Calabritto by Tony Nesca Book Tour and Giveaway

 

 Tony Nesca's free-flow writing draws the reader into a tragi-comedy of epic proportions.  

Calabritto

by Tony Nesca

Genre: Literary Fiction

 Calabritto is a novel about a mountain village in central Italy taking place in the early seventies and the eccentric characters that weave their stories in and around each other.

Written in Tony Nesca’s classic free-flow, stream of consciousness, the prose itself mesmerizes and captivates, drawing the reader into a tragi-comedy that unfolds an intricate tapestry of human experience.

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About a Girl

by Tony Nesca

Genre: Literary Fiction

 About a girl is a short novel that begins with two strangers, a man and a woman, who meet at a bus-stop and go on an impromptu bar-crawl on a cool, winter day. Taking place in twelve hours it recounts the oddball, hardcore, characters they meet and their increasing emotional connection as they fall for each other almost immediately. Infused with sexual energy, pop-culture references, intellectual debate and literary allusions this is an unapologetic, uncensored look at our society through the eyes of the outsider.

It is written in a free-flow, spontaneous style with long unhindered sentences that enable the reader’s eye to glide down the page as the story flows and moves to an urban beat of strippers, punk rockers and nightlife happenings.

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 Tony Nesca was born in Torino, Italy in 1965 and moved to Canada at the age of three. He was raised in Winnipeg but relocated back to Italy several times until finally settling in Winnipeg in 1980. He taught himself how to play guitar and formed an original rock band playing the local bars for several years. At the age of twenty-seven he traded his guitar for a Commodore 64 and started writing seriously. He has published six chapbooks of stories and poems (which he used to sell straight out of his knapsack at local dives and bookstores), seven novels, six books of poetry and stories, a spoken word album, a graphic novel co-written with Nicole Nesca, and has been an active contributor to the underground lit scene for 28 years, being published in innumerable magazines both online and in print.

Tony Nesca and his wife Nicole I. Nesca have one question – where have all the fearless artists gone? Unable to find a mainstream publishing outfit that suited their taste for grittier writing, the Nescas formed their own – Screamin’ Skull Press where they have published 19 distinct works through their Indie Press, and their journey toward a more rebellious future for literature continues.

Screamin’ Skull Press exclusively publishes the worrk of the Nescas - raw, electric and with a free flowing mix of prose and poetry, their books are explorations of freedom, art, death, love, literary experimentation and living how one chooses.

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A Governess Should Never...Lure a Spy (The Governess Chronicles - Book 4) by Emily Windsor Book Tour and Giveaway

A Governess Should Never… Lure a Spy

(The Governess Chronicles – Book 4)

Emily Windsor

Genre: Regency Romance

Release Date: Thursday, 11^th April 2024

Heat Level: Sensual. Moderate. Open door but romantic.

 

Notes: This book is written in British English spelling.

 

A Dangerous Spy. An even more Dangerous Governess. 

 

“So tell me, Miss Jones, why should I employ you as governess?”

A question to rouse fear within the breast of any prospective governess, unless…she wasn’t a governess at all.

Yet Amelia must secure this position by whatever means necessary as this gentleman, dubbed The Scandalous Hugh Cadwalader by fashionable society, is not all he seems. Behind the elegant finery and azure eyes is a dangerous warrior of a man, a tenacious spy for the Crown.

One who might just have turned traitor…

 

“Just one more question, if I may…”

With her perfect references and perfect demureness, Miss Jones appears…perfect.

Feminine guidance and distraction are required for his inquisitive ward while Hugh Cadwalader hunts a traitor in the alleys of London’s Rookery.

But can such perfection be all it seems? And was that a glimpse of golden fire within those amber eyes?

 

The Dangerous Spy and… The More Dangerous Governess.

One should never judge a governess by her perfectly forged references or a spy by his unblemished Hessian boots, for behind both facades lay passion untamed, subterfuge unbound and a quest for justice.

A battle of wits with only one winner… Love.

 

With theatres of glister and glamour, nights of shadow and menace, hairpins of poison, and…being pressed to a desk by a shirtless masculine chest, the vocation of governess has never been so perilous – to the heart.

 

The Scandalous Hugh Cadwalader first features in Book 2 of this series, A Governess Should Never... Deny a Duke. This is his story.

Contains sensual scenes.

