Featuring Authors: Cat Sparks and Kaaron Warren

Celebrating the new release Calvaria Fell: Stories with a guest post and excerpt!

Title: Calvaria Fell: Stories
Author: Cat Sparks and Kaaron Warren
Genre: Science Fiction / Dystopian / Dark Fantasy
Release Date: April 30, 2024

Calvaria Fell is a stunning collaborative collection of weird tales from two acclaimed authors, Kaaron Warren and Cat Sparks. It features previously published stories from both authors, along with a new novella by Kaaron Warren and four new stories by Cat Sparks. The collection offers a glimpse into a chilling future world that is similar to our own. Readers will be drawn into experiences at once familiar and bizarre, where our choices have far-reaching consequences and the environment is a force to be reckoned with. The title of the collection tethers these stories to a shared space. The calvaria is the top part of the skull, comprising five plates that fuse together in the first few years of life. Story collections work like this; disparate parts melding together to make a robust and sturdy whole. The calvaria tree, also known as the dodo tree, adapted to being eaten by the now-extinct dodo bird; its seeds need to pass through the bird’ s digestive tract in order to germinate. In a similar way, the stories in Calvaria Fell reflect the idea of adaptation and the consequences of our actions in a changing world.

SHELBY, WIP Wednesday, Writing

Oh, Yes, Baby… One Step Closer To Release!

I live for finishing the editing phase of my book and moving on to the proofreading. Last night Bri and I spent five hours going through SHELBY and discussing certain parts to see why things had to be changed and reminding me why articles are the way they are. I also screw up commas often so believe me there were many comments that were me going, ‘Why is this like this?’ and the answer was often… a comma is needed or its a fragment. Or, better yet, it’s a dialogue tag.

Eff sentence fragments. Eff dialogue tags.

Blog Tour, Featuring Author, New Release

Featuring Author Lex Martin

Byali | On March 09,24 | 0 Comment

Read it and it tickled my fancy!

Title: Heartbreaker Handoff (Varsity Dads #5)
Author: Lex Martin
Genre: Sports Romance
Release Date: March 8, 2024

Billy’s not my baby daddy, but he doesn’t mind pretending to be…

I’m a Division 1 cheerleader with hopes of becoming a sports broadcaster. None of my plans for college include getting knocked up by a cheating ex who just got engaged to another girl.

When my father finds out I’m pregnant, he goes ballistic. That’s when my BFF, bad boy Billy Babcock, comes to my rescue and agrees to “take responsibility.”

Billy and I solidify our contract on a napkin—he’ll pretend to be my baby’s father, and I’ll help him clean up his image. The only problem is my father, the football coach, hates Billy. He warned me off dating players a long time ago, and he thinks Billy’s the biggest player out there.

Now that we’re in a “relationship,” Billy thinks we should spend some quality naked time together, but I’m worried about crossing that line. Because athletic guys with big muscles, intricate tattoos, and sexy smirks are my biggest weakness, and Billy ticks off all those boxes.

Can my football player “boyfriend” walk the straight and narrow for me?

Or did I just get handed off from one heartbreaker to another?

Heartbreaker Handoff is an angsty, friends-to-lovers, forbidden romance featuring a sassy cheerleader, who’s about to be a single mother, and a criminally charming football player determined to prove he’s the man for her, one sizzling kiss at a time. Heartbreaker Handoff is a dual POV standalone in the USA Today-bestselling series Varsity Dads.

Blog Tour, Featuring Author, New Release, Release Day

Featuring Author Erin Trejo

I’m excited to celebrate the release of Erin Trejo’s of A Hurt So Good

Title: A Hurt So Good
Author: Erin Trejo
Genre: Dark romance / RH / why choose / Stepbrother Romance
Release Date: February 16, 2024

Ayra’s life was perfect. She had a job she loved,

a wonderful boyfriend, and enough money to finally buy her dream home. When he ripped it all away, she had no choice but to go and stay with her mother and her new husband.

As she settles into living in her stepdad’s house,

Ayra is introduced to her three stepbrothers. Even though she’s never had siblings, she’s pretty sure you shouldn’t be lusting after them. As they become closer and their relationships develop, Arya cannot deny her feelings or attraction to them anymore.

This isn’t the first time Denz, Harlon, and Warren

have met a new stepsister. However, it is the first time that one has lit a fire in them, and their protective instincts are out of control. With the three brothers all wanting Ayra, they decide it’s only fair to share her.

When Ayra’s dark past comes knocking, the men in

her life will have to make a decision, one that could change all their lives forever.

ROAN, SHELBY, WIP Wednesday, Writing

Do You Want To WIP It?

I am so dang close to finishing the first draft of SHELBY it gives me the shakes to stop. But I’m in San Diego, at my hotel, and I have hours tomorrow morning to write, while at the moment, I’m so exhausted I can barely see straight. I leave tomorrow afternoon to head up to Pasadena for Pokemón Go Fest at the Rose Bowl Stadium on Saturday. Sunday and Monday, my bestie, Stay Sea, and I will wander the streets of LA in the rain and play tourist before heading back Monday evening. Then I’m back here for a few days before getting back on a plane to Pennsylvania.
I’m going to be real with you. California still feels like home. It could be because my best friend is here and she’s home for me. Whatever it is, it makes it really easy to be here.
So, I will finish the SHELBY alpha draft tomorrow. ROAN’s alpha draft is complete already. I’m finishing SHELBY before ROAN because it’s supposed to be a Valentine’s story, and I’d like to get it out somewhat timely… even if it is late. Then, I will work on ROAN.
The alpha draft for the book after is already written. I will release the YA Dystopian story under the pen name Clare Lukas, my new YA brand.
I’m posting a little teaser here for you. I hope you enjoy it.

