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Fantasy with darker and/or frightening themes

Call Juli D Revezzo the queen of fantastical storytelling. She weaves #Steampunk, #Romance, and #SciFi elements into her stories with finesse ๐Ÿ“šโœจ @julidrevezzo

From Juli D Revezzo

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A few years ago, I began the Gears, Cogs, and Puppy Dogs series about Vesta, a young female inventor. The steampunk (or alternate Victorian, if you will) presented a version of our worldโ€”a world in which a pandemic rendered the world's dogs extinct. She grew up in an alt-Texas (the Republic of Texas) and her father betrothed her to his friend's eldest son. But when the time came for her to fulfill that bargain, things didn't go as planned.

Instead, the family withheld secrets from Vesta and her father, while she fell in love with their younger son, Henry.

Vesta's father begrudgingly allowed the match, not realizing fate had bigger things in store for the couple, for Queen Victoria came calling on her, requesting she put her tinkering to good use, in an endeavor to find an answer for the puppy pandemic. Robotic ones might fill the gap, unless Vesta's detractors wreak their havoc first.

The Gears, Cogs, and Puppy Dogs series consists of three books:

  • Vesta's Clockwork Companions
  • Iron Paws and the Tinker's Forged Marriage
  • Clockwork & Courtship

The final book in the series sees fallout from Vesta and Henry's previous troubles. Will Vesta live up to the task ahead? Will she and Henry find their happy ending? You'll have to read to find out!

Clockwork & Courtship

Vesta returns to London, eager to solve the canine crisis once and for all. As she meets with a group of Her Majesty's scientists and alchemists, their work renews her hope that the puppy population might be restoredโ€“even if it renders her clockwork companions obsolete. Despite Vesta's frustration with their pace, her forthcoming marriage to Henry provides inspiration. Unfortunately, if the irresistible rogue cannot follow her father's rules and reform his impetuous ways, her father might cancel the ceremony.

Where to find

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Series https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MSNXS7M

Iron Paws and the Tinker's Forged Marriage

A year ago, Vesta Bartlett received a rather unusual assignment.

Now, as if perfecting her clockwork puppies for Queen Victoria weren't enough, a surprise invitation to present them to the Texas Republic president makes Vesta question a number of things, including will the president accept the clockwork from a woman?

Unsure, she agrees to allow Henry to go along, as her spokesman and husband, regardless of how her father may feel about a fake marriage.

But they have bigger problems than her father's anger when an anti-alchemist group takes issue with her clockwork creations and decide they need to stop Vesta's work. By any means, no matter how violent.

Where to find

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Vesta's Clockwork Companions

When Vesta Bartlett, a wealthy alchemist and inventor, arrives in England to finalize an arranged marriage and help overhaul a family friend's outdated ironworks, she never expects to find the family so secretive, nor to develop feelings for her fiancรฉ's younger brother, Henry.

But the growing attraction between Vesta and Henry is just the beginning of their troubles. Things really heat up when they're drawn into a secret project for Queen Victoria's military, one that requires Vesta's knowledge of clockwork and Henry's iron.

An epidemic has wiped out all the dogs in Britain, and beyond. If the military fail in their effort to restore the species, a clockwork creation may be all that stands in the way of a world without canine companionship.

Are Vesta and Henry up to the challenge?

Where to find

Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/u/mvMZyq

About Juli D Revezzo

Juli D Revezzo loves fantasy and Celtic mythology and writing stories with all kinds of fantastical elements. She is the author of the Gears, Cogs, and Puppy Dogs steampunk romance series, the historical romance, Lost Slipper Society and Camden Girls series (respectively), the Antique Magic paranormal series and much more. To learn more about this and future releases, visit her website https://julidrevezzo.com/

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The Hawks โ€“ Raptor's Call by Paula Baker and Aidan Davies #Fantasy #EpicFantasy

The Hawks โ€“ Raptor's Call

In a land gripped by tyranny, a masked rebel stirs the embers of revolution. Assassins are not always the bad guys.

The prequel to The Hawks Trilogy, Raptor's Call is free. Get your copy and launch yourself into the adventure.

Cadmon has always been a loyal member of the King's Guard, shouldering the blame for serving the corrupt king of Abbarkon. But when he is ordered to perform yet another abomination, he can no longer stand idly by while innocent lives are destroyed.

Bent on fighting back, he vanishes into the wilderness to build a rebel army powerful enough to topple the reigning forces. However, in the peace of the remote village, the urgency to revolt fades. It takes the arrival of a young, masked warrior to prod him toward a perilous mission to assassinate the worst of the unscrupulous dukes.

Prepare to delve into the untold story of Cadmon's rebellion, where bravery is forged in the face of darkness and the line between right and wrong blurs. In this thrilling prequel, discover the origins of the Rebels of Halklyen and witness the birth of a legend.

