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Thursday, September 30, 2021

Can Machines Bring Peace? The Thinking Machine Trilogy Part 1 by Floor Kist - Book Tour - Guest Post - Giveaway - Enter Daily!


Hello, lovelies!!  It gives me great pleasure today to host Floor Kist and his new book, “Can Machines Bring Peace? The Thinking Machine Trilogy Part 1,” here on FAB!!  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 $30 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!!!  Also, come back daily to interact with Floor Kist and to increase your chances of winning!!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Wishing you all lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!!

Can Machines Bring Peace?

The Thinking Machine Trilogy

Part 1

by Floor Kist

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GENRE: Science Fiction

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BLURB:

Can a machine bring peace? Or are humans built for war?

450 years after Earth was bombed back to the Stone Age, a young diplomat searches for lost human settlements. Kazimir Sakhalinsk narrowly escapes an exploration mission gone wrong and searches for ways to make future missions safer for his people. A festival introduces him to the Marvelous Thinking Machine.

A machine Kazimir believes can change everything.

For his admiral it’s nothing more than a silly fairground gimmick. But Kazimir is convinced. Convinced enough to go against orders and build one of his own. Convinced enough to think he can bring peace. Convinced enough to think humanity is worth saving. What if he’s wrong?

He asks his hikikomori sister, a retired professor filling her empty days, the owner of the festival machine and the admiral’s daughter for help. Will that be enough?

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EXCERPT ONE:

Kazimir hears the beep-beep response to his beacon. The plane is overhead! His breath shortens as he peers through the night. Standard protocol states the plane will land at a safe landing zone within a kilometer radius of ground zero. If Kazimir can find the right direction, he may actually have a chance. There! The shape of the plane against a clouded moon is a beautiful sight. He is afraid to smile, but can’t help himself.

He follows it, stumbling over the thick roots of the trees. Quickly, he looks up.

There she is again. No. ‘That’s… that’s… black flag.’ That means the others are dead.

Standing against the tree, he retches. Cold sweat forms on his forehead and his back. He shouldn’t have left the settlement. He could have saved them. No. He would be dead too. Kazimir gags and coughs. He spits out the sour taste, and wipes his chin. ‘Yuck.’

He looks up, trying to control his breath. The twin rudders and the nose turret machine gun nozzle give the Ki-2 light bomber away. Kazimir has only seen it in the hangar of the Ryūjō. He remembers the pilot telling him about the 500-kilogram maximum bomb load. All headed towards the settlement.

The ground trembles with the explosion. Kazimir sees the red and yellow clouds grow against the dark sky. Seconds later, he hears the wheezing sound of the dropping bombs, followed by the roar of a thousand dragons. Sound travels at three hundred meters per second, so he must be about 300 meters away.

The hot blast wave that follows knocks him down. He hits his head on the root of the tree. ‘Stupid tree.’ He feels a sharp pain. Warm blood dribbles into his hair. Its metallic scent reaches his nose.

Sounds of the explosion die down.

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GUEST POST:

Fierce Female Lead Characters

Hi everyone!

Ally, thank you so much for hosting my guest post on your site. I thought I was a multi-passionate, but the number of interests you have on your site is incredible. Where do you find the time?!

You asked me about Fierce Female Lead Characters.

Although I have a male protagonist, I believe it’s the three women protagonists that really make “Can Machines Bring Peace? Hope in a Post-Apocalyptic Age” come alive.

The story starts with Kazimir who decides he needs to build a Thinking Machine to help make peaceful arrangements between the Empire and newly discovered settlements. After the destructions of the Final War, the Empire looks for lost human settlements to bring into the fold. Only not every contact goes smoothly. And that’s what Kazimir wants to change. He has literally no clue how to do it. And three women help him out.

First, his sister Kira. She was a student of Engineering until something bad happened to her. Since then, she’s been hiding in her room for the past five months. Her fierceness is not a go-get ‘er approach. I wanted to portray a shy, hurt woman find her inner strength and discover her value. At first, she finds the courage to open the door to her room and come out. A moment, I enjoyed very much because I can show the love of brother and sister.

