OCTOBER TOURS- Tours From Union Square, Scholastic, Vault Comics, & More!

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Hey everyone! I am super excited to announce the October Tours I'm hosting! There's a mix of YA, MG, & Adult. This a great list with a great variety of genres from fantasy, horror, sci-fi, paranormal, contemporary, & more! There's 17 tours to sign up for so there's something for everyone! There are some short notice tours but I have the eBooks ready to go for all of them and there will be physical copies for most of them too.


REVIEW COPIES- Most of these tours will have physical copies for US Residents only. It will say in each book's description below if there are physical copies or only eBooks. Also I am working on getting audio codes for books that will have an audiobook, I have added that option to the sign up form.

REMEMBER WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY A $25 AMAZON GIFT CARD OR $25 WORTH OF BOOKS FROM THE BOOK DEPOSITORY EACH MONTH TO ONE LUCKY BLOGGER! THE MORE TOURS YOU SIGN UP FOR THE MORE ENTRIES YOU GET!

ALL TOURS WILL HAVE A PRE-MADE HTML POST AND INSTAGRAM PICS SO ALL YOU WILL HAVE TO DO IS COPY AND PASTE INTO YOUR BLOGS, INSTAGRAM, OR TIKTOK!


Check below for specifics on each tour and click on the book covers for the Goodreads links and book info.

Details on giveaways are TK.

If you'd like to be considered to be a stop on any of these tours, please first sign up as a tour host and fill out the form below.

Please note: Signing up for the tour does not guarantee you will be selected. I will reach out to all hosts that have been chosen once the sign-ups have closed.

I am totally stoked for the tour for all of these tours this October. I can't wait for everyone to read them!

I'm going to try a different format since there's so many books please let me know if you like this better in the comments section of the sign up form.


About the Books! 

Click on the covers to add the books to your Goodreads lists!


This Union Square & Co. Dark Academia Horror tour runs for two weeks from September 30th-October 4th & October 7th-11th, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks) I will also ask for audiobook codes for this. There will be images for Instagram stops.  

About The Book:

From a mesmerizing new literary voice comes a story of obsessive friendship, chilling powers, and untimely death for readers of dark academia classics like If We Were Villains and The Secret History.

An unnamed narrator arrives at Cambridge University in the early aughts determined to reinvent himself. His northern accent marks him as an outsider, but thanks to his musical gifts, he manages to fall in with his wealthy classmate, Bryn Cavendish.

A charismatic party host and talented magician, Bryn enthralls the narrator. But something seems to happen to those who challenge or simply irk Bryn—and they aren’t ever the same again. 

The narrator begins to suspect that Bryn may be concealing terrifying gifts under the guise of magic tricks. As the tension between them grows, a harrowing encounter is followed by Bryn’s death. 

Alternating between their time as students and the narrator’s return to Cambridge years later, where he fears the ghosts of his past are waiting for him, And He Shall Appear performs an astounding slight-of-hand that throws every version of the story into question.

This propulsive novel about the dark power of privilege will haunt readers like a familiar piece of music with endless iterations.


This Groundwood Books YA Contemporary tour runs for two weeks from September 30th-October 4th & October 7th-11th, will have one or two stops a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, pre-made guest posts, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops. 

About The Book:

In a world beset by anger and fear, what does it mean to protect one’s home and family?

Olive and Gabe — her older brother’s best friend — are deeply in love. They want nothing more than to make a home and family together, especially after the overdose death of Olive’s brother, Chris. It won’t be easy. Gabe works three jobs, and Olive still needs to finish high school, but their future together feels certain and right.

But when Samir Paudel moves into the house across the street, Olive's and Gabe’s lives are disrupted. The Paudel house is overfull with family and friends, and they play loud music at all hours. Yet Olive is drawn to them, particularly to Samir’s little nephew, Bhim, and his grandfather, Hajurba.

Yet Samir’s very presence seems to awaken in Gabe an intense anger — toward immigrants he believes are taking resources from White Americans — resources that would have saved Chris and his own father, who has lost his job and is now struggling with ill health and alcoholism.

When Olive realizes that Gabe and his family are the source of escalating aggressions toward the Paudels, she no longer recognizes the loyal, loving boy she fell in love with.



This Troubador Publishing Ltd. Magical Realism tour runs for two weeks from September 30th-October 4th & October 7th-11th, will have one or two stops a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. eBooks only available as the authors are international. There will be images for Instagram stops. 

About The Book:

John and Adele have been together for over two decades and have a son. Their relationship has been on a downhill trajectory for many years.

One evening, en route to their annual holiday destination, they run out of fuel in a remote location. To whom can they go for assistance? Suddenly, in the darkness, their lives take an unexpected turn. They meet three mysterious but benevolent strangers who offer to help them. In observing Adele and John, they pose to the couple an unusual challenge that seeks to address the core problems in their marriage. John and Adele find the proposal odd but intriguing. While it may have advantages, it could be risky and dangerous. But unresolved emotions and unhealed wounds, as well as long-buried memories can also have hazardous and unpredictable consequences. Will they dare to accept this challenge or not?

