Author: Ellwyn

I live with my loving husband, two children and dog in Philadelphia, PA. I discovered my passion for writing in second grade when I had to write a book report for school. I was so excited to write the report, until my mother told me that I had to write about someone else's book and not my own story. I became indignant and decided that once I finished the book report I would most certainly write my own original story. I have been writing ever since! My self-published book Chris Kringle's Cops was a Finalist in The Reader's Favorite Book Contest for 2016. I am so happy to share this story with you.  My picture book Kamyla Chung and the Creepy Crawlies was given a 5 Star rating by Reader's Favorite Book Reviews in 2017.

Times Change Book Tour & Giveaway

Joe Mack is back, solving cold cases that eluded Eliot Ness and kicking demon butt.

Times Change

Joe Mack Shadow Council Files Book 5 

by Gail Z. & Larry N. Martin

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Roaring 20’s Monster Hunter

Joe Mack is back, solving cold cases that eluded Eliot Ness and kicking demon butt.

Josef Magarac was a brave man, a strong man, a hard-working immigrant who only wanted a better life for his family. Then he was murdered, and an ancient Slavic god brought him back to life, gave him new abilities, and a mission to protect those who can’t protect themselves. Now he’s Joe Mack, immortal thanks to the Slavic god, and a champion against dark magic, demons, and things that go bump in the night.

Joe’s previous collection of adventures spanned the Roaring Twenties and Prohibition. Now he’s in the modern era, working with new partners and adjusting to a whole new century. But old cases have resurfaced, and demons never die.

A supernatural serial killer has returned, and some of the evil Joe thought was done and dusted has returned to wreak havoc. It will take all of the supernatural abilities, wit, and will of Joe and his partners—past and present—to stop the dark forces once and for all. If they fail, it will unleash a wave of demonic vengeance, blood, and death unlike anything Cleveland has ever seen.

Times Change is a non-stop thrill ride full of paranormal action, found family, dark magic, and loyal friends.

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Book Trailer:

Forged 

The Joe Mack Adventures Volume 1 

When you ask a god for favors, be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.

From the bloody steel mill strikes of Pennsylvania rose a true man of steel, a steelworker transformed into something more by the power of the old gods. Josef Magarac was a brave man, a strong man, a hard-working immigrant who only wanted a better life for his family. Then he was murdered, and an ancient Slavic god brought him back to life, gave him new abilities, and a mission to protect those who can’t protect themselves.

Now he’s Joe Mack, and together with his allies, Secret Service agent Jack West and heiress Sarah Grace McAllen Harringworth, he handles the hard cases the regular feds won’t touch like magic-wielding mobsters, Lovecraftian monsters, and secret supernatural societies.

The Joe Mack Adventures: Volume One is a non-stop thrill ride full of paranormal action, found family, dark magic, and loyal friends.

This is a collection of four books in the Joe Mack Shadow Council Files by award-winning author team Gail Z. & Larry N. Martin, authors of the Spells, Salt, & Steel and the Wasteland Marshals series. The Shadow Council Case Files are historical fantasy novellas set in the world of Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter, that tell the true stories behind the tall tales surrounding some of the world’s most famous (and infamous) folk heroes.

This collection includes Cauldron, Black Sun, Chicagoland, and Spellbound.

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About the Authors

Gail Z. Martin  writes urban fantasy, epic fantasy, steampunk and more 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), the Spells Salt and Steel comedic horror series, the Roaring Twenties monster hunter Joe Mack Shadow Council series, and the Wasteland Marshals near-future post-apocalyptic series. As Morgan Brice, she writes urban fantasy MM paranormal romance, with the Witchbane, Badlands, Treasure Trail, Kings of the Mountain and Fox Hollow series. Gail is also a con-runner for ConTinual, the online, ongoing multi-genre convention that never ends.


