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Hello and Happy Friday! Welcome to the final Reading Day of 2019! This week, I'm reading from the beginning of my new Lesbian Science Fiction Humor Holiday story, The Solstice Pudding. This one's for everyone who wants to know how Miteg sounds in my head.  The Solstice Pudding
When Holidays Attack by Angel Martinez Mischief Corner Books Amazon Kobo Apple Paperback: Amazon Chief Engineer Shandi Leavenworth has been crushing on Major Tyra Sur ever since she joined station staff, though the laconic customs officer doesn't give up personal information easily. A few scraps of information leads Shandi to the perfect Solstice present, until of course everything goes horribly wrong. Major Sur took the job on Onwa Station for the stability, the quiet, and out of a need to be useful. It's been all of those things up until the woman she's been quietly flirting with at the bar puts in a desperate call for help. There's no question they need to save the station, but Tyra's not so sure about saving their budding relationship. Genre: Solstice, FF Romance, Science Fiction, Humor
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The Solstice Pudding is here! Available at all the usual places in both ebook and paperback! Part of Mischief Corner Books holiday collection this year, When Holidays Attack, it's fitting that you'll probably recognize a couple of nods to horror tropes in this one. :D The Solstice Pudding When Holidays Attack Mischief Corner Books Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Apple Paperback: Amazon Chief Engineer Shandi Leavenworth has been crushing on Major Tyra Sur ever since she joined station staff, though the laconic customs officer doesn't give up personal information easily. A few scraps of information leads Shandi to the perfect Solstice present, until of course everything goes horribly wrong. Major Sur took the job on Onwa Station for the stability, the quiet, and out of a need to be useful. It's been all of those things up until the woman she's been quietly flirting with at the bar puts in a desperate call for help. There's no question they need to save the station, but Tyra's not so sure about saving their budding relationship. 
Happy Friday, everyone! Today I have fae and magic and mysterious goings on for you from Rory Ni Coileain's "Back Door Into Purgatory, Soul Shares 9". Come have a listen!
And don't forget the giveaway at the bottom of the post! 
Back Door Into Purgatory
Soul Shares 9 by Rory Ni Coileain Publisher Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo iBooks Sometimes Fae love stories aren’t what you expect. The Marfach—devourer of magick, long-imprisoned mortal enemy of the Fae race—is free of its Antarctic prison. The Demesne of Purgatory—Fae, humans, a Fade-hound puppy, a Gille Dubh, and a darag—is all that stands between the monster and the power it needs to destroy both the Fae Realm and the human world. The only clue they have as to how to kill the unkillable is a cryptic note from the Loremasters: “Osclór, Nartú; Tobar, Soladán; Nidantór, Breathea; Glanadorh, Coromór, Farthor; Scian-omprór, Nachangalte; Crangaol, Síofra; Gastiór, Laoc, Caomhnór; Fánadh, Ngarradh.” Opener, Strength; Wellspring, Channel; Unmaker, Judge; Cleanser, Equalizer, Sentry; Blade-bearer, Unbound; Tree-kin, Changeling; Binder, Warrior, Guardian; Wanderer, Sundered. As they rebuild Purgatory from the rubble the Marfach left behind, they have to stand together, using everything they know—everything they are to their partners, lovers, husbands. Everything SoulSharing has made them. And not everyone who enters the final battle will leave it.