This unique novel, while aimed at taking a fresh perspective on relationships, is uplifting, relaxing, and is meant to be enjoyed.



This Scholastic Press Middle Grade Historical Fantasy tour runs for one month from September 30th- October 25th, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.  

About The Book:

A thrilling WWII adventure that reimagines the evacuation of Dunkirk... with dragons!

May 10, 1940

Everyone in Iris's small English village avoids the dragon in the woods. Everyone, that is, except for Iris. She knows Galahad would never hurt her--she's been caring for the dragon since he lost his mother when he was a baby. When Galahad is accused of stealing military rations, Iris strikes a bargain that will spare Galahad's life... but send him off to the war brewing in Europe. Soon after, she receives news that her brother is among the troops trapped in France by the advancing German troops. Refusing to give up hope, Iris devises a desperate plan that will either save both her brother and her best friend--or end in disaster.

Meanwhile in Belgium, Max's school day is abruptly interrupted by some terrifying news: The Germans have invaded his country. He and his grandmother are forced to flee for their lives west toward France where they hope to find safety. But when they are separated after a German attack, Max must continue the treacherous journey on his own.

Across hundreds of miles, the stories of Iris and Max steadily converge toward an explosive conclusion that will change them both forever. Along the way, they each must find the inner strength and resolve--the valor--to do the impossible. Author Sam Subity blends history and fantasy to tell a story like no other--an exhilarating adventure about the power of friendship, hope, and courage.



This Riya Aarini Horror Comedy tour runs for two weeks from October 7th-11th & 14th-18th, will have fifteen stops on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Limited Copies of Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.  

About The Book:

A reaper desperate for vodka. A seductive goth. And a promise of happily never after.

When vodka calls, I answer. That's how I become caught in the suffocating clutches of a fanatic goth who’s head-over-heels crazy in love with me. The obsession isn’t mutual, leaving me grappling for my freedom from a cramped cabin in a boat she’s christened Amore Reaper.

While she’s scheming to tie the knot with me in a lavish ceremony on Italy’s picturesque beaches, I’ve got other plans. Either I escape or face my doom forever as Mr. Elvira.

Will I finagle my way out of this debacle and keep my pride? Find out when you take a wild ride with me from Costa Rica to the shores of the Mediterranean in this morbidly delightful, hilarious grim reaper romp!




This And Fire Books YA Mystery/Suspense tour runs for two weeks from October 7th-11th & 14th-18th, will have one or two stops a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.  

About The Book:

An unsuspecting teen discovers a secret that lures her into the snare of a ruthless crime boss. Can she survive his twisted game?

When her dad dies during a business trip to Romania, Kat Barrett blames herself for their broken relationship. She's racked with guilt, haunted by strange dreams about the crash that killed him, and she’d do anything to have him back.

Then a package arrives. It’s from her dad and contains a list of clues — one of his classic scavenger hunts. Desperate for answers, she follows the clues to Bucharest and meets Maksim, a local with a dark past who offers to help. Kat doesn't trust him, but when she hits a dead end, she’s left with no other choice.

As they work together, decoding the clues while trying (unsuccessfully) not to fall for each other, the scavenger hunt reveals a dangerous secret the dreams have been pointing to, something Maksim’s old crime ring has been hiding all along, and Kat has walked into their trap.

Can she beat them to the final clue — and solve it — before she suffers the same tragic fate as her dad?

Get ready for an exhilarating ride that will keep you guessing until the final, breathtaking conclusion. Perfect for fans of puzzle mysteries like Inheritance Games and Da Vinci Code and clever crime fiction like 'Sherlock', The Reappearance of Rachel Price, and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.



This  Juniper Press YA/NA Crossover LGBTQ tour runs for two weeks from October 7th-11th & 14th-18th, will have fifteen stops on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.  

About The Book:

Kayden Moses has worked for 15 years to be a good pastor's son. He's volunteered at every Vacation Bible School, never missed a youth group meeting, and tries to follow the example of his spiritually gifted twin sister, Delilah. However, all his diligent efforts are disrupted when he meets the biggest stumbling block of his life: Alex. He's the new boy in youth group, bubbly and opinionated and dizzyingly nice to look at. Suddenly, Kayden finds himself caught in a spiral of confusion and asking questions he's never asked before. Who is Kayden Moses? Because he's certainly not a good pastor's son anymore.




This BookBaby Paranormal Mystery tour runs for two weeks from October 7th-11th & 14th-18th, will have one stop a day on Instagram or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks) there are also audiobook codes for this. There will be images for Instagram stops.  

