Spotlight & Excerpt: Shadow Mate + Giveaway

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Title: SHADOW MATE (Shadow Wolves #1)

Author: Alexis Calder

Pub. Date: September 20, 2022

Publisher: Alexis Calder

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 214

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My father traded his life for mine.
And now I’m bound to an enemy.

I finally carved out a life for myself with minimal interaction with my abusive father. He might be the alpha, but he hates me enough to leave me alone as long as I don’t make him look bad.

Until he decides to challenge another alpha and offer my life in exchange for his. Now, I’m life bound to an enemy and I’m trapped in a strange pack.

Despite my attempts to keep my distance from my captor, I find myself drawn to him. But as we get closer, things get more dangerous.

There’s so much more to this than it seems and I’ve ended up right in the middle. One wrong step and it’s my life on the line. If I can’t get free of this, I’m going to end up dead and I’ll be taking my captor with me.

Shadow Mate is a full-length paranormal romance. 17+ for dark content, steamy scenes, and language. This is book one in a trilogy and is not a standalone. Mind the cliff.


Excerpt: Chapter 1

Morgan

Water seeped from under the locked door and I pounded again. “Open it now or I’m tearing it down.”
The unmistakable sounds of sex mixed with the running water of the faucet seemed to be masking the sounds of my pounding and my screams. My little bar didn’t need any other issues. I already had enough to repair as it was. A flooded bathroom destroyed by a pair of shifters trying to get it on was not in the budget.
Shaking with rage, I stomped away from the bathroom, my shoes slipping on the aging wood floor. “Free beer for whoever can get my bathroom door open with the least amount of damage.”
Several patrons looked up at me and Kenny Jones was the first to stand. His girlfriend grabbed his sleeve and yanked him back to his stool. “Don’t you dare,” she hissed.
“Come on. One of you has to be willing to tear it down.” I glanced around the space. All the bar stools were full and several groups were gathered around the wobbly tables to my right. Shifters had good hearing, so I knew the rock music on the jukebox wasn’t the reason I was being ignored.
Nobody in this town gave a shit about anybody else. That was just the way things were. And usually, it suited me just fine. But today I had a couple of shifters about the flood my entire bar.
Stella’s wasn’t much. If I was being honest, it was more of a hallway than an actual bar. It would never pass a health inspection in human city, and the only reason I had patrons in the first place was because I didn’t water down the booze like my competition. But that wasn’t enough to earn me loyalty. I groaned. This was what I got for avoiding most pack gatherings. I wasn’t seen as one of them. Even if I’d kept them in drinks for the last five years.
“I can knock it down for you, Morgan, but it’ll be messy,” Charles, one of my regulars said.
“Same, sweetheart. I’d probably knock out most of the drywall around the door,” Manny, another regular added.
Some of my tension eased. At least I had a few shifters who were in my corner. “Thanks, guys. I’ll come get you if I can’t get it off.”
Gritting my teeth I marched toward the bar. There had to be a way to do this that wouldn’t cost me all my repair savings. I grabbed a screwdriver from the cabinet under the cash register.
“Want me to give it a try?” Jasmine asked.
I shook my head. Jasmine was a witch so she didn’t have the brute strength the shifters possessed. I was worried she’d try and end up hurting herself and I couldn’t afford for her to go down, either. Jasmine worked for a room. I knew I should pay her, but I was barely making enough to keep the bar running. Plus, she was my best friend. I couldn’t ask her to do this when it was possible whoever was in there would attack anyone who tried to open the door. “Thanks but someone needs to stay out here and monitor all these deadbeats.”
“I’ll help. But I’m going to need something in return,” Stewart Mackenzie slurred.
I lifted a brow. “I’m not giving you a blowjob.”
“Suit yourself.” Stewart shrugged and took a drink of his beer. “But you’d get a lot more response if you sweetened the pot by shaking those hips around.”
I set the screwdriver down, then leaned across the bar and yanked his mug away from him.
“Hey!”
“You will not disrespect me in my own bar,” I said. “Apologize. Now.”
“I was just teasing you,” he said with what was probably supposed to be a flirty smile.
I glared at him, holding his beer captive. “You apologize of you can start drinking at Lou’s for the rest of your miserable existence.”
His upper lip twitched and he wrinkled his nose. Lou’s was even worse than my place and everyone knew he used the cheap stuff mixed with water. Sometimes his drinks were even made with questionable moonshine. You never knew what you’d get there. The only shifters who drank at Lou’s were those who were too old-fashioned to support a female business or too broke to afford even my low prices. As far as I was concerned, Stewart could go join them.
“Sorry, Morgan,” he said quietly.
