Tag: fantasy

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Laurie Lucking & Common

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Laurie Lucking & Common

Posted September 3, 2018 / 50 Comments

Today I am delighted to welcome Laurie Lucking to the blog to chat about Common, her Christian fiction young adult fantasy novel! An avid reader practically since birth, Laurie Lucking discovered her passion for writing after leaving her career as an attorney to become a stay-at-home mom. When she gets […]


Book Review: The Hunter and the Valley of Death by Brennan McPherson

Book Review: The Hunter and the Valley of Death by Brennan McPherson

Posted August 13, 2018 / 3 Comments

SERIES: Psalm #1 GENRE: Inspirational Fantasy/Allegory PUBLISHER: McPherson Publishing RELEASE DATE: July 2, 2018 PAGES: 85 Experience the psalms like never before–through thought-provoking fiction. A man wakes up in the Valley of Death and realizes he’s given up everything, including his memories, to attempt to kill Death so that he can […]




Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Amanda G. Stevens & the Haven Seekers series

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Amanda G. Stevens & the Haven Seekers series

Posted November 15, 2017 / 31 Comments

Happy Wednesday, my friends 🙂 Please join me in welcoming Amanda G. Stevens to the blog today! As a child, Amanda G. Stevens disparaged Mary Poppins and Stuart Little because they could never happen. Now she writes speculative fiction. She is the author of the Haven Seekers series, and her debut Seek and Hide was a 2015 INSPY […]


Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Deanna Fugett and Ending Fear

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Deanna Fugett and Ending Fear

Posted October 26, 2017 / 12 Comments

I am delighted today to welcome author Deanna Fugett to the blog! While Deanna Fugett isn’t writing or connecting with others via social media, she can be found dancing around the kitchen with her four kids. She has a dog named Westley, a cat named Buttercup, three rabbits, two rats, […]



Excellence in Indie Publishing GIVEAWAY Guest Post: K.M. Shea

Excellence in Indie Publishing GIVEAWAY Guest Post: K.M. Shea

Posted May 20, 2017 / 15 Comments

As part of the Excellence in Indie Publishing EPIC Giveaway going on this week, indie author K.M. Shea shares how going indie lets her write fairy tale retellings – and why she loves them! Hello, hello! K. M. Shea here – or Kitty as all my readers call me – […]




Author Interview: C.S. Johnson

Author Interview: C.S. Johnson

Posted March 5, 2017 / 5 Comments

Welcome to the blog today, author C.S. Johnson! C. S. Johnson is the author of several Christian/YA books, including The Starlight Chronicles series, the Once Upon a Princess saga, and the Divine Space Pirates trilogy. With a gift of sarcasm and an apologetic heart, she currently lives in Atlanta with […]


Book Review: Heart Murmurs by Brynn Chapman

Book Review: Heart Murmurs by Brynn Chapman

Posted February 21, 2017 / 9 Comments

Mia Templeton is dying. Or was dying. After receiving a heart transplant, her world is forever altered. Before her eyes open, she overhears her donor was murdered. Whispers invade Mia’s mind before she’s even left the recovery room. She develops tastes for foods she once hated, and dreams so vivid, […]


My Fave Reads of 2016: Fantasy/Young Adult/Fairy Tales

My Fave Reads of 2016: Fantasy/Young Adult/Fairy Tales

Posted December 27, 2016 / 15 Comments

  It’s that time of year again!! When book bloggers from far and wide dust off their Goodreads shelves and look back fondly at the books they’ve read that year. And then we torture ourselves by trying to narrow those books down to a handful of favorites. LOL. Nevertheless, every […]


New Releases I’m Excited About: Spring 2017 Fantasy/Young Adult

New Releases I’m Excited About: Spring 2017 Fantasy/Young Adult

Posted December 13, 2016 / 27 Comments

Yesterday, I started out a look at Spring 2017 new releases with the contemporary fiction I’m excited about. Today, I had originally planned to do historical fiction, but I decided to switch the order around a bit so today’s post fits better with the Top Ten Tuesday linkup. Behold the […]


Book Review: Unblemished by Sara Ella

Book Review: Unblemished by Sara Ella

Posted October 14, 2016 / 18 Comments

Eliyana can’t bear to look at her own reflection. But what if that were only one Reflection—one world? What if another world exists where her blemish could become her strength? Eliyana is used to the shadows. With a birthmark covering half her face, she just hopes to graduate high school […]



Review: The Five Times I Met Myself by James L. Rubart

Review: The Five Times I Met Myself by James L. Rubart

Posted November 16, 2015 / 6 Comments

What if you met your twenty-three-year-old self in a dream? What would you say? Brock Matthews’ once promising life is unraveling. His coffee company. His marriage. So when he discovers his vivid dreams—where he encounters his younger self—might let him change his past mistakes, he jumps at the chance. The […]


Review: War for the Waking World by Wayne Thomas Batson

Review: War for the Waking World by Wayne Thomas Batson

Posted November 7, 2015 / 0 Comments

Would you be willing to fight for your dreams?  Fifteen-year-old Archer Keaton has the ability to enter and explore his dreams. He is a Dreamtreader, one of three selected from each generation. Their mission: to protect the waking world from the Nightmare Lord who dwells beyond the Slumber Gate. But […]