Haunted Halloween Spooktacular: #Recipe ~ Vampire Punch ~ A Prophecy Awakened (Immortal Wounds Series, Book Two) by Angie Barton ~ Fantasy Fiction/Magical Realism ~ #bewitchingbooktours @bewitchingbooktours ~ ThereisAGive@way

Vampire Punch

I LOVE all things vampire and I LOVE to host!

 

Planning and setting up the décor is just as much fun as the event itself, and this punch looks great on the table!

It is perfect for Halloween parties and can be made for  kids or adults! It’s the perfect blend of sweet and tart, and its deep red color makes it both fun and delicious! 

*If you’re familiar with using dry ice, it can be added for a spooky effect!

Ingredients: 

• 2 liters ginger ale or club soda, or lemon lime soda (Sprite or 7Up)

• 1 quart black cherry juice

• 2 pints (32 ounces) Pomegranate Juice 

• 16 ounces frozen cherries 

• alcohol your choice (I typically add Vodka)

 

Instructions: 

1. Combine the juices and ginger ale together in a large punch bowl. If you are using alcohol, add it now.

2. Add the frozen cherries and stir.

3. Serve with ice and any decorations you may have for your spooky punch! I’ve used plastic vampire teeth and my guests thought it looked “fang-tastic!”

A Prophecy Awakened

Immortal Wounds Series

Book Two

Angie Barton

Genre: Fantasy Fiction/Magical Realism

Publisher: Angie Barton 

Date of Publication: June 13, 2024

ISBN: 979-8990647220

ASIN: BOD73FHPSH

Number of pages: 448

Word Count: 104,000

Cover Artist: Donnell McKenzie

Tagline: The time has come for the two worlds to collide the prophecy has spoken.

About the Book: 

Family. Destiny. Magic. Lore.

Forced to leave behind her only known family, on the night of her eighteenth birthday Charlotte Delgado flees through the invisible veil that has granted her safety since birth, with only an age-old diary to guide her. Given less than a day to read the four-hundred year-old tales scripted amongst its pages, she barely understands the predetermined path her ancestor writes of, let alone believes it.

However, despite the dangers the journal warns of—supernatural creatures that will hunt her along her journey—it’s the ominous twist of fate that surrounds the last bloodline witch in her family that fills Charlotte with the most fear.

Is she that witch or merely a pawn moving the prophecy forward?

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Award winning author, Angie Barton, published her first novel, Immortal Wounds, in 2022. Angie’s love for writing centers around the fantasy genre, but she also enjoys writing thriller and romance. Her passion for reading, which led to her love of writing, began in elementary school with the Scholastic Book program. Her parents, who are life-long avid readers, have been a huge influence on her reading. Therefore anything and everything Angie could get her hands on she read.

Angie has been an early childhood educator since 1986 and hold a B.S. in Child Development. Her love for literacy has continued throughout her career, not only for herself, but also with the children she has cared for and taught. What Angie is most passionate about is helping others discover the excitement that reading brings. Her greatest desire in writing is to create and bring joy and entertainment to everyone she touches.

Currently, if Angie isn't reading at least three books at a time or working on a rough draft for her next book, she can be found outdoors gardening, woodworking, or relaxing by her pond. She shares that she's a Capricorn, tried and true, drinks way too much tea, and that her "to be read" pile of books can spike at any time.

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Beta Rising by L.C. Son 

A Beautiful Nightmare Story

 Paranormal Romance; Fantasy fiction; Shifter Romance

Date Published: August 1, 2022

 

 

About the Book:

Open the gates. Open your heart.

Finally, the Dunes Paw Pack has reclaimed their place as the leading den of Beta Primes. Their new young alpha, Mark Helsing is finally in position to restore order and cement his pack’s reign in the Prime Wolf Order. For Mark it should be the most profound moment of his life.

But it is not.

Even as the newly appointed leader, he finds himself without the one thing he thought he was sure to have. A love to call his own.