Then, Kira has to face competition, or perceived competition. Kazimir is enthralled by Mizuki. And Mizuki is everything Kira isn’t. Kira is intimidated by Mizuki, until she realizes that both Mizuki and she have unique qualities that make the Thinking Machine possible. I enjoyed writing the scene where they go shopping together. Sorry, for the stereotype, but this is a very traditionalistic Japanese society. Mizuki brings out Kira’s inner beauty by accentuating her outer beauty:

“This is the power of the female form, your form. It’s the most beautiful thing in the world. It makes you attractive, dangerous and vulnerable all at the same time. And you have to decide which,” Mizuki tells Kira. “And imagine what new clothes can do on top of that.”

Kira grows even more, and actually builds The Thinking Machine, but I’ll let you discover that yourself :-)

Mizuki is the daughter of Kazimir’s admiral. I liked to add that tension, especially since the admiral disapproves of Kazimir’s Thinking Machine fancies. Born in a traditional household of quasi-nobility, Mizuki is the perfect daughter. But she wants to be more. And she certainly doesn’t want to be like her mother, whom she thinks is much too submissive to her father. Even her father prefers to take Mizuki to special occasions than his wife.

Mizuki is angry at men like her father who have so much more freedom to shape their own destiny. She feels likes she has to wait for the man to give her hers. Mizuki is confused by her feelings for Kazimir. She hasn’t met a man like him before – and she hates herself for saying this in a ‘romance novel’ way. But, Mizuki can’t believe how well he listens to her. Because of that, she discovers that she is quite valuable for the project.

It’s Mizuki who takes Kira to the most prominent electronics company to get help building the The Thinking Machine. It’s Mizuki who finds support from the Imperial Council for their project. And it’s Mizuki who talks down a ninja planning to destroy their Machine.

I enjoyed the balancing conversations she has with her father. My intension was to show how she grows with them:

“It pains me that we have grown apart like this. I feel that a part of me is missing, the way we stand here opposite each other, instead of next to each other. You have taught me that duty isn’t good or bad, it is what you do. And in this moment, we are both caught in our duty, but our duties seem to be different. And our duties now hold us prisoner. If we want to stand next to each other again, we both need to move. I have followed your wishes, and by doing so, I have moved away from mine. Please, Father, will you move for me? That we may at some point stand together again?”

Kuchi is a retired professor. And at 87 has come to terms that the next step in her life will be her death. Until Kazimir comes with this absurd proposal about a Thinking Machine he doesn’t know how to build. It’s his conviction that peace is possible that finally brings her aboard. Only to find a shy engineer and some entitled young woman, who is the daughter of the man that broke her career.

She brings rigor in the methods to build the Thinking Machine. Kuchi shoos away the charlatan owner of the festival Marvelous Thinking Machine, only to overcome her prejudices and see his worth for the project.

Kuchi finds herself caring for Kira, and inspired by Kazimir. These are things she didn’t expect to find anymore. And she is in awe of the Thinking Machine they built; that couldn’t have been built without her. And she makes peace with early events in her life.

Kuchi smiles at everyone. The hope of an Empire lies with them. These young people who took her on one of the best adventures of her life. And, here she was, getting ready to die quietly. She smiles at Kira, sweet Kira who has come so far. She smiles at Mizuki who turned out to be a butterfly.

Fierceness doesn’t mean being fierce. The three women are not fierce, but tenacious in their own way. I believe they all have their unique qualities. That they step up to the challenge none of them has faced ever before. All three take charge of their own life again, each in her own way. And I hope I’ve portrayed them in the respectful manner they deserve.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Floor Kist lives in a Dutch town called Voorburg with his wife, two sons, two cats and their dog Monty. He is currently deputy-mayor for the Green Party and an AI researcher. He’s concerned about current divisive public and political debates. But he’s also interested in how AI can be used to resolve society’s big issues.

This is his first novel. He’s been carrying the idea about a story about AI bringing peace for a long time. The Covid-19 lockdown in the Netherlands suddenly gave him time to actually write it.

