Friday, April 30, 2021

Blog Tour ~ Black in Time - Synesthesia Shift by Brynn Chapman

 

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Black in Time
(Synesthesia Shift #2)
By Brynn Chapman
YA Historical Urban Fantasy
Paperback & ebook, 143 Pages
April 6, 2021 by Burns and Lea Books

Patient Twenty-Nine, or Jane, is within reach of her heart's desire: a home outside of Soothing Hills Asylum, where she has been raised.

Her sister Jules wants to take her in, and a man, Mason, is deeply in love with her and wants to care for her. But before Jane can leave, she must be examined by the Board of Lunacy. Jane is still hearing voices and songs from the cornfield outside the asylum, voices and songs that tell her what she must do, and that no one else can hear. So the Board may not allow her to leave.

But the asylum is becoming more and more dangerous. Its lead alienist, Dr. Frost, has disappeared, there have been frightening sightings of a woman in white, running through the corn at night, and perhaps worst of all: lobotomized women from the asylum are turning up pregnant.

Jane is desperate to get away and go to her new home. Mason and Jules only want to rescue Jane from the asylum.

But there is a complication: for Jane, the voice in the corn calls. And she must obey.

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Excerpt:

In the middle of the hall, a massive slab has formed alongside a freshly painted sign, Do Not Enter.


I tap the toe of my boot onto its slick surface, taking one cautious step; my boot instantly shoots out, widening my legs, my other leg collapsing at the knee.


My bottom collides with the ice with a jaw-rattling whomp.


Tears of pain form, and I sit still, trying to catch my breath.


I wipe them away.


Gritting my teeth, I crawl on all fours, constantly readjusting my knees as they slip and slide on the rain-soaked ice.


My skin crawls with memory—of slipping under the ice a few months ago, when I broke through the pond.


The feel of the climbing freeze as it devoured my legs.

As if sensing my distraction, the musical message alters… Come to me.


The sing-song voice humming in my mind’s ear is a mezzo—the voice between alto and soprano.


I hum middle C in my alto, allowing the waves of comfort to wash over me.


I finally reach the other side and hurry forward, my clothes damp and beginning to harden with ice. I pelt forward, past the thick, beveled panes of glass. The light outside is altering as dawn draws near.


My teeth ch-chatter, and I forcefully clamp them together.


The thickened-air ribbon of turning, twirling music enters the wide-open door, and I halt at the entrance.


Ward Six is eerily empty. The wards are frightening when filled with the residents—but remove the souls…


Empty medicine carts; abandoned blankets thrown carelessly over moth-eaten chairs. Mud-streaked floors lead to the solitary cells, their metal doors flung wide, allowing the stench of urine to permeate the corridor.


The harmonic ribbon has vanished, leaving me alone.


“Traitor.”


I hear them before I see them.


My chest heaves, water flooding my mouth—I taste metallic fear and swallow.


The creaking. The endless whirring.


It can be only one thing.


I whimper but follow the sound, like a rat to its Pied Piper’s call… all in the world fading away.


I see nothing, hear only the grinding of gears.


I reach the massive oak doors, with the metal knocker crafted into a leering gargoyle—the ring in its mouth like captured prey.


I grasp the handles with two hands, flinging the doors open, and step inside.


Frost’s playground.


The massive amphitheater, where Frost performed his treatments. I stare up into the cathedral ceiling heights and gag.


Every machine is activated, humming and shivering as one. A mechanical, hulking house of terrors.


I search left and right so quickly my head spins.


No one. I see no one.

 

My mind vaguely wonders if the word machination was perhaps somehow derived, given birth, from this very room.


A swirling, spinning chair whizzes by, nearly knocking me over. But I am stupefied, frozen in fear. The memories of this place bind me tight, squeezing around my windpipe, choking me into submission.


A twirling bed rises high into the cathedral heights, plummeting down, up, and down like the undulations of a sea serpent through the surf.


This room is an extension of the man—methodical, mechanical, and cold as iron.


