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Book Spotlight: The Kingdom Under Siege

1/11/2021

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The Kingdom Under Siege
By Steven Szmyt
Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy 
 
About the Book
 
The pieces have fallen after the battle at Elm Hills and the Kingdom’s two biggest foes, the Prominent Order and the Wanderers, have regrouped to plan their retaliation.  With help from unlikely sources, the Kingdom’s hierarchy is threatened as it also uncovers one of the boldest coups it has ever faced.
 
Meanwhile, a key young potential has fled from the Kingdom which has created a ripple effect of dangerous events that the Wolf King must navigate through. As Anne learns more about werewolf lore an unusual ally is revealed. She must also overcome the greatest deception she has ever encountered, a deception that will have every Kingdom member questioning its own.
 
This powerful lycan syndicate must unleash all of its might to survive or the future of the Kingdom will finally lie in the hands of its enemies. Even if the Wolf King and his soldiers can endure, these historic events could change the future of the Kingdom as they know it.
 
Author Steven Szmyt blends the modern era and familiar locations with ancient legends and warm characters to make you wonder, “What if werewolves existed?” Follow the continuing tale of the Wolf King as he defends his Kingdom against rival wolf packs while keeping his ancient society hidden from human civilization.
 

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About the Author
 
A native New Englander, author Steven Szmyt lives in Portsmouth New Hampshire with his wife and two daughters.
 
Inspired by the writings of Stephen King, J.R.R Tolkien and Clive Cussler, he attended Notre Dame College then transferred to the Maine College of Art where he honed his artistic creativeness.  
 
After a few other ventures, Szmyt focused on writing. Starting many stories but never completing, he became frustrated. One cold winter evening, he experienced a brief but vivid dream. He got out of bed, fired up his computer and started typing.  His wife woke up a few hours later to find him working feverishly over a growing manuscript. During the next several weeks, he wrote tirelessly before and after work.  
 
“The story just wrote itself, I was compulsive, I wanted to know where it was going to lead me,” he says. The work he was doing would become his first novel, “The Kingdom.”
 
Steven is an avid cyclist and is frequently found on the roads surrounding Portsmouth.  He plays piano and drums, and is learning guitar along with his youngest daughter.  His passion is rescuing Doberman Pinschers. 
 
Book Two: The Kingdom Under Siege, promises to give readers an intriguing re-entry, a dramatic delve into darker areas of the story, and breathtaking ending to Book One: The Kingdom.  
 
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Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Q6SVN1P?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
FB: https://www.facebook.com/steven.szmyt.1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/molyoy
Website: http://www.stevenszmyt.com/about.html
B & N:  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-kingdom-steven-szmyt/1126122012
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Book Blitz: River, Sing Out

12/17/2020

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Guest Post: Cleo Can Tie a Bow

12/12/2020

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Romance Read Wednesday: Get a Life, Chloe Brown

11/24/2020

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Get a Life, Chloe Brown
by Talia Hibbert

Synopsis

Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she’s come up with seven directives to help her “Get a Life”, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamorous family’s mansion. The next items?
  • Enjoy a drunken night out.
  • Ride a motorcycle.
  • Go camping.
  • Have meaningless but thoroughly enjoyable sex.
  • Travel the world with nothing but hand luggage.
  • And... do something bad. 


But it’s not easy being bad, even when you’ve written step-by-step guidelines on how to do it correctly. What Chloe needs is a teacher, and she knows just the man for the job. 

Redford ‘Red’ Morgan is a handyman with tattoos, a motorcycle, and more sex appeal than ten-thousand Hollywood heartthrobs. He’s also an artist who paints at night and hides his work in the light of day, which Chloe knows because she spies on him occasionally. Just the teeniest, tiniest bit. 

But when she enlists Red in her mission to rebel, she learns things about him that no spy session could teach her. Like why he clearly resents Chloe’s wealthy background. And why he never shows his art to anyone. And what really lies beneath his rough exterior…


Review

You know - sometimes a book comes along that is almost everything you never thought you’d get in a book. That is what Talia Hibbert’s Get a Life, Chloe Brown ​has been for me. This book is full of all kinds of representation. Chloe is black, has a chronic illness, and deals with social difficulties. Red is a “tough” guy who has experienced quite a bit in his past (I can’t say because I consider it an important spoiler) and who has a tendency to be prejudice toward women who seem to have money and a bad/entitled attitude. 

I instantly fell for Chloe. She is so funny, caring, take no bullshit-say no bullshit kind of person.  This was made even more special because the author does not make chronic illness to be Chloe’s identity. It is a part of who she is, of course, but she is portrayed as a flesh-and-blood, determined, and truly just hilarious person who happens to have a chronic illness. There isn’t a magical cure and the road to happiness isn’t easy - just like I wouldn’t expect it to be. I took a little more time loving Red, but only because he got the wrong idea about Chloe from the get-go and I find that to be an annoying behavior. I might have also become so in love with Chloe Brown that I was feeling a bit protective of her haha! However! That was just a smidgen of a feeling against Red because he is quite lovable in his own way. Both characters have their walls built up and Talia Hibbert has written them in such a way that it’s impossible not to join them on their individual and joined journeys. Believe me, you will become invested in these characters and their stories. I mean, look at me! I talk about them like they’re real!

(Honestly, if Chloe were a real person, I would love to be friends with her. We can be funny and awkward together.)

I recommend this book to everyone. For some of us, we will hopefully feel “seen” and the perspective will help others get a hint of living on the other side of the coin. All in all, this book is hilarious, heartbreaking, and heartwarming. I might have cried while reading it. Maybe. 

Let me know what you think if you read it! I’m currently reading the second book in the series, Take a Hint, Dani Brown​ and loving it so far!
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Book Blitz: The Cowboy Who Saved Christmas

11/23/2020

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