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CONNECT WITH FLOOR KIST:

Website:

https://www.floorkist.nl/author

Blog:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21225715.Floor_Kist/blog

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21225715.Floor_Kist

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57214006-can-machines-bring-peace

Amazon Author Page:

http://amzn.to/39JyGQY

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AMAZON BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon US Kindle eBook:

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Amazon CA Kindle eBook:

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Amazon CA Paperback:

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Amazon UK Kindle eBook:

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Amazon UK Paperback:

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Amazon AU Kindle eBook:

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Amazon AU Paperback:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Can-Machines-Bring-Peace-Post-Apocalyptic/dp/151368115X

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Floor Kist will be awarding a $30 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.


a Rafflecopter giveaway

**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase is made, I may receive a small commission to help support this blog.  This does not cost you anything, it just helps pay for all those awesome giveaways on here**

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.

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Keeper of My Dreams by Susan Leigh Furlong - Blurb Blitz - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hi, lovelies!!  It gives me great pleasure today to host Susan Leigh Furlong and her new book, “Keeper of My Dreams,” here on FAB!!  For other stops on her 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 Susan and to increase your chances of winning!!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Wishing you all lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!!

Keeper of My Dreams

by Susan Leigh Furlong

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GENRE: Historical / Adventure Romance

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BLURB:

Reid Haliburton, a skilled gunsmith, wants to control who uses his revolutionary handgun until a vicious pirate decides the gun will be his. The price of refusing is Reid’s life and those of his three young sons. Reid’s only chance to save his sons is to send them away and face the pirate’s wrath alone.

Leena Cullane Adair is stunned to find three lads hiding in her cart, and, although she only met their father a week ago, he holds her heart and her dreams, and she will do whatever it takes to keep him and his sons alive.

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EXCERPT TWO:

Still, she had to get across the road, so she took her first tentative steps. She was on a mission to reach the wardrobe mercer’s shop to buy cloth and notions, one of the reasons she and her brothers had come to this awful city. Horses, wagons, and people heading in all directions at a fast pace, none of them looking out for the others, darted around her in some sort of confusing dance unknown to Leena.

She was nearly to the shop when disaster struck.

Two young girls, herding a gaggle of geese across the muddy, rut-riddled street, arrived at the same spot as three men carrying bales of fleece coming from the opposite direction…. A chaotic mess of feathers, fleece, shouting men, and squawking geese surrounded her. Stumbling, she fell facedown over a bale of fleece now sitting ruined in the mud. She righted herself just as the geese tangled in her legs again, honking and nipping at her. …She closed her eyes and prepared herself to land on her backside.

Suddenly she felt strong arms around her waist, lifting her up. Those arms carried her safely the rest of the way across the street,… pressed against a tall, muscular man wearing a leather apron, she eventually found her footing.

“Oh, my stars,” she said in a breathless voice….Turning around to see her rescuer, she looked up into the most enchanting pair of eyes she had ever seen.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Susan Leigh Furlong was born in the middle of a blinding spring snowstorm at the University of Michigan, which forced her mother to walk across campus in the snow to the hospital while in labor. Susan doesn’t remember any of this auspicious beginning, but it always makes for a good story! As a child she moved across the country six times to various big cities before the age of fourteen because of her father’s career in women’s ready-to-wear clothing. At college she met and married her love, and moved to his small hometown in southern Ohio, and you couldn’t get her out of there with a crowbar! She taught first grade and fourth grade and raised her children who did not have to change schools even once. Creating stories started early in life—as is typical of most writers—even before she could actually write. Then came handwritten pages stuffed in her underwear drawer, followed by stories created on a manual typewriter. Her first computer—a Commodore 64—was replaced by a series of computers and laptops, which her husband promised she could never fill up the storage space, but she always did. At age 32 she performed in her first community theater play—Guys and Dolls—where she quickly realized that she wanted to play ALL the parts, which is exactly what a writer does. She writes and/or directs church-related plays and sketches and also performs and sings with a music and drama ministry, LightReaders.

