Spotlight & Guest Post: Designed by Destiny + Giveaway

DESIGNED BY DESTINY

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the DESIGNED BY DESTINY by Maya Tyler Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: DESIGNED BY DESTINY
(Fairy Godmothers Incorporated, #1)
Author: Maya Tyler
Pub. Date: November 15, 2022
Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing
Formats:  Paperback, eBook
Pages: 216

After a painful break-up in university, Bethany Clarke has sworn off love to focus on her career. From her humble South Side beginnings to her position as an architect intern at a prestigious Chicago firm, she’s proven to be a hard worker and is proud of her accomplishments. In three years, she’ll be a fully licensed architect which is more important to her than anything else.

Confirmed bachelor Nicholas Grey is more than the playboy perpetrated by the tabloids. Now his position as CEO of the architecture firm Grey & Company is on the line, and his mother’s interference is making things more difficult. Nick’s committed to his work, but, in order to be taken seriously, he needs to land a huge project. A stable personal life will help guarantee the contract. Fairy Godmother Faye Delmore hears Nick’s plea and steps in to help. Posing as a publicist, she suggests a strategy to polish his public image, which includes convincing Beth to play his wife. Faye knows Nick needs the huge project to save his job, but she also knows he needs Beth in his life.

What happens when you add a fairy godmother who loves playing matchmaker into the equation? A future designed by destiny.

Find it: GoodreadsAmazon, B&N, iBooks, Kobo


Guest Post:

Location, Location, Location

Designed by Destiny started in Las Vegas, the glitzy, glamorous seat of excess and luxury. The home of “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” like you can just pause your real life and act without consequence. It’s also home to approximately 50 wedding chapels with more than 70k people tying the knot per year. No wonder Vegas is known as the marriage capital of the world.

As a consequence-free zone with plenty of opportunities for an impromptu wedding, Las Vegas made the perfect backdrop for a “fake relationship” turned “marriage of convenience” trope.

I’ve always wanted to incorporate a “fake relationship” trope. Navigating this sort of relationship creates many awkward situations for the characters and presents what my kids like to call “comedy gold.” It’s a fun trope to read, especially as the characters find their way and, ultimately, fall in love. I enjoyed writing Beth and Nick’s early interactions.

In particular, I love this snippet. I’ll set the scene. Nick collects Beth for the conference banquet. He’s pumped with adrenaline at the thought of seeing Beth again as well as signing the important client. Beth, on the other hand, is a bundle of nerves. Deception of any kind goes against her moral code. There was just something about Nick that spoke to her, getting her agree to this temporary madness. She doesn’t feel at all prepared for the banquet. It’s like cramming for a test and not feeling confident about the material. So, there you have it. Nick’s excited and Beth’s nervous.

***

“You look stunning, Bethany.”

“Thank you.” She cursed the blush that spread across her cheeks. “You don’t look so bad yourself, slugger.” She fist-bumped his shoulder. Slugger? She wanted to sink through a hole in the floor. Could she be more awkward?

***

I could feel Beth’s horrified cringe and the hot flush of her cheeks as she chastised herself for her awkwardness. How are you supposed to act around your crush slash boss slash fake fiancée? There’s no how-to manual.

I have had my share of awkward moments. In junior high, I loved acting and was an active member of our school’s drama club. Then, in a skit, I had to slow dance with an older boy in our club. He was dressed as a clown which already complicated the logistics of a slow dance. Add in standing so close and not knowing where to look (he was also very tall). At his chest? Around the stage? Awkward. I decided, then and there, I wasn’t going to be an actress when I grew up. Despite my love of acting and youthful fearlessness of performing on stage, I’m an introvert with personal space issues. A recipe for awkward moments. Plenty of fodder for a “fake relationship” trope.

Intrigued? Read more awkward moments in Designed by Destiny. Available November 15 from Tirgearr Publishing.


 

About Maya Tyler:

Maya Tyler is a multi-published author of paranormal romance novels and blogger at Maya’s Musings. An avid reader, Maya writes the books she loves to read—romances! Her paranormal romances come with complex plot twists and happily-ever-afters.