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A Governess Should Never… Tempt A Prizefighter – Book 1

A Governess Should Never… Deny A Duke – Book 2

A Gentleman Will Never… Forget A Lady – Book 3

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Excerpt:

No. 14 Hanover Square, Mayfair, London. May 1817

 

“So tell me, Miss Jones, why should I employ you as governess?”

Curse it.

And Amelia lowered her gaze to the mahogany desk in order to portray thoughtful repose.

What a devious question.

Especially as there were countless reasons why the gentleman should, in fact, not employ her as governess.

She’d never educated a young lady in her entire twenty-four years of life, knew naught concerning the history of art, cared less about the proper use of semicolons, was quite hopeless at all musical endeavours and hadn’t the faintest idea what…tatting was.

Yet how arduous could it be to keep a fifteen-year-old girl occupied?

Just give her a book to read, surely?

So, with a surreptitious intake of breath, Amelia clasped her hands in what she judged to be a suitably demure fashion and raised her lashes to the gentleman who prodded her so.

A Mr Hugh Cadwalader.

His lustrous blue gaze caused that intake of breath to hitch somewhat, so she pursed her lips in a prim manner and sniffed. Governesses always sniffed. But as to his question… “I am well-versed, Mr Cadwalader, in all subjects that a young lady might have need of during her Season.”

Such as how to evade a marriage-obsessed mama at a ball, the varied usages for a yard length of silk sash and the extrication of oneself from the clutches of a lascivious duke with merely a dance card pencil.

“I see.”

Amelia thought that reply most enigmatic. “You have my references?”

“Yes,” he drawled, gathering the papers before him. “My man of affairs has attempted to verify these references, yet it seems your past employers are either not of the living or not currently residing within these isles.” With agile slender fingers, he leafed through them. “Lord Fowler is pursuing parakeets in the Amazonia, Lady Bassett is sifting through sand dunes in the former Mesopotamia, Lady Clifford is scouring Constantinople for the Ark and Lady Padgett is scouring Paris for her errant husband.”

Amelia held his gaze. “How unfortunate.” And tilted her head. “But if you find me acceptable on all other counts, might I suggest a period of probation until my references can be verified?”

That should give her enough time to search this townhouse, question the servants, note Mr Cadwalader’s movements and read any of his pertinent correspondence, all in order to write a comprehensive report for her superior at the Foreign Office.

For Amelia’s talents lay not in punctuation or musical endeavours but in subterfuge for the Crown…

 

About the Author

Regency Romance with Warmth, Wit & Well-tied Cravats.

Emily grew up in the north of England on a diet of historical romance and strong tea.

Unfortunately, you couldn’t study Regency slang, so she did the next best thing and gained a degree in Classics and History instead. This ‘led’ to an eight-year stint in engineering.

Having left city life, she now lives in a dilapidated farmhouse where her days are spent writing, fixing the leaky roof, battling the endless vegetation and finding pictures of well-tied cravats.

 

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Review of I Killed a Werewolf for My Summer Vacation by Sam Whittaker

What Chance Does A Child Have Against A Bloodthirsty Werewolf? It’s 1989 and 10-year-old Allen DeShawn doesn’t have a care in the world… because he’s oblivious to the ravenous monster that stalks his Michigan town. One fateful night his best friend is slaughtered and the Werewolf soon seizes upon Allen’s scent. What follows is a relentless season of blood and survival. Bodies turn up shredded and eviscerated while the townspeople grow ever more concerned. But one boy armed only with a love for horror movies is uniquely equipped to uncover the truth. Can Allen unravel the mystery of what pursues him, or will he too fall prey to the insatiable hunger of the Werewolf? I Killed a Werewolf for My Summer Vacation is a visceral and nostalgic thrill ride through one boy’s summer in the late 80s. If you like werewolves and 80’s horror, you’ll love I Killed a Werewolf for My Summer Vacation. BUY I Killed a Werewolf for My Summer Vacation NOW and join the hunt.