I put my hand to my ear. “What was that?”
“I said, I’m sorry,” he was louder this time.
I wrinkled my brow and acted as if I was straining to hear him.
He let out an exasperated huff. “Sorry, Morgan.” He shouted this time and half the patrons turned and laughed.
His expression darkened and I lowered my hand from my ear, a smug smile of satisfaction on my lips. I passed his beer back to him. “Don’t do it again.”
He grumbled something under his breath but grabbed the beer from me, avoiding making eye-contact.
I’d grown up surrounded by the most powerful males in the pack and I had to learn at far too young an age that if I didn’t stand up for myself, they’d take things too far. Unfortunately, too many bad things happened to me before I learned that lesson. I refused to ever be that scared, abused little girl again.
“Well done,” Jasmine said in my ear.
I nodded in response, then picked back up the screwdriver and stormed toward the bathroom.
I had started out as a much nicer proprietor. But years of getting hit on, and even some rather dangerous situations where I could have been seriously hurt or worse, I learned it was easier to be the cold hearted bitch then play sweet. It was the only thing these shifters responded to.
It didn’t take long for me to remove the doorknob so I could push open the bathroom door. Water gushed out and the door only opened so wide because someone’s naked ass was blocking it.
Rage bubbled up. I recognized that ass. Of course, of all the shifters to walk in on having sex in the bathroom at my bar. “Gods dammit, Owen. Can’t you keep your penis to yourself ever?” I shoved him aside so I could turn off the faucet.
Owen growled then spun to face me, his eyes widening when he realized who had interrupted him. I didn’t even bother to mask the anger in my expression.
“In my bar, Owen? You could have done this anywhere else and you do it here?”
“I thought you said you two broke up.”
I winced at the grating sound of Suzanne’s voice. Of course it was Suzanne Carter. Because my luck and my distrust of men really couldn’t get any worse.
“We are broken up,” Owen said. “So you have no right to be mad at me, Morgan.”
“Out. Now.” I was seething. My face hot, my hands balled into fists. It was one thing to flood my bathroom, it was another to fuck my childhood bully a week after we decided to take a break.
“Fuck, Morgan. Aren’t you at least a little jealous?” Owen stood naked in all his six-five, muscled glory.
When he’d asked me out, I’d been flattered. He was the most desirable single male in the pack. I turned him down several times before finally giving in and going on a date. Somehow, that obligatory date had turned into six months of bad sex and half-assed attempts at an actual relationship.
I’d tried so hard to play along. So hard to fall into step with the pack’s expectations. I’d even gone off my tonic for a month and shifted during the full moon with the rest of the pack.
But it wasn’t right. None of it felt right. It never did.
Last week, I told him I was done. It didn’t feel right to keep faking things with him. He’d begged me to reconsider. Told me he loved me, which scared the shit out of me. Sex with him wasn’t great, but at least he’d never hurt me. Well, not physically.
When I’d hesitated, he suggested a break for a month to see if we missed each other. Reluctantly, I’d agreed.
I should have seen this coming. But I had started to wonder if maybe he was one of the good ones. Secretly, that was probably why I’d risked not taking my tonic for a month. If there was a bond between us, it would have surfaced in that time. It didn’t show. We weren’t mates, but I had wondered if being with him would be better than being alone.
I was wrong.
“I thought this might get a rise out of you,” he said. “Show you what you’re missing out on.”
Suzanne scoffed and picked a sopping wet dress off the floor. “Don’t call me, Owen.” She tugged the soaked garment over her head, then shoved past him without looking at me once.
“That was your plan?” I said. “Flood my bar and have sex with the girl who made high school a living hell for me? To make me jealous?”
He was even more stupid than I thought. I regretted every single time I ever fucked him.
“You have to know what a mistake you made,” he said. “Every female in this pack wants me. You walk away from now and there are no second chances.”
I rolled my eyes then turned away from him. I was so done. He was the one who begged for a break instead of a break-up. He made the decision so much easier. “You better clean up my bathroom or I’m filing a formal complaint with the alpha.”
“Oh, yes, run to daddy,” he said.
Without turning around, I flipped him off, then went back to the bar. I didn’t owe him an explanation. He, and every other member of this pack, knew my dad might be the alpha, but I was his least favorite shifter. In fact, I think the only time he might have tolerated me was the one time I’d shown up to run on the full moon with Owen in tow.
My dad would be more upset about this breakup than I was. Now, my relationship history was limited, but I’m guessing the person in the actual relationship should be more upset than their parents. But maybe that’s just wishful thinking.
