Showing posts with label Gothic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gothic. Show all posts

Friday, September 27, 2024

Tour Wrap Up: The Salvation of Henry Maxwell by Lee Lindauer

 

 

Gothic Thriller

Date Published: September 18, 2024

Publisher: Wild Rose Press Inc.


 

Henry Maxwell, once a celebrated figure in Gothic horror cinema, finds himself trapped in a life of grief, resulting in severe depression and hallucinations after the tragic death of his wife, Lillian. Maxwell’s battle with reality sets the stage for his emotional and psychological exploration. The novel captures the essence of a man haunted by his past, struggling to find solace.

Jessica Barrow, the young attorney appointed as Maxwell’s conservator, and David Grovene, a film studies professor with a penchant for sixties B-movies, form the central supporting cast. Their involvement in Maxwell's life brings a fresh perspective to his plight, blending elements of clinical psychology and film history into the story.

The setting itself acts like a character, reflecting Maxwell’s internal turmoil and the Gothic essence of his past. A mysterious serial killer adds a layer of creepiness mirroring scenes from Maxwell’s films interweaving the past and present, making for a compelling and suspenseful read.

The Salvation of Henry Maxwell is a unique blend of Gothic horror, psychological thriller, and detective story. The Salvation of Henry Maxwell is imbued with a sense of tragic grandeur and serves as an underlying commentary on the ephemeral nature of fame and the enduring impact of grief.

 



Current Amazon Rating of 4.7*'s






Did you miss any of the stops on this tour?

September 16 - RABT Book Tours - Kick Off

September 16 - My Bookmarked Reads - Spotlight

September 17 - My Reading Addiction - Interview

September 18 - So Many Books - Excerpt

September 19 - Our Town Book Reviews - Excerpt

September 20 - The Indie Express - Review

September 21 - The Faerie Review - Spotlight

September 22 - Book Junkiez - Excerpt

September 23 - Matters That Count - Spotlight

September 24 - The Avid Reader - Interview

September 25 - Texas Book Nook - Review

September 26 - Nana's Book Reviews - Spotlight

September 27 - On A Reading Bender - Review

 

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Friday, June 11, 2021

Tour Wrap Up: A Season of Whispers by Jackson Kuhl #blogtour #wrapup #gothic #mystery #horror #rabtbooktours

  


Gothic Mystery/Horror

Publisher: Aurelia Leo

Date Published: 08-10-2020 / 

Audibook Launch April/May 2021


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In the summer of 1844, Tom Lyman flees to Bonaventure, a transcendentalist farming cooperative tucked away in eastern Connecticut, to hide from his past. There Lyman must adjust to a new life among idealists, under the fatherly eye of the group’s founder, David Grosvenor. When he isn’t ducking work or the questions of the eccentric residents, Lyman occupies himself by courting Grosvenor’s daughter Minerva.

But Bonaventure isn’t as utopian as it seems. One by one, Lyman’s secrets begin to catch up with him, and Bonaventure has a few secrets of its own. Why did the farm have an ominous reputation long before Grosvenor bought it? What caused the previous tenants to vanish? And who is playing the violin in the basement? Time is running out, and Lyman must discover the truth before he’s driven mad by the whispering through the walls.

A Season of Whispers is Jackson Kuhl's debut novel of Gothic mystery, transcendentalist utopianism, and antediluvian hunger.

 



Currently a 4.7* Rating on Amazon



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Did you miss any of the stops on this Tour?


April 30 -RABT Book Tours - Kick Off
May 3 - Teatime and Books - Spotlight
May 4 - The Sexy Nerd Revue - Spotlight
May 5 - Momma and Her Stories - Excerpt 
May 6 - Nana's Book Reviews - Spotlight
May 7 - A Life Through Books - Interview
May 10 - Texas Book Nook - Review
May 11 - Where Land Squid Fear to Tread - Excerpt
May 12 - Momma Says to Read or Not to Read - Spotlight
May 13 - Our Town Book Reviews - Spotlight
May 14 - Novel News Network - Review
May 17 - My Reading Addiction - Interview
May 18 - Crossroad Reviews - Spotlight
May 19 - On a Reading Bender - Review
May 24 - Bookish Kelly - Spotlight
May 25 - Book Junkiez - Spotlight
May 26 - The Indie Express - Review
May 27 - Lilyana Shadowlyn - Spotlight
May 28 - Sapphyria's Books - Spotlight
June 4 - Dina Rae's Write Stuff - Spotlight
June 7 - Jazzy Book Reviews - Review
June 8 - Valerie Ullmer - Excerpt
June 9 - The Faerie Review - Spotlight
June 10 - The Avid Reader - Interview


About the Author

 Jackson Kuhl is the author of the Gothic novel A Season of Whispers and the Revolutionary War biography Samuel Smedley, Connecticut Privateer. Kuhl has written for Atlas Obscura, Connecticut Magazine, the Hartford Courant, National Geographic News, and other publications. He lives in coastal Connecticut.