Her love of history led her to write two plays about her now hometown, presented in reader’s theater style by local citizens, followed by two non-fiction books about the local history published by Arcadia Publishing. She loves to do the research even though old books and documents make her cough and sneeze! Susan first discovered romance novels when she won a copy of Velvet Song by Jude Deveraux at the local bookstore. She reads all varieties of books, but historical romance is forever her first choice.

Steadfast Will I Be and By Promise Made were published by The Wild Rose Press in 2019 and 2020 respectively. By Promise Made won the NEST – National Excellence in Story Telling – for Historical Romance for 2021. Her third book – Keeper of My Dreams – a continuation of the Cullane family adventures - will be officially released on September 6, 2021.

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CONNECT WITH SUSAN:

Website:

http://www.SusanLFurlong.com

Email:

Susanleighfurlongwriter@gmail.com

Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/SusanLeighFurlong

Twitter:

http://twitter.com/FurlongLeigh

BookBub Author Page:

https://www.bookbub.com/books/keeper-of-my-dreams-by-susan-leigh-furlong

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19288352.Susan_Leigh_Furlong

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58575240-keeper-of-my-dreams

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon US Kindle eBook:

http://amzn.to/3m2cmHX

Amazon US Paperback:

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Amazon CA Kindle eBook:

https://www.amazon.ca/Keeper-Dreams-Susan-Leigh-Furlong-ebook/dp/B0994NWD7M

Amazon CA Paperback:

https://www.amazon.ca/Keeper-Dreams-Susan-Leigh-Furlong/dp/1509237135

Apple Books eBook:

https://books.apple.com/us/book/keeper-of-my-dreams/id1576114678

Barnes and Noble NOOK eBook:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/keeper-of-my-dreams-susan-leigh-furlong/1139825086?ean=2940162171676

Barnes and Noble Paperback:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/keeper-of-my-dreams-susan-leigh-furlong/1139825086?ean=9781509237135

The Book Depository Paperback:

https://www.bookdepository.com/Keeper-of-My-Dreams-Susan-Leigh-Furlong/9781509237135

BAM! Books-A-Million Paperback:

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The Bookshop Paperback:

https://bookshop.org/books/keeper-of-my-dreams/9781509237135

Google Play eBook:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Susan_Leigh_Furlong_Keeper_of_My_Dreams?id=jfc_EAAAQBAJ

Kobo US eBook:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/keeper-of-my-dreams-1

Kobo CA eBook:

https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/keeper-of-my-dreams-1

Universal via Books2Read (eBooks/Paperbacks):

https://books2read.com/u/4Xroj7

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Susan will be awarding a $20 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.


a Rafflecopter giveaway

**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase is made, I may receive a small commission to help support this blog.  This does not cost you anything, it just helps pay for all those awesome giveaways on here**

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.

Beautiful Eyes by Gabbi Black - Blurb Blitz - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hi, lovelies!!  It gives me great pleasure today to host Gabbi Black and her new book, “Beautiful Eyes,” here on FAB!!  For other stops on her 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 $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!!  Also, come back daily to interact with Gabbi and to increase your chances of winning!!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Wishing you all lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!!

Beautiful Eyes

by Gabbi Black

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GENRE:  Dark Erotic BDSM Romance

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BLURB:

Entrepreneur Smith MacLean is obsessed with Alessandra Soriano, a woman he met briefly who disappeared six months ago. After a shocking reunion at Club Kink, he insists she stay with him. He means to find out where she's been.

Alessandra walked away from her life after making a mistake that cost everything. Her self-imposed penance is living in poverty and doing questionable things with questionable people. Now she's in Smith's luxurious condo, under his hand, and obeying his rules.

He has thirty days to convince her to come back from limbo. She has thirty days to convince him she needs to be forgotten. Unless the flames of lust consume them first.

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EXCERPT TWO:

The cab ride was relatively uneventful, and Alessandra stirred, took in her surroundings, then closed her eyes again.