A few catcalls and whistles sounded in my wake but they weren’t for me. I moved aside and Owen walked past me, fully naked, toward the door.
“Looking good, man,” someone called.
“You forgot your pants,” another added.
“I’m available if she’s not going to keep her claws in you,” a female voice added.
“He’s all yours,” I said.
Laughter filled the small space.
Owen growled and his body rippled as he doubled over. His transition was impressive. Graceful and fluid. The kind of shifting abilities that any shifter would kill to possess. I’d only shifted a few times, but it was always painful and forced. As if my body was rebelling against the action.
Gods damn show off.
More whistles and a few cheers. Someone opened the door and the huge gray wolf bolted out of the dingy bar.
My shoulders sagged in relief. I shouldn’t have caved when he countered my break-up, but it was officially over now. Until that moment, I hadn’t realized how tense I’d been with the unresolved issue of our relationship. I really needed to stick to my no dating shifters policy.
Not that there was much of a choice here. Aside from our pack of wolf shifters, there was a nearby witch coven. The nearest major city was hours away and mostly occupied by humans and I wasn’t that desperate to get away. As much as I sometimes hated it here, Copper Springs was home.
The patrons were back to their drinks and Jasmine was working fast to keep everyone topped off. As long as their drinks were full, they weren’t going to even remember any of this. I wish I could say it was unusual, but there was always something going on here. Typically, it was a brawl, but it wasn’t even the first couple I had to throw out of the bathroom. With only one bathroom, if anyone was in there too long I heard about it.
I ducked behind the bar and checked on the status of the bottles of booze and the kegs. We probably had enough for the rest of the night.
“That was interesting,” Jasmine said as she pushed through the swinging door separating the bar from the patrons.
“I’m only mad at myself for not breaking it off sooner. All the red flags were there,” I said.
“Don’t blame yourself. We all know what he looks like naked. I’m guilty of making those mistakes too. I mean, sometimes you just need to work off some shit in the bedroom, right?” She rimmed a glass with a lime then set it in the plate of salt.
“He wasn’t even that good in bed,” I admitted.
She turned the glass over and scooped ice into it. “Sorry to hear that, girl. But at least he was pretty.”
I shrugged, trying to give myself at least that. He really was and I’d been completely blinded by it. There was no way I’d make that mistake again. “Yeah, he was.”
“You good out here?” I asked. “I’m going to try to get the bathroom cleaned up.”
“I’ll happily keep pouring drinks if it keeps me from cleaning out the bathroom,” she said.
“I guess this is why they pay me the big bucks,” I teased.
She laughed as she filled the glass with a generous pour of tequila. “I’m not sure this dump is worth it.”
“It’s absolutely not worth it,” I agreed. “But it’s home.”
She finished making the margarita and lifted it in a salute as she sidestepped me to leave. “To home.”
I had to smile at that. This bar was run-down and probably a public health hazard. I kept the glasses clean and used decent booze, but the floors squeaked, the walls were soft in places, and it was a miracle the roof hadn’t caved in on us.
Sandwiched between a laundromat and a liquor store, I was limited on what I could do with the space, but I did my best. More than once I’d been offered a decent sum to sell it to one of the shops on either side, but I always declined.
This bar was all I had left of my mom. It was my only inheritance and it kept me from being dependent on my father. If not for the tiny apartments upstairs, I might not bother with the work it took to keep it running. But in a pack where unmarried females were supposed to remain under their father’s care, the independence of this place was worth more than all the money in the world. Besides, I was able to offer assistance to Jasmine as well. I couldn’t help everyone who was down on their luck, but Stella’s Bar kept the two of us from a much worse fate.
Growing up in the alpha’s house wasn’t easy. Things got worse after my mom died. But my dad was all about appearances. Having a daughter who ran a successful business made him look good. Even if he was disappointed that I hadn’t settled down, he could tell people it was because I was waiting for my mate. He’d proudly crow about how I had such high standards that I’d rather die alone than settle. As if it was some kind of measure of his worth. Imagine how it would change if my mate showed up and was a complete loser.
Little did he know, I’d never have to find my mate. Thanks to the tonic Jasmine made me every month, I didn’t shift, which meant I didn’t go into heat and give off the scent that would attract my mate. After watching my dad abuse my mom, his mate, her whole life, I refused to follow in her footsteps.
This bar, shitty as it was, was my sanctuary. Which I had to remind myself over and over as I pushed water toward the drain with a squeegee. I couldn’t afford to hire anyone, but this was far better than the alternative.