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Dryad's Blade by Kater Cheek #PNR #UrbanFantasy #Vampires

Dryad's Blade by Kater Cheek #PNR #UrbanFantasy #Vampires

Dryad's Blade

A doomed man. An impossible choice. Will she bring him back with a magical cure or lose her life to a treacherous lie?

Novice witch Kit Melbourne is elated to quit pouring lattes and get paid to conjure a forest. But her excitement is short-lived when her boyfriend's mind is hexed with a voodoo-caused mental breakdown. She fears he's headed for an institution and her search for a counter-spell is leading to a dangerous fae dimension few believe exists.

As her lover's sanity deteriorates, Kit is forced to team up with a seductive vampire with ulterior motives. And when the perilous land's existence is confirmed, Kit has only one option remaining: risk her life to go through the portal and hope to return with the cure.

How can Kit save her boyfriend and finish her magical creative job? If she can't, she's destined to die in a mysterious otherworld.

Available everywhere in ebook and audio

 

Dryad's Blade is the second book in the thrilling Kit Melbourne urban fantasy series. If you like unstoppable female forces,supernatural quests, and complicated romances, then you'll love Kater Cheek's enchanting tale.

Other books in the series include Witch's Jewel, Vampire's Dayrunner and more.

Kater Cheek is a graduate of Clarion San Diego, class of 2007 and currently lives in the eastern united states. She writes all kinds of stuff, including short stories, novels, corporate communications, book reviews, tasteless (but hilarious) plays and a comic about chickens. Kater has two brown belts, has folk danced semi-professionally, taught english in Japan for two years, and spent five months backpacking alone through europe. She has learned six languages and forgotten four of them. When not writing, she has been known to throw pots, paint, bind books, volunteer in the woods, practice circus arts and occasionally play with molten glass.

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The Last Vhalgenn: Colonies of Man by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #Fantasy #Romance

Colonies of Man

Colonies of Man #SciFi #Fantasy

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#SciFi #Fantasy #Romance

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In Isme's world, the gods don't just watch from above; they actively participate in the chaos. #Fantasy #PNR #DarkFantasy ๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿผ๐ŸŒช๏ธ

When Isme saw the dead bodies, she knew she would pay the price.

She made a single mistake. She lived secretly on an island with her father, preparing for the end of the world under his strict guidance.

An apocalypse was a big deal, of course, but it had happened before: everyone knew that the gods had destroyed and rebuilt the world several times...

So when she sang to the sea, it was just a momentary flash of teenage rebellion. Hardly anything to be concerned about.

But now she had blood on her hands.

Driven by blood guilt, Isme must leave the safety of her island and travel to the other side of Greece. Only the famed Oracle of Delphi can tell her how to escape the fate of a murderer.

But highway robbers are the least of Isme's worries. She lives in a world of dangerous spirits and quarrelsome gods, who are more likely to carry her off than help her, and worst of all is the strange invisible monster that stalks her every move.

Isme is risking everything, and time is running out...

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Over 400 PAGES of reading

Themes: Fantasy โ€“ Greek Mythology โ€“ Moral Dilemmas โ€“ Hero(Ine)'s Journey โ€“ Prophecy Sucks โ€“ Song And Storytelling โ€“ Friendship โ€“ Adventure โ€“ Tragedy โ€“ Character Death โ€“ Underworld

Daughter of Orpheus is a rousing apocalypse dark fantasy set in ancient Greece before Homer put pen to paper, following a young woman of divine parentage as she seeks her place in the coming new world.

Fans of Homer, Hesiod, and even Medieval and Renaissance adaptations will enjoy this dark adventure and reinterpretation of Greek Mythology.

You DON'T need to know Greek Myth to enjoy this story.

This special edition includes additional content like images, story notes, and more.

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And as an additional bonus, receive an extra 400+ page novel in addition to Daughter of Orpheus.

That's TWO novels, 900+ pages of free reads, PLUS hundreds more pages of short stories, additional fiction, and information about H.C. Southwark's upcoming novel series based on Dante's Inferno.

Join our adventure today and learn why over 10,000 people have enjoyed H.C. Southwark's fantasy worlds.

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How to Support Authors #Books #BookNerd

One of the best ways to support authors is to buy their books. But what if you're short on cash and long on the need to read? Here are 10 easy ways you can support your favorite author.

  1. Take a selfie of yourself with their book and share it online.
  2. Visit their website.
  3. Request their book from the library.
  4. Send an "I'm a fan" email.
  5. Call or visit a local bookstore and request their book.
  6. Review their book.
  7. Nominate them for awards.
  8. Add their book to your BookBub or Goodreads "want to read" lists.
  9. Subscribe to their newsletter.
  10. When you finish a book, if you can part with it, share it in a "free trade library". Some coffeeshops have "Take a book, Leave a book" shelves.

If you can buy their books, see if they offer them direct to you. This might save you money and the author will keep a higher commission. Win-win!

I'm always looking for ways to support other authors. Let me hear your ways in the comments.

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