MY REVIEW:

ALLEN DESHAWN, IS A TYPICAL 10 YEAR OLD BOY THAT LOVES HORROR MOVIES AND DOES NOT HAVE A CARE IN THE WORLD. HE PLANS ON ENJOYING HIS SUMMER VACATION WITH HIS BEST FRIEND. ONE TERRIFYING NIGHT, HIS BEST FRIEND IS SLAUGHTERED BY THE WEREWOLF. UNFORTUNATELY, THE WEREWOLF PICKS UP ALLEN'S SCENT AND PURSUES HIM. IN HIS MICHIGAN TOWN, BODIES TURN UP SHREDDED AND DESTROYED AND THE TOWNSPEOPLE ARE TERRIFIED.  ALLEN IS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS WHAT IS KILLING THE TOWNSPEOPLE AND HE SETS OUT TO THE KILL THE WEREWOLF BUT WILL HE SUCCEED BEFORE THE WEREWOLF KILLS HIM? 

I REALLY ENJOYED I KILLED A WEREWOLF FOR MY SUMMER VACATION. IT IS EVERYTHING YOU LOOK FOR IN A TRUE WEREWOLF HORROR. IT IS A FUN AND WELL WRITTEN AND DRAWS YOU IN FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE AND DOES NOT LET THE READER GO. THERE IS A LOT OF ACTION, SUSPENSE, GORE, AND ALOT OF EMOTIONS.  I LOVE THE STORYLINE AND THE CHARACTERS ESPECIALLY ALLEN, WHOSE CHARACTER CONTINUED TO GROW THROUGHOUT THE STORY. HE WAS SO HEARTBROKEN WHEN HIS FRIEND IS MURDERED AND SEEKS JUSTICE FOR HIS FRIEND. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE BOOKS IN THE SERIES. I REALLY LOVE SAM WHITTAKER'S WRITING AND REALLY ENJOYED THIS STORY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE I KILLED A WEREWOLF FOR MY SUMMER VACATION AND A MOVIE. I WOULD DEFINITELY GO SEE IT. 5 STARS 
 

Sam Whittaker Sam is the author of more than 20 books. He writes in the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror genres. In Science Fiction, he has begun three series: "Chronicles of Dar'ryn" (6 books, complete), "Sunglasses at Midnight" (1 book, incomplete), and the newest: "Battle Cruiser Elite" (1 book, incomplete). In Fantasy, he has two related series: "Brotherhood of the Scythe" (7 books, complete), & a prequel trilogy, "Rise of the Scythe" (2 books, incomplete). In Horror, he has a series of Ghost Fiction: "The Ghostly Elements" (3 books, incomplete).

Red Pines by Jill Hand Book Tour and Giveaway

 

 The South's wealthiest, most dysfunctional family is back, 

with old scores to settle and a surprising houseguest  

Red Pines

Trapnell Thriller Book 3

by Jill Hand

Genre: Thriller

“In this hilarious third installment, Jill Hand gives us the weirdest, funniest family saga yet.”

–Wayne Turmel, author of Johnny Lycan: The Werewolf PI series

The discovery of the bodies of two "honky-tonk hitmen" on land belonging to a former relative brings the Trapnell siblings, self-centered Aimee, indolent Trainor, and brilliant Marsh, back to White Oaks, their opulent ancestral home. FBI Special Agent Carson Burns is tasked with protecting them, something she finds increasingly difficult, as sinister events keep occurring which barely avoid being fatal.

Adding to the confusion is a deposed dictator who has eluded his Secret Service watchdogs and is pretending to be Marsh's valet.

It becomes clear that someone intends to murder the Trapnells, but who? And why? A rapper called Baby Patty Cake insists the Illuminati are to blame, but that can't be true, can it?

What readers are saying:

Author Jill Hand has crafted a thriller that offers the ideal balance of humor and suspense to create a delightfully entertaining experience filled with quirky characters and unexpected twists. The dysfunctional dynamics of the Trapnell family are an absolute joy and a great foil to play off during the biggest surprises of the plot, while the witty dialogue and eccentric scenarios provide plenty of laughs along the way. The clues unfold at a great pace to allow us to figure things out alongside Agent Burns, yet the reader is kept in a fair amount of suspense about the true motives behind the attempts on the Trapnells' lives, leading to a satisfying and surprising conclusion. Overall, Red Pines is a captivating read that offers equal parts humor and suspense, making it a must-read for fans of comedic thrillers everywhere.

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Black Willows

Trapnell Thriller Book 2

A mysterious cowboy is stalking the eccentric Trapnell siblings. Is he a supernatural entity or a hired killer? To complicate things, the will making them heirs to their billionaire father’s estate is missing and a relative has returned from a watery grave.