 

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Friday, November 1, 2019

Tour Wrap Up: Honor Among Vampires by Elizabeth Guizzetti #gothic #horror #vampire #blogtour #wrapup #giveaway @E_Guizzetti


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Gothic Horror/Vampire
novella in Paper Flower Consortium Universe.

Agata was first seen in Immortal House and Norma’s Cleaning Service Mysteries

Publisher: ZB Publications
Date Published: September 6, 2019

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Principality of Moldovia, 1509

While her beloved husband is away at war, Agata manages their estate and dairy. One night, she is called to assist a first-year heifer. She does not know a vampire lurks in the darkness. Agata wakes in the birthing barn disoriented, wounded, bitten, and defiled. Her son is injured, but alive. The herdsman is discovered with his throat gnawed open. Several cows are missing.

Plunged into a strange existence of monstrous cravings, she moves to secure her children’s futures before the details of the attack is known. News spreads quickly in her village. With the conviction she might regain her honor by defeating the vampire, Agata leaves her parish. Unaided, she crosses the mountains to an ancient crumbling Roman fort where it is said the vampire resides. However, the vampire doesn’t live alone.






Did you miss any of the stops on this Tour?

October 21 - Jazzy's Book Reviews - Excerpt
October 22 - JB Bookworm - Spotlight
October 23 - Valerie Ullmer - Excerpt
October 24 - Nana's Book Reviews - Spotlight
October 25 - The Avid Reader - Interview
October 26 - Beach Bound Books - Spotlight
October 27 - Truly Trendy - Review
October 29 - Texas Book Nook - Review
October 29 - Eskimo Princess - Spotlight
October 30 - Book Junkiez - Excerpt
October 31 - Book Reviews by Virginia Lee - Spotlight
November 1 - Just Books - Review


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Elizabeth Guizzetti is an illustrator and author best known for her demon-poodle based comedy, Out for Souls & Cookies. She is also the creator of Faminelands and Lure and collaborated with authors on several projects including A is for Apex and The Prince of Artemis V

To explore a different aspect of her creativity, she writes science fiction, fantasy and horror novels. Her debut novel, Other Systems, was a 2015 Finalist for the Canopus Award for excellence in Interstellar Fiction. Her short work has appeared in anthologies such as Wee Folk and The Wise and Beyond the Hedge.

She has had a lifelong love of vampires. Honor Among Vampires is her fourth vampire novella in the Paper Flower Consortium Universe.
Guizzetti lives in Seattle with her husband. When not writing or illustrating, she loves hiking, swimming, and birdwatching.


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RABT Book Tours & PR

Friday, December 22, 2017

Tour Wrap Up: Hacienda Moon by @kasonndraleigh #gothic #wrapup



Gothic Romance
Date Published: 10/31/17

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Centuries ago, his ancestor fell in love with a woman cursed by a jealous witch. No one believed him until it was too late. Eric Fontalvo was determined to prove one thing... that a family curse didn't cause his father's death.

The plan was working until the day he found her...again. Suddenly his life changes forever, and he is forced to question everything he believes.

Moving into an old plantation house was just what Tandie Harrison needed to recover from tragedy. So she writes a book, a story based on a man in her dreams. There's only one problem though... the characters from her novel keep showing up on her doorstep.

And then she finds a diary written hundreds of years ago.

As if that isn't strange enough, she meets him...the man from her dream, someone who reawakens her psychic power along with something else from long ago.

Can Eric and Tandie's love destroy the force keeping them apart? Or will darkness win again?

Hacienda Moon is a new classic tale of two lovers crossing time. A seductive tale of one woman's journey to confront the demons of her past and to find the courage to face her future. It is a mesmerizing novel that explores the deepest depths of human nature, and the characters will hold and haunt you long after you have read the final chapter.





Did you miss any of the stops on this Tour?