About The Book:

In April 1897, a strange airship crashed in Aurora, Texas and the "unearthly" pilot was buried in the local cemetery. Today, the pilot finally awakened. God help us all.

In July 2015, supernatural sleuth Kevin Starkly disappeared mysteriously in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. What secrets did he uncover about the Aurora UFO crash, and has he paid a terrible price for his curiosity?

Four twenty-something paranormal investigators, a self-styled "Nerd Legion," ―Tony Fermia (a psychic who talks to ghosts in his dreams), John Walters (an art curator), Rich Harrigan (a skeptical science teacher), and Angel McQueen (an alien abductee and Tony's high-school crush)―travel across a haunted America searching for their old friend Starkly. The group soon find themselves entangled in a terrifying conspiracy to resurrect the alien pilot―a plot that brings them face-to-face with a ghastly enemy and has them fighting for their lives and for the future of humanity.

Like a grown-up Stranger Things on a cursed road trip, or The X-Files with no FBI boss and no filter, the harrowing exploits in The Aurora Revelations will captivate readers of Paul Tremblay, Dan Simmons, Edgar Cantero, or any fans of paranormal thrills, mystery, and supernatural suspense.



This Headshell/Vault Comics Fantasy Graphic Novel tour runs for one month from October 7th-November 1st, will have one stop a day on Instagram or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops. 

About The Book:

Swords, sorcery, and mad science square off as the cult-cinema hero DEATHSTALKER bursts into comics with an all-star lineup of creators featuring SLASH (Guns N’ Roses) in this action-packed adventure!

The cult-cinema hero Deathstalker bursts into comics from an all-star lineup of creators including Slash (Guns N’ Roses), writer-director Steven Kostanski (The Void), Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash) and Jim Terry (West of Sundown).

Hired to escort a perfect priestess and her to a celebration of purity, Deathstalker’s journey doesn’t go as planned (damn those good looks and big sword). Once again, Deathstalker is on the run caught between forces larger than himself, including the virgin-worshipping cult, a sorcerer hell-bent on saving the world through mad science, and the pissed-off army of the Abraxeon kingdom…not to mention his ex-lover, Princess Evie.

Monsters, magic, and mayhem abound!

Can’t a guy just swing his sword anymore?

Slash Presents: DEATHSTALKER: The Damned Blood

Written by Tim Seeley (Vampire: The Masquerade, Money Shot, West of Sundown, Hack/Slash, Revealer), Steven Kostanski (writer/director of The Void and Psycho Goreman), and Slash (Guns N’ Roses).

Illustrated by Jim Terry (West of SundownHeavy Metal, Come Home, Indio)

Cover Art by the legendary fantasy artist Boris Vallejo and modern master Nathan C. Gooden (BarbaricBrandon Sanderson’s Dark One).

The Deathstalker Kickstarter (for exclusive hardcovers) was fully funded in less than 12 hours, sported the much-coveted “Projects We Love” label, was a “Featured Project of the Day!,” and overfunded 150%!

The DEATHSTALKER: The Damned Blood trade paperback is the prequel to the upcoming movie reboot of DEATHSTALKER (by director Steven Kostanski) and includes the entire 3-issue miniseries and the BARBARIC vs. DEATHSTALKER crossover one-shot (written by Michael Moreci (Barbaric, Wasted Space, Revealer, The Plot, Spree) and Tim Seeley, illustrated by Nathan C. Gooden)! The super special one-shot features the cursed barbarian Owen and the warrior- king Deathstalker as the two most reluctant heroes of all time to square off in a clash of steel. It’s Axe vs. Sword in this epic crossover!

For fans of:Conan the Barbarian, Barbaric, theDeathstalkermovies, Head Lopper, Rumble, Spawn, Hellboy, God is Dead, I Hate Fairyland, Red Sonja, Little Bird, Hack/Slash, Queen of Swords: A Barbaric Tale,and Dark Knights of Steel.




This Vault Comics Fantasy Graphic Novel tour runs for one month from October 7th-November 1st,
will have one stop a day on Instagram or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops. 

About The Book:

As one of Entertainment Weekly’s “10 Best Comics,” BARBARIC – featuring Owen the Barbarian and his bloodthirsty companion Axe – begins again … back in blood and badder than ever with BARBARIC Vol. 4: Born in Blood!

Voted as one of the best comics by Entertainment Weekly, Thrillist, and Screen Rant, bestselling BARBARIC is back and ready to spill some secrets – along with a lot of blood – in Barbaric Volume 4: Born in Blood!

A new era of Barbaric begins!

We did it! You know, the thing everyone says they’re doing, even when they’re lying through their teeth: a genuinely good jumping on point. How, you ask? Well, it all starts with a compelling new bad guy.