About Rory:
Rory Ni Coileain majored in creative writing, back when Respectable Colleges didn’t offer such a major, so she had to design it herself, at a university which boasted one professor willing to teach creative writing, he being a British surrealist who went nuts over students writing dancing bananas in the snow but did not take well to the sort of high fantasy she wanted to write. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa at the age of nineteen, sent off her first short story to an anthology being assembled by an author she idolized, received one of those rejection letters that puts therapists’ kids through college (Ivy League), and found other things to do, such as going to law school, ballet dancing (at more or less the same time), nightclub singing, and volunteering as a lawyer with Gay Men’s Health Crisis, for the next thirty years or so, until her stories started whispering to her. Now she’s a lawyer, a legal journalist (and thus a card-carrying Enemy of the State and darn proud of it), an Associate member of the Order of Julian of Norwich, a proud mother, studying for her certification as a spiritual advisor, and engaged to the love of her life, and is busily wedding her love of myth and legend to her passion for m/m romance. Author Website: www.rorynicoileain.com Author Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/rory.nicoileain Author Facebook (Author Page): https://www.facebook.com/Soulshares/ Author Twitter: @RoryNi Author QueeRomance Ink: https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/rory-nicoileain/ Almost there! The launch for The Solstice Pudding is next Tuesday, and preorder links are coming online now. :D  The Solstice Pudding
(from the holiday collection "When Holidays Attack") Pre-order up now at: Barnes and Noble More coming in the next day or so! Chief Engineer Shandi Leavenworth has been crushing on Major Tyra Sur ever since she joined station staff, though the laconic customs officer doesn't give up personal information easily. A few scraps of information leads Shandi to the perfect Solstice present, until of course everything goes horribly wrong. Major Sur took the job on Onwa Station for the stability, the quiet, and out of a need to be useful. It's been all of those things up until the woman she's been quietly flirting with at the bar puts in a desperate call for help. There's no question they need to save the station, but Tyra's not so sure about saving their budding relationship. Genre: Solstice, FF Romance, Science Fiction, Humor Hello, everyone and welcome to a special Wednesday edition of Reading Day! (There'll still be Friday, too, so you get extra.) Today, I'm reading excerpts for you from the third and fourth stories in this year's Mischief Corner Books holiday collection - When Holidays Attack. The first is a YA/Middle Grade steampunk fantasy and the second is a paranormal story with a established poly triad. Come have a listen!  Wind Me Up, One More Time by Kari Trenten Mischief Corner Books Amazon Kobo Barnes & Noble Apple When their home becomes too dangerous for them, Nathalie and Grace's mothers decide that Mama Morisot will move with the girls to the city of Verity while Mama Bibi stays behind. There, they find safety and friends—Nathalie in the dashing Maia and Grace in Theodora Bear—but all is not right in Verity. The gears of industry grind on relentlessly in the city, threatening to stifle creativity and magic, seeking to end childhood. One tragic blow at a time, Grace watches as the magic and love around her dies until she also begins to give into despair. It will be up to a stuffed bear and the magic of the holidays to remind Grace how vital imagination is in keeping her family whole. Genre: Christmas, FF Romance, Fantasy/Steampunk, YA/Middle Grade  Ghosts, Gangsters and Garland
by Jana Denardo Mischief Corner Books Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Apple Zia, Dolores and Kane all possess the magic to fight monsters but all they want now is a nice Christmas break. Partners in life and at work as monster-slayers for a group known as the Clipeum, they’ve been risking life and limb keeping humanity safe. They’ve won their hard-earned vacation their boss has set up for them: a week in a small hotel in upper Wisconsin. Their boss mentioned in passing it used to be a gangster retreat in the heyday of prohibition. Married for some time, Zia and Dolores were surprised to have Kane in their life, first at work and now in their hearts. They’re looking forward to their first holiday today as a threesome and the ladies can’t wait to see their first pagan Yule celebration with Kane. All they want is some quiet relaxation. What they get is something entirely different. Gangster ghosts, would-be witches, over-enthusiastic children, animated snowmen and a century old former gangster moll who has a little spark still in her add up to a not-so-restful Christmas. Zia, Dolores and Kane trade comfy clothing and relaxation for spellcasting and ghost wrangling. Still they might just be able to rescue themselves a Merry Yule from all the chaos. Genre: Yule/Christmas, FFM Paranormal, Interracial, Ghosts Hello, Friday! And hello to all of you! This week, the lovely EJ Russell allows me to read from her new holiday short - and we get to learn a new word. :D (Or at least I do. Maybe you all knew it already.) If you'd like to know all about swants, start here :) How To Transform Woolly Sweaters Into Sassy Pants  A Swants Soiree
