The Obscura Syndicate by Raven Storme - Book Tour - Book Blast - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Raven Storme will be awarding a signed paperback and book plate to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.

Lira was meant to die for the throne.

Cassian Vale was trained to be the blade that ended her.

But the moment he hesitates—one heartbeat, one breath—everything forbidden ignites.

Now the deadliest man in the Syndicate is the only thing standing between Lira and a prophecy that demands her blood. He should fear her. He should kill her. Instead… he can’t stop wanting her.

She’s the girl marked for sacrifice.
He’s the weapon shaped to obey.

Together, they become the spark that threatens to burn Obscura to ashes

As Lira’s power awakens and the throne tightens its grip, their desire becomes its own kind of danger—raw, consuming, and impossible to survive untouched. Enemies hunt them. Shadows follow them. And the kingdom whispers one truth:

If Cassian doesn’t ruin her, she’ll ruin him.

A dark, seductive story of prophecy, power, and a love so intense it could topple a kingdom.

EXCERPT ONE:

The blade was colder than I expected.

Cassian Vale stood close enough that I could feel his breath against my temple, slow and steady—unbothered by the fact that he was about to end my life. His hand didn’t shake. His voice didn’t rise.

“Any last words?” he asked quietly.

I laughed.

It startled him. I felt it in the brief hitch of his breath, the infinitesimal pause before instinct took over again.

“You look disappointed,” I said. “Were you hoping I’d beg?”

His grip tightened at my throat—not enough to hurt, just enough to remind me how easily he could. “I don’t enjoy this,” he said.

“Then why are you here?”

His mouth hovered near my ear. “Because Obscura demands obedience.”

My pulse raced—not with fear, but with something sharper. Dangerous.

“And what do you demand?” I whispered.

The blade lowered.

For the first time in his life, Cassian Vale hesitated.

AUTHOR BIO & LINKS:

Raven 🐦‍⬛ Storme writes dark, smut-heavy romance for readers who crave obsession, power struggles, and secrets whispered in the dark. Living in Pennsylvania, she’s been married for fourteen years and shares her life with fourteen dogs—because calm has never been her aesthetic. Her debut series, The Obscura Syndicate, dives into forbidden desire, shadowy loyalties, and characters who blur every moral line. Raven believes love is messy, passion is dangerous, and the best stories live in the dark.

Website:

http://Ravenstorme.com

TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@raven.storme

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/ravenstormeauthor

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/smut.luvin.books

AMAZON BUY LINKS:

Amazon US Kindle eBook:
https://www.amazon.com/Obscura-Syndicate-Dark-Gothic-Romance-ebook/dp/B0GH2HS8PW

Amazon CA Kindle eBook:
https://www.amazon.ca/Obscura-Syndicate-Dark-Gothic-Romance-ebook/dp/B0GH2HS8PW

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Dark Walker Series by Shelly Campbell - Book Tour - Guest Post - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Dark Walker Series

Books 1 & 2

by Shelly Campbell

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GENRE:   Speculative Fiction / Horror / Dark Sci-Fi

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BOOK SERIES BLURB:

When we were children, they told us monsters weren't real. They were dead wrong.

It’s just a closet door with a skeleton key, but when David opens it, he unlocks a gateway to a sinister world that’s bent on destroying everything and everyone he loves. Some doors are better left closed.

Embark on a thrilling journey with the Dark Walker Series, and be transported into an interdimensional tale of monsters, lies and self-discovery. Where the terror of darkness is real and the line between ally and enemy is as thin as a blade.

"Equal parts coming of age story and otherworldly horror, Gulf probes the depths of loneliness, loss of identity and childhood trauma. It is a true treat for fans of the genre and had me clutched in its razor-clawed hands from the first word to the last.”

~ C.M. Forest author of Infested

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BOOK BLURB - GULF - BOOK ONE:

Seventeen-year-old David is fading from his world, like a Polaroid picture in reverse. He longs to feel connected to something bigger.

When his brothers discover the new extension at the rental cottage comes with a locked door, David finds the key first. Expecting to claim a bedroom, he opens a dimensional gateway instead, exploring abandoned versions of his world in different timelines, 1960s muscle cars alternating with crumbling cottages.