Blog Tour, Featuring Author, New Release

Featuring Author Maci Aurora

Byali | On February 02,24 | 0 Comment

Title: In the Shadow of a Dream (Fareview Fairytales, #3)
Author: Maci Aurora
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Romance
Release date: January 30th 2024

With the promise of finally learning her mother’s secrets, Brinna Fareview and her family gather together. Only somewhere between the truth and lies, Brinna wakes to find she’s trapped in a space in between the world awake and the nightmares of her family. All of them are asleep. Learning she has the ability to move from dream to dream, Brinna tries to find a way out of the dream world, but she’s stuck, unable to fix what’s ailing her family. But then an unexpected thing happens, Lucian Uraiahs, god of day and light, walks into her dream.

While Lucian decided a long time ago that Brinna Fareview was a blight on his peace, he can’t seem to avoid her. She pops up at every turn, all because his brother is god-yoked to her sister. All Lucian wants is to disappear into the oblivion of the cosmos amidst his shame and guilt, but the unbidden feelings he has for Brinna can’t be contained. When Lucian is stripped of his powers for refusing to bend to his father’s will, he is imprisoned with only his guilt to keep him company. Except when he falls asleep, he dreams of Brinna and somehow becomes the only link to saving her, her family, and his brother from a spell that could destroy them all.

Brinna and Lucian must work together to uncover the secrets they need to break the sleeping spell, but the longer they share their dreams, the more they realize time is against them.

Join the Fareviews in book three of the Fareview Fairytales series, In the Shadow of a Dream, to discover the truth that has them trapped behind the hedge.

ROAN, Teaser Tuesday, Writing

It’s a Teaser and it’s been so long since I posted one…

I have been remiss lately about posting teasers. It’s time to check myself and change that. So here is something from one of my current WIPS. This teaser is from ROAN: Legenetics, The Research Files. It will be the start of a novelette series that follows a different side of the lore. With this world-building, you can better see the machinations of the Legenetics engine. Thanks for checking in!

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Featuring Author – L.J. Shen

Celebrating L.J. Shen’s new book, Damaged Goods!

Title: Damaged Goods: An Angsty Football Romance (All Saints High Series)
Author: L.J. Shen
Genre: New Adult, Sports Romance
Release Date: January 23, 2024

Bailey Followhill is the perfect daughter.
Sweet. Charitable. Pretty. Control freak.
Not a hair out of place, not an inch out of line, she is everything her troublemaking sister Daria isn’t.
But when her A game turns out to be a lukewarm C- at Juilliard, Bailey’s picture-ready life starts fraying faster than the worn satin ribbons of her pointe shoes.
She’s becoming a piece of gossip.
The Troubled Child. A drug abuser.
No longer the girl her best friend once knew.

Lev Cole is so golden, he’s got the Midas Touch.
Prized quarterback. Football captain. Hottest guy in SoCal. A textbook cliché.
But with a girlfriend he doesn’t love and a career path he doesn’t value, Lev is coasting.
The only two things he cares about―Bailey and becoming a pilot―are out of reach.

But Lev is done being satisfied with the life others have chosen for him. He wants to pick his own cards. To demolish the seamless kingdom of lies his family stitched together on the ruins his mother left behind.

The question is, can he save his best friend and his dream before too much damage is done?

Author and Reader Events, WIP Wednesday

I hate it! It sucks.

So I have what I thought was a stomach bug, but it’s turned into something more serious (not pregnant). I’ve been on a BRAT diet now since the 10th. I’m weak, tired, and foggy as hell. It’s killing my muse. I had this plan for 2024–but now I have two projects started, and neither is finished; one is due in a few weeks and is in its infancy.
I hate it.
My reading room and office lay unpacked. My house is only coming together with the help of family and the elbow grease of my husband. I can’t even.
It sucks.
So bear with, things are a touch delayed, but I will hopefully get this figured out with the help of the GP and gastroenterologist.

Blog Tour, Book Review, New Release

Read this now! Cambria Hebert’s Woah Rules!

Woah made my sides hurt and my heart melt. Westbrook Elite is one of my fav series by Cambria Hebert, and I know I say this every book, but this one surpassed the last!

The dynamic between the characters Jess and Ben (Kruger) is fantastic, and the situation and character growth give you warm fuzzies. I love the friends-to-lover trope and how Ben and Jess harbor this unrequited love for one another, and Ben makes his move in this most messed up way, both knuckleheaded and endearing.

There were cameos from former spotlight characters, so we could see the entire pack at play, and the compelling interaction is a reminder of why we fell in love with them all so much in the first place.

The world-building of the Westbrook Elite series is amazing, and from Wet to Woah, this series is just LOVE!