Last time, the Trapnells saved the world from destruction. This time they may not be able to save themselves. Black Willows is a darkly funny Southern-fried adventure, complete with Voodoo, arson, and alligators.

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White Oaks

Trapnell Thriller Book 1

“An ingeniously dark comic thriller about greed, gluttony and murder that is destined for the big screen.” –Best Thrillers

Aimee Trapnell reluctantly leaves her apartment on Manhattan’s Central Park West to return to her childhood home in Georgia for her father’s ninetieth birthday. Also on hand are her two brothers, wily Marsh and ne’er-do-well Trainor. With a forty-billion-dollar inheritance at stake, they’re willing to do whatever it takes to make the old man happy.

To their shock they learn that what their father wants for his birthday is to kill someone. He doesn’t care who it is. He just wants to know what it’s like to commit murder.

Betrayal, double-dealing, and fast-paced action set the Trapnells on a collision course with an unexpected villain. Their journey takes them from the swamps of Georgia, to Italy’s glittering Amalfi coast, to rugged Yellowstone National Park.

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Jill Hand is a member of International Thriller Writers. Her Southern Gothic novels, White Oaks, and Black Willows, are available on Amazon and from the publisher, Black Rose Writing.

Advance readers called White Oaks a fast-paced, hilarious account of three siblings who are competing for their father's forty-billion-dollar fortune while trying to prevent the destruction of Planet Earth.

Diane Donovan, senior reviewer from Midwest Book Review praised White Oaks, calling it, "an unusually multifaceted tale that holds the ability to prompt laughter from thriller-style tension."

A sequel to White Oaks, Black Willows, follows the adventures of the squabbling, dysfunctional Trapnell family. Red Pines, third in the series of Trapnell family thrillers, was just released in April 2024.

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Review of Our Fathers' Burden by William F. Gray

 

Tragedy strikes Harry’s family leaving him with nothing but sorrow, grief, and a mysterious box whose contents leave him shaken to the core. Everything he thought he knew about his father teetered on the edge of lies. Despite this, he decides to carry out his late father’s final wishes: to meet up with some of his old friends whose fathers had been best friends with his own - for a traditional camping trip their fathers had taken annually in years passed.

But what they find up there in the Appalachian Mountains, and the mysterious circumstances that sent them there, reveal that their fathers had kept a terrible, deadly secret. And now that burden is theirs, and they must pay the price.

MY REVIEW:

FIVE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS USE TO GO ON AN ANNUAL HUNTING TRIP WITH THEIR FATHERS TO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. THEIR FATHERS' WERE BEST FRIENDS WHO ENJOYED SPENDING TIME TOGETHER. THEIR FATHERS' FINAL WISHES WAS FOR THE FRIENDS TO GET TOGETHER FOR A TRADITIONAL CAMPING TRIP TO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. HARRY BRINGS A MYSTERIOUS BOX THAT HOLDS 5 CASSETTS FOR EACH OF THE FRIENDS WHEN THE FRIENDS DECIDES TO HONOR THEIR FATHERS' DYING WISHES ONE LAST TIME. WHAT THEY DISCOVER IS A TERRIBLE DEADLY SECRET THAT THEIR FATHERS WERE KEEPING FOR YEARS. NOW THEIR FATHERS' BURDEN IS PASSED ONTO THEM BUT WILL THE FRIENDS SURVIVE?

I WAS TAKEN COMPLETELY SURPRISE BY OUR FATHERS' BURDEN. THIS WAS A BRILLIANT HORROR STORY TOLD BY AUTHOR, WILLIAM F. GRAY. THE STORY RESOLVES AROUND GRIEF, DEPRESSION AND GROWTH. THE CHARACTERS GREW THROUGHOUT THE STORY. I FOUND OUR FATHERS' BURDEN VERY CREEPY AND SCARY. I RECOMMEND READING WITH THE LIGHTS ON. I WAS PULLED INTO THE STORY FROM THE VERY FIRST PAGE UNTIL THE VERY END. THERE WERE ALOT OF TWISTS AND TURNS YOU DO NOT SEE COMING AND THE AUTHOR KEEPS YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT UNTIL THE VERY END. I FOUND THE STORY IS TERRIFYING AND VERY EMOTIONAL AS THE FRIENDS FACE A TERRIBLE SECRET AND MONSTROUS CREATURE THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO STOP. THERE WAS ALOT OF ACTION AND SUSPENSE AS THE FRIENDS FIGHT TO STAY ALIVE. I CAN'T WAIT TO READ MORE BOOKS BY AUTHOR, WILLIAM F. GRAY. I REALLY ENJOY HIS WRITING AND THOUGHT OUR FATHERS' BURDEN WAS UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING I HAVE READ.  A MUST READ FOR HORROR READERS. 5 STARS.