Grieving the loss of the one he loved, Mark is growing dangerously close to losing everything he worked so hard to attain. Forced to choose a mate to ensure not only the future of his pack, but his bloodline, he must align himself with the one woman he vowed to never give his heart to again.

With a ticking timeline and a new darkness unleashed into his city, will he risk it all or rise to the occasion?

Author's Note: Beta Rising is a standalone within the Beautiful Nightmare series. Readers of Beautiful Nightmare and Awaken will be pleased to see some of their favorite characters return, and new readers will dive headfirst into a world full of wolf shifters, vampires, and a host of others. This story is a lite enemies-to-lovers, second chance, paranormal romance complete with a happy ending.

 

About the Author :

Wife of one. Mom of three plus a Beagle.

Well, at least that's how I'm described in the confines of my everyday life.

 Writing has always been second nature to me. I spent my childhood creating short stories and my collegiate years writing for the campus paper (Go TERPS!) Jump twenty years to the present--I'm still writing. At my day job I spend most of my time writing capability briefs, white papers, proposals--you name it.

 Then one day it hit me! It was time to access my own creative power and bring to life the characters I've created in my mind.

In addition to enjoying life with my amazing family, I can usually be found with my head in a book, binging my favorite shows, and watching movies with jaw-dropping scores! Presently, I'm working on the next installment in the Beautiful Nightmare series.

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Book Blitz & #Giveaway ~ Loving Modigliani by Linda Lappin @LindaLappin1 @RABTBookTours ~ The Afterlife of Jeanne Hébuterne ~ Paranormal Ghost and Love Story ~ Historical Paranormal Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy Fiction, Literary Fiction

 

The Afterlife of Jeanne Hébuterne

Paranormal Ghost and Love Story

Historical Paranormal Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy Fiction, Literary Fiction

Published: December 2020

Publisher: Serving House Books

About the Book:

A ghost story, love story, and a search for a missing masterpiece.

PARIS 1920 Dying just 48 hours after her husband, Jeanne Hebuterne--wife and muse of the celebrated painter Amedeo Modigliani and an artist in her own right -- haunts their shared studio, watching as her legacy is erased. Decades later, a young art history student travels across Europe to rescue Jeanne's work from obscurity. A ghost story, a love story, and a search for a missing masterpiece.

Loving Modigliani is a genre-bending novel, blending elements of fantasy, historical fiction, gothic, mystery, and suspense.

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"LOVING MODIGLIANI is a haunting, genre-bending novel that kept me turning pages late into the night" --Gigi Pandian, author of The Alchemist's Illusion

"Part ghost story, part murder mystery, part treasure hunt, Linda Lappin's Loving Modigliani is a haunting, genre-bending novel that kept me turning the pages long into the night." - Best-selling mystery novelist Gigi Pandian

Other Books by Linda Lappin:

Signatures in Stone

2014 Overall Winner DAPHNE DU MAURIER AWARD for excellence in Mystery Writing, also Winner in the Historical Mystery section of the Du Maurier Awards, from Romance Writers of America.

Seeking inspiration in the timeless Italian landscape, four unlikely misfits find their destinies entangled in the meanders of the mysterious sculpture garden of Bomarzo, peopled with freaks and monsters. Daphne, a writer with a hashish habit, Clive, American gigolo and aspiring artist, Nigel, an English aristocrat down at the heels, and Finestone, a fly by night art historian come together in a decrepit villa looked after by two Italian servants who are not what they seem. To find their heart's desire, all the characters must descend into the depths of hell, but not everyone will make it out alive. In the hideous sculptures of Bomarzo, Daphne must face up the hidden sides of herself while solving the mystery of murder for which she is unjustly accused. She will discover that her own journey to hell has already been written sculpted by an unknown genius centuries ago in these signatures in stone.

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The Soul of Place

In this engaging creative writing workbook, Linda Lappin, novelist, poet, and travel writer, presents a series of insightful exercises to help writers of all genres -- (literary travel writing, memoir, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction) discover imagery and inspiration in the places they love.