Larry N. Martin is the author of the new sci-fi adventure novel Salvage Rat, and the new portal fantasy series, The Splintered Crown, A Tankards and Heroes novel. He is the co-author (with Gail Z. Martin) of the Spells, Salt, and Steel: New Templar Knights series; the Steampunk series Iron & Blood; and a collection of short stories and novellas: The Storm & Fury Adventures set in the Iron & Blood universe. He is also the co-author (with Gail) of the Wasteland Marshals series and the Joe Mack – Shadow Council series from Falstaff Books.


The Martins have three children, a Maltese, and a Golden Retriever.

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Sweetheart Wedding Book Tour & Giveaway

In the heart of a small town, love finds its home. 

Sweetheart Wedding 

Cranberry Bay Book 5 

by Mindy Hardwick

Genre: Contemporary Small Town Romance 

Determined to start her life over after a failed engagement, Gracie has built her boutique inn into a successful Cranberry Bay business. 

Meanwhile, you

.ngest Shuster brother, Adam, loves helping his friends and family while working as a park ranger. 

Devastated after a tragic accident, Adam guards his heart and is happy to have Gracie’s friendship. Both swear off love. But when Adam and Gracie are tossed together to help plan a Cranberry Bay wedding, they find their resolve not to fall in love crumbling. 

And when Adam loses his Oregon State Parks job and takes a new job in Montana, both will have to decide whether to make the commitment to love each other and leave Cranberry Bay behind for a new life.

**New Release!**

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About the Author:

Mindy Hardwick holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College. Her published contemporary small-town heartwarming romance includes her Cranberry Bay Series: Sweetheart Cottage, Sweetheart Summer, Sweetheart Christmas and Sweetheart Santa.

She has also published a young adult romance, Weaving Magic and a young adult novella, Erin’s Choice. Mindy’s middle grade books include: The World is a Sniff, Stained Glass Summer, Some Stories Are Not Seen, and Seymour’s Secret.

Mindy facilitated a poetry workshop for teens at Denney Juvenile Justice Center and wrote about the experience in her memoir, Kids in Orange: Voices from Juvenile Detention. Mindy can often be found walking on the north Oregon Coast beaches. 

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Poets In Hell Book Tour & Giveaway

In the underworlds, injustice always reigns: Join us and our damnedest poets for the crookedest poetry festival in perdition where language comes to die and no rhyme goes unpunished.

Poets in Hell

A Heroes in Hell Anthology

Compiled by Janet Morris 

Genre: Dark Epic Historical Fantasy 

Myth, folktales and legends. 

Historical fantasy. Literature. 

The best, the worst, and ugliest bards in perdition vie for Satan’s favor as poets slam one another, Satan’s Fallen Angels smirk up their sleeves, and the illiterati have their day. Find out why the damned deserve their fates as Hell’s hacks sink to new poetical depths! 

The first Bible writer drafts a deal with the Devil. 

Attila the Hun learns his punishment’s just begun. 

Mary Shelley and Victor Frankenstein make a monstrous mistake. 

Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp get their unjust deserts. 

Hell’s Undertaker goes on holiday. 

The Damned Poets Society slams away. 

A nameless soul shows Dorothy Parker that fame is a bitch.

 In the underworlds, injustice always reigns: 

Join us and our damnedest poets for the crookedest poetry festival in perdition where language comes to die and no rhyme goes unpunished.

Stories inside:

Words – Chris Morris

Seven Against Hell – Janet Morris and Chris Morris

Reunion – Nancy Asire

Hell-hounds – Bruce Durham

The Kid with No Name – Jack William Finley

All Hell to Pay – Deborah Koren

Poetic Injustice – Larry Atchley, Jr.

When You Gaze Into an Abyss – Matthew Kirshenblatt

Pride and Penance – Tom Barczak

Grand Slam – pdmac

Undertaker’s Holiday – Joe BonadonnaandShebat Legion

Red Tail’s Corner – Yelle Hughes

Faust III – Richard Groller

Tapestry of Sorrows and Sighs – Bill Snider

Haiku d’État – Beth W. Patterson

A Mother’s Heart – Bill Barnhill

We the Furious – Joe Bonadonna

Damned Poets Society – Michael H. Hanson

All We Need of Hell – Michael A. Armstrong

**On Sale until the end of the month!**

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Excerpt:

Wordsby Chris Morris

In the beginning was the Logos,the Word. In the beginning come always the words. Words are the mortar of the mind.