My eyes drop to the floor. Leeches squirm and crawl, falling one over the other on the flagstones—a barrel of them upended. How do they yet live?


Crème of tartar—the purging medicine, flung everywhere, dusting the machines like a newly fallen snow.

And in the corner… his newest acquisition. The electricity chair.


It is said to be the only one of its kind. Pioneered by Frost and Gentile. They were working on the patent when Frost disappeared.


Its circular headpiece shines like a blackened halo.


Only instead of a calling to heavenly life, it grants an irrevocable altering of self… or a black, charred death.


A spark jumps within the halo, and icy water fills my bowels, leaks to my knees, and they crumple. The world blackens. And the final sound I hear is the maniacal cackle.


She has come.

 


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The Requiem Red
(Synesthesia Shift #1)
By Brynn Chapman
YA Historical Urban Fantasy
Hardcover, Paperback & ebook, 300 Pages
February 4, 2019 by Burns and Lea Books

Life for Patient 29 is full of medicated day dreams of a life outside the walls of Soothing Hills Asylum. But fantasies are not all that consume her. A monster roams the halls of the sanitarium she reluctantly calls home and three girls have been found dead. The dead girls share one common thread . . . each was 29's cell mate. As the investigation gets under way, she retreats into her mind, listening to the voices that call to her. She is endowed with the cursed gift of perception. Through it, she hears messages carried upon the notes of music, discerns words hidden among the strokes of paintings, and minds pleadings for help from the corn field outside.

Could the key to the murders lie within 29's broken mind? Mason, an orderly, does not see 29 as a lunatic and as his belief in her grows so does her self-confidence. The possibility of one day leaving the asylum seems less and less like a fantasy. But the monster has other plans for her. Leaving will not be so easy, at least not while she is alive.

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About the Author


Born and raised in western Pennsylvania, Brynn Chapman is the daughter of two teachers. Her writing reflects her passions: science, history and love—not necessarily in that order. In real life, the geek gene runs strong in her family, as does the Asperger’s syndrome. Her writing reflects her experience as a pediatric therapist and her interactions with society’s downtrodden. In fiction, she’s a strong believer in underdogs and happily-ever-afters. She also writes non-fiction and lectures on the subjects of autism and sensory integration and is a medical contributor to online journal The Age of Autism.


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Book Tour & Giveaway ~ Magical Midlife Misadventures by Jenifer L. Hart

 

 


Over the Faery Hill
Magical Midlife Misadventures Book 1
by Jennifer L. Hart
Genre: Paranormal Women's Fiction



A mountain of regrets. A bargain with a mischievous faery. Could tinkering with her past create a better future?

Joey Whitmore longs to escape her dead-end world. Facing a midlife crisis at age forty-two and still living with her mother, getting fired from yet another job is the proverbial last straw. So when a fae trickster in human guise offers a chance at changing her history, she figures there’s nothing left to lose.

Though skeptical of his magic, Joey accepts the sly prince’s enchanted hourglass and begins a reckless journey back in time. But as she tries to act as her own fairy godmother and reverse her mistakes, her blundering interference causes a chain of catastrophic consequences.

Will Joey’s attempts to alter her deadbeat destiny end up erasing her entire existence?

Over the Fairy Hill is the first entry in the Magical Midlife Misadventures paranormal women’s fiction series. If you like relatable characters, paranormal twists, and laugh-out-loud humor, then you’ll love Jennifer L. Hart’s endearing tale.

Buy Over the Faery Hill to grant a bag full of dubious wishes today!


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The Fae Side of Forty
Magical Midlife Misadventures Book 2



She made a bargain with a fae prince...but how high is the price?

Joey Whitmore has learned her lesson when it comes to magic—it just isn’t worth the toll. Her plan is to keep her nose clean and enjoy midlife to the fullest. Margarita Mondays, Taco Tuesdays, the works. But when the fae prince appears to call in his favor, Joey has no choice but to live up to the bargain she made and leave Wine Wednesday in her wake.