Lappin departs from the classical concept of the Genius Loci, the indwelling spirit residing in every landscape, house, city, or forest, to argue that by entering into contact with the unique energy and identity of a place, writers can access an inexhaustible source of creative power. The Soul of Place provides instruction on how to evoke that power.

The writing exercises are drawn from many fields such as architecture, painting, cuisine, literature and literary criticism, geography and deep maps, Jungian psychology, fairy tales, mythology,metaphysics,theater and performance art, all of which offer surprising perspectives on our writing and may help us uncover raw materials for fiction, essays, and poetry hidden in our environment.

An essential resource book for the writer's library, this book is ideal for creative writing courses, with stimulating exercises adaptable to all genres. For writers or travelers about to set out on a trip abroad, The Soul of Place is the perfect road trip companion, attuning our senses to a deeper awareness of place.

"Insightful exercises help creative writers of all levels attune themselves to the power of place." Amy Alippo, National Geographic Traveler

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Prize-winning novelist Linda Lappin is the author of four novels: The Etruscan (Wynkin de Worde, 2004), Katherine’s Wish (Wordcraft , 2008), Signatures in Stone: A Bomarzo Mystery (Pleasureboat Studio, 2013), and The Soul of Place (Travelers Tales, 2015). Signatures in Stone won the Daphne DuMaurier Award for best mystery of 2013. The Soul of Place won the gold medal in the Nautilus Awards in the Creativity category.

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Return to White Catcliff
Inna Val Helm
Fantasy Fiction

Date Published: May 2019

Publisher: IVX Books

About the Book:

Return to White Catcliff is Inna Val Helm’s debut novel presented by an unforgettable cast of characters. Fantasy and reality merge amid elements of anthropomorphism, eternal life, and dimensional existence.

It tells the story of thirtysomething Nick Taylor and his black Lab, BD, who stumble upon a convenience store robbery in a suburb of present-day Chicago and are left for dead. They awaken to find themselves in the tranquil village of White Catcliff, where inhabitants faced certain death immediately prior to arrival.

The antagonist is VEIL (Volunteer Eleemosynary Institute and League), which presents as a humanitarian organization, but its true agenda is steeped in pillage and plunder. Nick’s mission is to stop its proliferation. This means he must not only leave his new home, but of greater consequence, he must travel alone, leaving his best friend behind.

Return to White Catcliff is a smartly crafted novel, artfully illustrated, humorous at times, dark at others, and always thought-provoking.

About the Author:

Inna Val Helm has served as a trial consultant and linguistic translator in various venues, and her resulting familiarity with courtrooms and legal proceedings is evident throughout certain passages and illustrative images of Return to White Catcliff.

The writer’s own vivid out-of-body experience inspired said novel and is largely responsible for its conceptual content. Helm’s creation of the nemesis, VEIL (Volunteer Eleemosynary Institute and League), is loosely based upon the world’s political climate over the past eighty years.

A student of the mind, Inna Val Helm has studied the human and animal psyche and related philosophy across Europe as well as the eastern seaboard of the United States, resulting in a litany of fully developed characters.

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Book Spotlight, #Giveaway, & #Excerpt ~ Extinction Of All Children (Book One) by L.J. Epps ~ #darkfantasy #fantasyfiction ~ @ljeppsauthor

What would you do if you were the last eighteen-year-old in the territory?  Join Emma on a wild ride and find out how she survives this fate.

Extinction Of All Children

Book One

L.J. Epps

Genre:  Fantasy Fiction, Dark Fantasy

Publisher:  L.J. Epps

Date of Publication:  06/03/2016

ISBN: 978-0-9971913-3-2

ASIN: B01GM2YTHE

Number of pages: 250

Word Count: 79,826

Cover Artist:  Damonza.com

About the Book:

The futuristic world of Craigluy has been divided into three territories and three economic classes. A large wall separates the territories, so the poor cannot mingle with the rich.

Since President Esther, the ruler over all of Craigluy, believes the poor do not have adequate means to take care of children, they are no longer allowed to procreate. Pregnant mothers are imprisoned until their babies are born, then the infants are taken away.

