Monthly Archives: July 2020

Extract: Warbringer, by Aaron Hodges

Warbringer

Centuries ago, the world fell.
From the ashes rose a terrible new species—the Tangata.
Now they wage war against the kingdoms of man.
And humanity is losing.

Recruited straight from his academy, twenty-year-old Lukys hopes the frontier will make a soldier out of him. But Tangata are massing in the south, and the allied armies are desperate. They will do anything to halt the enemy advance—including sending untrained men and women into battle. Determined to survive, Lukys seeks aid from the only man who seems to care: Romaine, the last warrior of an extinct kingdom.

Meanwhile, the Queen’s Archivist leads an expedition deep beneath the earth. She seeks to uncover the secrets of the Gods. Their magic has been lost to the ages, yet artifacts remain, objects of power that could turn the tide of the war. But salvation is not all that waits beneath the surface. Something else slumbers in the darkness. Something old. Something evil.

Purchase Links

UK –  https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08653PM1L/

US – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08653PM1L/

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Audiobook Review: Fresh Eggs and Dog Beds 2, by Nick Albert

Fresh Eggs and Dog Beds 2 – Still living the dream in rural Ireland

Nick and Lesley’s desire for a better life in the countryside was a long-held dream. Unforeseen events and a leap of faith forced that dream into reality, but moving to rural Ireland was only the beginning of their story.
Foreigners in a foreign land, they set about making new friends, learning the culture and expanding their collection of chickens and unruly dogs. But their dream home was in desperate need of renovation, a mammoth task they attacked with the aid of a DIY manual, dwindling funds and incompetent enthusiasm. With defunct diggers, collapsing ladders, and shocking electrics, what could possibly go wrong?
Will their new life live up to expectations, or will the Irish weather, dangerous roads, and a cruel twist of fate turn this dream into a nightmare?

Purchase Links

Amazon UK

Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DFNF3K4/

Paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1721005226/

Audible https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0844YCGSS/

Amazon USA

Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DFNF3K4/

Paperback https://www.amazon.com/dp/1721005226/

Audible https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0844GYPSQ/

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Coming later this month: Cover Reveal!

Jane thinks he sees her as shallow and ill-educated.

Theo thinks she sees him as a snob, stuffy and out of touch.

Within the ancient precincts of the university the first encounter between the conference planner and the academic is accidental and unpromising. Just as well there’s no reason for them ever to meet again. But behind the armour they’ve each constructed from old scars, they’ve more in common than divides them. Both have an archaeological puzzle they are driven to solve. As their stories intertwine, their quest to uncover the past unearths more than expected.

Treasure is not always what it seems.

Author Information:

Gilli Allan began to write in childhood – a hobby pursued throughout her teenage. Writing was only abandoned when she left home, and real life supplanted the imaginary kind. 

After a few false starts she worked longest and most happily as an illustrator in advertising and only began writing again when she became a mother. 

Living in Gloucestershire with her husband Geoff, Gilli is still a keen artist. She draws and paints and has now moved into book illustration.

All of her recent books TORN, LIFE CLASS, FLY or FALL and BURIED TREASURE have gained ‘Chill with a Book’ awards.

Following in the family tradition, her son, historian Thomas Williams, is now also a writer.

What’s on the blog: July 2020

Hola, this month might be a bit sparse, because I have had to turn down ‘digital only’ tour, but I have a few reviews and extract posts for you

Reviews

  • 2nd
    • Fresh Eggs and dog beds 2
    • Nick Albert
    • Audiobook
    • Memoir
    • Rachel’s Random Resources blog tour
  • 6th
    • Operation Jihadi Bride
    • John Carney
    • Hardback
    • Memoir
    • Random Things Tours blog tour
  • 11th
    • The Women Writers’ Handbook
    • ed. Ann Sandham
    • Paperback
    • Non-fiction
    • Love Books Tours blog tour
  • 26th
    • The Big Chill
    • Doug Johnston
    • Paperback
    • Crime/Thriller
    • Orenda blog tour

Extract, cover reveals and book blitz posts

  • 2nd – Extract
    • Warbringer
    • Aaron Hodges
    • Rachel’s Random Resources blog tour
  • 6th – Book Blitz
    • Sunrise on the Coast
    • Lilac Mills
    • Rachel’s Random Resources
  • 9th – Extract
    • Pauper and Prince in Harlem
    • Delia C. Pitts
    • Rachel’s Random Resources
  • 9th – Cover Reveal
    • Buried Treasure
    • Gilli Allen
    • Random Things Tours
  • 10th -Extract
    • Empire’s Reckoning
    • Marian L Thorpe
    • Rachel’s Random Resources
  • 20th – Extract
    • Deadly Wishes
    • Rachel Mclean
    • Rachel’s Random Resources
  • 22nd- Extract
    • Deathe Remembered
    • K.E. Coburn
    • Rachel’s Random Resources
  • 22nd – Book Blitz
    • Kissing Daisy Parker
    • Michael Malton
    • Love Books Tours
  • 23rd – Extract
    • A Little Pick Me Up
    • Kate Portman
    • Love Books Tours

It’s a bit sparse, but you should also expect a couple of Pen & Sword reviews, plus some of my TBR pile reviews. My Goldsboro SFF Fellowship books and the pre-orders have been arriving and starting to pile up so I will be doing my best to get them read and reviewed.