About Alexis:

Alexis Calder writes sassy heroines and sexy heroes with a sprinkle of sarcasm. She lives in the Rockies and drinks far too much coffee and just the right amount of wine.

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Spotlight & Excerpt: A Kingdom of Flame and Fury + Giveaway

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A Kingdom of Flame and Fury
(The Four Kingdoms #1)
by Whitney Dean
Publication Date: May 26th, 2022
Genre: Dark Fantasy/ Dark Romance

At ten years old, Raven was mysteriously willed to be the next ruler of Seolia, a kingdom nestled within the realm of The Four Kingdoms. Orphaned as a baby, she has spent fifteen years ruling over a kingdom she believes she did not earn all while hiding secrets: she possesses dark magic and she thirsts for blood. Now at almost twenty-five years old and with a sudden addiction to stealing life, Raven must fight through her new procured darkness to save her soul, but when a mysterious stranger arrives in her kingdom, she starts experiencing vivid dreams that detail who she truly is. As she slowly starts to unravel her story, what she uncovers at the end of the spool will change the course of her life and her kingdom forever.

A Kingdom of Flame and Fury is book one in a steamy and thrilling new fantasy series: The Four Kingdoms

This is book one of an epic dark fantasy adventure series and contains scenes of graphic and mature content. Reader discretion is advised.


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I was quiet for a while. Five drinks in and the thick liquid was replacing my blood. “I think I’m in love.” My words were slurred as they tumbled out. “She has purple hair.” Her hair was black, but I saw it when it was purple and it looked so real.

Arthur chuckled as he cleaned out a glass left by another patron.

“Are soul mates real?” I had never believed in them, having spent at least fifteen years fucking my way through the female population of three of the four kingdoms. Nothing I felt ever resembled love. Or like. More like tolerance.

“Soul mates and twin flames are rare, and they’re both destined to be together.” He leaned his forearms down against the bar top and looked at me. “I think my wife was mine. I never looked at another woman like I saw her. It was something else.”

“What’s the difference between soul mates and twin flames?”

Arthur smiled at me, probably because he couldn’t understand what I said as I tipped back my sixth glass of rum. “Soul mates can be anyone. A friend, a lover, someone you met briefly.”

Raven wasn’t anyone.

“Twin flames are two halves of one soul. There’s an intense connection that can’t be replicated. There’s pain associated with flames, both people mirroring one another. When you find your twin, you can’t be apart from them without going a little mad.”

Mad, as in getting drunk in a pub midafternoon because I couldn’t be with her? If so, I was mad.

“How do you know so much about them?” He didn’t seem like the type who would believe in things like this. I didn’t think I could ever be one, either. Yet, here I was, getting wasted in a pub because I was wholly convinced that purple-haired demon was meant to be in my life.

“My wife did,” he answered. “She read often. A lot about how magic used to live in our realm. Mates and flames are a rarity, and they used to be treasured. When they existed, there would be celebrations for days. At least, that’s what her books used to tell her. I haven’t met any, nor have there been any pairings in a very long time. It always intrigued her, so she’d sit on one of these stools every night and tell me about them, or anything else she read.” There was a sadness in his voice as he recalled time spent with his wife, whom I assumed he lost. “Do you think your girl with purple hair may be one of those to you?”