Except now the dimensional bridge won’t close, and something hungry claws the door at night. David scours for clues to break the bridge, but each trip to the other side makes him fade more on his. Even if he succeeds, he risks severing his connection to his own world, and dying on the wrong side, forgotten.

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BOOK BLURB - BREACH - BOOK TWO:

There are doors that open to other worlds, but it’s no fairytale on the other side.

I thought otherworldly monsters bent on devouring my whole world starting with my family trumped everything. Turns out, I was wrong. My world's only one of thousands facing annihilation from the maneaters that tried to eat me alive. Charlie saved me, rolled into my life on a motorcycle, and rescued me.

Problem is, I’m the Embassy’s property now. They’re the interdimensional agency tasked with stemming the flow of ravenous aliens into our universe, but they seem more interested in studying me. I crashed a gateway in a way they’ve never seen. The Embassy wants to replicate that. I think they want to use me as a war weapon.

If I don’t convince Charlie to help me escape, I’ll be an Embassy science experiment for the rest of my short life, or worse, eternally trapped in the dark hell that fills the spaces between worlds.

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EXCERPT TWO:

From Gulf - Book One:

“James?” I try again. “Wake up, James. It’s back.” 

I need someone else to feel it, to experience the icy breath of air from under the door and see if it’s as foreboding to them as it is to me, or if they can sense it at all.

Maybe it’s just messed up circuitry in my mind.

James doesn’t wake up, just shuffles around in the loft like a slow-motion pinball. Eventually, I climb the ladder and pull the beanbag across the gap in the railing. He’ll break his neck one of these nights. When my feet hit the main floor, the draft washes over them and makes me flinch. I lick my lips and ignore the soft rattle of the five-panel door in its frame.

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GUEST POST:

Breach from Concept to Complete Cover

Ally, thank you so much for having me as a guest. I’m excited to share my Dark Walker series with new readers. When I noticed that one of your guest topic choices involved describing my cover design, I knew exactly what I wanted to share with everyone because I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to design my own cover art for the series, and I’d love to take you through the process with me!

Breach is book 2 in the Dark Walker series. Book 1 (Gulf) originally had its cover designed by the great Keelan Patrick Burke who is not only a supremely talented horror author, he also designs insanely incredible book covers. Words cannot express how much I fangirled when I saw the cover he created for my debut horror book. It was—and is—stunning.

But sometimes publishing is a bumpy road, and, shortly after my debut horror launched into the world, Gulf’s original publisher closed its doors. In an extremely generous offer, Keelan gave all us orphaned authors rights to our covers, and I was lucky enough to find an incredible home that was willing to take Gulf in and get it back out into the world, Eerie River Publishing.

I’d always pictured Gulf as part one of a series and Michelle, Eerie River’s owner, was excited to expand the story too, so I dove into writing book 2, Breach. When Michelle asked me if I wanted to take a crack at designing cover art for the second book, I might have danced like an idiot around my office. Of course, I said yes! I’m an artist, but not a cover designer, so we agreed that I’d tackle the art, and Michelle would take on the formatting, text, and other cover design aspects. Since Gulf already had a cover I loved, the first concept art I sent her was meant to match Gulf’s original cover design:

Michelle liked it but suggested that perhaps if we were launching book 2 (and in 2025 book 3), we could redesign the cover for Gulf when we released Breach—a fresh relaunch for the whole series with new matching covers. The vibe we were going for would go for would be the bold and blocky colours 1980’s horror movie posters did so well. Gulf, after all, has a lot of 80’s references.

I redesigned the cover art for Gulf, and took a first crack at a horror movie style cover art for Breach with our heroes David and Charlie standing near an old Toyota Corolla—I swear that’ll make sense once you read the book 😊

In the next few iterations, I add in the monster in the reflection (and the crew trying to restrain it) as well as some streetlights and a city scape background. I play with background colours a bit too.

Michelle said she pictured David and Charlie facing away from the viewer, so I added in different character silhouettes here, and we eventually put them on either side of the car to balance them out.

Here, we changed the colour of the mirror dimension and started trying out fonts for text.

And finally, Michelle worked her magic and designed the final cover. Suddenly, it looked like an honest-to-goodness book.

There is something magical about seeing that final cover image. I’m not sure if other writers feel the same way, but as soon as I see a final cover, it just feels real to me. It reminds me that I’ve got an actual book coming out into the world. I get excited all over again. Thanks for letting me gush about it all over again with you folks. Really appreciate it. Keep feeding your imaginations!