Smith wasn’t thrilled, bringing a drunk woman home to his condo, but the only other choices were the drunk tank at the police station or the busiest hospital in downtown Vancouver, and neither seemed necessary, although he’d keep his options open.

The night security guard, Tarah, was there to hold the door for him. “Good evening, Mr. MacLean.” She eyed the drunk woman dubiously but said nothing.

“Could I impose upon you to come up and open my door? I’d hate to drop the lady.”

She nodded and went for her keys. He was pretty sure she mumbled something about Alessandra not being a lady, but he put her comments down to the fact he was carrying a woman in a spandex catsuit who wore four-inch stiletto heels.

The ride in the elevator was brief, and ever efficient, Tarah had his suite unlocked in no time. As he stepped through the threshold, Alessandra stirred.

She placed her nose against his throat and sniffed. “You smell good.”

The last thing he saw before the door closed was the concierge rolling her eyes. He’d have to make sure he gave her a good Christmas bonus.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Even though Gabbi Black is a firm believer in happy endings, she makes her characters work for it in every romance she writes, no matter what the genre. From contemporary to BDSM, they are penned early in the morning in her home in beautiful British Columbia while her trusty ChinPoo dog and her cantankerous Himalayan cat keep her company. She also writes gay romances as Gabbi Grey.

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CONNECT WITH GABBI:

Website:

http://gabbiblack.com

Email:

authorgabbiblack@gmail.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Author-Gabbi-Black-106666354460589

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/GabbiAuthor

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/authorgabbiblack

BookBub Author Page:

https://www.bookbub.com/authors/gabbi-black

BookBub Book Page:

https://www.bookbub.com/books/beautiful-eyes-by-gabbi-black

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20592691.Gabbi_Black

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58878151-beautiful-eyes

Amazon Author Page:

http://amzn.to/3EUfA92

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon US Kindle eBook:

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Amazon CA Kindle eBook:

https://www.amazon.ca/Beautiful-Eyes-Their-Book-ebook/dp/B09C16GHCJ

Amazon CA Paperback:

https://www.amazon.ca/Beautiful-Eyes-Gabbi-Black/dp/1509238662

Apple Books eBook:

https://books.apple.com/us/book/beautiful-eyes/id1580299905

Barnes and Noble NOOK eBook:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beautiful-eyes-gabbi-black/1139975555?ean=2940162288817

Barnes and Noble Paperback:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beautiful-eyes-gabbi-black/1139975555?ean=9781509238668

The Book Depository Paperback:

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BAM! Books-A-Million Paperback:

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The Bookshop Paperback:

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Google Play eBook:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Gabbi_Black_Beautiful_Eyes?id=BlVBEAAAQBAJ

Kobo US eBook:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beautiful-eyes-4

Kobo CA eBook:

https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/beautiful-eyes-4

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Gabbi will be awarding a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.


a Rafflecopter giveaway

**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase is made, I may receive a small commission to help support this blog.  This does not cost you anything, it just helps pay for all those awesome giveaways on here**

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.

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Pixies in the Mist by Rasta Musick - Book Blast - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hi, lovelies!!  It gives me great pleasure today to host Rasta Musick and his new book, “Pixies in the Mist,” here on FAB!!  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 $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!!  Also, come back daily to interact with Rasta and to increase your chances of winning!!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Wishing you all lots of luck in this fabulous giveaway!!

Pixies in the Mist

by Rasta Musick

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GENRE: Fantasy

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BLURB:

Jake had drifted to Japan without any serious intent, and it was going… okay. He had made friends in the local Salsa community, his Japanese was improving, but for Jake the familiar feeling that had dogged him most of his life—that something special should be happening—had struck again.

Kenneth had been assigned to Japan by the pixie queen years ago, which is just enough time for a pixie to get bored and complacent while keeping tabs on the local talent. Most humans had no magic, and most magical humans didn’t know it was their power that made their food taste better, their paintings more vibrant, or people like them more.