The ruse is simple. Play Robin’s mortal fiancé in exchange for wiping the slate clean. But the more she learns about the tricksy fae bachelor, the more Joey becomes convinced that the fae prince is hiding something…something that only magic can illuminate. Does Joey have what it takes to untangle herself from the fae or will she lose herself to them forever?

The Fae Side of Forty is the second entry in the Magical Midlife Misadventures paranormal women’s fiction series. If you like relatable characters, magical twists, and laugh-out-loud humor, then you’ll love Jennifer L. Hart’s endearing tale.

Buy The Fae Side of Forty and fall in love with magic now!





USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Hart writes about characters that cuss, get naked, and often make poor but hilarious life choices. A native New Yorker, Jenn now lives in the mountains of North Carolina with her imaginary friends. Her works to date include the Damaged Goods mystery series and the Magical Midlife Misadventures.





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Book Tour & Giveaway ~ Looking Through History's Window by David E. Young

 

 


Looking Through History's Window
by David E. Young
Genre: Nonfiction, History


In growing up in a church, and then spending seven years in a Bible College and Seminary, I was blessed to hear many outstanding and gifted preachers and Bible teachers. Many used interesting stories or illustrations to drive their points home. In listing of some of these illustrations, I thought I would like to know more details. Sometimes I wondered (thankfully not too often) if the details of the story were really true or accurate as told. Beyond doubt, this could be partly attributed to years of reading “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” feature in virtually every newspaper’s Sunday comics section. With that in mind, I have included with each illustration not only a title, Scripture verse and topic word, but also the source of the historical story so anyone who is interested can, with the help of modern technology and internet databases, not only find more details regarding the story, but also find documentation to confirm that each story can be validated.
The details of every illustration are, as far as can be validated by historical records, are true.




David Young feels truly blessed! He is now retired and lives with his wife Ruth in Sequim, Washington where he enjoys spending time with his family, especially his 7 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren!





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Book Tour & Giveaway ~ No Birds Sing Here by Daniel V. Meier, Jr.

 

 


No Birds Sing Here
by Daniel V. Meier Jr.
Genre: Satirical Literary Fiction


Satire at its best!

In this indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time, two young people, Beckman and Malany set out on an odyssey to find meaning and reality in the artistic life, and in doing so unleash a barrage of humorous, unintended consequences.

Beckman and Malany's journey reflects the allegorical evolution of humanity from its primal state, represented by Beckman's dismal life as a dishwasher to the crude, medieval development of manking in a pool hall, and then to the false but erudite veneer of sophistication of the academic world.

The world these protagonists life in is a world without love. It has every other variety of drive and emotion, but not love. Do they know it? Not yet. And they won't until they figure out why no birds sing here.

Meier's writing is precise and detailed, whether the situation he describes is clear or ambiguous.

Fans of Franzen and Salinger will find Meier to be another sharp, provocative writer of our time.









A retired Aviation Safety Inspector for the FAA, Daniel V. Meier, Jr. has always had a passion for writing. During his college years, he studied History at The University of North Carolina Wilmington and American Literature at The University of Maryland Graduate School. In 1980 he was published by Leisure Books under the pen name of Vice Daniels. He also worked briefly for the Washington Business Journal as a journalist and has been a contributing writer/editor for several aviation magazines.
Dan and his wife live in Owings, Maryland, about twenty miles south of Annapolis and when he's not writing, they spend their summers sailing on the Chesapeake Bay.






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Book Tour & Giveaway ~ Small Town Dirt - Perfectly Stated Series by Mia Echo

 

 


Small Town Dirt
Perfectly Stated Series
by Mia Echo
Genre: Contemporary Romance


Logan
For years we’d been best friends. Siblings not by blood but by marriage. It was a choice our parents made together, my father and her mother. It was a new family full of love and laughter…Until it wasn’t.

One day she was my younger step-sister, my best friend and ally in the whole world. We were practically inseparable, and then everything changed.