Meet the new big bad: Orrick, the tortured barbarian now turned master torturer, will take us deep into Owen’s past, revealing secrets that should have stayed buried…like Axe in a chest cavity slurping up that sweet, delicious blood. Will the cursed-to-do-good barbarian finally do some actual good? Probably not! But some much worse guys will almost certainly lose their heads. Yummy!

For fans of BRZRKR!, The Witcher, Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja, Heathen, Rat Queens, Kings of the Wyld, and Dungeons and Dragons!

BARBARIC Volume 4: Born in Blood collects the entire fourth, completely beserk, 3-issue miniseries!

It’s just … BARBARIC!

From writer Michael Moreci (Wasted Space, The Plot, Spree, and Revealer) and artist Nathan C. Gooden (Brandon Sanderson's Dark One, The RUSH, Vampire: The Masquerade)!

Own a whole lot of Owen, Axe, and the BARBARIC universe with:
Barbaric Vol. 1: Murderable Offenses (hardcover)
Barbaric Vol. 1: Murderable Offenses (trade paperback)
Barbaric Vol. 2: Axe to Grind (trade paperback)
Barbaric Vol. 3: Hell to Pay (trade paperback)
Queen of Swords: A Barbaric Tale (trade paperback)
Barbaric Vol. 4: Born in Blood (trade paperback)



This Hats Off Imaginarium Humorous Fantasy tour runs for one month from October 7th-November 1st, will have one stop a day on Instagram or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops.  

About The Book:

My name is Hecate Grimm, and I own a bookshop. It’s pretty average as far as bookstores go. Nothing special to see here, or at least that’s what my regulars believe. They also think I’m a ventriloquist, special effects guru, and dedicated actress.

Clearly, when it was raining brains, the vast majority went out with umbrellas. I’ve told them, time and time again that I’m a witch, and this is a haunted bookstore, which is why it’s called The Haunt.
But no, it’s much easier to believe I wasted time learning to throw my voice and hanging invisible wires all over the place. After all, you’re modern people. How could anything supernatural be going on right under your noses?

Maiden, Mother, and Crone—the stupidity of it makes me sick. I guess you can come in if you must. Look around and actually buy something since you’ve had the audacity to interrupt my book. Just don’t wear out your welcome or waste my time with your idiotic questions. I have fictional characters to get back to, and they’re all more interesting than you.



This Union Square & Co. Historical Fiction tour runs for two weeks from October 14th-18th & 21st-25th, will have one stop a day on Instagram or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks)  there are also audiobook codes for this. There will be images for Instagram stops.  

About The Book:

An unforgettable novel that captures the power of longing, loss, and love, The Time Keepers transports us from 1979 suburban New York to war-torn Vietnam, revealing that sometimes the most unexpected friendships can save us.

Two women from different worlds, Grace and Anh, are indelibly changed when a runaway boy is found on a street in their small Long Island town. Brought together by the love of this child displaced by war, the women find friendship and healing from their own painful pasts when their lives intersect with a mysterious wounded Vietnam vet. The vet, Jack, works at the Golden Hours, a watch store that mends timepieces—and might even mend damaged souls. 

Richman interweaves the journeys of these wonderfully diverse characters who will grip, fill, and break your heart—only to bring them together with the care and precision of an expert watchmaker, one piece at a time. Inspired by the true story of a Vietnamese refugee who entrusted the dramatic account of her escape from Vietnam to the author, and also that of a wounded veteran, Richman sheds light on those whose lives were forever impacted by the devastation of that war.



This Kaaran Publishing Epic Fantasy tour runs for two weeks from October 14th-18th & 21st-25th, will have one stop a day on Instagram or TikTok and consist of reviews, pre-made guest posts, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only I have them on hand and will mail them out) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops. 

About The Book:

The more we know, the less we understand ...

In the meticulously-crafted world of Leakarha, where epic fantasy, mythos, and ancient prophecies intertwine, the existence of its inhabitants is shaped by forces beyond their control.

Adir Nathar's tough childhood and prescriptive, quiet life in the village of Marafel made him yearn for more. He got what he wished for, but not in the way he expected. His proximity to an inexplicable death made him the target of revenge, forcing him to flee from his family and home, seeking only safety and a fresh start. But existence had other plans.

The Khasmia Shadow, a secret society with a divine purpose, is hunting Adir, unbeknownst to him. Their rid the world of a destructive creature called a venna, using the sacred Staff of Beckoning. Leakarha itself is undergoing a seismic shift. Rakhor, terrible demonspawn, are being seen in increasing numbers!

As the Khasmia Shadow closes in on him, Adir is thrust into an existence-altering journey across Leakarha with companions new and old. As he is pushed deeper into his own shadows, Adir realizes that he may not merely be a piece to be moved but rather the key to the game itself.

The Staff of Beckoning, the first book in the series A Symphony of Spheres, is an epic fantasy tale of identity, purpose, and destiny. Blending elements from science fiction, mythology, and dark fantasy, this gripping narrative is perfect for readers who enjoy complex characters, intricate world-building, and expansive sagas.



