tubes set up. I lifted one and “accidentally” dropped it.

“Oops! I’m so clumsy today,” I said, bending down to pick it up. The camera man zoomed in on my boobs, which nearly spilled from my shirt.

“Doctor, your patient is ready,” a voice called out from off-set.

I turned to face the fake door, and my breath stalled when the most beautiful man I’d ever seen entered – propelled by tentacles! Oh, shit! When Carl said they’d spared no expense, he wasn’t kidding. This guy looked like he’d just come straight from the sea.

He approached, not even slowing, until he’d pinned me against the counter. “I’m finished being your experiment.”

I swallowed hard, my heart racing as he pressed his hard body against me. “What are you going to do about it?”

He grinned, exposing a mouthful of sharp, needle-like teeth. I nearly shuddered, but repressed my reaction. Barely.

“You’ve poked and prodded me for months. I think it’s my turn.”

A tentacle slithered up my thigh. Oh, crap!

About the Author

Eva loves erotica, both writing and reading — the filthier and the kinkier, the better. While Eva has always loved monster books and movies, when she saw the World of Warcraft movie she fell head over heels for Durotan, the Orc Chieftan. That’s when Eva decided to start writing some monster stories of her own.

If you’d like to be notified of future Eva DeMoan releases, follow her on Amazon! You can also find Eva on Facebook and Twitter.

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Mother Blues by Owen Thomas @otfiction – Publicist @MKWebsiteandSEO – Tour by @RABTBookTour

Mystery / Literary Fiction

Date Published:‎ September 30, 2021

Publisher: OTF Literary

What if your childhood harbored a dire warning about your future? What if your life and the lives of dozens of others, including your future child, depended on you deciphering that warning before it is too late?

Mother Blues is about the maternal relationships we never knew existed, the evil we never expect, and the redemption we never think possible. Subversively feminist and environmental, this is a novel about mothers: those we have loved and lost, those we have never known, and those who have always been there for us whether we have realized it or not. And while this is not a novel about blues music, the blues is everywhere in this story, both grounding it in history and pushing it forward in a slow, rhythmic ache.

If there is one maternal presence that binds together the characters of this novel, living and dead, it is the blues itself. Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Etta James, Big Mama Thornton, Mahalia Jackson, and all the timeless mothers to that quintessentially American genre are here, a soulful Greek chorus singing from the shadows, warning and imploring, offering hope, and bearing witness to lives adrift and in danger of capsizing.

 

About the Author

 

Owen Thomas is a life-long Alaskan and avid reader. He has written five books: “The Lion Trees” (which has garnered over sixteen international book awards, including the Amazon Kindle Book Award, the Eric Hoffer Book Award, the Book and Author Book of the Year, the Beverly Hills International Book Award and, most recently, a finalist in the 2020 Book Excellence Awards); “Mother Blues,” (a novel of music and mystery set in post-Hurricane Harvey Texas); “Message in a Bullet: A Raymond Mackey Mystery,” (the first in a series of detective novels); “Signs of Passing” (a book of interconnected short stories, and winner of fourteen book awards, including the 2014 Pacific Book Awards for Short Fiction, also named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2015 by Shelf Unbound Magazine); and “This is the Dream,” (a collection of stories and novellas that explore that perplexing liminal distance between who we are and what we want). Owen maintains an active fiction and photography blog on Facebook, Tumblr and on his author website at http://www.owenthomasliterary.com. 

 For the ninth consecutive year since he has been measuring his commercial success as an author, Owen has not won the Orange Prize for Fiction. Also, to great acclaim, he has not won the Man Booker Prize. Most recently, in April of 2020, Owen was not nominated for a Pulitzer. 

 Owen makes his home in Alaska, Arizona and Hawaii. When he is not writing, Owen can be found recreating and taking photographs in the grandeur of these wonderfully picturesque locations. Some of these photos are posted on Owen’s photo blog, 1000 Words per Frame.