I swished the rum around in my glass as I thought about his question through my unfocused mind, laden with alcohol. “Twin flame,” I said. “I think she’s my twin flame.”

And if they were such a rarity, I was determined to do nothing but treasure her.

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Whitney was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas and raised in Allen, Texas. She resides in a quaint little town in Arkansas with her husband and two children, along with her labradoodle, Simba.

Her love of reading came from the Harry Potter series when she was seven years old, and frequent trips to the most magical place on earth. Because of it, the fantasy realm has taken up residence in her brain for a very long time.

While her writings include real-life pain and angst, she is a fan of happily-ever-after’s and always strives to bring that forth in her stories.

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Series Spotlight & Author Interview: The Acre Series + Giveaway

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Book Series Title: THE ACRE SERIES by G.J. Kemp
Category:  Adult Fiction (18 +)
Genre:  Epic Fantasy
Publisher:  TB5 Publishing
Release date:   January 2022,  May 2022, June 2022, August 2022
Content Rating:  PG for a few fight scenes.

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From their windows, balconies, and gardens, the residents of the land of Acre stare north at the ominous black clouds that crawl across their beloved skies, overshadowing their homes. Under the clouds, a darkness has befallen the majestic City of Lynn.

Within the city, a cornered Queen, once true and just, now plays a game of cat and mouse with the races of Acre. Each season, as the Queen fights for control, the ‘Unknowns’ from the North approach. With them comes the stench of evil, fear, and death.

But… there is hope. A lost legend now awakened.

A set of dormant orbs lay in the gnarled hands of an old man. One by one, the dull orbs spark and swirl to life. Somewhere within the City of Lynn, the scroll of equals remains hidden. It’s text, supplied by the gods, awaits the chosen who may one day save the land of Acre.

Or so the legend says.

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If you could put yourself as a character in your book, who would you be?

I would put myself as Dr Viktor. A bit grumpy, a bit moody, but a heart of gold. He also has a bit of mystery about him which keeps people guessing. If it wasn’t Dr Viktor, it would probably be Miles. I like to watch things around me from the sides rather than being in the centre of attention.

What advice would you give budding writers?

It is easy to get distracted by things like structure, grammar, show v tell, POV’s etc. Always remember that the story is king. Write the story and forget about everything else. Once you have the story down, then editing it becomes easier because you have a strong story to work with. The story is and always will be, what readers remember.

Do you have another profession besides writing?

I am a project manager by trade. I work in a field called ERP which stands for Enterprise Resource Management. I install software to help factories create products efficiently. I am lucky enough to work 4 days a week which gives me an extra day to concentrate on my writing.

Do you snack while writing? Favorite snack?

I snack all the time! Peanuts are my usual choice but lately I have got a little bit addicted to roasted corn. I do find that I snack differently depending on what phase of writing the book I am in. If I am drafting, I snack a lot. I drink a lot of tea and have lately had to go do decaf because I wouldn’t fall asleep until 3am in the morning.

Where do you write?

I have two major places. A sit/stand desk with a desktop computer where I do my editing. And the couch with a laptop for when I am drafting. I find that when I am drafting, I am very sporadic as ideas and imagination flow. When I move to editing, I need more structure, so the sit stand desk works for me.

If you were stuck on a deserted island, which 3 books would you want with you?

Phantoms by Dean Koontz
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey


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Book Series Title: JUNO AND THE LADY (An Acre Story, Book 1)
by G.J. Kemp
Category:  Adult Fiction (18 +), 400 pages
Genre:  Epic Fantasy
Publisher:  TB5 Publishing
Release date:   January 2022
Content Rating:  PG for a few fight scenes.

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Juno’s beloved Petra is dead.

Petra’s replacement, the mysterious Lady, has put Juno’s best friend Tilly under a dark spell that has left Juno with nobody she can trust.

With only Chax, her kitten, for company, Juno escapes from her school to a town at the bottom of the cliffs.

A town ruled by men.

Alone, scared, and without friends, Juno feels an unknown power growing inside her. A power she knows she will one day have to harness. With all lost, a dark figure from within the shadows cups her mouth and whispers in her ear to keep quiet.