I began having feelings for her. Feelings that no brother should have for their sister...step-sister.



Riley
I don’t know what happened. Why did everything change? What did I do wrong?

We were so close and then out of nowhere, he started treating me differently. Picking fights, ignoring me, even outright being mean to me. This isn’t the boy I grew up with.

Did he learn my secret?

Now that we’re adults and alone in our parents’ vacation home up in the mountains of Pennsylvania, can we work things out. Can we get past all the hurt and find a way to get along?

Or better yet, can we be more than that?


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Mia Echo is an author who loves love. Strong women deserve strong protective men. Mia specializes in insta-love stories with an erotic twist that will tug at your heart strings and make you melt in the best ways possible.
Mia is from a small town in the US and she loves to introduce you to new characters and their stories. Through twists and turns, and ups and downs, Mia proves that love really can conquer all. 
When she's not steaming up the pages of her next work in progress, she's spending time with her family and friends.





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Book Tour & Giveaway ~ Ramadan Nights by Lyndell Williams

 

 



About the Series
The men of the Ramadan Nights series love their Creator and women.
The Ramadan Nights series features four exciting and inspirational romances by bestselling and award-winning authors. Get ready to be enthralled by characters as they explore the links between faith and sensuality. This vibrant series includes a spectrum of New Adult and Adult fiction, from sweet to steamy. Enjoy romance stories of second chance love, friends to lovers and the boy next door.
Fall in love with strong, confident alphas and heroines as they undergo tests of resolve to love and captivate each other from sunset until daybreak.


The Groom
Ramadan Nights Book 1
by Lyndell Williams
Genre: Contemporary Romance


Uneasy and left alone with an infant, Mansur looks to his childhood pal, Faiza for help. As he relies on their long friendship, desires for the sexy firefighter reawaken within him. Healed from heartbreak after Mansur married another woman, Faiza knows they’re just friends but can’t help longing for more.
The Groom is a boy-next-door romance full of passion and an alpha who proves that he is no longer a little boy.





The Note
Ramadan Nights Book 2
by Seyna Rytes
Genre: Contemporary Romance


Childhood sweethearts, Hadeel and Habib are reunited by fate at a time in their lives when everything between them should be possible, but will things be that simple?
Read along for a wholesome love story between the quiet boy who grew into a confident man, and the dreamy girl who became all woman. Prepare for sparks to fly!





The Chance
Ramadan Nights Book 3
by BF Queen
Genre: Contemporary Romance


Razia and Danyaal Khan have everything going for them, except each other. Reeling from the heartbreak, Razia’s future is bright and she thinks it’s time they make a clean break. But she can’t seem to get Danyaal out of her head. With a tower of regrets, can Danyaal convince Razia that this time he will put her first?





The Ideal
Ramadan Nights Book 4
by Saffiyah Ali
Genre: Contemporary Romance


Brother Dawood has been trying to introduce Caliph to his daughter for a month. But when Zaida finally falls into his arms (literally) she’s not at all what he expected. The prickly, funny, tomboy laces up her gym shoes and gives him a run for his money. He was looking for the ideal Muslimah. But when he meets Zaida he realizes she’s far from ideal and yet close to perfect.






Lyndell Williams

Lyndell Williams is an award-winning writer and bestselling author. She is a cultural critic with a background in literary criticism specializing in romance. She is an editor, writing coach and mentor. She has been published in peer-reviewed journals and writes for multiple online publications.


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Seyna Rytes

Seyna Rytes can’t remember a time when she wasn’t daydreaming love stories, watching romantic movies, or reading romance. A lifelong romantic at heart, Seyna lives on the Central Coast of California with her husband and kids and strives to tell the stories inspired by her West African origins.


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BF Queen

BF Queen’s first love will always be romance novels. Because they inspire her to be more, do more, and spread the love wherever she goes. A creative non-fiction writer turned fiction author BF Queen hopes you find your perfect hero in her stories.


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