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Kiss or Dare by Charlie Lane – Publicist @BookBuzznet – Blitz by @RABTBookTours

The Debutante Dares Series, Book 3

 

Historical Romance, Regency Romance, Steamy Romance

Date Published: February 24, 2022

Publisher: WOLF Publishing

 

 

 

This enemies-to-lovers Regency romance by Charlie Lane, shows what happens
when sparks fly between a flirty second son of a duke and an
inventor’s daughter.

 

She’s risen like a Cinderella.

He’s more charming than any prince.

They shouldn’t be together, but fate can’t resist.

 

A new year and a new Season means a new Lillian Clarke. She’s
transformed herself from wallflower to incomparable. But she’s no
Cinderella. She’s washed her hands of love and of Lord Devon, her own
charming prince who barely knew she existed. She’d rather be the fairy
godmother, helping invisible debutantes gain the attention they deserve on
the marriage mart. But even though she’s booted Lord Devon from her
heart, he’s not done with her. His sudden appearance at her home and
inexplicable teasing threaten to distract her from her debutante
dreams.

 

Lord Devon, the second son of duke, has put self-pity and scandal behind
him and found a new purpose. He’ll invent a machine that improves
coffee, buy a coffeehouse, and be a self-made man. He’s determined to
be more than the heir’s spare, privileged but kept in case of
emergency. Unfortunately, he needs the assistance of Miss Clarke’s
brilliant father. And he hates Lillian Clarke for speaking the truth about
him. The delectable woman thinks she’s better than him. He’ll
teach her she’s not. If he can ignore the way her courage makes him
smile.

 

When sparks in the workshop fly, Lillian and Devon invent a passion
that’s more than they bargained for and complicate their paths to
happily ever after.

 

 

Other Books in The Debutante Dares Series

 

Daring the Duke

The Debutante Dares Series, Book 1

In this Regency Romance by Charlie Lane, a London season of scandalous
dares forces a lady and her duke to see that perfect isn’t as perfect
as it seems.

 

A Dare too Far

The Debutante Dares Series, Book 2

In this friends-to-lovers Regency romance by Charlie Lane, an independent
lady and a cautious earl must do the most daring thing of all—fall in
love.

Get your copy on Amazon

Coming Soon:

 

Don’t You Dare, My Dear

The Debutante Dares Series, Book4

Only Rakes Would Dare

The Debutante Dares Series, Book 5

Daring Done Right

The Debutante Dares Series, Book 6

 

About the Author

Charlie Lane traded in academic databases and scholarly journals for
writing steamy Regency romcoms like the ones she’s always loved to
read. Her favorite authors are Jane Austen (who else?), Toni Morrison,
William Blake, Julia Quinn, and Maya Rodale.

Charlie writes unique stories with unconventional characters who push
against the rigid restrictions of their society. Officially, Charlie has a
Ph.D. in literature with a focus on the nineteenth-century novel and
children’s literature and answers to Professor. Unofficially,
she’s a high-flying circus-obsessed acrobat, with an emphasis on
two-tail silks and answers to Muscles Magee. She lives with her own Colonel
Brandon, two little dudes, and a furry fella in East Tennessee.

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The Mystery of Frankenstein’s Bride by Martha Wickham @MarthaWickham – Tour by @RABTBookTours

Paranormal, Horror

Date Published: December 20, 2020

When love takes a turn, what are you willing to do to keep it?

Terra’s love life is a monster so she sets out to see her old flame Nathaniel Johnston. But when she finds he is no longer living either, eternity is theirs. Bringing him back will get her a husband because of her passionate feelings for him.

Johnston is her new life, but when they are on their honeymoon in Germany things take a bad turn. The castle they stay in creates too much distance between the two.

Can she get closer to him before it’s too late?

 

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 I think Martha Wickham has really managed to create a story that draws in the reader exceedingly well. I loved the aspects of the story that were familiar as well as the new spin on The Bride of Frankenstein.