“Look, you!” J the Yahwist, first author of the Old Testament, exhorted empty air, waving her hands about her on a blasted heath encircled by dark and cold.

As in ancient times, this command brings light out of darkness, souls out of nowhere. All the heath fills with them, the detritus of the damned, singing and keening and rhyming aloud at the top of their lungs, each trying to outshout the other: the prolix, the wordy damned of perdition. Here are the teeming illiterati, the poor poets of pride and ignorance, angry and bleating like sheep at the altar, romancers of death, hoping for slaughter, dreaming of surcease.

J would give them peace if she could, but she couldn’t: peace was oblivion, oblivion was escape, and escape was unattainable in hell. Death could be had, and cheap, but never lasted long: no sinning soul could win its way to heaven’s grace.

J’s god reigned as a jealous god, tempestuous; unfair, equivocal. As her skin glowed caramel, neither white nor yellow, brown or black, so her eyes were inconclusively hazel, flecking every color in creation. Like her god on high, set up from eternity before the earth was made, she belonged nowhere in damnation, not to this New Hell nor any other. She was only visiting here. Or so she thought; so she hoped.

“Look, you,” J called a second time aloud, and a thousand heads turned her way; a thousand mouths clamped shut as she began to tell her tale to their minds’ eyes.

Invariably, these words are her signal to infernity that she is ready to begin. Inevitably, those words summon not only story, but the Deceiver, a lord of hell himself.

Sensing joy, incensed by pleasure, now comes Satan, white- winged and glorious, amid his host of fallen angels, circling to land, streaming intolerance and wrath on all the fools below, who howl the more.

At times like these, J misses Solomon. That wise warrior-king (her fellow writer of words worth hearing) would enjoin even such rabble as this to vie with the lords of hell themselves, if she’d but ask him.

About the Authors:

Best selling author Janet Morris began writing in 1976 and has since published more than 30 novels, many co-authored with her husband Chris Morris or others.

Most of her fiction work has been in the fantasy and science fiction genres, although she has also written historical and other novels. Morris has written, contributed to, or edited several book-length works of non-fiction, as well as papers and articles on nonlethal weapons, developmental military technology and other defense and national security topics.

Christopher Crosby Morris (born 1946) is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc. He writes primarily as Chris Morris, but occasionally uses pseudonyms.

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The Star Writer’s Club Book Tour & Giveaway

For it is written in the stars…

The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper

The Star Writers Trilogy Book 1

by Mary K. Savarese

Genre: Fantasy Adventure, Romance

Spring into Fantasy Adventure intertwined with Romance!

Enjoy the breakout novel, Book I of The StarWriters Trilogy, The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper.Continue the adventure with The StarWriters Club Book II (2024) and Return the Girl In The Toile Wallpaper, Book III coming 2025.

 
Want Fantasy, Adventure, Romance?

Lyly’s heart yearns for true love until family loyalty is betrayed by a greedy Noble.

Imprisoned by the evil Wizard, she became The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper.

That is, until fate beckons…

Will the young American tourist Tyler Charles remember his class physics in time to reverse the ancient curse and save the love of his life?

Or will Lyly be doomed forevermore?
 
The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper is the break out novel and Book #1 of The StarWriters Trilogy by Author Mary K. Savarese. The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper explores the fantasy genre, with mysterious worlds, magic cats and romances through the ages. Set in the medieval Tuscan cities of Siena and Florence, Italy, readers will relish in the rich detail and beautiful scenes presented by Savarese.