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AUTHOR BIO:

At a young age, Shelly Campbell wanted to be an air show pilot or a pirate, possibly a dragon and definitely a writer and artist. She’s piloted a Cessna 172 through spins and stalls, and sailed up the east coast on a tall ship barque—mostly without projectile vomiting. In the end, Shelly found writing and drawing dragons to be so much easier on the stomach. Shelly writes speculative fiction ranging from grimdark fantasy, to sci-fi and horror. She’d love to hear from you.

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CONNECT WITH SHELLY:

Website:

http://www.shellycampbellauthorandart.com

X:

https://twitter.com/ShellyCFineArt

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/shellycampbellfineart

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/shellycampbellauthorandart

TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@shellycampbellauthor

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Shelly will be awarding a $15 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card (Winner's Choice!!!) to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

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Prophet's Debt by Robert Creekmore - Book Tour - Guest Post - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hello, lovelies!!  It gives me great pleasure today to host Robert Creekmore and his new book, “Prophet’s Debt,” 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 $10 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card!!  Also, come back daily to interact with Robert and to increase your chances of winning!!

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

Prophet's Debt

by Robert Creekmore

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GENRE:  Dark Contemporary Fiction

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BLURB:

At fourteen, Naomi Pace knows she loves her best friend, Tiffany. During the Perseid meteor shower of summer 1993, she finds out Tiffany feels the same, just as they’re outed.

Naomi is sent away to a conversion program in the remote Appalachians of North Carolina, knowing nothing of the horrors that await or the strength they will catalyze.

Escaping into the frigid wilderness, she forges her own destiny. Trapped in hiding, Naomi fights to conquer fear and find her way back to Tiffany.

Taking bloody vengeance to end a cult that tortures and murders children seems impossible, but so is having the guidance of a mythic creature of strength and violence.

Those who hurt Naomi as a girl will come to fear the woman she has become and the path she will tread to find revenge, safety, and Tiffany.

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EXCERPT TWO:

Moving away, Lesley says in verbal self-defense, “Wait until your father finds out.”

That lands like a tranquilizer dart on a bear. I shift from rage to fear. I’ve done something wholly unforgivable, broken another girl’s arm because she called out my sin. That’s how it will be seen regardless of how I feel about what they call “sin.” Until just now, I was having the most exciting night of my young life. I didn’t feel sin, I felt bonding. I felt the comfort of having someone I love more than anyone else physically close. For those few hours, I thought my life could be like this, but as I watch Lesley stumble away sobbing, it becomes apparent that I was wrong.

Lesley’s car makes a buzzing noise as she zooms away. Tiffany’s eyes are wide when we meet gazes.

“I’ll get the bag,” I say.

I stuff the blankets, canteen, chips, and flashlight back in, leaving the star map behind on the same spot where we had just laid.

“You broke her arm. I can’t believe you actually broke her arm,” Tiffany says, stuttering from fear.

“She was hurting you.”

“But you didn’t have to break her arm.”

“No, I didn’t. I wanted to.”

Tiffany doesn’t seem as offput by this as I expected.

“I love you,” she says.

“Same,” I reply.

I throw the backpack on and reach down to give Tiffany a hand up.

“We have to go somewhere else,” I say, as she rises to her feet.

“Where?”

“Just not here is all I know.”

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GUEST POST:

Music That Inspired Prophet’s Debt

~ The Gits, Second Skin

This one is a no-brainer to start with since the book is dedicated to the memory of the band's lead singer, Mia Zapata. The Gits were a fantastic punk group that was active from 1986 to 1993. They are probably one of my favorite bands. I wasn’t around to see them since I wasn’t old enough to go to shows. I wouldn’t find them until the late nineties. Like many bands who began in that era, such as NOFX, The Bad Brains, or Bouncing Souls, I think The Gits would still be around today. The surviving members are still active in the music scene. Unfortunately, Mia was raped and murdered while walking home on July, 7th 1993. She was only 27. Her murderer remained free for another decade. He died in prison last year. Prophet’s Debt is about a woman who takes revenge on those who raped and tortured her when she was a girl. So, I think it’s fitting that someone who fell to such a fate and has been such an influence on me, should sit first and foremost on this list.