November 6 - This and That Book Blog - Guest Post
November 7 - All Things Bookaholics - Review
November 8 - The Avid Reader - Interview
November 9 - Book Addict - Spotlight
November 10 - Books, Dreams, Life - Spotlight
November 13 - My Reading Addiction - Interview
November 14 - Bound 2 Escape - Spotlight
November 15 - A Life Through Books - Interview
November 15 - Caroline Clemmons - Excerpt
November 17 - Celebrating Authors - Spotlight
November 19 - Eskimo Princess - Spotlight
November 20 - eBook Addicts - Interview
November 21 - Texas Book Nook - Review
November 22 - Tea Time and Books - Spotlight
November 23 - Elizabeth McKenna - Spotlight
November 23 - Mello and June - Spotlight
November 24 - The Indie Express - Review
November 25 - Chapters Through Life - Review
November 26 - Jazzy's Book Reviews - Excerpt
November 27 - Novel News Network - Review
November 28 - The Voluptuous Book Diva - Review
November 29 - Gigi Luvs Books - Spotlight
November 30 - Nerdy, Dirty, and Flirty - Excerpt
November 30 - Beach Bound Books - Spotlight
December 1 - Ctrl, Alt, Delete Books - Review



Author of the Bestelling Lost Immortals Saga, Pathseekers and Musical Interlude Series, KaSonndra Leigh is also a mother, blogazine owner, reader, gardener, home renovator, and a slayer of undead Egyptian mummies in Tomb Raider. She believes in karma, coffee, and seriously wish that the producers of Xena would bring her favorite show ever back.

Strange things about KaSonndra: Everything. She’s weird, odd, unusual, and generally tends to make people think she swooped down from another planet. Maybe she did. Who knows? She’s also a member of the #zombiesurvivalcrew on twitter. So if you need protection from the upcoming apocalypse, don’t hesitate to call on KayLeigh and crew!

KaSonndra was born in the race-car city of Charlotte, NC, and now live in the City of Alchemy and Medicine, NC, when she’s not hanging out in Bardonia (Lost Immortals Saga setting). Most of her characters are based on people that she has met throughout her travels and adventures. People tend to stop and start conversations with KaSonndra as if she has known them her entire life. Does this freak her out? Not really. Her mom says that one day she’ll get kidnapped by one of these folks. KaSonndra’s response? She told her mom that if it weren’t for these lovely people, then she wouldn’t be able to create such fabulously romantic stories.

A few other tidbits about KaSonndra… She has watched the movie Under the Tuscan Sun almost 200 times. This is her explanation regarding her obsession. She figures that if she keeps watching the film enough times, then suddenly the house that Diane Lane lives in will magically appear in her backyard. Yes! KaSonndra has a huge imagination!


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Friday, December 1, 2017

Tour Wrap Up: Hacienda Moon by @kasonndraleigh #gothic #romance #review



Gothic Romance
Date Published: 10/31/17

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Centuries ago, his ancestor fell in love with a woman cursed by a jealous witch. No one believed him until it was too late. Eric Fontalvo was determined to prove one thing... that a family curse didn't cause his father's death.

The plan was working until the day he found her...again. Suddenly his life changes forever, and he is forced to question everything he believes.

Moving into an old plantation house was just what Tandie Harrison needed to recover from tragedy. So she writes a book, a story based on a man in her dreams. There's only one problem though... the characters from her novel keep showing up on her doorstep.

And then she finds a diary written hundreds of years ago.

As if that isn't strange enough, she meets him...the man from her dream, someone who reawakens her psychic power along with something else from long ago.

Can Eric and Tandie's love destroy the force keeping them apart? Or will darkness win again?

Hacienda Moon is a new classic tale of two lovers crossing time. A seductive tale of one woman's journey to confront the demons of her past and to find the courage to face her future. It is a mesmerizing novel that explores the deepest depths of human nature, and the characters will hold and haunt you long after you have read the final chapter.





Did you miss any of the stops from this Tour?

November 6 - This and That Book Blog - Guest Post
November 7 - All Things Bookaholics - Review
November 8 - The Avid Reader - Interview
November 9 - Book Addict - Spotlight
November 10 - Books, Dreams, Life - Spotlight
November 13 - My Reading Addiction - Interview
November 14 - Bound 2 Escape - Spotlight
November 15 - A Life Through Books - Interview
November 15 - Caroline Clemmons - Excerpt
November 16 - Stephanie's Book Reviews - Spotlight*
November 17 - Celebrating Authors - Spotlight
November 19 - Eskimo Princess - Spotlight
November 20 - eBook Addicts - Interview
November 21 - Texas Book Nook - Review
November 22 - Tea Time and Books - Spotlight
November 23 - Elizabeth McKenna - Spotlight
November 23 - Mello and June - Spotlight
November 24 - The Indie Express - Review
November 25 - Chapters Through Life - Review
November 26 - Jazzy's Book Reviews - Excerpt
November 27 - Novel News Network - Review
November 28 - The Voluptuous Book Diva - Review
November 29 - Gigi Luvs Books - Spotlight
November 30 - Nerdy, Dirty, and Flirty - Excerpt
November 30 - Beach Bound Books - Spotlight
December 1 - Ctrl, Alt, Delete Books - Review



Author of the Bestelling Lost Immortals Saga, Pathseekers and Musical Interlude Series, KaSonndra Leigh is also a mother, blogazine owner, reader, gardener, home renovator, and a slayer of undead Egyptian mummies in Tomb Raider. She believes in karma, coffee, and seriously wish that the producers of Xena would bring her favorite show ever back.