This Darkwater Books YA Mystery/Thriller tour runs for two weeks from October 14th-18th & 21st-25th, will
have one or two stops a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books (US addresses only I have them on hand and will mail them out) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks). There will be images for Instagram stops. 

About The Book:

Years have passed since her childhood friend disappeared, but Roni remains consumed by the mystery. Can she uncover what happened to Maxim Santiago?

Podcast fame thrusts 17-year-old Roni into a perilous quest to find her missing friend, who disappeared from Dulles Airport, Washington D.C. She teams up with tech-savvy Kenzie to crack cryptic messages and unearth a dark secret about trafficked kids. Dodging shadowy agents of the ruthless Russian dictator waging a global ‘Mind Game' on his enemies, they end up in a sweltering Mexican town, a nexus for refugees.

They shared childhood memories, but Maxim has changed. He’s older, wiser, perhaps even dangerous. Now he seeks their help to rescue enslaved children guarding a world-shaking secret, but time’s running out. Roni and Kenzie dive into Maxim’s risky mission, testing their friendship amid a struggle for control of a key project that could win the 'Mind Game.'

It's a journey that brings Roni an astonishing self-discovery. Can she trust in herself to help the rescue succeed?

From “sci-fi author M.G. Harris, creator of the best-selling Joshua Files” (Radio Times Magazine, 5th September 2013) comes an espionage mystery thriller for teens and young adults, set in a world of geopolitical conflicts that sits rather closely to our own post-pandemic world.



This 
Morning View Press YA Dystopian Vampire novel 
tour runs for two weeks from October 21st-25th & October 28th-November 1st, will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, interviews, pre made guest posts, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books available (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks) I have the download link ready to go. There will be images for Instagram stops. I've read this one already it is so good!!! 

About The Book:

Sixteen-year-old Susan kneels before the Temple steps whispering the sacred prayer…

We are the Herd, human servants to the immortal Akharu, Lords of the Night. The Akharu are our Kings. The Akharu are our Gods. We honor them with our hands. We worship them with our hearts. We nourish them with our blood.

She is preparing for her Branding, the sacred ceremony where the Akharu choose which humans will be allowed to stay in the Closure, and which will be taken away forever. As she enters the Temple , Susan is confident that she’ll receive her brand. She’s devoted her life to the Akharu.

But so did her brother Trevor. And he was taken.

Ryan, Susan’s fifteen-year-old brother, kneels behind her. He only mouths the prayers. The Akharu have already taken his older brother and now they may take his sister as well. He doesn’t want his brand.

He wants revenge.

Will Susan receive her brand or will she find out what happens to the Unworthy?

As he seeks his revenge, Ryan discovers new powers he doesn’t understand. Will they help him against the Akaru? Or is he becoming one of them?

The Herd, is a fascinating new take on the vampire genre. It is an action-packed adventure that takes place in the feudal Kingdom of Larkspur, where horses and swords rule the day and the bloodthirsty Akharu reign at night.



This Avishai El Paranormal Mystery tour runs for fifteen days from October 28th-November 11th, will have one or two stops a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. eBooks only. There will be images for Instagram stops. 


About The Book:

An AK-47 and a series of premonitions. Will it be too late? What is he doing here? Is she safe?

  Vaughan Mystique is on the run of a lifetime. Will she live?








This Vault Comics Supernatural Horror Graphic Novel tour runs for one month from 
October 28th-November 22nd (this could be pushed back a week or two), will have one stop a day on a Blog, Instagram, or TikTok and consist of reviews, interviews, pre made guest posts, excerpts, & spotlights. Priority will go to review stops. Physical books available (US addresses only) and eBooks available (for international people and US readers who prefer eBooks) I have the download link ready to go. There will be images for Instagram stops. If you're new to the series I will ask if they can ship Volumes 1 & 2 as well.

About The Book:

A supernatural horror thriller splattered with dark humor in the vein of Grady Hendrix (The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, My Best Friend’s Exorcism), Stranger Things, Welcome to Night Vale, Supernatural, and the Midnight, Texas series (Charlaine Harris), DOOR TO DOOR, NIGHT BY NIGHT Vol. 3: Wrath and Ruin, spins the tale in the last chapter of a monster-hunting, traveling sales team who find that once certain doors open, they are impossible to close.

SALES TEAM BY DAY. MONSTER HUNTERS BY MOONLIGHT

All roads…all doors…lead to this.

It’s 1987, and the Heritage Mills door-to-door sales team has traveled all over the South and battled monsters of all shapes and sizes. But one—the dreaded lamashtu—eludes them. Now, they face the demonic creature for the last time. But it is not alone. And some monsters hide in plain sight.