When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, listening to music (alternative rock, especially from the 1990s), practicing yoga, and watching movies and TV.

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will win a $25 Amazon Gift Card, International.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Ends November 15th, midnight EST.


Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/31/2022

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Guest Post/IG Post

10/31/2022

Author Z. Knight

Guest Post/IG Post

11/1/2022

@meetcuteromancebooks

Guest Post/IG Post

11/1/2022

Sadie’s Spotlight

Guest Post/IG Post

11/2/2022

The Momma Spot

Guest Post

11/2/2022

Jazzy Book Reviews

Guest Post/IG Post

11/3/2022

Nagma | TakeALookAtMyBookshelf

IG Review

11/3/2022

The Real World According To Sam

Review/IG Post

11/4/2022

The.bibliophile.michelle

IG Review

11/4/2022

A Dream Within A Dream

Guest Post

Week Two:

11/7/2022

My Cat Reads

Review/IG Post

11/7/2022

Fire and Ice

Review

11/8/2022

@allyluvsbooksalatte

IG Review/TikTok Post

11/8/2022

Rajiv’s Reviews

Review/IG Post

11/9/2022

Books a Plenty Book Reviews

Review

11/9/2022

Nagma | TakeALookAtMyBookshelf

IG Review

11/10/2022

Review Thick And Thin

Review/IG Post

11/10/2022

Bookdreamr

Review/IG Post

11/11/2022

Jael Just Reading

Review/IG Post

11/11/2022

Two Chicks on Books

Guest Post/IG Post

 

Spotlight & Guest Post: Human Remains + Giveaway

HUMAN REMAINS banner

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the HUMAN REMAINS by Peter Milligan & Sally Cantirino Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

Title: HUMAN REMAINS

Author: Peter Milligan, Dearbhla Kelly, Sally Cantirino
(Illustrations), AndWorld Design, Adrian F. Wassel (Editor)

Pub. Date: September 27, 2022

Publisher: Vault Comics

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 208

Find it: GoodreadsAmazon, Kindle, B&NiBooks, KoboTBD, Bookshop.org

 

Alien meets A Quiet Place in this science fiction tale of terror for fans of Josh Malerman’s Bird Box and Tim Lebbon’s The Silence about a post apocalyptic world in which monsters hunt the things that make us human – where feeling is a dangerous thing.

Live. Laugh. Love. Scream.
DIE.

Dax and Bisa love each other. But in this new and terrifying world, love is dangerous. Feeling anything is dangerous. Love. Hate. Joy. Fear.  Any of these in strong doses will bring a swift death. Earth has a new and terrible invader—monsters that smell the scent of emotion, salivate over the prey, and hunt the very feelings that make us human. A shocking tale of pent-up emotions and forced composure in the face of unspeakable horror…from one of the most celebrated writers in comics, Peter Milligan (X-Force, EnigmaShade the Changing Man, Hellblazer) and breakout horror artist Sally Cantirino (I Walk With Monsters, The Final Girls).

Collects the entire eight-issue series.


Reviews:

“I read this at a gasp, horrified by the bloody events as much as the too familiar feel of a society self-destructing–even before the monsters come. A palpitating whirlwind of a start.”  — Daniel Kraus (New York Times bestselling author of The Shape of Water, Trollhunters, The Teddies Saga, and Vault Comics’ The Autumnal)

“As brilliant and incisive as ever, Peter Milligan questions what makes us human,and what motivates us to make the terrible decisions we inevitably make.”– Kieron Gillen (Uncanny X-Men, Eternals; The Wicked + The Divine; Once & Future)

“Human Remains might be the scariest Vault series to date.” – Gate Crashers “a brutal, visceral, soul crushing world where the barest hint of emotion can lead to a violent and bloody death.” — Multiversity Comics


Guest Post:

Talk about your favorite kind of character to draw / Talk about your least favorite kind of character to draw.