Emma Whisperer is the last child to survive. She is the last child born in lower-class Territory L before the law was instituted in the year 2080. She is the last eighteen-year-old.

Emma struggles to understand why she was spared while others weren’t. She doesn’t like the laws and believes they should be repealed. Her family doesn’t agree with her; they discourage her rebellious streak. Yet, she helps them to cover up their own family rebellion. She helps them to hide a big secret, a secret that could be both disastrous and deadly for members of their family.

As she meets new people along the way, Emma learns who she can and cannot trust. And, in the end, she makes a gut-wrenching decision that may be disastrous for everyone.

She finds herself in danger for doing what she feels is right.

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My brain checks back in on the conversation. My mother is still going on about her day.

“I was able to pick up some fruit from the market. The apples and pears were fresh. We can have them for dessert on Sunday, along with the whipped cream Emma picked up.” She puts on a fake smile. “They don’t always have it, since it is only for special occasions. Thanks for going back to the store to get it. I forgot it when I was there earlier. I hope you didn’t have a hard time finding it.”

“It is fine, Mother,” I say, softly.

Sundays are special in Territory L. It is the day families are supposed to stay in and enjoy each other’s company. The day we get to eat chicken or fish, instead of beans and soup. It is the day we play old board games and read old books. Pears and apples are what my mother considers dessert. Maybe this Sunday will be even more special because we’re going to have whipped cream on our fruit. We never had it before. I guess whipped cream will make it look more desirable. So, while Territory U has pie and cake, we’ll have fruit with whipped cream topping.

“Is there any more milk?” Theodore asks.

“I had your sister pick some up on her way back.”

“Yes, T,” I say, chiming in. I always call him T, for short. “There is a fresh carton in the fridge. Try not to drink it all. It has to last for at least the next week.”

I watch as he narrows his eyes in my direction, then he stands with his glass in hand and goes to the kitchen. He is such a child, sometimes I can’t even tell he is nineteen.

“So, how was your day, Emma?” My father turns to me. He just put a spoonful of beans in his mouth. He clears his throat and continues. “I mean, before you ran that errand.”

Every time someone talks about the errand, I cringe. It is as if a knife has been put through my stomach because we have such a hard time even saying what the errand is. And the whole thing leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I try to forget about the errand, for now, and dwell on his question—how my day was.

“If you’re asking me if I found a job yet, I haven’t.” I take a sip of water. “There is not much to do around here.”

“There is, if you want to be cashier at the market or a salesperson at the clothing store.”

“Those aren’t real jobs. Sorry,” I add, glancing over at him.

He has always said it didn’t matter what the job is because any job, even if it isn’t glamorous, should be respected. Judging by the slant in his eyebrows that makes the lines in his forehead crease, he didn’t take kindly to what I just said.

“What I meant to say,” I continue, “is I want to go to college and be a doctor like you, Dad, or a teacher like Mom was. It is not fair—”

“We can’t keep having this discussion every night,” Mother cuts in, her voice curt. “I know it is disappointing that there are no colleges and no continued education for you. And I also know you don’t want any of the jobs the territory has to offer—”

“But that is the way it is, and you have to deal with it,” says Father, cutting her off.

“I’m not hungry anymore.” I push my plate aside.

I know it is foolish because around here you don’t always know where your next meal is coming from, but I can’t stomach the same conversation along with the same dry food every night.

“May I be excused?” I lower my head.

“Yes, Emma. You may.” My mother’s tone is soft. “And Em, things will get better,” she says with sad eyes.

She always says that. I think, more for herself than for me. But things never get better. They always stay the same, or get worse.

About the Author:

L.J. Epps is a lover of all things related to books: fiction and nonfiction novels, as well as biographies and autobiographies. She has also been known to sit and read comic books from cover to cover, several times over.

Over the last few years, L.J. has written several manuscripts; her mission is to publish all of them. She enjoys writing fiction in several genres, including contemporary romance and women’s fiction, as well as young adult dystopian, science fiction and fantasy. She loves to write because it immerses her into another world that is not her own.

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