Hi lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Bradley
W. Wright and his new book, “Old Gold Mountain”! For other stops on his Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in
this post.
Be sure to make it to the end
of this post to enter to win a $20 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!! Also, come back daily to interact with Bradley
and to increase your chances of winning!
This book is on SALE
during the book tour for ONLY $0.99!!!
See below for more details.
Thanks for stopping
by! Wishing you lots of luck in this
fabulous giveaway!
Old Gold Mountain
by Bradley
W. Wright
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GENRE: Mystery, Thriller
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BLURB:
Justin
Vincent is a San Francisco based artist who leads a secret double life as a cat
burglar. He likes the freedom, money, and self-determination his unusual career
provides but also increasingly feels that it is a life he fell into by
accident. When a valuable painting is stolen from his lover Valerie, Justin
agrees to use his underworld contacts and knowledge of the black market to
help. The search leads him to an antiquities dealer who has fallen on hard
times and a mysterious European middle man. With the help of his friend Ashna,
a skilled hacker, and Gabrielle, owner of an art gallery in Nice, Justin
gathers clues that lead him to a mysterious chateau in the South of France and
a dangerous web of secrets and lies. To escape with his life and complete his
objective, Justin’s skill, luck, and perseverance will be tested to their
utmost limit.
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EXCERPT TWO:
“What
happened to that painting you used to have above the bed?” I asked.
“Above
the bed? I didn’t—” Val turned, stopped speaking, breath caught.
A
moment later, she whirled, flipped on the light switch, jumped onto the bed,
and placed her hands on the wall above the headboard. In the light, I noticed
there was a picture hanger still nailed into the wall and a square of slightly
brighter paint where the painting had hung. She ran her hands over the bare
wall then turned to look at me. Her eyes were manic, her body tense. “Tell me
this is some kind of joke, Justin.”
“No
joke,” I replied. “Was it there when you left for the gallery?”
“Yes,
I think so.” She stepped down off the bed and started frantically pacing the
room, looking everywhere. “I’m sure it was.”
“Did
you have cleaners scheduled today?”
“No.
They come on Wednesdays.”
“Did
you leave your balcony door open?”
She
looked at me, suddenly focusing. “No. I never leave it open.”
“It
was open when we came in. Was it locked?”
“Maybe
not. I don’t know. I was in a hurry.”
“Let’s
see if anything else is missing,” I said, turning toward the door.
Valerie
grabbed my arm, pulling me around to face her. “I don’t care if anything else
is missing.” She was on the brink of tears, a tight, almost hysterical, edge to
her voice. She raised her hands, placed them over her ears, shaking her head
back and forth. “I don’t care. That painting is the only thing I own that I
care about, Justin.”
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GUEST POST:
Who Inspired Your Love for Books?
I’ve
been a reader since I was four or five years old. I remember my brother (who is
two years older) bringing home a reading workbook from school. My parents both
read a lot and our house was always full of books. I wanted to be like
everybody else with my face in a book so I picked up my brother’s workbook and
started learning on my own. I wish I could say I was encouraged and inspired by
my teachers at school but it was really my family that got me started. My mom
in particular loved books and encouraged me.
I
read a lot of fantasy and science fiction when I was a kid. Later, I studied
English literature in college and read the classics. In grad school I shifted
gears to social science and went through a long period of reading mostly
non-fiction.
It
was actually a series of books my dad read when I was a kid that inspired my
novel Old Gold Mountain. My dad travelled a lot for work and often read the
kind of books you find in airport bookstores: horror, thrillers, mysteries, and
spy novels. Over time, returning from various trips, he brought home almost all
of the Travis McGee books by John D. MacDonald. I didn’t read them then but
later on when I was an adult I found one in a used book store and ended up
reading them all. They are misogynistic and full of macho posturing but--if you
can ignore those issues--the plots, the characterization, and the pacing are
all remarkably well done. Those books provided a big part of the inspiration
for Old Gold Mountain.
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AUTHOR BIO:
I am
a writer and educational technology professional. I lived in San Francisco for
the past fifteen years but recently moved to Los Angeles with my wife and five
year old son. My first book Old Gold Mountain is out now. Buy it at Amazon or
Barnes & Noble. Also available through Apple iBooks, Google Play, and
Indigo.
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CONNECT WITH BRADLEY:
Website:
Email:
bradley.w.wright@gmail.com
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Goodreads Author Page:
Goodreads Book Page:
Amazon Author Page:
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BOOK BUY LINKS
& BOOK SALE INFO:
**Old Gold Mountain is on SALE during the book tour for ONLY
$0.99!!!**
Amazon Kindle:
Amazon Paperback:
Barnes and Noble:
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Apple iBooks:
Google Play:
Smashwords:
Indigo:
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Bradley will be awarding a $20 Amazon or B/N GC
to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a
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This contest is sponsored
by a third party. Fabulous and Brunette is a registered host of Goddess Fish
Promotions. Prizes are given away by the
sponsors and not Fabulous and Brunette. The featured author and Goddess Fish
Promotions are solely responsible for the giveaway prize.
I enjoyed getting to know your book and thanks for the chance to win :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting my book!
ReplyDeleteI liked the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the tour and I appreciate the excerpt and the great giveaway as well. Love the tours, I get to find books and share with my sisters and now my twin daughters who all love to read. We have found some amazing books for everyone. So, thank you!
ReplyDeleteHow long did it take you to write your book? Thanks for hosting the giveaway. Bernie Wallace BWallace1980(at)hotmail(d0t)com
ReplyDeleteGreat post, I enjoyed reading it.
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