Royal Dragonfly Book Award (20022) Winner in Science Fiction / Fantasy & Young Adult Fiction

NYC Big Book Award (2022) Distinguised Favorite in Fantasy

Chanticlear International Book Awards (2022) First Place & Grand Prize Finalist

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Book Trailer:

The Star Writers Club

The Star Writers Trilogy Book 2

Spring into Fantasy Adventure! 
Enjoy Book II of The StarWriters Trilogy, The StarWriters Club; following the 2021 release of the award winning fiction novel, The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper (Book I). The Girl in the Toile Wallpaper explores the fantasy genre, with mysterious worlds, magic cats and romances through the ages. Set in the medieval Tuscan cities of Siena and Florence, Italy, readers will relish in the rich detail and beautiful scenes presented by Savarese.


The StarWriters Club follows twelve new arrivals to the band that surrounds Heaven. Together, they must train to deliver His Plan to the stars.

But when the evil Beck decides otherwise, the StarWriters are called into action to save three members who were just sucked through the gates and into the pits of Hell.

Follow our StarWriters as they trek across the villages of the band and learn how His Plan is distributed by those working in His Plan room. Will the good/evil clocks continue to click toward evil, or will our StarWriters prevail and turn the fate of time?

It is only by combining their strengths and wisdom not yet learned that they just might succeed. Perhaps by accepting their last few moments on Earth, they might endure what awaits. For it is Written in the Stars!

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Book Trailer:

**Coming Soon!**

Return of the Girl In the Toile Wallpaper

The Star Writers Trilogy Book 3 

About the Author:

I was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, going on to earn a business degree in accounting from City University, NY. Soon after I found myself working in insurance and financing and went on to marry my wonderful husband. We moved to New England.

I have spent thirteen years as a religious education teacher and have lived and worked in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. For the past decade, I have served as a Eucharistic minister at my local Catholic church, bringing the Eucharist to community nursing homes. After raising a family in CT, my husband and I became Florida Residents though continue to spend time in CT where I continue in my ministry

My debut novel is a contemporary Spiritual Mystery that transcends three genres: Mystery, Spirituality, and Romance. I love to write imaginative stories for all ages! I hope you enjoy this story and look out for more to follow! Tigers Love Bubble Baths & Obsession Perfume (who knew!) has received 5 Stars from Readers’ Favorites and global awards from Royal DragonFly.

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Revenge Release Tour & Giveaway

Love, Bullets, and a Second Chance — Will They Survive the Crossfire?

Revenge

The FBI Tampa Mystery Series Book 1 

by A.M. Holloway

Genre: Clean Romantic Suspense, Mystery Thriller 

Love, Bullets, and a Second Chance — Will They Survive the Crossfire?

When FBI Special Agent Micah French joins a high-risk pursuit through the streets of Tampa, he never expects the day to end with his partner shot and the woman he once loved holding his partner’s life in her hands.

Finley Herald, the surgeon who broke his heart a decade ago, now lives in Tampa. She’s saving lives at Tampa General and possibly risking her own when a vengeful cartel leader wages war against the agents involved in his brother’s death.

As bullets fly, allies fall, and a trail of revenge stretches from Mexico to Florida, Micah must navigate a storm of violence, betrayal, and second chances.

Every decision could be his last, and Finley’s reappearance threatens to shatter the emotional defenses he’s spent years building.

This book is a gripping blend of action, faith, and romance, where love may be the deadliest risk of all.

**Get it for Only .99cents 8/24 – 8/26!**

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About the Author:

 

A.M. Holloway is an author of clean murder mysteries where crime and suspense take hold. Her catalog spans five series. A.M., who is married, relies on her husband’s expertise in the CSI field to ensure accuracy in her books.

She was born and raised in Georgia but now lives in Central Florida. When not writing, you will find her with her family, enjoying the outdoors, or sitting in her favorite chair, daydreaming about her next book.

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Interview With Authors Mia Mei & Bill Belew

By way of introduction, here are Mia Mei’s & Bill’s bios:

Hi, I’m Mia Mei, a Chinese-American learning to navigate life between cultures. I’ve shared my journey on my blog since I was four years old. I dream of joining the Peace Corps, teaching at U.S. military bases, or maybe working for Pixar or as a Disney Imagineer.