About the author

William F. Gray is the best-selling author THE DEVIL WITHIN US ALL, a small town horror novel inspired by the evil average people are capable of on an everyday basis. Taking cues from his own experience and the world at large, Gray creates horror that attempts to worm itself into your heart as well as your mind. His self-published debut THE MAN BEHIND THE DOOR tackles themes such as grief, trauma, and addiction through the lens of a ghost story, the main character of which is inspired by his own late father, while his latest effort OUR FATHERS' BURDEN is Appalachian horror that focuses on the stigma that still surrounds mental health issues, especially amongst men.

He currently lives in West Virginia with his wife, son, and daughter while working as a Lead Pharmacy Technician. His hobbies include reading, playing video games with his wife, and playing music.

One Way Out by Tim Smith Book Tour and Giveaway

 

 Blackmail, kidnapping, stalking, death threats…some days, you just can’t win!

One Way Out

Nick Seven Book 9

by Tim Smith

Genre: Thriller, Romantic Suspense

Blackmail, kidnapping, stalking, death threats... some days, you just can’t win!

Lauren Scott is a wealthy widow with a lot of embarrassing secrets. Her late husband, a convicted stock swindler, died under mysterious circumstances, just as he was about to name names in Federal court. His legacy supposedly includes a list of VIPs who attended sex parties on a private Caribbean island, among other things. Now Lauren has become the target of too many people who think she holds the secrets he once kept, and they just might kill her for them.

She calls on her friends, former CIA spies Nick Seven and Felicia Hagens, for help. Despite initial misgivings, they agree to assist her. But their laidback Florida Keys life is quickly disrupted by those in hot pursuit, including a zealous podcaster who is making Lauren’s private life public, a Treasury agent, victims of her late husband’s Ponzi scheme, and a Southern governor who has his eye on the White House.

Looks like there might be trouble brewing in paradise.

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Tim Smith is an award-winning, bestselling author of romantic mystery/thrillers and contemporary erotic romance. His novels featuring former CIA agent Nick Seven have garnered several awards and international critical praise. He is also a freelance writer, blogger, editor and photographer. When he isn’t pursuing those interests, he can be found in the Florida Keys, doing research in between parasailing and seeking out the perfect Mojito.

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Painting Celia by Maya Bairey Cover Reveal and Giveaway

 

Celia’s yearning for art and León’s passion for painting ignite, but their journey teaches lessons far beyond the canvas. 

Painting Celia

Incubadora Book 1

by Maya Bairey

Genre: Women’s Fiction, Steamy Romance 

"You can live in my pool house, if you'll teach me to paint."

A stunning contemporary romance novel that will leave you breathless, Painting Celia resonates with its relatable story about growth and love.

Living alone in her bare mansion in LA’s Hollywood Hills, gentle Celia takes up art therapy, hoping it will soothe the deep scars of her past. Each failed artwork deepens her fear of losing to depression, like her father.

León, an intense painter struggling with a creative block, empties his savings to move to LA in search of new visions. He needs a cheap studio and some raw, authentic inspiration—his dreams and future as an artist depend on it.

Brought together by their colorful mutual friends, Celia offers León a deal: he can live in her pool house for free if he teaches her to paint. As he becomes her infatuated teacher and she his reluctant muse, both are laid bare by their pursuit of honest art. Could the desperate creativity that drew them together also rip them apart?

**Releases May 11th – Preorder Now for Only .99cents!**

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Maya Bairey lives on the banks of the Columbia river in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and their old cat, Dory. Turning from corporate writing to storytelling, Maya was surprised to find she had a bunch of passionate stories inside her, where stuck people learn to live out loud.

Her debut novel, Painting Celia, explores the intersection of honest art and intense love, where creativity and passion can heal and change us. Maya invites readers to have a fun escape, but also to look inward, discovering their own creative and emotional depths.

For a deeper dive into the Celia’s world, visit bairey.com.

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