~ Tilt, Libel

Tilt is another punk band from the nineties that was fronted by a woman. Her stage name is Cinder Block. She’s still active with other bands. I believe she has one of the best voices of any punk lead vocalist, ever. I met her when I was nineteen. I was so star-struck that I could barely get a word out. All I could do was shake her hand and say, ‘thank you.’ Libel is about ignorant liars. It makes me think of the cult, based on Evangelical Christianity, that I created for Prophet’s Debt.

~ Boysetsfire, Unspoken Request

Boysetsfire is a punk band that’s been around for nearly thirty years. I first heard this song at one of their shows. It’s about the residual psychological trauma stemming from rape. Such a feminist sentiment from a band made up entirely of men isn’t unheard of in the punk scene, but this one really got me. It was in a small club and I could see backstage. There, just in my line of sight, was a woman who was friends with the band. While they played, she burst into tears. I’ll never forget that. It showed me what men can do if they get together against the toxic behavior of other men by standing up to them, verbally or physically if need be.

        ~ Doll Skin, Daughter

I only became aware of Doll Skin last fall when I saw them open for Anti-Flag and Bad Cop Bad Cop, both of whom you should check out. This song reminds me of my protagonist, Naomi, because of the lyrics,

“No matter what she keeps on breathing,

 why can’t I, why can’t I?”

Naomi is a survivor. Against all odds, she keeps on breathing. And so can you.

~ Bronski Beat, Small Town Boy

I choose this because it’s a song about a young person who is gay fleeing from home. This was released in 1984: way ahead of its time. Naomi Pace is a gay woman, which is why she is sent away because it was thought that she could be converted to straight. That’s bullshit, of course. The specific lyrics that inspired me are:

“But the answers you seek will never be found at home

The love that you need will never be found at home”

Naomi’s family rejected her, so she built her own, which is what a lot of young people who are disowned do. They’re better off for it, hatred doesn’t belong in families.

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AUTHOR BIO:

Robert Creekmore is from a rural farming community in Eastern North Carolina.

He attended North Carolina State where he studied psychology. While at university, he was active at the student radio station. There, he fell in love with punk rock and its ethos.

Robert acquired several teaching licenses in special education. He was an autism specialist in Raleigh for eight years. He then taught for four years in a small mountain community in western North Carolina.

During his time in the mountains, he lived with his wife Juliana in a remote primitive cabin built in 1875. While there, he grew most of his own food, raised chickens, worked on a cattle farm, as well as participated in subsistence hunting and fishing.

Eventually, the couple moved back to the small farming community where Robert was raised.

Robert’s first novel Afiri, is a science fiction love letter to his childhood hero Carl Sagan. It was nominated for a Manly Wade Wellman award in 2016.

Robert’s second novel is the first in a trilogy of books. Annoyed with the stereotype of the southeastern United States as a monolith of ignorance and hatred, he wanted to bring forth characters from the region who are queer and autistic. They now hold up a disinfecting light to the hatred of the region’s past and to those who still yearn for a return to ways and ideas that should have long ago perished.

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CONNECT WITH ROBERT:

Website:

https://robertcreekmore.com

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/RobertCreekmore

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8458028.Robert_Creekmore

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61104727-prophet-s-debt

Amazon Author Page:

https://amzn.to/39VEBWE

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon US Kindle eBook:

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Amazon US Paperback:

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Amazon US Hardcover:

https://amzn.to/3HW052v

Amazon CA Kindle eBook:

https://www.amazon.ca/Prophets-Debt-Robert-Creekmore-ebook/dp/B09TZNZPZ9

Amazon CA Paperback:

https://www.amazon.ca/Prophets-Debt-Robert-Creekmore/dp/1953971415

Amazon CA Hardcover:

https://www.amazon.ca/Prophets-Debt-Robert-Creekmore/dp/1953971423

Barnes and Noble NOOK eBook:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/prophets-debt-robert-creekmore/1141121648?ean=2940165805004

Barnes and Noble Paperback:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/prophets-debt-robert-creekmore/1141121648?ean=9781953971418

Barnes and Noble Hardcover:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/prophets-debt-robert-creekmore/1141121648?ean=9781953971425

Smashwords eBook:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1136405

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Robert will be awarding a $10 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card (Winner’s Choice!!!) to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

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