Now a 12th grader, I love baking and hope to become a pastry chef-or maybe feed storytellers while telling stories myself. I spent recent summers in France (’23) and Italy (*24), shaping my passions.

In the summer before 6th grade, my dad and I began writing the Growing Up Aimi series. Together, we’ve completed six books (over 2,000 pages) and may write more. Join 2,500+ subscribers to receive our bi-weekly newsletter, including a free copy of Making of the Giant Forest. There, we share insights into our co-authoring process and offer an alternate ending to The Giant Forest.

Bill served as a communications and intelligence officer in the US Navy before becoming a tent-making missionary in Japan for 20 years. In his third career, he helped Silicon Valley companies build their online brands.

Now retired, he co-authors a fiction series with his daughter, Mia, and writes two non-fiction series: Dad, Tell Me A Story and Revelation.

Bill’s non-fiction works reflect lessons learned throughout life about prayer, forgiveness, selfishness, and eschatology, with special focus on Revelation and the Gospel of Mark.

We’re excited to welcome you to the Growing Up Aimi world!

Hello, Mia Mei & Bill, welcome to Angel Kiss Publications. Thank you for agreeing to do this interview.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING us.

Bill, when did the writing bug ensnare you? 

I retired at 62. I am 70 now. I learned a rhythm in life a long time ago.

Years 1-20 we learn. 21 – 40, we try. 41-60 we do, 61-80 – we teach. I am in the teaching phase of my life and writing is my way of teaching.

Is writing your full-time profession? 

Nope. Retired. But I spend a lot of time looking at my keyboard or thinking about what I will do when I get back to my keyboard.

How long have you been writing? 

68 years.

Have you won any literary awards? 

Someone promised me an award if I would please stop writing. Just kidding!

How many published books have you written? 

20+

Which genres do you write? 

Fiction – Action and adventure for advanced Middle Grade.  Non-fiction – Biblical studies – eschatology

What do you find most challenging writing for these genres? 

The hardest part is getting to my keyboard.

What are you working on now? 

A kickstarter campaign to get the word out. I am profitable on Amazon. I have wide distribution. Kickstarter is a new challenge, and I like challenges.

Where do you find inspiration for your characters?

Biblical characters …. and my daughter <= she brings characters to our collaborative writing projects.

What is a favorite quote from one of your own books?

“But, you came back!”

What is your favorite book review from a reader?

“We had never seen that happen in a book before!”

Can you share a random interesting fact about yourself?

To celebrate turning 70 yo I walked from Canterbury, UK to the Vatican. It took me just over 2 months and I covered 1200 miles.

What spark started one of your stories?

An encounter with an angel.

What is one of your favorite scenes that you’ve written? Why?

Our main character made the ultimate sacrifice, but was still able to tell her story. Solving that problem was very interesting to me.

Who is your favorite character that you’ve created? Why? 

Narci. She’s evil, and she has her roots in one of my non-fiction books. Making the crossover from NF to F was also an interesting challenge that I solved.

What has been your most rewarding experience since publishing your work?

Having our readers tell us how our books impacted their family.

What advice would you give to authors just starting out? 

Write something. Rewriting is more fun than you think. There is no such thing is good writing, just good rewriting.

Is there anything else you’d like your readers to know about you? 

We really do want to change the world. Laugh if you like. We’re not laughing.

What message are you sharing in your books? 

There are 7 story arcs. We tell them all. Not all stories have happy endings. But, most of them do.

What is your favorite book? 

Chronicles of Narnia.

If you could create an author’s group with writers from any time period, who would you invite? 

Now is fine. But, I’d like to hang out with authors who are serious about their craft. Got ideas?

Who has influenced your writing the most? 

Seriously … no one. I want to be original. The greatest insult to me would be, “You write like so and so.”

When you’re not writing, where can we find you? 