Juno joins her new friends but just as she starts to learn how the world really works, the ill-tempered Dr Viktor demands an audience.

Juno and the Lady is a young woman’s journey into a land of the old ways, where men rule, and women are property.

​With unlikely friendships, forbidden love and burning magic, can Juno change the conventions of old? Can she save the town? And will she figure out who the Lady truly is?


 

Book Series Title: VALEN AND THE BEASTS (A Juno and the Lady Novella, An Acre Story, Book 1.1)
by G.J. Kemp
Category:  Adult Fiction (18 +), 126 pages
Genre:  Epic Fantasy
Publisher:  TB5 Publishing
Release date:   May 16, 2022
Content Rating:  PG for a few fight scenes.  

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Valen plucked the glass box off the shelf and gently placed it on his desk. Inside, a set of handcrafted metal circles linked to form the body of his new beast. He closed his eyes and dreamed of the Fairacre residents buying his latest creations.

A commotion outside Valen’s shop brings him back to the present. The Captain has caught the leader of the sewer rats and is parading her in front of Fairacre residents. Her fate will be determined by the townsfolk’s demands.

Valen steps in to defend the leader.

​A story of discovery, hope and courage, Valen and the Beasts is a journey of an outsider risking everything to stand up for the people he loves. Will Valen save the leader of the sewer rats? Will he show everyone his secret? Or will he buckle under the pressures of the old conventions?

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Book Series Title: PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (A Juno and the Lady Novella, An Acre Story, Book 1.2)

by G.J. Kemp
Category:  Adult Fiction (18 +), 120 pages
Genre:  Epic Fantasy
Publisher:  TB5 Publishing
Release date:   August, 2022
Content Rating:  PG for a few fight scenes.  

Book Description:

‘You saved one girl, papa,’ Petra said. ‘Just one girl. The rest are living in the alleys. Starving, freezing, with no hope.’

‘I still don’t understand why this is bothering you so much?’ Ernest said.

Petra turned her head and stared out of the window.

A young privileged woman who knows nothing about the real world is thrown deep into the underbelly of Fairacre.

Petra and the Sewer Rats take us on a tale of how Petra forms the Sewer Rats then has to make an impossible decision. Does she save her baby? Or does she save the children of the alleys?

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Book Series Title: MILES AND THE SOLDIER (An Acre Story, Book 2)
by G.J. Kemp
Category:  Adult Fiction (18 +), 474 pages
Genre:  Epic Fantasy
Publisher:  TB5 Publishing
Release date:   June 2022
Content Rating:  PG for a few fight scenes.  

Book Description:

The front door swung open. The icy blast of air hit Miles full in the face. For the first time in months, a smile played across his lips. Freedom.

Miles knows his life changed when the Lady’s sword cut deep into his back. He knows he’ll never achieve his lifelong dream.

Then a stab of joyous pain slices down his leg. With renewed hope, Miles leaves behind the shackles of Dr Viktor’s house and travels east, to the training grounds of the Queen’s Guard.

Will Miles get the chance to compete for a place? And will they accept him in the warrior’s holy ground of Battleacre?

​The Acre Story follows Miles’s journey through the eastern lands as our epic fantasy continues.


Meet the Author:

A nomad at heart, GJ has lived in nine countries across Africa, Europe and the Middle East. His career has included working as a Divemaster in The Red Sea, a zookeeper in Israel, and a proofreader in Sweden.Born with cerebral palsy, GJ has spent a lifetime trying to tie his shoelaces while standing up in the hope of not falling over. It is a constant challenge, but sometimes he occasionally succeeds.​Finding the love for writing later in life, GJ spends most of his free time going for walks and dreaming of story ideas. He hopes to one day have a small place on the oceanfront where he can walk his dogs on the beach.