When the two met, the spark in Jake gave Kenneth’s role a new urgency. Jake didn’t just have magic, he had a wild and unpredictable kind seen only once in a generation. How could Kenneth keep Jake’s magic from falling into enemy hands? Kill him? Recruit him? Somehow keep him ignorant?

Jake’s magic had quietly led him to Japan, subtly influencing every choice in his life. That something special Jake had been waiting for was about to happen, ensuring his and Kenneth’s lives would never be boring again.

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EXCERPT ONE:

Jake stood up and walked into his shower room to get ready for a night of dancing. It was only recently that the separation of his toilet and shower didn’t make him uncomfortable. To someone else, it might have been strange that he felt pride from having gotten used to such a minor aspect of his life in Japan, but it was part of his life that he had to deal with daily. Every small comfort mattered when adjusting to a new country, as Jake had quickly found out. Things were different than visiting on vacation. It had already been a few months since he had moved to Japan on a student visa. The five-day-a-week Japanese course he was taking filled up his mornings and some of his afternoons. Jake once again wondered why he had signed up for morning classes when he hated waking up early. Thankfully, he had studied Japanese before coming. He couldn’t imagine being as lost as some of the people he met during class. The thought made him shudder as he started the water.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Rasta Musick spent the first 12 years of his life in California before moving to Japan with his family. After graduating from college with a Bachelor’s in economics at the age of 16, he spent the years after learning Japanese and working. Having spent more than half his life in Japan, he’s confident that it’s his home.

With many different hobbies, chief of them being Latin dance, he keeps himself physically active as well as mentally active as much as he can. The Latin dance community in Japan is alive and, surprisingly, quite large.

Rasta has lupus and hereditary coproporphyria. Given their complicated nature, he’s had to learn a lot to adapt and manage them. The process also taught him a lot about managing other aspects of his life, and all of this influences his writing.

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CONNECT WITH RASTA:

Cinnabar Moth Publishing Author Page:

https://cinnabarmoth.com/rasta-musick

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/RastaMusick

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21720680.Rasta_Musick

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58742347-pixies-in-the-mist

Amazon Author Page:

http://amzn.to/3AMSOO3

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon US Kindle eBook:

http://amzn.to/39Dc2K5

Amazon US Paperback:

http://amzn.to/2ZBAMR9

Amazon US Hardcover:

http://amzn.to/39EV2D5

Amazon CA Kindle eBook:

https://www.amazon.ca/Pixies-Mist-Rasta-Musick-ebook/dp/B097GSNS18

Amazon CA Paperback:

https://www.amazon.ca/Pixies-Mist-Rasta-Musick/dp/1953971164

Amazon CA Hardcover:

https://www.amazon.ca/Pixies-Mist-Rasta-Musick/dp/1953971180

Apple Books eBook:

https://books.apple.com/us/book/pixies-in-the-mist/id1585186046

Barnes and Noble NOOK eBook:

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Barnes and Noble Paperback:

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Barnes and Noble Hardcover:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pixies-in-the-mist-rasta-musick/1139878846?ean=9781953971180

The Book Depository Paperback:

https://www.bookdepository.com/Pixies-Mist-Rasta-Musick/9781953971166

The Book Depository Hardcover:

https://www.bookdepository.com/Pixies-Mist-Rasta-Musick/9781953971180

BAM! Books-A-Million Paperback:

https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Pixies-Mist/Rasta-Musick/9781953971166

BAM! Books-A-Million Hardcover:

https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Pixies-Mist/Rasta-Musick/9781953971180

The Bookshop Paperback:

https://bookshop.org/books/pixies-in-the-mist/9781953971166

The Bookshop Hardcover:

https://bookshop.org/books/pixies-in-the-mist-9781953971180/9781953971180

Google Play eBook:

https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Rasta_Musick_Pixies_in_the_Mist?id=AQAAAEC82i-agM

Indigo CA eBook:

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/pixies-in-the-mist/9781953971173-item.html

Kobo US eBook:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/pixies-in-the-mist

Kobo CA eBook:

https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/pixies-in-the-mist

Smashwords eBook:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1095165

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