Walking. I recently took a local self-made pilgrimage. I visited the 6 $T companies within walking distance of my house – Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, Broadcom, Facebook and Google. It took me over 14 hours and I walked 39+ miles in one day.

A movie producer wants to turn your book into a movie, and you get to make a cameo. What would you do in the movie? 

Kill the main protagonist and take over the film.

An elf named 12-25 approaches you. He’s sneezing, wheezing, coughing and there’s a strange tattoo of a snoring dog on his cheek. What do you do? 

Ask to meet his/her father.

What are your most effective marketing strategies? 

I am profitable on Amazon. I have a vibrant Newsletter with 1400+ subs. I’m experimenting with Kickstarter which I think has the most potential of them all.

Do you have a website? 

My website is here: growingupaimi.com 

Where can we find your books? 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ1DG3QP    

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086QZPNF2

Start here => https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/growingupaimi/growingupaimi-series-qna-companion-guides-hardcover-set 

Details on the Kickstarter:

Hi, I’m Bill and this is my daughter Mia. We wrote a 6 book series for middle-grade readers that love action and adventure. Along the way we created discussion guides that go with each book in the series.

These discussion guides are our goal in our Kickstarter to get them out into the world in hardcover format. The purpose is to get young readers, parents, and grandparents involved with reading at a young age to build a strong bond with each other as they grow with their love of reading.

The Kickstarter’s purpose is to get all the QnA Discussion books plus three not written yet ready for the masses. Do you want to be a part of the journey that puts your kids on the road of being readers?

Then, follow my Kickstarter and see how you can help the cause. Each person that helps is saving a kid from the lack of adventure and will bring them into many worlds they never thought imaginable.

Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/growingupaimi/growingupaimi-series-qna-companion-guides-hardcover-set

The Fairy Legacy Series Book Tour & Giveaway

¡Ahora en español!

Si te encantan “La princesa prometida” y “Maléfica”, no te pierdas la serie El Legado de las Hadas de Patricia Bossano. Sumérgete en la aventura, el amor y un inolvidable descubrimiento interdimensional.

If you love “The Princess Bride” and “Maleficent” you don’t want to miss Patricia Bossano’s Faerie Legacy Series. Dive into adventure, love, and an unforgettable interdimensional discovery. 

Now Available In Spanish!

Herencia Encantada (Faery Sight)

Serie El Legado de Las Hadas 1 (Faerie Legacy Series Book 1)

by Patricia Bossano

Genre: Fantasía (YA Fantasy)

A los diecisiete años, La Soberanía de las Hadas es el único mundo que Celeste conoce. En su corazón, atesora el sueño de convertirse, algún día, en una de ellas.
Pero los hechos revelados por su madre antes de morir desvían sus ilusiones.
Huérfana y ansiosa por tomar las riendas de su destino, Celeste vacila entre sus certezas de antaño y las nuevas.


¿Es la princesa humana que su madre formó o es el hada-humana que anhela ser?
¿Va a vengar a sus padres y honrar el compromiso de matrimonio que la espera en el mundo mortal o debe obedecer a su corazón y permanecer junto al extraño que acaba de entrar en su vida?


Celeste elige vengar la muerte de sus padres, incluso si eso significa reconocer el lugar que le corresponde en la dimensión humana.


Motivada por la princesa de las hadas, Nahia, y amparada por la Corte Luminosa y por su verdadero amor, Celeste se propone desenmascarar a la insidiosa hechicera Arantxa.
Confía en que nada impedirá su regreso triunfal a la Soberanía de las Hadas… Nada hasta que la identidad de su prometido es revelada.

**Also available in English! **

Winner of the Literary Titan Gold Award, Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Award, and the Golden Quill of Excellence Award.“Powerful and gripping right from the start.” — Aimee Carol Dixon for Readers’ Favorite

Faery Sight by award-winning California-based indie author, Patricia Bossano, is the beginning of an epic YA fantasy saga that spans 200 years and multiple dimensions.