Strange things about KaSonndra: Everything. She’s weird, odd, unusual, and generally tends to make people think she swooped down from another planet. Maybe she did. Who knows? She’s also a member of the #zombiesurvivalcrew on twitter. So if you need protection from the upcoming apocalypse, don’t hesitate to call on KayLeigh and crew!

KaSonndra was born in the race-car city of Charlotte, NC, and now live in the City of Alchemy and Medicine, NC, when she’s not hanging out in Bardonia (Lost Immortals Saga setting). Most of her characters are based on people that she has met throughout her travels and adventures. People tend to stop and start conversations with KaSonndra as if she has known them her entire life. Does this freak her out? Not really. Her mom says that one day she’ll get kidnapped by one of these folks. KaSonndra’s response? She told her mom that if it weren’t for these lovely people, then she wouldn’t be able to create such fabulously romantic stories.

A few other tidbits about KaSonndra… She has watched the movie Under the Tuscan Sun almost 200 times. This is her explanation regarding her obsession. She figures that if she keeps watching the film enough times, then suddenly the house that Diane Lane lives in will magically appear in her backyard. Yes! KaSonndra has a huge imagination!


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RABT Book Tours & PR

Friday, April 21, 2017

Review Wrap Up: Cry Wolf by @gothamgremlins #review #giveaway



MM Paranormal Gothic Romance
Date Published: March 1 2017
Publisher: Skeleton Key Publishing


Peter is a kitsune. It means that chaos follows him wherever he goes. Good intentions, bad intentions---it doesn’t matter. Even mimicking the howl of a friend he hasn’t seen in over a decade turns out to have disastrous consequences.

The wolf doesn’t have a name. For now, he goes by Luca. He has no past, and as a slave who’s only just managed to escape the clutches of a cruel master, if he can’t stay hidden in the shadows, he’ll have no future.

When he hears his own howl come from the mouth of another, he’s drawn to investigate, and ends up saddled with a mouthy fox who insists they used to be friends once upon a time.

Petty problems and a dubious reunion are pushed aside the longer they're stranded together.

The Underwood is a dangerous place. If they want to survive, they have to work together.

The alternative is death.


This novel has a current Amazon Rating of 4.4*'s.
Get your copy for $3.99!



 Reviews From This Tour

April 11 - 50 Book Challenge
April 12 - Steamy Side
April 14 - On a Reading Bender
April 17 - Making It Happen
April 18 - Texas Book Nook
April 20 - Novel News Network
April 21 - The Indie Express




Greta Stone writes paranormal gothic romance.  She likes to say her characters develop in darkness, but real people are a mixture of good deeds, bad habits, and dark secrets. More than anything, she strives to write compelling characters with layered struggles and the strength to overcome them. A diverse cast, dark humor, and passionate romance are the only constant elements in any of her stories, and she's always on the lookout for interesting mythology and folklore to explore.

When Greta isn’t writing, she enjoys thrift shopping, drinking expensive, foo-foo tea, and playing chess with her friends. Greta loves to hear from readers! (Hi, Mom.) So if there's something on your mind, feel free to leave a message after the scream. (Mom, you can just call me. Seriously.) 

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How to Win a Free e-Book Copy of Cry Wolf
The first 5 people to comment on one of Greta Stone’s tour post will automatically win a free e-book copy of Cry Wolf. Available formats include: mobi, pdf, epub, and prc. Interested parties should email newgotham1@gmail.com with their e-book format preference for their prizes. Greta will keep tally and submit prizes at the end of each tour day.

Take a trip to New Gotham!
A paid vacation to New Gotham is an expensive affair. I found a witch who specializes in crafting gatestones. These magical pendants are used for traveling between dimensions. The bauble offered as a contest prize should take the winner to Avaline’s Trees. Keep in mind, gatestones are touchy things. It might not do anything at all. Or you might up in oblivion. Good luck with that. We’ll read about it in the papers, no doubt.

Elderstone Keys – What’s the big deal?
There is a house in New Gotham that is rumored to be haunted. No one has lived in it since the Great Depression, and no one can recall what its last occupants looked like, what they did for a living or where they went. Only one is fated to enter and learn its secrets. Anytime I host a contest, I give away keys to Elderstone. The person who collects ten of them is fated to own the house. Among their keys, they’ll have the mystical key that opens the door. (More information)