If I had to pick, my favorite recurring characters to draw were Dr Sharma, Dax & Bisa together, and Jessica.  I don’t think I have a “least favorite kind of character to draw”! Let’s be honest- my least favorite thing to draw are big crowd scenes, but I still enjoy drawing the individual people in it. There are characters who do things that I don’t enjoy drawing, like Dr Sharma’s husband being a creep or Jessica’s husband being an abusive jerk. But at the same time, McStay’s actual character design, facial features, and expressions were fun to draw, even if he was a terrible person. I enjoyed drawing Sullivan, even if he was a terrible person. I loved drawing Hays and Tammy, even if Hays was awful (even my mom was like, “How is he still alive at the end of the book??”)

Describe your ideal writing/creative space.

An office with a door I can shut because my cat loves to do crimes and chew wires, lots of natural light, strong wi-fi signal, a record player and all my records, and a couch to nap on at 3 PM every day (or whenever it storms).


 

About Peter Milligan:

Peter Milligan is a legendary British writer of comics, film, and television. One of Entertainment Weekly’s “it” writers of the early 2000s, Peter Milligan was at the forefront of the revolution in comics which were created for a more sophisticated, adult audience. 

Shade the Changing Man for Vertigo offered a skewered look
at American culture, while Enigma, Face, The Extremist, and Rogan Gosh pushed the boundaries of what comic books could do. Milligan was the longest-running writer of the cult horror comic Hellblazer, and his take on Human Target inspired the TV series. For Marvel, the hugely-popular X-Statix was a radical reworking of the X-Man paradigm, described by Kevin Smith (CLERKS etc) as “the most well-observed scholarly analysis of media-manipulation filtered through a pop-culture lens ever committed to the page”.

Milligan is the screenwriter of  Pilgrim AKA Inferno (2000) and An Angel For May (2002) and currently is the co-creator and writer of Human Remains for Vault Comics

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About Sally Cantirino:

Sally Cantirino is a comic artist and illustrator currently based in New Jersey. She has been self-publishing comics and zines since she was a teenager. Her recent comics work includes I Walk With Monsters and Human Remains for Vault Comics,  “The Final Girls”, “Last Song”, and “We Have To Go Back”. She has also done artwork for World Champ Game Co and bands like La Dispute and Murder By Death.

Website | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | Goodreads


Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive a finished copy of Human Remains, US Only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Ends October 18th, midnight EST.


Tour Schedule:

Week One:

9/19/2022

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Guest Post

9/20/2022

Brandi Danielle Davis

IG Spotlight

9/21/2022

Book Sniffers Anonymous

Guest Post/IG Post

9/22/2022

Jazzy Book Reviews

Guest Post/IG Post

9/23/2022

hauntedbybooks

Review/IG Post

9/24/2022

Review Thick And Thin

Review/IG Post

Week Two:

9/25/2022

fairrryprose

Review

9/26/2022

Sadie’s Spotlight

Guest Post /IG Post

9/27/2022

A Bookworms Garden

IG Review/TikTok Post

9/28/2022

Nagma  TakeALookAtMyBookshelf

Review/IG Post

9/29/2022

Bookdreamr

Review/IG Post

9/30/2022

Jeff_of_allmedia

IGReview

10/1/2022

Books with Brandie Shanae

YouTube Review/IG Post

Week Three:

10/2/2022

Forthenovellovers

Review

10/3/2022

The Real World According to Sam

Review/IG Post

10/4/2022

See Sadie Read

Review/IG Post

10/5/2022

Wanderingwitchreads

TikTok Review/IG Post

10/6/2022

@lexijava

Review/IG Post

10/7/2022

The Momma Spot

Review/IG Post

10/8/2022

Celia’s Reads

Review/IG Post

Week Four:

10/9/2022

Laurenreads._

Review/IG Post

10/10/2022

Nerdophiles

Review/IG Post

10/11/2022

GryffindorBookishNerd

Review/IG Post

10/12/2022

A Dream Within A Dream

Guest Post/IG Post

10/13/2022

onemused

Review/IG Post

10/14/2022

Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers

Review/IG Post

 

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