It isn’t easy being a teenager, especially when you’re a human princess living in the faery realm. Celeste yearns to truly belong there, and is ready to relinquish her human identity, but startling revelations from her dying mother expose shocking truths and impede her plans.

Struggling to come to terms with her birthright, Celeste must find her place between worlds while exacting revenge against the evil sorceress who wronged her parents.

Faery Sight is the unforgettable story of navigating the challenges of growing up, embracing your individuality and choosing your own path, even if that means facing a daunting enemy.

Amazon (Spanish) * Amazon (English) * Bookshop (Spanish) * Bookshop (English) 

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Book Links:
Amazon- Spanish: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B3S2JYM9

Amazon- English: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0767F9NDZ

Bookshop – Spanish: https://bookshop.org/p/books/herencia-encantada-patricia-bossano/1Ngv8N1rE9ucgyrV?ean=9798985969924&next=t

Bookshop – English: https://bookshop.org/p/books/faery-sight-patricia-bossano/6EUrJNSK1DzBpHvf?ean=9780999434680&next=t

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/herencia-encantada-spanish-edition-by-patricia-bossano

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61717955-herencia-encantada

Series Trailer:

Un Don de Cuna (Cradle Gift)

Serie El Legado de Las Hadas 2 (Faerie Legacy Series Book 2)

El día en que nació Maité, su hada madrina le otorgó un don de cuna. Arma y herramienta a la vez, el don de sueños lúcidos le permite a Maité viajar a otros mundos mientras duerme.

A los diecisiete años, el entorno cotidiano de Maité se desgarra con la trágica pérdida de sus padres. Desterrada del único hogar que conoce y aislada en el extranjero, la joven lucha por encontrarle sentido a su nueva vida. Ajena al conflicto en la Soberanía de las Hadas, que se cierne inexorable sobre su realidad, Maité descubre que ella, una humana, está en el centro de la gran batalla por el control absoluto de la soberanía.

A través de su don de cuna, Maité empieza a vislumbrar la magnitud de la influencia feérica en su vida. Dispuesta a retomar las riendas de su destino a partir del transcendental descubrimiento, Maité se apoya en Emily, su mejor amiga, y en David, un joven cuyo interés por la genética ilumina posibilidades que cambiarán la identidad de Maité para siempre.

**Also available in English! **

On the day she was born, Maité received a cradle gift from the faery Nahia—a gift that allows her to travel into other worlds while in a dream state.
At seventeen, Maité’s mortal world is torn apart with the tragic loss of her parents. Uprooted from the only home she’s ever known and isolated in a foreign country, the young woman struggles to make sense of her new life. But the conflict in the realm of Faerie is about to bleed over into Maité’s reality. She finds herself in the middle of an ancient struggle between Nahia and the Beautiful One as they furiously clash for control over the realm.
Through her Cradle Gift, Maité uncovers the extent of the Faerie Realm’s involvement in her life, and in her quest to come to terms with it, Maité has the help of best friend Emily, and David; a young man whose interest in genetics illuminates possibilities that will change her identity forever.

“The characters popped out of the pages. Engaging scenes that carried many themes like loss, friendship, and courage. Cradle Gift sends readers, like myself, deep into the plot.”
–Danielle Urban

“A magical tale written by Patricia Bossano with poetic flair … Women of all ages will love this book, and might very well come away from this make believe world, believing in Fairies.”
–Amazon customer

“… Once again the author is a wonderful story teller and you will find yourself lost in the faery world, cheering for your favorite characters …”
–AnnLovesBooks

Amazon (Spanish)* Amazon (English) * Bookshop(Spanish) * Bookshop(English) 

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Book Links:
Amazon – Spanish: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CN1XJ8RZ

Amazon- English: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0767K2JK2

Bookshop- Spanish: https://bookshop.org/p/books/un-don-de-cuna-patricia-bossano/34fe4b0c9752aa0e?ean=9798985969962&next=t

Bookshop – English: https://bookshop.org/p/books/cradle-gift-patricia-bossano/NxSgmzUg8b4rmUWN?ean=9780999434659&next=t

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/un-don-de-cuna-el-legado-de-las-hadas-n-2-spanish-edition-by-patricia-bossano

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204232123-un-don-de-cuna-el-legado-de-las-hadas

El Legado de Nahia (Nahia)

Serie El Legado de Las Hadas 3 (Faerie Legacy Series Book 3)

La rebelde princesa de las hadas se debate entre satisfacer sus propios deseos y lo que es mejor para sus seres queridos y para el tropel.