The characters were a very close second to my favorites things about this book. I loved them so much and I loved them both individually and together.

Some darker aspect to this, but for me it was a wonderful read.

About the Author

Martha has studied writing with Writer’s Digest and has an Associate’s degree in Social Services. She has also written poems and songs and even studied screen writing and horror. She still writes and likes getting writing prompts. Her favorite author is VC Andrews.

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The Empire’s Bladesmen by Clay Vagrant – Publicist @BookBuzznet – Blitz by @RABTBookTours

War of the Dragon Throne, Book One

Military Historical Fantasy/ Dark Fantasy

Date Published November 2021

Publisher: Armored History

A military historical fantasy set in the late medieval era–15th century Ming Dynasty.

Follow the story of Captain Shao Lian, a battle-hardened veteran of the Ming Dynasty’s imperial army, had become a respected officer in the emperor’s elite bodyguards.

This notorious and politically-powerful secret service organization, known as the Jinyiwei (brocade-clad guards), also functioned as the emperor’s premiere intelligence agency and as an extension of his iron fist. They were the empire’s bladesmen.

After Shao Lian was assigned to eliminate a ruthless crime lord after he had seized power over several frontier towns, he discovers that the Blood Foot Syndicate had awakened a powerful and terrifying adversary from a bygone era.

Shao Lian and the soldiers in his command suddenly find themselves waging a harrowing war of survival against allied criminal gangs and an ancient being who commands hordes of monstrous man-eaters.

Shao Lian later discovers the secrets of prehistory and unravels a conspiracy that set ancient mechanisms into motion that now threaten the Ming Empire and the rest of the 15th century world.

About the Author

Clay Vagrant is an Asian American millennial who loves martial arts, military history and civilizations, and then reading and writing about them. He helped start the Armored History brand dedicatAmazoned to students and fans of the study of world military history and historical fantasy genres. Clay also does all of his own artwork, design, and illustrations for his books’ covers and promotional materials. Visit the website www.armoredhistory.net for his personal updates and what’s coming in future books!

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Song of the Adoël by Kevin King @kevinkingauthor – Blitz by @RABTBookTours

YA Fantasy

Date Published: 2/22/2022

Publisher: Brimstone Fiction

The Adoël keep their past a secret, speaking only of some great sin for which they pay penance by living as servants to the royal family. The curse that haunts them, that turns their skin pale and their hair white, is a shame too deep to even speak of.

Raendel resents being told he must pay for the guilt of others. Why should he have to suffer? Their actions had nothing to do with him. Or so he thinks.

When creatures out of the darkest legends attack the king in his own castle, and the prince runs off on a suicidal quest for vengeance, the ‘sins of the past’ suddenly become a very present reality. And very personal.

Excerpt

Urgent shouts of “Protect the king!” echoed in Raendel’s head while flashbacks of the vision from Master Othniel’s chamber pricked his conscience. He covered his ears with his hands, but he couldn’t block out Othniel’s voice that spoke inside his own mind. We failed our master. We must never fail him again.

Raendel argued back against his conscience. What can I do? I don’t know how to fight! The king has Master Lenore and Master Deborah to protect him. I would only get in the way.

The shadow creature knocked aside nobles and soldiers alike, advancing to within a few yards of the high table. Lenore and Deborah pulled the king through a door that opened into a passage ending at the king’s chambers. He considered the advancing enemy and then the door where the king had gone. He didn’t know what he could do, but his conscience wouldn’t let him just lie there and do nothing. With one last glance at the attackers, he leaped up and ran after the king.

About the Author

Kevin King grew up in south Louisiana, raised on a steady diet of gumbo and fiction novels. His hobbies include Renaissance Fairs, bookstores, fencing, and daydreaming. He lives outside of Seattle with his wife, his dog Frodo, and their combined book collection.

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