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Tour Schedule:

​Sep 6 – Cover Lover Book Review – book series spotlight of THE ACRE SERIES / guest post / giveaway
Sep 6 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1) / guest post / giveaway
Sep 7 – She Just Loves Books – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1) / giveaway
Sep 7 The Momma Spot – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1) / giveaway
Sep 8 – Library Lady’s Kid Lit – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1) / author interview / giveaway
Sep 8 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1) / giveaway
Sep 9 – Books With A Chance Of Traveling – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1) / author interview / giveaway
Sep 9 – Literary Flits – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1) / giveaway
Sep 12 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2) / giveaway
Sep 13 – She Just Loves Books – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1) / giveaway
Sep 13The Momma Spot – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1) / giveaway
Sep 14 – fundinmental – book series spotlight of THE ACRE SERIES / guest post / giveaway
Sep 15 – Library Lady’s Kid Lit – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1) / giveaway
Sep 16 – 
Splashes of Joy – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1)/ giveaway

Sep 16 –Rockin’ Book Reviews – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2) / giveaway
Sep 16  –The Momma Spot – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2) / giveaway
Sep 19 –Sefina Hawke’s Books – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1)
Sep 19 –
Books With A Chance Of Traveling – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1) / giveaway
Sep 19 – 
Splashes of Joy – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1)/ giveaway

Sep 20 – Sadie’s Spotlight – book series spotlight of THE ACRE SERIES / author interview / giveaway
Sep 20 – She Just Loves Books – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2) / giveaway
Sep 21 – She Just Loves Books – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2) / giveaway
Sep 22 – Library Lady’s Kid Lit – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2) / giveaway
Sep 23 The Momma Spot – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2) / giveaway
Sep 23 – Sefina Hawke’s Books – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.2)
Sep 26 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1) / giveaway
Sep 26 –
Gina Rae Mitchell – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1) / giveaway
Sep 26 – 
Splashes of Joy – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2)/ giveaway

Sep 26 – Sefina Hawke’s Books – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2)
Sep 27 – Stephanie Jane – book series spotlight of THE ACRE SERIES / guest post / giveaway
Sep 27 –
Literary Flits – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1) / giveaway

Sep 27 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1) / giveaway
Sep 27 – 
Splashes of Joy – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2)/ giveaway

Sep 28 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2) / giveaway
Sep 29 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2) / giveaway
Sep 29 – Library Lady’s Kid Lit – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2) / giveaway
Sep 30 – Books With A Chance Of Traveling – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2) / giveaway
Sep 30 – Sefina Hawke’s Books – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2)
Oct 3 – The Adventures of a Travelers Wife – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1) / author interview / giveaway
Oct 3 – Books for Books – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1)
Oct 3 –
Gina Rae Mitchell –book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1) / giveaway

Oct 4 – The Adventures of a Travelers Wife – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1) / giveaway
Oct 4 – Books for Books – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1)
Oct 5 – Books With A Chance Of Traveling – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2) / giveaway
Oct 5 – The Adventures of a Travelers Wife – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2) / giveaway
Oct 6 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book series spotlight of THE ACRE SERIES / guest post / giveaway
Oct 6 – The Adventures of a Travelers Wife – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2) / guest post / giveaway
Oct 7 – Books for Books – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2)
Oct 11 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1) / giveaway
Oct 12 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1) / giveaway
Oct 12 –Gina Rae Mitchell –book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2) / giveaway
Oct 13 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2) / giveaway
Oct 13 –
Literary Flits – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2) / giveaway

Oct 14 – Bookswithpaulak – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1)
Oct 14 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2) / giveaway
Oct 17 – @onecreativeartist – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1)
Oct 17 – Books and Games – book review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1) / guest post / giveaway
Oct 17 –
Gina Rae Mitchell –book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2) / giveaway

Oct 18 – @onecreativeartist – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1)
Oct 18 – Books and Games – book review of VALEN AND THE BEASTS (Book 1.1) / giveaway
Oct 19 – @onecreativeartist – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2)
Oct 19 – Books and Games – book review of PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2) / giveaway
Oct 20 – Acourtofbookishreviews
book series review of JUNO AND THE LADY (Book 1), VALENS AND THE BEASTS
(Book 1.1), PETRA AND THE SEWER RATS (Book 1.2), MILES AND THE SOLDIER
(Book 2)

Oct 20 – Books and Games – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2) / author interview / giveaway
Oct 20 –
Literary Flits – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2) / giveaway

Oct 21 – Bookswithpaulak – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2)
Oct 21 – Books for Books – book review of MILES AND THE SOLDIER (Book 2)


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THE ACRE SERIES Book Tour Giveaway

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