Knock, knock. What’s there? Open the door if you dare…

From all-star creators, writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Last Book You’ll Ever Read) and artist Sally Cantirino (I Walk With Monsters, Human Remains) comes the story of a motley crew going to battle against supernatural evil throughout the American South.

Volume 3 collects issues #8-12 of the smash 12-issue series!

For fans of the devilishly delicious blend of nostalgic horror and dark humor, small town secrets, moonlight fright, Stranger Things, Welcome to Night Vale, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, IT, Summer of Night, The Pallbearer’s Club, The Autumnal, Proctor Valley Road, Gideon Falls, The Boys, B.P.R.D., and Something Is Killing the Children.

PRAISE FOR DOOR TO DOOR, NIGHT BY NIGHT:
"It's all kinds of demon-hunting, low-life fun!" -- Cavan Scott (Comic writer, screenwriter & New York Times bestselling author. STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC; TITANS UNITED; SHADOW SERVICE; THE WARD; DEAD SEAS).

“Bunn and Cantirino, as a collaborative team, create a unique, beautiful, and terrifying world filled with monsters we could not imagine.” – Gatecrashers

  

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Blog Tour- THE PINK DRESS by @jane_l_botkin With An Excerpt & A #Giveaway! @shewritespress, #clicksbymadison

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I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE PINK DRESS by Jane Little Botkin Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: THE PINK DRESS

Author: Jane Little Botkin

Pub. Date: September 10, 2024

Publisher: She Writes Press

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 304

Find it: Goodreadshttps://books2read.com/THE-PINK-DRESS

For fans of Little Miss Sunshine and Secrets of Miss America, this memoir from a national award-winning author reveals the reality of being the first Guyrex Girl in the 1970s. Beauty pageant stories have never been this raw, this real.

Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn’t have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first protégé of El Paso’s Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the “Kings of Beauty”—just as the 1970’s counterculture movement began to take off.

A pink, rose-covered gown—a Guyrex creation—symbolizes the fairy tale life that young women in Jane’s time imagined beauty queens had. Its near destruction exposes reality: the author’s failed relationship with her mother, and her parents’ failed relationship with one another. Weaving these narrative threads together is the Wild West notion that anything is possible, especially do-overs.

The Pink Dress awakens nostalgia for the 1960s and 1970s, the era’s conflicts and growth pains. A common expectation that women went to college to get “MRS” degrees—to find a husband and become a stay-at-home wife and mother—often prevailed. How does one swim upstream against this notion among feminist voices that protest “If You Want Meat, Go to a Butcher!” at beauty pageants, two flamboyant showmen, and a developing awareness of self? Torn between women’s traditional roles and what women could be, Guyrex Girls evolved, as did the author.

 

Reviews:

“It’s about time the story of GuyRex (Guyrex) was told, and to have someone like Jane, who was the genesis to the legend of these two incredibly talented men, share it so beautifully is a treat for all. Reading the events of their pageantry has brought back many wonderful memories that truly shaped my adult life as well. If you had the opportunity to be a part of the GuyRex system—that is, if you were a GuyRex Girl—then your life was forever changed for the good.”—Gretchen Polhemus Jensen, Miss USA 1989, former Miss Texas, and former GuyRex Girl


“The great meaning of this story and what makes it a page-turner is how Jane came to peace with difficult parents and extraordinary expectations to eventually become a highly successful writer, but perhaps more importantly, a wife, mother, grandmother, and role model. Her story is one that will linger in my mind and make me want to know her. Bravo, Jane, well done.”—David Crow, best-selling author of The Pale-Faced Lie


“I remember watching televised beauty pageants with my family when I was a kid in the 1970s and Mama saying, ‘They're all pretty.’ But Jane Little Botkin unveils another view, one that shows how wild, western, chaotic, and sometimes downright ugly things were behind the scenes. The Pink Dress isn't a beautiful walk down memory lane. It's a wild ride through the turbulent 1970s, West Texas style. Here she is, Janie Botkin, taking the town by storm.”—Johnny D. Boggs, nine-time Spur Award winner and author of upcoming books Longhorns East and Bloody Newton

 

Excerpt:

This excerpt is from Chapter One, describing the relationship between me and my mother (who was NOT a stage mother)!

 

Excerpt from CHAPTER ONE

You Could Be Miss America

 

Like other university campuses across the country in 1971, our campus, sitting at the foot of Franklin Mountain directly next to an international border, had been a microcosm of American political disruption. Walter Cronkite’s evening news, with his nightly body counts, and Life Magazine’s weekly, graphic images fragmented our daily lives—adding color to stories about Vietnam War protests and massacres, Weathermen bombings, and Black Power and La Raza Unida rallies. Sit-ins, bomb scares, and streakers, wearing nothing but their ski masks, peppered my collegiate life as I tried to find my own place among scholarly and social organizations while radical groups fomented on campus.

