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  • Spotlight Feature/Giveaway: THE COUNTESS’ CAPTIVE by Andrea Cefalo

    April 2, 2015 / Comments Off on Spotlight Feature/Giveaway: THE COUNTESS’ CAPTIVE by Andrea Cefalo

    Please join Author Andrea Cefalo as she tours with HF Virtual Book Tours for The Countess’ Captive Blog Tour, from March 23-April 16. Take The Countess’ Captive Playbuzz quiz and enter to win a Fairytale Keeper Clutch Purse & $25 Amazon Gift Card! Publication Date: February 14, 2015 Scarlet Primrose Press Formats: eBook; Paperback Pages: 232 Series: Book Two, Fairytale Keeper Series Genre: Young Adult/Historical/Fairytale Retelling During March of 1248, Adelaide Schumacher-affectionately called Snow White-has lost so much: her mother, her possessions, and now her home. Adelaide hates abandoning her home city, her family’s legacy, and her first love?Ivo. More than anything, she hates her father growing closer to her…

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  • Guest Post: Excerpt SHADOW RITUAL by Eric Giacometti

    March 31, 2015 / Comments Off on Guest Post: Excerpt SHADOW RITUAL by Eric Giacometti

    This week on The Lit Bitch, we have a special treat, an excerpt from Eric Giacometti’s latest thriller SHADOW RITUAL. If you are wondering what this is about here is a description from Goodreads: An electrifying thriller about the rise of extremism. Two slayings—one in Rome and one in Jerusalem—rekindle an ancient rivalry between modern-day secret societies for knowledge lost at the fall of the Third Reich. Detective Antoine Marcas unwillingly teams up with the strong-willed Jade Zewinski to chase Neo-Nazi assassins across Europe. They must unravel an arcane Freemason mystery, sparked by information from newly revealed KGB files. Inspired from the true story of mysterious Freemason files thought to hold…

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  • GIVEAWAY: 2 Books THE MIDNIGHT WITCH and THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston

    March 27, 2015 / 14 Comments

    Celebrate the spring equinox with two enchanting novels by Paula Brackston. If you are looking for a little magic and romance set in Victorian/Edwardian era London or maybe you are looking for something a little more mystical involving dueling time periods and Celtic history….wherever your heart resides then one of these books is sure to fill it! Witch lit lovers, I have a special treat for you! Thanks to the publisher, this week’s bitchin’ giveaway is for two books: THE MIDNIGHT WITCH and THE SILVER WITCH by Paula Brackston! Giveaway runs 3/27/15 to 4/2/15 Winners will be announced 4/3/15. (how to enter) On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered…

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  • Spotlight: Paperback Release THE MIDNIGHT WITCH by Paula Brackston

    March 27, 2015 / Comments Off on Spotlight: Paperback Release THE MIDNIGHT WITCH by Paula Brackston

    Double bubble toil and trouble! THE MIDNIGHT WITCH by Paula Brackston is being release in paperback on March 24th! If you haven’t discovered this fantastic author yet, you need to! I have read two of her books and absolutely love her!  I will be hosting a giveaway for both THE MIDNIGHT WITCH and her latest book THE SILVER WITCH, so please be watching for that post! Here is a summary of THE MIDNIGHT WITCH and there is even a little sneak peak

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  • Review: The Tapestry (Joanna Stafford #3) by Nancy Bilyeau

    March 24, 2015 / 1 Comment

    Joanna Stafford is still struggling to adjust to life in the sleepy town of Dartford. Once a novice nun, but now….not, thanks to King Henry VIII, Joanna is content weaving her tapestries at her home. The sudden disappearance of her would be husband, Edmund Scovill, has left Joanna upset and confused (not to mention the reader!) but she is resolved to continue her work on her tapestries far from the English court. Well, her weaving has caught the attention of the King. When a royal summons from Whitehall comes, demanding Joanna’s presence at court, she can hardly refuse the royal order. When she arrives at court, she is literally attacked instantly by an…

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  • Special Feature: TWEET-A-THON with author Steve Berry

    March 23, 2015 / Comments Off on Special Feature: TWEET-A-THON with author Steve Berry

    Steve Berry’s latest historic thriller/spy novel in the Cotton Malone series, THE PATRIOT THREAT, is bring released on March 31st! I will be posting a review on it in April but until then, here is a fun event you can participate in! Starting March 22nd, you can use the hash tag #PatriotThreat to connect with fellow fans of the book and to check out some cool history facts! Please consider joining in with this Tweet-a-Thon!

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  • Special Feature & Giveaway: MADEMOISELLE CHANEL by C.W. Gortner

    March 19, 2015 / 1 Comment

    Please join author C.W. Gortner as his latest release, Mademoiselle Chanel, is featured around the blogosphere from March 17-April 3, and enter to win one of three fabulously chic, Chanel-style black and white beaded bracelets! Publication Date: March 17, 2015 William Morrow/HarperCollins Formats: Hardover, eBook, Audio Book Genre: Historical Fiction DRAMA, PASSION, TRAGEDY, AND BEAUTY: C.W.’s new novel stunningly imagines the life of Coco Chanel—the iconic fashion designer whose staggering creativity built an empire and made her one of the 20th century’s most influential, and controversial, figures. Born into rural poverty, Gabrielle Chanel and her sisters are sent to a convent orphanage after their mother’s death. Here, the nuns nurture…

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  • Announcement: Winner BOOK MARK Inspired by MIST OF MIDNIGHT by Sandra Byrd

    March 18, 2015 / Comments Off on Announcement: Winner BOOK MARK Inspired by MIST OF MIDNIGHT by Sandra Byrd

    And the winner of the MIST OF MIDNIGHT inspired BOOKMARK is….. Lisa M (Tweeted about giveaway) The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the publisher for making this giveaway possible!

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  • Special Feature: LADY OF THE ETERNAL CITY by Kate Quinn

    March 12, 2015 / 1 Comment

    Publication Date: March 3, 2015 Berkley Trade Formats: eBook, Paperback 528 Pages Series: Empress of Rome Series, Book Four Genre: Historical Fiction National bestselling author Kate Quinn returns with the long-awaited fourth volume in the Empress of Rome series, an unforgettable new tale of the politics, power, and passion that defined ancient Rome. Elegant, secretive Sabina may be Empress of Rome, but she still stands poised on a knife’s edge. She must keep the peace between two deadly enemies: her husband Hadrian, Rome’s brilliant and sinister Emperor; and battered warrior Vix, who is her first love. But Sabina is guardian of a deadly secret: Vix’s beautiful son Antinous has become…

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  • Giveaway: BOOK MARK Inspired by MIST OF MIDNIGHT by Sandra Byrd

    March 11, 2015 / 3 Comments

    Are you longing for a modern Gothic romance complete with mistaken identity and misty moors? Then this is the book for you! In the first of a brand-new series set in Victorian England, a young woman returns home from India after the death of her family to discover her identity and inheritance are challenged by the man who holds her future in his hands. THIS GIVEAWAY IS FOR A LACE BOOKMARK ONLY. The bookmark is inspired by this wonderful novel! Giveaway runs 3/11/15 to 3/17/15 Winners will be announced 3/18/15. (how to enter) On this blog you must leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway.  Your comment MUST include your…

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