by EJ Russell Introverted software engineer Brent Levine struggles with the life part of work-life balance, but to hold on to his new job, he’ll have to embrace his employer’s dreaded “staff enrichment” events. This year’s annual ugly holiday sweater party will strain his ambition to remain inconspicuous: everyone has to wear sweaters converted into pants—aka “swants.” Brent’s an ace at coding, but when it comes to handcrafts, he’s definitely at the far left end of the bell curve. Luckily he encounters seriously cute theater costumer Jonathan at the Goodwill Outlet. Jonathan offers Brent both an acceptably ugly sweater and his expertise in swants conversion. Attraction sparks on Brent’s side, but can Jonathan be interested in a guy like him? A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2019 Advent Calendar "Homemade for the Holidays." Buy links: Amazon Universal Publisher About E.J. E.J. Russell—grace, mother of three, recovering actor—holds a BA and an MFA in theater, so naturally she’s spent the last three decades as a financial manager, database designer, and business intelligence consultant (as one does). She’s recently abandoned data wrangling, however, and spends her days wrestling words. Her paranormal romantic comedy, The Druid Next Door, was a 2018 RITA® finalist and the winner of the 2017 Rainbow Award for Best Gay Fantasy Romance. E.J. is married to Curmudgeonly Husband, a man who cares even less about sports than she does. Luckily, CH loves to cook, or all three of their children (Lovely Daughter and Darling Sons A and B) would have survived on nothing but Cheerios, beef jerky, and satsuma mandarins (the extent of E.J.’s culinary skill set). E.J. lives in rural Oregon, enjoys visits from her wonderful adult children, and indulges in good books, red wine, and the occasional hyperbole. Connect with E.J.: Newsletter: https://ejrussell.com/newsletter Facebook group (Reality Optional): https://www.facebook.com/groups/reality.optional Website: https://ejrussell.com Follow E.J. on: Facebook author page: https://facebook.com/E.J.Russell.author Twitter: @EJ_Russell Instagram: @ej_russell_author Bookbub: @EJ_Russell Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/author/ej_russell Updated info on this year's holiday stories! Three are already available with the next one releasing this coming Tuesday. Some are also available in paperback!   Tricks, Treats, and a Spider (11/19) by Kassandra Lea (m/m contemporary, Halloween) Manny's excitement over the first Halloween in their new house deflates after vandalism and theft point to targeted homophobia. Amazon Kobo Apple Barnes &Noble Mischief Corner Books  Stealing Gifts (11/26) by Mere Rain (m/m contemporary, Thanksgiving/Christmas) Guilt over the theft of a rare book prompts Jarrell to risk returning it to its owner – and accidentally wakes him. Mischief Corner Books Amazon Apple Barnes & Noble Kobo Paperback  Wind Me Up, One More Time (12/3) by Kari Trenten (f/f fantasy/steampunk, YA) Natalie and Grace move with their mother to the city for safety, but the wheels of industry grind steadily in Verity and all may not be as safe as it seems. Mischief Corner Books Amazon Kobo Barnes & Noble Apple Paperback coming soon!  Ghosts, Gangster and Garland (12/10) by Jana Denardo (f/f/m poly paranormal, Yule/Christmas) Three monster hunters on a relaxing vacation to a lovely, snowy B&B find ghosts and dangerous hauntings waiting instead. Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Apple  The Solstice Pudding (12/17) by Angel Martinez (f/f science fiction humor, Solstice)
Shandi Leavenworth, chief of small craft engineering, makes a series of Very Bad Decisions while trying to attract the interest of her long-time crush. Links coming soon! |
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Angel writes (mostly) Science Fiction and Fantasy centered around queer heroes. Currently living part time in the hectic sprawl of northern Delaware and full time inside her head, she has one husband, one son, two cats, a love of all things beautiful and a terrible addiction to the consumption of both knowledge and chocolate. |
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