Siguiendo su corazón en busca del hombre que ama; Nahia oculta su identidad feérica para integrarse a la dimensión humana.

Después de dar a luz a una hija, el secreto de Nahia queda al descubierto, al igual que la ineludible responsabilidad de haber alterado para siempre la huella genética de su familia. Acorralada, Nahia vuelve a la Soberanía de las Hadas cuyo peso latente recae en la joven princesa después de la muerte del mágico guardián del bosque.

Para salvar su hogar y renovar los lazos con su familia humana y feérica, Nahia debe procurar un receptor mágico para el nuevo Guardián del Bosque, pues sin él no podrá avivar la soberanía ni convertirse en la nueva Reina de las Hadas.

**Also available in English! **

A rebellious faery princess struggles with satisfying her own desires over what’s best for her loved ones. Following her heart in pursuit of the human she loves, Nahia hides her faery identity in order to enter the human dimension.
After giving birth to a daughter, Nahia’s secret is revealed, as is the realization that she has forever altered the genetic human footprint. Faced with death, Nahia returns to the faerie realm only to have its dormant weight thrust upon her after the demise of its magical keeper.
To save her home and renew ties with both her human and faerie family, Nahia must find a way to reawaken the realm, become the new Faery Queen, and provide a royal descendant for the new Keeper of the Forest.

“Bossano’s writing is beautiful and rich with detail . . . A vivid and intricate fantasy tale about the ties that bind and the conflicts between two realms.”
–Kirkus Reviews

“A novel of truly epic scale . . . With its deep and detailed dive into the fairy realm, as well as its vivid, high-level vocabulary, Nahia is a complex fantasy novel that should not be missed.”
–Foreword Reviews

Patricia Bossano has done it again; this latest book in her amazing Faerie series is absolutely brilliant and her best work yet, in my opinion. Nahia ties all three books in the trilogy together nicely and once again puts the reader right in the middle of the action with her deep and vivid style . . . These stories have everything you could ask for and more . . . Simply magical, I believe!”
–Amazon customer

“Powerfully written . . . an emotional journey that tugged at my heart.”
–Urban Book Reviews

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Book Links:
Amazon- Spanish: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FJJ36N5L

Amazon- English: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0767D6X5Q

Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/nahia-patricia-bossano/2e7623ee7ee47fa9?ean=9780999434628&next=t

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/nahia-by-patricia-bossano

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239187546-el-legado-de-nahia

About the Author:

Galardonada prosista de ficciones filosóficas y merodeos sobrenaturales sin inteligencia artificial. Patricia reside en California con su familia y allí compone sus obras.

“En cuanto entreví la historia original escrita en mi corazón, comencé a repetírmela una y otra vez. Todos los días.

A medida que mi fe en esa historia crece, la realidad que tanto anhelo empieza a cobrar vida. Ahora soy novelista a tiempo completo y editora en jefe de WaterBearer Press, donde puedo abordar la publicación de mis libros, un sueño a la vez”. — Patricia Bossano

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Artisanal wordsmith and old-school scribbler of no A.I. philosophical fictions and supernatural escapes, some of them en español.

“As soon as I caught a glimpse of the original story written in my heart, I began telling it to myself over and over, every day.

As I surrender to believing it, my long wished-for reality is taking shape. I am now a full-time novelist and managing editor of WaterBearer Press, where I get to approach publishing one dream at a time.” — Patricia Bossano

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7249581.Patricia_Bossano

Giveaway

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