I had not been a rebel, at least not yet, but rather an extraordinarily obedient daughter who feared veering out of her mother’s orbit. To make certain that I grew in a healthy environment, my mother became my Girl Scout troop leader, school parent volunteer, cheerleader parent, and primary punisher for all my sins. And because it was understood that college was in my future, Mother pressured me to join myriad organizations in preparation. Later, she complained that I “burned the candle at both ends,” but I didn’t care since I had been so interested in life—and learning.

To keep up with my activities, Mother had to join them in some fashion as well. Why? To ensure my accomplishments. At first, I didn’t question my supermom’s role in my life, though rebellion had begun fermenting in my mind. I bravely took a wee step in defiance early on, changing the spelling of my name from Janey to Janie. Yes, I was gutlessly obedient. Still, my secret pleasure, every time my mother had to read something with my newly spelled name, was something.

The sorority was Mother’s idea. She had been an ADPi in a Texas Panhandle college, in a Greek system devoid of men during War World II, and, as a result, often reminisced about her friendships with other girls who waited patiently for returning soldiers to repopulate their campus. In college, I would meet a suitable husband, she claimed, someone with purpose and a brain. Still, with the university life she engineered for me, she now had to shoulder new worries about the company I kept.

Possibly my mother dreaded that I would sneak out a window to meet a boyfriend, spending all night out, something she later admitted doing herself. Or possibly she worried that I would run amuck, perhaps to Juárez, Mexico. There, I might sit with my friends in a circle around an ancient table with scarred chairs, their cracked upholsteries pricking my back, just inside a door near the curve of the Kentucky Club’s polished bar. We might play Buzz and drink shots, our brains becoming fuzzy each time someone—their tongues thick like cotton—failed to “buzz” a multiple of seven or eleven or any number with seven in it.

Mother probably feared my walking back down Avenida Juárez, past dark-entranced bars and strip clubs, their neon lights flashing and loud music pumping from speakers, with hawkers inviting us inside, “Hey, girlie, venga, venga adentro. Come inside.” 

She might have worried that I would stop under the sign at Fred’s Bar to eat ham and avocado of unknown origin, in a sandwich wrapped in a Mexican bolillo, and purchased from a ragged street vendor. Inside the doorway, college students and Fort Bliss soldiers would leer and laugh too loudly, while we moved on, stepping over litter that stank of decay and debauchery. 

Perhaps Mother feared that two pennies might elude my clumsy fingers in the bottom of my bag, as I frantically tried to find coins to buy my way home through the turnstile gate at the Santa Fe Bridge, even as the person behind me, dodging a splatter of vomit, would ask, “Anyone got change?”

I decided Mother had been afraid of me becoming her

 

About Jane Little Botkin:

National award–winning author Jane Little Botkin melds personal narratives of American families often with compelling stories of western women. A member of Western Writers of America since 2017, Jane judges entries for the WWA's prestigious Spur Award, reviews new releases, and writes articles for various magazines. Her books have won numerous awards, including two Spur Awards, two Caroline Bancroft History Prizes, and the Barbara Sudler Award; she has also been a finalist for the Women Writing the West’s Willa Literary Award and Sarton Book Award. She is currently working on a biography of Mary Ann (Molly) Goodnight for the University of Oklahoma Press. Jane blissfully escapes into her literary world in the remote White Mountain Wilderness near Nogal, New Mexico. 

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1 winner will receive a finished copy of THE PINK DRESS, US Only.

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9/9/2024

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9/9/2024

Lady Hawkeye

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9/10/2024

The Momma Spot

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9/10/2024

Edith's Little Free Library

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9/11/2024

Two Chicks on Books

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9/11/2024

Daily Waffle

Excerpt

9/12/2024

Fire and Ice Reads

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9/12/2024

@dharashahauthor

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9/13/2024

Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

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9/13/2024

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9/16/2024

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9/16/2024

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9/17/2024

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9/17/2024

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9/18/2024

@callistoscalling

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9/18/2024

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9/19/2024

@enjoyingbooksagain

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9/19/2024

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9/19/2024

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9/20/2024

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9/20/2024

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Blog Tour- EDGE OF THE KNOWN WORLD by #SheriTJoseph With Sheri's Dream Cast & A #Giveaway! @gosparkpress, @wildboundpr

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I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the EDGE OF THE KNOWN WORLD by Sheri T. Joseph Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: EDGE OF THE KNOWN WORLD

Author: Sheri T. Joseph

Pub. Date: September 3, 2024

Publisher: SparkPress

Formats:  Paperback, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 328

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/EDGE-OF-THE-KNOWN-WORLD 

Fans of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake will be swept away by this riveting speculative fiction adventure and love story about family, genetic privacy, and the onrushing future of surveillance technology.

