Book Blitz & Giveaway: The Rock at the Bottom, by Cynthia Hilston
Book Blitz & Giveaway: The Rock at the Bottom, by Cynthia Hilston
The Rock at the Bottom
by Cynthia Hilston
Lorna & Tristan #3
20th Century Historical Fiction / Romance
Date Published: 03-21-2023
Stephen feels he is marked from day one to lose the ones he loves. His mother dies giving birth to him, and his alcoholic father makes sure Stephen never forgets it. To block out his father’s hate, fists, and belt, young Stephen loses himself in his imagination. Stories become his closest companions and barricades against a family that never wanted him. Once he can look his father in the eye, Stephen swears he will never be the monster his old man is. He vows he will become a published author, if for no other reason than to prove his father wrong.
While his dreams of being a bestselling novelist and falling in love come true, Stephen has much to prove to himself before he can write his own happy ending. Set against the backdrop of Prohibition-era Cleveland, Stephen fights the same alcoholic demons that plagued his father as he tries to begin a life free from his family. He meets equally headstrong Julie and is smitten, but their marriage is as fractured as his career is solid. He can find ten ways to write about being in love, but he has a hard time translating love on the page to love in real life. Julie slips between his fingers like sand, and Stephen sees his father staring back when he looks in the mirror.
Try as he might to rewrite his life, even going so far as to change his name, he has to wonder if he is the author or the killer of love.
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About the Author
Cynthia Hilston is a stay-at-home mom of three young kids, happily married, and lives in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. Writing has always been like another child to her. After twenty years of waltzing in the world of fan fiction, she stepped away to do her debut dance with original works of fiction, although she still dabbles in fan fiction.
In her spare time – what spare time? – she devours books, shamelessly watches Hallmark movies and When Calls the Heart, pets her orange and black kitties, looks at the stars, drinks wine or coffee with good friends, and dreams of what other stories she wishes to tell.
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Book Blitz & Giveaway: Escaping the Dashia, by Rebecca Inch-Partridge
Escaping the Dashia
by Rebecca Inch-Partridge
YA Science Fantasy
Date Published: March 18, 2023
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Discovering who you are can be dangerous – even deadly.
Twyla’s been living in hiding on Earth, hoping to leave her past behind. But when her mother, Madam Cassiopeia DeConnett finds her and kidnaps her back to the Paraxous Star Cluster, she expects her daughter to take her rightful place within the family business. The DeConnetts are Dashia- a group of genetically- engineered telepaths who use their powers to control some and ruin others. Their criminal organization is rich, powerful, and spans The Cluster.
When escape seems impossible, Twyla considers suicide. Then she meets Dovain, another prisoner, and their friendship blossoms into something more. Together, can they figure out how to free themselves? Can she trust herself enough to risk loving him? If she does, will that love save her, or lead to her destruction?
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Rebecca Inch-Partridge wrote her first novel in 3rd grade, Saver Rebecca Meets Captain Kirk. She grew up wanting to save the world and wanting to be writer. Then life happened. She went to work on an ambulance as an EMT, got married and had a family. She went back to school for her bachelor’s degree when her son entered middle school. Rebecca then served as a service coordinator at Alta California Regional Center for several years.
Then she almost died from stage four endometriosis and that changed everything. Writing was no longer just something to be done in her spare time. It became a way of life. She discovered that she loved meeting with other authors at writer’s groups, conferences, and conventions. She is now a frequent panelist for area Science Fiction conventions such as BayCon and LosCon. Her experiences at these events served as the inspiration for her story “Nontact,” which will appear in Nova Science Fiction Magazine.
Giving and getting literary critiques has always energized and inspired her. Now she works as a freelance editor who specializes in speculative fiction, mysteries, and memoirs. She loves helping authors form diamonds from lumps of coal. She lives in Auburn California where she leads several critique groups for Gold Country Writers. She is also a member of the Foothills Storytellers Guild and co hosts Open Mic for the Spoken Word each month.
She is a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, California Writers Club-Sacramento Chapter, Northern California Publishers and Authors, Gold Country Writers, The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society, and Broad Universe.
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