2024 American Fiction Awards Winner in multiple categories, including Best New Fiction, Political Thriller, and Science Fiction

Alexandra Tashen is a brilliant student, adoring daughter, merry wit, and exuberant prankster. After a blissful childhood on a Texas ranch, she learns the truth: She is a refusé, an illegal refugee smuggled into the Allied Nations as an infant. Everyone from her birth region carries a harmless but detectable bit of viral DNA from a flu vaccine. If detected by the rapid genetic testing at security screens, Alex will be returned to the Federation and a likely death. Her adoptive father developed a gene therapy to mask her g-marker, but it is not fully effective. Every g-screen presents a nerve-racking one-in-ten chance of getting caught.

When her father goes missing, Alex abandons her cloistered academic life in San Francisco for a globe-trotting Commission in a desperate race to warn him of a trap that will destroy them both. As Alex dodges g-screens on her precarious and often-hilarious adventure, a love triangle develops between her and two men: Eric Burton, a commanding and disgraced intelligence officer, and his blood brother, Strav Beki, a charismatic and dangerously unhinged diplomat. Betrayals mount and secrets unravel, building to the most confounding choices that people can face—choices between love, family loyalty, and moral obligation.

 

Excerpt:

(San Francisco.  Alex Tashen (23) has a soul-shaking night protecting her great secret: forced to sneak from a party on a dangerous ladder, refuse a dream international post, and dodge a g-screen by instigating a vicious argument between her mentor, Kommandant Suzanne Burton, and a general. Alex escapes to her apartment, only to learn that her beloved father, who disappeared in Nepal, will soon be arrested.)

Her phone was back to showing the time. Not an hour ago she was climbing down a fire escape. She was a plaything for some vicious gods, and nothing about this life was her choice.

The foghorn called her to the window. Five stories, sixty miles per hour at the ground, no ladder. Alex leaned out to the void of pinprick rain, precariously balanced at the edge of despair.

Familiar voices rose from the street, and Alex jerked back to safety. The Kommandant and the general stood in the circle of yellow streetlight, sharing a smoke, too engaged to have checked their phones. The incline of their bodies suggested they weren’t going home alone tonight.

Alex’s first reaction was queasy surprise that people that age still wanted it. It was followed by the mournful realization that the Kommandant was getting more action than she was.

Still—the chill night felt different, fresh with change. The wind tasted of towering mountains and snow. She thought of her overdue brief, the Commission headed to the Nepali Protectorate on the strength of her expertise. She couldn’t travel because of the g-screens. But now screens had traveled to her. Safety was an illusion. If she didn’t find and warn Patrick before his next Asylum Netcast, they were dead anyway. She had eight weeks to save them both.

The thought electrified every atom of her being. She did have a choice: either stay put as she had promised, a powerless victim, or use her gift of brains to fight back.

Patrick’s voice in her head thundered, Stop. Think. An occasional g-screen here was not the exponential risk of constant screens in Asia. But a search plan was coming to view, like a laser held to invisible ink. It was time to live as her father lived, and not by what he said.

The surprise couple below lit up another smoke. It was probably best to let the Kommandant finish her hookup, but Alex had read that sex for old people took a long time, and she had none to waste.

“Kommandant!” Alex yelled down. The two soldiers ducked as if shot at. “The Commission doesn’t need my brief. They need me.”

The Kommandant squinted up against the streetlight. Her petite upturned face worked from irate to calculating, as if this one new variable might cure her multiple headaches. “Maybe,” answered Kommandant Burton. “But I’m not the one you need to convince.

 


About Sheri T. Joseph:


Sheri T. Joseph
 grew up in a New York beach town until her family relocated to San Francisco. She holds a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley and a JD from UC Law San Francisco. She is passionate about the need for housing and serves as executive director of a nonprofit corporation that supports creation of affordable housing for families, veterans, refugees, and vulnerable populations. She’s also a trustee for Homeward Bound, a provider of homeless services and housing. Sheri and her husband have three adventurous children and live in Tiburon, California. This is her first book.

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5 winners will receive a finished copy of EDGE OF THE KNOWN WORLD, US only.

Ends September 17th, midnight EST.

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9/2/2024

Lady Hawkeye

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9/2/2024

Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

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9/3/2024

MoonShine Art Spot

Excerpt

9/3/2024

Two Chicks on Books

Guest Post/IG Post

9/4/2024

Fire and Ice Reads

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9/4/2024

Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

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9/5/2024

@heyashleyyreads

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9/5/2024

@thepagelady

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9/6/2024

Books and Zebras

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9/6/2024

Edith's Little Free Library

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Week Two:

9/9/2024

thefashionistfiles

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9/9/2024

@callistoscalling

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9/10/2024

@parkhopandpages

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9/10/2024

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9/11/2024

Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's

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9/11/2024

A Blue Box Full of Books

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9/12/2024

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9/12/2024

Country Mamas With Kids

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9/13/2024

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